The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 120
Even though Cai Yongshi was favored by Han, it is impossible for him to serve as an official under Guo Jia out of loyalty to the emperor, but he is also a generation of great Confucianism, and he understands right and wrong. Guo Jia launched the imperial examination system to obtain scholars, from a macro perspective , It is beneficial to the country and the nation, so Cai Yong can oppose Guo Jia's usurping actions, but he will not oppose Guo Jia's policies that are beneficial to the country.

Sometimes Guo Jia also thought this old man was very cute, he could love and hate clearly, Cai Yong could hate Guo Jia for being a traitor in the Han Dynasty, but he also loved Guo Jia's talent, watching Guo Jia do a good deed for the scholars of the world Cai Yong is well aware of the darkness and filth behind Xiaolian, the imperial examination can make the world no matter how high or low, rich or poor, no matter how high or low, scholars have the opportunity to serve the country. It should be monopolized by privileges, and a clear and open officialdom atmosphere should be formed by gathering talented people from all over the world.

Because of this, Cai Yongcai was filled with righteous indignation at Xi Zhicai's prejudice against Zhang Song. He could not tolerate a policy that was beneficial to the country from the very beginning marked with fighting for power and eradicating dissidents.

After listening to Guo Jia's explanation, Cai Yong also suddenly realized that he only knew that Zhang Song was a Yizhou scholar, but he didn't know what Zhang Song's family had done. It doesn't make sense, if Guo Jia is here, Yizhou can still be stable. If Guo Jia is not there, unless a hero is born, Yizhou will be in dire straits, and the people will suffer in the end.

"Cai Gong, I will handle Zhang Song's affairs properly. I don't need him to serve me loyally. One day, I will have countless life-and-death battles with the princes. If I am defeated, I don't want to follow my lead." Civil and military also ended up with an unsatisfactory end. They can do their best for the common people in the world, and they can contribute to the common people. It is the same to work under my subordinates and under the subordinates of other princes. Zhang Song, as long as he works peacefully and cares about the common people. , I will not deliberately exclude him, my principle of employing people is very simple, appoint people on their own merits, Zhang Song can secretly hate me, and even assassinate me alone, as long as you don't incite the people to follow him on the road of no return, don't put him down Personal grievances involve the people, I still dare to use him, but if he does something to harm the people, Zhang Su's fate is just a warning."

These words sound extremely hypocritical, does Guo Jia really not care about the loyalty of his subordinates?He cares, but he can't force it. If he can only appoint people who are completely loyal to him as officials, then more than half of the [-] counties under his rule may have no one available. Guo Jia is very concerned about his current status and identity. It is very clear to him that tactics and military tactics are not important to him. The most important thing is to know people well and manage well. As a monarch, he must not be low-minded first. He could tolerate Liu Biao, who gave him a disastrous defeat when he was at his best, but if he couldn't tolerate a sincerely devoted Zhang Song, would he still have the qualifications to compete in the Central Plains with Cao Cao, a famous hero who recruited and betrayed?
In troubled times, times create heroes, and many little-known heroes are struggling to find their masters to serve them. For them, it doesn’t make much difference who they serve, as long as they can show their strengths and stand out from others. Only a few people insist on ideals and self-righteous justice. Guo Jia recruits talents, accepts their talents first, and then accepts their hearts. He dare not boast that Haikou can make everyone belong to him. However, as long as you come and are willing to use your talents to benefit the people, Guo Jia will definitely welcome you. As for loyalty, it will be popular over time. Whether Guo Jia is worth following is a matter of opinion.

During the Three Kingdoms period, there were many surrendered generals, and there were also many surrendered generals who left a reputation for loyalty and righteousness. At this time, most of the people had not starved to death. Did he die with him?He didn't think so, leaving aside the monarch and ministers, many of his subordinates were his brothers who shared weal and woe through life and death, and if there was a day when they would have a good end, Guo Jia Jiuquan would feel gratified.

Putting down Zhang Song's matter for now, since Guo Jia said that he would deal with it properly, he would not be perfunctory. Cai Yong got up and wanted to leave, but Guo Jia asked, "Cai Gong, are you still editing history books recently?"

When Cai Yong heard this, he said in a distraught voice, "It's been shelved since two years ago, it's not a good thing you did."

At that time, Cai Yan was imprisoned, and Cai Yong and his wife didn't know about the day after they were stolen. Cai Yong didn't think about eating and drinking, and the business was delayed.

Guo Jia laughed twice, and then said: "If Mr. Cai is free, you might as well sit down first. I have something I want to ask Mr. Cai for help."

The official couple were strangers who couldn't get along with each other. Cai Yong thought it was about his daughter's marriage, so he sat down and listened attentively.

After thinking about the words, Guo Jia hesitated for a while, and said: "I plan to build a school of hundreds of schools in the spring of next year. If Mr. Cai doesn't mind it, I will take the liberty of asking you to come and teach."

When Cai Yong heard this, his gray brows knit together, Baijia School?Cai Yong's face gradually became gloomy. The great Han dethroned hundreds of schools and only respected Confucianism. Guo Jia was going too far. The rebellion was to overthrow the rule of the Han Dynasty. Now even the ruling ideology of the Han Dynasty is about to be rebelled.

"The old man only understands Confucianism, nothing else."

Facing Cai Yong's angry face like a child, Guo Jia held back his smile and said gently: "There are Confucianism in schools of all schools. I invite Mr. Cai to teach Confucianism."

Being open-minded does not mean negating Confucianism. The root of China's state of etiquette is also the influence of Confucianism. In terms of morality, Confucianism advocates benevolent governance, which can not be ignored in alleviating social class conflicts and adjusting interpersonal relationships.

But respecting Confucianism alone is not the way to strengthen a country. Guo Jia will promote Confucianism, but he will also use the Mohist idea of ​​appointing talents to recruit talents. Based on this idea, it is obvious that the military thinking of military strategists is more practical in training and running the army, which is consistent with Guo Jia's idea that he has always attached more importance to generals who are wise and brave.

As for agriculture-based farmers, vertical and horizontal strategists, and miscellaneous scholars who promote academic integration, etc., Guo Jia always believes that it is necessary to cultivate talents and specialize in skills. The way to become talented is not to follow the path of sages, but to combine oneself Develop your strengths and learn something.

Although it sounds like there are many schools of thought, there are actually no more than ten schools that can really form the mainstream. It is very important for the cultivation of subsequent talents to reproduce the situation of contending among a hundred schools of thought.

Cai Yong's expression changed, he sighed after thinking for a while and said, "Guo Jia, are you really going to rebel so thoroughly?"

This is to uproot the big man.

Guo Jia narrowed his eyes with a smile, and said casually: "The more you argue, the clearer you are. Whether Confucianism is good or not, it's not up to Mr. Cai, nor to me. There is a reason for existence, and all schools of thought have their own strengths. , remove the dross and save the essence, and learn from each other's strengths to make up for its weaknesses. The so-called tolerance of all rivers is great. It can integrate the strengths of hundreds of schools, and it will be beneficial to the country and the people. Cai Gong, I don't force you. If you don't want to go, then Never mind."

Having talked to this point, Cai Yong really couldn't back down, raised his head and said solemnly: "Why don't I go? When the school is completed, I will go to teach myself from now on. No matter what, Confucianism is the way to govern the country."

Looking at the back of Cai Yong leaving, Guo Jia couldn't stop snickering. It seems that Cai Yong didn't serve as an official under him, but the influence he brought was no less than that of being effective.

Cai Yong, who returned home and had a sip of tea, was also enlightened. He spouted some tea and cursed in a low voice, making his wife confused.

After another half month, the examination papers were finally finished, and Xi Zhicai and others were also classified according to the performance on the papers. Nearly [-] scholars were selected from among them, leaving only Qin Mi, Zhang Song, and Peng Yi are qualified to enter Yizhou Prefecture as officials, and the others will be assigned to the local government.

Before officially sending the selected officials to the local area, Guo Jia had already learned about Zhang Song's situation from Xi Zhicai.

The Zhang family in Shu County has suffered heavy losses after Zhang Su failed to respond to Xu He's rebellion. Now it is Zhang Song who provoked the leader. Before the incident, the two brothers had a fierce conflict. The details are unknown, but it should be about whether they rebelled or not. And there are different opinions.

Guo Jia met Zhang Song in person, he was not good looking, even ugly, but his demeanor was like everyone else's, he was not surprised by honor or disgrace, he spoke and behaved gracefully, when facing Guo Jia he confessed that his brother's crime of rebellion was not the Zhang family's original intention.

Regarding Zhang Su's rebellion, there was already a conclusion and opinions on how to deal with it, and Guo Jia didn't want to bring up the old matter again, so he had a heart-to-heart talk with Zhang Song, regardless of the previous suspicions.

Just when it was snowing heavily in Chengdu, the first imperial examination in Yizhou came to an end, which was a solid step for Guo Jia's rule.

Now Guo Jia is in the General's Mansion in Chengdu. The power organization has two departments. The first is Yizhou Mansion, which is in charge of military and political affairs throughout Yizhou. The incumbents are headed by Xi Zhicai and Xu Shu. Yao, Qin Mi, Zhang Song, Peng Yi, Xiao Ren, Xiao Yi.Although this is true in name, in fact military decisions are made by Guo Jia himself, and because Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi are in charge of the personal guard army, in terms of positions, they are also in Yizhou Prefecture.

The second department is the Yushitai, which is held by Xiu Qi Zhiping and four people, who are in charge of supervision.

This is actually similar to the prime minister, Taiwei, and Yushi doctor who inherited the Qin system in the early Western Han Dynasty.

The prime minister is in charge of administration, the Taiwei is in charge of military affairs, and the censor is in charge of supervision. The powers are separated.

As for the later Sangong Jiuqing, most of them are not as good as foreign relatives or power ministers "recording the book affairs" to decide government affairs on behalf of the emperor. It is to streamline the official system, and on the other hand, because he only has a place as big as Yizhou, he will move out the system of three provinces and six ministries when there is a real opportunity in the future.

(End of this chapter)