The Nameless of the Common Clans

After the autumn harvest, the entire Jizhou's original atmosphere of rejecting Chen Mo suddenly changed. At least ordinary people would not be as noisy and reject Chen Mo, the new force occupying Jizhou, as before the autumn harvest. They began to actively cooperate with the government's decree. This is a very good thing. Not a bad phenomenon.

"Alas~"

In the winery in the inner city, a few Yecheng scholars gathered here to taste wine and comment on current affairs. Even if ordinary people accidentally discovered this winery and wanted to come in for a drink, they would be stopped. This winery is private. Yes, don’t even want to come in if you don’t have a certain identity and money.

"Brother Zhaonian, why are you sighing?" Several scholars were sitting together tasting wine. When one person sighed, the others would always pick up the sigh.

"I lament that the Marquis of Changling did not know the right time, treated the scholars harshly, and brought his own death!"

"Silence, brother Zhaonian, do you want your life!?"

This is the inner city of Ye City, and Chen Mo's eyes and ears are everywhere. If you say something like this here, isn't that asking for death?

"I hope he can hear it." The young man known as Brother Zhaonian picked up the wine glass, snorted coldly, drank the wine in one gulp, and let out a breath of wine and said coldly: "I am a scholar. The imperial court governs the world and governs all the people. This has always been the case. How has he ever been treated so harshly? Doesn't it make the world's scholars feel cold when he criticizes scholars so harshly? So what if he has the support of those ignorant people? It’s a scholar!”

"Having said that, now that Marquis Changling's reputation is growing, his administrative skills may have been faulty, but his personal ethics are intact. Brother Zhaonian is just criticizing the new policy, so why bother cursing people?" Another person frowned.

"Haha, no loss of personal ethics? Tens of thousands of innocent souls in Anping have not left yet, how about..." Halfway through, the man known as Brother Zhaonian stopped talking and silently looked at a group of people who suddenly appeared in the wine shop.

The Guanzhong Army investigators never care about your identity, so the owner of the wine shop did not dare to stop him. He just stepped forward and said to the leading general: "This general doesn't know..."

"I've been ordered to take someone!" The leading general came straight to the hall, his eyes swept over the scholars, and finally walked towards the young man known as Brother Zhaonian.

"Gu Qing, whose courtesy name is Zhaonian, is that correct?" the general stared at the young scholar and asked.

"Exactly!" Gu Zhaonian raised his neck and said proudly.

"Come with me." The general said calmly.

"Why?" Gu Zhaonian didn't look very pretty.

"In the past two years, a total of 18 women were robbed by various means, and six families were forced to die. During the period of Zhang Wuling, he took advantage of his position to seize 3,213 acres of land, and never reported it to the court. , the witnesses and physical evidence are now waiting at the government office. "The general did not arrest the person directly. The other party is a scholar. Arresting people for no reason has a bad impact. The Guanzhong Army usually reports the evidence of the other party's crime before taking action.

Gu Zhaonian regretted asking. Looking at the eyes of his old friends around him, Gu Zhaonian looked a little ugly. Revenge, this was definitely revenge. Just because he was dissatisfied with Chen Mo's new policy, Chen Mo sent someone to arrest him and expose his background.

refute? There was no turning back, his family knew his own affairs, and he had done all these things. Moreover, although Chen Mo's new policies caused complaints among Jizhou scholars, there was sufficient evidence for arresting people every time.

Now as long as he was caught, his reputation would be completely ruined. Gu Zhaonian couldn't help but touch his sword.

"Huh?" The general looked stern when he saw this.

In an instant, the temperature in the entire hall seemed to have dropped several degrees. Although he was not a general, he was still on the battlefield. He relied on his merits to reach where he is today step by step. His aura was honed among the dead. At this moment, he heard a sound. The cold snort immediately made everyone's hearts skip a beat, and the soldiers following the general quickly took a step forward.

Gu Zhaonian's heart trembled, and he silently released the hilt of the sword, lowered his head and stood up. He no longer had the unruly and arrogant attitude before. If he didn't resist, it would only be his own business, but if he resisted, I'm afraid the Gu family would be implicated.

"The reputation of a scholar has been tarnished by people like you!" The general snorted coldly, waved his hand, and some soldiers stepped forward, removed his weapons, pressed him and left.

In the wine shop, a celebrity looked at each other, and finally sighed helplessly. This kind of thing happens almost every day. As long as someone files a complaint, the government office will accept it, regardless of the person's age and identity.

Nowadays, many scholars are fighting for their past wrongdoings, returning their property or spending money to quell public anger, fearing that the victims of past sufferings will go to the government office to sue.

As for removing hidden dangers secretly, it is not impossible. Some people have done this before. A family of six was burned alive, but they were immediately investigated and the crime was increased, and some were left alive.

Today is no longer the past when the Yuan family was in charge of Jizhou. There are some things that the government office is using to suppress the reputation of scholars and win the hearts of the people at the same time.

What happened to Gu Zhaonian was not an exception. Why did the judge go to Chen Mo for the second time? Because similar children of the Shen family were arrested and convicted by the government office, the reputation of the Shen family was tarnished, so Shen Pei went to see Chen Mo again.

It's a pity that the match trial obviously failed to convince Chen Mo, and his own son was also imprisoned. Fortunately, the crime did not lead to death. As for how to deal with it, no one knew.

General's Mansion, lobby.

Mi Heng looked a little more vicissitudes of life. During these six months of wandering, he had seen a lot, and he was even more eager to establish the Three Studies, but there were many difficulties.

"Lord, various schools have been opened, and some children of Jizhou soldiers have been selected to join, but..." Mi Heng knelt down and sat opposite Chen Mo, saying with some distress: "The lower officials are incompetent. Although some like-minded people have been found this time, it is not enough. Fill the vacancy.”

For academy teaching, in addition to having an academy and books, the most important thing is that there are people to teach. Chen Mo transferred a group from Guanzhong, but it still couldn't make up for the shortage of manpower.

Many academies only have one or two people teaching. How is this enough?

"I have prepared a group of people for you." Chen Mo obviously already knew about this problem and smiled when he heard this.

"Oh?" Mi Heng looked at Chen Mo with some surprise: "Where do people come from?"

The teaching resources in Guanzhong are limited and it is impossible to mobilize more. Mi Heng is really curious, where does this person come from?

"Prison." Chen Mo smiled.

"Prison!?" Mi Heng looked at Chen Mo in shock.

"In the past six months, we have been sorting out the past crimes of nobles from all over the country. Some of them were not guilty enough to die and were sent to prison. Many of these people are knowledgeable, and some are implicated by their family members. You can go to the prison to find some useful people. , help teach, and as long as the teaching is good, the punishment of him and his family members who are in prison can be reduced. "Chen Mo smiled and said: "Of course, people who have not been in jail can also reduce the punishment of their family members."

Of course, depending on the severity of the punishment, some people cannot be exempted from punishment. For example, Gu Qing is an unpardonable crime. Even if he or his relatives and friends are willing to contribute, they cannot be released.

Those who commit heinous crimes will not be forgiven!

Otherwise, the effect of Chen Mo's actions in Jizhou will be greatly reduced.

"Wonderful!" Mi Heng thought for a moment and couldn't help but praise with his hands. He didn't expect that he could use this hand to those who were imprisoned. He also believed that both his clan members and himself would definitely do their best to avoid punishment. .

"But they still need to be supervised to prevent these people from causing trouble." After thinking about it, Mi Heng said with a smile.

"It's up to you to handle this matter." Chen Mo nodded. Mi Heng has been insisting on the three studies. It is very important to establish the three studies in Jizhou this time. Teaching with prisoners is also a helpless method, but it is useful, Chen Mo said. I really can’t find so many knowledgeable people. After all, counties and cities in various places have to be managed by people.

"Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely take this opportunity to promote the rise of the Three Studies." Mi Heng bowed.

From the time when He Luo had the idea of ​​the Three Studies to the present day, Mi Heng has almost regarded the Three Studies as his lifelong career. Now that he has the support of Chen Mo, this is the greatest luck for Mi Heng.

Sometimes smart people who love to get into trouble are hateful, but also cute. They have their sights set on one direction and will never look back even if they hit their heads and bleed. This is exactly what the world lacks today.

"Zilong continues to assist Zhengping in this matter." Chen Mo looked at Zhao Yun who was standing aside and said with a smile: "This is where our future great cause lies, and we must not ignore it."

"Yun takes command!" Zhao Yun bowed his hand and followed Ni Heng around Jizhou for more than half a year. There were many things that he couldn't see or saw but didn't understand clearly before. During this six months of travel, Zhao Yun understood a lot, and he also understood you. Given the magnitude of what Heng had done, Zhao Yun naturally did not reject Chen Mo's order.

After Mi Heng took Chen Mo's order to find suitable candidates in prison, the Three Academic Records began to grow in Jizhou. Children of meritorious soldiers and poor families could enter the academy, especially those children of common people who were not valued by the family. The academy The emergence of , can be said to have given these people a way out.

Therefore, even if the head of the family is quite opposed to the three studies, it cannot stop his own concubines from going to the academy to study. Of course, if the children of the aristocratic family are willing to enter the academy, Chen Mo and Mi Heng will welcome them. It is a pity that the three studies and one If you leave, you will be ostracized by the aristocratic family. Those who are the elite children of the family will not enter the academy under any circumstances.

However, concubines and side branches are flocking to them. Even aristocratic families have nothing to do about this. After all, these side branches are usually not taken seriously. Some of them are just like Chen Mo when he was young, and have basically no contact with his direct lineage. At this time, unless they are willing to take out the money from their family members, The resources that should belong to your own children are used to cultivate these common people. Otherwise, what qualifications do you have to stop others?

Many people gritted their teeth in hatred for Chen Mo's move. Chen Mo was still on the opposite side of them before, and the two sides could be said to be completely different from each other. However, after Ni Heng improved the Three Learning Notes, he brought common people, poor families, and some declining noble families to their side. Going there, coupled with the reduction of sentences through lectures, it is already unstoppable for the three schools to grow and develop in Jizhou.

What's more important is that Chen Mo has ordered that talents be selected through assessments in Taixue every year to become officials. This is the key to attracting commoners and poor families.