"Young Master, the name of this mountain is Zishan."

Mingyue looked in the direction Shu Qi pointed at, and indeed saw a mountain vaguely appear twenty miles northwest of the road. Perhaps because of the sunlight, from a distance, it looked so purple that it looked lush and covered it.

Four years ago, King Huiwen of Zhao granted 100,000 acres of land around Zishan, together with more than a thousand families, to Ma Fujun Zhao She as his fief.

Zishan is the remnant of Taihang Mountain and the highest point in Handan. It is magnificent and magnificent. The mountain stretches for dozens of miles and is a natural barrier to Handan. The place where it can be sealed to Zhao She shows King Huiwen’s preference and trust for Zhao She.

As soon as he thought of this, Mingyue found that she did not know Zhao She in depth enough, so she couldn't help asking: "Shu Qi, how much do you know about Ma Fujun?"

Shu Qi was just a fifteen-year-old boy. He knew everything about swords, but how could he know everything? He had to shake his head.

"If you want to know about Ma Fujun, you can ask the villain."

Unexpectedly, the driver who sat in front and listened to the two teenagers talking all the way, but said nothing suddenly answered.

Mingyue stared at the broad ridge and thick uncrowned hair that the emperor was wearing brown clothes, and only had a copper hairpin. He remembered that he was a young man in his early twenties, with two small beards on his lips and a bit cunning in his eyes. He asked, "Are you?"

"The villain Li Tan is the son of the sager of Handan. He is now a steward in the palace. His father followed Ma Fujun in his early years, so the villain is still clear about Ma Fujun's deeds."

"OK."

Mingyue smiled: "As long as it doesn't affect driving, just say it."

"promise."

Li Tan's horse control skills were not weak. While speaking, he also controlled the eight reins and made the four horse turn around and head towards Zishan in the northwest. When the vehicle returned to the straight road again, he slowly said: "Ma Fujun is a long branch of the Zhao family. When it was passed to him, he was just an ordinary scholar. He participated in the battle to destroy Zhongshan and made great contributions. He was promoted from the head of the Tun to the Duwei. When King Wuling died, he and Wangjun ran to Yan State together..."

I hope you all are the titles that Le Yi received after returning to Zhao State. Everyone knows that Le Yi is the loyal minister of King Zhao of Yan, but few people know that he was Zhao minister as early as the reign of King Wuling and had some friendship with Zhao She.

But Li Tan deliberately said this history, because King Wuling died in the Shadui Palace. Until now, he is still very taboo about this matter. Mingyue can only guess that Le Yi and Zhao She were the sons of the sons of the Anyang Jun, Zhang, who was forced by the powerful minister, and Li Dui, to escape to Yan State?

Li Tan said again: "Ma Fujun's ability can't be hidden even when he arrives in Yan State. At that time, King Zhao of Yan built a golden platform and recruited talents, so he appointed Ma Fujun as the governor of Shanggu County, guarding the frontier and defending the Donghu. At this time, Ma Fujun was only about thirty years old."

Mingyue couldn't help but praise: "You can be the chief of a county at the age of thirty, and Ma Fujun is really young and promising."

In the Warring States Period, which passionate man did not have the ideal of making achievements? Li Tan couldn't help but show his envy in his words and continued: "When Fengyang Jun (Li Dui) fell and the previous king took power, Ma Fujun heard about the new policy of Zhao's court, and he was united in his heart and hung the seal of the Shanggu County Magistrate in his mansion and returned to Zhao with his wife and eldest son Kuo."

Shu Qi also praised with a sword: "If you stay in a high position and never forget your mother country, you will be a loyal soldier!"

Li Tanheran: "Gentleman, don't be happy too early. Ma Fujun was a rank-level official when he was in Yan State, but when he returned to Zhao State, he only became a Tianma official because he had no way..."

Shu Qi was speechless. The Tian Ministry was a minor official responsible for collecting land taxes. He only had a salary of 100 stones. Compared with the governor of Shanggu County, he was really in the sky and in the underground!

"hateful!"

He was indignant for the cold treatment of loyal men, and raised his swordsman in anger to knock on the taxi bar, looking childish.

Mingyue smiled. Sure enough, Zhao She was indeed inseparable from the relationship between the Shaqiu Palace and Gongzi Zhang who tried to usurp the throne, otherwise it would be unreasonable to be so cold.

Li Tan said again: "Although Ma Fujun was not valued, he abides by his duties and dared not neglect at all. Once, when collecting rent and tax in the townships around Handan, Pingyuan Jun's retainers were unwilling to pay and spoke shamelessly. So Ma Fujun acted according to the law and killed nine retainers of Pingyuan Jun! When Pingyuan Jun returned, he saw nine headless corpses and was furious, threatening to kill Ma Fujun to avenge his retainers..."

Fengjun has always been a big evasioner. Mingyue secretly calculated that his nominal wealth of the fief was probably not required to pay taxes because of Empress Dowager Zhao's preference.

But Shu Qi was already attracted by Li Tan's story. Seeing that he stopped and asked repeatedly: "What happened later?"

Li Tan made way for a ox cart to drive away from the opposite side, glanced at the two noble boys behind him, but saw Shu Qi's childish temperament and his eyes were full of expectations. But Chang'an Jun did not change his expression, but looked back at him with a majestic look, which made Li Tan turn his head quickly and dare not peek at the young master again.

With a light cough, he said, "Later, Ma Fujun tied himself up and went to Pingyuanjun and told him that you are a noble son in Zhao State. Now if you take the lead in not following the laws and regulations, the national laws will be weakened. If the national laws are weakened, the national laws will decline. If the national laws are weakened, the princes will invade. If the princes send troops to invade Zhao State, they will perish. At that time, even if Pingyuanjun accumulates more wealth, can he still be safe without Zhao State as his backer?"

"On the contrary, if you take the lead in obeying the public and law, you will make the whole country united. If you are united, the country will be strong. If the country is strong, the Zhao family can be passed down for a hundred generations. As the prince of Zhao, do you dare to look down on the world? That's all, Pingyuan Jun will kill him if he wants to kill him!"

Shu Qi nodded: "It's neither humble nor arrogant, this is reasonable."

Li Tan said again: "After hearing this, Pingyuan Jun was no longer angry. He also thought that Ma Fujun was very talented, so he recommended him to the previous kings. The previous king promoted Ma Fujun to take charge of national taxes, and the national taxation will be fair and reasonable from now on, the people will be rich, and the national treasury will be enriched..."

"The King of Pingyuan is a virtuous son. The former king will eventually be a good minister! This is the blessing of Zhao State!" Shu Qi was very happy and felt that this was a happy ending for everyone.

However, Mingyue's sense of Pingyuan Jun was greatly improved. Although this Fengjun, who took the blame in the Battle of Changping, was indeed "superior and impolite" as some later generations said, he was still aware of the general idea. That's right, he was greedy and lustful, and short-sighted. However, when he met a real talent, he could give up his past grudges and recommend it to the top. He might make mistakes, but he could also correct his mistakes. It's great.

The most important thing is that he was loyal to Zhao from beginning to end, unlike Tian Wen, who was too inflated, and in turn destroyed his country and cut off all his retreat.

No one is perfect, maybe that's it...

However, after this comparison, King Huiwen of Zhao's mind and strategy made Mingyue even more awe. With Zhao She's son Zhang's rebels, he was even more valued and even granted the Zishan area in the capital.

Perhaps it was King Huiwen of Zhao's unquestionable magnanimity that made both generations of the Zhao She family work together for Zhao State...

He promoted Lian Po and Lin Xiangru, a common general, and made Ping Yuanjun and Zhao She, as the Zhao clan members, and disturbed them with different opinions. This was a good way to balance the court. Before he knew it, Zhao State recovered from the chaos and transformed himself into the strongest of the six countries in Shandong, and its territory increased a lot.

Mingyue secretly stuck out her tongue, glad that she had not met this heroic lord who was not visible. However, if King Huiwen of Zhao lived for five or six years, perhaps the Battle of Changping would not be the end of history. King Zhao Dan was really a tiger father and a dog son.

As he thought about it, Shu Qi had already pestered Li Tan and asked him to continue talking about the past of Zhao Qin's "Battle of Maiqiu" after Zhao Qi's "Battle of Maiqiu".

The battle with him was Zhao She's fame battle, and it was also the greatest victory achieved by the six Shandong countries alone in the past century. The status of "Ma Fujun" as a monarch was derived from this.

It was Mingyue who stopped Shu Qi, who was crazy about Zhao She's heroic deeds, and asked Li Tan to concentrate on driving.

Because while they were talking, they had already entered the village at the foot of Zishan Mountain and entered the territory of Ma Fujun...

...

The administrative division of Zhao State generally involves setting up counties in border areas, such as Dai County and Yanmen County, while the mainland is a county directly under Handan. The population of the county is generally more than 10,000 households, and the center of the county is the city.

Below the county, there are towns ranging from hundreds to thousands of households. Zishan is a town.

It can be seen that Ma Fujun's family has managed the vicinity of Zishan very well in the past four years.

Although Zishan is beautiful, the land is densely covered with hills, so it is difficult to cultivate and cultivate on it. However, what is reflected in Mingyue and others are the farmlands opened on the edge of the hills. This year's year is good, with plenty of rain in spring, and the winter wheat in the fields is lush. When the wind blows, the tender green wheat seedlings are undulating. In those bare fields, millet and beans have been planted. The farming has come to an end. There are only farmers in groups of three or three in the fields weeding, while hoeing, singing simple folk songs and singing with strength, which means that they can eat a full meal on weekdays.

As for the rugged areas where grains cannot be planted, some economic trees such as elm, mulberry, and chestnut that have grown are also planted, which are lush and green.

Although the official road they took was not as spacious as the official road to Handan, it was not narrow, and could accommodate two vehicles in parallel. It can be seen that it had been widened recently. In addition, the ditches on the edge of the fields were also arranged in an orderly manner, which led the stream flowing from Zishan to irrigate the crops. Farmers would not do these things spontaneously, and they had to be organized by the government or the lord to do it.

"Ma Fujun and his family are very good at managing their own territory." Mingyue thought so.

At this moment, the sharp-eyed Shu Qi said to Mingyue: "Young Master, someone is coming in front!"
Chapter completed!