The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 6 and Ten

In the second year of Chuping (191), December [-]st.

It has been a month since the call to arms came out.

The north and the south, the east and the west, and the two courtyards are full of swords and swords, and the atmosphere is extremely terrifying.

Yuan Shao annexed Yecheng, and his advance troops had begun to approach Liyang.

Liyang is the barrier to the east of Yecheng. If Sun Jian wants to attack Yecheng, or go north to attack Jizhou, Liyang is an obstacle that Sun Jian must not be able to bypass.

Now everything north of the Yellow River is occupied by Yuan Shao, while the south of the Yellow River is the sphere of influence of the Chen Du court.

As Yuan Shao's army entered Liyang, the Yanzhou army also began to donate troops to Puyang, Baima, Yanjin and other places.

After the Taishan Yellow Turban Army occupied the Jibei Kingdom, their tentative continued westward attack was repelled, so they retreated to the Jibei Kingdom again and developed steadily.

The pressure on the Yanzhou Army has been slightly reduced, but its strength is still a bit stretched.

Although Chen Qun, the governor of Yanzhou, recovered from his arrow wound, he was exempted from the position of governor of Yanzhou because of his defeat in the previous Jibei War.

And Cao Cao remained calm in the face of danger, not only gathered the defeated army, stabilized the battle situation, kept the situation in Yanzhou from collapsing, but also withstood the follow-up attack of the Taishan Yellow Turban Army, and even won a few small victories.

The situation in Yanzhou was in crisis, and the governor of Yanzhou could not be appointed casually, so Cao Cao became the most suitable candidate.

Although Cao Cao's hometown is Chenliu County in Yanzhou, logically speaking, it is inappropriate for Cao Cao to serve as the governor of Yanzhou at this moment, and he needs to avoid danger.

However, when the Kwantung Allied Forces fought against Dong Zhuo before, Cao Cao "distributed the family wealth and united with the righteous soldiers" in Chenliu, and initiated the volunteer soldiers to call on the heroes of the world to attack Dong Zhuo.

Cao Song was worried that there would be no peace due to the war, so he took his youngest son Cao De (also known as Cao Ji) and some clansmen to Langxie in Xuzhou to avoid disaster.

Later, Liu Xie escaped from Luoyang and became emperor in Chendu. Cao Song heard that Liu Xie had arrived in Chendu, and soon moved all the way from Xuzhou to Chendu.

Cao Song used to worship Taiwei as an official. Although he did it not long ago, the official position was bought from the hands of Shi Changshi, but he was Taiwei after all.

The Chen Du court had just been established, and there were not many ministers. After Cao Song entered the temple, he was directly appointed as one of the nine ministers. After all, Cao Song's qualifications were there.

Cao Song and many members of the Cao clan were in Chendu, so the selection of Cao Cao as the governor of Yanzhou did not receive any opposition.

After Liu Xie saw Cao Cao's name, he also straightforwardly asked Wang Yue to draw up the edict.

He knows who Cao Cao is, he remembers Cao Cao's name, and his memory has always been very good.

He had heard from Wang Yue that outside of the Kwantung Allied Forces at Chen Bingguan, apart from Sun Jian and Yuan Shu who actually sent troops to attack Dong Zhuo, only Cao Cao and Bao Xin led troops to actually fight Dong Zhuo.

Cao Cao and Bao Xin were defeated in Xingyang and almost lost their lives.

"Inspector of Yanzhou, Cao Cao."

Liu Xie took Cao Cao's name and official position, took a pen from Huang Le's hand, and wrote them together on the screen of the bedroom.

In addition to the name of Cao Cao on the screen, there are also the names of Sun Jian, Liu Biao, Chen Wen and others. Without exception, they are all governors of a state, state shepherds, or important officials of the court.

"Chen Wen..."

Looking at the name on the screen, Liu Xie showed a trace of worry on his immature face.

Chen Wen is the governor of Yangzhou. The news that Wang Yue mentioned to him recently is basically good news. The thief king of Yangzhou, Yan Baihu, lost his helmet and armor under the attack of the Yangzhou army led by Sun Jing, and lost consecutive battles.

Now that Yan Baihu fled to the south, and a large part of the territory it originally occupied has been lost.

The situation is very good, but the only bad news is about Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou.

During this period, Chen Wen's condition began to worsen. Although he was still able to govern, his health was getting longer and longer. Chen Wen had already made a statement and wanted to resign and return to his hometown to rest.

Liu Xie looked worried and frowned.

Birth, old age, sickness and death...

He remembered the time in Luoyang Palace.

During the fifth year of Zhongping (188), he was the happiest and the saddest.

What makes him happy is that his father spent more time with him than in the previous eight years. During that time, his father taught him a lot of things, and the names of one person after another , The stories of one person after another will be told to him...

It was also that year that he officially ascended the throne and became the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Chen Wen's illness has been ill for a long time, and it is somewhat similar to the illness of Liu Hong and his father back then.

The doctors Wang Yue sent over were all helpless and helpless. Liu Xie understood what life, old age, sickness and death were, and he also knew that Chen Wen might not be alive soon.

His father died of illness, Qiao Mao, the former governor of Yuzhou, also died of illness, and Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou, is also dying of illness.

Liu Xie was a little apprehensive, he felt that human life was extremely fragile.

In a single battle, tens of thousands of people died and passed away forever.

During the Wuchen Rebellion, he witnessed the fighting in the palace with his own eyes. Those tall and strong soldiers were easily chopped to the ground by sharp knives, and their corpses lay in the palace.

"Xu An..."

Liu Xie withdrew his thoughts, and his gaze stayed on the far left of the screen, where a distinctive name was written.

In the last period of time, Liu Hong's consciousness became more and more confused, and this name was what Liu Xie heard most from him.

Xu An, now the Taoist leader of Taiping Dao, Taiping Dao had already been wiped out by the army led by Huangfusong.

More than 36 Yellow Turban soldiers in Guangzong and Xiaquyang died among them. Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao, and Zhang Liang were all beheaded. [-] Qu Shuai was killed by more than half. Millions of Yellow Turbans were destroyed. In the bottom of the abyss, unable to recover after a fall.

However, Xu An rose like a hurricane in the Taihang Mountains. In seven years, Taiping Dao not only did not collapse, but disappeared from then on, on the contrary, it became stronger and stronger.

Now that the Taiping Road is in full swing, the forces of the Yellow Turban Army span states and counties, and the five prefectures of Youzhou, Jizhou, Sili, Bingzhou, and Liangzhou all have areas controlled by the Yellow Turban Army.

The two counties of Dai and Shanggu in Youzhou, most of the two counties of Zhongshan and Changshan in Jizhou, Hedong County of Sili Xiaowei, the entire territory of Liangzhou and Bingzhou, and even the nomads in the north, the Xiongnu , Xianbei all surrendered under his command.

Hu people dare not go south to herd horses, and scholars dare not bend their bows to complain.

Liu Xie looked at Xu An's name, and he felt that this person was different from everyone he had ever met, anyone he had seen in books.

Everything that the Embroidered Emissary reported about under the rule of Taiping Dao could refresh Liu Xie's original perception.

After learning about all kinds of novel affairs such as schools, military academies, police, Taoist temples, etc., one thing after another, Liu Xie paid more and more attention to Xu An.

Now he is not yet old enough to be in charge, and the current managers above the court are Liu Chong and Sun Jian.

"Yuan Shao."

Liu Xie looked at Yuan Shao's name, and his gaze gradually became firm.

Wang Yue told him, and Liu Chong and Sun Jian also explained to him that although the Yellow Turban Army seemed powerful, Xu An was trapped in the northern border, and his background was weak, making it difficult to fight.

Now we have to deal with the most important enemy standing in front of us—Yuan Shao.

Just yesterday, Sun Jian had led [-] soldiers from Jingzhou, [-] soldiers from Yuzhou, and [-] forbidden soldiers from Chendu, marching northward, and soon they would reach the northernmost part of Yanzhou—Dongjun.

Chapter 611

When the land of the Central Plains was at war, the territory of Taipingdao was very peaceful.

Contrary to the continuous and continuous wars in the Central Plains, since Xu An took control of Bingzhou in the fourth year of Zhongping (187), there has been almost no turmoil and war in the hinterland of Bingzhou.

Although the Yellow Turban Army has been fighting almost year after year, they are basically fighting outside the country, and have not been invaded by the Han army or the northern tribes.

Bingzhou, Shangdang County, and Changzi City.

Shangdang County was conquered by Xu An in the third year of Zhongping (186), and it has been five years since Taiping.

The people of Shangdang County have become accustomed to the life of Taiping Dao. With the establishment and spread of Taiping Dao in Shangdang County, Shangdang County was the first county to be liberated by the Yellow Turban Army. Welfare and policies were first implemented in Shangdang County.

Today's Shangdang County, whether it is education, military, politics, or infrastructure, is undoubtedly the best developed in the entire Bingzhou, and even the entire Taiping Road.

As dusk drew closer, many places in the eldest son city were lit up with stars and lights, but the number of pedestrians on the street did not decrease, and even showed signs of increasing.

At the corridor of the Sifang Gate of the eldest son city, at this time, there should be only a few travelers and outside residents rushing home, or going to the city to rest, but today, there are surprisingly many people.

Today’s Changzi City has lifted the original curfew. Walking on the streets at night, pedestrians don’t need to worry about being arrested by patrol soldiers or police on Taiping Road.

The reason why the curfew in the eldest son city was lifted today was not because there was any festival or something to celebrate, but because the government office of the eldest son city wanted to publish a list today.

This list is of great significance, and the release of the list this time is also of great significance.

This is Taipingdao's first major exam after it opened a school under the rule - Tongsheng Examination.

The Tongsheng Examination is also the graduation examination of Meng Xuetang. There are three subjects in total, language, mathematics, and Taoism.

Meng Xuetang was first opened in November of the fourth year of Zhongping (187), and more than [-] schoolchildren were arranged to enroll.

At that time, Xu An had just occupied Bingzhou, and the finances were tight. However, in order to get rid of the constraints of talents, Xu An ordered to recruit more than [-] schoolchildren to study without hesitation.

Strictly speaking, the real time of the first semester after the opening of Meng Xuetang was the fifth year of Zhongping (188), and the fourth year of Zhongping was just pre-school training and the entrance ceremony.

At that time, the Yellow Turban Army, including Xu An, had no experience in opening such a large-scale school, and it was quite difficult to organize it. Therefore, Xu An set up pre-school training, and held the entrance ceremony first, and then slowly implemented other things. educate.

However, the current Yellow Turban Army Meng School has entered a regular state, and it has been three years since the fifth year of Zhongping (188) to the second year of Chuping (191).

After the "Taiping Law" was promulgated, all aspects were officially written into the regulations, and schools such as the Meng School and the County School were also officially written into the regulations.

The period of elementary school is three years. Those who pass the examination are called Tongsheng. After they become adults, they are eligible to serve as officials in various township pavilions. Those with excellent academic performance can be promoted to county schools.

For elementary school students, those who fail to graduate after the three-year period will have two choices.

One is to stay and continue studying until he passes the exam and graduates successfully. Of course, at this time, Taipingdao will no longer provide him with meals and support his studies.

Of course, during this period, the student's tuition fees, as well as the corresponding food and clothing expenses will be fully borne by the students themselves.

The second is to receive a certificate of completion and graduate from Meng Xuetang. Such students are called students and are not qualified to become officials.

In fact, schools in various places are not completely free, and families need to pay a certain amount of food and rice fees.

In the school, the grades are divided into six grades: excellent, upper middle, middle, lower middle, lower, and last.

According to the pros and cons of the grades, the grades at the end of the semester, the food and rice fees are reduced or exempted, and there are even scholarships. Those with excellent grades can get a certain scholarship every semester, including money and food.

And if the academic evaluation is the last class, six semesters in three years, as long as two semesters are rated as the last class, then they will be persuaded to leave and go home.

Those who are in the bottom class are either poor in learning ability, or those who don't love learning.

Taiping Dao is short of resources and financially distressed. Every penny and every penny of manpower needs to be taken seriously. Naturally, Xu An will not allow wasteful behavior.

Compulsory education can be slowly implemented and fully popularized when the whole country is unified, the country is completely stable, productivity increases, and the country is prosperous and the people are strong.

But now, the purpose of setting up schools such as Meng School and County School is very simple, which is to train qualified officials for Taiping Road, and the survival of the fittest.

Although there is no discrimination in teaching, education should be based on individual aptitude, but in Bingzhou, in today's world, there is no such condition for Xu An to promote individualized education and these education systems.

What Xu An was busy with was not only education, military affairs, diplomacy, politics, all matters big and small required Xu An to make decisions and make judgments.

As the sun set on the western mountain, darkness descended, swallowing the entire eldest son city.

Although the curfew was lifted, the only lights in the eldest son city were a few markets, and the square area was lit.

And the places where the lights are lit, the brightest lights are the government offices of the eldest son city.

On the Yaqian square of the eldest son's city mansion, the lights are shining brightly.

The gate of the government office was opened, and two eagle wolf guards wearing white wolf uniforms stood on both sides, one with a knife on the left and one right, and a group of eagle wolf guard ti cavalry stood around.

One after another, soldiers with helmets and armour, all guarding the surroundings of the government office with the Yanling knife on their waists.

There are many stores around the square, and now those stores are almost full of seats and guests.

They are all waiting for today's announcement. Graduates who pass the Tongsheng Examination will be called Tongsheng, and will be officially recognized by the Taiping Road. Once they become adults, they can go to various township pavilions as officials.

Those with excellent academic performance can also choose to enter the county school, or even enter the national school, and become an official in the state and county, or even an official!

In the past, this was something that was unthinkable. To be an official or an official was only the privilege of the powerful landlords and aristocratic families. How could they become officials.

Everything is really different.

Chen Sheng had never been so upset before, he felt as if he was sitting on pins and needles while sitting on the table.

"Peace."

Ge Zhou glanced sideways at Chen Sheng, who was fidgeting.

"promise."

When Chen Sheng heard Ge Zhou's reprimand, he immediately stopped moving.

Chen Sheng held the water glass. Although he stopped moving, the boredom in his heart still did not disappear.

The backlog of pressure in his heart was too great.