Chen Mu asked him to take a bath, change his clothes and come out again.
Don't take care of your beard, at least you have to be clean.
Taishan Academy was built on the former site of a powerful manor and occupies a huge area.
The entire academy is also divided into many areas, including teaching areas, canteens, living areas, etc.
After all, this is not a modern era with developed transportation. Students can only live in the academy, otherwise, they don't even have a place to live.
In terms of education, Qingzhou has spent a lot of money. It not only provides excellent teaching quality, but also provides good living arrangements.
Free board and lodging, tutoring from famous teachers, and jobs provided after graduation. It can be said that you will have a brilliant life after being admitted to the college.
The only thing that distinguishes ordinary students from wealthy families is that wealthy families can spend money to live in high-end single-family houses, while students from poor families can only squeeze into a room with eight people.
Rich students can eat small dishes with oil, water and meat, while poor students can only eat ordinary free food, and occasionally eat meat.
But even so, this condition is already very good.
After all, it is free, and you may not have this condition in your poor family.
Some people may say that if you invest so much in free education, will you suffer a loss?
But in fact, the investment over the past few years has not been in vain.
For example, Liu Bei served as the shepherd of Qingzhou last year, and Qingzhou needed a large number of low-level officials, all of whom were produced from Taishan Academy.
Why was Liu Bei's rear so stable when he went to fight?
It is because there are a large number of low-level officials who came out of Taishan Academy to help him maintain the local area, from township to county, so that there will be no chaos in various places.
At present, officials at the level of county magistrate, county lieutenant, county magistrate, and county magistrate are still mainly local Qingzhou officials from the earlier batch.
But when it comes to the assistant officials in each township and county, they are basically students from the academy.
It can be said that there may not be many high-level talents in Qingzhou, but low-level talents like this can be of great help to basic education, basic security, and basic governance in various places.
For example, for some policies issued by Qi State, the original officials may have involved some local interests and chose not to implement the policies. But the new officials are all firm supporters of the Qingzhou Group, so the implementation of the policies will be much easier.
Moreover, the Han Dynasty implemented the rule of virtue, and Qingzhou also vigorously promoted the rule of virtue. People with good moral character and the ability to govern the local area could become officials. People with good moral character but no ability to govern the local area could go to various places to become teachers and popularize education.
Qingzhou is now prosperous, and county schools have arisen, and the teachers and principals of county schools all have official positions. They must be well-known among the neighbors and have everyone's thumbs up before they can hold the position.
In fact, this is also vaguely in line with Lao Tzu's thought of "a small country with few people".
In the Han Dynasty, the entire Qingzhou population only had a few million people, and the number of people divided into counties, counties, and townships was even smaller. It was common for a township to have only a few villages, and a village to have only a few or dozens of households.
There were thousands of people in the entire county and in the county seat, but when they were scattered in various townships, the total number was only 10,000 or 20,000 people. In larger counties, there were only 40,000 or 50,000 people, which was not as large as the population of a town in later generations.
With fewer people, it is easier to promote moral governance.
There is only a small population in villages, towns, and counties, and it is easy for reputation and moral character to spread. If you do not do well, the whole county will know about it, and society will die directly.
Therefore, the assigned township and county officials, county school teachers, and principals must have excellent moral character and be respected by the villagers.
Having said so much, there is only one thing I want to express, that is, Qingzhou attaches great importance to education.
Xun Yu now lives in a separate building in Taishan Academy.
After all, they are from the Xun family, so they must have plenty of money.
There were even servants in the mansion to take care of his daily life, and there were two or three young maids, which made Chen Mu and Jushu look at him differently.
When I came out of the shower, a fresh fragrance hit my nostrils, which made me look very sexy.
"This smell..."
Chen Mu fanned himself in front of his nose. The incense was good, but it was so fragrant that it almost made his nose malfunction.
Xun Yu cleaned up and came out, smiling sheepishly: "Shang Shu Ling, please come in."
Chen Mu took Ju Shou into the inner courtyard of this small building. There were flowers and plants in the courtyard, all of which were taken care of by maids.
After passing the courtyard, we arrived at the hall.
The three of them sat down, and after the attendants brought the drinks and left, Chen Mu pointed at Jushou and said, "Let me introduce you, this is Jushou, the Prime Minister of Qi, with the courtesy name Gongyu."
After escaping from Luoyang for the first time, Chen Mu served as the Prime Minister of Qi. Later, Empress Dowager Dong and Empress Dowager He died, Liu Bei was summoned as Dahonglu, and Chen Mu also followed, which was equivalent to abandoning his official position.
Moreover, at that time, Guan Yu served as the Prime Minister of Jinan and Zhang Fei served as the Governor of Le'an. They followed Liu Bei to Beijing, which could be regarded as abandoning their official positions.
So Liu Bei arranged for Ju Shou to succeed Chen Mu and Jian Yong to succeed Guan Yu.
At that time, Hua Xin was the prime minister of Beihai, Le'an, Donglai, and Pingyuan counties. Since Shiyi, Sun Shaosun, and Sun Qian were not qualified enough, he could only serve as county magistrate or chief historian, and there was no arrangement for a prefect to prime minister.
This is almost Liu Bei's current basic situation in Qingzhou. There is no way. There are senior talents suitable for being the prime minister of the country. But talented people like Zheng Xuan, Guan Ning, Bing Yuan and Wang Lie like to study and don't like to be officials, so they can't force it.
them.
Xun Yu stood up and cupped his hands to Ju Shou and said, "I have seen the envoy."
Jushou smiled and said: "The Xun family in Yingchuan is famous all over the world. When I was in Jinan, I also admired Mr. Botiao's style."
Bo Tiao is the name of Xun Nu, and Xun Nu is Xun Yu’s father.
Jushou is now nearly forty years old, more than ten years older than Xunyu and more than ten years younger than Xunnui. Twenty years ago, Xunnui served as the prime minister of Jinan and had a close relationship with Jushou.
"It turns out it's my father's old friend."
Xun Yu had just sat down and quickly stood up again and bowed his hands.
"OK OK."
Chen Mu smiled and said, "Sit down and talk."
After Xun Yu sat down, he said to Chen Mu: "Shang Shuling, why are you looking for Yu today?"
Chen Mu looked at Jushou, then at Xun Yu, and said thoughtfully: "I just want to ask you, what do you think of the current situation in the world?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Xun Yu lowered his head and remained silent.
Jushou thought for a moment and then said slowly: "Since the arrival of Dong Zhuo, there have been countless heroes who have joined forces across states and counties. I think that the Han Dynasty may have exhausted its power, and it will be the time when Wang Mang usurped the throne at the end of the Han Dynasty.
"
"My lord and sir, please don't talk nonsense."
At this time, Xun Yu couldn't help it anymore and expressed different opinions: "Although the Han Dynasty is in decline now, Liu Qingzhou still works hard and fights bloody battles. Although King Chenliu was killed, the emperor is still alive. If Liu Qingzhou can do it in the future,
When the emperor is welcomed back, the whole world will be at peace and everyone will return home. How can you say that the Han Dynasty has exhausted its power?"
As a staunch supporter of the Han Dynasty, even though Xun Yu could already feel the changes in the world, he still lied to himself, thinking that although the world was in chaos, there was still hope for Liu Bei, as long as he could break into Guanzhong and welcome back the emperor.
, then everything can still be saved.
However, Chen Mu shook his head in disappointment: "Wen Ruo, you have been with me at Shangshutai for two years. I thought you had made progress and would no longer lose your mind because of your feelings, but what you said today is too disappointing.
I'm disappointed."
Xun Yu opened his eyes wide: "Does Shangshu Ling also feel that today's world has reached an irreversible point? The Han Dynasty has reached a point where it can no longer be saved?"
"Nine times out of ten, this kind of sign has been reflected as early as the Yellow Turbans."
Chen Mu recalled the past events and said with a wry smile: "I followed my elder brother in asking for the Yellow Turban. I already mentioned it to him when I was in Guangnian."
Jushou asked in surprise: "Did Zigui actually see what happened six years ago six years ago?"
"impossible!"
Xun Yu said without hesitation: "The Yellow Turban is just a minor problem, how can it shake the foundation of the Han Dynasty?"
Chen Mu thought for a while and said, "Wen Ruo, do you know what I saw when the eighteen princes challenged Dong?"
"have no idea."
Xun Yu shook his head. He had already returned to his hometown to persuade his elders to leave their hometown when Luoyang collapsed last year. At that time, Luoyang was only in chaos and the world was not yet in chaos. He dragged his family to Qingzhou without knowing about the matter of challenging Dong.
Chen Mu said: "Eighteen princes gathered in front of Hulao Pass for half a year. Except for my eldest brother Liu Bei, only Sun Jian, the governor of Yuzhang, fought once with Dong Jun when he was the vanguard."
"Others don't contribute?"
Xun Yu frowned. If there is not even a battle, what is the point of this alliance?
Chen Mu said: "Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Yuan Yi and others, including several former members of the Yuan family, have 70,000 to 80,000 troops. Not only did they not contribute, even Grand Master Yuan Wei was slaughtered by Dong Zhuo, and the whole clan was slaughtered, and they didn't do anything.
action. On the contrary, after the eldest brother broke into Hulao Pass and entered Luoyang, they all evacuated on the grounds that their troops and horses were tired."
"What?"
Xun Yu was shocked: "How could they do this!"
"hehe."
Chen Mu smiled: "You haven't witnessed the detailed process with your own eyes, so you may not know it. But I have already mentioned to Zheng Jun that I will write this Dong Dong's journey into a book for circulation to the world. You will know the details by then.
Passed."
Xun Yu said in despair: "Shang Shuling will not lie to me, but the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family are famous all over the world and have been favored by the emperor for generations. Why would they do such a thing?"
"Because the prestige of the Han Dynasty has been severely damaged, all the princes have other ideas."
Chen Mu said calmly: "Just as the Emperor of Zhou divided the world, at first the princes were extremely submissive and obeyed the edict of the Emperor of Zhou. But later, as the strength of the Zhou royal family became weaker and weaker, the princes became stronger and stronger, and they
He also began to have his own plot and secretly do evil. Today's world is just like the Zhou royal family in the Spring and Autumn Period. The prestige of the Han Dynasty was hit. In fact, there were signs of it from the Yellow Turban Rebellion. By the time Dong Zhuo came, even the emperor was wanton
He was poisoned and killed, and both the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager trampled on them at will. The palace was full of killings, and the majesty of the royal family was reduced to the extreme. As a result, the princes of the world turned against each other, and fewer and fewer people truly devoted themselves to the Han Dynasty. "
If you look at the history of the late Han Dynasty, you will know that Cao Cao used the emperor to command the princes. How many people could he command?
If it was really useful, Cao Cao would not need to fight in the north or south for so many years. He would just issue an edict from the emperor, and the four sides would surrender and the whole country would be pacified.
Why does it take decades to end up with a divided world?
So in fact, the real role that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty Liu Xie gave to Cao Cao was to set up a banner of the Han Dynasty, help him attract countless talents, and give Cao Cao a righteous reputation for conquering east and west.
Before Cao Cao welcomed Liu Xie, Cao Cao had very few talents. He could not surpass Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Xi Zhicai and others in terms of literacy, and could not surpass Cao Hong, Xia Houdun, Xia Houyuan, Cao Ren, Li Dianyue and others in martial arts.
After welcoming Emperor Xian, talents from all walks of life came, such as Guo Jia, Xun You, Wang Lang, Hua Xin and others who all came to Xudu at this time.
And in addition to talents, the most important thing is that there are a large number of aristocratic families coming to Xudu to support Cao Cao.
So these people are also sincerely Han?
Thinking too much.
Except for Xun Yu who really died for the Han Dynasty, which of the others was not an important minister of Cao Wei later?
So even with this flag, it was just that the scholars at that time saw Cao Cao's potential when Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.
Then Cao Cao used the great honor of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to reward them.
Everyone takes what they need, all for their own benefit.
The subsequent nine-rank Zhongzheng system and the situation in the Jin Dynasty that there were no poor families in the upper ranks and no noble families in the lower ranks started from that time.
In fact, the Han Dynasty has been around for four hundred years and is deeply rooted. Maybe some people at that time were really devoted to the Han Dynasty.
Including later, in order to stabilize his rule in Cao Wei, Cao Cao killed a large number of veterans who were close to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. Even people like Xun Yu, who had worked for him through life and death for many years, were killed by Cao Cao.
But this does not mean that most people care about the Han Dynasty. With the Yellow Turban Rebellion and Dong Zhuo's political chaos, the foundation and prestige of the Han Dynasty have been seriously shaken.
For example, Cao Cao himself did not take the court seriously. When he was in Yanzhou, the Chang'an court sent a new Yanzhou governor Jin Shang to replace him, but he killed him with a backhand.
There is also Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan, who appointed prefects and governors everywhere, and even wanted to support Liu Yu as emperor by "opening the government and taking over the system", and did not take the imperial court seriously at all.
Even Sun Jian and Sun Ce were more loyal than them. At least Sun Jian wanted to break into Luoyang to rescue the emperor. At least Sun Ce claimed to be "Kuanji Han Dynasty" every day.
Therefore, it is indeed a very ridiculous thing to say that these princes have the Han Dynasty in their eyes and the great Han Dynasty in their hearts.
Chen Mu took history as a guide and knew that the current Han Dynasty was in disarray.
To put it simply, people's hearts are broken and it's difficult to lead a team.
Hearing Chen Mu's words, Xun Yu's face became even more bitter. He was not stupid, but his mind was full of loyal thoughts that blinded his ability.
The Yellow Turban Rebellion shook the Han Dynasty's foundation among the people and weakened the loyalty of ordinary people to the Han Dynasty.
The Dong Zhuo Rebellion shook the prestige of the Han Dynasty in the hearts of the scholars, and made the nobles begin to think about whether such a trampled and undignified Han Dynasty court was worthy of their allegiance.
After all, the current situation is similar to that of the late Han Dynasty. A powerful minister was causing trouble, the world was in chaos, and powerful powers were rising. The only difference was that at least there was an emperor on the surface.
"Shang Shu Ling..."
Xun Yu said with a sad face: "What do you think the world will be like in the future?"
Chen Mu sighed: "This is why I came to you, Wen Ruo, you have the talent of a king and the whole world of the Han Dynasty needs your help. Come and serve as an official in Qingzhou."
"I......"
Xun Yu hesitated, saying that he came to Qingzhou to avoid disaster. What he was still thinking in his mind was that if he could welcome the emperor back to Luoyang, he would go to Luoyang to serve the emperor.
Chen Mu said: "You should be clear about the current situation. Regardless of whether my eldest brother can welcome back the emperor in the future, the world in the future will definitely be in chaos. Therefore, war is inevitable. Even if my eldest brother welcomes back the emperor, he still needs to have a clear vision.
Only with the help of the people can we clear the world and make the world surrender."
"I see."
Xun Yu sighed deeply, cupped his hands and said, "Yu is willing to serve as an official in Qingzhou."