The Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms: The Evil God Arrives

Chapter 388: The Blooming Old Chen Family

Looking at these people's tightly closed mouths, Yang Ji couldn't help being speechless and jokingly said, "Are you trying to isolate Xun Wenruo?" Otherwise, how could they not even know what was going on with the signed article he published?
"That's not true." Cao Cao quickly refuted the rumor. If this incident caused him to lose his chief civil official, or if it created a rift between them, then Cao Cao would be really upset.

"We actually know about Wen Ruo's signed articles and have read those articles written by Wen Ruo. However, we thought that Wen Ruo published the articles in the academy journal only to save face for his family elders, so we didn't think much about the deeper meaning behind them." Cao Cao sighed. Only now did they understand what the Taishan Academy Journal created by Chen Xi was used for.

Cao Ao and his colleagues had seen many signed articles discussing high-end knowledge in the academy's journals. Most of them were journal articles published by academy teachers and Fenggao senior officials. A small part was published by some elders from aristocratic families with relatively high moral qualities in the name of their family.

After all, they gained a lot of knowledge and wisdom that they had never seen before from the academy journals. Their ancestors also absorbed a lot of knowledge and wisdom from a place called Jixia Academy, and then created more knowledge and wisdom to pass on to future generations.

Now that such a place has reappeared, and they have gained new knowledge and wisdom from it, why can't they follow the example of their ancestors, and while absorbing knowledge and wisdom, spread their own knowledge and wisdom, and then gain more knowledge and wisdom.

"I remember that your Chen family also published signed articles in the academy journal, and it was the kind that a hundred flowers bloomed. Even one or two legalists emerged. Don't you, the head of the family, know about this?" Yang Ji asked Chen Qun with some curiosity.

As far as Yang Ji knows, the Chen family has the most articles published in the academy journals, which is arguably the largest force besides the academy itself and the Fenggao high-level officials. Although due to the flourishing of all schools of thought except the Legalists, the proportion of papers on each school of thought of the Chen family is not large, but if the total amount is calculated in the name of the Chen family, the total number is considerable.

It was precisely because of the actions of the old Chen family that many aristocratic families later submitted articles to academy journals. The Xun family was the aristocratic family that followed the Chen family in starting to submit articles to academy journals. They were also the second aristocratic family with the most signed articles in academy journals. The next family was the Kong family headed by Kong Rong.

Although there are some divisions between these two families, compared with the flourishing state of the Chen family, these two families are extremely harmonious.

However, the harmony and unity of the Xun family is only relative to that of the Chen family. There are so many spiritually gifted people in the Xun family, and each has his or her own ideas, how could they be so harmonious? It's just that compared with the Chen family, which has scholars from all kinds of schools, the Xun family is considered a more harmonious family.

The Kong family, to which Kong Rong belonged, was relatively pure, and the articles they published were basically various annotations and interpretations of their ancestors.

As for new things? Anyway, Yang Ji has read so many issues of the academy journals and has not seen any. The articles published by the Kong family are basically of the same type. They are indeed a family that passes on the family tradition with courtesy.

The only different thing Yang Ji saw in the Kong family was an article about the author's feelings after reading an enlightenment textbook, which was an enlightenment textbook compiled by Chen Xi. It is estimated that Kong Rong found that the types of papers published by his family were too monotonous, so he specially found a child to write it. After all, Yang Ji did not see any adult thoughts in that article, but basically the magical brain circuits of a child.

The only thing that made Yang Ji somewhat dissatisfied was that the article had been tampered with by the hateful adult, although the traces of modification were very subtle and the vocabulary and sentences used were more reasonable.

But... forget it, let’s not talk about this. Whose childhood hasn’t been modified by hateful adults? Unless you are wild, your childhood will definitely have traces of adults, and they are memories that cannot be given up.

"Also, the Chen family is worthy of being the Chen family. Even the articles published in the academy journal are so unique, highlighting the concept of letting a hundred flowers bloom." Yang Ji couldn't help but complain to Chen Qun when he thought of the old Chen family.

Hearing Yang Ji's complaints, Chen Qun gritted his teeth and said, "You should go talk to Chen Zichuan about these things. Now I am only the head of the main line of the Chen family. The head of the Yingchuan Chen family has now been transferred to Chen Zichuan." Chen Qun first answered Yang Ji's first question.

"As for the flourishing of the Chen family, these are all the knowledge and wisdom left by our ancestors. We, the younger generations, have merely inherited what they have learned." In response to Yang Ji's second question, Chen Qun said that it was because their ancestors were extremely powerful and left behind so much knowledge and wisdom. They, the younger generations, are incompetent and can only choose to study some things that interest them after completing basic elementary education.

However, the matter of the transfer of the head of the Yingchuan Chen family did not arouse the interest of others. After all, it was destined that Chen Xi would take over the position of the head of the Chen family. After hearing the news from Chen Qun, Cao Cao and others were not surprised.

What really caught their attention was Chen Qun's statement that his ancestors had left behind too much knowledge and wisdom. Damn it, was Chen Qun sure he wasn't showing off? They also wanted to be able to learn whatever they wanted.

"Tsk, even the Jixia Academy was opened by your family. Apart from the dark history of your family that is definitely yours, think about how much stuff your ancestors copied?" Yang Ji did not indulge Chen Qun at all and directly pointed out some of the origins of Chen's family learning.

After Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai heard the name of Jixia Academy, they suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the Chen family's main lineage, collateral branches and distant branches were so prosperous. It turned out that the source was here.

Chen Qun's face darkened. Although there was no way to refute the Chen family's dark history, he had to explain the origin of his family's teachings.

"The Jixia Academy was indeed opened by our family, and our family did copy a lot of information from the Hundred Schools of Thought. However, our family also invested a lot of pillars of the Hundred Schools of Thought, and even a lot of people at the level of the Hundred Schools of Thought."

Although Chen Qun really wanted to name all those ancestors, he simply said that his family's family traditions were legal and formal. After all, if he brought up those ancestors, it would be too pretentious, and Chen Qun was afraid that he would be put in a sack.

"..." Since Chen Qun didn't want to talk, they didn't ask. After all, if a well-known name came out of Chen Qun's mouth, they didn't know how to comment. They could only say that it was worthy of being the evil old Chen family whose branches always produced incredible bosses.

"So, if you want to know about the negative side of talent, you will probably be able to see Zilong's signed article in the journal of the academy after a while." Yang Ji brought the topic back to the beginning. It was not time for those ancestors to appear yet. "Or if you really can't wait, you can visit Zilong now, but don't make the visiting card so formal. Zilong may not have time to receive you during this period." Yang Ji suggested that if Cao Cao and his friends really couldn't wait, they could visit Zhao Yun now. Zhao Yun should have sorted out the relevant knowledge points, but it has not yet been formally formed into a paper.

Cao Cao and the others looked at each other, and Cao Cao said, "Let's put aside the matter of visiting General Zhao for now. The important thing now is to solve the trouble brought by Zhou Gongjin."

Since Zhao Yun will publish the relevant papers in the academy journal later, they don't need to worry. After all, Zhao Yun has already published the relevant knowledge points about the negative side of talent in the academy journal. They just want to know Zhao Yun's latest research results in this area. As for how Zhao Yun did it, it is a little reference for them, but at their level, it is just a reference.

Although the paper published in the academy journal was not all of Zhao Yun’s research results, it was enough for them. After all, all they needed was a research direction. If they relied on their own wisdom to deduce the rest, they might be able to come up with development methods and results that are more suitable for them.

"In three days I will lead 60,000 soldiers from the Xuzhou camp to Guangling. Do you want to follow me to Guangling, or stay here and witness the counterattack of the Xuzhou family with Zilong?"

If possible, Yang Ji actually hopes that one of Xi Zhicai, Cheng Yu and Chen Qun will stay in Xia Pi to help Zhao Yun. The Xuzhou aristocratic families seem to be suppressed by Zhao Yun and dare not say a word, but if you say that they are incapable of plotting against Zhao Yun, Yang Ji does not believe it.

Although Zhao Yun possesses the wisdom of awakened spiritual talent, the core of Zhao Yun's wisdom is not in personnel affairs, but in agricultural affairs. Although Zhao Yun has certain attainments in personnel affairs, compared with those guys who have come out of the personnel ditch, his wisdom is still a little immature, so Yang Ji hopes that one of these three people can stay to assist Zhao Yun in dealing with those people.

", okay, you are the commander-in-chief of this battle. Of course, you are the one who arranges our destination. How can we have the room for choice?" Cao Cao rolled his eyes. When did they have the room for choice? They would not have served under any of Liu Bei's direct civil and military officials, but would have led their own troops to fight.

"Is that so..." Yang Ji pondered for a while, ignoring the implied meaning of Cao Cao's words. That was something Chen Xi and Liu Bei should think about, and had nothing to do with him as a military general.

"Zhicai," Yang Ji looked at Xi Zhicai, "then you should follow Zilong, lest Zilong be tricked by those cunning guys."

Compared with Cheng Yu and Chen Qun, Xi Zhicai is more suitable to stay and assist Zhao Yun. After all, Cheng Yu's main focus now is on making a breakthrough with the help of the pressure of the battlefield, and Chen Qun probably doesn't want to see the aristocratic families in Xuzhou fall one after another, or it should be said that after seeing Chen Qun, those aristocratic families will shamelessly come forward to beg Chen Qun for mercy.

Xi Zhicai turned his head to look at Cao Cao, then nodded and said to Yang Ji: "No problem, I will assist General Zhao well. The Xuzhou family is still too presumptuous."

Although the Xuzhou families were not as conservative as the Jiangnan families and only thought about establishing their own territories, because there had been no wars in Xuzhou in recent years, they dared to challenge Zhao Yun, who held the military power.

In other words, most of the people on Liu Bei's side are reasonable. If they were replaced by an anthropomorphic thing, perhaps the Xuzhou aristocratic families would have been updated long ago.

Just like Li You who temporarily served as the governor of Xuzhou last time, if the aristocratic families in Xuzhou were to see Li You in person again, they might not even dare to move. Li You's deterrent power to the aristocratic families is no joke, it was won by Li You's sword.

"Yes." Yang Ji nodded to Xi Zhicai, then turned to look at Cao Cao and the others, "The rest of you should follow me to Guangling."

"If we just leave Zhicai alone to follow General Zhao to advise on military affairs, can General Zhao control the entire Xuzhou?" Cao Cao asked with a frown. Yang Ji took away all the 60,000 troops in the Xuzhou camp. This meant that when Zhao Yun put down the rebellion in Xuzhou, he could only use his own 5,000 white horses.

Can we suppress the entire Xuzhou with only 5,000 white horses? Moreover, the White Horse Volunteers are light cavalry. Even if they can travel all over Xuzhou in one day, they should not be able to fight a siege, right?
"Don't worry. In addition to the 5,000 white horses under Zilong's command, he has also trained a corps of 5,000 elite soldiers. Zhao Zilong, the white horse and silver spear, plus the 5,000 white horses and 5,000 elite soldiers are enough to suppress the riot in the entire Xuzhou." Yang Ji said calmly because he was telling the truth.

"General Zhao has trained five thousand elite soldiers..." Cao Cao pressed his forehead, as if all the generals under Liu Bei's command had training skills.

But wasn't Cao Cao a subordinate of Liu Bei? Why didn't he master some elite training skills?

Even if Cao Cao did not master the training techniques for some elite talents, generals like Cao Ren who had internal energy out of their bodies should have mastered them. After all, the existence of legion talents can accelerate the manifestation of elite talents.

However, it did not happen. Neither Cao Cao nor the generals who had awakened their legion talents were able to master the training techniques of certain elite talents, and the gap between them and the generals under Liu Bei was obvious.

The legions of Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren and Le Jin, except for Xiahou Dun's cavalry, were basically trained with the help of Huangfu Song.

"Yeah, Zilong quietly trained 5,000 elite soldiers, and it should be a legion of elite soldiers with double talents. Otherwise, with Zilong's character, he would not say that he could suppress the entire Xuzhou with just these." Yang Ji also sighed. Zhao Yun grew up too fast, so fast that he was no longer like the Zhao Yun in Yang Ji's impression.

(End of this chapter)