As for the impact of Xunzi's efforts to cultivate talents, there must be some. In addition to squeezing the living space of other talents, Xunzi's influence will penetrate into various fields.
It can even lead to the authority of one person being less than ten thousand people. The ancients attached great importance to the inheritance of teachers and students. Even if it is just a pointer, it should be counted as half a teacher.
But Xunzi is only a person after all, and when everyone dies, the so-called authority will no longer exist.
As for the inheritance of ideas, what Xunzi mainly has to do is to filter and classify so that different people can learn suitable things, not to let everyone directly worship Xunzi.
His energy is limited and it is impossible to teach everyone. Therefore, only a few people inherit Xunzi's thoughts, and Xunzi's Confucian family will not be allowed to dominate.
Moreover, Zhao Kuo felt that if nothing unexpected happened to him, he should be able to die behind Xunzi.
As for squeezing the living space of other talents, this aspect is not a problem, at least not for now.
As Zhao Kuo said, in addition to officials, Zhao State is short of talents in all aspects, such as doctors, craftsmen, farmers, mathematics, water conservancy, surveyors, etc.
Many fields can be said to be empty, or nothing at all.
Just like mathematics, one of the six arts of a gentleman is number, which is something that nobles must learn. But no matter how good they are, they are actually not good at it. Very few people specialize in this stuff.
There are also craftsmen. Most of the craftsmen in Zhao State are illiterate. They rely on experience and have not formed a complete system. They may be able to make breakthroughs in a short period of time relying on the direction set by Zhao Kuo, but if you want to get a
Sustained development and innovation will definitely not work if the basics are not laid down well.
Most of the craftsmen in history came from poor people, but all the inventors who innovated on the path of their predecessors came from aristocratic families.
Those craftsmen who are illiterate may be very good at making certain things, but their future is fundamentally broken. Time can only bring experience, not innovation.
The Mohist family and the Gongshu family were slightly better off, as their direct descendants were basically literate, but their numbers were too small.
It is difficult for Zhao Guo to change this situation. Even if we start training now, it will be difficult to tell in the future, because you don’t know who is a talent and who is a mediocre person. It is not written on everyone’s face, and it cannot be seen from the surface.
of.
It's all a matter of probability. It's your luck if you encounter it. If you don't encounter it, there's nothing you can do about it.
The significance of Xunzi is that he can pick out geniuses from the crowd without having to gamble on luck. Even if there are mistakes, he will always be the same. At the same time, he can also rely on talent to see what these people are good at and cultivate what Zhao needs.
Talent.
"Chen's talent is actually based on Chen's own cognition. In other words, I can only screen out talents in fields that I understand. If I don't understand this field, I will not be able to find the talents needed." Xunzi explained helplessly.
road.
He originally wanted to hide forever, recruit more disciples in his later years, and write books to establish his doctrine. But now that Yu Xin has exposed him, he can no longer hide.
"All talents are essentially based on the owner himself." Yu Xin handed over his hand and said. The essence of talent is people's knowledge, experience, and spiritual sublimation. If you don't understand something, you will definitely still not understand it if you have talent. "Your Majesty, this is actually
The influence is not big, because Xunzi knows a lot."
Confucianism itself is very complex, and Xunzi's learning is even more complex. Although there are some things that he only knows about theory and has not practiced, but this is enough, and there is no need for him to do it himself.
Zhao Kuo looked at Xunzi with a smile.
At this point, Xunzi also knew that he could not shirk as before, unless he wanted to leave Zhao.
But Zhao Kuo treated him very kindly. Although he did not govern the country according to his ideas, he gave him enough respect and appointed him as the priest of Handan Academy to take charge of the country's education.
In addition, he himself is from Zhao country, and in the past he left his hometown only out of necessity.
If given a choice, who would want to be homeless?
"If I keep hiding it, maybe I won't be willing to do it." Xunzi sighed inwardly and bowed, "I wonder what kind of talents your Majesty needs, and how many people are needed?"
"The more top talents related to mathematics, the better." Zhao Kuo said that mathematics is the foundation of all engineering subjects. Whether it is water conservancy, road construction, bridge construction, or shipbuilding, they all need the support of mathematics.
If the State of Zhao wants to build a bridge across a river or a relatively difficult official road, it must be supported by mathematicians, and they must be top-notch mathematicians. The ordinary ones are useless.
"Other talents are also needed, especially craftsmen of various types. Three hundred and five hundred is not too little, and one thousand and two thousand is not too much."
Even if Xunzi can really find so many talents, he must cultivate them first. Although talent will bring huge advantages, it does not explain everything. The main thing is to look at the future.
"This... number of people may be a bit large." Xunzi said awkwardly. Even without relying on talent, he could judge a person's qualifications at first glance, but if he really wants to determine the direction suitable for training in the future, he must activate his talent.
Do it.
If the talent is turned on for a long time, the pressure on him will be very high.
"It doesn't matter if it's less, just Xun Qing try his best." Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said.
"I understand," Xunzi said, cupping his hands.
"By the way, how many sets of retired equipment do we still have in the army?" Zhao Kuo finally thought about what he was doing here.
"Your Majesty, I still have more than 10,000 to less than 20,000 leather armors, long guns, and about 50,000 spears. Although the shafts of the guns and spears are broken, the heads of the spears and spears are all good. You can just change the shaft.
Use it." Le Yi said.
As for iron armor, it is a good thing in any country. Unless the damage is irreparable, Zhao State is not luxurious enough to withdraw the iron armor.
However, according to Zhao's current rate of iron smelting, it won't be long before those old iron armors and bronze armors can be replaced with new standard iron armors.
"Pick 5,000 relatively complete pairs of leather armor, 5,000 spears, and 5,000 lances, and ask Yuan Hua to send them to Yue." Zhao Kuo said.
"Your Majesty, what happened?" Wei Wuji asked.
"This is the news that just came from Chu State." Zhao Kuo handed the information he had just received to Wei Wuji.
It records the changes during this period of King Chu's death, including sending Huang Xie to Jiangdong to reclaim farmland and build a glaze workshop. Then, with the help of the concubine, he cleaned up the harem, and Jun Xi, who bribed the harem guards, was executed by the three clans.
, the two feudal lords were implicated and deprived of their fiefdoms.
A few days later, the two implicated princes seemed to be unwilling to do so and even sent people to ambush King Chu Wan on the road outside the city. The city defense army was late to rescue him, causing King Chu Wan to be injured.
King Chu was so angry that he withdrew all the city defense troops and replaced them with the new army that had just been formed.
From then on, Chen Ying was completely controlled by the King of Chu.