Chapter 29: Is She Trying to Attack Me?
Zhang Beichen began to go to court every day and handle official business.
During this time, Wei Yao didn't know what to do, but he actually changed his previous idea of attacking other countries at the beginning, and he has been quiet.
Zhang Beichen soon discovered the problem, he, the middle doctor, was responsible for recommending and dismissing middle and lower-level officials.
But every time the people on the recommendation list submitted to him are all children of the nobility!
It is true that the literacy rate of noble disciples is higher, but there are also many of them who are uneducated, morally corrupt, or ignorant of the law.
Zhang Beichen didn't want them to hold important positions, but he found that his opinions were completely ignored by the doctors and secretaries above, and they divided their official positions, not according to their talents, but according to their backgrounds.
This is the case with the entire Wei officialdom!
When the Wei State was first established, it was nothing to do this, because the first group of nobles were all people with real talents and hard work, which could establish a country.
Today, the nobles of the Wei State are obsessed with pleasure, and there are few who have ink in their stomachs.
Even the son-in-law, who is ambitious and talented, and can only talk about rhetoric, is outstanding among them!
It is conceivable that among the Wei State, how many mediocre talents are in high positions!
"No wonder Wei started so well, but every time it develops, it will decline, it turns out that it is outside the gold and jade, and it is defeated!" Zhang Beichen understood the key.
[You give advice to the King of Wei, hoping that the Wei Palace will issue a recruitment order, select the talented, and let the children of the common people also have the opportunity to become officials. 】
[Your advice caused dissatisfaction among the courtiers, and the courtiers criticized you, and the King of Wei suppressed the public opinion and agreed to your advice. 】
"King Wei's game is not bad, at least she listens to everything I say." Zhang Beichen thought to himself.
[The king of Wei issued a recruitment order, which attracted students from all over the world to come, and the national strength of Wei increased, but it also caused dissatisfaction among the nobles. 】
Zhang Beichen began to deal with these problems, he had to evaluate these students and give them jobs, and on the other hand, he had to find a way to get rid of those mediocre or corrupt officials in the Wei court.
Undoubtedly, this will offend many people in turn.
[In order to make things easier for you, King Wei promoted you to the rank of court lieutenant, ranking in Jiuqing! ] 】
Three Princes and Nine Secretaries, Zhang Beichen's official position at this time is already very big!
In this era, etiquette and music collapsed, and the system of each country was different. This is especially true of official positions, sometimes when the monarch is happy, he has an additional official name. The Wei State was originally a system of three princes and nine kings, but the two most powerful courtiers were the prime minister's son and the general Pang Ming.
If Zhang Beichen is promoted to another level, he will be on an equal footing with Gongzi and Pang Ming!
This naturally caused the ministers to be even more dissatisfied, and Wei Yao's prestige as a king was also declining. Even the elders of the office came to teach her a lesson and told her not to go too far.
"You still educate this king? A bunch of old immortals! "Wei Yao doesn't pay attention to these people at all, these people from the public family have a good meal and drink for them, and they are embarrassed to point fingers!
She remembered that when the simulation failed several times, the people in the office ran away with Gongzi, and they didn't even have the courage to live and die with the country, so Wei Yao naturally looked down on them.
At this time, Wei Yao was only thinking about how to cultivate Zhang Beichen.
She checked Zhang Beichen's attributes, Zhang Beichen has now changed from a blue card to a three-star purple card, but he has not unlocked any special achievements.
Probably because of the seedlings that I pulled out to help me.
"Hey, there's an intimacy here!" Wei Yao discovered the point that he had been ignoring before, "In the previous simulation, Yingyi people actually married Zhang Beichen, probably because the intimacy has increased. ”
"So will this king!" Wei Yao studied it with great interest.
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[King Wei rewarded you with a sword and instructed: "Aiqing, the sword is given to heroes, I hope you can like it." ”】
[Your intimacy with King Wei has increased by ten points. 】
Zhang Beichen saw the news prompt, and not only felt puzzled in his heart, "In this game, King Wei has changed too much." It's a bit too good for me, could it be that the ending of the last game affected her? ”
His heart moved: "Could it be that this King Wei in the simulator also exists in reality?!! ”
Thinking of this possibility, Zhang Beichen was completely shocked! This simulator can choose to assist the monarchs of the Seven Kingdoms at the beginning!
That means that not only Yingyi and Wei Yao, but also the monarchs of the other five countries are likely to be real people in this simulation game!
"No wonder, no wonder they behaved so humanely, obviously they had a similar start, but the result was different every time. All countries are beginning to avoid the crisis of their own destruction, because they have also experienced failures and learned their lessons! Zhang Beichen had a feeling of sudden realization!
As he pondered, he found that the news had been updated again.
[The king of Wei invited you to the palace for a banquet, as a courtier, it is inconvenient for you to refuse. When you go to the banquet, you find that it is only you and the king of Wei, and you drink and talk freely until late at night. 】
[Your intimacy with King Wei has increased by ten points. 】
Raise intimacy, send gifts, and initiate invitations, some with a one-day cooldown, some with a one-month cooldown.
However, Zhang Beichen found that the next development was wrong. Because King Wei is almost stuck at the time of refresh, he either gives gifts or initiates invitations.
[King Wei rewarded you with a set of satin python robes and said: "Aiqing, this is a court dress specially customized for you, you can change it and try it quickly!" ”】
[You put on a python robe, you are handsome and extraordinary, King Wei is very happy, and your intimacy has risen by ten points. 】
[The last time King Wei had a set of dragon pattern armor, he said: "Aiqing, this is the armor specially made for you by the widowed craftsman, can you quickly change it on?" ”】
[You put on armor, you are heroic, and King Wei likes it even more. Your intimacy has risen by ten points. 】
[King Wei invited you to go on a spring outing in the suburbs together, and your intimacy rose by twenty points. 】
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"I'll go!" Zhang Beichen saw a series of news, and people were stupid. This King Wei is attacking him, what's the situation?
As a courtier, it was difficult for him to refuse the king's order, so Zhang Beichen could only watch the intimacy skyrocket, from friendliness and concern to high trust, and it was about to be love!
"No." Although Zhang Beichen also thinks that King Wei is good, with good looks and a very good figure, he can't just fall in love and not have a career! If you keep doing this, it will be abandoned! Other countries are now developing there, and when they develop, the Wei State will not perish?
He began to try to refuse the invitations and gifts of the King of Wei.
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[Zhang Beichen rejected your invitation! ] When Wei Yao saw the news, he clenched his fists, "Zhang Beichen, you can't escape the palm of this king's hand." ”
Wei Yao still has a way to increase intimacy, that is, to adopt Zhang Beichen's advice and implement Zhang Beichen's policy.
Zhang Beichen proposed to set up schools throughout the country to educate the people.
Wei Yao directly agreed, and with a wave of his hand, he supported a large amount of silver from the treasury to support.
[King Wei fully supports your policy, and your intimacy with King Wei has increased by ten points. Zhang Beichen saw the hint and could only let it go, anyway, it was all for the sake of strengthening the Wei State.
Zhang Beichen implemented the recruitment order for two years, and the national strength of Wei has been improved, and now it is fully capable of annexing one or two countries.
But Zhang Beichen felt that it was not enough, and if he wanted to change it, he should change it thoroughly. If more civilians can enter the court of Wei, it will not only improve the strength of Wei, but also strengthen Wei Yao's power!
Because these commoners have no backstage, their backstage can only be the monarch! They are both prosperous and lossy with the monarch!
At that time, no matter whether Wei was on an expedition or attacked, there would be no situation where courtiers and generals would easily betray or run away.
So Zhang Beichen thought twice and put a big move.
[The court discussed politics, you advised the King of Wei to change the official election system of Wei, from the system of recommendation and succession to the imperial examination system. Set up the imperial examination and recruit talented people from all over the world to serve the Wei State! 】
There are currently three main systems for electing officials in Wei and several other countries. The first is recommendation, for example, a courtier recommends someone to make him an official.
The second is inheritance. Shangqing's son is still Shangqing, and the prime minister's son is still prime minister. Similar to the fourth and third princes of the Yuan Shao family in parallel time and space, the situation at this time was more serious than then.
The third is to lobby the king or important ministers, become his disciples, and then be reused. Zhang Beichen also used this method.
The third way is to say, at least the people who become doormen and staff have a certain ability. However, recommendation and inheritance are easy to favor relatives and friends, and many people with no talent and no virtue are selected. This system also further expanded the influence of the nobility and weakened the power of the monarch.
A person like Gongzi can still be a prime minister without talent. It is because he is the spokesperson of the power of the office, without him, the orders of King Wei cannot be carried out!
If you want to completely change this situation, you have to reshuffle the cards! The imperial examination system is a great weapon!