After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 455
After hearing this, Meng Di looked up and saw that age spots had appeared on Ji Ran's face, and he hadn't seen it for a while, and he looked very old, he said with a pain in his heart.

"If it wasn't for the help of my husband all these years, I might not have been able to make such a career. If I didn't have no one available, I wouldn't have made my husband so hard."

"If that's the case, let's do as you want, and then I will transfer Boren to guard it, and the husband will return to Huai City with me. Recently, Huai City has changed a lot. It has a radius of fifty miles, and there are many small cities. .”

"It can be regarded as the number one city in the world today. There is another thing. I heard that Fan Li of Yue Kingdom has left. I wonder if there is any way to find him? After all, he has learned from Mr."

Ji Ran thought for a moment after hearing this, and then said this.

"Fan Li has strategy in his heart, and he doesn't have too much ambition for fame. He obviously saw the crisis when he left. If he wants to hide, it will not be easy to find him."

"Well, we can spread the news that the old man is seriously ill. In this way, if he is nearby, he will definitely come. When the time comes, the king of Han will see him and talk about it, and the rest will not be too late."

Meng Di was overjoyed to hear this, so he stayed in Shandao and often went to the rice fields to inquire about the situation. After all, if the double crop rice is really produced, it will have a crucial impact on the future development of Han.

There is a saying that what is good at the top is good at the bottom. Officials from all over the country heard that Mengdi attached so much importance to farming, and began to focus on farmland cultivation and water conservancy facilities.

The only bad news is that Ji Ran's health is getting worse and worse. Even so, before the handover, he still insisted on handling the official documents by himself. Meng Di couldn't see it, so he took the initiative to take over the official documents.

When he was correcting official documents that day, Ji Ran sent someone to report that Fan Li had arrived, and Meng Di rushed over immediately.

The two were old acquaintances. They had already met when they were helping Gou Jian ascend the throne.

Fan Li was not at all surprised to see Mengdi, stood up and saluted, bowed and said.

"Fan Li, a grassroots man, has met the King of Han."

As soon as Mengdi heard this claim, he knew that he meant to refuse, so he stretched out his hands and sat up.

"When Mr. Fan was victorious in the Yue Kingdom, he retreated bravely. It seems that he also saw the crisis of the Yue Kingdom. Since this is the case, the Han Kingdom is booming. When employing people, I wonder if Mr. Fan intends to stay in the Han Kingdom as an official? "

After hearing this, Fan Li smiled lightly, and spoke directly.

"When I was in Yue State, I was appointed as a general. Although I have retired now, I heard that Han State has a method of selecting officials. I am a bit old now, and I don't want to waste time at the bottom, so I can only decline Han King's kindness. .”

This means that it is obvious that I used to have a high official position, and now I can't get a high position in the Han Dynasty, so I just don't do it.

Since I met Fan Li today, how could Meng Di let him go so easily?While thinking about what to say next, and trying to keep him, Ji Ran stroked his beard and laughed.

"If you have the intention to come to Han to be an official, that's just right. The old man is getting old now and wants to retire to the countryside. Why don't you be the old man's successor?"

Hearing these words, Meng Di was overjoyed, this is considered to have won Fan Li's army, and the scene became a little deserted for a while.

At this time, Ji Ran showed a serious look on his face, and said with a light sigh.

"It's been about 300 years since Duke Huan of Qi became the hegemon, and there were constant disputes among the princes of the world. Under such circumstances, people of insight stepped forward one after another, wanting to show their strengths, but their vision was a little bit poor. "

"What he does is just to repay personal favors or plan for a country. Few people look at the world and are ready to relieve those Li people who are suffering all day long from suffering, and the King of Han is just such a person."

"Uncle Shao, you are very knowledgeable and have a great vision. If it is not at this time, when will you show your strengths? At the beginning, you were in Yue to prove your ability. Now that you have proved it, isn't there more? Big ambitions?"

After all, Ji Ran knew Fan Li very well, his face changed slightly after he said something, and after a moment of silence, he stood up, straightened his clothes, and then went to Meng Di, bowed and saluted.

"Fan Li has met the King of Han, and it was just a joke. The King of Han has the power to swallow the world. I have some guesses in my heart. Now that I have received confirmation from my teacher, I am very grateful and willing to do my best."

Upon hearing this, Meng Di hurriedly stood up to help Fan Li, with a look of joy on his face.

"Since you can come to help me, sir, this is the luck of the Han Dynasty. The princes and states of the world have been separated from each other for a long time, and the worse the customs and customs, the further they are. country."

"At that time, my Chinese culture will be divided into several pieces, and it is even possible that several countries will appear in this world, fighting with each other. I am worried that this situation will exist, so I am going upstream."

"Let me take advantage of my strength to do this. Since Mr. Fan just said that you already have guesses in your mind, what do you think Han should do in order to realize this ambition?"

This was obviously a test, and it also determined Fan Li's future status in the Han Kingdom, so he thought about it for a while.

"The king of Han now wants to pacify the southern vassal states first. I am afraid that he has a longer-term plan. If my prediction is not bad, the next step should be Bashu. After all, Qin and Jin have natural dangers to resist."

"If you attack directly from the Central Plains, it will not only consume too much force, but you may not be able to achieve what you want. If you can take advantage of the Qin State between Ba and Shu, you can send troops from the Qin State to cooperate with the Central Plains army to jointly attack the Jin State. .”

"In this way, even if Jin has natural dangers to rely on, it can't withstand attacks from two sides. But before that, the King of Han has one more thing to do, and that is to rectify internal affairs. Now that Han has adopted the system of counties and counties."

"Then it is a bit inappropriate to continue to use the official position system of other vassal states. It is better to use this time to carry out reforms and clarify their respective divisions and functions. Once the war starts, we can support the front soldiers in an orderly manner to win a big victory."

(End of this chapter)