In the sixteenth year of the Han Dynasty, more and more aristocratic families opened academies. Basically, no matter how big or small, academies were opened in every county. Some were opened by aristocratic families themselves, and some were led by the wealthy families in the county, who invited some to go into seclusion.

Celebrities, established academies in the name of celebrities. Generally, the more aristocratic areas are populated, the more academies with this pattern will be.

"Although there are many academies at the moment, they are only just established. It is hard to say what the results will be for the time being." Looking at Mi Heng who came to discuss with him, Chen Mo said with a smile: "But one thing is that Zhengping should make preparations early."

"Please make it clear, Your Majesty." Mi Heng bowed and said.

"Although there are many academies, the imperial court recruits scholars from Taixue, but these academies do not have this qualification. There has been no problem yet because these academies have not recommended candidates to become officials, but in three to five years, I am afraid that this problem will

It will stand out." Chen Mo said with a smile.

"My lord, are you planning to accept these academy disciples?" Mi Heng asked doubtfully.

"Yes, you should prepare for this earlier. In three to five years, more and more people will come to seek admission to the Imperial College. By then it will be too late to prepare. So now we need to sort out the structure of the Imperial College."

Chen Mo nodded, this is an inevitable question.

Mi Heng frowned and said, "In this case, wouldn't it be unfair to the disciples of the three schools?"

Nowadays, the disciples of the three schools are mainly the children of military meritorious soldiers, some from poor families, and common people. Generally, after ten years of hard study, they can then go to Taixue for two years to study, and they can basically be arranged to become officials. But if these county academies are combined

If all are taken into account, let alone two years, there may not be a chance to wait for ten years.

"So we have to make arrangements in advance." Chen Mo nodded and smiled: "The only thing I can think of right now is to set some thresholds for them."

"The king is talking about... assessment?" Mi Heng asked. The way to advance to higher education between the three schools is through assessment, but the children of aristocratic families are not bad in this aspect.

"Selecting the best has always been the principle of Taixue. In recent years, the disciples of the three studies received are more or less good and bad. Adding some difficulties and pressure is also a good thing for them. Even if it is difficult to become a scholar, they can learn other things.

Stuff, the world needs more than just officials, great craftsmen like Ma Jun and Liu Yi, commanders who are good at layout, people who are good at arithmetic, the world needs more, and becoming an official cannot be the only criterion."

Chen Mo smiled.

Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce... Sometimes Chen Mo feels that if status is really measured by this standard, the world will become deformed, because other industries also need talents. In addition to craftsmen, there are also doctors who specialize in medical skills, shipbuilding and navigation.

Talent is almost blank in this area.

Are there many people in Taixuan? Many, many. There are only more than a thousand counties in the whole world, and the total number of officials needed will never exceed one hundred thousand. However, thousands of disciples come to Taixuan every year, and this number is still small.

The number is increasing year by year, and when the world is unified, the number will probably be even greater. If they are all invested in officialdom, Chen Mo feels that it is a waste of talent, and it will not be of much use to the development of the world.

Over the years, the more Chen Mo learned, the more he felt that the so-called righteousness of Confucianism was not so righteous. It was just something to consolidate imperial power. It was useful to have peace in the world before the population was saturated, but if you wanted to make the world bigger,

Stronger... Confucianism can't do it. It can't increase food income, nor can it keep people clothed and fed. The biggest advantage is stability.

Among hundreds of schools of thought, Confucianism can become the final winner not because Confucianism is better than other theories, but because it is more conducive to stability and can be regarded as a middle school. In fact, all schools of thought have their own strengths. If one theory is completely rejected, then

This is a mistake.

Chen Mo wants to take advantage of these troubled times to change the situation. He believes that farmers are the most important. After all, if people can't eat enough, what else can they talk about? Secondly, there are scholars. The country needs order, and the defenders of this order

, that is, scholars, and then there are workers and merchants,

But there is still something wrong. He feels that there are still some problems in stratifying the world. If it is divided according to ideals, scholars are responsible for managing the world, farmers are responsible for food, workers are responsible for clothing, housing, and transportation, and merchants are responsible for circulation, forming a proportion.

An efficient and harmonious political system.

But the reality is that this kind of political system cannot exist. The human heart cannot be squeezed however you want. It is like water. It may be able to guide, but it cannot be really grasped in the hand to control the shape and size, and the tool of guidance is

, one is morality, the other is law, there is no order of precedence between the two.

Mi Heng shook his head when he heard this: "Heng can understand what my lord is worried about, but it is impossible to do it."

Today's Mi Heng is no longer the high-spirited person who dared to play drums and scold Cao Cao naked. Time will wear away the edges of a person, especially when people have clear goals in their hearts and learn to bow to reality in many things.

, he will have more things to consider. He knows that Chen Mo's idea is good, but it is impossible to implement it. The human heart is very complicated. To put it bluntly, it is self-interested, unless everyone in the world becomes a saint.

Otherwise it's impossible.

"When you have a direction, just try to get as close as possible. As for whether it can be done, you and I have tried our best. We have no regrets." Chen Mo said with a smile.

"I understand." Mi Heng nodded, stood up and left.

Chen Mo looked at Mi Heng's leaving figure. Perhaps, this person's future achievements will be greater than those of late Confucian figures such as Cai Yong and Zheng Xuan, but he may also be infamy for thousands of years. Who knows, in this world, people should act with their heart in mind.

As long as you have no regrets, as for what future generations will say, that's none of their business.

The sixteenth year of the Han Dynasty was considered a very peaceful year for the whole world. It was so peaceful that nothing worth writing about happened. However, many things began to brew in this tranquility, such as the great prosperity of the academy and the beginning of study.

Starting from this year, it is really no longer

The privilege of a certain class. Ordinary people can choose to study as long as they are willing. Of course, they don’t have to study. After all, the grain output in these years is not large enough for an ordinary farm family to support a child to study. Those who don’t have the most financial resources.

It is enough to recognize the characters.

Apart from this, Yu Sheng and Liu Yi's capture of Sanhan did not cause any waves. Firstly, the imperial court deliberately suppressed the news. Secondly, even if they knew that a place like Sanhan would be of great significance to today's

For the Han Dynasty, it can no longer be said to be remote and desolate, and it is even inferior to the Xiongnu and Xianbei peoples outside the Great Wall.

The imperial court only set up a county here, called Hanjun, and sent people to teach and govern. The county towns combined could not compete with twenty counties, and most of them were small earthen cities.

But this is of great significance to Chen Mo. According to the battle report sent by Yu Sheng, the battle between the three Koreas lasted only one month. In front of the Han warships, the three Korean naval forces were completely defeated without even the ability to resist. The city was even more

It was easily destroyed by a ballista.

When the Han soldiers attacked the city, they did not go through the city gates. They blasted open the city wall and rushed in. Although it was barren, the wealth obtained by the nobles of the Three Han Tribe Alliance surprised Chen Mo. The wealth obtained by these three Han royal families and nobles was completely

It can support one hundred thousand navy for five years!

This is a very scary number. You must know that nowadays, even in Zhongyuan Prefecture, except for large counties such as Nanyang and Runan, there are very few counties that can support so many troops without affecting the people's livelihood. county.

Although Hanjun itself may not be able to support an elite force of ten thousand people even if its annual tax revenue increases, the royal family's supplies have given Chen Mo a taste of the sweetness. Perhaps plundering at sea is a faster way to get rich.

Chen Mo appointed Liu Yi as the prefect of Hanjun, and Yu was promoted to General of the Henghai Zhonglang. While expanding the navy, he also used Hanjun as a base to explore whether there are other island countries like Sanhan in the surrounding area. While training the navy, he also It was also used to subsidize the military and reduce some of the burden on the court.

In addition to the navy, Chen Mo is more comfortable with the development of the Central Plains. As the territory gradually stabilizes, and Guangling and Jiujiang accumulate heavy troops, the development of the Central Plains in the Anyi environment is easier than other places. The terrain here is flat. The soil is fertile, especially in the Jianghuai area. Not only can we harvest twice a year, but even with a single harvest, the grain yield is higher than in other places.

By the 17th year of the Han Dynasty, food was no longer a problem that troubled the people. A large number of small workshops for making pottery and spinning yarn began to appear among the people. In the past, due to the war and the economic recession, bartering appeared, but now it is Gradually it returned, and the five-baht coin began to circulate normally. Also in this year, Chen Mo officially announced the restart of the Silk Road and began to encourage merchants to do business in the Western Regions. The Western Regions Protectorate began to truly enter the Western Regions. Dunhuang, Zhangye, Jiuquan and other places were successively moved to the Western Regions. After taking it back, the countries in the Western Regions gradually began to surrender to the imperial court again.

However, there is an old saying that good fortune lies in the presence of misfortune, and misfortune lies in the presence of blessing. Although good things happened one after another in the seventeenth year of the nod, but starting from the eighteenth year of the nod, bad news came one after another.

In February, Li Ru died of illness in the Heavenly Prison at the age of eighty-three. Li Ru's death made Chen Mo heartbroken. This counselor who had been following him to advise him since Chang'an ended up dying in prison! This is Chen Mo felt very uncomfortable and personally took Li Ru out of prison and posthumously named him Pinghou, and his eldest son Li Yu inherited his title.

Li Ru's death seemed to be a signal. Xu Rong died of illness on the way to fight against Chaushi at the age of seventy-eight, followed closely by Hua Xiong, who also died of illness in Jiaohe City after breaking through the front of Chaushi. He is sixty-five years old.

Within a year, three of the most important civil and military personnel that Chen Mo relied on passed away one after another. For Chen Mo, the blow was not to be taken lightly, especially the deaths of Xu Rong and Hua Xiong, which made the originally peaceful Western Region restless again.
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