The Conquest of the Three Kingdoms

Kong Rong was led into the palace by the palace servants.

Outside the hall, Ma Liang said to Xun Yu: "The king of Chu is looking for Confucian scholars."

Xun Yu was just standing quietly outside the main hall, the breeze that just blew away his clothes, and he didn't even say a word.

Ma Liang said inwardly, "Does this mean that the king of Chu wants to use Confucianism as the standard for employing people?"

Xun Yu comforted, "Don't say that."

Ma Liang pointed to the other people who were still waiting outside the hall and said, "It's obvious."

As Cao Cao's foreign courtier, Xun Yu naturally had a hard time being a human being. He not only wanted to prevent his mouth from talking nonsense, but also couldn't participate in anyone's affairs, so he comforted him: "This edict is a virtuous one, and people's eyes are too good." They are all staring, and must not be taught. Remember: if you are doing, don’t say that; if you can say it, you may not do it!”

It was only an hour, and a voice came from the publicity room: "Send Kong Rong out of the palace—"

Xun Yu smiled, and then said to Ma Liang, "No, it's almost time!"

Then, the announcement sounded again in the propaganda room: "Chu King Xuan Xian Liang Pang Tong—"

Xun Yu and Ma Liang stood outside the hall, watching Pang Tong and Kong Rong enter and exit.

Ma Liang sighed: "Joining the army, do you feel that the king of Chu has much more courage than you and me?"

Xun Yu smiled and said, "No, you and I will soon be unable to teach him."

Ma Liang said: "It's unimaginable to be only 25 years old."

Xun Yu said in a low voice: "Since ancient times, when a hero came out of a young age, he led thousands of soldiers to conquer Wancheng and controlled the entire county. Thousands of soldiers conquered Jingzhou. Tens of thousands of soldiers were able to defeat Cao Cao and Yuan Shao and become the world's leader. The number one prince is really hard for people to figure out!"

Xun Yu shook his head, walked into the hall, and inquired about the conversation inside.

Xun Yu heard Nie Zefeng's laughter coming from the hall: "...Do you think what this king is doing is right?"

Pang Tong hurriedly bowed and said: "Yes, yes, the king of Chu did the right thing!"

Nie Zefeng asked suspiciously: "Really, how can you blindly tolerate, do nothing, and follow the old pattern? Isn't such remarks messing up the state affairs? Don't you think so?"

Pang Tong said flatteringly: "Yes, yes, the king of Chu is wise."

At this time, Xun Yu had already entered the hall, and Nie Zefeng saw Xun Yu walking over.

Nie Zefeng pointed to Xun Yu and said, "Join the army, this king should stop here!"

After hearing the King Chu's order to drive away guests, Pang Tong bowed quickly and was led out by the palace servants.

After Pang Tong stepped out of the hall, Xun Yu asked, "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Nie Zefeng turned his head away and sighed, "The knowledge of the three is incomparable."

Xun Yu analyzed: "That is, Zhuge Liang can be the kind of person who can strategize and fight decisively thousands of miles away."

Nie Zefeng replied: "For Zhuge Liang, if you listen to his ideas, people may not use them!"

Xun Yu was taken aback.

But Nie Zefeng immediately began to hesitate and said: "The court can't deal with such an arrogant guy!"

Xun Yu explained: "Since Your Majesty is a meritocracy, don't be afraid..."

Nie Zefeng, who reacted very quickly: "You can use it. Although Shaolei's tax policy is good and there is a lot of money in the treasury, the money is still enough. We need more money, but I will give it to the world. People say that I will never raise taxes, so taxation is really a problem now. Since Jia Xu has a military general who has become the general staff of the three armies, the military general, the tax collector, has been idle, so let’s appoint him As a military division general, tax me!"

Nie Zefeng laughed, because he thought that he would win the battle again, and then he would be better than Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.A monarch greater than Genghis Khan.

Xun Yu laughed and praised: "Your Majesty's chess strength has grown again!"

Nie Zefeng said again: "Kong Rong is a talented person. He stayed with me as a doctor. He took care of everything and let him do everything. As for Pang Tong, let him be a gentleman. He is knowledgeable, can correct articles, and is obedient. Instead If you have the ability to be disobedient, this king would rather use an obedient one! If, if appropriate, I want him to give Wei Yan or Huang Zhong, these two old boys can be paired with a military advisor!"

Xun Yu asked tentatively: "The rest of the virtuous... there are still many talents."

Nie Zefeng then looked back and said with a sigh of relief: "Isn't there a bus department? Let's store it there first, and hire it at any time according to the situation. However, among the virtuous, those who advocate doing nothing, follow the old ways, or mess up the state affairs with sloppy words , return all of them, and don’t use them at all, so as not to misuse the country.”

Xun Yu asked suspiciously: "Your Majesty really wants to use Confucianism as the standard for employing people?"

Nie Zefeng looked at Xun Yu, and then said: "Study is good, use his knowledge! Talent is good, use his ability! This is the standard!"

History deliberately arranged this meeting between Zhuge Liang and Nie Zefeng.Perhaps, Nie Zefeng never imagined that this "Three Strategies of the King's Way" which was in line with some of his personal tastes would become the herald of "abandoning all schools of thought and respecting Confucianism", thus making Confucianism the only recognized doctrine in ancient China - the state religion, so that Affected the history of China for more than 2000 years after him..."

But at this time, it was the Public Transport Department that was the busiest, because there was an unimaginable effect among them.

The courtyard is crowded with virtuous people from all over the world.

Walking on the street, you can hear the sound of drum music from afar.

The crowd stirred eagerly.The door thumped open.

The guards of honor of the court came in, followed by the court officials who passed the imperial edict.

The officials chanted: "The imperial decree arrives—"

All the virtuous and virtuous are waiting to stand respectfully.

The official who entered the door announced loudly: "The virtuous Zhuge Liang"

Zhuge Liang hurriedly walked out from the crowd, bowed and saluted, "Student here---"

The officials continued to advocate: "The virtuous Pang Tong--"

Pang Tong also squeezed out from the crowd, knelt down and said loudly: "The student is here, here---"

"The virtuous Kong Rong--"

Kong Rong walked out from the crowd: "The students are here!"

The officials recited aloud: "The three virtuous men received the edict--"

The three of them knelt down together.

And the Confucian scholars who didn't hear the voice of shouting were all whispering and discussing.

The officials supervised: "The edict said: This king issued an edict to select virtuous, upright, upright and extremely admonishing people to enrich the court, so as to realize the supreme rule of the three generations. After the palace examination, the virtuous Zhuge Liang was first recruited as a military adviser and general, in charge of taxes, and Mr. Pang Tong was the staff of the king of Chu. , Mr. Kong Rong is a doctor of Chinese medicine. I respect you..."

After the reading was finished, everyone burst into admiration.

"The virtuous Mr. Pang Tongwei—"

Everyone praised again.

"The virtuous Kong Rong became a Chinese doctor---"

There was another burst of admiration.

"Military Adviser General, this is the most valuable position, this is the position before the general army!"

After the three listened, they thanked each other: "Thank you, King Chu Long En."

The official continued to congratulate: "The three officials will report to the yamen where they work within three days."

Officials and guards of honor were withdrawn.

Zhuge Liang was obviously disappointed, because he originally wanted to replace Jia Xu as the first adviser, or the general army, not a small tax collector.

Pang Tong respectfully responded to the congratulations from all around.

Kong Rong said to Zhuge Liang in surprise: "The king of Chu praised Mr. Zhuge's theory to me extremely, but why did he just appoint him as a simple sergeant general?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "The king of Chu may like to eat eggs, but why should he care which hen gave birth to them? The king of Chu is the king of Chu."

It was at this time that Cao Jie began to be concerned with the government and the situation in the world.

At the feet of Princess Cao Jie, there are many noble relatives.

On this day, Nie Zefeng was in the booth watching the newspapers from all over the world.

The guard came over: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother would like to invite your Majesty to go, and she said that there are some agendas for the wedding ceremony that you need to discuss with your Majesty!"

After Nie Zefeng listened to the report, he asked Xun Yu, "I have thought about it for a while. Should I invite Mr. Ma Liang, my king, to preside over the establishment of the Imperial Academy?"

Xun Yu replied suspiciously: "I have followed the king of Chu's intention. Ma Liangchen has proposed to be appointed as Lang Zhongling. Your Majesty, please see that this is a vacancy for some important positions in the court. I have drawn up a filling list. People are talents that must be used, please consider it, Your Majesty!"

Nie Zefeng looked at it, and then said calmly: "Well, they are all famous Confucians."

Xun Yu persuaded, "Since Your Majesty has established the standards for employing people, you need to have no doubts about employing people."

Nie Zefeng stretched out his hand to hold the report that Xun Yu handed over, then took the report that was submitted, and replied, "Yes."

And on this day, Cao Jie invited Nie Zefeng to the harem for a gathering. Of course, Nie Zefeng didn't know how to respond to the princess who indirectly pushed himself to the post.

Nie Zefeng, who had just entered the palace of Princess Chu, clearly saw Jia Xuhou standing in front of Princess Cao Jie.The concubine Cao Jie came in and joked: "...Oh, the king of Chu is so cooperative, so it can be seen that he is satisfied with my arrangement." Jia Xu interjected: "The king of Chu ordered to join the army, and made it clear that all arrangements are according to the princess's liking. "

Concubine Cao Jie said a little angrily, "But someone told me that the King of Chu is more interested in his New Deal than in the wedding ceremony?"

Jia Xu hurriedly adjusted from the side: "The king of Chu naturally regards government affairs as more important."

Concubine Cao Jie further said: "The wedding ceremony of King Chu is not government affairs? If the wedding ceremony is not government affairs, where is my princess? The Jiangdong envoys have been in Yecheng for a month, and they haven't seen the king yet. affairs of state!"

Jia Xu was speechless: "..."

Concubine Cao Jie finally said: "Forget it, Your Majesty, forming an alliance with Jiangdong is really beneficial to the diplomatic relations between our two countries. Jia Xu, arrange for me to go immediately."

After hearing the princess' order, Jia Xu kowtowed and left.

Princess Cao Jie looks very bad.

Princess Cao Jie murmured: "I am now Princess Chu, although I am not a virtuous concubine, but I am also the lord of the six palaces."

At this time, Jiangdong is in full swing. Although Sun Ce is extremely brave, Jiangdong is full of vertical warlords. Jingzhou Chen Zhen secretly supports Liu Yao, Yan Baihu and others according to Nie Zefeng's intention. In this way, with the support of Jingzhou, Liu Yao and Yan Baihu gradually formed an alliance, and formed a tug-of-war with Sun Ce's army. Jiangdong has always been in flames of war. Sun Ce has always wanted to use the alliance to completely cut off the support of Liu Yao and Yan Baihu. The entire Jiangdong.

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