warring states careerist

Chapter 163
The group of people who can learn calligraphy the fastest and can write the most in the Mohist family basically gather here to help copy.

For the final inspection, Liu Zhi muttered while copying there, obviously a little dissatisfied.

"The grass is so expensive, and those people have made money together with Wu Zhu, and they are about to be arrested to mine in Iron Mountain. Why waste these grass?"

He muttered in his mouth, but his hands didn't stop.

Shi listened to Liuzhi's muttering for a while, and then listened to other people's echoing mutterings. He couldn't help but shook his head, tapped the wood next to him with his hand, and said, "Let's stop for a moment."

The next door was sorting out the inappropriate jurisdiction of future laws and regulations. They just glanced this way curiously, and continued to be busy with their work.

Shi looked at the person on his side, walked up to Liuzhi and asked, "What are you talking about?"

The six-finger pair was respectful rather than fearful, thinking that he was right, and replied confidently: "I just think it's better to keep the grass and silk to teach people to learn calligraphy. Those people who made money together with Wu Zhu were about to be killed." of……"

He pointed to the cheap characters and numbers written on it and said: "They don't recognize these, and you are not going to let them be officials, so why do these things?"

Since everyone had stopped, they all heard Liu Zhi's words, and they didn't quite understand the matter.

After thinking for a while, he asked, "What do you think the clothes are for?"

Mozi's internal education level is not high, and Mozi often uses this metaphor to explain the truth. When everyone heard Shi suddenly asked a strange question, they knew that this was to explain the truth to everyone, and they all shouted He answered eagerly.

"Hide shame."

"Cool in summer and warm in winter."

"The princes and nobles are used to distinguish the noble from the humble."

"Sacrifice."

After explaining all the strange reasons, Shi smiled and said: "I once heard that there was such a person in the state of Chu. He was originally poor, but later became rich, so he bought a set of gorgeous silk clothes and used the most expensive silk clothes in the state of Qi. It was night when I took the carriage back to my hometown."

"But he didn't go home immediately, but waited outside the city gate all night, and came home at noon the next day. Someone was puzzled, and he said, 'Brocade clothes are walking at night, how can others know my wealth?' Here, the clothes are In order to show wealth and honor, it must be seen by others.”

Pointing to the half-transcribed papers, Shi said: "These grasses are like clothes. Selecting talented people is like covering up shame and keeping warm; and asking those who cannot be talented to answer is like showing the people behind the clothes." Wealthy."

"If Mohists are just asked to become officials directly without passing this assessment, wouldn't that be brocade clothes night walk? Brocade clothes can hide shame and keep warm, but they can also show wealth."

"The method of selecting talents is like Jin Yi. Naturally, we should do everything that Jin Yi can do."

"At the same time, I also hope that the world can see that there is such a way to select talents. As for those officials who were originally harmful, in the eyes of our Mohists, they are just ants lying on their fingers."

Stretch out your finger, crush it lightly, stretch out your palm and say: "If you crush it lightly, you will die. But before they are crushed to death, they can also do things that benefit the world. They may not be willing to do it, but we can Let them cooperate."

Six fingers scratched his head and said: "But what if all the princes and princes of the world use this method of selecting talents? They don't use the righteousness of the Mohist school, but use this method of selecting talents, isn't it more difficult to benefit the world?"

Shi shook his head, thinking that if the king wants to use this method, he must first ask the nobles, concubines, Dazong, and Xiaozong if they agree, or at least get rid of them first.

Those wanderers in the world, if they know this method, will definitely hope that all princes and princes will use this method.It's a pity that if the prince wants to use it, he must first weaken the nobles. Once this method of selecting talents is introduced, the wanderers are afraid that they will die with the nobles.

It was inconvenient to say some dark words at this time, so he smiled and did not answer, and answered some doubts of everyone, then returned to his seat and continued to check the papers.

…………

Three days later, it was a sunny day.

It was another day after the spring plowing of the planting method. A large number of people in the city gathered to watch the excitement. The righteous teacher separated the crowd with ropes to maintain order and not allow the crowd to make noise.

The layout of the examination room is very characteristic of the interlacing of the times.

Mozhe and some people in Pei County are used to tables and chairs, so there are some tables and chairs in the examination room.

Some stick to the old rules and are not used to tables and chairs, so there are small desks on the floor, and some cattail mats are placed on the floor.

However, things like paper, brush, and charcoal are all the same, and they don't care about other people.

Because this is not an absolutely fair assessment, and the tables, chairs and desks are just symbols of fairness.

Mo Zhe selected more than 20 people to enter one by one.

Most of those who were going to take this opportunity to let the Mohists admit that they are talents, but would have to force the Mohist to beg them before they would come out to do things, were also present.

Mo Chengzi stood behind Shi, holding a piece of paper, muttering some lists in a low voice, and next to him was a new local artisan in Pei County who was identifying them one by one.

The people on the list are those who need to be arrested, fined and confiscated, and ready to be sent to work in the mines in collusion with Wu Zhu.

Shi felt that what Mo Zhe did was really kind, Ximen Bao directly threw these petty officials into the Zhang River and drowned. Mo Zhe lacked manpower, so he was really reluctant to let them die.

Those little officials who wanted to embarrass the "reasonable" Mohists followed their old habits and knelt on the rushes. After the surroundings became quiet, the papers were distributed.

Shi Zai flexed his fingers, calculating how long it would take for the sensation and dissatisfaction to appear.

After bending three times, someone stood up and asked angrily.

"We don't know the words on it!"

When he said this, the other small officials also stood up one after another, quite dissatisfied, and shouted: "Is this how Mohist selects talents?"

Shi didn't look at them, but said to the people who were watching the fun outside: "You say, you can't even read the words, can this be considered a talent?"

The people who watched the excitement laughed and said it was not a big deal, anyway, watching the excitement is not a big deal.

Today is just for propaganda, and I don't care about those petty officials at all, so it is also aimed at the public.

A former small official said angrily: "We can read, but we can't read the words on it!"

Shi laughed, pointed to the words written on the food shop in the distance, and asked the people around him, "Do you know the word on the top?"

The food shop has been in Peiyi for a long time, and the words written on it are related to eating. The people may not know how to write them, but they naturally recognize them after hearing and seeing them, and they all shouted: "That's a cake!"

Shi said with sarcasm: "Look, you all know the characters, but they don't. How can you be considered a talented person? I see, you are all more talented than them. When the time comes, you can also recognize more characters." Come to participate, as long as you know how to read, you can participate in the selection of talents, and the best ones will be selected for office."

"Our Mohists say that officials are actually just like carpenters and farmers. They earn money to support themselves. If you think about it, if you become an official, your annual salary will always be higher than that of a carpenter. If you choose, you will definitely be willing to be an official."

"I don't think you can do it anymore, but your sons and daughters can do it. It is said that the son inherits the father's business, but I think it may not be so in Peixian County in the future. I can't tell. You are a farmer, and your sons and daughters may become A talented person has become an official. Tell me, is it good to choose talents like this?"

This is very blatantly shouting words similar to Ning Youzhong. Such words are extremely provocative, especially when the patriarchal system is the rule of the world at this time, they are extremely demagogic.

The people who watched the excitement applauded, and the faces of the little officials became more and more ugly. Someone took the paper and walked to Shi's side and asked: "Although we don't know the words on it, we may not understand the truth above."

Shi asked casually: "One triangle, nineteen hooks, one hundred and eight strands, how about the string geometry?"

Some people still know the principle of hooking three shares and four shares, but not many people know the hidden secret of adding squares.

The little official was stunned for a moment, then asked: "Could it be that the title above is like this?"

Shi shook his head and said: "No, the above is about the geometry of the three-strand four-string?"

The little official said angrily: "If we recognize the above question, we can answer it ourselves! If you tick three strands and four strings, the strings must be five! I also know that if you hook six strands, eight strings must be ten!"

He was quite proud of this, but he said helplessly in the face of the situation: "I know your ability, and I also know that since you ask nineteen hooks and one hundred eight strands, you must know the length of the string. But I don't believe the ones you sent. Humans can also figure it out! I'm afraid they may not be like me when it comes to number nine, but as long as I recognize the problem, I can compare it!"

"You mohists choose talents like this, how can you convince people that they are talents?"

Shi raised his face and asked, "Why don't you compare with me first?"

The little official's face twitched, and the rest of the angry people also restrained their arrogance. Knowing Shi's skills and those few excellent essays, how can they dare to compare with him?

Shi learned a bit of Mozi's proud appearance and said: "You are not as good as me, are you not convinced? I will say this, in terms of nine numbers, from Yan to Chu, from Qi to Qin, no one in the world is better than me. Yes faster."

In fact, he only learned half a point, but Mozi can talk to the world-renowned Confucian scholars that his knowledge is too high, and other people criticize his knowledge like hitting an egg with a stone...

Shi didn't have such an opportunity, so he could only brag a few words in front of the officials in Xiaoxiaopei County.

But these words can be considered imposing, those people bow their heads and are convinced, anyway, they can't compare.

After suppressing the arrogance of these people, he took out a book of Nine Chapters of Arithmetic written by himself, and said tremblingly: "My knowledge of Nine Numbers is all written on these grasses. You don't even know the words, but But those people can read and understand the knowledge above.”

"It's like, one adult is five feet tall, and the other child is five feet tall, but the child's parents are nine feet tall. Now you have to choose who will be taller in ten years, and you will choose that Adults? Or will you pick the kid?"

"Maybe they don't know the hook is nineteen and the strand is one hundred and eight, but they will know in the future. You know the hook three, four strings and five, and they know it too, but they still know how to read. So who is the talent?"

"There must be a comparison between talents. The same farmers can plant, but some people can produce three stones per mu, while others can only produce one stone per mu. If you choose Nongzheng, who should you choose?"

"Choose a virtuous person by choosing the best. You can't say that those who can grow everything are all virtuous talents in farming, right? A virtuous person is first of all a human being, and they are all ministers of heaven. They need to be more virtuous than others to be considered a virtuous person among people. "

Shi asked the people: "You said, is it right to choose talents this way?"

(End of this chapter)