"Lingnan News" simplified the Battle of Hefei into a short story, and vividly portrayed Sun Quan's cowardice in just a few dozen words. After reading it, Lan Tian knew that this newspaper was bound to become popular.

In an era when information and entertainment are so scarce, who doesn’t want to add some topics after dinner? It may be difficult to teach people to learn new knowledge, but who doesn’t have a heart for gossip? Anecdotes have the Midas touch for "Lingnan News"

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Lan Tian had just put down the newspaper when Gao Yuan knocked on the door and brought someone in.

"I have met Lord Lan in my humble position." When the visitor saw Lan Tian bowing his head, he bowed to him.

"Stand up and talk." Lan Tian leaned back slightly, thinking that this old acquaintance seemed to have changed a lot.

The man stood up straight with respect. He was short, dark-skinned, wearing simple clothes, and his beard had been trimmed carefully.

"You have changed a lot over the years. What should I call you now?" Lan Tian asked meaningfully.

"Uh...it's up to you, Mr. Fu..." the man lowered his head and replied.

"Sir, have you known each other before?" Gao Yuan scratched his head and looked confused. He only knew that he was the county magistrate from Yulin.

Lan Tian chuckled: "Have you forgotten Yu Lin's Abu? He ambushed my wife and I in Shi'an when we first met."

"Humble position... Ashamed..." Abu lowered his head.

"It's actually you? Didn't you die of illness a long time ago? Not only has he come back to life, but his appearance has also changed, and his accent is exactly the same as that of a Han Chinese..." Gao Yuan was very surprised.

"Commander Gao, you are polite." Abu bowed.

Lantian said seriously: "He is now renamed Tan Dingzhou. From now on, don't mention the name Abu. You go wait outside the hall first. I have something to tell the Prime Minister of Tan County."

"Wei." Gao Yuan clasped his fists and exited the back hall.

"Sir..." Tan Dingzhou (Abu) bowed and bowed again.

Abu faked his death and changed his name after finishing the work. Lantian kept his promise and asked Lai Gong to promote him to the position of magistrate of Dingzhou County. Over the years, he had worked hard to assist the county magistrate in governing his hometown of Dingzhou, but there was always a sharp sword hanging over his head.

In fact, Abu had been paying attention to Lan Tian. He was worried that the other party would assassinate him because of his secret. The stronger Lan Tian became, the more afraid he became. Until he defeated Sun Quan in Changsha and finally took over Jiaozhou as the governor, his heart never calmed down.

In all the policies implemented after Lantian's administration handed over to the state, Dingzhou County was driven by Abu to go ahead of Yulin. Just when Abu thought that Lantian had forgotten his existence, Yulin's prefect Yuan Wei found him, and Lantian called him by name.

Go to Guangzhou City to listen to it.

"You have successfully changed your image now. I think it would be difficult for even Shi Xie to recognize you, but his son Shi Zhi works here. You still have to be careful when entering and exiting Guangzhou City." Lan Tian nodded.

"I understand, sir, why did you call me here?" Tan Dingzhou (Abu) looked nervous and asked very carefully.

Lan Tian frowned: "The Prime Minister of Tan County has contributed to me, so there is no need to worry about my kindness being repaid with enmity."

"I don't dare to take this humble position..." Tan Dingzhou lowered his head.

"Longchuan and Jieyang counties in the east of the South China Sea are intertwined with mountains and rivers and the terrain is vast. Because they are mainly populated by Vietnamese people, many government decrees cannot be implemented now. You know that I mainly convince people with virtue, so I thought of you, Governor Yuan.

I still can’t bear to part with it.” Lan Tian chuckled.

"Sir, you want me to govern Longchuan, one of the counties in Jieyang? Please give me some time to complete the task." Tan Dingzhou said, patting his chest.

Lan Tian shook his head and replied: "That's a lighter burden. Now I appoint you as the Governor of Longjie and hand over the governance of Longchuan and Jieyang counties to you."

"Thank you sir for your trust. Tan Dingzhou will definitely fulfill his mission."

"Longchuan and Jieyang counties are adjacent to Yangzhou. As the governor, you must not only manage the county affairs well, but also find ways to win over Shanyue from Yangzhou..."

Tan Dingzhou was surprised when he heard this, "Sir, what you mean is..."

"Sun Quan likes to backstab, so I have to prepare early. Let's sharpen the knife in advance and just take it out when we need to use it." Lan Tian smiled coldly.

"I understand what you mean..." Tan Dingzhou swallowed his saliva, thinking that Mr. Lan was really prepared for a rainy day. Sun Quan had been tricked so many times.

Tan Dingzhou (Abu) has a very high level of understanding. There are some things that Lantian doesn't need to explain clearly. He was always trembling before, but now he feels more at ease after receiving a new task.

Lantian then called Jiang Wan and asked him to make a seal for Tan Dingzhou, and arranged for him to go to Longchuan and Jieyang as soon as possible to take up his post.

At this time, the sun was shining brightly in the courtyard. Lan Tian had nothing to do and changed into casual clothes and went out. He walked aimlessly on the street and unknowingly came to the Guangzhou Academy in the Department of Education.

Lan Tian walked in with Gao Yuan behind his back, and saw that the huge academy was quiet. The two walked through the courtyard and passed through the corridors, twisting and turning, and finally came to a study.

In the study, Liu Xi, Xue Zong, and Cheng Bing gathered together to comment and discuss sentence by sentence the more than a dozen Confucian classics collected by the academy. They were responsible for recording the remaining ten documents, and finally compiled and compiled them for reference.

Although the three of them had a master-disciple relationship, they had different perspectives on certain issues, and they often had arguments for the sake of rigorous scholarship, which resulted in the annotation of the classics becoming very slow.

The textbooks in Meng Xuetang were Thousand-Character Prose and The Analects of Confucius, but Lantian didn't know much about ancient classics that could be used as textbooks, so he could only rely on the examination scope of the imperial examination and ask three people to give priority to annotating the Four Books and Five Classics as academy textbooks.

Now one year has passed, and they have only completed the annotations of "Mencius" and "The Doctrine of the Mean", and the progress seems very slow.

Lan Tian eavesdropped outside the window for a while, and then walked slowly to the door of the study. Someone noticed Lan Tian's arrival, and Dr. Liu Xi rushed out to greet him. Xue Zong, Cheng Bing and others all stood up and saluted.

"Why do you have so much time to come here?" Liu Xi greeted him with a smile.

"It's spring time today and I don't have much government affairs at hand, so I came here to have a look, sir." Lan Tian replied with a smile.

Liu Xi shouted into the room: "Jingwen (Xue Zong), go and prepare drinks, fruits..."

"Wei." Xue Zong bowed and responded.

Lan Tian turned around and stopped him: "No need to prepare these, I'll just take a look and leave."

"Uh...it all depends on the master's arrangement..." Liu Xi nodded slightly. He is a scholar who specializes in academics. He is not as familiar with the worldly world as the officials are.

Lan Tian pointed forward and walked side by side with Liu Xi. As they walked, Lan Tian sighed: "I just heard you arguing outside the window. Mr. Cheng Guo and his disciples are so rigorous in their studies..."

"These books have to be passed down to educate people, so it's natural to be more cautious." Liu Xi nodded in agreement.

"It just takes a long time. Next year, students will graduate from the Mengxu schools in Cangwu counties. Will the academies still have time to prepare teaching materials?" Lantian asked solemnly.

Liu Xi frowned and replied: "At that time, we can only teach and explain at the same time. It is extremely difficult to accurately express the meaning of the sages. Everyone is so picky because they are afraid of misleading others..."

Lan Tian smiled leisurely: "Everyone has different ideas. It is really difficult to force consistency. Why don't you, sir, be eclectic and learn from the strengths of others?"
Chapter completed!