Chapter 2300 Mencius recommended talents, King of Shouchun
Chapter 2297: Mencius recommended talents, King of Shouchun
After hearing Gao Yao''s words, Song Que was speechless.
Generally, if people who practice the suction technique and are exposed, they will definitely have only one end, that is, they will be beaten as a wrong path by major sects and chase them to death.
But Gao Yao is different. He has the support of the Qin Dynasty. Even if the famous and upright sects in the world are brave, no one dares to say that he is a wrong way.
Song Que could not say that he could not beat Bu Jingyun in a short time and joined forces, so he had already aroused his intention to retreat.
Song Que was calculating the time in his mind, and estimated that Guan Yu and the other two had almost escaped, and suddenly broke out and opened a gap, and then decisively chose to retreat.
Naturally, the four of Yan Ri would not let Song Que go. They held the sword and chased him at full speed, but after chasing for two hours, Song Que still let him escape. They could only return to report to Gao Yao, but they didn''t know that this was exactly what Gao Yao meant.
After getting rid of the pursuit of four high-level masters such as Yan Ri, Song Que began to retreat according to the route he had formulated in advance, and wanted to meet with Guan Yu and the other three, and **** the three to Chudu to meet the King of Chu.
But what Song Que didn''t expect was that he did not meet Guan Yu and the other two along the way, but instead met the swordsmen he sent to escort. They were all knocked out halfway, but Guan Yu and the other two were gone.
Only one letter was left at the scene, which read: The three righteous men from Guan and Zhang have agreed to enter Shu. Wang Yueliu.
"Wang Yue, I, Song Que, are incompatible with you."
In a hurry, Song Que tore the letter to pieces. He finally saved Guan Zhang Dan and the other two, and sacrificed many of his subordinates for this, but he never expected that he would be borrowed by Wang Yue.
This time, Song Que not only failed to bring back Guan Yu and the other three, but also lost many powerful subordinates. He could not chase Shu and rob people, so he could only return to Chu and apologize to Liu Xiu for a while.
But what Song Que never expected was that Liu Xiu not only did not punish him, but also promoted him to the position and appointed Song Que as the prefect of Lujiang.
This appointment made Song Que a little confused. After all, he was a espionage person before and could not stand it at all. But now he has taken the initiative to transfer him to the military and serve as the prefect of Lujiang, and has completely changed from secret to light. What''s going on?
There are not many people who have changed from secret to light in Chu State, but they have made great contributions. Song Que not only did not make contributions this time, but he has also made other achievements. It is definitely difficult to convince the public if he becomes the prefect of Lujiang in this way.
Song Que asked Liu Xiu with confusion, and Liu Xiu also gave him an answer.
The reason why Liu Xiu suddenly promoted Song Que was naturally because someone recommended talent, and this person was Meng Ke.
As the only school of hundreds of schools that support Chu, Liu Xiu respected and trusted Meng Ke very much and treated her as a disciple.
Not long ago, Meng Ke came to Chudu, and Liu Xiu hurried to visit him. At the same time, he also informed Meng Ke of the lack of talents in Chu. He hoped that Meng Ke could recommend one or two talents to him to alleviate the embarrassment of insufficient high-end talents in Chu.
Mencius naturally saw Liu Xiu’s intention and laughed: “Your Highness, King Chu, you really don’t know it.”
Liu Xiu believed that he had a very accurate vision in appointing talents, so he said unconvincedly: "Master Meng can tell me in detail, how can I sit in the Baoshan without knowing it?"
"Song Que, the head of the Song family in Lingnan, once defeated tens of thousands of hundred clan soldiers with hundreds of clan soldiers, and joined forces with all major families in Lingnan to defend the city with three thousand clan soldiers. Hong Xiuquan''s tens of thousands of troops could not break the city."
Liu Xiu was shocked when he heard Mencius''s words.
His impression of Song Que was about martial arts. He only knew that he was a half-step master, and he didn''t know anything else.
If Meng Ke didn''t say anything, Liu Xiu wouldn''t know that Song Que had such a record.
Hundreds of people repelled tens of thousands of troops? Such a record is indeed great, and even Liu Xiu cannot guarantee that he can do it.
"What Mr. Meng said is true? Is this Song Que so powerful?"
"Can I still lie to you?"
Mencius gently stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "Song Que is not only both civil and military, but also has military and political skills, and is even a rare talent in the world. But King Chu, you only let Song Que serve as the spy leader. What a slight use of this? Isn''t this just a treasure mountain without knowing oneself?"
After a few words, Meng Ke said Liu Xiu was ashamed. He thought he could know and use his talents, but he didn''t expect that he would miss it.
Liu Xiu was also a little lucky that he discovered it was not too late. Otherwise, if such a talent as Song Que could not be reused for a long time, it would be difficult to guarantee that he would not leave him with grudges, so he decided to use him when Song Que came back.
After learning about the existence of Song Que, the great talent, Liu Xiu was not satisfied and continued to ask: "In addition to Song Que, can Master Meng recommend some good talents to me, Da Chu?"
Meng Ke also knew how difficult Liu Xiu''s situation was, so he thought about it and replied: "Guo Ziyi, a native of Huashan, Yongzhou, is a military disciple and a fellow practitioner of the military and Confucianism. I once taught him to stop the time.
Guo Ziyi is a man of both civil and military affairs, and is well versed in the art of using troops. He is good at analyzing the situation in the world and is proficient in all-round layouts in combat. If His Highness can be assisted by him, he will win 100,000 soldiers. ”
Liu Xiu was overjoyed. Being able to get such a high evaluation from Mencius is enough to prove how extraordinary Guo Ziyi is.
"Where is this person now? I will send someone to invite him immediately."
“Guo Ziyi is now in Jiangxia.”
"good."
As he said that, Liu Xiu walked out with his superiors and inferiority, but when he was halfway through, he turned back and said with a shameless face, "Master Meng, is there any?"
Mencius laughed silently and continued to recommend it.
"Guo Wei, the head of the Guo family in Hebei, was able to command the army when he was on horseback and was able to rule when he was dismounted. He served as the governor of Jizhou during the Huan Ling period. Later, he was dismissed due to the party and corruption and was always at home.
When the Qin army conquered Hebei, Yuan Shao conquered Guo Wei three times, but was rejected by him, which angered Yuan Shao and forced the Guo family to be jailed.
Later, when the Qin Dynasty unified Hebei, Guo Wei was released, his family property was confiscated by the Qin Dynasty. Guo Wei was resentful and unwilling to serve in Qin, so he went south to Jingnan to take refuge. ”
When Liu Xiu heard that Guo Wei was once the governor, he couldn''t stop ecstasy. You should know that there were only two ministers at the level of governor in the entire Chu State, and Guo Wei was also the governor during the Huan Ling period.
"Mr. Meng, this Guo Wei is now..."
Before Liu Xiu finished speaking, he was interrupted by Meng Ke.
"Don''t worry, King Chu, although Guo Wei is talented, he is not the one I want to recommend. What I really want to recommend is Guo Wei''s adopted son, Chai Rong."
"Chai Rong?"
Liu Xiu''s eyes suddenly lit up and he said excitedly: "But that famous Chai Rong in Jiangnan? He is actually Guo Wei''s adopted son?"
Guo Wei was the Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty in the Five Dynasties. After his death, he did not pass the throne to his son, but to his adopted son Chai Rong.
Chai Rong became the second emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty, which allowed the Later Zhou Dynasty to truly grow and grow. He has made great achievements in military and political affairs. Historians praised him for "the magical martial arts and heroic strategies, and he was the heroic ruler of a generation."
If Chai Rong hadn''t died prematurely due to illness, Chai Rong would have been the one who unified the world, and naturally there would be no such shameful dynasty as Zhao Song. Like Guo Wei, Chai Rong is one of the random characters, and is still implanted as Guo Wei''s adopted son. He has a great reputation in the south of the Yangtze River. He has rejected Sun Jian and Liu Xiu''s enlistment many times. It is precisely because of this that he left a deep impression on Liu Xiu.
“That’s right, the Chai and Guo families are family friends, but the Guo family unfortunately suffered a disaster, and Chai Rong was raised by Guo Wei.
Chai Rong is one of my most outstanding disciples of Confucianism. He is not only proficient in Confucianism, but also very good at military tactics and is extremely talented. With just a little hard work, he will definitely become a famous general of a generation. ”
Hearing that Meng Ke praised Chai Rong so much, Liu Xiu smiled bitterly, "But Chai Rong has rejected my king''s enthronement."
Mencius laughed distractedly.
“As long as Chai Rong has not become an official, you will still have a chance.
Since Your Highness cannot directly conquer Chai Rong, why not change his thinking?
Chai Rong is a filial son. If His Highness of the King of Chu could subdue Guo Wei, Chai Rong would definitely be loyal to the State of Chu with his adopted father. ”
Liu Xiu suddenly realized that the reason why Meng Ke mentioned Guo Wei was to let him conquer Chai Rong through Guo Wei.
"Guo Ziyi, Chai Rong and Guo Wei are all great talents in the world. I hope His Highness the King of Chu will conquer him as soon as possible to avoid long nights and dreams."
After Meng Ke finished speaking, he felt a little thirsty. He immediately poured a cup of tea and started drinking it. However, he found that Liu Xiu looked like he wanted to speak but stopped. He couldn''t help but frown and said, "Your Highness, King of Chu, just say whatever you have."
"Mr. Meng, is there any?" Liu Xiu said with a shameless face.
Seeing that Liu Xiu had not given up, Meng Ke said helplessly: "Forget it."
As he said that, Liu Xiu recommended more than a dozen Confucian talents in a row, but his abilities were naturally different from those of Guo Ziyi and the other two.
This time, there were more than a dozen talents, including Meng Jian and Meng Gongwei of Runan, Shi Tao and Shi Guangyuan of Yingchuan, Xie Yi and Xie Yi of Lujiang, and more.
These people were either hermits or had been officials, but were dismissed. In addition, their common point was that they had something to do with Confucianism and were not met with talent.
The State of Chu has always been in a state of lack of talents. Liu Xiu was naturally overjoyed when he learned so many talents at one time. He immediately wrote a letter and sent an envoy to recruit him, but he did not expect to encounter any twists and turns at the first stop.
The envoy of Chu State went one step late. Xie Xie Yi was already recruited by Sun Jian first, and Sun Jian also directly appointed Xie Xie as the prefect of Yuzhang to show his desire for talents.
Liu Xiu was one step slower among the father and son of the Xie family, so naturally he couldn''t slow down among others. After all, he couldn''t lose to Wu even if he snatched talents.
Fortunately, talents like Guo Ziyi and Shi Guangyuan thought that the relationship between Confucianism and Mencius might not look down on the Wu Kingdom at all, so most of them chose Liu Xiu.
Of course, during this battle to grab talents, the Wu Kingdom also recruited a lot of talents, and both Wu and Chu countries gained something.
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The first year of Shenwu, February 2nd.
Duke Cao Cao, Song Duke Zhao Kuangyin, Wu Gongsun Jian, and Three Kingdoms monarchs gathered in Shouchun, Songdu, and made an appointment to become kings together.
After learning about it, Shu, Chu and Sui all issued articles to angrily denounce the Three Kingdoms, saying that the kings of the Three Kingdoms were a disaster for the world. Instead, the Qin Dynasty sent envoys to openly support the Three Kingdoms to become kings.
The Qin Dynasty''s support for the Three Kingdoms to become king is actually a helpless move. After all, before the trauma of the war is completely restored, the Qin Dynasty cannot turn against the Three Kingdoms in any case, otherwise it will be a world-wide enemy.
Of course, although the Qin Dynasty supported the Three Kingdoms to be king, it still had to express its attitude.
At the ceremony of kingship, when the envoy of the Great Qin Dynasty, Zhang Yi, who arrived at the scene with Huang Shang, Chonglou, Dongfang Shuo, Gui Ling, Wudang, and Wudang, the three grand masters, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Zhao Kuangyin, and the other three, their faces turned green.
Especially Zhao Kuangyin''s expression suddenly turned pale. It was not until Zhao Gongming came to him that he felt a little safe.
Zhao Kuangyin didn''t want Shouchun to end up like Chang''an. He wanted to get angry, but was afraid that he would anger Zhang Yi. So he forced a smile and asked Zhang Yi, "What''s the point of Qin''s family? Why did he bring five great masters to the ceremony?"
Zhang Yize smiled and said, "I, the Qin Dynasty, have received the exact news that Chu and Shu may send masters of the grand master level to Shouchun to destroy the ceremony of becoming kings in the Three Kingdoms.
After our emperor learned about this, based on the obligations of allies, he specially invited five masters to come to prevent the two kingdoms of Chu and Shu from causing chaos and destroying the ceremony. ”
Hearing this, what else could Zhao Kuangyin say? Even if he was dissatisfied, he could only endure it. The originally joyful ceremony became a little uncomfortable because of the arrival of the five great masters.
The scale of the ceremony of the title of kings in the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu is not only compared with Ying Hao''s ascension ceremony, but also the ceremony of Ying Hao''s ascension ceremony. It is just a ceremony such as sacrifice to the sky and reading the edict of kings.
[Dingdong, Cao Cao officially became king, rewards: force +1, politics +1, charm +3.
Cao Cao’s basic five-dimensionality: commander 99 (+1), force 92 (+8), intelligence 98, politics 100, charm 92 (-6);
Current five-dimensional Cao Cao: Commander 99 (+1), Force 93 (+9), Intelligence 98, Politics 101 (+1), Charm 95 (-3);]
Cao Cao has encountered many opponents of Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Shiji, and Zhu Di in recent years, so his commander and force have long broken the limit.
Especially the military attributes are as many as 10 points above the peak.
As for why the charm attributes do not increase but decrease instead?
It is known to everyone that Cao Cao''s reputation is more criticized than praise, and overall, he is in a state of mixed reputation and criticism, so his charm attributes will not rise but fall.
[Dingdong, Cao Cao was called king and his skill "treacherous hero" was activated.
Treacherous hero: A capable minister in governing the world, a traitor in troubled times. This is Cao Cao''s unique skill.
Effect 1. Use the emperor to command the princes to permanently +1 for five dimensions.
Effect 2. After becoming king, you will permanently +1 in five dimensions.
Effect 3. If you participate in the war in person, all generals and commanders will +1, and the entire army will have +1 force, and the overall quality of the entire army will be greatly improved.
Effect 4. When you are proud, arrogant, and lustful, your intelligence will drop by 1 to 10 points. (Note: If you can serve these personality defects, you will use +1 again in your own five-dimensional system.)]
Liu Che''s "Wuxiong" is rewarded only when he is emperor, while Cao Cao''s "treacherous hero" is rewarded only when he is king, but there is no reward for being emperor.
This may be because Cao Cao in history did not become emperor until his death. The title of Emperor Wu of Wei was actually granted to Cao Cao after Cao Pi became emperor.
As for the effect of "Treacherous Hero" 5, it fully explains why Cao Cao suffered the defeat of Wancheng and Chibi, because his personality flaws were too fatal.
[Dingdong, Cao Cao''s skill "Treacherous Hero" effect 3 is activated. After becoming king, he will permanently +1 in his five-dimensional life.
Current five-dimensional Cao Cao: Commander 100 (+2), Force 94 (+10), Intelligence 99 (+1), Politics 102 (+2), Charm 96 (-2);]
(This chapter ends)