Chapter 136 of the main text volume is recruiting

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Chapter 136

Guo Jia soon took a letter of resignation and sent it to Dong Xiangguo.

At the same time, Zhang Lie immediately ordered Huang Zhong to be the main general, supplemented by Jia Xu, to raise an army of 10,000 and recapture Tongguan in the near future.

After the war, Chang'an City, which had just settled down for a short time, fell into panic again. Everyone knows that Tongguan is captured, and Chang'an may also face enemy troops.

In particular, all the 10,000 troops left Chang'an, and there were only more than 1,000 soldiers left in Chang'an City at this time. If someone makes trouble in Chang'an, the government will simply suppress it by force.

Zhang Lie Guo Jia also knew the situation he was facing, after Huang Zhong left. Zhang Lie directly recruited Huang Xu, as Huang Zhong's son, Huang Xu was originally going to go with the army, but after thinking twice, he still left Huang Xu. After all, although Huang Xu is young, his force is not weak, and after a period of training by Huang Zhong. Huang Xu's personal force is at least a third-rate general.

Therefore, Huang Xu was naturally promoted by Zhang Lie, and Guo Jia assisted him. Soon after, Chang'an City again recruited 15,000 soldiers, and Huang Xu and Guo Jia were fully responsible for this matter.

All of a sudden, everyone on hand ran out. Zhang Lie was embarrassed all of a sudden, and there was no one available at hand.

There is no way, Zhang Lie directly released the list at the gate of Jingzhao Mansion, the content of the list is very simple, it can be summed up in four words, that is, recruitment.

It is written in the list that as long as you think you are talented and can contribute to the imperial court, you can come to Jingzhao Mansion to register. After the examination, the official position is directly granted. The most critical point of the list is that there is no threshold. Whether it is a poor family or a family member, you can sign up, and even those who have a criminal record can also sign up.

As soon as this list was announced, it immediately caused a sensation. After all, this can be regarded as the first time that a candidate has been selected in ancient times. Especially the disciples of the Hanmen are even more jubilant, and Chang'an City is a rare big city in the world after all, although they think they have some strength, they have already run to Luoyang, where the Son of Heaven is located. But there are still a lot of talents in Chang'an City, and Zhang Lie does not have high requirements for these people, as long as he can share the Chang'an government. If one or two talents can be selected, it can be said to be a surprise.

Guo Jia was naturally very excited when he learned what Zhang Lie had done. Zhang Lie has always shown that he is unmotivated, which makes him very worried, how can such a person be worthy of great talent. Originally, he still wanted to observe Zhang Lie for a while, and if it was feasible, he could repair the book and invite his former classmates and friends to come and assist Zhang Lie. But later, Zhang Lie's expression made him regret it a lot, and others even dragged others into the fire pit again.

"Guiyi, this trick is good, this is only Chang'an, I believe that after a period of time, the world's scholars know that Guiyi is, and they will definitely rush to come to Chang'an. But at the moment, the battle of Tongguan must be won, and only if we win, others will believe in us more. After Guo Jia finished speaking, he thought of something again, and said: "By the way, I don't know how to think about how to choose a soldier." ”

Zhang Lie didn't think much about it, and directly pulled out some of the things he wrote before. Said: "Ah, choose a few of the above questions, let the scholars who come to apply for the job answer, and according to the answers, consider whether it is suitable and how big an official can be." ”

Guo Jia picked up the piece of Cai Lun paper that had just been written, and the ink had not yet dried. Looking at the above question, he began to frown, unable to figure out why Zhang Lie chose the candidate so much. But soon, he understood, and immediately looked at Zhang Lie with admiration.

It turned out that Zhang Lie's selection of scholars did not examine how many books the scholars had read, how to understand a certain chapter and sentence, and so on. Rather, it is a direct practical examination of the ability of each scholar. It was written down with questions from the government and the army, and then asked the scholars to answer them.

For example, in this attack on Tongguan, when the army marched, how much food per population was, and how much food needed to be lost at the end of the war. how food loss can be minimized, and so on. Another example is that in the government, when there is a mass dispute, it is resolved in this way.

Guo Jia understands that his classmate, who has always been unable to understand, is really talented. I can think of such a way to recruit talents from the past and present.

The two were talking here, when suddenly someone came to report and a scholar came to apply.

Zhang Lie and Guo Jia glanced at each other and smiled happily one after another. Invite the scholar in, Zhang Lie and Guo Jia are waiting in the side hall.

After a while, a young man in a green shirt walked in, his clothes were a little white, but they were very clean, especially his temperament looked quite stable, and this image of the young man won the respect of the two.

"Student Pang Ji and Pang Zhongshu have seen two adults!"

The young man gave a standard fist salute, and then looked at the two of them with clear eyes.

Pang Ji Pang Zhongshu, I haven't heard of it and I haven't been impressed, I don't think it's a celebrity. But Zhang Lie doesn't care, as long as he has read books and can handle simple government affairs. He doesn't need everyone to have a talent like Guo Jiajiaxu.

"Tell me what you are good at, and if you are an official, what kind of official you want to be engaged in. I can say this, as long as you have talent, I can appoint Chang'an City as soon as you take an official position! ”

Zhang Lie didn't say big things, although many official positions required the approval of the imperial court controlled by Dong Zhuo. But how Zhang Lie tosses in Chang'an, Dong Zhuo will definitely not care. Of course, if it is tossed in an unexpected place in Chang'an, it will not threaten Dong Zhuo.

Pang Ji was also taken aback, but quickly relented. After thinking about it, he said, "The student is good at prison affairs, so he wants to hold an official position in this area." ”

"Prison?"

Zhang Lie thought for a moment, but he didn't expect this person to be good at this.

"In addition to being familiar with the Confucian classics, students are also proficient in Legalism."

I see! Zhang Lie and Guo Jia both understood that this was a disciple of the Legalist family. It's just that after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed the Confucianism of the hundred schools, other doctrines basically declined, especially now. Even if it is a disciple of another family, when he declares his family, he must first explain that he is proficient in Confucianism, and then he will learn from his own family.

Thinking of the Legalist, Zhang Lie couldn't help but think of Cheng Yu, the famous disciple of the Legalist. Cheng Yu has great talents, many times his heart is even more vicious than the poisonous Jia Xu, Zhang Lie can't help but think of him, and he doesn't know what this great talent is doing now.

Seeing that Zhang Lie was a little distracted, Guo Jia didn't know what Zhang Lie was thinking. But he still took over Zhang Lie's topic and asked: "Let me ask you, there are two people, one is a butcher, and the other is a woodcutter. One day, the two went to court, just because of a bag of copper coins, and both of them claimed to be their own copper coins. Ask you, how is this case decided? ”

This little story was written by Zhang Lie on Cai Lun's paper just now, and Guo Jia just glanced at it and remembered it. It just so happens that this person is good at prison, so use this story to investigate.

When Pang Ji heard this, he was also taken aback, he originally thought that he would be able to test the scriptures, but he didn't expect it to be this kind of test.

But he didn't panic and thought about it for a while. I quickly figured out what it was, but it was hard to judge how to judge the case for a while.

"Can each ask the two of them how many copper coins are in their money bags?"

"What if both of them get it right?" Guo Jia asked rhetorically.

At this time, he was a little flustered, after all, this question can be said to be related to his life. Constantly thinking about how to recover, woodcutter, butcher? Butcher? King Butcher?

Suddenly, the situation of the butcher of the king of the door sounded, and he had a flash of inspiration, and said: "The copper coins handled by the butcher must be stained with oil, and you can check whether the copper coins are oily, if there is no oil, it is the woodcutter's money bag, and if there is oil, it is the butcher's money bag." ”

When Guo Jia heard this, he was shocked and said, "Brother is talented, please accept my worship!" ”

To be honest, if he didn't know the answer, he really couldn't think of a way for a while.

But the scholar in front of him actually thought for a while and said the answer, he couldn't help but admire, at least in this regard, the person in front of him is better than him.

Zhang Lie was also surprised, he couldn't see it, this was a classic story of the case in later generations, but he didn't expect that at the end of the Han Dynasty, a random person who was not famous would say the answer.

When the scholar heard this, he smiled embarrassedly: "My lord is strict, it's not that he is talented, but he just experienced this a few days ago." There was a butcher next door to me, and he told me something. It is said that a maid from a family came to him to buy meat, and every time he disliked that his copper coins were stained with oil, so every time he sold meat to these people, he always had to take the copper coins and wipe them clean with a cloth, which was very cumbersome. ”

After listening to it, although he knew that he was clever, it also proved that this person was in a hurry, and he was also more honest, so he could use it.

"It's a bit tricky, but it's not bad! Pang Ji Pang Zhongshu, you are good, Jingzhao Mansion really needs talents like you, from today on, you will take office in Jingzhao Mansion and temporarily take charge of the work of Chang'an City Yiqiē Prison. If you pass the inspection, I will formally ask the court for your appointment. ”

That's right, although Pang Ji is good, he is still a temporary worker. Only when he did a good job did Zhang Lie give him a formal appointment. But even so, Pang Ji was excited to find the north.

was originally a disciple of the Hanmen, and he never thought that he would ascend to the sky in one step. is in charge of Chang'an City Prison, which is a great official in his opinion. After all, although Chang'an City is in decline, it is still the western capital of the Han Dynasty. Chang'an Jingzhao Mansion is still a high-ranking official of the Han Dynasty, and as an official under it, the same rank is not low.

With a good start, some people came to apply one after another. However, many of them have a wait-and-see attitude, especially the disciples of the family, after learning that even if they inspect Tongguò, they will not be immediately accepted, but will work for nothing for a while. immediately disagreed, scolded and scolded, and refused to serve Zhang Lie.

Another day, a military general came to apply. If that's all it takes, it's not worth Zhang Lie's attention. The key is that this person not only came to Yinping, but also took more than 1,000 generals to apply for the job together.

When Zhang Lie heard this, he was immediately curious. What kind of hero is this, and there are still people who apply for jobs. If the application is successful, it will not be the strength of Chang'an, which will grow all at once. As for whether he could control this person, Zhang Lie didn't care at all, his methods were not something that these people could deal with.

"Li Kan?"

Zhang Lie immediately returned to modern times to inquire about this person, not to mention, he still has a name and a surname, but his life is very sad. Looking at him like this, he should have just prepared to rebel. Maybe he learned that he was recruiting talents in Chang'an, and this person took a group of people to try his luck first, if he succeeded, it would be good, and if he didn't succeed, he would go back to rebel.

After a simple assessment of martial arts, Li Kan's strength is about the same as Huang Xu, and he is a third-rate general. However, Zhang Lie did not dislike it at all, and immediately appointed Li Kan as a lieutenant to jointly take charge of the defense of Chang'an. Huang Xu continued to be in charge of recruitment, and at the same time, more than 1,000 people brought by Li Kan were also disrupted in the army and retrained.

At this time, the battle of Tongguan can be said to be imminent.

Whether it is Huang Zhong or Jia Xu, they attach great importance to this battle. It is not only related to the stability of Chang'an, but also the first battle since defecting to Zhang Lie. Especially Jia Xu, he urgently needs to express himself, he really wants to know what handle Zhang Lie holds Dong Zhuo, so that with Dong Zhuo's current ability, he is still afraid of him.