"Wen is after Duke Xu Wen, but his clan has been in the Chu State for hundreds of years, and his family has long been in the middle of the road, and he has no fief in his generation, and only inherits the position of a small official. But this person is quite talented in governing the people, so he became the head of the township from the head of a district, and then a clerk of Shen County, assisting Shen Gong to govern Shen, and at the same time Shen Gong also gave him a responsibility, that is, to sort out the documents and classics brought by the prince from the Zhou Dynasty. ”

With Ji Ran's slow passage, the image and characteristics of this person jumped into Zigong's mind.

It turned out that the prince was assassinated and died seven years ago, and his subordinates were scattered, and even the old man who followed him into Chu did not know what to do, and the massive classics brought from Chengzhou were piled up in Wancheng and no one took care of them. Although the culture of the Chu people was slowly improving, reading those classics was like reading a book from heaven, and there were not many people who could read it, and the same was true for the literature, so the progress was extremely slow at first, and he could only look around for the help of talented people. "Wen Chong heard that in a place called Sanhu in Shen County, there was a young Han Shi who behaved strangely, was out of fashion, and often pretended to be crazy and stupid, so he sent a small official to visit. When the little official came back, he reported that this was indeed a madman, named Fan Li, who often sighed to the moon after drinking and recited a poem. “

Without waiting for Zigong to ask, Ji Ran took the lead in singing: "There are peaches in the garden, but in fact, they are dishes." The worries of my heart, I sing and rhyme. Those who don't know me are also proud of me. Who is he, what is the son? Who knows the worries of the heart! Who knows! "Zigong is a disciple of Confucius, so he must know what this poem is about?"

Zigong bowed: "It is a poem of Huai Cai, a scholar who worries about himself, this person is probably not crazy, but a depressed person." "The state of Chu has its own national conditions here, and there are talents that cannot be brought into play, and there are so many scholars who pretend to be crazy, and the old man knows a lot. So I don't think it's strange, I'm well-informed, and I naturally know that this kind of person often has unique opinions in his heart, and he won't take other people's ridicule to heart. So he went to visit in person, but Fan Li avoided it repeatedly, but Wen Chong must go every month. I have to leave a gift every time I go......"

Zigong smiled: "It's similar to Mr. Lord's visit." ”

Ji Ran bowed slightly, and said: "So Fan Li was helpless, so he could only meet Wen Chong, Wen Chong did not dislike him for being white, described as sloppy, treated him very kindly, and talked with each other. He saw that Fan Li really talked extraordinary, and when he asked, he realized that he had indeed traveled north to Xinzheng and Taoqiu. Thereupon. persuaded him not to pretend to be crazy, but to sort out the classics and documents left by the prince dynasty with him. ”

The two of them had been sorting out this for four years, and it wasn't until the old man went south to Chu two years ago that he helped them complete the last part. It was transcribed into the bird seal of the Chu State, dedicated to the Duke of Shen, and delivered to the Yingdu to be handed over to the King of Chu for seeing, and the King of Chu was overjoyed and made the text a decree. Fan Li is his assistant. ”

Zigong said: "It's a good thing that talents have finally been appointed. ”

Ji Ran sneered and asked, "Zigong can be satisfied as an order?" “

Zigong was silent. Ask yourself, you may be satisfied in the past, but now, although he is just a pedestrian, he can play with the princes and uncles, and the princes and doctors. How can a mere official take it to heart?

Ji Ran continued: "Wen Chong has read nearly 10,000 volumes in a few years, and Fan Li has been taught by the old man......"

Zigong was surprised: "It turns out that Fan Li is Mr.'s senior apprentice. At the same time, he also thought that it seemed that it was not only the master's family who taught privately, but there was no one who was as teachable as the master.

Ji Ran nodded in approval: "Not bad." Fan Li is my heir. ”

Zigong's eyes lit up: "Since you can be appreciated by Mr. and be an ordinary person, let me ask rudely, compared to Mr., I don't know what Fan Li and literary talents are?" ”

Ji Ran stretched out a finger: "Fan Liwen, if you get one of them, you can rejuvenate the country." ”

And a second root was stretched out: "If you get the second ......"

"Then the lord can ask for an uncle!"

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Ask for uncle, the son of heaven to uncle, for the overlord of the princes...... This is the highest goal that the monarchs of the Spring and Autumn Period have diligently pursued, and so far only the Duke of Qi Huan and the Duke of Wen of Jin have really achieved it, and the King of Chuzhuang has a fact but no name.

Zigong was very surprised by Ji Ran's praise, although he was a little disappreciative and had some reservations, but he still let Ji Ran continue to blow.

After all, it was his disciple...... At the same time, Zigong also thought that when his master recommended his brothers, he was often full of praise, although he would be humble in the end, "I don't know his benevolence".

"With the growth of knowledge and talent, the ambition of Fan Li and Wen Chong has also improved, and a Wan Ling, an assistant official who receives the food of the promotion bucket every day can no longer satisfy them." "So Wen Chong wanted to do things for Ling Yin and Sima in Zaiying, and seek the position of doctor, and Fan Li was not interested in fame, he just wanted to do something big, so he pulled me and wanted to take refuge in Ye ......Gong, who guarded Fangcheng and was quite famous."

Ji Ran sighed: "The result, Zigong should be able to guess it." “

The experience of Wen Fan Li is surprisingly similar to that of their Confucian disciples, or rather, this is the common process of the scholars of this era, who want to be recognized and appreciated by the princes and nobles through their talents, and then do something great......

It's a pity that meat eaters despise and always let them down. "Fan Li and I came north to Ye County, and met Ye Gongzi Gao, who is a good fake dragon but does not use a real dragon, a family leader, or a county magistrate, is the highest treatment he can give. So he went out in anger two months ago and went south to join the Wenchong, so he and Zigong missed. "And Wen Chong has been camping in Yingdu for more than a year, and he has also touched a nose of dust, and at the same time, he has also touched a fact: he and Fan Li, as scholars with a non-surname Mi, are already the limit in Chu State, and it is impossible to climb up! After a lifetime, I can't even be a doctor! “

Zigong, who was already a great doctor, couldn't help but sigh and said, "I didn't expect the government of Chu to be so stagnant. “

Ji Ran mercilessly criticized: "Although the orders of the Chu State, Yin Zixi and Sima Ziqi, are known as changing the discipline and their policies, but they are actually changing the soup but not the medicine, although their administration is much better than the adulterous Zichang back then, but they can only heal the superficial wounds of the Chu State. Inside, the problem of Chu is that the ministers are too heavy, and the feudal monarchs are too many, so the arrogance of the monarch and the extravagance of the ministers has become the norm, so that Yin Sima has always been the prince and grandson of the close branch, and the county officials have become inherited from generation to generation, most of them are unscrupulous, and they are often cronyistic and not meritocracy, but the truly talented scholars are not reused...... This poor country is also the way of weak soldiers! “

Zigong coughed lightly and said: "In fact, it is not only the Chu State, the Song has the Dai regent, Zheng has the Qimu Arbitrary Power, Qin has the Chang Lijun, Qi has the Shiqing to take care of affairs, and the Jin has the separation of the Six Qingqing, and it is difficult for the scholars to be in a high position to go to the sky!" Cheng Zhou...... Cheng Zhou's doctors, even the appointment of foreign scholars will be angrily killed by their fellow clansmen! “

He said to Ji Ran with bright eyes: "Only in the Lu State, Sanhuan has become a virtual figure, and the doctor is like yesterday's yellow flower, under the rule of the monarch and the Zhao Shogunate, it is actually the scholars who manage the state affairs!" The scholars from the Zhao clan, as well as my senior brothers, although their nominal positions are not high, have replaced the old nobles to take charge of the country's destiny! “

Zigong's thinking changed unconsciously, from following the master's respect for the monarchy and recovering the Zhou ceremony, to being keen on improving the status of the scholars, and letting the scholars manage government affairs instead of the incompetent nobles! As for the monarch and the secretary, it is enough to rule by hanging the arch.

However, he hadn't realized what Zhao Wuxian had realized, and was even deliberately promoting: if this continued, sooner or later, the world would become the world of scholars, not the world of noble lords!

Ji Ran patted the case and laughed: "Yes, this is what attracts me to Zhao!" That's why I want to go north and see the Zhao government with my own eyes. “

Zigong also smiled: "Sir will not be disappointed." At the same time, he also lost no time in recruiting: "Since Wen and Fan are depressed in the Chu State, why don't they go north with me, the Zhao family is in urgent need of talents, if the two of them are indeed talented, don't say that they are just a doctor, even if they are doctors, the lord will not be stingy!" “

In fact, there are only a few people in the Zigong brothers who have made it to the doctor, but he is used to doing business, so he will first deceive the three who are waiting for the price to sell to the Zhao family. "Good! The two of them are carrying Ying, and Zigong is just on the way! After the success of selling his disciples and his disciples' friends, Ji Ran fell a stone in his heart, and it was precisely because he was angry with Fan Li that he didn't feel guilty at all when he helped Zigong fool Ye Gong.

After the two hit it off, they once again drank and talked for a while, and only left when the night was about to end, they discussed, Zigong took Ji Ran's handwritten book, and the day after tomorrow he downloaded Ying south to find Wen and Fan Li. Ji Ran first spent a few days in Ye Di, and then said goodbye to Ye Gong, under the pretext of traveling all over the world, and went to Shangqiu in the Song Kingdom to wait for Zigong. "I don't know where General Zhao was when Zigong finally received the news?" When saying goodbye, Ji Ran asked more, although he lived in the Chu State, he was very concerned about the war in the northern Liuqing.

Zigong, a defender of the country, showed a slightly embarrassed look: "When we go north, maybe we don't need to take a detour, we can go directly from Wei to Chaoge, and I don't know how long I can play it......"

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At the same time, an unruly enthronement ceremony was being held in Chuqiu, the place of "Sangjian Pushang" in Zigong's mouth, and the host was General Zhao, who had repeatedly challenged the old ritual system.

This time, he not only stole the state government, not only openly betrayed the Jin, but also kept saying what "Qing Jun side", and I don't know if he tore up the texts of the king of Zhou, threw them into the river, and showed off his might to intimidate the emperor of heaven.

Today, under the nose of Wei Hou Yuan, he wants to support a new monarch of the country and establish a puppet regime......

PS: Things are busy, thank you readers for your understanding, and we will resume normal updates from tomorrow.

(To be continued.) )