According to the edict of Zhongshu Province, although more than 100 scholars were killed this time, no one made trouble in front of the local government again. Although they are dissatisfied, the future restricts their actions.

Zhao Xun also used this matter to tell everyone that now, this northern land is the Great Zhao Kingdom, and the Zhao Kingdom is not the Great Yan. The new country has its own new system and new atmosphere. Under the Zhao State, no matter who they are, they will either obey the rule of the Zhao State and accept the Zhao State system. Or, then the head rolls off.

The current Zhao Guo is no longer afraid of the loss of those talents. Zhao Guo already has enough ability to cultivate enough scholars, enough talents, and is not afraid of being unavailable at all. Now that Zhao has won the hearts and minds of the people under his rule, is he still afraid that there will be no talent available? Still afraid of someone making trouble?

Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, although they dare not guarantee that they will be effective. After all, winning the hearts and minds of the people does not necessarily mean that you have the right, and having the power does not necessarily mean that you can win the world. However, those who win the world and the hearts of the people will surely be safe and secure in the land they rule. And Zhao is now not only strong in soldiers and horses, but also popular with the people, so he is naturally fearless.

Youzhou City has been the center of power of Zhao for nearly ten years, and since Zhao Xun entered Youzhou City, this Youzhou City has always been the core of Zhao State. Although Zhao Xun did not deliberately expand Youzhou City on a large scale, in the past ten years, Youzhou City has gradually expanded, and it has expanded several times compared with Youzhou City when the Yan Zhu tribes attacked. The entire city of Youzhou is divided into two cities: inner and outer cities. The inner city is naturally the place where the yamen of the various ministries of the Zhao State are located, and it is the place where the hundred officials work every day, while the outer city is the place where the people live.

Compared with Luoyang, Youzhou City is more prosperous than Luoyang City. However, Luoyang City has an imperial city, but Youzhou City does not. In the east of the inner city of Youzhou City, near the Zhao Palace, on the opposite side of the six yamen, is the highest university of Great Zhao, the Great Zhao Royal Academy.

Because of Zhao Xun's edict, the number of scholars who go to study at the Great Zhao Royal Academy has increased suddenly. According to the regulations, in addition to the promotion of officials who need to enter the Royal Academy, those with excellent state academic results can also enter the Royal Academy. In addition, those who believe that they have the ability to pass the examination can also enter the Royal Academy, regardless of their background. In a word, if you want to be promoted and become a big official, you must study like the Royal Academy and be a protégé of the Son of Heaven. The Royal Academy, naturally representing the Great Zhao Guojun. Although King Zhao has not yet been proclaimed emperor, the word royal has been revealed.

In addition, these protégés can also receive personal instruction and guidance from the king, and they have the opportunity to listen to the teachings of the state. This is also the reason why they are called the protégés of the Son of Heaven, and they are also the king's cronies.

Of course, not everyone can become a protégé of the Son of Heaven, those who cannot pass the examination, and it is not that they cannot enter the Royal Academy to study. In the Royal Academy, in addition to the inner court, there is also an outer court. The inner courtyard needs to go through a strict assessment, and it can be said that they are officials of all levels of Dazhao. The outer courtyard is a substitute for the inner court. Only by passing the semi-annual assessment can they have the opportunity to officially enter the branches of the inner courtyard of the Royal Academy and become the emperor's protégé.

In the past, the state of Zhao was getting stronger and stronger, and although the southern princes were not attacked by the state of Zhao, they were far inferior to the state of Zhao. In addition, there are constant wars in the land of the southern princes, especially the land where the Zhao army conquered the Western Regions, the entire south is in chaos, but the Zhao state is extremely stable. Therefore, the scholars and some merchants of the southern princely lands migrated to the north. In addition, because of the land of Xuzhou and Dongyongzhou recently won by Zhao State, there are also a large number of scholars who go north, which makes the number of non-local readers in the entire Youzhou City increase day by day.

Scholars, both previously and recently, were dissatisfied with some of the systems of the Zhao State. In particular, after making some craftsmen, merchants, and even farmers officials, and occupying many positions, these scholars who were interested in learning were extremely dissatisfied. Originally, it was already unpleasant for them to be officials with these mud legs, but now, these mud legs have occupied many positions, so that those who have been studying hard for years cannot get into the position.

It is also because of this that these scholars compared with Zhao Guo, some of the behaviors and policies in the early days of Dayan are compared with Zhao Guo's current ones, and they expect Zhao Xun to change their policies.

But it's a pity that their goal was not achieved, but they tasted the majesty of King Zhao and realized the actual meaning of the words of Wang Chen. King Zhao gave an edict, and immediately these scholars obediently moved closer to the Royal Academy. As for those who organize scholars to denounce Zhao's policies and secretly slander Zhao's system, they have all fallen victim to assassination and rebellion.

Now, no scholar dares to easily organize scholars to oppose government decrees, and no scholar dares to criticize the Zhao system in public. Of course, there will still be people who say it in private, but this does not violate the laws of the Zhao Kingdom. What Zhao Xun needs is to suppress the evil spirit in the hearts of these readers, who belong to intellectuals in this era, and their words and deeds have a great impact on the people.

"This is the territory of the Turkic tribes, including this Xia Prefecture and the gradually expanding areas of the northern states such as Bingzhou, Xia Prefecture, and Dingzhou, all of which were gradually cut off from the Turkic tribes. Among you, there are officials from the nine ministries of the three provinces, two academies, scholars from the Royal Academy, and students from the martial arts department of the Royal Academy. Regardless of whether you are civil or military, this king hopes that you will remember that this country is fought step by step, and we must not ignore it because of the border land. ”

"Especially you scholars and students, this king hopes that you can go to the grassland to have a look. It is a beautiful land, which belongs to this king, to Da Zhao, to you, and to all the people of Da Zhao. The king does not want anyone to come up with useless words in the bitter cold land outside the fortress. ”

"The northern grassland land has always been a great enemy who invaded our Central Plains, and the more we have, the less the grassland aliens. On this grassland, as long as we build cities and gallop roads, we can still incorporate this grassland little by little, and make this grassland land become the land of horse grazing in my Central Plains Dynasty. ”

"This is the territory of the Khitan tribes and the tribes of the Yan tribe in the past, but as early as a few years ago, this place became the land of my Great Zhao, here is Dingzhou and Liaozhou, here, compared to you all know, there is fertile land, there are vast forests, there are all kinds of rare beasts. Here, there are also valuable herbs such as ginseng. In the further north of Liaozhou, in the near future, here, sooner or later, will also be ours. ”

"Nowadays, some foreign tribes such as the Khitans and the Tatars have been integrated into my Great Zhao. They have all become members of my Dazhao people. The king wants you to respect them. Because they are also my people, don't deliberately bully them because they are used to being different from us. ”

"Here, it is the land of the Western Regions, and now, the Western Regions have become the land of the two states under our rule. But my Da Zhao is only a small piece of the whole world. In this world, there are still many lands waiting for us to develop, and there are still many regions waiting for us to crusade. ”

"The king knows that many of you think that it is unreasonable for you to think that merchants, craftsmen, and peasant farmers are officials. However, without them, could Da Zhao be as strong as he is today? Where does the cement used in the roads come from, and what can you scholars do? Who has come from you what you eat, and has you grown it yourself? If we want to get to these open seas, do you think it's feasible if we don't have big ships and sea ships? ”

Zhao Xun looked at the pensive people, and said in a loud voice: "Shinong Industry and Commerce are the pillars of a country, and they are indispensable. Without any of them, the country is incomplete and weak. Of course, if you want to become a strong country, you have to add a soldier. ”

"Without these craftsmen, the ship would not have appeared, the merchant would not have been able to go to sea, and there would be no map in front of him. To know is to know, and not to know is not to know. There is a specialization in the art industry, and only professional talents can do a good job in their own jurisdiction. The reason why my Da Zhao is so strong is not because of luck, but because of my Da Zhao's current system, I can use everyone reasonably. ”

In the Royal Academy, on an empty grass, Zhao Xun stood on a high platform, and a laughing map of more than ten meters was hung behind him. Below, there sat two or three thousand outstanding students of various departments and branches of the Royal Academy.

This map was drawn by Zhao Xun splicing his own memories, although it is not 100% accurate, but the general framework is correct. In addition, after those maritime merchants marked the regions of overseas countries, a somewhat simple world map appeared.

It is a map that only a few officials know about, and most people have not yet seen, and he paints a picture of the world today. Because Da Zhao is still red, the red part is the territory of Da Zhao, and above the territory, the boundaries of each state capital are marked with black lines. On it, there are two big characters, Da Zhao.

At this moment, the students of the Royal Academy were stunned by the entire map. On the map, the land occupied by Da Zhao is only a very small piece. Some of the signs were something the students had heard of, and some of them had never heard of.

They had never known that there was such a vast land outside of Dazhao. And, of course, the ocean, which occupies almost two-thirds of the map, is marked blue with the mark of the ocean.

Although Zhao Xun used iron-blooded means to suppress the hidden dangers of readers, Zhao Xun did not want this kind of dispute to appear in the future. Therefore, Zhao Xuncai said that these officials and students who were about to become the core of Zhao State gathered and instructed them to know the situation outside of Da Zhao.

A large part of these people who have walked out of this academy will become local officials to maintain Da Zhao's rule over the entire world. Zhao Xun hopes that they will eliminate the infighting and turn to the world. Let them look at the world map, and let them know that in the whole world, the land occupied by Da Zhao is only a small part of it.

Now these two or three thousand people are the officials and protégés of the Son of Heaven who are qualified to listen to the teachings of King Zhao. Except for some officials from various ministries in the center, Zhao Xun needed them to understand the world and know their own thoughts, and the rest were students from various departments. They are all young people, energetic and full of enthusiasm, and they are also the most susceptible to demagoguery, and of course they are also the most receptive to new ideas.

What Zhao Xun has to do is to open a door in the hearts of these pillars of the future Great Zhao, a door that can allow them to touch this huge world. Let the literati of Da Zhao no longer limit their eyes to the land of Da Zhao, and do not spend their energy on infighting, but look outward. Zhao Xun hopes that seeds will be left in the hearts of these people now. He said that there might be a day when the foliage would flourish.

After all, a person's power is limited, even if he is a monarch or an emperor, he can only control one generation, but he cannot control the future, let alone the hearts of the people. But if these knowledge and ideas are imprinted into the hearts of these young people and the new generation of pillars of the country, then it will inevitably be able to make Da Zhao prosperous in one generation, two generations, even three generations, and five generations.

Of course, the prosperity of the Great Zhao does not mean that the Great Zhao can prosper forever, and no dynasty can last forever. The history of previous lives has proven all this with the rise and fall of dozens of dynasties.

However, cultural ideas can be passed down from generation to generation.

Seeing this map, Zhao Xun had an impulse to take them all down. Of course, this is unrealistic. But in this era, many places in the vast land of the entire earth are blank, and even if there is a master, it is far less powerful than the Zhao State. And these places, like the world map in front of you, can be scribbled by yourself, a latecomer. Writing and revision. If you can't achieve your goal, you can pass on these knowledge and ideas and spread them, so that future generations can look outward and no longer be limited to the Central Plains.

Zhao Xun doesn't want those scholars to fall into the old circle of the past, and only care about self-interest and internal friction everywhere. This time, many scholars opposed the Zhao State system, which made Zhao Xun very dissatisfied. Therefore, Zhao Xun gathered them together and led them to the world. And those central officials, Zhao Xun also hoped that they would look outward. Because Zhao Xun ordered the army in the south of Jiaozhou to gradually expand to the south, and some officials were dissatisfied with the consumption of money and food, and started the war without moderation. This allowed Zhao Xun to gather these central officials together to take a look at the world and listen to their own thoughts.

Because of the prosperity of maritime trade, there are also some people in Dazhao who look different from Da Zhao, so they still believe what Zhao Xun said.

As the long jade rod in Zhao Xun's hand pointed to a place hanging on the world map, the most basic customs and customs of that continent would soon be told to the students of the Royal Academy who were listening. Of course, this is not necessarily in line with the reality of the current era, but the customs are not too far apart.

However, the countless Royal Academy students who listened at this moment could not help but burst into a short exclamation when they heard all kinds of strange things such as yellow hair and blue eyes, black charcoal people, kangaroos, pyramids, etc., and after a short exclamation, the vast grass would immediately become audible again.

These students were different from businessmen, they had never traveled far, and they had never imagined that the world was so big. It turns out that the land where I live is not a round place. It turns out that in addition to Da Zhao, tens of thousands of miles away to the west, there is also a country as strong as Da Chu and Da Yan in the past.

Everything is so novel, even if the novelty comes out of King Zhao's mouth, people can't help but feel like they are listening to the book of heaven. However, when Zhao Xun told it, he also used the maritime merchants and some Hu people in the Western Regions in Youzhou City as examples to make them believe that what King Zhao said was not a story.

"The king knows that many of you are dissatisfied with the king's promotion of merchants, craftsmen, and farmers to the rank of officials, but, think about it, without them, you would have been able to reach these places by boat? Craftsmen can make all kinds of sharp weapons to strengthen our Da Zhao, and businessmen can earn more benefits for our Da Zhao, so that we can better understand the situation of the outside world, so that we will not be ignorant of the outside world. Farmers, the people you despise the most, but they keep us from starving to death, so that the border soldiers do not go hungry to defend the land. ”

"There is a specialization in the art industry! The king is emphasizing one side. Do what you are familiar with, do what you know, and do what you are good at, in order to govern Da Zhao well. Zhao Xun's voice became more and more high. The officials and students sitting on the grass under the stage all knew that what King Zhao said was talking about the previous scholars' dissatisfaction with Zhao's policies and the Zhao's system, and at the same time, he was also giving them a warning. Do your job well, otherwise, King Zhao will have to rearrange officials to replace them.

"This king also tells you, don't underestimate any country or region outside my Central Plains. My Da Zhao is not the first in the world, the Central Plains is not a vast land, and the land of China is not a paradise. The Xiongnu, the Turks, the people of the Western Regions, and the tribes of the Tatars invaded our Central Plains, and you all know about it. Dayan is gone, before Dayan, Dachu is gone, and the earlier Han and Daqin have also become history. ”

"Which of these dynasties did not suffer from a foreign invasion? The Huns are gone, the Turks are coming, the Tatar tribes are also coming, and the people from the Western Regions are also coming, all of them want to take a bite in the land of the Han people in our Central Plains. Why are they the only ones who bully us? Why don't we bully them? The Turks were subdued, and the tribes of the Tatars were annexed. But that's not to say you can rest easy. If we do not take this as a warning, then in a thousand years, our descendants will encounter far more terrible enemies than the Huns, Turks and other barbarians. ”

"Do not look at yourselves at your side, but outward! Don't be dissatisfied with our outward expansion, and don't think that my Central Plains is vast and rich. Compared with the vast world, my Central Plains is only a tiny grain. ”