The Nameless of the Common Clans

Yuan Tan, who was originally aggressive and prepared to fight Yuan Shang to the death, suddenly calmed down. Instead of attacking Yuan Shang, he began to garrison troops in Leling, Gaotang, Xipingchang and other places to guard against Cao Cao. However, Yuan Shang's troops were transferred to Muye and Puyang. He looked very defensive.

"No, the pressure is too tight!" Chen Mo in Luoyang City patted his head after learning about this, looked at everyone, and said helplessly: "Yuan Tan is brave but not wise, but the third son Yuan Shao has some skills, I The mobilization of troops and horses in Hanoi was too frequent, so that Yuan Shang did not dare to fight Yuan Tan with all his strength. It was my fault that the tired Gongda Qingzhou and his party came to nothing. "

After saying that, he also solemnly apologized to Xun You.

"My lord, please don't do this." Xun You stood up quickly and said: "Yuan Shang succeeded Yuan Shao, and there are many advisers around him. Tian Feng, Jusue, Shen Pei, and Feng Ji are all famous people in Hebei. They have far-reaching wisdom. Xu You and Xun Chen's plans will It’s not like we are inferior. I’m afraid someone persuaded Yuan Tan. How can we blame the lord?”

After all, they are blood brothers, with broken bones and tendons connected, it is not difficult to understand that they are persuaded to join forces.

"Lord." Xu Shu said with a smile: "The Yuan brothers are temporarily joining forces due to pressure from our army and Cao's army, but from my point of view, Yuan Tan may not be satisfied with the plains and Bohai Sea in his hands now. It is better to retreat temporarily. Be more relaxed. Without the oppression of our army, these two brothers may turn against each other over time. "

A large number of troops were gathered in Hanoi, but after a long time, this man could no longer sustain himself even by eating horse chews. It was better to return the troops to various places and rest for the time being. He could also take the opportunity to recuperate and store more food and grass. When the brothers turned against each other in the future, it would not be too late to send out troops to shock them. .

Chen Mo nodded. This battle cannot be fought for the time being. If he continues to garrison in Hanoi, Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan will only become more wary of him. He immediately issued an order to all the troops in Hanoi to temporarily withdraw their troops. At the same time, he wrote a letter of resignation to Yuan Tan to express his gratitude. After all, the alliance was formed and the troops were dispatched. In the end, you told me not to fight?

Let the other person feel a little guilty first, and then there will be room for relaxation when the time comes.

Jizhou, which was originally covered with war clouds, calmed down. As Chen Mo dispersed the heavy troops gathered in Hanoi, everyone in Jizhou breathed a sigh of relief. The sense of oppression brought by Chen Mo was still great. Although Cao Cao was strong, he had only beaten Yuan after all. Tan has not yet completely won, but Chen Mo has actually defeated Yuan Shao's 100,000-strong army. If a war really breaks out, no one thinks that Yuan Shang can defeat Chen Mo on the battlefield.

Now that the brothers joined forces, Chen Mo finally gave up his plan to attack Jizhou.

After Chen Mo retreated like this, Cao Cao had no intention of crossing the river. He had to digest Qingzhou's territory, and in terms of food and grass, Cao Cao was even more lacking than Chen Mo.

Next, Yuan Shang began to consolidate his power, and after Yuan Tan won Zhao and Bohai, he temporarily stopped thinking about competing with his younger brother and began to consolidate territory. In name, he was still loyal to the Yecheng court, but in fact he was They became princes who ceded territory to the Yecheng court, and Jizhou was actually divided.

Luoyang, October.

The first snow of the year finally fell. Looking at the heavy snowfall, many people felt relieved. In the past few years, Guan Guan has been blessed with good weather and good harvests year after year. However, in fact, life in the imperial court is still a bit tight, especially this year. They haven't done anything. Stationing troops in Hanoi for half a year consumes a lot of food and grass. If there is no good harvest next year, life will be even more difficult.

Now that such a heavy snow has fallen, snowfall has begun to fall in various counties in Guanzhong. At least next year's harvest will not be too bad.

This year, the imperial court purchased grain from the private sector. Although the war did not start in the end, the purchase of grain from the private sector did not stop. Chen Mo felt that this was a good method. The common people could sell their surplus grain to the imperial court to buy some other daily necessities. The imperial court would also have more food to feed its troops.

However, the implementation of this strategy has not been smooth sailing. From July to now, nearly a hundred people have been found to be corrupt by the court. Among them, more than 30 people have been exterminated for more than a hundred stones. Many of them were governors of various counties, which suddenly created a large number of vacancies under Chen Mo's rule.

Outstanding students recommended by academies from various places have arrived in Luoyang one after another. It has been eight years since Chang'an Academy was established. The first batch of students can already join the officialdom. Moreover, most of these students are the children of military generals. The joining of these people will have a great influence on the people who have always controlled the military affairs. This is undoubtedly a disaster for the aristocratic family with absolute say. The emergence of this group of students also means that they have fewer chips to compete with Chen Mo.

After Cai Yong's death, all of Cai Yong's books were given to Chen Mo by Cai Yan. Chen Mo copied these books and distributed them to academies in various places. In addition, Chen Mo recruited celebrities from all over the country to teach through various methods. Heng continued to work for the academy and constantly improved the academy system, so that Guanzhong now has a complete talent training mechanism.

Chen Mo's dependence on the wealthy families was naturally further reduced. He killed nearly a hundred county-level officials one after another, but the officialdom in Guanzhong did not have any turmoil. Chen Mo quickly filled the vacancies in various places, which in turn further strengthened Chen Mo's control over the local areas.

This made many people feel threatened. Above the court, the criticism and rejection of various academies and Mi Heng became more and more serious, and there was a strong intention to abolish them.

However, Chen Mo has no interest in arguing with these people about this matter. Now that Mi Heng has been recalled to the court, he is in charge of the affairs of the academies in Guanzhong and Luoyang. Mi Heng has never been afraid of these criticisms and suppressions. The court argued hard, and Mi Heng never let Chen Mo down in terms of rhetoric.

However, these people's criticism of the academy system is not without purpose, or based on past concepts, they can really pick out some problems, such as how academy students can be promoted and how they can be considered as officials. There is no clear standard, it all depends on the likes and dislikes of the academy dean, and the division is not detailed, the distinction between academies is vague, etc.

These are indeed the problems of the academy. Ni Heng debated with people in the palace during the day and made people feel good, but after returning, he also seriously thought about these problems and made a summary.

"Three Learnings?" On this day, Chen Mo was at home with his wife and daughter, but he was pulled out by Ni Heng and felt a little helpless. Today he was not going to do anything. Looking at the bamboo slips in his hand, Chen Mo looked up and smiled at Ni Heng: "Is this book a new work of Zhengping?"

"My lord, this is a summary of Heng's travels to academies in various places in the past few years. Although we have made a rough division of academies before, what the ministers said does make some sense. This Three Learnings is Heng's summary. Please appreciate it, my lord." Ni Heng smiled.

Since what he said makes sense, why did you scold him so much that he vomited blood?

Chen Mo glanced at Ni Heng and didn't say much, but just started to read the Three Learnings.

The grading of academies had been roughly planned before, but the Three Learnings were not just as simple as planning. There was also a detailed grading inside, and there were also evaluation standards for disciples, which could not be decided by the dean alone. The final entry standards had to be jointly decided by the special government offices and academies, and they supervised each other. Ni Heng imitated Chen Mo's system of purchasing grain for the court and made some deletions and modifications, which became the supervision system for the assessment of academy disciples.

No matter what system, as long as it is implemented by people, there will always be loopholes, but Ni Heng's method maximized the fairness of the students in the academy, and Ni Heng also proposed that the final selection of disciples for officialdom should be checked by Chen Mo himself to avoid people who were unqualified. As for the academy, an entry assessment will be conducted every year to provide talents for the court.

The surplus talents will enter the Imperial College, waiting for vacancies and further study. The Imperial College will have famous scholars from all walks of life give lectures from time to time. Students can also apply for travel, but the court needs to spend some money to support these students' travel.

"Good! Very good!" Chen Mo looked at the Three Learnings and couldn't help but laughed: "Zhengping's move can be regarded as giving people in the world an opportunity to enter the government. It will benefit the future and be recorded in history!"

"My lord, I am just trying my best." Ni Heng said so, but there was no humility in his look.

"You deserve rewards for your merits. How to implement and promote the Three Learnings will still be presided over by Zhengping. From today on, Zhengping can enter the Shangshu Mansion and be responsible for this matter." Chen Mo said with a smile.

The Shangshu Ling is Li Ru, who is responsible for the court's employment. Ni Heng's entry into the Shangshu Mansion to specialize in the talents of the academy can also be regarded as completing the functions of the Shangshu Mansion.

"Thank you, my lord!" Ni Heng bowed and smiled.