Traveling through Chenghan Xiandi, fortunately I have a simulator

Chapter 137 Restarting Taixue
The knife and ax hands outside the tent cut off Fan Chou's head, walked into the army tent, and handed it to Wu Xi.

"Congratulations, my lord." Wu Xi said flatteringly.

It is impossible to say that Guo Si did not panic just now. He was sitting in the middle, with Fan Cong on the lower left. In order to prevent Fan Cong from becoming alert, he really accompanied Fan Cong in drinking.

So just now when Fan Chou got up and even wanted to rush towards Guo Bang, Guo Bang realized that he drank too much and couldn't even stand up. , I am afraid that he has died under Fan Chou's sword now.

Although Guo Bang was sober at this moment, it was still impossible to get on the horse and take command immediately, so everything that followed could only be handed over to Wu Xi.

"You lead the forward troops, take Fan Chou's head to Fan Chou's barracks, and inform his subordinates of Fan Chou's death." Guo Si said in shock.

"Yes, General."

Wu Xi received the military order from Guo Si and immediately went to the Qianfeng camp.

Since the battle between Guo Si's army and Li Jue's army yesterday has continued to this day, and the casualties of Guo Si's army are extremely serious, especially the forward troops, there are as many as seven-tenths of the dead, one-tenth of the wounded, and only a thousand survivors. Yu people.

Wu Xi reorganized the more than 1000 people, and when the reorganization was completed, he led the more than [-] people to the Fan Chou barracks.

As early as when the knife and ax hand rushed into the army account, Fan Chou, who was outside Guo Si's barracks, had already seen something from a distance.

The moment these servants saw Fan Chou rushing out of the military tent to die, they realized that this was a complete conspiracy.

These servants didn't stay any longer, but ran back directly from the hillside. They wanted to tell Fan Chou's nephew Fan Ying the news of the death of the lord. At this moment, only Fan Ying could take over the lord's position.

Although Fan Ying is Fan Chou's nephew, he has fought with Fan Chou for many years, but he has not achieved much, so the people in the army do not obey him.

After Fan Ying got the news of Fan Chou's close servant, he was full of joy, but he still showed pain, and then with the help of his close attendant, he called together all Fan Chou's subordinates.

"Generals and lieutenants, everyone must have known about the fact that my lord was killed by Guo Bang. Although I am incompetent, I hope that you can help me take Guo Bang's head to pay homage to my uncle's spirit in heaven." Fan Ying was in pain. roared loudly.

"Kill Guo Si and avenge the lord." Fan Chou's subordinates shouted in unison.

Because Fan Chou himself was too brave and good at fighting, his subordinates were not too prominent. Therefore, facing this situation, they accepted Fan Ying's command safely.

When Wu Xi led the army, Fan Ying had just appeased all the generals, but the death of the coach Fan Chou still caused morale to drop a lot.

Wu Xi led the army to Fan Chou's barracks. He faintly felt that something was wrong. The atmosphere in the barracks was so dull and depressing that he wondered if he had come by mistake.

Just when Wu Xi was about to take out Fan Chou's head, an army came out from behind him, and there were also an army on each wing. Only then did he realize that he had been tricked.

Wu Xi didn't have time to react, so he wanted to withdraw from Fan Chou's military camp. He was very careless when he came this time, and even because of Fan Chou's death, he thought that he could take over Fan Chou's army logically, so that he led the army for a while. Brought into Fan Chou's barracks.

Such a stupid behavior, if it was normal, Wu Xi would not commit it even if his ability was average, but he just killed Fan Chou, he was so arrogant and arrogant, he completely forgot his identity.

On the battlefield, one mistake can kill a person.

Under the situation of three-way attack, all the forward troops led by Wu Xihe were buried in Fan Chou's barracks.

After Fan Ying completed Fan Chou's burial, he personally led Fan Chou's subordinates to attack Guo Si's barracks. If he could kill Guo Si this time, he could replace Fan Chou's position. If he failed, he would be divided.

Guo Bang was already sober. Looking at the situation outside the barracks, he was a little shocked. Although he didn't know what happened, it was obvious that his idea of ​​subduing Fan Chou's army had failed.

No matter how you say it, Guo Si is also a general who can fight well, how can he be comparable to a child like Fan Ying.

Even though Guo Si was at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, Fan Ying's command of Fan Chou's subordinates was extremely weak. If Fan Chou's subordinates had not shared the common goal of avenging their lord, they would have gone their separate ways by now.

The two sides fought from noon to night, and no one had a way out.

In the end, Guo Bang gained some advantages instead and successfully defeated Fan Ying. All this was thanks to Guo Bang's leadership, but he was also injured by an arrow.

Sure enough, the Fan Chou army camp that was defeated in the First World War was in chaos. From top to bottom, each general did not have a clear goal.

Some generals led their subordinates to continue fleeing towards Liangzhou, and some generals directly defected to Guo Si's account. With generals, they directly released the restrictions on the captives, wanting to subdue the captives for their own use, but these captives instead These greedy and incompetent generals were subdued first, and Fan Ying was eventually killed by Fan Chou's subordinates.

Since then, Fan Chou's army has disappeared.

Guo Si, Li Jue, and Fan Chou's melee resulted in Li Jue and Fan Chou's death, and Guo Si was also seriously injured in the attack by Fan Ying's army.

Guo Bang counted his subordinates again. This time, his subordinates only had more than [-] soldiers, and many soldiers were wounded. Even with the surrender of Fan Chou's subordinates, the number of troops under his command was only more than [-].

Guo Bang left Chen Cangcheng with these remaining troops, and continued to march towards Liangzhou. However, due to his serious injuries and many days of traveling, Guo Bang finally died on the way to Liangzhou.

Guo Bang's death caused another commotion. The original Guo Bang's headquarters and the surrendered soldiers fought fiercely again. In the end, the two forces died together, and only some people escaped.

Since then, Guo Si's army has disappeared.

Inside the High Gate Hall of the Imperial Palace in Chang'an City

Time passed until Li Jue died.

At this moment, Zhang Ming is discussing some things about Taixue with Yang Biao.

"Your Majesty, the veteran thinks it is more reasonable to continue the selection system of the Taixue in the past." Yang Biao said.

In the past, there were generally three ways to select candidates for Taixue. Officials with a salary of six hundred stones and above could send their sons to take up the job; Those who are senior Confucian scholars who have studied the Ming Jing in the prefecture and country with more than [-] years old and less than [-] years old can enter Taixue through local selection.

Of course, although the regulations are so strict, in actual operation, there are many tricks.

As a result, during the period of Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty, there were more than [-] Taixue students. These Taixue students even took Taixue as their home and lived here for a long time.

"Teacher, the imperial court can't afford to support so many Tai students." Zhang Ming objected.

Although some Tai students can pay for themselves, the Tai students who come in through official channels need to be raised by the imperial court, but how can the current imperial court support tens of thousands of Tai students, not to mention that the living consumption level of these Tai students is much higher than that of ordinary people .

Yang Biao is not a person who never changes from old times. The imperial court today is not as good as it was back then. It is okay to restart the Taixue, but if you want the same scale as before, it is simply wanting the imperial court to die.

"Your Majesty, it's better to raise the selection criteria. In this way, the number of Tai students sent from various places will decrease. By then, the imperial court should be able to support them." Yang Biao suggested.

As far as Yang Biao is concerned, no matter how high the standards are, the members of the Yang family can easily enter Taixue no matter how high the standard is.

"No, the purpose of the imperial court's recruitment of Tai students is to select talents from all over the world. If the standards are raised too much, the number of people who can become Tai students will be greatly reduced. What's more, if there are frequent wars in various places, the roads are very unsafe, and the standards are too high. If so, wouldn't there be fewer students who want to go to the court." Zhang Ming objected again.

Yang Biao proposed a few more proposals, but basically they were all designed on the basis of standards, either too low or too high, in short, they were all refuted by His Majesty.

"Your Majesty, forgive me for being stupid, I really don't know how to choose a student." Yang Biao sighed.

"I have an idea, Taifu, let's listen and have a look." Zhang Ming said slowly.

"Nowadays, no matter whether it is raising the selection standard or lowering the selection standard, the power of selection is in the hands of the state shepherds and county guards in various states and counties. Match the selection criteria of the imperial court." Zhang Ming said helplessly.

Yang Biao nodded. He had indeed overlooked this point before. In the past, the students of the imperial court were recommended by aristocratic families, wealthy families and local officials. Although there were restrictions from the imperial court, the power to select candidates was in the hands of the local governments.

If the imperial court was strong in the past, the local state shepherds, governors, prefects, etc. would not dare to mess around too much, but now the imperial court is weak, let alone whether the local princes will continue to recommend people to the imperial court, even if they are recommended to the imperial court, these recommendations Whether people want to come or not is also a question.

"Your Majesty, I know that this matter is not easy to handle. Why don't you limit the admission threshold of the Imperial Academy to only the Lieutenant Department of the Sili School. In this way, you can prevent the princes from sending people into the Imperial Academy, thereby destroying the Imperial Academy." Yang Biao was cautious. Said.

After Dong Zhuo's chaos and Niu Fu's rebel siege, Yang Biao was obviously more pragmatic. Nowadays, the princes from all walks of life hardly send people to the court to report on their work. It can be said that it is basically equivalent to a half-split.

"No, if the imperial court does such a thing, it will be tantamount to actively isolating the talents of the world. At that time, it will instead give the local princes an excuse. The local princes can train students and officials in the areas under their control more unscrupulously. , the big man is really finished." Zhang Ming retorted.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I almost missed a major event." Yang Biao said, wiping the cold sweat off his brow.

Although Yang Biao is the head of all officials in the court, his thinking is not comprehensive enough. Maybe he can indeed see many details, but he is limited by the influence of his class, and his suggestions are often superficial, and it is difficult to solve the fundamental problems.

Although Yang Biao's suggestion was pragmatic, it further exacerbated the alienation of aristocratic families, wealthy families, and officials in other regions. This would be the opposite of what the big Han wanted to conquer in the future, and he would go further and further away.

"The imperial court needs to be pragmatic, but not too pragmatic. I know that the Taifu is dedicated to serving the country, so I don't blame the Taifu." Zhang Ming said calmly.

After being silent for a long time, Yang Biao took the initiative to ask.

"I don't know what good plan Your Majesty has?" Yang Biao no longer offered to propose.

The matter of restarting Taixue would not help him much if he did it well, because the Yang family has been a minister for generations, and no matter what selection system the court adopts, the Yang family has a way to enter Taixue.But if he can't do a good job in restarting Taixue, then he will bear the biggest scapegoat.

Although Yang Biao was friendly, he was already the head of the officials after all, and there were as many people who wanted to trouble him, so if possible, don't cause trouble.

What Zhang Ming was waiting for was this moment. He communicated with Yang Biao for a whole afternoon, refuting Yang Biao's ideas many times, just constantly emphasizing the importance of this matter, especially under the current situation, if he fails to do so, he will be blamed. of.

"Teacher, how do you see this?"

"Issuing an edict in the name of the Son of Heaven, calling on all the students in the world to come to Chang'an."

"The Sangong and Jiuqing, headed by Taifu, set the assessment standards, and only students who meet the standards can become Tai students."

"In this way, all students from all over the world can come to Chang'an to study, restart Taixue, and pass the assessment standards of Sangong Jiuqing, limiting the number of Taixue students."

In fact, this set of plans is equivalent to putting the selection criteria from the hands of the local government into the hands of the Sangong Jiuqing. It is more convenient to promote the system of filial piety and honesty.

At least the promotion of filial piety still needs various local certificates, and a lot of efforts must be made by hundreds of officials and local officials to squeeze in their own people. Qing played tricks.

Regarding His Majesty's strategy, Yang Biao thought over and over again, and also raised his doubts.

"Your Majesty, isn't that a little hasty?" Yang Biao asked.

In the past, the recommendation method was very complicated, and even a letter of recommendation was required. Therefore, in the past, if you wanted to enter Taixue or become an official in the court, you needed very troublesome procedures and even a certain reputation.

"Special measures are used in special times. Although the imperial court wants to restart Taixue in the same way as before, the local princes will not cooperate, and the imperial court naturally has nothing to do."

"Although my method is rough, but with the cooperation of the three princes and nine ministers headed by Taifu, I don't believe that the students selected are worse than those selected by the local government." Zhang Ming said.

Zhang Ming inadvertently praised the Sangong Jiuqing headed by Yang Biao. The reason why he handed over the power of selection to the Sangong Jiuqing was because this matter required the cooperation of the civil society, otherwise his idea would be difficult to move forward.

Zhang Ming actually doesn't care who chooses people, what he cares about is whether these people can be tricked into Chang'an, and now all parts of the country are isolated, no matter whether they are talented or not, they will be requisitioned first by the local princes. The first problem he faced was that no one in the court was available.

In short, the restart of Taixue is just a variant of the recruiting order, and it also brings three lords and nine ministers. Even if it is a family, they are not willing to refuse. After all, who doesn't want to have as many followers as possible.

(End of this chapter)