Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun both knew in their hearts that there was no one else who could speak at this time except for His Majesty, who was watching the battle on the stage.

The two glanced at each other, and a sense of pity rose from their hearts.

Huang Zhong lightly clamped the blue-maned horse under his crotch, took a few steps back, and then saluted Zhao Yu on the stage.

"Loyalty, it's all up to Your Majesty! Your Majesty, Zilong is really good at martial arts, I am afraid that this pistol technique is only five fingers in the army, and the minister really admires it. ”

He originally wanted to say that Zhao Yun could be called the first in the armies, but thinking that his words would be said by himself, he was afraid that he would hold Zhao Yun too high, which would cause the hostility of other generals and make His Majesty think that he was killing Zhao Yun, so he temporarily changed his words.

Seeing Huang Zhong's statement, Zhao Yun also hurriedly said:

"Governor Huang Dadu is too elevated, Yun's slight trick is not enough to see in front of His Majesty and Huang Dadudu."

When speaking, Zhao Yun's attitude can be described as extremely modest.

The sedan chair carries people.

According to Zhao Yun's temperament, the other party respects him by a foot, and he respects the other party by a foot.

Seeing Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong start the business blowing mode, Zhao Yu laughed and said:

"You two, don't be so humble. Zilong, from today onwards, how about you enter the Beijing camp and serve as the deputy governor under Han Sheng? ”

Hearing the Son of Heaven's arrangement for him, Zhao Yun hurriedly turned over and dismounted, knelt on the ground, and said:

"Minister, obey the holy decree!"

As soon as His Majesty opened his mouth, he promoted himself from a white body to the deputy governor of Beijing, and his status in Beijing was the same as that of Wei Yan and Wei Wenchang, who made trouble in Jiangbei, second only to Huang Zhong as the governor.

He, Zhao Yun, what else is not satisfied?

"Good!"

Zhao Yu bowed slightly, looking very satisfied.

"Under the command of Huang Dudu, listen and watch more, I look forward to your performance."

Then, Zhao Yu stepped down from the platform, encouraged the generals a few words, and then left the Beijing camp and returned to the imperial city.

…………

With the passage of time, the court of Chu promulgated a policy to encourage all prefectures and counties to build water conservancy, and the news of the establishment of academies centered on Shenjing City spread to the entire Chu State.

As a result, the hundreds of sons, wealthy businessmen and wealthy families who got the news heard the news and moved.

Tai Ho Province is located in the east of Jing Mountain.

Fucheng Tai'an City.

Tai'an City is located in the place where the Luo River flows into the clouds, the climate is mild, the scenery is beautiful, it is the summer resort of the dignitaries.

And the jasper building built on the bank of the clouds, because after the rain and the sunny day, you can see the gorgeous rainbow in the air on the upper floor, so it has become a beautiful scene in Tai'an City, and it is overcrowded all year round.

On this day, this four-story jasper building was chartered by a group of men wearing black clothes and black robes with cold and hard faces.

Legalist disciple!

Seeing the extremely familiar outfit, those with the eye pulled their companions around one after another, and those who didn't realize what was happening also stayed away from here under the persuasion of the people around them.

Among the hundred schools, the most unprovoked, in addition to the Mo family, is the Legalist.

The disciples of these two families both pay attention to the unjust debtor, the debtor, the revenge, and the revenge, while the Legalist disciples go one step further and pursue a "revenge is not overnight".

In addition, the disciples of the Legalist family are quite united, so Mo said that he was an ordinary person, even if he was a high-ranking family, he would not dare to provoke them when he was idle.

Now seeing the appearance of these Legalist disciples as if they were facing a great enemy, they know that today, in this jade building, something big must happen.

The top floor of the Jasper House is four floors.

Dozens of elders of the Dharma family sat upright, looking at the person with an ancient face in front of them.

This person is the contemporary sect master of the Legalist family, Li Zexing.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I think everyone has already known about the edict issued by the Lord of Chu on the way here. This time I have summoned you specifically for this matter, I don't know what you think? ”

Li Zexing looked around at everyone, and his clumsy face became more and more serious.

As soon as Li Zexing's words fell, an elder of the legal family couldn't wait to say:

"Sect Master, this is a great opportunity for my Legalist family to increase their influence in Jiangnan! If our Legalists can gain a firm foothold in Jiangnan, then they will be able to break their wrists with Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. Such a God-given opportunity must not be missed by our Dharmaists. Otherwise, it is we who regret it, and it is the rest of the schools headed by Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism that benefit. ”

Although the influence of Legalism in the courts of various countries is also very large, it is still a big gap compared with the three giants of Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism.

"Elder Wang is right, if our Legalists want to expand their influence, they must open academies to promote the doctrine of our Legalists."

"Not only as Elder Li said, but I also learned through other channels that this Chu lord seems to be preparing to hold an imperial examination. All schools that open academies can get a certain number of exemption places, skip the county examination, and directly participate in the prefectural examination! If this is the case, even if it is to install people in the court of the Chu State in the future, it is imperative for my Legalist family to open an academy! ”

What Zhao Yu confessed to Zhou Rui that day was that if the merchants were willing to contribute funds to help the government build the academy, then the imperial court could carve a stone monument for them in the academy to commemorate it, and if the donation was enough, it could even consider giving the children of these merchants a place to participate in the imperial examination.

Note that this decree is not aimed at the hundred schools of thought, but at those wealthy merchants, and it is to give the children of merchants a quota to participate in the imperial examination as appropriate, not to exempt the county examination and directly participate in the provincial examination!

It can only be said that information will gradually be alienated in the process of transmission, thus losing its original meaning.

What is Three Tigers?

That's it!

However, although the theories of Legalism have been widely adopted by the imperial courts of various countries, the number of Legalist disciples serving in the imperial courts of various countries is very small, especially those who occupy high positions.

Therefore, today's Legalists do not know the full picture of the decree promulgated by Zhao Yu, and it is just hearsay.

But even so, it still made them feel excited, because through this decree, they saw the prospect of the growth of the Legalist family.

Li Zexing shook his head slightly and said:

"Ladies and gentlemen, if the Lord of Chu really has the measure to take the judge, then my Legalist disciples will be able to occupy a place, as for what exemption from the test, it will be second."

"This seat is the same as all of you, responding to the Chu State government, opening academies, and cultivating disciples is the right way. It's just that Dachu is located in the south of the Yangtze River, with a vast territory and 20 prefectures. We can't open academies in every prefecture, we need to find the key points, I don't know what good strategies you have for your brothers? ”

The elders pondered for a moment, and someone took the lead in speaking:

"Sect Master, in my opinion, the Shenjing City is necessary, in addition, my Legalist should also open a academy in the land of outstanding people and treasures, absorb outstanding talents, and use them for my Legalist."

As soon as this statement came out, some people expressed their opposition.

"Senior Brother Fan's words are wrong, in the eyes of the junior brother, the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, in addition to the Buddhism sect being rejected by the Chu lord, the two Confucian and Taoist families have huge influence and extremely strong financial resources, and they will inevitably open academies in this Shenjing City, plus the Mo family, the Demon Gate, and the Yin and Yang family absorbed by the Chu State, the competition in the Shenjing City will be extremely fierce."

"In this case, the price of land in Shenjing will inevitably skyrocket. Even if my Legalist family can grab a place in the Shenjing City and set up the academy, the position will definitely not be satisfactory. The location is remote, which is not conducive to absorbing gifted children, so it will fall behind in the competition with several other families, and the result is that those powerful people in Shenjing do not trust my Fa family......"

I have to say that the logical thinking of Legalism is indeed online.

With a small reputation and insufficient funds, it is naturally impossible to grab too good a lot of land in the face of a lot of competitors and soaring land prices.

If the location is not good, the natural source will not work, and then it will trigger a series of chain reactions, making the Legalists fall behind in the competition in the Shenjing City, and the situation will become more and more difficult.

When Li Zexing heard this, he couldn't help but bow his head again and again.

"Senior Brother Song is thoughtful, if he really opens a academy in Shenjing City, it will do more harm than good, and it is not for the wise to take. It's just that if we don't choose Shenjing City, where can we choose? ”

"The surrounding cities of Shenjing City!"

Elder Song said categorically.

"Hundreds of schools will set their sights on Shenjing, so the investment in other prefectures and counties will naturally be reduced a lot. For example, Taian Castle, which is close to Kyoto Prefecture, has convenient transportation and a large population, many of whom are talented. If the Legalists spend a lot of energy to run schools in these places, they will definitely be able to make a name for themselves and bring the talents and beautiful jade of the various prefectures into their pockets. ”

It is better to be a chicken head than a phoenix tail.

This was Elder Song's innermost thoughts.

What's more, the quality of the students in these prefectures is only slightly worse than that of Shenjing City.

"Good! Just do what Senior Brother Song says! Li Zexing decisively said, "In addition, my Legalist family also wants to open academies in remote places such as Miaojiang. The lord of Chu pacified the southern barbarians, and since my Legalist family wants to cooperate with the other party, he naturally has to show some sincerity. Helping Bishop Chu turn into a barbarian is a good stepping stone. As far as my Legalists are concerned, they can also expand their influence among the barbarians. ”

When the elders heard this, their eyes couldn't help but light up, and they praised one after another.

"The sect master's plan is a conspiracy, I think the Chu court will not refuse the sect master's kindness!"

"Since everyone has no objections, then act as soon as possible, and don't let others go first."

Thinking of the bright future of the Legalists, all the elders were already full of enthusiasm and responded in unison.

"Obey the orders of the Sect Master!"

Just when the Legalists went up to the sect master and down to the disciples, all of them were gearing up and preparing to make a big move, the other schools that heard the news also took action.

But at this time, the soldiers were all there, but the old god was there.

There is no other reason, only because of the art of war, and the rest of the families are united, which is not enough for the soldiers to fight with one hand. Even the Yin and Yang family and the Zongheng family, which have the inheritance of the soldiers, are far inferior to the soldiers in the art of war.

Therefore, in the eyes of the disciples of the soldiers, in the matter of martial arts, there is no one who is the opponent of their soldiers.

They don't even have to run academies.

After the Chu court built the martial arts hall, they naturally sent people to give lectures, and they would naturally be able to inherit and carry forward the lineage of the soldiers.

The people who got the news were not only the hundreds of princes, but also those rich businessmen.

In the face of this news, those wealthy businessmen were all moved.

There is no other reason, because the status of merchants is too low.

Shinong Industry and Commerce.

Merchants have always been at the bottom of the chain of contempt, and are called "inferiors" and are classified as untouchables.

Merchants are not only despised by the other three classes, but also become leeks in the eyes of the rulers, who can cut when they want, without consulting you at all.

Because in the eyes of the rulers, these merchants are the most treacherous and cunning, they will not work as honestly as peasants, let alone rely on technology to eat like people in handicraft workshops, they buy raw materials at low prices, sell products at high prices, and never participate in any part of the production process, but they have grabbed a lot of wealth, speculation, hoarding, and distorted social customs.

Not only that, whether it was in the previous life or in this world, the political system of the feudal dynasty also determined that merchants could not have too high a status.

In the countries represented by the state of Chu, the ruling class was centered on the aristocracy and the bureaucracy, and gained power and wealth by mastering a large amount of land and agricultural means.

As a non-aristocratic class, merchants did not directly participate in the operation of the political power of various countries, nor could they obtain status and power through political means, but they possessed a large amount of wealth, which naturally aroused the vigilance and covetousness of the ruling class.

Thus, the fate of the merchant was sealed.

The low status of the merchant class is not only manifested in the ranking, but also in real life, and suffers from various restrictions.

Taking Qi as an example, no matter how rich the merchants of Qi are, they do not have the right to ride horses and cars. If the Qi court wanted to levy coolies, the first unlucky one would be the merchant family.

In the early days of the birth of the Hundred Schools of Thought, there was a school of merchant.

But with the suppression of the ruling classes of various countries, the merchants gradually disappeared in the long river of history, and the only remaining merchant disciples changed their names and surnames, becoming Yi Tianlou of the Eight Ways of the Demon Gate, silently licking their wounds in the dark, waiting for the opportunity to recover.

Now this edict promulgated by Zhao Yu has become an opportunity for the merchant class of Chu State to change their own destiny.

Funding the academy and carving stone monuments can make you have a certain reputation in Shilin.

And fame, no matter what time it is, is a good talisman.

What's more, if the money donation is enough, it can even allow your own children to have a place to get the imperial examination, and if you can go to high school, it means a leap in your own class.

Therefore, when these businessmen learned about it, they all took action without exception.

Many people are looking around for relationships, asking whether the local government needs to fund and donate people to help repair embankments and dams, bridges and roads, whether it is difficult for the government to open academies, and whether they need to fund a part of it themselves, and even when they open their mouths, they are not hundreds of taels, but thousands of taels, thousands of taels!

At this time, the local government found out.

Belch!

These guys, who are mercenary on weekdays and almost get into the eyes of money, are all rich!

For the sake of their own official positions and achievements, local officials naturally did not block them, but were happy to see them succeed and took action one after another under the instructions of the central government.

As a result, at the turn of the spring and summer of the first year of Yanfeng, vigorous construction actions were launched in various parts of the Chu State, either to build water conservancy, or to reclaim farmland, or to establish academies, and so on.

In this process, the local government did not spend much money, only three or four out of ten as originally planned, which made many local officials amazed and secretly praised the subtlety of His Majesty's methods.

And this construction trend has also blown to Miaojiang.

It's just that the protagonist has changed from a wealthy businessman to a leader of various departments.

(End of chapter)