Linshuo Palace in Zhuo County covers an area of ​​several thousand acres, not far from Linyuanchi, the end point of Yongji Canal. Like Daye Palace in Chang'an and Ziwei Palace in Luoyang, it is divided into an imperial city where hundreds of officials work and a palace where the royal family lives.

There are two halls of Yingwu and Xiongwu on the left and right sides of the front part of the palace. On both sides of the hall are the second bell and drum floors. The halls and pavilions are connected by flying corridors, forming a "concave" shape. There is a leaning platform under the two halls of Yingwu and Xiongwu.

The dragon's tail path spirals up the wall.

The main hall, Xuanwu Hall, is in the middle of the "concave", with a three-story white marble platform below. The main building is 268 feet high and 300 feet square. It is magnificent, spectacular and gorgeous, towering to the sky, swallowing up the sky and the earth, and encompassing everything.

Xuanwu Hall and the palace complex echo each other, with undulating contours, huge volume, majestic momentum, cheerful and brilliant, and full of spiritual awe.

This is the center of power in Jizhou, where major military and state affairs are discussed, and where the government listens to the government. The Xuanwu Hall is too large, and the number of people under Yang Tong's command is too sparse. Except for gatherings on celebration days, it is rarely open to the public.

At this moment, the hall, which can accommodate 1,500 people, was solemn.

The list of civil servants includes Yang Gongren, Yang Shidao, Wei Zheng, Kong Yingda, Jiang Xingben, Fang Xuanling, Xue Wanshu, and Xue Wanshu

The generals include Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan, Niu Jinda, Su Dingfang, Mai Zhongcai (digged from Luoyang), Xue Wanjun, and Xue Wanche!

There are eight civil and military personnel, which is quite balanced.

Yang Tong, who was sitting in the main seat, looked at the disproportionate number of people and sighed in his heart. Although he comforted himself by saying that quality is more important than quantity, he became more determined to recruit talents.

He first explained what Yang Guang meant, saying that the emperor fully supported the New Deal, and decided to use Jizhou as a pilot project, and then promote it to the whole country when it matured, so that everyone did not have to worry and could just feel free to act.

With Yang Tong's words, Yang Gongren, Yang Shidao, Wei Zheng, and Kong Yingda, who were originally worried about Yang Guang settling accounts, breathed a sigh of relief. It used to be Yang Tong's private behavior, but now with Yang Guang's support, what worries do they have?

Yang Gongren said: "Your Highness, this news should be spread to all counties and counties to calm the minds of officials at all levels."

"Leave this matter to Zuo Pushe."

"Here!"

"Zuopushe always complains about the lack of talents. Today I have hired a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs for you. Like Zuopushe, Yangshilang, and Weishilang, he will be a famous prime minister in the future! Shilang Kong is good at studying, but he cannot be a prime minister.

, as a great scholar, it is easy to catch..."

Everyone is sweating profusely!

Then his face turned red!

This sounds very comfortable, but is it so flattering?

A famous figure through the ages? I dare not even think about it. A generation of great scholars, who can fight back with ease? I dare not even dream about it.

Yang Tong knew that they didn't believe it, so he introduced with a smile: "His name is Fang Qiao, and his courtesy name is Xuanling. He is a talented person who can strategize and win thousands of miles away."

"Your Highness, you are complimenting me so much that you are so unworthy of me!" Fang Xuanling, who was dizzy and blushing, saluted and said, "Your Majesty, Fang Qiao, I have met all of you, general."

Everyone returned the greeting and introduced themselves to each other. Although it was the first time they met, because Yang Tong made a fuss, everyone did not show any signs of life.

"The road we are walking on is a road full of thorns and dangers! Since Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, there have been people who have walked on it, but they have all been stifled by the alliance of family members and noble leaders. No one has ever truly reached great success. But there is no way in the world.

, there are more people walking, and there will be a road even if there is no road. As long as we continue to walk unswervingly, victory will eventually belong to us."

"Your Highness is wise!" Everyone responded loudly.

At present, apart from Fang Xuanling, only Yang Gongren, Yang Shidao, Wei Zheng, Kong Yingda, and Qin Qiong know about Yang Tong's ambition! It's not that Yang Tong doesn't believe in Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan, Niu Jinda, and Su Dingfang, but they are too young and are afraid that they will not be able to speak well.

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"Jizhou's new policies are aimed at aristocratic families and noble leaders. We are destined not to get help from the children of aristocratic families. Although there are many elites from aristocratic families, talented people from poor families also have their own piece of the world. However, positions are limited. Whenever there are vacancies, aristocratic families control the appointment and dismissal of officials.

The nobles always give priority to their own disciples and former officials. Therefore, there are too few talents who can break out from poor families. What's more, the nobles are deeply entrenched, selfish, and harmful. They are the ones who

Even now I don’t dare to use it, otherwise, the hard-earned foundation will be filled with factions. And internal strife is always the beginning of the decline of a country, a clan, or a family..."

"At Xuanling's initiative, I decided to make two decisions: First, to raise scholars and recruit the poor students who are preparing to serve as officials to Zhuojun. What the people need are pragmatic officials, not talented people who write beautiful articles. Therefore, in Zhuojun

Create a training group to teach them how to govern the people. The outstanding ones will be hired first, and those who are good at learning will be arranged to serve as teachers in volunteer schools in various counties. Folks can also participate in the assessment and competition through recommendation and self-recommendation. The general principle

It is based on meritocracy, giving full play to people’s talents and allowing them to use their strengths in various fields.”

"Wei Chen thinks it's great. Although the nobles have many talented people, they also have many poor families, and they don't have as much selfishness as them. Your Highness's move will definitely make the poor people in the world enthusiastic and make our Jizhou more prosperous." Yang Gongren praised it.

"Second, establish a talent recruitment center! The talent recruitment center recruits top talents from humble backgrounds. The more stringent the conditions for admission, the more extraordinary the talents will be, and the more generous the remuneration will be. Once they successfully enter the museum, fame and fortune will be plentiful.

Come here! Once the word spreads, the Talent Recruitment Hall will become the top holy place for talents in the world, and everyone will be proud to be selected into the Talent Recruitment Hall!"

Everyone praised it.

"Your Highness, if you want to select talents, you must have standards!" Kong Yingda said.

"Standards mean there are no standards."

"Ah?" Everyone was surprised.

"Articles are different from martial arts competitions. Martial arts competitions are very intuitive. As long as you defeat your opponent, you will be ranked first. As for articles? Even if your poems are brilliant, I am shameless and think you are not as good as me. What can you do?" Articles

That’s how it came about.”

"The quality of an article is often judged by several great Confucians, but some great Confucians like romance, some great Confucians like the moon, deserts and seas, some great Confucians like policy discussions... Each great Confucian has different preferences. When appreciating articles and poems,

It is inevitable to be affected by personal feelings and tend to prefer the kind of articles you like! This is due to personal preferences, but has nothing to do with fairness. It is precisely because of this that many beautiful articles have been buried."

Everyone agreed.

"The scope of criticizing articles should be enlarged. In the future, once an article is published, it will be posted and people from all over the world will criticize and vote. The article with more votes is a good article! If 800 people out of 1,000 people say it is good, then it is naturally the best.

In this way, you will not miss out on beautiful writing, but also make Jizhou and Zhuojun a place where literary style flourishes!"

Yang Tong made his final statement: "This is what I mean by standards without standards."

"Wonderful!" Kong Yingda was the first to agree.

Yang Tong continued: "The Recruitment Hall has set up a fifth-grade bachelor! Those who have been recognized by us are all fifth-grade, and there are 100 seats; ten people who have been defeated by debate will be promoted to fourth grade, and there will be eighty seats; fifty people who have been defeated by debate will be promoted to third grade, and there will be eighty seats.

Set up fifty seats; defeat a hundred people to advance to the second level, set thirty seats; after the seats are full, the fifth-level bachelor can challenge the fourth-level, third-level, and second-level bachelors. After the challenge is successful, the levels will be exchanged, and if the challenge fails, there will be no downgrade;

As civilians, they must first challenge from the fifth rank. If they win, they will occupy their position, and then advance step by step. After the fifth rank bachelor fails, they can only be eliminated! As for the first rank bachelor, it will be decided by us through discussion."

In a sense, first- and second-grade bachelors are the talents that Yang Tongzhi needs. Third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade bachelors are, to put it bluntly, just to accompany the students. Their value is to enhance the reputation of the Talent Recruitment Hall and raise its profile.

The position of the recruitment hall in the minds of the world.

Fang Xuanling's heart couldn't help but beat loudly. When she looked at Yang Tong, she also became particularly respectful.

In just a moment, he came up with this wonderful move, and he was far behind.

Other civil and military officials could not help but exclaim in exclamation.

Wei Zheng was overjoyed and said: "If this method is implemented, our literary style in Jizhou will flourish and there will be an endless supply of talents..."

The following terms and conditions are all produced through everyone's deliberations.

Seeing that nothing would happen without their generals, Luo Shixin couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, the imperial court has imperial examinations but no military examinations. We can't take care of this. But the recruitment hall cannot be without martial arts..."

Yang Gongren also said: "Civility and martial arts are two legs, one is indispensable!"

"In fact, we need not just civil servants and military officers, but anyone with skills and talents!" Yang Tong thought for a moment and said: "From today on, we will set up three halls. One is the Literature Hall, which is in charge of literature, current affairs, astronomy, and law.

, translating classics and other talents, the head of the hall Kong Yingda, the deputy heads of the hall Yang Shidao, Wei Zheng, the students are called Bachelor of Arts; the second is the Jingwu Hall, in charge of martial arts, military, military training and other military personnel, the high martial arts bachelor, the hall owner..." Speaking of

Here, Yang Tong looked at Qin Qiong.

Qin Qiong said hurriedly: "Your Highness, don't look at me. We can compete in martial arts, but we cannot do this marching formation."

The other generals nodded.

"Shu Bao will be the deputy head, in charge of martial arts. General Pei will take over the post of deputy head. The head position will be vacant for now. I already have a suitable candidate! This person is a military genius that even Yang Taifu admires.

Yang Tong said with a smile.

"Who?"

Everyone's expressions were greatly moved.

"Mayi County Prime Minister Li Jing!"

Yang Gongren said: "It turns out he is a pharmacist!"

Yang Tong asked: "Do you know Zuo Pushe?"

Yang Gongren smiled and said: "Li Jing, named Pharmacist, has been talented in civil and military affairs since he was a child. His uncle is our famous Sui general Han Qinhu. Every time he talks about military affairs with Li Jing, they all applaud him! Although his official position is humble, his talents are outstanding.

He was well-known among the officials. The late Minister Niu Hong praised him for his "talent as a king's assistant"; Yang Su especially appreciated it. During a march, he also said that Li Jing had military talents and should sit in his position. Micro

I am familiar with him, and he is indeed a military genius. If he comes, His Highness will no longer have to worry about having no one to lead troops."

Yang Shidao also said: "Not to mention Jizhou's Minister of War, even Li Jing, the Minister of War in the imperial court, is worthy of it!"

Hearing such praise from the Yang brothers, Wei Zheng, Kong Yingda, Fang Xuanling and others who had never heard of Li Jing were shocked and then surprised! With such a talented man leading the army, great things can be expected.

"Since you two said so! Then leave the Minister of War and the Master of the Jingwu Hall to Li Jing."

Yang Tong smiled slightly. With Yang Yichen, Yang Gongren, and Yang Shidao as gimmicks, if he appointed Li Jing as the extremely important Minister of War, no one would object.

"The third hall is the Shenji Hall, which is in charge of agriculture, engineering, medicine and other miscellaneous academic talents. The owner of the hall is Jiang Xingben! The deputy director is temporarily vacant."

"Master Jiang, after the establishment of the Shenji Museum, we will pay more attention to craftsmen in various fields, for example, craftsmen who can improve papermaking, printing, and smelting. If we are lucky enough to meet someone like Cai Lun, our Sui culture will definitely pass

High-quality and cheap paper can be found all over the world; if there is a great smelting talent, our Sui Dynasty's swords will always be sharper than the nation, and our Sui Dynasty's armor will always be stronger than the foreigners; if there is a Zhang Heng, the astronomical phenomena will be more accurate and many droughts and floods can be avoided.

A major disaster; if there were Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji, the people of Sui Dynasty would suffer less from illness..." Yang Tong knew that the status of craftsmen was extremely low, and their craftsmanship was also criticized as strange skills and tricks, so he set up this magic machine museum, fearing that

He would be rejected by orthodox literati like Kong Yingda, so he used famous talents from various industries to highlight the role and value of each industry.
To be continued...