Three Kingdoms

Although Yang Biao was not sure what Cai Yong's invitation or Fei Qian's invitation to give lectures on the way of a "gentleman" to the students in the academy meant, he thought about it and realized that this kind of thing meant a lot to him. They are all beneficial and harmless, so naturally they readily agree.

Is there anything that can more easily gain prestige in the academic world than giving lectures in front of these gentry children and explaining one's understanding of Confucian classics?

Yang Biao even thought that it was Fei Qian who felt that it was impossible to confront him, so he acted in such a way to cater to him?

"Gentleman" or "scholar" is a label and criterion given to Yang Biao himself, and even most of the children of aristocratic families.

After the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, especially during the process of the former Qin unifying the six kingdoms, the ancient theory of blood aristocracy has basically declined. Under the arrogant howls of princes and generals, a new wave of people ascended to the throne. The body is no longer just a bloodline, but also has more things added to it...

The so-called aristocratic family is a combination of generations of crowns, powerful people in the countryside, and family classics. Not only does it have an extensive power network of disciples and former officials in the official career, but it also owns large manors, castles, etc. in the countryside. They all responded to each other, and they were also leaders in the court. Most of the families who were in-laws with each other were members of the same family, creating a huge network of relationships.

Under the top aristocratic families are the wealthy families, and then there are the families who have been officials for many generations. These families slowly developed over the three to four hundred years of the Han Dynasty and have completely controlled the entire China.

In history, after Cao Cao's defeat at Bianshui, he arrived in Yangzhou in the blink of an eye and recruited nearly ten thousand troops. If he hadn't camped overnight, he might have returned to Jujube; and Liu Bei, who was always there to take care of things, had gone from there several times. When the other big guys slipped away, they were only a few thousand troops, but in the blink of an eye they suddenly grew to tens of thousands. Where did the money, food, weapons, and pay for these troops come from?

Most of them came from the active and passive support of local nobles and right-wingers.

The Han Dynasty, and even the Three Kingdoms, became a noble people when they succeeded and a noble people failed when they failed.

If it were not for the gentry, there would be no Three Kingdoms. If it were not for the gentry, the Three Kingdoms would not be unified by Wei and eventually returned to Jin.

Fei Qian looked at the graceful Yang Biao who was standing on the stage and was giving a long speech, and suddenly had a strange feeling. At this time, Yang Biao was like Yuan Shao when he was in Luoyang, a polite corporal, humble and submissive...

Is it about the same?

Even to some extent, he is stronger than Yuan Shao.

However, Yuan Shao, who broke into Jizhou almost single-handedly and did not have the support of most of the Yuan family like Yuan Shu, has now taken over almost the entire Hebei Province in a short period of time and is competing with Gongsun Zan for Liaodong. Just imagine, can these troops Did Yuan Shao personally recruit them one by one?

Or was it prepared by Yuan Shao in Jizhou?

Naturally not.

So what can Yuan Shao rely on to rise quickly?

It's just the "Yuan" character of the Fourth Generation and the Three Dukes and the reputation gathered in the anti-Dong alliance.

So why does Yang have such a great reputation?

Because to some extent, the Yang family was more or less benevolent to the contemporary gentry. The scourge of party imprisonment caused the gentry to receive unprecedented oppression. Although they had huge manor properties in the countryside, enjoyed a high reputation, and had considerable status in the court, it was of no use.

Facing the eunuchs and relatives, the scholars behaved like fish on the chopping board, allowing others to bully them. As the Yuan family and the Yang family, who remained at the center of power, they did a lot of things to save their colleagues overtly and covertly during this period. Naturally, they are now Received corresponding rewards.

Therefore, the gentry has the interests of the gentry represented, and this interest representative is not just a family, but the gentry system of an entire series of regions.

Nowadays, the Hebei nobles undoubtedly support Yuan Shao. The Runan Yingchuan area in Yuzhou seems uncertain, but it eventually fell into the arms of Cao Cao in history. As for the Yanzhou nobles and Xuzhou nobles, they are basically the same as the Jingxiang nobles. , split up and fled during the war, and joined other people's ranks, but no one succeeded in taking over.

The gentry in Yangzhou and Jiangnan did not so much support the Sun family as they supported themselves...

According to Fei Qian's understanding, what Yang Biao represents should be the gentry in Hedong and Hongnong, including Henan Yin.

Of course, in history, the nobles in this area were finally counted on Cao Cao. Perhaps it was not that Yang Biao did not want to continue to be this representative at that time, but that under that situation, he could no longer compete with Cao Cao...

Fei Qian looked at Yang Biao who was talking endlessly, and happened to meet Yang Biao's eyes.

Only Yang Biao's loud voice was heard, echoing in the hall:

“…The way of a husband and a gentleman must not be without magnanimity, without caution, without shame, without humility, without without compassion, before one can apply what he has learned… Without magnanimity, there will be no justice, without prudence, there will be no justice, and without shame, there will be no shame. Without wisdom, without humility and frugality, one cannot have virtue, without compassion, one cannot have benevolence... Therefore, without learning, one will not be able to broaden his talents, without ambition, one will not be able to learn, if one is conceited, one will not be able to cultivate one's talents, and if one is impetuous, one will not be able to cultivate one's temperament... You all have the right temperament, so you should do the same. If you make rapid progress in your studies, you will be able to live up to the years, and one day you will be able to be honored in the court and show off your beauty..."

Um.

Fei Qian smiled slightly. Anyway, for such a big topic, basically speaking, as long as Yang Biao is not twitchy, he will not say any treacherous words. Instead, he will talk about loyalty to the emperor and the country, just like the official clichés. Positive words in the form of motivation...

That's pretty much it.

After talking eloquently, Yang Biao finally stopped talking. This period of time has been quite depressing. Now that so many people are listening respectfully below, it can be regarded as a pleasure for Yang Biao.

Cai Yong first nodded to express his gratitude to Yang Biao, and then asked the person who was responsible for recording the notes to present the transcript to Yang Biao for review. Finally, he said: "Mr. Yang's comments are sincerely the words of a gentleman, and they fully understand the principles of the Wuchang." Also...it should be recorded in the pen as the first chapter of studying in the academy..."

Although Cai Yong was not very clear about why Fei Qian insisted on doing this, since Fei Qian asked for it, he agreed. The key is that Cai Yong felt that there was nothing weird or wrong in doing this, and he told students about gentleman way, and then asking students to study hard, isn't it the most correct thing to do in the general direction?

Therefore, Yang Biao didn't think there was anything wrong. He scanned the words recorded by the annotator and found no discrepancies. Then he said humbly: "Cai Gong raises his love... Yang is just a family opinion. How can he be virtuous and write a book?" , should be laughed at by a generous family..."

Of course, everyone knew what this meant, so Cai Yong didn't need to respond at all. The group of people next to him finally found a topic that they could talk about. Naturally, they immediately stepped forward and used various words to talk about it. Yang Biao’s words before, kiss, hug, hold high...

Cai Yong glanced sideways at Fei Qian on the sidelines. Does he mean this is useful?

Fei Qian smiled and nodded.

Yang Biao, who was drowning in all kinds of flattery, glanced at Fei Qian. For some reason, he suddenly felt that something was not quite right. However, he did not allow him to think about it for a while, but the next wave of praises came pouring out. The words came overwhelmingly again, drowning Yang Biao's little thoughts...