If it was Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, or any of the traditional Chinese emperors, they would have thought that Gongsun Du, who occupied Liaodong and Korea, would be a great threat, and as long as the Central Plains court was stable, they would inevitably send troops to fight against it. But Chen Cheng is not, the world in his heart is bigger than anyone in this era.

Although China claims to be the world, it is only a corner of the world. Chen Cheng also passed on this worldview to thousands of military cadets and students of normal, engineering and technical schools. There are several globes in each school, on which you can clearly see how small China is and how vast the uncivilized wilderness is.

Therefore, Chen Cheng has an appreciative attitude towards Gongsun Du's development of North Korea. As long as Gongsun Du doesn't die by himself and wants to be king, he doesn't bother to care about him. After Xu Rong learned of Chen Cheng's attitude, he quickly wrote to Gongsun Du, telling him what the general meant, and also attached a world map and a globe to the past.

Gongsun Du's original strategic goal was only the Korean Peninsula, but after seeing the vast world on the other side of the Tsushima Strait. Immediately the interest came, and the attention was immediately drawn to it.

In the world of the second year of Xingping, the main theme is still bloodshed and war, but for the people of Liangzhou and Guanzhong, this year's wind and rain have been smooth, and they have received an extra three or five buckets, and war seems to be a very distant thing. The massacres that happened in Kanto, the massacres of cities and other terrible things are just after-dinner conversations.

Everyone is most concerned about how to make more money, there are more and more things on the market, but the majority of people who have just eaten their stomachs still don't have much money to buy things. Another is that everyone thinks that the government is getting wider and wider. After the regulation of pedestrians and vehicles to the right, there were also strange rules such as that a woman could only marry at the age of 16, but if she did not marry at the age of 20, she would be forced to appoint a marriage partner.

This made the common people feel that the government was too lenient, and they also scolded the people who made the law.

All kinds of new things appear from time to time, so that everyone is dizzying. I don't know when, Guanzhong began to blow a trend of going outside the plug to catch Hu people and sell them for money. This kind of unhealthy atmosphere still came from Xiliang, and the heroes of Liangzhou have been doing this kind of business for several years, and they got hundreds of thousands of slaves from the Western Regions and got rich.

There are also mines in Guanzhong, and several factories have been built in Chang'an, and the demand for labor has been rising. Seeing that the old irons next door made a windfall, the heroes in Guanzhong couldn't sit still. They either found some retired soldiers to work together, or simply did it themselves, pulled up a lot of teams, and killed the vast world north of Yinshan.

Now the imperial court can't help swords, bows and crossbows, and even as long as it is filed in the government, even steel armor can be bought casually. Guanzhong has always been rich in rangers, and later Chen Cheng cut a lot of local soldiers, and there are many heroes in the countryside who want to rely on martial arts to win wealth and wealth.

After this unhealthy wind was hung up, many Huns and Qiang people also joined in. The tribes scattered in the corners of Yin Mountain have often clashed with the Xianbei people in the north, and it is not a matter of once or twice to kill each other. Now you can both fight the enemy and make a fortune, which is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone, so why not?

The imperial court turned a blind eye to this kind of behavior of the people on the surface, but in fact secretly supported it. Officials from the three provinces and six ministries account for a lot of shares, not to mention that the imperial court is now extremely thirsty for population. Liangzhou, Guanzhong, Bingzhou and Sili combined, the territory is almost three or four as large as Hebei, but the population is only three-quarters of Hebei. Fortunately, hundreds of thousands of people were brought from Yanzhou to the vicinity of Luoyang, and the gap was not so big.

With a larger population, more wealth can be produced, and more armies can be formed. Historically, Cao Wei gave up the Hetao area, not that Cao Cao couldn't recognize the importance of those places, but the princes of the world slaughtered the city at every turn, where did anyone have the manpower to develop the Hetao?

Even if Cao Wei didn't shrink, the people in those places would quickly become Hu, just like the Han people in Xiliang.

Chen Cheng didn't want to give up the Hetao area, and he couldn't let people have two children a year, so he had to think of some other ways. One way was to lure the people under the rule of the surrounding princes to flee with the conditions of free distribution of land and houses, and the other way was to conduct a large-scale slave trade.

Moreover, there are many advantages to capturing the surrounding Hu people as slaves, first of all, it can supplement the shortage of labor, and secondly, it can weaken the threat of the surrounding Hu people. Since the rise of the slave trade, Liangzhou's steel production has more than doubled, and the textile industry has increased three or four times.

With the rise of slavery, the military pressure on the border was much less. In the past, there were many fewer Hu tribes who came to Koubian from time to time, and they were almost extinct. Not only did the local tycoons participate in the slave trade, but the border generals often went down in person and led the army to sweep the surrounding Hu tribes. This can not only earn military merits, but also make a windfall, isn't it beautiful?

After returning to Chang'an from Yanzhou, Chen Cheng was relaxed for a long time. The upgrading of the textile machine has been completed and has been used for a long time. Before the steam engine came out, the most it was to tinker with better materials, which belonged to the category of materials science and metallurgy.

The affairs of the imperial court were handled by Yan Zhong, Jia Xu, Dong Zhao and others, and Chen Cheng just looked at the documents every day, occasionally signed them, and stamped them. During this leisurely time, he summoned Yang Xiu, who was highly recommended by Cai Yong, Wang Cang and others, and Yan Xiang, the former chief bookkeeper of Yuan Shu, and participated in the graduation ceremony of the Army Primary School, the opening ceremony of the Army Middle School, Chang'an Textile College, Chang'an Engineering College, Chang'an Normal School and other schools.

Yang Xiu just turned twenty years old this year, and he is as old as Sun Ce. The two have very different backgrounds, but their previous experiences are somewhat similar. Yang Biao was killed by Yuan Shu's generals, and Sun Jian was shot by Huang Zu's ambush soldiers. However, the subsequent experiences of the two are completely different. While Sun Ce swept through Jiangdong with thousands of soldiers and horses, Yang Xiu was studying hard in the school in Chang'an City.

After being summoned by the general, Yang Xiu quickly appeared in front of Chen Cheng. Chen Cheng looked at the famous Yang Dezu, and saw that this person was tall, but he was a little thin, and there was still a feeling of yin owl between his eyebrows. In addition to his impeccable appearance and demeanor, this person does not look like a child of a family who is expected to be a corporal in the world.

Chen Cheng smiled and asked, "You are Yang Xiu Yang Dezu?" ”

"Exactly, Yang Xiu visited the general."

"I heard you used calculus to derive the area of a circle?"

Yang Xiu nodded, the yin owl between his eyebrows was still the same, "The knowledge created by the great general is really groundbreaking, enough to be a model for all generations!" ”

He bowed to the ground again and said, "Please be bowed down to a certain family." ”

Chen Cheng looked at Yang Xiu, pondered for a while, and said: "Cai Yong said that you are a genius in the world, Wang Cang also said that you are very smart, and there are some courtiers, who all say that you are a great sage in the world, and it seems that if you don't reuse your words Yang Dezu, it is the fault of the imperial court." ”

The expression on Yang Xiu's face remained unchanged, and he said, "How can I compare to a general in case of this knowledge?" The ministers praised it falsely, and the general just laughed it off. ”

Chen Cheng smiled and said, "I saw Dezu today, and then I knew that what Cai Yong and the others said was true. People like you are a bit condescending to be placed in the Ministry of Rites. However, the imperial court has its own laws, and if you want to enter the center, you must have the experience of serving in the local government. In this way, I will give you two choices, one is to go to Nanyang to be a one-term Taishou, whether you will enter the household department or enter the Ministry of Industry in the future, it will be up to you. ”

Yang Xiu stood in place, his expression unchanged. Chen Cheng saw that the other party was like a person, and couldn't help but praise in his heart, the children of the family really still have some outstanding points.

"Second, I plan to establish an academy of sciences in Chang'an, divided into four categories: mathematics, physics, chemistry, and geography, specializing in various scientific research. At the same time, the Academy of Sciences should also run a scientific journal to introduce the latest research results to the people of the world. Every year, the ten people with the greatest achievements are selected and awarded the title of scientist. Anyone who obtains this title automatically obtains the rank of colonel, and can go to the palace with a sword, enter the court, and praise and worship without a name, such as the story of Prime Minister Xiao He! ”

Yang Xiu was finally moved, and now in the imperial court, only the general has the treatment of "going to the palace with a sword, not entering the court, and praising and worshipping without a name". Other people, whether it is Yan Zhong, Jia Xu and other ministers, or Zhao Yun and Xu Rong, military generals like Xu Rong, do not have such treatment.

It seems that the general attaches great importance to this academy of sciences!

Chen Cheng asked with a smile: "I don't know if Dezu wants to be the Taishou of Nanyang, or does he want to be the first president of this academy?" ”

Yang Xiufang was a little moved, but at this time he returned to his original state, he was silent for a while, and said, "I am willing to guard Nanyang too much." ”

Chen Cheng smiled, feeling a little pity in his heart, but he would not force Yang Xiu. Nanyang is Liu Biao's territory, and if he parachutes into the past, he will definitely oppose it, but if it is Yang Xiu who parachutes into the past, he will probably not be confused, but will only feel happy.

The next day, the edict was drafted by the servant of the Ministry of Officials, and then a large number of seals of Shangshu Province, Menxia Province, and the General's Mansion were stamped, and finally the seal of the Son of Heaven was stamped, and Yang Xiu was sent out to be the Taishou of Nanyang. In this way, those old and young people in Chang'an City will be able to stabilize for about a few days.

After sending Yang Xiu out, Chen Cheng summoned Fa Zheng again and asked him if he would like to be the president of the Academy of Sciences that was about to be formed. Fa Zheng is also a good boy with great intelligence and intelligence, he is younger than Yang Xiu, and his degree of study of "Chen Xue" is not far behind. Although I have spent my time and energy on military science recently, I don't have to be poor in scientific literacy, and what I want is that this is my own person, and I feel more at ease to use it.

In the face of Chen Cheng's question, Fa Zheng readily agreed. He regarded himself as a student of Chen Cheng, and he has always spared no effort to carry forward the "Chen Studies".