For a long time, Xia State has not been very effective in attracting talents.
In today's world, after all, Confucianism is respected.
Scholars naturally could not accept Xia Guo's apostasy. Even if you don't regard them as enemies, you will never surrender to them.
The existing talents are either displaced and uncertain about life and death; or they are unrecognized and depressed.
In short, anyone who is a little more nourished in the Ming Dynasty is unlikely to defect to the Xia Kingdom.
Nowadays, many of the talents at all levels in the Xia Kingdom were actually cultivated by the Xia Kingdom independently.
Either they come from countries outside the region, such as North Korea, Portugal, the Netherlands, or even indigenous people from various places.
But it has to be said that a cruel fact is that in many cases talents cannot be obtained through training alone.
Those who have shone brightly in history must have something extraordinary that cannot be compared with ordinary people.
Although among the tens of thousands of creatures on the land of China, there must be some hidden gems. But if you want to discover and cultivate talents, the probability is too low.
Therefore, among the talents cultivated by the Xia Kingdom over the years, the most talents were in the fields of science and engineering that Ming Dynasty did not attach much importance to.
Even for these talents, apart from Zuo Mengeng's cheating guidance, it is actually difficult to define how good they are.
As for the administrative field, the differences are even more obvious.
Taking several members of the cabinet as an example, Chen Zhi, Wang Yun, and Jiang Wei, who were born in grassland, are obviously inferior to famous officials such as Hou Xun, Li Banghua, Huang Daozhou, and Qu Shi? in terms of ability and overall view.
On the contrary, in the military, this phenomenon is slightly better.
After all, the military field is Zuo Mengeng's specialty, and he has always paid great attention to the construction of the army.
In addition, the war is extremely cruel, and although it is more difficult to cultivate talents in the great waves, those who can survive must be the elite.
As for the field of national construction, Zuo Menggeng has a headache, but he has no good solution. He can only continue to increase investment in education.
He didn't know exactly when it would bear fruit.
What was unexpected was that this debate turned out to be unintentional.
Liu Zongzhou's explanation of the essence of Tao and art completely revealed the essence of traditional Confucianism's emphasis on superiority and emptiness. He suddenly overwhelmed traditional Confucian scholars such as Zhang Pu and gained absolute dominance in the ideological field.
Later, Zuo Menggeng’s summary of Eastern philosophy helped countless people find ways to look at the essence of things.
These two things have had a huge impact on today's ideological trends.
It can be said that from this moment on, the development of Chinese thought began to embark on a new path and direction.
Countless people were shocked to find that the Xia Kingdom, which was regarded as rebellious by the traditional dynasty and regarded as evil by the literary circles, was actually unique and far ahead of the times.
The height of thought developed by Xia Guo has already made the world admire him.
This discovery inevitably changed the minds of many people.
They took the first step and chose to approach Xia Kingdom, hoping to learn more.
And this approach is tantamount to opening the door for Xia State to absorb talents.
The talents who defected to the Xia Kingdom include both famous and respected scholars as well as young and powerful rising stars. Whether it is civil arts, martial arts, or moral science, teaching and research, the quantity and quality are very abundant.
This greatly relieved Xia Guo's employment pressure.
It can be clearly felt that the government affairs from top to bottom are smooth, and the efficiency of the country's operation has been greatly improved.
With this personal experience, everyone is full of confidence in their ambition to dominate the world.
At the end of August, the first banknote manufacturing factory was officially established in the eastern suburbs of Jinan.
This is a special factory.
There is no contact with the outside world, no commercial activities, and everyone working inside is strictly confidential.
A full regiment of troops was stationed outside the factory for protection, and not even a fly could fly in.
The workers inside were not from the Xia Kingdom. Although the banknotes produced could serve the whole country, the conditions of the workers were miserable.
Because these people are all prisoners of war.
There were captured Koreans, Japanese, indigenous people on Taiwan Island, Spaniards, and Luzon indigenous people.
There are also Jurchens.
After years of war, the Xia army captured hundreds of thousands of prisoners.
Of course, these people cannot be killed at once. That would be too unreasonable and inconsistent with Xia Guo's purpose.
Just keeping them in captivity will not work either.
Even feeding these people the worst food and wearing the worst clothes is a huge expense.
So Zuo Mengeng sacrificed the magic weapon for future generations.
labour reform.
These captives, who did not enjoy power, were taken to various places to engage in the heaviest and most dangerous jobs, effectively contributing to the development of the Xia Kingdom.
Of course, the casualties were also quite heavy.
However, Xia Guo was not just exploiting, he also made a promise.
As long as you work under such labor for five years and do not die accidentally, you can regain your freedom.
Under this hope, all the prisoners had no complaints or hatred. While working hard, I silently counted the days.
Everyone else in the prisoner-of-war camp was envious when they saw other prisoners happily leaving after receiving a certain amount of wages.
The prisoners who were sent to the mint also had the same idea.
It's a pity that they don't know that they are different from ordinary prisoners.
They will never get a chance to be released in this lifetime.
Even if the status of prisoners of war is removed in the future, they must still live under supervision.
This is due to the importance of currency.
The situation inside and outside made everyone understand that Xia's unification of the world was not far away.
Under such circumstances, Xia Guo held an unprecedented strategic meeting.
Those attending the meeting included not only the cabinet and senior officials, but also heads of the Legislative Council, the Procuratorate, and major national-level enterprises.
All senior military officials, including the heads of major military regions, also rushed back to Jinan.
High-level officials from all aspects of politics, military, economy, and law gathered together to decide the strategic direction of Xia State in the future.
Amid everyone's anticipation, Zuo Mengeng slowly walked out. Seeing the heyday of the gathering, it was really exciting.
"Since the first year of Chongzhen, we have worked hard. After more than ten years of wind, rain, snow, hard work and sacrifice, we have finally reached today's situation. Until this moment, I believe we all have enough confidence to pay tribute to the ancestors of our Chinese nation. Guaranteed, we can bring a vigorous new life to our nation. Gentlemen, the future is bright, but the journey is also difficult and dangerous. I hope you will not slack off or be complacent. We still have a long way to go, and there will never be an end. Only with the greatest will and the greatest ideal can our country be built into a harmonious society."
