Qin Yuedang Kong

Chapter 86: Chapter 86: One Invitation to Shangshan Sihao

After returning to Xianyang, Fusu immediately ordered people to start forming an army to protect the merchants according to the strategy he had planned in Ganzhou City, and sent missions to various countries.

As for the leader of the mission to the Maurya Dynasty, Fusu decided to let Han Chuan be in charge.

When he was in South Vietnam, Fusu thought about asking Han Chuan to take a team to the Maurya Dynasty to secretly inquire about news and map out the detailed geographical information of the Maurya Dynasty.

This time, it happened that more than a dozen trade missions were to be sent to the Maurya Dynasty, so Fusu naturally asked Han Chuan to be the leader of the mission.

One month after returning to Xianyang, Meng Yi selected [-] envoys to go to the Western Regions and the Maurya Dynasty according to Fusu's request. Among these people were medical officials and veterinarians, and these were Fusu's requirements Meng Yi must do.

The Western Regions and the Maurya Dynasty were far away, and the health of the members of the mission and the horses that carried them was particularly important. Therefore, Fusu asked Meng Yi to equip the mission with medical officers and veterinarians.

At the same time that Meng Yi selected the members of the mission, Han Chuan also followed Fusu's order and selected [-] soldiers who were skilled in surveying and mapping from the army, and joined them with the members of the mission selected by Meng Yi.

On this day, Fusu led a group of courtiers to the outside of Xianyang City to see off the envoys to the Western Regions.

When Han Chuan came to the gate of the city with [-] Yushi Xiaowei (the leader of the mission), he immediately saw Fusu and others who came to see him off, and immediately jumped off his horse , went straight to Fusu's place, and said goodbye to Fusu and other ministers.

"Han Chuan, the journey to the west is difficult, so be careful. If you encounter danger, you must put everyone's life first, and you must not act on your own will." Fusu told Han Chuan.

"No, I will remember the young master's entrustment."

"Go!" Fusu patted Han Chuan on the shoulder and said to Han Chuan.

"promise"

After speaking, Han Chuan led a group of Yushi Xiaowei back to the team, and led a team of nearly ten thousand people to leave.

Seeing the figure of the Daqin Mission getting farther and farther away, Fusu felt a little desolate in his heart.

From Xianyang to the Western Regions, and then bypassing the Himalayas to enter the Maurya Dynasty, this is a road that no one has ever traveled. Although Han Chuan and others are about to create a feat in this trip, the hardships on the road are also extraordinary. It is a pity. It was Fusu who did not expect that this trip would bring Han Chuan a five-year prison sentence.

According to the historical trend before the "Fusu" crossing, Zhang Qian also embarked on the road to the Western Regions from here in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty more than 300 years later.Faxian, an eminent monk in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and Xuanzang in the Tang Dynasty all set foot on the road to the west from here.

After Han Chuan left, Fusu realized a serious problem. He was about to start the biggest change in the history of the Great Qin Dynasty. Although he had trained Shu Suntong and other talents who dared to innovate, he still lacked young and vigorous executives like Han Chuan. Or, although there were officials at all levels under his rule, they did not understand the intention of Fusu's reform, so the effect of the reform may not meet Fusu's expectations.

During the court meeting on this day, Fusu raised the issue of reforming the system of conferring military merits to attract talents to the ministers.

"Ministers and gentlemen, now my Daqin has taken back Nanyue, and taking back Changsha County in the east of the Yangtze River is also within a day and night. In the next two or three years, I don't want to use weapons anymore, and concentrate on boosting the national power. It's just that my Daqin government at all levels is talented. The scarcity is really not enough to support the reform and innovation, how do you think about selecting talents for the country?"

After hearing what Fusu said, all the courtiers immediately began to discuss in a low voice, but the topic of their discussion was not the selection of talents for the country, but the reform and innovation that Fusu said. Obviously, the reform and innovation stimulated their sensitive nerves.

As long as it is a reform, there must be voices of opposition. It is not that the reform and innovation will definitely touch the interests of everyone, but because the reform and innovation will change their already solidified habits.Besides, the reform also means the need to change. For these ministers who are content with the status quo, making them change is like killing them.

"My lord, the reform is a big matter, and if you are not careful, it will shake the foundation of the country. I hope you will think twice." A minister looked around and remonstrated.

"That's right, young master, the matter of reform is a big one, so I really dare not try it lightly."

"My son, I second my proposal."

……

In a blink of an eye, more than half of the courtiers spoke up to advise Fusu not to change his ways rashly.

"Men and lords, today we don't talk about this reform, we only talk about promoting talents for the country."

Hearing that Fusu had set the tone for the court meeting, the officials had no choice but to shut up and no longer discuss the reform, but instead focused on selecting talents for the country.

"My son, didn't my Great Qin already have a method of selecting talents based on military merits? The method of selecting talents according to military merits was created by Shang Jun. It is the cornerstone of our Great Qin's prosperity and cannot be abolished easily!" Minister Ying Yue said angrily.

Obviously, the method of selecting talents for Fusu's reform has touched the interests he represents, which aroused Ying Yue's opposition.

Before the first emperor, the Ying clan had great power, but under the continuous suppression of the first emperor, the power of the Ying clan was finally weakened. Even so, the power of the clan should not be underestimated. At this time, most of the Ying clan's children were in the army For those who serve in the middle, if Fusu abolishes the system of conferring military merit, then the future of these clan children will be affected. That's why Ying Yue jumped out to oppose the reform of the system of conferring military merit.

"Eight Uncle, did I say that the system of conferring military merits will be abolished? What's more, our Great Qin not only has these soldiers, but also countless Confucian scholars and common people. Do we have to ignore these people in the selection of talents?" Fu Su said, looking at Ying Yue.

"My lord, I don't mean that. It's just that the system of conferring military merits has been used for so many years. Changing it rashly may anger the generals and endanger the foundation of the country."

What Ying Yue said was not that Fu Su hadn't thought about it, it's just that the words came from Ying Yue's mouth with a hint of threat to Fu Su.

Fu Su didn't continue to pay attention to what Ying Yue said, but turned his attention to Li Si, Meng Yi and others.

"Prime Minister, do you think it is feasible to select talents from Confucian scholars?"

"My son, the old minister thinks that your plan is very good. It is indeed feasible to select talents from Confucian scholars. It's just that these Confucian scholars are not willing to work for you after being hit by the incident of 'burning books and burying Confucianism'."

"My lord, I don't think this is difficult. As long as you can invite the 'Shangshan Sihao', these Confucian scholars will come to join you." Meng Yi retorted.

"Meng Yi, these 'Shangshan Sihao' resigned because of the incident of the late emperor's 'burning books and burying scholars'. I am afraid it will be difficult to invite them out of the mountain." Li Si explained helplessly to Meng Yi.

"Prime Minister, the matter of 'burning books and burying Confucianism' was done by my father. I did not approve of it at the time. Now that Daqin is under my rule, what reason does he have for 'Shangshan Sihao' to refuse? Meng Yi, how about you?" Just run for me and invite this 'Shangshan Sihao'."

Seeing that Fusu arranged for him to invite the "Shangshan Sihao", Meng Yi readily accepted Fusu's order.

When the court meeting was over, Meng Yi immediately rushed home to tidy up, and set off early the next morning with a few entourages to invite "Shangshan Sihao".

……

Since Shangshan is near Xianyang, it only took four days for Meng Yi to find the seclusion of the "Shangshan Sihao". After Bing explained his purpose, he was kicked out by Tang Bing.

Meng Yi had no choice but to leave Shangshan, and returned to Xianyang to report to Fusu that the "Shangshan Sihao" did not want to go down the mountain.

After learning about Meng Yi's experience in Shangshan, Fusu decided to go to Shangshan to pay a visit to the "Shangshan Sihao" and invite them to come out of the mountain.

(End of this chapter)