Chapter 90: Father and Son
Zheng Xuan rarely ended the lecture early, asked his wife to prepare a few side dishes, Shi A also went down the mountain to the city to buy a few jars of wine, introduced Tong Fei and Shi A to Zheng Xuan and his wife, and the five of them sat around and chatted.
Under Zheng Xuan's inquiry, Zhang Hao told about his experience over the years, and Zheng Xuan and his wife were afraid for a while, listening to those thrilling experiences, the two looked at Zhang Hao distressedly.
"Zihan, you mean, Mr. Bo is in Liaodong now?" Zheng Xuan asked excitedly.
"Yes, father-in-law, and when we go back, the Faculty of Arts will probably be preliminarily completed." Zhang Hao said with a faint smile.
"Is that the Faculty of Letters that you said can reproduce the controversy of a hundred schools?" Zheng Xuan looked at Zhang Hao longingly.
"Of course, it's just that now only the teacher and Mr. Rebirth are sitting in the formation, and it is still a little far from reproducing the hundred schools." Zhang Hao said, sighing helplessly.
"Zihan, this matter is not urgent, the contention of a hundred schools of thought back then did not happen overnight, and now the heirs of many schools are hidden, and it is not a simple matter to find them out." Zheng Xuan comforted.
"Father-in-law, the child wants to ask my father-in-law to follow me back to Liaodong and sit in the Academy of Letters." Zhang Hao stood up and bowed and said.
"This ...... I still have a lot of students here. Zheng Xuan said embarrassedly.
"Father-in-law, if they want, they can go to Liaodong together and enter the Academy of Letters, and now there are still many vacancies in Liaodong, I don't dare to make any moves." Zhang Hao said with a smile.
"Oh? What is the big move that Zihan is talking about? Zheng Xuan looked at Zhang Hao and asked curiously.
"Father-in-law, although the child was named the Taishou of Liaodong, he had no foundation in Liaodong and was rejected by those gate lords, and now he only controls Xiangping City, and he is already stretched thin in terms of talents."
"Those county officials, gate valves, and big clans are all ready to move, if they want to sit firmly in Liaodong, sooner or later there will be a big war with them, and then the officials at all levels will be replaced."
"Now there are too few people around the child who can manage one side, Cheng Zhongde is a good hand, but even if he is tired to death, one person can't manage so many things."
Listening to Zhang Hao's words, Zheng Xuan fell into deep thought.
"Zihan, your ambition is not small." Zheng Xuan glanced at Zhang Hao with disgust.
Although Zheng Xuan has studied scriptures all his life, has not been called up many times, and has never been in contact with officialdom, he is not a nerd, but he can see it more thoroughly than anyone else.
"Hehe, father-in-law, how do you say this?" Zhang Hao didn't admit it or deny it, and looked at Zheng Xuan with a smile.
"You, I'm afraid it's not as simple as just wanting to stabilize Liaodong, the reason why you want to hold Liaodong firmly in your hands is to make it a solid base camp."
"Operate Liaodong into a big rear, and then wait for the opportunity to move, if the chaos has appeared today, when the chaos starts, you will suddenly rise and compete for this world, right or wrong." Zheng Xuan stared at Zhang Hao and said slowly.
"As a father-in-law, the world will be chaotic in a few years, and now all the gate lords and wealthy families are accumulating strength, and when the forces of all parties rise together, they will definitely fight for hegemony in this world."
"Instead of being given this world by those wealthy clans, why don't I lead the people to win this world, and the prince will have a kind of Xiangning? Are they born to rule over others? ”
"Let them continue to rule the people, it is better to take this opportunity to abolish the hierarchy between nobles and slaves, and create a world where everyone is equal."
Seeing Zhang Hao say impassionedly, Zheng Xuan was not annoyed by the so-called disobedience shown by Zhang Hao, but nodded frequently with a doting face.
"I'm glad to see you have such insight, no matter what you want to do, this old man is the father who supports you, let it go, let me see how far you can go." Zheng Xuan patted Zhang Hao's shoulder and said.
"Thank you, father-in-law." Zhang Hao bowed and said.
"Between father and son, what do you say thank you or not, it's just ...... Just work well, don't be stigmatized. Zheng Xuan thought for a while, but still said the last sentence.
At this time, people have been impregnated by the Confucian way of gentlemen for a lifetime, and it is very important to look at the name.
"Father-in-law, rest assured, the big man is now like a building about to fall, and there are so many people who want to make a move, and the child will not be this up-and-coming bird." Zhang Hao said solemnly.
He didn't want to be like Dong Zhuo, he was a bird, he didn't catch anything, and he was attacked by the whole army, and he had to carry infamy after death.
There is also Yuan Shu's stupidity, so many princes dare not call themselves emperors, they betray their relatives, vomit blood and fight to death, for Zhang Hao, who knows the direction of history, it is impossible to make this kind of mistake again.
Zhang Hao lived in the courtyard that day, fortunately there were three rooms here, one for Zheng Xuan and his wife, one for Tong Fei and Shi A, and one for Zhang Hao.
In the next few days, Zheng Xuan found his students and explained the situation to them, of course, he only said that he would go to the Academy of Literature in Liaodong to continue teaching, and it was impossible to say Zhang Hao's ambitions and plans.
However, Zheng Xuan always inadvertently revealed that Liaodong Taishou was his adopted son, and many official positions in Liaodong have not yet been held, and many students have the idea of going to Liaodong with Zheng Xuan to continue studying.
Of course, not all of the students went for official positions, many of them came to Zheng Xuan from other places to study, so naturally wherever Zheng Xuan went, they followed.
During this period, Zheng Xuan also introduced more than a dozen students to Zhang Hao who he thought were good in terms of character and knowledge, and several of them were characters with Zhang Hao's impression.
One that Zhang Hao is more concerned about is Cui Yan and Cui Jiqi, Cui Yan was originally from Dongwucheng County, Qinghe County, and specially came here to study under Zheng Xuan.
After Yuan Shao's death, his two sons fought with each other to get Cui Yan.
Cui Yan said that he was sick and resolutely resigned, so he was convicted and imprisoned, and relied on Yin Kui and Chen Lin to rescue him from death.
After Cao Cao pacified Hebei, he recruited Cui Yan to be a don't drive, and he was upright all his life, and Cao Cao spoke highly of him.
once said to him: Jun has the wind of Boyi, the history of the fish is straight, the greedy man is admired and clear, the strong man is still known and powerful, and the one who can lead the time has been. Therefore, he was awarded Dongcao and went to practice his duties.
The second Zhang Hao is called Xi Xuan, the word Hongyu, a native of Gaoping, Shanyang County, Yanzhou, and the name of Mu Zhengxuan, a person who came to study from afar.
And Xi Xi's image in history is not too glorious, in the early years of Jian'an, in the service, guarding Guangluxun, moving to the imperial doctor. Participated in the framing of Shaofu Kong Rong, canonized Cao Cao as the Duke of Wei, and placed Empress Fu under house arrest. Later, he plotted against Cao Cao and was killed.
But now Zhang Hao is the time to employ people, and this Xi is also a talent who has only known people and can be used.