Straight man of steel

Chapter 409

Zhang Yuan knew Guo Xie.

But he didn't want to remind Wei Qing because of Guo Xie.

Wei Qing needs to grow up, he is still too kind now, Zhang Yuan needs him to grow up quickly.

Da Sima of the big man went to speak for a ranger.

Not to mention that Liu Che would be angry, Zhang Yuan felt his head swell after hearing this.

Moreover, Zhang Yuan had never heard of any connection between Guo Xie and Wei Qing.

Wei Qing was able to intercede with Liu Che because of other people's words for people he had never met before. This was both stupid and naive.

Confucianism violates the law with writing, and chivalry violates prohibition with martial arts.

Neither is a good thing, and not when a country is booming.

Both of these will actually affect the stability of the country and are both destabilizing factors.

After Wei Qing suffered some losses, he knew that good people can't do anything.

The same is true of the father Yan at the beginning, and now there is Guo Xie.

Zhang Yuan was also disgusted by people like Guo Xie, so he left Chang'an City directly. These guys who are sure to die will have a foul smell if they get close.

When Zhang Yuan returned to Du County, he honestly reviewed the work of King Wuqiu Shouwang in the past year.

Still something big happened.

When Guo Xie left his hometown, countless people saw him off, and the travel expenses presented to him amounted to tens of millions.

After he entered the pass, all the sages and heroes in the pass rushed to make friends with him after he entered the pass.

How did Li Guang get tricked by Zhang Yuan?
Isn't it the [-] soldiers named Li Guang cheering.

Leading the coast of the earth, is it a king minister.

The only people with charisma in the Han Dynasty are the emperor and the empire. If a ranger or civilian has such charisma, who do they think they are in the eyes of the emperor?

Chen Sheng, Wu Guang and his ilk!

Guo Xie's limelight was really too great.

Originally, it was because Guo Xie was so famous that the officials in his hometown thought that the court would know about such a person, so they did not dare not report Guo Xie when they reported it.

It seems that even officials in small places can understand the holy meaning.

But the official didn't expect that he had realized the holy will, but he didn't realize what Guo Xie meant.

The result was bad luck.

Guo Xie's underworld gangsters directly killed the official who recorded Guo Xie's name, and then ran to other people's homes and killed his father.

The official's family members went to Chang'an City to file an imperial complaint outside Weiyang Palace, but Guo Xie's underworld younger brother killed the whole family outside Weiyang Palace.

Unscrupulous to this point, challenging Liu Che's bottom line, the authority of the empire.

After Zhang Yuan found out, he wanted to ask Wei Qing who was more crazy about what he did than Guo Xie and others.

I guess Wei Qing's guts are full of regret now, why should he defend such a person.

Liu Che was furious when he found out, and ordered Guo Xie's underworld younger brother to be wanted, and Guo Xie was arrested together with him.

The last investigation revealed that Guo Xie had committed more than one or two crimes.

He minted money, robbed tombs, and killed people.

However, after checking, he found that all his crimes were before the amnesty.

Guo Xie was smart and lucky. Every time he was caught by the government for committing a crime, he was always granted amnesty.

And it was true that his horse boy did not notify Guo Xie when he was helping him.

There is no evidence that Guo Xie stopped a gang of underworld nature.

But there are not a few people who admire Guo Xie, and many of them claim to be Guo Xie's younger brother.

Most of the people here must be hooligans.

They often take it upon themselves to do things for Guo Xie or take revenge.

While Guo Jieren was still in the prison, his younger brother helped him again.

Because a Confucian scholar spoke disrespectfully to Guo Xie, Guo Xie's younger brother cut off the Confucian scholar's tongue and killed the Confucian scholar.

The officer actually acquitted Guo Xie because he didn't know anything. But in the end, Gongsun Hong showed up because a Confucian scholar was killed, saying that a person like Guo Xie who didn't know anything was a greater crime than killing someone himself.

This sounds like bastard logic, but if you think about it carefully, it actually makes sense.

Because these cases meant that Guo Xie's prestige and power were already frighteningly great, and there was no need for him to do anything, or even know about it.

There can only be one person in the whole world who can have such authority.

That is Liu Che.

Can the emperor let two people do it?
Of course not.

After Liu Che knew the verdict of the case, he directly intervened and ordered Guo Xie to be executed for his treason.

Everyone knew that Guo Xie was innocent and was killed, but Zhang Yuan saw that Liu Che began to use Confucian law to judge the case.

As for people like Guo Xie, they deserve to die as many times as they die. The more people die, the more stable the country will be.

Guo Xie's father was actually a knight-errant, but he was killed by the officials during the reign of Emperor Wen.

The Han Dynasty began to change, and the former laws may have to be regulated by Confucianism.

Zhang Yuan did not express any opinions on this. After all, in the eyes of outsiders, Zhang Yuan is also a representative figure of Confucianism.

The ridiculous thing is that Zhang Yuan, a representative of Confucianism, has never met the great Dong Zhongshu.

Inside the Taixue of Du County.

In front of Zhang Yuan stood King Wuqiu Shou.

At the beginning of January, when Wei Qing and the others set out to leave Chang'an, the Taixue recruited a new batch of students.

This time no one had any objection to the list announced by Taixue.

King Wu Qiu Shou successfully admitted nearly [-] students to Taixue.

He now has a flattering smile all over his face, like a licking dog.

"The next official has not yet congratulated Tai Xueling, who has entered the Marquis of Xin'an.

Congratulations to Marquis Xin'an, he will have a bright face when he goes out as an official. "

Zhang Yuan gave Wuqiu Shouwang a blank look. This guy went farther and farther on the wrong road, and he couldn't pull him back at all.

"Hehe, what's the light on your face when I'm a Marquis? You see, you're about the same age as me. I'm already a Marquis, and the fief is still in the pass. Look at you again, you're useless!"

King Wuqiu Shou also nodded seriously, expressing his agreement with Zhang Yuan's statement.

"Naturally, lower officials are not as good as Taixueling."

Zhang Yuan didn't bother to talk to Wuqiu Shouwang, so he flipped through the list of freshmen, seeing more than 5000 names made his eyes dazzled, so Zhang Yuan closed it again.

"Is there anyone in this group that is particularly special?"

King Wuqiu Shou replied seriously.

"What aspect of Taixue's order are you referring to?"

Zhang Yuan rubbed his temples and then said what he wanted to know.

"Those who are particularly capable, and those who are particularly capable of making trouble."

When King Wuqiu Shou heard the word "making trouble", he felt that Zhang Yuan was going to fire him, so he quickly shook his head.

"The lower officials didn't see it, it was just an entrance exam, and it wasn't too difficult.

It's just that the lower officials made their own decisions and recruited more literati to enter the Taixue. "

The person in charge is somewhat selfish, and this is inevitable, as long as it is not found out in the end.

Just like the professors of Tsinghua University and Peking University in later generations, not all of their descendants have entered Qingbei.

People have selfishness, Zhang Yuan can't put an end to it and doesn't want to care about it, and the King Wuqiu Shou is so honest, what else can Zhang Yuan complain about him?
"That's okay. The students we take in are all blank slates. How they develop in the future depends entirely on their own circumstances.

You will draw up a regulation later and write it into the regulations of Taixue. It probably means that students who failed the rankings in previous years can participate in the next year's entrance examination.

The age limit is 20 years old. Those over 20 years old will not be allowed to continue taking the exam. In this way, everyone has almost four chances. If they still fail to pass the exam, it really does not mean that we do not give them a chance. "

"Tai Xueling, you mean that last year's students are also acceptable?"

Zhang Yuan now has a headache thinking about the group of students who made trouble last year.

"Except for them, I don't have the stomach to tolerate some people who provoke me."

King Wuqiu Shou nodded in understanding and subconsciously uttered two words.

"Too."

Zhang Yuan was quite annoyed.

"Huh? What did you say?"

Seeing that Zhang Yuan was about to get angry, King Wuqiu Shou naturally denied it directly.

"Uh, I didn't say anything."

But Zhang Yuan didn't intend to just let Wuqiu Shouwang go, he had to let Wuqiu Shouwang remember what kind of person he was.

"I'm afraid you haven't been beaten badly this year, and you are living too comfortably.

How about this, I will give you a mission to take those students and reclaim [-] acres of school land. "

King Wuqiu Shou didn't expect Zhang Yuan to be so ruthless, so he quickly found an excuse.

"But Taixue Ling, it's past the time for spring plowing."

This excuse seemed a bit weak in front of Zhang Yuan, so Zhang Yuan immediately blocked King Wuqiu Shou's retreat.

"It's all right, you can grow potatoes and beets."

"Tai Xueling, then I will go to farm, who will draw up the regulations?"

"It's still you, don't talk anymore, if you continue to talk, then you will farm the land alone.

Don't bother you, tell you something, you talk a lot of nonsense. "

"Okay, let's not talk about it, I will go to draw up the regulations first, and then I will go to cultivate the school field tomorrow."

A Taixue Cheng was sent to farm by Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan himself set off to go home after reading about Taixue Ling. He is now an idle worker.

Yan Yi was granted the title of Taicang Order, and Wang Qing was granted the title of Censor.

Both apprentices have their own efforts, and Zhang Yuan also wants to rest for a while.

When I got home, I found that the entire door had changed.

In the past, there was a sign with the word Zhang Mansion written on it.

Now one gate has tripled in size, and two small gates have been opened beside it.

On the red plaque are written the four characters of Xin'anhoufu.

Be as stylish as you want.

"Welcome Lord Hou to return home."

When Lao Zhao saw Zhang Yuan, he smiled and bowed.

Zhang Yuan walked inside and everyone he met changed their names.

The things that Liu Che rewarded had already been sent back home.

"We will be a wealthy family from now on, hahaha."

Zhang Yuan was also very happy.

"What are you saying, Lord Marquis? Our family has been a wealthy family for a long time, what is it now?
In the past, you, Lord Marquis, were the princes of one place. "

Lao Zhao didn't understand anything, but he knew that there was not even a single prince in any Shu county.

"You are not allowed to say these words anymore. I am going back to my hometown today. It is a happy day.

Except for the work that must be done in the family, everyone else rests for three days, and everyone can receive a reward of five hundred qian. "

"Thank you, Lord."

Zhang Yuan gave Lao Zhao a few words and then went to find Zhuo Wenjun.

Now it is even more impossible to give Zhuo Wenjun a title. Maybe one day Liu Che will give Zhang Yuanan a beautiful and noble wife when he sees that Zhang Yuan is happy.

"Master Hou."

"Haha, you don't have to follow them and call me that."

"Okay, my lord."

Yes, you can call it whatever you like.

"Go, go to bed and rest."

Zhang Yuan still calls his own woman "Master".

It sounds like a novel.

Isn't ancient novels supposed to be surrounded by seven or eight concubines, and then they all call out to the master in a delicate voice, what else does the master not want.

That night, Zhang Yuan asked Zhuo Wenjun to shout "Master, I don't want it" all night long.

Women just need to be treated.

After resting at home for a week, Zhang Yuan returned to Taixue.

As soon as there are many insiders in Taixue, it will become popular.

The business environment in Du County has also improved. Except for brothels and gambling houses that Zhang Yuan doesn't want to see, there are many other businesses.

Farming in an agricultural society is of course farming, but business is also needed to make the whole environment come alive.

Stagnant water will only breed bacteria instead of various small fish.

With business, the taxes in a place are higher. This is also the political achievement of the local parents. Meigao is very happy because of the rising taxes.

This is a virtuous circle, but Zhang Yuan can't vigorously promote it.

His Majesty the Great Emperor has not yet realized the need to unify the currency.

It made Zhang Yuan feel a little worried.

In this way, time passed slowly for half a year, and the city to the north of Yinshan Mountain was finally completed.

"Ding."

"How Steel Is Made: Complete the second sub-quest, and get a random reward."

Zhang Yuan didn't understand how the system calculated this. Anyway, he had to build a city north of Yinshan Mountain to bring the Hetao area into the territory of the Han Dynasty.

Fortunately, it is completed. The next step is to open up the Hexi Corridor.

We still have to fight to destroy King Xiutu and King Hunxie, so that the West of the great Han can be penetrated.

However, Zhang Yuan still has more than a year to breathe, and the big man also needs some time to recuperate.

Whenever a war is launched, the preparation time always takes a long time, sometimes half a year.

It is useless for Zhang Yuan to keep the lottery chance for now.

Now it has reached the point where the big man can be pushed forward without relying on the system.

During the six months that Zhang Yuan was granted the title of Marquis, only 11 of the seventeen missing students returned safely.

The remaining six people did not come back, it is estimated that they suffered an accident, but because they took poison, the time did not allow it.

Zhang Yuan secretly gave a sum of money to the family of the eight people who died, enough money for their family to spend their whole life in peace, which is also regarded as compensation.

Everyone else got promoted and got rich, but these eight students buried their bones in other places. Fortunately, the big man recovered Henan, otherwise their bones would still be trampled by foreigners. This feeling is really uncomfortable.

Just giving some money is not enough to comfort their families. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a martyr in a big man.

Even if they went to ask for an explanation, the Chinese military government would say that they were missing, not killed in battle.

These few students didn't even have any military merits, so Zhang Yuan had to bear the compensation.

I only hope that this meager force can make them sleep peacefully and not be disturbed anymore.

(End of this chapter)