Anyi City was founded in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and later became the capital of Wei during the Warring States Period, and became the Hedong County Administration and Anyi County Administration in the Western Han Dynasty of the Qin Dynasty.

Soon after Ma Chao entered Anyi City, he saw three stone tablets at the entrance of the yamen, which were engraved with the three articles he wrote in line script and regular script, and there were dozens of onlookers in front of the monument, and some people came forward to rub copies one after another.

Wang Yi said: "Champion Hou Wenwu Wizard, these two fonts are light and elegant, beautiful in shape, easy to write, and now quite popular in Hedong County, many scholars are vying to observe and study, some days ago Cai Shangshu also came to make rubbings in person!" ”

Ma Chao smiled slightly, and said humbly: "This will be a little less knowledgeable, compared to Cai Shangshu, who created the 'flying white body', it is absolutely inferior, and I want to visit today to see its style, and I will have Lao Wang Taishou to introduce it on my behalf!" ”

"Well said! Say! ”

The two returned to the Taishou Mansion to arrange their respective entourage, and the next morning, Ma Chao only took Dian Wei and led three personal soldiers to carry gifts with Wang Yi to Cai Yong's residence.

Cai Yongzi Bo, Chen Liuren, born in 133, is now fifty-six. Cai Yong is well-read, good at diction, and proficient in music. During the reign of Emperor Huan, the eunuchs were autocratic, and they heard that he was good at playing the piano, so he asked the Son of Heaven to order Chen Liutaishou to urge him to enter Beijing. Cai Yong went to Yanshi and said that he was sick.

When Emperor Ling called Langzhong, the school book was in Dongguan, moved to Lang, and served as a scholar, so at this time people called "Cai Yilang" or "Cai Shangshu". In the fourth year of Xiping (175), Cai Yong asked Zhengding to set the text of the "Six Classics", wrote the scriptures by himself, and created the famous "Feibaiti" carved stele stone to stand outside the Taixue Gate, and there were thousands of people watching every day, which was called 'Xiping Stone Scripture'. Cai Yan, a famous talented woman in Chinese history, was born in Luoyang at this time (174).

Later, Cai Yong was killed and imprisoned for impeaching the eunuchs and was exiled to Shuofang. After being pardoned, he did not dare to return to his hometown, and died with his family in Hedong, Zhongmou, and Hanoi for 12 years. During this period, another daughter was born, the name of this woman is not recorded in historical records, but her name is not weak, it is the famous military strategist, politician, and the biological mother of the family Yanghu in the late Three Kingdoms Cai.

As soon as a few people walked into Cai Yong's residence, they heard the sound of Lang reading aloud, and Wang Yi said with a smile: "Cai Shangshu is in exile in the rivers and lakes, and he has been teaching for a living for several years, and there are countless children of the prestigious family who come to study, but only Wei Ning, the second son of the Wei family, is really fortunate to worship under Mr. Cai!" Then he shouted, "Is Brother Uncle at home?" Distinguished guests should come to welcome from afar! ”

The sound of reading stopped abruptly, and after a while, a middle-aged scribe with a thin body, a handsome face, and a short beard greeted him, and said with a wry smile: "It turned out that Wang Taishou was here, why did he bring another child?" Could it be that he wants to use his parents' official to force the old man to accept apprentices? ”

Ma Chao was depressed when he heard this, he is only thirteen years old this year, but the ancients developed early, and a woman could marry and have children at the age of fourteen.

Wang Yi was obviously very familiar with Cai Yong, and said angrily: "How dare Ben Taishou bully the famous Cai Yilang?" This distinguished guest is not here to apprentice, and as Cai Yilang, he may not dare to accept this person as an apprentice! ”

"Oh, that's it?" Cai Yong exclaimed, began to look at Ma Chao carefully, and suddenly his heart moved, and he exclaimed: "Could it be that this young man is the recently famous champion Houma Mengqi?" ”

Wang Yi smiled: "Yes! Champion Hou recently said that he sent troops to Hedong to exterminate the White Wave Thieves and the Southern Xiongnu rebellion, Ben Taishou personally went to Pingyang to thank him, and the champion Hou heard that Cai Yilang was studying in Anyi and came to visit! ”

Ma Chao didn't dare to slack off, bowed down and gave a deep salute, and said: "Chao has heard Mr. Cai's name for a long time since he was a child, and now he is overjoyed, and he is bold and asks for forgiveness!" ”

Cai Yong hurriedly returned the half-salute, stroked his beard and smiled: "The little general doesn't have to be polite, the old man is just a common man, how dare he accept such a big gift from the court, please hurry up!" ”

Ma Chao asked Dian Wei to offer gifts, all of which were ordinary things such as silk, brocade, cloth, pen and ink, and it would only backfire to give gold and silver five baht to a person like Cai Yong.

When he entered the inner hall, Ma Chao was surprised, only to see that a room full of bookshelves, rolls of bamboo slips, stacks of silk silks neatly placed on the shelves, spotless, at first glance, it was simply an ancient library. Later historical records record that Cai Yong has a collection of 4,000 books, and each time he moves, he uses an ox cart to carry it.

After the guest and host sat down, Cai Yong was excited, stroked his palms and sighed: "The champion Hou Zhen is a young genius, and the two fonts of Xingshu and regular script are very popular among the scholars, and even Xiliang Zhang Youdao is amazed by it, and the old man often studied, and he often sighs that he can't see it, and today he just asks for advice!" ”

Ma Chao hurriedly said: "Mr. Cai is polite, he is the last to learn, how dare he be consulted by Mr. at the end of his life!" Mr. full of economy, good at words, proficient in music and rhythm, and up to Danqing, when the revision of the "Six Classics" to fly white to write the "Xiping Stone Scripture", its merits and posterity are famous in history, it is really a rare person in the world! ”

Cai Yong shook his head slightly, and said: "No matter how high the knowledge is, it is just a false name, the old man was killed by the Zeng Eunuch Party in his early years and was forced into exile in Shuofang, and now he has the ambition to serve the country but has no way to serve the country." Recently, I heard that the little general broke the Xiongnu and placed more than 200,000 displaced people in Montenegro to cultivate in the area of the Southern Xiongnu. ”

Ma Chao said: "The eunuch party is not just a matter of power, a talented person like Mr. Cai should be used by the imperial court and seek benefits for the people of the Han Dynasty, I don't know if Mr. Cai knows about the state pastor?" ”

Cai Yong nodded and said: "I have heard a little, the state pastor began in the Western Han Dynasty, flourished in Wang Mang, and has the military and political autonomy of a state, which is no different from the princes of all parties in the Western Zhou Dynasty!" ”

"Yes, exactly! Chao Bucai is about to serve as the governor of the state, and he is about to drive out the thieves and prosper the internal affairs, I wonder if Mr. Cai is interested in taking up the position of governor and state? ”

Cai Yong was slightly shocked in his heart, but he didn't expect Ma Chao to recruit him, and pondered for a while: "The old man is in his old age, and he has long been indifferent to his career, and he just wants to study and teach in Anyi City for this remnant of his life, thank you champion Hou Meiyi!" ”

Ma Chao had already expected it, and said with a straight face: "Mr. Cai, don't be in a hurry to refuse, and listen to the juniors, if Mr. still doesn't want to go out, he won't say a word in the future!" ”

"I want to hear about it!" Cai Yong and Wang Yi were both interested in Ma Chao's governance and state.

Ma Chao arched his hand, got up and said: "As the saying goes: Wu can set the country, Wen can be Anbang, the great prosperity of the country must be based on educating the people, talent is the pillar of governing the country, and the people will naturally be educated in large numbers." Chao planned to carry out the policy of indoctrination in the land of Bingzhou and the Southern Xiongnu, and set up schools in various counties and counties within two to three years, but all the people, regardless of their origins, children between the ages of five and ten could receive enlightenment education for free, and at the same time vigorously promote the writing and the Four Books and Five Classics among the people, so that in less than ten years, everyone in the two places understands etiquette, everyone can read, and everyone can read; In less than 20 years, emerging talents from both places will spring up like mushrooms after a rain. ”

At that time, the social productivity was low, and there was a lack of cheap book media, and the education was extremely backward. Those who can receive higher education are basically the children of families and famous families, and ordinary people rarely have the opportunity to read and write. As a result, the people are ignorant in their thinking, the noble families monopolize their careers, and culture and art are not prosperous, such as the cannibalism of people in disaster years, the families raising domestic slaves to work as coolies, and the people selling their sons and daughters.

Cai Yong was slightly excited when he heard this, and frowned again: "Although this matter can be done, first of all, we must ensure that the people are fed and clothed, and the state has gone through the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and there is a rebellion by the Southern Huns. Although the champion Hou's idea is good, in the current world is tantamount to looking at the moon in the water and seeing flowers in the fog! ”

Ma Chao said: "Chao has 100,000 male soldiers, and it is easy to pacify the thieves in the territory, just absorb the displaced people, reduce taxes, encourage farming, and solve the problem of food and clothing for the people in the state in less than two years." Everything is difficult at the beginning, and the things of education can not be made overnight, it takes years, decades, or even hundreds of years to prosper. ”

After a pause, he said: "Mr. Cai is quick-witted, knowledgeable, and has his own unique views and insights, this matter only needs to create a precedent, and there are few like-minded people to come to help, with Mr. Cai's reputation and talent to be responsible for this matter, he will be able to lift the weight and create a great cultural era of the Renaissance!" ”

Cai Yong couldn't help but be a little moved when he heard this, and thought for a while: "This matter is very important, how about letting the old man think about it for a few days before making a decision?" ”

"That's exactly how it should be!" Ma Chao is overjoyed, Cai Yong was famous all over the world 20 years ago, and he definitely belongs to the great Confucianism of the world. At that time, it is only necessary to get the papermaking and printing technology in hand, and it will not be difficult to popularize education for all.

Not only that, Ma Chao also plans to carry out a series of educational reforms, and personally write textbooks to sow the seeds of science. As long as there is a general direction, we will not cut down smart and talented people, and it is not known that China will take the lead in the industrial revolution in a few hundred years!

After finishing business, Ma Chao chatted with Cai Yong about articles and calligraphy. Cai Yongbo is ancient and modern, poetry and songs, and Danqing music and rhythm are all understood, and all of them are known. Ma Chao, as a traverser, is also a genius, but he found that if he didn't plagiarize, he was really inferior to Cai Yong in terms of literary talent. In particular, Cai Yong is also a painter, each work has its own unique spiritual surname, calligraphy is also unique in the world, and the flying white body is no worse than his line of calligraphy and regular script! It's a genius!

Ma Chao was quite unconvinced, he was conceited and talented in his previous life, and after crossing over, he couldn't compare to an ancient, so how could he be embarrassed? Turning the topic to music at the moment, to be honest, Ma Chao doesn't understand music and rhythm, so he can say that he doesn't know anything, but he plays a good flute, and there are countless classic repertoire in his head, so he is determined to have a long time with Cai Yong! At the moment, he said: "The younger generation accidentally thought of a few tunes, and I heard that Mr. is good at music, I don't know if I can give some advice!" ”

Cai Yong was overjoyed, and through the conversation, he also secretly admired Ma Chao, stroked his palms and smiled: "The little general is versatile, and the old man is naturally respectful and obedient!" ”

Ma Chao was slightly embarrassed, and said: "The younger generation came in a hurry and did not carry musical instruments, I heard that Mr. is the world to make musical instruments, including the famous Jiaowei Qin and Ke Ting Di, the younger generation wants to borrow the Ke Ting Di to use!"

"Why not!" After Cai Yong finished speaking, he turned around and shouted: "Yan'er, quickly bring your Ke Ting Di to the little general!" ”

"Yes, father, please wait a minute!" Before the crisp words fell, a burst of footsteps disappeared from near to far, and then came from far to near, and in a moment, a figure floated in! (To be continued.) )