I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 237
What Li Shimin heard was shocking, and he was amazed by Zhuge Liang's amazing deduction ability. From Zhuge Liang's words, he could hear that if he hadn't appeared, the future would be divided into three parts of the world. The original historical sky was three parts of the world. Zhuge Liang assisted Liu Bei to achieve three-point hegemony.

Of course, there is another layer in his words, that is, there will be no third division of the world in the future, only unity, and this man of destiny is me, Li Shimin, so he gave up assisting Liu Bei, but followed the way of heaven.

Then he calmed down and continued to ask: "Oh, sir, if you have any questions, it's okay to ask, as long as Shimin knows, he will know everything." Li Shimin knew that the final test was coming.

"How does the general view the relationship between the monarch and the people?" Zhuge Liang asked first.

"The king's boat is the people's water, and the water can carry a boat and overturn it." Li Shimin's answers are flowing, which is the experience of being a king that he summed up in his previous life.

Zhuge Liang's eyes lit up. This metaphor is indeed very novel and dialectical.

"If the general takes over the world, how will he treat the schools of thought?" Zhuge Liang continued to ask. In fact, this question is about Li Shimin's attitude towards the schools of thought in the future. Strictly speaking, Zhuge Liang also has Legalism, Confucianism and even Mohism. I am worried that Li Shimin will depose all schools of thought like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and only respect Confucianism.

Of course Li Shimin understands Zhuge Liang’s intentions in asking questions, but he doesn’t have to worry about this at all. In the Tang Dynasty, culture was diverse and inclusive, and a hundred flowers bloomed and a hundred schools of thought contended, because he had a broad mind and courage enough to tolerate everything.

Li Shimin said confidently and domineeringly: "If I unify the world, it will inevitably be a situation where a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend, open and inclusive, open and open, and reproduce the grand scene of pre-Qin times when a hundred flowers bloomed. "

After Zhuge Liang listened to it, he no longer hesitated to accept his head and bowed, and said solemnly: "If General Meng does not give up, Liang is willing to do the work of dogs and horses."

"Haha, with the help of Mr. Kong Ming, Shimin is really lucky." After saying that, he helped Zhuge Liang up.

"Mr. Kong Ming, do you know the direction of my next advance?" Li Shimin smiled mysteriously.

"My lord, if Liang's predictions are correct, the general will probably launch troops against Hanzhong and Nanyang next, right? As far as my subordinates know, Wudu County has already been occupied by the general, so isn't Hanzhong the general's possession?" Yes." Zhuge Liang replied with a smile.

"Mr. Kongming really has a clever plan. Although I put a lot of troops in Yanzhou and Yuzhou, the direction of my troops is indeed in the two places you said, especially Hanzhong, which is the gateway to Yizhou. I am determined to win Yizhou. If Yizhou is won, the world will be great." Certainly, just as Mr. wrote in the volume, "Yizhou is flat and sweeping the world will become a reality"" Li Shimin said enthusiastically.

Suddenly glanced at it, and said solemnly: "Sir, I want to entrust the important task of pacifying and governing Yizhou to you. In the future, I will appoint you as the governor of Yizhou, just like Xiao He in the Han Dynasty. There is no shortage of food,'" Li Shimin said sincerely.

He is comparing Zhuge Liang to Xiao He, the prime minister of the Western Han Dynasty, and handing over all the military and political power in Bashu and other places to Zhuge Liang. This is not insignificant. The implication is that you will be my future minister.

For a young man who has just come out of the mountain and has not made any achievements, Li Shimin's appointment like this is absolutely extremely trustworthy, and it is absolutely very rare.

Zhuge Liang didn't expect that Li Shimin trusted him so much, and he entrusted such a heavy responsibility to himself, such a Confucian scholar in white.Either Li Shimin is crazy, or he has absolute trust in himself, obviously it can only be the latter.

At that moment, a strong emotion of dying for the confidant came, and Zhuge Liang knelt down on one knee, solemnly accepting this task.

Afterwards, they brought Zhuge Liang back to the General's Mansion, and grandly introduced him to their confidantes. Xu Shu and Chen Gong knew that Zhuge Liang was a man of great talent, and it was indeed a blessing to be able to join Li Shimin, but the others They don't know much about it, and they are skeptical when they see Li Shimin praise this person so much.

All of this was naturally seen by Zhuge Liang, and he didn't take it seriously. After all, he was new here and hadn't made any achievements. It was inevitable that people would be suspicious. When he made a miracle, the doubts would naturally disappear.

During the period before the war started, Li Shimin kept Zhuge Liang by his side to get acquainted with the various mechanisms of his "small government", understand the military system and configuration of the Bingzhou Army, and of course, the more important thing is to understand people.

On the other hand, Zhang Liao hadn't set off yet because of the change of army outfits. Originally, he and Cheng Lian had already been stationed at the Lishan camp, and they could act according to the plan with just one order.

Li Shimin summoned the two of them, introduced Zhuge Liang to them solemnly, and also hinted that Zhuge Liang would be responsible for the pacification of Yizhou in the future, which surprised Zhang Liao and Cheng Lian. Neither of them expected that Li Shimin would be so important Entrust the matter to the young Confucian scholar in front of him.

However, Zhang Liao and Cheng Lian were both well-informed and knew that Li Shimin had always been a good judge of people. Since Li Shimin felt that Zhuge Liang was competent, there was nothing wrong.

Zhuge Liang also quickly entered the role, studying the marching route with Zhang Liao and others, and arranging troops. What Zhang Liao didn't expect was that this Zhuge Liang was familiar with military affairs, and the route he planned was exactly the same as that arranged by Li Shimin. Zhang Liao couldn't help but be amazed that he knew the humanities and the situation of the defenders so well.

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Three days later, the imperial examination results were released, and the first imperial examination ended successfully. In the end, fifty outstanding scholars were hired. Except for Zhuge Liang, there were no other famous counselors in the Three Kingdoms.

The first batch of recruited scholars, Li Shimin, were all assigned to the prefectures and counties after completing the "political review" in a unified manner. They were filled with positions such as county magistrates and master books. With this fresh blood, they brought a clean stream to each prefecture and county and vitality.

At the same time, in cooperation with the official review and evaluation organized by Xi Zhicai, a large number of unqualified officials who were conservative, unaware of progress, corrupt and dereliction of duty were dismissed, and the control of the aristocratic family over the state and county officials was consciously reduced.

The addition of these fresh blood has also greatly rectified the officialdom, refreshed the administration of officials again, and strengthened Li Shimin's rule over the six states.

For the students who failed to go to high school, Li Shimin announced that everyone can enter Lishan Academy to study, and board and lodging are free. Take the exam again next year.

The martial arts examination was also held after the literary examination. Heroes from three mountains and five mountains were all preparing to join the army and change their births. At the same time, some martial arts masters from poor families also participated, and there were a few very rare good seedlings among them.

Li Shimin also recruited a large number of warriors with good martial arts and clean background, filling them up to the rank of lieutenant in the army, strengthening the backbone of the army.

(End of this chapter)