Chapter 174 Packaging

"That's right, the government office will hold an exam in the near future, and I will set the questions. Scholars who participate in the exam will be selected and hired, regardless of common people or wealthy families. Read М" Zhao Xu looked firm.

In his view, the talent selection system is the foundation of a country.

The recommendation system of Dasong was abolished in the contemporary Tang Dynasty.

Because this is the soil where powerful and powerful families survive.

After that, the imperial examination came to the stage, and in modern times, it was through the examination that the merits were admitted and talents were selected.

Now that there is no obstruction from powerful and wealthy families in his fiefdom, he will naturally implement this more advanced selection system.

"Don't you distinguish between common people and wealthy families?"

Liu Fu looked excited.

"Natural, fair and just, everyone is treated equally and used according to their talents. From now on, this is how we select officials in this king's territory." Zhao Xu said.

When Liu Fu heard this, his heart almost jumped out of his chest.

He had imagined countless times that the world's scholars could compete in such a fair environment before entering the officialdom.

But now King Yan actually thought of him.

To him, King Yan was his confidant.

Ignoring everyone's looks, he hugged Zhao Xu's thigh and burst into tears, "Your Highness, you are the most virtuous king in the world. You are so humbled by your subordinates."

Zhao Xu suddenly felt helpless. Every time he got excited, Liu Fu became shameless.

Chang Wei was used to it. Who could tell King Yan to always give them big surprises?

He had despised Liu Fu before, but the artillery incident made him become like Liu Fu.

Mo Yu was stunned, the people around King Yan were really just like King Yan, they were all different.

At this moment, a soldier hurriedly went upstairs and said, "Your Highness, the Gao family and his son have been found."

Not long after, Gao Yuan and his son were escorted over.

"King Yan, I am Yuan Zhoumu's father-in-law. If you dare to touch a hair on my head, Yuan Zhoumu will not let you go."

Being pinned to the ground by the soldiers, Gao Yuan continued to struggle but still refused to surrender.

His eldest son, Gao Man, looked dejected.

When King Yan's soldiers invaded Wubao, he and his father hid in their secret room.

Hidden all night, but was discovered.

"Just wait, the Yuan family's army will come soon, and they will kill you to pieces." Gao Yuan continued to shout.

"Hahaha..." Zhao Xu burst out laughing and said, "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you. The Yuan family's army you were looking forward to has already arrived, but was defeated by me and fled back to Fan Yang in embarrassment."

"Impossible." Gao Yuan shouted, "How can you with a mere 20,000 people resist the Yuan family's 200,000 troops?"

Chang Wei and other generals all laughed when they heard this, their eyes full of ridicule.

Liu Fu said: "Governor Gao, you take yourself too seriously. The 200,000-strong army is just an old and weak remnant of more than 20,000 people."

Gao Yuan still refused to accept this reality and kept mumbling, "Impossible, this is impossible."

Zhao Xu was too lazy to talk nonsense with the father and son, so he made a beheading motion on the soldier guarding the father and son.

"Hang their heads on the city gate." Zhao Xu left one sentence when he turned to leave.

Once the Gao family's father and son died, the affairs of Shanggu County came to an end.

From now on, Shanggu County will be under the unified jurisdiction of the palace like Yan County.

After leaving Wubao, Zhao Xu and the generals returned to Shanggu City.

In the government office, Zhao Xu said to Liu Fu: "The remaining chores will be left to you. One is to inspect the properties of the wealthy families in Shanggu County, and the other is to distribute the confiscated land to the people."

"Yes, Your Highness." Liu Fu cupped his hands with a smile on his face.

This was completely different from the gloomy look he had when he first took over Shanggu County.

After all, just like Yan County, no one in Shanggu County can stop the government orders issued by the government.

Zhao Xu turned to Chang Wei again, "One of you and Mo Yu should stay. Now that the wealthy families in Shanggu County have been eradicated and the people are in a state of excitement, the recruitment of new soldiers should go more smoothly, and the number of the royal family's troops will be increased to 60,000 as soon as possible. "

"Leave this matter to Vice General Mo." Chang Wei said.

Mo Yu showed a grateful expression. Since he came to King Yan's army, he has not had the chance to use his fists and kicks, and he has been feeling depressed.

Now that Chang Wei has asked him to be responsible for the recruitment of new soldiers, it is equivalent to leaving tens of millions of new recruits to him to train.

Zhao Xu nodded without objection.

That's fine, even though he has great trust in Chang Wei.

But it is always inappropriate for his troops to be in the hands of only one person.

Chang Wei is usually carefree, but he is still cautious in important matters.

He must have thought that if one person held military power alone, he would inevitably make the officials under King Yan jealous in the future.

So I simply took Mo Yu out and split the military power equally.

In this way, a lot of criticism can be avoided.

At the same time, this can also give Mo Yu a chance to display his talents.

He also explained some things about the government and military affairs of Shanggu County.

Zhao Xu and Chang Wei set off back to Yan County in the afternoon.

The next day in the evening, the group arrived.

Before entering the city gate, Zhao Xu looked at the endless stream of carriages on the official road with a puzzled expression.

He had not been gone for a few days, but Yancheng seemed to be noisier than before.

Chang Wei led the troops back to the camp, and he returned to the palace under the protection of Xu Lie.

"Your Highness, you are back." He learned that King Yan was back.

Feng'er and Luan'er were waiting at the gate of the palace.

Seeing Zhao Xu, the two looked happy.

A breakup is better than a wedding. The two girls have been together with Zhao Xu for a long time, so they don't think it's a big deal on weekdays.

But after a few days of separation, they began to feel a little bit of longing for each other.

In front of everyone, the two had to remain reserved.

But once they arrived at the backyard, without anyone else, they showed their true colors, and one of them hugged Zhao Xu's arm and walked towards the bedroom.

Because they had already torn the window paper with the two, Zhao Xu was used to it and played with them all the way.

Back to the bedroom, a sumptuous dinner had already been set in the room.

Zhao Xu took the hands of the two and asked them to sit down beside him.

He was alone in Yan County.

Although there were old men like Chang Wei and Liu Fu, there were old men's feelings between old men.

For him, both iron-blooded tenderness were indispensable.

Luan'er and Feng'er were this tenderness.

It gradually calmed his manic heart after killing.

"Your Highness, Yancheng has been very lively these days since you left. Many merchants have come from the capital and are clamoring to buy perfume from the palace." Feng'er leaned on Zhao Xu and said in a delicate voice.

"No wonder, I was wondering why Yancheng suddenly became lively, so this is what happened. It seems that the reputation of this perfume has been established in the capital." Zhao Xu said.

After pacifying Shanggu County, this is another happy event.

Now the palace can have another important source of income.

"Yes, I heard from these merchants that the ladies in the capital are now crazy about buying perfume. Your Highness is going to make a fortune this time." Luan'er said softly.

"When Your Highness made the perfume, I thought it would sell well." Feng'er was proud and remembered something. She said: "When Your Highness was away, Yang sent a letter. It is said that Deputy Dong sent someone from the capital."

After that, she walked out and came back soon, holding a letter in her hand and handed it to Zhao Xu.

Opening the envelope, Zhao Xu glanced at the content on it and nodded gently.

This is a letter from Dong An. In the letter, Dong Wan mainly talked about one thing, which is the pricing of perfume in the capital.

According to his survey, 20% of people think that they can accept perfume even if it costs 100 taels per bottle.

50% of people think that the price of perfume should be between 20 taels and 30 taels.

30% of people think that perfume should be below 20 taels.

After reading the content of the letter, Zhao Xu had a plan in mind.

These are actually the three levels of consumers.

Those who don’t think 100 taels are expensive are naturally the top ladies in the capital, who really have plenty of money.

They only sell good products and don’t care about the price.

Those who cost 20 or 30 taels represent the middle-level ladies.

Those below 20 taels are the bottom.

With this survey, he had a plan in mind.

This time, the perfume in the palace seems to be sold in three grades like wine.

However, this time, he is not going to differentiate by lowering the concentration like wine.

Instead, he decided to rely on packaging and repackage the wine and perfume together.

Let the three grades of goods have a more obvious distinction.

And he has thought of a way to increase the distinction.

This requires relying on the next heavyweight item to be manufactured.