The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 214 Lu Chen’s experiences

Lu Chen came to Xi Jian's coal department under construction with some doubts.

Xi Jian greeted him warmly: "You must be Lu Canjun sent here by my lord. My name is Xi Jian, and my courtesy name is Dao Hui. Just call me Dao Hui!"

"Lu Chen, whose courtesy name is Ziliang! Xi Jian? But the one from the Xi family in Gaoping?" Lu Chen couldn't help but be in awe when he heard Xi Jian's words.

"You were born in the Lu family of Fan Yang, but now you are from a famous family. What does it mean?" Xi Jian shook his head and said to Lu Chen with a smile on his face, "The banquet has been set up. Let's go inside and talk again. Please come inside!"

"Please!" Lu Chen saluted Xi Jian, but let Xi Jian walk in front.

Under the guidance of Xi Jian, Lu Chen went inside. Several people exchanged glasses, drank several glasses of wine, and naturally got along harmoniously.

On the next day, Xi Jian sent someone to send Lu Chen to the indoctrination camp responsible for educating foreigners, and began to arrange for Lu Chen to familiarize himself with the tutorials there. Soon someone came to test Lu Chen's "Han Shu" and Chen Shou's "Three Kingdoms". 》.

Among them, Lu Chen was naturally able to recite the content of the "Book of Han" without changing it word for word. As for the history of the Three Kingdoms period, Lu Chen mainly studied Wang Shen's "Book of Wei", which required some revision.

But for Lu Chen, this is just a trivial matter. After all, for all civil servants who can leave their names since ancient times, reciting the full text is completely trivial.

Even so, Lu Chen also found that Liu Tai seemed to have the intention to recast the history from the end of Han Dynasty to the fall of Shu.

Therefore, even the titles in Chen Shou's "Three Kingdoms" have been modified. For example, the late emperor became Emperor Zhaolie, Cao Cao was called King of Wei, Jiangdong was still called Rat Generation, etc.

In fact, Liu Tai did have the idea of ​​​​rewriting "Three Kingdoms" because "Three Kingdoms" written by Chen Shou was too simple.

Therefore, Liu Tai entrusted this matter to Xun Chuo.

Let Xun Chuo collect more historical materials in peacetime and follow the official history standards of "Historical Records" and "Hanshu" again.

To record the "tables" of the lineage of princes and officials, as well as the "records" of the economy, geography, duties, rituals, music, and laws of various places, to complete these things, making this new "Three Kingdoms" more of completeness.

The most important thing is to write from the perspective of Shu Han!
To be honest, when Xun Chuo received Liu Tai's mission, he looked at Liu Tai very differently.

Because basically, only after the world is unified and society is stable, the court will organize historians to write history books of the times.

As a result, you, a local prince, only occupied the land of three states and prepared to write the history books of the dynasty...

If Liu Tai was not rebellious, others would not know, and Xun Chuo would not believe a word of it anyway.

Especially when he asked himself to write a history book this year, he will definitely add something to the history book. Whether future generations can see anything depends on their opinions.

Lu Chen's main job in this coal and steel company was to teach foreigners. Other military historians knew that Lu Chen's surname was Lu. After he was born in the Lu family of Fanyang, they also understood that Lu Chen only came here for gold plating.

Compared with them, this is a hard job, but for Lu Chen, he only came here to familiarize himself with the process and understand how Liu Tai turned Hu into a Han!

Lu Chen soon discovered that basically all the Hu people who could enter here could speak Chinese.

The first thing I did when I came to the classroom was to give them a Han name, just like other military historians.

From now on, this Hu man will only be called by his Han name, and his Hu name will never be mentioned again.

And I am responsible for two things, one is to teach them simple daily Chinese characters, and the other is to tell them about Han culture and etiquette.

Basically, these foreigners take an exam every October, and those who pass the exam will be awarded Han clothing.

From then on, they can enjoy the same treatment as Han people. Whether they eat food or are given salt coupons, they will not be missing.

Especially when there are vacancies in management jobs for foreigners, people who understand both languages ​​are more qualified and become managers.

Compared with working hard to mine, it is much more comfortable to be a manager of an alien race. Especially when they manage these alien races, they are at least more dedicated than the Han people. They almost want every pair of eyes to watch these alien races working.

Only then did Lu Chen notice the alien race at the bottom.

Lu Chen has always wondered why all the Hu people he teaches can communicate smoothly in the language.

Because all foreigners who come here will basically be required to do all kinds of hard work such as mining.

They eat the worst food, wear the tattered clothes, and live every day as if they are just living.

Basically, any foreigner who comes here is most likely to die suddenly in the first month because his body cannot bear the hardships here.

But after a month of adaptation period, when they saw that these foreigners could still work, those foreigners who could speak Chinese began to teach them how to speak Chinese.

When these people's Chinese language reaches the standard and they understand basic etiquette, they will be sent to Lu Chen for teaching.

During school days, they have to spare half a day to study, but when they come back, they need to make up half a day of work!

It can be said that they have had a harder time. Of course they can give up, but if they want to give up, they will be abandoned by the foreigners. They can only become slaves who keep mining, and there is no hope for them.

Therefore, even though they are having a hard time now, they grit their teeth and persevere because they also want to live better and live like one person.

It can be said that although the entire education system for converting Hu into Han still needs adjustment, it is becoming more and more mature.

Especially those who have mastered Chinese, recognized Chinese characters, and put on Hanfu. Although they do not look like Han people, they respect Chinese culture more than Han people.

These people are cruel to foreigners, even more so than the Han people, but they accept their fellow Han people quite quickly.

Even if they communicate more and more in Chinese, their appearance would still be somewhat different from that of the Han people.

Just by looking at their demeanor and words, everyone would think they were Han Chinese.

After working here for a while, Lu Chen somewhat understood what Liu Tai said about turning Hu into Han.

After all, if possible, which Hu person would not want to become a Han Chinese?
If one can obtain Chinese citizenship through reasonable and legal means, how could they not accept it?
One time Xi Jian came to Lu Chen for a drink, and Lu Chen said, "Is this what my lord wants to do to turn Hu into a Han?"

When Xi Jian heard Lu Chen's words, he somewhat understood what Lu Chen was doing here these days, and had seen the entire process of turning Hu into a hypocrite.

Xi Jian smiled calmly and said, "Do you sympathize with them?"

"Of course not!" Lu Chen shook his head and said, "I was just wondering, why is it so easy for them to become Chinese citizens?"

"Huh?" Xi Jian expressed doubts.Lu Chen looked at Xi Jian and said, "This won't work. If this model is followed, the aliens will enter the Han nationality too quickly.

Moreover, the wild nature of the foreign races was not driven away enough, and they could not appreciate the preciousness of the Han family’s origin! "

"What do you mean..." Xi Jian was a little stunned when he heard Lu Chen's words.

"We need to let the foreigners do hard labor for a few years after they come here before they can feel the happiness of becoming Han people and having the same standards as the Han people. Otherwise, if time goes by, the Hu people's fearful and unethical character will probably happen again. !" Lu Chen said.

"If we directly announce it, will it cause resistance from the aliens?" Xi Jian said.

Lu Chen said: "We are a family, and what we have to do is make rules.

We only need to set a detailed prison term for the aliens and formulate a corresponding reward and punishment system. During this period, if they perform well, they can receive education in advance. If they are unable to communicate in Chinese after serving their sentence, the prison term will be lengthened!

Then set a goal for them that seems easy to reach, but is actually not easy to approach.

But there must be some people who can work hard to do it, then naturally we will not be blamed anymore, and no matter how much trouble they make, it will still be their problem.

In addition, if a foreigner with Han nationality wants to leave the Coal Company, how should it be generally handled? "

"In fact, no foreigner has ever asked to leave the Coal Division so far!" Xi Jian shook his head and added, "Don't let the life of a noble family blind you.

Even if they don't successfully enter the Han family's hometown, living here can at least guarantee two meals a day, housing and medical care. It is an indispensable stable place for them who are exposed to wind and rain on the grassland. "

When Xi Jian said this, he couldn't help but feel a little sad. The life of foreigners was more difficult than that of Han people.

To be honest, Xi Jian and Lu Chen are different after all, because Xi Jian was really forced to eat hundreds of meals because of the Yongjia Rebellion, so he experienced the suffering of the people at the bottom.

Although Lu Chen's whole family was killed by Liu Yao, Lu Chen never lacked food and clothing since he escaped to Liu Kun.

When Lu Chen heard Xi Jian's words, it was a bit unimaginable, because there could be a life worse than this.

But Lu Chen asked Xi Jian, "Are these people with Han nationality prepared to stay in the Coal and Steel Company forever?"

Xi Jian shook his head and said: "According to the Lord's wishes, they will slowly participate in the handling work of the dock and port, and let those who can adapt to outside life and are unwilling to continue to stay in the Coal Company leave!"

"Let them enter Youzhou City, Fanyang County, or Jinkou?" Lu Chen couldn't help but wonder.

"No." Xi Jian shook his head and said, "The vast majority of them will settle here, and only their next generation of children will be allowed to enter Youzhou City or Fanyang County.

Those who cannot bear loneliness will be sent to the Duan tribe to build the Duan tribe. In the words of the lord, that is to learn Han culture and build a beautiful hometown. "

"Aren't you afraid that they will be resentful?" Lu Chen didn't understand what Xi Jian said when he heard it.

“They will be well treated in the Xianbei tribe, and more Xianbei people can be sent to learn Han culture every time.

In the process, they will also be rewarded by our Han family, so why is he resentful? "Xi Jian couldn't help but said doubtfully,

"Isn't it good to go back and be a master? Do you have to come back and be a dog for us?"

"Maybe some people just want to be dogs!"

Lu Chen thought for a moment and felt that there seemed to be no problem with this arrangement.

After all, since you want to leave, I and others will continue to take care of you when you become a Han citizen. After sending you back, you will directly become the middle and upper class of the Duan clan. What do you have to be dissatisfied with? You should be grateful to the big man.

"However, it seems that groups of foreigners come here every month. Are the foreigners crops in the fields? Why do they come here so often?" Lu Chen couldn't help but ask Xi Jian.

"It's Duan Xianbei!" Xi Jian said to Lu Chen, "When Wang Jun fought with the lord, Wang Jun's Duan Xianbei was captured by the lord, and two brothers, Duan Shujun and Duan Wenyuan, surrendered to the lord.

After the Lord defeated Wang Jun, he sealed them to Liaoxi County and reorganized the Duan clan, which became a barrier between us and Yuwen Xianbei and Murong Xianbei.

Then he would often send prisoners to us to ensure that our coal and steel department had enough manpower.

At the same time, these manpower will be exchanged with us for some food or military supplies.This winter, you might want to exchange some coal with me! "

"Speaking of coal, the labor and population involved in this coal and steel company are quite staggering. The master seems to be planning to run this place as a city!" Lu Chen sighed.

"Indeed!" Xi Jian nodded, "There is indeed a plan to build a road to Youzhou City and find a suitable place to build a port, but it is just a plan. For now, we just need to operate the Coal and Steel Company first, and wait until It will probably take another three to five years to build roads and ports.”

"Another three to five years?" Lu Chen couldn't help but sigh after hearing Xi Jian's words.

"What's wrong?" Xi Jian looked at Lu Chen and asked with some doubts.

"After coming under the lord's command, I feel that my lord's thoughts are somewhat different from those of other princes." Lu Chen shook his head and said,
"Normally when princes do things, they would like to use every ounce of their strength to fight for hegemony.

But the Lord is not like a young man at all. On the contrary, every plan he makes takes three to five years or even longer.

It's as if he doesn't care about the passage of time at all, but wants to manage the land in his hands first! "

"My lord is good at war but never starts a war easily. This is the blessing of the people and the virtue of the monarch!"

When Xi Jian heard Lu Chen's words, he sighed, "Although he is not completely sure before he takes action, isn't what the lord did just follow the important affairs of the military country, and will not act easily unless it is absolutely necessary?"

Lu Chen heard Xi Jian's words and agreed with Xi Jian's idea.

But who dares to believe that the famous general Liu Tai, who is famous for his constant victory, is actually a wary person.

When Lu Chen thought of this, he couldn't help but think of Liu Kun. Although he didn't know what kind of specific plan Liu Kun had, Lu Chen knew very well that after the transaction of armor and horses was completed, Liu Kun's plan was immediately implemented. .

By now, I think Liu Kun has already implemented his big plan!
In fact, Liu Kun launched his plan earlier than Lu Chen expected.

Almost as soon as he was waiting for the autumn grain harvest, Liu Kun led his army to launch an attack on Xihe County. The troops directly threatened Pingyang, the capital of the Huns and Han Kingdom!

It can be said that the world is shaking!

(End of this chapter)