The first great court meeting since Shi Zun ascended the throne asked people to collect the body of the first emperor Shi Hu and determine the name and temple number of Shi Hu and Shi Shi.

In addition, there are more things waiting for him to discuss with his ministers, and at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, all things are troubled, which is inevitable. Fortunately, Shi Zun is the most capable of Shi Hu's sons, and his martial arts are no less than his father, and he is more gentle and less brutal than Shi Hu.

After determining Shi Hu's name and temple number, Shi Min, as the governor of the capital, came out again and said, "Your Majesty, there is a war report from the south. Li Xin, the general of Zhennan, broke the Jin army in Wancheng, killed the Jin generals Huan Xuan and Cao Ju, captured three Jin generals, and annihilated more than 10,000 enemies! The Jin army has now retreated from the Xiangfan area! The trouble in the south has passed, and His Majesty is asked to find Li Xin and his soldiers to stabilize the situation. ”

Shi Min's advice cannot be ignored by Shi Zun.

"Okay."

Shi Zun gave Shi Min a lot of face, and said: "I heard that Wang Ping and Wei Zheng have also quelled the civil unrest in Qingzhou and have made great contributions. Merit must not be rewarded. Li Xin added the title of Marquis of Wancheng, the champion general, and a thousand households; Wang Ping added the title of Marquis of Liyang, General Rong Zhao, and 800 households; Wei Zheng added the title of Marquis of Jimo, General Pingrong, and 800 households in the city. The rest of the departments will be rewarded according to their merits. The subordinates of Li, Wei, and Wang entered Beijing on the same day, and there must be no mistake. ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

As we all know, Li Xin, Wang Ping, and Wei Zheng are all Shi Min's cronies, and the generals under his command, Shi Zun rewarded them so much, and let them return to the dynasty, which undoubtedly increased Shi Min's power.

On the one hand, he is afraid of Shi Min's current power, on the other hand, Shi Zun has just ascended the throne, the foundation is unstable, the disaster has just been calmed down, and there are many people who disobey, Shi Zun still needs to rely on Shi Min to solve his problems.

The meeting lasted for two full hours, until the kings and ministers were hungry.

There are still a lot of political issues that have not yet been resolved.

Shi Zun had just gotten off the court, sat back in the imperial study, and before he had time to have lunch, he heard the chamberlain come in and tell him, and Shi Min, the king of Wei, asked to see him.

"Xuan."

Shi Zun put down the chopsticks and asked someone to add a pair of chopsticks.

"Your Majesty." Shi Min bowed to Shi Shun, not a bow of worship, but a simple gesture.

"The King of Wei is here. Sit down and dine with me. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Shi Min then sat opposite Shi Zun, his demeanor was not restrained, nor did he look arrogant, but neither humble nor arrogant, and the clouds were light and light.

Shi Zun casually cut a piece of meat on the leg of mutton, bit it in his mouth and chewed it, and asked while eating: "King Wei, you have just come to see me in the next court, there must be something important that is inconvenient to talk about at the court meeting, right?" ”

"Your Majesty."

Shi Min bowed slightly: "Your Majesty, the minister is sure that there are some things, and if you want to discuss it with Your Majesty, you also need to get Your Majesty's approval." ”

"Please."

"Your Majesty thinks that the current military strength of my Great Zhao Kingdom is strong enough?" Shi Min asked a puzzling question.

When Shi Zun heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment: "King Wei, why did you say this?" If my Great Zhao's military strength is not strong, how can it be said to be strong? The kingdoms of the world, such as Jin, Yan, Dai, Liang, Cheng Han, and Qiu Chi, don't dare to look directly at my Great Zhao's soldiers! It's not me boasting, at this time, in addition to Jin and Yan, if my Da Zhao really wants to destroy a country, he will definitely be caught! ”

"Your Majesty's words are ridiculous!"

Shi Min shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, as you said, the military strength of my Great Zhao Kingdom is indeed strong. However, this is the strength of Da Zhao's army, not the strength of His Majesty's army! ”

Shi Zun was silent for a while, and then he spoke: "King Wei said this...... Why? ”

"The king is the state. Since ancient times, the monarch is the country of Jiangshan Sheji, according to this statement, Your Majesty is my Great Zhao State, but why do the ministers still say that the military strength of Great Zhao is strong, but it is not Your Majesty's military strength? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister's words have no second meaning. What the minister wants to say is that after years of war and turmoil, the military strength of the imperial court has been greatly weakened, and the power of the princes in various places has been greatly increased, such as Yao Yizhong, Pu Hong, Shi Chong, Shi Bao and others, there are more than 100,000 people under their command, sitting on one side, leviing and expropriating, faintly disobeying the court, and becoming a country of its own! This is also the reason why Shicaichen admonished His Majesty in the court and returned the subordinates of Wang Ping, Li Xin and others to the court. ”

Hearing this, Shi Zun nodded and remained silent.

In fact, Shi Zun is not a fool, he is very smart and has a very bright mind.

As a superior person, how could Shi Zun not see the sinister in it?

Whether it is Shi Min, Pu Hong, Yao Yizhong, Shi Zun can't believe it!

However, the emperor's mind is the way to control people, and the first thing is balance. If the courtiers are all harmonious, it means that the power of the ministers is greater than the power of the monarch, and the power is sidelined, which is what Shi Zun does not want to see.

The reason why Shi Zun agreed to Shi Min's recall of Li Xin and Wang Ping was that he wanted to rely on Shi Min's power to confront the local princes and achieve the effect of deterrence.

"What does King Wei want?"

"Your Majesty, the minister would like to ask you to issue an edict to reorganize the troops and horses of all ministries and streamline the administration. Over the years, my Great Zhao has repeatedly fought wars, and the number of soldiers and horses has more than doubled, and the finances of the imperial court have long been overwhelmed. The soldiers in the army are uneven, and there are many parties and factions, which are clearly distinguished, which is not conducive to His Majesty's dispatch of troops. ”

"Streamlining the government?"

Shi Zun's brows furrowed: "King Wei, this matter is easy to say, but do this?" Among them, it is no less dangerous than walking on thin ice. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has already calculated it. At present, there are about 500,000 soldiers and horses in all parts of the imperial court! Stationed in various places, or stationed in Yecheng nearby, and these soldiers and horses, good and bad, both old and young, have a little low combat power. As the so-called soldiers are not expensive, 500,000 soldiers and horses, the court can afford to raise them, but it can't be connived at. ”

"I beg Your Majesty to issue an edict on disarmament and dismantle the army of 200,000!"

"What? Two hundred thousand?! ”

Shi Zun was taken aback!

"King Wei, aren't you kidding? An army of 200,000! If the imperial court only has an army of 300,000, how can it deter the princes, how can it sweep away the nations, and dominate the world? ”

"Your Majesty." Shi Min said in a deep voice, "This matter must be led by the imperial court. If the imperial court opens this opening, it can order the princes of all localities to reduce the troops and horses according to a certain proportion, and the whole country can streamline the administration of the army, so that His Majesty can take this opportunity to weaken the power of the local princes and completely control the military power. ”

"No." Shi Zun flatly refused, "This matter, King Wei Hugh wants to mention it again." The stakes are very high, and if I am not careful, my Da Zhao may not recover! And now that the situation is chaotic, how can we disarm at will? ”

Shi Zun is not a fool, the situation in Zhao is so chaotic, and issuing such an edict of "disarmament" is not cheaper for Shi Min? Moreover, in this way, Shi Zun, as the initiator, will inevitably be hated by the princes everywhere, and maybe it will lead to several rebellions!

Shi Min didn't care about this, anyway, he was just testing Shi Zun.

Shi Min lowered his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the minister still has one more matter." ”

"Please."

"The strength of a country lies first in talents. In the past, our Great Zhao State was heavily armed and fought frequently, but the people's strength was exhausted, and the treasury was empty. Why do the civil unrest continue to be banned? Gainli Shu has been driven to a dead end and can no longer live. Governing the country and governing the place all need talents, so the minister implores His Majesty to issue a recruitment order and set up a recruitment hall, just like Emperor Cao Wei Wu of the year, recruiting talents, regardless of background, whether it is a high door or a poor door, as long as there is real talent and real learning, you can enter the office, and you can use it. ”

"This ...... Well, I'll leave this matter to you. ”

Shi Zun thought about it, this is not a big deal.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

In fact, since the founding of Shile, the state of Zhao has never really attached importance to talents.

Shile is still a monarch who has made a difference, not to mention his brutal side, in terms of employing people, Shile still has something commendable.

Shi Le attaches great importance to education, in the Duan Xianbei and Wuhuan have been attached to support themselves, Wang Jun is weak, led Sizhou, Jizhou and other places to stabilize, when the people began to pay taxes, set up Taixue in the local area, with the Ming Jing and good books of officials as literary Peng, selected 300 subordinates to receive education.

Later, Shi Le added more than ten primary schools in Xiangguo, such as Xuanwen, Xuanjiao, Chongru, and Chongxun, and selected his subordinates and children of the Hao clan to enroll. Scheller even visited the school to assess the students' understanding of the meaning of the classics, and those who achieved good results were awarded awards.

Shi Le called Queen Zhao, ordered Zhixiong and Wang Yang to sacrifice wine for his ministers, and was in charge of the Hu people's lawsuits, and ordered Zhang Li, Liu Mo and others to be the protégés, and to be in charge of the Hu people's entry and exit, and prohibited the Hu people from bullying the Han people, and took the Hu people as the countrymen. In addition, 300 families of scholars were migrated to Xiangguo, and Chongrenli was placed to let them live together, and the prince doctor was placed under the leadership of the Hu and Han divisions.

Shi Le also attached great importance to the work of revising history, and ordered Ren Bo and Cui Jun to sacrifice wine for historiography, and also ordered Zuo Mingkai, Cheng Yin, and Xu Ji to write "The Records of the Shangdang State", Fu Biao, Jia Pu, and Jiang Liang, the middle princes, to write "Notes on the General's Life", and Shi Tai, Shi Tong, Shi Qian, and Kong Long, who joined the army, to write "Da Shan Yu Zhi". After being called emperor, he promoted five Tai students to be Zuo Shulang and recorded current affairs.

Shile also carried out the examination mechanism, and the first five products were built, and Zhang Bin led the election. Later, he set nine products, ordered the law enforcement Lang Dian to determine the Shi clan, and deputy election function. He also ordered the bureaucrats and prefectures and counties to raise one person each every year to show talent, filial piety, honesty, virtuousness, outspokenness, and martial bravery.

Later, he joined the army with Wang Bo as the secretary, and established the system of the nine streams, the beginning of the show, and the examination system. After becoming the emperor, he ordered each county to set up scholars, and each county had two doctors and 150 students, and they graduated after three examinations.

Politically, Shile also sought advice from the wise.

In March of the second year of Jianping (331), Shi Le will build Ye Palace and prepare to move the capital here, and the court lieutenant continued to write a letter to admonish, Shi Le was angry and wanted to kill him. Xu Guangli rescued and persuaded Le not to kill Lieqing because of his outspokenness, Shi Le sighed and said: "As a king, you must not be self-sufficient, don't you know the loyalty of this word, and the ear of the play." Although Shile stopped building the Ye Palace temporarily, he still gave 100 horses of silk and 100 rice as rewards.

And, take this opportunity to order a hundred liao with the secretary of state, each year of age virtuous and square, outspoken, and filial, etc., the answer to the examination is that the upper one worships the official for the Lang, the middle one is the middle lang, and the lower one is the lang. And let "its people have to be recommended and introduced, and the road to recruit talents".

Schler's recruitment of talents and the reuse of meritocracy can be said to be regular and consistent. He set up a gentleman's camp in the early days, and knew that Zhang Bin was indeed talented from practice, so he reused him and used him without doubt.

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Chapter 0208 Recruitment