Xuanguo, court meeting hall.
The bamboo slips were thrown into the palace, and Queen Xuan's beautiful eyes were full of evil, and she was very angry.
Zeng Fang, the middle doctor, knelt down in the hall, put his hands on the sides of his head, raised his buttocks, and trembled slightly.
Just yesterday, someone impeached Zeng Fang for his misconduct and suspected adultery with his sister-in-law.
This was an official of the Xuan Kingdom. King Xuan was so angry today because he had obviously ordered the Tsing Yi Guards to find out the facts.
Zeng Fang may not be a man of virtue, but his talents are first-class in Xuanguo. Not only did he serve as an assistant, but he also came up with many good strategies and promoted many favorable policies of Xuanguo.
In terms of talent alone, this is an indispensable talent for Xuan Kingdom, but King Xuan said without hesitation after being angry:
"Beat Zeng Fang with a stick! Demoted to a commoner! Banned from employment for life!"
ah! ? Hearing this, Zeng Fang immediately panicked and shouted anxiously: "Your Majesty, please calm down, Your Majesty, please forgive me..."
"Shut up!" King Xuan became even more angry and started to slap the case. The jade beads on his forehead trembled: "As an official of the Xuan Kingdom, you are so unethical! You have no dignity as an official!"
"Don't you think that scholars should be virtuous and then talented? The bow should be tuned before strength, the horse should be obeyed and then be good, the entry should be filial, and the sincerity should be trustworthy, then study literature!"
"You are called a talented man in vain! You are a slanderer! You are so filthy! You are like a jackal!"
This queen is really talented and doesn't even use curse words when swearing.
After a lot of scolding, Zeng Fang was completely unable to reply, and stammered: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."
"Pull him out! Drive him away with a stick!" King Xuan waved his sleeves.
Following her order, the palace guards did not hesitate, dragging Zeng Fang away from left to right.
The latter woke up with a start and was still desperately begging for mercy, but the voice became farther and farther away until it disappeared.
Queen Xuan attaches great importance to moral etiquette.
When Xuan Guo selected talents, among the most capable and virtuous, those with the highest reputation were also distinguished by virtue.
Scholars with moral character but no great talent can do well in Xuanguo as long as they are not too useless.
On the contrary, it is the Qin State, because Xiao Yuan is a complete meritocracy.
After handling this matter, King Xuan seemed to be still angry, and felt that his beautiful eyes were a little on fire.
She took a deep breath before sitting back on the throne.
All the ministers lowered their heads slightly and looked around, but no one dared to speak easily.
But the meeting was still going on. After a while, Prime Minister Yao Tingyu stood up and cleverly avoided the topic. He raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, regarding the water conservancy construction that our country is about to prepare, I think it is necessary to Repair it, just repair it, don't do it like before, doing it half-heartedly, without much use, and draining the national treasury."
Speaking of this, Wang Su also stood up immediately and said: "I second my opinion, in this matter, our country has always been a minor repairman, and officials from top to bottom have not done important tasks, resulting in farmland irrigation problems that have never been improved."
"How to overhaul it?" King Xuan asked.
Wang Su said: "For example, the Qin State's Chuanjiang Weir. The King of Qin preferred to spend countless gold and silver and last for several years instead of making minor repairs. Facts have proved that his decision was correct. Although the construction of those several years was very costly, it benefited half of the people. Sichuan and Sichuan have nourished countless farmlands, so that thousands of miles of fertile fields in Sichuan have endless food and grass."
Hearing this, some ministers objected: "The fortifications are so huge. Let's not talk about other things. We lack such talents in terms of water conservancy. If we are to repair the canals, will Mr. Wang understand the water conservancy fortifications?"
"What Mr. Li said is absolutely true." Wang Su did not defend himself, but said: "I really know very little about this aspect. We don't have water conservancy talents, but we can borrow them."
"Oh?" King Xuan asked curiously, "What does Mr. Wang mean?"
Wang Su said seriously: "Back to your Majesty, the Minister of Qin, Zhang Jingrui, is a great talent in water conservancy projects. I, the King, can send a letter to the King of Qin and ask him to borrow Zhang Jingrui. I believe that the King of Qin will not be stingy here." ."
King Xuan's eyes lit up, but just as he was about to speak, another minister stood up: "This is ridiculous! Even if we need to overhaul the canal, such fortifications must be very expensive. How can we use officials from other countries."
Wang Su looked at him and said with a smile: "Master Chen, don't you hear that stones from other mountains can attack jade?"
The minister surnamed Chen said: "Although Zhang Jingrui is talented, if he is to lead the construction of canals, what should he do if he deliberately messes around!"
"No, Zhang Jingrui won't, or in other words, the King of Qin won't do this." Wang Su vowed: "Moreover, it's impossible for just one official to overhaul the canal, and the rest of our officials are all fools?"
"This..." Minister surnamed Chen paused.
Upon seeing this, King Xuan no longer hesitated and said immediately: "Okay, I deeply agree with what Mr. Wang said. This is a big thing. Since we don't have talents in this area, don't deceive yourself. It's also good to admit the talents of others." A virtue.”
"Yes, that's what the king said." Minister Chen quickly bowed.
Wang Su immediately shouted: "I, Wang Yingming——"
Why did King Xuan make the decision so quickly? It was because Wang Su had something that spoke to her heart: King Qin would not do this.
After going to court, she returned to the study and immediately unfolded a silk book. She picked up the brush and tilted her head to think about it before continuing to write.
Her handwriting is beautiful, neat and beautiful. In the first half, she wrote some pleasantries, and then got down to the main topic.
This matter was quickly implemented, and the letter was on its way.
A few days later, Prince Qin’s Mansion.
In the study, Liu Yuzhi was reporting on some things, mostly about the domestic situation after the war.
"After years of hoarding money and grain, our country's national treasury was 74 million taels of silver last year."
"But this year's treasury expenditure is more than 50 million taels, of which the king's military expenditure is as high as 30 million taels of silver."
"This is still for hoarding. Based on our country's existing tax revenue, it is already a deficit..."
The more Xiao Yuan listened, the deeper his frown deepened. He couldn't help but interrupt him and said: "Isn't it just a matter of scolding me if you listen to the Prime Minister's wishes?"
"I don't dare." Liu Yuzhi said: "But Your Majesty, if we continue to fight for years, the national treasury will be exhausted, and the generals and people will not be able to survive..."
"Okay, okay." Xiao Yuan had a headache and was about to say something, but Xu Hu walked in, holding a letter and said:
"Your Majesty, what Miss Chu just sent is a letter from Xuan Guo."
"Ah?" Xiao Yuan was stunned, then stretched out his hand and said, "Let me see."
After the letter was handed over and unfolded, Xiao Yuan read it carefully:
Brother Wang saw the words as if he had met each other. The starry frost has lasted for a long time, and he is well. The flowers on the road have not bloomed, and there is heavy snow in the Qin Dynasty. I wonder if Brother Wang has any clothes. I won’t go into details about this worry. I heard that talented people in Shu are overhauling the Sichuan River. Today, Xuanguo’s water conservancy is poor, so we borrow talented people. Brother Wang has always been in Yada, and he will not reject his sister in ruthlessness...
