Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 264
Normally, he didn't feel that, but after Chen Ping went south to Wuguan with Zheng Bu of the Han Army and temporarily left his side, Xiang Kang found out how much Chen Ping had helped him.

In the past, with Chen Ping by his side, Chen Ping, who was in charge of supervising generals and officials, would always let Xiang Kang know within a short period of time, or report directly to the Han army and the major official temples in Xianyang. , or subtle reminders, or casual mentions in a calm manner, so that even if Xiang Kang is sitting in a high-ranking tent or in a deep palace, he can still know the internal situation of the Han army and make necessary decisions in time.

The same is true when dealing with government and military affairs. Although Chen Ping seldom takes the initiative to influence Xiang Kang's decision-making, he can always guess Xiang Kang's intentions and handle many not too important military and government affairs beautifully. The necessary decision, and to share a lot of work pressure for Xiang Kang, so that Xiang Kang can free up his hands to think and deal with more important affairs, and he has perfectly assumed the role of Xiang Kang's secretary-general.

As for staffing military aircraft and making suggestions, let alone, in these aspects, the role that Chen Ping can play is beyond the reach of Zhou Zeng, who was appointed as the prime minister by Xiang Kang. Let Zhou Zeng deal with it, and discuss with Chen Ping first when encountering major military affairs.

After Chen Ping left temporarily, Xiang Kang soon tasted the bitterness of being overly dependent. He was busy until late at night just reading and annotating official documents every day, and he had to spare time to read the secret reports submitted by the Han army spies, and to know the secrets of the Han army civil and military officials. Corruption in his words and deeds, as well as the likes and dislikes of the people in Guanzhong and the support for him and the Han army, whether the former officials of the Qin court still miss the old country, and whether there are signs of rebellion or rebellion.

The same is true for military affairs. Without Chen Ping's help in sorting out the military information and providing all kinds of important information held by the Han army, Xiang Kang, no matter how decisive and cunning he was, would still be restrained when making decisions, for fear of mishandling them. Inadequate consideration led to uncontrollable consequences.

After working hard for a few days, Xiang Kang regretted sending Chen Ping away, but also had to invite Zhang Liang, who was still a Korean courtier, to temporarily replace Chen Ping as Secretary-General to help him handle military and political affairs.The result was not bad. After making some concessions and temporarily taking over Chen Ping's job, Zhang Liang, who is also a famous minister through the ages, quickly replaced Chen Ping's role, helping Xiang Kang to share the huge work pressure, so that Xiang Kang finally You can spare a little time to sneak back to the harem to comfort the little girl Qi Min who was sent by Qi Ji to cover her feet in advance.

Because of this, Xiang Kang, who originally hoped that Zhang Liang could stay forever, became more determined to keep Zhang Liang. Once during a temporary break, Xiang Kang spoke directly to Zhang Liang, saying: "Mr. Zifang, Can you stop going back to Korea? Stay and help me, I won’t talk nonsense, as long as you can stay, no matter how you want me to compensate King Han, I will try my best to agree.”

Seeing Xiang Kang's sincere attitude, Zhang Liang couldn't help but sighed, and said, "Your Majesty, your foreign minister's trust and wrong love, even if the foreign minister's body is broken, it is difficult to repay it, and I am really willing to do my best for the King. But there is no way, the family of foreign ministers eat Han Lu, grandfather and father have served as the prime minister of South Korea five times, and they have been greatly favored by the country. Now that South Korea has fallen into such a state, no matter how ungrateful the foreign ministers are, they cannot bear to turn their backs on South Korea Wang Ting, become a courtier of the Han Kingdom."

He had long understood Zhang Liang's single-minded intention to restore the country, and Xiang Kang had no choice but to sigh: "Your fortune is poor, I was in Huaisi before, because of various mistakes, I was not able to reuse Mr. I am extremely regretful. I never imagined that I would have to pass by such a great talent as you, sir, when I become King of Han today. God really played tricks on me."

"Your Majesty, please don't be so over-reputed. Foreign ministers are really ashamed." Zhang Liang hurriedly humbly said, "Besides, Your Majesty already has the help of Mr. Chen Ping, so why not worry about the great success? Previously, the foreign ministers were out of the situation, and still I don't know, but the king was wrongly loved and let the foreign minister temporarily take the position of Mr. Chen Ping, so the foreign minister really understood what kind of talent Mr. Chen Ping was, and he had to admire the king's astute eyes for discovering Chen Ping. Mr. is such a talented person."

"Mr. Chen Ping alone is not enough." Xiang Kang smiled wryly, and said, "Mr. Zifang, you have seen it with your own eyes. Although there are many servants of my highness, they can really help me a lot. There are only Mr. Chen Ping and Uncle Ya, Mr. Li Shiqi who was forcibly detained by my elder brother, and Mr. Zifang who does not want to be a Hanchen."

The speaker had no intention, but the listener intended. Xiang Kang's heartfelt words suddenly reminded Zhang Liang. After a little calculation, Zhang Liang immediately said: "If Your Majesty thinks that His Highness lacks talents, then the foreign minister would like to recommend some talents to you." He is a high-ranking scholar, but I don’t know if the king is willing to use it.”

"Of course I would like to use it." Xiang Kang replied without even thinking about it: "The talents who can be praised by Mr. Zifang as high-ranking scholars are of course willing to be reused by the juniors, but I don't know the current locations of those high-ranking scholars that Mr. Zifang wants to recommend. "

"They live in seclusion on your territory, Your Majesty." Zhang Liang replied immediately, and then said, "I wonder if Your Majesty has ever heard of the name of Shangshan Sihao?"

Although the history is poor and Shangshan Sihao’s name has never been seen in the history books, Xiang Kang has really heard of Shangshan Sihao in this era, so he nodded immediately and said, “I’ve heard of it, Chen Ping The master once mentioned them in front of the juniors, saying that they were originally doctors who were recruited by Emperor Shihuang himself, and they once worked for the Tyrant Qin court, but because they didn’t like being an official, they resolutely resigned from the doctorate position and went to Shangshan to live in seclusion.”

"The foreign ministers want to recommend them." Zhang Liang replied: "The Shangshan where they live in seclusion is in the Shangting area between Yiguan and Wuguan. If the king wants to seek talents, he can send someone to invite them at any time. They come out."

Xiang Kang didn't agree immediately, but frowned, and said with some embarrassment: "Of course there is no problem in hiring them out of the mountain with a lot of money, but there are two points. First, although Shangshan Sihao's reputation is indeed not small, but the younger generation As far as we know, they didn't seem to show any outstanding talents when they served the First Emperor, and I haven't heard of them doing any great things. Are they like those so-called famous people who are not as famous as they are? The problem."

"As for the second one." Xiang Kang said frankly: "I heard that the tempers of these four celebrities are all a bit rigid, and rigid people must be stubborn. If they are all like my brother's father, Fan Zuoshi, then even If you can't get along with the younger generation after being invited, and you want to resign and go back to seclusion, then the younger generation will find it difficult to be a human being."

"Fan Zuoshi is not enough as an example." Zhang Liang immediately said: "Why did Fan Zuoshi abandon you, the king? What is the real reason? You and the king understand it in your heart. There is no need to use him as an example. Are you now the king? In the situation in Huaisi, Shangshan Sihao did not have the opportunity that Fan Zuoshi had at that time, and he will definitely not be as heartless as Fan Zuoshi."

"As for whether Shangshan Sihao has real talents and learning." Zhang Liang dragged the end of his voice and said, "Your Majesty, I'm sorry for my ministers' bluntness. If you raise such concerns, you will expose your shortcomings. Although you are indeed He is extremely smart and heroic, but he still needs to strengthen in terms of recruiting and employing talents."

After directly pointing out Xiang Kang's shortcomings, Zhang Liang said: "To you, it doesn't matter whether Shangshan Sihao really has real talents and learning. The most important thing is their famous reputation. Shangshan Sihao abandoned Qin Emperor Yingzheng before, and already had a great reputation, and lived in seclusion in a remote place in Shangshan, and his reputation can still be spread far and wide. It can be seen that their influence on the world's scholars is extraordinary. If you can get them How will the scholars of the world think of you if you hire them out of the mountain and let them work for you? Don’t the people of the world think that you are better than the first emperor Yingzheng who ruled the world in terms of recognizing talents and respecting scholars?"

After hearing Zhang Liang's words, Xiang Kang realized that he was still lacking in talent discovery—Shangshan Sihao might not be worthy of his name and lacked real talents. But if you can recruit them, even if they are used as political vases, you will immediately receive the effect of a thousand dollars, and let countless capable people with real talents and lofty ideals take the initiative to vote, so that you can choose at will and discover the real truth among them. Talent available!
Seeing Xiang Kang's awakening, Zhang Liang said: "In addition, the foreign ministers also think that Shangshan Sihao may not be as famous as meeting each other, but they do have real talents and learning. There is no other reason, such as Yingzheng, the tyrannical emperor who ruled the six countries. Talented and general, after recruiting them to the court as officials, how can we not see what kind of characters they are? Let them know the past and the present, distinguish between the past and the past, and tell the world clearly that Ying Zheng has recognized their talents and learning How can a person who can be recognized by Ying Zheng be a person who deceives the world and steals his name?"

"That's not necessarily the case, at least Xu Fu is an exception."

Xiang Kang murmured in his heart, but after thinking about it, Xiang Kang realized that even if Shangshan Sihao and Xu Fu were the same kind, it didn't matter, at least he could fool around and dare to fool around, and it was more to his liking.So Xiang Kang didn't hesitate, and immediately bowed his hands to thank Zhang Liang, saying, "Thank you, Mr. Zifang, for your guidance and recommendation. This junior understands, and this junior immediately sends someone to Shangshan, asking Shangshan Sihao to come out and work for me."

"Your Majesty, I don't know who you plan to send to invite Shangshan Sihao?" Zhang Liang asked, and then continued: "Shangshan Sihao is determined to go back to seclusion, and even made Zizhi Ge Mingzhi. It may be difficult for ordinary envoys to invite them. The foreign minister thinks , if you want to invite Shangshan Sihao, Your Majesty, you'd better send Mr. Shusun Tong to come forward to invite Shangshan Sihao."

"Uncle Suntong? That sycophant is more famous than me, let him invite Shangshan Sihao, don't make Shangshan Sihao so angry that he doesn't want to go out?"

Xiang Kang froze in his heart, and was about to ask a question, but when he saw Zhang Liang's expression and reaction, although he was smiling, his eyes were fixed on him, Xiang Kang's heart moved immediately, and he said secretly: "No, Zhang Liang is testing me. , His proposal to send Shusun Tong there is absolutely not aimless."

Thinking more carefully, Xiang Kang also discovered that among the accomplices and lackeys under his command, only Shusun Tong was the one who was most likely to invite Shangshan Sihao. There was no other reason. Not very good, but the reputation among the scholars is not small, and he was once a colleague of Shangshan Sihao, and now he has been reused by himself and has a lot of real power. Let him invite Shangshan Sihao to come out of the mountain It can not only satisfy Shangshan Sihao's vanity, but also prove his sincerity in seeking talents, and let Shangshan Sihao directly see that even a sycophant like Shu Suntong can be reused by him, and even more so. What about them?

After quickly understanding Zhang Liang's real intention, Xiang Kang nodded immediately, and sent someone to call Mr. Shu Sun to arrange an errand for him on the spot. It makes sense, today, this little Zhuzi will definitely be even more powerful in how to employ people."

Not to mention, although Mr. Shusun doesn't like to go to the enemy camp to go to the enemy's camp, but he is very willing to work hard when he visits reclusive celebrities on the land controlled by the Han army where there is no danger. He clasped his fists and promised to invite his old colleagues out of the mountain for Xiang Kang. Xiang Kang was also very happy, and personally explained to arrange five gorgeous floats and a team of guards to accompany Shu Suntong to invite Shangshan Sihao. In order to satisfy the vanity of Mr. Shusun and Shangshan Sihao, Shusun Tong was overjoyed to thank him, and on the same day he went south to Shangshan to execute the order.

The next day's official duties were still busy. For the whole morning, Xiang Kang was buried alive in the mountain of documents. He was so dizzy and dizzy from announcing official documents. The envoys of the State of Zhao also came to visit with the letter of credence, and asked the Han army to send troops from Hedong to the north to help the Zhao army attack the troops of Zhang Han, Sima Xin and Dong Yi who were attacking Taiyuan County.

Xiang Kang did not reply to the Zhao Guo envoy on the spot, but sent the Zhao Guo envoy back to the post to rest on the pretext of discussing with the ministers, and then said to Zhou Zeng and Zhang Liang quite dissatisfied: "It's easy to say, and it's easy to say. Don’t look at my current situation, it’s only been more than two months since I took Guanzhong, and I’m still busy with the affairs of Guanzhong, where can I spare to march into Taiyuan County? Help them keep Taiyuan?”

"At most, we can only help Zhao Guo in other aspects, and absolutely can't really contribute." Zhou Zeng also said immediately: "We still have a dispute with Zhao Guo about the ownership of Shangdang County, and we must not help them keep Taiyuan County. , has the strength to bargain with us on the issue of Shangdang’s ownership.”

Xiang Kang nodded, rubbed his temples again and said, "Let's wait a few days and discuss how to reply Zhao Guo."

Seeing Xiang Kang's tired expression, Zhang Hao said kindly: "Your Majesty, why don't you take a rest, and leave the affairs here to the foreign ministers and Prime Minister Zhou for the time being, don't wear yourself out."

"I'm not tired, but I use my brain too much, and my head is swollen." Xiang Kang replied casually, but because he was really dizzy, Zhou Zeng also persuaded him, and Xiang Kang, who didn't want to die young, accepted their kindness , Put down the business in hand and return to the apse to rest.

It was also on the way back to the apse that Xiang Kangcai suddenly remembered that he hadn't left Xianyang Palace for several days, and knowing that walking could relieve overuse of the brain, he made an impromptu decision to lead a team of guards to leave the palace pretending to go to Xianyang Take a tour on the street—although Xianyang has actually fallen into Xiang Kang's clutches, but because of his busy schedule, Xiang Kang really hasn't taken to the streets for a few times.

Ignoring the dissuasion of the guards, Xiang Kang insisted that Xu Ji and the twenty guards change into casual clothes, and changed himself into Confucian clothes. Hanging it around his waist, he left the palace through the side door and strolled to Xianyang Street in a high-spirited manner.

Thanks to Xiang Kang, there are still too many Xianyang palaces that escaped the looting by the allied forces of the princes and Xiang Yu set fire to the city, and the twelve shining golden men are still standing outside the Xianyang Palace. I have no interest in buildings, and under the secret protection of the guards, I went to crowded places, visited the street scene of Xianyang, and saw the folk customs of Guanzhong.

Of course, the busiest place in a city is the shopping street, and Xianyang, which is not protected by city walls, is no exception. Entered the most crowded market.

It's not that Xiang Kang went to the market because he had nothing to do. The officials of the Han army had reported several times before that because of the war, the price of grain in Guanzhong had risen several times, and the people in Guanzhong had complained about it. On this occasion, Xiang Kang wanted to go to the scene to understand the situation in person.As a result, the situation is indeed the same. During the Qin Shihuang period, the price of rice was 140 yuan per stone, and now it has risen to nearly [-] yuan. Many poor people in Guanzhong can only buy cheaper wheat beans to satisfy their hunger. The Han army cannot restrain rice. There are complaints about price increases.

Xiang Kang had nothing to do about it, because the places where rice was produced were basically controlled by the allied forces of the princes, and Nanyang, the only rice-rich area controlled by the Han army, was about to be lost. There was no way to produce enough rice to stabilize the price of rice, so Xiang Kang also I can only make up my mind and decide to speed up the promotion of stone-milled flour and change the staple food habits of the people in Guanzhong.

While planning to take a casual walk in his mind, Xiang Kang unknowingly walked near the Lie Si, which specializes in expensive goods. Of course, Xiang Kang, who has a mountain of rare treasures in his hand, has no interest in private luxury goods, and is planning to leave at a faster speed. I didn't want to glance at the corners of my eyes, but I was quite surprised to see that there were several high-nosed and curly-haired Hu merchants from the Western Regions in the storehouse. When he took a closer look at the products sold by those Hu merchants, Xiang Kang's eyes froze immediately. I couldn't help but rubbed my eyes, thinking: "Am I not mistaken? In this era, Xianyang already has this thing?"

He rubbed his eyes and looked again to confirm that he was not mistaken. Xiang Kang was so excited that he rushed forward, regardless of bumping into other customers in front of the Hu merchant's booth. Shouted, "That's right, that's the thing!"

"Ouch! What are you doing? You are so rude, why did you hit me from behind?"

The delicate girl's voice came to Xiang Kang's ears, but unfortunately Xiang Kang didn't even look at her, but quickly asked the Hu merchant behind the booth: "What's the name of this thing you sell?"

"I don't know any bumpkins outside the Guan, and I haven't even seen Hu Suan." The girl's low voice of complaint came to Xiang Kang's ears again...

(End of this chapter)