Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 348, Chen Ping entered Yan, and Ziyou was appointed as Taiwei

Because Yan Wangxi ran away, Yan Wangxi directly became a person despised by the people of Yan State. If it were not for the Qin army to protect Yan Wangxi, I am afraid that Yan Wangxi would have been drowned to death by the angry people of Yan State.

It was precisely because of King Yan's behavior that all the cities of Yan that had not yet been captured surrendered. The ministers wanted to die in battle, so why did the king surrender first?This helplessness made the loyal people of Yan State deeply understand.

After reading the military report, Ziyou shook his head helplessly. He did not expect that the war in the Yan Kingdom would have such an absurd ending, but fortunately, King Yan was so absurd that he avoided a lot of unnecessary killings.

"Now Li Xin is stabilizing the situation in Yan State, and three letters have been sent back to ask for people." Ying Zheng took out three consecutive letters from Li Xin urging the court to send officials there.

Hearing that Li Xin wanted someone, everyone present looked helpless. They also wanted to send someone there, but Qin's current reserve officials could no longer support Yan's needs.

"Where is Ziping? Isn't he in charge of the imperial examination now?" Ziyou suddenly asked.

Chen Ping, who had been Yingzheng's secretary for some time, had passed the test of Yingzheng, so he handed over national policies such as the imperial examination to Chen Ping. It has been several years since Ziyou proposed the imperial examination. Although The imperial examination did help the Qin State select many outstanding people to become official candidates, but in this era it was very rare for literate people, let alone those who could serve as officials, so this resulted in the imperial examination being unable to be promoted on a large scale.

Not only that, the imperial examination is just a new thing after all. Many people still choose the recruitment hall instead of taking the imperial examination. In addition, the selection of the imperial examination is more stringent than that of the recruitment hall. This also leads to the effect of the imperial examination in some cases not even being as good as that of the recruitment hall. .

"This matter is not something that Chen Ping can solve. After he took over the imperial examination, the implementation of the imperial examination has been much better than before, otherwise we would not even be able to get the first batch of people sent to Yan State officials." Lu Buwei said for Chen Ping explained that he had seen Chen Ping's hard work over the years. The previous imperial examinations were also under the Prime Minister's Palace, so Lu Buwei knew how difficult it was for Chen Ping.

"According to our statistics, the Yan State needs at least 120 judges, [-] three chief officials, and hundreds of petty officials. These are only the officials sent to the main cities of the Yan State. Some small cities and even poor places have no It's included in the statistics." Han Fei said helplessly with a grimace.

"The State of Yan is large and has many bitter and cold lands. There are also few people in these bitter and cold lands. If these places are re-divided and then integrated, can the need for some officials be reduced?" Ziyou suggested.

"The Prime Minister's Office has already discussed this matter, so we have the above demand. Moreover, Yan State is an enclave, and we need a capable person to suppress Yan State so that some unstable factors in Yan State will not be disturbed." Lu Buwei said .

The State of Yan and the State of Qin are separated by the territory of Qi, Zhao, and Wei. If the State of Yan really has a problem, the State of Qin will definitely not be able to take action immediately. Moreover, the State of Yan is close to the Hu people and has to deal with the intrusion of the Hu people; There are many rangers in the country, and rangers are the ones who can cause the most trouble. Once they become ruthless and even dare to assassinate officials, it is destined that the ability of the county guards in charge of the Yan Kingdom in the future will be far superior to ordinary people, and their methods are ruthless enough, otherwise they will not be able to suppress Yan. Conflicts in all aspects within the country.

But now the capable officials of the Qin State are taking office in various places. Some are capable but have insufficient means. Those who have means and are capable are in important positions and cannot escape.

"You can let Chen Ping go." Ying Zheng suggested.

Hearing Ying Zheng propose Chen Ping, everyone looked at Ying Zheng in confusion, including Zi You, who was Chen Ping's teacher. Everyone had the same worries. First of all, Chen Ping didn't understand military affairs. Secondly, although Chen Ping Although he has the appearance of a prime minister, Chen Ping is too young after all. Although he handles government affairs in Wenyuan Pavilion and is proficient in various matters, the matters that the county magistrate has to deal with are not as simple as in the court. They They are all worried about Chen Ping's lack of experience.

The few felt that Chen Ping was qualified. Chen Ping was the most suitable for the Yan State in terms of intelligence and skill. As for military issues, it was enough for Li Xin to stay in the Yan State and suppress the Yan State with Chen Ping. "Ying Zheng said.

After hearing Ying Zheng's proposal, everyone except Zi You began to consider the feasibility of this matter, and Zi You's brows deepened a bit.Ziyou's worry about Chen Ping is not just a matter of experience. Chen Ping's intelligence, even though he was a little unfamiliar after taking office, is enough to shock everyone once he understands all the forces, so Ziyou is not too worried. What worried him about this matter was what Ying Zheng admired about Chen Ping, the ruthlessness in Chen Ping's heart.

Chen Ping is the exact opposite of Zhang Liang in history. Chen Ping is famous for his intrigues. If anyone in history can be as famous as Chen Ping in this regard, that is, Jia Xu and Li Ru are almost the same. Chen Ping can be said to He is an enhanced version of Jia Xu. Ziyou knows the situation in Yan State. He is worried that Chen Ping is too cruel and will cause delays in his resume, thus affecting his future.

Chen Ping was okay on his own. He would use tricks to play with these people at most, but with the addition of Li Xin, a reckless man, Ziyou was really worried that Li Xin would give Chen Ping the confidence to overturn the table. What a big surprise.

"What are you worried about, teacher?" Ying Zheng looked at Ziyou and asked.

"No." Ziyou shook his head and said, but now there is indeed no one else from the Qin State who can be sent to the Yan State. Now he can only hope that those people in the Yan State can be more honest and really offend Chen Ping, thus ruining himself. The lives of the entire clan.

"I also think Chen Ping is suitable, but after Chen Ping leaves, who should handle the imperial examination?" Lu Buwei asked.

"Isn't the teacher back? You can ask the teacher to sit down," Ying Zheng said.

Ziyou didn't expect that he would have to work as soon as he came back, but he would indeed not go out again in the near future. He was not prepared to personally take action in the affairs of the Yinyang family. The risk of doing so himself was too great, so Ziyou prepared a plan for the Yinyang family. Big gift.

"There are people who will lead the Yan State, but the problem of officials is still not solved." Han Fei said.

"I remember that this year's official inspection by the Prime Minister's Office is coming out." Ziyou said leisurely.

When he heard that Zi Yuan was visiting the officials for inspection, Lu Buwei's eyes immediately lit up and he said

"Master Wang means that those officials who are qualified for promotion should be promoted to the State of Yan." Ziyou nodded, and everyone immediately understood what Ziyou meant, and that those qualified middle-level officials should be promoted to the State of Yan to serve as city guards and city captains. For such important local positions, these people have served as local officials all year round and are already familiar with local affairs. Moreover, they do not need to make any political achievements when going to Yan State, they only need to stabilize the local area.

As for the official positions they have vacated, they can be filled by deputies or people at the lower level, and they can be promoted layer by layer. As for the lowest-level officials, the threshold can be slightly lowered if they are still in the recruitment hall or a special imperial examination is held, which is enough for them to fill up.

"Then let's do it this way. The Prime Minister's Office will select suitable people for this matter." Ying Zheng said.

After agreeing on this matter, Ying Zheng issued an edict to change the state of Yan to Yuyang County, and appointed Chen Ping as the county guard and Li Xin as the county captain. The army left 3 people, and the rest were led back to Xianyang by Meng Tian. , and asked Zhao Gao to go and announce the call.After the affairs of Yan State were settled, a bigger problem has not yet been solved, that is, the vacancy of Taiwei.

Wei Liao left so suddenly, which left Qin completely unprepared. Even if Qin was ready, Qin still had no suitable candidate. Now Wang Jian is the most suitable candidate, but Wang Jian is not yet able to serve as Taiwei and destroy Zhao and Chu. , Wang Jian is destined to be the commander-in-chief, and only Wang Jian in the Qin State can compete with Li Mu and Xiang Yan. If Wang Jian is granted the title of Taiwei now, Wang Jian will be in a position where he cannot be granted the title in the future.

As for Meng Wu, Meng Wu's merits and abilities are not enough to hold the position of Taiwei. If Meng Wu is forced to serve as Taiwei, many people in the army will be unconvinced, which is not conducive to the unity of the military.

"How about letting Master Wang take the position of Taiwei?" Lu Buwei suddenly suggested.

After Lu Buwei's proposal came out, everyone was stunned, looking up and down Ziyou.

"Father Zhong, please stop joking. Teacher doesn't understand military affairs, how can he serve as a Taiwei?" Ying Zheng shook his head and said, Zi You is indeed very suitable in terms of status and influence, but Zi You can't lead an army. Then he denied Ziyou.

The current Taiwei position is not a symbolic position like that of later generations, but a position of real power. The Qin State's millions of troops are in his hands.

"So what? Now the opponent's strategic policy has been formulated. Even if there is an emergency, there are still generals such as Wang Jian, Meng Wu, Meng Tian, ​​Feng Quji, Li Xin, Yang Duanhe, etc. to handle it, so this position We just need one person to stabilize the military. Master Wang will destroy Han first and then Wei. It is Wang Master’s plan to divide Chu into three parts. In terms of merit, Wang Master is enough to convince the public, and does Wang Master really not know how to lead an army?" Lu Buwei said here His eyes drifted towards Ziyou.

Others were also aroused by Lu Buwei's words and looked at Ziyou curiously.Ziyou was also stunned. He really didn't know how to lead an army. Even if it was said that he didn't know how to do this, he wouldn't know it.

"There are people in Confucianism who are studying the art of war, and the art of war they are studying is the strategist's book on war in the "Xing Lun" written by Master Wang. If it hadn't been for the completion of the Daqin Academy a few days ago, it would be among the large number of books sent by the Confucianists. There is a complete version of "Xing Lun" otherwise I wouldn't know about it," Lu Buwei said.

Hearing Lu Buwei's words, the corner of Ziyou's mouth suddenly twitched twice. The military strategists' manuals in "Xing Lun" were completely used to show off. He even didn't write all of many things, and some only half of them. What " He wrote eleven and a half chapters of "24 Chapters on the Art of War", one-third of "The Book of Six Mirrors", half of "Taibai Yin Jing", etc. Ziyou's purpose of writing these things was to show off, after all, other sects I’ve written about them all, but it’s hard to explain why I didn’t write about military strategists. As for why I only wrote so much about it, Ziyou just wanted to be lazy. After all, who would have nothing to do to read military books written by Confucianists? Isn’t this just taking advantage of others?

Han Fei and Li Si, who were nominally Confucian disciples, looked at Ziyou with doubts on their faces. They had no idea that their junior brother had written the Art of War. According to Lu Buwei, these art of war were very remarkable.At first, the two of them paid most attention to the Legalist chapter and the National chapter in "Xing Lun". They didn't read the other chapters at all, so naturally they didn't know.

Although Lu Buwei can't be said to be the best military strategist, he has a certain ability to lead troops. After Lu Buwei read it, he recommended Zi You to the post of Taiwei. This is enough to show that these military methods are enough to convince the military. Ying Zheng thought Here he nodded directly and said

"Since Father Zhong recommended it, the post of Taiwei will be temporarily held by the teacher. In order to convince the public, a part of the military art learned by the teacher will be sent to Meng Wu and Wang Jian." Ying Zheng said, as long as Meng Wu and Wang Jian are really convinced. , then the military will naturally have no problem.

"promise!"

At this time, Chen Ping, who was in the recruitment hall with disheveled hair and bloody eyes, was dealing with the imperial examination. He was also tortured by Li Xin's constant requests for people these days. He tried every means to play this song. There was a team of officials, but the number was far from enough, which made Chen Ping very crazy.

"Damn it, I've given them fame and fortune, but they just won't come. Do you want me to hold a knife to their necks?" Chen Ping said fiercely while looking at the information on famous scholars from various places collected by his subordinates. .

Perhaps it was because the imperial examination gave opportunities to people of humble origins, which made some powerful scholars feel a sense of crisis. In order to express their opposition to the imperial examination, they were even unwilling to serve as officials, and even suppressed some young people. If Chen Ping was not behind With Confucianism, these people did not dare to blatantly oppose the imperial examination, otherwise this matter would have caused an uproar long ago.

Chen Ping looked at the names of these people, with a cold light in his eyes, and said coldly
"Since you won't make it easy for me, there's no need for you to make it easy either!"

After saying that, Chen Ping lay down on the desk and began to write furiously. He began to prepare surprises for these self-reliant powerful people. Just when Chen Ping started writing seriously, there was a sound outside the door.

"Order from CRRC!" The voice brought Chen Ping back to his senses.

After Chen Ping went out to greet Zhao Gao, Zhao Gao announced in public that when he heard that he was going to take over the power of Yan State, Chen Ping was also shocked. The people around him were also surprised that he could do it at Chen Ping's age. It is unique to serve as a feudal official. It can be said that Chen Ping's future is smooth.

For a moment, people around looked at Chen Ping with envious eyes. Chen Ping also recovered from the shock. After saying thanks, he accepted the edict. Zhao Gao smiled and congratulated Chen Ping and left. Chen Ping Ping is Ziyou's disciple, and Zhao Gao is half Ziyou's slave, so the two are naturally very close.

Chen Ping, who returned to the room, looked at the edict in his hand and was not too surprised. He understood that the greater the status, the greater the responsibility. After putting down the edict, he continued to write what he had not finished and handed it to killed his subordinates.

(End of this chapter)