A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 196 Wu Qi Frightened
Wei Wenhou passed away, and his son came to the throne.After receiving the news, Wang Pu's heart moved slightly, and he asked the hidden guard next to him, "Wei Wenhou passed away, your plan should be implemented."

"Your Majesty, you are ready." The secret guard said: "After these years of subtle influence on Wei Jian, he is very wary of Wu Qi and loathes him. As long as we seize the opportunity, we can make him treat Wu Qi better." Arouse suspicion."

"Wu Qi has a high position and authority in Wei State, and controls half of the Wei soldiers in Wei State. If he becomes suspicious, he will die. Wu Qi is not a foolish and loyal person, and he will definitely flee Wei State."

"Are those public servants who study next to Wu Qi sure?" Wang Pu continued to ask.

"Your Majesty, I dare not say with [-]% certainty, but there are still more than [-]%."

"In that case, let's prepare!" Wang Pu said.

In the state of Wei, Wei Jian, who has just ascended the throne, can be said to be full of spirits.

Almost all the princes sent envoys to congratulate Wei Chi on his ascension to the throne.Even the state of Qin, which is already a deadly enemy with the state of Wei, sent people here.

Such a grand event was only available in Jin Wen Qi Huan back then.And all this has been achieved at the beginning of his accession to the throne.

Wei Jian was so complacent that even Emperor Zhou sent people to congratulate him and canonized him as Boshang.It can be said that the lifelong pursuit of many princes has been achieved just after he took the throne.

A passion to dominate the world rose from his chest.

Of course, in addition to these happy things, there are also some things that make him a little unhappy.

For example, his father appointed Li Kui, Zhai Huang, and Wu Qi as Gu Ming ministers to assist him.This made Wei Hou, who was already unhappy with Wu Qi, even more disgusted with him.

Wei Wenhou left a rich political legacy to Wei Jian, as well as a powerful state of Wei that dominated the princes.Li Kui and Zhai Huang were prime ministers and assisted him in governing the government, but Li Kui died of illness not long after.

After Li Kui's death, a position was vacated. Before Li Kui died, he suggested to Marquis Wei that Wu Qi should be appointed as prime minister, but Marquis Wei did not agree.

After Li Kui's death, when Marquis Wei asked Di Huang who could be prime minister, Di Huang also suggested appointing Wu Qi as chancellor. Both important ministers recommended Wu Qi, which made Marquis Wei a little hesitant.

And at this critical period, Huai State's secret guard said to Wei Hou's Tian Wen: "The monarch is unwilling to appoint Wu Qi as prime minister, and he can't find a reason. Why don't you speak up?"

Tian Wendao: "Wu Qi's meritorious service is high, how can I speak?"

"Haven't you heard that the Lord has a high level of merit, and there is nothing to seal?"

Tian Wen was overjoyed, and immediately went to the palace to meet Wei Houjin and said: "Wu Qi seized Xihe, opened up the county, expanded the land for thousands of miles, compiled and trained soldiers, and convinced the soldiers. With such great achievements, the people in the country only know Wu Qi, but not the king. If Wu Qi Prime Minister, Master Shaoguo doubts, is this Wei State still your Wei State? I am very worried about this."

Wei Hou heard this, his eyes flickered slightly, and he said immediately: "Tian Qing is good at government affairs and proficient in farming, let Qing assist Gu to govern the country!"

Tian Wen was overjoyed that he was actually allowed to be the prime minister of the country.

Wei Hou arranged Tian Wen, whom he liked, to be the prime minister. Tian Wen's talent is not outstanding, even mediocre, but because he understands Wei Hou's mind, he can make Wei Hou happy every time he does things, so he is valued by Wei Hou.

After Wu Qi heard about Li Kui's death, he felt that he should take over the phase, but it turned out that Tian Wen, who was far inferior to him, took over the phase, which made Wu Qi very dissatisfied.In private, Tian Wen is far inferior to me in terms of merit and ability, but he can worship the prime minister, and it is unfair for Marquis Wei to appoint others.

Hearing Wu Qi's words, Xu Ke, a son of the Gong clan sent by the Huai State, hurried forward and said, "Your Majesty, you can hear that you have a high meritorious deed, and there is nothing you can seal?"

Wu Qi was taken aback when he heard this.

"The king compiled and practiced the soldiers of Wei, attacked Qin in the west, opened Xihe County, conquered Yidi in the north, established Shangjun, conquered Chu in the south, defeated Qi in the east, expanded the land for thousands of miles, and made great achievements. Now, the king is naturally like a fish in water, now that the new king has just been established, the lord of the country is suspicious, and the king of Wu is in the position again, and he may be killed!"

Wu Qi was silent for a moment, and immediately thanked Xu Ke: "Thank you for your kind words, I will be educated."

"Mr. Wu, please hurry up. Mr. Jun taught me the strategy of reform and strategy. He is our teacher. How can I be worshiped by you?" Xu Ke hurriedly dissuaded him.

"If you don't have your words, I'm afraid I will be killed!" Wu Qi insisted and saluted Xu Ke.

After understanding this truth, Wu Qi stopped talking about meritorious deeds.

Originally, this incident seemed to have passed like this, but for some reason, Wu Qi's complaints somehow reached the ears of Marquis Wei.After hearing Wu Qi's complaint, Wei Hou's face was a little ugly, but Wei Hou didn't say much on the surface. Instead, he praised Wu Qi as the pillar of the country, and added food to Wu Qi, and rewarded him with gold and silver.

It's just that I don't know what I think in private.

Wei Hou still appointed Wu Qi as the sheriff of Xihe County and led Wei Wuzu.Originally, all the officials in Xihe County were rewarded by Wu Qi. This is because Xihe County faced Qin directly.

Now that Wu Qi has defeated the Qin army, Qin's strength has declined, and it has already attacked by force. Weihou began to transfer officials from other places to Xihe County, and then promoted and transferred officials from Hexi County to other places.At the same time, those who made great contributions in the Wei Wu army were vigorously promoted and rewarded, and they were also transferred to other places.

All this looks like a normal personnel transfer, which has not attracted much attention.More people noticed Wei Hou's appointment of Tian Wen as prime minister.

Wei Hou's employment system led to the change of Wei Guo's previous employment system of honoring corporals and eclectic appointment of people on merit.During Wei Wenhou's period, as long as he was talented and willing to serve Wei Hou, he could be rewarded with official titles, but now, this system has gradually changed.

First of all, Marquis Wei pays more attention to background, and talent and learning alone do not allow him to be directly appointed. The most annoying look change they ever had.

These people are talented, but it does not mean that their descendants are also talented. Therefore, they were originally appointed by relying on the abolition of the aristocratic Shiqing system.The dragon slayer becomes a dragon all the time.

It can only be said that there are only individuals who betray the class, and there are no classes who betray the class.

After these people became noble officials, they naturally didn't want their children to become the head of Guizhou again in the future.With the help of these people, the eclectic and meritocratic way of employing people in the Wei Wenhou period gradually disappeared.The consequence of this is that Wei's talents began to lose to other countries.

(End of this chapter)