I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 229
Cao Cao also publicized his "Order of Seeking Talents" in Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou and other places, and at the same time asked the Sima family in Hanoi and Xunshi in Yingchuan, who had made friends with him, to join his family and actively promote himself in the family circle , Together with Li Shimin, they set off a war of robbery.

In fact, apart from seeking talents, Cao Cao was actually a drunkard who didn't care about drinking. He keenly grasped that Li Shimin's imperial examination system would definitely make some aristocratic families extremely disgusted.

In fact, what they care about is not whether the exam is fair or not, nor is it whether the poor family can pass the exam. What they care about is that Li Shimin brutally broke the superiority of the aristocratic family. The right to be an official has always belonged to the wealthy.

When will common people, poor families and even some untouchables have the opportunity to be officials?
Therefore, unlike Li Shimin's extensive absorption of talents from all over the world, this time Cao Cao's "Order to Seek Talents" took the upper-level route. , thus confronting Li Shimin from another aspect.

In Cao Cao's mind, if there is the support of these gentry classes in this world, they have a lot of resources, such as hard and soft power such as fields, food and grass, talents and official connections, and moral high grounds, then their own strength will be greatly enhanced.

It should be said that Cao Cao's vision was very vicious. When the nobles heard that Li Shimin was going to implement an imperial examination system, they all stood up and strongly opposed it.The big gentry and wealthy families are secretly joining forces to resist Li Shimin's deviant behavior on the moral level, and this kind of behavior that damages the interests of the gentry class must be curbed.

The gentry on Li Shimin's territory had already been subdued by him, so naturally they didn't dare to oppose it openly, but they all let it out secretly and never participated.

The other giants actively colluded, discussed countermeasures, and discussed how to curb this vicious act of breaking their own privileges.

Finally, after discussing with the Xun family in Yingchuan, the Yuan Shao in Runan, the Chen family in Xiapi, the Lu family in Wujun, and the surviving offshoots of the Hongnong Yang family who had been wiped out by Li Shimin, they decided to mobilize their own power to prevent scholars from all over the world from participating in Li Shimin's imperial examination.

This trick really hindered Li Shimin's imperial examination system greatly, because in the Han Dynasty, most of the knowledge and famous teachers were in the hands of the gentry, such as the Yingchuan Academy founded by the gentry such as the Xun family in Yingchuan, which had a great influence in the Han Dynasty , and cultivated a large number of outstanding talents.

At this time, the head of the Xun family was Xun Shu's sixth son, Xun Shuang, who was known as "the eight dragons of the Xun family, unparalleled in kindness". He was Xun You's father. It has always been a research subject.

Xun Shuang was extremely disgusted with Li Shimin's imperial examination system. In his opinion, the examination system and expropriation system were the basis for the survival of the Han Dynasty, and they were treasures left by the ancestors. Criticism and various disagreements made some scholars who were planning to take the imperial examination hesitate to wait and see.

On the other hand, it is to send the best scholars in your family to Cao Cao or Sun Jian and other princes to help them eliminate the "heretic" Li Shimin.

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In Xuzhou City, Mi Zhu learned that Li Shimin held the imperial examination, and hurried to Liu Bei to discuss with him that Li Shimin would hold the imperial examination in the north.

"Uncle Liu Huang, Li Shimin wants to hold the imperial examination system in several northern states. This is a violation of the ancestral system, but this person has some experience in inviting the hearts of scholars through this method." Although Mi Zhu did not agree with Li Shimin's approach, I still praise his pioneering work, and at the same time remind Liu Bei that we must also pay attention to talents.

Liu Bei nodded in agreement, and said with infinite emotion: "What Zizhong said is true. If you want to achieve great things, it is difficult to succeed without the assistance of talented people. Compared with Li Shimin and Cao Cao, our talented people are still too few. We must also take action to recruit talents from all over the world to use for me."

Gongsun Ce on the side also added: "Your Majesty's words are correct. Cao Cao also publicized his 'Seeking Talents Order' in Yanzhou and other places. It is said that some powerful families, such as the Xun family and the Yang family, have already sent outstanding people in their families to serve. That’s right. Li Shimin’s emphasis is on the humble scholars, while Cao Cao’s is looking for the rich and powerful, so we have to change our direction.”

Gongsun Ce's words caught Liu Bei's eyes, and he seemed to understand something, and immediately asked: "Xuan Cheng, do you have a good plan?"

"My lord, I don't know if you have heard a prophecy. It was said to me by a hermit master in the past, 'The two of the crouching dragon and the phoenix will be safe in the world'. Now we have to find another way to find such a strange person. Don't worry about it." If the great cause fails, the Han Dynasty will not prosper?" Gongsun Ce said calmly.

"Oh, there are such strange people. Who are these Wolong and Fengchu? Where can I find them?" Liu Bei asked excitedly.

"This kind of genius in the world is often encountered but not sought. I don't know who these two are. I only heard that Mr. Wolong lives in seclusion in Longzhong, Xiangyang, Jingzhou. As for Mr. Fengchu, maybe after finding Mr. Wolong, he will naturally find it. The phoenix is ​​gone."

"Xiangyang, Jingzhou? According to this, it is thousands of miles away, so I'm afraid it's not suitable to look for it." Mi Zhu said regretfully.

Xuzhou is separated from Jingzhou by Yuzhou, which is controlled by Cao Cao. Moreover, it was not an easy task to get from Xuzhou to Xiangyang in the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bei was not afraid of mourning at all, but said excitedly: "Traveling thousands of miles can better reflect my sincerity in seeking talents. As long as I am sincere, there is nothing I can't do. Right now, heroes from all walks of life in the world are resting and recuperating. Ma, there will definitely not be a big war in a short time, if we act quickly, it may take a month to go back and forth."

Seeing that Liu Bei was so devout, and such a virtuous corporal would travel thousands of miles to recruit talents, everyone admired his sincerity, and his love for talents was evident from this.

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Longzhong, which is thousands of miles away, has beautiful mountains and clear waters, lush greenery and abundant aura. It is an excellent geomantic treasure land.

There was a simple thatched hut deep in the dense forest. Outside the door a young man who looked like a bookboy ran towards the house in a hurry, shouting as he ran, "Sir, good news, good news."

I saw a young man in the thatched hut pacing in the hall. This man is handsome, imposing, a hero, eight feet long, and has a very majestic appearance.Wearing a Lun scarf and holding a lupine, he is contemplating.With a body like a fairy and an appearance like that of Song Yu, he is truly an expert in the world.

Seeing that it was the book boy who barged in recklessly, he asked with a smile: "What made you so impatient, where did the energy-raising skills go?"

But the book boy didn't take it seriously, and said excitedly: "Sir, there is a big news outside. Li Shimin, who has been letting me pay attention, announced not long ago that he will organize an imperial examination next spring."

"Imperial examination?" The young man asked with some doubts.

(End of this chapter)