Yang Anxuan attached great importance to this lecture at Yanling. In addition to selecting talents, making friends with aristocratic families, and winning over scholars, he also had a deeper purpose, which could be called ambition.
As a time traveler, Yang Anxuan has a very clear understanding of the general historical trend. He knows that the Eastern Jin Dynasty has come to an end and that the change of dynasty will not be long.
According to historical development, the one who had the last laugh was Liu Yu, the current governor of Xiapi. He took advantage of Huan Xuan's usurpation of the throne, gathered more than 1,700 remaining soldiers from the Beifu army, raised an army in Jingkou, and finally established the Song Dynasty. .
Whenever he thinks of the more than a thousand people recorded in history books, Yang Anxuan always finds it incredible, just like the history books record the story of Liu Yu chasing a thousand troops by himself.
Liu Yu could conquer the world with less than 2,000 soldiers and horses. He had an army of 5,000, more than 2,000 light cavalry, and heavy cavalry. He had an advantage over Liu Yu, so how could he miss this opportunity?
Yang Anxuan has thought about the reasons why Liu Yu became an emperor more than once. In addition to being born in Beifu and being brave and good at fighting, Liu Yu made his fortune by pacifying the rebellions of Sun En and Lu Xun, and then defeated Huan Xuan who usurped the throne and gradually took over the power of the court and eliminated dissidents. , killed the Emperor of Jin and proclaimed himself emperor.
The change of dynasties is not easy. Those who win the hearts of the people win the world. Liu Yu quelled the war, carried out the Northern Expedition, reused poor scholars, and treated the people leniently, and finally established his empire.
If you want to compete with Liu Yu for the world, both civil and military skills are indispensable. Yang Anxuan knew that with the advantage of time travel, he had better soldiers and horses than Liu Yu, so he walked in front of him.
Next, we must work hard on civil affairs. The approach to governance in Runan can be continued in Xingyang and Yingchuan. I believe that with the precedent of Runan, it will be done with twice the result with half the effort.
This time Yanling invited Kong Yi to give lectures. Yang Anxuan was ready to show the world his respect for teachers and to use the opportunity of lectures to express his voice of governance for the world to hear.
The official positions are limited and can only meet the needs of a few people. However, when schools are set up in the two counties, there are not a few teachers in need, enough to support many children from poor families.
He had not been the governor of Runan for a long time, but he had fulfilled his original promise, and more than a dozen teachers were promoted to officialdom, and those who taught well would become officials. Spending thousands of gold to buy horse bones, I believe that my actions will attract poor people from all over the world.
On October 26, Yang Anxuan handed over the general administration to Zhong Rong, the chief administrator of Yingchuan, and Sima Zhaotian. He took 1,500 light cavalry and escorted 6,000 stones of corn to Yanling City.
Zhong Rong was born in the Zhong family of Changshe. The Yingyin Xun family, Xuxian Chen family, Changshe Zhong family and Yanling Yu family are the four major surnames in Yingchuan. However, after Yongjia moved south, except for the Yu family, the other three families gradually became weaker.
Wen Xiang was appointed as the prefect and Zhong Rong was the master. Wen Xiang abandoned the city and fled, but Zhong Rong did not leave. Yang Anxuan resisted the Wei army in Xuchang. Zhong Rong and Ma Guang mobilized the people in the city to transport supplies and help defend the city, which was a great help.
After the court appointed Yang Anxuan as the prefect of Yingchuan, Ma Guang felt he had offended him and left.
Yang Anxuan was the governor of Yingchuan for the first time and was not familiar with the county. Zhong Rong had a good official reputation and strong ability to do things, so Yang Anxuan kept him to help with government affairs.
On October 28, Yang Anxuan led his army to Yanling. Ding Yue, the magistrate of Yanling County, led the officials to receive the prefect into the county government.
Yang Anxuan did not have a good impression of Yanling County Magistrate Ding Yue. This man was in his thirties and had a beautiful appearance. He swung his hairtail back and forth from time to time and spoke with a high tone.
After a brief chat, Yang Anxuan asked about the preparations for this lecture.
Ding Yue looked troubled and said: "After receiving the official document from the government, the lower official sent people to renovate the Huaxi Wenchi five miles west of the city. However, there has been a steady stream of scholars coming these days, and there are two residences near Huaxi. The heavens were already full of people, and those who came after them had nowhere to live.”
Yang Anxuan was unhappy. There were a lot of people coming to the party this time. However, he had told Ding Yue in advance to prepare more houses to meet the needs of 300 people. However, Ding Yue only prepared fifty bamboo houses. Obviously Didn't take his orders to heart.
However, Yang Anxuan was also prepared. This time he led his army and brought a lot of tents with him. Ten soldiers lived in each tent. Those scholars were noble, so they arranged for four of them to live in one tent, but they had nothing to say.
The climate near Wenchi is warm. If you place your tents near Wenchi, you will not be afraid of the scholars getting cold.
Taxi scholars can't help themselves. Huaxi Wenchi is only five miles away from the county seat, so you can stay in an inn in the city.
Not bothering to scold Ding Yue, Yang Anxuan ordered hundreds of tents to be vacated and asked Zhang Feng to lead his troops to choose a flat place near Wenchi to set up camp.
The next day, Yang Anxuan followed Ding Yue to Huaxi Wenchi to check. Huaxi Wenchi has been famous since ancient times. During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao farmed in Yanling and obtained more than a million stones of grain.
Because of Yanling's unique geographical environment, which resulted in abundant water and grass, Cao Cao ordered horses to be raised and troops stationed in the Malan Village area. Several military camp sites remain today: Han Camp, Guo Camp, Le Camp, etc.
Cao Cao established his capital in Xuchang. Every winter, he would bring his civil and military officials to Huaxi to escape the cold. Many palaces and pavilions were built in the Huaxi area. After the Jin Dynasty and Cao Wei, the capital was moved to Luoyang. Although Yanling Huaxi Wenchi is not as prosperous as in the past, it is still a tourist resort for literati.
Hu Ma invaded, and Yanling was captured successively by Later Zhao and Former Qin. Yanling became a place for Hu people to graze, and the buildings and palaces fell into disrepair. After the Feishui War, the Jin Dynasty regained Yanling City. The Yu family took the lead and led the Yingchuan family to renovate Huaxi Wenchi as a place for the family's children to travel.
Yu Kai participated in Wang Gong's rebellion and fled back to Huan Xuan after the defeat. He was regarded as a traitor by the court. Naturally, the Yu family was implicated, and their power in Yanling was not as good as before.
Yu Kai was the governor of Yuzhou, and Yang Anxuan was his subordinate when he was the governor of Runan. Later, Yang Anxuan captured Liyang City according to the court's order and made a fortune from Yu Kai. There was a lot of discord between the Yang and Yu families.
After Yang Anxuan took office as the prefect of Yingchuan, the Yanling Yu family also sent people to send gifts to congratulate him. Yang Anxuan accepted the Yu family's congratulatory gifts and comforted him with Wen Yan, and the Yu family just felt relieved.
When they learned that the prefect was going to invite the descendants of Confucius to give lectures at Huaxi Wenchi in Yanling, the Yu family naturally wanted to take the opportunity to curry favor. The person in charge of the Yu family in Yanling was Yu Kai's third brother Yu Huan. Yu Huan took the initiative to find the county magistrate Ding Yue and expressed his willingness to pay for the entertainment of the scholars who came to listen.
As landlords, Yu Huan and Ding Yue stayed with Yang Anxuan, introducing the scenery of Huaxi to Yang Anxuan.
Huaxi Wenchi is located in a garden. Along the way, the water is misty and warm like spring. The trees are green and the grass is green. There are still flowers in bloom. Small bridges and flowing water surround several warm pools of more than ten acres. It is really beautiful.
Yang Anxuan nodded repeatedly and praised: "Huaxi really deserves its name, it is indeed as beautiful as a fairyland."
Yu Huan pointed to a mountain spring not far ahead and said with a smile: "Prefect Yang, this spring is called Pearl Spring. It is said that Hua Tuo, the miracle doctor, once took water here to prepare medicine, and the fragrance of the medicine is still left under the spring. Drinking the water from this spring can cure diseases. To cure diseases and eliminate disasters, many people come here to get water and drink it, so it is called the sacred spring."
Yang Anxuan knew that most of these allusions were passed down from generation to generation, expressing the good wishes of the people, and it was a good thing for people to have some thoughts while they were alive.
The scholars who arrived in Huaxi early heard that Governor Yang had arrived, and came to pay their respects one after another. There are still more than twenty days before the lecture, and most of the scholars who arrived early are from poor families.
One of the purposes of Yang Anxuan's lecture party was to win over the hearts of these poor scholars. Of course, he would not put on any airs. Seeing that many people had thin robes, he ordered Zhang Feng to bring dozens of sheepskin robes that had been prepared in advance and give them to the thin robes. man of.
In the evening, a banquet was held to entertain these scholars. Yang Anxuan made a toast, chatted and laughed with everyone, and asked about their welfare, which won the favor of many people.
Yang Anxuan lived in the Huaxi Jingshe Kingdom prepared by Yu Huan for him. In the next few days, he traveled leisurely with the scholars who came, and inevitably talked about classics, discussed mysteries, and recited poems and composed poems.
"...The boiling beads dance across the bright moon, the bright mirror covers the sky; the air is full of orchids, and the color is like peach blossoms...", the singers sang in the water pavilion, and the scholars present were holding wine in their hands, shaking their heads and listening to the song and dance. , looking intoxicated.
Yang Anxuan looked at the sergeants here and was secretly proud of himself. In the past few days, he had been recognized by most people for his courtesy to the corporal. This poem copied from Li Bai gained him a lot of points.
It is only November 5th, and the number of scholars who have come to the gathering has exceeded 300. If this trend continues, it is possible that the number of people will exceed 500 by the time of the lecture.
In the past few days, Yang Anxuan was traveling around, asking his accompanying soldiers to cut bamboo in the mountains, and built many bamboo huts according to the terrain. They were very popular among the scholars, and they lived in groups of three or five.
What Yang Anxuan didn't expect was that not only the scholars came,
Many famous people also came to Huaxi Wenchi after hearing the news. Xun Ge from the Xun family, Chen Da from the Chen family, Feng Li from Nanyang and others have now moved in.
These people are all well-known Confucian scholars who give lectures in the clan. They all brought seven or eight disciples with them this time. During the conversation, Yang Anxuan heard that several people wanted to take the opportunity to argue with Kong Yi. If they could outdo the descendants of Confucius, their reputation among the scholars would immediately rise.
Literati have always looked down on each other since ancient times. Cao Pi's words have been passed down for a long time and have been tested by time. Yang Anxuan did not comment on the petty thoughts of Xun Ge and others. He was a spectator who was not afraid of big troubles. For him, this lecture had an impact The bigger the better.
Before Kong Yi arrived, Xun Ge and others first selected pavilions and pavilions to start giving lectures. Each attracted many scholars to listen to the lectures and debate.
Those scholars who listened to the lecture could not help but argue. No one was convinced by the other, and the hostility became more and more intense. However, Xun Ge, Chen Da, Feng Li and others secretly wanted to compete with each other. Huaxi Wenchi was filled with dark waves. surge.
After Yang Anxuan learned about it, he sent someone to invite Xun, Chen, Feng and others to hold a public debate in the Jingshe Hall to clarify his views.
On November 10th, the hall of the Jingshe was full of seats, and there were even many people standing outside the door. Yang Anxuan sat in the middle, and Yu Huan and Ding Yue accompanied him on the left and right, acting as hosts. Xun, Chen, and Feng each sat quietly surrounded by their disciples.
As soon as Yang Anxuan announced the start of the debate, a young man stood up behind Xun Ge, raised his hands to Chen Da and said, "Mr. Chen, Mencius once said: If you don't accumulate steps, you can't reach a thousand miles. How can you sweep the world if you don't sweep a house?"
Chen Da is a descendant of Chen Fan. Chen Fan was famous all over the world for his saying, "When a man lives his life, he should wipe out the world and make his own house peaceful." This young man used Mencius's words to slap him in the face.
Yang Anxuan saw that this man was about the same age as himself, with an arrogant expression, and asked Yu Huan softly: "Mr. Yu, who is this son?"
Yu Huan responded with a smile: "This son is Xun Ge's nephew Xun Bozi. He is famous for his erudition and talents, but he is a bit arrogant." "
Of course, it was impossible for Chen Da to argue with Xun Bozi in person and use his eyes to signal his son to get up and respond. Chen Xin stood up happily and responded loudly: "The ancestors set high aspirations and looked at the world..."
When they argue, they quote from the scriptures and make boastful remarks. Yang Anxuan had listened to it with interest before, but gradually discovered that arguing was just for the sake of arguing, belittling the opponent and promoting himself.
Yang Anxuan sighed secretly in his heart. The custom of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was to talk about mysticism and classics. It was empty talk but not pragmatic, which would benefit the country.
Seeing the red-faced scholars who were arguing and listening with great interest, Yang Anxuan felt that he had to find a way to change this atmosphere of empty talk.
