Han Dao world

After all, Cai Yan is a woman and will marry in the future.

He even considered marrying Cai Yan, killing two birds with one stone.

He is the same age as Cai Yan, and has not been married so far.

It's just that Cai Yan has already been married once, and has the experience of being trapped in the Xiliang military camp.What happened during that time, no one knows.

This made him hesitate for a long time, and he never made a decision.

When they met by chance today, he felt the need to have a chat with Cai Yan to catch up on the old days.

Cai Yan didn't think too much about it at first, but when she heard that Wang Can asked for an audience, she agreed immediately.The two stood on the side of the road and chatted for a few words, but found that the words were not speculative.

Cai Yan is concerned about Cai Yong's collection of books and Wang Can's current situation, mainly academic.

What Wang Can cared about was the emperor's trust in Cai Yan and her plans for the future, focusing on her official career.

Cai Yan is also a clever person, and he quickly understood Wang Can's subtext, and was greatly disappointed by it.

Her father, Cai Yong, devoted himself to learning, but was not very enthusiastic about official career.He admired Wang Can's talent and hoped that Wang Can could become a scholar, so he donated half of his collection of books as a gift.Unexpectedly, Wang Can's interest in official career far exceeded his interest in academics.

With Wang Can's current state of mind and situation, if nothing else happens, he will be a literati in his life.Apart from reciting poems and composing Fu, there will be no achievements.

For Cai Yong, this is simply a shame.

Even so, Cai Yan pointed out a way for Wang Can.

"I heard that Zhongxuan has a photographic memory?"

Wang Can laughed twice, but he was not too proud.

As far as he knew, Zhang Song also had the ability to remember with a photograph, Mi Heng and Yang Xiu also had such talent, and those people had smoother careers than him. He had nothing to be proud of, but felt a little ashamed.

"Such a talent, why don't you study the writings and classics of the Western Regions?" Cai Yan said lightly: "Although the Son of Heaven values ​​Confucianism, he pays more attention to seeing the world with his eyes open, and attaches great importance to the writings and classics of the Western Regions. If Zhongxuan can devote himself to research, must be outstanding.”

Wang Can's heart moved, and the mood that had been suppressed for a long time suddenly became enlightened.

It was really the right thing to come to find Cai Yan today. I suddenly opened up my mind and found a new direction.

Although the Son of Heaven valued Confucianism, he was not very satisfied with the existing Confucianism. No matter how profoundly he studied it, he could not attract the attention of the Son of Heaven.On the contrary, learning the knowledge of the Western Regions is more like the emperor.

"Thank you Ling Shi for your pointers." Wang Can then said again: "Ling Shi has been studying the Western Regions for a long time, can you give me some pointers and guide me?"

Cai Yan smiled. "If you really want to, why don't you go to the Tongwen Museum, which has the largest collection of ancient books from the Western Regions and the most scholars from the Western Regions, which is not comparable to Lantai. After all, Lantai is just a collection of documents in the palace, not a place for learning."

Wang Can heard what Cai Yan meant, and didn't insist anymore, and bid farewell with his hands.

Yuan Heng came over and said softly: "I never thought that the prince would have such a son. The Wang family of Shanyang has not much legacy left."

Cai Yan thought for a while, then suddenly clicked his tongue. "Human nature is to love leisure and hate work, and seek refuge in the easy, so everyone likes to be a Confucian student or a literati. The knowledge of sages gradually becomes empty talk. Only the wise and brave can face difficulties, temper their body and mind, and unite knowledge and action."

"Isn't that right? Mencius said that people are born in sorrow and die in peace. People are like this, so is learning."

Cai Yan raised his hand and patted Yuan Heng's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, the Yuan family in Runan has you, father, daughter and sister, who survived a catastrophe and were reborn due to hardships. The future can be expected."

Yuan Heng rolled her eyes and smiled at her.

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At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, Liu Xie received a good news from Liu Bei.

The army entered Mahan by sea, won consecutive battles, beheaded more than a thousand ranks, and destroyed five countries.The rest of the countries were terrified and sent envoys to ask for surrender.Right now the two sides are negotiating, if nothing unexpected happens, Ma Han will submit to the big man.

After exploration, Liu Bei found a place and planned to build a country here.

This is a plain with a large river flowing down from the high mountains in the east. The land is fertile and easy to cultivate, and the population is relatively large.

Liu Bei asked for an order to name its water Hanshui, and its city in Hancheng as the capital of the feudal country.

A map is attached to the newsletter.Liu Xie compared it with the peninsula in his memory. It is estimated that the Han River mentioned by Liu Bei should be the Han River, and Seoul is the future Seoul. This plain is probably the Han River Plain.

Coincidentally, the city was known as Seoul for a long time before it became Seoul.

Now Liu Bei intends to use this as his capital and name it Seoul, perhaps because of his own destiny.

The name of the famous water city is not a big problem, but what is the name of Liu Bei's feudal country has caused many people to debate.

Some people say that Liu Bei ordered the water to be the Han River and the city to be the Han City. Of course, he meant not to forget the great Han.But the Son of Heaven is in power, the Dazong is in the Central Plains, he is at best a Xiaozong, how can he compete for the name of the Han Dynasty.

Does he still want to fight for Zhengshuo?

Liu Xie didn't take it seriously at first, but when he thought of Kong Rong's support for Liu Bei, and a group of Confucian scholars living in Liaodong went south with Liu Bei, he had to consider this possibility.

Just because he doesn't care doesn't mean others don't care.

Perhaps the group of Confucian scholars took advantage of Liu Bei's poor knowledge and secretly played word games to show that they were orthodox.

It is unlikely that this good news was written by Liu Bei himself, but written by a certain literati, and then showed it to Liu Bei.Only the name of the water and the city are mentioned in it, but the name of the country is not mentioned, and the meaning of temptation cannot be ruled out.

If the imperial court approves the names of Hanshui and Seoul, then they will request to add Chinese characters to the name of the feudal country.

Scholars, don't you just like these little things.

After some discussion, Zhou Zhong made a suggestion.

Liu Bei was named King of Zhongshan.

Liu Bei was originally the king of Zhongshan, and now he is rebuilding the king of Zhongshan overseas, which can be regarded as the glory of restoring his ancestors, and there is no reason to refuse.

Last year, Zhongshan Kingdom was removed, Jizhou only had Zhongshan County, but no Zhongshan Kingdom, and there was no conflict in naming.

In addition, the transfer of the original feudal country in the mainland to overseas also meant that the capital would expand and the country would no longer be feudal.We can take this as an example. In the future, we will be crowned king and choose overseas first to show the great man's ambition to open up.

Of course, the most important thing is to remind Liu Bei and those around him that no matter how strong you are, you are still just a lord of the big man, so don't think too much about it.

Chapter 1087

After discussing Liu Bei's national title, Liu Xie convened Jia Xu, Yu Fan and others to focus on Liu Bei's military discipline.

To facilitate discussion, Yu Fan arranged for Lu Yi, Xu Shu and others to make a sand table.

When the terracotta warriors representing the generals are placed on the sand table and constantly move as the battle situation changes, the battlefield situation becomes intuitive.

There is an explanation for why Liu Bei can play so smoothly.

This group of people are very capable of playing, and they are both offensive and defensive.

Zhang Fei and Zhang He are good at attacking.Zhang Feimeng is good at tackling tough situations.Zhang Heqiao is good at surprise attacks.The two cooperated alternately and were invincible.

Tian Yu and Zhao Zhao were good at guarding, firmly protecting Liu Bei's left and right wings, and providing reinforcements for Zhang Fei and Zhang He in time.

Zhao Yun commanded the central army and acted with Liu Bei as the reserve force of the whole army.

In front of them, it is reasonable for Ma Han to suffer heavy losses one after another and be defeated.

In contrast, Yuan Xi's ranking in the military merit book is not quite commensurate.His position has hardly moved, and he has always been in the center of the rear.

It should be that all the credits of Zhang Yun and others were transferred to his name, which made him take the first place.

From this, it can be inferred that Zhang Yun's credit may be greater than what was written, but for Yuan Xi, he had to move back.

"It seems that the battle against Goguryeo has benefited Zhang He a lot." Yu Fan stroked his beard and said with some regret, "This man's ability to use troops is higher than that of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, but he is still dragged down by his family background."

Everyone was silent, no one answered Yu Fan's topic.

In any case, Zhang He was Yuan Shao's old department after all, and he followed the trial and rebelled.When they surrendered at the beginning, some people suggested to the emperor to keep Zhang He and Gao Lan, but the emperor refused, and they were all exiled overseas.

Saying this now, does it mean that the emperor missed it?

Jia Xu picked up the topic unhurriedly. "Since they are famous generals, they should fight on the battlefield. The Central Plains has been set, and only overseas is the world for them to show their talents. Although Zhang Yun has been wasted, now he can follow Liu Bei to fight against the Three Koreas, which is considered to have fulfilled his wish."

Yu Fan agreed, and then laughed again. "With these good generals following the expedition, I think it won't take long for Liu Bei to pacify the Three Hans and march into the Japanese kingdom. The great Confucianists will also have a place to use their skills. There are so many barbarians, enough for them to be busy for a while."

Everyone laughed knowingly.

Liu Xie also laughed, but there was something strange in his heart.

In the military merit book, there are not only the names of Zhang Fei, Zhang He and others, but also scholars such as Chen Lin and Zhuge Jin.Considering the small thoughts behind the national title, the influence of Confucian scholars who followed Liu Bei's eastward expedition cannot be underestimated.

Once the war is over, the soldiers will be sent to Nanshan, and Confucian scholars will step onto the stage, and their power will be even greater.

At that time, will they regard themselves as Xiaohuaxia, feel that Confucianism orthodoxy is there, and even compete with the Central Plains for orthodoxy?

According to his understanding of Confucian scholars, this is entirely possible.

However, they will not succeed.

In the face of the disparity in strength, their poor strength cannot support their self-esteem.

Orthodox Confucianism can maintain success and maintain stability, but it cannot achieve real prosperity.If we also consider the extravagance and waste brought about by Confucianism's emphasis on etiquette, the society led by them will inevitably become rich and poor, and will eventually be unable to make ends meet and finances will be exhausted.

The Eastern Han Dynasty is an immediate example, and so are the later Song and Ming Dynasties.

The reason why the Han and Tang Dynasties were strong was because the Confucian scholars failed to achieve overall control over society and could still maintain the style of martial arts.

"Tell me about Yuan Xi." Liu Xie waved his hand and got back to the topic.

No matter what the reason was, since Liu Bei raised Yuan Xi so high, the imperial court could not just sit idly by and must reward him accordingly.

As soon as the words came out, many people's expressions became solemn.

This is a serious issue, not only for Yuan Xi himself, but also for the Yuan family in Runan.

To be specific, they are those former officials of the Yuan family who originally followed Yuan Shao.

If the guess is correct, Yuan Xi's contribution to such a great contribution is inseparable from the former officials of the Yuan family who followed him.

Rewarding Yuan Xi means the court's acquiescence to this situation, which will lead to more Yuan's disciples and old officials gathering in Zhongshan Kingdom.Will there be hidden dangers? This is a strategic issue that must be considered.

Yu Fan was the most straightforward, first clarifying his attitude.

He suggested that Liu Xie be rewarded according to the military merit book.First, to respect Liu Bei's opinions and establish Liu Bei's authority as the king of Zhongshan; second, to encourage the dissatisfied Yuan family to go to sea.

Now that they have reached this point, they are still unwilling to give up the righteousness of monarchs and ministers with Yuan Shao. Instead of forcing them to stay in the Central Plains and become a hidden danger, it is better to let them go to sea and forget each other in the rivers and lakes.

As for the Zhongshan country, it is overseas anyway, so even if something happens, the impact will be limited.

In other words, take Zhongshan as an enlarged Bohai Sea.

Jia Xu supported Yu Fan's point of view and added another point.

You can report the situation of Zhongshan to the world, so that everyone knows the heart of the court, and anyone who misses Yuan Shao can go.At the same time, it can also prompt Yizhou to become a minister.

The art of war talks about encircling three ques and one, and the poor should not chase after them, and the same is true in politics.

Giving uncooperatives a way out is better than forcing them to rebel.

The Taiwei and the Jiangwu Hall had the same opinion, and the others had nothing to say. After adding some details, the plan was finalized.

Liu Xie accepted this plan, and immediately ordered someone to draft an imperial edict, and simultaneously published the military achievements reported by Liu Bei on the residence newspaper.

Just as Jia Xu and Yu Fan said, Liu Bei's victory in the Eastern Expedition not only gave ordinary people something to talk about, but also gave hope to those who had nostalgia for Yuan Shao.There is also no shortage of people who are unwilling to fish in troubled waters, saying that there will be no master here, but the master will go, and I will go to Zhongshan Kingdom to serve the King of Zhongshan.

For this kind of people, Liu Xie has never looked directly at them.

He is more concerned about Yizhou.

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, a fast horse rushed into Wancheng, bringing news of Yizhou.

Liu Zhang, Mu of Yizhou, rushed to Luo County in person and handed over the surrender form to Sun Rui, a lieutenant in the Northern Army.Sun Rui accepted the surrender, led his troops into Chengdu, and raised the banner of the Han Dynasty in Chengdu, announcing the end of Yizhou's separatist regime.

Liu Zhang and others are already on their way to Wancheng.

The scholar Sun Rui suggested that Liu Zhang should be treated preferentially, so as to weaken the resistance in the south of Yizhou and reduce the resistance for enlightenment.A large number of scholars have already concentrated in Chengdu, and they can enter the southern counties to promote enlightenment only after the imperial court issues an order.

The war is over, but the pace of enlightenment cannot be stopped.Taking the local people as the main force to carry out the great cause of enlightenment will not only benefit the stability of Yizhou, but also speed up the process of enlightenment, killing two birds with one stone.

After reading Shi Sun Rui's memorial, Liu Xie understood Shi Sun Rui's implication.

He has already reached an agreement with the Chengdu Dazu, allowing them to get what they deserve.At the same time, he didn't want Zhang Ji to stay in Yizhou, and he didn't want Zhang Ji to be in charge of attacking the southern part of Yizhou.

The world wants peace, the gentry in Yizhou want opportunities, and he himself wants to make the first contribution.

It has to be said that his eyes are vicious, and he has read the pulse of the court, knowing that Liu Xie does not want Zhang Ji to make great contributions.

So, after discussing with Sangong and going through the process, Shi Sunrui's request was approved.

Sun Rui, a scholar, was temporarily stationed in Chengdu to lead the governor of Yizhou and fully preside over the affairs of Dutian in Yizhou.

Zhang Jibu withdrew to the south of the Yangtze River to rest and prepare for the march into Jiaozhou.

Chapter 1088 The meaning of "Spring and Autumn"

The emperor's son was born, Yizhou became a minister, and the clan Liu Bei established a country overseas. A series of good news brought a strong festive atmosphere to the Spring Festival in the ninth year of Jian'an.