Han Dao world

"Do you know what this looks like?"

Yu Fan, who was still talking eloquently just now, looked confused. "Is this... the Elephant of Water?"

"This is what I told you just now that the odd changes and the even remains the same, and the symbols look at the quadrant." Liu Xie raised his eyebrows pretending to be mysterious. "Take it back and study it. I think it will take a few days for you to understand."

Feeling competitive, Yu Fan accepted it generously. "The minister will show his shame, go back to study and study, and then come to discuss with His Majesty."

"Very good." Liu Xie asked Zhuge Liang to fetch another book and put it in front of Yu Fan. "This is the mathematics of the Western Regions sorted out by Lantai. It has some new ideas. You should also understand it. It may be helpful. Stones from other mountains can be used to make jade."

When Yu Fan heard that he studied mathematics from the Western Regions, he was a little disgusted at first, but after hearing Liu Xie's words, he had to reluctantly accept it.

"How about I use these in exchange for your breathing technique?"

Yu Fan was stunned and burst out laughing. "Your Majesty sits on the world, but exchanges with the minister. I really don't know whether to be happy or worried."

"I think you should be happy."

Yu Fan thought for a while and nodded in agreement. "Your Majesty is right, I should be happy."

Chapter 704

Zhou Zhong left the hall and came down the steps.

Sun Ce was talking lively with Zhao Yun, and Zhou Yu was also chatting with Lu Su, smiling from time to time.

Seeing Zhou Zhong coming out of the palace, they immediately greeted him.

"Let's go out of the palace." Zhou Zhong winked.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu understood, turned around and bid farewell to Zhao Yun and Lu Su, agreed on a time to meet again, and left the palace with Zhou Zhong.

"Bo Fu, you follow me to the prefect's mansion to meet Yang Gong. The emperor ordered me to discuss your appointment with Yang Gong, and we will discuss it at the next Tianchao meeting."

Sun Ce was a little apprehensive.

Although the emperor promised him to go south, he failed to defeat Zhao Yun. Is this promise still valid?

Zhou Zhong saw it and sighed secretly.

Is this still the fearless Sun Ce?He was completely suppressed by the emperor.But thinking about Yu Fan's performance, he was relieved again.Even a madman like Yu Fan, who is proud of his talents, is subdued by the emperor, and he subconsciously restrains himself a little. How can Sun Ce resist the royal majesty of the emperor.

"Don't worry, the emperor is always very generous to you young people." Zhou Zhong comforted, but he was somewhat envious in his heart.

The emperor is not tolerant to veterans.

Zhou Zhong led Sun Ce and Zhou Yu to Taiwei's mansion.Yang Biao was well prepared, arranged official duties, invited Zhou Zhong and others to the court, looked at Sun Ce and Zhou Yu carefully, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Young people are awesome. Jiamou, you should have listened to the emperor and let them enter the court earlier."

Zhou Zhong smiled awkwardly.He regretted it too, but what was the use of regretting.

"Where did you meet the emperor, Taixue or Lecture Hall?"

"Teaching the Martial Arts Hall." Zhou Zhong recounted the process of meeting the emperor, and finally explained the purpose of coming.

After hearing this, Yang Biao frowned slightly.

"I'll talk about the matter of Wanli Haijiang later, and I'm sure we can't talk about it now. For the matter of Jiaozhou, the imperial court has sent envoys. It's hard to say how the Shixie Brotherhood will react. It is definitely inappropriate to send troops to conquer immediately. How to arrange it is really necessary. Consider."

Zhou Zhong thought it was reasonable, and couldn't help feeling suspicious.

Yang Biao said that when he was sent as an envoy, the emperor must know about it, why did he agree to Sun Ce's southern expedition?

"Wen Xian, from your point of view, does the emperor have other arrangements?"

Yang Biao glanced at Zhou Zhong and shook his head. "Jiamou, the emperor said Southeast, not Jiaozhou. Whether Jiaozhou is fixed or not does not affect the result."

Zhou Zhong was stunned. "So, Wanlihaijiang refers to... really the sea? In the sea, at most there are only a few barbarians fishing. What is there to conquer?"

Sun Ce was also disappointed.

Yang Biao laughed silently. "Although I have been to sea before, I don't know what is in the southeast sea, but I believe in one thing, the emperor will never let talents idle, and will always give you a place to use them."

"That's true." Zhou Zhong nodded in agreement.

"Besides, I heard from Hu Merchant Anthony that merchants from the Western Regions also traveled by sea, and there were many small countries along the way. Their ships were far smaller than those of our big men, so they were always in danger of capsizing. Even so, because of the huge profits, There are still people who are willing to take risks. If it is replaced by our big man's ship, the benefits should be even greater."

Yang Biao stopped suddenly, turned to Sun Ce and said, "Can the boat go out to sea?"

Sun Ce quickly bowed and said, "Yes, I'm just afraid of the wind. Once encountering strong winds and waves, it is too late to enter the port to escape, and it is very easy to overturn."

Yang Biao nodded, turned around and took out an official document from the case, and handed it to Zhou Zhong.

"Jiamou, look carefully."

Zhou Zhong took it, and looked carefully, it was a meeting record, which mentioned a few things, which were tasks arranged by the emperor, and several new disciplines were to be established in the Taixue.

Agronomy is ranked first, followed by engineering, followed by medicine and business.

Zhou Zhong couldn't help frowning. "Taixue is a place for the country's talents. How can it set up all these crafts...knowledge?"

"Look carefully." Yang Biao ignored Zhou Zhong's topic.

Zhou Zhong patiently looked down.

The reason why the emperor requested the establishment of agronomy is very good.

Agriculture is the foundation of the country, and food is the most important thing for the people.It took four to five hundred years for the grain yield per mu to go from one shi, one and a half shi during the Warring States period to about three shi now, and the development is too slow.In order to solve the problem of land shortage, in addition to expanding the territory, increasing the yield per mu is also a good choice.

The establishment of agronomy is to hope that more scholars will study agronomy, increase production, and feed more people.

Engineering is also easy to understand.People need tools everywhere. Weapons are needed for combat, farm tools are needed for farming, houses are needed for living at home, and vehicles and boats are needed for traveling.The establishment of engineering is to gather skilled craftsmen and encourage scholars to join and conduct academic research.

Among them, the emperor specifically mentioned two items: one is the bridge, and the other is the boat.

Seeing this, Zhou Zhong understood the meaning of Yang Biao asking him to read this record.

The Son of Heaven is definitely not a whim, he is seriously considering this matter, and wants to set up various schools of knowledge other than Confucianism in Taixue.

"Wen Xian, what did you say at the time?" Zhou Zhong said while watching.

"I think the emperor's suggestion is very good." Yang Biao said. "Do you still remember that the Son of Heaven wanted to build a bridge over the West River?"

Zhou Zhong thought about it. "Some impression. Why, someone did it?"

"Although it has not been successful, there is already a plan. Jiamou, you don't know how much the people in Xihe and Shangjun hope to build a bridge over the big river. With this bridge, people can save dozens of miles or even travel up and down. Baili Road. If you are so concerned about people's livelihood, why can't you enter Taixue?"

Zhou Zhong didn't say anything, just shook the meeting minutes in his hand, and asked Yang Biao if he could let Zhou Yu and Sun Ce have a look.

Yang Biao nodded in agreement.This was originally made public, but there is no condition to make it public at the moment.

Zhou Yu and Sun Ce took the meeting minutes and read them one after another.

Sun Ce immediately became excited.

His main concern was the battleship.One of the purposes of the emperor's establishment of engineering is to build ships, large ships, large ships that can adapt to different environments, including large ships that can sail on the sea and resist wind and waves.

With such a ship, it is possible to realize his goal of going out to sea.

"That's good." Sun Ce said to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu nodded in agreement and added another sentence. "If that's the case, I'm afraid that [-] students are not enough. No wonder agriculture should be ranked first. There is not enough food to support so many people."

Yang Biao was talking to Zhou Zhong, and when he heard Zhou Yu's comment, he became interested and turned to Zhou Yu and said, "Do you agree with the emperor's suggestion?"

Zhou Yu was a little surprised and glanced at Zhou Zhong.

His opinion was at odds with Zhou Zhong, so his voice was very low, almost whispering to Sun Ce, but he didn't want Yang Biao to hear him. He didn't expect Yang Biao's hearing to be so good.

Zhou Zhong didn't hear clearly, but it was his wish for Zhou Yu to be appreciated by Yang Biao.

Yang Biao is a Taiwei, who is in charge of military affairs. If Zhou Yu can get his appreciation, his future will be guaranteed.

"When Mr. Yang asks you something, you just say it straight."

"Here." Zhou Yu turned around, bowed to Yang Biao, and repeated what he had just said.

Yang Biao laughed, pointed at Zhou Yu and said, "Jiamou, you are very knowledgeable, no wonder the emperor appreciates him. Well, let him stop being a man by the emperor's side and come to Taiwei's mansion."

Chapter 705 A knife in the back

After listening to Zhou Yu's explanation, Zhou Zhong would also feel good about it.

Although the emperor mentioned that agriculture, industry, medicine, and commerce should be set up in Taixue, the order is very particular, and it is not arranged randomly.

Agronomy is at the top, naturally because agronomy is the most important.

Only by solving the food problem and being able to support a large number of patrons, can we talk about engineering, medicine, business and other knowledge.

Everything he could think of, the emperor might have thought of.

In this way, the emperor was willing to make a deal with him, and even hinted that he should be rewarded with the position of Sikong, because he considered that the success or failure of the field was directly related to food production, and whether it could cultivate more talents and skilled craftsmen.

Zhou Zhong's face was a little hot.

Claiming to be a celebrity or a minister, but staring at the little interests in front of you, haggling with the emperor, is really against the character of a scholar, and it also fails the sage's learning.

"Jiamou?" Seeing Zhou Zhong lost in thought, Yang Biao reminded him.

"Ah?" Zhou Zhong came back to his senses and quickly shook his hand. "I'm fine, I'm fine, it's just that I suddenly thought about Du Tian just now, and I was lost in thought."

"Dutian." At the mention of Dutian, the smile on Yang Biao's face disappeared, and there was more anger in his eyes.He patted his thigh. "Regarding Dutian, the recent news is not satisfactory. The counties in Shandong have changed their ways to oppose Dutian, and even colluded with Yuan Shao, saying that he is pleading for the people."

"What kind of people is he for? What kind of life is he asking for?" Yang Biao shouted. "Nonsense."

Zhou Zhong was taken aback, his heart was beating wildly, as if Yang Biao was not angrily scolding Yuan Shao, but him.

"People's hearts are not old, and the world is going downhill." Yang Biao shook his head, heartbroken. "Sometimes I think, I shouldn't have persuaded the emperor to accept his surrender at the beginning, and it would be better to send troops to defeat him. I used to think that the road was confused, but now it seems that although the road is a dude, the big things are not confused."

Yang Biao clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. "I want to see if he can wake up from this dream of self-deception."

Zhou Zhong was in a complicated mood, neither agreeing nor opposing.

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Yecheng.

Yuan Shao, who was sleeping on the desk, suddenly hit zero, sat up, his forehead was dripping with cold sweat.

The concubine at the side was startled, and quickly lay down on the ground to plead guilty.

Yuan Shao waved his hand a little irritably, signaling the concubine to leave.His heart was beating fast and his head was a little dizzy, but he didn't want the concubine to see him.

After the troops were withdrawn, his health was not very good, but there were still many things to do, which made him so busy that he couldn't even sleep well.

First of all, people's hearts are scattered, and even counselors like Jushou have run away without knowing where to go.

Secondly, he verified the current situation of Guangzong Guo's family and confirmed what Fengji said was true.For the benefit of the people of Jizhou, Tian Feng wanted Yuan Xi to marry a woman who did not have a humble nationality.

It is tolerable and unbearable.

He scolded Tian Feng and asked him to retire.

If he hadn't considered Tian Feng's reputation in Jizhou, he would have killed Tian Feng directly.

Although Tian Feng deserved what he deserved, the departure of Tian Feng and Ju Shou still brought a lot of pressure to Yuan Shao.The Jizhou people felt that he was deliberately suppressing the Jizhou people, and they became more united, and the attitude of the trial and assignment became more and more tough, and there were almost conflicts several times.

If there is a big battle now, Yuan Shao even suspects that the judge will turn against him.

For this reason, Yuan Shao had to express his position many times that he would still choose a suitable marriage partner for Yuan Xi among the big clans in Jizhou to appease the people of Jizhou.

Every time he thought about it, he felt as sick as eating a fly.

This feeling of being unwilling, but having to do it is too uncomfortable.

"My lord?" A person came in and whispered, with indescribable concern.

Yuan Shao subconsciously straightened his waist, looked up and saw that it was Guo Tu, he breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hands, and his body collapsed again.

"Gongze, sit down, when did you come back?"

"Just arrived." Guo Tu looked at Yuan Shao. "My lord, your complexion is not good, are you too tired recently?"

Yuan Shao smiled bitterly, but did not answer Guo Tu's question.

"How is the situation in Youzhou? Is the highway very popular when it arrives in Youzhou?"

Guo Tu's mouth twitched. "It's not that popular, but it did cause us a lot of trouble. He doesn't live in Ji County, but stays in Yi County every day. If he has something to do, he invites Xiansi to drink. Xiansi doesn't want to go, but as a junior, he doesn't want to go. You can't refuse repeatedly, it's... very difficult."

Yuan Shao grimaced. "Just drink?"

Guo Tu sighed. "Of course it's not just drinking, but what else can he say? You can guess without thinking."

Yuan Shao nodded silently.