Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 6486 Passing

When they first met, Wang Ji was somewhat unfamiliar with his cousin, but with Wang Qian's personality, it didn't take long for the two to become familiar with each other.

"It feels like it's not as good as the Yanzhou where I live." Wang Qian looked around and said in surprise, "Although it is much better than our Donghai County more than ten years ago, it is still far behind the Yanzhou Jiyin County where I live now, especially the food, there is so little."

At present, the variety of food in Yanzhou cannot be compared with that in any other place in the Central Plains. In Chen Xi's view, Yanzhou is a place for processing agricultural grains and non-staple food, so there are all kinds of food everywhere. Wang Qian, who married to Jiyin County, saw with her own eyes how Yanzhou became prosperous. Even Han Tong's family has three shops managed by Wang Qian, selling snacks, cakes and flour respectively.

Precisely because she had done all this, when she looked around in the Wang family's city-state, she naturally paid special attention. Then she found that the Wang family's city-state was just so-so, better than it was ten years ago when she hadn't gotten married, but far inferior to the current Yanzhou.

"Sister, think about it. If our family has the ability to build this place like Jiyin County, would we still keep our heads down and ignore everything else?" Wang Ji said very tiredly. After all, he finished his studies at the Imperial College in Chang'an before returning to Central Asia. When he came here, he had a feeling of going from a prosperous area to a poor mountainous area. However, the prosperous Chang'an did not belong to him. This place really belonged to him.

What you say over there is of no use, but what you say over here is just a bunch of spit and a lot of nails.

Besides, there is ample potential for development here. It just started a little late now. Once it develops, it should have its own strengths compared with places like Jiyin. Besides, no matter how good Jiyin is, it does not belong to their Wang family. This place is completely theirs. Even the bricks are stamped with the Wang family's seal!

"It seems so. If you think about it carefully, it is not easy to get to this level. It is also troublesome to manage so many people." Wang Qian tapped her forehead lightly and realized that this was not an easy task.

"Come to think of it, I heard people say you were studying at the Imperial College. Why are you back now?" Wang Qian stopped paying attention to the city-state established by the Wang family and focused on her cousin. "How is the Imperial College?"

It was precisely because of these unruly classmates that the originally arrogant Wang Ji became much more low-key. At least in Wang Qian's impression, Wang Ji was almost the same as when he came to Wang Weng's place more than ten years ago. He was not active at all, not proud at all, and looked very easy to bully.

However, Wang Ling was just like the first time he met Wang Ji in the official history. He was determined to help Wang Ji and was very fond of this child.

There is no other way. I can be a big boss by myself. Who wants to rely on the support of a big boss? I am not happy to rely on myself. It is very happy!
As for the question of whether they are tired or not, Guo Kai has already expressed it in substance. Young people in their teens and 16s have unlimited energy. As long as they are not exhausted to death, they will adjust quickly. Especially when they are working hard for a great cause, their energy is simply endless.

In fact, Wang Ji had been designated as the seed of the Wang family since he first met Wang Ling. No one knew what Wang Ling's situation was, but he liked Wang Ji very much after meeting him. He even said that when Wang Ji came of age, he would pass the position of head of the family to Wang Ji.

Wang Ji recalled the situation at the Imperial College, and then his expression was a little complicated. "In the Imperial College, I felt like I was just an ordinary person. You know I learned everything quickly before, but after I came to the Imperial College, all my peers were like this."

This was also the reason why Mr. Wang told Wang Qian to shut up after hearing what she was saying. In the minds of the older generation, Wang Ji had basically been designated as the next head of their family. Although the Wang family had other elites, such as Wang Xiang and Wang Lan of the Wang family of Langya, and Wang Lang of the Wang family of Donghai, they were all talented in governing the country and could be considered top-notch even in the Han Empire. They also had very good morals.

In short, all of Guo Kai's classmates at the Imperial College were killed by him. Although Guo Kai would treat these classmates to food and drinks when he came back from the local area, people like Zhuge Dan, who relied on his second brother to get into the top banquets, found it difficult to accept the reality when they saw Guo Kai himself coming with an invitation to eat.

Except for some guys with very strong backgrounds, most of those who can enter the Imperial Academy are talented enough. In addition, the ministers who write recommendation letters also have to have face and generally will not recommend small fry. As a result, those who can enter the Imperial Academy all have some amazing abilities.

How can I describe this outrageous feeling? It's probably that I have been strong all my life, and I have been called a genius since I was born. I have been smooth sailing all the way, and then I met geniuses from all over the country. In the end, I found that I was just like that among this group of people. You don't even know what the real geniuses are doing.

At that time, both the Donghai Wang family and the Langya Wang family thought that Wang Ling was talking nonsense and was just trying to appease them. As a result, after so many years, the three kings who had become one family had more or less realized that Wang Ling might really want to do this, and that Wang Ji's talent and abilities were indeed suitable for being the head of the family.

Among this group of people, Wang Ji can't be said to be mediocre, nor can he be said to be outstanding. His friend Zhuge Dan is not much worse than him, and his teammate Ma Liang and others are also of normal level. In short, in this group, Wang Ji can only be said to be pretty good in all aspects.

The teachers at the Imperial College, namely Wang Lie and his group, had a good opinion of Wang Ji, but the time Wang Ji spent at the Imperial College coincided with that of Guo Kai and Xun Yun. Guo Kai, in particular, directly suppressed the teachers, and then enjoyed a great deal of glory at the Imperial College for a month or so before being recruited to be the secretary of a minister-level boss. Wang Ji had not seen him many times since then.

If Wang Ji was just an ordinary trash, with the combined strength of the three kings, the Wang family could still suppress this matter. However, although Wang Ji had met several immortals in the Imperial Academy, Wang Ji's talent was actually excellent, which had not yet been fully tapped, and there was still room for subsequent growth.

In addition, even at his current level, Wang Ji only needs a little polishing and his abilities in all aspects are enough to inherit the title of the head of the family. Therefore, within the Three Kings, there is actually no big objection to Wang Ji being the future head of the family, and they are more or less happy to see it happen.

But this news will not be spread outside, even Wang Ji himself does not know it.

So when Wang Qian heard Wang Ji talking about the Imperial College, she listened with great interest. After listening, she said happily, "Isn't this normal? You were called a genius before, but that was only what we in the Donghai Wang family called you. But later you will be facing geniuses from all over the country. Our Donghai Wang family..." The Donghai Wang family was just that in those days. It had some strength and could be considered a medium-to-large family, but as a whole it had not yet reached its peak.

In fact, at this time, neither the Donghai Wang Family nor the Langya Wang Family had entered a high-speed development channel. This was the reason why the Taiyuan Wang Family was able to merge with them. Look at the Gaoyang Wang Family next door, which bluntly rejected the proposal of the Taiyuan Wang Family. If you really have the strength, who would merge with you? Isn't it better to just keep doing it on your own?

"But it really broadened my horizons." Wang Ji said with some emotion, "If I hadn't gone to Chang'an, I wouldn't have been able to see many things. Moreover, the teachers in Chang'an are indeed much better than those in our family. Even the elders in our clan are slightly inferior."

The teachers that Chen Xi selected for the Imperial Academy were truly the best of the best. A god-like teacher like Zheng Xuan could only be said to have a slight advantage among this group of people.

The fact that Wang Ji could say that the elders in his clan were slightly inferior to him was enough to show that the education of the Wang family was actually exaggerated. However, this was also in line with the historical process of the rise of the three kings. After all, the thousand-year-old reputation of the Taiyuan Wang family and the Langya Wang family began in these decades over the next few hundred years, so the education level of the two families during this period was actually quite high.

Wang Ji, the descendant of the Wang family of Donghai, had enjoyed free access to the most advanced education system among the many aristocratic families of this era. Of course, even this was still severely defeated by Chen Xi, who gathered the strength of the entire country. Chen Xi gathered together all the truly top teachers that could be found in this era.

Why does Chen Xi have to be upright? To put it bluntly, taking the right path will be extremely useful when facing certain people at certain times.

For example, hermits like Zheng Xuan, Wang Lie and Pang Degong, who were completely ignored by local bigwigs when they were summoned at will, when Chen Xi happily visited them, they would all come out and say - righteousness of the world, justice for all people, moral integrity, okay, which of these three things do you want to shoulder!
No one wants to resist, so just follow Chen Xi's lead and everyone will be respectful.

"Isn't this normal?" Wang Qian scratched her head. "Come to think of it, the clan studies nowadays are still the same as before? Don't they teach something serious?"

"It also teaches some planning for the future. Compared to the past, clan studies now allow children to think for themselves, verify things by themselves, and use their own ideas to realize and verify things. The difficulty level is not much higher than before, but the focus has changed." Wang Ji thought about how he felt when he attended clan studies some time ago. After all, after the three kings merged, the number of descendants increased, and a large clan school was opened.

"I see." Wang Qian recalled the education she had received before and couldn't help but sigh. "Sure enough, the family is also responding to the changes of this era. It's a pity that I really didn't catch up back then. Otherwise, if I had learned this, I would have made fewer detours later on."

"Well, the family has decentralized some of the knowledge, and the previous kind of education has been basically stopped and placed in large local private schools." Wang Ji explained. After all, he had been to the Imperial Academy, and his family had also received education for the children of aristocratic families, so he could more or less understand the difference between these educations. Although the education in the clan school was still very superficial, it was fundamentally a level higher than before.

"As expected, the education we received before was more for controlling us." Wang Qian sighed and said, "Now that we have been kicked by the times, we finally know to relax with our own family?"

"In fact, it's not just our own family, there are also some elites who have been recruited." Wang Ji shook his head and said, "To use the words circulated within the family, this kind of education itself is utilitarian in nature. But regardless of whether it is utilitarian or not, we have indeed left a loophole that can be jumped out of."

"In other words, I was able to get him out because there was a loophole from the beginning?" Wang Qian asked thoughtfully. She was more or less aware that her cousin was actually telling him some knowledge and how the education system, which would be indispensable in the future, should develop.

There is no doubt that this knowledge is very important. At least without Wang Ji, it would be difficult for Wang Qian to systematically understand this kind of thing.

"It's actually very difficult to get out of this. If the education you receive at the beginning keeps you stuck at a certain level, you will never be able to get out of this. Unless you have extraordinary qualifications, the basic rules of society will force you to believe that these things are correct." Wang Ji sighed and said, "The content taught at the beginning takes into account the situations you will face in the future."

Wang Qian thought for a while and nodded after hearing this. It seemed that it was indeed true. When she first got married, the situation she faced was basically in line with the education she had received. Later, as Han Tong's official position continued to be promoted and his title continued to increase, she broke through the social class and looked down at the rules of social operation from a higher position. Only then did she break out of the shackles of her own knowledge and achieve what she has today.

"In fact, there is nothing wrong with an education method that emphasizes discipline, rules and regulations, and what to do first and what to do second. It does not require thinking. Knowing the facts but not the reasons, you can live in ignorance and happiness in this cruel world." Wang Ji said with some emotion, "This kind of education is enough for ordinary people to adapt to this cruel society day after day."

Wang Qian nodded. Although she would not have thought of it without Wang Ji's telling her, but Wang Ji pointed it out. When Wang Qian began to recall her past experiences, she had to admit that what Wang Ji said was indeed very correct, and the systematic summary itself was a distillation of wisdom.

“Once you know something, you will inevitably want to change it. Humans can accept temporary suffering, but this suffering is for a better future. Humans are essentially creatures that pursue beauty and happiness, not suffering. So when you know something, you will inevitably pursue it. Failure to pursue it is the root cause of unrest.” Wang Ji looked at Wang Qian with a bit of cruelty. His cousin finally came into contact with these things.

"I want it but I can't get it." Wang Qian repeated, and couldn't help but think of a concubine like her. That girl had been suppressing something in her heart. Sure enough, from the beginning, these wealthy families had consciously suppressed people's desires. It was really...

　It's cold, I'm cold, I'm even frozen, it's so miserable

　　(End of this chapter)