The territory has expanded, and the population has increased. Talent is not enough.

Xu Miao, Tian Chou, Tai Shici and others, who Gongsun Kang went out to recruit two years ago, are now wearing many hats and are busy on all fours.

So Gongsun Kang remembered the recruitment order. The current Gongsun family is the overlord of Liaodong. In this year, at least 500,000 displaced people from the Central Plains were settled, and they also fought against Goguryeo, conquered Samhan, and occupied the island of Wajima: Kyushu. In the eyes of the people of the world, he is a national hero who fights against foreign races; It also widely implements benevolent government and resettles displaced people, and has a good reputation.

The only question: Is the Gongsun family qualified to set up a recruitment list? You must know that the recruitment list is only qualified to be established by the king of a country during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

For this reason, Gongsun Kang deliberately went to his father, Gongsun Du. Gongsun Du was very satisfied with Gongsun Kang's performance in the past year and thought that there was a successor.

He opened his mouth and quipped: "My son is not at home to accompany his wife and concubine, what are you doing here?" ”

Gongsun Kang's face was not red, "I married a beautiful concubine because I wanted my father to hold his grandson as soon as possible." ”

Then he talked about the idea and concerns of his recruitment list.

Gongsun Du also didn't dare to make up his mind, because the recruitment list is not only a matter of recruitment, but also involves righteousness. Now that the Han family is still there, even Dong Zhuo doesn't dare to say that he is the monarch.

In the end, it's the old way, gather the strategists, and work together to see what good they can do.

Wang Lie was more steady, and he set the tone first. "Directly saying that the recruitment order will definitely not work, we must find a workaround."

Xu Miao said, "Seeking talents? What is that? The content still can't be avoided from seeking talents from all over the world, so it's still offside. ”

At the end of the discussion, there was still no result.

Gongsun Du slapped the table, "No matter!" Just send out the recruitment list! ”

Gongsun Kang also agreed, "The world has been in turmoil, and the princes have all asked Dong for the second time." My Liaodong is far away, and no one cares about us, so even if it is a self-reliant country, why not? ”

At the critical time when Liaodong's economic and military development reached a bottleneck, Gongsun and his son did not flinch, but bravely took a key step. Gongsun Du even went one step further and established himself as the Marquis of Liaodong and the pastor of Pingzhou.

Soon, the recruitment order drafted by Gongsun Kang himself was posted all over the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, which was the credit of the meticulous work arranged in advance in the past two years.

In the recruitment list, Gongsun Kang shamelessly plagiarized the content of Cao Cao's recruitment list more than 10 years later. It is said that after Cao Cao saw it, he greatly appreciated it and thought: "The hero of the world, only Gongsun Rende and Cao." ”

By the way, Cao Cao is also Cai Yong's apprentice, and now he and Gongsun Kang are considered brothers.

The full text of the recruitment order is as follows:

Since ancient times, the king of Zhongxing has been ordained, and he can't taste the wise man and gentleman who rules the world with him? And he is virtuous, he has never been out of Lu Lane, how can he be lucky to meet? The ear of those who are above seek it. Today's decision has not yet been made, and this special talent is also urgent. "Meng Gong is Zhao and Wei Lao is excellent, not Teng and Xue Dafu." If it is available later, then how can Qi Huan dominate the world! Is there anyone who is fishing in Weibin by brown jade today? And did you have to steal the money and not meet the ignorant? The second and third sons are clearly and ugly, and they are only the ones who move, and they become useful.

In the vernacular, it is:

Since ancient times, how can there be a monarch who has not been able to govern the country with talented people? When they get talent, they often don't go out of the alley, is this an occasional fluke? No! It's just that the people in power are going to ask for it! Now that the situation is still unsettled, this is the most urgent moment to seek talent. "Meng Gongyu is more than capable as a retainer of the Zhao and Wei families, but he is not qualified to be a doctor in a small country like Teng and Xue." If it must be used by the so-called incorruptible people, then how can Qi Huan Gong dominate the world! Now there are no people in the world who wear coarse clothes and have real talents like Jiang Ziya who fish by the Weishui? Isn't there a person like Chen Ping who has been stigmatized as "stealing his sister-in-law and receiving money" and has not yet met Wei Wuzhi? You need to help me find those who are buried in a low position, and recommend them as long as they are talented, so that I can appoint them.

The core of this recruitment order is: meritocracy, become useful.

The most controversial part is also here: the question of virtue and talent. The recruitment order changed the imperial employment system (the two Han Dynasty inspection system was launched on the historical stage, and the descendants of the Wei and Jin Dynasty recommended the Jue system, and changed to the imperial examination system in the Sui and Tang dynasties), and also involved a major theoretical question that has been debated for a long time. The traditional approach is to take virtue but not talent, at least virtue before talent, but Cao Cao clearly put forward "only talent". The so-called "meritocracy" means that as long as you are talented, you can not ask about morality, and even "unkindness or filial piety" does not matter. Of course, this is a bit shocking and easy to misunderstand.

And now that Gongsun Kang issued this argument in advance, then all the arguments and all the black cauldrons are carried by Gongsun Kang. Will the results be as good as they could be?