After watching the candidates and officials walk away, Lin Mu sat on the dragon chair again.
Now that I have given these candidates such a great honor, I believe that after they are sent out, local snakes everywhere will not dare to do anything extraordinary.
Although some of these candidates were not suitable, Lin Mu did not treat them differently.
Now that the court's grace has just begun, it is the time to formulate rules. Lin Mu does not want to break the rules he has made at this time.
After Xun You walked out of the palace, he looked back at the palace. The power of Lin Mu just now made Xun You frightened.
With one movement, all the officials fell into silence. It seemed that he had come to the court at the right time. The emperor was not as miserable as the rumors said.
Originally, the most suitable member of the Xun family to come to the court was Xun Yu. However, after the Xun family defected to Yuan Shao in the sixth year of Zhongping, they realized that the situation was unstable and looked down upon Yuan Shao. Therefore, Xun Yu defected to Cao Cao in the seventh year of Zhongping. .
At this time, Xun Yu has already defected to Cao Cao for two years. At this time, asking Xun Yu to abandon Cao Cao and join the imperial court, is this any different from a minister who betrays his master?
You must know that in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, aristocratic families were very good at maintaining retainers, and the governors and pastoralists of various states and counties had a high degree of autonomy.
Therefore, although Cao Cao was nominally a subordinate of the Emperor, Cao Cao's subordinates were not subordinates of the Emperor.
My boss's boss is not my boss. This kind of thing has long been the norm.
If Xun Yu really went to the court, even Xun Yu himself would not accept it, so the matter fell on Xun You.
"Gongda?"
Xun You turned around and found that it was Xu Shu standing in front of him.
Although Xu Shu came from a poor family in Yingchuan, his name was widely spread.
Therefore, Xun You also knew Xu Shu, and not only did he know him, but his uncle Xun Yu also knew Xu Shu.
"Oh, Yuan Nao."
Xun You turned around and bowed to Xu Shu.
"I don't know where Gongda will go to work?"
Xun You smiled bitterly and said.
"Hongnong."
Xu Shu glanced at Xun You in surprise. Hongnong was from a top family like the Yang family, and there were also other wealthy families.
Wouldn't the emperor be worried if Xun You, who was born in an aristocratic family, was sent to a place like this?
But then I thought about it, and then I thought about the emperor's reputation as a Jie and Zhou, and I instantly understood what the emperor meant.
I'm afraid that the Hongnong Yang family has been watched by countless people for a long time. As long as Xun You goes, there are only two results.
One is to completely betray the family and work for the emperor to suppress the local family.
Another way is to collude with aristocratic families to resist the emperor, and then the emperor sends troops to conquer them.
No matter what it is, Xun You will not be too happy.
After the two chatted for a while, they separated.
Xu Shu originally just wanted to make friends with the children of the aristocratic families out of habit, but after talking with each other, he realized that with the emperor's precautions against these aristocratic families, these children of the aristocratic families were not as good as those who came from a poor family.
When the scientific examination was over, the selected candidates were distributed to various places.
The capital also began to quiet down, but due to Lin Mu's policy, the capital's population began to recover.
Population recovery doesn’t necessarily have to take generations, it just needs to be done better than elsewhere.
In this place where wars have been going on for years, although the states and counties under Lin Mu's rule may not be in their prime, they are much better than other states and counties.
Therefore, people often fled to Luoyang and Chang'an nearby, and they ran from village to village. Therefore, in just one year, the population of Beijing and Chang'an exceeded two million.
And the most important thing is that Lin Mu obtained a large number of war horses.
Jia Xu has returned to the capital from Xiliang. After experiencing several wars, Xiliang was pacified by Jia Xu, and there was no more trouble.
Therefore, Xiliang became the largest horse breeding land for the imperial court. Not only that, cattle and sheep from Xiliang also began to flow into Yongzhou and Sizhou in large quantities.
But except for the places occupied by the imperial court, other places were in constant war.
First, 300,000 Qingzhou soldiers surrendered to Cao Cao. Cao Cao's strength instantly increased and he is now attacking Xuzhou.
Then Yuan Shao completely pacified Youzhou and began to march towards Qingzhou.
When Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, Lin Mu received a document from Xuzhou Tao Qian requesting help from the court.
So he issued an edict to rebuke Cao Cao. Although this edict worked, it didn't seem to have a great effect.
As soon as the imperial edict reached Cao Cao, Cao Cao's younger brother Cao Ren rebelled.
In one night, Cao Cao's 100,000-strong army was taken away. This army was entrenched in Taishan County and continued to advance towards Xuzhou.
Cao Cao issued an edict that the rebels were powerful, and he had no way to control them himself.
But this group of rebels only attacked Xuzhou and had no offense with Cao Cao's troops.
I thought that Xuzhou would be able to sustain it for a while, but I didn't expect that Tao Qian died of illness in the 10th year of Zhongping (193), and Cao Ren took the opportunity to enter Xuzhou to defeat it.
After defeating Xuzhou, Cao Cao was filled with grief and anger and sent troops to avenge Tao Qian and drove Cao Ren to Xiapi.
When things have reached this stage, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is not a rebellion, it is clearly the establishment of a subsidiary company.
Moreover, Cao Cao shamelessly wrote to the court, saying that Cao Ren's rebellion was so powerful that it was better to appease him by granting him an official position. He thought Xuzhou Mu would be a good fit.
How could this forest be granted to him? Fortunately, Cao Cao's father did not die in Xuzhou this time, so Cao Cao did not cause too many killings.
It's just that Cao Ren's men are a little out of control. These people were originally recruited by the Yellow Turban Army, and their discipline is almost non-existent. Now, naturally, they have to plunder a lot when they break into the city.
For a time, the people of Xuzhou were filled with mourning, and their hearts were broken upon hearing about it.
After the news came out, the whole world was shocked, and Cao Ren's name instantly spread throughout the world.
In the Luoyang Palace.
"How dare Cao Ren do this!"
Lin Mu threw the document aside, and after Bian Jin picked it up, he walked down and handed it to Jia Xu. Jia Xu hurriedly stepped forward to take it, read it over, and handed it to Liu Bei expressionlessly.
Liu Bei just took one look and became furious.
"Your Majesty, please go out to fight and destroy Cao Ren!"
Liu Bei originally started his career by fighting in the Yellow Turbans. Although he is now appointed as Guangluqing in the imperial court, Guangluqing is still a military position.
Now that Cao Ren had killed the people and made the emperor furious, this was the time for him to perform meritorious service.
Lin Mu looked at Liu Bei standing in front of him with a righteous expression on his face.
Lin Mu naturally has no doubts about Liu Bei's talent, but he also needs to know who he is with.
Although Liu Bei himself can be considered a military general, if compared with Cao Cao, he is far behind.
Liu Bei basically never won the conflict with Cao Cao in the early stage.
Lin Mu himself didn't know whether sending Liu Bei would turn out to be giving experience to Cao Cao.
"No! I will personally conquer this traitor who is harming the people!"
Lin Mu threw aside the document in his hand and stood up.
How could Liu Bei let Lin Mu fight Cao Ren by himself? He hurriedly stepped forward to stop him. Seeing this, all the officials also tried to dissuade him.
But at this moment, there was a sound outside the hall.
