Chapter 475: Union and Continuing (Three)

Zhou Guanfu called several accompanying soldiers to the front and told him in a serious tone: "There is a sign that will enter Huguan Canyon in front. You must search closely for the cliffs and dense forests on both sides of the canyon. No spider-wire horses should be spared. The safety of the Prime Minister is of great importance, so you must not take it lightly. Do you understand?"

Several personal soldiers agreed and took the order. (--net.)

Bai Mo, who was sitting in the carriage, smiled and shook his head, "Shengzhi, what else can happen if you are by my side?"

Zhou Guanfu shook his head and said disapprovingly: "Although I have some martial arts, there is only one person after all. If he is attacked by the assassin, he may not be able to protect the Prime Minister."

Bai Mo smiled and said, "You are too worried about Shengzhi, how could there be assassins here?"

"That's not sure." Zhou Guanfu said, "The people from Ebony Cliff are all over the world. Prime Minister's whereabouts may be kept secret. But once you enter South Korea, they will probably know it long ago. Xiang Zhuang regards the Prime Minister as a major concern. How could he ignore it after learning about the Prime Minister's whereabouts? It is inevitable to send assassins to assassinate."

"That's not necessarily." Bai Mo waved his hand and said calmly, "Although Xiang Zhuang regards me as a thorn in his eyes, he may not act rashly. Although Eumu Cliff is good at spying on news, he is still alone. Could it be that just a few dozen dead soldiers can really do anything to you, the great Han cavalry general and three hundred elite soldiers?"

Zhou Guanfu said: "How can you know that Eumu Cliff will not bring a large army from Zhao?"

Speaking of this, Zhou Guanfu suddenly became worried again and persuaded Bai Mo: "Prime Minister, I think it is too dangerous to go to Handan like this. No matter what, Zhao State is still an ally of Chu State!"

"Don't worry, the king and minister of Zhao will not be so unwise!" Bai Mo waved his hand and said calmly, "What's more, if the two countries are fighting troops and not killing the envoys, why is Zhao unfavorable to the original state? It's unreasonable."

"But..." When Zhou Guanfu wanted to argue, he was stopped by Bai Mo. (--.com.)

Bai Mo stopped Zhou Guanfu with a smile and whispered: "Shengzhi, why not tell you, in fact, the original minister has already made complete arrangements. There is no danger in going to Handan this time."

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Xiangzhuang took Bishu along Triumph Avenue to the ferry, and then sent Bishu onto the ferry.

Hu Yan stood behind Bi Shu with his hand pressed the Mute Yue Sword, and said in a muffled voice: "Your Majesty, don't worry. As long as the general has a breath, the general will never lose half of his hair!"

"What are you talking about?" Xiang Zhuang glared and scolded sternly, "If you are alive, the general cannot lose a hair. If you die, the general cannot lose a hair!"

"Yeah!" Hu Yan replied with a loud bang and bowed with a bang.

Xiang Zhuang repeatedly reminded Bi Shu: "Learn swords, you must be careful when you go to Linzi. Although we have made complete arrangements, we dare not assert that Han He's son will be restrained. If Han He's son will be restrained for his interests, it will not guarantee that the civil and military officials of Qi will be restrained."

Bi Shu bowed again and again and said, "Don't worry, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, so I still understand this principle."

Xiang Zhuang was still worried and reminded him for the last time: "Where is learning sword? Before you are very sure, you must not enter Linzi City. As long as you don't enter the city, even if the monarch and ministers of Qi are unfavorable to you, Hu Yan's three hundred iron cavalry can protect you and leave calmly. I will let Jiang Ji lead the navy to respond to you from the sea."

Bi Shu said: "Don't worry, the king and minister of Qi want the lives of their ministers, but it's not that easy."

"Very good." Xiang Zhuang finally let go, waved his hand to signal the boatman to drive the boat, and then bowed to Bishu, "Learn from the sword, I am waiting for the good news in Ziling."

"Please go back, please.--net." Bi Shu bowed and replied with a smile, "I... I will definitely not be humiliating my destiny!"

Xiang Zhuang did not return, but stood at the ferry and watched Bi Shu disappear on the vast river surface in the distance, and then returned to Ziling City with great worries.

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King Zhang Ao of Zhao led the country together overnight, the Asian Prime Minister Zhang Jing, General Zhao Wu and the second General Bai Xuan summoned them into the palace, and then conveyed a very surprising news to the four major ministers: Bai Mo, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, had arrived in Yuci, and was about to pass Jingxing to enter the territory of Zhao!

Zhang Jing was surprised when he heard this and said in confusion: "King, Bai Mo is Liu Bang's entrusted minister. At this time, he was not assisting Liu Heng in Xianyang, so why did he come to Zhao State for?"

"What do you care about him?" Zhao Wu said with a ferocious face, "When Bai Mo set up an ambush on the Taurus Road, he almost killed the King of Chu. I heard that the King of Chu wished he could eat his flesh alive. Why don't we take Bai Mo and carry him to the turret? In this way, wouldn't the alliance between our Great Zhao and Chu be further consolidated?"

"I'm afraid this is inappropriate?" Bai Xuan frowned, "The so-called two countries are fighting troops and not killing the envoy. This time, Bai Mo came to Handan as an envoy. If I, Da Zhao, did not say anything, capture him, wouldn't it be a breach of trust in the world?"

"What's wrong with breaking trust in the world?" Zhao Wu groaned and said disapprovingly, "Now that Chu State is powerful, my big Zhao leans on the strong Chu and looks down on the princes. Who dares to say a little gossip? Humph!"

"Back to Qiang Chu?" Bai Xuan said coldly, "How can Qiang Chu not covet my Da Zhao Qi?"

"You..." Zhao Wu was speechless and immediately said, "Bai Xuan, what is your intention to go against me in every way? Are you repeatedly destroying the Chu-Zhao alliance and intending to trap my Great Zhao in danger?"

Bai Xuan ignored Zhao Wu and said to Zhang Ao: "King, the situation of Chu sweeping the world has been completed. Maintaining the alliance with Chu at this time is like struggling with a tiger, and he is afraid that it will be destroyed. I think that our great Zhao should decisively abandon the alliance with Chu and turn to form an alliance with Han, Han and Qi to fight against Chu, or you can still find a glimmer of life!"

"Bai Xuan!" Zhao Wu shouted, "Don't make such refusal to the country again!"

Seeing Zhao Wu and Bai Xuan started arguing again, Zhang Ao waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Okay, okay, don't argue, don't argue, don't argue, say something, say it well..."

After finally suppressing Zhao Wu and Bai Xuan's argument, Zhang Ao asked Guan Gao again: "Old Prime Minister, what if you think?"

Guan Gao's snow-white brow moved, and he said with a look around and said, "King, the old minister thinks this matter should be discussed for a long time."

Zhang Ao smiled bitterly and turned his inquiring eyes to the Asian prime minister Zhang Jing. Zhang Jing's eyes flashed and said, "I think that what the two generals said makes sense, but the old prime minister is the old and successful country's words. This matter should be discussed for a long time." Zhao Wu and Bai Xuan were already in power, and Guan Gao did not want to get involved easily.

"Well." Zhang Ao said depressedly, "Let's not talk about this for now. Then wait until Prime Minister Bai arrives in Handan and talk about it. Please come back, my dear friends."

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Since Xiangzhuang implemented the reform, especially the national examination system, the power structure of the entire country has undergone earth-shaking changes! The original system of aristocratic families was suppressed and fragmented, but replaced by a brand new system of honors and scholars.

Now the officials of Chu State are divided into two major systems: literature and martial arts.

Military officers are mainly honorary officials, nobles and nobles, and are promoted through military merit rewards. Civil officials are all from the Imperial College and are promoted through political performance appraisal. Over the past ten years, these two systems have gradually been standardized and relatively complete. For example, the inclusion of the six counties in Liangdi, the Lingyinfu simply promoted six county magistrates and more than seventy county magistrates in a very short period of time. This is the power of the system.

This also requires the help of Xiang Zhuang's papermaking and printing. If Xiang Zhuang had not invented papermaking and printing, it would have made the large-scale spread of books, even if Xiang Zhuang implemented the national examination system, it would still not change the current situation of scarcity of scholars. The so-called national examination can only become a decoration. Imagine that if only a few hundred people take the exam every year, what would be a big deal?

However, now, the State of Chu has no worries about this. The entire State of Chu has a population of 8 million, and there are at least 100,000 scholars. The younger the age, the higher the proportion of studying. Xiang Zhuang is even a little worried. In the long run, will all young people choose to study? Who else can rely on to join the army and fight?

However, the formation of the civil service system is still short, and at least the climate has not yet been formed in the court.

In the current Chu court, the honors and relatives who came from military generals and nobles who came from the clan's descendants. For example, the imperial Yin Xiang, who was the head of civil servants, was the Xiang clan and the most prominent noble! There is also the Taiwei Xiang Tuo, who was the head of military generals, who was also the Xiang clan.

In other words, in today's court, the nobles and nobles have great power to speak!

Most of these nobles and nobles came from the sea of ​​blood. They were not like those civil officials trained by the Imperial Academy. The power of civil officials comes from the royal power. If they lose the support of the royal power, they are nothing. The power of nobles and nobles comes from their own military achievements. Even if they are the King of Chu, they cannot easily deprive them of their military achievements.

This will inevitably lead to a situation where civil officials are more loyal to the monarch because the monarch can give them greater power, while military officials are more loyal to their families, because only when the family prospers can they obtain more resources, and with more resources, they can gain more military achievements, and in turn consolidate the power and status of the family.

In other words, military officers care more about the interests of their respective families!

The highest manifestation of the interests of the military officer family is the division of feudals.

In fact, the nobles and nobles of Chu had already clamored to divide the ban in private. Most of them were no longer young. They seemed to be alive in a few years. If they didn't divide the ban, they might not be able to catch up. However, Xiang Zhuang's prestige was too high and he was suppressed by the excuse of not revenge of the former king. Otherwise, they would have raised up to invite the ban in groups.

Therefore, when the news that Queen Wei Yue had a nephew came to join us, it was like a stone thrown into the pool, and ripples were rippled in an instant. In less than two days, the memorial to request the title of the former King of Wei, Bao, to be the King of Wei, and to re-establish the Wei Kingdom's memorial to fly into the Chu Palace like snow, and piled up Xiangzhuang's desk.
Chapter completed!