Han Dao world

Chapter 1208

When Liu Xie received Zhou Zhong's memorial, he had just sorted out the situation in Lingling County.

Overall, the situation is not optimistic, at least much more serious than he imagined.

Although Lingling has been included in the territory of the Central Plains for 500 years, it is still a frontier in the cultural sense, retaining quite a lot of local beliefs, and has little system and enlightenment from the Central Plains.It cannot be said that the influence of books with the same text and cars with the same track cannot be said to be absent, it can only be said to be negligible.

There are many reasons, the most important of which are two points:

One is that the vast majority of people are illiterate, and the same text has no effect on them, since they do not know how to read anyway, and only those within the system need to be proficient in writing.

The second is due to terrain constraints, developed waterway transportation, limited land transportation, horse-drawn carriages are expensive and unnecessary means of transportation, and etiquette is of greater significance. Only officials and a small number of gentry have the willingness and ability to undertake it, and most people still Choose to walk or take a boat.

In short, ordinary people have no concept of the distant court.They have been out of the mountain village all their lives, never seeing people in the court, how the court is, whether it is Qin or Han, who the emperor is, has nothing to do with them.

Therefore, they don't care about things like regime change at all, they only care about whether their own interests will be damaged, and they will rebel if they disagree. Go back to farming and hunting.

Because of the lack of arable land, hunting has become an important means of subsistence, so most of the locals are good at using bows and crossbows, and they go up and down the mountain like walking on flat ground. They are natural mountain warriors, and there are countless capable ones.

Just like the herdsmen on the prairie are born knights.

Such people are the best source of soldiers, the premise is that they can be used well, otherwise they will become troubles, like ulcers.

Regrettably, there are very limited officials who can make good use of these advantages. Most of them just want to muddle along, pass their tenure, and then find a way to transfer away as soon as possible.In their eyes, getting a job here is just a process, even a punishment. Few people want to manage the place and promote enlightenment.

This is probably the reason why the southwestern region could not be reformed until the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Geographical conditions are one aspect, but what is more important is that the scholar-officials who are the elites of the era do not have enough sense of responsibility and only think about their own interests, so they should be transferred from these remote places as soon as possible to more affluent places. It is best to enter the court as a minister .

After learning about this, Liu Xie was very silent, and he became more determined in his previous thoughts.

Compared with external conquest, internal integration and enlightenment are obviously more urgent.The interior is full of raw rice, how can we go west with peace of mind?

The key point is to change the concept of scholars, so that they will implement the concept of practicing the teachings of saints, rather than talking about it.

In short, if you can't have a deep understanding of remote areas and can't make political achievements, don't expect to be a great minister.

You are not worthy.

How can you rule the world with only a small piece of the hinterland of the Central Plains in your heart?

Liu Xie first talked about these ideas with Jia Xu and Zhang Ji, and then discussed them with Sanqi and Shangshu around him.

Jia Xu and Zhang Ji were very supportive.

Zhang Ji, who seldom expressed his views on politics, said that if the officials all over the world could do what His Majesty said, how could Liangzhou have been in chaos for a hundred years?When those Kwantung scholar-bureaucrats came to Liangzhou, they only wanted to corrupt, they had no intention of governing, and they didn't care about the life and death of Liangzhou people.They poked out the basket, patted their buttocks and transferred, and the locals of Liangzhou had to solve it.

Jia Xu was also a little emotional.But he was not as straightforward as Zhang Ji said. He just said that Confucian scholars would talk about enlightenment, but not many people could put it into practice.Your Majesty toured the world and set an example for the scholars and bureaucrats in the world. The merits of the present age will benefit the future.

After hearing this, Liu Xie couldn't help laughing, but also understood Jia Xu's far-reaching intention of persuading him to innovate the system and periodically inspect the world.

Such a thing can only be effective if the emperor personally promotes it.

If the emperor himself sits still, but hopes that local officials will take action, it will be difficult to implement it.

He also suddenly understood why the Chinese discipline of the 21st century would be constantly researched in various places and rarely stay in the capital.

Jia Xu's suggestion has the same effect.

It has to be said that Yan Zhong's evaluation of Jia Xu is very appropriate. He not only has Chen Ping's ingenious schemes, but also Zhang Liang's level of insight. He is worthy of being Jia Sheng's descendant and Liangzhou's elite.

Sanqi and Shangshu also agreed with Liu Xie's point of view, especially Jiang Wan, Liu Min, Lai Gong and others who had just joined the post.

They are all natives of Lingling, with passion and deep affection for the local land. Of course, they hope that their hometown can be as prosperous and civilized as the Central Plains, instead of the despicable and barren land in the eyes of the Central Plains people.

After repeated discussions, Liu Xie decided to build a school in Lingling first.

Counties and counties must be built.The county school promotes universal education to train local officials, while the county school raises the level, trains county magistrates, lieutenants, supervisors and other officials, broadens their horizons, shapes the concept of the world, and lays the foundation for them to go out of Lingling.

In Liu Xie's plan, a considerable number of ministers will come from Bianjun in the future.

Only in this way can they truly integrate into the Chinese civilization, and the frontiers of the Chinese civilization can also be substantially expanded.

Jia Xu highly agreed, and made a suggestion to set up a special lecture hall to recruit the children of the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River. The main task is to study mountain warfare, and to select outstanding talents for the southern conquest of Jiaozhou and further conquests in the future. Build a reserve force.

Liu Xie agreed and reached a consensus with Yu Fan.

But the military alone is not enough, the governance of the locality also depends on the law.

At this moment, Zhou Zhong's memorial arrived.

After reading the memorial and seeing the final recommendation list, it was not Man Chong but Gao Rou who caught Liu Xie's attention.

Of course he knew who Gao Rou was, but he didn't know that Gao Rou was already the secretary of the Sikong Mansion, and Zhou Zhong admired him so much.

It seems that Zhou Zhong has made full use of the power of self-discipline, without wasting it at all.

After Liu Xie weighed it, he immediately replied to Zhou Zhong.He plans to stay in Lingling for a period of time to cultivate talents for the local area, including the legal system.Gao Rou's family has learned laws and decrees, and he has experience in the Sikong Mansion. He is a very suitable talent. He hopes to be transferred to Lingling to serve as a sacrificial wine, and to familiarize himself with the local situation by the way.If he is competent, he will be transferred to the post of Sikong Funan Changshi in the future.

After drafting the edict, Jia Xu happened to come, and Liu Xie showed the edict to Jia Xu, hoping to hear his opinion.

After reading it, Jia Xu thought for a while and said, "Why is there a long history in the south of Sikong Mansion? It's better to build a law school and let him serve as the sacrificial wine and be responsible for the reform of the law. Ever since Dong Zhongshu reformed the Confucian school and sentenced him to prison in the Spring and Autumn Period, so far For more than three hundred years, the accumulated evils have been deep, and it is time for reform."

Jiang Wan, the new minister who wrote the imperial edict, immediately became violent after hearing this.

"Is the Taiwei trying to dig the foundation of Confucianism?"

Liu Xie and Jia Xu glanced at each other, smiled in unison, and then said in unison: "Yes!"

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Jiang Wan was stunned for a moment, feeling uneasy.

He got up to speak impulsively, but he never expected to get the reply from the Emperor and the Taiwei at the same time, and it was so direct.

That's all for the Son of Heaven.Zhou Buxin said that the emperor is approachable and gets along well with the young officials around him.But Taiwei Jia Xu is a gloomy person, and the city is extremely deep.

How could he answer the presumptuous question of a young minister who has just joined the job for a few days.

Could it be that he was too intense?

Seeing that Jiang Wan was uneasy, Liu Xie smiled, stretched out his hand and pressed down lightly, signaling Jiang Wan to return to his seat.

Jiang Wan's mind went blank, and he returned to his seat in a daze, only to realize that he hadn't thanked Liu Xie yet, and quickly pleaded guilty to Liu Xie.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for pardoning the crime of disrespect."

Liu Xie nodded with a smile, but said in his heart, the people from Jiangnan are really reckless, even a gentle person like Jiang Wan has a hot temper, let alone others.

"Young people, it's good to be aggressive and not afraid of adults, but you must also dare to face the reality." Jia Xu said lightly: "I hope you can also use this courage to learn. Mencius said that Confucius is a saint. A man of time. An era should have a saint of the era, and we should not dare to question anything just because the saint has said something that will last forever.”

Jiang Wan was at a loss for words for a moment, feeling that something was wrong, but couldn't find a reason to refute.

What he wanted to defend was Dong Zhongshu's point of view, but Jia Xu used Mencius' point of view, which is more prevalent nowadays. Both of them are Confucian sages, which one is right and which one is wrong?

It cannot be said that Mencius was wrong, but Dong Zhongshu was more intelligent, right?

Seeing that Jiang Wan didn't speak, but his face was flushed, Liu Xie didn't say anything.

Although Jiang Wan was smart, his level of Confucianism was limited, and he was far from being able to argue with others, let alone confront a wise man like Jia Xu.But with his talent, it won't take long for him to slowly change his mind.

The advantage of young people is that they can accept new ideas.

Liu Xie returned to the topic and discussed Jianlu Academy with Jia Xu.

He's had similar ideas before, but never discussed them publicly.The reason is still the same old problem. The Legalists give people a bad impression, and even a little bit of it is troublesome.He himself did not have a good impression of Legalism, and he did not want to simply regard the existing legal studies as officially recognized knowledge, which would cause too violent reactions from Confucian scholars.

However, Jia Xu's suggestion that Gao Rou, who has a Confucian background, preside over the law school is a plan worth considering.

Zhou Zhong recommended Gao Rou because of Gao Rou's family.

Chen Liugao's marriage with Runan Yuan's is naturally not an ordinary family.

In fact, there is a fact that many people ignore or deliberately cover up, the origin of Legalism is not in Guanzhong, but in the Han and Wei dynasties during the Warring States period, and today's Ruying area.Needless to say Xunzi, Han Fei was from Xinzheng, Yingchuan, and Li Si was from Shangcai, Runan.Even after 300 years of Confucianism's supremacy, there are still many families in Ruying area who inherit the law.

This is true of the Yangdi Guo family and the Chen Liugao family.

Gao Rou came forward to establish the law school, even if the Confucian sect had opinions, it would not be so violent.

After repeated weighing, Liu Xie accepted Jia Xu's suggestion, sent an edict to Zhou Zhong, put forward the suggestion of building a law school, and asked Zhou Zhong to recommend a suitable candidate for offering wine.

He didn't point out Gao Rou, but he believed that with Zhou Zhong's habit of being famous, Gao Rou would definitely be given priority as the priest of the law school instead of staying in Sikong Mansion as a long history.

Jiang Wan then re-drafted the edict according to Jia Xu's opinion, used the seal, and sent it out by express ship.

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As expected by Liu Xie, after receiving the edict, although Zhou Zhong objected to the law school from the bottom of his heart, he also knew that this was the general trend, and it was better to be promoted by the children of the aristocratic family than to be promoted by the emperor. Let's push it better.

For Gao Rou himself, serving as the first sacrificial wine of the Law School is more promising than serving as the head of the Sikong Mansion. In the future, it can not only be engraved on the tombstone, but also written in the history.

The only one who suffers is himself, without a right-hand man, he has to continue to suffer.

Zhou Zhong quickly made a decision, recommending Gao Rou to serve as Lu Tangtang's sacrificial wine, while Man Chong was transferred to Sikong Changshi, who was in charge of the Changsha case.

Man Chong and Gao Rou are both subordinates of the Sikong Mansion, and Zhou Zhong directly issued a document without the consent of the emperor, ordering Man Chong and Gao Rou to quickly hand over the affairs in hand and rush to the new post.

Gao Rou was among Zhou Zhong's entourage, and immediately set off to Quanling after receiving the order.

Unlike Zhou Zhong, who was somewhat reluctant, he was very satisfied with this new appointment, and even had it right in his arms.

Although he is only 30 years old, he has been an official in the county for many years and has handled many cases.It's just that he was implicated by high-ranking cadres, so he couldn't affect Chenliu County, and he didn't have the chance to appear in front of the emperor.Recommended by Zhou Zhong this time, it is undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him to become the first sacrificial wine of the Law School.

It is rumored that the emperor respects the law, but he is only worried that the opposition will be too loud, so he has not advocated it publicly.This time, Jianlu Academy is still in the name of cultivating county officials.

However, as the concept of "ruling the country by law" is gradually recognized, the study of jurisprudence will inevitably be put on the agenda.Just as Confucianism needs reform, if the law wants to be recognized by more people, it also needs a reform, so as to draw a clear line from the Legalists in people's impression.

For this, he has been preparing for several years, and even studied some laws of the Western Regions, thinking that the stones from other mountains are only waiting for the opportunity to speak to the emperor.

At the end of June, Gao Rou rushed to Quanling, but failed to meet the emperor at the first time.

He fell ill.

The climate in the south is humid, and in addition to the fact that there was a flood just before, it may be because of the rush to travel, the body is tired, and the drinking water is not clean. As a result, he contracted dysentery and vomited.

After Liu Xie received the news, he sent the imperial physician and told Gao Rou to recuperate with peace of mind, so don't rush for a while.

Building a law school is a big event and requires thorough preparation.He is choosing a site. Gao Rou can make some preparations first, see what textbooks are needed, make a list, and Yinfang will prepare them.

Gao Rou was very grateful, and carefully drew up a book list, which was handed over to Liu Xie.

He had thought that he would stay in bed for a while, but it was beyond his expectation.After the imperial doctor prescribed the medicine, he took it for only two days, and his body basically recovered, and he was even able to get up and walk around.

"Great doctor." Gao Rou was grateful, but also grateful.

His father Gao Jing died of illness because he was not acclimatized when he was an official in Shu County.He traveled thousands of miles to Shu County to attend the funeral, and it took him three years to bring his father's coffin back to his hometown for burial.

The imperial physician who was ordered to treat him did not take it seriously. "This kind of disease is very common in the local area, and there are ready-made methods and medicinal materials. The Imperial Medical Office prepared it a few years ago. You just added some medicinal materials to invigorate Qi in your medicine, and there is nothing unusual about it. It healed so quickly. , you are still young and in good health."

Gao Rou was surprised. "Is the emperor planning to come to Jiangnan a few years ago?"

"It's not for the Son of Heaven, it's for the Southern Expedition." The imperial physician smiled triumphantly. "For the soldiers of the Southern Expedition, acclimatization is more dangerous than the rebels. We, the Imperial Medical Bureau, research prescriptions and medicinal materials from various places, and prepare them first for these soldiers. Although we cannot shoot bows and arrows, we are also indispensable soldiers for the country. "

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Looking at the pride on the imperial physician's face, Gao Rou was thoughtful.

He can understand such feelings.

He is 30 years old this year, and he is often criticized because of his study of laws and regulations.Some people regret it and feel that they should study the classics.Some people despise him, thinking that he will be nothing more than a knife and pen official in the future, with no future.

Now he sees that a doctor who is not as good as an official with a knife and a pen regards himself as a scholar, and feels that he is an indispensable official of the country, so he feels sorry for him.

The Son of Heaven has been advocating that all peoples are all scholars for several years. The customs vary from place to place. Guanzhong and Liangzhou are better, and Guandong Prefecture is relatively conservative. They don't quite agree with the idea that all people are all scholars.

Now coming to the emperor's side, he finally felt the strongest change and benefited from it.

If the doctors hadn't prepared in advance for the acclimatization, he wouldn't have recovered so quickly, at least he would have to suffer for a few more days.

Gao Rou chatted with the imperial physician.

When it comes to medicine, the imperial physician is very talkative.He said that in the south of Duojiamu, medicinal materials can be seen everywhere.As long as you study hard, many diseases can be easily cured.Even the frightening miasma is not so terrible.After several years of research, the Tai Medical Department has already found a way to restrain it.During the conquest of Jiaozhou, no matter whether it was the General's Headquarters of the Southern Conquest from Jingzhou or the Northern Army from Yizhou, there were no casualties due to miasma.

"It used to be said that food and grass go first before the army arrives. Now it has to be changed to before the army arrives, the doctors go first." The imperial physician said with a smile: "Whether it is a southern expedition or a northward expedition, an eastward expansion or a westward expedition, there are a large number of doctors accompanying them. Local diseases, find a cure, and then set off. Anyone who does not abide by this rule will suffer. Compared with swords, diseases kill people more terrible. Perhaps a few dead sheep can kill tens of millions of people. If the army If there is a major epidemic in China, it will be even more serious.”

Hearing the word "big epidemic", Gao Rou instinctively shuddered.

He was deeply impressed by the epidemic in the first year of Zhongping.

"Is there a way to deal with the epidemic now?"

"At least I won't be as flustered as before." The imperial doctor's eyes were bright. "In the second year of Jian'an, when the emperor visited northern Xinjiang, he encountered an epidemic. Since then, he has ordered the imperial medical office to focus on the study of epidemic prevention. After a few years, some progress has been made. Since Ling Shi came from Nanyang, he must know Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor in Nanyang, is also one of the doctors who specialize in epidemic prevention in our imperial medical office."

Gao Rou nodded repeatedly.