Chapter 30: One after another to Qin
The news of Qin recruiting talents from the world spread throughout the world as quickly as possible, causing an uproar.
South Korea's capital, Xinzheng, South Korea's royal palace.
King Han Huanhui was playing with a group of concubines. When he was in great interest, he saw Prime Minister Han Kaidi coming quickly, looking worried, and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, and waved his hand to let the concubines go down.
"Prime Minister, why worry?" King Han Huanhui asked Han Kai.
"Your Majesty, big things are not good, big things are not good." Han Kaidi shouted loudly.
"What's wrong? Could it be that the Duke of Western Zhou did not send troops to attack Qin?" King Han Huanhui's most worried about the Duke of Western Zhou did not attack Qin. In that case, his strange plan of "Fat Zhou retreating to Qin" would be put into trouble and his efforts would be wasted.
"Your Majesty, it's not this, it's another thing." Han Kaidi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "The Qin State's great school building is being opened and Le Yi is invited to take charge. Now, Qin State wants to recruit talents from the world, and jointly issue an invitation in the name of Le Yi, Xunzi, Gongsun Longzi and Qin Yiren."
"That's all?" King Han Huanhui didn't take it seriously, and the wind was calm and gentle.
"Prime Minister, are you going back more and more? Ah! That's a big deal, but you are so anxious. If you do this, you, the prime minister, don't do it." Then, King Han Huanhui criticized Han Kaidi.
"Your Majesty, is this a trivial matter?" Han Kaidi seemed to be listening to a fantasy, and his mouth was wide open and he couldn't close for a long time. He said, "Your Majesty, do you know how much impact this has on Dahan? Qin State has a big appetite, so he wants to recruit all the talents in the world. Once Qin State succeeds, Qin State will become stronger."
Although Han Kaidi is not as good as his grandson Zhang Liang, he can still see this clearly and clearly.
The Qin State is just to recruit all the talents in the world. By then, the Qin State will become stronger. Once the Qin army advances eastward, who can defeat it?
"Then according to your words, Dahan will stop him?" King Han Huanhui shook his head and said, "With Yingji's old man's power, he will definitely issue a letter of state, saying that whoever dares to stop Qin from recruiting talents will fight whoever he wants, right?"
Finally, he became smarter and told him that King Zhao of Qin really did this.
"Your wise." Han Kaidi had to praise him.
"Haha!" King Han Huanhui raised his head to the sky, burst out with a shocking laughter, and said, "Yingji, Yingji, aren't you going to attract talents? I will help you. Come on, I'll send you a command, anyone who wants to enter Qin will support his boats and cars."
What kind of fun are you joining in? Do you think there are not enough talents in Qin?
Han Kaidi really wanted to vomit King Han Huanhui's face. Before he could stop him, he listened to King Han Huanhui, saying, "We can choose another group of intelligent people and let them study in Qin State. After all, Koreans are Koreans, and they will definitely be interested in Dahan. I want Yingji, the old man, to make his plan empty. Prime Minister, do you think this strange plan is wonderful?"
Previously, Han Kaidi had only vented the impulse of King Han Huanhui, and now he had the urge to beat him up. Qin dared to recruit so many talents, so naturally there was a way to make them serve Qin. Besides, the court in South Korea was in chaos. Who would really want to be an official in South Korea?
However, when King Han Huanhui said the word "strange plan", all Han Kaidi's dissatisfaction immediately disappeared. If he said that this "strange plan" was not working at this time, he would guarantee that his fate would be very miserable.
"Your wise and such a strange plan is rare in the world." Han Kaidi had to bear the upset and flatter King Han Huanhui.
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The capital of Wei State, Daliang, and the palace of Wei State.
"What? Qin State wants to recruit talents?" King Anli of Wei was shocked and screamed in dismay.
"Yes, Master, what should I do?" Prime Minister Xu Jia also looked frightened and almost cried: "Even if the Great Wei is unwilling, it won't work. The King of Qin issued a letter of state. If anyone dares to stop him, he will send troops to attack whom. The Great Wei is located in the land of the Three Jins and is the important place for Qin to advance eastward. Qin is worried about not having any reservations to destroy our Great Wei."
King Anli of Wei was foolish and wanted to be fooled. These two kings and ministers were perfect matches. However, they could still understand the major plan of Qin's move. Before the Qin army advanced east, they had captured all the talents of various countries. This was a vicious plan to remove firewood from the cauldron. Without talents, let your country be disgraced first.
They were determined to stop it, but they were afraid of the power of Qin soldiers and did not dare to take action.
"Your Majesty, what should I do?" Xu Jia was stunned and asked hurriedly.
"What else can it be done? Of course, we have to cooperate with Qin State. Don't let Qin State seize the handle of sending troops." King Anli of Wei was extremely unwilling to accept it, but he had to cooperate with Qin State to select people. He could not afford to offend Qin State.
After a brief pause, King Anli of Wei comforted himself again and said, "What's so great about this? Didn't all the talents from the Great Wei go to Qin? First, it was Shang Yang, then Zhang Yi, and Fan Sui."
During the Warring States Period, Qin was the country with the most lack of talents, but it was the strongest because Qin could attract great talents from Shandong. It was precisely because Qin lacked talents that he could not recruit talents from Shandong.
The most famous talents, such as Shang Yang, Zhang Yi, Fan Sui, and Wei Liao, all came from Wei State and had a deep relationship with Wei State.
At that time, the country with the most talents was Wei. However, the Wei State did not use good talents, but also harmed many talents. Therefore, there was a saying that "Wei State uses talents" at that time, which means that although Wei State has many talents, it always makes wedding dresses for others, and the talents of Wei State would eventually leave other countries.
Shang Yang was originally from Wei and wanted to become an official in Wei State. At that time, the prime minister of Wei State Gong Shuzhu recommended Shang Yang to King Hui of Wei. King Hui of Wei did not use it. Gong Shuzhu asked King Hui of Wei to kill Shang Yang again, so as not to become a big problem, and King Hui of Wei did not adopt it. This is the origin of the very famous allusion of "recommendation of the wise and killing the wise".
Zhang Yi was originally from Daliang, Wei. He wanted to become an official in his parents' country, but because of Mencius, he was not valued by King Hui of Wei and had to go far away to other countries. After some twists and turns, he finally went to Qin, which Zhang Yi didn't want to go the least.
Fan Sui was also from Daliang, Wei State, but was framed by Xu Jia and almost killed by Wei Qi, and had to enter Qin.
Of course, there is also the famous military strategist Sun Bin who had the intention to become an official in Wei State, but was killed in Wei State and almost died of a life of misfortune. He had to escape by pretending to be crazy and foolish.
In addition, there was also the famous military strategist Wu Qi who was framed by the Wei State and said that Wu Qi "killed his wife and asked for generals" and other slanderous things, and finally forced Wu Qi away.
King Anli of Wei has always been foolish, but this time he is extremely smart and said something very pertinent.
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The capital of Qi State, Linzi, and the palace of Qi State.
The Queen, King Jian of Qi and Empress Sheng of the Prime Minister were gathered together and were discussing the recruitment of talents in Qin.
"Mother, can you say this matter be approved?" King Jian of Qi was a little unsure and said, "If Qin was allowed to recruit talents in the Great Qi, what talent would be available to Qi? If it was not accurate, it would be a crime against Qin again."
"Prime Minister, what do you think?" the queen did not answer, but stared at Hou Sheng and asked.
"Empress Dowager, from the perspective of the minister, this matter must be correct." Hou Sheng certainly did not want to offend Qin. He was the prime minister because Qin Yiren had a lot of efforts. He wanted to repay Qin Yiren.
"Why?" asked the queen.
"The Empress Dowager knows that in which year and month did not have any people enter Qin?" Hou Sheng replied with a high voice, "Thirty-fourth of the officials of Qin came from Shandong, and seventy-sixteen of the officials came from Shandong. This shows that the people in Shandong are keen on entering Qin. Even if the Great Qi is not accurate, can it be done? If you don't say it far away, just say that Meng Ao went to Qin and became a general of Qin?"
The Qin State attached great importance to talents and was able to use them well, which was very attractive to Shandong scholars. Anyone who was unsuccessful in Shandong would face west to Qin and seek an opportunity to become an official.
Although Hou Sheng had selfish intentions, this statement was reasonable. No one could stop the scholars from entering Qin, and Qi State would not do so.
"Well." The queen had never thought about forbidding Qin from recruiting talents in Qi, but she knew that even if Qi wanted to ban it, it would not be enough, and instead would cause infamousness.
"Besides, if Qin is forbidden to recruit talents in the Great Qi, it is to get along with Qin. If it were not afraid of the Great Qi in the past, the strength of the Great Qi is no longer as good as before. Chu is eyeing the Great Qi. If Qin is abolished, it only takes a single instructor to Chu, and Chu will send troops to attack Qi." Hou Sheng thought for a while and said, "Instead of getting along with Qin, it is better to take this opportunity to make a good Qin."
Chu and Qi are enemies. There have been many wars between the two countries. The reason is that Qi and Chu are both great powers, both of which were once the leader of Shandong, so naturally no one can let anyone go.
If Qi was evil in Qin, only Qin would need an instructor, Chu would definitely be very happy to attack Qi. With Qi's current national strength, it would be difficult to become an enemy of Chu.
"That's all." The queen sighed and said, "This is drinking poison to quench thirst, but it's a must."
With the wisdom of the king and queen, of course, he understood the major plan of Qin's move. However, Qi is no longer the same as before, and its national strength is getting worse every year. Not to mention that Tian Shan passed away and Qi has no pillars, it is even more impossible to provoke Qin.
If Tian Dan was still there, the queen of the king would probably prohibit Qin from recruiting talents in Qi.
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The capital of Yan State, Ji City, and Yan State Palace.
When King Xi of Yan heard this, he happily agreed and said, "Qin State wants talents, Dayan will give talents, how much more. If Qin hadn't sent people to threaten Donghu, how could Dayan have the peace of today? Dayan needs to drink water and remember the source, and he will repay his kindness."
He did not say the real reason, and all the ministers knew that Yan State could not afford to offend Qin State.
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The capital of Chu State, Ying State, the palace of Chu State.
King Kaoli of Chu summoned all the ministers to discuss the Qin State's recruitment of talents in Chu State. Before he could express his opinion, the ministers spoke in public and cooperated with Qin State with all their strength.
Even Ling Yin Chunshenjun is no exception.
The Chu court is a place for quarrels. Every time the court discusses several major families, they will fight hard, just like the entrance of the Caishi. These families are mixed and have interests entangled. I agree with what you oppose, and I oppose what you agree with, regardless of whether it is reasonable or not.
There are not many things like today that are so popular. What is the reason?
Because these aristocratic families know one thing well: if they want to protect their interests, they must drive away these common men. Otherwise, if one accidentally pops up and makes trouble, although it may not necessarily shake the status of these aristocratic families, it is also very upset.
Instead of doing this, it is better to take this opportunity to send them away so that they can go as far as they can, so as not to harm the interests of the aristocratic families.
Because these common men always demand the abolition of aristocratic families under the banner of reform, this is definitely unacceptable to the aristocratic families.
In this way, the State of Chu must cooperate with the State of Qin to recruit talents.
Chapter completed!