The matter was summarized and handed over to Guo Jia. After Guo Jia handled it, it was handed over to Xi Yu for signature.

The division of labor is clear and everyone performs their duties, which is very efficient.

As for this military affairs, Xi Yu is personally responsible for it, especially the old deployment of the supply camp. All Qingzhou soldiers must perform physical exercises every day.

Throughout the city of Xuzhou, all management is in good order and the situation is very good.

This is the first time in the history of Xuzhou City that farmers are so enthusiastic after the beginning of spring. They have no doubts about Xi Yu's farming strategy.

Whoever dares to say that Xi Yu is just deceiving people to cultivate land will definitely increase taxes in the future, and all farmers and people will fight him!

Since then, Chen Deng and Chen Chengui have been feeling very uncomfortable.

Chen Gui was almost attacked.

He originally thought that he would be respected by the poor scholars as before, and he thought that ordinary people would be afraid of them.

However, these have all changed, and now the prestige and status of the gentry are slowly disappearing in Xuzhou City.

Seeing this, as the first day of school approached, Chen Deng and his son came directly to wait for Xiyu to "get off work".

Such strange words came from the design institute.

Today, there are more than a thousand people in the design institute, from craftsmen, carpenters, to skilled craftswomen, and each of these people receive extremely enviable treatment.

Some people even heard that there is a very strange pipe in the design institute, which can keep clear water. It is very convenient to use water. People of the gentry class have never seen it before, and they are envious and even jealous.

Chen Deng and his son are among these people.

An afternoon passed, and until the sun set, Chen Deng and his son waited until Xi Yu came out from work, with Dian Wei and Zhao Yun following behind him, and Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang accompanying him.

Upon seeing this, Chen Deng immediately walked towards Xi Yu.

"I've met Mr. Xi."

Xi Yu was very surprised to see Chen Deng, "Yuanlong, why are you here? You don't have to farm today?"

"Ah, this..."

Chen Deng was very surprised: Could it be that I, Chen Deng, am now a farmer in your eyes?

Chen Deng looked a little restrained and replied, "Sir, I am thinking of the current situation in Xuzhou City and want to do my best to share your worries."

"Share your worries for me?" Xi Yu asked doubtfully, "I feel very comfortable, so why worry?"

"this……"

Chen Deng suddenly felt bitter.

Now even Mi Fang, who returned to Xuzhou not long ago, has become a county magistrate, with three to four thousand soldiers and horses, and Chen Deng...

"Sir, since you have nothing to worry about, then I..."

Seeing Chen Deng like this, Xi Yu smiled and said, "Oh, if you don't share your worries, then that's enjoyment?"

Well, Chen Deng, you were very arrogant before, but now, I have just suppressed the gentry class a little, and you want to share the results?

"No, sir, we still have some reputation in the gentry class. We want to use this to recruit celebrities for you and run a school in your name. This will benefit future generations. It is definitely a good thing for you!"

After saying this, Chen Deng blushed deeply and had a complicated expression on his face.

As soon as Chen Deng said these words, Xi Yu thought to himself: Now he wants to do things for me. I think back then, because of you Chen Deng, a group of officials almost wanted to resign and return home.

He Xiyu always respects others. If you want to resign, I agree.

Do you really think that without you officials, we would be short of money to live? Not able to recruit talents and connections?

However, now only one monthly review is enough for talents from all walks of life to gather in Xuzhou.

As long as he has the support of a common man and a wealthy businessman, he can get a lot of money from Xiyu. As for the collection of books in a noble family, it is not a difficult task.

Nowadays, among Xi Yu's wives and concubines, there is the daughter of the "big master" Cai Yong, who has a collection of more than 4,000 volumes of books at home!

No matter which aspect, if Chen Deng wanted to take the initiative to show his kindness, Xi Yu would have the capital to ignore him.

Xi Yu smiled lightly and said, "Tomorrow is indeed the first day of school, and the school is located next to the Academy of Sciences."

"However, what you just said reminded me that after school starts, as long as there are people with real talents and learning in the city, they are expected to become teachers. You can also inform the Confucian students of the gentry class about this, and they can also come and try, but they must

You have to have real ability."

Xi Yu reminded with a smile, "This will also be your last chance to keep your status as a noble. If you cannot seize it, there will no longer be a place for them in the Xuzhou noble circle from now on."

Xi Yu's few words were not threatening, but after hearing this, Chen Deng felt a cold feeling on his back.

Chen Deng only nodded and watched Xi Yu and others leave.

Xi Yu's words are true. Over the past few days, Chen Deng has clearly seen that as long as it is Xi Yu's benevolent government, even without the support of the old major clans, it can still be implemented smoothly and be recognized by the people.

If so, if things continue like this...

New noble families will appear soon. If the Chen family wants to stand in this class and become a prominent family, they have to make changes and move closer to Xi Yu.

Today, in Xuzhou, the Chen family is the largest gentry.

However, although the nobles have a sense of superiority, they also have their own weaknesses...

Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there have been four classes of people: scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants.

Different classes have different things to do.

Scholars and people studied, farmers farmed, workers and people worked, and merchants did business.

Among these four levels, scholars and civilians are undoubtedly the first.

When scholars and people are familiar with Confucian classics and are familiar with Confucian thought, and after accumulating a certain amount of talent and learning, they can be officials with filial piety and integrity. Later, they can also train their own children to become officials.

Over time, over and over again, a family gradually became a gentry.

Therefore, no matter which prince gets the support of the noble family, it means that he has a lot of support, and the noble family will use the money they have hoarded for generations to support the prince.

Now at the end of the Han Dynasty, in order to suppress Hanmen and other scholars, the gentry forces sealed up the collection of books directly within the clan and never spread it to outsiders. They wanted to allow only members of the clan to be officials.

Moreover, this is a very large power group.

Now, in Xiapi City in Xuzhou, almost all of these people are guarding the front yard of Chen Deng and Chen Yuanlong.

After the beginning of spring, the nights are still cold, but these people still don't want to leave.

Although they were reluctant, they had no other choice.

But as a result, Chen Gui and Chen Deng couldn't bear the disturbance, and they had to drive the uninvited guests out of the house.

Looking at the slightly burning fire in the house made people feel a little warm.

After a long time, several young people couldn't stand the cold anymore. They suddenly sneezed and said, "How about we go..."

An old man leaned on a cane and scolded, "I can't bear this little suffering! You have no spine! It's impossible to leave!"

Among the crowd, there was a man named Yuan Huan, whose courtesy name was Yaoqing. He had a gentle personality and very good conduct. He was from Fule, Chen County. His father once worshiped Situ, which was considered the highest official position in the family.

Yuan Huan once followed Yuan Shu and came to Xuzhou after Yuan was destroyed.

However, he came to Xuzhou just to find a place to settle down and no longer entered the official service.

Because he came from a larger clan among the gentry, he was specially invited here by the gentry. However, he never thought that he would be caught in the cold wind when he came here. At this moment, it was really unbearable for him, and he said with a wry smile on his face, "Everyone, we are waiting for you.

It is unbecoming of a gentleman to disturb the Chen family and his son like this, so it is better to go back separately."

"The Drama Master recruits teachers to run the school, but teachers are role models and must first value their ethics. If we repeatedly intimidate Chen Deng and his son, it will really damage our reputation..."
Chapter completed!