A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 168
Due to the great defeat of Chu State, the state is declining day by day. Although Qin State is there to help, it is better to be strong yourself than to rely on others.

Although the Chu State now has an army of 20, this 20 army cannot compare with the elite Chu army in the past.Qu Qing and Xiang Meng originally wanted to use the army to launch a revolution together with the King of Chu.

After all, everyone knows that it is impossible for every generation of the nobles to have talents. There are many scholars in Bangzhou and other countries. However, if the system of Chu State is not changed, those real talents will not be attracted.

After thinking for a long time, the king of Chu, Qu Qing, and Xiang Meng prepared limited changes, dividing the land in the country that did not have a king and nobles, and implementing reforms.

But even so, there are still many people in the state of Chu who oppose it, but the king of Chu, Qu Qing, and Xiang Meng did not compromise, but insisted on it.Although the three of them do not have the power to completely reform the law, some reforms can still be achieved.

The combined power of Chu Wang, Qu Qing, and Xiang Meng is enough to suppress these opponents, after all, it is only a partial reform.

After driving the opponents back to the fiefdom, many positions were vacant in the state of Chu. Immediately afterwards, the king of Chu issued an edict, inviting scholars from Bangzhou and Zhou countries to come, and expressing his willingness to recruit talented scholars.

The news of Chu State's implementation of the reform quickly spread throughout the world. After many students in the Huai State Academy heard about it, many of them 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 different from theirs. Therefore, these people cannot verify what they have learned if they stay in the Huai State.

Regarding the departure of the students in the academy, Huai State did not stop them, even when they knew they were going to Chu State, they didn't say much.

The Huaiguo Academy had established a set of rules at the beginning, and they were free to come and go. This is why students from all over the world can come and make the Huaiguo Academy a paradise.If the Huai country restricts them from leaving, then this school will soon decline.

Of course, Huaiguo is not stupid. The clerk of Huaiguo will evaluate the students in Huaiguo Academy, and will personally invite those great talents, and the top-notch talents will be used according to their ability.Therefore, it is very difficult to snatch the real great talents from Huai Guo.

However, although there are no great talents, there are still quite a few middle-level talents.The king of Chu selected some talented people from these people, and then bestowed official positions on these people, asking them to help carry out reforms and reform a powerful country.

The strength of the reform in Chu State was not strong. After all, the lords and aristocrats in Chu State were too powerful. If the reform was directly pushed forward, nine out of ten reformers would be killed in the end.

Among the scholars who came to Chu, none of them could preside over the comprehensive reform.After several discussions with King Chu, Xiang Meng, and Qu Qing, these students finally learned from the system of Huai State and implemented a castrated version of the reform.

The first is to rectify the administration of officials. The corruption of officials in Chu State far exceeds that of Huai State, and a large number of nobles interfere in it.The king of Chu legislated to clarify responsibilities and prohibit the nobles from exceeding their authority to interfere in the administration of officials. The second article is to set up patrol censors to supervise officials.

The third is to remove the incompetent, abolish the useless, select the talented and appoint the capable, and move the nobles to the border to realize the vast and empty land.

At the same time, strengthen the training of the army, improve the combat capability of the army, reform taxation and so on.

The reform of the Chu State did not touch the fundamental problems of the nobles, so although there were voices of opposition, under the joint suppression of the King of Chu, Xiang Meng and Qu Qing, there were no waves.

Originally, I wanted to promote the idea that the mediocre should be inferior to the virtuous, and that official positions should not be based on family background, but only on talent.But the king of Chu and others still didn't make up their minds.Instead, if aristocrats want to become an official, they also need to be assessed, and only after passing can they be appointed.This approach offers little improvement.

Although the reform implemented by the Chu State was only a partial reform, it still allowed the Chu State to recover some vitality.The national power gradually improved, which made the king of Chu very happy.

Huai State didn't have much reaction to Chu State's reform. Wang Qi even couldn't help laughing out loud after seeing the content of Chu State's reform.

"With Huai country's reforms ahead, Chu country doesn't even have the courage to copy! Without great perseverance and great wisdom, if you want to rely on this kind of tinkering method to reform, it will be in vain after all!"

To reform and strive for strength is to sail against the current, if you do not advance, you will retreat.

If the state of Chu cannot continue to advance, this advantage will not last for too long, and there may even be a situation where people die and the government rests.

Huai State moved its capital to Jinling, Chu State was busy reforming, and Huai State did not stop.Over the years, earth-shaking changes have taken place in the north. Although the Huai country is peaceful, it has been developing the land around Jinling.

Over the past 20 years, Huai State has migrated some people from other places to Shudi every year.To the south is to attack the barbarians and plunder the population.

After 20 years of development, the national strength of the Huai State has been steadily improving. The original population of 20 migrated from the Jinling area has grown to more than 30 after these years of development.

The area around Jinling also gradually surpassed Huai'an and became the most prosperous area in Huai State.

Zijue sat a little lonely in the cave world, and a few cranes danced around him.It has been many years since he woke up from a deep sleep this time, and he has always been paying attention to Huaiguo.

Over the years, Zijue's luck points have grown very fast, and every debate in the academy has luck points accounted for.

Huai country has developed very well in recent years, especially the current monarch, although Wang Qi is a middle-aged man, but his luck is very good, and he has so many famous ministers under him.

With the help of these famous ministers, even though Wang Qi is just a middle-of-the-road person, even though he doesn't like handling government affairs very much, the Huai country is still getting stronger and stronger.

Zijue looked up at the mysterious bird of luck in the sky, only to see that the black clouds above it had already dyed half of the mysterious 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 she falls asleep, Zijue is merging the rules of this world.

It's just that this fusion is not easy, and those destiny backlashes have been interfering all the time.Huai country changes history, the way of heaven will also undergo some changes, and it will increase backlash, and the rules of the world will continue to be improved.

Originally, when Zijue just 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 fully integrated with the way of heaven, this kind of backlash will exist.

(End of this chapter)