Transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms as Lu Bu: I Have a Pseudo-Apocalypse System

When the news reached Luoyang, Lü Bu was furious: "How dare the Guo family! I gave them a way out, but they refused and chose to walk down a path to their deaths. Issue an edict ordering Cheng Lian of the Capital Military Region to send 1,000 troops to Dongyuan County to arrest Guo Yong and confiscate his property. But remember, only the ringleaders will be executed; the rest will be spared."

Cheng Lian received the order and personally led a thousand elite soldiers, rushing day and night to Dongyuan County. Guo Yong still wanted to resist, but how could his household guards be a match for the elite regular army of the capital? In less than half an hour, the Guo family mansion was breached, and Guo Yong was bound hand and foot and taken to Luoyang.

On the tenth day of the third month, Lü Bu personally presided over the trial of the case in the Taiji Hall.

Guo Yong knelt in the hall, trembling.

Lu Bu coldly replied, "Guo Yong, do you dare disobey my decree?"

Guo Yong kowtowed repeatedly, pleading, "Your Majesty, spare my life! This sinful subject was momentarily confused and deserves to die!"

Lü Bu said, "A moment of confusion? You drove away the court officials and gathered a crowd to resist the law; this is rebellion!"

Guo Yong was terrified: "Your Majesty, this sinful subject knows his crime. This sinful subject is willing to hand over all his land and donate his family property to the public, I only beg Your Majesty to spare my life!"

Lu Bu remained silent for a moment, then said, "Considering your voluntary confession, I will spare the lives of your family. However, while you may escape the death penalty, you will not escape punishment. The Guo clan will be stripped of all their official titles, fined a thousand catties of gold, and have half of their property confiscated. Any member of the Guo clan serving as an official in the court will be dismissed and sent back to their hometown, never to be employed again. Guo Yong himself, for inciting a rebellion, is guilty of an unforgivable crime and will be beheaded as a warning to others."

Guo Yong collapsed to the ground, was dragged out, and beheaded in public.

This news spread throughout the land, and no local tyrant dared to resist land reform anymore.

Most people obediently handed over their excess land, received the repurchase payment, and settled down to do business and live a peaceful life.

Those few who were unhappy only dared to grumble behind people's backs, and dared not openly confront them.

By June, the land survey and redistribution work in the five prefectures of Sili, Ji, Yan, Yu, and Qing was basically completed. The imperial court repurchased tens of millions of acres of land and distributed it to more than a million landless or land-poor peasant households. In the Central Plains, every family had land to cultivate and surplus grain.

While land reform was in full swing, education reform was also being rolled out across the board.

In February, the Ministry of Rites promulgated the "Regulations for the Great Han Academy," which stipulated:

Private schools were established in each village to teach literacy and arithmetic, with a two-year curriculum. All school-age children, regardless of gender, were eligible to attend, and tuition was covered by the imperial court.

Each county established a county school, which taught classics, history, law, politics, arithmetic, and physics, with a three-year curriculum. Graduates of private schools could apply to the county school, and the tuition was covered by the imperial court.

Each prefecture established a prefectural school, which taught governance, military strategy, law, arithmetic, physics, and foreign languages. The course of study lasted three years. Those who graduated from the county school with excellent grades could apply to the prefectural school. Tuition was to be paid by the students themselves, but those with outstanding grades would receive government subsidies.

Each prefecture established a prefectural school, which consisted of six departments: classics, law, mathematics, engineering, medicine, and agriculture. The course of study was four years. Anyone who graduated from the prefectural school and passed the prefectural examination could enter the prefectural school. Tuition was to be paid by the student, but those with outstanding academic performance would receive subsidies from the imperial court.

The capital city had the Imperial Academy, which was divided into the National Academy (for training high-ranking officials), the Hanlin Academy (for training high-ranking scholars), the Imperial Medical Academy (for training high-ranking physicians), and the Imperial Crafts Academy (for training high-ranking craftsmen). The curriculum was flexible, with admission based on merit. Anyone graduating from a prefectural school and passing the imperial examinations could enter the Imperial Academy for further study. Tuition was free, and a monthly living allowance was provided.

The imperial examinations were held in the capital every three years. Only graduates of the Imperial Academy and those who passed the provincial examinations were eligible to participate.

Those who pass the county examination become scholars, those who pass the prefectural examination become academicians, those who pass the state examination become scholars, and those who pass the capital examination become scholars.

The top three scholars in the imperial examinations were named Zhuangyuan, Bangyan, and Tanhua, and they could be directly appointed as officials of the sixth rank.

The remaining successful candidates were awarded ranks ranging from the ninth to the seventh grade.

The news spread, and the world was shaken.

In April, some prefectural and county schools were the first to open. A new county school was established east of Luoyang City, with spacious and bright buildings that could accommodate three hundred students. On the opening day, Lü Bu personally went to see it.

Entering the classroom, he saw the children sitting upright at their desks, reciting their textbooks in unison. The teacher, seeing the emperor arrive, immediately knelt and bowed. Lü Bu waved his hand, saying, "No need for formalities, I've just come to see you."

He walked up to a little girl who looked about seven or eight years old and asked, "What's your name?"

The little girl said timidly, "Your Majesty, my name is Zhang Xiaohua."

Can you write your own name?

"Yes." The little girl picked up a calligraphy brush and wrote the three characters "Zhang Xiaohua" crookedly on the paper.

Lü Bu laughed and said, "Well written. Study hard, pass the imperial examination, and become a high-ranking official."

The little girl's eyes lit up: "Your Majesty, can women also hold official positions?"

"Of course it is possible. My word is law; if I say it is possible, it is possible."

The little girl jumped up happily.

This scene was captured by the accompanying painter and later published in the "Great Han Xunbao" (a local gazetteer). When people throughout the land saw the painting, they were all moved: His Majesty takes even a little girl's question seriously; he is truly a benevolent ruler.

In June, Lü Bu began work on four national highways.

The Ministry of Works has already surveyed the routes, with Luoyang as the center, and four main official roads leading to the east, west, south, and north respectively.

The eastern route runs from Luoyang to Linzi in Qingzhou, passing through Chenliu, Jiyin, Taishan, and the State of Qi, with a total length of 1,800 li.

The western route runs from Luoyang to Jincheng in Liangzhou, passing through Hongnong, Chang'an, Hanyang, and Longxi, with a total length of 2,800 li.

The southern route runs from Luoyang to Longbian in Jiaozhou, passing through Nanyang, Jiangxia, Changsha, Yulin, and Jiaozhi, with a total length of 11,000 li.

The northern route runs from Luoyang to Jixian in Youzhou, passing through Henan, Weijun, Zhao, Zhongshan, and Zhuojun, with a total length of two thousand li.

Lü Bu's method was simple: craftsmen would first survey the terrain, but where there were large mountains and rivers that required his assistance, he would use his divine power to construct the way, leveling out areas that were too difficult to cross or building bridges, and then the remaining work would be done by laborers.

In this way, although it is still quite difficult and takes a long time to build, it is still faster than Qin Shi Huang building roads.

At the same time, Lü Bu also dredged several major waterways, including the Yellow River, the Yangtze River, and the Huai River, and used the Heavenly Gift Granary to collect the silt from the riverbed or the dangerous shoals and reefs that hindered navigation on the major rivers.

In this way, the silt and rocks were removed, the riverbed was deepened, and the navigation capacity was greatly enhanced.

The Yellow River, which could only accommodate small boats of 100 shi (a unit of volume) before, can now accommodate large boats of 1,000 shi. The Yangtze River, which could only accommodate boats of 500 shi before, can now accommodate giant ships of 3,000 shi.

At the same time, Lü Bu also began constructing a reservoir.

He selected suitable locations in mountain ranges such as the Taihang Mountains, Qinling Mountains, and Daba Mountains, excavated huge reservoirs using storage space, and then built dams to store water. These reservoirs can irrigate tens of thousands of acres of farmland in the surrounding areas, storing water during floods and releasing water during droughts, ensuring a stable harvest regardless of drought or flood.

After the establishment of the "Innovation Division" of the Ministry of Works, skilled craftsmen from all over the country contributed their treasures.

The first to arrive was Ma Jun, a craftsman from Hanoi County.

He invented a new type of loom that was three times faster than the old one and produced finer fabrics.