After receiving the order, Shiyi immediately mobilized soldiers and horses in the city to cut through the chaos with a sharp knife and eradicate several powerful men who were causing trouble.
Not only was the entire clan slaughtered, but all property and land were also confiscated.
This move instantly shocked other powerful people in Linzi City.
For a moment, everyone was in danger and on tenterhooks. The powerful people who were not involved in this incident thought that Chen Mu was going to purge them, so they all went to Sun Zhao's house to discuss countermeasures.
Sun Zhao has now been appointed as a subordinate official by Chen Mu. Sun Zhao is also very dissatisfied that Chen Mu does not allow his family to purchase land.
Someone came to look for him when he caused trouble this time.
After careful consideration, Sun Zhaoyi did not report the incident, and the other did not participate. He pretended not to know and waited for the result.
So Sun Zhao actually knew what was going on, and Shiyi had sent someone over to warn him once before, asking him to appease the others and not make the matter a big deal.
Now that the results are out, it's time for Sun Zhao to take sides.
In this case, Sun Zhao could only tell the whole story, telling them that Chen Mu was just purging a few people who had caused trouble, not a general purge, so that everyone could be calmed down and no bigger troubles were caused.
In fact, people are still weak. These powerful families have helped Chen Mu before and provided help. Later, when they eliminated clan thieves from various places, they shared a lot of profits with them.
But facing hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile farmland near Judian Lake, these people still couldn't help but feel greedy in their hearts.
You know, there are two counties near Judian Lake, one is Guangrao County in the north, and the other is Guangfeng County in the south. Each county now has hundreds of thousands of acres of unclaimed land. If you can get it, it will be a huge deal.
Great wealth.
However, Chen Mu planned to take it for himself and would not allow them to reach out. It was strange that they were satisfied.
They will not think about it. As the ruling class of Qi State, Chen Mu’s first thought is of course to appease the people under his rule. As long as the people are tied up with land, they will have food to eat and will not rebel. Only then will the territory be stable and the future will be prosperous.
There is an endless supply of food and troops.
This is a question for the ruling class to think about, not for them, the landlord class.
As a result, the two sides have irreconcilable interests and class conflicts. It is not surprising that such a situation occurs.
Now there are only two ways for the powerful people of Qi State. One is to live an honest life with your tail between your legs and abide by the law. Don't think about being lawless and bullying the people at will like when the world was in chaos a few years ago.
Field soil.
The other way is, of course, to fight to the death with Chen Mu.
Some people choose the second path and die.
This undoubtedly shocked other people, so this road was cut off. During the period when Chen Mu was in power, other powerful people could only act like dogs.
However, people like Sun Zhao are not entirely so willing, because Chen Mu is doing a good job now. Except for Linzi, all other places in Qi State were occupied by the powerful Yellow Turbans. Now they have not only wiped them all out, but also stabilized them.
solved the situation.
These can be regarded as political achievements. After this year's autumn harvest, Qi State returns to normal, people live and work in peace and contentment, and the situation gradually improves. Maybe Chen Mu will be promoted and transferred to a certain place to be a prefect.
As a result, there are no powerful figures in Qi State, and there are less constraints from other large-scale thieves and powerful people in various places. By then, those lands will not belong to them and the remaining powerful people?
People like Sun Zhao are extremely smart in their calculations.
Unfortunately, if in two years they find out that Chen Mu continues to stay in Qingzhou, and even supports Liu Bei in his plan to seize the world from Qingzhou, and continues to exploit them, they don't know how desperate they will be in their hearts.
It is estimated that when Zhuge Liang suppressed the powerful people in Shu, the thoughts in the minds of those powerful people were the same.
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In mid-March, the imperial court had just sent the documents confirming Shi Yi's appointment as Guangrao County Magistrate to Qingzhou. At this time, Guan Yu was in Duchang, slowly clearing out the remaining Yellow Turban troops in Beihai.
At this time, Chen Mu had already arrived in Gaomi County, Beihai.
Gaomi County is not actually the territory of the Yellow Turbans. According to the "Book of the Later Han·Xianji", because they admire Zheng Xuan's reputation, the Yellow Turban Army "worshiped Zheng Xuan when they saw him and dared not enter the county when they met".
It can be seen that Zheng Xuan's reputation is so high that even the Yellow Turban Army did not dare to harm him in the slightest.
Because of Zheng Xuan's existence, Gaomi County is the only county in Beihai that still has a government system.
When Chen Mu arrived in Gaomi, the local county magistrate and the county magistrate and others came out to greet him.
"Chief Chen!"
"Liu Mingting."
Just as Shi Jun is an honorific title for the prefect, Ming Ting is an honorific title for the county magistrate.
The two of them greeted each other and entered the city together.
I saw that Gaomi County was operating like a normal city. Even though it was heavily surrounded by the Yellow Turbans, the city gates were opened, and people from various villages and pavilions went to the city to go to the market or buy goods. They came in and out of the city without any impact.
Chen Mu praised: "The people under the Ming Dynasty live and work in peace and contentment, which shows that the Ming Dynasty has good governance. I will report it to the court for praise."
Magistrate Liu smiled bitterly and said, "Don't joke, Governor. All this is the result of Master Shijun, not me."
"Where is Mr. Zheng now?"
Chen Mu did know that Zheng Xuan recruited many disciples in Gaomi. It is said that there were thousands of disciples, such as Sun Qian, Cui Yan, and Guoyuan. Later, these disciples carried forward his knowledge and called it Zheng Xue.
The period was very influential.
"You should be at home at this time."
County Magistrate Liu thought that Chen Mu was here to visit Zheng Xuan, so he added: "On weekdays, the master will be giving lectures at this time, so it is not convenient to meet guests. If the governor wants to visit the master, he can go after noon."
"Um."
Chen Mu nodded: "If nothing happens, why don't you go take a look."
"this......"
"It doesn't matter, I won't disturb Mr. Zheng."
"Then please come this way."
Magistrate Liu took Chen Mu to the east of the city. Zheng Xuan's family was very poor and lived in the countryside outside the city. In addition to teaching his apprentices, he farmed and planted vegetables to make ends meet.
The main reason is that most of his disciples are ordinary people, and there are very few students from wealthy families. Moreover, he is an upright person, only charges a small amount of tuition fees, and does not use the tuition fees to subsidize his family, so it has not improved Zheng Xuan's life.
When I arrived in the countryside outside the city, I saw a busy house in the distance. An old man in his sixties was leading his disciples to recite scriptures under a huge ginkgo tree in the countryside. The spring was warm, the flowers were blooming, and the sound of Lang Lang reading could be heard.
, listening to it is refreshing and intoxicating.
Chen Mu said to Dian Wei: "Liangbi, you guys wait outside the village."
"good."
Dian Wei left with his guards.
Chen Mu and Magistrate Liu walked over slowly, but did not approach. They just stood not far away and waited.
This stop lasted all morning, almost an hour and a half.
At noon, when the class ended, many students stood up. When passing by Chen Mu and County Magistrate Liu, they all bowed their hands and saluted, and then left silently.
They had seen the two of them a long time ago. The two just stood at a distance but did not come to disturb them, which made them feel respectful.
Chen Mu sighed: "I'm afraid the disciples of Professor Sage are nothing more than this."
Magistrate Liu smiled and said: "Master Shijun educates the village, lets virtue circulate among the people, and makes etiquette manifest in the world. This is what he wants to do now."
"Zheng Jun's morality is unmatched by anyone in the world."
After Chen Mu finished speaking, he stepped towards the old man.
Zheng Xuan was sitting under the ginkgo tree and waiting for them.
When he was in Gaomi County, it was not as if no dignitaries came to see him.
For example, last year General He Jin conquered him and sent people to forcibly "invite" him to Luoyang.
After going there, he stayed for a day, and then ran back to Qingzhou overnight. At that time, he might have thought the horse was too slow, so he ran back with the horse on his back. This shows Zheng Xuan's disgust for the official career.
Now I see a young man standing far away for a full hour and a half, waiting for him to finish class. This etiquette is worthy of meeting him solemnly.
"Zheng Jun."
Chen Mu came forward respectfully and said, "Young man Chen Mu, whose courtesy name is Zigui. After Qu Nihou, he studied under Bo Xiangong and is now the governor of Qingzhou."
In the Han Dynasty, calling others "jun" was a very respectful term.
"Shangshu Preface to Jun Shi": "Respect him as Jun".
Generally speaking, calling him "gong" means he is highly virtuous and respected. Calling him "jun" means he has noble moral character. When Kong Rong was in Beihai, he called Zheng Xuan Zheng Jun.
Zheng Xuan nodded: "It turns out that he is a disciple of Bo Xian. Why did you come to see me?"
Chen Mu took out Wu Kuang's letter and handed it over: "This is a letter from Prime Minister Wu of the State of Qi, inviting Jun Zheng to visit the State of Qi."
Zheng Xuan took the letter. There was paper at this time, but the correspondence was still on bamboo slips. The letter written by Wu Kuang only had more than a hundred words, and was compiled from ten bamboo slips, so it was not heavy.
"It stands to reason that Fu Guo invited me to go, so I really should go. It's just that I'm currently teaching disciples in my hometown, and I really can't leave."
Zheng Xuan was a little hesitant. He and Wu Kuang were also good friends. Wu Kuang invited him to visit Qi State. It was not impossible.
It's just that there are too many students now, and it's really inconvenient to have to teach every day.
Chen Mu probably guessed the result and said with a smile: "The reason why I came to Gaomi this time is to talk to Zheng Jun about this matter. I want to open an academy in Qi State and recruit students from all over the world, so I specially invited Zheng Jun to give lectures.
.”
"Lecturing?"
"good."
Chen Mu continued: "Zheng Jun is now teaching in the countryside. His disciples are from Gaomi County, and the scope of communication is limited. If you can come to Qi State, everyone from the world will come. Then there will be more disciples, and the scope of spreading knowledge will be wider. In this case,
This is an act that will benefit the world."
Zheng Xuan smiled and shook his head: "Although it sounds good, it is good for me to give lectures in Gaomi. This is my hometown. If I leave, what will the disciples in my hometown do? Please come back, governor."
Chen Mu was such a smart person. He immediately asked, "I want to ask Zheng Jun, is it because he can't let go of his disciples in his hometown that he doesn't want to leave, rather than because he doesn't want to teach students all over the world?"
Zheng Xuan said without hesitation: "Of course it's not that I don't want to teach other students, it's just that I can't let go of the disciples from my hometown."
Chen Mu laughed, hit the snake with a stick and said: "If that's the case, if I understand correctly, Mr. Zheng, if I help you solve the problem of lecturing for high-density students, will you be willing to follow me to Qi State?
"
Zheng Xuan was stunned for a moment, thinking that this kid is quite smart, he is so good at seizing the opportunity, and knows how to use the loopholes in other people's words to counterattack.
And unknowingly, I fell into his trap.
Sure enough, as people get older, their reactions become much slower.
But Zheng Xuan had to admit that he was indeed a bit controlled by him.
After all, I just said that the reason why I don't want to leave is because I want to continue teaching the disciples in my hometown.
Moreover, Zheng Xuan would not object to lectures. No matter what students he taught, it would be fine, but now he had a group of students, and he did not want to abandon these students and teach others elsewhere.
Thinking of this, Zheng Xuan could only nod his head and said: "Yes, if you can solve this problem, then I will let you go."
Chen Mu smiled and took out something from his arms, held it up with both hands and said, "Please take a look at it, Mr. Zheng."
"this......"
Zheng Xuan took it and flipped through a few pages before opening his eyes wide.
This is a book made of paper. Not only is it easy to carry, but it is also ten times and a hundred times more convenient to read than bamboo slips.
Chen Mu introduced: "This is Zuo Bo paper invented by a man named Zuo Bo in Donglai. I use it to make books, so that it can be convenient for students. If Zheng Jun can also publish his doctrines in books, he will no longer
I need to give lectures to the students in person. And if there are students from Gaomi who want to study in Qi, I can also solve all the problems of food and accommodation."
"Published into a book?"
Zheng Xuan asked in confusion: "Isn't this book copied?"
Until the Tang Dynasty, although paper had become popular, and the paper production in the Jin Dynasty was already very large, without printing, books were still treasured items.
Why was it that in the Jin Dynasty, the power of aristocratic families was much smaller than in the Tang Dynasty?
This is because before the Tang Dynasty, knowledge was still a monopoly product.
Ordinary people had to copy books if they wanted to study. In addition, Buddhism and Taoism gradually became popular, and religious men and women copied Buddhist scriptures and Taoism. So copying books became popular at that time, which greatly promoted calligraphy, spawned a large number of top calligraphers, and created
One of the most magnificent calligraphy dynasties.
Therefore, printing was unimaginable to the people of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was a complete dimensionality reduction blow.
Chen Mu replied: "This book is made using a special method, and the production speed is extremely fast. If the materials, equipment and manpower are enough, one thousand or ten thousand copies can be produced in one day, and there will be an endless supply of them, so that everyone in the world can have them."
One book will do."
What has Zheng Xuan, who is already sixty years old, not seen?
But after hearing his words, just like Magistrate Liu's expression, they all took a breath of air.
You must know that even though Zheng Xuan was already a world-famous Confucian, he did not have a few classics at home. He relied on traveling around in his early years to study, memorize them in his mind, and then teach them to his students.
If books like this can really be produced in batches, the era in which a complete set of classics and bamboo slips weighing dozens of kilograms can become family heirlooms will be over. Then the aristocratic families and bureaucratic groups that once monopolized knowledge may suddenly
It collapsed in time. For today's era, the impact is really too great.
Seeing their shocked expressions, Chen Mu smiled and said: "Zheng Jun, now should we talk about the matter of inviting students from all over the world who want to study in your name to come to Qingzhou Academy to study after we talk about Qi State?"
Zheng Xuan said without hesitation: "Yes!"
Such a good thing is simply a dream come true for Zheng Xuan, who has devoted his life to teaching and educating people. There is no reason to refuse!