Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 19 Interview (Specially thank you for voting for recommendations and adding updates)
Rough flat county government.

At this time, it has been martial law by hundreds of soldiers.

In the county government office, a middle-aged man in military uniform with a majestic face was receiving Li Bai, the magistrate of Junping County, and a group of Li Bai's juniors.

"Wen Ruo (Xun Yu's character), this Li Bai was arranged by you in Junping! Not bad, not bad." The middle-aged man smiled and said to Xun Yu beside him.

This middle-aged man is the most powerful man in the north——Cao Cao.

Beside Cao Cao, there were several people dressed as scholars, and one of them was Xun Yu whom Li Bai had met once.

Hearing Cao Cao's words, Xun Yu smiled and said, "This Li Bai was recommended to me by one of my subordinates named Du Fu. When Ping was the county magistrate, I didn't expect him to be able to achieve such a great result, which is really good."

Xun Yu said: "At that time Li Bai was only one of them, and there were others who were very good with him."

His tone sounded quite calm, but the smile on his face couldn't be suppressed no matter what.

This time Li Bai gave him a big face, and his face was also very radiant.

"Li Bai, right? Do you have words?" Cao Cao asked Li Bai.

"General, my name is Li Bai, and my courtesy name is Taibai." Li Bai said to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao is still General Cao now, and will become Prime Minister Cao, King Wei in the future.

"Li Bai, Taibai, haha, very interesting words." Cao Cao laughed, and asked Li Bai, "Wen Ruo said that you are very talented, what have you studied? How much have you read the Four Books and Five Classics?"

"Back to the general, I have never read the Four Books and Five Classics." Li Bai dared not lie.

It was only after he left Erdaogou Village that he realized that the mainstream culture outside was the Four Books and Five Classics.

"Haha, General, if you ask him the Four Books and Five Classics, he must not have learned much." At this moment, Xun Yu spoke.

"As the person I arranged, I know his situation. This Li Bai, if you ask him the Four Books and Five Classics, he will definitely not know it, but if you ask him about mathematics, history, geography, agriculture, water conservancy, they all have knowledge. Very proficient, there are some things that even I am ashamed of." Xun Yu said to Cao Cao.

"Oh? Even Wen Ruo is ashamed of himself? Then I'm going to test him." Cao Cao said to Xun Yu.

Then he turned his gaze to Li Bai.

"Mr. Wen Ruo said that you are good at math, but I don't know much about math, so let's forget about it. Tell me about the history you know."

"Back to the general, in fact, I only know some general history, and I dare not claim to be proficient." Li Bai said neither humble nor overbearing: "My Chinese history, from the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States, and then to my Han Dynasty, has a total of more than 2000 years. History, I don’t know which period of history the general wants to hear?”

"Yo? It seems that you still know a lot, so can you tell me how Qin Shihuang was able to unify the six kingdoms during the Warring States Period?" Cao Cao said to Li Bai.

"The reason why Qin was able to unify the six countries was mainly because of Shang Yang's reform, and then after several generations of Qin kings worked hard to rule, and finally unified the six countries."

Li Bai said: "By the time of Qin Shihuang, Qin State had formed a tendency to crush the six kingdoms. Even if Qin Shihuang did not win the government, there would always be a generation of Qin kings who would inevitably unify the six kingdoms. This is the general trend."

"Yes, your words are very insightful. I have asked many people this question, and the answers they gave me were all about Qin Shihuang Yingzheng, but they forgot that there are several generations of Qin kings working hard before." Cao Cao's answer to Li Bai was very satisfy.

"Although I agree with what you said, your answer is still too general. Can you explain in detail why Qin was able to unify the six countries and how it went from being the weakest country among the seven to the most powerful country? ?" Cao Cao asked Li Bai.

"This... has to be summarized from many aspects. First of all, Shang Yang's reforms made the Qin State a strict legal system, clear officials, and strong organizational skills..."

"What is organizational strength?" Cao Cao interrupted Li Bai.

"Organizational ability is the ability to organize people to do one thing. For example, the imperial court issued an order to recruit 100 million soldiers. If the six countries needed three months to gather and prepare, then Qin only needed one month. With one order, the following officials We will cooperate fully at the first opportunity, which is a sign of strong organizational ability.”

"On the contrary, if the officials under the government don't implement the orders issued, or they are procrastinated, this is a manifestation of poor organizational skills." Li Bai explained.

"Oh, I understand when you say that, you continue." Cao Cao nodded and raised his hand to signal Li Bai to continue.

"Earlier, I said that Shang Yang's reform made Qin's laws stricter politically, its officials clear and clear, and its organizational capabilities strong."

"Qin State encourages farming and attaches great importance to invention and creation. This has enabled Qin State's economy to develop rapidly, with a bumper harvest of food, and rapid population growth, so that more troops can be developed..."

"In terms of military affairs, Shang Yang adopted the award of military merit, which gave ordinary soldiers at the bottom a chance to climb up. This made Qin's soldiers fearless, and their combat effectiveness naturally became stronger."

"In addition, the State of Qin values ​​talents and can give talented people room to develop, which has attracted many talents from other countries to invest."

"With these, coupled with Qin's continuous military victories, as the territory expands, this makes Qin become stronger and stronger."

"Compared to Qin, although the six countries have also undergone corresponding reforms, they have not touched the fundamentals. This makes the gap between the six countries' national power and Qin's national strength become wider and wider. One and six countries has become the general trend." Li Bai finally said.

"You said that the Six Kingdoms Reform did not touch the root cause, what is the root cause?" Cao Cao asked Li Bai.

"The root of the reform is mainly to make the country rich and the people strong, but the reform of the six countries, first, did not give ordinary people the opportunity to become nobles, and second, there was no way to give talented people room to develop. Third, the distribution of social wealth is extremely uneven. Fairness, this makes the common people not want to fight for the powerful.”

"Compared to the Qin State, the people of the six countries were forced to go to the battlefield by the dignitaries of the six countries, while the people of the Qin State fought because they could gain benefits from the war and fought for their own interests. Whoever wins the battle Negative nature is clear at a glance."

"Of course, there are many other reasons why Qin was able to defeat the six countries, but mainly because the country is rich and the people are strong, Qin's strength far exceeds that of the other six countries, and this is how the whole country is unified." Li Bai finally concluded. .

clap clap clap!
"well said!"

Hearing Li Bai's words, Cao Cao couldn't help clapping his hands and applauding.

"Then tell me, what is the current situation? Can I defeat Sun Quan, Liu Biao and Liu Zhang, and wait for others to unify the country." Cao Cao asked Li Bai.

"This..." Hearing Cao Cao's words, Li Bai hesitated, and said, "My teacher discussed this issue with us. He said that your army, General, seems to be the strongest at present, but..."

"but what?"

(End of this chapter)