Yingchuan Yang Zhai, in the council hall of the Assassin's Mansion, the potter was talking to Kong Ling about Xu Jing.

"If you want to say that you want to send someone to visit Yuan Shu, Xu Jing's identity is very suitable." Kong Ling praised with a smile, and his words were full of admiration: "After the famous family of Yuan Highway, the fourth and third princes have a very respected status among the scholars!" There are not many people who can be looked at by him...... Virtuous nephew, your strategy, the old man thinks about it, and only Xu Jing can take it. ”

The potter nodded, he naturally didn't know as much about the famous family as Kong Ling.

The potter said curiously: "Yingchuan was once the ancient capital of the Xia Dynasty, which lasted for thousands of years, and now it is the cultural center of the Han Dynasty full of private learning...... It is not difficult to find some celebrities who can be admired by Yuan Shu here...... But my strategy must be said by people who have the ability and prestige to observe talents, so that Yuan Shu can believe it! I don't know if this Xu Jing is qualified enough in this regard? ”

Kong Ling laughed and glanced at the potter with a smug gaze, his expression was very unshy.

"Virtuous nephew, you are young and lonely! Do you know what official position Xu Jing used to be? It is Yu Shangshutai who is also a scholar of Shangshu, specializing in lifting and degrading officials in the world! “

The potter's eyes couldn't help but widen when he heard this: "So powerful? ”

Kong Ling said proudly: "It's even more powerful!" …… Xun Shuang, Han Rong, Chen Ji and others were able to serve as ministers in the DPRK, and they were all recommended by Xu Jing back then! And his younger brother Xu Shao Xu Zijiang is even more famous for evaluating the world's figures, if the people are examined and evaluated, whether in the court or the people, Xu Jing is a first-class character, don't look at Yuan Shu now, when he was in Luoyang, Xu Jing and other characters were not he wanted to stammer. ”

The potter now completely understood why Kong Ling admired Xu Jing so much, it turned out that his younger brother turned out to be Xu Zijiang!

One of these brothers is responsible for recommending officials in Shangshutai, and the other is setting up a 'Yuedan Evaluation' in Runan County to evaluate the world's talents...... Whether in the government or in the opposition, personnel and public opinion have allowed the Xu brothers to occupy the best resources! It's really ......

"Black and white." The potter said with emotion.

Kong Ling stumbled and almost didn't fall: "Virtuous nephews can't talk nonsense!" What is black and white...... That's to describe hooliganism! ”

Obviously, the potter's disrespectful attitude made Kong Ling very dissatisfied...... If it weren't for the fact that he was now helping him deal with Sun Jian and Yuan Shu, Old Man Kong would have already gone over to solve him with a big ear scraper.

The potter didn't notice Kong Ling's dissatisfied expression, but sighed with emotion: "Above the court, he specializes in degrading officials, and in the countryside, his disciple Xu Zi will be a person who specializes in appreciating people in the world...... In this way, today, who is a capable person and who is a waste, with his words, it can basically be stereotyped? Is it? ”

Kong Ling smiled slightly, noncommittal, and said, "Yes." “

The potter shook his head, feeling helpless...... It's so dark.

However, it is most appropriate to let Xu Jing complete the things he assigned.

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The words are divided into two ends, in the land of Luyang, Yuan Shu is talking to Xu Jing with great interest at the moment, full of enthusiasm and all on his face, without any cover-up, and the words are full of intimacy.

It's no wonder that even Yuan Shu has always been above the top, but in the final analysis, he is also a member of the Han Dynasty.

The selection of talents in the Han Dynasty was a probationary system, which mainly used local governors to inspect and select talents and recommend them to subordinate officials, and recommended them to Shangshutai at all levels.

This method of layer-by-layer selection makes the local scholars with discourse authority or prestigious individuals have great interpersonal resources!

The so-called 'selection and selection', the words "selection" and "selection" have their own profound meanings, selection is to select scholars who do not have official positions in the name of recommendation, and promotion is to promote officials to lower levels in the position of high-ranking officials.

Over time, the scholars with a higher status and the right to speak gradually had a great power to preserve, and in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the celebrities of the great clans presided over the township review and controlled the election process.

The Yuan family was able to have protégés all over the world, and it was with the strong background of the fourth and third princes that a large number of talents were recommended to the central government! More and more people are admiring the Yuan family, and Yuan Shu naturally knows the benefits and benefits.

Xu Jing has occupied an important position in both the official "selection" and the non-governmental "selection...... It's strange that Yuan Shu didn't deliberately befriend him.

At the moment, Yuan Shu arranged a banquet and drank happily with Xu Jing, and the two chatted from Luoyang to Runan, and from the promotion of the imperial court to the recommendation of the people.

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"Mr. Xu!" When the wine was hearty, Yuan Shu put the wine cup in his hand on the case, and said excitedly: "Mr. Xu is a famous person in the world, and his disciple Jiang Gong is also a master of talents. ”

Xu Jing smiled modestly and said, "Duke Yuan praised it." ”

Yuan Shu looked at Xu Jing as if he was looking at a piece of fat meat that made people greedy, and his saliva was about to flow out.

"Is it too much praise? Xu Gong not only has the ability to guide the direction of the scholars among the people, but also ranks among the scholars above the court! As far as Yuan Shu knows, among the princes who are now crusading against Dong Zhuo: Jizhou Assassin Han Fu, Yanzhou Assassin Liu Dai, Yuzhou Assassin Kong Ling, and Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao were all promoted and appointed by Duke Xu to the imperial court, what a prestige! Who dares not to obey! ”

Yuan Shu's words are true, among the princes who are now crusading against Dong Zhuo, a large part of them are recommended by Xu Jing, including Kong Ling, which is also the reason why Xu Jing suffered in Luoyang some time ago and ran to Kong Ling.

Xu Jing smiled bitterly when he heard this, and secretly said that if it weren't for the promotion of these scourges, he would form a coalition of the eighteenth princes of Laoshizi! If you want to kill me with Dong Zhuo's anger, do I still need to run from Luoyang to Yingchuan to take refuge?

Yuan Shu didn't care too much about Xu Jing's expression of remorse, and continued: "Yuan has admired Mr. Xu's name for a long time, and he hates not having the opportunity to do great things together, what kind of person is Kong Ling? It's just rotten! How can you be above Xu Gong? If Yuan has to vote for the public, he is willing to treat him as a teacher! ”

With Yuan Shu's current highest official position among the princes of the Eighteen Roads, being able to say these words to Xu Jing who was in distress can also be said to be a corporal of Lixian, and he is highly respected.

Xu Jing raised the wine cup and said with a smile: "Yuan Gong is so sincerely invited, I am grateful, I can't say anything more, how can my cousin Xu Jin now be Chen Guoxiang under the command of Kong Tingshi, and conspire to kill Dong, I can't bear to abandon it, I am afraid that I will live up to Yuan Gong's kindness." ”

Yuan Shu didn't expect Xu Jing to reject him, he was unhappy, and sighed: "It's a pity, it's a pity!" ”

Xu Jing glanced at Yuan Shu and said, "Not really, although it is not under the account of Yuan Gong, it is also under the account of Yuan Gong. ”

Yuan Shuqi said: "What do you mean by this? ”

Xu Jing arched his hand and said, "Yuan Gong forgot? In the next today, to come here as a messenger of the history of the stab, to make friends with Yuan Gong, the history of the spur to pay tribute to the prestige of Yuan Gong, want to marry Yuan Gong, worship under the feather to be the lining of the elbow arm, in the future Yuan Gong but have orders, saddle before and after the horse, when there is no resignation. ”

"Oh, that's it......"

Yuan Shu didn't say anything after listening to Xu Jing's words, obviously he was not very interested in Kong Ling's overtures and surrender...... It's no wonder that in his menu: Kong Ling belongs to the category of being killed by him! Not within the scope of the surrender.

Xu Jing also saw some clues, but he didn't say anything, he had already been arranged by Kong Ling when he came, and he knew how to say it.

He pretended not to see Yuan Shu's expression, and continued: "In order to show his sincerity this time, Kong Tingshi specially presented Yuan Gong with 200,000 stone of military rations, 100 war horses, 300 pairs of leather armor, 300 halberds, and 3,000 arrows through General Sun......

"Wait, wait!"

Yuan Shu suddenly interrupted Xu Jing's words and said, "What did Mr. Xu say just now, what kind of military ration is 200,000 stones?" A hundred war horses? Three hundred pairs of leather armor? What else is ......"

Xu Jing nodded hurriedly and said, "Exactly, exactly!" The baggage has been sent to General Sun's camp, and it will be transported to Luyang in the near future, didn't Yuan Gong get General Sun's letter? ”

Yuan Shu seemed to be a little confused, and looked at Xu Jing in a daze for a while, and the waves in his heart gradually rolled up, like a strong dam suddenly cracked a crack, and the river called 'trust' spewed out of this crack in the pupae, and it couldn't be blocked.

Xu Jing touched his beard and smiled, as if he hadn't noticed Yuan Shu's expression, and continued: "But speaking of which, that Sun Taishou can really be called a hero in the world!" When I was a disciple who would evaluate this person with me, I didn't believe it, but when Yang Zhai saw it, he knew that I was not as good as my brother. ”

Yuan Shu's eyebrows shook slightly inadvertently, he picked up the wine cup, pretended to be very casual, and said tentatively: "Oh? Unexpectedly, Ling's younger brother Xu Shao also commented on Sun Jianqi...... I don't know what kind of person is in Brother Ling's mouth? ”

Xu Jing was happy, like a half-hearted words on the strength of wine: "Decisive killing, the hero of the world is also!" ”

In a word, he directly said to Yuan Shu that he was stunned/forced.

Yuan Shu's face gradually became gloomy like water, the corners of his mouth twitched faintly, and his slender eyes flashed from time to time, which was diametrically opposed to Fang Cai's happy expression.

Yuan Shu, a person who seems to be atmospheric and accessible on the surface, is actually a cautious eye.

These few words commenting on Sun Jian can be replaced by someone else...... It just came out of the mouth of this Shang Shulang! It is also borrowed from the mouth of Xu Zijiang, who has the most vocal voice today...... The shock in Yuan Shu's heart can be imagined.

In addition, Xu Jingyan just now: Kong Ling has sent 200,000 stones, grain, grass, ordnance, leather armor and many other materials to Sun Jian's camp......

But Sun Jian submitted a report to Yuan Shu, only saying that he would send 50,000 stone grain and grass to Yuan Shu.

Now Yuan Shu has controlled Nanyang County, and the poll tax is the best in the world! A little bit of food and grass is not a problem...... But Sun Jian's behavior of concealing and not reporting and treating himself as a fool deeply hurt Yuan Shu's self-esteem......

Is this kid going to be self-reliant?

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At this time, Xu Jing seemed to be a little drunk, and Yuan Shu was in no mood to continue to entertain him, so he immediately ordered someone to arrange for Xu Jing to go down to rest.

After Xu Jing left, Yuan Shu immediately summoned his right-hand man, the Lord Bo Yanxiang.

After Yan Xiang arrived, Yuan Shu told Yan Xiang exactly what Xu Jing said.

Yan Xiang thought for a long time before he slowly spoke: "Ming Gong, according to the opinion below, Kong Ling's lazy and weak generation may not have such a profound plan to divide the world!" But it's not a possibility...... The lord might as well send someone to inquire about the truth first, and secretly check whether Sun Jian had received so many military supplies from Kong Ling...... If so! Then Sun Jian should have the heart of self-reliance, if not, it is Kong Ling's provocative words. ”