In August of the 21st year of Jianning, Zhonglie Hall had just appeared in Luoyang City. Xing Ziang suggested not to add the word Jianning, because there might be other ministers stationed here in the future, and then there would be some
It didn't live up to its name, so the entire lobby only used the word "loyalty and martyrdom", and the emperor arranged relevant officials to take care of and guard it.
After the Zhonglie Hall appeared, a large number of scholars and celebrities came to visit. The number of visitors here even exceeded the most prosperous landscape in Luoyang for a time, the Jianning Stone Scripture. For these great sages,
The scholars showed considerable respect, and even the emperor could not sit still. He went to the Zhongmarty Hall in person. The soldiers of the Southern Army had surrounded the area early, and no one else was allowed to enter.
The emperor, Xing Ziang, Yuan Feng and other ministers set out for Zhonglie Hall.
Walking out of the carriage, the emperor seemed a little tired. Although he had been on the throne for less than a year, he had a lot of state affairs and reviewed them all night long, leaving almost no free time. However, he gradually became more steady, and every move he made was also significant.
After observing the majesty of the emperor for a while, the childishness was no longer visible. Xing Ziang and Yuan Feng lowered their heads and stood beside him. He led the two of them towards the main hall.
The main hall was built with great care. Although it was renovated on the basis of the original courtyard, there was nothing shabby. The golden jade was brilliant and the vermilion tiles reminded the nobility of this place. The emperor took a few steps and raised his head.
Suddenly I saw the lush mulberry trees not far away...
The emperor's expression suddenly became very complicated. He stared closely at the mulberry tree and frowned. Xing Ziang and Yuan Feng also noticed the emperor's strangeness. However, they quickly figured out that the prince had also been here.
After a period of time, the emperor did not rush into the hall. Instead, he slowly walked to the mulberry tree, stretched out his hand, and stroked the trunk.
"When I was young, I often stood with the tree trunk, waiting for He Zi to come..."
"His Majesty!"
Xing Ziang and Yuan Feng bowed their heads and bowed their hands.
The emperor smiled and said, "Let's go in and have a look..."
After walking into the hall and looking at the surroundings, the emperor recalled that from time to time he would tell Xing Ziang and the others where this place used to be. He was quite familiar with the surrounding area. Xing Ziang and Yuan Feng did not dare to speak at all.
I could only listen carefully and walked into the main hall, where I saw huge stone statues standing on both sides.
On it are recorded the names of talented people and their achievements.
The emperor read softly:
"Suppress Xianbei and defeat the barbarians, Hao Shou is majestic and angry..."
"There are mountains of corn, and the family grain is only three stones and five stones..."
"With a sword drawn, there are ten thousand enemies, and with a scroll, the world's masters..."
"You led hundreds of battle divisions, and the southern army buried the bones of heroes..."
After reading them one by one, the emperor sighed and bowed deeply, and all the soldiers and ministers around him bowed together.
After returning to the Hall of Houde, the ministers began to be busy with this year's assessment. Sure enough, as Xun Yu guessed, when the people of the world heard that the emperor was going to hold an assessment and allowed those who were disqualified last time to participate, the emperor's prestige
The price suddenly rose sharply. If the incident at the Hall of Loyalty and Martyrs made the emperor win over the hearts of the army sergeants and the officials in the court, then this assessment would win over the hearts of the scholars all over the world.
The emperor went to the Taiyuan Academy to study with Menzi and inspected them one by one.
In September, there was a meeting in the temple.
The emperor suddenly burst into tears, and the ministers were frightened. They quickly apologized and asked the reason. The emperor cried and said: "My younger brother, King Chenliu, I love him very much, but because of my father's order, I haven't been able to see each other for a long time. I miss him so much."
, and did not dare to violate the late emperor's edict, so I felt sad."
Hearing this, the ministers couldn't help but be moved by the emperor's behavior of loving his younger brother. Only a wise king can love his brother so much with such a heart. The great minister Zheng Xuan said: "Your Majesty, the Han Dynasty is filial and benevolent.
Your Majesty has such a benevolent heart in governing the country, but King Chenliu failed to pay homage to Emperor Xiaokang and failed to fulfill his filial piety. Your Majesty can order King Chenliu to return to Luoyang, pay homage to Emperor Xiaokang, and then leave...
"
The emperor thought so and immediately issued an edict asking King Chenliu and Liu Xie to return to Luoyang.
Everyone in the world praised the emperor's respectful behavior among his brothers, praising: The emperor has the legacy of the filial piety and Kang emperor.
Cui Shi also immediately wrote a poem, which was called "Missing Family Fu" and dedicated it to the emperor. The emperor was very happy. At the same time, he also understood in his heart why Emperor Xiaokang favored Cui Shi so much. He also worshiped Cui Shi as the county prince.
, bestowed with a hundred golds and beautiful clothes.
The original Hongdu School became a little desolate due to the death of the emperor. After the emperor saw the role of these people, he immediately paid attention to this place again. Although he was not very interested in these literary works, he still did it.
He showed great appreciation and expanded the construction of Hongdu School, which once again ushered in the golden age of rapid development of Chinese literary and artistic poetry.
When the emperor ascended the throne, he listened to Wang Fu's opinions and did not make any changes in the decrees. Everything was carried out in accordance with the decrees of Emperor Xiaokang's period. However, many projects and reforms were stopped. But what people didn't expect was that
, the long-term start of construction and the temporary pause in reform gave the people of the world a chance to breathe. Under such a stable policy, the development of Han Dynasty became even more rapid.
At this time, you can see the results of Emperor Xiaokang's busy work.
When he was in power, various counties and counties were frantically reclaiming farmland. Now, after a pause, there is a massive amount of food production on these farmland. The water conservancy he built has made the Han Dynasty's food production increase crazily.
The construction of Chidao has enabled the economic development of various places to be very rapid. Food from the Yan, Henan, Qinghai, and Hebei regions has once again accumulated in the national treasury.
Mr. Yuan's face blossomed into a smile.
Youzhou, Hezhou, Xinzhou, Bingzhou, and Sanhan have not fallen behind in their development by relying on the production and sale of charcoal, copper and iron. Especially in the late period of Emperor Xiaokang, the crazy construction of the five northern states played a real role at this time.
As a result, the north prospered greatly, and the south relied on the development of the past two decades and the semi-military and semi-commercial trade with surrounding countries such as Funan and Chenla, and it also received a real revival.
Yizhou and Xiliang areas became one of the richest areas in the Han Dynasty, relying on trade with Western countries and even cotton cultivation in the Western Regions.
Such a prosperous age has never been seen before. According to the household registration records of the Han Dynasty, the population has reached nearly 90 million!
The cultivated land area exceeds 10 million hectares!!
Tieguan buildings were built in many places in the north, with a total of 373 buildings!!
And the iron these iron officials can produce can equip two hundred thousand fully armed elite soldiers!!
The rapid increase in national power of the Han Dynasty was a disaster for the border countries. The one who felt the change most was Goguryeo, which had invaded Dongyi many times. As the Han established a firm foothold in Dongyi and Sanhan, they
The end of the world has come. Whether it is Lu Bu who is guarding Dongyi or Dong Zhuo in Youzhou, they are by no means good people.
When you see a great military achievement in front of you, is there any reason not to take it?
At the suggestion of Taiwei Zhang Wen, the new army stationed on the border was once again expanded. Although Cai Yong and other ministers opposed it, it could not stop the emperor's military ambitions. When Emperor Xiaokang was alive, the southern army was 30,000 and the northern army was 20,000.
, there were 40,000 new border troops, 10,000 naval troops, 40,000 county soldiers, plus more than 20,000 Xiongnu Wuhuan cavalry under Dong Zhuo's command, and more than 30,000 Qiang troops under Qili's command, with a total of 190,000 soldiers.
Of course, among them, the most elite only have 100,000. However, these nearly 200,000 soldiers are very terrifying to the surrounding countries. Many countries around the Han Dynasty have a population of less than 200,000, even those far away.
In the great western country of Guishang, there were only a hundred thousand soldiers and only fifty thousand elites. Their elites might not be able to stop the Han's Northern and Southern armies!
During the court meeting, Captain Zhang Wen proposed disarmament.
This was naturally unbelievable. When everyone was a little confused, he said that he would lay off soldiers from various counties and counties and increase the number of new troops stationed on the border. Zhang Wen believed that the Han Dynasty did not need such a large number to maintain domestic stability.
Soldiers were sent to maintain the situation, but there were still great dangers beyond the borders, such as the powerful country Goguryeo beyond the three Koreas.
The Taiwei said with some sadness that Goguryeo had invaded Youzhou many times and oppressed the troops stationed in Dongyi. After all, Dongyi only had one battalion of Lu Bu, and the officials had never been to the border areas. Naturally, they did not know the inside story of Goguryeo. The Taiwei suggested
, it is necessary to lay off 30,000 soldiers from counties and counties, recruit 50,000 new troops, complete the training within one year, and use the Southern Army as the main force to attack Goguryeo.
The ministers repeatedly objected, and finally the emperor ordered Zhang Wen to recruit 20,000 new troops to consolidate the territory.
All the officials could not find any reason to object.
In October of the 21st year of Jianning, the examination began in Luoyang, and the emperor went there in person.
Cai Yong and Xun You were subordinate officials and were in charge of the examination room.
When many scholars looked at the door enthusiastically, the emperor walked in with a smile. The scholars bowed, and the emperor bowed in return. The scholars quickly thanked the emperor for his kindness, and the emperor said: "You are waiting.
After passing the assessment, serving the country and the people is to repay the king's kindness, but there is no need to be polite at this moment!" He sat on the main seat and did not leave for four consecutive days.
In the list of these people, the emperor saw many capable ministers in the future, and he was even more happy. He had read the heavenly book and knew how capable these people were. With these people, he would never be able to do anything again in the future.
He was worried because there was no one available. However, among the crowd, the one who puzzled him the most was Guo Jia. Previously, Guo Jia had personally rejected his conquest. Now, why did he appear in the assessment like this?
Guo Jia, who was among the crowd, looked arrogant and ignored the good intentions of the scholars around him. He raised his head high and seemed not worried about his achievements at all. Facing the emperor's somewhat doubtful eyes,
, he also smiled and did not explain.
After the assessment, Guo Jia just informed the emperor of the purpose of his participation in the assessment, but he did not say it himself.
Standing in front of the Imperial College Gate, the scholars gathered together and waited for the Imperial College to announce the admitted names during the wine ceremony.
Jijiu picked up the edict in his hand, was stunned for a moment, and then read aloud:
"The most outstanding scholar of Confucian classics is Guo Jia, a native of Yangzhai, Yingchuan, whose courtesy name is Fengxiao..."
"Second, Hua Xin, a native of the Gaotang Dynasty in Pingyuan, whose courtesy name is Ziyu..."
"The best in agriculture... Guo Jia, a native of Yangzhai, Yingchuan, whose courtesy name was Fengxiao..."
"The next one is Wang Yan, a native of Donghai, whose courtesy name is Jingxing."
"The best in arithmetic..." Jijiu was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Guo Jia, a native of Yangzhai, Yingchuan, whose courtesy name is Fengxiao..."
"The second one is Zhang Fan from Hanoi, whose courtesy name is Gongyi..."
"The best in legal studies..." Jijiu lowered his head, looked around, and said in a daze: "Guo Jia, a native of Yangzhai, Yingchuan, whose courtesy name is Fengxiao..."
Before he even had time to say the name of the second person, there was a burst of noise and uproar outside the Imperial Academy. The scholars roared angrily. They did not believe that one person could defeat them all and become the fourth subject. You must know that from the beginning of the assessment to the present day, no one has been able to achieve such an achievement. There is even no one whose name appears in both subjects at the same time!!
Doesn't this mean that Guo Jia alone can surpass all the scholars of the Han Dynasty in all fields? These arrogant scholars will never accept such a statement. Someone said: " Guo Jia is a disciple of the traitor Wang Fu!" This sentence made the scholars wake up and cursed Wang Fu one after another. They believed that it was Wang Fu's forced interference that created Guo Jia.
This immediately aroused public outrage, and everyone discussed that they should go to Wang Fu's mansion together to seek justice from Wang Fu. While they were getting excited, someone from Huangmen sent something and handed it to the person present. , the surrounding soldiers protected the safety of Jijiu. Jijiu thought for a while, then posted a few test papers in his hand outside the gate, and returned without saying a word.
Only three soldiers were left standing in front of the examination paper.
The scholars also noticed the situation here and stepped forward to take a look.
There are four test papers hanging here. Judging from the names, this is what Guo Jia did. Everyone sneered and looked at it carefully, trying to find the mistakes. However, after looking at it for a long time, they gradually fell silent. The other subjects Maybe they couldn't see Guo Jia's talent, but in arithmetic, some questions they had been thinking about for a long time but couldn't solve were easily solved by Guo Jia, and he even left a name to laugh at the person who asked the questions.
The person who asked the question was Sikong Yuan Feng. After Yuan Feng saw Guo Jia's test paper, he was not angry because of his ridicule. Instead, he was overjoyed and wanted to transfer this person to his Sikong Mansion so that he could help him. However, , he did not expect that he was not the only one who had this plan. Guo Jia's performance on the four test papers was extremely superb, and the emperor was a little unbelievable.
Wang Fu was naturally overjoyed. He had taught such a disciple. His head that was usually raised high was raised even higher, and his forehead was almost invisible. When the results were announced, Guo Jia was even in the mansion. Sleeping, this matter did not come to his mind at all. Although the scholars were still not convinced, many people left silently.
Suddenly, Guo Jia became famous all over the world, and everyone called him a ghost.
Those four test papers also attracted many people to come and watch. It is said that Wang Fu even led Guo Jia here in person. After reading the test papers, he said with some disdain: "It's so simple. No wonder my disciple can become the top of the four subjects." , it turns out that the person who asked the question was stupid!”
Perhaps the happiest person was the emperor in the temple. He raised his head and laughed, worshiping Guo Jia as his minister.
After the improvements of successive emperors, the Shangshutai is now a behemoth that can compete with the Three Dukes. And Guo Jia has just started his official career and has served as the Shangshu Pushe second only to Xing Ziang's Shangshu Ling. Among the hundreds of officials, some admired and envied