Due to the great defeat of the Chu State, the country's power was declining day by day. Although it was supported by the Qin State, it was better to be strong on one's own than to rely on the strength of others.
Although Chu State now has an army of 200,000, these 200,000 troops cannot compare with the elite Chu army in the past. Qu Qing and Xiang Meng originally wanted to use the army in hand to join forces with the King of Chu to launch a revolution.
After all, everyone knows that it is impossible for every generation of public nobles to have talents. There are many talented scholars in the Zhou Dynasty, but if the system of Chu State is not changed, it will not be able to attract those real talents. .q.
After thinking for a long time, the King of Chu, Qu Qing, and Xiang Meng prepared limited changes, dividing the land in the country where there were no feudal nobles, and implementing reforms.
But even so, there were still many people in Chu State who opposed it, but King Chu, Qu Qing, and Xiang Meng did not compromise anymore, but implemented it forcefully. Although the three of them do not have the power to completely change the law, partial reforms can still be achieved.
The combined power of King Chu, Qu Qing, and Xiang Meng was enough to suppress these opponents. After all, it was only a partial reform.
After driving the opponents back to the fiefdom, many positions were vacant in Chu State. Then the King of Chu issued an edict, inviting scholars from various states in Zhou Dynasty to come, and expressed his willingness to use his ministers to recruit good talents.
The news of Chu State's implementation of reforms quickly spread throughout the world. After hearing about it, many students in the Huai State Academy chose to go to Chu State to serve as officials.
After all, although the Huai State can become an official, the number of places given each year is limited. The system implemented by the Huai State is somewhat contrary to theirs. Therefore, these people cannot verify what they have learned if they stay in the Huai State. Now the King of Chu is recruiting talents to reform and strengthen themselves. These people Without hesitation, he quickly set off for Chu State.
The State of Huai did not stop the students from the academy from leaving, and did not even say anything when they knew they were heading to the State of Chu.
Huaiguo Academy has already formulated a set of rules, allowing freedom of movement and freedom. This is why students from all over the world can come and make Huaiguo Academy a paradise. If the Huai Kingdom restricts the students from leaving, then this academy will soon decline.
Of course, Huaiguo is not stupid. Huaiguo's secretaries will evaluate the students in Huaiguo Academy, personally invite those who are talented, and use the middle and top talents according to their talents. Therefore, it is difficult to snatch real talents from Huai State.
However, although there are no great talents, there are still quite a few people with moderate talents. The King of Chu selected some talented people from these people, and then awarded these people official positions, allowing them to help implement reforms and reform and strengthen the country.
The Chu State's reform was not very strong. After all, the Chu State's princes and nobles were too powerful. If the reform were to be directly forcibly promoted, nine out of ten reformers would be killed in the end.
Among the scholars who came to Chu State, none could preside over comprehensive reforms. These students had several discussions with the King of Chu, Xiang Meng, and Qu Qing, and finally implemented a castrated version of the reform based on the Huai Kingdom's system.
The first is to rectify the official administration. The degree of corruption in the official administration of Chu State is far greater than that of Huai State, and a large number of nobles interfere in it. The King of Chu legislated, clarifying responsibilities and prohibiting nobles from intervening in the governance of officials. The second article was to establish an inspection censor to supervise officials.
The third is to remove the incompetent people, abolish the useless, select the talented and appoint the capable, and move the nobles to the borders to consolidate the vast and empty land.
At the same time, we will strengthen military training, improve military combat capabilities, reform taxation, etc.
Chu's reforms did not touch on the fundamental problems of the nobility, so although there were voices of opposition, there was no disturbance under the joint efforts of King Chu, Xiang Meng and Qu Qing to suppress them.
The original plan was to promote the promotion of the mediocre and the virtuous, and to award official positions not based on family background but only on talent. But the King of Chu and others still did not make up their minds in the end. Instead, it became that if a noble wanted to become an official, he also needed to take a talent test, and only those who passed the test could be appointed. This practice offers little improvement.
Although the reforms implemented by the Chu State were only partial, they still restored some vitality to the Chu State. The national power gradually increased, which made the King of Chu very happy.
Huai State did not react much to Chu State's reforms. Wang Qi even couldn't help laughing after seeing the contents of Chu State's reforms.
"With Huai State's reforms in front, Chu State didn't even have the courage to copy
without! Without great perseverance and great wisdom, if you want to rely on this tinkering method to reform, it will be in vain after all! "
Reform to strengthen the country is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat.
If the Chu State cannot continue to advance, this advantage will not last long, and there may even be a situation where the people and the government cease to exist.
The Huai State moved its capital to Jinling, and the Chu State was busy carrying out reforms, but the Huai State did not stop either. Over the years, earth-shaking changes have taken place in the north. Although the Huai Kingdom is peaceful, it has been developing the land around Jinling.
For twenty years, Huai State has been migrating some people from other places to Shudi every year. To the south, they attacked the barbarians and plundered the people.
After twenty years of development, the Huai State's national strength has been steadily increasing. The original population of 200,000 who migrated from Jinling has grown to more than 300,000 after these years of development.
The area around Jinling gradually surpassed Huai'an and became the most prosperous area in Huai Kingdom.
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Zijue sat a little lonely in the cave world, with several cranes dancing around him. It had been many years since he woke up from his deep sleep this time, and he had been paying attention to Huai Kingdom.
Over the years, Zijue's luck points have grown very fast, and every debate in the academy has luck points recorded.
The Huai Kingdom has developed very well in recent years, especially the current king. Although Wang Qi is a middle-aged man, he is very lucky and has so many famous ministers under his command.
With the assistance of these famous ministers, even if Wang Qi is just a middle-aged man, and even if he doesn't like to deal with government affairs, the Huai Kingdom is still getting stronger and stronger.
Zijue looked up at the lucky black bird in the sky, and saw that the black clouds above it had turned half of the black bird black. The backlash of destiny is getting bigger and bigger.
There was a golden light in Zijue's eyes. He hadn't just been sleeping all these years. In fact, every time he fell asleep, Zijue was integrating the rules of this world.
It's just that this fusion is not easy, and those destiny backlashes are always interfering. As the Huai Kingdom changes history, the way of heaven will also undergo some changes, and the backlash will increase, and the rules of the world will continue to be improved.
Originally, when Zi Jue passed away, the way of heaven in this world was just a simple line, but after these years of development, the way of heaven has become a picture, which is dozens of times more complicated.
The way of heaven is constantly growing, and when Zijue has not completely integrated with the way of heaven, this counterattack force will still exist.
