Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 54, Revealing the Recruitment Order
Ziyou looked at Zhang Cang in disbelief. This Zhang Cang in front of him was a person who could lie down and never sit down. He had waited here for two days and two nights for him?
"Let's not talk about that for now, Junior Brother, come with me." Zhang Cang led the horse with one hand and Ziyou with the other and walked towards Xianyang City.

When approaching Xianyang soon, the scene of hungry people outside Xianyang city attracted Ziyou's attention, Zhang Cang naturally saw Ziyou's strangeness and said

"The state of Qin suffered from locust plagues and epidemics. In order to relieve the famine, the king of Qin ordered the common people to accept millet and thousands of stones, which can be worshiped as nobles to raise food."

"It seems that there are not many people who provide food." Ziyou said as he walked and looked at the people outside the city.

"That's right, the locust plague has swept across the entire state of Qin. Although there is food in the treasury, there is not much. Although the nobles and merchants have food, they are all up for grabs," Zhang Cang said.

Xue Nu and Concubine Yan looked at the appalling refugees outside through the car window with sympathy in their eyes. These refugees gathered here with their families, waiting for the daily porridge, but the food was limited, and every victim looked pale. , thin body, a ragged little girl is licking the empty broken bowl.

Xue Nu couldn't bear it, and said

"Sir, let's help them."

Ziyou looked at the hungry people around him and didn't speak. Seeing that Ziyou didn't speak, Xuenv didn't continue. A group of people quickly walked into Xianyang City. Ziyou was attracted by a lively scene, and a group of people surrounded the notice. talking about something.

"For the sake of the locust plague, the King of Qin ordered the recruitment of talents, and issued a recruitment order. As long as the locust plague can be cured and the announcement is made, you can directly enter the palace to meet the King of Qin. After the locust plague is completed, you will be rewarded with a title." Zhang Cang said.

After Zhang Cang finished speaking, Ziyou beside him had disappeared. Zhang Cang looked around and saw Ziyou among the crowd.

"Let Rang, Rang Rang" Ziyou quickly squeezed to the front in the crowd, ignoring the soldiers guarding the notice, walked directly to the notice, and tore off the list.

"Someone has revealed the list!" The crowd suddenly burst into voices.

"Who is this? Such a young person dares to reveal the list!?"

"Silence!" The soldier guarding the notice beat the ground with his long dagger and shouted, and when the people around him became silent, he looked at his older son and asked.
"Do you know what this is?"

"Of course, King Qin's notice to recruit talents to control the locust plague." Ziyou said lightly.

Seeing Ziyou's calm and relaxed look, the soldiers murmured in their hearts. Someone revealed the list and was taken to the main hall, but he didn't say anything. That person was beheaded directly, and the soldier guarding the notice was also beaten. stick, so it was his turn and another to keep the notice.

"Li Xin, do you want to ask again?" Another soldier whispered in the ear of the soldier named Xin.

"Ask again." Xin glanced at Wang Ben and said, although the [-]th army stick is not fatal, it is also uncomfortable.

"May I ask what your name is, Mr.? What school did you study under?" Xin asked.

"Is there any problem with Ziyou studying under Confucian Master Xun?" Ziyou stood in the crowd with a notice in his hand, and his voice was not loud, but he overwhelmed all the whispered discussions.

Then there was a louder discussion. Everyone looked at Ziyou no longer with contempt, but with some expectation. Li Xin and Wang Ben were already dumbfounded. They had naturally heard of Ziyou's name, and it was Wang Ben. Responding quickly, he pulled Li Xin's arm and said
"I don't know if it's Mr. Ziyou. Please make amends. We also ask Mr. to come with us in order not to delay the disaster relief."

"Yes, sir, please make amends." Li Xin also said.

"Those who don't know are not surprised, can the two of you allow me to bring my friends there?" Ziyou pointed to Zhang Cang and the carriage.

Li Xin and Wang Ben looked at each other and said

"of course can."

Zhang Cang looked at Ziyou, who was single with the list and followed the soldiers, with an ugly expression on his face. He knew that Ziyou's character would definitely make a move, and he probably couldn't run away. He wanted to help Ziyou. Instead of reading late at night, it would be great to find a widow to contribute to the population growth of Qin.

At this moment in the Xianyang Palace, although Ying Zheng was wearing a gown robe and a crown on his head, although he looked a little immature, his whole body exuded the majesty of an emperor, which made people dare not underestimate him. The state of Qin suffered a rare famine, and the order of the court to raise food was just a drop in the bucket. Those who really had food in their hands did not donate the food, but sold it for a price.

Ying Zheng looked at the ministers of civil and military affairs below. The civil servants were headed by Lu Buwei, and the generals were headed by the veteran Wang Ji.

"Is there still no conclusion about the locust plague?" Ying Zhengfa asked.

Standing ministers, look at me, I see you, no one dares to speak, Ying Zheng's face is even more ugly, Lu Buwei stepped out when he saw this, and said
"Returning to Your Majesty, I have sent people to go to various places to raise food for disaster relief. The disaster situation has been contained, but the locusts are still raging in the ground. I believe that we only need to wait for the locusts to disperse before we can help the victims."

Hearing Lu Buwei's words, Yingzheng's heart felt as if a stone had been crushed in his heart. The locust plague is like this in this era. We can only wait for the locusts to fade away before helping the victims and organizing them to return to their hometowns to farm.

"How about the food raising?"

"Half of the food in the national treasury has been distributed, and various places have opened warehouses to release food, but it is only a temporary solution, not the root cause. As for the matter of raising food ordered by the king, we are doing it, and we have already raised some food." Lu Buwei said.

Yingzheng felt a sense of powerlessness. On the throne, he could only watch his subjects suffer, but he could not do anything.

"How about the recruitment order?" Ying Zheng asked.

Lu Buwei was also taken aback when he looked at Yingzheng. He didn't expect that Yingzheng was still expecting the so-called talent recruitment order. Natural disasters such as locust plagues cannot be done by humans. The person who revealed the list before was just a charlatan who wanted to make money in the name of sacrifice , The car was cracked by him.

Ying Zheng naturally knew that the recruitment order was useless, but he still hoped that it would be useful. At the same time, he also wanted to use this locust plague to cultivate his own power, but unfortunately he tried to insert his cronies into the court, but they were all rejected by the court. All parties were guarded tightly, and only some unimportant positions were occupied by his cronies.

"Report! Mr. Ziyou of Confucianism has unveiled the list!" At this time, a soldier ran in the palace of Xianyang and shouted loudly.

"Report! Confucian Mr. Ziyou has unveiled the list!"

The sound of unveiling the list resounded throughout the entire Xianyang Palace. The ministers in the hall were stunned and looked outside the hall together. They seemed to be unable to believe their ears, and someone revealed the list again, and it was Mr. Ziyou, a Confucianist. .

After Ying Zheng was briefly absent-minded, his face was overjoyed, and he quickly shouted

"Let the notified soldiers go up to the palace!"

Lu Buwei glanced at the minister's reaction and retreated to the ranks of civil servants.

"Report to Your Majesty, Confucian Mr. Ziyou has issued a recruitment order in the east of the city."

"Are you really Mr. Ziyou of Confucianism?" Ying Zheng looked at the soldiers and asked.

"Yes, the person here calls himself Mr. Ziyou. At present, two soldiers, Wang Ben and Li Xin, are leading Mr. towards the hall." The soldier said.

Hearing the names of Wang Ben and Li Xin, the two generals looked sideways, then lowered their heads, and the two civil servants looked at each other, wondering what they were thinking.

(End of this chapter)