"Heng'er, your father asked you to be in charge of supervising the affairs of officials, how did you do it?"

Queen Ji Qi asked with concern.

After all, at this critical moment of the battle for succession, whether it is Gongzi Heng or Gongzi Hong, there is no room for the slightest mistake.

"Basically, a list of five hundred and sixty-two scholars has been drawn up, and the officials are selected for the policy, or for the councillor, or for the county guard, or for the county officer, or for the county order, and so on."

Hearing this, Queen Ji Qi couldn't help frowning and asked, "Are there many officials from Huiji County?" ”

"Seventy-six."

"Where do you put them?"

"It's just a petty official like a councilor, a county magistrate, or a county order, if it is a county order, it needs to be a remote place, that is, an official in the nine southern counties."

"Good."

Ji Ko was relieved.

"Queen Mother's ......"

Gongzi Heng wanted to speak and stopped, and finally gritted his teeth and said to Ji Ko: "Queen Mother, sons dare not deceive Queen Mother." ”

"In fact, in this examination, my uncle asked his sons to be accommodating, so that scholars from Huiji County might go to the local government to serve as county guards and county commanders, but they were politely rejected by his sons......"

"You're not doing anything wrong."

Ji Ko shook his head and said, "Son, your uncle is a restless lord. Thou shalt not be biased against him, but be like thy father and the king, both for him and for his guard. ”

“……”

Is Ji Ko too mean?

Definitely!

Gou Jian, as Ji Ko's younger brother, has accumulated military exploits over the years, and has become the Lang Zhongling of Wu State, and the official worships Jiuqing, which can be described as a glorious lintel.

However, what was Gou Jian's previous identity?

Prince of the Yue Kingdom!

Now, Gou Jian has another layer of identity, that is, the younger brother of King Wu and the brother-in-law of King Wu Qingji......

Gou Jian's installation of a scholar from Huiji County was nominally to win the hearts of Gongzi Heng and win enough strength to make a contribution to Gongzi Heng becoming the prince.

But, who knows what Gou Jian's mind is?

Don't be careful!

"Queen Mother, in fact, my uncle also offered a plan to my son, which will definitely help my son overthrow Wu Hong and help him ascend to the position of prince."

"Oh? Let's hear it. ”

Ji Ko was interested.

After all, what she is most worried about now is whether Gongzi Heng can ascend to the position of the crown prince of Wu State.

The mother is more precious than the son, and the son is more precious than the mother.

Born in the emperor's family, mother and son actually complement each other.

Once Qingji establishes Gongzi Hong as the prince, Ji Ko will definitely be liquidated in the future, and the worst will be thrown into the cold palace, and his own children will inevitably suffer.

After Gongzihong succeeded to the throne, where did Ji Ko, the queen, go?

Unless Gongzihong's biological mother died of a violent illness like a dream, the throne of Ji Ko's queen and Mrs. Tai would not be stable at all.

Therefore, in order for his son Gongzi Heng to ascend to the position of prince, Ji Ko must also help him at any cost.

When Gongzi Heng told Ji Ko about the strategy offered by Gou Jian, the latter couldn't help but gasp, and quickly shook his head and said, "No, no." ”

"Heng'er, it's not that the queen mother won't help you, it's that this strategy is too vicious. Never use it until the last resort! ”

"Yes."

……

Following.

In the Zide Palace, Qingji was sitting on his own throne, listening to Gongzi Heng and Gongzi Hong report to him.

Regarding the list of elected officials submitted by Gongzi Heng, after reading it, Qingji also bowed his head slightly and expressed his approval.

At least, in this matter, Gongzi Heng, as the chief examiner, did not make an arbitrary decision, but carefully listened to the suggestions of Dazai Jiran, Tingwei Deng Xi, and Zuo Chengxiang, and decided as appropriate.

Good at admonishing, knowing people and being good at their duties.

In Qingji's opinion, at least Gongzi Heng already has a qualification as an emperor.

"Thirty thousand gold?"

When Qingji saw the watch handed over by Gongzihong, he was also slightly surprised.

Gongzihong was responsible for selling a large number of weapons and equipment to the Jin army, Zheng army, and Qi army who were facing each other in the Chaoge area, as well as the Fan clan and the Zhongxing clan, which originally belonged to the two of the six secretaries of the Jin state, and the military supply baggage.

Now, after the battles of Ludi and Baiquan, under the command of Zhao Ying, although the Jin army has won a great victory, it has not been able to end the war.

The melee in the Central Plains has entered a stalemate.

However, as the saying goes, if you don't explode in silence, you die in silence.

After a period of brewing, this melee in the Central Plains is bound to be more intense.

Therefore, the forces of all parties involved in the war are busy reorganizing their armies and preparing their troops for war, so as to prepare for emergencies......

"Yes."

Gongzi Hong bowed to Qingji and said: "Father, this time in the Central Plains, only the three kingdoms of Jin, Qi, and Zheng were joined before, as well as the Fan clan and the Zhongxing clan, but the changes in the future will definitely involve more Central Plains vassal states." ”

"On the orders of his father, Erchen sent people to talk with the princes of the Central Plains, in addition to the Jin State, the Qi State, the Zheng State, as well as the Fan family and the Zhongxing family, they chose to buy the military supplies, weapons and equipment of our Wu State."

"The Zhou Dynasty, the Lu State, the Song State, the Wei State, and even the Chen State were all very worried, so the sons and daughters made people lobby their kings and bribe their ministers and doctors to put them in danger."

"I got a large number of military orders for my Wu country!"

"The deposits paid by the nations are gold, jade silk, cloth, etc., which is equivalent to horseshoe gold, which is thirty thousand taels!"

After a pause, Gongzihong held his head high and said loudly: "Father, this is just a deposit!" ”

"After all the weapons and equipment and military baggage are delivered, by next year, Erchen estimates that my Wu country will still have 50,000 gold in the account!"

"Good!"

Qingji also bowed slightly, very much in agreement.

That adds up to 80,000 taels of gold!

What is this concept?

One tael of gold is equal to 10,000 coins of five baht, the common currency of Wu.

Eighty thousand taels of gold, that's a full 800 million dollars!

This is already equivalent to a year's fiscal revenue of the State of Wu.

Of course, Wu's financial income is not just genuine money.

There are also things like grain, silk, cloth, etc., which can be exchanged at any time.

It's a real hard currency, about the same as gold.

Thanks to Qingji's foresight, Wu's military industry is very developed, and he can take advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains to make a lot of war money.

However, Gongzihong's brain is indeed bright enough, and he also knows that he took the initiative to sell the weapons and equipment of Wu State, so that the princes of the Central Plains rushed to buy it.

This son is very business-minded!

Extraordinary ability!

"Hong'er, you have made a great contribution to my Wu country!"

Qingji looked at Wu Hong under His Majesty's platform with an approving look, and said slowly: "The widow will reward you with 3,000 acres of Jinling fertile land, 100 silk horses, a pair of jade, and 100 gold yi!" ”

"Thank you, Father, for the reward!"

Gongzihong bowed and said: "However, Erchen is ashamed and dare not take credit." ”

"This time to persuade the countries of the Central Plains to compete to buy the ordnance of our Wu State, it is really the strategy of Dazai and the Imperial Doctor, and there are many doormen in the courtier's mansion who are running around......"