The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 681 Recommendation
The reason why there are so many disciples in farming families is that the threshold is low. After all, there are countless farmers living a hard life in the world, and many of them are just farmers in name only.

This means that farmers’ organizations are loose, their efficiency is low, and the abilities of many people are worrying.

Although the vast majority of disciples are from farming families, they are also farmers of the country and need to work hard.

Otherwise, they are just hooligan. To be honest, it is useless to tell the truth about such people. They are just farting and stirring up trouble.

Since the Nong family joined the Qin officialdom, the entire Nong family has been used by the Qin. For the Qin, what the Nong family needs is not a large number of people, but real technicians. And to train these technicians, they need to study hard and have certain talents.

The entire farm has been streamlined, technicalized, and specialized, the staff has been greatly reduced, and ordinary disciples have been integrated into the Qin Empire and become down-to-earth civilians.

Ying Zheng approved of the current situation of the Nong family, especially Tian Guang's overall performance.

Tian Guang does his job wholeheartedly and does it well. There is no problem with his attitude and job ability.

Farmers have always been very important to Ying Zheng, and Ying Zheng has always attached great importance to farmers, but this also led to some unrealistic fantasies for Tian Guang.

He has always been a fence-sitter, sitting on the cross corner.

That is to say, Ying Zheng loved Tian Guang. As a minister in the palace, Tian Guang knelt quickly at the beginning, and he has been loyal and dedicated over the years. Otherwise, if he had been sitting on the fence, he would have been unable to live.

Most of the people in farming families come from poor backgrounds. After all, who would go to a farming family if they were of noble birth?

There are very few scholars who come from farming families. After all, few scholars are willing to actually farm the land with their backs to the sky and their faces to the earth.

All officials in the world complain that they don’t have enough land, but how many of them actually farm the land?

The quality of the people in the farming families is even more uneven. To be honest, there are very few real core elites and backbone middle-level managers, and this is after streamlining.

When it comes to management, there are at least three Mohist schools between Confucianism and Mohism.

Many of the next generation of farmers today are unwilling to engage in agricultural production, which is understandable as there are really not many people in this world who are willing to be farmers.

Even if it's technical work.

Many disciples, even several core disciples, went to Zhongbo Fugui.

Everyone in the army is a talent, and everyone has unique skills. All you have to do is find an opportunity to kill. Everyone likes the soldiers very much.

To be honest, farmers are currently facing a period of shortage of food.

After all, they are still impetuous. Many people have forgotten what the foundation of their lives is. It is not their martial arts, nor a few chivalrous men in the world, but their agricultural technology!
But I always wanted to change from a technician to a manager, but my major is simply not suitable.

They have been sitting on the fence like this, but they have not been destroyed. The reason is not only because Ying Zheng loves them, but also because their technical personnel are not a threat.

If you are born in a farming family and climb to the upper level, you are definitely no longer a farming family. This is a fundamental contradiction that cannot be changed.

Once one enters officialdom, the relationships that were once part of the martial arts sects are not insignificant, but they are also extremely fragile.

Especially after it can no longer provide the motivation to continue climbing.

For example, those who succeed in the military no longer hang out with people from farming families, and they don’t even give priority to being with people from farming families.

When a peasant makes it big, he even starts to despise himself as a peasant.

Thinking about these things, Ying Zheng was considering how to help the farmers again.

Food is the most important thing for people. After all, the most important things in this world are those that really require people to work hard.

At least that’s what’s most important to most people.

Farmers need to have their own people who can climb to high positions, who also need to be loyal and willing to protect and lead them correctly.

Liu Ji is a good choice.

This man is loyal, tactful, broad-minded, capable, and well organized. He is a true hero.

Tian Guang is already quite old, and it can be said that he has no successor. Although the Zhu family is a generation younger than Tian Guang, the age difference is not that big. After Tian Guang passes away, I am afraid that the Zhu family will not last long.

Now it is just right to train Liu Ji to take over the Zhu family. Even if he can make further progress, he can also protect the farmers.

Letting Liu Ji manage farm affairs would also help him save face in front of his father and brothers.

His father and brothers have been farming all their lives to accumulate wealth, but Liu Ji is the one who takes care of them, how great is that.

When Ying Zheng thought of this, the corners of his mouth turned up, revealing a rather evil smile. He still felt a little regretful that he could not see that interesting scene with his own eyes.

Sure enough, everything happened as Ying Zheng expected.

After Liu Ji sent a visiting card to the Zhu family and left his current address, the Zhu family immediately sent someone to send out invitations and held a grand banquet to invite them.

Liu Ji brought five hundred gold coins and valuable gifts to the Zhu family to pay a visit. The Zhu family was very enthusiastic and even more appreciative.

After not seeing him for a year, the little brother who used to be a little immature has grown up very quickly. Now his speech and behavior are more natural and generous, his demeanor is extraordinary, and he has become much more stable.

The two men reminisced about the past, and Liu Ji first presented a generous gift, which was a gift prepared by him and Zhang Er together.

After presenting the gift, Liu Ji sincerely thanked Zhu Jia, and then told him the truth about what happened to him and Zhang Er, as well as their current situation. Zhu Jia listened, his expression changed, he was secretly shocked, but couldn't help but secretly happy.

I originally thought that this relationship would be useful ten or twenty years from now, but now it seems that it won’t last that long.
It cannot be underestimated now.

Next, Liu Ji said sincerely that he wanted to develop in Xianyang and asked the Zhu family to show him a way forward.

After Zhu Jia pondered for a while, he just asked Liu Ji to wait for his news, and didn't say anything else. Liu Ji didn't ask much, and then the two of them just chatted and talked about their thoughts. Zhu Jia held a banquet to welcome him.

Two days later, the Zhu family invited Liu Ji to a banquet again, took Liu Ji to Tian Guang's house, and introduced Liu Ji to Tian Guang.

The Zhu family increased their investment in Liu Ji.

As expected, Tian Guang also took a liking to this young man. Tian Guang might not be good at politics, but he definitely had a good eye for people.

In addition, I had heard about the Zhu family's introduction a long time ago, as well as the relationship between Liu Ji and the Nong family, and now I want to develop in Xianyang.

With his love of making friends, he naturally invited Liu Ji to join the farming family.

Liu Ji had been mentally prepared for this. It was good to lean on a big tree for shade. A small character like him was not qualified to consider political factions.

What's more, their brothers have long been tied to the farmers.

By relying on the farmers' help, he was able to maintain his wealth and move up to a higher level. This is a favor that cannot be repaid by simply giving a generous gift.

We have all been one family for a long time.

Unless you quit the Qin officialdom, you have no other choice.

Liu Ji immediately went down to the Zhu family and formally joined the farming family, and became a disciple of the Zhu family Shennong Hall.

Tian Guang lived up to Ying Zheng's understanding of him and immediately provided emergency training to Liu Ji on agricultural affairs and management knowledge.

He was preparing to recommend Liu Ji to be the Xianyang Agricultural Supervisor, who would be a subordinate of the Zhu family's Agricultural Supervisor and equivalent to a county magistrate.

Tian Guang is really nice.

This is a serious official, not a clerk.

Moreover, he is an agricultural official in Xianyang. Everything he does will be noticed by Ying Zheng. If he does a good job, he will be promoted very quickly.

Liu Ji was overjoyed and extremely moved. He had already entered the system and was an official!
The farm brothers are really loyal!

Liu Ji has always been an extremely smart person with a great talent. As long as he wants to learn, he can learn anything very quickly.

In addition, he came from a farming family, so in just one month, he had learned farm management and other matters thoroughly. At least he had no problem coping with the recommendation examination. As for specific matters, he naturally needed to learn them through practice.

After Tian Guang recommended Liu Ji, something unexpected happened.

In today's Qin Dynasty, recommendations are becoming less and less common.

There were more and more restrictions. Only officials and nobles with an annual salary of more than 600 shi were eligible to recommend, and there was a limit on the number of times they could do so. For example, the lowest-level official, the county magistrate of a small county, had only one recommendation opportunity a year.

The recommended personnel must also pass relevant examinations before they can officially take up their posts. Regardless of whether they pass or not, the recommendation opportunity has been used up.

It is also generally difficult to hold important positions, and future promotions are more stringent.

In addition, the recommender and the recommended are in a relationship of shared success and failure, which leads to fewer and fewer people willing to recommend.

But even though the number of recommendations is decreasing, a small position of the Agricultural Supervisor is not enough for the king to meet, right? ? ?
There are more turtles in the Wei River than people like this.

Tian Guang really didn't understand. The king had been so busy with affairs during this period that he had no time to rest. How could such a small official, who usually only received approval after passing the exam, be personally questioned by the king?

Was it a random inspection? Did he just happen to catch it?

Tian Guang thought about it for a long time and felt that this was the only possibility.

Although I was a little worried, I didn't think it was a big problem.

Tian Guang was also extremely confident in Liu Ji's temperament, appearance, ability and eloquence.

Liu Ji is intelligent, studies hard, and did not cheat in the exam. He passed the exam through the proper recommendation process.

Now he has the opportunity to meet the king, which is also his blessing.

Normally, if Liu Ji didn't climb up the officialdom for another ten or twenty years, he would not be qualified to step into the Zhangtai Palace to meet the king. The only time he could catch a glimpse of the king was when the king was inspecting agricultural affairs, and perhaps he could follow at the end of the inspection team and report on his work if Tian Guang gave him the opportunity.

For a small official like him, the opportunity to enter the palace and meet the king, and to be personally examined and appointed by the king, was a great blessing.

When Liu Ji learned that he was going to enter the palace to meet the emperor and be tested and appointed as an official by the emperor, even though he had always been an extraordinary person and never panicked, he was still a little nervous and excited, both excited and uneasy.

When he entered Xianyang, he had seen the heavy and majestic outline of the Xianyang Palace from afar. Every time the bells of the bell and drum tower rang for the court meeting, Liu Ji wondered when he could also attend, participate, or even decide the major events of this vast empire that concerned hundreds of millions of people.

Now the surprise came so suddenly.

The highest-ranking official he had ever seen in his life was the Left Prime Minister of the Great Qin, who followed behind everyone and carefully watched him. Not to mention having the qualifications to talk to the Left Prime Minister, he didn't even have the qualifications to get close to him.

The highest-ranking official who could have a conversation with him was Tian Guang.

At this time, he was suddenly told to go to the palace to meet the King of Qin, the most powerful and legendary emperor in the world, who had the destiny in his hands. It was really difficult for him not to be nervous.

I was really nervous and excited.

However, he immediately realized that it was not so easy to enter the palace to meet the emperor.

(End of this chapter)