Yuan Tan, who was originally fierce and ready to fight to the death with Yuan Shang, suddenly quieted down, not only did not attack Yuan Shang, but began to garrison troops in Leling, Gaotang, West Pingchang and other places to guard against Cao Cao, while Yuan Shang's soldiers and horses were transferred to Muye and Puyang, looking like they were strictly guarded.

"Oh no, it's a little tight!" Luoyang City, Chen Mo patted his head after learning about this, looked at everyone, and said helplessly: "Yuan Tan has the courage and no strategy, but this Yuan Shao's third son has some ability, I waited for the soldiers and horses in Hanoi to move too frequently, so that Yuan Shang did not dare to fight with Yuan Tan with all his might, and my fault was also, the tired Gongda Qingzhou and his party came to naught." ”

said, and solemnly apologized to Xun You.

"Don't do that, my lord." Xun You hurriedly got up and said: "Yuan Shang inherited the position of Yuan Shao, the strategists around him are like rain, Tian Feng, Frustration, Trial, and Feng Ji are all famous men in Hebei, and their wisdom is far-reaching, Xu You and Xun Chen's strategy are not under us, I am afraid that someone lobbied and persuaded Yuan Tan, how can you blame the lord?" ”

After all, they are brothers, and it is not difficult to understand that they are persuaded to join forces when they break their bones and tendons.

"My lord." Xu Shu said with a smile: "The Yuan brothers are forced by the pressure of our army and the Cao army, although they temporarily join forces, but in my opinion, Yuan Tan may not be satisfied with the land of the plains and the Bohai Sea now, it is better to withdraw for the time being and let go of some, these two brothers are not oppressed by our army, and I am afraid that they will inevitably turn against each other in the long run." ”

Hanoi has gathered heavy troops, and after a long time, this person can't support it after eating horses, so it is better to put it back to various places and temporarily suspend the army, and also take the opportunity to recuperate and reserve more grain and grass.

Chen Mo nodded, this battle can't be fought for the time being, if he continues to garrison in Hanoi, Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan will only be more vigilant against him, and immediately send an order, ordering all the departments in Hanoi to temporarily withdraw their troops, and at the same time express their dissatisfaction to Yuan Tan in a letter of resignation, after all, the alliance is also concluded, and the soldiers are out, and in the end you tell me not to fight?

Let the other party feel a little guilty first, and when the time is ripe, there will be room for relaxation.

Jizhou, which was originally covered with war clouds, calmed down, and as Chen Mo dispersed the heavy troops gathered in Hanoi, everyone in Jizhou breathed a sigh of relief, Chen Mo still brought a great sense of oppression, although Cao Cao was strong, but after all, he had only fought Yuan Tan, and he had not completely won, and Chen Mo's side, but he really defeated Yuan Shao's 100,000 army, if it really started, no one thought that Yuan Shang could defeat Chen Mo on the battlefield.

Now that the brothers have joined forces, Chen Mo finally gave up his plan to attack Jizhou.

As soon as Chen Mo retreated like this, Cao Cao had no intention of crossing the river, he had to digest the territory of Qingzhou, and in terms of grain and grass, Cao Cao was more lacking than Chen Mo.

Next, Yuan Shang began to continue to consolidate his power, and Yuan Tan, after winning the Zhao State and Bohai, temporarily lost the mind to compete with his younger brother to win, and began to regain territory, nominally loyal to the Yecheng court, but in fact he became the princes of the Yecheng court under the land cession, and Jizhou was actually divided.

Luoyang, October.

The first snow of this year finally fell, looking at the heavy snow that was blowing one after another, many people breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, in recent years, the wind and rain in Guanzhong have been smooth, and the harvest has been harvested year after year, but in fact, the days on the side of the imperial court are still a little tight, especially this year when nothing has been done, the consumption of grain and grass is not small, if there is no good harvest in the coming year, the days will be more bitter.

Now that such a heavy snowfall has fallen, and the counties in Guanzhong have also begun to snowfall one after another, at least next year's harvest will not be too bad.

This year, the imperial court purchased grain from the people, although the final battle did not start, but the purchase of grain from the people did not stop, Chen Mo felt that this was a good way, the people could sell the surplus grain to the imperial court to buy some other necessities, and the imperial court could also have more food to raise soldiers.

However, the implementation of this set of strategies is not so smooth sailing, from July to the present, there are nearly 100 people who have been found to be corrupt by the imperial court, of which more than 30 people have been exterminated by more than 100 stones, and many of them are still county guards, which makes a large number of vacancies under Chen Mo's rule all of a sudden.

The outstanding students elected by the academies from all over the country have arrived in Luoyang one after another, Chang'an Academy has been established for eight years, and the first batch of students can already enter the office, and most of these students are the children of generals in the army.

After Cai Yong's death that year, Cai Yong's collection of books was all given to Chen Mo by Cai Yan, and Chen Mo copied these books and distributed them to academies around the country.

Chen Mo's dependence on the wealthy family was naturally further reduced, and nearly 100 county-level officials were killed one after another, but there was no turmoil in the rule of Guanzhong, and Chen Mo quickly filled the vacancies in various places, which further strengthened Chen Mo's control over the locality.

This made many people feel threatened, and above the court, the criticism and rejection of the academies and You Heng in various places became more and more serious, and there was a great intention of abolishing it.

However, Chen Mo is not interested in talking to these people about this matter, now that You Heng has been recalled to the court, the entire affairs of the academies in Guanzhong and Luoyang are presided over by him, and he has never been afraid of these attacks and suppression of You Heng, and he has argued with reason in the court, and in terms of tongue debate, You Heng has never disappointed Chen Mo.

However, these people's criticism of the college system is naturally not untargeted, or based on the past concepts, they can really find some faults, such as how college students are promoted, how they can be regarded as talents, there is no clear standard, it all depends on the likes and dislikes of the college president, and the division is not detailed, and the distinction between the college and the college is blurred, etc.

These are indeed the problems of the academy, You Heng debated with people in the palace during the day, which made people feel refreshed, but after coming back, he also seriously thought about these problems and made a summary.

"Three school minutes?" On this day, Chen Mo was at home with his wife and daughter, but he was pulled out by You Heng and was a little helpless, today he was not ready to do anything, looking at the bamboo slip in his hand, Chen Mo raised his head, looked at You Heng and smiled: "This book is Zhengping's new work?" ”

"Lord, this is Heng's summary of traveling around the academy in the past few years, although we have made a rough division of the academy before, but what the ministers said does have some truth, these three academic minutes are Heng summed up, please taste it." You Heng smiled.

Since what people say makes sense, but what's the matter with you scolding people and vomiting blood?

Chen Mo glanced at You Heng and didn't say much, just began to flip through the minutes of the three studies.

The grading of the academy has been roughly planned before, but the minutes of the three schools are not just so simple as planning, and there is also a detailed grading internally, and there are also evaluation standards for disciples, which cannot be decided by the dean alone, and the final admission standards must be jointly decided by the special government office and the academy, and they will supervise each other.

No matter what the system, as long as it is implemented by people, there are always loopholes that can be feased, but you Heng this method ensures the fairness of the students of the academy to the greatest extent, and you Heng also proposed that the final selection of the disciples of the academy should be checked by Chen Mo himself to avoid people who are indiscriminate, and the academy will conduct an annual entrance assessment to provide talents for the imperial court.

Surplus talents, then enter the Taixue, one to wait for vacancies, the other can also be further study, the Tai Academy will have a variety of celebrities and scholars from time to time to give lectures, can also apply for travel, but the imperial court needs to contribute a part of the money to support these students to travel.

"Good! Very good! Chen Mo looked at the minutes of the three studies, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Zhengping's move can be regarded as giving people in the world a chance to enter the office, which is beneficial for thousands of years, and it is enough to leave a name in history!" ”

"The lord praises falsely, but he can't do his best." That's what you said, but there was nothing modest about that look.

"Meritorious service, how to implement the implementation of these three academic minutes, or presided over by Zhengping, from today onwards, Zhengping can enter the Shangshu Mansion and be responsible for this matter." Chen Mo smiled.

Shang Shuling is Li Ru, who is specifically responsible for the employment of people in the imperial court, and You Heng is in charge of the talents of the academy in Shangshufu, which can be regarded as completing the functions of Shangshufu.

"Thank you, my lord!" You Heng bowed and smiled.