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Chapter 151 The Reaction of the Princes of the World

"Teacher, then you can draw up an imperial edict for me. Tell the students all over the world the news of the resumption of the Taixue, and the new requirements for the selection of Taixue students." Zhang Ming said slowly.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yang Biao agreed.

After Yang Biao finished writing the imperial edict, Zhang Ming read it several times, and at the same time let the five people in the hall read it again, and summoned Jia Xu and Li Ru respectively. After repeatedly confirming that there was no problem, Zhang Ming planned to make it public.

This is the first time that Zhang Ming issued an edict to the world since he took power. Although there were edicts issued before, most of them were implemented in the Guanzhong area. Issuing the imperial edict has no effect and wastes the court's resources.

For the imperial court, too many messengers are needed to issue edicts all over the country. Zhang Ming does not expect that the local government will obediently implement an edict. This is also Li Ru's proposal.

When Li Ru followed Dong Zhuo back then, he had encountered such a problem. Even if the emperor was held hostage, it was difficult for the edict to leave the Guanzhong area. That was a completely whimsical thing.

Li Ru suggested that since the princes may not cooperate, they should bypass the princes directly and send the edict to the county level. By the time the princes know the news, the edict has already been spread all over the world.

Although there are princes everywhere, they also have a common problem, that is, the governance is not strict. Even the counties in Yanzhou under the control of Cao Cao do not fully support Cao Cao. The families of the counties and counties have their own ideas. , Accepting Cao Cao's rule is only a last resort.

Even in the Guanzhong area controlled by Zhang Ming, before the infiltration of the Jinyiwei organization, the prefects and county magistrates in various places were basically equivalent to semi-independent. They could not implement the imperial edict at all, and the imperial court was useless.

Jia Xu also agreed with Li Ru's suggestion. Although this move is not very bright, as long as the news of the restart of Taixue is passed on, the task has been completed, because the next step is to rely on the family to pass the news to each other.

On the third day after Yang Biao planned to write the imperial edict, Cui Ming asked people to take hundreds of transcribed imperial edicts to the military headquarters and found Huang Fusong.

Huangfusong dispatched hundreds of elite soldiers from the army and asked them to act as messengers of the imperial court, carrying the imperial court's tokens and imperial edicts to the prefectures, counties and counties, and spreading the imperial edicts to all parts of the country.

In March of the second year of Chuping (April 191 AD), a letter from the imperial court arrived in the counties and counties of the prefectures. The prefects of these prefectures saw the imperial keepsake and the edict of the emperor. After making one or two decisions, the prefectures and counties The county governor made a different choice.

Although some county chiefs need to ask the princes above for instructions, more county chiefs choose to post. After all, although the emperor does not have a strong appeal among the princes, at the bottom county level, he still exists like heaven.

Yanzhou Cao Cao Barracks

At this time, Cao Cao was leading an army to attack Taishan County in Yanzhou, but was blocked by bandits led by Zang Ba, and he was in a bad mood.

"My lord, this is an imperial edict hijacked by our military scouts. I heard from the imperial messenger that this edict is to be sent to Qingzhou." Cheng Yu placed an edict in his hand on the table in the barracks.

"An edict for Qingzhou?" Cao Cao picked up the edict and read it in doubt.

Cao Cao passed the edict to Guo Jia after reading it, and Guo Jia also read it and handed it to the next person.

The content of the imperial edict is not special, that is, the imperial court will restart Taixue, but the source of Taixue students is different from the past. In the past, Taixue students had to be submitted by counties and counties in various places. Now the imperial court recruits Taixue students without going through counties and counties. You can go to Chang'an in person. After arriving in Chang'an, the expenses before the general election in Chang'an will be provided by the imperial court.

In addition, the choice of Taixue this time does not limit the origin. As long as they can pass the Chang'an election, they can enter Taixue. The expenses in Taixue are also provided by the imperial court. official.

In addition, the edict also lists the current configuration of Taixue, including Cai Yong and more than 30 great Confucian scholars and doctors, who all personally stamped and signed these edicts.

If the content of the edict is to give opportunities to all students in the world, then these stamps and signatures are simply telling students all over the world that only when you come to Taixue can you learn real knowledge.

After all, there is no second place that can have so many great Confucian scholars and doctors. Even Yingchuan College is not as good as one-fifth of the imperial court in terms of teaching staff. You must know that only the Han court has such appeal.

"Everyone, have you read it all? Let's talk about why the imperial court suddenly issued this edict to Qingzhou?" Cao Cao asked puzzled.

"My lord, I think what you said is wrong. To be precise, this edict was passed to Qingzhou, and the imperial court should have issued more than this edict." Guo Jia said bluntly.

Guo Jia has the best relationship with Cao Cao, and his personality is the most unrestrained, so he didn't pay attention to what he said.

"Zhongde, is that so?" Cao Cao looked at Cheng Yu and asked.

"My lord, what Feng Xiao said is true. I asked my subordinates to torture the court messenger, and the court messenger did tell me that the court issued more than one such edict." Cheng Yu said respectfully.

"I think all places in Yanzhou have received this edict, and the imperial court has left us alone." Guo Jia said with emotion.

"Fengxiao, why did the imperial court do this?" Cao Cao asked inexplicably, he had nothing to do with the imperial court, so why did the imperial court target him.

"My lord, the imperial court is not targeting you, but the princes of the world. Now the princes of various places have very weak control over the localities. Even if it is the lord, there is only one Chenliu County that can completely ignore the court and only accept the rule of the lord."

"But in other counties and counties, they are only temporarily under the rule of the lord. Even the lord needs to rely on the aristocratic families in various places to manage themselves, and it is difficult to intervene."

"Nowadays, the imperial court bypasses all the princes and sends the edict directly to the counties and counties in various places. It is a plan to draw salary from the bottom of the pot. By the time the princes understand it, the edict has already been fully conveyed in the territory." Guo Jia slowly said.

"Just why did the court do this?" Cao Cao asked again.

"My lord, do you know why the Yanzhou family doesn't have much rejection of the lord's rule, because the imperial court is in decline and can't provide any opportunities for the families from all over the world, so they naturally choose the local princes. Anyway, as long as the family's survival is guaranteed, whoever What is the difference under the rule of

"But it's different now. The imperial edict seems to give students from all over the world a chance to study, but in essence it is to win over families from all over the world, because [-]% of the students in the world come from families from all over the world. Students from aristocratic families who study in Chang'an are equivalent to protons."

"Furthermore, the imperial court is justifiable, with the support of righteousness, and dozens of great Confucian scholars and doctors. It is difficult for any aspiring student to resist such temptations. As for the reduction of expenses, although it is only a small profit, but for the poor In other words, this is also an opportunity.”

"This time, the imperial court wants students from all over the world, what the imperial court wants is for the hearts of the world, and what it wants is to re-establish the righteousness of the imperial court." Guo Jia sighed.

"What should we do now?" Cao Cao picked up the edict on the table again and read it.

"The lord should quickly order the prefects and county magistrates to tear up the edict of the imperial court to prevent more people from seeing it. At the same time, ask these prefects and county magistrates to let them go first whenever the imperial court's messengers come. Tell the lord." Guo Jia said eagerly.

The sooner this matter is done, the more it can weaken the influence of the imperial court on the local area. Unfortunately, the imperial edict has been posted to all counties and counties in Yanzhou, and it can only be repaired at this moment.

Jingzhou, Yizhou, Youzhou
Liu Biao, Liu Yan, and Liu Yu are the clan members of the Han Dynasty. Only Liu Yan is more resistant to the imperial edict, and the other two cooperate with the imperial edict, but Liu Yu is relatively active, and Liu Biao does not interfere with the imperial edict. action.

Liu Yan, who was in Yizhou, asked his son Liu Zhang to tear up all the edicts posted by the imperial court in various counties and counties. Communication is not an easy thing.

But how can this stop the actions of the poor students in Yizhou? In the closed area of ​​Yizhou, the aristocratic family completely controls the officialdom in Yizhou, and the poor families have almost no way out, so even if the road is difficult, it is difficult to stop the poor students from leaving.

Shouchun City, Jiujiang County, Yangzhou
At this moment Yuan Shu is playing and having fun at home, he doesn't see anything outside the window, he is only focused on the beautiful woman, but just when he stretched his hand to the nearest woman, Yan Xiang walked in untimely.

"My lord, I have two things to tell my lord." Yan Xiang said slowly.

"Speak." Yuan Shu waved his hand, and let these women leave here.

"The first thing is, there is a person from Guanzhong who led a thousand people to vote for the lord. This person is called Han Xian, and he is quite capable." Yan Xiang first said the happy event.

Yuan Shu has long been used to military future votes, and he has no interest in it.

"Second thing, this is the imperial edict. The imperial edict has been passed on to the counties and counties under the lord's rule. I got it from the county magistrate of Shouchun City." After finishing speaking, Yan Xiang handed over the edict Gave it to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu opened the imperial edict, read it for a long time, and then talked about the restart of Taixue. He thought it was a big deal.

"This emperor really thinks that the world is still ruled by big men, and he wants to restart Taixue. I don't think this emperor has much ability." Yuan Shu said disdainfully.

Yuan Shu has a jade seal in his hand, so since he returned to Shouchun City, he has always wanted to become the emperor, but every time he was rejected by his subordinates, their reasons were basically the same, that is, although Yuan Shu is very powerful now, But the court is still there after all, once proclaimed emperor, it will be hostile by the court and even other princes.

Therefore, even if Yuan Shu wanted to become emperor, he still had to wait until the imperial court completely lost its prestige. At that time, Yuan Shu used the jade seal to fulfill his wish to become emperor in one fell swoop.

"My lord, it's not surprising that the Son of Heaven is in power now. Let's see what tricks the Son of Heaven can play." Yan Xiang said flatly.

Now there is really not much news about the Son of Heaven that has reached Jiujiang County, including Yuan Shu, it is only known that Wang Yun has stepped down and the Son of Heaven is in power. As for more news, it is not clear.

"But my lord, you should stabilize the situation in all directions now, instead of indulging in pleasure. I heard that Sun Ce of Jiangdong has done a lot of things recently." Yan Xiang began to mutter again.

"Understood, you should step back first." Yuan Shu said impatiently.

Jizhou, Hebei

As the concubine of the Yuan family, Yuan Shao had great ambitions since he was a child. Now he has completely defeated Han Fu and occupied most of Jizhou, but recently he is under a lot of pressure.

To the north of Jizhou is Youzhou, and Liu Yu is the shepherd of Youzhou, but it is Gongsun Zan who really controls the main sphere of influence in Youzhou. Now Gongsun Zan has many elite soldiers and has just put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Qingzhou.

Just when Gongsun Zan was proud of his spring breeze, his younger brother Gongsun Yue was killed by Yuan Shao's army. Gongsun Zan was furious and sent troops to attack Yuan Shao.

At this moment, Yuan Shao is directing the next battle in the barracks, and he needs to expel Gongsun Zan's forces in Jizhou.

As for the edict issued by the imperial court, Yuan Shao didn't even bother to look at it. His current situation is not very good. Instead of caring about the imperial court, he might as well care about himself first.

Liangzhou
Ma Teng welcomed the imperial edict very much, and he even sent soldiers to accompany the imperial messenger to complete the propaganda work.

As for Han Sui, he is now fighting against Li Meng and Wang Fang. He was about to win, but an edict from the imperial court granted Li Meng and Wang Fang the official positions of a great man, which greatly boosted the morale of his subordinates, so Li Meng and Wang Fangcai have supported until now.

As for the other princes of the Han Dynasty, Kong Rong, Tao Qian and others, most of them still welcomed the court messenger very much, and even Tao Qian wanted the messenger to bring back some things to the court to show respect for the court.

In the High Gate Hall of the Imperial Palace of Chang'an City

"Your Majesty, there are too many students coming to Chang'an City recently, and there are not enough places for students to stay before." The commander of the imperial army said.

Since the imperial court issued the edict to the whole world, the first batch of students who arrived in Chang'an City were students from the Sanfu area. These students are relatively close to Chang'an City, so they basically arrived in Chang'an City within a few days after the edict was issued. .

After issuing the edict, Zhang Ming asked the migrant workers who built the Taixue buildings to build some private houses again, but these private houses were very ordinary. Although they were free, they didn't bother to live there for the students of the aristocratic family.

However, since the children of the aristocratic family chose not to live there, they could only pay for it themselves. These children of the aristocratic family are really not short of money. The wine shops in Chang'an City have recently made a lot of money.

"Notify them, let them hurry up and continue to build." Zhang Ming said happily, this time the large-scale construction of private houses actually has a talent bonus, and more importantly, the students who came to Chang'an this time are more than he expected. many.

"Yes, Your Majesty." After speaking, the commander of the Imperial Army left the Gaomen Hall.

(End of this chapter)