In the large and bright stepped classroom, the one hundred and forty-two students of the third phase of the Chengyang Martial Arts Academy were listening attentively.

Liu Cun on the podium threw half of the chalk head into the small wooden box, looked at the familiar and young faces in front of him, and began to make a final summary:

"The above examples have one thing in common, that is, 'surprise and unpreparedness', whether it is Sun Bin's battle of Malingdao or Xu Rong's Bian Shui ambush battle, they all fully reflect this characteristic. Finally, I have to repeat that for the general, he must judge the situation and adapt to the situation, and should not stick to the rules and not know how to be flexible, let alone show the courage of a horseman, exhausting the brothers in the army, the so-called martial arts heroes throughout the ages, usually the final loser, such as Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, his legendary life is always exciting, but in the end, he can't even keep his beloved woman! Okay, class. ”

"Stand - salute!"

One hundred and forty-two students clenched their right hands into fists in front of their chests, and their leather armor cracked, as if this was the only way to pay homage to their beloved lord.

Liu Cun on the podium replied seriously, then silently packed up the handouts, and saw Li Zai, the captain of the cadet on duty, walking up, nodding slightly and asking in a low voice: "Have you passed the make-up exam for the basic surveying and mapping?" ”

Li Zai nodded embarrassedly: "Go back to the lord, you have passed, good review." ”

"It's not bad, three more months is your last year of apprenticeship, where do you want to apprentice?" Liu Cun cared very much about this talented disciple.

Li Zai replied: "My subordinates want to go to the navy for apprenticeship." ”

Liu Cun was surprised: "What is the reason? ”

"The Navy is forming two brigades of infantry cavalry, and as the lord said, this is a brand new unit. The mobility and combat range are much larger than those of traditional infantry troops, and their subordinates are eager to try it. Perhaps some new tactics can be summed up. Li Zai replied in a low voice.

Liu Cun nodded: "Your technique is very good, but the science subject needs to be strengthened." If you have excellent grades in all subjects in the final exam, I will appoint you as the commander of the navy. ”

"Really?" Li Zai was pleasantly surprised.

Liu Cun put away the handouts and turned around to leave, and saw that Gao Huan and a group of students were already standing behind Li Zai, with restrained smiles on their faces, so he joked casually: "Gao Huan, your grades in all subjects are good, and the commanders of all the departments of the three armies want you, you can pick a good army, just like the emperor's daughter." Don't worry about getting married. ”

The students burst into laughter, Gao Huan's handsome face was slightly red, but he quickly straightened up his chest and reported loudly to Liu Cun: "Report to the lord, my father made a crown ceremony for his subordinates last month, and changed his name, the name is Lan, the word Boyuan, and Lan is an unobstructed view." ”

"Gao Ran, very good name. Climb high and overlook, see the mountains at a glance! There is momentum, I remember. ”

After Liu Cun finished speaking, it seemed that he suddenly remembered something. Suddenly raised his head, stared at the surprised Gao Lan for a while, and finally laughed. He punched Gao Ran in the chest, said to do a good job, and turned to go out.

The students were shocked by the unusual behavior of the lord Liu Cun. They all looked at Gao Ran, who was excited, and Li Zheng also followed Liu Cun's example. gave Gao Ran a punch in the chest, said that he would do a good job and turned around and slipped away, which immediately caused his comrades to laugh.

Accompanied by Zhai Chao, the chief of Liu Cun's personal guard, he walked to the central district office, still thinking about Gao Ran, and soon thought of Zang Ba who did not want to be attached to him but chose to defect to Tao Qian, and from Zang Ba to Zang Ba, the twenty-four-year-old Weiguo (now Shen County, Shandong) fierce general Le Jin Le Wenqian, who was recommended by the master craftsman Huo Jian, and Guan Cheng, the leader of the Penglai water thieves sponsored by Sima Ju, and Changshan Zhao Zilong, who was recruited by Gongsun Zan a year and a half ago.

"Lord, Senior Brother Yupu is under the tree in front, and it is estimated that there is an urgent report." Zhai Chao's voice interrupted Liu Cun's thinking.

Liu Cunwang looked at Lu Pei under the big locust tree in front of him, and walked up to him: "You must have an urgent report as soon as you come." ”

Lu Pei, who has been promoted to the chief officer of the Military Command Department, said with a smile: "There are as many as three urgent reports, Gongsun Du was appointed by the imperial court as the Taishou of Liaodong, and he has traveled from Luoyang to Dongjun, and sent someone to send a post to meet the lord, and it is estimated that he will arrive in Linzi at noon tomorrow; Second, the imperial court edict was delivered in the morning, and Wang Qi Shibo was named General Dangkou, Yan Shen was General Pingyuan, Zhai Yue was General Anyuan, Le Jin was General Qiukou, Guan Hai was General Fenwei, Zhang Rao was General Fenwu, Liu Pi was Captain Zhichong, and the other four were all awarded Captains; Third, Cao Cao's father, Lord Cao Song, arrived in Xiahe the day before yesterday, and went to Langya Academy to visit Master Zheng that night, and now lives in the hall of the Langya Chamber of Commerce in the north of the academy, with more than 50 companions, all of whom are domestic servants except for eight guards. ”

Liu Cun attached the most importance to the third thing, and made a decision after a little consideration: "Send me a greeting post and a few small gifts to Lord Cao Song, and I will visit you in the morning three days later." Mr. Zini has some friendship with Gongsun Du, so please ask Mr. Zini to set up a banquet first, and I will set up a banquet in Linzi City tomorrow night to entertain General Gongsun Du. ”

Lu Pei patted the heavy document bag in his hand: "Dong Zhuo is really generous this time, he once enshrined six generals and seven captains of our army with the emperor's order, and especially awarded the title of 'Dangkou General' before the master to his uncle, it seems that he is very jealous of my Qingzhou." ”

Liu Cun motioned for Lu Pei to go together, and said as he walked: "There is no sense of gratitude in it, after all, we didn't scold him, and we didn't send troops to attack him, from last winter to last month, in just five months, he sent envoys three times to ask me about Qingzhou's position, Mr. Gongsun and Mr. Zini have done things exquisitely in all directions, and they are all happy, and I can't do it with you!" ”

"But in two years, I'm afraid the title of general will not be worth much, not to mention far away, hasn't Yuan Shao successively canonized sixteen generals of the allied forces in the past few months?"

Lu Pei felt quite regretful in his heart, he could understand the caution of his master Liu Cun, but he still felt that the master's caution was a little too much, and there was no court and emperor in the eyes of the princes from all walks of life, such as Changsha Taishou Sun Jian forced the former Jingzhou assassin Wang Rui to death, and last year he killed Nanyang Taishou Zhang Shi for the sake of grain and grass and military salaries, and Liu Yan, who was the imperial prince, had blocked the plank road into Sichuan and refused to pay tribute, and even the highly respected Youzhou Mu Liu Yu dared to make an alliance with the vassal states without the consent of the imperial court.

Under such circumstances, Master Liu Cun was still repeatedly weighing the pros and cons for the establishment of the General's Mansion, and finally implemented it in a low-key manner after many discussions at the staff meeting, which was extremely unfavorable to attracting talents.

What Lu Pei didn't understand was that Liu Cun was not superstitious at all about the so-called celebrities in the world.

The so-called heroes, in the Langya Academy, where nearly half of the famous men of the Han Dynasty are concentrated, there are not three hundred but two hundred famous scholars who are known as "full of economic wealth and Wang Zuozhicai", and the vast majority of them are people who talk about Confucius and Mencius classics, but most of them don't even know basic arithmetic, and they even dare to be ambitious and far-sighted above the top, those people are not as good as the graduates of Langya Agricultural and Industrial College that he opened single-handedly in the eyes of Liu Cun.

To this end, Liu Cun recruited more than 500 graduates from the first two circles of the Langya Agricultural Industrial and Commercial College into the shogunate and the county yamen as officials, expecting them to grow into chief officials and capable officials with enlightened thoughts, new concepts, and advanced knowledge after several years of training.

Liu Cun also agreed on two personnel regulations: starting from this year, the talents recommended by all parties must start from the county and be promoted after serving for four years, and those with special talents or special contributions must be discussed and approved by the special government council before they can be appointed exceptionally; The employment of subordinate officials at all levels must pass the selection examination of the state pastoral government every two years, and those who pass the three examinations of strategy, arithmetic and general knowledge can be hired.

The above measures are an important part of Qingzhou's new policy, which naturally aroused the opposition of a large number of wealthy gentry, such as Cheng Yu, a famous scholar in Dong'a, Xu You, a famous scholar in Nanyang, Guo Tu, and more than 20 famous geniuses in the world, all of whom had been doctors or teachers during the dormant period of Langya Academy, but these people could not accept Liu Cun's talent "examination and selection policy" and "national tax policy", so they would rather defect to Liu Dai, Han Fu, Yuan Shao and other forces, rather than be used by Liu Cun.

Liu Cun didn't care about this.

Since last year's debate on the pros and cons of the Qingzhou New Deal spread to the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, Liu Cun never went to the hotly debated Langya Academy, Liu Cun clearly knew that in the eyes of vested interests, the official career was originally prepared for the gentry class, and the lowly class such as farmers, craftsmen, and merchants were born to be the objects of their control and drive, and they were not worthy or qualified to step into the official career, otherwise it would be a subversion of the tradition, and a huge deterrent to the wealthy families and landlord class who had occupied the Han officialdom for hundreds of years.

Although Liu Cun no longer went to Langya Academy, it did not mean that Liu Cun left it alone and did not make any counterattacks -- the "Qingzhou Times" that came out of nowhere on the first day of October last year was one of Liu Cun's counterattack methods.

This unprecedented newspaper is published every five days, with four pages in double, selling only one five-baht coin, both typesetting and printing are exquisite, the front page is full of timely and accurate news of all kinds of major news, and the comments on various major events in the Han world strive to be objective, fair, concise and to the point; The second edition successively published the "Great Han Law" and various supplementary regulations of Qingzhou's new policy, as well as various legal interpretations, and the trial cases of various criminal and civil cases by yamen at all levels in Qingzhou; The third edition is an introduction and commentary on the technical knowledge that all levels of agriculture and industry attach great importance to, and the prices of raw materials, handicrafts and agricultural products in Qingzhou and surrounding states can be seen at a glance in this page; The fourth edition is almost all advertised by major merchants in Qingzhou.

When the "Qingzhou Times" was first published, the gentry from all over the country were very surprised, but they did not take it seriously, thinking that in addition to the novelty of creativity and exquisite printing, neither style nor writing was good.

Most of the doctors from Langya Academy laughed after reading it, and many people also ridiculed the officials of the Qingzhou Mansion, the sponsor of the "Qingzhou Times", saying that they should choose a smarter way to raise their voices for Liu Cun's new policy.

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