Early the next morning, Liu Lin, escorted by his bodyguards, took a carriage with King Chenliu and Liu Xie to the Yanjing Academy.
It has been three years since the establishment of Yanjing Academy. It has expanded from more than 100 acres to 300 acres. Originally there were only 100 students, but now there are more than 500. With the arrival of the triennial autumn examination, this
The academy has gathered many children from poor families from all over the country. They all come to take the imperial examination in Youzhou. The total number of people is about 800. In the past, in order for scholars to study and be awarded official positions, they had to pass the application of prestigious people.
Recommended by the imperial court, or from a family member, the imperial court then goes through various assessments before granting official positions. However, most of these opportunities are only available to the well-connected or the children of aristocratic families. Now Liu Lin holds the imperial examination system in Youzhou. In fact,
It is to give a chance to those who are talented, have no status and have no connections. This is a means to win over talents, and it is also an effective way to attack the aristocratic families.
Liu Lin is looking forward to the autumn competition. There are still two months until the autumn test, but many scholars have already appeared on the streets of Jixian County, which makes Liu Lin very happy. It seems that he has taken the right step.
He knew that in history, Cao Cao attacked wealthy families and reused children from poor families, which greatly increased his power. However, he did not find an effective way to further win over talents, develop talents, and continue talents. In the end, the powerful families finally replaced them.
In Cao's regime, Liu Lin's series of measures to attack the powerful families have now made the wealthy families disfavor him. It will be even more difficult to gain support from the powerful families. If we do not make good use of education to continue the talents, let alone the future dynasty.
Unification, even the current struggle for hegemony in the Central Plains, he has no chance.
Moreover, after hundreds of years of changes, a poor family will eventually become a wealthy family, but how to control it, we must have a fair imperial examination system and a talent system, and use the weak and poor families to resist these powerful families. In this way
Only then can the court be stable and represent the interests of the majority of people.
"Second brother, look it's really lively outside!" Liu Xie shouted from the carriage, interrupting Liu Lin's contemplation. Liu Xie is now eleven years old, and he is handsome and lovable, but Liu Lin knows that Liu Xie
Xie Xie's thoughts are actually not commensurate with his age. Of course, Liu Lin also understands that no one who can survive the internal fighting in the imperial court is a simple person. Moreover, what he has experienced is far more than that. Originally, Liu Lin
He didn't pay much attention to him, but one time he discovered that Liu Xie had entered his study and looked through official documents from various county newspapers. This made Liu Lin suspicious of him. After all, Liu Xie in history was not willing to be lonely.
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Liu Lin glanced at Liu Xie, and he actually thought about his parents. Even his wife spoke for him. Although he was a little dissatisfied with him, Liu Lin would not do anything to him. After all, they were
The cousin is of the Liu family. He doesn't want people to say that he can't even tolerate a child. Besides, as long as he strictly monitors and secretly controls him, even if he has any movement, what does it matter?
Liu Lin smiled and nodded, and said: "This Ji County town now has a population of 500,000, which is comparable to Luoyang in the past. How could it not be lively?" Liu Xie looked a little sad and said softly: "It's a pity that this is not Luoyang.
!” “Why do you miss Luoyang?” Liu Lin said. Liu Xie shook his head and sighed: “I don’t want to live the same life anymore! That kind of life without self, freedom, and trembling!”
His eyes lit up when he said this, and he said: "Second brother, now that the Youzhou army is powerful, why don't you go to Xijing, kill Dong Zhuo, and save our country?"
Liu Lin was stunned for a moment, and his expression became serious. He looked at Liu Xie and saw that Liu Xie's eyes were full of expectation. He shook his head and said: "Military affairs are not as simple as you think. There are many factors to consider when fighting a war.
You will understand this later!" "Does the second brother also want to seize my father's kingdom?" Liu Xie suddenly said, his eyes full of disbelief towards Liu Lin, "What did you say?" Liu Lin shouted angrily.
Said, Liu Lin's angry voice made the guards outside the carriage panic. The leader of the guards, Ma Tai, quickly asked softly outside: "What happened to my lord?"
At this time, Liu Lin had calmed down. He glanced at Liu Xie, who was a little pale. Liu Lin knew that Liu Xie must not have expected that he would be angry. He sighed and said, "Nothing!" There was no movement outside, and the carriage continued.
Driving forward, Liu Lin said to Liu Xie: "Why do you think so?" Liu Xie's expression was a little nervous, and he whispered: "If the second brother didn't have this idea, why did he send Qu Yi?
In Jizhou, Yuan Shao was also a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, and he once led the Kwantung Allied Forces to attack Dong Zhuo!"
Liu Lin looked at Liu Xie with a sneer, "Do you really think that Yuan Shao is a loyal minister?" Liu Xie had already started talking. He no longer had any fear in his heart. Seeing that Liu Lin didn't do anything to him, he said
: "The fourth and third prince of the Yuan family has enjoyed the good treatment of my great man for many years. How could he not be a loyal minister? Instead, there are some people who are descendants of the Liu family but ignore the inheritance of their ancestors and allow traitors to harm my Liu family. I don't know what those people think.
of!"
There was a chill on Liu Lin's face. It seemed that Liu Xie was already dissatisfied with him. No wonder his father asked him to leave the government. There were also reasons why he was not allowed to interact with people in the government office. He shook his head and sneered: "You
It's too simple to think. If Yuan Shao is really a loyal minister, then why did he want to capture Jizhou? Besides, there are many people who enjoy the favor of my great man. Didn't Dong Zhuo gain a high position just by enjoying the favor of the late emperor?" Liu Lin's words made Liu Lin
Xie shuddered, and he gradually became a little confused. According to his idea, Liu Lin had been dormant in Youzhou all this time, just to plot evil. Otherwise, why would he win over the people in Youzhou? Besides, the court was in trouble, but he had the power in his hand.
Instead of going to attack with heavy troops, they stayed in Youzhou. Such people are the scum of the Liu family.
Liu Lin saw that Liu Xie didn't speak, just lowered his head in thought, sometimes frowning, sometimes clenching his fists. Liu Lin ignored Liu Xie, but he was secretly alert in his heart. It seemed that Liu Xie was not willing to be lonely. He
A cold and stern look flashed in his eyes. He had already made up his mind. Since he agreed to Liu Xie to study in the academy, he must be strictly controlled. It would be best to have someone from the Internal Guard by his side to monitor and pay attention to him.
Don't let him ruin your own affairs by his words and deeds, otherwise, this person will definitely be a troublemaker in the future!