Chapter 46 Chapter 46 Zhang Liang is blind?

Zhu Dan made a quick trip to Lantian County to see how the snow was melting, and was very satisfied with the results.

In particular, she interviewed some people she knew, such as Erlin, the housekeeper, Hutou Xiaohua, and Liu Jinhuan. She asked them about their feelings at that time, and without exception, they all found that the weather was particularly warm.

After all, it was daytime, and the rain could be heard pattering against the eaves, but few people could fail to notice it.

Zhu Dan was very satisfied. This sand table pill could indeed influence reality through the sand table.

The destiny of the Qin Dynasty is truly mysterious.

After she left, Erlin and others who had speculated about Zhu Dan's identity became even more certain that this was her doing or was related to her, and they silently raised their opinion of the young lady again.

In the past, I only thought she was a kind-hearted noble, but now... no wonder there was a young lady among the nobles, because she was not an ordinary person. How could those nobles be compared with her?

The lady is just a lady, and what she does has nothing to do with the so-called nobility.

Completely unaware of everyone's wild imaginations, Zhu Dan quickly rushed back to Xianyang Palace. If she wasn't concerned about the effect of the sand table pill, she wouldn't have left Xianyang at this time.

You have to know that this time the alchemy was done by drawing on Zheng Ge's luck, and Zhang Liang was also a strategist she liked very much.

It is inevitable that bad luck will come with the extraction of luck, but Zhu Dan hopes that when they are in trouble, he will be by their side and can help minimize the consequences in the first time.

Therefore, Zhang Liang naturally lived in the National Master Hall with Zhu Dan. She would go to see Zheng Ge from time to time, so naturally Zhang Liang had to follow her.

When the two people with opposing views met, they were speechless.

——Although Zhu Dan did not announce to the outside world that Zhang Liang was the mastermind behind the assassination of Zheng Ge in Bolingsha, he did not deliberately conceal it and let it slip when communicating with Zhang Liang.

She is often accompanied by Jiawei.

So Ying Zheng knew it a long time ago.

As for Zhang Liang, the King of Qin destroyed the State of Han, and he had an irreconcilable feud with him.

So occasionally Zhang Liang would have this thought: Zhu Dan dragged him along and hung around the King of Qin from time to time. Did he want him to die, or did he want him to die?

But he didn't ask. If he had asked, Zhu Dan would definitely tell him directly: Don't worry, Brother Zheng and I have a tacit understanding. All people who can refine elixirs are important treasures. No matter whether they have made big mistakes before or have done something unforgivable, we should be more tolerant.

Just as she was tolerant of Zhao Gao and Hu Hai, Zheng Ge naturally also had such a broad mind.

Ying Zheng did have one. After the results of the melting snow in various counties in Xianyang were reported, he became more tolerant towards Zhang Liang.

In a small peasant society, farming is a gift from God. Zhu Dan didn't even need to say much. Just by looking at this snowstorm, Ying Zheng's mind associated with the uses of various sand table pills.

With Zhang Liang's ability, it is not impossible for him to call the wind and rain and regulate the climate everywhere.

Therefore, for Zhu Dan, the most important thing is not the conflict between Zhengge and Zhang Liang, but the consequence of losing his luck.

Waiting is the most painful thing because waiting represents the unknown.

Zhu Dan almost wanted to take a magnifying glass to observe the daily lives of the two people, but there was no result from Zheng Ge's side, but Zhang Liang's result came out first.

"What did you say? Mr. Zhang is blind!" Early in the morning, facing the matter reported by Yun Qiu, Zhu Dan was so shocked that he smashed his bowl.

"How is this possible? I've refined so many pills before, and no one has ever done this!"

"Even if Hu Hai had a broken leg and Zhao Gao had gone insane from mushroom poisoning, they both recovered after a while. Hu Hai was still able to run and jump, and Zhao Gao didn't say he had lost his mind. So why is Zhang Liang the only one who went blind?"

It's rare that Zhu Dan feels a little guilty.

Zhang Liang was a wise strategist and one of the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty. Unlike Han Xin, whose success and failure were both due to Xiao He, he had a very good ending, with a good beginning and a good end.

How come it fell into my hands and the people working for the Qin Dynasty became blind?

How could she eat this meal? Zhu Dan quickly went out: "Let's go, I'll go see him." She had already made up her mind that if Zhang Liang's eyes were really in trouble, she would find a way to cure him.

"I wonder if the rejuvenation pill will be useful? The rejuvenation pill is so versatile. As long as the eye disease is not very special, it should be able to cure it." Zhu Dan thought uncertainly.

"What exactly happened? How did you come to this conclusion?" Zhu Dan asked calmly as they walked.

Yun Qiu said, "Early this morning, Mr. Zhang finished his breakfast and was about to go out when he was dazzled by the light outside, causing his eyes to become damaged. When the palace servants helped him up, Mr. Zhang said he couldn't see."

"Did your eyes get pricked by branches or stones on the ground?" Zhu Dan's first thought was whether his cornea was injured.

Yes, it is time to develop the surgical technology of the Qin Dynasty. If the cornea is really injured, we will find a death row prisoner to replace Zhang Liang once the technology is improved.

"No." Yun Qiu had already inquired about the situation clearly before coming. She was very sure, "The ground is clean. There are no stones or other debris."

"Did he hit his head?" Zhu Dan thought again that the brain can affect many aspects.

Some people may hit the back of their heads and die on the spot, while others may suffer from aphasia and amnesia due to brain injuries.

It is said that alcohol can paralyze the brain, so drunk people will talk nonsense, do some incredible things, and cannot control their bodies well.

The brain is a very delicate component. Even though medical technology is as advanced as it is today, it has not been able to fully explore the brain.

"This..." Yun Qiu hesitated, "It shouldn't be a bump. I didn't hear Mr. Zhang say where it hurts."

Zhu Dan felt heavy-hearted. "That's probably the case. He might have been stunned by the fall and didn't notice anything. Unfortunately, Daqin's equipment is outdated, so we can't do a brain CT scan... No, I can use the Transformation Pill."

Unlike the initial financial difficulties, Zhu Dan now has a large stock of various elixirs.

She did not rush to use it like she did the first time she made the elixir, but kept it in her hand.

Although Zhu Dan is a person of sustainable development, it is better to store elixirs than medicinal materials. She cuts leeks and refines a batch of elixirs every once in a while, but she doesn't say that they should be wasted.

For example, people need to eat salt and cannot live without salt, so they used the Transformation Pill to create a set of salt-drying equipment. Other things that cannot be developed at this stage are not used in a hurry.

In order to find out Zhang Liang's situation, Zhu Dan felt it was worthwhile to give up a Transformation Pill.

Zhang Liang is a smart man, there must be no problem with his brain.

After a long and arduous journey, they finally arrived at Zhang Liang's residence. He was sitting on a chair with his eyes closed, and no one knew what he was thinking about.

As if he recognized Zhu Dan's footsteps, he looked up and said, "Zhu Dan, you're here."

His face was delicate and handsome, but when he lowered his head and raised it again, he showed a rare bit of weakness, which made him look even more pitiful.

Zhu Dan felt even more guilty and said almost immediately, "Don't worry, Zhang Liang. Regardless of whether you are truly blind or not, this happened because of me. I will definitely take responsibility. I know you are worried about the Han royal family. I will plead with Brother Zheng to give them better treatment."

Zhang Liang's mouth twitched slightly. As a wise strategist, after a brief panic when he found out that he was blind, he immediately thought of the best way to benefit himself. He pretended to be pitiful and made Zhu Dan sympathize with him and feel guilty, so that he could achieve his goal.

But his purpose wasn't to benefit the Han Wang family. Knowing Zhu Dan's straightforward character, he didn't dare let her continue to misunderstand him. "The Han royal family has its own destiny, and they should learn to accept it. I only hope that the Imperial Master will treat the old Koreans and the old Qin people equally."

"So that's what you're worried about." Zhu Dan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Don't worry, Brother Zheng has changed his mindset under my influence. No matter if they're originally from Korea, Zhao... or anyone else, since Brother Zheng has unified the country, everyone is his subject and will be treated fairly."

After a moment's thought, he emphasized, "There's no absolute fairness in the world, but there is relative fairness. The Qin people have followed Brother Zheng all the way through life. The feelings we have here are incomparable to those of people from any other country, but the difference between the two isn't that great either."

Zhu Dan simply stated his proposed imperial examination system: "It's nothing more than that the admission rate for people from the old Qin Dynasty will be higher in the first few years."

This is just like the policy of giving extra points to ethnic minorities.

Zhang Liang's eyes lit up. Although Zhu Dan only gave a brief introduction, he had already seen the great prospects of the imperial examination system. Its greatest benefit was that it broke the barriers between ordinary people and the nobles, and provided a channel for upward mobility for people at the bottom.

Of course, the nobles still have a huge advantage. After all, they have been influenced by their surroundings since childhood and have access to the best educational resources.

But compared to now, it has been a huge change.

Moreover, the Imperial Master also said that the imperial examination system will use a new simplified Chinese character, which will greatly narrow the gap between the two.

In comparison, the fact that the old Qin people had extra points when taking the imperial examinations, so the number of admissions would be higher, is not so shocking.

"Of course, I also know that this first-mover advantage is actually very fatal. Those who come first may occupy the vast majority of the court, and it will be difficult for those who come later to suppress them. However, the talents admitted by the imperial examination system do not sit in the central government from the beginning, but will go to the countryside to gain experience."

Yes, Zhu Dan’s idea is bolder.

She promoted simplified Chinese characters, and the imperial examination system she wanted to establish was not the eight-legged essay system of the feudal era, but was more like the college entrance examination in later generations.

Can you become a Beijing official after taking the college entrance examination?

That's impossible. You have to go to the village and do some practical work for a few years, and then move up step by step based on your results.

The complex grassroots will train real talents, and at the same time, those who have been trained in this way will be able to truly do practical things, understand the situation and know how to adapt to local conditions.

Zhu Dan doesn't want to produce a group of people who can only talk big but not practice.

Zhang Liang looked at Zhu Dan with even more shock. She could actually accept that the Qin people were superior to the other six old countries.

This is normal. If we do not make any distinction and treat everyone equally, it would be unfair to the Qin people.

However, Zhu Dan created the first-mover advantage for the Lao Qin people, and used this grassroots training system to suppress their first-mover advantage as much as possible and screen out talents who are truly capable of doing practical things.

No matter who it is, as long as he can move up step by step, the factor of his birthplace will become very small.

Because in Zhu Dan's plan, this kind of grassroots experience is not fixed in one place, but will be rotated.

He might be managing the old Qin people at the time, and later be transferred to manage the former Zhao people and the former Chu people.

If he really developed that place, would he still have prejudiced ideas about the people there?

Won't.

Because a person has prejudices, it is impossible for him to seek development wholeheartedly.

If he can still seek development despite his prejudice, it means that he can restrain his prejudice. A gentleman judges by deeds rather than by heart, and it will not affect the results.

Zhang Liang took a deep breath and asked, "Master, are you telling me this because you want me to do something?"

"Smart!" Zhu Dan snapped his fingers. "I do need a favor from you."

She stared at Zhang Liang with a rather fanatical gaze. Even though Zhang Liang couldn't see her, she felt uncomfortable and smiled: "Master, just say what you want to say. There's no need to be so harsh."

"Then I'll be frank. You have such a smart brain. Wouldn't it be a pity if you just use it to plan some restoration of the country or assassination? I want you to help me do something more meaningful." Zhu Dan stared at Zhang Liang's eyes with burning eyes. At this moment, his beautiful appearance could not shake Zhu Dan at all.

The strategist Zhang Liang is recognized in history as a top-notch talent with high IQ, and this is the type of person her team lacks the most.

Of course you can't miss it now that you meet it.

"For example..." Zhang Liang's heart skipped a beat, and he had a bad feeling.

"For example, help me compile textbooks on the imperial examination system." Zhu Dan's true intentions were revealed.

Zhang Liang looked strange.

According to Zhu Dan, she would promote the imperial examination system in Daqin in the future. So this textbook would determine what the imperial examination system would test. Such an important thing - "You want me to compile it?" Zhang Liang was incredulous.

He felt that Zhu Dan trusted him too much.

"Yes." Zhu Dan nodded vigorously. "This is a very important task, and only top talents can do it."

Zhu Dan thought he was trying to shirk responsibility.

"Let me tell you, the imperial examination system I want to promote covers a lot of subjects. I learned them from later generations, but the conditions of later generations aren't entirely suitable for the Qin Dynasty, so we need to adapt to local conditions and localize the imperial examination system. Let me tell you about the situation in later generations. Students generally need to learn Chinese, math, and English—oh, don't worry about English. That's what we need to cultivate foreign language talents as we develop and prepare to expand overseas. Physics, chemistry, biology, history, geography, and ideology and politics. Ideology and politics should be highlighted. Let's change it to studying Qin law."

Zhu Dan's face was serious. She finally decided to take action against Qin Lu.

Didn’t she know that Qin laws were strict?

Of course I know, but strict laws are still laws.

If we destroy it, what will such a big country use it for?

Therefore, before abandoning it, they had to first come up with a set of laws that suited the national conditions to replace the Qin laws.

When Zhang Liang learned that Zhu Dan was actually planning to change the Qin laws, he lost his composure. "You know that the Qin laws are the foundation of the Qin State. Will the King of Qin allow you to change them?"

"I know, I know. Severe punishments are necessary in troubled times, but we're no longer in troubled times. We're peaceful and unified, and the country is developing steadily. The previous laws were overly harsh, so it's normal to need revisions. But neither you nor I can be the one to make the revisions. We need to draw on the strengths of many schools of thought and come up with a new set of appropriate laws." Zhu Dan blinked and smiled mysteriously. "After the spring, I plan to go somewhere to stock up and kidnap all the legislative talent I need."