Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 653

"Heng'er, your father asked you to be in charge of investigating officials, how are you doing?"

Queen Ji Pao asked with concern.

After all, at this critical moment of the battle for the heir apparent, no matter whether it is Young Master Heng or Young Master Hong, there is no room for the slightest mistake.

"Basically, the list has been made. There are 560 scholars, who are selected for officials based on policy. Some are Yilang, some are county guards, some are county magistrates, some are county magistrates, etc."

Hearing this, Queen Ji Pai couldn't help frowning her eyebrows and asked, "Are there many officials from Kuaiji County?"

"There are 76 people."

"Where did you put them in?"

"It's just a small official like Yilang, county magistrate, or county magistrate. If he is a county magistrate, he must be an official in a remote place, that is, the nine counties in the south."

"good."

Only then did Ji Kou feel relieved.

"Mother..."

Young Master Heng hesitated to speak, finally gritted his teeth, bowed to Ji Kou and said, "Mother, I dare not lie to my mother."

"Actually, during the test this time, my uncle asked my minister to accommodate, so that a scholar from Kuaiji County might go to the local area to serve as a county magistrate or county magistrate, but my minister declined..."

"You did nothing wrong."

Ji Kou shook his head and said, "Son, your uncle is a master of uneasy life. You must not listen to him or trust him, just be like your father, use it and prevent it."

"..."

Is it because Ji Kou is too mean?

Not also!

As Ji Kou's younger brother, Gou Jian has accumulated military exploits over the years, and has become Wu Guo's Lang Zhongling. He is an official worshiper of Jiuqing, which can be said to be a glorious lintel.

However, what was Goujian's previous identity?
Prince Yue!

Now, Gou Jian has another identity, that is, the younger brother of Queen Wu, the brother-in-law of King Wu Qingji...

Goujian placed a scholar from Kuaiji County, in name, to win over the hearts of Prince Heng, win enough power, and do his part for Prince Heng to become the heir apparent.

But, who knows what Gou Jian is thinking?
Must guard against!

"Empress mother, in fact, my uncle also presented a plan to my son, which will definitely help my son topple Wu Hong, and help my son ascend to the position of crown prince."

"Oh? Let's hear it."

Ji Kou became interested.

After all, what she is most worried about now is whether or not Young Master Heng can ascend to the position of Prince Wu.

Mothers are more valuable than their sons, and sons are more valuable than their mothers.

Born in an emperor's family, mother and child actually complement each other.

Once Qingji makes son Hong the heir apparent, Ji Kou will definitely be liquidated in the future, and at worst, he will be thrown into the cold palace, and his children will inevitably suffer.

After Prince Hong succeeded to the throne, where would Ji Kou, the queen, go?
Unless Gong Zihong's biological mother died of a sudden illness, Ji Kou's queen and Mrs. Tai's throne would not be stable at all.

Therefore, in order for his son Gong Ziheng to ascend to the position of crown prince, Ji Kou has to help him at all costs.

When Young Master Heng told Ji Kou the strategy that Gou Jian offered, the latter couldn't help but gasped, shook his head and said, "No, no."

"Heng'er, it's not that the queen mother doesn't help you, but that this strategy is too vicious. It must not be used unless it is absolutely necessary!"

"Yes."

……

The next day.

In the Zide Hall, Qingji was sitting on his own throne, listening to Young Master Heng and Young Master Hong report to him.

Regarding the list of elected officials submitted by Young Master Heng, after reading it, Qingji nodded slightly in agreement.

At least, in this matter, as the chief examiner, Gong Ziheng did not make arbitrary decisions, but listened carefully to the suggestions of Dazai Jiran, Ting Wei Deng Xi, and Prime Minister Zuo Wenzhong, and decided as appropriate.

Good at accepting advice, knowing people and being good at assignments.

From Qing Ji's point of view, at least Young Master Heng already possessed a qualification to be an emperor.

"The income of [-] gold?"

When Qingji saw the play sheet that Young Master Hong handed over, he was also a little surprised.

Gong Zihong was in charge of selling a large amount of weapons and equipment for the state of Wu to the Jin army, Zheng army, and Qi army who were confronting Chaoge, as well as the Fan family and Zhongxing family who originally belonged to the second of the six ministers of the state of Jin.

Now, after the battle of Ludi and Baiquan, under the leadership of Zhao Yang, although the Jin army has won a great victory, it has not yet been able to end the war.

The melee in the Central Plains has entered a stalemate.

However, as the saying goes, if Tao does not explode in silence, it dies in silence.

After a period of brewing, this melee in the Central Plains will inevitably become more intense.

Therefore, all the forces participating in the war are busy preparing their armies for the war, preparing their troops for the emergency...

"Yes."

Gong Zihong bowed to Qingji and said: "Father, before this melee in the Central Plains, there were only Jin, Qi, and Zheng, and the Fan family and Zhongxing family joined in. However, the changes in the future will definitely make more The vassal states of the Central Plains participated in it."

"My son was ordered by his father to send people to discuss with the princes of the Central Plains. In addition to Jin, Qi, and Zheng, there are also Fan and Zhonghang. They chose to buy Wu's military supplies, weapons and equipment."

"The House of Zhou, the Kingdom of Lu, the Kingdom of Song, the Kingdom of Wei, and even the Kingdom of Chen are all very worried, so the sons and ministers make people lobby their kings and bribe their ministers, so that everyone is in danger."

"I got a large number of military orders for my country of Wu!"

"The deposits delivered by various countries include gold, jade silk, cloth, etc., equivalent to horseshoe gold, which is 3 taels!"

After a pause, Young Master Hong raised his head and chest, and said loudly: "Father, this is just a deposit!"

"After all the weapons, equipment and military supplies are delivered, next year, I estimate that my country of Wu will have [-] gold in my account!"

"good!"

Qingji also nodded slightly, agreeing very much.

This adds up to a total of 8 taels of gold!

What is this concept?
One tael of gold is equal to [-] yuan of Wu's common currency, five baht.

8 taels of gold, that's a full [-] million yuan!

This is already equivalent to one year's fiscal revenue of Wu.

Of course, Wu's fiscal revenue is not just real money.

There are also things like food, silk, and cloth, which can be exchanged at any time.

This is the real hard currency, similar to gold.

Thanks to Qingji's foresight, Wu's military industry is very developed, and he can take advantage of the melee in the Central Plains to make a fortune from the war.

However, Gong Zihong's brains are really bright enough, and he also knows to take the initiative to sell Wu's excellent weapons and equipment, so that the princes of the Central Plains are rushing to buy them.

This son is very business minded!
Extraordinary ability!

"Hong'er, you have made great contributions to our country of Wu!"

With a look of approval on his face, Qingji looked at Wu Hong under the majesty's platform, and said slowly: "The widow will reward you with three thousand acres of fertile land in Jinling, a hundred pieces of silk, a pair of jade discs, and a hundred pieces of gold!"

"Thank you, father, for the reward!"

Young Master Hong bowed and said, "However, I am ashamed and dare not accept it, dare not take credit."

"This time lobbying the countries of the Central Plains to compete to buy the armaments of our Wu Kingdom is really the strategy of the Taizai and the imperial censor, and many of the servants of the minister's house are running around..."

(End of this chapter)