As soon as the order for seeking talents came out, a lot of people crowded outside the county wine hall, some watching the excitement, and some eager to try. Those Jiangling civilian scholars who had never been officials in the past, were not from a good background, and had no one to recommend them to each other
He is modest and appears to be very accommodating, but in fact he is still a little hesitant.
Standing at the door of the hall, raising the sleeves of his broad official robe, Lu Jia began to speak out.
"I was born in Shouchun, a Confucian scholar from Huainan. I violated the law of carrying books and was moved to the south. I filled ravines in the dense forests of Lingnan and was almost reduced to a subordinate. It was not until the king marched south that he put me under the ox's mouth...
"
In the past few years, he has been beside Wu Zhonghou, and has gone from being a scribe to fighting for food, to being the master of a hundred stones, to being a long history of four hundred stones, and finally became the second only to Xiao He among the civil servants of the monarch and shogunate today.
Nanjun offers wine as a sacrifice, and the official residence is six hundred stones.
It can be said that Lu Jia is the best example of being reused because of his "ability to come up with long-term strategies" even though he was born in a commoner family. It was perfect for Marquis Wu Zhong to ask him to choose the sacrificial wine for civilians.
Several guests were a little surprised: "The official is really a Confucian scholar, how can he be an official?"
Lu Jia showed off the ribbon that he had been rubbing all night, and saw that it was a black ribbon, three colors, green and red cyanosis, and a pure and green ribbon, tied with a bright bronze seal. It was indeed an official with six hundred stones!
"As long as you have talent and learning, you can help the emperor and his lord to succeed. Regardless of status, school of thought, or place of origin, only those who are capable will succeed!"
This sentence of meritocracy made many people dispel their doubts and began to come forward one after another and "recommend themselves."
But more people paced back and forth a few times and still shrank their heads.
After all, there is still a question as to how long Wu Zhonghou’s red flag can fly. What if he is eliminated by the court and is liquidated by the court? Wouldn’t everyone who had been an official of Wu Zhonghou be unlucky?
Whether these Jiangling commoners advance or retreat, Lu Jia sees them, and he also understands who Heifu wants to recruit.
Confucian scholars, Huang Lao, Zongheng, Mingbian, military strategists, all those who were excluded from the Qin Dynasty system!
During the Warring States Period, these scholars from hundreds of schools could sit and talk about Taoism. Those with poor families could also serve as guests of the emperor. If they were really talented and learned, they could become famous like Feng Chen, Hou Ying, Mao Sui, and Cai Ze.
However, under the system of the Qin Dynasty, even the prime ministers and the Marquis of Che were not allowed to raise scholars on a large scale. Hundreds of families were suppressed, and the government only respected judges and jailers. These common people suddenly lost their livelihood.
But they have to survive, either like the "old Huang" Chen Ping, who puts down his old profession, studies the law honestly, and becomes an official. Or they can be like Lu Jia, who survives in the cracks and relies on
He helped people copy books and wrote letters to make a living. He also accidentally hid poems and books and was arrested and charged.
The worst case was Han Xin, who was trained as a military strategist, but because he was poor and incompetent, he could not be promoted to an official and could only work around.
When the world was in chaos, these people were the most active participants in overthrowing the imperial court. They rolled up their sleeves and worked hard to join the rebellion. The reason was for no other reason than that the Qin Dynasty's officialdom did not provide them with a suitable promotion channel.
Heifu decided to learn a lesson and leave a backdoor for such people.
"When troubled times are approaching, the Qin officials and Legalists who rule the place are important, but the rest of the talents are also indispensable."
I don’t expect to catch big fish like Han Xin and Chen Ping again, but ordinary lobbyists, counselors, and black men are also in urgent need.
They are often used to persuade travelers to surrender to counties and provide staff with advice.
Even if Jiangling cannot recruit people, interested people from other places will come to help after hearing about it. I only hope that those who are curious about Chu and Han can also join in as much as possible.
Lu Jia also believes that there is basically no such person in Jiangling. After all, it has been in the Qin Dynasty for decades and hundreds of schools have withered.
"There may be more in Hengshan County."
But there are quite a few people who have responded to the call. Unfortunately, they are all talkative. They think they are extremely talented after learning a little bit. There are almost no real talents.
"It's so difficult to find a pearl among a bunch of fish eyes..."
After arranging for a dozen Jiangling civilians with mediocre speech to go to various departments in the army and start working as scribes, Lu Jia planned to end the "recruitment" today.
Unexpectedly, there was another man wearing a tall Confucian crown outside the door, peeking inside, attracting Lu Jia's attention.
Lu Jia had been in Jiangling for so many days, but he had never seen a Confucian crown on the street. This was just because the place had been ruled by the Qin Dynasty for decades, and Confucianism was suppressed and expelled by the government for its use of culture to disrupt the law.
When the man came to the court, Lu Jia saw that he was about forty, with a dark and thin face, slightly older than himself. He had a long beard, but it was uncombed and a little messy.
"What's your name?"
The man showed his yellow teeth, bowed his head and said, "You will do whatever you want, little man."
"Suihe?"
Lu Jia had never heard of it, so he asked again: "I didn't know that there are also Confucian scholars in Jiangling?"
Sui He said: "The villain is not from Jiangling, but a humble man from Sui County (Suizhou City, Hubei Province)."
"He's from Nanyang County."
Lu Jia nodded, without asking in detail why people from other counties came to Jiangling, and then asked:
"Which of the eight Confucian scholars do you study from?"
Sui He said: "What I have learned is very complicated, and not everyone knows it. I'm afraid the officials don't know about it, so it's not worth mentioning."
Now Lu Jia was a little wary and thought: "Could this person know that I study Confucianism, and many scholars have been deposed in the past, so he deliberately wore a Confucian crown in order to get close to me?"
So he deliberately took the exam and started talking about poetry and books.
What I didn't expect was that Sui He spoke modestly and said that he had little knowledge, but no matter what Lu Jia said, he was able to pick up on it. He even quoted many stories from Confucian classics and was able to quote from other sources. He was obviously a knowledgeable man.
scholar!
Lu Jia had not talked with people who had similar interests for a long time, and now he got out of hand. The two of them actually talked about it until nightfall, and suddenly Lu Jia's stomach growled with hunger, and only then did Lu Jia react.
“What a shame, I was only busy talking about poetry and books, but I forgot about the real thing!”
Although Suihe was very fond of him, if he could only talk about poems and books without making any great plans, he would still be a scribe.
So Lu Jijiu sat upright and asked: "What? Now that the prince has just settled in Jingzhou, do you have any ideas that can help the prince manage the place and achieve peace? You might as well listen to me. If you are right, you will definitely be the general.
Recommend it to the king!"
Sui He bowed again: "The villain does have a plan. If Wu Zhonghou accepts it, he can make the king and prince gain all the three Chu lands!"
…
On the seventh day of April, exactly two months after Qin Shihuang passed away, the weather in Jiangling was fine.
The four partial divisions sent out by Heifu had only been gone for three days, but they were already reporting frequent successes.
First, Li Cang had made an emergency landing in Jingling, led his troops across the Han River, and made contact with Ji Ying, who was fighting guerrillas in the east of Han Dynasty.
Then, Wu Chen reported back that he had captured Zhijiang and was leading his people to Yiling.
Man also took control of Xiaoling and was convening a meeting with the chiefs of the Ba people of Yi Dao to convey to them the greetings of Marquis Wu Zhong...
Only the Dangyang county captain refused to surrender, and the common captain was attacking, saying that the city could be conquered at any time!
Just after Heifu finished his military duties, Lu Jia came to see him and said he was the only talent he had found after two days of seeking talents.
The short soldiers searched behind them, and then asked Suihe to approach the outer wall of the small courtyard where Heifu's office was ten steps away. Suihe looked up and down at the narrow and old courtyard, and couldn't help but nod.
"come on in."
Lu Jia appeared at the door, waved to Sui He, and walked through the dense guards to lead him to the backyard, where Hei Fu was sitting, closing his eyes and concentrating after a busy morning.
Sui He bowed three times and said: "Little man, Sui He, pay homage to Marquis Wu Zhong!"
Heifu opened his eyes: "You really have a Suixian accent."
Suixian County is the ancient Sui State. It is adjacent to Anlu and is only two days away across Hengwei Mountain. The accent is similar. However, because Suixian County was not captured by Qin until thirty years ago, in terms of administrative division, it is not
Guinan County belongs to Nanyang County.
"Why do you do this great ceremony?"
Sui He said: "The king is in a high position and has won great victories, but he is neither arrogant nor impetuous. He lives in a humble house and enjoys it as if it were sweet rice. He has the demeanor of a benevolent king like Yao, Shun and Yu. This small man pays tribute to the benevolence and frugality of the king."
"You are smooth-tongued and very similar to Lu Jia. No wonder he picked you."
Heifu frowned and asked: "You are from Suixian County. You are supposed to be subject to household registration restrictions. Why did you come to Jiangling to vote?"
Sui He said: "The villain is originally a poor scholar from Sui County. He is currently serving as a garrison soldier. He accompanied a group of Nanyang people to escort grain and fodder to Nanjun and stationed in Jiangling."
In the Qin Dynasty, Confucian scholars, like sons-in-law and merchants, were also prioritized for military service.
He paused for a while and then said: "Last month, I heard that the prince had taken Anlu and brought the people across the river. I was sure at that time that the prince would come to take Jiangling later..."
Heifu asked: "How can we see it?"
Sui He said with a smile: "Because Jiangling is the capital of Western Chu, if you get Jiangling, you can take all of Western Chu!"
But Hei Fu shook his head: "It's not surprising what I said after the fact, but Lu Jia said, do you have a plan that can make me get the best of everything?"
The so-called Three Chu is the name for the hometown of Chu State. According to different directions, Huaibei Pei, Chen, Runan, Nanjun, Pengcheng and other places are called Western Chu; Donghai, Wu and Kuaiji east of Pengcheng are called East Chu; Jiujiang,
Hengshan, Yuzhang in the south of the Yangtze River, and Changsha are the Southern Chu.
In short, the two states of Yu, Gong, Li, Jing, and Yang accounted for one-third of the world.
Even with Han Xin's talent, he only believed that he should "take Jingzhou as his home first" and had not yet proposed a follow-up strategy. How could he be so brazen and arrogant when he opened his mouth? I don't know whether he was just lying or not.
Hei Fu glanced at Lu Jia, who nodded slightly, but also a little nervous. It seemed that he recognized Sui He's plan, but he didn't know whether Hei Fu recognized it or not.
So Heifu smiled and said, "Then let me hear what you have to say."
Suihe received permission and said:
"It is difficult to seize the Three Chus. The king and his lords were so strong that they braved the arrows and crossed Yunmeng four times. They fought fiercely for two months. At present, they have only captured half of the Southern Chu and a small half of the Western Chu. If you want to rely on
It will probably take a year and a half to capture all three Chu states..."
"But it is said to be easy, but it is also easy. With my strategy, the color of the land of Chu will suddenly change within a month, and everyone will gather to respond. With poor food and scenery, one of the three points in the world can be obtained!"
Heifu became interested: "Go on."
Sui He said: "The villain secretly thinks that the monarch has raised the wrong banner and Jingnan is not enough to appeal to the people of Chu. If he wants to gather people from all over the country to respond, he should establish a King of Chu and restore the state of Chu!"
…
"Establish a King of Chu?"
After hearing this, Heifu sneered and looked at Lu Jia: "Is this the 'great talent' you recruited for me?"
Lu Jia was a little panicked and quickly bowed his head, breaking out in a cold sweat.
He had known for a long time that whatever strategy he followed, the prince might not like, but now, he could only bite the bullet and fight to the end.
After all, Suihe's ideas also won the heart of Lu Jia, a native of Huainan Chu.
Lu Jia asked for Sui He's orders: "Please, Lord, please allow Sui He to finish speaking!"
"No need to listen."
Heifu pointed at Sui He and said: "You know, last month, a defector from the Wuchang camp named Ge Ying, the commander of the camp, used exactly the same trick as you. After capturing E County, he found E Jun there.
His descendants, named Xiang Qiang, were established as kings of Chu and restored the state of Chu."
"But instead of waiting for the response from the Three Chu Lands, they waited for my army to attack. Xiang Qiang only served as the puppet king for three days, and was killed by my captain Dongmen Leopard. He had a strange head and body.
Hang it on the tower!"
"If I listen to your rotten Confucian words and heart-crushing theories, I'm afraid I will end up with the same fate. Yuan Yong, tie this man up and put him in jail!"
Yuan Yong led two short soldiers to drag Sui He, but Sui He hugged the pillar tightly and said the next words in one breath:
"When I say make a king, I don't mean to make someone else a king."
"It's the prince himself who established himself as the King of Chu!"