Chapter 88: Some □□ on the road to hegemony...
In fact, there had already been official positions in the Imperial College before. Shen Zhiwei had come up with a complete official system, and it was impossible for the Imperial College to be missed. However, there was still the same old problem before - lack of manpower, so the entire system of the Imperial College was temporarily shelved.
The education system in charge of Wen Tao is still based on the original official system of the Great Zhou. Compared with the officials of other departments, the education system in charge of Wen Tao has undergone the least changes. As a supervisory official, Wen Tao naturally spends less time getting familiar with his new position.
Wen Tao used to think this was a good idea, as he could get started right away without having to figure out the new official system step by step.
When he was Dazai, Wen Tao had a lot of trouble getting familiar with the new system.
Unexpectedly, after becoming the Grand Tutor, I still couldn't escape the vicious circle of getting familiar with the new system, and I had to create something new after going around in circles.
Wen Tao's heart was filled with mixed emotions, but she responded with a "yes." She couldn't say no to a mission the king had given her! No matter how many difficulties there were, she was determined to overcome them!
The reason why Shen Zhiwei mentioned the Imperial College now was because she had been worrying about how to train a qualified successor these days.
It would definitely not work if we followed the modern educational methods completely. As a child grows up, he or she will be influenced by many aspects. Shen Zhiwei cannot provide the child with a growth environment like the modern one.
No matter how she reformed the Great Zhou, it was still a feudal empire, and even more so after unification. As an emperor in the future, the heir she needed was a real dragon who could stabilize the world, not a little white rabbit who grew up in a peaceful and stable environment.
After much thought, Shen Zhiwei could only refer to how emperors in history taught their princes. First of all, he had to find a good teacher, and secondly, he had to find good classmates.
Therefore, Taixue and Guozijian were directly put on Shen Zhiwei's agenda.
Although Wen Tao didn't know that Shen Zhiwei was actually doing this for Wang Ji, she could feel that the king attached great importance to this matter. As the Taifu and the king's right-hand man, she must be extremely concerned about this matter.
So after coming out of the palace, Wen Tao rolled up her sleeves and started working. She was indeed a member of a high-energy group, and her spirit looked much more energetic than Gui Yang.
In response to this, Gui Yang, who was being criticized, said that if Wen Tao was capable, she should do more, and he really wanted to throw all the things to others.
Unfortunately, as the Prime Minister, he is the only one who has to do more work and there is no possibility of delegating power to others.
So why did he insist on being the Prime Minister?
Perhaps it is because as the king's prime minister, he can assist the king in conquering the world and see from the closest distance how the king gradually recovers the lost territories and rebuilds the glory of the Great Zhou.
When the news that Emperor Zhou had an heir spread, Jingchang was once again plunged into bustle. The talented people who had been watching from the sidelines before, like birds returning to the forest, madly threw themselves into the arms of Emperor Zhou.
Shen Zhiwei himself didn't understand why?
Is it just because of an heir?
At this moment, Shen Zhiwei and the late king seemed to have something in common. The anxiety the late king felt during the period when he had no children seemed to be materialized at this moment.
Even if he is the Son of Heaven, many people will still not trust him if he has no children. This is easy to understand. Everyone who joins a faction wants to gain benefits for himself and his family. If the leader of this faction dies and there is no heir, then this faction will be in chaos.
People yearn for stability, and no one wants to face a chaotic situation.
Therefore, no matter how outstanding Shen Zhiwei was or how powerful Jingchang was, those people did not dare to bet easily.
It’s different when you have a child. Even if something happens to this child in the future, you can still have a second or third child because you’ve already had a beginning.
It is precisely because Shen Zhiwei knows these people's thoughts clearly that he tries every means to find a prince for himself. No matter what race, reproduction is something engraved in the racial genes. Only through reproduction can the race continue.
Shen Zhiwei respects this natural selection and will also take advantage of this human nature.
When Shen Zhiwei was 21 years old, she officially became the most powerful force in the world, and began to annex the surrounding vassal states with overwhelming force. When all the small countries were annexed by her, the first big country to be hit was An State.
After An Qu's death, Prince An was quiet for a while, but then he started to make small moves again, either contacting other princes, or raising troops to compete with Shen Zhiwei for the territories of small countries. In short, he never stopped for a moment.
An Guo has a strong foundation, but no matter how rich the family background is, it cannot withstand constant consumption without replenishment. If the common people are not given time to breathe, they will soon let him know what it means that the people are like water, which can carry a boat, but can also overturn it.
King An's various actions actually stemmed from his inner uneasiness. Jingchang was becoming more and more powerful. As a neighbor of Jingchang, it was like there was a tiger lying beside his bed. Although the tiger did not kill him, it was eating his flesh beside him.
Anyone would be scared, fearing that the tiger would pounce on them and eat them up.
In order to drive away the tiger, you have to take up weapons.
Shen Zhiwei believed that Prince An's choices and actions had never been wrong. The only mistake was that he was a little intolerant.
Patience is a lesson that everyone must learn. It lies dormant when you are weak and explodes when you are strong. Only in this way can you accomplish anything.
Prince An was too young when he inherited the throne of Duke An, and he is not old yet, so he has never learned to be patient. Facing Jingchang who is becoming more powerful day by day, he can't tolerate it at all, just like he was angry with Prince Bei in the past, now he also wants to compete with Shen Zhiwei.
Shen Zhiwei did not comment on this. She just focused on developing herself. As long as she was strong enough, unifying the world was a matter of time.
Now we are gradually expanding outward, which is a form of encroachment. We are conquering territory bit by bit. This can effectively stabilize the newly acquired territory, stabilize people's hearts, and take solid steps one by one.
When one day Jingchang becomes strong enough to surpass all the vassal states, that will be the time for Jingchang to directly take over the world.
By then, no one could stop Jingchang, and no one could shake Jingchang's foundation.
Shen Zhiwei was very steady and not in a hurry. When she decided to go home through the special mission line, she was ready to be left in this world for more than ten or twenty years.
Her stability to a certain extent made the officials of Jingchang very stable, and they did not have the mentality of "getting rich quickly". In fact, to be honest, the Zhou royal family had accumulated problems for many years and had become so weak that all the princes in the world had forgotten it. Now Jingchang has completed a counterattack in just a few years, and the officials of Jingchang should be very proud.
It was because Shen Zhiwei was stable that these officials were able to remain stable and not become arrogant.
It is extremely important to have a good leader. Looking at the Zhou emperor, I wonder how many prime ministers of the princes were envious in their hearts.
The prime ministers of the small countries that were conquered by Shen Zhiwei were delighted. They were originally unable to serve the Zhou emperor, but now they can rightfully serve him.
Shen Zhiwei discovered that the small countries that had been recovered recently were all very honest.
In the past, after she conquered a small country, she had to think about how to appease the original powerful families and common people. If she was not careful, a coup might occur. The territory she had worked so hard to conquer might belong to her one second and to someone else the next.
As a result, now that she has conquered the small countries, the officials of those small countries are like they have attended the training courses of Jingchang officials. As soon as the army enters, they are very self-conscious and can help the Jingchang army stabilize the situation in the shortest time. Then they will quickly integrate into Jingchang's official system and work for Jingchang.
The defeated royal families were so angry when they saw this scene. When they were in power, no matter how they asked the officials to do something, those officials would not listen. Now those officials have lost their status as second only to the emperor and have become insignificant officials under the Zhou emperor. As a result, they are more obedient than tamed sheep.
The before and after comparison is simply infuriating.
Some of them started quarreling with their former ministers. The two sides were like a couple who had been holding a grudge against each other for a long time and were getting a divorce. You dug up my past, and I dug a hole for you. The quarrel was so heated that some ministers even relied on their eloquence to make their former monarchs vomit blood!
The civil officials were truly skilled in rhetoric, and the monarch who had argued with them was truly foolish. Didn't he know how capable his own officials were? After arguing for so long, he failed to win and was so angry that he vomited blood, becoming the main character in rumors. It was truly a disgrace to the entire world.
Shen Zhiwei felt that the prince was so angry that he vomited blood. It might be because of shame that he found himself quarreling with his ministers and being watched by a group of people. In the end, he was defeated miserably in front of everyone. The explosion of shame alone was enough to make him suffer, not to mention the full damage of rumors.
Previously, An Gongshou and Bei Wang were both plagued by rumors, and neither of them had a good ending.
Shen Zhiwei regarded those minor conflicts as scenery on the road to hegemony. He would stop and take a look at them whenever he had nothing to do to adjust his mood.
She lived comfortably, but the other princes were all in dire straits. Perhaps these princes had a lot in common with the kings who unified the country during the Qin Dynasty in history. They all felt that destruction was approaching them step by step, and no matter how they struggled, they could not stop that day from coming.
In the blink of an eye, another spring and autumn passed. It was the end of the year. Shen Zhiwei suddenly had the urge to hold a banquet in the palace and called all her trusted ministers in Jingchang.
A lot has changed this year. Although there are still familiar faces at the table, there are more unfamiliar faces.
There were only a few old ministers left from the Zhou royal family. Apart from some who were found to have colluded with the enemy and committed treason, many others resigned and returned home.
Like Wen Shao, these old ministers left not because of real poor health, but to make room for the young children in the clan.
If they didn't leave, their children would never be able to win the king's favor. Between their own future and their children's, they all chose their children.
Unless the child is really disappointing, but fortunately, the nobles of this era have little but a lot of children and money. Among a bunch of children, there are always a few capable ones who can take on responsibilities. As long as one of them can rise to the top, it will mean a brighter future for the family.
In addition to the nobles, there were also many people from humble backgrounds at the banquet, and even officials from commoner backgrounds.
Another point is that women, who were rarely seen in the court before, now account for one-third of the court.
There are more women on the civil officials' side than on the military generals' side, and most of the female officials on the civil officials' side are of aristocratic origin, while most of the female officials on the military generals' side are of commoner or even slave origin.
Shen Zhiwei had been prepared for the emergence of this phenomenon. The essence of human beings is human beings. Women have ambitions, and of course there will be hierarchies of superiors and subordinates.
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