So the King of Wu kept Deng Zhi, gathered everyone, and asked, "I have 81 prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River and the land in the south of Jingzhou. Now it is not as good as a remote place in Western Shu. The Shu Kingdom has Deng Zhi, which is not humiliating him. Lord, no one in Wu should enter Shu, express my meaning.”
Everyone looked a little ugly after hearing this, and then one person came out to play and said, "I am willing to be an envoy."
Everyone looked at it and saw that the man happened to be from Wujun. His surname was Zhang, his name was Wen, his courtesy name was Huishu, and he was now a general of the Central Army. Sun Quan was still a little worried and said, "I'm afraid you can't express my meaning even if you go."
Zhang Wen said: "Kong Ming is also a mortal. What can I be afraid of?"
After hearing this, Sun Quan was very happy and rewarded Zhang Wen, asking him and Deng Zhi to enter Xichuan together to establish a good relationship.
After Deng Zhi left, Kong Ming went to the palace to find Yu Yi and reported to Ming: "This time Deng Zhi went to Dongwu, and the matter of building a good relationship can be achieved. There will definitely be many talented people in the Wu Kingdom, and they will follow Deng Zhi back and forth. Your Majesty should treat it with etiquette to show the sincerity of our alliance. If we can reconcile with Wu, then Wei will not dare to attack Western Shu. As long as the sides are calm, I will fight south, scatter the barbarians, and then plan again Wei State, after Wei State was destroyed by us, Wu State could not exist, so the great cause of unifying the world could be accomplished."
Yu Yi nodded and said, "The Prime Minister has a good idea. I also want to make some decisions here, and I hope to seek the Prime Minister's opinion."
Kong Ming bowed and said, "Please explain to you."
Yu Yi said: "The former lord established his capital in Chengdu to announce to the world that he would establish a foundation in Xichuan. Years have passed, Western Sichuan has become a country of Tianfu, suitable for rest and recuperation, away from war and chaos, but the world is divided into three parts, we The vision has never been realized. As the new emperor, we should establish a sense of crisis, so we must move the capital."
Yu Yi mentioned this matter before at the Prime Minister's residence and mentioned it again. Kong Ming was not surprised, but there seemed to be no suitable location for the capital to be moved, so he asked: "Where is Your Majesty going to move the capital?"
Yu Yi brought Kong Ming to the map, pointed to the city in Hanzhong and said, "Since our overall plan is to destroy Cao Wei first and then attack Dongwu, then set it up in Hanzhong."
Kong Ming was very surprised after hearing this and advised: "Hanzhong is a very small place, and it is close to the front line. Any war will definitely attack first. Your Majesty cannot take risks."
Yu Yi nodded and said, "Not only is the outside environment dangerous, but there are also hidden dangers inside. If you move the capital to Hanzhong, then Chengdu must have a capable person to guard it, otherwise civil strife will cause even worse."
Kong Ming bowed and said, "Please think twice!"
Yu Yi did not express his opinion and said, "Actually, I plan to move the capital to Chang'an, which is after we take Chang'an."
Kong Ming said: "When attacking Wei, you must send troops to Qishan. Chang'an is the first choice for attacking. Now that Cao Pi moves the capital to Luoyang, taking Chang'an can serve as a deterrent effect."
Yu Yi walked to Kong Ming, patted Kong Ming on the shoulder, and said, "One other idea is to build our Western Sichuan talent plan. I don't know if you have any good suggestions."
Kong Ming said: "I have no idea yet, so please tell me."
Yu Yi circled around Kong Ming and smiled and said, "You are just a hard work, and you are blocking everything on yourself. You are both the planner and the implementer of the matter. In fact, the talent training plan is not difficult, first of all, you must
Establish an absolutely fair environment. Since I ascended the throne, I have found that all the new officials were recommended by the aristocratic families and few were born from grassroots. Can’t the children of ordinary people make achievements?”
Kong Ming was a little moved after hearing this and said, "I was originally a commoner. I was farming in Nanyang. The first lord visited my ministers and the cottage to consult with my world affairs. Only then can I have the opportunity to display my talents, and I am myself.
The children of ordinary people are well aware of the twists and turns.”
Yu Yi laughed and said, "Yes, if we don't break the channels for talent circulation, then many talents like the prime minister will not have the platform to display their talents. On the contrary, our court will accumulate countless children of high-ranking officials and nobles.
Corruption will surely arise, so how can Western Shu develop? How can we unify the world? The regime will inevitably collapse internally!”
Yu Yi's words and land acquisition sounded, which made Kong Ming sigh. He had never thought so far about the perspective of talents and immediately respected Yu Yi.
Seeing the surprise in Kong Ming's eyes, Yu Yi laughed in his heart. These things were not thought of by himself, but were the historical rise and fall that had been developed over thousands of years. During the Three Kingdoms period, selecting people was still following the Han Dynasty's system of recommendation.
, In addition, after Yu Yi ascended the throne, he encountered a large number of officials who were tempted by the tyranny, which triggered corresponding thoughts. Therefore, he decided to carry out a talent reform in Western Shu, which is also a need to solve the talent shortage in Western Shu.
Yu Yi smiled and said, "This matter has been partially resolved two thousand years later, but I need the Prime Minister to arrange it for me, because gradual progression is a process."
Kong Ming then remembered Yu Yi's other identity, knelt on the ground, and said, "Your Majesty has something to do, I will never refuse!"
Yu Yi hurriedly stepped forward and helped him up and said, "Although I ascended the throne and became emperor, etiquette is something to be discussed, but we don't need to talk about the red tape between us, as long as it's simple. When I was in Daoxiang Village, I conducted a pilot project.
, it is to hold a school."
Kong was obviously confused and asked, "What is a school?"
Yu Yi said: "Simply put, it is a place where students are trained and learned. I will let you take office as the principal of the school. According to the rules of education, people are required to send their children to school to study, carry out 12 years of education, and pay attention to it.
During the busy farming period, balance the relationship between learning and production labor. The learning content includes agricultural planting, military strategy, strategy, etc. In short, you need to teach students according to your aptitude. You can build a team for various other details and study them carefully."
Kong Ming praised him after hearing this, but he was also worried, saying, "Your Majesty is far-sighted, but I can't do it. It's just that our school has cultivated talents. How can we ensure that talents do not flow to Cao Wei and Dongwu?"
Yu Yi smiled and said, "I asked very well, so we have to do another thing, which is to change the recommendation system. This is to start this year, new officials must pass an exam, and this exam will be first carried out by
Localities come to screen, and then go to the central government to select talents to promote fair talent appointment. I believe that talents will not leave easily once they have a place to use their skills."
Kong Ming bowed again and said, "Your Majesty's wise!"
Yu Yi explained: "It's not my wise mind. I also summarized it on the basis of countless failures from others. If you have the opportunity, I will recommend some selfless talents to me. I am going to establish a new department."