Yuan Shao has withdrawn, and the imperial court is recovering the lost territory, but this does not mean that Liu Xie will spare Yuan Shao, who came to look for trouble. The people of the four counties of Sizhou are returning to their hometowns under the arrangement of the imperial court. Liu Xie would not go to those people for trouble, but those families who took the initiative to take refuge in the past when Yuan Shao came, Liu Xie did not intend to spare these people.

Those wall grasses also knew that their family was bleeding this time to calm the anger of the Son of Heaven against their family, so after receiving hints from Du Ji, Yang Fu, Zhang Ji and other county guards, they sold half of the land in their hands to the imperial court at half price, in order to pray that the Son of Heaven would not blame the past.

Although Liu Xie would like to raid all these families, he also knows that this is impossible. What about the Son of Heaven? Although these families did do the work of collaborating with the enemy, it was a pleasure to take this opportunity to eradicate them, but it would also lead to the rest of the family members to endanger themselves, so they would respect Liu Xie. Liu Xie wants the country to be stable, and from now on, he can't weaken the family too much, and it is far from the point of turning his face with the family.

Since Emperor Guangwu used the power of the family to destroy Wang Mang and seize the throne, the family has become the mainstay of the Han Dynasty. Among them is the royal family surnamed Liu, who is actually a member of the family. Today's family has a lot of manpower and material resources, and Liu Xie's move to the family at this time is tantamount to adding to the enemy's blockage and pushing those families to the opponent's side.

I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry! Of course, Liu Xie knew the harm of the family to the Han Dynasty, but even if he knew, Liu Xie could not act willfully, so he could only figure it out slowly, because at this time, there were too many military generals with the background of the family, and he turned his face with the family, which was purely to find himself unhappy.

The Maison almost monopolized the high-end talent market of the Han Dynasty, and the only way for Liu Xie to change this situation was to strengthen education and break the Maison's monopoly on officials. But anyone who can be an official is basically a reader, and at this time, the Han Dynasty wanted to read a book and it was not something that could be bought in a bookstore like in later generations. Due to the limitations of the text carrier, most of the famous books are mostly unique books treasured by various families, and ordinary people cannot see them at all. It is precisely by virtue of this advantage that the family has countless scholars.

If Liu Xie wants to change the current monopoly of the family on officials, he must break the monopoly of the family on knowledge. It is not advisable to use the knife directly, only to dig the foot of the wall little by little. The family's monopoly on knowledge relies on the family's unique collections. If Liu Xie wants to dig into the corners of the family, the first thing he has to do is to increase the dissemination of knowledge.

The transmission of knowledge is either passed down orally or recorded on paper. Liu Xie has Ma Jun, a great inventor in the Three Kingdoms period, and it is not difficult to improve Caihou paper to reduce the cost of papermaking. And the paper is available, and the next thing to solve is printing, if you simply rely on people to copy, although it is easier than carving on bamboo slips, but how much can a person copy in a day.

Liu Xie knew movable type printing, but he didn't know how to make the tools needed for printing. And at this time, Huang Chengyan came. Originally, Huang Chengyan came to Chang'an to avoid disputes, and secondly, he was invited by Chang'an Taixue. But as soon as Liu Xie found Huang Chengyan and told him what he thought, Huang Chengyan immediately stopped leaving, and stayed in the house all day to study how to realize the movable type printing technique that Liu Xie said.

Not to mention, when Liu Xie and Yuan Shao were stumbling in Tongguan, Huang Chengyan, with the assistance of his daughter Huang Yueying, really made movable type printing. Liu Xie only said a concept, but Huang Chengyan really realized it. Therefore, after seeing the workflow of movable type printing with his own eyes, Liu Xie immediately announced that this movable type printing technology would be named Huang's movable type printing.

But as long as it is an individual, who doesn't want to be famous in history, Huang Chengyan was overjoyed when he found out, and at the same time strengthened his idea of staying in Chang'an.

Movable type printing came out, and the next thing was to print a book. And at this time, Cai Yong is used. Cai Yong loves books like his life, and his home collection of books has reached as many as 4,000 volumes. Although many of them were lost when Dong Zhuo moved the capital, Cai Yong did not die, and Cai Yong's collection of books is not to decorate the façade, but to study carefully when there is nothing to do, although the 4,000 volumes of books are gone, but Cai Yong still remembers seventy-seven eighty-eight.

At the beginning, the situation was unstable, and Cai Yong had no time to recall the contents of his collection of books, but after Liu Xie grasped the overall situation and Xun Yu became Situ, Cai Yong retreated bravely and handed over the court to the young man, while he spent most of his time at home and rewrote those books from memory. Especially after Liu Xie presented the improved Caihou paper, Cai Yong threw away the carving knife and picked up the brush. By the time Liu Xie came to ask for books, Cai Yong's house had nearly a thousand volumes of books, and it was still increasing.

"How can the Holy One have the leisure to come to Lao Chen's place today?" When Cai Yong learned of Liu Xie's visit, he couldn't help but wonder a little,

Liu Xie was not polite, took out a book of Analects he brought with him, handed it over and said to Cai Yong: "Master Cai, you take a look at this first." ”

Cai Yong was puzzled, stretched out his hand to take over a few chapters at random, and suddenly seemed to have found something, looked up at Liu Xie and asked, "Holy Lord, where did this thing come from?" Lao Chen doesn't remember writing on behalf of others? ”

"Huh...... Cai Shi, this is printed, Cai Shi feels familiar, that is because the font used in the font is the flying white font created by Cai Shi. Liu Xie explained with a smile.

“…… Old man Huang succeeded? ”

"Master Cai, Mr. Huang has indeed succeeded."

"The Holy Comes Here ......"

"I heard that Master Cai's house has a lot of books, and I want to borrow them."

"The Holy One wants to use it, even if he takes it, but I don't know what the Holy One intends to use these books for?"

"It is not suitable for scholars to study, especially if they want to read those lonely books, I want to print those books of Cai Shi in batches, and then distribute them all over the world, so that all those who want to read can read to their heart's content."

Cai Yong was greatly moved after hearing this, he is not the kind of person who likes to compete for power and profit, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a nerd. Hearing Liu Xie say that he wanted people in the world who wanted to read to their heart's content, he naturally expressed his support.

"Holy Lord, after this book is printed, I don't know what the Holy Lord intends to price?" After Cai Yong agreed to Liu Xie's request, he suddenly thought of another question and hurriedly asked.

"Readers can't see books, either those big families cherish themselves, or they are shy in their pockets. We can't interfere with the practices of those big families, only this can be convenient in terms of price. Master Cai, what do you think of the two big money? Liu Xie thought about it and asked Cai Yongdao.

Cai Yong nodded again and again after hearing this, two pennies, most scholars can afford it, but in this way, Liu Xieke will have to lose money, but Liu Xie's decision Cai Yong is absolutely supportive.

When Liu Xie asked people to move the Cai family's collection of books, Cai Yan, who heard the news, hurriedly rushed over, originally she thought that her father had offended Liu Xie, so Liu Xie ran to retaliate, but seeing that his father was not annoyed at all, Cai Yan couldn't help but be a little puzzled, and asked, "Father, are you okay?" ”

"Akihime, what can you do as a father?" Cai Yong asked with a smile.

Seeing Cai Yong's smiling appearance, Cai Yan couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and secretly muttered to himself, is his father mentally disturbed when he saw that his beloved book collection was robbed?

"Akihime, it's normal to be a father. Look at this ......" Seeing his daughter's expression, Cai Yong knew that his daughter wanted to be crooked, shook his head with a smile, and handed the Analects left by Liu Xie to Cai Yandao.

"It's ...... Written by my father? ”

The word is for the Father, but it is not written by the Father's hand. Zhao Ji, your Uncle Huang succeeded, and this is the result. Cai Yong smiled and told Cai Yan about Liu Xie's intention. Cai Yan was first pleasantly surprised when he heard this, and then nodded again: "It seems that the saint is really calculating." ”

"Huh? Akihime, what does this mean? ”

"Father, isn't it easy to use only two big coins to win the hearts of the world's scholars?" Cai Yan explained with a smile.

……

There are not a few people who have the same idea as Cai Yan. As those books were trafficked and sold in various places, Liu Xie's words became known. Zhou Yu in Jiangdong, Guo Jia in the Central Plains, Tian Feng in Hebei, Zhuge Liang in Jingzhou, etc., those smart people have seen Liu Xie's "sinister" intentions behind these two big money.

Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and Liu Xie is the orthodoxy of the Han family, which itself has its own bonus and is easy to win people's hearts. Like those ordinary people, the concept of the supremacy of monarchy is deep-rooted, and it can be said that as long as the court does not treat them harshly, the people will naturally choose Liu Xie. What's more, the people living under Liu Xie's rule today are much more relaxed than the people in other places. Although the clothes are still a little tattered, there is not much problem with eating a full stomach. As the northwest became more and more stable, the people naturally lived a life of peace and contentment.

This time the two big money incidents are obviously Liu Xie's efforts to win over the hearts of scholars. People like Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang from wealthy families do not have a deep understanding of studying, but for Guo Jia, the original study experience is still fresh in his memory. The kind of difficulty experienced when I want to borrow a book from the family's collection is still helpless and sad when I think about it now.

There is a rich and a poor in the world, and the poor are still in the majority. If the children of the poor family want to read a lot of books, they can only go to those big families to borrow them in a low voice, and sometimes they often can't borrow them. But now there is no need, the price of two dollars for a book allows those poor children to read the books they want to read, and Liu Xie, who insists on two dollars for a book, is naturally grateful.

If the court and the family are placed together for the scholars to choose, with these two large sums of money, most scholars will choose to serve the court rather than be at the mercy of the family.

The reason why the family is called a family is that it has a huge amount of wealth, and the second is that it has a large number of available talents. And this second point is the foundation of whether the family can continue. Only when you lose money and lose money, you lose both people and money, and you lose money if you keep people and lose money, so that it is possible to gain both people and money.

Liu Xie used two big money to dig up the corner of the family, but it is not impossible for the family with vision to see it, but even if it can be seen, what can it be? Forcibly stop it, and that will only die faster. Through Liu Xie's performance over the years, all the families have seen that today's son is not a good stubble, although it cannot be said that he will be rewarded, but he is not the master who is willing to suffer easily.

In the face of this son of heaven, there are only two roads left in front of the family, either stubbornly resist to the end, or go along with the same stream. Liu Xie did not block the way out of the family, but he was dissatisfied with the excessive power of the family. And Liu Xie has already told Xun Yu about this. Xun Yu, as the head of the Xun family, is actually a celebrity in the family. But Xun Yu is not the kind of person who eats the ancients, and after an open and honest conversation with Liu Xie, Xun Yu also feels that sometimes it is not a good thing to have too much.

If you have a big family and a big business, it will inevitably make people red-eyed and more likely to attract suspicion. Xun Yu can guarantee that he is loyal to the Han family, but he does not dare to assert that his descendants will also be as loyal to the Han family as he is. The lessons of the Yuan family made Xun Yu have to consider the power of this.

Liu Xie did not hide Xun Yu's own views on the family, the family can exist, but it cannot be insatiable. This is Liu Xie's basic attitude, and it is precisely because he knows Liu Xie's bottom line that Xun Yu also has certain ideas about the future of the Xun family, but now the world is not unified, and it is too early to implement it now.

No matter how Xun Yu planned to arrange the Xun family, Liu Xie was meeting Liu Xun at this time. More than a month passed, and Liu Xun appeared in front of Liu Xie again. Compared with the meeting more than a month ago, Liu Xun looks a little fatter this time than last time.

"Xiao Liu, he looks good, is Chang'an better than Nanzhong?" Liu Xie joked about Liu Xundao. Liu Xun couldn't help but blush when he heard this. This Liu Hong really did carry out Liu Xie's order, in addition to sending people to secretly protect Liu Xun's life, he really didn't care about Liu Xun's eating problem.

Without Liu Hong's meal ticket, Liu Xun, who was penniless, almost starved to death on the street, and finally couldn't help but stretch out his hand to passers-by. Since you have stretched out your hand, there is no difference between stretching once and twice. Liu Xun's cheekiness has also been exercised in the process of begging for food from others again and again.

However, hearing Liu Xie's joke, Liu Xun still blushed and defended: "Holy Lord, I don't ask for food. ”

"Uh-huh, have you eaten it? Would you like to have some? Liu Xie asked while nodding.

Liu Xun: "......"

Liu Xie didn't plan to do anything to Liu Zhang's father and son, for Liu Xie, bullying these two people would not only not help his great cause, but would easily affect his reputation. It is the nature of all kind-hearted people to sympathize with the weak, Liu Zhang's father and son have become miserable like this, Liu Xie continues to be unrelenting, but it is easy to be looked down upon. asked Liu Xun to beg for food in Chang'an for a month, it was also to forgive Liu Zhang's father and son for their previous response to Yuan Shao, after all, as a clan member of the Han family, he was still the king of Shu who was sealed by the imperial court, and he didn't stand on the side of the clan but helped outsiders, which is unreasonable.

But now that Liu Xun has been punished, this matter can be revealed, anyway, Liu Xie is a rich man now, even if he supports Liu Zhang's father and son, there is no problem at all.

"For the sake of your father and son's sincere repentance, the court will spare you this time. But you don't have to think about the throne, it's still okay to give your father and son a rich life. You rest in the post house for a few days, and then go back to Nanzhong to bring your father to Chang'an, don't worry about safety, I will order Huang Zhong to send someone to escort you along the way. ”

Finally heard Liu Xie's words that he was not guilty of the past, Liu Xun couldn't help but sigh in his heart, don't beg for personal shame in Chang'an, and finally have a little reward.

"Thank you for your forgiveness, it's just ......"

"Huh? Do you still want to make a deal with me? ”

Hearing that Liu Xie's tone was wrong, Liu Xun hurriedly explained: "The criminal minister doesn't dare, the criminal just wants to ask, how does the saint plan to deal with Yan Yan?" ”

"Yan Yan? He hasn't left your father and son yet? ”

"Yes, those who went to Nanzhong with my father and son have left one after another, but Yan Yan has not left, in fact, if Yan Yan hadn't insisted on not leaving, my father and son might not have survived until now. Saint, Yan Yan is a loyal and righteous person, please treat the saint kindly. ”

"He is loyal to your father and son, not me."

"The Holy Grace, Yan Yan is not unable to be loyal to the Holy Lord, as long as the Holy Lord can pardon Yan Yan, the criminal minister is willing to persuade him to surrender. Yan Yan is highly respected in Yizhou, and if the saint can make him return to his heart, it will be helpful for the saint to govern Yizhou. ”

“…… Maybe I can let you, a person who can't protect himself, say good things for him, then I will give that Yan Yan a chance, and after you go back, you can take him to Chang'an with you. But if he is obsessed, then he will not blame me for not being emotional. ”

"Rest assured, the sinner will definitely persuade Yan Yan to come with him."

……

ordered someone to take Liu Xun to the post house to settle down, and Liu Xie immediately asked people to recruit Li Ru. Li Ru and Jia Xu were the main persons in charge of Liu Xie's initial establishment of Tianyan. Now that Bashu is basically in hand, it doesn't make much sense for Li Ru to continue to stay in Bashu, so Liu Xie recalled Li Ru back to Chang'an. First, he hasn't seen him for a long time, Liu Xie wants to meet this great hero who helped him take off his jaw, and secondly, he also wants to ask Li Ru's opinion if he intends to come to the stage.

"Lord, don't worry about Confucianism's arrangement, Confucianism knows that he has offended too many people in the past, has a bad reputation, and is also used to hiding in the shadows." Li Ru smiled and rejected Liu Xie's plan.

Seeing this, Liu Xie said: "Okay, everyone has their own ambitions, since you don't want to show up, then let it be." ”

"Thank you for your understanding."

"Don't say anything considerate or inconsiderate, since you don't want to stay in Chang'an, how about you go out for me?"

"I don't know where the lord wants Confucianism to go?"

"The Western Regions."

"The Western Regions?"

"Well, the last expedition to the West, due to Han Sui's collusion with Cheriji to make trouble, although there were some achievements, there were still a lot of remnants in the Western Regions. Recently, I received a report from the beggar army that those remnants seem to be a little restless. Wen You, I intend to appoint Lu Bu as the commander, and you as the military advisor, to teach me a lesson from those people from the Western Regions. ”

“…… The lord intends to use Lu Bu? ”

"Of course, how can a tiger be trapped in a cage?"

“…… Isn't the lord worried about Lu Bu's repetition? ”

Although Lu Bu's character is not very good, he attaches great importance to his family, as long as he stays in Chang'an, he naturally does not have to worry about him repeatingly. And let him sit in the Western Regions for three years, I don't believe that he can pull out a team loyal to him in three years. ”

"In this case, Confucianism is willing to go, and I also ask the lord to give Confucianism the right to arbitrary."

"Yes, but Wen You can't oppose Lu Bu's decision unless it is necessary."