Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 65
"Mr. Youzhou's development has contributed a lot, but his students also contributed a lot. I want to award some meritorious people. Can you give me some advice?" Cao Cao asked Zhang Qingfeng.

"Then it depends on what result the Prime Minister wants to get." Zhang Qingfeng said.

"How do you say that?" Cao Cao asked.

"My students, as long as they can graduate from the academy, are all talented, but many of them are not expected to be officials. They have no political acumen, but are better at developing industries. If the prime minister just wants to find some officials, Li Bai The list provided is sufficient."

Zhang Qingfeng said: "If the prime minister really wants to award meritorious persons, I guess there will be dozens if not hundreds. I'm afraid the prime minister will not be able to award the rewards."

"Don't worry about this, sir. Although I want to find people who have the ability to govern the country, I really want to reward those who have meritorious service." Cao Cao said.

"Hehe, the prime minister is really scheming. My students are all ordinary people. If this happens, the prime minister will buy their hearts." Zhang Qingfeng joked.

"Haha, sir, you are worrying too much. It is a troubled time right now, and the imperial court needs a lot of talents. Since your students are talented, I will naturally seek a promotion for them." Cao Cao said haha.

After all, it was Cao Cao who fell in love with many of Zhang Qingfeng's students.

"In this case, let me give the Prime Minister a list tomorrow. I will write down the names and merits of the meritorious people. Then the Prime Minister will reward them according to their merits." Zhang Qingfeng said to Cao Cao.

The next day, Zhang Qingfeng sent Cao Cao a list.

Cao Cao opened the list, counted, and found that there were more than 100 names.

Immediately, he checked the list carefully, and saw that behind these names, the credits of these people were all recorded.

There were more than 100 people, which caught Cao Cao off guard.

Faced with such a situation, Cao Cao called Cheng Yu, his counselor.

"Is the prime minister trying to buy people's hearts?" Cheng Yu asked Cao Cao after learning about the situation.

"I have this idea, but I'm afraid that if I promote Mr. Ruixiang's students to become officials, they will form a clique." Cao Cao expressed his worries.

"Is the prime minister worried about Mr. Ruixiang?" Cheng Yu asked.

"With Mr. Ruixiang's great talent, I will definitely invite him to serve as an official in the future. If the time comes..."

Cao Cao didn't explain it thoroughly, but Cheng Yu understood.

"I don't think the prime minister needs to worry." Cheng Yu said.

"Why?" Cao Cao asked.

"Because Mr. Ruixiang has no offspring."

Cheng Yu said: "Mr. Ruixiang is over 50 years old this year, and he is older than you, the prime minister. I am afraid it will be difficult to have offspring in the future, so for him, rights are just a fleeting moment."

Without waiting for Cao Cao to speak, Cheng Yu continued, "Even if Mr. Ruixiang is lucky enough to have offspring, it doesn't matter. It is estimated that Mr. Ruixiang will not have long to live when his offspring grow up."

"When Mr. Ruixiang leaves, the tea will be cold, so there is no need to worry about it."

Cheng Yu continued his analysis and said: "As for Mr. Ruixiang's students joining the court and becoming officials, there is no need to worry about this. The second young master married Mr. Ruixiang's favorite student Liu Rushi, which is equivalent to Mr. Ruixiang's son-in-law. Even if Mr. Ruixiang's students If we want to cuddle together, we will only cling to the second young master’s group, and we don’t have to worry about them cuddling together alone.”

"Is that so?" Cao Cao fell into deep thought.

"I heard that Chen Yuanyuan, the director of Yuyang Academy, is very talented, not bad looking, and about the same age as Zhi'er. Tomorrow, you can find a matchmaker to find out for me." Cao Cao said to Cheng Yu after thinking about it.

"Yes." Hearing Cao Cao's words, Cheng Yu nodded in agreement.

But at this time, there was a glimmer of haze in the corner of his eyes, because he was the one who supported Cao Pi.

Cao Cao asked Cao Zhi to marry Chen Yuanyuan for the simple purpose of dividing up Zhang Qingfeng's students.

Cao Cao has not yet decided on his successor. Cao Pi and Cao Zhi are both his favorite sons. While wooing Zhang Qingfeng, he cannot let Cao Pi's family dominate.

Cheng Yu knew that after Cao Cao made up his mind, it would be very difficult for others to change their minds, so he knew that this matter was settled from this moment on, and anyone who dared to disrupt it would be severely punished.

The next day, Cheng Yu found a matchmaker to go to Chen Yuanyuan's house. Chen Yuanyuan is now the assistant of Yuyang Academy, and her parents and family have also moved to Yuyang City.

When they heard that Prime Minister Cao's son was going to marry their own daughter, Chen Yuanyuan's parents were not even happy, so how could they refuse to agree.

Under such circumstances, even if Chen Yuanyuan didn't want to, it was useless.

But fortunately, Chen Yuanyuan was not unwilling.

After both parties agree, the matter will be completed.

On the third day after Cao Cao returned to Yuyang City from Junping, he began to summon Youzhou officials, and then rewarded them in Youzhou.

There are more than 100 people on the list provided by Zhang Qingfeng, all of whom have rewards.

In addition to the list provided by Zhang Qingfeng, Cao Cao also rewarded some officials who were not students of Zhang Qingfeng.

The scope of this award was unexpectedly large. Although most of them were false titles, they were inspiring enough and made many people feel good about Cao Cao.

The final result is that although Cao Cao was awarded many official titles, he also won countless hearts.

With Cao Cao's reward this time, a situation that has a far-reaching impact on Youzhou also occurred.

Before, although Li Bai had built academies in all the counties of Youzhou, the enrollment situation was not ideal.

Especially in the families of the powerful local gentry, basically no one is willing to send their children to these schools. Most of the time, they choose to hire tutors or send them to Confucian schools.

With Cao Cao's reward this time, many people discovered that most of the people who were rewarded as officials this time were Zhang Qingfeng's students.

At this moment, many people couldn't sit still, and sent their children to the school run by Li Bai, the governor of Youzhou.

In particular, Yuyang Academy has become the first choice of dignitaries, powerful gentry.

Among the rewards this time, Li Bai's wife, Li Shishi, and some female teachers in the academy were also rewarded the most.

Li Shishi was awarded an official of "student offering wine".

The reason why this matter is talked about is mainly because Cao Cao broke the rules, Mr. Li and the others are all women.

It was almost unimaginable for a woman to be an official at the time.

As for Cao Cao's wanton award of Zhang Qingfeng's students to become officials, I am afraid that the last one he would like to be a Confucian scholar.

Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty exclusively respected Confucianism, hundreds of schools have declined. Now Cao Cao wantonly uses people from other schools of thought as officials, which undoubtedly violates the interests of Confucianism.

But in the face of Cao Cao, the hero, Confucianism has nothing to do.

Since Cao Cao raised his troops, he has tried his best to fight against the rich and powerful Confucian families, and has used talents from various schools, which has long since broken the tradition of exclusive respect for Confucianism.

Confucianism advocates virtue, but Cao Cao ordered that only talents should be promoted, even if they are disabled, they don't care. This is a serious violation of Confucianism.

This is also one of the evidences that Cao Cao was scolded as a traitor by Confucian scholars in history.

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