This incident happened in the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou, and it dealt a fatal blow to this Yellow Turban Uprising, that is, Zhang Jiao died of illness. Zhang Jiao is not only the supreme commander of the Yellow Turban Army, but also the spiritual leader of the Yellow Turban Army, and the only person in the Yellow Turban Army who is proficient in strategy. There are almost no scholars who have joined the Yellow Turban Army, and as soon as Zhang Jiao dies, the rest of the Yellow Turban Army are brave and half-ruthless.

This time, after learning of Zhang Jiao's death, the imperial court reacted surprisingly quickly, and immediately secretly dispatched the army led by Huangfu Song, who was facing the Yingchuan Yellow Turban, to the north to besiege the Jizhou Yellow Turban. At this time, the Jizhou Yellow Turbans had retreated to Guangzong under the leadership of Zhang Liang, and the Yellow Turban Army was demoralized because of Zhang Jiao's death. The officers and soldiers who had received reinforcements and greatly increased their strength took advantage of their unpreparedness and attacked the Yellow Turban military camp in the middle of the night, and the Yellow Turban Army was in chaos for a while, with countless casualties, and Zhang Liang was also killed by Huangfu Song among the enemy troops.

In the first battle of Guangzong, more than 80,000 Yellow Turbans were killed and wounded, and their vitality was greatly damaged, and Zhang Jiao was also killed by a coffin. Huangfu Song won a complete victory and continued to pursue the remnants of the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou, besieging the remnants of the Yellow Turbans led by Zhang Bao in Quyang. There was no grain and grass in the remnants of the Yellow Turban in Jizhou, and there were no reinforcements outside, Zhang Bao led the army to break through several times, but they were all repelled by Huangfu Song's design. Zhang Bao was also hit by several arrows in a breakthrough battle, and fled back to Quyang with great difficulty, and died of his injuries within a few days. As soon as Zhang Bao died, the Jizhou Yellow Turban suddenly had no leader, like a plate of scattered sand, Huangfu Song took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, conquering Quyang in one fell swoop, and more than 100,000 Yellow Turbans were killed.

The news of Huangfu Song's victory reached Luoyang, Liu Hong was overjoyed, issued a decree of praise, and spread the news of the annihilation of the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou to the world. When the news reached the Yingchuan Yellow Turban Army, it made people panic, and Bocai discussed with Sun Xia and wanted to surrender to the imperial court.

At that time, Zhu Jun and Cao Ying, who led the official army to confront the Yellow Turban, received a letter from the Yellow Turban asking for surrender, and the two did not dare to be self-conscious, so they sent a fast horse to report to the imperial court. When Zhang Rang and others saw the urgent report, they told Liu Hongjin that the Yellow Turban would not be allowed to surrender, but instead ordered the official army to storm Yingchuan.

Zhu Jun had no choice but to consult with Cao Ying. Cao Ying offered a plan: "Since the imperial court does not allow the Yellow Turban to surrender, the Yellow Turban will definitely fight to the death, for the sake of today's plan, you can attack Yingchuan on three sides, leaving the north gate alone, then the Yellow Turban is in a hurry, and will flee from the north gate, and you can set up an ambush on the way, then the Yellow Turban can be destroyed in a battle." Zhu Jun adopted Cao Ying's strategy, attacked three of its gates and left one, the Yellow Turban Army really abandoned the city and left, Zhu Jun led the army to take advantage of the situation to capture Yingchuan. Bocai and Sun Xia led more than 50,000 Yellow Turbans to escape from Yingchuan City, not far away, Cao Ying led the ambush to kill, and Zhu Jun also led the troops to chase after him, and the Yellow Turban was in chaos for a while, and Bocai and Sun Xia also died in the chaos.

When the news of the rout of the Yellow Turban reached Xiangyang, the whole city was jubilant, and Liu Xin also ordered the whole army to take a three-day holiday to celebrate the event. The beacon fire gradually subsided, the world returned to peace, and the five counties of Jingxiang under Liu Xin's rule can be described as a happy event.

The first thing that excited Liu Xin was that the three hospitals in Xiangyang - the research institute, the medical school, and the academy were completed at the same time. In fact, the graduate school and the medical school have been operating for a long time, and this time it is just a move.

The most important achievement of the research institute is the successful development of Xiang paper, and now it is concentrating on further developing other varieties of paper, especially some household paper, because there are no napkins, toilet paper, these common daily necessities, Liu Xin and Ma Yun feel very inconvenient. In the past, there was no way, but now that there is a successor of the master of papermaking, they will naturally not let go of this opportunity.

Another achievement of the research institute is the stirrup, the basic style has been made, at present, those skilled craftsmen are working on how to effectively assemble the horse pedal and saddle together, once the development is successful, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry will be greatly improved.

In addition, the institute is also researching and developing some more practical civilian items, such as porcelain is developed under Liu Xin's proposal, although there is no finished product yet, but some progress has been made in research. And how to brew liquor with a higher degree is also one of the topics of the research institute. All of this, Liu Xin just put forward an idea, as for how to do it, it is not something he can solve, which needs to test the wisdom of these craftsmen in the research institute.

Although Zhang Ji is only in his thirties, he has been obsessed with medicine since he was a child, and it has been more than 20 years. In addition, some modern medical knowledge brought by Liu Xin and Ma Yun also inspired Zhang Ji a lot, and his medical skills improved by leaps and bounds. Zhang Ji's disciples were all homeless orphans, and Liu Xin sent a group of women to take care of the lives of these children, and by the way, they followed Zhang Ji to learn some gynecological knowledge. Zhang Ji also became one of the busier people in Xiangyang City.

Liu Xin brought everyone here today to attend the inauguration ceremony of Xiangyang Academy. Cai Yong waited in front of the door of Xiangyang Academy with a large group of people early in the morning, and these people were all the gentlemen of Xiangyang Academy that he had carefully selected.

Cai Yong is in a particularly comfortable mood today, the Xiangyang Academy that he has been responsible for preparing for many days has finally been completed, and tomorrow will be the start of the new school year. The only regret is that the sky does not seem to be beautiful, a large dark cloud drifts in the distance, and the sky gradually darkens, as if it is about to rain. Although it is early winter, the weather in Dahan has been abnormal in recent years, and it is not impossible to have a heavy rain at this time.

Cai Yong saw Liu Xin and his party coming over, stepped forward and said, "Please preside over the inauguration ceremony of Xiangyang Academy." ”

Liu Xin said with a smile: "Mr. Bo Jiao, if you want to talk about knowledge and fame, you are the biggest among them, and you have to preside over this inauguration ceremony in person!" ”

Xiangyang Academy did pour a lot of effort into Cai Yong, so he no longer shirked, and said happily: "Since the lord is humble, the old man will be reluctant to make it difficult." ”

After Cai Yong finished speaking, he turned around and walked to the door of the academy, and took a long bamboo pole from the soldiers on the side, and a large plaque had already been hung above the gate, and the plaque was covered with red silk. The bamboo pole in Cai Yong's hand was lightly picked, and the red silk was draped on both sides, revealing four golden characters: Xiangyang Academy. These four words were written by Cai Yong in the standard official script. Someone next to him had already lit two firecrackers, and as soon as the "crackling" sounded, everyone applauded together, and the Xiangyang Academy in Jingzhou was officially completed.

Liu Xin knew that some academies had appeared in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, such as the Yingchuan Academy they passed by, which had cultivated many famous figures in history, and he didn't know if they were destroyed in the war. Liu Xin is keen to establish Xiangyang Academy, with a very clear purpose, which is to cultivate reserve talents for himself to compete for the world in the future.

Liu Xin looked left and right at the gate of the academy, and always felt that something was missing, and when he saw the bare pillars on both sides of the gate, he realized something and asked, "Uncle, why don't you make a couplet here?" ”

Cai Yong prides himself on his knowledge, but he has never heard of this couplet, so he can't help but be stunned: "What is a couplet?" ”

Fu Zhu also felt strange and asked, "Lord, didn't the couplet be pasted until the Spring Festival?" ”

Anyway, Liu Xin felt that outside the gate of those places of interest and historic sites he had played, there was often a couplet, which was very magnificent, no matter what, this couplet could not be saved, so he explained it randomly: "The couplet posted during the Spring Festival is called the Spring Festival couplet, the academy, you can write a couplet that motivates students to study hard, so that students can see it when they enter and exit the academy, so as to remind themselves to study hard at all times." ”

Cai Yong listened to it for a long time, but he still didn't quite understand what this couplet looked like, since that time in Luoyang, he was very confident in Liu Xin's talent, so he said modestly: "How about this couplet, or ask the lord to think about it?" ”

Liu Xin muttered: "Okay, then let me think about it." ”

If you want to say that it is suitable for couplets to be used in front of the academy, Liu Xin really doesn't have much goods in her stomach. "The sky is high and the birds fly, the sea is wide and the fish jumps", "Books are the ladder of human progress", these are still often hung in the classroom when Liu Xin was in elementary school, and they don't seem to be very good here.

Liu Xin was pondering, when a gust of wind suddenly blew, and the sky gradually darkened.

Fu Zhu looked up and said, "Lord, it looks like it's going to rain this day, let's go in first." ”

Liu Xin also raised his head and looked, a dark cloud pressed down on the mountain city, this rain is not small, so he nodded and said, "Well, everyone go in first to hide from the rain." ”

As soon as everyone followed Liu Xin into the academy, the sky was completely dark, and only a thunderclap was heard, and the raindrops the size of beans fell from the sky, stirring up a puff of dust and smoke on the ground. With lightning and thunder, the sky seemed to crack through countless openings, and the raindrops instantly connected into lines, and then converged into waterfalls, pouring on the land.

Cai Yong looked at the pouring rain outside, and said with some regret: "This ghost weather." ”

Liu Xin was indifferent: "Don't worry, the dark clouds can't cover the sun after all." However, the rain came at the right time, and I remembered a couplet. ”

"Oh!" Cai Yong was interested and urged: "Then please ask the lord to speak quickly, the old man listens." ”

Liu Xin shook his head and said: "This uplink is: the sound of wind and rain, the sound of reading, the sound of the ear. The next link is: family affairs, national affairs, world affairs, and everything is concerned. ”

Everyone applauded in unison, only Cai Yong was silent for a moment, and then said: "It turns out that this is called a couplet." The lord integrates the sound of reading with the sound of wind and rain, which is both poetic and profound, and further remembers the affairs of the family and the country, wonderful! Wonderful! It's wonderful! ”

Liu Xin could hear that Cai Yong's words were from the heart, and he couldn't help but feel ashamed. He had seen this couplet a long time ago, but he didn't remember it after thinking about it for a long time just now, or a heavy rain evoked his memory, if Ma Yun was here, I'm afraid he would have thought of it a long time ago, and there was even better than this.

Although he was ashamed in his heart, he couldn't show timidity in his mouth, so Liu Xin had to continue: "My couplet is to remind all the students of the academy that readers should not only read good books, but also care about the country, politics, and the affairs of the world. We should pay more attention to the world and not just read dead books. ”

This statement was so righteous and awe-inspiring that everyone fell into deep thought, and the academy fell silent for a while, only the wind and rain outside were still beating on the roof of the academy unscrupulously.