The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 125 Output! Output hard!

"Taiwei, do you know why Yuan Shao dared to do the traitorous thing and establish Liu He as the false emperor?"

"Of course Yuan Shao relies on the troops in his hands!"

"Yes and no."

The real reason why Yuan Shao dared to do this was because the Runan Yuan family behind him was a Guandong aristocratic family entrenched in various places, and it was a network of personal connections that had been compiled over two hundred years.

Look at who are the people who are scolding Yuan Shao now?

Except Gongsun Zan.

The remaining Liu Bei, Liu Biao and Liu Yao are actually relatives of the Han royal family.

Gongsun Zan rose to prominence through military career, so naturally he was not within the system of Guandong aristocratic families.

Most of the others, such as Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, Tao Qian, Kong Rong, and Kong Jun, who were truly born into aristocratic families and relied on aristocratic families, either remained silent or simply accepted the enthronement from the Hebei court.

……

"Yuan Shao's strength does not lie in his capture of Jizhou, but in the nobles behind him!"

"The reason why those nobles joined Yuan Shao is because Yuan Shao has always been hypocritical and cunning, seeking fame and reputation, and is good at distorting right and wrong. He is good at adding other people's merits to himself and pushing his own mistakes onto others."

"The Hongnong Yang family, from which the Taiwei came, is also a family of meritorious officials with three dukes for four generations. In terms of influence among scholars, it is not inferior to the Runan Yuan family. And the Taiwei's good reputation is earned through his own practice, unlike Yuan Shao's reputation which was faked. So why doesn't the Taiwei stand up and call on the world's scholars to jointly spurn Yuan Shao?"

When Yang Biao heard the emperor praising him, his old face turned red.

He already understood Liu Xie's intention, which was to let the Guanzhong nobles exert their power to suppress the Guandong nobles headed by Yuan Shao in terms of reputation and legal principles.

This would naturally lead to hostility between the Guanzhong aristocratic families and the Guandong samurai clans.

But what if they are hostile?

Wasn't it Yuan Shao who excluded them first?
If that's the case, why should the Guanzhong family care about face? Care about the friendship in the past?
only……

Yang Biao was delighted but then looked troubled.

"Your Majesty, since Ma Jichang's death, the study of classics in Guanzhong has gradually declined. I'm afraid it will be difficult to compete with the study of classics in Guandong."

If one wants to suppress the other party in terms of reputation and legal principles, one must definitely start with the study of classics.

But since the death of the great Confucian scholar Ma Rong in Guanzhong, the study of Confucian classics in Guanzhong has gradually declined. On the contrary, many famous Confucian scholars have emerged in Guandong, such as Lu Zhi from Zhuo County, Zheng Xuan from Beihai, and Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui from Runan...

This does not mean that people in Guanzhong are weaker than people in Guandong.

Instead, the Qiang people and Xianbei on the border frequently invaded Guanzhong, making Guanzhong unstable.

The most important thing when studying and learning is peace and tranquility.

The environment in Guanzhong is like this. Even if one is really talented, he would either join the army to defend the border, or focus on people's livelihood and practical governance. Who would want to study those useless classics?

But no matter what, it is a fact that the Confucian classics in Guanzhong gradually declined and it was difficult to compete with the Confucian classics in Guandong.

"The commander misunderstood my meaning."

"It's hard to explain this thing."

Liu Xie was not so naive and never expected that he could make the scholars in Guandong submit to him by using rhetoric and moral principles.

"Even if Confucius were dug out of his grave now, he would not be able to convince those scholars."

After all, the truth is false, but the benefits are real.

"But if it is not Confucius who is dug out, but all 3,000 disciples of Confucius, then it will be different."

Yang Biao and Wei Duan beside him looked at each other, somewhat confused.

Your Majesty... do you really want to dig a grave?

"I am stupid and don't know what your majesty means."

Liu Xie stroked the bamboo slips on the table and said, "Instead of trying to convince a small number of people with better reasons, why not convince more people with more superficial reasons?"

"There is no need for so many great principles. As long as we write down what Yuan Shao did truthfully, so that people are no longer deceived by Yuan Shao, wouldn't it be possible to expose Yuan Shao's true face?"

This time Yang Biao understood.

But how could he do that?

There are so many scholars in Kanto. It is wishful thinking to want to gain the upper hand in public opinion!
"What if there is a book in the world that costs less than one-tenth of bamboo slips and can be printed by craftsmen without copying?"

"With books like this, we can quickly spread the Confucian classics of Guanxi and refute the Confucian classics of Guandong scholars. Could it be that even with such help, the general still has no confidence to suppress the Guandong scholars?"

Not very good at what you learn? No problem.

Not a big crowd? No problem.

Papermaking and printing.

Use technology to turn noble knowledge into worthless soil.

Since the scholars in Guandong can control the discourse power by relying on their large numbers, the aristocratic families in Guanzhong can also control public opinion by relying on a large number of worthless books!

Yang Biao immediately realized that this was an opportunity for the Guanzhong family!
It is not only an opportunity to take revenge on Yuan Shao, but also an opportunity to let the Confucian classics of Guanzhong surpass those of Guandong, and to let the scholars of Guanzhong surpass those of Guandong!
But the prerequisite is that the thing Liu Xie talked about really exists.

"Of course."

Liu Xie asked Jia Xu who was standing beside him, "Are there any idle craftsmen in the court?"

"Excluding those who smelt iron and make armaments, there are still several hundred people."

"Let them imitate the paper-making method of Longting Hou (Cai Lun) and boil the paper."

Thanks to the centralized system and concentrated craftsmen, it is actually not difficult to complete simple technologies such as improving paper.

As long as we allocate a little bit of resources to these craftsmen, they will surely burst out with unimaginable energy and get the job done.

"Once the paper is finished, I will give it to the general for trial."

"If the Grand Commandant feels that he is capable of being used, then I will hand over the matter to him and let him handle it." Striving for prestige and publicizing name are what these court officials should do.

As for people's livelihood and military affairs...it's better for them not to get involved.

"Also, Commander, have you ever heard about me teaching soldiers in the Chang'an army to read?"

Yang Biao cupped his hands and said, "This is a benevolent policy. I have heard of it a long time ago."

"Since it is a benevolent policy, it should be vigorously promoted."

"After all, there are not many soldiers in the army who can read, so it is difficult to teach them on a large scale."

"It just so happens that the men of the Taiwei and Taichang clans are all very knowledgeable. Why don't they go directly to the various military headquarters and teach the soldiers to read?"

This is exactly what Liu Xie wanted from Yang Biao and others.

Let them do the verbal sparring where they are good at.

Let them use their superb knowledge to teach and educate others.

Instead of killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, stealing their food, or plundering their property.

Only by truly uniting all the forces in Guanzhong can we form the most powerful iron fist!
After gathering strength, this iron fist will be able to strike out fiercely and crush all the enemies outside!
and.

Allowing these children of noble families to teach in military offices in various places is essentially allowing them to integrate into the army.

Scholars and soldiers are always in conflict with each other, perhaps because the two are too divided.

Just like Dong Zhuo before.

Dong Zhuo only knew the suffering of the soldiers, but not the suffering of the people.

same.

Those scholars could only see the hard work of the common people, but did not understand the hardships of the soldiers.

If we can understand each other a little better, then it is possible to achieve harmony.

"Your Majesty, I obey your command."

Yang Biao came to meet Liu Xie in person, but he might have been nervous at first.

They had been lying dead in the court for so long, and although they could not be said to be enemies of the emperor or Dong Zhuo, their natural position was actually to support Wang Yun.

In fact, they didn't know whether the emperor and Dong Zhuo were willing to accept them again.

As soon as Yang Biao came in, he said that he was willing to "raise grain". In fact, not only was he really forced into a corner by Yuan Shao, but he also wanted to "spend money to avoid disaster".

I thought I would have to suffer a lot, but who knew the emperor would be so noble and upright as to not take a penny.

Not only did he not take it, but he also helped the Guanzhong families in disguise, giving them a glimmer of hope to reverse the situation of the east being strong and the west being weak.

And the "price" was just the insignificant "dispatching clan members" to the army to teach the soldiers to read.

How could Yang Biao refuse such a profitable deal?

Liu Xie actually didn't understand Yang Biao's little thoughts.

But even if they understood, they would probably just chuckle and not take it seriously.

The court's responsibility should essentially be to allocate various resources and talents to where they should go, just like it does now, for win-win cooperation.

It's not like anyone who comes here will lose a layer of skin...

Before, Yang Biao and his men pretended to be dead and were unwilling to get close to the court and the emperor, so Liu Xie did not force them.

Now that Yang Biao's government is willing to stand with the court, Liu Xie will not retaliate because of previous frictions.

Good governance is like water.

Liu Xie didn't know whether he could be considered a good ruler, but his character and ambition would not allow him to waste his energy on such meaningless things.

"In that case, thank you, General."

The chat lasted a bit too long, so Liu Xie stood up to stretch his muscles: "I will go to the Grand Tutor later, would the Grand Marshal like to come with me?"

Go to Dong Zhuo?
Yang Biao's face turned pale immediately: "I heard that the Grand Master is working hard, so I won't bother him anymore."

It can be seen that Yang Biao is still afraid of Dong Zhuo like a tiger.

Liu Xie did not force it: "Since that's the case, then I won't force it."

Not only did Liu Xie see Yang Biao and Wei Kang off, he also specially gave them some ice cubes made of saltpeter to help them escape the heat.

They are all elderly people. It is really difficult for them to run around in such hot weather.

But just when Liu Xie was about to go out, another palace servant came to report that someone wanted to see him.

"What's going on today? Why are you all rushing to see me?"

Liu Xie glanced at Jia Xu and said, "Wenhe, have you been a little lazy recently? Normally, no one comes to my place, why are there so many people coming here today?"

Jia Xu was tired and asked, "Then let me go?"

"No, stay for a while."

Liu Xie asked the palace servants: "Who is here to see me? If it is a general, let them go to cool off. If it is a court official, I will tie up Wen He and send him to them."

Palace attendant: "Neither of them, it's Mrs. Cai."

……

Oh.

Liu Xie turned around and unceremoniously ordered Jia Xu, who was standing by and feeling resentful, to leave.

"In that case, Wen and you should leave..."

(End of this chapter)