Chapter 821 Liu Xuande, the master of healing the country (3)(1/2)
Liu Xuande questioned Ling Emperor and his ministers, and they became more and more in agreement with each other.
Liu Bei's words from the bottom of his heart could be expressed freely, with unbridled pride and joy.
"Farming is the foundation of the country, and I have a sacred object that I would like to give to Your Majesty!"
Liu Xuande stood up and drew detailed pictures of divine objects on white silk.
Emperor Ling didn't understand craftsmanship, so he looked at the things painted by Liu Bei as specious and false.
"Ai Qing's painting is a plow?" Emperor Ling squinted his eyes and saw that Liu Bei's painting seemed to be a plow, so he asked.
"Your Majesty's insight is that this is exactly the plow! This thing is called the Quyuan Plow.
I once tried it on Julu, and found that this curved shaft plow saves several times more effort than a straight plow, and the plowing speed is more than five times faster!
Two oxen with a straight plow can plow one acre, and one ox with a curved shaft plow can plow five acres. Moreover, if there are no plowing oxen, a strong person can pull it with a rope, and if it is not strong enough, two people can pull it.
This is impossible with a straight plow.
With this curved shaft plow, farming will be prosperous and the country will be very lucky!"
Emperor Ling did not understand military affairs, economics, and was not good at handling government affairs, but Emperor Ling knew farming.
Every spring during the plowing ceremony, Emperor Ling often went to help the plows and cultivate the land himself. If the curved shaft plow presented by Liu Bei could really save several times the effort and increase the farming efficiency several times, what would this mean? The Ling Emperor knew very well. If it was really as Liu Bei said.
, this curved shaft plow is truly an important weapon of the country.
Emperor Ling summoned the master craftsman and asked him to build a curved shaft plow according to the drawings.
Liu Bei explained the key to making it with the master craftsman based on the drawing, and the master craftsman went to receive the drawing.
Liu Bei was loyal to his country and donated the Quyu plow just for the livelihood of the community and the people, without thinking too much about it. Liu Bei never thought that this Quyu plow could be enough to escort him on his trip to Luoyang.
The farming work was done, Liu Bei was not good at fortification, and Liu Bei didn't understand business, so he didn't mention it.
The last thing left in state affairs is to employ people for their talents.
Liu Bei asked, "May I ask, Your Majesty, if you have the ability to know people?"
This question asked Emperor Ling to answer yes or no, and no.
Emperor Ling Hanhu replied, "So what if it exists? What if it doesn't exist?"
Liu Bei replied, "If your majesty has the ability to recognize people, can your majesty be able to recognize many people? Can you recognize hundreds of people and thousands of people?"
Even though Your Majesty can know thousands of people, there are no less than one hundred thousand officials in the world, so how can Your Majesty have the leisure to select and select people one by one to ensure that they are worthy of his position?"
"I, a great man, use the method of detecting filial piety and honesty in recruiting scholars. However, with this method of evaluation, I can only promote two people per year in a village, and even more than ten people. It is slow to recruit talents. Moreover, the method of evaluation is passed down step by step.
People have selfish minds, and hundreds of people have hundreds of opinions, and hundreds of opinions are different. How can we ensure that the people we inspect are really talented and learned people?
Is it possible that all the officials at every level have a keen eye for recognizing talents? Officials at every level have a keen eye for recognizing talents, but how can we ensure that they will not be jealous and suppress talents?"
"I have a method that can recruit tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of talents in one term, and it can recruit all the high-ranking scholars without missing a single person. I don't know, Your Majesty, would you like to hear it?"
Emperor Ling subconsciously didn't believe it. He didn't believe that Liu Bei could select hundreds of thousands of talents at once. He boasted that the number of filial and upright police officers from all over the world was less than a thousand a year. Liu Bei said that he would recruit all the talents and not leave out anyone.
Emperor Ling didn't believe it even more.
"What is the law? My dear, please tell me." Emperor Ling asked.
Liu Bei replied, "The law is the law of the imperial examination.
What is the imperial examination? It is a test to select talents.
To acquire talents through trials, one can test the people of the world with their classics, strategies for governing the country, military strategies, laws and punishments, and other knowledge.
Using this method, if you want to test one hundred thousand people, you can test one hundred thousand people in one session.
In this way, those who are familiar with the classics and history will surely stand out from the other classics and become the top Confucian scholars in the world.
Those who are proficient in the strategies of governing the country will surely stand out from the crowd in their political essays, and Your Majesty will be able to gain a wide range of political talents.
Test the art of war, and you will get generals who are profound in strategy, test laws and punishments, and get talents in the law, test craftsmen in water conservancy, and get high scholars and great craftsmen, and so on.
What’s more, you can take part in martial arts exercises, test your prowess with bows and horses, and all the heroes in the world will be in your majesty’s arms!”
Liu Bei showed Emperor Ling a scroll in which all the talents were put to use and all the heroes were gathered under his command. Emperor Ling was not breathing heavily, his chest was heaving, and his eyes were bright.
At this point, all Liu Xuande's good strategies for governing the country have been revealed.
Emperor Ling was a mediocre person, but no matter how mediocre he was, he still had basic knowledge.
When something is so good that it's unbelievable, even a layman who doesn't understand it will find it unclear.
Since Emperor Ling succeeded to the throne, there have been many admonitions, many people have proposed strategies for governing the country, many have been loyal admonishers, many have given direct admonishments, and many have made circumstantial remarks and implicitly borrowed from the past to refer to the present.
But never before has Liu Xuande contributed to the governance of the country in every aspect of national governance and every aspect of clear regulations like today.
Liu Bei's regulations were clear and logical. It was these regulations and rigor that were extremely persuasive. They undoubtedly convinced Ling Emperor and opened his horizons.
Emperor Ling knew for the first time that the complicated state affairs and regulations were broken down into military, political affairs, economics, people's hearts, land, taxation, talent recruitment, etc.
For the first time, Emperor Ling saw the clear context of the country.
In addition, every strategy for governing the country presented by Liu Bei was explained in a straightforward and clear enough manner that Emperor Ling understood most of them, and Emperor Ling believed that every strategy presented by Liu Bei was extremely clever.
This extremely brilliant strategy, this extremely brilliant strategy for governing the country, is not just one or two, but many, and every aspect is involved.
When Liu Bei said he had nothing to say, and when Emperor Ling listened to all Liu Bei's strategies for governing the country, Emperor Ling had only one feeling in his heart, that is, as if suddenly, the dark clouds that had been driven away by the sun began to lift, as if all of a sudden, the country was overturned.
Toward the bright light.
Emperor Ling sat upright, his body rarely showing signs of exhaustion or malaise. He stared fixedly at the kneeling Liu Bei below with shining eyes. He suddenly felt that it was a great blessing for the country to have such a man.
"Come, give me a seat!" Emperor Ling ordered.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Yu Linshi brought a small table to sit on. From the fact that the seat was given, it can be seen that Emperor Ling had greatly recognized Liu Bei.
Afterwards, Emperor Ling, who was so excited that he couldn't explain why, stepped down from the dragon chair. He walked towards Liu Bei and sat across from Liu Bei without any distinction between a monarch and a minister. Emperor Ling asked Xiangjia for advice, full of advice.
After all, Liu was flattered, with tears in his eyes, and he carefully explained Ling Emperor's questions to Ling Emperor with trembling excited words.
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Several hours later, Liu Bei and Emperor Ling talked freely for several hours. They talked about nightfall, how dark the sky was, and how they had to ask the palace maid to bring a lamp. The two of them were still talking.
On the low table, the monarch and his ministers were talking and writing. The white silk filled with writing was piled up in a thick pile, which was almost too big to be piled up.
When the eunuchs came again to remind Emperor Ling that it was time to eat, Liu Bei couldn't help but interrupt, reminding Emperor Ling that the dragon body was the most important thing.
"My dear, come back first, I will take a look at you for a while."
Emperor Ling was holding the imperial examination regulations written by Liu Bei and reading them without raising his head.
Liu Bei couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. He thought that His Majesty would allow him to have a banquet with him...
Liu Bei smiled to himself in his heart. He said goodbye to the Spiritual Emperor, stood up, and walked out of the palace door.
When he walked out of the palace gate, it was dark outside. Liu Bei raised his eyes to look at the moon, and saw that the bright moon in the sky was shining brightly. However, Liu Bei felt that his eyes were dizzy, and his eyesight went dark and dark.
With a plop, Liu Bei's vision went dark and he fell to the ground.
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"Your Majesty, everything is okay!"
Yu Linshi ran into the hall in panic, "Something bad has happened! Liu Bei and Liu Xuande, he...he...he is dead!"
"Ah?!" Ling Emperor shook his hands and looked shocked.
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Liu Bei hit a pillar and fainted that day. He suffered a serious head injury and has not recovered. In addition, he was unconscious for several days without drinking water before he went to the palace to meet him. Once he went to the palace, he devoted himself to the emperor for several hours and talked endlessly about the strategies for governing the country.
At the beginning, Liu Bei's thoughts were still unsolved, and he could hold on with just one breath. However, when Emperor Ling could humbly accept his words, and when Emperor Ling seriously listened to many strategies for governing the country, Liu Xuande finally reached the point where he could support Qu Yuan.
The breath he was holding suddenly relaxed, and his whole body couldn't hold it any longer.
Liu Bei jumped into the street again and died again.
Emperor Ling was really anxious this time. He had just acquired a great talent for governing the country, but the great talent was about to die. This made Emperor Ling become anxious.
The Ling Emperor urgently ordered Yu Linshi to send Liu Bei to the imperial doctor. Yu Lin Shi obeyed the order and was about to leave. The Ling Emperor suddenly frowned and remembered something, "Wait a minute! I want to go with you!"
Emperor Ling remembered that Liu Xuande said that Zhang Rang wanted to harm him. Although Emperor Ling didn't believe it, he would rather believe it than believe it wasn't, so it was better to take care of him.
Liu Bei almost died again.
With Emperor Ling's protection, Liu Bei is safe and worry-free.
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One night passed, and the next day, all the officials went to court, but Emperor Ling was nowhere to be seen. The eunuch passed the Emperor Ling's oral instructions, ordering all the officials to disperse and retreat.
The officials didn't know the reason, so they had no choice but to disperse the court.
Another day, the officials went to court again, but Emperor Ling was still nowhere to be seen. The eunuch ordered the officials to disperse as usual.
This happened for two days in a row, and then he thought about Liu Xuande's order to withdraw the officials, and said that he would tell the officials about their mistakes. When these two things were combined, the officials had a bad premonition. They thought that Liu Xuande must have slandered him.
Your Majesty is alienating all ministers.
To be continued...