Xiong Huai heard Prince Heng's inquiry, and sighed: "Prince, you recommend Ye Xun as Ye County Guard, although it is much better than the widow directly letting Jing Feng serve as Ye County Guard, however, Prince, you have overlooked an important issue. ”

Prince Heng immediately asked, "What's the problem?" ”

"That is Ye Xun's lineage from Ye Gong, although he is a side branch, he is Ye Gong's clan after all."

The prince was stunned, thoughtful.

At this time, Xiong Huai looked at the prince and said earnestly: "Prince, as the king of a country, there is an important principle in employing people, that is, a landlord cannot be a local.

Kissing and hiding each other, raising hands, this is human nature, it is difficult to avoid. Just like the Song prince Zhen came to Chu, and the widow had to see it, just like the envoy of Wei came to Chu, and the prince you had to do the same, just like Wangcai and others made the same merits, although the reward is the same, but the widow will give priority to promoting Wangcai.

This is all human nature, no one is exempt from vulgarity, the widow is like this, the prince is also like this, and Ye Xun will be like this. ”

The crown prince was stunned, looked at Xiong Huai and said, "So my father refused Ye Xun to be the Ye county guard, just because he was from the Ye Gong clan." ”

"Not bad." Xiong Huai nodded: "At the beginning, Duke Shen had the merit of saving the country, and he took the initiative to resign from the post of Ling Yin Sima, and he was enshrined in Ye, and it has been more than two hundred years now.

For more than 200 years, the Ye Gong lineage has multiplied in the leaf land, and its power is huge and deep-rooted. Although the widow has turned Ye Gong into a feudal monarch of Shiyi, and led Ye Gong to the capital, and the Ye land is Ye County.

But the power of Ye Gong's lineage in Ye Di is still huge. Now in Ye County, in addition to the county guard, county Cheng, and county lieutenant, who are not Ye Gong's people, nearly thirty percent of the remaining county Yin, County Cheng, and County Lieutenant are from Ye Gong's lineage, and nearly half of the other officials are from Ye Gong's lineage, and most of the remaining officials are former Ye Gong's disciples. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai looked at the prince and said: "If the widow uses Ye Xun as Ye Jun's guard, then the prince thinks that Ye Jun will listen to the widow, or he will listen to Ye Xun, or he will still listen to Ye Gong." ”

When the prince heard this, his heart tightened, and he hurriedly shook his head and said: "Father, no, Ye Xun is loyal and righteous, and his conduct is noble, he will never be able to do this kind of deception." ”

Xiong Huai shook his head and said, "Prince, this is the reason why the widow said that you are still a little bit away from becoming a qualified King of Chu."

As the king of a country, he controls people but not others. The appointment of courtiers lies in the fact that they cannot be deceived, not that they are not deceived.

In the past, the children governed Zheng, and the people could not be bullied; The son governs the single father, and the people cannot bear to be bullied; Ximen Leopard ruled Ye, and the people did not dare to bully. These are the ways of the courtiers, and one of Ming, Virtue, and Authority can govern a place.

But kings are different, as a king, you must be both powerful and virtuous, and you must also be both powerful and magical. In this way, the ministers can not be bullied, dare not be bullied, and cannot bear to be bullied.

And the king makes the ministers not deceive, which is different from the discerning eyes of the child, because the world is too big, and with the insignificant body of the king, he can't see thousands of miles away, or even hundreds of miles away.

Therefore, the king's inability to deceive is to fundamentally eliminate the possibility of the ministers being able to deceive the king from the Tao and the law.

A qualified king, when the Tao is the mainstay, to the world, is the ministers and the people can be bullied, supplemented by power, so that the ministers and the people dare not deceive, and finally establish their own virtue, in this way, the world can be governed. ”

Speaking of this, Xiong Huai looked at the prince and said with a smile: "Prince, do you still think that you can let Ye Xun serve as Ye Junshou?" ”

When the prince heard this, he groaned for a while, and then bowed: "My father is wise, but my son is not as good as my son." ”

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Just when Xiong Huai was teaching the way of Prince Heng in the palace, as the ministers left the palace, just in the court meeting, the King of Chu rejected Prince Heng's proposal, and there was a conflict with Prince Heng, which also began to spread quietly in the upper echelons of Shouchun.

At this time, Long Shujun got the news that the King of Chu and the crown prince had a conflict again, and immediately laughed: "Good, great good, this is the first time that the king of Chu and the crown prince have had conflicts."

There are frequent contradictions, repeated reprimands, and several times have been grounded to think about it, even ordinary people will be dissatisfied and resentful, not to mention the prince who has been in charge of the country for a long time, and is above 10,000 people under one person.

Now, although the prince has not clearly shown his dissatisfaction with the king, but, thinking about it, the prince's heart is dissatisfied, and he is almost full of heart! ”

Saying that, Long Shujun said happily: "Now, I can go to see the prince." ”

Following.

Long Shujun estimated the time for the prince to return to the prince's mansion after handling official business, and then went out wearing a hat, carrying a fishing basket, holding a fishing rod, barefoot, and dressed as a fisherman.

Then, Long Shujun stopped on the way for the prince to return to his home, put down the fish basket, picked up a huge carp with both hands, and shouted: "Sell fish, sell the magical big carp, and the big carp will not die after the changes of the sky and the earth."

For a thousand gold, as long as a thousand gold, you can buy this amazing big carp. ”

As soon as the pedestrians on the road heard that someone was selling a large carp worth thousands of gold, they gathered one after another.

"Ho, such a big carp, it's really rare in the world."

"This carp is big, but it has to be sold for a thousand gold, which is too exaggerated!"

"Yes, a thousand gold for a big carp, who will buy it, unless that person has a brain disease."

“···”

In the midst of the crowd's discussions, a large number of passers-by gathered, and soon, the road was closed.

At this time, the prince Heng finished handling state affairs in the palace and returned to the prince's mansion.

In the carriage, the prince saw the car stop and immediately asked, "What happened?" Why Park? ”

Outside the car, Pan Jun, who was driving for the prince, immediately responded: "Back to the prince, the people in front of you have gathered and blocked the road, and the minister has sent someone to clear the road, and asked the prince to wait." ”

After a pause, Pan Jun reported again: "Prince, there was a foolish man in front of him just now, holding a forty-six-pound big carp, saying that the carp has changed from heaven to earth, and as long as it goes through human change, it can turn into a magical carp that can turn into a dragon, and keeps selling for gold."

The people were dumbfounded, and they gathered on the lookers, and our soldiers could not disperse because of the great crowd.

also asked the prince later, the minister had already sent someone to ask the secretary to be defeated. ”

In the car, as soon as the prince heard that the world had changed, he immediately remembered the great sage he had met on the river not long ago.

Thinking of this, the prince was shocked, and immediately ordered: "Pan Jun, quickly, play the banner of Lone, and Lone will go to see the fish seller in person." ”

Soon, the crown prince came to Long Shujun under the escort of a group of personal guards.

At this time, the prince looked at the fisherman in front of him, and saw that he was dressed like the great sage he had seen on the river in the past, and his heart was overjoyed.

Although he looked at the black and thin fisherman in front of him at this time, he saw that his appearance seemed to be a little familiar, but he also thought that it was because of the last one-sided relationship, and he did not associate the person in front of him with Long Shujun, who had several relationships in the past and was white and blessed.

So, the prince walked forward, smiled and asked, "Dare to ask sir, is this fish worth a thousand gold?" ”

When Long Shujun saw the prince coming, he immediately replied: "Value, although the carp is ordinary, this carp is a divine fish that has survived the changes of the sky and the earth one after another, and it is not comparable to ordinary carps."

Sell it for a thousand gold, lose, lose! ”

The prince listened to these familiar words and familiar voices, and had already confirmed that the fisherman in front of him was the great sage who cultivated "Fu Xiyi" that he had met on the river before.

Then, Prince Heng remembered the great changes that have taken place in the past few years...

So, the prince immediately smiled and said: "In this case, then I will buy this divine fish that has changed the world for two thousand gold, I wonder if Mr. is willing to sell it?" ”

When Long Shujun heard this, his heart perked, and he hurriedly offered the carp: "The prince is gracious, of course he is willing." ”

When the prince saw that the great sage should respond, he immediately spoke: "I would like to hear Mr. Tian's words about the changes of the sky and the earth, I don't know if I can hear it!" ”

When Long Shujun saw the prince's words to solicit, he immediately smiled and saluted: "It is an honor to be able to smell the words of the prince in the ears of the prince." ”

The crown prince was overjoyed when he saw Daxian accepting the solicitation, and then returned in the same car with Long Shujun.