Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 314

In Luoyang City in May, there is no longer the gentle atmosphere of tenderness in spring, but more of a sultry weather. The summer has already arrived, and the air can feel the scorching air waves. Some are out of breath.

At this time, the excitement brought about by the Order of Seeking Talents reached its peak.

Guanzhong, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, and many places were affected by this order of seeking talents, so more and more people poured into the capital, making the capital very lively.

As for the Mu Family Qiuxian Hall, in addition to the ten seats opened by Mujing before, Mushan and Huang Shao joined forces to open [-] seats in one go, but each of the Qiuxian Halls is overcrowded.

Talents one by one, like falling fruits, continuously entered the fruit baskets prepared by the Mu family and his son.

"This sour plum soup with ice cubes is really the best in the world!"

In the Jingping courtyard, Mu Jing drank a bowl of sour plum soup with ice cubes, feeling refreshed, and said to Hu Zhao with a smile.

Most of the rich and powerful in the capital have cellars, and storing ice in cellars is a characteristic of this era.

Naturally, there is also ice in the cellar of the Taifu Mansion, which is very precious, that is, only a few people can use it. It is served with sour plum soup to relieve the heat.

"I just heard that sour plum soup in the dog days is like fairy wine, but I never dared to expect that a certain family can enjoy such treatment. This taste is indeed unstoppable, so enjoyable!"

Hu Zhao also drank a bowl of iced sour plum soup, but sighed: "It's just that the more I enjoy it, the more I feel ashamed. The world is so big, and there are so many differences between people. There are too many unfairness in today's world. , How many people can't even eat a full meal, but there are people who can enjoy such a luxurious enjoyment!"

This kind of extravagant enjoyment can only be enjoyed by the top dignitaries. Hu Zhao didn't have this kind of blessing in the past, and at most he just complained in his heart.

Now I enjoy it, but I feel a lot.

"Sir, Jing Ke doesn't quite agree with what you said. My Mu family's power today is the result of fighting through life and death. The reason why we work hard is because we want to live better!"

Mujing's words are very straightforward: "There has never been such a thing as fairness in the world. Some people are born to be nine-five-year-olds, while others are born to be thieves. Is there any fairness? What we live for is the quality of life." , People who can’t eat, work hard to eat, people who can eat, work hard to eat meat, people who eat meat, work hard for better enjoyment, this is progress, not unfair!”

"Your words seem to make sense at any time!"

Hu Zhao heard the words, smiled slightly, and didn't care.

There are some great truths that many scholars understand in their hearts, they just accept and don't accept them.

When Mujing said this today, he felt that it was very novel. Pursuit and progress, in his opinion, was a new knowledge that he could study. He had been studying all his life.

"Sir, are you saying that I'm being unreasonable?" Mu Jing said dissatisfied.

"Someone is praising you!" Hu Zhao said.

"I always feel like my husband is mocking me!" Mu Jing looked at Hu Zhao suspiciously.

"Absolutely not!" Hu Zhao assured.

The two of them came and went, and the verbal confrontation brought his relationship closer.

Hu Zhao is knowledgeable and talented, Mu Jing is treacherous, and the two of them still have topics to talk about. After getting along constantly, they have actually let go of their initial defensive state and started to understand each other.

In Mu Jing's view, Hu Zhao is a talent, a peerless talent that even a talented person admires three points, but it has been buried by history, as long as he is given a chance, he will shine brightly.

As for Hu Zhao, his official career was not going well for half his life, and he had already given up. Meeting Mujing was an accident and an opportunity. He chose Mujing, and after getting to know him better, he felt that he did not make a wrong decision.

"This is from the Qiuxian Pavilion today!"

Hu Zhao handed a copy of the document to Mu Jing.

"How is Qiuxian Hall?"

Mu Jing took it over, glanced at it, and was not very interested, but asked about the status of the Qiuxian Pavilion.

"Three buildings were burned, and there were disturbances on average seven times a day. There have been no less than ten times that a dead body was hung on top of it in broad daylight!" Hu Zhao said with a helpless expression, "This is not bad!"

The turmoil created by the Order of Seeking Talents caused the Mu clan and his sons to recruit talents, but it also angered the entire gentry. The gentry rebounded, and it has initially appeared. Accident.

"Depend on!"

Mu Jing slammed a foul sentence: "They must be too low!"

If things go on like this, although it won't stop seeking talents, it will also damage their reputation too much. You can't even keep one of your seeking talents, and many people will lose confidence in them.

"I don't think this is Yuan Sikong's handwriting!"

Hu Zhaodao: "It's more about the venting of some gentry in Luoyang!"

His eyes flickered with brilliance: "Yuan Sikong does things, and someone knows three points. He either doesn't do it, or he has to do it. This little trouble will not hurt the foundation of the Qiuxian Hall, nor will it delay our pursuit of the world." Virtuous!"

"You mean, this is actually just an appetizer. Yuan Sikong, the patriarch of the Yuan family, known as the head of the noble family and the number one family in the world, is actually planning a big move?"

Mu Jing narrowed his eyes.

"Big move?"

Although Hu Zhao heard these words in a rough way, he still understood the meaning of the big move. He said in a deep voice, "It's true to say that, Yuan Sikong's move is bound to be earth-shattering, nine times out of ten, so next we have to Handle it carefully, a dog will jump over the wall when it is in a hurry, but a person who is in a hurry can be fatal!"

"I'm waiting for them!"

Mujing sneered.

Since he dared to do it, he made preparations. If it was a war, they would fight to see who would fall first.

After regaining his senses, Mu Jing began to flip through the volume: "Is this the roster, isn't there more than these people in the Qiuxian Hall?"

"This is the list of talents, there are scholars, there are rangers, and more heretic talents. Zhicai interviews them every day, understands their knowledge, asks about their past, and does a lot of work to identify them for us. There are a lot of talents, but how to use them depends on your decision!" Hu Zhao said.

"You fellow Xi Zhicai, you can obviously make up your own mind, so I must!"

Mu Jing curled his lips, holding the document, and said with some displeasure: "There are so many people, if I make up my mind one by one, won't I be exhausted?"

"How to employ people is your homework. In this regard, no one can help you. If a certain company can't do it, Xi Zhi can't do it!"

Hu Zhao said calmly.

Since he chose Mujing, he hoped that Mujing could become a wise master, so he spared no effort in cultivating Mujing's master skills.

"Most of those who are willing to come to the Qiuxian Hall are depressed and unwilling!"

Mu Jing squinted his eyes and scanned the names on it. Xi Zhicai did his homework very carefully, with detailed information, name, age, hometown, specialty...etc., all written clearly on it.

"Especially for these scholars, all they want is to go out of their careers through the Qiuxian Hall!"

Mu Jing continued: "I want to fulfill them!"

"Fulfill them?"

Hu Zhao said in a deep voice: "As of today, there are no less than [-] scholars who have entered our Qiuxian Hall and have confirmed their identities. If all of them go out of official careers, it will be a terrible thing. How do we arrange them?" Come down!"

"As long as there are educated people, as many as they come, I will accept as much as possible. From a single point of view, there are many scholars. After all, there are not many scholars even in the capital, but if they are placed above the imperial court, they are actually very few!"

Mu Jing shook his head, and said: "Think about it, my father is the imperial governor, he can recruit staff at will, recommend officials, and officials with a rank salary below four hundred shi can be arranged at will. In addition, there is Shangshutai. Although Cai Shangshu has students all over the world, there are not many people who can be used under his command. As long as he is knowledgeable, he will not care if he puts one or two in. It has already been captured by us, and the Ting Wei has also favored us, the small officials here are in great demand!"

With Mushan's authority, officials with a rank salary of less than [-] shi do not need to negotiate with the court at all, whether it is for expropriation or recommendation.

This is the power of the current Taifu.

"This is a little too generous. Most of these people have no choice but to seek refuge with us. Aren't you afraid that they will cross the river and tear down the bridge?" Hu Zhao said worriedly.

It is not as simple as it is said to be an official career. Once they are recommended, they can turn their backs after they have secured their positions. After all, what they asked for is just an opportunity, and they may not choose to still rely on Mu's command.

From the perspective of the court's struggle, the Mu family is actually weak. If it weren't for Mu Shan's military power in the capital, he would have been squeezed out and couldn't survive. This is the foundation of the gentry, and they are enough to control the court.

After being recommended out of the official career, there are many officials who go to change the family.

"afraid!"

Mu Jing rubbed the corners of his eyes, and replied in a deep voice, "But I'm afraid I have to do it. It's a helpless thing. I'm not afraid of them crossing the river and tearing down the bridge. I recommend these people for official careers. As long as half of them can become Mu's party members, we will It's all earned!"

"Actually, we can slowly cultivate the scholars who belong to us!"

Hu Zhao said in a deep voice.

"How can it be so simple!"

Mu Jing sighed: "In the final analysis, our Mu family is too weak. Most of the people above the court are enemies. We have risen too fast. Entering the court with a strong force is equivalent to falling from the sky. I feel like I'm floating!"

"What is the feeling of floating?"

"Floating is the feeling, it is the lack of foundation, what is the foundation, the so-called foundation of the court, are these seemingly insignificant officials, our Mu family is strong, and we are in charge of several departments, but we only care about the top and not the bottom. Those with a salary above a thousand stones!"

Mu Jing said: "What we urgently need now is this kind of low-level officials. Father had no one to use before, so he could only do it in a hurry. That's why I heard Qin Xiaogong's order to seek talents to fill this vacancy. Of course I also know that employing people like this is mostly disloyal, but now it's like a dead horse as a living horse doctor, who can use it if it can be used, and three or four out of ten of it is a harvest!"

"I understand what you mean!" Hu Zhao said with a wry smile: "After all, we don't have a reserve of talents, so we just fish with a big net, and get as much as we can!"

"Correct!"

Mu Jing snapped his fingers, and said, "This is the purpose of my order to establish the Seeking Talent Hall!"

The two then discussed the placement of the list.

"This Guo Ling, it was mentioned above that he once settled cases for the government, so he can be released to Ting Wei for use!"

"That's fine!"

"..."

"As for Hong Shen, Xi Zhicai focused on criticizing him. He is good at learning Yi and good at managing accounts. Let him go to Da Sikong and become a civil servant!"

"I think, but Shangshutai is better!"

"Shangshutai is fine too!"

"..."

"Yu Feng, from Nanyang, is familiar with military books, so send him to Jingping's army. Jingping's army has no shortage of men who fight, but what is lacking is military advisers who give advice. If there are more scholars watching, I will be more at ease!"

"Be quick, it seems that this kind of scholar who has read military books and some martial arts will definitely be stared at by the Violent Bear Army and the Southern Army. Slow down, I'm afraid you won't be able to reach the Jingping Army!"

"I immediately gave the order to send him to Sishui Pass!"

"..."

In the next few days, Mu Jing and Hu Zhao continued to discuss, most of which were Mu Jing's decision, but Hu Zhao put forward a lot of opinions beside him, and Mu Jing accepted these opinions with humility. It was decided in their few words.

Compared with the full-scale search for talents.

Another storm in the land of Guanzhong, which has not been paid attention to by people, has been silently brewing, and now it has begun to erupt completely, and the speed of the eruption is overwhelming.

Coming out of Chang'an, one by one news, through the channels of Jingping Commercial Bank, like snowflakes, continuously entered Jingping Courtyard.

"My son, Jingping Trading Company sent it from Chang'an, hurry up!"

On this day, Mu Jing was dealing with some military newspapers sent by Jing Ping's army recently, Huo Yu came up from the outside with small steps and directly handed over a secret letter.

"Can't hide it already?" Mu Jing opened it, looked at it, and sneered at the corner of his mouth: "Food is the lifeblood of Guanzhong after all!"

Although the storm of seeking meritorious deeds has gathered the eyes of the gentry in the capital.

However, when grain prices fluctuated sharply, many people still paid attention to it. The most important thing was grain, and the grain merchants in Guanzhong were probably the spokespersons of wealthy families.

Therefore, the aristocratic families in Guanzhong will pay attention to it sooner or later.

"In this case, then fight on two fronts!"

Mu Jing clenched his fists tightly, and a gleam of brilliance burst out from his eyes.

He first replied a letter to Chang'an.

Then he began to order: "Zhongheng, send someone to tell Sun Hao that he is going to start buying Luoyang grain!"

Guanzhong granary, two main concentration areas, one is Luoyang, Luoyang is the imperial capital, the other is Chang'an, Chang'an is the core of Guanzhong Plain, if there is a problem with food in Chang'an, Luoyang will respond quickly.

Therefore, it is necessary to fight on two fronts in order to contain the grain merchants in Guanzhong to the greatest extent and make them overwhelmed.

It is best to completely defeat the grain merchants in Guanzhong before the gentry reacts, so that they have a chance to win this business war and achieve their goal, so that the price of grain in Guanzhong will plummet, making it as cheap as grass.

"promise!"

Huo Yu took the order, took the letter and went down to deliver the letter, and then sent his confidants to pass Mujing's password to Sun Hao, one of the three shopkeepers of Jingping Trading Company in the capital.

Just when Mu Jing was very busy, several eunuchs in the palace entered the Taifu's mansion under the escort of the Imperial Forest Army.

"The imperial decree has arrived, Prince Mu please accept the decree!!!"

A sharp voice echoed in front of the hall of Taifu's mansion.

(End of this chapter)