In the first year of Jianxing, Xiangping, Liaodong, Wei Shuo finally got free time, and was having a barbecue with everyone in the house.

"Shhh It's delicious! Uh-oh! It's been a long time since I've tasted sweet potatoes. ”

Wei Shuo held the freshly roasted sweet potato in both hands, and while sighing, he carefully peeled off the skin of the sweet potato, revealing the red flesh inside, and couldn't help but salivate.

Speaking of sweet potatoes, we have to mention the few seeds that Wei Shuo brought from modern times, although this year is the third breeding, but the harvested seeds are still far from meeting the actual demand.

In the first year of Jianxing, at the beginning of September, the breeding of sweet potatoes in Liaodong was a great success. Wei Shuo couldn't help but take a few pieces of sweet potatoes from the breeding base to roast and eat, but he didn't expect Pei Wei and Lu Chang to come to visit the house in their spare time.

"Hahaha, Mr. Wen Ji, you see I guessed correctly, right? As long as you come to the Lord's Mansion, there will be surprises to discover! ”

Saying that, Pei Wei and Lu Chang were walking into the back garden under the guidance of the housekeeper, and at a glance they saw Wei Shuo gobbling up something, and the air was filled with a tempting fragrance.

Hearing someone talking, Wei Shuo looked up, and just saw Pei Wei and Lu Chang coming to him, he smiled a little embarrassedly: "This is ...... This, I miss the taste of sweet potatoes so much that I can't help but get a few sweet potatoes from You Di. ”

Hearing this, Pei Wei and Lu Chang could not only laugh bitterly, but what could they do to Wei Shuo? Although sweet potatoes were still a strategic commodity under Wei Shuo's rule, most people were unaware of the existence of the sweet potato species, except for a limited number of people who had access to them. But for Wei Shuo, it was nothing that he stole once in a while.

"It's rare to take a vacation today, and the two gentlemen are not enjoying themselves at home, why do you have time to come to me?" Three times five divided by two to eat and wipe clean, Wei Shuo said with a smile.

"It's not for Youzhou Wang Jun!"

Wei Shuo was puzzled: "Wang Jun? What the hell is he messing with? It's all come to this point, it's rare that he still has to make trouble? ”

Lu Chang pouted. "I'm afraid that the lord hasn't received the news yet, just now Wang Jun's son-in-law Zao Song came to visit and wanted to get Xiangrui Bailu to Youzhou. As long as we are willing to hand over the white deer, Wang Jun can exchange 10,000 horses for it! He also said that if we were not happy with their terms, we could bargain. It's a pity that he's a step too late. Otherwise, it's not bad to exchange the white deer for 10,000 horses! ”

Wei Shuo rubbed his head and said with a headache: "How did Wang Jun remember to change to Bailu?" ”

Pei Wei said disdainfully: "What else can you do for it!" Ambition! Since Shi Le's 'humble resignation' as a minister, Wang Jun's ambition has swelled to the point of no return, and he is planning to ascend the throne and become emperor. Otherwise, Wang Jun would have taken out 10,000 horses in exchange for a useless white deer? ”

Boom! Wei Shuo swallowed hard, and said with a little annoyance: "Aha, I knew that there was such a good thing, I still tossed something to Jiangdong, just send it to Wang Jun directly!" That's 10,000 horses! By next year, the Jeju Island Ranch may be able to produce 10,000 horses. ”

Looking at Wei Shuo's painful face, Pei Wei and Lu Chang laughed casually. They all knew that this was just Wei Shuo's joke. In ancient times, something as sensitive as Xiangrui, except for the superiors, ordinary people really didn't dare to touch it at will. This time, thanks to Wei Shuo's early awakening, he sent Xiangrui to Jiangdong, otherwise he would have trouble in the future.

The three of them didn't take Wang Jun seriously, and after sitting there and gossiping for a while, they talked about Shile in Hebei again. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Shi Le is silently accumulating strength and preparing to launch a fatal blow to Youzhou next year. Only the party Wang Jun disagreed, since receiving Shi Le's letter of sincerity. He regarded Shile as one of his own.

"My lord, Shi Le is ambitious and ready to eliminate Wang Jun in one fell swoop. But Wang Jun still felt good about himself, and he didn't know that danger was coming, and his subordinates were afraid that next year Wang Jun would not be able to hold on to our assistance at all, and he would be wiped out by Shi Le. Speaking of the Youji situation, Lu Chang looked worried.

"Alas, we have done everything we can anyway, and then it's up to Wang Jun to do it. As the saying goes: God helps those who help themselves! If Wang Jun did his own death. No matter how hard we try, it's just a waste of effort. Wei Shuo sighed.

Although Wang Jun is unreliable, Wei Shuo did not completely pin all his hopes on Wang Jun. Whether it is Shao Xu in Hebei or Liu Kun in Bingzhou, this is the foreshadowing laid by Wei Shuo for the changes in Youzhou.

After the three talked about politics for a while, Lu Chang took his leave first. On the contrary, Pei Wei thought that he had a private matter to ask for advice, so he stayed in the Wei Mansion for the time being.

Seeing Pei Wei's hesitant look. Wei Shuo couldn't help laughing and said: "Wen Ji, with the friendship between us, what else is there to be polite, you might as well say it bluntly!" ”

Hearing this, Pei Wei seemed to be encouraged, he took a deep breath and said: "Lord, I heard that in order to recruit enough teaching gentlemen, the lord plans to let Xuecao recruit a group of female gentlemen, I don't know if this matter is true or false?" ”

"Uh-huh, that's exactly what I mean. Wen Ji didn't know that Liaodong culture and education were not prosperous, and there were very few readers. However, in order to promote universal education in Liaodong and Changli, we will build at least 30 township schools, 10 county schools, and 3 county schools in the two places. We need at least nearly 1,000 teachers in all the schools combined, but according to the actual situation in Liaodong, not to mention recruiting 1,000, even 100 is not easy to get together. ”

"In order to make up for this shortcoming, I am going to recruit some women to be teachers. Wen Ji, don't be busy objecting first, listen to what I say. Education is related to the success or failure of our career, and only by promoting universal education can we have enough talent reserves in the future. ”

"Liaodong is a remote area, and it is impossible to complete the universal education program in the shortest possible time with only a limited number of local literate men, so we have to find a different way. There are many women who are actually no worse than men in terms of knowledge and knowledge, and if these people are willing to come out and do things, we will bear much less pressure on talents. ”

"Yes...... But my lord, this seems to be a bit out of harmony with etiquette! ”

Although the end of the Jin Dynasty was an era of collapse of etiquette, Pei Wei still didn't expect his master guild to be so radical. From the promotion of the status of craftsmen, the implementation of the policy of simultaneous development of agriculture and industry, to today's unprecedented recruitment of women as gentlemen.

All of these piles stirred up the sensitive nerves in the hearts of traditional scholars, and Pei Wei was worried that one day Wei Shuo would become enemies of the whole world because of his deviance.

"Rite? What is the etiquette of this era? If everyone follows the way of etiquette in everything they do, will this dynasty continue to change? It's not that I have any opinion on the etiquette in Wen Ji's mouth, but I think the etiquette you are talking about is too narrow. The true way of etiquette should not be formulated by the saints, but determined by the way of heaven. ”

"All the 'rites' that are in line with the way of heaven are worthy of our observance, what is in line with the rites of the way of heaven? The heart of heaven is the heart of the people, and the will of the people is in line with the way of heaven! Figure out what is the gift of heaven and then look back at the new policy in Liaodong, which policy do you say we have implemented that deviates from the will of the people? ”

Pei Wei was speechless for a while, although the policies implemented by Wei Shuo in Liaodong were not in line with tradition, they never did anything to disturb the people. On the contrary, since the implementation of the new policy in Liaodong, the people's will has become increasingly stable, and the people's livelihood has gradually improved. It can be seen that these seemingly deviant policies are playing an unimaginable role.

"Wen Ji, I didn't think you could turn the corner all of a sudden, but what I want to say is, why don't you give new things more tolerance. In a few years' time, when we look back, you may find that what you think is incredible today is not a big deal. ”

Pei Wei returned to Pei's Mansion with a lot of heart, and happened to meet Pei Ying'er who had just come out of Mrs. Pei. Pei Ying'er saw that her uncle's face was not very good, so she hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Uncle, are you okay?" I don't think your face is good. ”

"It's not a big deal, my uncle just can't figure out something." Pei Wei glanced up at Pei Ying'er, didn't know what she thought, and suddenly said, "Ying'er, Master Wei is going to recruit a group of female gentlemen, if you are interested, you might as well try it!" ”

"Really?" Pei Ying'er looked pleasantly surprised, she didn't have many friends in Liaodong, and she could only read books on weekdays except for chatting with her aunt. Now that she heard that the government was going to recruit Mr. Teach, how could Pei Yinger not be happy? (To be continued.) )