Kong Rong was led into the palace by palace officials.

Outside the palace, Ma Liang said to Xun Yu: "The king of Chu only likes Confucian scholars."

Xun Yu just stood quietly outside the main hall. The breeze that just blew blew his clothes away, and he didn't even say a word.

Ma Liangzhi said with dissatisfaction: "Does this mean that the King of Chu will use Confucianism as the standard for hiring people?"

Xun Yu comforted him: "Don't say that."

Ma Liang pointed to the others waiting outside the hall and said, "It's obvious."

As a foreign minister of Cao Cao, Xun Yu naturally had a hard life. He not only had to prevent his mouth from talking nonsense, but also couldn't get involved in anyone's affairs, so he comforted: "This edict promotes virtuous people, and people's eyes are on them."

Keep an eye on them all, and never give others a handle. Remember: those who do it, don’t say it; those who can say it, may not do it!"

It was only an hour before a message came from the announcement room: "Send Kong Rong out of the palace——"

Xun Yu smiled, and then said to Ma Liang: "No, it will be soon this time!"

Then, the announcement in the propaganda room sounded again: "The king of Chu declares the virtuous and virtuous Pang Tong——"

Xun Yu and Ma Liang stood outside the hall, staring at Pang Tong and Kong Rong as they entered and left.

Ma Liang sighed: "Joining the army, do you think that the King of Chu is much more courageous than you and me?"

Xun Yu smiled and said, "No, you and I can't teach him anymore."

Ma Liang said: "You are only twenty-five years old, it is unimaginable."

Xun Yu said in a low voice: "Since ancient times, heroes have been born in youth. They led thousands of soldiers and horses to capture Wancheng and controlled the entire county. Thousands of soldiers and horses also captured Jingzhou. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were able to defeat Cao Cao. Yuan Shao became the king of the world.

The first prince is really difficult for people to figure out!"

Xun Yu shook his head and walked into the hall to inquire about the conversation inside.

Xun Yu heard Nie Zefeng's laughter coming from the hall: "...Do you think what I did is right?"

Pang Tong hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Yes, yes, the King of Chu did the right thing!"

Nie Zefeng asked doubtfully: "Well, how can you just tolerate it, do nothing, and stick to the past? Isn't that kind of speech disrupting the state affairs? Don't you think so?"

Pang Yi flatly flattered him and said, "Yes, yes, the King of Chu is wise."

At this time, Xun Yu had already entered the main hall, and Nie Zefeng saw Xun Yu walking over.

Nie Zefeng pointed at Xun Yu and said: "Join the army, I will stop here!"

After hearing the King of Chu's order to expel guests, Pang Tong quickly kowtowed and was led out by the palace officials.

After Pang Tong walked out of the hall, Xun Yu asked, "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Nie Zefeng turned his head away and sighed: "The knowledge of the three people is incomparable."

Xun Yu analyzed: "That is, Zhuge Liang can be the kind of person who can strategize and fight decisively thousands of miles away."

Nie Zefeng replied: "As for Zhuge Liang, if you listen to his ideas, you won't necessarily use them!"

Xun Yu was startled.

Nie Zefeng, however, immediately began to say hesitantly: "The court cannot tolerate such an arrogant guy!"

Xun Yu explained: "Since your Majesty is a man of merit, I'm afraid if you don't use it..."

Nie Zefeng reacted very quickly: "You can use it. Although Shaolei's tax policy is good and there is more money in the treasury, the money is still enough. We still need more money, but I will give it to the world."

People say I will never

Raising taxes, then taxation is really a problem now. Ever since Jia Xu had a military general and became a general auxiliary of the three armed forces, the military general, the tax collector, has been idle. So let's appoint him as the military advisor general. Give it to me.

Tax it!”

Nie Zefeng laughed because he thought that he would win another battle and become a greater monarch than Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and greater than Genghis Khan.

Xun Yu smiled and praised: "The king's chess skills have grown again!"

Nie Zefeng added: "Kong Rong is a capable person. He should stay with me and be a great official. He will take care of everything and let him do everything. As for Pang Tong, be a gentleman. He is fairly knowledgeable, can change articles, and is obedient. Instead of that, he should be a gentleman.

If he has the ability to be disobedient, I would rather use an obedient one! If it is suitable, I would like him to be paired with Wei Yan or Huang Zhong, these two old boys, as well as a military advisor!"

Xun Yu asked tentatively: "The rest of the virtuous people... there are still many talents among them."

Nie Zefeng then looked back, held his tongue and said: "Isn't there a public transport department? Let's save them there first and hire them at any time depending on the situation. However, among the virtuous people, those who advocate doing nothing, following the old tradition or using arbitrary words to disrupt the state affairs

, return them all and use none of them to prevent them from being used up and damaging the country.”

Xun Yu asked doubtfully: "The king really wants to use Confucianism as the standard for hiring people?"

Nie Zefeng looked at Xun Yu, and then said: "If he is good at learning, use his knowledge! If he is good at talent, use his talents! This is the standard!"

History deliberately arranged this meeting between Zhuge Liang and Nie Zefeng. Perhaps Nie Zefeng never thought that this "Three Strategies of the King" that conformed to some of his personal tastes would become the forerunner of "deposing hundreds of schools of thought and respecting Confucianism again", thus making

Confucianism became the only recognized doctrine in ancient China - the state religion, which influenced the Chinese history for more than two thousand years..."

At this time, the bus department was the most lively, because an unimaginable effect was produced among them.

The courtyard is crowded with virtuous people from all over the world.

Walking on the street, you can hear the sound of drum music in the distance.

The crowd stirred eagerly. The door opened with a bang.

What came in was the palace guard of honor, followed by the palace officials delivering the edict.

Officials chanted: "The imperial edict has arrived ---"

All the virtuous and virtuous people are waiting respectfully.

The official entering the door loudly announced: "The virtuous Zhuge Liang"

Zhuge Liang hurriedly walked out of the crowd, bowed and saluted: "Student is here---"

Officials continued to advocate: "The virtuous Pang Tong--"

Pang Tong also squeezed out of the crowd, knelt down and shouted loudly: "The students are here, here---"

"The virtuous Kong Rong--"

Kong Rong walked out of the crowd: "The students are here!"

The official recited loudly: "Three virtuous men have received the edict -"

The three of them knelt down together.

The Confucian scholars nearby who did not hear the shouting were all whispering to each other and talking about it.

Official Supervision: "The edict says: This king issues an edict to recruit virtuous, upright and remonstrative people to enrich the court and achieve the supreme governance of the three generations. After the imperial examination, he recruited the virtuous Zhuge Liang to be the military advisor general and be in charge of taxation. Mr. Pang Tong was the staff officer of the King of Chu.

, Mr. Kong Rong is a senior official. I admire this..."

After the reading, everyone burst into admiration.

"The virtuous Mr. Pang Tongwei——"

Everyone praised again.

"The virtuous Kong Rong became a great doctor---"

Another burst of admiration.

"General Military Advisor, this is the most precious position. This is the position before the General Staff Officer!"

After the three of them heard this, they all thanked and said, "Thank you, King Chu, for your kindness."

The official continued to congratulate: "The three officials will report to their respective yamen within three days."

Officials and ceremonial guards were removed.

Zhuge Liang was obviously disappointed, because he originally wanted to replace Jia Xu as the first adviser, or the general in the army, rather than a small tax collector.

Pang Tong humbly responded to the congratulations from all sides.

Kong Rong said to Zhuge Liang in surprise: "The King of Chu highly praised Mr. Zhuge's teachings to me, but why did he only appoint Mr. Zhuge Liang as a simple sergeant-general?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "The King of Chu may like to eat eggs, but why does he care about which hen they were born from? The King of Chu is the King of Chu."

It was at this time that Cao Jie began to get involved in government affairs and became concerned about the situation in the world.

Many noble relatives were crouching in front of Princess Cao Jie's feet.

On this day, Nie Zefeng watched reports from various places in the pavilion.

The guard came over: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother would like to invite your Majesty to come. She said that there are some agenda items related to the wedding ceremony that she needs to discuss with your Majesty!"

After Nie Zefeng listened to the report, he asked Xun Yu: "I have thought about it for a while. Should I ask Mr. Ma Liang, my king, to preside over the establishment of the Imperial Academy?"

Xun Yu replied doubtfully: "I have followed the wishes of the King of Chu. Ma Liangchen has drafted the post of Lang Zhongling. Your Majesty, please see that this is a vacancy for some important positions in the court. I have drafted a list of replacements for these positions."

People are talents that must be used, so please consider it carefully, Your Majesty!"

Nie Zefeng looked at it, and then said lightly: "Well, they are all famous Confucians."

Xun Yu advised: "Since your Majesty has established the standards for hiring people, you need to employ people without any doubts."

Nie Zefeng stretched out his hand to hold the memorial handed over by Xun Yu, then took the reported memorial and replied: "That's right."
To be continued...