Chapter 54, the order to reveal talents and recruit talents

Author: no falling bones

Chapter 54, the order to reveal talents and recruit talents

Zi You looked at Zhang Cang in disbelief. The Zhang Cang in front of him was a man who could lie down and never sit down. He actually waited here for two days and two nights for him?

"Let's not talk about this for now. Junior brother, follow me." Zhang Cang held the horse with one hand and Ziyou with the other and walked toward Xianyang City.

Soon as they approached Xianyang, the scene of hungry people outside Xianyang city attracted Ziyou's attention. Zhang Cang naturally noticed Ziyou's strange behavior and said

"The Qin State encountered a plague of locusts and an epidemic. In order to relieve the famine, the King of Qin ordered the common people to pay a thousand stones of millet and be given a title to raise food."

"It seems like there aren't many people providing food." Ziyou said as he walked and looked at the people outside the city.

"Yes, this locust plague has swept across the entire Qin State. Although there is food in the treasury, there is not much. Although the nobles and merchants have food in their hands, they are all waiting for a price to sell it." Zhang Cang said.

Xue Nu and Yan Fei looked at the miserable refugees outside through the car window, their eyes full of sympathy. These refugees gathered here with their families, waiting for the daily porridge, but the food was limited, and every victim looked yellow and withered.

, with a curvy figure, a little girl in tattered clothes was licking an empty broken bowl.

The snow girl couldn't bear it and said:

"Sir, let's help them."

Ziyou looked at the hungry people around him without saying anything. Seeing that Ziyou didn't speak, Xue Nu did not continue. The group quickly walked into Xianyang City. Ziyou was attracted by a lively scene. A group of people were surrounding the notice.

What are they talking about.

"In order to deal with the locust plague, the King of Qin issued an order to recruit talents and issued a recruitment order. As long as he can control the locust plague and reveal this notice, he can directly enter the palace to meet the King of Qin. After the locust plague is controlled, he will be rewarded with a title." Zhang Cang said.

By the time Zhang Cang finished speaking, Ziyou beside him had disappeared. Zhang Cang looked around and saw Ziyou in the crowd.

"Let's go, let's go." Ziyou quickly squeezed to the front of the crowd. Ignoring the soldiers guarding the notice, he walked directly to the notice and tore off the list.

"Someone has revealed the list!" The crowd suddenly roared.

"Who is this? How dare such a young person expose the list!?"

"Quiet!" the soldier guarding the notice beat the ground with his long sword and shouted. When the people around him fell silent, he looked at Ziyou, who was older than him, and asked.

"Do you know what this is?"

"Of course, the King of Qin has issued a notice to recruit talents to control the locust plague." Ziyou said calmly.

Seeing Ziyou's calm and calm look, the soldiers murmured in their hearts. Someone was brought to the main hall to reveal the notice before, but he didn't say anything. The man was beheaded directly, and the soldier guarding the notice was also beaten by the Twenty Army.

stick, so it was his turn with another person to keep the notice.

"Li Xin, do you want to ask again?" Another soldier whispered in the ear of the soldier named Xin.

"Ask again." Xin glanced at Wang Ben and said, although twenty military sticks won't kill you, they are not uncomfortable either.

"May I ask what your surname is? What school do you study under?" Xin asked.

"I'm going to Ziyou. I studied under the Confucian Master Xun. Do you have any questions?" Ziyou stood in the crowd holding a notice and his voice was not loud, but it shocked all the murmurs.

Then there was a louder discussion. Everyone looked at Ziyou no longer with contempt, but with some kind of expectation. Li Xin and Wang Bi were dumbfounded. Naturally, they had heard of Ziyou's name, and it was Wang Bi.

He quickly pulled Li Xin's arm and said

"I don't know if it's Mr. Ziyou. Please atone for your sins. In order not to delay disaster relief and rescue the people, we also ask you to come with us."

"Yes, sir, please atone for your sins." Li Xin also said.

"Don't blame me if you don't know. Can you two let me take my friends with me?" Ziyou pointed at Zhang Cang and the carriage.

Li Xin and Wang Ben looked at each other and said

"sure."

Zhang Cang looked at Ziyou, who was holding a list and followed by soldiers, with an ugly face. He knew that Ziyou's character would definitely take action, and he probably wouldn't be able to run away to attack Ziyou. He was so stupid. What did he read late at night? He would definitely do it in the future.

Stop reading late at night and find a widow to contribute to Qin's population growth.

At this time, in the Xianyang Palace, Ying Zheng was wearing a robe and a crown. Although he still looked a little immature, he exuded the majesty of an emperor, which no one dared to look down upon. His face was a little gloomy at the moment, because of the locust plague.

The Qin State suffered a rare famine, and the court's order to raise grain was only a drop in the bucket. Those who really had food did not donate it, but sold it at a price.

Ying Zheng looked at the civil and military ministers below. The civil ministers were headed by Lu Buwei, and the generals were headed by the veteran Wang Yan.

"Is there no conclusion yet on the locust plague?" Ying Zhengfa asked.

The standing ministers, look at me and you, no one dares to speak. Ying Zheng’s face became even more ugly. Seeing this, Lu Buwei stepped out and said

"Back to the king, I have sent people to various places to raise food for disaster relief. The disaster has been contained at present, but the locusts are still raging in the ground. I believe that we only need to wait for the locusts to disperse before we can provide relief to the victims."

Hearing Lu Buwei's words, Ying Zheng's heart felt like it was pressed down by a stone. The locust plague in this era is like this. He can only wait for the locusts to subside before helping the victims and organizing the victims to return to their hometowns to farm.

"How's the food collection going?"

"Half of the grain in the national treasury has been distributed, and various places have opened warehouses to release grain. However, this is only treating the symptoms and not the root cause. As for the matter of raising grain ordered by the king, we are doing it and have already raised some grain." Lu Buwei said.

Ying Zheng felt a sense of powerlessness. He was on the throne and could only watch his subjects suffer, but could not do anything.

"What happened to the recruitment order?" Ying Zheng asked.

Lu Buwei looked at Ying Zheng and was stunned. He didn't expect that Ying Zheng was still expecting the so-called recruitment order. Natural disasters like the locust plague are beyond human control. The person who revealed the list before was just a charlatan who wanted to make money in the name of offering sacrifices.

, the car was torn apart by him.

Ying Zheng naturally knew that the recruitment order was of no use, but he still hoped that it would have some effect. At the same time, he also wanted to use this locust plague to cultivate his own power, but unfortunately he tried to insert his cronies into the court, but they were all rejected by the court.

All parties were tightly guarded, and only some unimportant positions were occupied by his cronies.

"Report! Mr. Confucian Ziyou has unveiled the list!" At this time, a soldier ran in the Xianyang Palace and shouted loudly.

"Report! Mr. Confucian Ziyou has announced the results!"

The sound of unveiling the list resounded throughout the Xianyang Palace. The ministers discussing matters in the hall were stunned and looked outside the hall. They seemed to be unable to believe their ears. Someone had announced the list again, and it was Mr. Ziyou, a Confucian scholar.

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After Ying Zheng was briefly absent-minded, his face was overjoyed and he quickly shouted

"Hurry up and let the soldiers who reported the news come to the palace!"

Lu Buwei glanced at the minister's reaction and returned to the ranks of civil servants.

"Report to your Majesty that Confucian Mr. Ziyou issued a recruitment order in the east of the city."

"Are you indeed the Confucian Mr. Ziyou?" Ying Zheng looked at the soldier and asked.

"Yes, the person who came here calls himself Mr. Ziyou. Currently, two soldiers, Wang Ben and Li Xin, are taking Mr. Ziyou towards the main hall." said the soldier.

Hearing the names of Wang Ben and Li Xin, the two generals looked sideways and then lowered their heads. The two civil servants looked at each other and wondered what they were thinking.
Chapter completed!