Then there were more than fifty "orthodox" scholars. They were not considered children of the Wang family but came here to see them. They were also considered to be hugging them. Most of them were not very proud of fame and fortune. Some were just scholars, and some were not successful in their careers, but were not able to succeed in their official careers because they were not good at flattery. Or they were just idle officials and were only in the eighth or nine ranks. Therefore, they were not very successful, so they were willing to accept the invitation from the Wang family.

In the eyes of these scholars, "cooperation" with Liangshan is equivalent to a double-edged sword. The good thing is that they can finally realize their dream of becoming an official, while the bad thing is that this official position was not promulgated by the court after all, and it is somewhat unfair and unsatisfactory.

This may be an exaggeration to describe it as a big bet. If Liangshan can continue to develop smoothly, then there will be no problem with their official position and no one dares to question it. However, if Liangshan is killed by the court one day, then they will be on the court's blacklist, leaving stains. They will never think of going on a career in their lives. If it weren't for the sake of the Wang family, even one tenth of Du Jia would not be able to recruit.

Although these scholars are worse than the children of the Wang family, they are also rare talents for Du Jia at this stage. They are also very short of these middle and low-level officials now, and the impact is very great. This is like making a table of the top Manchu and Han chew. High-end ingredients such as bird's nest, bear paws, like pulling shark fins, are naturally important, but those side dishes, rice and soup, are also indispensable. The children of the Wang family are like the former, and these scholars are the latter.

So when the Wang family invited all the scholars under the Wang family to come here, Du Jia was very happy. Everyone talked a few words in person and promulgated official positions on the spot based on their age, expertise, education, character, knowledge, etc. The lowest ones were the seventh-rank Zhengyin County Magistrate, and the highest ones were even the fifth-rank observer, Tongshi, Tongshi, etc., which surprised these people.

Moreover, they don’t have to worry about common problems in the officialdom such as false positions or idleness. Now Du Jia has more than 20 counties under his command, and there are a lot of vacant officials. They can take office at any time.

Du Jia was in a good mood at this time and smiled at these readers: "You are all talented people. You may be a little embarrassed at these positions, but it doesn't matter. As long as you work hard, you will definitely not improve in the future. There is room for improvement."

A middle-aged juren who was entrusted by Du Jia as an observer of Mengzhou to assist Wu Yong's eyes lit up and asked with courage: "Mr. Du, please ask, what level do you plan to develop in the future? Do you have any plans to occupy the entire Qingzhou?"

Everyone's eyes were immediately focused on Du Jia, and scholars were also very literary. On the surface, this juren was asking Du Jia about his future development goals, but in fact he was more concerned about their upward space. If Liangshan had only had these three prefectures, in other words, it would be the end to be the fifth-ranked prefect, especially for this juren, there was only room for further growth. Although this position was already the high position that most people had always dreamed of, but people were not satisfied, who would not think about going further? Even if you could only think about it, it would be good.

But if Liangshan can take over the entire Qingzhou, it would be a big difference. First, there will be eight additional prefectures, that is, eight prefectures, and there will be Qingzhou Prefecture Governors. This is a rule of millions of people, from the second-rank high-ranking officials. Of course, in their opinion, this position is naturally owned by Du Jia himself, but there will still be many third- and fourth-rank official positions. Then they all have a chance?

Du Jia laughed in his heart, but answered seriously: "Mr. Xu is such a bad word. Why can't we be limited to Qingzhou? Why can't we go to Xuzhou, Yuzhou and Jizhou around this?"

Everyone mentioned that the first half of the sentence was disappointed. After listening to the second half, they became ecstatic. They all looked at each other and became very excited. They couldn't help but feel heavy when they were breathing. The words of the saint who "calm and calm down, and indifferent to the ambition" were also thrown out for a while. Most people have desires, but what they want is different. Some people like to eat meat, some people like to drink, and some people like to spend money, but for these scholars, nothing attracts them more than official positions.

Even the honest officials are no exception. Many clean officials can live a simple life without accepting money, and even be proud of a light life. However, for the famous ones in history, few people may not pay attention to it. How many people work diligently and innocently throughout their lives is to be able to be named a high-ranking official in the end and get a posthumous title such as "literary, loyal, and righteous".

Therefore, Du Jia also expressed his full understanding and tolerance of these scholars' incompetence. For him, the superiors, it is right for the people below to have desires, so that they can do things for themselves. If all the officials are experts like Confucius and Laozi, it will be troublesome, and they all regard fame as dirt. As long as they are quiet and indifferent or study books, who will do these mundane affairs?

Du Jia was still afraid that they would be scared, so he did not say that his real goal was to overthrow the Song Dynasty. Otherwise, he was afraid that these scholars would not be able to accept it for a while, and it was a bit too early to mention this to them now. They would naturally understand later that if everything went well.

However, Du Jia's promise has made these people excited, and they are all full of energy, and they can't wait and see their talents immediately. After all, scholars all over the world are still in a state of "sneering" or "watching" about Liangshan. When Liangshan grows in the future, many people will inevitably flock to them, but they have already made some achievements here. At that time, they will have a great advantage in terms of qualifications and achievements. Even if those people are awesome, they will not be able to compete with them.

Thinking that many of their current fellow disciples, even teachers and seniors who are comparable to them and even better than them will have to work under their hands in the future, everyone's eyes became particularly enthusiastic. On the one hand, they chose Liangshan because of the Wang family's matchmaking, but on the other hand, it also shows that they are depressed and unsuccessful now, and then they may be reversed. Some people with revenge have even begun to plan how to laugh at the future of those who have been ridiculed and even suppressed them.

Then I don’t know who said first: “Mr. Du, it’s not appropriate to go to the office, so I will report to you first. If I can go there earlier, I can do more things.”

After saying that, they bowed and left in a hurry. Everyone suddenly realized and said goodbye to leave. In an instant, only the Wang family members were left in the room.
Chapter completed!