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Wang Shichong sighed and said: "After Han Shihu's death, I haven't heard much of the name of Han Shige, is it really low-key and closed?" ”

Wei Zheng smiled slightly, and said: "Han Shige has the style of his father, although his appearance is not so scary, but he is also fierce and brave, and he is vigorous, Wei once secretly checked him, this person is now Chinese New Year's Eve six years old, a good martial artist, he doesn't like copywriting affairs, and he doesn't like to read. ”

Wang Shichong pondered for a while, and said: "So the relationship between Han Shige and Hu Sizheng is extraordinary, Hu Sizheng is willing to serve him for three years, and he is willing to let him take away the great merit of assessment and evaluation, it must be that Han Shige has given him some benefits." ”

Wei Zheng was slightly stunned and said, "Lord, do you know something?" ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "I don't know anything now, Xuan Cheng, the relationship between these two is still troublesome for you to help me check in the future, especially Han Shige was recommended by someone to come to Yingzhou as an assassin, you must find out!"

Wei Zheng replied convincingly, "Yes, my lord." ”

Wang Shichong nodded and continued to ask: "In addition to these two people, what other characters are worth mentioning in this Yingzhou?" ”

Wei Zheng said: "Except for these two people who are nobles of Guanlong's military merits, and Wei Zheng thinks that they can make friends, most of the others are local heroes born and raised in Yingzhou, but they have some savings at home and some local connections, but none of them can form the scale and climate of Shuofang Liang or Jincheng Xue Ju." ”

Moreover, Yingzhou is located at the junction of the Northern Zhou, Northern Qi and Southern Dynasties. Throughout the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it changed hands several times. Ancient Spring and Autumn Period. Residents located at the junction of Qin and Chu often hang the door number of Qin Guofa in the morning and the door number of Chu Guofa in the evening, and leave a laughing stock of Qin and Chu through the ages. ”

"The situation in Yingzhou is similar, it has changed hands dozens of times between the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasties, and there was even a period of time when the Northern and Southern Dynasties each occupied the four counties of Yingzhou, and at the same time set up the administrative unit of Yingzhou. Therefore, the wealthy families here do not have any ambitions, whoever is strong will obey whom, if there are really troubled times. There will be no heroes who can dominate the side here. ”

"As for the local officials, because Hu Si has super political ability, and he doesn't trust his subordinates too much, all affairs have to be handled in person, so there are no too conspicuous subordinates in the county government, and the following eight counties are very tacitly the county order to come here to mix qualifications, and all the affairs are taken care of by the county's county and the canonical history, but the county order is just seen when drawing and filing taxes, of course. The benefits of that one percent are indispensable. ”

Wang Shichong said curiously: "As long as the benefit of one percent? Isn't it too little. Before going out, Pei Hongda also said that the excess part can be taken fifty percent. ”

Wei Zheng said with a smile: "What Pei Shilang said is now, and it can't be like this during the period of the first emperor. Because the emperor was stingy by nature, and his own life was also very simple and thrifty, the lord also knew this. During the reign of Kaihuang, he also sent guards to disguise themselves as merchants and go to local places to bribe officials, and those who received bribes were directly executed. Therefore, most of the local officials in Dasui still dare not go too far. ”

Wang Shichong nodded and said, "I see, I have never been a magistrate, and some of my experience in Beijing really can't be used." ”

Wei Zheng sighed: "Yes, being an official in Beijing, especially an important minister of the country like Yang Su, every move is actually under the emperor's nose, that is, there is a little money in his hand, as long as he does not raise the dead and accepts customers, in fact, it does not touch the emperor's bottom line, for Beijing officials, greed for power is much more dangerous than greed for money." ”

"But it's different in the locality, the emperor can't see the officials in these places, if they loot on a large scale, the officials will force the people to rebel, and force the people to gather in the mountains and forests; Isn't this the case that Yang Liang has the power to act cheaply in the four major states? ”

Wang Shichong said with a straight face: "Thank you Xuancheng for reminding me." ”

Wei Zheng nodded and said: "Although the lord is talented, but after all, he has never been a assassin, and there are still many things to feel and learn, whether Wei is your subordinate or your companion, you must make it clear to you the stakes, as for how to choose, that is your business." ”

Wang Shichong looked at Wei Zheng gratefully and said, "Thank you, I will keep your words in my heart." According to Xuancheng's meaning, these county orders and officials in the county government have nothing to make friends with who can help in the future? ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "They are all short-sighted people, and their power is limited, they are different from Xue Ju and Liang Shidu's generation, they are not in charge of the army, and they are not in business, neither manpower nor financial resources are enough to stand out in the troubled times, it would be good to form a dock fort to defend themselves." ”

When Wei Zheng said this, he paused and said thoughtfully: "It's just that there is one person, but it's not the same as others." ”

Wang Shichong's heart lit up and asked, "Who is it?" Is it a child of a powerful family? ”

Wei Zheng smiled and said: "This person is after a big family, or after a big family, but he is not a local force, and he is only a commoner in cloth clothes now, and he can even be said to be poor, and he can only make a living by copying books for people." ”

Wang Shichong was surprised: "Copying books? Since he can copy ancient books, he should also be very talented, and there is no problem if he is not good enough to become a private school teacher, as for falling into this field? ”

A look of surprise flashed on Wei Zheng's face, and he said, "Has the lord forgotten?" In the last years of the emperor's reign, the emperor said that too many students were discussing the government all day long, and if they didn't study, it was useless to study. In addition, at that time, most of the civil and military generals in the world were hereditary by virtue of their titles, and it was difficult for those Tai students to get official jobs even if they completed their studies, so the emperor announced the dissolution of Taixue, except for the 72 students who stayed in the country, all the other schools in the world were dissolved. ”

Wang Shichong smiled embarrassedly, it was the first year of Renshou that the crown prince had just been replaced, at that time, Yang Guang was not in the right position, and most of the public opinion in the world was sympathetic to the former prince Yang Yong, and Yang Jian himself did not like to read. Coupled with the system of the Sui Cheng Wei and Jin Dynasties. Becoming an official is based on recommendation, not by the imperial examination of later generations. Therefore, Yang Jian simply disbanded all the schools in the world, so that naturally there were not many ordinary landlords and tyrant families who wanted to ask Mr. Teach.

Wang Shichong thought of this and sighed: "In this way, more than ninety percent of the people in the country are probably illiterate and illiterate, not only ordinary people, but even some places that have the financial ability to let their children study since childhood are rich, and they will not spend that unjust money." It's been a long time. The availability of materials for the whole country will be greatly reduced. ”

"The first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but because of the establishment of the prince, in order to block the mouth of the world, he came up with such a bad idea, which really shouldn't be."

Wei Zheng smiled and said: "Wei doesn't think so, if he really has a far-sighted vision, he will naturally not invite Mr. because he has no hometown school. This is the unchanging way of heaven. ”

Wei Zheng's words made Wang Shichong fall into deep thought, and he nodded. Gently touching the short hair under his chin, he said, "You have a point, keep talking." ”

Wei Zheng's bright eyes sparkled, and he said: "Just like Wei Zheng, I have been in a middle-sized family since I was a child, and I am not a big family, but I still read and learned calligraphy since I was a child under the sponsorship of my uncle, who is a farmer, which at least shows that even my uncle, who is illiterate in big characters, does not think that reading is useless, and he will not let Wei Zheng become a white ding who does not know a single big character because of my Wei family's middle way." ”

"The same principle also applies to these really knowledgeable squires and tyrants, although they can't directly rely on the shadow of the title to be officials, but they can still be those out-of-town officials in the county, and even in the state and county, the lord, even these sword and pen officials need culture, if they don't even know a big word, they can't even do arithmetic, how can they do those jobs well?"

Therefore, knowledgeable people will not stop teaching their children to read and reason because the world's rural schools have been withdrawn. At present, the country will not let you become an official just because you are literate, but reading is to improve yourself, and people live not only to be an official, nor is it only the way to be an official, so the township school is gone, but there are still many gentlemen who ask Mr. to come to teach. ”

Wang Shichong nodded and said: "Indeed, there has always been a saying that the children of the Han family have never relaxed their martial arts training because they have changed from nomadic to settled, and the children of the nobles of Guanlong's military merits have all practiced martial arts from generation to generation. ”

"And the advantage of our Han scholars over the Hu people is that they are stronger than them in terms of culture, not counting those super families who have been hundreds of thousands of years, just ordinary landlords, and they all hope that their sons can study and be courteous."

When Wang Shichong said this, he suddenly thought of something, and said: "No, Xuancheng, according to what you said, this person can come to the door to be a teacher, and it is better than being a copyist who has eaten a meal but has not eaten a meal." ”

Wei Zhengzheng said: "This is the excellence of this person, if he comes to the door to be a teacher, he can certainly mix food and clothing, at least he will have a stable job for a few years, but in this way, he can't see any ancient books and classics, and he can't get any improvement." ”

"But Mr. Copyist is different, although he is copied a book to receive a penny, which is very unfixed, but if you are diligent, you can still make a living by copying a book in four or five days. It's just that it's going to be very tiring and hard. But there is one point, when he is copying books, he is also reading, especially when he encounters some ancient books, which can make him grow a lot. ”

When Wang Shichong heard this, he nodded seriously and said: "This is true, the ancients said, books can not be read unless borrowed, many people want to read but do not have these books at home, listen to some township and private school Mr. talk about the four books and the five classics and lose the shallow, the real people who are full of knowledge have to read a large number of ancient books." ”

Wang Shichong suddenly thought of Li Mi's study back then, and sighed, although he didn't like Li Mi as a person, he still admired his perseverance in studying at a young age: "Thinking about Mr. Wei Li Mi, I thought that Mr. Wei's house did not have enough books, so he left home alone when he was a teenager at the age of fourteen and went to study at the great Confucian Bao Kai in the mountain. Later, he talked to Yang Xuangan about this, saying that he studied because Mr. Bao was a great Confucian in the world, and because there were many precious ancient books and classics that could not be seen elsewhere, which were very beneficial to him. ”

Wang Shichong raised his hand, paced two steps, and suddenly looked at Wei Zheng, and said, "But what kind of books can this copyist copy in Yingzhou?" It doesn't seem like there's any great Confucianism here. ”

Wei Zheng smiled and said, "The lord doesn't know, there are many ancient books and good books scattered among the people here. Yingzhou was originally the core area of the Chu State during the Spring and Autumn Period. Many of the ancient slips of that time have been handed down. The history books of the Chu State and some of Qu Yuan's rhetoric can be found among the people. The last time I visited the man's house at night, I saw that he was copying a scroll of bamboo slips, presumably not in the Spring and Autumn Period, or in the Qin and Han dynasties. ”

In addition, the seventh son of Emperor Wu of Southern Liang, Emperor Xiao Yi of Liang Yuan, who later established himself as emperor, also served as the assassin of Jingzhou in Jiangling. This person is known as a genius in the world, with a collection of hundreds of thousands of books. In the end, when the army was defeated and died, these books were burned, but there were still some precious books that were snatched out by the palace people and left to the people. ”

"Yingzhou is not far from Jiangling, which is the seat of Jingzhou, and there are also a lot of Xiao Yi's book collections scattered among the people.

Wang Shichong smiled and said, "After talking for a long time, you haven't said who this person is!" Wei Zheng, hearing you say this, I'm very interested in getting acquainted with this person. Sometimes such celebrities and scholars. In troubled times, the appeal and influence are no less than those of the military nobles of Guanlong. ”

Wei Zheng smiled slightly and said, "The reason why Wei has a strong interest in this person. The biggest reason why he can even cross the many wealthy families in the local area and recommend them to the lord is not because of this person's talent or ambition, but because of his identity, even if this person is useless, when it comes to troubled times, he can also respond to it in this vicinity. ”

Wang Shichong shook his head in disbelief: "It's impossible, can he be the royal family of Chu State?" But the state of Chu has been dead for hundreds of years now, even if it is a descendant of the Chu royal family, it is impossible to have that kind of appeal. ”

Suddenly, Wang Shichong's eyes lit up, and he blurted out: "Could it be, shouldn't it be the descendant of the Xiao family of the Liang Dynasty!" ”

Wei Zheng slapped his thigh violently and said with a smile: "The lord is really powerful, I guessed it, this person is none other than Empress Xiao's cousin, Xiao Milling of the Later Liang Imperial Family." ”

Wang Shichong first nodded again and again after listening, and then suddenly felt that something was wrong, and with a slight turn of his mind, he suddenly understood: With the respect of Empress Xiao, how could brothers and relatives be so miserable? For example, her younger brother Xiao Yu was admitted to the harem by Yang Jian, and received the best court education since he was a child.

Wei Zheng saw the doubts in Wang Shichong's eyes and knew what he was thinking, so he smiled slightly and said, "Lord, don't you know, although Xiao Mo is the cousin of Empress Xiao, he is Xiao Yan's grandson. ”

Wang Shichong suddenly understood, and laughed: "Didn't you just say that it was Xiao Yan's grandson?" There are so many royal families in Nanliang, it is really troublesome to find them one by one. ”

As soon as Wang Shichong heard Xiao Yan, he immediately had an impression, and a historical picture of the rise and fall of the Xiao clan in Later Liang slowly opened in his mind:

Lanling Xiao family, is the first family of the Southern Dynasty, originally from the East China Sea Lanling in Shandong, later Wuhu chaos, northern China fell into the hands of the Hu people, the early Han Dynasty Xiao He a descendant of Xiao Quan, led the clansmen to cross the river in the south, into the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Later, the Eastern Jin Dynasty placed an overseas Chinese township called Lanling in the Wujin area of Jinling (today's Wujin area of Changshu, Jiangsu), which was specially used to house refugees like Xiao who moved from Lanling, and the Xiao family of Lanling also began to grow and reproduce here.

After experiencing a super family like Wang Xie in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Xiao Wenshou, the founding emperor of Liu Song in the Southern Dynasty and the stepmother of Liu Yu, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, was the daughter of a county commander who married Liu Yu's father, Liu Qiao.

Xiao Wenshou did not abandon Liu Yu, the oil bottle left by her deceased husband, like most vicious stepmothers, but took him back from Liu Yu's aunt's house (Liu Yu's family was poor since childhood, Liu Yu's mother died in childbirth, and Liu Yu was fostered in his aunt's house since he was a child), and after Liu Qiao's untimely death, he raised Liu Yu and several of his half-brothers with hard work.

Since then, Liu Yu has not only added the nickname of a slave, but also a kind stepmother, which also leads Liu Yu to live his life, whether he is poor or developed, Xiao Wenshou has always been like his own mother, even after Liu Yu usurped the throne of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, ascended the throne as the emperor, and created the Southern Dynasty, he also went to Xiao Wenshou every day to say hello, never stopped.

Xiao Wenshou's motherly heart brought good luck to his people that lasted for hundreds of years, and the Lanling Xiao family, which could only be regarded as a very ordinary family of Han people who crossed to the south during the Wuhu Rebellion, began to spread in the Southern Dynasty.

In the last years of the Southern Qi Dynasty, Emperor Xiao Yan of Liang Wu usurped the throne and established himself as the king, in the process of usurping the throne, he received the help of two old classmates Shen Yue and Fan Yun, and these talents were ruthless in the process, and there was no humble gentleman style as the leader of the literary world at that time.

After Xiao Yan usurped the throne, he was very diligent and attentive to state affairs in the early days. He does not distinguish between spring, summer, autumn and winter, he gets up every day on the fifth watch to criticize the folds, and in the winter, when the folds are changed, the hands are frozen and cracked, in order to open up the way of speech, he also sets up two wooden boxes outside the palace gate, and welcomes the common people to write a letter to criticize the inappropriate things in the government and government.

Xiao Yan is also very thrifty, it is said that a hat has not been changed for three years, and a quilt has not been changed for two years, only one meal a day, and it is full of green vegetables and radishes, which is simply a Southern Dynasty version of Yang Jian.

The national strength of the Southern Liang also flourished, and it became a powerful country that even the Northern Wei Dynasty did not dare to underestimate. (To be continued......)