In the second year of Yankang, January

The second year of Yankang came as scheduled, and the court was still busy with the four important things, and it was impossible to distinguish between them, and even the court meeting had not been held for a long time, not only because Situ was not there, but also because the ministers themselves were already busy enough, and these things in their hands had not been done, so there was no need to hold a court meeting to discuss what to do next, and the most helpless was probably Liu Xi, the son of heaven.

When he ascended the throne, he thought about setting a goal for each year, doing his best to do it, and completing the grand ambition in his heart step by step, but he didn't expect that things were often faster than his own plan, and the problem always appeared in unexpected places.

Now, a full year has passed, and the biggest achievement in the first year of Yankang is the completion of the construction of Ningzhou Chi Road, which makes Liu Xi helpless, I am obviously not this, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi implemented the official school system, they had followed Liu Bei to implement official learning in various places, but they have some experience, they have traveled all over the counties of the Han Dynasty, except for Xizhou, Hezhou, Jiaozhou and other extremely remote areas, they have traveled all over the Central Plains.

In the same way, the achievements of government schools are huge, the six states of the Central Plains, each county, have official school mansions, enlightenment textbooks are also printed, a large number of young children are enrolled, although it increases some of the burden of the people, but for the people, this is a fortunate thing, from ancient times to the present, which family of children can go to school? Can you read and write? A large number of young children are enrolled in school, and they also learn the enlightenment textbooks compiled by He Zi.

The number of young children studying in government schools has increased from 170,000 in the 23rd year of Xiping to 980,000 today, which is a change in one year, and the number of young children is nearly one million. In ten years, the Han will have millions of literate people, these people, will make the Han country rise again, maybe one day, the people of the Han can be literate, at this time, I really don't know what kind of terrifying level the national strength of the Han will reach.

In the affairs of official schools, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi are equally divided, and the struggle between the two in secret has gradually changed to the surface, but whether it is from the construction of the official school, or the newly enrolled children, the political achievements of the two people are almost the same, in terms of the construction of the official government, Sima Yi is slightly more, and in terms of the number of young children enrolled, Zhuge Liang has a small advantage, no equal, and they all have a group of supporters.

After a year, a large number of books have been printed, the literacy rate of the Han Dynasty has improved rapidly, Liu Xi will focus on the primary purpose of official learning, it is not unreasonable, official learning is not like other projects, his effectiveness can often be known in the future, these young children who entered the school in the first year, in Yankang or so twenty years, will release a huge energy, shocking the world, this is what Liu Xi thinks.

In January, both men returned to the temple.

Coincidentally, they set off towards the Houde Palace, but they met at the gate of the palace.

The two saw each other from a distance, and when they got out of the car, Sima Yi walked over with a smile as if he had seen his friend for many years, laughed and hugged Zhuge Liang in front of him, looking extremely close, Zhuge Liang was also smiling, and hugged him calmly, the two separated, Sima Yi looked at Zhuge Liang and said with a smile: "Kong Ming, I haven't seen you for a long time, but your body is still tough??" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Naturally tough, I didn't abuse the sword like Zhong Da, so that this official and academic event was stained with blood, I am clean all day long, and my body will be fine, but Zhong Da, you have to pay more attention, I heard that in Jizhou, you went on a killing spree, and even killed a few doctors of science, so angry, I am afraid that my life will not be long!" ”

"Hahaha, there's no way, I don't have the intelligence of Kong Ming, I can't rely on words to make them move, then I can only use swords, they also deserve it, is it possible, they made mistakes, I can't deal with them?"

"Of course you can, but it's just that because the establishment of the official school mansion is a few days late, or because the textbooks can't be printed within the specified time, it's going to be killed, I'm afraid it's a bit inappropriate?"

"For them, I am under the order of the Son of Heaven, most people can complete it, but they can't complete it, then they just resist the order, kill them, you can deter more people, let them devote themselves to the affairs of official learning, Kong Ming, could it be that I did something wrong?"

Zhuge Liang laughed lightly and said, "How dare I say that you are wrong? In the local area, you have almost killed anyone who dares to oppose you, and if Zhongda is unhappy and wants to take my life, what should I do? ”

It's just that they have just met, the smell of gunpowder between the two has reached its peak, both of them have completed what they should do, in terms of efficiency, Sima Yi is more than Zhuge Liang, although Zhuge Liang surpassed Sima Yi in the number of young children enrolled in school, but he still occupies the advantage of the local number, Sima Yi can be like this, is because of his style of acting, cruel and fast, never procrastinating, no one dares to drag his feet, everyone is frightened, dare not have the slightest neglect, so it is so.

And Zhuge Liang is different from him, whether it is the people or the officials, Zhuge Liang is treated very gently, bowing to himself, personally guiding, and being a corporal, so that the officials respect him, Zhuge Liang's orders, they are also very thorough, however, the efficiency is still not comparable to Sima Yi's set of means, of course, Zhuge Liang has no opinion on this, he does things, but for the Han, not to compare with others.

The two were confronting each other in front of the door, and the Yellow Gate stepped out to welcome them into the palace.

As soon as he entered the Houde Palace, Liu Xi walked out with a smile, looking at the two henchmen in front of him, he held one in one hand, pulled them, and sat in front of him, Liu Xi also sat down, and said with a smile: "Kong Ming, Zhongda, I haven't seen you for a long time, I really miss you, these days, without you, I feel empty in my heart, and I am not sure about doing things..."

"Don't dare." The two hurriedly possessed themselves.

Liu Xi said again: "The matter of official learning, it is very successful, now with this official learning platform, there are Guan Ning, Hua Xin are in charge, you can also relax for a while, they are doing well, a few days ago, I also played with me, explained a lot of shortcomings in the local official school, I handed them all over, let them decide for themselves, they did a good job, and the matter of printing, Wang Jun, who is in charge of the history of the assassination, has established a huge printing office outside the city..."

Liu Xi told some things, both of them nodded from time to time, and both of them naturally reported their achievements to the Son of Heaven, although Liu Xi had known for a long time, he also smiled and admired, and after a while, Zhuge Liang suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, I heard that Situ Cheng is busy with the canal?" Liu Xi nodded and said, "That's true, I originally felt that it was a huge cost and the manpower was insufficient, so I didn't want him to do it..."

"But Situ Gong said that the newly dug canal can be put into use immediately, and it can bear part of the cost of money, and in addition, he is going to find some manpower from overseas to carry out this matter..."Liu Xi said, but Zhuge Liang frowned, and he said: "Your Majesty, Situ Gong thought it was not bad, but in this way, it was too costly to consume national strength..."

"Kong Ming's difference in words, even if it costs national strength, will definitely benefit the world in the future... You can't help it...," Sima Yi said.

Zhuge Liang glanced at him, and then continued: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the matter of money can still be solved, mainly because of the manpower problem, find someone to help from overseas, it is better to find it from another place...", Zhuge Liang paused, and then said: "The Wa Kingdom is one of my Han princes, in the Wa Kingdom, there are always a huge number of slaves, and the nobles there are unwilling to release these slaves, even if they are released, there is no way for them to reclaim the land, there is not much land there..."

"I think we can let General Tai Shici transport slaves from Wa Island, and as for Yangzhou, dig a canal."

Hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Sima Yi suddenly fell into thought, he wanted to find a reason to refute, but after thinking for a while, he gave up this plan again, he frowned, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister also has a strategy, regarding money, I think, can let the local powerful clan bear a small part of the excavation costs, even if Situ Gong borrowed from them, when the canal is opened, the taxes generated can be repaid to these people..."

Zhuge Liang's plan, Liu Xi didn't say anything, and Sima Yi was so eager to play, which made Liu Xi a little dazed, he frowned, and asked, "The temple borrowed money from Haoqiang??" How is this possible? ”

Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it is feasible. ”

Zhuge Liang will support himself, Sima Yi didn't think about it, he glanced at Zhuge Liang beside him, grinned, but Zhuge Liang didn't look at him, Liu Xi gritted his teeth, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Okay, just do what you say!" I gave an order to Situ, as well as General Taishi, Xun Jun! ”

.......

When they walked out of the Houde Palace, the two walked side by side, and when they walked out of the palace gate, Sima Yi suddenly asked, "Kong Ming, Fang Cai, why do you want to open your mouth to support me?" ”

"What I see is whether it is beneficial to the country and whether it can help the people, and I never care who the proposer is."

"Hahaha, Kong Ming is really a rare talent in the world!" Sima Yi smiled and praised, Zhuge Liang listened, but there was always a taste of sarcasm, he didn't care, he looked at Sima Yi, and said seriously: "Zhongda, you and I have been friends for many years, there are some things that I didn't want to say more, but I still have to mention that Zhongda acts too much about the result, and how cool it is, so if you don't enter the right path, sooner or later, you will taste the bitterness..."

"Kong Ming..."Sima Yi smiled, he glanced at Zhuge Liang, and said: "From ancient times to the present, all things in the world are seen by the results, and no one will ever mind, the means you use in your actions, the temple naturally needs you to be a righteous gentleman who does the right way, but everything in this temple may not be all visible, and at this time, people like me are needed... Kong Ming is afraid that he can't deal with it..."

"From ancient times to the present, where there are sages and temples, I have never heard of anything that cannot be seen."

"History books don't say, how do you know evil?"