Chapter 059: Seeking Talent in Teng Country

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Just when the three kingdoms of Wei, Qi, and Chu were in the alliance of Si Sang, Wei Zheng, who was in the court of Chaoge, took Meng Ben and the only two of them quietly left the Wei Kingdom.

It's not the first time to leave the country quietly, Wei Zheng is also a bold monarch, this courage is only with King Zhao Wuling in the whole world can be heroes and cherish heroes, King Zhao Wuling's courage is also so shocking, it can be said that he is a bold lord, King Wuling actually dared to pretend to be the entourage of the envoy of Zhao State into the territory of Qin State to personally explore the national conditions of Qin State, and even more dared to meet King Qin Zhaoxiang as an envoy of the envoy, wanting to see what kind of person the monarch of Qin State was.

King Wuling of Zhao was extremely jealous after the Qin State knew about this shocking behavior, and the old feud between Qin and Zhao did not seem to be groundless.

At present, only Ju Xin knows about Wei Zheng's departure from Chaoge, this time he secretly ran out and went to Teng Kingdom, which is less than fifty miles away, and he came to Teng Country naturally not to sightsee or admire this famous vassal state.

Teng is a small country with a radius of 50 miles, located in the north of the Song State and south of the Lu State, and between the Teng State and the Lu State there is a 70-mile radius of the Yi State, Tian Ying's fief Xue Yi is also in the east of the Teng State, and the land of Qilu can be described as a small country.

In the Warring States Period, Teng was a small country of fifty miles in the general trend of the Seven Heroes competing for hegemony in the world, not only was not annexed by the big countries but was known as a good country, and the twelve princes of Zhuoran and Surabaya were also regarded as a miracle.

But in Wei Zheng's view, it is just the hypocritical "fruit" of Qi Guo being a bitch and setting up a memorial arch, Qi Guo has been infected with the hypocritical behavior of Confucianism, on the one hand, he is competing for hegemony in the world, on the other hand, he is also trying his best to speak for himself as the "State of Central Plains Etiquette", and trumpeting the "Qilu reputation" of the world.

Whether it is Teng, Yi, or even Lu, although it has the name of a country, it is actually just a vassal of Qi who bows down to his vassals, and the king of Qi does not destroy his country just to cherish his own reputation.

Wei Zheng's trip to Tengguo naturally came with a purpose.

Teng country here is inhabited by a contemporary sage, Wei Zheng's trip is to visit the sage, this sage is named Xu Xing, is a famous sage of the contemporary Zhuzi Baijia peasant school, originally a native of Chu, but with dozens of peasant disciples moved into Teng State, to be the common people of Teng State.

I have to say that in the Warring States Period, the importance of fame, Xu Xing was able to enter the Central Plains Teng State from the Chu State thousands of miles north, Teng State's fame is the key, and Teng Wengong's reputation as a virtuous monarch is indispensable. Teng Guo as a "good country" and the world's reputation, and Teng Wen Gong line "three years of mourning", because of the filial piety broadcast of the Central Plains princes, after the throne asked Mencius, and then the law of the first king, benevolent government, good teaching, for a time Teng country's reputation spread far and wide.

The current national strength of Qi is still steadily improving, Wei Zheng came to the land of Qilu and obviously felt the grandeur of a great country, and when he came to the territory of Teng, because there were hurried pedestrians and cattle and horses everywhere, he had to give way every once in a while along the way, and he could also see the prosperity of the land of Qilu.

In Wei Zheng's eyes, Teng is the country within a country of Qi, nothing more.

Wei Zheng also felt quite troubled because this sage of the peasant school was intoxicated with the utopian world of absolute fairness and could not extricate himself.

Obviously, Xu Xing's thought and Confucianism are simply incompatible, Confucianism talks about etiquette and humility, but Xu Xing talks about the monarch and the people, and even the monarch has to cultivate while governing the country, so Xu Xing's thought is also angrily rebuked by Confucian scholars to abandon the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, and the doctrine of chaos and order.

Fortunately, Xu Xing had already moved from Chu to the Central Plains, otherwise he would have to travel thousands of miles south to visit, and it would take a long time to trek through mountains and rivers.

This sage, Wei Zheng is determined to invite him out of the mountain, as long as he invites this great god, he can let the people of the peasant school work for him and use it for me, high prestige means connections, and the land in Jiangdong County is counting on this group of people to guide the people to open up the wasteland and govern it.

To say that the celebrities who govern one side in later generations, Li Bing and his son who repaired Jiangyan are more famous, Wei Zheng wants to dig them up to Jiangdong to control water and open canals, but it is helpless that Li Bing, a celebrity in water control, will not be born more than ten years later, Jiangdong governance must not be counted on him, Xu Xing's importance is more prominent, and in addition, I can't think of any water control power outside the farmer.

On this day, Wei Zheng came to the field of Tengdu City, Xu Xing brought dozens of disciples of the peasant school to Tengguo together, and Teng Wen treated them politely and gave them a place to stay.

However, this group of people has never embarked on a career in office, and his ideas are not destined to be accepted by the rulers.

When I came to Tengguodu, I inquired and learned that Xu Xing was in Huling City, north of Surabaya, which was only a few days away from Mulberry. took Meng Ben back and forth to return to Huling, and after a few more inquiries, he learned that there was indeed a person named Xu Xing along the shore of Surabaya.

"Who is this Mr. Xu Xing? What are the capabilities? Monarch...... Well, the eldest brother is so fancy! Meng Ben was very incomprehensible along the way, and the lord of a country worked tirelessly to visit a person very incomprehensibly, "I think it's okay to send someone to bring him to Chaoge directly?" ”

"Is this the way to be virtuous? Widowed...... Even if I came in person, I couldn't guarantee that I would be able to invite this old gentleman out of the mountain. Wei Zheng turned around and glared at him, "The puppet is not enough to plan, shut up." Don't lose the scroll of the scriptures, this is the treasure that I have painstakingly written, and if you want to move the sage Xu Zi, this scroll is the last hope. ”

"The scroll of "Shennong" is on my body, brother rest assured, hehe~~" Meng Ben patted his chest and said with an oath.

"This visit to Xian, you give me less nonsense, be careful that I smoke you." Wei Zheng didn't bother to explain to this brave and unscrupulous martial artist, and Meng Benzhi's honest smile made him shake his head helplessly.

After a few tosses and turns, I finally saw a group of grass huts in the mountains.

Not surprisingly, Xu Xing and his peasant disciples were here.

Wei Zheng immediately dressed up his clothes, came to the door and said loudly: "Wei Li, a person from the Xia Fa family, has heard the name of the farmer Xu Zi for a long time, and now he is here to visit, and he is confused, and he dares to ask Xu Zi for advice. ”

As soon as Wei Zheng's words fell, the house opened, and a young man in a linen cloth robe walked briskly, with a little surprise on his face, "Your Excellency is Mr. Wei Li of the Legalist faction?" ”

Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that the controversy and controversy in the Jixia School Palace in the past made Wei Li's reputation shocking the world, especially in the hundreds of schools, this person can recognize and show that he is not looking for the wrong place, Wei Zheng smiled and arched his hand: "It is under the bottom, dare to ask Mr. Xu?" ”

That's too young, right? Xu Xing should be about the same age as Meng Fuzi.

"Oh, Mr. said with a smile, in Xia Chen Xiang, he used to be a Confucian bachelor, and then abandoned Confucianism and learned agriculture and worshiped under Xu Zimen."

Wei Zheng was stunned, no wonder the demeanor of the person in front of him was quite elegant, Chen Xiang hurriedly stretched out his hand and signaled, "Chen Xiang is rude, Mr. please enter the cold house, I will talk about it, I will miss the welcome, forgive me, forgive me." ”

"How dare you! Please! Wei Zheng politely stretched out his hand to greet him, and after some entertainment, they both looked at each other on the desk and sat on the ground, Chen Xiang said: "Mr. is unlucky, the teacher and the foolish brother Chen Xin are investigating the situation of the Surabaya River together, and it may be a little later to return home." ”

"It doesn't matter." Wei Zheng said with a smile, his heart has been decided, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period often caused floods in various places, and there were also batches of water control people, up to the women and children who know Dayu to control the water, the Spring and Autumn Period of the Chuzhuang King Sun Shu Ao to control the water, built the "crown of water conservancy" of Shaobi (què, bēi), is the earliest water conservancy project in ancient China, until more than 2,500 years later, it still plays a role, and Dujiangyan, Zhanghe Canal, Zhengguo Canal is equally famous.

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