Three Kingdoms in a box

Chapter 96: The Four Generations and Three Dukes Created by "Meng's Yi"

"Come in."

Early the next morning, Zhang Jiao summoned Zhang Liang, Zhang Bao, Ma Yuanyi and others to take stock of the warehouses in Jitoushan and capture a stronghold. How could he not count the seizures?

However, there were a lot of things going on in Zhangjiao yesterday, and he directly ordered a seizure, so he waited until this morning to start counting.

And Ma Yuanyi directly recommended a person to Zhang Jiao, that is Mr. Wang, the accountant of Jitoushan!

Old Man Wang was an internal staff member. During yesterday's battle, this old man was the fastest to hide. It was only later that Zhang Liang led his men to conduct a second search in the stronghold and caught him.

The old man was a little scared when he saw Zhang Jiao and others. As soon as he entered the door, he knelt on the ground and said, "Young man, I have seen the new king!"

After hearing this, Zhang Jiao looked at the old man and said, "Who are you? Do you have any position in the village?"

"Reporting to the new king, I am mainly in charge of the warehouse and keeping accounts!"

"Oh, he's actually the cashier and food clerk. I'm sorry, I'm disrespectful!"

"Ah, I don't dare, I don't dare, the new king doesn't want to kill this little old man."

Zhou Ming waved his hands repeatedly.

Zhang Jiao said: "Okay, don't be so frightened. I am not a murderous devil. The main reason I invited you here today is to see the money and food situation of our Jitou Mountain. After all, as the new owner of Jitou Mountain, I can't You don’t know anything about your own money and food!”

After hearing this, the old man said: "What the king said is true. If you have questions about the warehouse, I can help you a little."

Zhang Jiao looked at Zhang Bao and said, "This old man doesn't seem to have received any ideological education?"

Zhang Bao knew what Zhang Jue meant, and after receiving ideological education, he would not call Zhang Jue the new king, but a great sage and mentor.

"I just found it last night and missed it."

Zhang Jiao heard this and said, "No wonder."

"Two great kings, me?"

"Oh, it's okay. Just lead the way to the warehouse."

"Yes."

After hearing this, the old man immediately led a group of people to the warehouse. The warehouse in Jitoushan was very large and mainly stored the materials that the bandits usually looted.

When he arrived at the door, Zhou Ming said, "Sir, this is the warehouse in the village."

Zhang Jiao glanced at it and said, "Open it."

After a while, the warehouse door opened, and the old man followed Zhang Jiao into the warehouse and took down a booklet from the shelf nearby.

"Your Majesty, these are all the supplies in Jitoushan. Please take a look at them."

Zhang Jiao flipped through two pages and couldn't help but asked: "So many?"

I saw it written on the account book: There are three thousand shi of grain in the warehouse, and Jiashen's daily income is [-] shi!

Seeing this, Zhang Jiao knew that the thousand shi of grain should be the batch sent by Qian Wu as entrusted by the Qian family.

Looking down, I saw it said: There is a total of [-] yuan in the warehouse, five kilograms of gold, ten kilograms of platinum, and some precious medicinal materials.Zhang Jiao turned over the account book in his hand and felt very satisfied. He remembered the account very clearly. Zhang Jiao asked, "Have you ever studied?"

Zhou Ming nodded when he heard this and said, "Zeng also read "Mencius' Book of Changes"."

Zhang Jiao was stunned when he heard this, then laughed and said: "I didn't expect that he was an old official of the Yuan family. I'm so rude and disrespectful."

Zhou Ming waved his hands after hearing this and said: "Your Majesty, don't be ashamed of me. I just have an old relationship with Yuan's old official at home. When I was young, I sat in on Meng's Yi for a few days. I don't dare to treat Yuan's old official like this." Self-proclaimed!"

Zhang Jiao nodded when he heard this. In fact, there are many people in the world who read "Mencius' Book of Changes", which has created a situation where the Yuan family has disciples and former officials all over the world.

"Meng's Book of Changes" was originally annotated by Meng Xi, a great scholar in the Han Dynasty. It was later studied by Yuan Liang, the ancestor of the Yuan family. During the reign of Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty, he became the crown prince.

Then Yuan Liang designated "Meng's Yi" as his family school, and from then on he started the glorious situation of the fourth generation and three princes of the Yuan family. He then spread "Meng's Yi" and used his influence to make "Meng's Yi" popular. 》has become a textbook for many students.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, if you wanted to be an official, you had to study classics, which was similar to academic qualifications, and "Mencius' Book of Changes" was one of the teaching materials. And since the scriptures of this era had no punctuation, the Yuan family controlled the sentence reading, and from then on studied "Mencius' Book of Changes". "Shiyi" must be recognized by the Yuan family, only then will you be considered to have understood it and be qualified to be an official.

In this way, the Yuan family monopolized a number of official positions by relying on "Mencius' Book of Changes". These people are the disciples and former officials of the Yuan family, and they are also the Yuan family's invincible political capital!

This is the main reason why when we read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", we found out why Yuan Shao was so awesome. In whichever state he went to, the top leader of that state, Zhou Mu, gave up his territory to Yuan Shao!
In this era, "Meng's Yi" is synonymous with the Yuan family!
This is why Zhang Jiao asked this when he heard that Zhou Ming had read "Mencius' Book of Changes".

"Although he is not a disciple of the Yuan family, he must have had an extraordinary background to have the opportunity to come into contact with "Meng's Book of Changes", right?"

Zhou Ming sighed when he heard this and said: "My ancestor was once the magistrate of Pengcheng County, but his family fell into decline. When he came to my area, he had no food to eat. Later, the Panshan Dragon robbed me and took me up the mountain. I had no food and clothing." Wuyi, now that I have a place to eat, I won’t leave again.”

Zhou Ming's meaning is very obvious. He can't live any longer. What about Meng's Yi? If he only has food to eat by going up the mountain and falling under the grass, he will ruin it!
Zhang Jiao heard this and knew the origin of this person.

So he said: "Well, since you no longer have enough food and clothing, then you can stay in the village and continue to work as an accountant. As long as you work with peace of mind, I will not treat you badly!"

After hearing this, Zhou Ming quickly expressed his determination and said: "I will listen to everything, the king will arrange it."

Zhang Jue let him leave without saying anything. He turned around and said to Ma Yuanyi, "This man is a scholar. He should be watched more carefully to avoid trouble."

Ma Yuanyi heard this and said: "Don't worry, great virtuous teacher, I know that for every dog ​​slaughtered by a righteous man, the most ruthless scholar will be!"

After hearing this, Zhang Jiao smiled and said, "Have you done a thorough research on scholars?"

Ma Yuanyi said: "The more you read, the more you gain some insights."

Zhang Jiao looked at Ma Yuanyi and said, "You are a talented person, so perform well. I know you have other ambitions in your heart. If you are asked to be the manager of this cottage, it will be difficult for you to realize your ambitions."

"But don't worry, as our power grows in the future, you can escape from here. What do you want to do after you escape?"

Zhang Jiao looked at Ma Yuanyi, and Ma Yuanyi said: "If one day, Ma wants to be a lobbyist for our Taiping Taoism, he will travel among the major forces, persuade a country with words and swords, or fight with swords, or fight horizontally and horizontally, like that Like Zhang Yi of Qin State, this is Ma’s lifelong ambition.”

Zhang Jiao smiled when he heard this and said, "If given the chance, you will definitely become my Zhang Yi of Taiping Dao."

Hearing this, Ma Yuanyi cupped his fists and said, "If that day comes, Ma will be an immortal and a great sage, and will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

Zhang Jiao smiled and said, "Okay."

At this moment, Ma Yuanyi looked at Zhang Jiao and said, "But before that, great sage master, can you introduce us to the religion?"

Zhang Jiao heard this and thought about it, as if he had promised him to capture Jitoushan and lure him to join Taiping Taoism!

(End of this chapter)