Chapter 337 Unexpected advice to the doctor
So the Huns still have to deal with it, and the counselors still have to make good use of it, and neither end can be delayed.
If we say that Lu Jia, who had already decided to be a counselor in Ying Gao's eyes, was still very nervous these two days. The night when Xiao He came to him, he knew that Ying Gao must have fallen in love with what he wrote, and he was very satisfied. Otherwise, he would be a counselor in the court of Daqin. His direct position in the Qin Dynasty was not low. How could he design a link to set up a list for himself for such a position?
But the next day when Lu Jia really saw the notices posted in various parts of Xianyang City, his mood was a little different from before.
Originally, he thought that the position of the censor was Ying Gao rewarded him for his good writing, but when he saw the responsibility of the censor, Lu Jia knew what was going on. He thought that the emperor arranged himself to this position to make good use of his mouth!
Lu Jia still knows what his greatest ability is, that is his eloquence! In Lu Jia's opinion, the responsibilities and conditions of this position of counselor are tailored for him. This affirms his ability in some aspects, but at the same time, Ying Gao has put forward a lot of requirements for himself.
Logically speaking, even so, Lu Jia still has to be grateful to Ying Gao, because if there were no Ying Gao, he would be just a lecture in Dai County at most. Who could find him? Even if he discovered it, maybe he would be killed directly because he participated in Xue County's anti-Qin alliance?
But Lu Jia is not a fool. Although he has never been in the Qin court, he knows more or less what the officials are like and the nobles of the Qin Dynasty are like. Ying Gao asked him to do this, but even if he asked him to break the so-called balance and ecology in the Qin court, doing this would be a sting of the backbone and pointing at the nose and scolding some of the Qin nobles.
What's even more serious is that if he really reveals the old Qin nobles's background, he will want to kill him. Lu Jia has no doubts about this at all.
Can this young emperor of Daqin protect himself?
This is the biggest question Lu Jia had when he saw this notice. He was not stupid. He knew that if he did this, he would become a person in the Qin Dynasty. In addition to knowing Ying Gao and Xiao He, Lu Jia had no foundation in Xianyang City. Although Ying Gao and Xiao He were almost the most powerful people in Xianyang City, he was not sure if someone wanted his own life. If someone wanted his own life, they would protect him.
These are just superficial matters. If you think about it a little deeper, Lu Jia also knew that if he got to the position of a counselor, the reform strategies he had written before would probably have been proposed through his own mouth.
Such a strategy will definitely harm the interests of many nobles in the Qin Dynasty. In addition, the counselors whom Ying Gao asked before, it is a problem how many days he can live.
Go, or not?
This question has been lingering in Lu Jia's heart since he saw the notice. He knew that if he told Xiao He directly that he could not do this counselor, Ying Gao and Xiao He would probably not have killed themselves, but would have put themselves in Xiao He's mansion as an aide. In that case, the new ideas he had come up with would definitely be spoken out of Ying Gao or Xiao He's mouth, and it would have nothing to do with him.
In the end, Lu Jia told himself that what decision he made was nothing more than using his life to bet on his position in the hearts of Ying Gao and Xiao He.
If he had gambled, Lu Jia knew that he might not know which day he would die on his way back to his mansion, but it was more likely that his name would be left forever in the history of the Qin Dynasty, and it would even be a very strong mark.
If I didn't gamble, I might be able to have food and clothing under the shadow of Ying Gao and Xiao He, and even lived quite well in Xianyang City of the Great Qin. But one thing is, no one will know who Lu Jia is, and no one will know what Lu Jia has done for the Great Qin. Several years later, when he died, maybe only I remember that I was called Lu Jia, who was a very talented person.
That night, Lu Jia almost didn't sleep, and he had a very fierce fight in his heart...
Finally, on the last day of the registration of the counselor, Lu Jia appeared in that place and wrote his name and information on a bamboo slip. What he didn't know was that Xiao He, who had been hiding in the dark and observing silently, finally breathed a long sigh after seeing him appear, and then left.
"Then Lu Jia just signed up on the last day?" The next day, the news reached Ying Gao's ears.
"This guy is not very interested in the position of a counselor, right?" Xiao He was a little incomprehensible about Lu Jia's series of strange actions. If he had been replaced by any other Confucian scholar or inheritor of another school, he would have seized the opportunity to spread his voice in the Qin Dynasty. Even if this opportunity might bring him some danger, then how could he retreat in order to become famous and to carry forward his inheritance? So Lu Jia's moaning moji for so long, in Xiao He's heart, this guy's purpose might be a little impure.
"If you are not interested, this guy will not have signed up for the last day. The more he values his life, the more he can make a difference in the position of a new counselor. As a counselor, I am not a reckless man. The more he cherishes his life, the more he can complete my tasks with his mind. Since Lu Jia can decide to do this on the last day, he must have thought about it."
Ying Gao's patient explanation made Xiao He agree with this matter. Indeed, what Ying Gao said was reasonable and evidence-based, and it cannot be said that the matter was somewhat biased towards Lu Jia. Xiao He also knew the risk of this counselor. If he had been allowed to reach that position, he would have to expose the problems of the Qin nobles every day with the determination to die. Thinking of this, he would not look down on Lu Jia so much.
Soon, it was the day when the position of a counselor began to take the school entrance examination. This time, Ying Gao did not make any trouble, but adopted the traditional written test method, and there was only one question, that is, what are the pros and cons of the new policy of the Qin Dynasty.
But even so, the Qin Dynasty was also talking about Ying Gao's bold attempt this time. This time, Ying Gao was like digging a hole for them. When they didn't want the position of advisor, Ying Gao's real purpose was revealed.
By this time, some old men in the court had already felt something, but they had no real evidence. Just a counselor who no one wanted to be, wouldn't really explain anything. Moreover, with Ying Gao's ability in the Qin Dynasty, even if you can see something, you have to consider your own weight when challenging the Emperor of Qin first?
Originally, Ying Gao did have the idea of whether he could use this exam to find more talents in Xianyang City, but after this exam, Ying Gao found that this was indeed unlikely. Facts have proved that there are not many capable people, but they may have been so scared that they were hiding where they were hiding by the duties of this counselor.
Those who signed up were almost all those who were tempted by troubled waters. The topic of Ying Gao's success was almost all praise and praise for Ying Gao. These people obviously wanted to let Ying Gao see him by flattering and then become this counselor. As for the fact that after becoming a disciple, of course they still flattered and flattered.
Ying Gao, who was also very excited to review these people's bamboo slips, couldn't smile bitterly after a day of reviewing them. He thought to himself that the reason why this talent can be called a talent is because he is really too rare.
So it goes without saying that the position of the counselor is Lu Jia.
When the name of Lu Jia was spread in the Qin Dynasty, and even on the ground of Xianyang City, except for Ying Gao and Xiao He, most of the officials of the Qin Dynasty were confused. They thought they would take Xiao He or Han Xin’s subordinates to choose their own confidant to take on this position, but Lu Jia was such a person that no one had ever heard of.
This made the officials in the Qin Dynasty even more unaware of what was sold in Ying Gao's gourd. In their hearts, they absolutely did not believe that Ying Gao had to arrange this counselor according to the results of the school entrance examination. However, they had no choice but to do anything about such a thing, so they could only quietly observe the changes in the court.
Just the night when Ying Gao announced that Lu Jia would officially start participating in the next court, when the rest of the officials scoffed at this person he had never heard of, in the hall of Meng Yi's mansion, several young men in gorgeous clothes who looked much younger than Meng Yi knelt in front of Meng Yi, and their eyes were full of awe at Meng Yi.
"From tomorrow, no matter how much money you have obtained using the new policy of the emperor, you will be dispersed. If you harm the people of the Qin Dynasty, you will immediately expel the Meng family from the emperor's orders. Today, I have added this to the ancestral teachings. You will all draw your own names on this bamboo slip!"
Meng Yi's voice seemed quite cold. After saying that, he threw out a roll of bamboo slips that had been a while ago.
"Uncle, the emperor is persecuting the old Qin nobles in Xianyang City. It would be fine if his uncle doesn't say anything, but it has nothing to do with my Meng family. One of the two uncles is the first person in the court except the emperor, and the other is a person like my war god of Qin. My Meng family is doing his best for the Qin Dynasty. What kind of money can be obtained from the hands of some Guizhou leaders? If my uncle does this, he will fall into the inferiority. The status of my Meng family will definitely be much worse than before!"
"That's right, uncle, there is indeed a tide in the court of the Qin Dynasty, but I, the Meng family, have never had any trouble. Doesn't this mean that the emperor is not like other nobles about my Meng family? I don't have to worry about this."
As soon as Meng Yi said this, the young people below couldn't sit still. During this period, with the new spring wind of the new policy, they all turned the people in the family into businessmen. Taking advantage of the status of the brothers Meng Yi and Meng Tian in Xianyang City, they almost did whatever they wanted to do, and set the price as high as they wanted. Although they were not corrupted to do anything such as monopoly so that the people could not eat salt, they also made a lot of money.
It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. The young people of the Meng family who have already tasted the sweetness naturally don’t want to hear Meng Yi, who is almost the patriarch who presides over the overall situation in Xianyang City.
After hearing the reluctant words of his two younger generations, Meng Yi's eyebrows twitched slightly. If anyone who knew him saw it, he would know that this was a sign of the rank of the throne of the dynasty before the furious. If you know the image, it would be better to hide away.
"If you say these remarks from you again, you will no longer be from my Mongolian clan!"
After saying this, Meng Yi's eyes swept over the people below one by one. Obviously, this time he was really angry.
The young men below finally realized that Meng Yi, who has always been a little gentle, was really playing. If you argue with Meng Yi at this time, let alone his nephew, even his own son, you probably don’t have a member of the Montessori clan, and you are not a member of the Montessori clan.
So, under Meng Yi's power, all of these children wrote their names on the ancestral teachings of the Montessori clan and promised not to exploit loopholes in the new policy. Meng Yi then put them all back to their respective mansions.
Looking at the ancestral teachings in his hand, Meng Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief. Obviously, he had seen something from Ying Gao's actions and began to prepare for the future.
Chapter completed!