For the next period of time, Zhao Guo completely fell silent and embarked on the road of recuperation.

However, the doctors of sacrificial wine in the academy were crazy busy, even those celebrities who did not care about fame and fortune, and ignored the royal power and wealth, after hearing that the imperial court was going to preside over the compilation of the "Dictionary", they also signed up one after another.

Naturally, all kinds of quarrels are indispensable.

For example, which version of the seal to choose, if you choose the printing version that has only come out in recent years, it is against the tradition, and it is not accepted by most scholars, if you choose the tradition, too many arc strokes are difficult to print, and it is easy to make mistakes.

If it cannot be printed, even if the "Dictionary" is compiled, it can only be used as a royal collector's edition, placed in the high cabinet, and cannot benefit all scholars.

This is unacceptable to everyone.

There are several ways to write the same kind of character, which one is taken as the official version.

And some words that have only been created in recent years have not yet been popularized, so whether they should be included.

In this regard, Xunzi didn't care about it all.

He just put the news out and got everyone started talking.

Some things cannot have results without pulling the skin for a few months, and only when the skin is pulled enough, will we sit down and talk calmly.

When the King of Qi heard that Zhao Kuo had returned from Wei, he hurriedly rushed from Linzi to Handan and brought a gift to Princess Changle.

Last time he had a good time in Zhao Kingdom, after returning to China, he has been thinking about going back to Zhao Kingdom to play with Zhao Kuo.

Of course, this is only part of the reason.

Another part of the reason is that the Qi caravan followed Zhao to make a lot of money in the Western Regions, and he heard that Zhao opened the Maritime Silk Road, so he also wanted to come and join in the fun.

In the past, the king of Qi had no status in the Qi country, not only the queen mother could manage him, but even those ministers often stood up against him. But since Li Si came to the Qi Kingdom and the caravan he sent out made money, the waist of the King of Qi gradually straightened.

In the past, what the queen mother and the minister did not let him do, he could also do it confidently, the reason is very simple, Lao Tzu spent his own money, and did not spend the treasury, and the people encountered drought, and I also took the money out to relieve it.

King Qi is deeply aware of one thing, a man can't live without money, even the monarch is the same, if you don't have money, you won't be tough when you speak, and if you don't have money, you have to look at the faces of those ministers.

So after hearing that Zhao opened the Maritime Silk Road, the King of Qi came to Zhao in a hurry.

"It's not impossible to bring Qi with you, but there are two conditions for the widow." Zhao Kuo said.

"King Zhao, please speak." King Qi said while eating melons and fruits, although he is also a monarch, the food in King Zhao's palace is something he can't eat in Qi country.

In all fairness, in terms of enjoying this piece, he is still far behind King Zhao.

"First, the caravan of the Qi State is going to trade with other countries or merchants in the name of my Zhao State outside." Zhao Kuo said.

"That's fine." King Qi said without hesitation.

"Second, tariffs will be abolished between my Zhao State and Qi State, and merchants and ordinary people will be allowed to interact with each other." Zhao Kuo said.

In the past, Qi had developed commerce and business travelers, but since Zhao established a chamber of commerce and united all merchants, Qi merchants were gradually squeezed by Zhao State.

The tariff of Qi State is mainly collected from the money of the Zhao Chamber of Commerce.

"Brother-in-law, it's not that you don't agree. Removing tariffs is nothing. But if you allow people to come and go with each other, I'm afraid that the people of my Qi country will all run to your Zhao country." The king of Qi put down the melons that had been introduced to Zhao from Hami.

Even if he is mediocre, he also knows the importance of population to a country, these years the Qi State has blocked the border, strictly checked the entry and exit of the people, and there are still Qi people who have been exiled to the Zhao State, if the people are allowed to come and go, wouldn't there be more escapes!

"Does the King of Qi know why the people of my Zhao Kingdom are rich?" Zhao Kuo asked.

"I don't know." King Qi shook his head.

"The reason is very simple, there are two main ones, the people of my Zhao country have land to plant, as long as they are not lazy people who lie at home and do not move, they will not starve to death. Second, the official government of Zhao State has provided various jobs for the people, so that they can earn money, just like the officials' salaries. only

If Qi is like my Zhao country, the people will naturally not flee from Qi country to my Zhao country. After all, if given a choice, who would want to leave their hometown where they grew up?" Zhao Kuo said.

King Qi's eyes lit up, and then gradually dimmed, shook his head and said, "The widow doesn't have the ability of King Zhao, and my courtiers of Qi are far inferior to Minister Zhao Kuo."

King Qi is particularly envious of Zhao Kuo, if he is not in the country for a few months, nothing will happen, and the minister will handle everything very well.

"The widow can help you." Zhao Kuo said.

"Is what King Zhao said true?" King Qi looked at Zhao Kuo excitedly.

"You and I are brothers, will the brothers lie to you?" Zhao Kuo walked to the King of Qi and sat down, "However, if the widow participates in the development plan of the Qi State, it is inevitable that there will be some injustice. Therefore, the cooperation of King Qi is also needed."

"That is, the widow must cooperate with King Zhao." King Qi hurriedly said.

Both parties are satisfied.

After the matter is determined, Zhao Kuo does not have to take care of the rest, just arrange special personnel to go to Qi to investigate, plan the industry, and select a site to expand the port.

At the same time, there is also the construction of official roads in the Huaisi area, as well as the construction of the Huaihe seaport.

After the Chinese New Year, Zhao Kuo began his northern tour.

The main purpose of this northern tour is Yandi.

Zhao Kuo did not choose a private interview with Weifu, but showed his identity, showed his banner, and had the stubborn Praetorian Guard to open the way in front, Ben and Gai Nie, two transcendent realm generals guarding one left and one right.

Zhao Guo didn't want to be so extravagant and wasteful, but in the end, under the persuasion of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, he agreed.

Yandi is different from the hometown of Zhao, Jizhou, Taiyuan and other places have belonged to Zhao since ancient times, and the people have long had a sense of belonging to Zhao, and there is nothing to visit privately.

But not long after Yan Land belonged to the Zhao State, even if the reputation of the Yan State was not good in the past, everyone had long been accustomed to the rule of the Yan State. Zhao needs to clearly tell the people of Yan by promoting the national prestige that Yan is gone, and now this land is ruled by Zhao, and the king is King Zhao.

And you shouldn't sneak around.

On the way to the north, the people visited along the road, and Zhao Kuo would stop the convoy from time to time and talk to the local people, asking them if they could eat enough, whether the wages for work were paid on time, how the agricultural affairs were, and whether the officials could oppress the people.

The people trembled, looked at Zhao Kuo, and answered Zhao Kuo's question excitedly.

When the officials of the entire north heard that Zhao Kuo had started to inspect again, they cursed in their hearts and quickly threw themselves into governance, even the officials who did not touch the spring water with their fingers went to the farmland and mulberry land to breathe the fresh air between the countryside.

And enthusiastically asked the father and the villagers about the above things, whether they encountered difficulties that needed to be solved by the government, but they were hit by some stunned heads, and the officials did not get angry, but accepted it humbly, saying that they would definitely improve next time.

The change of officials made the people a little stunned, and it was not until they heard the news of the monarch's northern tour that they suddenly realized.

Zhao Kuo rarely listened to the reports of officials, and sometimes he didn't even go to the government office, but went directly

In the streets and alleys, or in the countryside, ask the local people.

The local people have the most say in how an official does it.

In addition to the countryside, Zhao Kuo went to the most places in various colleges and talked with local students.

These people are the future of Zhao Guo, they have not experienced the sinister in society and officialdom, what do they say, from their mouths, Zhao Kuo can hear the real truth.

And Zhao Kuo likes to be with these young people very much, and when he stays with them, Zhao Kuo always has a feeling that he is still very young.

"What's the name of this county?" Zhao Kuo looked at the mother and son with vegetables in front of him, and immediately frowned.

He pushed the guards away again and walked into the middle of the crowd, his face instantly gloomy.

I saw that many people in the crowd were obviously emaciated and malnourished.

Since he became the king of Zhao, he has never been overtaxed because of wars, road construction, and the construction of palaces and cities

situation.

This is absolutely abnormal.

But strangely, no one has come forward to impeach local officials.

There are many righteous people in the land of Yan Zhao, it stands to reason that they have been oppressed by the government for so long, and they have already stood up to resist, and they should not see the monarch not impeached, but praise the local officials.

"Your Majesty, this county is called Kucheng County." Guo Kai said.

"Bitter, bitter, the local people are indeed very bitter." Zhao Kuo looked back at the officials who followed him, "The county order, the county magistrate, and the county lieutenant stand up."

"Wechen meets the king." The three officials came out of the crowd and knelt on the ground, their heads bowed, their bodies trembling a little.

"All of them are imprisoned and examined." Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said.

"King, the minister is not guilty, you can't lock the minister up." The county commander of Kucheng said urgently.

"Yes, my lord, Xu Xianling has worked hard all these years and has a very good reputation among the people, you can't arrest him for no reason." Hengshan County Shou Chang Kai leaned over and said.

Everyone looked at Zhao Kuo.

"If you recruit it now, the widow can call the shots, and the disaster will not affect the family." Zhao Kuo said to the Kucheng County Order.

"Minister...... The minister did not understand what the king meant." The county commander shook his head.

"Your name is Huo You, right, if the widow remembers correctly, you graduated from Handan Academy four years ago, and when you took office, the widow personally sent you out of the city." Zhao Kuo looked at the young county man next to him.

"The king remembers me?" Huo He looked at Zhao Kuo in shock.

"Remember what the widow said to you when you took office?" Zhao Kuo said.

"The King...... The king said, "I don't want us to report to the country and to reassure the people, but that we should be worthy of our own conscience." Huo He lowered his head and said, "The minister is sorry for the king, the minister has betrayed the king's trust, and he can only repay the king in the next life."

After speaking, Huo He got up and rushed towards the Praetorian Guard, who subconsciously raised his gun and stabbed Huo He.

Burst!

Blood splattered out, and Huo He slowly fell to the ground.

"I'm sorry for the king, but I can only repay the king in the next life." At this moment, the county lieutenant next to him pulled out the saber at his waist and wiped it towards his neck, and everyone had no time to stop it.

In less than half a minute, there were two more bodies on the ground.

Zhao Kuo's face was extremely cold, and his two eyes stared at the county order kneeling on the ground, full of murderous aura.

"The king, the minister only asks the king to spare the minister's life." When the county magistrate saw that the county magistrate and the county lieutenant were all killing themselves, he was immediately paralyzed on the ground in fright.

"The King. I found out that the name of the Kucheng County Commander is Xu Lin, and he is the nephew of Tingwei." Liu Ping came over and said.

"Spare your life, how can you be worthy of the two lives that just died, how can you be worthy of the tens of thousands of people who have suffered from suffering?" Zhao Kuo said in a deep voice, "Come on, press it down and investigate it thoroughly."

The Praetorian Guards immediately stepped forward and pressed Xu Lin down, no matter how hard they struggled, it was useless.

"King, Xu Xianling is a good official, you can't arrest him." At this time, a citizen stood up and said.

"Yes, the county magistrate is a good official, and he also said that he would lead the people of the county to get rich." Another citizen stepped forward.

"Judge him well, and bring these people who speak for him to be questioned." Zhao Kuo said that he was not surprised that Xu Lin bullied the people and bent the law for bribes, and it was normal for corrupt officials to appear in so many officials in Zhao State.

But the corrupt officials that Zhao Kuo met in the past were all scolded by the people, eager to eat their flesh, like Xu Lin, a corrupt official who was praised by the people, Zhao Kuo encountered it for the first time.

"Chang Junshou, you can also talk about it." Zhao Kuo looked at the county guard standing next to him.

If he says that the county guard doesn't know anything about the affairs of Kucheng County, he doesn't believe it, and this is also the county guard's dereliction of duty.

If you don't report it, or even go along with it, it's also a dereliction of duty.

However, Zhao Kuo inspected several counties in Hengshan County, and only the people of Kucheng County had vegetables, and this situation did not occur in other counties, so Zhao Kuo did not order the county guard to be arrested together at the first time, but gave him one

opportunities.

"Your ......," Chang Kai sighed and told the story from beginning to end.

It turned out that Xu Lin had repeatedly expropriated the people of Kuxing County, and the reason why the local people did not report it, and even praised it one after another, was because Xu Lin never forced everyone to pay money and grain, but took a voluntary approach.

As for the reason, it is also very simple, everyone will hand over the money and grain to the government, and the government will use it to do other things, and after a few years, the government will return several times the money and food to everyone.

The credit of the Zhao State government is very good, with the endorsement of the government, how can everyone still be suspicious, and they have handed over the money and grain to Xu Lin, and even cut down on food and clothing, and took out the surplus grain, just to be able to get several times the money and grain in the future.

But where would Xu Lin use this money and grain for other things, and no matter what he did, it would not be possible to multiply it several times in a few years.

Therefore, Xu Lin very decisively stuffed most of the money and grain into his pocket, and distributed the rest of the money and grain to the county lieutenant, county officials and other officials, after all, he also knew that this matter could only be done if everyone had interests.

As for what will happen to the people when they want food in a few years, it is not his responsibility.

By that time he had already been transferred.

Besides, he collected these money and grain in the name of the government, so naturally the government will return it, what does it matter to him Xu Lin?

Anyway, he has someone in the court, and he is not afraid of accountability.

As for which unlucky guy will succeed later, that's not his business.

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