Han family achievements

Chapter 416 Confucius said
Liu Bian judged from their clothes that these were female members of the Ding family and had a certain status.

It took a while for these women to go in, but they all came out with smiles on their faces. The plates in their hands were piled with 'rewards', including fabrics, purses and jewelry. They were all dazzling and worth a lot of money at a glance.

Liu Bian touched his chin, glanced at the middle-aged man, and said, "Is your Ding family showing off your wealth to us?"

The middle-aged man was startled, and he quickly bowed and raised his hand and said, "Master Chen, you misunderstood. This ceremony has been like this for many years, and it is not meant to show off."

Liu Bian had a playful look on his face, but did not point out anything. He turned his head to Lu Yu and whispered in a low voice: "Kuai Liang?"

Lu Yu thought for a moment, then whispered: "This is your Majesty's impromptu decision, it should not be planned in advance."

Liu Bian nodded slightly and continued watching.

The middle-aged man also stood back, holding his hands and looking at the atrium.

Amidst the discussion of all the guests, the female family members left happily, followed by a group of children, not all of them, but also some young people in their early twenties, lining up to enter the atrium.

I thought that twenty or thirty would be a good number, but I never thought that after a while, Liu Bian didn't even see the end. The 'children' seemed endless. After a little estimation, there were at least more than a hundred!
"What a big family!"

Liu Bian couldn't help but sigh, there are about a hundred children, based on this calculation, I wonder how many people there are in this family.

The middle-aged man just smiled and didn't answer.

Children spend more time, and the rewards they receive are not as generous as those before them, but they are not simple either. They are things that ordinary people cannot earn in a lifetime of hard work.

The children left one after another, followed by a group of women. These women generally had beautiful faces and were graceful in groups.

But they did not enter the atrium, but received their 'rewards' one by one at the door.

Looking at those jeweled and exquisite cloths, Liu Bian felt a little envious and said to Huangfu Jian, "Second Young Master, when will I be able to do this?"

Liu Bian is really envious. In recent years, frugality has been strictly enforced in the palace. His clothes are generally worn for several years. The women in the palace are not much better. Compared with the past, the rewards during festivals can be described as "shabby". ' to describe.

Huangfu Jian turned aside respectfully and said calmly, "Sir, this man used to be a doctor of the Imperial College. He may have seen you."

Liu Bian groaned, but didn't care. Instead, he continued to watch the group of women holding the rewards and leaving happily, and asked curiously: "Is there any more?"

The middle-aged man quickly turned to the side and said, "Master Chen and some of the servants will be rewarded as usual."

Before the middle-aged man finished speaking, some men, women, and children who were obviously servants came out from both sides of the atrium. They stood side by side in front of the atrium. Some relatively gorgeously dressed servants appeared inside, giving him rewards one by one.

Liu Bian stretched his head and roughly saw that they were some meat, cloth, and money bags - obviously, the Ding family was quite generous.

Liu Bian silently calculated in his mind that these 'rewards' alone amounted to tens of millions of dollars, equivalent to tens of thousands of mins, or tens of thousands of taels of silver.

"What a generous move..." Liu Bian couldn't help but sigh.

In the past few years, Liu Bian has been scrimping on food and clothing and trying every means to save money.

Tens of thousands taels, enough for him to support the Imperial Army camp for a year!

When the middle-aged man heard Liu Bian's words, he seemed to realize something and suddenly walked away.

Liu Bian looked at his back, touched his chin, turned sideways and said to Huangfu Jian: "Second Young Master, is there any way to turn the Ding family's money into my own?"

Huangfu Jian was startled for a moment, then quickly lowered his head and came closer, saying: "What do you mean, Your Majesty?"

Liu Bian glanced at him and said angrily: "There is no humor at all..."

Despite what he said, Liu Bian was really jealous and wanted to rob the Ding family.

The Ding family's property is probably enough for him to support the court for two or three years.

The annual taxes of the Han Dynasty, including miscellaneous things, were less than 50 million last year. The Ding family's property is more than the annual taxes of two or three Han Dynasties.

Huangfu Jianchang shrank back angrily, and for a moment, he really had the idea of ​​robbing the Ding family.

With his status and Liu Bian's acquiescence, it was too easy to steal a nobleman, and he could hide it without anyone noticing.

But this is too shameless!

Moreover, this is an extremely dangerous start!
Naturally, Lu Yu would not think that a big man was trying to steal the life of an aristocratic family. He stared at the door from the corner of his eye and whispered to Liu Bian: "Sir, Prime Minister Chen Liu is here."

Liu Bian raised his eyes and saw Dong Cheng striding through the door.

The guests around him stood up one after another and swarmed over. All kinds of flattering words seemed to have been prepared and blurted out.

Seeing that they were about to stand out, Liu Bian quickly stood up and said, "Let's go, don't let him find out."

Huangfu Jianzhang, Lu Yu followed him and stood up to cover Liu Bian's departure.

Dong Cheng was Liu Xie's uncle and had met Liu Bian. If he is recognized, Liu Bian's carbine will be exposed this time.

Dong Cheng was tall and tall, and he was quite heroic. He dealt with the crowd with ease. He caught a glimpse of the backs of several young people from the corner of his eye and felt vaguely familiar. However, he was interrupted by a person making a toast. He had no time to think about it and had to continue to deal with it with a smile.

When Liu Bian and others left the house, the middle-aged man who had been standing at Liu Bian's table held his hands, looked at Liu Bian's back, frowned and said to himself: "Didn't I say I went to Julu? Or was it me? Did you admit it? We haven’t seen each other for four or five years. I must have made a mistake, right?”

Liu Bian left Ding's mansion, got on the carriage, and said, "Let's go to the county school."

Shi A, who was driving the car, responded and waited for others to be ready before pulling the carriage.

In the carriage, Lu Yu and Huangfu Jian were sitting on both sides respectfully.

After sitting for a while, away from the Ding family, Liu Bian still had scenes of 'rewards' from the Ding family in his mind, and couldn't help but ask: "Huangfu, Lu Yu, are all aristocratic families like this?"

Huangfu Jianchang immediately shook his head and said: "No, Huangfu Mansion. My father has always been frugal and has never been so extravagant."

Lu Yu also said: "Your Majesty, the Lu family has always been poor, and there are not so many people."

Liu Bian knew this. He nodded slightly and thought of the many famous families today. He seemed to have thought of something. He couldn't help but smile and said: "If the Ding family rebels, they can easily bring together thousands of people. If Supporting someone...hey, it’s not weird anymore.”

Both Huangfu Jianchang and Lu Yu knew who the "not strange" in Liu Bian's words was referring to, and they bowed their heads silently.

Today's aristocratic families do have money and people, such as Yuan Shao. As soon as he was resurrected, he recruited tens of thousands of people in a short time. The money, food, clothes, and weapons needed by these tens of thousands of people were not small, but he could do it easily. , it doesn’t take much effort.

For many years, Cao Cao relied on "recruitment" to march and fight. He raised soldiers, money, food, and equipment by himself. As you can imagine, ordinary people cannot support these. There are still many aristocratic families standing behind him!

The support of these aristocratic families is not without asking for anything in return. Every time Cao Cao wins a battle, he will give them huge rewards overtly and secretly.

In order to receive continued and long-term support.

There are some things that almost everyone knows what is going on, but they just can’t put it out in the open!
"It's an eye-opener."

Liu Bian commented with a smile, without any trace of anger.

Lu Yu wanted to say something, but it got stuck in her throat.

Huangfu Jianchang had something to say, and said: "Your Majesty, the surprise will come later." Liu Bian hummed and said: "I remember that the county school in Chenliu was built under the supervision of Cai Gong? "

Lu Yu said: "Yes. It has merged many county schools and currently has more than a thousand scholars. Hongdumen County School has more than 200 people."

Liu Bian chuckled and said: "There are more than a thousand county students who pay money, and there are more than two hundred free Hongdu sect students. It's really interesting."

Lu Yu couldn't answer the call. Everyone here knew very well that the scholars boycotted Hongdu School. Those two hundred people were just to explain to the court, or even to defraud the court of money and food. In fact, their role was equivalent to nothing. .

It can be seen from the number of admissions to the college entrance examination in recent years that less than 1% of Hongdumen students have learned!

In other words, the number of common people admitted in a year is only one or two.

Liu Bian took a breath, as if to vent his anger, opened the curtains, and looked outside.

I saw people on both sides of the street. The road was very crowded and there was constant laughter and laughter. It was different from Liren County.

Liu Bian smiled and said, "Chen Liu is pretty good. He has experienced less war."

Huangfu Jian was long, and Lu Yu couldn't help but look at each other, but hesitated to speak.

In fact, the population of Chenliu County has dropped by more than 30% compared to a few years ago, but under the hustle and bustle on the surface, ordinary people can't tell it at all.

The two of them were a little worried, worried that something big would happen if His Majesty in front of them saw too much.

This is somewhat similar to the thoughts of the big shots in the court.

During Liu Bian's observation, the carriage came to the county school.

Liu Bian got off the carriage and stood at the gate. On the stone tablet at the gate, two lines of six characters were vigorously written: Taixue, Chen Liujunxue.

Liu Bian looked at it for a while, but he couldn't recognize whose note it was. He stood still and asked Lu Yu, "Can I go in directly?"

Lu Yu said quickly: "Wei Chen has already made arrangements, Young Master can go in directly."

Liu Bian immediately raised his feet and walked straight in.

There was no obstruction, the teachers and students coming and going just looked at each other and went about their business.

Liu Bian walked on the bluestone road and observed the county school.

The layout is quite quiet and elegant, not as luxurious as Luoyang City, and occasionally you can hear the sound of reading loudly.

Liu Bian nodded with satisfaction and walked leisurely.

Not long after, he came to a bamboo forest and watched a group of young people sitting on the ground, as if arguing about something.

Liu Bian paused and quietly approached.

More than a dozen people were sitting together, with a white cloth on the floor, an incense burner in the middle, and a variety of food on display. A cultural gathering was held in the bamboo forest.

"The Master said..."

"Dong Shengyan..."

"Taizu..."

Liu Bian just listened to it for a while, then frowned and left calmly.

Lu Yu and Huangfu Jian long observed Liu Bian's expression and remained silent.

After a while, Liu Bian came to a small library. Looking at the couplets on both sides, "There are roads in the mountain of books, and hard work in the sea of ​​learning," he couldn't help but sigh softly and said: "Empty talk harms the country." …Are the teaching materials here still the same as before?”

Lu Yu only felt his scalp tightening. He took a step forward and whispered: "Yes. I heard that it was decided by the Prime Minister Chen Liu himself to promote the teachings of the saints."

Liu Bian did not comment, looked at it for a while, turned around and walked out: "Let's go and see your surprise. It's been so many days. Let's see if you can surprise me."

When Huangfu Jian saw Liu Bian calling himself 'I', he knew that he was in a bad mood, so he quickly said: "I promise this is a surprise for His Majesty!"

Liu Bian ignored him and walked towards the door.

Before he came, he had already done some psychological construction. Like Taixue, if the students were not decent, or there were all kinds of chaos, he completely ignored the empty talk.

Indeed, during this period, many famous scholars and scholars were keen on talking and studying the classics, and they had a very disgusting and contemptuous attitude towards common affairs.

"time……"

Liu Bian sat on the carriage, opened the curtain, looked out the window, and whispered to himself.

Many times, Liu Bian knew clearly in his heart that there was no rush for many things. As long as there was enough time, they could be changed.

But sitting in this position and seeing it with my own eyes, I still couldn't help but feel angry, then anxious, and my shoulders became heavier.

"His Majesty,"

Lu Yu said with a smile on his face: "Wei Chen heard that there are new results in the land survey in Bingzhou, and a lot of open land has been found. Shangshutai plans to immigrate from Yan, Hebei and Qingzhou and station in various places to enrich the land. frontier fortress."

Liu Bian shook his head and said: "The population has dropped sharply due to the war. If we immigrate from Hebei again, won't the plain land be empty?"

Lu Yu originally wanted to ease Liu Bian's mood, but after hearing this, he paused and said, "Wei Chen heard that there is good news at the salt farm. It is said that a new process has been developed to produce more salt and it is better."

Liu Bian looked back at him and said with a smile: "This is good news. Okay, I'm not that fragile. Let's go to Qingzhou for a few days, and then let the news about my appearance in Chenliu go out."

"Yes." Huangfu Jianchang responded.

The carriage was swaying, making Liu Bian uncomfortable. He tried his best to sit still, still thinking about what the Ding family had seen and heard.

The aristocratic family is really terrifyingly rich and powerful.

After the war, both the court and the people lost, but the aristocratic family won greatly!
After almost a stick of incense, Liu Bian and others arrived at the secret residence of the Imperial City Mansion, in a seemingly ordinary private house in the southeast corner of Chenliu County.

Standing in front of the cell door, Liu Bian looked at the two people being escorted from far away, his expression perked up, and he said inexplicably with surprise: "Oh, Second Young Master, this surprise is really good, not bad, not bad, tonight we The two of you will rest after getting drunk!"

Huangfu Jianchang smiled and said proudly, "Your Majesty, in order to catch these two people, I put in a lot of effort. Several of the horses of the Imperial City Guards were killed."

Liu Bian put his hands behind his back, stared at the two people caught close by with burning eyes, and said loudly: "Reward! Big reward!"

puff

A middle-aged man who looked wretched and had disheveled hair kowtowed violently on the ground and said urgently: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I know my sin. I know my sin. I beg Your Majesty to spare my life..."

The other one was quite a fairy, standing in front of Liu Bian, not squinting, as if he was going to die calmly.

(End of this chapter)