The Three Kingdoms: A vicious plan was offered, and Liu Bei was stunned!

Chapter 176: Huang Laozhang goes south to Changsha, Luo Yuan discusses talents

They are all old friends of Luo Yuan, so naturally they should be polite!
After inviting Huang Yueying and Huang Laozhang into the big tent to talk, Luo Yuan called Wen Ji and the other two to come out to meet the guests.

Three daughters-in-law!

Huang Chengyan looked at Luo Yuan with a strange look in his eyes. Are young people in such good health?

Huang Yueying knew that Luo Yuan and others wanted to talk about something important, so she took the initiative to chat with Wen Ji and others. As soon as she left, Luo Yuan looked at Shi Tao.

Shi Tao was a little embarrassed. He didn't expect that Luo Yuan didn't plunder Yingchuan, but the method he used to get food was not very fair.

Shi Tao is a traditional scholar, and Luo Yuan has nothing to talk about with him.

Huang Chengyan was different. He thought it was no problem. He didn't kill anyone and he still got food, which was good enough.

Huang Chengyan looked at Luo Yuan and asked, "What are Gongqi's plans for the future?"

"Go to Changsha and kill Han Xuan. One is for revenge, as he sent people to kill me before. The other is to seize Changsha, occupy the land and claim the throne, and plot big things. After all, the emperor makes me a county marquis, and my fief is in Changsha." Luo Yuan had nothing to hide. Anyway, everyone would know what he was going to do.

Huang Chengyan was amazed. Who would have thought that the book boy beside Kong Ming is now such a big shot?

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Don't look for a wise leader, just do it yourself.

Huang Chengyan said: "If you don't mind, how about I go with you?"

Luo Yuan was deceived. What do you want to do, old man?
Wouldn't it be nice to just farm in the mountains and be a hermit?
"My father-in-law is going to Changsha?"

Huang Chengyan nodded: "I want to go and take a look, why don't you want to?"

How could Luo Yuan refuse?

This old man has many skills, especially in farming and carpentry.
I couldn’t ask for more!
Luo Yuan was very suspicious that Huang Chengyan had some connection with the Mohist school.

Luo Yuan didn't believe that Kong Ming modified the wooden ox and flowing horse, and improved the repeating crossbow. He had been with Kong Ming for several years, but he had never seen Confucius and Mencius doing any work, let alone carpentry work.

Even if Kong Ming was a god, could an inexperienced rookie improve the Han crossbow? Luo Yuan didn't believe it at all.

On the contrary, Luo Yuan knew that Huang Chengyan was good at carpentry, and Huang Yueying was even more talented in this area and could build large siege equipment such as tower cranes.

Only a few people in the entire Han Dynasty can make this thing.

At that time, knowledge was monopolized and belonged to a few people. Kong Ming understood astronomy and geography, as well as the art of yin and yang and numerology, and could improve equipment.

It was already amazing for an average person to learn something, and it would take more than ten years of effort, but Kong Ming knew so much.

what does this mean?
This means that there is a group of people teaching Kong Ming.

It is not like the modern knowledge explosion where people can easily learn all kinds of knowledge. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, all knowledge was monopolized.
Cao Cao collected the fragments of Sun Tzu's Art of War and compiled a new book called Meng De, which he hid like a treasure, knowing that knowledge was scarce at that time.

Why did Cao Cao make up the story?

In addition to seeking fame, they also wanted to use it as a family heirloom, passed down from generation to generation. This was the model of clan inheritance at that time.

You learn the knowledge of my family, and when my children grow up, they will become your disciples and learn things from your family.

Under the constraints of objective conditions, Kong Ming was able to learn so many things, which must be the result of being taught by many people.

It is even possible that Kong Ming was pushed forward by some people.

Luo Yuan looked at Huang Chengyan and smiled, "It would be best if father-in-law is willing to go south."

No matter what Mr. Huang wants to do, Luo Yuan will gladly accept it because of their previous friendship.

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Shi Tao's heart moved and he also wanted to go and take a look.

Just waiting for Luo Yuan to invite him.

But Luo Yuan said nothing. People are different.

Luo Yuan doesn't care much about Shi Tao.

Shi Tao was anxious: "Gong Qiwu also wants to go south, I wonder if it is possible!"

"Then just go!" Luo Yuan said: "Why ask me, Uncle Liu is in the south, Kong Ming is also in the south, it's a good opportunity for you to visit your friends" That's it?

Luo Gongqi really doesn't care about his own great talent.

Shi Tao was a little unhappy and made an excuse: "I'll go check out the military camp!"

Luo Yuan smiled and said, "As you wish, sir!"

Seeing that the person had left, Huang Chengyan looked at Luo Yuan and Gong Qi, who seemed to care too little about Shi Tao.

"Gongqi, I see that Shi Tao is ready to join you, why don't you treat him with some courtesy!"

Luo Yuan must have seen it, but he didn't take the initiative to invite him, so there must be a reason.

He saw it all, and Shi Tao was just short of asking Luo Yuan to speak.

How could a smart person like Luo Yuan not see it?

Luo Yuan smiled and said, "I don't lack people like Shi Tao!"

"Oh?"

People like Shi Tao can at least be an official in a state. Do you have many of them under you?

Huang Chengyan didn't believe it.

Luo Yuan smiled and said, "Father-in-law, my view on talent is different from yours. I think talent is gained through doing things. It doesn't matter if you can't read. As long as you can do things, your abilities will naturally be developed. The so-called ability is actually nothing more than experience. The more you do and the more experience you have, the more abilities you will naturally have!"

A person like Shi Tao might not be in any good situation under Luo Yuan.

On the contrary, it may affect the architecture that Luo Yuan has been slowly building.

Now under Luo Yuan's command, Huang Zhong and Gan Ning are in charge of the army, and Xu Shu is in charge of internal affairs. Everything is done according to the rules set by him!

There is a basis for everything you do; you can’t just do it if you want to.

It's the same with Xu Shu. He may think that he should do so, but if the rules prohibit him from doing so, then he can't do it.

People like Shi Tao actually have no rules when they are officials. They do whatever they want!
This is what being an official is like at that time. As long as the people don’t make trouble, he is a good official.

But it’s different here in Luo Yuan!
It was completely different, with many rules and strictness. Even Xu Shu had to accept Luo Yuan's ideas. Only when Luo Yuan felt that it was ready did he start to let Xu Shu take over the logistics and other work.
There must be a purpose and assessment for doing things, and once you start, you can't give up.

Personal preferences must never affect work.

What Luo Yuan needs are officials who can get things done. It doesn't matter if they have less ability. As long as they are doing the work and don't give up, they will succeed sooner or later.

Only when you do something can the people see it. When they see it, they will naturally be motivated, put it into practice, and integrate knowledge and action.

Is someone like Shi Tao okay?

Luo Yuan briefly explained his structure and rules, and Huang Chengyan was dumbfounded.

It feels very weird.

Are the officials here in Luo Yuan really officials? Why do they look like working cows?

"Will the officials not complain?"

"Why should you complain? The officials under my command have all worked their way up from the bottom. They used to be refugees from Jiangxia and pirates on the water. Now they have positions and military pay. Why should they complain?" Luo Yuan said with a smile.

"Military pay?"

Huang Chengyan couldn't stand it anymore. Military pay was too magical.

It’s not that there was no military pay in the Han Dynasty, but it was very little. Even during the reign of Emperor Wu, only a few troops received military pay. For example, the royal guards like the Yulin Army received military pay!
Generally, border troops do not receive any pay. It is the civilians' obligation to fight, so of course they do not receive any pay. The corresponding soldiers can share the spoils.

But it is a dream for ordinary soldiers to share the spoils, so the purpose of ordinary people joining the army is just to get a chance to stand out.

Once you have made great achievements, it is time to change your job.

At this time, joining the army was not just for the chance to be promoted to a noble position, but just for a bite to eat, not to mention the military pay!

Luo Yuan felt that not paying the soldiers was an act of hooliganism.

(End of this chapter)