Start from bad people and add some practice

After hearing Liu Ziji's request, Xu Ji said on the spot: "Your Highness, don't worry, since I am the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, it is my job to recommend talents. If I recommend mediocre talents, I would like to ask Your Highness to let go of my official position and cut me off." off my head!"

Because Xu Ji had practiced swordsmanship, he spoke directly.

He was not as tactful and polite as civil servants such as Minister of Rites, Yang Ting, etc., but he was a bit straightforward as a military officer.

Isn't Xu Ji not straightforward enough to be able to say that recommending a mediocre person will be beheaded?

Liu Ziji was a little ashamed, and couldn't help asking: "Aiqing, please tell me about He Liangcai who is in the wild in our Shu Kingdom."

Xu Ji clasped his fists and said, "To the King of Shu, Mao Wenxi, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites and the Privy Council of the former Shu, is available."

"Mao Wenxi is the son of Mao Guifan, the imperial servant of the Tang Dynasty. He came from a famous family. He was also a Jinshi at the age of 14. He was only demoted because he failed in the power struggle with the former Shu Prime Minister Zhang Ge and the eunuch Tang Wenyi..."

"In addition, Mao Wenxi's younger brother, Mao Wenyan, has literary talent and is good at making patents. He is willing to be a former Shu Hanlin scholar, available."

"Secretary Lang Yang Yifang, who is widely read, good at chanting, and dares to speak out, can also be used."

"Wu Zhaoyi, this man is one of the generals of the Jin army who followed His Royal Highness's conquest of Shu. He is extremely proficient in Confucianism. After entering Shu, he was able to fund the construction of a school palace and school buildings by himself. It is commendable and worthy of a great responsibility."

"Hou He, you are good at diction, and you Gong memorized the records..."

"Zhao Yanyi, the son of Si Tianjian Zhao Wengui, a star official in the world, also proficient in three forms of divination, especially better than Yuan and Xu Zhijian..."

"Pu Yuqing, the magistrate of Qinzhou Jiedu, is so generous and outspoken..."

"..."

Xu Ji said a series of names in one breath.

Most of these people were officials who were expelled from the court when the former king of Shu Qi, Zongbi, was in power.

According to what Xu Ji said, these are capable ministers and talents.

It's just that Wang Yan, the king of Shu, was too stupid, which made the talented people excluded from the court.

However, Liu Ziji couldn't guarantee the talents of these people.

But a mule is a horse and should be taken out for a walk.

Therefore, Liu Ziji asked Xu Ji, the nominal second-in-command of the Ministry of Officials, to appoint and dismiss these people.

As for Zhao Tingyin, the head of the Ministry of Rites, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, he was actually just a name.

At the beginning, Zhao Tingyin was one of several senior generals who voluntarily surrendered to Liu Ziji. He also offered to let Liu Ziji marry Princess Qionghua to pacify Shu.

In order to reward Zhao Tingyin, Liu Ziji gave him the position of Minister of Rites.

But he actually doesn't care.

Therefore, Xu Ji, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, is the actual leader of the Ministry of Officials.

Soon, under the hard work of Liu Ziji and Xu Ji, a new team of civil servants was rebuilt.

At the same time, Liu Ziji asked Guo Wei to choose good generals to fill the vacant military positions.

Liu Ziji has the kindness to know Guo Wei.

Back when Guo Wei was just a capital, Liu Ziji was able to directly promote him as a privy envoy, so the latter was really hardworking in his work.

Of course, compared with Guo Wei, those civil servants who were relegated during Wang Yan's time and reused by Liu Ziji were the ones who contributed more.

Liu Ziji appointed them again, almost equal to their reborn parents.

They have just taken office, and their advice is almost constant.

Abolishing a large number of monks and nuns without a quota, granting unowned land to hundreds of thousands of hungry people who fled to Shu, allowing farmers to cultivate unowned wasteland as a permanent occupation, controlling river disasters, resolutely punishing corrupt officials, and organizing the people to develop agriculture, mulberry, and textiles Career, engraved stone scriptures, building schools, reducing taxes, etc...

Of course, Liu Ziji readily accepted these good advice.

How could good things not be accepted?

However, Liu Ziji remembered another thing at this time.

He needs to build an institution.

Institutions similar to Jinyiwei and Tongwenguan are used to monitor officials and assassination investigations.

Otherwise, if someone below really dared to lie, Liu Ziji might not know it.

Liu Ziji has already thought about how to establish an organization.

Just let Bago do it.

Bago must be loyal enough to himself.Moreover, she was born in the Tongwen Museum, so she was already familiar with this kind of thing.

As for where the people come from... Liu Ziji decided to draw people from the army.

And it had to be drawn from the Dianqian Division composed of those Jin troops who originally chose to stay in Shu.

Most of these people were born in the Central Plains, and they rarely colluded with some local big families in Shu.

After Liu Ziji told Ba Ge about his idea, Ba Ge went down to recruit people without saying a word.

After all the arrangements were made, Liu Ziji planned to go to Zhujian Pavilion in Tianshan Mountain.

Recasting weapons is very important to Liu Ziji.

Not only can it be used against Chi Li, but it can also be used against Zhu Youwen!

Although Zhu Youwen is mighty, he has a fatal weakness.

To be precise, there is a fatal weakness in the Jiuyou Xuantian Divine Art.

Longquan Sword Art!

......

Just when Liu Ziji was about to set off to build the Jiange, an unexpected visitor came to the palace of the King of Shu.

Seeing the man in white with a bamboo hat appearing in his study, Liu Ziji frowned.

To be able to sneak past the palace defenses and come here without a sound, this person's martial arts is not simple.

"who are you?"

Hearing Liu Ziji's question, the man in white took off the bamboo hat from his head, revealing a handsome face.

"King Shu, long time no see!"

Seeing the face of the man in white, Liu Ziji was greatly surprised.

The person who came here turned out to be an empress disguised as a man.

"King Qi, why is it you?"

The empress smiled slightly, cupped her fists and said, "Of course I'm here to visit Lord Shu, who is poisoned by the Xuanming Blood Pill."

"Oh?" Liu Ziji raised his brows, with a half-smile on his face. "King Qi came to the Palace of Shu, it would never be as simple as just visiting the poison on the king's body?"

The empress said in a deep voice: "The king of Shu is right. In fact, this king is here to help the king of Shu detoxify."

"Detox?"

"good."

"King Qi traveled thousands of miles to detoxify this king, isn't it too polite?" Liu Ziji said indifferently.

The empress smiled indifferently, put one hand behind her back, and said: "Reciprocity is a gentleman's demeanor. This king's detoxification for the king of Shu is naturally conditional."

Liu Ziji said: "I don't know what conditions King Qi has? You might as well talk about it."

The empress was silent for a moment, then calmly opened her mouth and said, "I want to know where the treasure of Longquan is!"

"Didn't King Qi already know where the Qianling Mausoleum is?"

The empress looked solemn, and she couldn't help saying: "King of Shu, in front of us smart people, don't you hide it? You told me last time that the Longquan treasure is related to the Bingying Tomb. Why is it now turned into the Qianling Underground Palace? "

"The King of Shu once said that the tombs of the Longquan treasures are all linked together. The first tomb is the Bingying Tomb. Could it be that the Qianling Underground Palace is the tomb of other links?"

Liu Ziji said: "Since King Qi already understands, why bother to ask more questions?"

"This king wants to know where the treasure of Longquan is!"

Liu Ziji said calmly: "King Qi, since you have something to ask for, you must show sincerity."

The Empress couldn't help frowning, "From what the King of Shu said, the King of Shu doesn't seem to be very worried about the poison of Xuanming's blood pill? Could it be that the poison of the blood pill of the King of Shu has been cured?"

"The poison of the blood pill is not important to me." Liu Ziji said.

Hearing Liu Ziji's words, the Empress pondered for a moment and said, "I wonder what the King of Shu wants?"

"Then it depends on what King Qi can give."

When Liu Ziji said this, he couldn't help looking at the Empress, and said in a deep voice: "If I guess correctly, King Qi not only can't give me anything now, but also needs my help, right? The ghost king obeys the fake Li Xingyun because Fake Li Xingyun can give him the knife Gu to improve his skills, but King Qi can be held hostage by fake Li Xingyun... Could it be that King Qi is not in a good situation?"

Hearing this, the empress couldn't help but look down.

"The king of Shu is really not simple."

She was silent for a moment, then raised her eyes and said, "Shu King, to show my sincerity, how about I choose a few maids from Huanyinfang for you?"

Liu Ziji said expressionlessly: "As the king, how can a few maids get into the eyes of the king? It is rumored that the female emperor of Huanyinfang is very beautiful, if King Qi is sincere, he will send the empress of Huanyinfang here. "

The Empress didn't expect Liu Ziji to be so frank and bold, and she couldn't help gloomy.

But she wasn't angry this time.

After a while, the empress smiled, and pretended to be flat and said: "The king of Shu can really joke. The empress of Huanyinfang is the king's right-hand man, and she really can't accompany the king of Shu."

"In that case, let's not talk about it."

The Empress was immediately at a loss for words.

But she still didn't give up.Because Liu Ziji was the only ally she could win.

While thinking about it, the Empress suddenly said: "The king of Shu, Zhu Youwen, the fake Li Xingyun, Chi Li, and Li Siyuan will attack you sooner or later, and they will also attack this king sooner or later. Why don't we form an alliance in twos and take each other's actions?" How about fighting the enemy with all your strength?"

Liu Ziji was silent for a while, and then said after a while: "It's okay to form an alliance, but just now King Qi said that everyone gets what they need, and this king still wants to know what King Qi needs."

Hearing this, the empress didn't hide anything anymore, she gritted her teeth and said, "I want you to help me detoxify!"