In the Yanzhou Mansion, Cao Cao let out a hearty laugh, put the secret letter in his hand on the table, and said with a smile to avoid his subordinates: "Ao Mohan is finally going to fight Yuan Shao, he and this Sikong agreed to raise troops at the same time on the 15th of next month, everyone, are you ready for the tadpoles of grain and grass ordnance?" ”

Xun You stood up and said, "Lord, everything is ready, and the whole army is waiting for this day to come." The grain and grass stored by our army are enough for half a year for the 150,000 troops, and the follow-up grain and grass are also being prepared. Like Ao Lie, Cao Cao was also restricted by grain and grass, and the combat time was temporarily limited to about half a year.

Cao Cao sighed a little melancholy: "Every time there is a big war, our army will inevitably be short of food and grass, when will this problem be truly solved?" ”

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Don't worry, don't worry, these difficulties are temporary, last year the lord issued a tuntian order, this year has received results, if it is not for the people of Xuzhou, our army's grain and grass is enough." Three or five years later, I believe that with the help of the Tuntian Order, the lord will no longer have to worry about the shortage of grain and grass. ”

Xiahoudun shouted: "It's not that Ao Mohan, don't let us slaughter the city in Xuzhou, otherwise how can there be so much burden to consume our grain and grass!" ”

Different from Xiahoudun's opinion, Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "From the current point of view, not killing the people of Xuzhou is indeed dragging down the grain and grass of our army, but from the perspective of long-term interests, it is just the opposite. Hundreds of thousands of young and strong people in Xuzhou can be conscripted into the army to enhance the combat effectiveness of our army, and they can also work in the fields to bring greater grain and grass income to our army. It's just that this process will take at least a year or more to achieve. ”

"That's right! This process does take time, but Ben Sikong is sure that it is right to leave Xuzhou's millions of people behind, and Ben Sikong also has to thank Ao Mohan, if it weren't for his timely dissuasion, maybe Ben Sikong would have turned Xuzhou into an empty city in a fit of anger. In that case, the loss would be too great, speaking of which. It's still Ao Mohan's long-term vision. Cao Cao said with some emotion.

There was a pause. Cao Cao continued: "Okay, everyone go down and prepare, and on the fifteenth day of next month, lead the army north." Recruit Yuan Shao! ”

Everyone agreed in unison. He bowed to Cao Cao. Walking backwards out of the hall.

While Cao Cao was discussing with his subordinates, Lü Bu came to the Governor's Mansion of Yanjing. Along with Lu Bu, there was also a young man in his twenties. This young man has the typical characteristics of a Bingzhou person. He has a strong body and a rough face, but his eyes are extremely smart, showing that he has a delicate mind under his rough appearance.

Lu Bu is here to raise the sage to Ao Lie, and the person he wants to promote is the young man who is following him. Ao Lie sat behind the table and looked at the young man behind Lu Bu with a little curiosity, he had already deduced the extraordinaryness of this young man through the young man's smart eyes. What makes Ao Lie curious is what kind of person Lu Bu is, Ao Lie knows best, his arrogance is unmatched in the world, and he can be looked at by Lu Bu, and personally recommend it to Ao Lie, this is the first time, of course, Chen Gong is not counted.

"Big brother, is this the talent you want to recommend?" Ao Lie asked Lu Bu with a smile. Lu Bu nodded with a smile on his face, and said to the young man behind him, "You can introduce yourself to the prince." ”

The young man said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Yujunhou, a certain name is Guo Huai, the word Boji, and a native of Yanmen, and the current deputy general of Wen Hou. ”

Ao Lie just picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and after hearing Guo Huai's self-report, he almost didn't choke on the tea in his mouth, and asked in surprise: "Guo Huai?" Your name is Guo Huai? And it's Yanmen people? And General Wenyuan is a fellow countryman? "In history, there is indeed such a number one person, and he is a big man. Guo Huai's name has also been mentioned many times in the romance, especially in the middle and late stages of the Three Kingdoms, after growing up, Guo Huai guarded Yong and Liang for the Cao Wei regime, and successively confronted Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu, and Jiang Wei, the general, and had a good performance, which can be said to be one of the more outstanding ministers with foreign surnames in the middle and late Cao Wei regime. Guo Huai is both civil and military, can not only lead troops to fight, but also govern states and counties, is a rare all-round talent, but he did not expect to be discovered by Lu Bu.

Guo Huai looked at Ao Lie's expression, and at first thought that Ao Lie couldn't look down on him, but he didn't expect Ao Lie's expression to change obviously, and after the last, a happy look froze on his face.

Lu Bu, who was standing on the side, also said good things for Guo Huai: "Boji's father was an official who was recruited in the first Juxian Order, and because of his outstanding political achievements, he has now been promoted to Yanmen Taishou. Speaking of which, Boji can be regarded as the queen of the gate. ”

Ao Lie thought for a moment, then turned his head and asked Guo Huai: "Are you Guo Yun's heir?" ”

Guo Huai nodded and replied, "It's my father." ”

Ao Lie didn't expect that the order he issued at the beginning would bring such a great talent as Guo Huai to himself. It's really unintentional. At the same time, the appearance of Guo Huai also made Ao Lie's heart suddenly have a new thinking, his current command of the centaur is enough, but looking to the future, it is still necessary to cultivate fresher blood. In the history of the Three Kingdoms, there are not a few fathers and sons who have left their names in history at the same time, just take the ministers under Ao Lie's command, Du Ji's son Du Pre, Zhang Liao's son Zhang Hu, Dong He's son Dong Yun, etc., are all top talents in the late Three Kingdoms, it seems that Ao Lie should pay close attention to the cultivation of these people, because of the relationship between their fathers, these people's loyalty to themselves is undoubted, as long as they are cultivated and trained a little, many of them are not difficult to catch up with their fathers' achievements today! As for Guo Huai, he is just the first talent among them to appear in front of him!

Looking at Lu Bu with a smile, Ao Lie asked, "What position does the eldest brother plan to let a certain grant to Boji?" "Usually, the monarch canonizes an official position, and there is no need to consult his subordinates, but who is Lu Bu? It is the god of war of the tiger in the world, the eldest brother of Ao Lie, and the marquis of Wen who is personally sealed by Liu Xie, so Ao Lie will choose Lu Bu's opinion.

Lu Bu stretched out his hand and patted Guo Huai's shoulder, and said seriously: "Second brother, you and I have been friends for many years, and you can't understand the temper of a certain person, a certain person is only suitable for charging on the battlefield, not suitable for being a feudal official." The meaning of a certain is that he wants Berji to take over the position of governor of the state. ”

Guo Huai was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said to Ao Lie: "Lord, Huai will never dare to replace Wen Hou's position, and Huai does not have that ability, please Lord Mingjian!" For Guo Huai's gratitude and self-knowledge, Ao Lie is very appreciative, but he thinks that Guo Huai is really a little too modest, Guo Huai, who has been the governor of Yong and Liang for more than ten years in history, of course, has considerable ability to serve as the governor of the state, but the only problem now is that Guo Huai is still young, his experience is not enough, and he still needs some training, which is not enough to be in charge alone.

After a deep sigh, Ao Lie spoke: "In this way, Boji will temporarily resign from all positions and enter the Yanjing Academy for further study, and after completing his studies, Ben Hou will consider your comprehensive quality and grant you the corresponding position." ”

Ao Lie said this, which is equivalent to planning to further cultivate Guo Huai, Guo Huai naturally understood the meaning of Ao Lie's words, and his heart was greatly moved, and the other knee also knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Ao Lie three times, and said: "Thank you Lord for cultivation, Guo Huai Minggan is five!" ”

When Lü Bu left with Guo Huai, Ao Lie immediately wrote an order, requiring the school-age heirs of the military officials under his command to voluntarily study at the Yanjing Academy. More and more talents are attracted by the Dongguan collection of books in the Yenching Academy, and voluntarily come to the Yenching Academy to work, and even the famous Confucian Zheng Xuan came to the Yenching Academy not long ago to give lectures and pass on his disciples. Zheng Xuan was the most famous celebrity at that time, and he was also the teacher of Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei, and the arrival of Zheng Xuan raised the popularity of Yenching Academy by two steps.

The current Yenching Academy is divided into two colleges, the outer courtyard has no admission standards, and is only open to the poor scholars, providing the opportunity for enlightenment education for the vast number of poor people, equivalent to the primary school and junior high school in later generations, the first course to be learned in the outer courtyard is the "Thousand Character Text" compiled by Cai Yong, Zheng Xuan and other celebrities, which records more than 1,000 commonly used Chinese characters and their usage and meaning, and enlightenment education is also a suggestion put forward by Zhen Yi, another father-in-law of Ao Lie; As for the inner courtyard, it is equivalent to the university of later generations, only the elite with excellent moral character will be selected into the inner courtyard, further study, the only criterion for entering the inner courtyard, is the comprehensive quality of the individual, some people are selected into the inner courtyard after the study of the outer courtyard, and some people are particularly outstanding in a certain aspect of talent, directly into the inner courtyard to study.

Therefore, it is the dream of every citizen of the five northern states to be able to enter the Yenching University to study, and even some people from other large states will come to the Yenching University for further study, and the education quality and advanced teaching methods of the Yenching University have caught up with Lumenshan College, which is known as the first academy in the world.

And now, this instruction issued by Ao Lie is intended to cultivate reserve talents, and I believe that most officials will be very happy to send their children to study at the Yenching Academy. It should also be emphasized that in the Yenching Academy, there is no distinction between men and women, even if it is a woman, as long as she is dedicated to learning, she can also enter the academy to study, and even a small number of women are selected to study in the inner courtyard.

In Ao Lie's instruction, he deliberately named more than a dozen teenagers, among them, Du Ji's son Du Pre, Zhang Liao's son Zhang Hu, and Dong He's son Dong Yun and others were impressively listed. These dozen teenagers were required by Ao Lie to study at the Yenching Academy. Their ages ranged from a few years old to their teens, and Ao Lie was convinced that receiving a good education from an early age would definitely help them achieve success in the future, and they would become the reserve talents of the five northern states and the backbone of the second echelon. (To be continued......)