As for the impact of Xunzi's efforts to cultivate talents, there must be some. In addition to squeezing the living space of other talents, Xunzi's influence will penetrate into various fields.
It can even lead to the authority of one person being less than ten thousand people. The ancients attached great importance to the inheritance of teachers and students. Even if it is just a pointer, it should be counted as half a teacher.
But Xunzi is only a person after all, and when everyone dies, the so-called authority will no longer exist.
As for the inheritance of ideas, what Xunzi mainly has to do is to filter and classify, so that different people can learn suitable things, not to let everyone directly worship Xunzi.
His energy is limited and it is impossible to teach everyone. Therefore, only a few people inherit Xunzi's thoughts, and Xunzi's Confucian family will not be allowed to dominate.
Moreover, Zhao Kuo felt that if nothing unexpected happened to him, he should be able to die behind Xunzi.
As for squeezing the living space of other talents, this aspect is not a problem, at least not for now.
As Zhao Kuo said, in addition to officials, Zhao State is short of talents in all aspects, such as doctors, craftsmen, farmers, mathematics, water conservancy, surveyors, etc.
Many fields can be said to be empty, or nothing at all.
Just like mathematics, one of the six arts of a gentleman is number, which is something that nobles must learn. But no matter how good they are, they are actually not good at it. Very few people specialize in this stuff.
There are also craftsmen. Most of the craftsmen in Zhao State are illiterate. They rely on experience and have not formed a complete system. They may be able to make breakthroughs in a short period of time relying on the direction set by Zhao Kuo, but if you want to get a Sustained development and innovation will definitely not work if the basic things are not laid down well.
Most of the craftsmen in history came from poor people, but all the inventors who innovated on the path of their predecessors came from aristocratic families.
Those craftsmen who are illiterate may be very good at making certain things, but their future is fundamentally broken. Time can only bring experience, not innovation.
The Mohist family and the Gongshu family were slightly better off, and their direct descendants were basically literate, but their numbers were too small.
It is difficult for Zhao Guo to change this situation. Even if we start training now, it will be difficult to tell in the future, because you don’t know who is a talent and who is a mediocre person, and it is not written on everyone’s face. It cannot be seen from the surface. of.
It's all a matter of probability. If you encounter it, it's your luck. If you don't encounter it, there's nothing you can do about it.
The significance of Xunzi is that he can pick out geniuses from the crowd without having to gamble on luck. Even if there are mistakes, he will still be inseparable. At the same time, he can also rely on talent to see what these people are good at and cultivate what Zhao needs. Talent.
"The talent of the minister is actually based on the cognition of the minister. In other words, the minister can only screen out the talents in the field that the minister understands. If the minister does not understand the field, he will not be able to find the talents he needs." Xunzi explained helplessly. road.
He originally wanted to hide forever and recruit more disciples in his later years and write books and establish his doctrine. But now that Yu Xin has exposed him, he can no longer hide.
"All talents are essentially based on the owner himself." Yu Xin handed over his hand and said. The essence of talent is the sublimation of people's knowledge, experience, and spirit. If you don't understand something, you will definitely still not understand it if you have talent. "Your Majesty, this is actually The influence is not big, because Xunzi knows a lot."
Confucianism itself is very complex, and Xunzi's learning is even more complex. Although he only knows the theory of some things and has not practiced them, this is enough, and there is no need for him to do it himself.
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Zhao Kuo looked at Xunzi with a smile.
At this point, Xunzi also knew that he could not shirk as before, unless he wanted to leave Zhao.
But Zhao Kuo treated him very kindly. Although he did not govern the country according to his ideas, he still gave him enough respect. He also appointed him as the priest of Handan Academy and took charge of the country's education.
In addition, he is a native of Zhao, and in the past he had no choice but to leave his hometown.
If given a choice, who would want to be homeless?
"If I keep hiding it, maybe I won't be willing to do it." Xunzi sighed in his heart and bowed, "I wonder what kind of talents the king needs, and how many people are needed?"
"The more top talents related to mathematics, the better." Zhao Kuo said that mathematics is the foundation of all engineering subjects. Whether it is water conservancy, road construction, bridge construction, or shipbuilding, they all need the support of mathematics.
If Zhao Guo wants to build a bridge across a river or a relatively difficult official road, he must have the support of mathematicians, and he must be a top-notch mathematician. The ordinary ones are useless.
"Other talents are also needed, especially craftsmen of various types. Three hundred and five hundred is not too little, and one thousand and two thousand is not too much."
Even if Xunzi can really find so many talents, he must cultivate them first. Although talent will bring huge advantages, it does not explain everything. It mainly depends on the future.
"This... number of people may be a bit large." Xunzi said in embarrassment. Even if he did not rely on talent, he could judge a person's qualifications. However, if he really wants to determine the direction suitable for training in the future, he must activate his talent. Do it.
If his talent is turned on for a long time, the pressure on him will be very great.
"It doesn't matter if it's less, Xun Qing just does his best." Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said.
"I understand," Xunzi said, cupping his hands.
"By the way, how many sets of retired equipment do we still have in the army?" Zhao Kuo finally thought of what he was here to do.
"Your Majesty, I still have more than 10,000 to less than 20,000 pieces of leather armor, and about 50,000 spears and spears. Although the shafts of the spears and spears are broken, the heads of the spears and spears are good. Just change the shaft. Use it," Le Yi said.
As for iron armor, it is a good thing in any country. Unless the damage is irreparable, Zhao State is not luxurious enough to withdraw the iron armor.
However, according to Zhao's current rate of iron smelting, it won't be long before those old iron armors and bronze armors can be replaced with new standard iron armors.
"Pick 5,000 pairs of relatively complete leather armors, 5,000 spears, and 5,000 lances, and ask Yuan Hua to send them to Yue." Zhao Kuo said.
"Your Majesty, what happened?" Wei Wuji asked.
"This is the news that just came from Chu State." Zhao Kuo handed the information he had just received to Wei Wuji.
It records the changes during this period of King Chu's death, including sending Huang Xie to Jiangdong to reclaim farmland and build a glaze workshop. Then he cleaned up the harem with the help of the concubine, and the emperor Xijun who bribed the harem guards was executed by the three clans. , the two feudal lords were implicated and deprived of their fiefdoms.
A few days later, the two implicated princes seemed to be unwilling to do so and actually sent people to ambush King Chu Wan on the road outside the city. The city defense army was late in rescuing him, causing King Chu Wan to be injured.
King Chu was furious and withdrew all the city defense troops and replaced them with the new army that had just been formed.
From then on, Chen Ying was completely controlled by King Chu.
