At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 145 Three months in Hedong, three months in Hexi and expectations for talents

Sun Shutong asked: "Brother, do you know where Kong Fengchang's residence is?"

Lu Shu was a little surprised and said: "Sir, is he a master of hundreds of schools?"

Kong Yu was the owner of the Talent Recruitment Hall, and the people Chen Jun came to find were usually people who thought they were very knowledgeable and talented. At least Lu Shu knew how much he had, so he didn't dare to go to the Talent Recruitment Hall.

Sun Shutong smiled and said: "Kong Fengchang is the family teacher."

Lu Shu saluted again and said, "It turns out he is a disciple of Kong Daru."

Then Lu Shu said respectfully: "I don't know the residence of Kong Fengchang, but I know where the recruiting hall is and can take my senior there."

Sun Shutong let Lu Shu lead the way. The two talked on the way. He was even more surprised to know that Lu Shu studied the Analects of Confucius. He intended to teach him a few words, but found that the "Analects of Confucius" that Lu Shu read was very unsystematic, and even had many mistakes.

This made him a little angry and said: "Don't say you are a Confucian when you go out from now on."

Confucian disciples have not even learned the Analects of Confucius, and if other people of all schools of thought find out about it, they will be laughed out of their minds.

Lu Shu smiled bitterly and said: "The younger generation was stubborn and lacked knowledge. After the "Book Banning Order", the family teacher was killed by the Qin officials. The parents were worried about the persecution by the Qin officials and burned the younger generation's books. In those years, the younger generation did not even dare to write on the sand, which caused My studies have been neglected. I have forgotten most of the poems and books I read back then. Even if I want to make up for it, I can't find the books."

Hearing Lu Shu's words, Sun Shutong couldn't help but feel sad. He was in Xianyang City at the time and could do nothing about the matter. He could only watch the "Book Banning Order" being promulgated and implemented. A large number of historical books from the Six Kingdoms were burned, and a large number of books from the Six Kingdoms were burned. The taxi men were massacred.

With such emotions, he couldn't help but sympathize with Lu Shu, who was also a Confucian scholar who was harmed by the violent Qin.

So along the way, Sun Shutong re-taught Lu Shu "The Analects" and helped him correct the mistakes in it.

The two of them were talking and learning at the same time, and soon they arrived at the recruitment hall.

Sun Shutong said to the guard: "Please report that Sun Shutong has come to see Kong Fengchang."

A guard went in to report.

Not long after, Kong Yu ran out and saw Sun Shutong grabbing his hand in surprise.

Sun Shutong immediately knelt down and said, "Disciple pays homage to the teacher."

Kong Yu immediately raised Uncle Sun's head and said, "There's no need for so many courtesy."

Looking at Sun Shutong who was a little depressed, Kong Yu said a little apologetically: "This time it is because I am a teacher and I have implicated you, otherwise you would still be a doctor in Xianyang City."

But if Kong Kun was given another choice, he would still seek refuge with Xu Fan. This was something that could not be changed since the First Emperor killed Confucian scholars, but he felt guilty for implicating Sun Shutong.

But Sun Shutong smiled casually and said: "Teacher, it's not that I don't know that the Legalist hegemony that the First Emperor believed in, we Confucian scholars are just embellishments in Xianyang City. The disciples have been trembling in Xianyang City these years, for fear of offending the First Emperor. Xiang Shang If one’s life is at stake, it’s okay not to have such wealth.”

When Kong Yu heard this, he also felt that it made sense: "Well, since you have come to the Han Dynasty, I recommend you to the King of Han as a teacher. The King of Han respects the talents of hundreds of families and uses them according to their talents. With your talents, you can become a 2000-stone county." Guard, this is much better than being an embellishment in Qin."

Sun Shutong smiled and said: "Then the disciple will ask the teacher."

After the two masters and apprentices talked about the past together, Kong Kun discovered the young Lu Shu at this time, so he asked: "Is this a descendant of the He family?"

Lu Shu immediately saluted Kong Yu and said, "Confucian disciple Lu Shu has met Master Kong."

For Lu Shu, seeing Kong Yu was as exciting as the principal in later generations, and he immediately announced his family status.

Sun Shutong could only tell Kong Yu about Lu Shu's situation with a wry smile. He was really worried that his teacher would be angry because of Lu Shu's knowledge, so he simply told him in advance. If he didn't have expectations, he would naturally be disappointed.

But Kong Yu was not angry when he heard Sun Shutong's explanation. Instead, he sympathized and said: "The evil of the violent Qin has poisoned the world. This is a victim who was persecuted by the violent Qin."

"Since it's an imperial examination, it's not okay if you're not good at learning. So you can come to him at the Talent Recruitment Hall during this period and let him teach you for a few days."

Kong Yu originally wanted to teach Lu Shu, but he immediately thought that he was the examiner of this imperial examination and needed to avoid suspicion, so he simply handed it over to Sun Shutong.

After thinking about it, Kong Kun entered the recruitment hall and quickly took out a book with "The Analects of Confucius" and a book with "Primary School Mathematics" written on it and handed them to Lu Shu and said: "These two books are useful for the imperial examination." , you should study it carefully and come to Sun Shutong if you encounter anything you don’t understand.”

Lu Shu was extremely excited with the "Analects of Confucius" and "Primary School Mathematics" in his hands. He had been in Chen County for a few days, so he naturally knew how precious books were. It was a pity that he was too short of money to buy them, and now Kong Yu was Changing his destiny.

He immediately held the book in both hands and kowtowed nine times to Kong Yu and said: "Master Kong, Uncle Sun, this young man of great kindness and virtue will never be forgotten."

Looking at Lu Shu leaving, Sun Shutong asked curiously: "The teacher is very optimistic about him?"

Kong Yu shook his head and said: "It has been so difficult for Confucian disciples in recent years, so I can help one of them."

Sun Shutong thought of Qin Mo, who was completely wiped out for assassinating the First Emperor in Xianyang City, and sighed: "Of all the people from hundreds of families, there is no one who is not difficult."

Qin Mo and the State of Qin have been together for hundreds of years. The top officials of Qin Mo all have official positions in the State of Qin. Although they are not very powerful, they are valued by the First Emperor. But these Qin Mo dared to assassinate the First Emperor for the sake of morality in their hearts. In the end, the entire Qin Mo was exterminated. He admired such righteous men.

Then Kong Yu took Sun Shutong into the recruitment hall, planning to find a way to recommend his proud disciple to Xu Fan in his free time.

Kong Yu was indeed very busy at this time. He was the examiner of Chen County's imperial examination. For the next period of time, he would be busy with the imperial examination and had no energy to distract himself from other things.

On the other hand, Lu Shu began to go to the streets to find a job to support himself. After all, the imperial examination still had several days left, and he still had to eat and drink.

Lu Shu came to the place where Chen Jun often recruits workers, squatted down with "The Analects of Confucius" in his hands and read it quietly. No one laughed at him for what he did, because there were so many poor scholars like Lu Shu during this period. People around him admired their perseverance. It is amazing how perseverant they still persist in studying despite being so poor. .

The development of this kind of custom is also related to the general environment of Chen County. Xu Fan's Han Dynasty is getting bigger and bigger, and naturally it needs more and more scholars. The military supervisors need scholars, and the huge handicraft industry areas need scholars. Scholars, and there are also a large number of official vacancies are in need of scholars.

The people of Chen County saw too many poor scholars being favored by the Han Dynasty, and soon became officials. At worst, they could get a good job with no worries about food and drink.

And these are not just one or two lucky people, but a large number of people who have changed their destiny because of reading. The common people have sharp eyes. Reading can really change their destiny, so of course they are willing to invest.

In recent years, more and more children have been enrolled in Chen County. There are more than ten public primary schools run by the Guangyi Army, and thousands of students are studying here. The social atmosphere of Chen County has naturally changed. If Chen Ping lived in the current Chen Jun, his sister-in-law would never ridicule him because he only knew how to study but not how to do things. She would only think that he had great ambitions and would definitely achieve great things in the future.

"We're recruiting, we're recruiting!" A big man yelled: "We're recruiting workers in the dock area. The wages are five cents a day and food and accommodation are included. Anyone who is willing to come hurry up?"

"Five cents!" Lu Shu shouted immediately after hearing this: "I'll go!"

December 36, the 11th year of the First Emperor's reign.

On this day, it was just dawn, and the sky was just showing in the east. The weather was getting a little colder. Fortunately, the sun appeared today, and the temperature rose rapidly. It was a good day to bask in the sun in winter.

Countless scholars in Chenjun's simple clothes got up early, prepared various items for the examination, and then walked towards Chenjun's outer campus.

There are too many people taking the imperial examination this time, more than 2000 people. Chen County is temporarily unable to arrange an examination room for more than 2000 people. It can only learn from the last time it set up an examination room in a military camp.

"I must pass the imperial examination this time." Lu Shu secretly made up his mind. There are many candidates like him. They wear simple clothes, and the imperial examination has become their only hope for success.

Of course, there were poor candidates like Lu Shu who were nervous and looking forward to a change in their destiny, and there were also children of powerful nobles who were sitting in carriages with servants helping them with pens, inks, paper, inkstones and books. They didn't notice this imperial examination at all.

For no other reason, the test questions were too simple. They all got the questions from the last imperial examination, and found that the above questions were not difficult for them at all, and there was almost no problem of failing. And even if they fail to pass the exam, it is nothing to them. They are just a field official, not even a hundred-stone salary. They don’t even bother with such a small official. If the elders of the family hadn’t pressured them to take the exam, many of them would No one wants to show up.

On the Chenjun city wall, Xu Fan, Zhou Zhang, Zhang Liang, Ye Teng and others watched the candidates coming out.

Although he was king in Jiangling City, it was mainly because Jiangling City was the old capital of Chu State and had special political significance. However, Xu Fan did not use Jiangling as his capital. After all, Jiangling City is still too remote, and the Han State is still going to attack Qin State. Chen County is a more suitable capital. Of course, this is only temporary. In this era, Xianyang City is the most suitable capital city.

"Why are there so many candidates? It looks like there are thousands of them." Xu Fan looked at the dense crowd in surprise.

Zhou Zhang smiled bitterly and said: "Kong Kun counted the scholars who wanted to take the imperial examination. A total of 2133 scholars signed up, but we can only recruit 200, which is about one-tenth of the quota. I don't know how many people will fail, and Kong Kun still has One worry is that the test questions are so simple, what if most people pass?"

After all, it was just recruiting field officials, and the exam was not too difficult. No one expected that the quota of 200 field officials would actually attract 2000 scholars.

"Where did they come from?" Xu Fan always wanted to make the soldiers more educated. The supervisors of the rebel army not only had to supervise the discipline of the army and participate in the management of the army, but also found ways to teach the soldiers to read and write. , but this has never been possible, and the reason is very simple. There is a shortage of educated scholars everywhere. All counties and counties are going crazy for it, and it is even more difficult for the army to rob them.

Most of those supervisors are self-taught, but it is even more difficult to teach soldiers. He originally set the difficulty level so low because he was afraid that he would not be able to recruit enough people, but now a bunch of scholars appeared and Xu Fan was shocked.

Zhang Liang said: "Our army defeated the four counties of the Qin State. Annihilating one hundred thousand Qin troops could bring such great losses to the Qin State. Only the six-nation coalition could do it back then. Now no one in the world thinks that the Qin Army can do it. I can defeat the big Han, and the Han's regime is stable. Naturally, some people want to join me. I have checked the sources of the scholars and found that half of them came from Sishui County and Dang County, and there are even a small number of Sanchuan County soldiers. Son, that’s why it’s so powerful.”

The end of the Qin Dynasty can be said to be a turbulent era. Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi could not keep up with the changes during this period. Three months in Hedong and three months in Hexi were almost the same.

Three months ago, the scholars in the world ignored Xu Fan and did not think that the rebel regime could resist for long. Three months later, Xu Fan annexed four counties and annihilated 10 Qin troops. The territory of Han Dynasty also expanded to Occupying the best territory of the entire Chu State, even during the Warring States Period, it was still a powerful country. No one doubted the strength of the Han State anymore, but Xu Fan immediately made them unable to reach the King of Han.

Xu Fan smiled and said: "This is a good thing. As long as they can meet our requirements, we will admit them all. If there are not enough, they can do other things as field officials. As long as they are willing to join the army, they can also receive military training first and then serve as guards." . You can also work as a steward in a workshop or teach in a school. I have always wanted to popularize education throughout Chen County. In the past two years, I have barely built dozens of primary schools and recruited only a few thousand rebel children as primary school students. Isn’t that because There is always a shortage of teachers, so those with lower grades can stay and become teachers. In this way, compulsory education in Chen County can be considered universal."

Because of the lack of talents, Xu Fan has never succeeded in many of the things he wanted to do. He wanted to fully popularize education in the military, but because the culture of the military supervisors was not up to standard, it was naturally difficult to popularize it. Also, he wants some educated technicians, and popularizing education can only be done on a small scale because of the lack of talents. There are so many scholars now, and as long as they pass the examination, they can become masters to educate children.

Ye Teng was surprised and said: "Your Majesty, raising soldiers is more expensive than raising soldiers. Our country of Han cannot afford to raise so many soldiers."

After Ye Teng stayed with Xu Fan for a while, he got to know Xu Fan a little bit. He was a good-tempered lord who rarely scolded others. He may have had a rough background and could treat people around him equally, even when he was angry. Hold back your anger. Comparing the First Emperor and the kings of the Six Kingdoms at that time, Xu Fan, the King of Han, could be described as extremely benevolent.

But he often did things that were not shocking, like the last time he said that he would combine military service with land. He could even hear the idea of ​​the Han king wanting to completely replace private land with public land.

It really scared him to death. This was something that even the First Emperor could not do and did not dare to do. At that time, he thought that Xu Fan would become arrogant after becoming king, and even regretted joining Xu Fan. Fortunately, Zhou Zhang dissuaded Xu Fan in time. , and at the same time warned them not to leak this matter, which temporarily stopped King Han's crazy idea.

And now the King of Han wants to popularize education. My good King of Han really thinks that it is so easy to raise scholars. Lord Xinling and others have high positions and powerful positions and have a country to support them, but they can only raise 3000 scholars. You, the King of Han, want to raise 3, 30.

This is really ~~~ caring about the world!

Zhou Zhang, however, has begun to become immune to Xu Fan's behavior. After all, when the two of them first met, Xu Fan used these words to make him vomit blood without shocking anyone.

He just said calmly: "The rebel army now needs to expand by 30 people. All the money and food are spent on expanding the army. There is no money to hire so many masters to teach students."

Zhou Zhang has finally learned how to get along with Xu Fan. As long as the King of Han paints a pie for you and talks about ideals, you can talk to him about reality and bring him back.

Xu Fan smiled and said: "Public education is difficult to say, but it is easy to say it is easy. It doesn't cost much to prepare a school building, and then recruit a few teachers to enlighten the children. Isn't this cost too high?"

Even in the countryside, as long as a wife is willing to teach children, the Han Dynasty can give the teacher 100 acres of farmland, and he can harvest hundreds of shi of grain every year, which is enough to pay the salary of the wife, and leave 500 acres of school land for the school to maintain the daily life of the school. In terms of expenses, children who don’t have money will have a sand table to use as pens, ink, paper and inkstones. Books will not be sold without conditions. Try to save money. There is no need to use the standards of raising scholars. Just let them read and read, so as not to become blind. In this way, as long as the grain production capacity of 600 acres of land is enough, it can feed all the teachers and students in a village to complete their enlightenment education. "

In this era of 30 acres of land per capita, popularizing education is not something that cannot be done in this era, but something that is willing to do. Obviously, the court in this era is unwilling to do such a thing, but Xu Fan is willing to do it. .

Xu Fan's words made Zhou Zhang, Zhang Liang and Ye Teng look at him in surprise. If they really follow Xu Fan's method, education really won't cost much.

But Zhang Liang whispered: "Your Majesty, have you ever thought that so many people have become scholars, but the Han Dynasty does not have so many positions? What will we do then?"

After all, Zhang Liang is a top nobleman. He understands that the more scholars, the better. People who have read books and have knowledge will not be able to farm with peace of mind. The world now needs a large number of farmers and craftsmen, not a large number of scholars. , The more Xu Fan created scholars, the more conflicts he created for the Han State. One restless scholar could cause more trouble than ten, hundreds or even thousands of farmers.

Xu Fan smiled and said: "Why do you have to be an official after studying, and you can't do other things? After studying, give way to Kaihui. These are the best farmers and craftsmen. Look at the farmers and the Mo family. They are knowledgeable and knowledgeable. He is also the best farmer and craftsman in the world."

To start industrialization, the number of talents needed will be dozens or even hundreds of times more than in the feudal era. He also looks forward to leading 10 primary school students to start the first wave of industrialization.

Zhang Liang shook his head and said: "But after all, such people are in the minority."

Xu Fan smiled and said: "If everyone in the world reads, then everyone in the world will not be scholars, but farmers, craftsmen, and merchants who have read books."

In Xu Fan's era, nine-year compulsory education was popularized, and even high schools and colleges were popularized, but not many people would think of the literati class. The more they knew about it, the more disgusted they became with the so-called literati class. What a well-known celebrity. By whitewashing the situation, their reputation has long been ruined.

Chenjun School Ground.

Kong Kun said to all the scholars who were preparing for the exam: "You are only allowed to bring pens, inks, papers and inkstones into the examination room. All other things will be left to the care of the soldiers. There will be two exams today, each lasting half an hour. You should be prepared now. After entering the examination room, You cannot go out, otherwise your results will be invalid."

After hearing what Kong Kun said, the candidates first handed their books to the soldiers, and then entered the examination room with only pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Although the scale of the imperial examination was large this time, the format was the same as that of Wu Jun and others. Chinese was not very difficult, only mathematics was a little more difficult, and the examination time was not long. It only took half an hour to pass, and there were two examinations. It only took half a day.

Then these students left the venue one after another, waiting for the final result.

The grading of this imperial examination is also very simple. First, read the article. As long as the sentences are fluent, it means that the person has read the book. Even if there are some typos, he can pass. However, one point will be deducted for each wrong word. Then there are 100 math questions. Each Each question is worth 1 point. Because there is a correct answer, the person who corrected the papers completed the correction very quickly.

When Xu Fan came to the marking place, he looked at Kong Yu and asked, "How many people are qualified?"

Kong Yu smiled bitterly and said: "From now on, there are more than a thousand qualified scholars, and there are only a few unqualified people."

Both papers are scored on a 100-point scale, with points considered a passing grade. The essay paper is scored on a -point scale, but the real gap is in mathematics.

Kong Yu was worried about those scholars who were obviously qualified but could not be admitted. From Lu Shu, he knew that there were many poor scholars who took great risks to come to Chen County. If they failed, they would be in trouble for the rest of their lives. be destroyed.

Xu Fan said: "As long as you are qualified, you will stay. Our Han country is still extremely short of talents. How can we push the talents out to see if they are willing to stay in Han and become teachers, or after training, they can become supervisors of the Gongshu family's machinery factory?" , the Mo family’s ironworks also lack talents, so as long as they are willing to go to these places, they can stay.”

Kong Yu said happily: "Your Majesty is really open-minded. I would like to thank you for these scholars who have passed the examination."

Three days later, the list of 200 scholars who were admitted was announced. They will be dispatched by Zhou Zhang to go to Nanjun, Nanyang County, Jiujiang County, Hengshan County and Juntian.

The failed scholars also announced their lists and scores. This is to tell them that you are not unqualified, but their scores are better than yours.

Lu Shu stared blankly at his name on the cloth. Among the 2133 civilian candidates, he was not bad, ranking 441st, but this ranking meant nothing to him. If he could not become a field official, he could not change his destiny.

But at this time, the people on the high platform shouted: "Scholars who have not become field officials, don't be disappointed. Since you are qualified, I will make arrangements for you. You can go to the Prime Minister's Mansion later and accept the Prime Minister's dispatch."

After a sudden turn of events, Lu Shu was so happy that he could stay in Han.

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