"Where is the right to collect? Whose heart is it for? Zhao Kuo continued to ask.

"Gather the military and political power of Zhao State, and collect the hearts of the people of the world." Lu Buwei replied dryly. 33

Zhao Kuo's eyes lit up, and sure enough, he coincided with himself, and then continued to ask: "How to centralize power?" And how to pay attention? ”

Lu Buwei was not in a hurry, and continued to say slowly: "Let's talk about centralization first, now that my king has newly ascended the throne, although Lin Shangqing has paved the way for the king, and Lou Chang and others have been wiped out, but the king has entered the main sect with a small sect, and it is inevitable that there will be a division of power after all." If my king wants to be the king of the world, he is bound to be entangled with the full strength of Zhao Guozhi. It is necessary to centralize power. ”

Zhao Kuo nodded and said: "Centralizing power and collecting hearts is indeed unpopular, Aiqing can just say how to behave." ”

"Yes." Lü Buwei nodded and agreed: "As prefaced, the so-called centralizers are nothing more than the military and the government. ”

"Needless to say, a soldier." Lü Buwei took a teacup, placed it on the table, and continued: "The king is already supreme prestige in the army, so he doesn't have to worry about the military power. Therefore, I only talk about politics. ”

Zhao Kuo nodded slightly, he had already made a plan for the reform of the army, and it was obviously a really smart move for Lu Buwei not to get involved in it.

"Now the regime of Zhao Guozhi is divided into three points." Seeing Zhao Kuo nodding, Lu Buwei immediately continued to talk eloquently: "First, the Pingyuan Jun's department is also; Second, my king also; The third is the family of the family. And the three have their own emphasis. ”

"Let's talk about your power first, my king, most of them are the forces of the military to the government, and the scope of influence is restricted in the two counties of Shangdang and Hanoi, and the rest of the counties have almost no more power, and in the center of Handan, although there are many supporters, there are few people who really hear the order." Lu Buwei said lightly.

Zhao Kuo still bowed slightly, obviously there were few talents around him, otherwise there would not be only one Lu Buwei to discuss such an important decision.

Lü Buwei then continued: "Speaking of Pingyuanjun, most of his forces are old and old from the middle of the court, and there are also the legacies of Lin Shangqing, and the political power can be said to be the most powerful, whether it is in the center of Handan or above the locality, it is involved. However, although its momentum is large, it has neither many entanglements of interests nor contact with in-laws, so its momentum is also the most loose. ”

When Zhao Kuo heard this, he smiled slightly. This is also in the Warring States Period, and in later generations, the group of scholars and doctors is called a close!

However, fortunately, the current scholar class still exists more in the form of clans, and has not yet been linked to the point of being in the same vein as teachers and students.

"This third force actually has a lot of overlap with the power of Plains King." Lü Buwei continued: "Now that the ministers of my Zhao State are almost half from the big families, this force is also the most stubborn, and it has been accumulated for a hundred years, and it has long been intertwined, and even the army has invaded a lot. It's just that because I have used troops in Zhao for many years, I have been fighting a lot of wars, and my family doesn't want my children to take risks, which makes there are few families in our army. ”

Listening to Lu Buwei's description, Zhao Kuo immediately shook his head slowly and said, "Aiqing is afraid that I have forgotten, there is still a force in the court of my Zhao Kingdom." ”

"Oh?" Lu Buwei looked at Zhao Kuo with some surprise, but he didn't understand what Zhao Kuo meant for a while.

"Relatives." Zhao Kuo explained lightly: "Since the beginning of King Zhao Wuling, my Zhao State has intersected with various countries, Yan, Han, Chu, Qi, Wei and even Qin State, all of them have public maids sent into the palace as concubines, and those who come with them, as well as many ministers from other countries who have entered the court of my Zhao State with the ceremony.

For a long time, although his person has taken root in my Zhao country, and he has often thought about my Zhao country, but once it comes to the moment of life and death, he will unconsciously say a word for his home country. This time, when I returned to Handan, I wouldn't have heard the relevant words. ”

"This." Lu Buwei thought about it carefully, as if there was really such a thing, and immediately replied: "But there are many words that cannot be destroyed, but ......"

Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said: "The widow does not want to punish others, of course the widow also knows that many of the objections are also loyal to the sake of my Zhao country." But the power of his foreign relatives cannot be ignored. ”

"Yes." Lu Buwei nodded in agreement.

"According to what Aiqing said, except for Shangdang and Hanoi counties, there are almost no henchmen in the hands of the widows, how to break the situation?" Zhao Kuo then brought the topic back to "centralization".

Lü Buwei immediately replied: "Weichen thinks that, first, my king needs to recruit the world's talents. Only if there are enough people in the hands of the king, there is room for display. We should follow the example of Qin Mugong and invite the talents of the world to govern the Zhao State together. ”

Zhao Kuo immediately smiled and said: "There is a letter for seeking talents, but it can be an axe." ”

As he spoke, Zhao Kuo took out a silk book from the library on the side of the case and handed it to Lu Buwei.

Lü Buwei was both surprised and delighted, surprised that the king had already had the heart to seek talent, and happy that his plan coincided with the king again.

Then he took the silk book in Zhao Kuo's hand with both hands, began to read it carefully, and said:

"Since ancient times, the king of Zhongxing has been ordained, and he can't taste the wise man and gentleman who rules the world with him? And he is virtuous, he has never been out of Lu Lane, how can he be lucky to meet? The ear of those who are above seek it. Today's decision has not yet been made, and this special talent is also urgent.

"Meng Gong is Zhao and Wei Lao is excellent, not Teng and Xue Dafu." If it is available later, then how can Qi Huan dominate the world! Is there anyone who is fishing in Weibin by brown jade today?

The second and third sons are bright and ugly, and I am the only one who moves, and I have to use it. ”

Looking at the order given by Zhao Kuo, Lu Buwei can only say that he "empathizes".

As a businessman, he is determined to be in the political arena, and he has been repeatedly ridiculed by others, which is sour and difficult, and it is not enough to be with outsiders!

And the king's order to seek meritocracy is almost specially designed for "people with lofty ideals" like himself, and the words on the paper are all four words: meritocracy!

Talent, like a person like himself, the most important thing is talent! Just give yourself a platform......

After reading it repeatedly, Lu Buwei slowly suppressed the agitation in his heart, slowly held the silk book in the palm of his hand, and shook it towards Zhao Kuo to the end, saying, "Thank you to my king." ”

"As soon as this order comes out, people with lofty ideals from all over the world will flock to it." Lu Buwei said quite firmly.

"Oh?" Zhao Kuo said quite smugly.

Of course he knew the power of this merit-seeking order, even in the Three Kingdoms hundreds of years later, Cao Mengde relied on such a merit-seeking order to deceive countless talents, let alone in the Warring States.

"It's just that there's a problem with this......" Zhao Kuo looked at Lu Buwei with a smile, just like a weasel saw a chick......

Some people died, but not completely......