Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 582 Real gold is not afraid of fire

In November of the seventh year of the Chu calendar, a conferment ceremony for those who passed the imperial examination was held in the Humin Temple outside Jinling City...

Originally, people were welcome to visit the ceremony outside, but this time because of the special circumstances, Chu State strongly advocated onlookers, and made a lot of preparations on the venue!

Regarding the "back door theory" that is increasingly fermenting among the people, on the surface, the major newspapers have no "quibbles", but in fact they are somewhat oriented. For example... they secretly reminded that if there is a back door, when conferring the job, Deng Ai would only You will embarrass yourself.

After some clues were discovered in the first imperial examination, starting from the second one three years ago, the Chu National Assembly made the appointment of the imperial examination very grand, so as to stimulate the awakening of the "strategy" of the top rankers.

If Deng Ai is not good enough, the results will not be satisfactory, and he will be burdened by his reputation...

After offering sacrifices to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country, under the auspices of Kong Rong, the Queen of Jinling appeared. In full view of the public, she awakened the official seals for the new scholars and those who already had official seals would be "processed". .

As the top of the six lists, Deng Ai was naturally the first to step forward.

After bowing to the Sheji Monument on the square of the Humin Temple, thousands of golden and purple lights were seen converging on Deng Ai. Not long after... an official seal of the highest grade and highest grade with a gold seal and purple ribbon was there. The somewhat childish Deng Ai gathered in front of him!

Gold Seal and Purple Ribbon!

Normally, only the Three Officials can reach the level of official seal...

This alone is enough to prove that Deng Ai is truly talented and knowledgeable, and it is not over yet.

Immediately afterwards, I saw purple-gold "entries" that condensed out of thin air and penetrated into the official seal.

Although it didn't last long and I couldn't see clearly what the entry said, it wasn't as clear as the time after Bai Tu improved papermaking and printing, but... a quick count, I'm afraid there are more than a dozen entries!

In other words, Deng Ai had more than a dozen strategies at the beginning of his official seal awakening, and the number was far more than the number that occupied the top spot...

This achievement alone is enough to prove his ability, which cannot be covered by the top of the six lists. Naturally, the "back door theory" is even more ridiculous under this golden and purple light.

For a moment, all the doubts about Deng Ai turned into exclamation, and... under the "rhythm", they turned into hatred for the people who spread the rumors!
Bai Tu could also tell that because of the change in Chu State's foreign attitude, many people were secretly working hard this time to take the opportunity to corrupt Chu State's talent selection system and reduce Chu State's attractiveness to talents...

If Deng Ai hadn't been really good and winning the championship was a "crushing game", they would have caused some controversy even if there was no backdoor.

The only thing they missed was that they didn't expect Deng Ai, who was only 15 years old, to be so outstanding.

Naturally, the origin of Deng Ai cannot be hidden from the investigation of those who are interested - it is just a by-product of a typical case that Bai Tu handled when the Chu Kingdom was first established in order to expose the new policy that weakened the clan system...

It is said that when Bai Tu recognized him as his adopted son, he was speechless...

Although Deng Ai later gained a good reputation in Jinling, after he became known as the "adopted son of the King of Chu", all his praises were eventually questioned.

Especially since he is still young, it is difficult for him to get comments from "uncontroversial" and highly respected bosses like Sima Hui at this age - after all, if he comments at such a young age, those who don't know may think that he is trying to please the King of Chu!

In this way, no matter how much you don't underestimate Deng Ai, you only regarded him as a growing young talent before...

Even if he is really number one, he can still use his status to make a fuss!

If Deng Ai was only at the top of the list, it can be said that it was the blessing of the top of the imperial examination that enabled him to achieve such an achievement.

But now...

Deng Ai's performance can be called auspicious, but it makes all slander seem ridiculous!

Chu State remained unscathed and even made an "advertisement", and some of the hidden secrets that were exposed were removed by Bai Tu this time.

Later, in this imperial examination, the Chu State actually recruited talents such as Yin Mo and Shen Dan who "left a mark" in history.

However, when it comes to his performance at the investiture ceremony, because Deng Aizhuyu was in front of him, he seemed to be overshadowed.

At the same time, many people have also noticed that Chu State has expanded its recruitment for the second and third lists this year, enriching a large number of candidates for grassroots officials.

And these people will be trained in Jinling. Not only Hanzhong, but as the war continues, Xichuan and other places will also need a large number of grassroots officials to settle in!
The dormant development period of the Chu State has passed. Next, Bai Tu will strive to unify the "world" in the shortest possible time while avoiding excessive casualties among the people, and the long-term pain will not be as short-term as the short-term pain.

Not only the entire Han Dynasty, but even Baitu's goal also includes some possible places around and even overseas.

Even the actual appointment of Deng Ai was kept secret by the Chu State because... Bai Tu was planning to send him to Yizhou!

To be precise, it is the Nanzhong area of ​​Yizhou!

Bai Tu didn't want to attack south from Jiange or Jiangzhou. Firstly, it was because he would be distracted from the sea. Secondly, he was now instigating the Nanzhong people to go north and cooperate with Meng Da and other Xichuan secrets. It was the most cost-effective way. There was no need to fight with Bashu is a natural and dangerous competition.

However, there are two difficulties. One is the restriction on the Chu people in Nanzhong - after all, it is only a short time to enter Chu and they are far away in Nanzhong. For the time being, they are still somewhat different from the local Chu people. If they go north without control, there may be trouble. The embarrassing situation of becoming a "southern barbarian invasion" would not only be a blow to the prestige of the Chu State and not conducive to Xichuan's return, but... it was also not what Bai Tu wanted to see!
If he had to pay the price of losing popular support, then Baitu might as well just be honest and spend a few years completely blowing up the Jiange and marching in an open and honest way.

Another difficulty is appeasing General Xichuan...

For a general like Meng Da who was already determined to surrender to Chu, there was not much to say. Bai Tu had already prepared a reward for him, so there was no need to hesitate.

But just one Meng Da can't accomplish anything. What we really hope for is the many military generals and local nobles who have a certain tacit understanding with the Chu State, but have not completely surrendered to Chu!

Only by making them feel at ease can the Chu State take control of Xichuan with only the Nanzhong people. Otherwise, once the front line is in a stalemate, the Nanzhong people with a weak foundation will easily be unable to succeed.

Originally Chen Gong was in charge of this matter, and he was capable of taking the responsibility in terms of status, talent and wisdom, but now he was recalled because he wanted to join the palace.

Bai Tu plans to hand over this matter to Deng Ai...

At first glance, it sounds a bit too heavy-handed, after all, Deng Ai is still young.

However, from the perspective of gaining people's trust, Deng Ai's status as the "adopted son of the King of Chu" would definitely allow him to get twice the result with half the effort. As for how to unite those Chu people in Nanzhong, Bai Tu also believed that he would have a way.

It's not like there will be any action right away. It's already winter, and next year's focus will be on competing with Wei for maritime supremacy. I believe Deng Ai has enough time to manage and prepare...

(End of this chapter)