Your Majesty, three great sages have come to the Recruiting Hall. "As soon as Zhao Kuo sent Cai Ze off, someone came to report him immediately.
"Three great sages?" Zhao Kuo suddenly raised his voice. It had been so long since the recruitment order had been sent out, but Cai Ze was the only one who could really be considered a great sage, and now there were three of them!
That’s okay!
Then Zhao Kuo was a little suspicious. With the level of the old man sitting in the recruitment hall, he probably couldn't tell whether the person coming was a great person. Maybe he was frightened.
"Who is at the recruitment hall today?" Zhao Kuo asked.
"King Lieutenant."
Now Zhao Kuo couldn't sit still, so he got up and walked to the recruitment hall. Even Xu Li admitted that the great sage must be a proper sage.
A few days ago, Xu Li finally arrived in Handan with his farm disciples, including Chen Xin, who was over eighty years old.
Chen Xin once studied under Confucianism, and later followed his brother Chen Liang from Chu to Teng. He abandoned Confucian views and worshiped Xu Xing as his teacher, becoming Xu Xing's personal disciple.
Then Mencius found Xu Xing and started a century-old battle between farmers and Confucianists. In the end, no one could convince anyone.
In addition to Chen Xin, there is also Chen Heng, the son of Prime Minister Chen, who is also over seventy years old.
Chen Xiang is a disciple of Chen Liang.
Xu Xing's grandson Xu Qingtian and his family also came.
Xu Li even found a lineage of the Tiancang family in Luoyang. It is said that they are descendants of Cangjie and are also proficient in farming.
However, they are purely engaged in research and farming and are not farmers.
Farmers are not farmers.
Farmers have their own school of thought, which is mainly about thinking, and secondarily about farming.
This is also the reason why farmers have not been able to develop.
There is no monarch who does not like food and the increase in land production. They are not fools. If the farmers really only studied how to cultivate the land and how to increase production, these monarchs would have made the farmers guests of honor long ago. How about Zhao Kuo's turn?
However, the farmers' idea of "the sage cultivates and eats with the people, and governs through eating" is seriously disliked by the rulers. Good guy, as a monarch of a country, I have to farm and cook with the farmers, and govern the country, so why should I be a monarch?
Wouldn't it be more fun to be a farmer?
Moreover, the farmers objected to the monarch setting up warehouses to store rice grains and to accumulate goods in the treasury. They believed that this would harm the people to support themselves, and they did not approve of the merchants exploiting them and raising prices.
How should I put it? The ideal of farmers is beautiful, but it is extremely unrealistic. It can only be said to be an illusion of Datong society.
But what Mencius said, "Those who work hard govern others, those who work hard govern others; those who govern others eat others, and those who govern others eat others" are more in line with social conditions.
Therefore, after the farmers arrived, Zhao Kuo directly assigned them a village and asked them to study farming. He also promised them that if the yield per mu could be increased by 50%, a city would be granted to the farmers, where they could freely realize their ideals.
If the yield per mu can be doubled, an entire county can be granted to farmers.
If it can be increased three times, a county can be granted to the farmer.
As for using peasant ideas to govern the country, don't even think about it. Zhao Kuo didn't want Zhao to perish.
Chen Xin was a little disappointed at first, but when he heard that farmers could own fiefdoms, he immediately became excited. He personally took everyone to the fields to farm before dawn every day, studying how to increase the yield per mu, and even forgot to practice the farmer's ideology.
Two people came from the Tiancang family, named Cangji and Cangsu. They were two brothers. Zhao Kuo also gave them the greatest respect and granted them a village to farm separately from the farmers.
"Your Majesty, this is Daliang Kong Bin, this is Jimo Kongchuan, and this is Linzi Lu Zhonglian. They are all great sages." Seeing Zhao Kuo arriving, Xu Li pointed to the three old men next to him and introduced them one by one. .
After Kong Bin saw the recruitment order, he did not come directly from Daliang to Handan. Instead, he went to Qi State to meet his clan brother Kong Chuan, and then came to Zhao State with Kong Chuan. That's why it took so long.
Kong Chuan was the man who failed in an argument with Gongsun Long.
Like Kong Bin, he is the sixth descendant of Confucius.
Although one of them lives in Wei and the other in Qi, they often exchange letters.
As for Lu Zhonglian, he didn't know them personally. He just happened to meet them at the recruitment hall.
"Greetings to the king." Kong Bin said with cupped hands, "I had heard about the king in Daliang. I thought that the king was only proficient in military affairs. It was only when I arrived in Handan that I discovered how happy the people of Zhao are. As long as they have hands and feet, they can get everything. The king also ordered officials to help the people farm, lend seeds to the people without any interest, and provide the people with plows and other farm tools. This is the benevolence and righteousness mentioned by the ancestor Confucius. I am willing to follow the king and follow the example of dogs and horses. labor."
After finishing speaking, Kong Bin leaned over and continued to write.
"Me too." Kong Chuan said immediately.
The main purpose of his coming to Handan was not to recruit talents, but because of Handan Academy. Jixia has fallen, Qi has lost its glory, and Qi Confucianism has also gone downhill.
Handan College is the new frontier of Confucianism.
Moreover, Kong Chuan heard that Xunzi was highly regarded by Zhao Kuo and was likely to serve as a sacrificial wine minister in the academy. He must prevent this from happening.
Heretical ideas must not be allowed to flourish in Zhao State.
Zhao Kuo helped Kong Bin and Kong Chuan up and looked at Lu Zhonglian.
"I am also willing to join the Kingdom of Zhao." Lu Zhonglian hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.
He originally came to the State of Zhao just for the collection of the library. He planned to work as a minor official and get household registration. Unexpectedly, Zhao Kuo was attracted to him all of a sudden. Now he couldn't refuse.
Moreover, in the conversation with Xu Li just now, he had exposed his talent and knowledge, and he couldn't hide it even if he wanted to.
Thinking of that guy Xu Li, Lu Zhonglian was so angry that his teeth itched. If the other party hadn't been tricking him, he wouldn't have been exposed.
"Li Si pays homage to the king." At this time, a young man standing next to him stood up, walked to Zhao Kuo and bowed down.
Li Si did not show off like Cai Ze. He rushed from Shangcai to Taojun, and then came to Handan through Taojun's recruitment hall without encountering any accidents.
There are bandits who dare to rob ordinary bicycle frames, but absolutely no bandits dare to rob bicycle frames with the national flag of Zhao.
Zhao Kuo's face was calm, without any excitement, not because Li Si's name was not famous enough, but because he had met nine Li Si these days, and none of them was the Li Si in history.
"I wonder where the young master is from?" Zhao Kuo asked, cupping his hands.
"I am from Shangcai, State of Chu." Li Si said.
Now Zhao Kuo can be sure that the Li Si in front of him is most likely the Li Si in history.
However, the current Li Si is obviously not perfect yet. Not to mention compared with the prime minister of Qin in history, there is a huge gap between him and Han Fei.
Although Han Fei has not yet become a disciple of Xunzi, as a member of the Korean royal family, he has received the best education in the world since he was a child.
Although Li Si relied on his father's kindness to become a minor official, it was impossible for him to receive a good education. He was barely literate and was already better than most people.
What is an official? Only those who are not even considered officials are called officials.
Zhao Kuo invited the four people to the palace, held a banquet in honor of them, and then asked Kong Bin to be responsible for providing work for relief, Lu Zhonglian and Lin Xiangru were responsible for summer farming together, and Kong Chuan and Yu Xin were responsible for handling government affairs.
As for Li Si, Zhao Kuo could only leave it to Lin Xiangru to take him first, and then hand it over to Xunzi after Xunzi came back. After all, Xunzi was the most suitable teacher for Li Si.
Li Si still has a long way to go in the future.
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