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Chapter 199: Ximen Leopard Governs Ye

Zhao Kuo Lingxing took these victims to Mafu, but he rushed to Handan again.

Ge waved his long whip and threw out a few beautiful whip flowers. He smiled and said, "You will definitely not see Shangjun when you go to Handan now..." Zhao Kuo looked at him suspiciously. Ge said seriously: "The kings of Zhao State have been diligent and loving the people. If as that person said, the river floods, then Shangjun must have gone to sacrifice..." Zhao Kuo frowned again.

There is indeed such a thing. In order to stop the anger of the river, the king needs to perform devout sacrifices, slaughter livestock, beg He Bo and other gods in charge of the water to calm their anger and let the people go. Of course, local officials will also automatically assume the responsibility of this sacrifice. Ge recalled for a moment, waved his whip and made the horse speed up his pace. Then he said: "More than a hundred years ago, just like now, the river overflowed, the Zhang River flooded, flooding Ye, Pingyang, Ge Nie and other places... The county magistrate at that time called Ximen Bao..."

"He found that the officials here were colluding with each other and wanted to select a young and beautiful woman to offer He Bo as his wife to calm He Bo's anger. Do you know how he did it?" Ge asked with a smile.

Zhao Kuo naturally knew that he had known the story of Ximen Bao governing Ye very early, but he just didn't expect that the place where this happened was so close to him, but he still didn't say it out loud and said, "I don't know. How did he do it?"

"He said that the wives selected by the officials and witches for He Bo were not beautiful enough, and threw the great witches into the river and asked them to explain to He Bo in person... Hahaha~~" Ge smiled loudly, his beard trembling, Zhao Kuo also smiled, Ge shook his head and sighed: "Ximen Bao is a good official... When Ma Fujun was still there... He told me this story when Ma Fujun was still there."

"The ancestor was very disgusted with these sacrifices. He visited the emperor, hoping to follow Ximen Bao to open the river canal and stop offering sacrifices. He used Ximen Bao's method to reduce floods, but he did not get recognized. Until his death, he had a great prejudice against this matter, believing that sacrificing Hebo was useless."

Zhao Kuo was stunned and asked a little heavy: "Is it possible that the king is also sacrificing Hebo now? Will he still use living people to sacrifice?"

Ge was a little surprised. He shook his head quickly and said, "Why do you think so? The king is such a wise man. How could they go to sacrifice to Hebo and do things that stupid talents do?"

"What did they worship?"

"Sacrifice to Ximen Bao..."

"Hahaha~~", Ge laughed again, his beard trembled. He shook his head and said with some fun: "Ximen Bao, who demolished the Hebo Temple, killed the great witch, dug the channels, and created a fertile land, never thought that a hundred years later, he would become Hebo and become a new sacrificial object." Ge's black humor did not make anyone laugh at.

Zhao Kuo looked at his face and wanted to tell whether he was lying. Ge seemed to have discovered something. He said seriously: "This is the thing. If there is no disaster, the local officials will come to worship Ximen Bao, hoping that Ximen Bao can protect them and prevent the river from flooding. If a disaster occurs, then the national secretariat will go to worship himself... Now that the national prime minister is outside, the king should go there in person."

When Zhao Kuo arrived in Handan, he finally saw the scouts riding fast horses. They seemed to be carrying the latest news from all over the country and rushed to the north of the city. Zhao Kuo knew that it was the mansion of the false prime minister Yu Qing. When Zhao Kuo came to the palace, the warriors hurriedly saluted him, and then went to report to King Zhao. Obviously, Ge guessed wrongly, and the king did not go to worship Ximen Bao.

Soon, Zhao Kuo saw King Zhao. King Zhao looked a little haggard. When he saw Zhao Kuo coming, his eyes flashed, and he seemed a little embarrassed and did not dare to look at Zhao Kuo. This made Zhao Kuo a little strange. King Zhao invited Zhao Kuo to sit down, sighed again, and then asked carefully: "What is the reason for you to pay homage to me?"

"I heard that even if a minor official in the countryside does not have the ability to collect taxes fairly, he will cause the decline of the country. Now Zhao State has established a medical officer, which is an important official position to cure diseases and save people. Some people still arrange their confidants to hold such important official positions at will, even if they do not have the ability to save people, and the impact of this matter may be to destroy a country. They received the salary of the king but did not fulfill their duties."

"This will make those who are responsible and responsible have a negligent idea. The people come to seek help from medical officials because of their trust in the country, but they have ruined their lives because of their mediocrity. In this way, they no longer trust the country. I heard that it is easy to merge a place, but it is difficult to gather a place. The traitors' behavior is to disperse the originally condensed places and to destroy Zhao."

"That's right, what should I do?" King Zhao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Zhao Kuo's words, and then asked.

"Please let the imperial physician Lingzu identify these people, find out those who do not understand medical skills but rely on their close relationship with noble people to serve as medical officials... and hand them over to Dong Chengzi to punish them." Zhao Kuo said seriously. When Zhao Kuo heard Zhao Kuo talk about Dong Chengzi, he became a little nervous again. He nodded nervously and said, "Just do what you said."

"Yu Qing, the false prime minister in the country, is a talented person. He can leave the affairs of medical officials to him."

Zhao Kuo said, paused, and said, "I heard that the river is flooding and tens of thousands of people are displaced because of this. How are you going to resettle them?" King Zhao looked at Zhao Kuo's face and whispered: "I have arranged for Xu Li to be responsible for this matter and let him go to sacrifices and arrange the victims properly..." He saw Zhao Kuo's brows and frowned, and hurriedly changed his words, "I think this is not enough, and am preparing to send someone to discuss this matter with you."

Zhao Kuo nodded and said, "The Zhang River flooded and the water flooded the arable land in Yecheng. Ximen Bao came to manage Yecheng. He dug twelve channels in Zhang River, luring the Zhang River to irrigate the farmland, making many lands near the Zhang River now become fertile arable land... Since Ximen Bao, no one has dug channels. If you allow it, I want to dig channels in Niushou Water and Fushui, and then repair the channels that Ximen Bao dug at the beginning... and divert the water from the river..."

Zhao Kuo said his thoughts seriously, but King Zhao just nodded and a little absent-minded. After Zhao Kuo finished speaking, King Zhao smiled and said, "What you said makes sense. Please take charge of this matter. I will ask Yu Qing to help you."

After seeing Zhao Kuo off, King Zhao sighed and hurriedly returned to the harem. Behind the hall, where King Zhao lives, a child who was only five or six years old was kneeling on the ground, sobbing in a low voice. Beside him, Chang'an Jun was constantly coaxing him. King Zhao frowned, looked at them, snorted coldly, passed by them, sat on the couch, just staring at them.

"Yan...How do I teach you on weekdays? How can you..." King Zhao gritted his teeth and looked at Chang'an Jun next to him, with anger burning in his eyes.

Chang'an Jun was stunned and said, "Brother, why are you angry? It's just a joke between the children, and nothing big happened..."

"Stop it!"

King Zhao cursed, paused again, and was silent for a moment. He found the wooden board from the side and walked towards the child. The child was so scared that he cried. He shouted that he would never dare to hide from Chang'an Jun. Chang'an Jun hurriedly protected Youzi and said loudly: "Brother! It was someone who bullied him first! I have sent someone to apologize, why do you still want to hit him?!"

King Zhao raised the wooden board in his hand, but hesitated for a long time before he left the wooden board hatefully.

"Not to be an example!"

.....

Zhao Kuo walked out of the palace and saw Han Fei who was already waiting for him. This surprised him. He did not bring Han Fei with him on this trip. Han Fei led a thin horse. Obviously, he came by on horseback. He looked at Zhao Kuo and said seriously: "Teacher..." Zhao Kuo nodded, then got on the carriage. Ling Ge took him to Yu Qing and sat in the carriage. Han Fei said seriously: "Fortunately, he brought a group of disaster victims..."

"He said the river is flooding.. It is flooding. He also said that you want to solve this problem. I know a person who works as a hydraulic worker in South Korea. He is good at managing rivers. He has achieved remarkable political achievements but is not valued... I can invite him to build a channel... Building a channel is not an easy thing..." Han Fei said seriously, and Zhao Kuo glanced at him. He asked Xing to take the victims back halfway. Fortunately, it was impossible to return to the horse service so quickly. Han Fei obviously met Xing on the way to Handan...

However, he didn't say much. Although Zhao Kuo was determined to dig channels and change the practice of migrating people in such a disaster year, Zhao Kuo couldn't do it if he wanted to design channel maps or something. Han Fei knew such talents, which was a good thing. South Korea's water conservancy expert... Zhao Kuo was stunned and suddenly asked: "Is the person you are talking about Zheng State?"

Han Fei looked at the teacher cutely and asked, "How did you know?"

Of course Zhao Kuo knew that Zheng Guo canals. The genius monarch of South Korea used a Qin plan to make Qin devote his mind to building the canals and stop attacking Korea. So he sent the Zheng Kingdom to Qin and said that the King of Qin should build the channel. Well... After the operation of Zheng, this water conservancy expert, Qin had an extremely fertile land, the country of Tianfu, so the speed of destroying the six countries was even faster...

Zhao Kuo didn't know if the Korean king who came up with the Qin scheme was the current King of Han. If it was really him, Zhao Kuo would not be surprised. If it was his son, then Zhao Kuo could only express sympathy for the Koreans. If it was his son, it would be a lineage...

Han Fei said seriously: "He and I are from Xinzheng, but it's a pity that they have all their talents, but they can't be valued... Teacher, in fact... there are many talented people in Korea, many of them are very talented." When the topic touches South Korea, Han Fei's stuttering will become a bit serious, and Zhao Kuo is waiting for him to finish his words seriously.

"But...but...but...but they..." Han Fei said, and stopped again, his eyes full of sadness.

"No..."

"teacher."

"There were Bole in the world first, and then there were thousands of miles of horses. There were often thousands of miles of horses, but Bole did not... Even if he had the ability to travel thousands of miles a day, he was not full of food and lacked strength, his talents and good qualities could not be shown... He faced it with a whip and said: There is no thousand miles of horse in the world! Alas~~ Is there really no thousand miles of horse? Maybe he really didn't know the thousand miles of horse." The horse that Zhao Kuo recited at the time said, fortunately he still remembered the meaning, which was not very long, and he can still say it.

Han Fei just looked at the teacher blankly, and he suddenly laughed, "Old teacher, I want to record this article... and give it to King Han."

"Then King Han is so happy. Maybe he will think he is the Thousand Mile Horse, but he doesn't appreciate him!" Ge drove the car and said with a smile. His joke finally made everyone laugh. Zhao Kuo remembered the strange expression of King Zhao in the palace just now, and asked again: "Is something wrong in Handan?"

Everyone didn't know, but just shook their heads, Ge sighed: "He should bring Di Ye...he will definitely know."

Zhao Kuo rushed to Yu Qing's mansion. Sure enough, the knights came here and sent out the bamboo slips, and quickly left. They found that Zhao Kuo was coming. Yu Qing's retainers respectfully invited Zhao Kuo into the courtyard. Yu Qing was busy handling documents in the inner room. Zhao Kuo did not disturb him, but just sat waiting for him to finish his work. Yu Qing was busy for a long time before he got up and stretched his body. The retainers told him that Ma Fujun had been waiting for him.

Yu Qing was a little surprised and hurriedly got up and walked out to pay homage to Zhao Kuo.

Whether it was Tian Dan or Wei Wuji who served as the prime minister, everything was still on Yu Qing. Yu Qing was like a tool man. Both generations of prime ministers threw the things he should have dealt with to him. Yu Qing did not have as many helpers as they did. Therefore, this Yu Qing was probably the busiest person in the country of Zhao. He was busy from morning to night and was truly "devoting his wholeheartedness". Looking at his red eyes and pale face, Zhao Kuo was a little scared.

This is also the reason why Zhao Kuo wanted to promote a new official position. The Prime Minister had great power and great responsibility. The initial vassal states were not big and there were not many things. It was probably possible to let a Prime Minister take charge of all the matters, but now, this is to kill the Prime Minister... In order to share the hardships of the Prime Minister, Zhao established a false prime minister, but Yu Qing, the false prime minister, was a bit miserable... Not everyone can handle everything well like Fan Ju.

Chunshenjun of Chu could not do this. He was not as good as Fan Ju in handling political affairs.

"Please take care of yourself...you can't work like this..." Zhao Kuo said with some distress.

Yu Qing smiled and said, "This is what I should do. I wonder why Ma Fujun came to visit?"

"It's about digging channels."

Yu Qing's eyes turned dark and he staggered for a few steps before he stabilized himself. He looked at Zhao Kuo in a daze, was silent for a moment, and then he whispered: "Okay...please go into the inner room and let's discuss this matter together."

"Forget it, you'd better take a break soon... I went over to understand the situation myself, no, please stay and help Yu Xiang deal with government affairs."
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