When Wu Anguo and Sima Kongli, the rear camp of the lower army, and other 2,000 men and horses, escorted more than 700 pirates back to Xi County, He Bai was arguing with Guan Ning about the ten prescribed textbooks for three-year compulsory education.

Guan Ning is eight feet tall, with a beautiful beard and eyebrows, and he is in his early thirties. In addition, he is a descendant of the famous Guan Zhong of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period, and his own knowledge and virtue are praised, so he was appointed as a scholar, which is suitable for his position.

Guan Ning bowed his hand and said: "Prime Minister of State, I don't think the "Shuo Wen Jie Zi", "Book of Poetry", "Classic of Mountains and Seas", "Zhou Ji Sutra", "Tao Te Ching", "Book of Victory", "Examination of Work", "Book of Shangjun", "Huainanzi" and "Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica" I think it is inappropriate. In addition to "Shuo Wen Jie Zi", "Book of Songs" and "Tao Te Ching", these ten books are all miscellaneous studies, or the study of the left way, how can learning make people wise and virtuous? Therefore, I think that we should still focus on the four books and five classics, and these nine books are the scriptures that my readers must learn, and they must not be abandoned, but they can add a "Zhou Ji Sutra", so that it just makes up ten books. ”

He Bai shook his head and said, "Guan You'an, from the titles of the ten books I gave you, don't you still know my intentions?" "Shuowen Jie Zi" also has the knowledge of words, and knows the meaning and source of my Chinese characters; "The Book of Songs" can cultivate people's sentiments; "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" can understand geographical legends; "Zhou Ji Sutra" can let people know the number of arts; The Tao Te Ching can make people think broadly; "The Book of Victory" can make people understand agricultural affairs; "Examination of Work" can make people understand the process; The Book of Shang Jun allows people to obey the law; "Huainanzi" can let people know the miscellaneous affairs of the world; "Shennong's Materia Medica" allows people to heal themselves. ”

"The Four Books and the Five Classics are good books, and they are also the scriptures that must be learned by those who read. However, my three-year compulsory education is to educate the people to understand everything in the world and have great benefits in their daily life and production. Instead of specialization, the people have become people who read hard with their heads in their hands. ”

Guan Ning said: "The Prime Minister's words are wrong, I specialize in studying the Four Books and Five Classics, ignoring the others, it is not the same as the world, and it is not easy to deal with agricultural affairs." It can be seen that the books of miscellaneous studies are useless to read. ”

He Bai explained to Guan Ning that reading and being a man should be moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor-oriented, but Guan Ning replied with the six arts of a gentleman. The two started a big debate for a while, and He Baicai was shocked to find that he was really far from being the opponent of these ancient Confucians.

At the beginning, he was able to deal with it freely in front of Emperor Han Ling, because of the dual protection and suppression of the hundred officials by He Jin and Emperor Han Ling, and what he was talking about was something that the Confucian scholars did not understand, and because it did not damage the specific actual interests of the hundred officials, he did not get a strong attack from the hundred officials.

Today's debate with Guan Ning negates the formulation of teaching materials and teaching methods of the schools under Guan Ning's management, which has touched Guan Ning's heart of Confucianism and Taoism, so it has been violently poured out by Guan Ning's saliva.

However, after He Bai wiped the saliva all over his face, his attitude towards Guan Ning became happy. Because at this time, he is no longer as good as he was at the beginning, only talking about academics, not politics. At this time, he was not only talking about the work of the school, but also about other political affairs in the future. In this way, he finally got Guan Ning's sincere assistance.

In the end, He Bai could only explain: "Reading is not only to make people wise and virtuous, but also to choose the best ones for the use of the county and become a good official who manages the county." But how many officials are needed in a county? Thousands of people only. What about the rest of the literate people? Do you still study hard and compete for thousands of positions among 100,000 people? I always want them to know some other knowledge, and they can be self-taught according to their preferences. or agriculture or industry or medicine or military or business, so that they can do a career in all walks of life, so as to live up to my three years of compulsory education. ”

Seeing that Guan Ning's face softened, He Bai said again: "I originally planned to open township, county, and county schools in Beihai, and this three-year compulsory education belongs to township schools. After three years, the students pass a unified examination, choose one out of ten, and the poor return home to farm, work, and run a business on their own. Those who excel are promoted to the county school, and carry out three years of paid education, at which time they will study various classics such as the Four Books and the Five Classics. ”

After the end of this education, they will be promoted to the county school for another three years, and those who fail can enter the county as a township pavilion official, or they can enter the army as a lowly official, and the poor will still return home. Finally, after the completion of the county school, the remaining students can basically serve as county officials. Those who excel can be recommended by me, or they can become the main officials of the court. If you don't have a career in office, you can also worship Mr. Kangcheng and You'an to continue to study the classics and become a learned Confucian. ”

After Guan Ning heard this, he bowed convincingly: "Xiangjun is talented, so far-sighted, Guan Ning is ashamed of himself." ”

finally made sense of Guan Ning, and He Bai was also very pleased. If you don't talk about Guan Ning and force yourself to give an order as the prime minister, I'm afraid that Guan Ning will not be convinced, and it is more likely to abandon the official and leave. It seems that politics is indeed to convince people with reason, try to seek common ground while reserving differences, and achieve persuasion and compromise as the top. If the government is governed in the way of the military, it will be very efficient, but even if it is implemented in a good way, it will also lose the support of the people.

After the debate with Guan Ning came to an end, Wu Anguo personally escorted the pirate Guan Cheng and hurried back, this was Wu Anguo's first mission after surrendering to his command, and he cooperated well with Sima Kongli of the army after the army. It seems that this kind of battle within a thousand people, He Bai basically doesn't care about it, as long as he sends a task, he has his own chief officer at the Sima level and a staff officer in the army to carry it out on his own. He Bai doesn't want to interfere remotely, let alone think that he is far better than others, and of course he has the heart to cultivate talents.

"The villain is in charge, please meet the Minister of Beihai." A young man in his twenties knelt in front of He Bai with his whole body tied.

He Bai wants to use Guan Cheng to become a naval general, but he can't be too urgent with him, lest he be arrogant and need to dry him. So the majestic and solemn sat down, didn't pay attention to him, turned to Wu Anguo and asked, "How many casualties did our army suffer in this battle?" How many casualties were the people? How many pirates have been caught? ”

Wu Anguo respectfully bowed and said: "Back to the Prime Minister, no one in our army was killed or injured in this battle, but more than 20 people were killed or wounded by the people, a total of more than 720 pirates were captured, 43 pirates were killed, 24 large and small ships, and 100 catties of gold. ”

He Bai nodded and said: "Yes, this is how to lead the troops to fight, to reduce the casualties of our army as much as possible, and to capture the enemy alive as much as possible." As a general, you must not take killing as your preference, otherwise you will become a madman. The 100 catties of gold obtained in this battle will be rewarded to the soldiers in the army, and I will pay 2 million from the treasury, and each pawn can get a reward of 1,000 yuan, and you and Kong Li, one person will give 100,000 yuan, which is considered the reward of this battle. ”

Wu Anguo hurriedly thanked him, and said in a squeaky voice: "Prime Minister, can this reward be offset by hero wine." ”

He Bai glanced at Wu Anguo and asked with a smile: "What, two catties of hero wine a day is not enough to drink?" ”

Wu Anguo scratched his head and smiled: "Yes, the prime minister of the country clearly sees that the hero wine is full of strength, and two catties a day is indeed not very enjoyable." ”

He Bai shook his head and said: "No, no, it's not that I'm stingy, but that you are all generals in the army, and you will be worried about mistakes if you drink too much." Two catties of hero wine are provided every day, which is just right, which will not make people drunk, but also let people taste the taste of hero wine. If you are too little, shall I ask the servants and maidservants to exchange it for the Magi wine? ”

Wu Anguo shook his head repeatedly: "It's not good, it's not good, although the Magi wine is good, but it's too light, it's not the wine that I and other martial artists like, or according to the LinkedIn Bar." It's just that the prime minister of the country, the amount of wine is quite huge, can you add a pound more? ”

He Bai pointed at Wu Anguo and laughed, and said, "No, I try to act as fairly as possible, but I can't change because of you." But today's merit in begging for thieves, it's okay to give you ten catties of hero wine. ”

Wu Anguo was overjoyed and thanked him again and again. Only then did He Bai turn to Guan Cheng and shouted: "You are the thief who is responsible for the coastal area of Qingzhou." ”

"Yes, yes, the villain is the one who is in charge." Although it was winter, Guan Cheng still trembled lightly with sweat.

He Bai shouted sharply: "Since the first year of Zhongping, for the four or five years of disaster in Qingzhou, there have been no less than thousands of people killed, which can be described as a great crime. Wu Anguo, order you to behead him and hang his corpse at the city gate to warn the world. ”

Guan Cheng was shocked, thinking that he would have a chance to survive if he surrendered in battle, and he didn't want to be sentenced to beheading, so he couldn't help but kowtow again and again: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency, the court has a law, and you can atone for your sins with money." There are still more than 500 catties of gold and more than 6 million catties of money in the villain's lair, and the villain is willing to take it and dedicate it to the prime minister, but he wants to survive. ”

He Bai snorted coldly and said, "It's true that the country has this law, but whether you want to act according to this law is my business." And you have been captured, and the remnants of the thieves' cave belong to my Beihai Treasury, and there are many thieves captured today, so I won't pick someone to pick the thief's cave. ”

Guan Cheng hurriedly bowed: "The villain's hiding place is very secret, and it can be said that no one knows, so the villain is dead, and this hidden gold is also owned by the villain." The villain also knows that he is guilty, but please look at the relationship between the villain surrendering and killing the soldiers of Beihai County, so that the villain can redeem his life with money. ”

He Bai pondered for a long time, and then asked: "I know that there is no other place to build ships in Qingzhou, I don't know where you got your battle ship?" ”

Guan Cheng saw that He Bai didn't say anything about the beheading, and he was overjoyed, and hurriedly explained: "The villain has been traveling with his uncle between Qing, Xu, and Yang since he was a child, and has learned some shipbuilding skills. ”

He Bai asked in surprise: "You can still build ships?" ”

Guan Cheng said a little proudly: "Yes, yes, the villain knew when he was a child that there was no shipbuilder in the green and secluded land, if the villain learned, he would be of great use in the land of Qingzhou in the future." It's just that unexpectedly, the villain just returned home after completing his studies, and he was forced by Donglai Changguang to become a pirate as a last resort. ”