Chapter 40: Implementation of the New Deal
"Dazai, what advice do you have on this matter?"
Qingji set his sights on Ji Zha.
For a moment, all the ministers fell silent and pricked up their ears, wanting to hear Ji Zha's opinion!
Ji Zha shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking frankly. Your Majesty has come of age and is indeed at the age where you should establish a queen to consolidate the foundation of the country!"
" There is nothing wrong with marrying a Vietnamese woman as your queen."
Before Qingji could say anything, Senior Doctor Shen Xi could not help but stand up and said, "Jizi, what you said is wrong!"
"Yue is a barbarian country, and Yue women are even more barbarian women!"
"My Queen of Great Wu should be of noble birth, why did you marry a crude and lowly barbarian woman as your queen?"
Shen Xi's words were very unpleasant and Qingji felt uncomfortable.
Ji Zha could not help but frown and scolded: "May I ask, sir, what is noble and what is humble?"
"The ancestor of our Wu State descended from Taibo, the eldest son of King Tai of Zhou. He was of good family background. Can we say he was of noble origin?"
"However, why is the origin of the Yue Kingdom so lowly? You must know that the royal family of the Yue Kingdom also comes from the legitimate Chinese nation, and is the descendant of Dayu, the Miao descendant of the Xia Dynasty!"
Ji Zha said righteously: "In terms of origin, bloodline, nobility and inferiority, Yue is not much worse than Wu!"
Upon hearing this, the entire court was suddenly stunned and one could hear a pin drop.
Shen Xi himself couldn't refute Ji Zha!
indeed!
The ancestor of the Yue State was the famous Dayu.
The State of Yue was located in the southeastern Yangzhou. Its ancestor was Wu Yu, the illegitimate son of Shao Kang, the monarch of the Xia Dynasty. It was one of the direct descendants of Dayu, the ancestor of the Chinese nation.
The states of Yue, Qi, Zeng, Bao, etc. were all enfeoffed by the descendants of Dayu!
In fact, the State of Yue was established 800 years earlier than the State of Wu!
It’s just that the State of Yue was too remote and not well-known, and had long since merged with the local barbarians and had been excluded from the Chinese cultural circle.
"Dazai has a point."
Qingji smiled calmly and said, "In this case, I will send someone back to Yue State to choose an auspicious day to marry Yue Si as the queen!"
Yue Si refers to the princess of the Yue State.
In this era, every country has a different title for princess!
It started with "Ji", and then it became different depending on the "surname".
The princess of Chu was Chu Mi, the princess of Wu was Wu Ji, the princess of Qi was Qi Jiang, the princess of Qin was Qin Ying, and so on!
The surname of the Yue State was Si, so its princess was naturally Yue Si!
In fact, Qingji was not averse to this kind of political marriage.
Qingji agreed to this marriage with the Kingdom of Yue!
Because Wu and Yue were neighbors and incompatible, a war would break out sooner or later, but Qingji still hoped that Yue would be quiet so that Wu would have enough time to enrich the country and strengthen its army and accumulate national strength.
The reason why he brought up this matter at the grand court meeting was just to make a transition and allow all the ministers and officials to better accept the new policy that was about to begin!
At this moment, seeing that Qingji had nodded in agreement, Shen Xi and other ministers had no choice but to give up and agree to the marriage between Wu and Yue.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"
At this moment, the senior doctor Shen Xi, who was unwilling to be lonely, stood up again.
"What is it?"
"Your Majesty, I think you shouldn't issue a decree to recruit talented people from all over the world to Wu!"
"Why?"
Qingji smiled without commenting, his expression showing no emotion, making it impossible to figure out what he was really thinking deep down!
Shen Xi said solemnly, "Your Majesty, looking at the whole Wu State, the ministers are all doing their job and are in their positions. They are already capable of governing the country and the local areas. Why do you need talents?"
"If talented people come to Wu but are not given the positions they deserve, wouldn't that make your order to recruit talented people a laughing stock for the whole world?"
"If talented people come to Wu and get positions, I am afraid that there will be a shortage of official positions in Wu, and the supply will not meet the demand, which will cause the bureaucracy to become bloated, wasting the country's money and salaries. Isn't it a pity?"
What Shen Xi said makes sense.
In fact, Qingji had thought of this consequence not long ago!
When Qingji issued the edict to seek talents, he naturally hoped that talented people from all over the world would rush to Wu and join in the great cause.
However, there were only so many positions for dukes, ministers, and local officials in the State of Wu. How could they accommodate so many people?
If Qingji does not accept it, I am afraid that people all over the world will laugh at Qingji for fooling talented people, and then the State of Wu will be ostracized and its prestige will plummet!
Qingji knew that his attempt to recruit talented people from all over the world to join Wu would certainly be feared by other countries and opposed by the ministers and officials in the country, but he still could not compromise.
So, Qingji slowly turned his attention to the senior official Sun Wu.
Sun Wu sighed secretly, but he could only take a step forward and said, "What the doctor said is a big mistake!"
"When the king issued the edict to recruit talented people to Wu, he had only one concern. That is, how to properly place the talented people who came to Wu? How to make sure everyone can use their talents to the fullest and get their positions?"
Sun Wu paused for a moment, then bowed to King Qingji of Wu on the stage and said, "Your Majesty, I think there is only one solution, which is to reform the official system!"
Upon hearing this, all the ministers and officials couldn't help but look gloomy and trembled with anger!
"Da Miao! Da Miao too!"
"The official system is related to the foundation of the country, how can it be easily changed?"
"The official system of our Wu State follows that of the Zhou Dynasty, and has been used for more than 600 years! This is our ancestral system, and has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts. How can we change it without permission?"
"Most of the countries in the world use the Zhou Dynasty official system, and they are the vassal states of China!"
"Now you, Sun Wu, dare to instigate the king to change the official system. Wouldn't that make our Great Wu alienated from the other states in the Central Plains and become a barbarian like Chu?"
All the ministers could not help but criticize and shout at Sun Wu.
Senior official Shen Xi glared at Sun Wu and said with spit flying, "Your Majesty, the reason you issued this order to seek talents and change the official system must have been instigated by Sun Wu!"
"Your Majesty, please drag Sun Wu, who spread lies to deceive the people and poisoned the king, out and have him torn to pieces and boiled to death, as a warning to others!"
Faced with the ministers who were spitting at him and wishing to cut him into pieces , Sun Wu felt helpless, but he had no choice but to do it!
Because this was all discussed in advance by Qingji and Sun Wu.
After all, Qingji was the king, and it was not easy for him to stand against his ministers.
After all, everyone knows that implementing new policies and changing ancestral systems are very offensive!
At this time, Sun Wu had to be pushed out by Qingji to act as the first to speak out.
"Your Majesty, please kill Sun Wu!"
"As long as Sun Wu is not dead, the Kingdom of Wu will never be at peace!"
"This beast bullies the lord and flatters his superiors, bringing disaster to the country and the people. If we don't kill him, we won't be able to uphold the law and appease the public anger!"
"Your Majesty, please understand!"
All the ministers immediately knelt down.
As far as Qingji's eyes could see, except for Ji Zha, Sun Ping, Sun Wu, Meng Ben and other diehard followers of his, all the other ministers and officials knelt down and asked Qingji to execute Sun Wu!
However, facing the attacks from his ministers, Qingji on the stage appeared unusually calm.
