Hearing what Cai Yong said, Zhang Wen had a complex expression. He hesitated for a long time, sighed, and then sat down in his seat, drinking bitter wine and saying nothing. Although he was bellicose, he could tell that Cai Yong
Yong was not joking. After all, it would be a bit unworthy for friends of more than ten years to become so quarrels with each other just because of this moment.
When Cao Cao and others saw Zhang Wen's reaction, they were a little disappointed, and naturally hated Cai Yong even more. However, they did not express it clearly. When Cao Cao directly revealed his political intentions, the scene fell into silence again, but the emperor was
He smiled and said: "It's a happy day these days, so we don't want to talk about these things. Let's all have a drink!"
After hearing the emperor's order, everyone did not dare to disobey them, and then they became enthusiastic again. The veterans still maintained their objections to the establishment of the prime minister, and Cao Cao did not continue to persecute them. He knew that there was no disagreement among the veterans.
It was as harmonious as imagined. For example, Cui Shi had absolutely no opinion on this matter. He was squinting his eyes and drooping his head at the moment, and was not awake.
Although Zhang He is an old minister, he is completely the emperor's confidant and only listens to the emperor's opinions. Now that the emperor has pacified the east, he has set his sights on the southwest corner. Zhang He will never dare to raise objections. There are also Zhang Wen and Cao Cao.
They felt that Zhang Wen was even more warlike than the imperial sects like themselves. If it hadn't been for Cai Yong, he would have shouted to chop off King Funan's head by now.
No one could hold him back.
In other words, among this group of veterans, as long as they can convince Cai Yong and Lu Zhi, the others are not obstacles. However, Cai Yong and Lu Zhi have generally strong temperaments, and they are by no means the Cao Cao who easily bows his head.
Eyes, stepped forward, toasted to Lu Zhi many times, invited him to dance, and talked enthusiastically: "Does Mr. Lu recognize Liu Bei, the prefect of Dongyi?"
"My disciple."
"Haha, it's true. Lu Gong is great, Liu Xuande is also an outstanding person, and Dong Hao today and yesterday are completely different." Cao Cao was familiar with Liu Bei, and Liu Bei had heard about Lu Zhi's affairs, and he was enthusiastic about Lu Zhi.
While chatting, he also did not forget to ask about some political affairs in Hezhou. Before Lu Zhi returned to the temple, he had governed Hezhou for a long time and was very sentimental about the political and people's sentiments in the eastern part of the Han Dynasty.
Cao Cao's deliberate actions indeed resonated with Lu Zhi. The two began to chat about various interesting things in the east, such as Fuyu, Goguryeo, Dongli, etc. When they talked about some interesting things, they couldn't help laughing, but Lu Zhi couldn't help but laugh.
Feeling a little uncomfortable, it seemed that someone was staring at his back. He turned around and saw that the person was Cai Yong. Cai Yong stared at him with complete dissatisfaction in his eyes.
Lu Zhi smiled bitterly, said goodbye, and sat back next to Cai Yong.
"The Duke and Cao A had a very happy conversation, so why did they come back?" Cai Yong asked with some displeasure.
Lu Zhi smiled and shook his head and said, "You don't have to be like this when it comes to public affairs. Zhi will never dare to confuse private affairs with state affairs."
"May I ask what's so funny about it? It makes Mr. Lu lose his composure like this?"
"I have a disciple named Gongsun Zan. Did you know that he actually recruited a group of Donghao people to set up a brave camp?" Halfway through his words, he suddenly realized something was wrong. Not far away, Liu Mo was looking at him. Lu Zhi
Cai Yong smiled awkwardly. He didn't know the nature of the Donghao people, and he didn't know what was so funny about this matter, but Liu Mo was a little excited.
"General Gongsun turned out to be a disciple of Lu Gong. No wonder he fought bravely and had countless military exploits. It is also thanks to my disciple Donghao. For many years, I, Donghao, have been bullied. I never thought that under General Gongsun, I would be known as brave. In the war with Goguryeo, we often defeated the greater number with less, and even captured the King of Goguryeo. Such great achievements are really unbelievable. Mr. Cai doesn't know that our Donghao people have never been wary. We have fish and shrimps there."
Cai Yong turned his head and looked at Lu Zhi, his eyes were extremely complicated. Lu Zhi understood what he meant, what are you talking about Dong Yi?
After most of the banquet, Zhang Wen, Cai Yong and others were drinking freely. The ministers were all a little drunk, even the emperor was a little bit unable to hold his head up. Only Cui Gong was as usual, not at all drunk. He had obviously drunk. Quite a few, seeing Cai Yong and others unable to raise their heads, Zhang Wen secretly stood up, holding a wine cup, walked to the emperor's side, and said: "I respect your majesty."
The little fat man smiled and picked up the wine cup.
Zhang Wen drank the wine, looked around like a thief, approached the emperor, and said quietly: "If your majesty wants to pacify the southwest, please give me 4,000 troops. I can defeat the leader of the Zhenla Kingdom in Funan within three months." Cut it off and present it to you."
The little fat man was stunned, nodded blankly, and said: "I understand."
At this time, there was a sudden noise in the banquet, which frightened Zhang Wen and hurriedly returned to his seat. The little fat man turned his head to look, but it was Xun Yu and Guo Jia who almost got into a fight. Cao Cao did not expect that this would happen. Regarding the matter, he was originally waiting for conflicts to arise between the veterans, but he did not expect that it would be one of his own who took the initiative.
The reason was very simple. Xun Yu just asked Guo Jia if he could borrow Wang Gong's "Qian Fu Lun" for him to read for a while.
Guo Jia replied drunkenly: "You are not good at agriculture, how can you understand Qianfu Lun?"
Immediately, the two started fighting in front of the ministers. Seeing them fighting each other, Cao Cao, Xun You and other ministers were frightened and trembling all over. Looking at the emperor, the old ministers were extremely calm and passed by He Xiu and Wang Fu. After these people, they have become accustomed to these ordinary fights. Zhang Wen even drank wine and said with some disdain: "One generation is not as good as the other, and they are far behind He Zi's martial arts."
Cao Cao and others hurriedly pulled them away, and the banquet ended in a fight, and the two were severely punished by the emperor.
The next day, Cao Cao and others began to take action. Naturally, they advocated war against the southwest, which was not considered a war. Although their purpose was to make the entire southwest corner a direct dependency of the Han Dynasty, rather than a nominal jurisdiction. Under the influence of He Zi, both the scholars and the people at this time were on the warlike side. Most of He Zi's thoughts were instilled in these next generation of Han people.
The Han Dynasty is a country chosen by heaven. The emperor cherishes the destiny of heaven. The destiny of heaven is to educate the four directions so that the people of the world can live and work in peace and contentment. The barbarian country in the southwest does not know etiquette and education. It should be taught by culture and etiquette. If you don’t believe it, go and see Sanhan Dongyi , Hezhou and Xinzhou, don’t these people who originally lived in poverty now live and work in peace and contentment? Haven’t they all become the people of the Han Dynasty?
Only the veterans who were at the same time as He Zi were not disturbed by such thoughts. They still stuck to their own opinions. If a country is warlike, it will perish. There is nothing wrong with this sentence. If a big man is blindly warlike, such as Zhang Wen. If a guy becomes a Situ and no longer thinks about governing the country or benefiting the people, that big man will die in the hands of these reckless men sooner or later.
Didn’t you see that in the past, during the period of Xiaowen and Xiaojing, the national power was so strong and the Han Dynasty was prosperous? However, during the period of Emperor Xiaowu, the Han Dynasty repeatedly used troops abroad. Didn’t the final result lead to a substantial decline in national power? In the late period of Emperor Xiaowu’s rule,
There was even chaos in the Han Dynasty. The ministers did not want to experience such a period again, and at the same time they hated Gongyang Confucian scholars extremely.
If it weren't for the concern about the relationship between Emperor Tian and He Zi, I'm afraid there would have been endless comments against He Zi at this moment.
Since he got the mastiff, the little fat boy has been accompanying him for a lot of time. When he could see the queen, he would hold the little guy in his arms and let the little guy meet his mother. Empress Cai cried with joy. She said these times
During the day, she was extremely worried, fearing that the child she gave birth to was not a son. Now that she saw her son, she felt indescribably happy. The little fat man even teased her, saying that the mastiff was too lonely, so why not give him another sibling?
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By the fourth year of Xiping, at the beginning of the year, many conclusions in Southwest China were still not unified. The ministers still held their own opinions and refused to give in. However, there was obvious progress in other things, such as the enrollment of Taixue disciples.
In the first month of the year, in the first month of the year, the temple conducted its first assessment for students from official schools in various places. The test papers were all written by Cai Yong alone. They were not too difficult or too easy.
After the examination, a total of 4,600 official school students passed. Taixue wanted more than 700 of them, and the rest entered Menzi School. Some of them, after being admitted to Menzi School, were ashamed of it and even refused to go there.
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In February, these students gathered at the gates of Taixue and Menzixue, and stepped into the holy land of Confucian classics with excitement.
When arriving in Luoyang, the first thing you need to go to is naturally the Jianning Stone Scripture. This is the place that scholars dream of. Various scriptures are recorded completely and accurately. Everyone is mesmerized by the sight of it, standing in front of the Stone Scripture.
, one stop lasted for several days, and the gate of Taiyuan University became crowded again. This was a common sight, and the students of Taiyuan University were not surprised.
Cai Yong also specially prepared some food and sleeping mats for these students.
"Hahaha, I don't know how Emperor Xiaokang came up with the idea. This stone scripture can actually play such a big role, allowing these people to stand for several days without eating or drinking. It's strange, it's strange." among the crowd
, a burly fat man said with a smile, surrounded by several followers, all with their heads lowered. This fat man was dressed very unusually, with a long sword on his waist, and he actually commented on Emperor Xiaokang.
"How can you guess the meaning of the Holy Emperor?" Suddenly a scholar stood up angrily and asked angrily. The fat man was stunned and quickly shook his head and said: "Don't be angry, you really have no guesses.
Holy Emperor, I’m just feeling emotional."
"I see that you are also from a wealthy family. Without the Holy Emperor, how could you be as wealthy as you are today?"
"There must be no such thing"
"Humph!" The scholar snorted coldly and ignored him.
The fat man smiled awkwardly, looked at the burly man next to him, and asked in a low voice: "It has been four years since my father passed away, and the people still think about him like this?"
"This Emperor Xiaokang is kind," the burly man said hesitantly.
"Well, Mr. Zhang, there is no need to panic. I understand, hahaha. One day, I will do the same!" The fat man's eyes were particularly determined. The burly man smiled and whispered: "Now the emperor is also a wise king, both in government and in public.
Among them, he is deeply loved by his subjects and the people."
"Far inferior to his father." The fat man whispered, his face a little lonely, but he quickly cheered up and said: "It's time for Luoyang to expand again. Look, there are still pedestrians on this street." What? It’s so crowded that the Luoyang Order didn’t even come to the memorial hall.”
Zhang He looked at the Emperor with some embarrassment. He wanted to tell the Emperor that only His Majesty, with his stature, would feel coughing. However, for the sake of the head on his neck, he still did not dare to tell the truth. He could only nod and agree: "That's right. in this way"
"Luoyang asked me to remember Zhong Yao?"
"Exactly this person"
"Um"
The fat man was about to leave when he heard the noise in the distance. He frowned and looked over. It turned out that a group of people were making a noise outside the gate of the Imperial College, but they didn't know what they were arguing about. The number of people gathered around gradually increased, and the fat man led He followed his entourage and walked over. At the gate of Taiyuan Academy, two soldiers were talking to a group of people.
They were a group of people, but they were just two followers, surrounded by a group of young men, arguing with the soldiers.
The fat man was a little curious, so he stopped and listened.
"Without a written letter, you are not allowed to meet Mr. Cai."
"I will never dare to deceive you. My letter has been stolen. As long as I meet Mr. Cai and compare the list, I can know my identity. I hope you can be accommodating. I am definitely not messing around." The boss kid raised his hands, but There was some decent explanation. The fat man looked at it with some doubts in his heart. He turned around and asked, "May I ask you, what's the matter?"
The scholar next to him looked him over and said: "Huijun, this boy claims to be a student of the official school. He has passed the examination and came to the Imperial Academy. However, he cannot produce a written letter. He said that it was stolen. I want to I wanted to see Duke Cai, but the soldiers stopped me from entering."
The fat man looked at the boy for a long time, and said in disbelief: "How could such a young child pass the examination? There are hundreds of thousands of students, but only more than 4,000 have been admitted. Has I, a grown-up scholar, fallen to this level? ?”
"Haha, I think this kid is just messing around. Cai Gong himself set the questions, and those who passed were those talented people who had good talents but did not have the money to study at the Imperial Academy. Among Luoyang, the youngest ones were among the top students. , not to mention, what kind of thief would steal a letter? This kid is just fooling around, but I don’t know why the follower didn’t stop him."
When the fat man heard about this, his eyes were a little happy and he looked at it eagerly.
The burly man on the side coughed and said, "Master, should we go back?"
"Why are you so anxious? Just watch it for a while. Hahaha, you don't know. I was like this when I was young. I even beat up Yuan Er. At that time, I was beaten badly by my father." The fat man smiled. said.
No matter how the boy tried to defend himself, the soldier refused to let him in, and the surrounding soldiers began to boo and tease the boy.
"Why don't you believe it? If you don't believe it, I will recite many classics for you." Just as the boy started to speak, a scholar interrupted him and said, "If you can memorize the classics, you can enter the Imperial Academy?" Hahaha ,Boy, I think you’d better stop messing around and go find your mother.”
Everyone laughed.
The boy defended for a long time, but no one listened to him. He only cared about ridicule and teasing. After being humiliated like this, the boy's face turned red and his eyes were angry. He raised his head, looked at the towering Taixue, and shouted loudly said:
"I, Zhuge Liang, will never step foot in the Imperial Academy for the rest of my life!"