And sure enough, before Liu Zhang could speak, Gongsun Xun started chattering pleasantly: "Liu Zhang, right? Although it's not easy to come to Jiangxia, but since your father specifically asked you to be a disciple of our Handan Public School, he must do it."

Study hard and live up to your hard work and your father's hard work... Do you have a place to live?"

Liu Zhang, who is only 16 or 17 years old this year, looked at Gongsun Xun blankly, and then looked blankly up the hall to find his biological father... But Liu Junlang stood behind the door, wanting to speak several times, shutting up several times, but just

Just pulled out another beard!

"I understand." Gongsun Xun became even more emotional when he saw this, and actually stepped forward and patted the other party on the shoulder. "Since your father allowed you to join our Handan Public School, you are also my student, so I will naturally

I treat you like my own son and nephew, so why not stay in my house for the time being..."

That's not all. At this point, Gongsun Xunfu grabbed the opponent again and introduced him seriously to hundreds of students in the audience, as well as the officials and celebrities of the Zhao State who came to take the exam... Only then did everyone suddenly realize that it turned out that the governor of Honshu, Liu

Knowing that Handan Public School has a large collection of books and many famous teachers, he actually sent his youngest son, who was still wearing his hair, to be taught here.

Looking at his stupid son who was still confused, Liu Yan in the door simply turned his head... Anyway, he had many sons, not least this one! And besides, Gongsun Xun didn't want to give Liu Yan's eldest son Liu

Fan stayed, just a young boy who really needed to go to school, so it really didn't matter.

The official temple in the county was deserted, and Xiang Xu still didn't show up, so the evening banquet was held in the county temple... To be honest, it was very shabby, with not much food and wine. But there was nothing that could be done. After all, Liu Yan was traveling with a guard of honor.

He and subordinate officials came to formally perform the duties of the governor, and the governor was responsible for supervising the officials of each county. Many times, in order to avoid suspicion, some governors would not even accept the hospitality of the county and would just live in pavilions according to regulations.

Of course, a person like Liu Yan would not be like this, but he would not be as drunk as he was in Gongsun Xun's private house, so that Gongsun Xun successfully tested him.

But having said that, there are also advantages to poor food and wine. At least it will make it easier to handle business.

For example, the selection of Xiaolian... Thirty people were selected. Except for seven or eight scholars from other places, most of the others were uneasy. However, in this era when family background was generally recognized as a hard condition, when the Wei family, the Handan family, and the Li family

After no one participated, the designation and recognition of Zhang Huai and Zhang Zirong was not a big deal.

"Wen Qi is really generous today." Probably because he was cheated in the matter of his son Liu Zhang, when Xiaolian made the choice and dozens of scholars left together, Liu Yan seemed a little unhappy at the empty banquet.

"It's okay if you help these outstanding scholars. It's good to reward the good and punish the bad. But so many students in public schools are exempted from room and board and provided with clothing. Aren't you afraid that you're going too far and not doing enough?"

"

What Liu Yan said was the promise Gongsun Xun had just made before sending away those scholars... Of course, it was also the plan provided by Aunt Gongsun, which was probably some kind of scholarship, free school uniforms and the like.

"Uncle Fang is overly worried." Gongsun Xun didn't seem to notice Liu Yan's attitude, but immediately explained seriously. "The public school is such a big school, and there is actually a quota of students. We are going to use three hundred as the standard, clothes, crowns and belts."

, board and lodging are all based on this quota, and I use my private money to help students. Now it is just a start-up. In order to make a name for itself, I have to recruit more students. In addition, many students are the original students of the professors in the school.

, it is difficult to divide, so there is some excess... As for the future, if there are many people coming, we can only let the teachers of the school examine them and select the best ones to form a system."

"Having said that, there is still something wrong." Liu Yan still twirled his beard and shook his head. "Wenqi, after all, you are only here as the order of Handan. If you have been serving in another county for one or two years, or you have been appointed as an official in Luo, what else can you do?

Or... in short, will you still support this public school in Handan? Moreover, there is only one public school in Hebei, and there is such a library here. If you only recruit 300 students, will it continue to attract more students in the long run?

resentment?"

"What's wrong with still supporting me?" Gongsun Xun smiled slightly, pretending not to understand what the other party meant. "Should I let go of the student aid just because I can't contribute to my political achievements? Besides, I've donated 100,000 books.

, it’s just food and clothing for three hundred people every year, and my family still has this money... As for the three hundred quota, I’m sorry to be blunt, but that’s not what Uncle Fang wants.”

"What does this mean?" Liu Yan, who was sitting at the top, was puzzled for a moment.

"Since it is a public school," Gongsun Xun said seriously. "It is only established for the Zhao State. There is only one in Hebei at this time. It may be able to accept students from other places, but the maximum number of three hundred is just the Zhao State in my mind."

It's just a national quota... In the future, if I transfer to another county, or if I don't transfer to another county, I will continue to study."

As soon as these words came out, not only Liu Yan, but also everyone else in the seat also looked at him sideways.

"Wen Qi was joking." Liu Yan came to his senses and shook his head repeatedly. "And it's the other way around. With a maximum number of 300 people, the Zhao country only has a population of 180,000..."

"Two hundred and thirty thousand!"

"What?" Liu Yan was confused for a moment.

"In the summer, we recruited bandits from the mountains, and before and after the autumn harvest, we cleared the fields and registered households. Now the registered population of the country is 230,000." Gongsun Xun replied proudly.

Liu Yan nodded slowly at first, and then shook his head slightly: "Wen Qi's political work is indeed remarkable. But with a population of 230,000, how can there be so many scholars? Your system and ideas are good, but they are unavoidable.

It was lost in impatience.”

"There are always people who want to study." Gongsun Xun still held his head high in defense. "It's just that there is no chance. The Han Dynasty continues to this day, and many of them are in a state of fatigue. The first is the lack of respect for the government, and the second is the wandering of the people... But there are also obstacles up and down.

, the reason why scholars and people have no way to advance. The less they have a family background of poetry and books, the more they need to read and be literate, so that they can have something to pursue and make progress! Just like the Zhao country, don’t just talk about the aristocratic family, the powerful, the wealthy and the poor.

My son, just ask those county officials and merchants from good families. If I allow their children to come here today, will they be willing to send their children? If this is not enough for three hundred people, I have many loyal followers.

There are people who are eager to learn and read..."

Gongsun Xun was talking eloquently, but Liu Yan, Wei Song and others beside him gradually became silent... This was actually the reason why these people were truly afraid of Gongsun Xun and were willing to tolerate him.

There are some things... Whether it's a family monopolizing official positions, a powerful man hiding his or her household registration, or everyone working together to make it difficult for the common people to survive, it's not that they don't know, or they don't understand the benefits, and it's not that they are so shameless that they are unwilling to change the status quo.

.They are the real elites in this great empire. To say that they have no morals and no vision is to insult them!

However, they always have various fears and scruples, so they are unwilling to say these words or do these things.

But this young man in front of me not only dares to say and do, but also does really well...Those so-called obstacles and difficulties that I fear like a tiger are like a joke under this man's vigorous actions and full of courage!

Just like the census of household registration, Zhao's population of 180,000 seemed to have turned into 230,000 in the blink of an eye, and there were an additional 50,000 tax-paying population... But there was both kindness and power behind this.

How could Liu Yan, the governor of the state, and Wei Song, who was watching from Handan, not know?

Gongsun Xun first exterminated the Shen family, then killed a county magistrate next door, then forced the Wei family, Handan family and others to 'give' two Xiaolians, and also forced powerful people from all over the country to sign their signatures in favor of the 'two-year plan'

, and finally cleaned up the bandits in the Taihang Mountains in Zhao State to win the trust of the people... But even so, when it came time to clean up the household registration, even though most of the powerful clan leaders and elders had already nodded, it was still difficult to implement it within the clan.

.

What is filial piety and integrity, what is official position, to put it bluntly, it is the benefit of the core family in the clan, what does it have to do with other people? On the contrary, it is the hidden disciples, and the land is the foundation of these people.

As a result, from September to October, there were almost constant rumors throughout the Zhao Kingdom, and Gongsun Xun's cruel reputation was spread everywhere in Hebei. Even though Liu Yan had already set the tone for Gongsun Xun's murder of Zhen Du, now he actually

There are also some alternative opinions; on the other hand, Zhao Guo's countryside is even more open and covert, and every household is using various means to desperately fight against the investigation.

Last night, Liu Yan and Wei Song spoke frankly when discussing this matter. If it were them, they would basically give up. Wei Song was honest that he didn't have the ability to solve it, but Liu Yan... he said that he was also very good at it.

Incompetent, in fact, a person like him would never do such a thankless thing in the first place.

However, Gongsun Xun in reality had no scruples.

He started killing again... Not only the Wei family, the Handan family, the Li family, the Zhang family, the Wang family, and the Lu family all had their heads killed, but also the Qin family who had just married Gongsun Xun, three of them were also killed.

Abandon the market!

From the beginning to the end, Yi Cong riding a white horse was rampaging across the Zhao Kingdom with no intention of stopping. Every household was frightened and their expressions changed. Even the officials in the other four counties were directly intervened by the two governors.

, everyone cheered up and stepped up to cooperate with the investigation.

On the other side, the Handan Order, who killed people as quickly as he mows grass, quickly accelerated the construction of this library, used one hundred thousand volumes of books, and this public school, as well as the newly implemented promise of filial piety and integrity, all forcefully.

Bring back your reputation!

Thinking of this, Liu Yan also thought of the library again... It has to be said that these one hundred thousand volumes of books, like the two hundred Yi Cong under Gongsun Xun, are things that people cannot resist at all. He had just endured himself

Regarding the matter of the youngest son Liu Zhang, although he felt that his son didn't care much, why didn't he want his son to make progress in a school with thousands of books?

Both civil and military, it is indeed very convincing.

In this case, if you speak a little louder, take power a little more independently, and act a little beyond the so-called "limits"... what will you do?

"Uncle Fang, Uncle Fang!" Gongsun Xun shouted repeatedly.

"Oh," Liu Yan suddenly responded, but his depression disappeared immediately, and he even raised his glass in a friendly manner. "Wen Qi says what she has to say."

"I would like to ask," Gongsun Xun looked around and then asked seriously. "Uncle Fang, have you made a decision yet, the most talented person in this state?"

There was another astonishment at the banquet.

Liu Yan also swallowed dryly and put the wine glass back: "Wen Qi, be careful what you say!"

Gongsun Xun looked disapproving: "Ming Gong is the magistrate of Jizhou, and I am the county magistrate of Jizhou. It is true that Ming Gong decides on talents, but don't we, the subordinates, have the right and responsibility to recommend them?!"

That’s what I said…it would be weird if it did!

Jizhou has one state and nine counties, with hundreds of large and small counties, and only one talented person is produced every year. Why should a county magistrate who opens his mouth and shuts up have to 'recommend' one?

Thinking back on Gongsun Xun's outstanding achievements in Liucheng, and the joint recommendation of his father-in-law, the Governor of Liaoxi, and the Governor of Youbeiping, as well as his own family background, teachers and other backgrounds... Then Liu Yu hesitated for a long time.

I reluctantly promised a talented person, let alone Jizhou, which has more people and fewer official positions.

"Wen Qi." Liu Yan was speechless. He hoped to use this talent to win over several wealthy families in the state, but he really didn't want to offend the other party, so he could only lie. "The governor Wang left in a hurry this year. I

He came in a hurry and the date was approaching, so he had already agreed to leave Maocai in a hurry..."

Gongsun Xun became more and more depressed: "Wei Gong's son Wei Changminggong also saw it with his own eyes. How can Duke Ming look down on such a person so much?"

Wei Song was stunned, Liu Yan was even more embarrassed, and everyone at the table was completely at a loss.

But when it came to this, Liu Junlang could only continue to say with a shy face that he had indeed settled on Maocai, and since Wei Chang had just left with those scholars, Wei Song had no choice but to stand up and refuse again and again. But Gongsun Xun remained the same. There was an angry look on his face, as if both parties owed him a favor.

It can only be said that thanks to the fact that there were celebrities from Hebei such as Anping Leyin, Zhouzhong Biejia, Zhizhong, and others such as Lu Fan, Shen Pei, Lou Gui, Wang Xiu and others... they all went into battle together. After some persuasion, Gongsun Xun's expression improved.

"I am not causing trouble for no reason," Gongsun Xun sighed. "I really feel that Uncle Fang underestimates our heroic figures in the Zhao Kingdom."

"That's not the intention." Liu Yan was helpless. "Wen Qi has outstanding vision. I don't know why. In fact, there is only one Maocai, but he has already decided on the candidate..."

"Are the people working in the state already full?" Gongsun Xun suddenly asked abruptly.

Liu Yan was slightly startled, but instead of being angry, he was happy: "Among the heroes here, who does Wen Qi want to recommend to me?!"
To be continued...