Three days later in the morning, Liu Yan came to Handan for the second time.
This time, he made complete preparations. First, he arrived at the Wei Manor in the south of the city one day in advance, where he had a long talk with Wei Song, Gongsun Xun's client. Then early this morning, he entered Handan City majestically with full guard of honor.
It has to be said that the arrival of this Jizhou governor seems to have made the already lively Handan even better.
After all, these days there is almost no such thing as an emperor going on patrol, and local officials are not allowed to leave their base easily without special reasons, so even for a big city like Handan, at most it will have a provincial governor.
Of course, compared to the people in Handan City, the people who were more surprised were Liu Yan and his state attachés.
"Wen Qi," Liu Yang got out of the car in front of the public school and couldn't help but pointed at the towering library and asked seriously. "It's only been a few months, but I won't ask you how you built a tall building from the ground?"
Just tell me, is there really a hundred thousand volumes hidden here as rumored?"
"Uncle Fang is joking," Gongsun Xun, who came to greet him with a group of people, saluted and smiled knowingly. "It's just ten thousand volumes of books, in ten copies."
"Oh..." Liu Yan said with a look of surprise on his face. "This is considered a big deal. Even if there are tens of thousands of books, how can you easily collect them all in this world? Moreover, although the idea of printing has been heard before, but once
One hundred thousand volumes are enough to shock the world!"
"Everything is like this," Gongsun Xun said unconcernedly. "The first time is always unbelievable. Once you get used to it, it will just be like that."
Liu Yan slightly twirled his beard and nodded, but then looked around, frightening many local powerful people to lower their heads and pretend not to see him: "I heard that the world-famous Cai Bojie is also here. I have admired his name for a long time, but I have never heard of him.
The moment we meet..."
"Mr. Cai is indeed here, and he has served as the public school's wine sacrificer. If Uncle Fang is interested, he can go and see him at any time. But..."
"But what's the matter?"
"But things have been complicated these two days," Gongsun Xun said with a chuckle. "There are many things that need to trouble Uncle Fang. In order to offer wine, Cai Gong also has to bathe in incense and prepare for tomorrow's sacrifice. If he wants to have an in-depth discussion, he will have to wait a little later.
Moreover."
"It's no problem." Liu Yan naturally didn't take it seriously... The word "jiujiu" originally came from the elder who held the wine and presided over the sacrifice during the sacrifice. The doctor of Jijiu from Taixue in the Han Dynasty also had the same meaning, and the word "jiujiu" was originally meant for sacrifice these days.
It is a very sacred event, and the emperor must respect it. So it is understandable that Cai Bozhe bathed in incense and did not see guests.
Besides, Liu Yan's trip is complicated, and he may have to stay in Zhao for a while, but he doesn't care about this little time... In fact, participating in the 'opening ceremony' of Handan Public School tomorrow is what he is going to do.
One of the purposes of the trip. Even today, he has to do something for Gongsun Xun in the public school as agreed.
In this way, Liu Yan led everyone in the state to greet the people who came to greet him. Even when he faced a group of Zhao Guohao who asked him to send off his concubine, he didn't care at all. He looked like a polite and virtuous corporal... It was a waste of money.
After half an hour, he went directly to the public school gate at Gongsun Xun's invitation.
However, as soon as he stepped into the door and passed the screen wall full of notices, the Jizhou governor was stunned on the spot.
It turns out that there is an extremely spacious courtyard inside the public school gate. In the courtyard, a large number of long horizontal and vertical lines are drawn with white ash, dividing a bunch of squares, and in each square there is a straw futon and a small table.
...Of course, there is also a student in different attire and age, who is either sweating profusely while grading papers, or looking relaxed and waving a pen.
At a glance, there were more than three to four hundred people!
"Is this an exam?" Liu Yan was stunned for a few breaths before he suddenly realized what he saw in the Wei Manor.
"It's just a preliminary examination for admission." Gongsun Xun immediately laughed. "It's better to divide them into classes and teach them according to their aptitude, right?"
"I'm afraid it's more than that?" Liu Yan, who has eighteen years of experience in running schools, of course knew what a preliminary examination was when he heard it, but when he thought about what Wei Song had done with him last night, he twisted his beard and chuckled. "Wen
Didn't Qi say that Xiaolian would be publicly launched today? She also asked me to arrive today to be a witness for you."
Gongsun Xun chuckled again, but did not refute.
It turned out that long before Cai Yong, Lu Bu and his entourage arrived, when the library had just been erected, Zhao Guoxiang Xiangxu, who never went out, suddenly spread the word that since a public school was to be established, what about the Xiaolian students in junior high school this year?
, then he will be recommended by the public schools, and he will naturally be recommended to the court at that time.
Of course this sounds a bit out of tune.
However, just a few days ago, the public school that was about to be established simply passed down a few documents through official channels and stuck them in various pavilions in the country. Naturally, they said that they would continue to recruit students and so on, and called on locals to
The scholar went to the public school to report; on the other hand, he simply said that because the Prime Minister had an order, there would be an impromptu test one day before the opening ceremony, and everyone would have to take it... and he also specifically said that as long as it was
Regardless of whether Zhao Guoguan's children want to enroll in school or not, and whether they have a job or not, as long as they can get to Handan Public School this morning, they can take part in this 'preliminary examination'.
What this implies... is almost equivalent to telling everyone clearly that the previous rumors are true, and Xiaolian this year, regardless of anything else, must at least take this exam.
Of course, the real Xiaolian had already made arrangements, and the children of the local wealthy families in Zhao State had already enrolled in school one after another. Even Gongsun Xun had already designated the former county from the list sent in advance by Zhang, Wang, and Lu.
The youngest son of Prime Minister Zhang Shu... This is because Zhang Shu performed best before, and a man from Zhuangzi died.
However, this does not mean that Gongsun Xun cannot use this as bait to further improve the style of the public school and the value of his status as a public school student.
In fact, looking at the number of examinees in front of them, it can be seen that for the local students in Zhao State who heard about it at first, the incident was really exciting. Even many serving junior high school officials also asked for leave.
Take this 'exam'.
There is no way, this is filial piety and integrity, which is the fundamental way to become an official in the Han Dynasty... Once a school is overtly or covertly linked to this thing, they can't help but be excited.
Liu Yan even saw the student of Wei Song who had denounced the public school to his father and son in front of the Wei Manor, and seemed to be bent on evading the exam rankings!
"Wen Qi has such a wonderful idea." Liu Yan immediately lowered his voice and carefully stepped away from the honor guard.
Gongsun Xun smiled and said nothing... He couldn't say that everything from the library to the basic examination was his mother's plan, right?
Of course, even Gongsun Xun himself felt that his mother's idea of taking the basic examination was a good idea. You know, when he was issued temporary admission passes to the library to those people, he had already been named by those scholars from all over the world.
The background makes my head swell. There are so many students in front of me. If we don’t take exams, how can we know their true level?
Of course, in order to test the true level of these people, the questions are very difficult, there are just a lot of them...
"Wonderful!"
Even though he knew he shouldn't say anything at this time, when Liu Yan got a printed paper, he couldn't hide the instinct of an eighteen-year private teacher and actually praised him in public. "From the original text of Confucian Classics
From silent writing to the explanation of the saint's righteousness in the paragraph, to independent composition, and then there are criminal law questions...especially this last question is even more exciting. Taking the previous investigation of land acres in Zhao State as the original case, first used a plan to hide the number of acres,
To calculate the debt for another year, it is necessary to combine the "Spring and Autumn Annals" to explain the subtle meaning of this matter in the country, integrating arithmetic, law, and classics... Please also forgive me for being honest, this paper cannot be compiled by one person.
from."
"It was the result of the hard work of many famous people in the public school." Someone next to him naturally intervened to explain. "The last question was the result of the joint efforts of Wu Wuhou and Wei Gong..."
"So that's it." Liu Yan became more and more emotional. "In fact, the excellence of this paper is not only in a certain question, but also in the fact that both simplified and traditional texts are used in the entire text, which can better highlight the differences between people taking the exam..."
"What Uncle Fang said is true," Wei Song said with a smile. "Although my son Wei Chang has no intention of taking the position of Xiaolian, I still let him give it a try... Let's see how good he is.
Standard? After all, this test paper is made of engraving, so there is no harm in printing more copies."
Liu Yan nodded slowly when he heard the words, and stared at the test paper more and more non-stop. But at this moment, following Liu Yan to this place, a short, fat and tied-haired boy stood behind Liu Fan.
He looked panicked, then backed away slowly...
"Afan is old, so forget it, Azhang." Liu Yan didn't look back, but raised his hand and passed the paper in his hand back. "You haven't been crowned yet, go down and try!"
The chubby young man was panic-stricken, but he could only accept the test paper with a grimace. Then he took the pen and paper brought by others and sat down in front of an empty room... No one knew that this was inevitable.
He was the nephew of the governor's family who had just arrived in Yecheng in the past few days. From what he said, he was probably the son of Liu's governor's family. Therefore, his eyes inevitably became playful.
Of course, Gongsun Xun's eyes were particularly playful.
After all, the exam could not last a whole day, or even half a day. At noon, a group of students stood up nervously and respectfully handed the test papers and their answer sheets to the teacher in front of them.
After handing in the papers, the public school did not let these public school students leave. Instead, they were asked to stand in front of the court and wait for their results... It turned out that the public school actually had to mark the papers on the spot and judge them as first-class or third-class.
Ten people attended the banquet held by the junior high school in the evening to entertain the governor during his trip.
What does this mean? I don’t have to explain it... The prime minister of the country does not care about political affairs, and the princes below are helpless, so Xiaolian can only use this strange way to do it - first select thirty people based on their talents and learning, and then
From among these thirty people, we can judge the moral character and family background, and there is a governor supervising the whole process.
And this is actually an important reason why Gongsun Xun invited Liu Yan here. He needs the other party to endorse his deviant act of "selecting Xiaolian" throughout the whole process!
That's right, it's an endorsement for 'deviant and treacherous', not for the private appointment of filial piety and integrity... The latter is too ordinary, and it will not attract rumors. On the contrary, Gongsun Xun pretends to use examinations to determine filial piety.
Lian's method, even if it was only to select thirty people, was even more difficult for the world to accept, and it took a state governor to calm things down.
Of course, the test papers are not anonymous at all, and even the preliminary results cannot be fair... The only thing Gongsun Xun can guarantee is that if there are really outstanding people among them, then pay more attention in order to get them.
.
Choosing talents for the country is fake, but choosing talents for oneself is true...Tian Feng has a sharp eye.
Due to long preparation, dozens of top figures from junior high schools and public schools joined hands in the hall to mark the papers. The former was responsible for the objective questions, and the latter was responsible for the subjective essay questions that had been discussed for a long time. It can be said that they were as fast as the wind.
It's so neat.
By evening, everything was ready.
Gongsun Xun personally put the names he had prepared for him into more than twenty names, then calmly led everyone out of the hall and began to call people from behind to the front...
"Twenty-fourth, Handan Zhang Huai and Zhang Zirong." Gongsun Xun shouted. "When you hear the name, come forward and salute the princes, and prepare for the banquet in the evening!"
Hearing this name, some knowledgeable people couldn't help but raise eyebrows. Zhang Huai, the youngest son of the former county magistrate Zhang Shu, was even more overjoyed. He stepped forward and saluted Liu, who was standing in the door of the hall, twirling his beard and peeking at the scene in front of the hall.
Yea, at this point I have about three-thirds of guesses.
But soon, even the astute Governor Liu had no time to make random guesses.
"Twenty-third, Jiangxia Liu Zhang." Gongsun Xun paused slightly, but suddenly put his hands behind his hands. "Jiangxia Liu Zhang, a public school student, come forward!"
Liu Yan in the room was stunned for a moment. With his shrewdness, he could not have guessed Gongsun Xun's evil idea, but at this time he was speechless. He could only watch his youngest son Liu Zhang, who had been following his eldest son Liu Fan outside the hall, running out in confusion.
Gongsun Xun saluted.
And sure enough, before Liu Zhang could speak, Gongsun Xun started chattering pleasantly: "Liu Zhang, right? Although it's not easy to come to Jiangxia, but since your father specifically asked you to be a disciple of our Handan Public School, he must do it."
Study hard and live up to your hard work and your father's hard work... Do you have a place to live?"
Liu Zhang, who is only 16 or 17 years old this year, looked at Gongsun Xun blankly, and then looked blankly up the hall to find his biological father... But Liu Junlang stood behind the door, wanting to speak several times, shutting up several times, but just
Just pulled out another beard!
"I understand." Gongsun Xun became even more emotional when he saw this, and actually stepped forward and patted the other party on the shoulder. "Since your father allowed you to join our Handan Public School, you are also my student, so I will naturally
I treat you like my own son and nephew, so why not stay in my house for the time being..."
That's not all. At this point, Gongsun Xunfu grabbed the opponent again and introduced him seriously to hundreds of students in the audience, as well as the officials and celebrities of the Zhao State who came to take the exam... Only then did everyone suddenly realize that it turned out that the governor of Honshu, Liu
Knowing that Handan Public School has a large collection of books and many famous teachers, he actually sent his youngest son, who was still wearing his hair, to be taught here.
Looking at his stupid son who was still confused, Liu Yan in the door simply turned his head... Anyway, he had many sons, not least this one! And besides, Gongsun Xun didn't want to give Liu Yan's eldest son Liu
Fan stayed, just a young boy who really needed to go to school, so it really didn't matter.
The official temple in the county was deserted, and Xiang Xu still didn't show up, so the evening banquet was held in the county temple... To be honest, it was very shabby, with not much food and wine. But there was nothing that could be done. After all, Liu Yan was traveling with a guard of honor.
He and subordinate officials came to formally perform the duties of the governor, and the governor was responsible for supervising the officials of each county. Many times, in order to avoid suspicion, some governors would not even accept the hospitality of the county and would just live in pavilions according to regulations.
Of course, a person like Liu Yan would not be like this, but he would not be as drunk as he was in Gongsun Xun's private house, so that Gongsun Xun successfully tested him.
But having said that, there are also advantages to poor food and wine. At least it will make it easier to handle business.
For example, the selection of Xiaolian... Thirty people were selected. Except for seven or eight scholars from other places, most of the others were uneasy. However, in this era when family background was generally recognized as a hard condition, when the Wei family, the Handan family, and the Li family
After no one participated, the designation and recognition of Zhang Huai and Zhang Zirong was not a big deal.
"Wen Qi is really generous today." Probably because he was cheated in the matter of his son Liu Zhang, when Xiaolian made the choice and dozens of scholars left together, Liu Yan seemed a little unhappy at the empty banquet.
"It's okay if you help these outstanding scholars. It's good to reward the good and punish the bad. But so many students in public schools are exempted from room and board and provided with clothing. Aren't you afraid that you're going too far and not doing enough?"
"
What Liu Yan said was the promise Gongsun Xun had just made before sending away those scholars... Of course, it was also the plan provided by Aunt Gongsun, which was probably some kind of scholarship, free school uniforms and the like.
"Uncle Fang is overly worried." Gongsun Xun didn't seem to notice Liu Yan's attitude, but immediately explained seriously. "The public school is such a big school, and there is actually a quota of students. We are going to use three hundred as the standard, clothes, crowns and belts."
, board and lodging are all based on this quota, and I use my private money to help students. Now it is just a start-up. In order to make a name for itself, I have to recruit more students. In addition, many students are the original students of the professors in the school.
, it is difficult to divide, so there is some excess... As for the future, if there are many people coming, we can only let the teachers of the school examine them and select the best ones to form a system."
"Having said that, there is still something wrong." Liu Yan still twirled his beard and shook his head. "Wenqi, after all, you are only here as the order of Handan. If you have been serving in another county for one or two years, or you have been appointed as an official in Luo, what else can you do?
Or... in short, will you still support this public school in Handan? Moreover, there is only one public school in Hebei, and there is such a library here. If you only recruit 300 students, will it continue to attract more students in the long run?
resentment?"
"What's wrong with still supporting me?" Gongsun Xun smiled slightly, pretending not to understand what the other party meant. "Should I let go of the student aid just because I can't contribute to my political achievements? Besides, I've donated 100,000 books.
, it’s just food and clothing for three hundred people every year, and my family still has this money... As for the three hundred quota, I’m sorry to be blunt, but that’s not what Uncle Fang wants.”
"What does this mean?" Liu Yan, who was sitting at the top, was puzzled for a moment.
"Since it is a public school," Gongsun Xun said seriously. "It is only established for the Zhao State. There is only one in Hebei at this time. It may be able to accept students from other places, but the maximum number of three hundred is just the Zhao State in my mind."
It's just a national quota... In the future, if I transfer to another county, or if I don't transfer to another county, I will continue to study."
As soon as these words came out, not only Liu Yan, but also everyone else in the seat also looked at him sideways.
"Wen Qi was joking." Liu Yan came to his senses and shook his head repeatedly. "And it's the other way around. With a maximum number of 300 people, the Zhao country only has a population of 180,000..."
"Two hundred and thirty thousand!"
"What?" Liu Yan was confused for a moment.
"In the summer, we recruited bandits from the mountains, and before and after the autumn harvest, we cleared the fields and registered households. Now the registered population of the country is 230,000." Gongsun Xun replied proudly.
Liu Yan nodded slowly at first, and then shook his head slightly: "Wen Qi's political work is indeed remarkable. But with a population of 230,000, how can there be so many scholars? Your system and ideas are good, but they are unavoidable.
It was lost in impatience.”
"There are always people who want to study." Gongsun Xun still held his head high in defense. "It's just that there is no chance. The Han Dynasty continues to this day, and many of them are in a state of fatigue. The first is the lack of respect for the government, and the second is the wandering of the people... But there are also obstacles up and down.
, the reason why scholars and people have no way to advance. The less they have a family background of poetry and books, the more they need to read and be literate, so that they can have something to pursue and make progress! Just like the Zhao country, don’t just talk about the aristocratic family, the powerful, the wealthy and the poor.
My son, just ask those county officials and merchants from good families. If I allow their children to come here today, will they be willing to send their children? If this is not enough for three hundred people, I have many loyal followers.
There are people who are eager to learn and read..."
Gongsun Xun was talking eloquently, but Liu Yan, Wei Song and others beside him gradually became silent... This was actually the reason why these people were truly afraid of Gongsun Xun and were willing to tolerate him.
There are some things... Whether it's a family monopolizing official positions, a powerful man hiding his or her household registration, or everyone working together to make it difficult for the common people to survive, it's not that they don't know, or they don't understand the benefits, and it's not that they are so shameless that they are unwilling to change the status quo.
.They are the real elites in this great empire. To say that they have no morals and no vision is to insult them!
However, they always have various fears and scruples, so they are unwilling to say these words or do these things.
But this young man in front of me not only dares to say and do, but also does really well...Those so-called obstacles and difficulties that I fear like a tiger are like a joke under this man's vigorous actions and full of courage!
Just like the census of household registration, Zhao's population of 180,000 seemed to have turned into 230,000 in the blink of an eye, and there were an additional 50,000 tax-paying population... But there was both kindness and power behind this.
How could Liu Yan, the governor of the state, and Wei Song, who was watching from Handan, not know?
Gongsun Xun first exterminated the Shen family, then killed a county magistrate next door, then forced the Wei family, Handan family and others to 'give' two Xiaolians, and also forced powerful people from all over the country to sign their signatures in favor of the 'two-year plan'
, and finally cleaned up the bandits in the Taihang Mountains in Zhao State to win the trust of the people... But even so, when it came time to clean up the household registration, even though most of the powerful clan leaders and elders had already nodded, it was still difficult to implement it within the clan.
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What is filial piety and integrity, what is official position, to put it bluntly, it is the benefit of the core family in the clan, what does it have to do with other people? On the contrary, it is the hidden disciples, and the land is the foundation of these people.
As a result, from September to October, there were almost constant rumors throughout the Zhao Kingdom, and Gongsun Xun's cruel reputation was spread everywhere in Hebei. Even though Liu Yan had already set the tone for Gongsun Xun's murder of Zhen Du, now he actually
There are also some alternative opinions; on the other hand, Zhao Guo's countryside is even more open and covert, and every household is using various means to desperately fight against the investigation.
Last night, Liu Yan and Wei Song spoke frankly when discussing this matter. If it were them, they would basically give up. Wei Song was honest that he didn't have the ability to solve it, but Liu Yan... he said that he was also very good at it.
Incompetent, in fact, a person like him would never do such a thankless thing in the first place.
However, Gongsun Xun in reality had no scruples.
He started killing again... Not only the Wei family, the Handan family, the Li family, the Zhang family, the Wang family, and the Lu family all had their heads killed, but also the Qin family who had just married Gongsun Xun, three of them were also killed.
Abandon the market!
From the beginning to the end, Yi Cong riding a white horse was rampaging across the Zhao Kingdom with no intention of stopping. Every household was frightened and their expressions changed. Even the officials in the other four counties were directly intervened by the two governors.
, everyone cheered up and stepped up to cooperate with the investigation.
On the other side, the Handan Order, who killed people as quickly as he mows grass, quickly accelerated the construction of this library, used one hundred thousand volumes of books, and this public school, as well as the newly implemented promise of filial piety and integrity, all forcefully.
Bring back your reputation!
Thinking of this, Liu Yan also thought of the library again... It has to be said that these one hundred thousand volumes of books, like the two hundred Yi Cong under Gongsun Xun, are things that people cannot resist at all. He had just endured himself
Regarding the matter of the youngest son Liu Zhang, although he felt that his son didn't care much, why didn't he want his son to make progress in a school with thousands of books?
Both civil and military, it is indeed very convincing.
In this case, if you speak a little louder, take power a little more independently, and act a little beyond the so-called "limits"... what will you do?
"Oh," Liu Yan suddenly responded, but his depression disappeared immediately, and he even raised his glass in a friendly manner. "Wen Qi says what she has to say."
"I would like to ask," Gongsun Xun looked around and then asked seriously. "Uncle Fang, have you made a decision yet, the most talented person in this state?"
There was another astonishment at the banquet.
Liu Yan also swallowed dryly and put the wine glass back: "Wen Qi, be careful what you say!"
Gongsun Xun looked disapproving: "Ming Gong is the magistrate of Jizhou, and I am the county magistrate of Jizhou. It is true that Ming Gong decides on talents, but don't we, the subordinates, have the right and responsibility to recommend them?!"
That’s what I said…it would be weird if it did!
Jizhou has one state and nine counties, with hundreds of large and small counties, and only one talented person is produced every year. Why should a county magistrate who opens his mouth and shuts up have to 'recommend' one?
Thinking back on Gongsun Xun's outstanding achievements in Liucheng, and the joint recommendation of his father-in-law, the Governor of Liaoxi, and the Governor of Youbeiping, as well as his own family background, teachers and other backgrounds... Then Liu Yu hesitated for a long time.
I reluctantly promised a talented person, let alone Jizhou, which has more people and fewer official positions.
"Wen Qi." Liu Yan was speechless. He hoped to use this talent to win over several wealthy families in the state, but he really didn't want to offend the other party, so he could only lie. "The governor Wang left in a hurry this year. I
He came in a hurry and the date was approaching, so he had already agreed to leave Maocai in a hurry..."
Gongsun Xun became more and more depressed: "Wei Gong's son Wei Changminggong also saw it with his own eyes. How can Duke Ming look down on such a person so much?"
Wei Song was stunned, Liu Yan was even more embarrassed, and everyone at the table was completely at a loss.
But when it came to this, Liu Junlang could only continue to say with a shy face that he had indeed settled on Maocai, and since Wei Chang had just left with those scholars, Wei Song had no choice but to stand up and refuse again and again. But Gongsun Xun remained the same. There was an angry look on his face, as if both parties owed him a favor.
It can only be said that thanks to the fact that there were celebrities from Hebei such as Anping Leyin, Zhouzhong Biejia, Zhizhong, and others such as Lu Fan, Shen Pei, Lou Gui, Wang Xiu and others... they all went into battle together. After some persuasion, Gongsun Xun's expression improved.
"I am not causing trouble for no reason," Gongsun Xun sighed. "I really feel that Uncle Fang underestimates our heroic figures in the Zhao Kingdom."
"That's not the intention." Liu Yan was helpless. "Wen Qi has outstanding vision. I don't know why. In fact, there is only one Maocai, but he has already decided on the candidate..."
"Are the people working in the state already full?" Gongsun Xun suddenly asked abruptly.
Liu Yan was slightly startled, but instead of being angry, he was happy: "Among the heroes here, who does Wen Qi want to recommend to me?!"
In the Han system, those who work in the state are the assistants of the governor of a state. Their rank is very low. Just like the postal governor, they only have a hundred stones... This is something that can't be helped. After all, the governor of a state only has six hundred stones! But, on the other hand, One of the same characteristics as the postal supervisor is that this position has extremely heavy powers and responsibilities. Generally speaking, it is the regular handler of affairs in the state!
As for the origin of this position, it is said that when the governor of a state inspects a certain county, he will often select a low-level official with outstanding ability from the local area to work for him. In theory, there is one for each county, and then he will be appointed by the governor. This person is responsible for the daily affairs of this county... Jizhou Jiujunguo, that is, generally nine states are engaged in it.
However, in reality, it is not so simple and straightforward.
First of all, with the establishment of the permanent governor of the state and the permanent establishment of the state government, this position has become institutionalized and permanent. Therefore, many governors will leave a lot of people behind when they leave office. It is impossible for the new governor to say that he will be the governor as soon as he takes office. It is unlikely that all the jobs of the predecessor will be replaced, and it is impossible to promote them all over again like one county and one job.
Secondly, this position has very heavy powers and responsibilities, and the original system of selecting low-level officials from various places has gradually become outdated... In fact, when working in a prefecture, you can usually chat and laugh with a county magistrate, and Qianshi County Magistrate often appears After leaving office and returning home, he was recruited by the governor of the state to work.
Later, this position even lost its local characteristics and gradually became a place for state governors to appoint private individuals.
Of course, it has to be said that Liu Yan was particularly surprised when Gongsun Xun publicly asked for a job... After all, it is no longer the time for Liu Governor Liu's son to go straight to Handan, let alone Gongsun Xun. It was time to lead two hundred cavalry and light cavalry to take office. The two sides were only a few dozen miles away. He knew everything about these capable people under Gongsun Xun. How could he, Liu Junlang, not know about them?
It can even be said that Liu Yan has already been extremely coveted by Shen Pei, Lou Gui, Wang Xiu and others.
"Follow me first!" Gongsun Xun nodded slowly, then raised his hand to signal the person sitting in the corner to come out.
Lu Bu took a deep breath, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and stood up to go out.
"This is Liu Gong, the uncle of the state." Gongsun Xun introduced him seriously. "Liu Gong, this is Wuyuan Lu Bu Lu Fengxian, a disciple of Cai Bozhe... He is good at the piano, has the ability of Boya, and is proficient in martial arts. He is like a flying general. !To be both civil and military, there is nothing better than this! He has been wronged by using the state to engage in military affairs!"
Lu Bu paid homage in the hall and held the ceremony very respectfully.
Liu Yan was stunned for a while, and then nodded helplessly: "Since he is Cai Bozhe's disciple, and Wen Qi recommended him, and there is a shortage of people in the state, let's ask him to take over the affairs of Zhao State in the future.
It’s up to you to handle it for the state!”
Lu Bu was overjoyed... He really didn't expect that at that time he couldn't even ask for county officials, but now he became a disciple of Cai Yong, and with Gongsun Xun's recommendation, he could actually work in a state, and in a big state like Jizhou.
After years of hard work, have things finally turned out right?!
Surprised, he didn't even understand Liu Yan's tone, let alone Gongsun Xun and Lou Gui looking at each other and nodding slightly.
Yes, this is Lou Zibo's suggestion - give favors, recommend them, and use them elsewhere.
This suggestion was based on the consideration of the disposal of Cheng Pu, Gao Shun, Cheng Lian, and Xu Rong... The Han Dynasty was in full swing, and it was impossible to say that all these military generals with duties would always be with them, but Gongsun Xun did.
There is little concern about what will happen to these four people in the future.
First of all, Cheng Pu was a member of the township party and was almost single-handedly promoted by Gongsun. From being Gongsun Zhao’s assistant to Gongsun Xun’s two recommendations, his fake Sima was transferred to the official position of Sima Du of the Department a while ago.
It was a favor entrusted by Gongsun Xun, and he could be called Gongsun's disciple, former official, and local party member... This kind of person, unless Gongsun Xun was extremely incompetent and unethical in the future, would really come and go as soon as he was called!
Secondly, for Gao Shun, one naturally took a fancy to his loyalty and innocence, but the other was Gongsun Xun who felt a great kindness to him... He was promoted from a military accompaniment to Qu Junhou in one fell swoop.
The kindness is enough to give Gao Suqing two lifetimes!
As for Xu Rong, he is actually somewhere in between.
The Anli ship moved eastward to Liaodong, which gave them some feeling of a rural party, but they were not as close as Cheng Pu; both father and son were promoted from the Gongsun domain, and had made meritorious service under Gongsun Xun. They were also standard Gongsun disciples and former officials, but Gongsun domain
After all, it is the Liaodong branch, but it is not as strong as Cheng Pu. In addition, Xu Rong was ignorant and got into trouble several times during the expedition to Goguryeo, but Gongsun Xun saved it with his own efforts. Although he had some kindness, it was not as deep as Gao Shun.
…But taken together, what’s there to worry about?
As for Cheng Lian... To put it bluntly, Gongsun Xun doesn't care. He was raised as a hunting dog from the beginning, so he's no less than one or two!
Then Lu Bu's treatment was inspired by the treatment of these people. It is a comprehensive treatment of distance, kindness, and personal perception:
The first is recommendation. This was the most important thing in the Han Dynasty. Needless to say, once Lu Bu's official career starts from here, Lu Fengxian will inherit the lifelong relationship between Gong Sun Xun and Liu Yan... As if theoretically he needs to be grateful to Ding
It turns out that Dong Zhuo has been the same all his life.
Secondly, this arrangement puts the two of them at a distance that is neither too far nor too close for observation.
After all, although Lu Bu, the governor, is theoretically Liu Yan's subordinate, he is responsible for the affairs of Zhao State. In addition, Yecheng is too close to Handan, so the governor does not need to stay in Yecheng.
This means that he is actually working for Gongsun Xun and Liu Yan at the same time.
In addition, the term of the governor of the state was short. Liu Yan himself was the "elder of the clan" favored by the emperor and could be promoted and resigned at any time. According to Gongsun Xun's guess about his teacher, he was afraid that he would not let him easily.
After going to the border counties, the eunuchs were not willing to return to the center by themselves, so the possibility of continuing to wander around Hebei was very high... In other words, Liu Yan could leave at any time, and Lu Bu, a border county native from Bingzhou, wanted to stay in Hebei
If you continue to maintain it, you must rely on Gongsun Xun.
By then, if Gongsun Xun has really observed enough, he can definitely use it for his own use.
Finally, what if Lu Bu was so angry that he would look down on him as soon as he got in touch with Liu Yan, and instead would follow Liu Junlang loyally for the rest of his life. Liu Junlang thought that Fengxian was a good person, so he took him to Chengdu as a godson or something...
Then let him follow, it will save you worries!
Of course, Lou Gui actually originally provided two plans, one was to recommend to the state, and the other was to ask Zhao Ping to come forward to help Lu Bu find a job among King Zhao's subordinates... However, the latter is actually nothing to do with direct appointment.
The difference, and more importantly, is that Gongsun Xun respects the weight of the word "Lü Bu". The state job is a position with extremely heavy power and responsibility, and the officials of the King of Zhao, if they are not the court officials with more than a thousand stones, are basically
Abandoning his position will only make Lu Bu feel resentful.
But for the moment... After Lu Bu bowed to Liu Yan, he quickly thanked Gongsun Xun and saluted... He was still polite and seemed sincere and reliable, as if he was really grateful to Gongsun Xun.
All I can say is that it will take time, just wait and see.
Now that this matter is over, there will be no more trouble at the banquet.
After everyone dispersed, Gongsun Xun personally took Lu Bu to send Liu Yan to rest... The latter still showed respect and actually stayed at Gongsun Xun's house.
However, just when Gongsun Xun thought that everything was settled today, Liu Yan took the initiative to grab him, shunned everyone including his own son, and reunited in the small courtyard where they had a happy conversation that day.
Be honest and honest.
"Wen Qi." Liu Yan said seriously. "You and I are in a relationship. If I ask you something, you must tell me frankly..."
"Ming Gong has something to say." Gongsun Xun didn't take it seriously.
"You have suppressed and appeased people, recruited refugees, checked household registrations, and cleared fields. Now you are building schools, promoting filial piety and honesty, and doing... what are you going to do in the future?" Liu Yan asked seriously.
"It seems that Duke Ming already knows." Gongsun Xun said disapprovingly. "Could it be Duke Wei who told you?"
"So the rumors are true, are you really going to build water conservancy projects and manage the Gelulu River next?"
"Exactly!" Gongsun Xun replied without hesitation.
"Wenqi." Liu Yan sighed. "I've been to Julu, Anping, Changshan, and Bohai in the past few months. It's been an eye-opener... Bohai is the largest county in Hebei, with a population of more than one million, and it has fish.
The benefits of salt, but the officialdom has collapsed, and refugees continue to live in the blue sky and white sun; bandits are scurrying on the left and right sides of Changshan Mountain, and only a few months after you clean up Heishan, it has become a den of thieves again; Anping is the place where the emperor is prosperous, but
It is precisely because of this that there are so many lawless people in contact with the palace that it is really difficult to control them. As for Julu, he is right next to you. I don’t believe that you don’t know about Taiping Road. A person who has rebelled.
, colluding with powerful people everywhere, recruiting disciples to confuse the public, is it possible that the State of Zhao has not been affected?"
"What exactly does Ming Gong want to say?" Gongsun Xun said helplessly.
"You have governed Zhao State very well." Liu Yan said seriously. "If the water conservancy can be completed in the future, then there will be no need to say more. But the warning you gave me in this courtyard before is even more correct...
How can a prosperous country be worth the collapse of the whole world? Even if the world does not collapse, as far as Zhao is concerned, the Julu Taiping Road is on the side. If something happens, aren't you afraid that all your hard work will be in vain?
?”
Gongsun Xun didn't know how to reply to Liu Yan, a temporary pessimist... He couldn't say, I know that the world is going to collapse, and I am more convinced than you that the collapse of the world is coming soon, but I need to solve it
To accumulate political experience in troubled times, you need to convince everyone around you that you have the ability to rebuild order, so that more people can choose you after the world collapses.
Therefore, even if chaos breaks out and your efforts will be in vain, it will still be worth it.
You definitely can't say that.
However, if you don’t say this, how should you reply to the other party?
"Since it is the right thing to do, then you should do it," Gongsun Xun frowned slightly and said perfunctorily in a tone that he was not sure about. "A man is born in this world, and when he sees that the building is about to collapse, he can't just sit back and ignore it, can't he?
?”
Liu Yan was silent for a moment, and then he said after a long time: "Actually, when I came back from my inspection of the four counties last month, I didn't mention bandits or refugees, but I had spoken frankly to the court about the Taiping Road, but nothing happened... The emperor was just enjoying himself in the West Garden,
Regardless of political affairs, Duke Yang (Yang Ci) wrote to me, saying that in the spring of this year, when the epidemic was spreading in Taiping Road, he and his commander, Duke Liu, had written a letter together to discuss this matter.
I’m afraid I didn’t even look at it.”
Gongsun Xun was speechless for a moment.
"I think you have everything in order, except for the Taiping Road in Zhao State," Liu Yan reminded in a low voice. "It is better to be more careful... You have worked so hard for so many things, how long can you save it?"
Gongsun Xun nodded slowly... He had never dealt with the Taiping Road before. Firstly, there were not as many Taiping Roads in the Zhao Kingdom as he imagined; secondly, he felt that the giant deer was right next to him and there was nothing to deal with.
Two ambivalences, this problem was missed... In fact, according to Taoist Wang Xianwang who followed Han Dang and Lou Gui back, he frankly disclosed that day that the ambitions of brothers Zhang Jiao of Taiping Dao were actually common knowledge within Taiping Dao.
I understand. The reason why Mr. Wang chose to take refuge in Gongsun Xun was precisely because he was born in the Wang family of Taiyuan and did not want to be a rebel.
"That's it!" Liu Yan waved his hand helplessly. "Let's discuss it privately. Let's stop talking here. You and I can both do our own thing."
Gongsun Xun immediately came back to his senses and said with a smile: "We meet in private, God knows that you know that I know... There is a great courtesy in the house, power is regarded as an elegant matter, Liu Gong does not need to refuse."
After saying that, he said goodbye and left directly.
Liu Yan didn't know why, but he called his son and sent the attendants to the hospital. After returning to the bedroom where he had already lit the lights, he was suddenly stunned!
It turned out that the bed was neatly stacked with countless books, and there was a piece of paper pressed on it. Liu Yan hurriedly reached out and took it off, only to see a sentence clearly written on it:
'Once a bereaved person is given a thousand pieces of gold as a gift, now that Fang Bo has accepted tens of millions of dollars in bribes from me, he must be beheaded according to the law.'
Liu Yan burst into laughter for a moment, but he couldn't help but be overjoyed. His previous forcible patience with Gongsun Xun, and even his pessimism and uneasiness about the situation just now, all disappeared in front of these thousands of books.
Of course, this is because Liu Junlang, who has been bullying the mountain for eighteen years, does not understand technology.
The difference between the cost of printing ten thousand volumes of books in one copy and ten copies is actually not big. Ninety-nine percent of the hard work is in the printing and engraving of these ten thousand volumes of books...and those were obtained from Cai Xun from Gongsun Xun.
From the time the books were collected in Yong's house until now, the Amway Bookshop has been where we have worked hard for several years.
As for the difference between ten copies and twenty copies when printing, I'm afraid the difference is actually smaller than the former. The families of Liu Kuan, Lu Zhi, Tian Feng, and Jushou actually received one copy, and there were also many in Liaodong, so
It was Yanmen Pingcheng, and Cheng Pu and the others had received many books from the Amway.
It can only be said that Mrs. Gongsun has accumulated papermaking skills from the time when the Amway was first built to the present. After decades of hard work, she finally burst into flames, which makes her son admire her endlessly.
People are like this. If they no longer have conflicts with their relatives and are far away from each other, they will inevitably always think about the other person's interests.
After turning the corner and bidding farewell to Lu Bu, Gongsun Xun seemed to be worried for some reason. He didn't even know it until he reached the brightly lit backyard.
When he raised his head, he saw that his wife Zhao Yun was having a lively conversation with a young white-faced man in the backyard chapel at night... This also made Gongsun Xun temporarily confused, wondering whether he had drunk too much before.
.
Of course, Gongsun Xun immediately reacted and gave up the main hall to Cai Yong's family. If his wife wanted to receive guests, she would have to stay here. Moreover, after strolling over, he saw not only his wife but also her
The maid, Cai Yan, was also playing with the two big cats here. It must have been Zhao Yun who specially asked her to come here when she was visiting guests to avoid any suspicion.
"Husband!" Zhao Yun smiled happily when she saw Gongsun Xun coming back. "Good news came from Liaodi. In the middle of last month, Yu'er gave us a daughter... Mother and daughter are safe!"
Gongsun Xun suddenly realized...his little A'li was born and he became a father. Calculating the days, the news should come now.
However, for some reason, Gongsun Xun, who had been prepared in his heart for a long time, did not feel much surprise at this time, so he just smiled and nodded... At the same time, he also had a little understanding of his wife's excitement.
"That's good." No matter what, Gongsun Xun couldn't hide his joy after all. "I feel relieved that the mother and daughter are with the mother... This is a messenger, how can I meet him?"
"I've seen you, Your Majesty!" The young man next to him, who had already stood up to serve, quickly saluted and greeted. "I'm..."
"Master Fu, this is not our family member, but a messenger on the way." Zhao Yun was probably afraid that her husband would misunderstand, so she hurriedly explained. "He is from Qinghe, my hometown. Didn't my father have the title of Marquis? They
The Zhu family of Qinghe happens to have lived in Xiaobo City for generations..."
Following his wife's introduction, Gongsun Xun suddenly realized that this person was a fellow villager of Zhao Yun's Qinghe hometown. After the First World War in Liucheng that day, his father-in-law became famous all over the world because of admiration and because he was a very close fellow villager.
After this man was crowned, he simply went to Liaoxi to join his father-in-law and served in the county. However, recently, his father-in-law considered that his term of office might expire and his future location was uncertain. In addition, Zhao Yun had written home about the relationship between the public school and
Regarding the library matter, my father-in-law suggested that this young countryman come here to study while he was still young. He also wanted to wait until his father-in-law's new destination was decided before letting him pursue him...
Qinghe is from Jizhou, which is not far from here; my wife is from the hometown party and is a disciple of my father-in-law. She is not an ordinary family member, and she is probably of high origin, otherwise she would not come out to entertain her; and I have been away today, and this person who dropped by along the way
The news was so important, and this person still needed to be introduced, so the wife took this person and waited until now...
"Your surname is Zhu?" Gongsun Xun asked seriously.
"Qinghe Zhu Ling, Xiaozi Wenbo, I have met Junhou." This person waited until Zhao Yun finished introducing him incessantly, and Gongsun Xun asked again, and then he raised his body and saluted as a sign of respect. "I am a retainer of Junhou. Please don't worry, Junhou."
See outside!"
Gongsun Xun nodded slowly and could only say that given his temperament, he was a safe person.
"Can I go back to sleep?" At this moment, Cai Yan suddenly picked up his big white cat and stood up to ask.
"Thank you for your hard work." Gongsun Xun felt a little embarrassed... These days, the sun rises and sets, so it is very unethical to let children stay up late.
The little girl picked up her big white cat and hurriedly walked to the front yard. When she reached the door, she suddenly looked back and bowed: "Your Majesty, you have encountered such a happy event now. I don't know how you will be able to do it in the next few days."
Can't you stop bullying my father?"
Gongsun Xun's embarrassment disappeared instantly, and he just waved his hands repeatedly, unable to drive him away.
———————I am the dividing line of four-in-one——————
"The art of engraving may be attributed to Taizu's sight of the Xi Ping Stone Sutra. He returned to the Western Liao Dynasty and had the Empress Dowager make wooden blocks, beat them, and record them on Gongsun paper. However, the consumption of engraving a block was several times that of copying, so it was not heard of in the world at first.
During the Guanghe period of the later Han Dynasty, Taizu established a large-scale cultural education in Handan. He used the tens of thousands of volumes of books in his home to engrave and engrave more than 30 records. He obtained 300,000 volumes of books, each of which was divided into 100,000 volumes. He hid them in Handan and Xiangping and gave them to many people.
For a famous Confucian scholar, there was a sudden shock in the country. It may be said that in the past, Taizu asked Liu Yan, the governor of Jizhou, to serve the state of Zhao, but Yan refused, and repeatedly visited the Handan library. Taizu knew what he meant, and secretly sent people to leave tens of thousands of books in Yan.
When he returned home on the couch, he sighed loudly: "Giving a thousand pieces of gold to someone is not as good as leaving it to someone. Now Handan has ordered me to bribe me tens of millions of gold. Why don't I obey?" When the world heard about it, it was known as the Handan Library Building with Billions of Gold.
"——"Xin Yan Shu". Biography of Wenyuan
I was so sleepy that I went to bed first... If there are any typos, please tell me and I will correct them when I wake up...
