Luo Zhaoyun was in the northwest of Longpan, and his strength was getting stronger and stronger, and Yang Yu, the acting king of Daxing City, sent an envoy Yao Silian to Jincheng. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The seat of Jincheng County, the city is also called Jincheng, Xue Ju and his son once called the king here, and now they have withdrawn to Longyou, scourging the nobles and people there.

After Jincheng County was occupied by the Sui army in the northwest, Luo Zhaoyun arrived here from Huangshui City and advanced eastward little by little.

This Yao Silian is close to sixty years old, in the palace as the acting king Yang Yu's attendant, but also half of the identity of the prince, his father Yao Cha, in Chen Shi served as the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu, the author of Chen Liang two histories, and for the whole book, Yao Silian was also born in a scholarly family, read history books since childhood, but is a little pedantic, not suitable for governing the people and being an official, but the literature and history is very profound, belongs to academic talents.

He personally came to the northwest and brought Yang Yu's holy decree, first, to praise Luo Cheng's contribution to pacifying the northwest, and secondly, to ask him to lead his troops to continue to pursue Xue Ju, level Li Rail, sweep Longyou, and solve the worries in the west for Daxing City.

Luo Zhaoyun has a lot of respect for Yao Silian, after all, he is one of the great Confucians in the capital, and in the Sui and Tang dynasties, he is on par with Gao Shilian's reputation, which is worthy of his wooing, because of his respect for Confucianism, it is easy to get the favor of literati and get more scholars to take refuge.

"Mr. Yao, for the sake of the country, he worked tirelessly, traveled hundreds of miles, passing through the territory of Xue Ju, Tang Bi and other rebels, and there were many dangers, but he came in person, which made the younger generations admire."

Yao Silian is very eloquent, he has not read much history books, but the official title is very low, he is even the prestige and record of the young marshal Luo Cheng, the second grade of the official residence, that is, the pillar of the military, was so praised by the young marshal, he was naturally happy in his heart, but he did not dare to be proud, and said very humbly: "The acting king is worried that the northwest Xue Ju and other forces are bigger, and they have approached Fufeng and Jingzhao County in Longyou, these two counties are the gateways of Xijing, once they are lost, it is equivalent to a fire in the backyard, and it will easily form a catastrophe in Daxing City, so the stakes are very high, and there are not many people who can trust the acting king, specially sent Yao over to discuss with Youguo Gong. ”

Luo Zhaoyun showed a look of danger and said: "In the past two months, although our army has won several victories, most of them have been successful in sneak attacks, or taken in my previous reputation, but now Li Liang, Xue Ju, and Liang Shi are all sticking to one side, and I have soldiers and horses, divided into towns and counties, and there are not enough manpower, and I am still recruiting a new army, plus the equipment is not enough, the funds are insufficient, the grain and grass are vacant, and the new army lacks training. ”

"Spring next year?" Yao Silian's face was bitter, Da Sui was currently riddled and embattled, he knew that he couldn't hold on for long, Xijing had been trapped at present, and the roads were blocked everywhere, if it weren't for Yongfengcang, the people of the capital would be starving.

Yao Silian pleaded: "Guogong, the situation in the capital is critical, can't you attack Xue Ju in late autumn?" ”

Luo Zhaoyun shook his head and said: "Hehe, Mr. Yao, you don't have to worry, in terms of literature and history, I am not as rich as Mr. Yao's Xuefu Wuche, but in terms of leading troops, I have rich experience, although I don't go to attack Xue Ju, Li Rail, and Liang Shidu, but they will never dare to send troops to Xijing easily, because behind them is my army, which can involve them, in terms of strategy, the effect of sending troops is similar." ”

Yao Silian doesn't know much about military thinking, and he usually talks on paper, but when he heard Luo Shuai say this, he felt a little relieved and nodded slightly.

Luo Zhaoyun said: "Mr. Yao, since you are here, I would like to ask you to stay for a few more days and give a lesson to the students?" ”

Yao Silian was stunned: "Lecture? ”

Luo Zhaoyun nodded and said: "Yes, there is a good saying, the spring breeze does not pass through Yumen Pass, and the cultural atmosphere of the Central Plains is difficult to affect Yumen Pass, the border land, the culture and education are backward, and they are still in ignorance and backward education level, lacking etiquette and education, so I sent people to invite some teaching gentlemen from major cities in the local area, hoping to invite the Confucianism to give them a detailed explanation of Confucian culture and Central Plains customs, so that they can read the scriptures and read history, and have more contact with the Central Plains culture, and the sense of belonging to our Central Plains court will be stronger, I call it soft cultural strength." ”

Yao Silian asked: "Soft cultural strength, does it mean to teach those barbarians and Hu people to the Central Plains culture?" ”

Luo Zhaoyun further explained: "Yes, the living people all advocate education without class, our border soldiers, Hu nationality, local Han people, can not get the influence of the Central Plains culture, resulting in the people here are fierce, little knowledge, do not understand etiquette, outdated thinking, if we can seriously educate, it will have a great effect on the stability and pacification of the border army." ”

Although Yao Silian was very interested in this kind of proposal, he still asked with some puzzlement: "However, the prosperity of the times, the awakening of the troubled times, and now the troubled times are rampant, if the pacification of the chaos is the main thing, if it is the prosperous era of the Great Sui, it will still be effective to do this, will it still work at the moment?" ”

Luo Zhaoyun's face was firm, and he seemed to be confident, giving people a feeling that he was firmly in control of the overall situation, and put forward his own opinions: "Not necessarily, at any time, those children and young people still have a thirst for knowledge, and we have influenced a group of people to establish private schools and Chinese culture museums in various cities to appease the hearts of the people, which still has a great effect, can divert the suffering of war and chaos in the outside world, and avoid panic and inability to implement new policies." ”

Yao Silian's interest was raised, and he was able to show his talents, so he readily agreed: "That's good, Yao just obeys the arrangement of the national government, teaches and educates, teaches and solves doubts, this is Yao's business, just talk for a few days, and do it with a gesture." ”

At the time of the great chaos, the Confucian scholars had no power to restrain the chicken, except for a few good at scheming and being reused, the overall literati were not of much use, only when the world was stable, these scholars could pass the imperial examination, the door shade, the recommendation, etc., as civil officials, and be assigned to the local county order.

At this time, Yao Silian was able to highlight the role of Confucianism, even if he was lecturing to the people of the Hu tribe in the border, he also felt that his knowledge was of great use, and he suddenly felt a sense of pride in reading a subset of scriptures and history.

Luo Zhaoyun smiled and thanked him, very humble and polite, flattered this Yao Silian, and had a very good impression of the young marshal Corporal Lixian and respect for Confucianism.

In fact, Luo Zhaoyun wants to set up a model, a good reputation, and then recruit talents from all over the world, he used to be a Sui minister, and there were many political enemies in the court, plus Yang Guang's suspicion, he didn't dare to set himself up like Meng Weijun and Xinling Jun, and solicited people everywhere for his own use, that was purely looking for death.

Even if he has written a few poems, he has been jealous and ruthless by Yang Guang, coupled with his continuous military exploits and all-round talent in civil and military affairs, which makes Yang Guang blush at his talent and deliberately snub him a few times.

Now, the court is divided and the Great Sui is dying, so Luo Zhaoyun can be openly and honestly ready to accept talents, and even as soon as Yang Guang dies, he can issue an order to seek talents and establish a small regime in the northwest.