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Chapter 421: Maintaining Peace, Suppressing Thieves, and Promoting Education
First, a team of Han envoys was sent out. Su Yao immediately selected the generals and said:
"Zilong, you come and select a team of elite soldiers to be responsible for the escort."

"Let the official envoys escort Tian Yuanli and tell our northern neighbors that the situation in Liaodong has changed."

"If they want to live a good life, they should control their people and resume tribute and border trade as soon as possible."

"If you don't want to live well"

"Then find out their background and bring the people and information back safely. I will make them pay the price."

Open the picture of the flesh.

Coming to the northeast outside the Great Wall, the territories of the Buyeo and Goguryeo peoples were no longer within the range that Su Yao, the Champion Marquis, could illuminate.

For this purpose, he decided to arrange Tian Shao to lead people to find out the way and open the map.

It would be best if it can be resolved peacefully. If it can't be resolved, he can come back and follow the map to open the door - free trade!
After Tian Shao received the order, although he was extremely reluctant, he had no choice but to take on the important task of going on a diplomatic mission to Buyeo and Goguryeo. He knew very well that the journey was dangerous, but facing Su Yao's unquestionable eyes, he also understood that he had no way out.

After Zhao Yun and Tian Shao received the order and withdrew to prepare for their trip, Su Yao turned his attention to another thing - the Liao horses.

"I remember there was a horse farm in Liaodong, right?"

“Why is there a problem with our Liaoma supply?”

"Can someone come and explain this to me?"

Facing Su Yao's question, everyone in the hall looked at each other, and finally a priest in charge of animal husbandry stood up.

Yes, Reverend.

This is not the profession of chanting scriptures or adding blood in later generations. In the Han Dynasty, the full name of the priest official is the priest garden official. He is in charge of the pasture, burns the old grass according to the season, allows the horses to mate, and distributes the pasture to the grooms (horsemen), and prohibits others from entering to graze.

The priest can be said to be a traditional Chinese profession that has existed since the ancient Spring and Autumn Period. Just like the "God" that once referred specifically to the God of Heaven has been appropriated, this word has also changed its meaning with the changes of the times.

Without further ado, the priest bowed and said to Su Yao:
"Your Excellency, there was indeed a horse farm in Liaodong, and the horses were of high quality, known as 'Liao horses', and were once one of the important sources of horses for the imperial court."

"However, in recent years, due to frequent wars and the lack of money in the treasury, the stables have gradually become deserted, the number of horses has dropped sharply, and the quality is also much worse than before."

The county official paused and continued:

"What's even more serious is that some lawless people took the opportunity to steal horses and sell the good horses to other places, making the situation at the horse farm even worse."

"In addition, the Xianbei people and other nomadic tribes on the grasslands often invaded the border and robbed horses, which brought great difficulties to the restoration and operation of the horse farm."

"The horse farm that once had over 6,000 fine horses now only has over 1,000 horses left."

Su Yao frowned when he heard this. He didn't expect Liao Ma's problem to be so serious.

Qian Zhao also said anxiously:

"As the most important asset of Liaodong, Fujun Liaoma is not only related to the local finances, but also an important military resource. If we cannot restore the horse farm and solve the problem of horse supply, Liaodong's road to revival will be full of difficulties."

"Zijing is right."

Then, Su Yao called on Dian Wei:

"Dian Caoyuan, your first task is to investigate this matter. Immediately start investigating the details of the horse farm, including the number and quality of horses, the management personnel, and the records of horse theft cases. You must know everything and make sure those thieves do not get away with it."

"It is absurd that a horse ranch like the imperial court could be visited by horse thieves!"

"Dian Wei obeys the order and will live up to your trust!" Dian Wei stepped forward, knelt on one knee, and spoke in a loud voice.

After arranging these two tasks, Su Yao felt speechless.

The situation in Liaodong is truly all show and no substance.

It was said that the powerful governor would be the supreme leader of the five counties. However, the situation was in chaos right from the start.

There is wasteland everywhere in agriculture and there is no room for operation.

As for business, the sources of all the flagship products have been cut off, and the expansion of trade routes will have to wait for some time.

But fortunately, there weren’t so many unexpected things afterwards.

In fact, because many scheduled expenses were cancelled, Su Yao could even put the remaining money into education.

The most important of them is the County School in Xiangping.

The establishment of county and state schools can be traced back to the period of Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty. They were teaching institutions run by local officials during the Han Dynasty.

The former governor of Shu County, Wen Weng, felt that the local culture was backward and there was no one available, so he selected outstanding minor officials and sent them to the capital to study. After they returned from their studies, he appointed them to important positions and set up an official school in Chengdu to recruit students, who were called "official disciples."

This move was highly praised by Emperor Wu of Han, who ordered all counties and kingdoms in the world to emulate Shu County and establish official schools.

From then on, schools in counties and countries across the country began to flourish.

In addition to the Imperial College, the highest institution of learning in Luoyang, and private schools run by local famous teachers, the Han Dynasty built a county school in each county and state capital, which was established and managed by the local governor.

Its regulations and teaching content may vary from region to region. The main tasks of the county national school include training officials for the county, recommending outstanding students to the court, and promoting education and propaganda.

However, today's county and state schools have basically become social gatherings for aristocratic families.

Ordinary people are not qualified to enter here.

Therefore, after understanding this level, Su Yao decided that expansion was imperative.

"Not only should the county schools be expanded, but each county should also allocate land to build schools dedicated to literacy and education, so that our military literacy campaign can be spread to the local areas."

"If we find people with excellent academic performance and quick thinking among the people, we should immediately send them to Xiangping National School to help them further their studies. Not only will we exempt them from tuition, but we can also exempt them from corvée labor so that they can focus on their studies."

Su Yao's determination caused quite a stir in the county government.

The officials looked at each other in surprise and admiration.

They didn't expect that the new governor was not only decisive and resolute, but also far-sighted, attached so much importance to education, and was actually willing to invest real money in it.

Regardless of what they thought, facing such a benevolent policy, everyone bowed their hands in praise:

"Your Excellency is wise!"

"Your Excellency has taught everyone, and the people have benefited greatly from it. This move will surely revitalize local education, and it is truly a blessing for Liaodong!"

However, amid the admiration, Wei Ming stood up with a frown.

He didn't expect that Su Junhou's actions would be even more radical than he had initially expected.

To expand and renovate a school on a large scale is not something that can be done simply by having money.

"Lord Su, your heart to promote education is admirable."

"However, the local teaching staff in Liaodong is weak, with no famous scholars and even fewer classics."

"Blindly expanding the school may result in the school being unable to be used after it opens, which would be a waste of financial resources."

However, Su Yao smiled and replied:
"Have you ever heard of printing?"

(End of this chapter)