Xiangyang Water Mirror Academy

Since Liu Biao's death and Liu Bei's plot to seize Jingbei, Sima Hui closed the academy and took his disciples who were still studying to hide in the mountains to avoid the disturbances of the outside world. It wasn't until Liu Xie waved his army south and captured Xiangyang that Sima Hui returned to the academy with his disciples, but at this time the school had not yet opened, and there were not many people who came to the academy.

Liu Xie has always been very curious about Sima Hui of Shuijing Academy, what kind of people can cultivate Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Xu Shu These great sages, presumably that Sima Hui is also an unborn hermit Gaoxian. Of course, in his spare time, Liu Xie also thought that this Sima Hui was a very smart person, and he used the talents of Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong to reflect his own cleverness, which could not only leave a name for future generations, but also add a veil of mystery to make people wonder what kind of person this Sima Hui was.

Shuijing Academy is no longer Liu Xietou's return, but when he first came, General Tie guarded the door, and there was no one. After that, Liu Xie was busy buying people's hearts and appeasing the people, so he didn't have time to visit Shuijing Academy. After sending Guan Yu off, Liu Xie finally had some leisure again, and came to Shuijing Academy again.

As soon as Guan Yu dies, Liu Bei will definitely be anxious, according to the story in the romance, Liu Bei is afraid that he will let go of Bashu and ignore it, and turn around to find himself desperately, and in this way, he can wait for Liu Bei's self-casting net in Yiling. The Eight Formations outside the White Emperor City, Liu Xie had already been scouted and reported. Later generations will hold Zhuge Liang's eight array diagram to be mysterious and mysterious, although Liu Xie has Pang Tong who is also from the Water Mirror Academy, but instead of acting rashly, it is better to wait and see what happens.

The array is dead, and it has no legs, as long as people don't go in, there will naturally be no harm. Although he looked a little anxious like this, as if he was afraid of the eight array diagram laid out by Zhuge Liang, it was just a matter of face, so what did he care about.

Liu Xie made up his mind not to enter Shu to fight Liu Bei, and his days were idle before Liu Bei came to the door. The Jingbei family suffered heavy losses this time, but they had no way to come to Liu Xie for reimbursement, so they could only consider themselves unlucky and swallow the bitter fruit alone. Fortunately, Liu Xie did not take advantage of the danger and was willing to buy the surplus land of the Jingbei family at the market price.

Although land is the foundation of the family, in the face of power, the family that does not want to rebel can only choose to submit. At least Liu Xie was quite kind, and he didn't directly rob it, which was better than Guan Yu, who knew that he couldn't continue to stay in Jingbei and plundered it.

These Jingzhou families are still acquainted, otherwise what awaits them next is Liu Xie's black hand. It was not advisable to use force directly, as that would cause turmoil in Jingbei, which had just regained stability, so Liu Xie took a more moderate approach. Instead of raising the soup to stop the boiling, it is better to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle. The family owns a large amount of land, but these lands cannot be cultivated by the children of the family themselves, and with the turmoil in Jingbei, a large number of people have no food and clothing, Liu Xie secretly calculated while relieving these people, if the Jingbei family refused to sell the land in their hands, then he would move all those people to Si and Henan Prefectures, so that those families could not find people to cultivate.

In the Han Dynasty, idle fertile land was a crime of cultivation and was subject to fines, and as long as the fertile land was not cultivated for several years, it would be designated as terra nullius by the government and would be redistributed by the imperial court.

The Jingbei family is still knowledgeable about current affairs, and they didn't understand the tricks arranged for them by Liu Xie, otherwise they wouldn't think that Liu Xie was kinder than Liu Bei.

The arrival of a large amount of land gave the new Jingzhou Mu Kuaiyue sufficient confidence, and the large number of materials sent by the imperial court also made the people of Jingzhou have a sense of identity with the imperial court. Eating other people's food and drinking other people's food, if you still don't accept other people's care, it's a bit too much to say.

Kuai Yue is the representative of the Jingbei family, Liu Xie appointed Kuai Yue as the pastor of Jingzhou, but also to fulfill his original promise to the Jingbei family, Jingzhou affairs Jing people, only with the approval of the local people in Jingzhou, the imperial court can take Jingzhou into the bag, as for the future, everything will be said after it stabilizes.

Kuai Yue knew very well that he had not been in Jingzhou for a long time, and it was just a position in the transitional stage, but he had no complaints, because Liu Xie had already assured him that after three or five years, Jingzhou would be completely included in the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and then Kuai Yue would be transferred to the Jingshi to serve. Although Liu Xie did not say it to Kuai Yueming, Kuai Yue knew that when he went to Jingshi, he would not be waiting for him to be at least a Jiuqing.

The aura of the Kuai family seems to be occupied by Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang's generation, so that there is no character in the Kuai family's generation who can handle it. After Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang discovered this situation, they had pinned their hopes for the prosperity of the Kuai family on their grandchildren. Holding a high position in the court, not to mention other benefits, just the convenience of being able to enter Taixue to cultivate the connections of the Kuai family is enough to make the Kuai family stand on Liu Xie's side.

The use is mutual, Liu Xie needs the Kuai family to help him stabilize the hearts of the people in Jingzhou, and the Kuai family wants to take this opportunity to pave the way for the development of the next generation in advance.

Compared with the Kuai family, the Cai family is much worse than before. In Liu Biao's era, Cai Mao was the governor of Jingzhou's naval army, but Cai Mao was able to do this position more because of the support of the Cai family behind him. But now it can't be done, due to Liu Bei's revenge on the Cai family, the power of the Cai family is not as good as before, although Cai Mao took over the training of the Han Navy as he wished, but the power in his hands is greatly reduced compared to the beginning.

Cai Mao's mission is one, to train the navy, and to command the battle, but there are other people. To put it bluntly, Cai Mao is now a training coach, and he doesn't need to worry about the war.

The metropolitan governor of the Han Navy is Lu Xun appointed by Liu Xie, and the deputy governors are Gan Ning and Tai Shici, plus dozens of generals such as Ding Feng, who is proficient in water, selected from the pro-army, the grass platform team of the Han Navy is completed.

Liu Xie didn't expect to see results immediately, but if he wanted to recover Jiangdong, a naval army was indispensable. Although now is not the time to recover Koto, preparations must be made in advance. At the beginning, the navy was not built, firstly, the conditions did not allow it, and secondly, the navy was not of great use. There is also a water army in Yizhou, but that water army also bullies and bullies the fishermen, and if you want to fight a water war with the water army in Jiangdong, it is purely looking for abuse.

Liu Xie did not have the habit of looking for abuse, and the most important thing at the moment was to deal with Liu Bei, not Jiangdong. Anyway, Jiangdong is a little bit of a water army, and the army is very watery, as long as the four places of Jiangxia, Lujiang, Shouchun, and Jiangling are guarded, the Jiangdong naval army can only make small fights and cannot affect the overall situation.

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For Liu Xie's personal visit, the top and bottom of Shuijing Academy were flattered, Liu Xie was today, and personally visited Sima Hui, so that those students who are not deeply involved in the world and studied under Sima Hui are an honor.

"Sima Hui greets the saint."

"Mr. Sima is exempt, I have been idle recently, and I have heard that Mr. Sima is a great sage in the world, so I took the liberty to visit, and I ask Mr. Sima not to blame."

"The Holy One is old, please."

The sedan chair carries people, Liu Xie is polite, and Sima Hui naturally does not dare to put a tall shelf. invited Liu Xie into the back hall, Sima Hui asked people to serve tea, and then chatted with Liu Xie.

Liu Xie came to Sima Hui purely out of curiosity, and he never moved the idea of inviting Sima Hui out of the mountain. There are talents in the Jiangshan generation, Sima Hui is a person of the same era as Pang Degong and Zheng Xuan, and now Zheng Xuan is teaching and educating people in Taixue, since Sima Hui is also teaching in Xiangyang, let him teach well. And even if Sima Hui intends to join the Academy, Liu Xie will find a way to refuse, Sima Yi, Pang Tong, Xu Shu, and Shi Tao are all from Shuijing Academy, if Sima Hui joins the Academy, how to arrange it? The disciple is in a high position, and let the teacher serve as a local official? Or let Sima Hui go straight to the center and obey Xun Yu's dispatch?

It's not easy to arrange! More is better than less, as long as the source of this kind of headache is cut off, it will naturally not be a headache.

Sima Hui was worried that Liu Xie came here to invite him out of the mountain, but he didn't expect that Liu Xie really just came to chat with him. In this way, the host and guest relaxed, and Sima Hui said everything to Liu Xiezhi, fully showing what it means to be erudite and talented.

"Mr. really deserves his reputation, no wonder Zhong Da often praises Mr. Talent. It's worth the trip to see you today. Liu Xie smiled and praised Sima Huidao.

"The saint has won the award, and there is no end to learning, and the old man is just learning a little more than others." Sima Hui said modestly with a reserved smile.

"Huh...... Mr. teaches and educates, can you intend to accept more disciples? ”

“…… The saint forgives sins, and the old man is weak, and I am afraid that he will not be able to take on any important responsibilities. ”

"Hey~ Mr. is too worried. I didn't want to ask Mr. to go out of the mountain to assist the government, but I wanted to ask him to take up the position of president of Jingxiang Academy. Mr. Jingxiang is highly respected and is the best candidate to serve as the head of the hospital. ”

“…… Holy Lord, dare to ask who built this Jingxiang Academy? Sima Hui asked curiously.

"Oh, far away in the sky, close in front of people, it was I who funded the construction. Not only Jingxiang Academy, but also Yingchuan Academy in Yanyu and Erzhou was also built by me. The academy of Yingchuan Academy has already been selected, and only the academy of Jingxiang Academy has not yet been settled. ”

“…… I don't know who the courtyard of Yingchuan Academy is? ”

"Speaking of which, this person and Mr. also know each other, it is Xun Wenruo's uncle Xun Shuang."

“…… I don't know why the Holy One built this college? Sima Hui asked again.

"Uh...... This is related to the administration of the imperial court, if Mr. agrees to take office, then I will not hide it, but if Mr. is unwilling, please don't blame me for not telling the truth. ”

As soon as Liu Xie said this, Sima Hui's curiosity was immediately aroused. After weighing the pros and cons, I felt that it was all about teaching and educating people anyway, but there were more things to worry about after serving as the head of the hospital.

With Sima Hui's consent, Liu Xie is also a trustworthy person, mainly because he believes in Sima Hui's personality, and since he is the head of the hospital, he is a person in the same boat as himself, if he hides something, it will not be conducive to his own plan.

"Mr. Sima, do you know how many people are literate under my rule?"

"Uh...... I don't know. ”

"It doesn't matter if you don't know, sir, I can tell you, but in Taixue alone, there are 2,147 students, and in each county, there are more than 30,000 people who have completed county school, and as many as 100,000 people who have completed village school, and these are only the number of people who have graduated from the academy, if you add those who can read and write, the number is even more."

“…… How did the Holy One do it? Sima Hui looked at Liu Xie with some surprise and asked. Don't look at the fact that in later generations almost everyone was literate, but in ancient times, reading was a luxury for many people. Among them, the backwardness of knowledge dissemination carriers is the biggest reason. After the situation eased a little, the first thing Liu Xie did was to concentrate manpower to improve Cai Hou paper, from an expensive luxury product to a low-cost daily necessities.

With paper that is easy to write, it is much easier to spread knowledge. After Ma Jun, Huang Chengyan and others successfully produced a printing press based on the idea proposed by Liu Xie, the family's monopoly on knowledge was broken. The family has kept many unique books that have been handed down since ancient times, and these books are usually kept secret, and only the children of their own family who are valued have the opportunity to read them.

Studying is not easy! The only book in someone's collection, why do you show it plainly? But since Liu Xie introduced the printing press and the new Cai Hou paper, reading has become much easier. Liu Xie also does not need to worry about the problem of no books to print, Cai Yong's house is said to have as many as 4,000 volumes, but unfortunately Dong Zhuo ordered Luoyang to be burned when he fled Luoyang, and Cai Yong's book collection was destroyed. But Cai Yong is still alive and well, his daughter Cai Yan can write more than 400 articles according to memory, and Cai Yong, who is even better at being Lao Tzu, after accepting Liu Xie's commission, rewrote nearly 2,000 volumes of books with his amazing memory. Coupled with the original collection of books of the royal family and the books that Liu Xie abducted from Zheng Xuan and Kong Rong, there are a large number of books that can be read.

When there are more books, there are more people who read books, and the number of people who become smart from reading books will gradually increase. But Liu Xie doesn't want those who become smart to go down the wrong path because they have no hope of getting ahead. At present, the imperial court still selects talents in the past, and although this system has become the private property of the family to recommend their own children, it has not been abolished officially. It is not that Liu Xie is not unaware that the system of promoting filial piety and honesty is no longer suitable for the current situation, but before it is abolished, the imperial examination system valued by Liu Xie is not perfect, and if it is boldly introduced, it will only be opposed by the collective of the family.

But now it's different, after all these years of preparation, Liu Xie has accumulated a large number of scholars, these people are not children of the family, but they are eager to change their fate through their own efforts. Liu Xie launched the imperial examination system at this time, and even if there was a collective opposition from the family, Liu Xie would have countless people around him to support it.

The position of the imperial court has always been a turnip and a pit, and before it is ready, Liu Xie will worry that the family will protest in the direction of a strike against him because of the imperial examination system. And now, Liu Xie has sufficient reserve resources, if you don't do it, let others do it, and the earth will still turn around without you. With military power in hand, Liu Xiecai is not afraid of the family making trouble in the local area, and if you dare to make trouble, you will be bulldozed.

The time, the place, and the people, Liu Xie took advantage of all three things, and then decided to hold the first imperial examination in the history of the Han Dynasty soon after. After discovering that the imperial examination had been held nine times out of ten, Liu Xie began to think about how to maintain the imperial examination system unchanged.

If you want to ensure that the imperial examination will continue to be held, the best way is that Liu Xie will not die. But people are going to die after all, when Liu Xie was there, I believe that no one would dare to oppose the imperial examination, but if Liu Xie is gone, I am afraid that someone will jump out and say irresponsible things. Liu Xie didn't want that day, so he naturally had to think about it.

If you want the imperial court to insist on the imperial examination, it is necessary to provide a steady stream of new blood for the imperial examination, and the establishment of county academies in various places is the method that Liu Xie came up with. In the past, village schools and county schools had been gradually established, and when the county schools were established, a basically perfect imperial examination system would be completed.

The imperial court can rely on the imperial examination to completely get rid of the talent dependence on the family, and if the family wants to maintain its own advantages, it can only follow the rules of the imperial court. Since then, the imperial examination has become the only way for the imperial court to select talents, and the imperial court will not recognize the means of self-recommendation or relying on people's recommendation in the past.

“…… Saintly, this is digging the roots of the family. After listening to Liu Xie's description of the "bright future" for him, Sima Hui stayed for a long time before he said quietly.

"Mr. Sima, I just want this world to be peaceful for a little longer." Liu Xie smiled when he heard this.

"Could it be that the Holy One thinks that the root cause of the turmoil in this world comes from the family?" Sima Hui frowned and asked.

"There will be chaos in the world, there are many reasons, take the Yellow Turban Rebellion closest to us as an example, those Yellow Turban thieves were all the people of my Han before they rebelled, but why did they rebel?"

"Why?"

"Because they are dying of hunger. Before a person is starved to death, in order to survive, he will choose to take risks. Resistance may still have a way to live, but failure to resist is to starve to death. Mr. Sima, if it were to replace you, would you choose to rebel? ”

Without waiting for Sima Hui to answer, Liu Xie continued: "Although the Yellow Turban Rebellion was initiated by Zhang Jiao, if it wasn't for the people being forced to a dead end, how could it cause such a large scale? And the Yellow Turban Rebellion only shook the foundation of my Han Dynasty, and what really made my Han Dynasty almost impossible to recover were those princes from all walks of life who relied on the support of the family to start a family. With the credit of quelling the Yellow Turban Rebellion, these people supported their own troops and divided one side, just like a small court. The Yuan brothers, Cao Cao, and Sun Ce, which one is not so? These people fought against each other, so that the people were displaced and their livelihoods were miserable. ”

“…… Saint, but the family is not easy to deal with, right? ”

"What Sir said is that the family is indeed difficult to deal with, and I have no intention of destroying the family."

"Then what is the Holy One doing this for?" Sima Hui asked puzzled.

"For the sake of peace in the world, this is a big goal, and you need to take your time. As for the family, it depends on whether they are willing to abide by the rules I have set. The family relies on two things, one is land, and the other is the monopoly of talents. My encouragement of business meant that the Maison would no longer focus solely on the land if he wanted to acquire wealth; I can ensure that the imperial court will not be swayed by the family when it is governed; I am in charge of the army alone, and I don't want to give the family any possibility of self-respect. The family needs to be suppressed, but I have no intention of destroying it. Because the family is also the people of my Han Dynasty, but if the family still wants to be as free as before, it is impossible, and I will never allow the existence of a family that can threaten the stability of the world. ”