Great Qin Emperor

Chapter 319 Innovation Chapter Zhou Chong Discusses Politics ([-])

Zhou Chong's words have both ancient civilizations since the Qin Dynasty and modern civilizations, which are of course nothing to us modern people, but to Qin people, they are unheard of, unthinkable, even dreaming. , to King Qin and the others, it is not something that can be explained by a word, but a wonderful theory.

The advance of King Qin is not only that his ambition surpassed his time, but also that his consciousness also surpassed his time. It was King Qin's advanced consciousness that promoted China's transformation and laid the tone of China's historical development period. He was fascinated by hearing these words, and said very excitedly: "After listening to Mr. Zhou's words, I just know what a wonderful plan is, and a strategy that is unworldly. Well, Mr. Zhou, go on, say it quickly, The widow is listening with enthusiasm, so don't say no."

His words were what Wei Liao and the others thought in their hearts, they all nodded in agreement.

"Your Majesty has won the award. Zhou Chong has a little opinion, so how dare he praise you so much." Zhou Chong said modestly, "My Majesty, Zhou Chong thinks that the world is unified. It is a good thing, but there are also many bad things. Among them The most important thing is talent, according to Zhou Chongzhi, the most important reason why the king can rule the country is that the king has accumulated a group of talents, but there are not too many talents, each has its own use."

Qin Wang nodded in agreement and said: "Mr. Zhou's words are in the heart of the widow, and the widow also thinks so. I have accumulated a large number of talents who are good at fighting and can come up with wonderful strategies. This is the widow. The real reason for wiping out the six kingdoms, pacifying Baiyue, and unifying the world in just a few years.

"Talents, the more the better, this is remarkable. However, the widow believes that the talents needed to conquer the world are different from those needed to govern the world. The world can be ordered immediately, but it must not be ruled immediately. Now the world Once unified, the widows need talents who can govern the world even more.

"Han Fei, Li Si, Wang Wan, discuss it, and draw up a report to the widow. How can we select a group of talents who can adapt to the new situation."

Han Fei, Li Si, and Wang Wan took orders.

King Qin's wisdom and foresight, Zhou Chong had to admire from the bottom of his heart, Zhou Chong just raised his head, and King Qin knew what to do, which is truly amazing.Among the emperors of all dynasties, there are few who can clearly realize that the talents who conquer the world are different from the talents who govern the world. Even Liu Bang, who is known as a man of great courage, realized after many twists and turns that King Qin can have such a vision. It is really rare.

Regarding this question, Zhou Chong was confident, and said: "Your Majesty, Zhou Chong thinks that Daqin's talents mainly come from two aspects. One is the talents of Daqin itself, and the other is the talents from Shandong. After entering the Qin Dynasty, in order to recruit these talents, Daqin specially set up the post of guest minister, Zhou Chong thought that now that the world is unified, the world belongs to Daqin, there is no guest minister, and the post of guest minister can be abolished."

"Yes! If you don't abolish the position of guest minister, how can you declare the unity of the world?" Li Si, who was born as guest minister, responded immediately.

King Qin nodded and said: "Just do it now. Mr. Zhou, I don't think you mean to tell your true intentions for the sake of your guest."

Zhou Chong sighed in his heart about King Qin's vision, and he couldn't hide anything from him, saying: "Your Majesty, Zhou Chong thinks that for talents, one can select the best and promote them from among the existing officials."

"Daqin has always rewarded those who have meritorious deeds and punished those who have done wrong. Talented people will not be buried in our Daqin. This is feasible." Qin Wang asked: "What about the second?"

Zhou Chong went on to say: "It is necessary to promote among the existing officials, but Zhou Chong thinks this is not enough, because people's experiences are bound to be different, each person has his own experience, some people are virtuous, but If he is not an official, he will not have the opportunity to show his talents and virtues. If these people cannot serve Daqin, it will be the loss of Daqin, the loss of the world, and the misfortune of the people."

King Qin stood up immediately and said: "Mr. Zhou's words are what people like to hear. If nothing else, just talk about Mr. Liaozi. If Mr. Zhou hadn't recommended him to me, how could I get help from Mr. Liaozi."

Zhou Chong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's words are serious. Zhou Chong just did his best. If it weren't for His Majesty Wang's sage and courtesy, Mr. Liaozi wouldn't be able to show his lofty ambitions."

Wei Liaoqian said: "Liaozi has very little knowledge, if he hadn't met the king, Liaozi would have lived in the mountains forever."

King Qin waved his hand and said: "Okay, don't be so busy being humble, Mr. Zhou will tell you your solution."

Zhou Chong responded, and said: "Your Majesty, Zhou Chong thinks that there are very few people in the world who are as talented as Mr. Liaozi. To rule the world, your Majesty does not require everyone to have the talent of Mr. Liaozi. , as long as they are capable, they don’t need to be as talented as Mr. Liaozi, they just need to be able to do things well. For this part of talents, there are two ways to get them.”

"Oh, there are two other ways, not many." King Qin was very interested, and said, "Tell me quickly."

Zhou Chong said: "The first method is the recommendation system, ordering local officials to recommend one or several local talented and virtuous talents every year. In order to prevent local officials from cheating, they recommend their own relatives and implement the system of consecutive appointments. People have no talent and no morals, and if they commit crimes, the sponsors will also be punished."

The promotion of filial piety was a very successful method in the Western Han Dynasty, and it made an important contribution to the gathering of talents in the Western Han Dynasty. As for the later ridicule, it was because the Western Han Dynasty had corrupted the government and everything was broken, and the filial piety system was no exception.

"What do you think?" King Qin asked.

Han Fei stammered, "Your Majesty, it is indeed a good idea. Daqin officials are all over the world. If they can recommend talents, then Daqin's talents will be inexhaustible."

"You all agree, so let's do this." King Qin agreed immediately.

Zhou Chong continued: "The second way is to obtain a scholar. Every year, Daqin conducts a scientific examination, and the imperial court asks scholars to take the examination to obtain fame. The questions can be divided into many categories, and the scholars choose to participate according to their preferences. For example, if you are good at farming, you can let him be an agricultural official; if you are good at water, you can let him be a river worker; if you are good at making salt, let him be a salt official; Let him be a judge and end prison; a good government official, let him govern for an official; a good soldier, let him lead the army."

Although the imperial examination system is notorious, it has made a huge contribution to the development of Chinese history and is the main way of gathering talents in ancient society.Of course, Zhou Chong was well aware of its pros and cons, so he decided to take advantage of the pros rather than the cons, and changed the topic.If the words of sages and sages used by the kings of the past dynasties to assess students are replaced with various professional knowledge, then it is not far from our modern examination system.

If this measure is implemented, experts in various fields will emerge. Needless to say, anyone can imagine what the situation will be.

King Qin suddenly stood up and praised: "As long as Mr. Zhou's method can be implemented, then there will be countless talents like crucian carp in the river!"

(End of this chapter)