Be an emperor from drawing cards

Chapter 171 Hearing the news and moving in all directions
Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun knew in their hearts that no one else could speak at this time except His Majesty who was watching the battle from a high position.

The two of them looked at each other and felt sympathy for each other in their hearts.

Huang Zhong gently held the green-maned horse under his crotch, took a few steps back, and then saluted Zhao Yu with a fist in his hand.

"Loyalty, it all depends on Your Majesty! Your Majesty, Zi Longguo is really good at martial arts. I am afraid that only five of the enemies in the army can defeat him with his pistol skills. I really admire him."

He originally wanted to say that Zhao Yun was the best among the spearmen, but he thought that if he said these words, he might praise Zhao Yun too highly, which would arouse the hostility of other generals and make His Majesty think that he was praising Zhao Yun. Changed his words temporarily.

Seeing Huang Zhong's statement, Zhao Yun also said quickly:
"I'm so proud of Governor Huang. Yun's humble tricks are simply not enough in front of His Majesty and Governor Huang."

When speaking, Zhao Yun's attitude could be described as extremely humble.

Flower sedan chairs carry people.

According to Zhao Yun's temperament, the other party would respect him one foot, and he would respect the other party one foot.

Seeing Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong start the business mutual bragging mode, Zhao Yu laughed and said:

"You two, please don't be so humble. Zilong, starting from today, you will enter the capital camp and serve as the deputy governor under Han Sheng. How about it?"

After hearing the emperor's arrangements for him, Zhao Yun quickly got off his horse, knelt on the ground, and said:

"Sir, please follow the imperial decree!"

As soon as his Majesty opened his mouth, he promoted himself from a white body to the deputy governor of the capital camp. His status in the capital camp was the same as that of Wei Yanwei Chang who was making trouble in Jiangbei, second only to Huang Zhong, who was the governor.

What else is Zhao Yun dissatisfied with?
"it is good!"

Zhao Yu nodded slightly, looking very satisfied.

"Under the command of Governor Huang, listen more and watch more. I'm looking forward to your performance."

Then, Zhao Yu got off the general platform, encouraged the generals a few words, and then left the capital camp and returned to the imperial city.

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As time went by, the Chu court promulgated policies to encourage various prefectures and counties to develop water conservancy projects. News of establishing academies spread to the entire Chu State, centered on Shenjing City.

As a result, hundreds of scholars, wealthy merchants and wealthy businessmen who got the news started to take action after hearing the news.

Taihe Mansion is located east of Jingshan Mountain.

The prefectural city of Tai'an.

Tai'an City is located where the Minhe River merges into the Yunwu Lake. It has a mild climate and beautiful scenery. It is a summer resort for dignitaries.

The Jasper Tower built on the bank of Yunwu Lake has become a scenic spot in Tai'an City and is always crowded with people because you can see the brilliant rainbow appearing in the sky after the rain has passed.

On this day, this four-story jade building was booked by a group of men wearing black clothes and black robes with cold faces.

Legalist disciple!

Seeing the very familiar attire, the discerning ones took their companions to take a detour. Those who didn't realize what was happening also stayed away from here under the persuasion of the people around them.

Among the hundreds of schools, the one that should not be offended the most, besides the Mohists, is the Legalists.

Both disciples of these two schools emphasize that grievances have their heads and debts have their owner, revenge is required, and grievances are reported. However, the disciples of the Legalists go one step further and pursue the principle of "revenge does not last overnight."

In addition, the Legalist disciples are quite united, so not to mention ordinary people, even high-ranking families do not dare to provoke them.

Now that I see these Legalist disciples acting like they are facing a formidable enemy, I know that something big is going to happen in this Jade Tower today.

The top floor of the fourth floor of Biyu Building.

Dozens of legal elders were sitting upright, looking at the man with an ancient face in front of them.

This person is none other than the contemporary leader of Legalism, Li Zexing.

"Everyone, I believe that you all knew about the edict issued by the Lord of Chu on the way here. This time we are called here specifically for this matter. What do you think?"

Li Zexing looked around at everyone, his ancient face becoming more and more serious.

As soon as Li Zexing finished speaking, a legal elder said impatiently:
"Sect Master, this is a great opportunity for our Legalist family to increase our influence in Jiangnan! If our Legalist family can gain a firm foothold in Jiangnan, we can compete with Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. Such a God-given opportunity, our Legalist family will definitely Don’t miss it. Otherwise, we will regret it, and the other schools of thought, headed by Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, will benefit.”

Although the influence of Legalism in the courts of various countries is also very great, compared with the three giants of Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism, it is still far behind.

"Elder Wang is right. If we, the Legalists, want to expand our influence, we must open an academy to promote our Legalist doctrines."

"Not only as Elder Li said, I also learned through other channels that the Chu Lord seems to be planning to launch an imperial examination to select scholars based on their talents. Any school that opens an academy can obtain a certain number of exemption places, skip the county examination, and directly participate Government examination! If this is the case, it is imperative for our Legal family to open an academy, even if it is to place people in the Chu court in the future!"

What Zhao Yu told Zhou Rui that day was that if the merchants were willing to help the government build the academy, the court could carve stones and erect monuments for them in the academy as a commemoration. If the amount of silver donated was enough, the court could even consider giving it to these merchants as appropriate. One of his children has a quota to take part in the imperial examination.

Note that this decree is not aimed at the various schools of thought, but at those wealthy merchants. It also gives the children of businessmen the quota to participate in the imperial examination as appropriate, rather than exempting them from the county examination and directly participating in the government examination!

It can only be said that information will gradually be alienated during the dissemination process, thus losing its original meaning.

What is three people becoming a tiger?

This is!
However, although Legalist theories were widely adopted by the courts of various countries, the number of Legalist disciples serving in the courts of various countries was very small, especially those who occupied high positions.

Therefore, today's Legalists do not know the full details of the decree issued by Zhao Yu, they just hear it through hearsay.

But even so, they still felt excited, because through this decree, they saw the prospect of Legalism growing.

Li Zexing shook his head slightly and said:
"Everyone, if the Master of Chu really selects scholars according to their talents, then I, a disciple of Legalism, will surely occupy a place. As for exemption from examination, that comes second."

"I have the same idea as everyone else. It is the right way to respond to the Chu government and open academies to train disciples. However, Chu is located in the south of the Yangtze River and has a vast territory with twenty prefectures. We cannot open academies in every prefecture. We need to find The key points are the key, I wonder if you brothers and sisters have any good ideas?"

The elders pondered for a moment before someone took the lead and said:

"Sect Master, in my opinion, the divine capital city is necessary. In addition, our Legalists should also open academies in places with outstanding people and abundant resources to attract outstanding talents for the use of our Legalists."

As soon as this statement came out, some people immediately expressed their opposition.

"Senior Brother Fan's words are wrong. In my opinion, among the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, apart from Buddhism being rejected by Lord Chu, Confucianism and Taoism have huge influence and extremely strong financial resources. They will definitely be in this god. With the opening of academies in the capital, and the addition of the Mohist, Demonic, and Yin-Yang families who have been absorbed by the Chu State, the competition in Shenjing City will inevitably be extremely fierce." "Under such circumstances, the land prices in Shenjing will inevitably skyrocket. Even if I'm a Legalist If you can grab a place in Shenjing City and set up an academy, the location will definitely be unsatisfactory. The remote location is not conducive to absorbing talented children, so you will be at a disadvantage in the competition with other companies, which will lead to The result is that the dignitaries in Shenjing don’t trust our Legalists..."

It has to be said that Legalist logical thinking is indeed online.

With a small reputation and insufficient funds, it is naturally impossible to grab a good location in the face of many competitors and soaring land prices.

If the site selection is not good and the natural source of life is not good, it will trigger a series of chain reactions, making the Legalist family fall behind in the competition in Shenjing City, and the situation becomes increasingly difficult.

Hearing this, Li Zexing couldn't help but nodded repeatedly.

"Junior Brother Song has thought carefully. If we really open an academy in Shenjing City, it will do more harm than good and is not a wise choice. But if we don't choose Shenjing City, where else can we choose?"

"The surrounding cities of Shenjing City!"

Elder Song said categorically.

"Everyone has set their sights on Shenjing, so the investment in other prefectures will naturally be reduced a lot. For example, Tai'an City, a prefecture close to Kyoto Prefecture, has convenient transportation and a large population, including many talented people. The Legalists spent a lot of energy If we run schools in these places, we will surely gain a reputation and attract the talents from various prefectures."

I would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail.

This is what Elder Song thinks deep in his heart.

What's more, the quality of students in these prefectural cities is only slightly worse than that of Shenjing City.

"Okay! Just do what Junior Brother Song said!" Li Zexing made a decisive decision, "In addition, we, the Legalists, will also open academies in remote places such as the Miao border. The Lord of Chu pacified the Southern Barbarians. Since we, the Legalists, want When cooperating with the other party, we naturally have to show some sincerity. Helping Bishop Chu convert the barbarians is a good stepping stone. For us, the Legalists, it can also expand our influence among the barbarians."

When the elders heard this, their eyes lit up and they all praised him.

"The sect master's plan is a conspiracy. I don't think the court of Chu State will reject the sect master's good intentions!"

"Since everyone has no objections, let's act as soon as possible and don't let others get there first."

Thinking of the bright future of Legalism in the future, all the elders were already full of energy and responded in unison.

"Follow the order of the suzerain!"

Just when the Legalists, from the sect leader to the disciples, were gearing up and preparing for a big fight, the other schools that heard the news also took action.

But at this time, among the military strategists, the old god was present.

There is no other reason, just because of the art of war, the other sects combined are not enough to fight with one hand.Even the Yin Yang family and the Strategist family, which have the inheritance of military strategists, are far inferior to the military strategists in terms of the art of war.

Therefore, from the perspective of military disciples, no one is their military opponent when it comes to martial arts competitions.

In fact, they don't even need to run an academy.

After the Chu court built the martial arts hall, they would naturally send people to give lectures, and naturally they would be able to pass on and carry forward the line of military strategists.

Those who got the news were not only the scholars, but also the wealthy businessmen.

Faced with this news, all the extremely wealthy businessmen were all moved.

There is no other reason than that the status of businessmen is really too low.

Agricultural business.

Businessmen have always been at the bottom of the contempt chain. They are called "subordinates" and are classified as untouchables.

Businessmen are not only looked down upon by the other three classes, but also become leeks in the eyes of the rulers. They can be cut off whenever they want without any consultation with you.

Because in the eyes of the rulers, these businessmen are the most treacherous and cunning. They will not work honestly like farmers, let alone rely on technology to make a living like people in handicraft workshops. They buy raw materials at low prices and sell products at high prices. They have never They did not participate in any part of the production process, but they grabbed a lot of wealth, speculated, and hoarded, which distorted the social atmosphere.

Not only that, whether in the previous life or in this world, the political system of the feudal dynasty also determined that merchants could not have too high a status.

The ruling class of various countries represented by Chu State is centered on the aristocracy and bureaucratic class, and obtains power and wealth by controlling large amounts of land and agricultural production means.

As a non-aristocratic class, merchants did not directly participate in the operation of political power in various countries, and could not obtain status and power through political means. However, they possessed a large amount of wealth, which naturally aroused the vigilance and covetousness of the ruling class.

Ever since, the fate of the businessman was determined.

The low status of the merchant class is not only reflected in rankings, but also suffers from various restrictions in real life.

Take the state of Qi as an example. No matter how rich the merchants of Qi are, they do not have the right to ride horses and ride in carriages.If the Qi court wanted to recruit coolies, the first to be unlucky would be merchant families.

In the early days of the birth of the various schools of thought, there was the merchant school.

However, with the suppression of the ruling classes of various countries, merchants gradually disappeared in the long river of history. The remaining merchant disciples changed their names and became Yi Tianlou of the eight demon sects. They silently licked their wounds in the dark, waiting for the opportunity to rise again. .

Now the edict issued by Zhao Yu has become an opportunity for the merchant class of Chu State to change their own destiny.

Funding academies and carving stones and erecting monuments can give oneself a certain reputation among scholars.

And fame, no matter when, is a good talisman.

What's more, if you donate enough money, you can even give your children a place to pass the imperial examination. If they can go to high school, it means a leap in their own class.

Therefore, when these businessmen learned about it, they all took action without exception.

Many people are looking for connections, asking the local government if they need to provide their own money to help build embankments, dams, bridges and roads. Is it difficult for the government to open academies? Do they need to fund part of it themselves? It doesn't even cost a few hundred. Two, but thousands of taels, thousands of taels!
At this time, local governments just discovered it.

Alas!
These guys, who are usually only interested in profit and almost obsessed with money, are actually very rich!

For the sake of their own official positions and political achievements, local officials naturally would not stand in the way. Instead, they were happy to see the results and took action under the instructions of the central government.

Therefore, at the turn of spring and summer in the first year of Yanfeng, vigorous construction actions were launched in various parts of Chu State, including building water conservancy projects, reclaiming farmland, and establishing academies.

In this process, the local governments did not spend much money, only three to four tenths of the original plan. This made many local officials marvel and secretly praise the exquisiteness of His Majesty's methods.

And this wave of construction also spread to Miao territory.

However, the protagonist changed from a wealthy businessman to the leaders of various ministries.

(End of this chapter)