Don't steal a man from me

Chu Yunqi has been very busy these few days, staying in the craftsman's workshop of the Chu Palace all day long, when Chu Ping came to see him, Chu Yunqi was wearing short brown clothes and a scarf on his head, and was cutting a piece of Gatuo wood.

"Brother Ping." Chu Yunqi raised his head and glanced at Chu Ping, smiled and said, he didn't stop working.

Standing aside, Chu Ping watched Chu Yunqi's busy work, and said with a smile, "Who would have thought that the king of Chu, who shocked all the vassal states in the Central Plains, would not only fetch materials for Qin for Lord Zhaowen, but also make Guqin for him himself."

As soon as Su Jue was mentioned, Chu Yunqi became gentle. He used a measuring ruler to measure the cut Gatuo wood, but did not respond directly to Chu Ping's teasing.

He turned the Gatuo wood to the back and chiseled "Dragon Pond and Phoenix Marsh" and said: "The length of the piano is three feet six inches and six minutes, like 360 ​​days. Ze also."

Chu Ping smiled, rolled up his wide sleeves and stepped forward to help Chu Yunqi mix the lacquer. He mixed the antler cream and raw lacquer together, and stirred them gently with a wooden stick. The two of them didn't speak for a while.

After Chu Yunqi cut the Jiatuo wood, he took the lacquer that Chu Pinghe had prepared, and carefully painted it on the qin wood layer by layer.

He did it very carefully and earnestly. The first time the gray beard was thick and thin, after it was completely dry, Chu Yunqi took the rough stone placed next to it and roughly smoothed it.

Use medium-thickness ash for the second time. At this time, the ash paint should be uniform and thick. After it dries, it will be smoothed tirelessly. For the third time, use fine ash. The stone was finely ground, and so on and so forth, repeatedly dusted and polished until the surface of the piano was as flat as a stone, and Chu Yunqi finally finished the painting with satisfaction.

The next step is to install emblems on the surface of the piano outside the first string.Chu Ping handed the thirteen emblems polished by Bian Yu of the Chu Kingdom to Chu Yunqi. Chu Yunqi stretched out his hands and twisted out the largest seven emblems and put them in the center of the piano surface, and then put the smaller six, five, four, three, two, one Emblems and eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, and thirteen emblems are installed at one time.

After a zither was finished, it was already sunset. Chu Ping sighed and said, "There is no deeper love in the world than my younger brother and Mr. Zhaowen."

While tuning the strings, Chu Yunqi said: "King Zhou You's Fenghuo opera princes only smiled for Bo Baosi, but I didn't have the courage to call him back from the Mo country, let alone protect him in peace and joy throughout his life."

The clear and distant piano sound resounded in the room, and Chu Yunqi's voice was filled with deep helplessness and loss. Chu Ping's eyes flashed, he patted Chu Yunqi's shoulder, and remained silent.

Mexican country.

Su Jue was wearing a moon-white deep coat trimmed with gold thread, sitting under the lamp and writing on the silk paper: "Xianning, the capital of Mo country, is seven hundred miles away. There are prefectures and counties Longxi, Beidi, Bajun, Linjin, Nanzheng and other 36 counties, the fortress of Wuguan, the city road is in the valley, as deep and dangerous as a letter, within fifteen miles from east to west, there are cliffs standing on the cliff, on the rocks in the shade valley of Berlin, and the sun is almost invisible. It is four hundred miles away from Xianning. When the cock crows, it opens. The second is Liguan. From Liguan to Xianning, 490 miles away, all countries must pass through Liguan when they enter Moxi, and most of them travel through the mountains. It has been a dangerous pass since ancient times. The third is near Jinguan, and the fourth is Shangsai. It is an examination of Modi. The map of mountains and rivers, rivers and lakes, the map of hundreds of people, the topographic map and the administrative map drawn by the minister are now brought to our king by the envoy of Chu in Mo, together with the "Ten Volumes of Strong Ink" written by the minister. Su Jue nodded."

Su Jue was coughing constantly while writing these, the long journey for the past few months completely broke down Su Jue's already weak body, he had to stop writing frequently and lay down next to the desk, coughing and panting.

Sitting opposite him, Qu Yun looked at Su Jue with a worried expression on his face. The poor mountains and bad waters made Su Jue's originally gentle brows and eyes look morbidly vicissitudes. tone.

My son, Shanqin, can imagine how much he loves his hands, but now his hands are full of old and new scars, and he doesn't know when he will be able to recover.

After Su Jue coughed, she took the tea made by Qu Yun beside the desk, took a sip, and started writing again.

After finishing writing these, Su Jue carefully rolled up the silk paper and put it in the copper tube, and after sorting out the large and small maps, he let out a long sigh of relief.

He rubbed his brows, looked up at the crescent moon outside the window, sighed almost inaudibly, turned his head and said to Qu Yun: "I will enter the palace tomorrow, these things must be secretly delivered to the Chu envoy, remember to remember. "

"Understood." Qu Yun nodded.

Su Jue frowned, with a slight smile on his lips, he lowered his eyes and said softly: "I heard that he led the Chu army to defeat the coalition forces of the two countries in Chongjiang, an important town in Song Dynasty. He really looks like a king."

"It's late at night, son, you should go to bed this morning." Qu Yun sighed, if he didn't remind him, Su Jue would probably be able to sit by this desk until late at night again.

"Okay." Su Jue replied.

the next day.Su Jue, dressed in a white dress embroidered with a phoenix pattern with gold thread, entered the palace to meet Mo Gong.

"Sir, please sit down." Li Mo stretched out his hand to make a gesture of "please", and said with a smile.

"My lord, please." Su Jue bowed his hands.

Li Mo smiled and Mian Nan sat down on the straw mat, and Su Jue sat down opposite him.

"Sir, what have you gained in these few months?" Li Mo asked.

Su Jue took out the topmost volume from a pair of slips on the desk, slowly unfolded it and pushed it in front of Li Mo, saying: "I am entering the palace today to give a lecture on the "Ten Volumes of Strong Ink" to the lord. "

"Li Mo is all ears." Li Mo's eagle-like sharp eyes fell on the letter, his eyes flashed and he said solemnly.

"The first is to serve as an official in Mo."

"After learning about the officials in our country in detail, I feel that there are too many officials in Mo, and the powers of the officials are too scattered, which is not conducive to the implementation of the lord's decision-making. Therefore, I adjusted the officials in Mo. The central officials are as follows: the first is Xiangguo, the official in charge of Mo, assists the monarch in governing the country, the second captain, is the highest military post in Mo, the third censor, is in charge of keeping records, the fourth master, teaches for the prince and other princes, the fifth guest minister, and Those who come from the princes, the fifth Shangqing, the sixth Zongzhu, should be the permanent subordinate officials, the main congratulations to the gods, the seventh court lieutenant, the punishment of the state, the eighth general, the senior military officer, the ninth high school doctor's order, The supervisor discusses..."

"In this way, the official positions of Mexico are transformed into 31 official positions, and wise men are recruited from middle schools and abroad, and given appropriate positions, so that all talents can perform their duties."

Su Jue pointed to the contents on the bamboo slips with her slender fingers and said softly.

Li Mo listened intently, nodded, and signaled Su Jue to continue talking.

Su Jue closed the slip and put it next to his left hand, then took out the second bamboo slip from his right hand, opened it and handed it over and continued: "The second is land management."

"When I visited the country of Mo, I found that our country still adopts the well field system of the commercial system, and the people of the country only cultivate the country's fields. This has caused a lot of land to be abandoned, so there are often hungry people in Mo."

"The solution to this problem has been listed in the letter, and now I will explain it in detail for my king: first, abolish the well field system and replace it with the paddy field system, allocate the land to the people on a fixed basis, allow the land to be privately owned, establish the paddy field as the field boundary, and cultivate it by one person. A hundred mu, 240 steps is one mu, the field boundary is a field, ten people plow a thousand mu, and the field boundary is a field, of course, if you move the field without permission, you will be punished;”

"Second, pay attention to land reclamation and encourage the people to cultivate intensively. My lord does not want to make a simple calculation. Mo has [-] hectares of land. After removing [-] hectares of mountains, rivers and villages, there are still [-] hectares of arable land. Increase the millet and three buckets, so that the hungry people in our Mo country can be eliminated, and our king can also order the people to grow more fruits and vegetables around their houses and fields, so that they can make full use of the vacant land and do their best to teach; "

"The third is to increase the number of farmers. Our Mo land is vast and sparsely populated. My lord might as well recruit Chu people to settle in Mo and cultivate fields for our Mo. In addition, my king should try to reduce businessmen and hotel owners. It is the most harmful to farmers, forcing them to engage in agriculture and preventing them from swimming and eating;”

"The fourth is the benefit of the mountains and marshes, and the management of the mountains and forests; fifth, my king ordered that the tillers must have sickles, plows, lei, scorpions, and shovels, and the fields must be plowed deeply, and fertilization and insect removal must be done regularly."

Su Jue's voice was very soft and soft, and Li Mo's thoughts drifted away when he heard it. He stared at Su Jue's slender fingers, and there was an impulse in his heart, wanting to hold his hand tightly, warming his heart.

After Su Jue finished speaking, seeing that Li Mo was still staring at the bamboo slips, she called softly, "Master?"

Li Mo came back to his senses, raised his head to meet Su Jue's eyes, smiled and said, "Sir, please tell me."

Su Jue nodded, rolled up the second bamboo slip slowly, and opened the third bamboo slip. He covered his mouth with his wide sleeves and coughed a few times, and continued: "The third is the management of ironware, copperware, and handicraft workshops." .”

"My king must set up a special department to manage this part to provide me with sufficient weapons. I have written in detail how to manage these departments in the bamboo slips, so I won't go into details below."

"The fourth is commercial management. The first is to set up a city to set up officials, and to set a certain range in a relatively large city as a city, and the urban area has a certain scale. My king set up a certain number of city orders and city officials to manage; second Promulgate the standard weights and measures, my king must balance, correct the weights, and adjust the weights, and my ministers suggest that my king can use Chu's weights and measures; third, my king must emphasize agriculture and restrain business."

"The state reserves seeds to prevent profiteers from raising prices. Important production departments are placed under the management of the imperial court. My king can order the daily utensils of Fanmo officials to be made of official uniforms. Merchants are not allowed to buy grain, and the tax on wine and meat is increased to aggravate these two things." Taxes are imposed, merchants are prohibited from opening hotels, abolishing the rebels will not allow the treacherous people, and the rebellious people have nothing to eat, they must engage in farming, increase commercial taxes, must join the army for merchant servants, register the merchants' population, and distribute corvee. All of the above Both are laws that emphasize agriculture and suppress business."

"Fifth construction of water conservancy. My king will set up a special water officer to manage the waterways, and the water officer must inspect the various places in winter to be on guard. If any maintenance is found, it must be reported to the court in time. Maintenance can be mainly done in spring. Do it during the slack season.”

"The sixth book records the population. Every year after autumn, my king must conduct a survey on the population of our Mexican country, and send certain officials to check the household registration and land, verify the population, and count the number of men, women, old and children separately."

"The seventh is to repair official roads, straight roads and other transportation routes. I think that my king can build a road that crosses the Guanshan Mountain and enters Chu, and set up a pass on the road. It is a place for material transfer and transport personnel to rest, and send people to manage it."

"Eighth Rent and Fu Management. Land rent is mainly collected from grain, followed by livestock fodder. One person plows a hundred acres, and the grain yield per mu is one and a half stones. One hundred acres is 150 stones. If you pay eleven taxes, that is fifteen stones. My king feels that this tax is too light, and I can increase the tax on this basis. The household tax is collected based on the size of the family. The age for male service is 20 years old, and he is exempted from corvee service at 60 years old.

"The Ninth Ink Army System. There are currently five types of arms: infantry, chariot soldiers, crossbowmen, cavalry and sailors. Among them, our king must select elite soldiers from the infantry to form 'usurping soldiers'. These soldiers can go straight into the enemy's formation The enemy general has been captured, the infantry must wear battle armor, hold long soldiers, the battle robe reaches knees, the robe has a long armored abdomen, and the chariot soldiers wear long crowns. They are divided into armored charioteers and two armored chariot men on the left and right, with crossbows Soldiers use rented and stepped hard crossbows or erect light crossbows, cavalry wear short armor, long trousers, and lead horses, and sailors fight by boat."

"The tenth method of rewarding military merits, army mobilization, and soldier training. This method has been described in detail in the letter, and my king can follow the description of the minister."

It was already late at night on the second day after Su Jue finished speaking "Ten Books of Strong Ink" to Li Mo. During the period, the two of them had a short meal and then began to read these slips again. After slowly closing the last bamboo slip, Su Jue felt relieved. In one breath, his voice was hoarse, and there was a deep tiredness between the picturesque eyebrows and eyes. He gently rubbed the center of his brows, lowered his head slightly, and lowered his eyes to rest.

Li Mo raised his head to look at Su Jue, the orange light of the candle reflected on his face, as if in a painting, he was charming and elegant, his slender fingers rested lightly between his brows, his eyes were half closed, with eyelashes like crow wings A shallow shadow was cast in the bottom of the eyes, covering the eyes like water, and the thin lips were slightly pursed, as if they were exiled immortals, spotless.

Li Mo just stared at Su Jue obsessively, as if wanting to engrave the person in front of him in his heart, Li Mo swallowed subconsciously, and stretched out his hand out of nowhere to caress the eyebrows of the person in front of him.

Su Jue looked up just in time to see his outstretched hand and almost crazy eyes. He frowned, leaned back, and raised his voice: "My lord, can I step back?"

Li Mo came back to his senses, he withdrew his hand in a panic, looked at Su Jue with a little apology, he straightened up and bowed his hands and said: "Li Mo thanked Mr. Mo on behalf of Mo Guo. From now on, Mr. Mo will be the Prime Minister of Mo Guo , to preside over the reform."

"I will live up to the king's orders." Su Jue got up and saluted Li Mo.

The author has something to say: The content of "Ten Volumes of Strong Ink" in this article is summarized after the author condenses the content of "General Examination of the Warring States System". For details, please refer to this book.