The news of the defeat of the Tiger Leaping Canyon reached Handan, and Zhang Ao, the king of Zhao, was suddenly in chaos, he was originally a monarch who had no opinions, and he had to urgently summon General Bai Xuan and Minister Zhang Jing to enter the palace overnight to discuss countermeasures.

After entering the palace to see the driver, Bai Xuan and Zhang Jing's faces were not very good-looking, and Zhao Guo suffered a big loss.

This time, the joint forces attacked Qi, and the two alliances of Hezong and Lianheng sent a total of 150,000 troops, and Zhao's family dispatched 50,000 troops, and the grain and grass of the 100,000 troops of the Lianheng Alliance were also provided by Zhao State, but in terms of the distribution of benefits agreed in advance, Zhao Guo was assigned to Jiaodong County, the most barren county in Qi, and the monarchs and ministers of Zhao State also endured it from the overall situation.

But now due to Zhou Yafu's carelessness, Zhao Guo has lost a full 30,000 strong men, and Jiaodong County has also been lost, the most discouraging thing is that Zhou Yafu is also angry, and the coalition army that is retreating to Linzi is panicked and has no heart to fight, not to mention the counterattack on Jiaodong, and even holding Linzi County is very reluctant.

In other words, Zhao Guo has suffered such a great loss, but it is likely that he will not gain anything!

Rao is Bai Xuan is very open-minded, and he can't help but be angry at this moment, if Bai Mo doesn't say anything about this, then he can't help but take the interests of Zhao Guo too seriously.

Zhang Aozhao didn't have any ideas, and looked around at Bai Xuan and Zhang Jingdao: "General, Minister of State, how should this be?" ”

Since Zhang Jing was killed by Zhao Wu, he has always been the first to look at Bai Xuan, this guy is a smart person, knowing that King Zhao is cowardly, and Bai Xuan has military power, if anyone dares to sing against Bai Xuan at this time, isn't it tired and crooked? At that moment, he looked at Bai Xuan with his eyes, and almost wrote on his face that the general's opinion was the minister's opinion.

Bai Xuan didn't expect the battle of Vaqi to end like this. Moreover, Bai Mo appointed Zhou Yafu as the main general, which caused today's loss, which also made Bai Xuan resentful, and said at the moment: "In this matter, Prime Minister Bai Cheng has to give us Zhao Guo an explanation...... Coming out of the Yang Palace, Bai Mo, Chen Ping, and Zhou Guanfu's faces all looked a little dignified.

The news that Zhou Yafu was ambushed in the Tiger Leaping Canyon had been transmitted back to Xianyang, and Liu Heng quickly summoned the three of them into the palace to discuss countermeasures after knowing the news. In the warm pavilion of Wende Palace, Liu Heng, the king of Han, lost his temper for the first time and directly accused Zhou Yafu of losing his teacher and misleading the country. It can be said that Bai Mo and Zhou Guanfu's faces are hot and painful, and Chen Ping's face is also dull.

Zhou Guanfu walked and walked, then turned his head and said to Complaining Mo: "Prime Minister." I've said a long time ago that Yafu is too young and knowledgeable to take on such a big responsibility, you see, isn't it going to cause trouble now? ”

Bai Mo sighed and said, "Shengzhi, the loss of the tiger jump is not actually to blame Yafu, but Xiang Zheng is too difficult." ”

Chen Ping nodded approvingly, and said, "Yes, this Xiang Zheng." The use of soldiers is really quite fatherly. ”

Bai Mo looked at the dark sky above his head, and said worriedly: "The Chu State is really star-studded and talented, the older generation of Xiang Zhuang, Bi Shu, Gao Chu, Pang Yu and others are still in the prime of fighting, and the younger generation of Xiang Zheng, Pang Zheng, Gao Lang, etc. have already grown up, on the other hand, I am a ...... of the Han Kingdom."

Bai Mo didn't say anything in the second half. But Chen Ping and Zhou Guanfu heard it, what he meant was that the talents of the Chu State were among the talents, while the Great Han Kingdom was withered, and it was not easy for Zhou Yafu, a young and handsome man, to come out, but he lost a lot in the contest with Xiang Zheng, the prince of Chu. And this is likely to be the epitome of Chu and Han in the coming decades.

Bai Mo pondered for a moment, and then said, "Shengzhi, Taishi, have you ever thought about why this is happening?" Why is there a prosperous scene of talents among the talents in the Chu State, but the Great Han Kingdom is a withered talent and a faction of Liaoluo? ”

Zhou Guanfu was silent when he heard this, his brain was basically full of muscles, so it was naturally impossible to come up with the reason, but Chen Ping was thoughtful and said: "The old man is also confused about this, Chu has the children of Xun Qi, but our Great Han Kingdom also has Xun Qi children, why can the children of Chu State become talents, but not the children of the Great Han Dynasty?" ”…,

"Because of the national exam!" Bai Mochang sighed and said, "I thought that the national examination system implemented by the Chu State was a destruction of the ancient etiquette system and an unpopular perverse act, but now it seems that we are wrong, since the implementation of the national examination in the Chu State, the children of the Shu people from poor backgrounds have the same promotion path as the children of the nobles, so the enthusiasm of the children of the Shu people to study has been greatly improved, and the direct consequence is that the number of scholars in the Chu State has far exceeded the sum of all countries!" ”

After a pause, Bai Mo said again: "Xiang Zheng, Pang Zheng, Gao Lang and other Chu State disciples stood out in the competition with hundreds of thousands of peers, but what about Yafu? When he was growing up, he basically didn't meet any competitors worth mentioning, and if you add up all the literate young people in Guanzhong, I'm afraid it's less than 10,000, right? ”

It is precisely because Zhou Yafu has not experienced cruel competition that he has developed the arrogance of the empty eye, but the young children of the Chu State are not, at least in Taixue, their status is equal to that of the children of the Shu clan, if they are not knowledgeable and their ability is insufficient, even if they are the children of the top nobles, they are also in danger of being eliminated by the children of the Shu clan.

After comparing the two, it is understandable that the children of Chu are better than those of Han.

"Hundreds of thousands of literate young people?" Zhou Guanfu's eyes widened, and he said in a speech, "How much is the state of Chu?" ”

"I'm afraid、Probably yes." Chen Ping nodded thoughtfully and said, "Although the Black Ice Platform has not specifically collected information in this regard, it is a fact that there are nearly 10,000 students in one county school in Wu County alone. ”

The county school is the next level of the Chu State Taixue institution, generally each county has it, the number of students is not equal, of course, the county school is a relatively loose learning institution, entering the county school does not need a strict examination, as long as you have a certain foundation, the purpose of running the county school is to allow students to better prepare for the national examination.

Of course, the students cultivated by the county school and Taixue of the state of Chu are by no means the masters who only know the poor scriptures of Haoshou in later generations, but the generalists with the all-round development of the six arts, and the liberal arts are only one of the many disciplines such as military science, law science, ink science, and technical attack, while the Confucian scriptures such as "Shangshu" and "Analects" only account for a small part of the content of the liberal arts.

Therefore, the students who graduated from Chu Guotai not only have rich knowledge, a solid practical foundation, and a strong physique, but even many students are still able to ride and shoot well, bow and horse skillful civil and military all-rounders, and with the passage of time, the quality of Chu Guotai's students is improving year by year, Xiang Zheng, Gao Lang, Pang Zheng and others are among the best.

Bai Mo bowed his head lightly, and said: "With the graduation of a large number of outstanding talents from the Taixue of the Chu State, and then entering the local counties or counties, it has not only brought about the improvement of the combat effectiveness of the Chu army, but also brought another serious consequence that is tantamount to a disaster for the countries of Lianheng, that is, the overall improvement of the quality of the local officials of the Chu State. ”

After saying this, Bai Mo said to Chen Ping again: "Didn't Heibing Tai say that Jiangdong, Jingxiang, Bashu and even Wei Di under the rule of Chu State will usher in an unprecedented bumper harvest this year? In fact, if you think about it carefully, this is no accident, the state of Chu has not had a large-scale locust plague, flood or drought for many years. ”

Chen Ping was a little clear, and said with a slight change of color: "The prime minister said that after the students who graduated from Taixue were transferred to the magistrates, they greatly improved the irrigation and water conservancy systems in various parts of the Chu State, so the disaster resistance under the rule of the Chu State has been greatly improved, so there have been continuous bumper harvests in the Chu State in recent years?" ”

"Does the Master have any other explanation?" Bai Mo said, "Now the state of Chu can even guarantee the harvest of the disaster year, once the year is good, it will be a bumper harvest, after the harvest, the treasury of the state of Chu and Taicang are abundant, I am afraid that the king of Chu Xiangzhuang will use troops on a large scale again, and the time is likely to be after the autumn harvest, or even after the summer harvest." ”

"After the summer harvest of the Chu State, there will be a large-scale use of foreign troops?" Zhou Guanfu was surprised, "It won't be so soon?" ”…,

In the prediction of the Han monarchs and ministers, the Chu State would need to go through at least three to five years of rest and recuperation after the two vicious battles of Surabaya and Chushui, plus after moving the capital, before it could raise troops on a large scale again.

Bai Mo said: "Only when you are prepared can you be safe, we must prepare for the worst, victory, your training of the Guanzhong guards must be intensified, and the old and weak under the age of sixteen and over sixty must also be summoned for training. ”

Chen Ping bowed his head silently, and sighed again, with the defeat of Zhou Yafu's troops and jumping into the canyon, now the internal balance of the Lianheng Alliance is no longer uneven, Zhao Guo suffered the heaviest losses in the Tiger Leaping Gorge, and the Jiaodong County that was originally assigned to Zhao State was occupied by the Chu and Yan coalition forces, and Zhao Guo can really be said to have lost land and soldiers, so he will definitely ask for compensation from Han and Han.

This Chu prince Xiang Zheng really gave him a big problem.

On the Korean side, Han Xin, the king of Han, is a greedy lord, he may not be willing to spit out the fat in his mouth, if he wants to give up six counties from Jibei County in South Korea, I'm afraid it will not be so easy, even if Bai Mo goes to Anyi, he may not be able to convince him, and on the Han side, Lu Tai has already moved his family to Linzi, I'm afraid he won't be willing to give up half of Linzi County...... How can this be true, how can it be justified! Han Xin, the king of Han, swept all the pen, ink and paper on the table to the ground, and said angrily, "What kind of bastard did Zhang Ao'er say, his general has no ability to defend Jiaodong County, and he still has to rely on the widow?" Let the widow give up six counties from Jibei County to him? There are no doors! ”

General Xie Fu fanned the flames next to him and said: "King Zhao is really faceless, but the minister heard that the prime minister has crossed the river from Pusaka and is about to arrive in Anyi, the prime minister may be here to say that Zhao Guo is coming, the king, you must withstand the pressure of the prime minister, and you must not make too many concessions to Zhao Guo." ”

"What did you say? What is too much of a concession? Han Xin said unhappily, "No one will let an inch of land!" Don't say it's Bai Mo, it's Liu Bang Lao'er who crawled out of the grave again, and the widow still says this, hum! This is a tough thing to say, but if Liu Bang really comes back to life from the grave, Han Xin, the king of Han, is afraid that he should be in the urine again. (To be continued) RQ