The three prefectures of Liaodong are really too small. No matter where you live, you can reach Jiang County by walking for more than ten days at most.
Among the scholars, those who are idle and wealthy are connected with each other, and gather in Xiangjiang County like the sea embracing all rivers.
Fu Han General's Mansion, in a room in the front yard. Liu Zhixing and Zhang Haiping sat together drinking tea. Liu Zhixing smiled bitterly.
Zhang Haiping looked solemn, sighed and asked: "Master Liu. Now that things have become serious, what are you going to do?"
"What else can we do? The soldiers are coming to cover up the water and the earth." Liu Zhixing sighed, put down the tea cup in his hand, and shook his head.
"My lord, what you said is too easy. Do we need to send troops to suppress it? Most of these scholars have innocent family backgrounds and have not fornicated with the Mongolian people."
"In the future, our Fu Han generals need to operate and draw fresh blood. They are the best source of officials. If we don't settle this matter, it will be difficult to do things in the future."
Zhang Haiping smiled bitterly.
"It's not easy to do. It has to be done. Scholars must change." Liu Zhixing smiled bitterly, but his attitude was very determined.
Zhang Haipian looked at Liu Zhixing's expression carefully and had some guesses in his mind. Liu Zhixing was a deviant in the imperial examination.
He was smart and talented, but he only passed the examination as a scholar. He said that the status of scholar is enough. What the world lacks is not a scholar or a scholar, but people who can do things.
So he learned the techniques of building cities, transporting grain and grass, governing the people, and military tactics. He even knew how to plow the fields and take care of the crops.
But no matter how deviant Liu Zhixing was, he did not dare to make these changes in the imperial examination.
And the only thing that could make Liu Zhixing so firm was the order of one person.
General.
"The general is really a bold and resolute person. Even the imperial examination and Confucianism said they would intervene, so they intervened."
Zhang Haiping secretly thought in his heart. He was somewhat pessimistic about the matter itself. But he praised Wu Nian's courage very much.
If not for such courage. How could a general start with three hundred elite soldiers and fight against tens of thousands of soldiers from the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty?
That's not something ordinary people can do.
Things got worse and worse, and finally it was time for Liu Zhixing to come forward.
This morning.
The spring cold was in full swing, and all the officials in the Fu Han General's Mansion were busy in thick clothes.
The matter of the newly recruited 60,000 households has not yet passed. It was a huge workload to send troops to the Chu State and arrange for the women to start families on the spot.
In addition, the transportation of grain and grass, weapons, horses, etc. for 180,000 households of soldiers.
Now comes another one to establish official schools at all levels.
All these things. It was all Wu Nian's idea, and the officials were busy running around without even touching the ground.
A large number of scholars gathered in front of the gate of General Fuhan's Mansion. Express your own opinions on matters related to official schools. Among them are not only young people with unlimited potential, but also many highly respected people.
Senior managers like Liu Zhixing had no choice but to come forward and summoned representatives of scholars to come into the main hall of the General's Mansion to talk.
This is also the tradition of scholars.
In the state of Chu. Students from the Imperial College often gather together to express their opinions on the current situation, and even do some "rebellious" things.
Inside the hall.
Liu Zhixing and Zhang Haiping were sitting on the north side across the coffee table. Three people walked in from outside. One of them is Liu Cheng, a scholar from Jinghai County.
One is Li Yang, a great scholar from Nanhai Prefecture, and the other is Zhang Min, a great scholar from Guangchuan Prefecture.
Both of them are in their forties or fifties and have read poetry and books.
None of the three knew Liu Zhixing and Zhang Haiping, but they had been informed before they came in. Now I see that there are only two people in the main room, so I can guess their identities.
Let's not talk about Liu Zhixing. Everyone knows that he was the "Xiao He and Zhuge Liang" of Wu years. He managed internal affairs, had enough troops and food, and worked hard to achieve great results.
Zhang Haiping has been the prefect of Yingqing Prefecture for a long time and has a good reputation.
The three of them were very polite to the two of them. They bowed and said, "I have met Mr. Liu and Mr. Zhang."
"No courtesy. Sit down." Liu Zhixing nodded gently, raised his right hand politely, and asked the three of them to sit down.
"Thank you for sitting down." The three of them cupped their hands together, and then calmly came to the seats on both sides and sat down.
"I understand what the scholar means. Let me explain it to you three." Liu Zhixing raised his head and said with a very low attitude.
"Thank you, Mr. Liu, for taking the time to meet us. But forgive us for being rude, we want to meet the general directly." Li Yang raised his head, and although he clasped his fists in salute, it seemed like the visitor was unkind.
"Yes. We have to meet the general." Liu Cheng was also at the side and said with his fists clasped.
Liu Zhixing and Zhang Haiping looked at each other and smiled bitterly.
"Okay. Wait a moment, everyone. I'm going to meet the general." Liu Zhixing nodded and stood up, then told Zhang Haiping, walked out of the main room, and went to the backyard to meet Wu Nian.
In the backyard greenhouse. The charcoal stove is burning vigorously. Wu Nian asked his maid to make ginger tea to entertain Liu Zhixing.
The two of them drank ginger tea together and talked.
"Zhixing. What are the identities of these three people?" Wu Nian asked curiously.
"They are all honest and upright scholars."
"Liu Cheng. Jinghai scholar. After the Meng Yuan people swept Liaodong, they sent people to lure him to become an official, but he didn't agree. The Meng Yuan people asked him to take part in the imperial examination, but he didn't go either."
"Li Yang, a native of Ke County, Nanhai Prefecture. He has never participated in the imperial examination in his life, but he is rich. He founded an academy and trained many scholars. When the national debt was issued, he purchased three thousand taels of registered national debt. He did not He is not a foreign businessman when doing business. But he purchased registered treasury bonds with no interest, which shows his support for the general."
"Zhang Min. A native of Hulin County, Guangchuan Prefecture. He used to be a Juren. When the Meng Yuan invaded, he did not give in and led his tribe to the mountains to resist."
"Five of the Zhang family's children are serving as officials. Three of them are working as civil servants in the army, and two are working in Guangchuan Prefecture."
"One person is still the county magistrate."
Liu Zhixing knew this very well and told Wu Nian in detail.
"They are all good scholars." After hearing this, Wu Nian nodded gently and his tone was very respectful. But things are tricky.
If these people have even a little bit of stain, it will be easy to deal with. On the contrary, he is dressed in pure white, which is not easy to straighten out.
After thinking for a moment, Wu Nian said to Liu Zhixing, "Okay. I'll just meet them."
"Yes." Liu Zhixing responded, put down the ginger tea, turned around and walked out.
"How should I deal with these three scholars?" Wu Nian raised his right hand and gently pinched his chin, feeling a little confused.
But soon, he had an idea.
These three people are our own.
You can only be honest and honest with your own people.
