Compared with Qindong County, which was taken over by the Wei State for only five years, Xihe County, which had been in the hands of the Wei State for decades, obviously developed better.

This point was deeply felt by Gongsun Yang, who saw the gap between the two places with his own eyes when he traveled from Hexi to Qindong five years ago.

Five years later, when Gongsun Yang once again set foot on this land he had passed through in a hurry, he had some expectations for his life here.

After arriving at Xihe County, Gongsun Yang did not immediately start handling government affairs, but began to visit those under his rule as before.

I passed through fortified cities one after another, traveled on country roads one after another, and saw different faces one after another.

After spending three months on a rough tour of Xihe County from north to south, Gongsun Yang had a deeper understanding of Xihe County under his rule.

Gongsun Yang had to admit that Wu Qi, who once served as the governor of Xihe County, was indeed a worthy scholar despite his great reputation, and his talents could indeed attract the attention of the people in the world.

Not only that, his talents are extremely outstanding both in military affairs and in governing the people.

In terms of military affairs, the city walls built by Wu Qi when he was in office were very strong and played a very effective defensive role. This can already be seen from the Shaoliang City that withstood the Qin army's attack of 100,000 troops for a month.

If it weren't for the tactics used by Wei in the previous battle to lure the enemy deeper into Qin's attack, those solid walls alone could effectively slow down the Qin army's offensive pace.

In addition to governing the people, Wu Qi greatly improved the lives of the common people during his tenure. This was one of the reasons why the land of Hexi repeatedly attracted Qin people from the Qin land at that time.

During this visit, Gongsun Yang could also hear some old people mention the name of Wu Qi, the county governor. You must know that it had been more than 20 years since Wu Qi left Hexi.

Wu Qi, a great talent that everyone in the world noticed, wrote the first pen for the land in Hexi that he conquered with his own hands and served as the county governor.

The foundation he laid can still be seen by Gongsun Yang, a younger generation, even more than 20 years later.

Although it had experienced a huge war before, relying on its already strong foundation, Xihe County had basically returned to its previous state after only five years of recuperation.

Facing such a Xihe with an extremely solid foundation, Gongsun Yang, as a county guard, began to think about how he should continue to write the chapter written by Wu Qi, a senior.

In fact, Gongsun Yang had some speculation in his mind as to why Wei Marquis Wei Feng transferred himself from Qindong County Governor to Xihe County Governor.

This fierce tiger in the Wei Kingdom has been sleeping for five full years. Now it is time to open its bloody mouth and let the surrounding princes listen to the tiger's roar that shocked the world.

This time, Wei Marquis Wei Feng and the important officials in the Wei court chose to target none other than Yiqu State, which was located to the north of Qindong County and west of Shangjun.

In the strategy against Qin that Sun Boling proposed to Wei Marquis Wei Feng before, destroying the Yiqu State and then completing the encirclement of the Qin State from the east, north, and west was the first step.

For this war against Yiqu, the Wei Dynasty has been preparing for five years, and it is time to launch.

Xihe County is east of Qin Dong County and south of Shang County. It can be said that there is not much land bordering Yiqu State that Wei State is going to attack this time.

It's just that Xihe County has to assume the function of a material transfer hub during wartime. The grain, grass and baggage from the wealthy land of Wei State on the east bank of the river will be sent to the frontline troops through here.

The reason why Wei Feng transferred Gongsun Yang to Xihe was because he took a fancy to his talents and wanted him to play the most critical role for the frontline army.

This is what Wei Feng and Wei Guochaotang planned, but Gongsun Yang was not satisfied with just being the captain of the transportation team.

This is not to say that Gongsun Yang is arrogant, but that he and Wei Feng are in different positions, which leads to different goals.

As the Marquis of Wei, Wei Feng had an overview of the overall situation, and naturally everything was in place to ensure that the frontline army could progress smoothly;

As the governor of Xihe County, Gongsun Yang had to consider not only the possible war in the future, but also how to make Xihe County develop better.

So how can we make Xihe County develop better?

Again, the solid foundation laid by Wu Qi has given Xihe a good foundation. All Gongsun Yang has to do is to do better on this basis.

So, after some hard thinking, Gongsun Yang chose an aspect that might surprise others.

This is the revitalization of the Xihe School.

Xihe School, as the name suggests, is a school born in the land of Xihe. This name was also mentioned in the previous article.

After Confucius died, his disciple Zixia was invited by Wei Wenhou, who was in power at the time, to come to Xihe to give lectures. This was the origin of the Xihe School.

Originally, the purpose of Wei Wenhou's invitation to Zixia was simply to use Zixia's huge cultural influence to appease the common people in Hexi, a newly acquired land, and to attract Qin people living in Qin to come to Hexi.

However, what Wei Wenhou himself did not expect was that Zixia's arrival directly created a cultural center that could radiate the entire world in the early Warring States Period.

With the arrival of Zixia, a large number of scholars such as Tian Zifang and Duan Qianmu followed his footsteps and came to Hexi. With the combined efforts of everyone, the Hexi School can be said to be coveted by scholars all over the world.

During the heyday of the Hexi School, there were countless scholars who studied here and became world-famous.

Among them were military and political talents like Li Kui and Wu Qi, as well as erudite scholars like Gong Yanggao and Gu Liangchi.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Hexi School was indispensable for the rapid rise of Wei in the past.

To this day, what the Hexi School left behind can still benefit the Wei State where it is located.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! It's just that "people are not as good as a thousand days, and flowers are not as red as a hundred days." The Xihe School is also not as brilliant as it was when Zixia was around.

With the increasingly serious nepotism in the Wei court during the reign of Marquis Wu of Wei, the scholars of the Xihe School who advocated the concept of "learning and excellence will lead to officialdom" had no one to serve.

If this continues, the scholars who cannot see the way forward will naturally make their own choice, which is to leave Wei and go to other countries to seek a future.

If in the previous life, there was a place that took over the status of the cultural center of the world after the decline of the Xihe School, it would be the Jixia Academy, which is talked about by future generations.

There, no matter whether one is Confucian or Mohist, or one is Mencius or Xunzi, as long as they have different opinions, they can communicate and even debate together.

The reason is unclear, but it was the collision of words in the academy outside Linziji Gate that gave rise to the incomparably splendid Chinese culture of later generations.

The cultural prosperity of Jixia Academy is also very beneficial to the Qi State where it is located. I just said that the Xihe School promoted the rise of Wei State, so Jixia Academy created the extremely powerful "Eastern Emperor"

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It's just that in this time and space, because of the existence of the variable Wei Feng, neither the "Western Emperor" Qin nor the "Eastern Emperor" Qi in the previous life should have such strong strength.

In this life, because of the prestige brought by Wei's victory over Qi in the previous war, and after the war, Wei Feng, as the Marquis of Wei, issued a recruitment order to the world;

Therefore, the Jixia Academy established by Qi State is not as attractive to talents as it was in the previous life.

Maybe some people will be attracted by the attractive conditions proposed by Qi State, but compared to Wei State, which is now more powerful and the first to issue the "Order for Seeking Talents", most of the wise people in the world will still choose

Come to Wei to display your talents.

It was precisely after seeing the opportunity that could be said to have been created by Wei Hou Wei Feng, combined with the historical origins of the Xihe School, that Gongsun Yang thought of reviving the Xihe School.

Gongsun Yang was never a daydreamer. Now that he had thought of something, he would work hard to turn it into reality.

Therefore, a memorial from Xihe County was sent to Anyi, the capital of Wei State, and delivered to the hands of Wei Marquis Wei Feng.

When he saw the idea proposed by Gongsun Yang, Wei Feng immediately became interested.

In fact, he had previously entertained the idea of ​​reviving the Xihe School. After all, he had personally tasted the bitter consequences of the brain drain.

However, the war between Qin and Wei had not yet started at that time, and Xihe County was still on the front line of the war against Qin. If you were not careful, you might be affected by the war.

After much thought and weighing, Wei Feng finally gave up on this idea for the time being.

Now that he saw this suggestion in the memorial written by Gongsun Yang, the idea that he had had immediately resurfaced in Wei Feng's mind.

After thinking for a while, Wei Feng picked up the ink pen beside him and issued an order to Gongsun Yang, who was the governor of Xihe County.

In the order, Wei Feng asked Gongsun Yang to build a school palace at the place where he lectured in Hexi in the past summer. This school palace was named after the Xihe School.

Xihe Academy.

At the same time that this order was sent to Xihe County by a special person, Wei Feng personally wrote a silk letter to the scholars all over the world.

Because the "Order to Seek Talent" issued by Wei Feng before was so well known to scholars all over the world, this silk book immediately attracted a lot of attention once it was released.

When they heard that the Wei State was planning to build a school palace at the place where the great Confucian Xia gave lectures in the past, and invited scholars from all over the world to go there, those scholars were a little disturbed;

When they heard that the people invited were "regardless of their sects and origins, and only asked about their knowledge," those scholars had some thoughts that were ready to move in their hearts;

When they heard that Wei Marquis Wei Feng would personally talk to those who performed well in the academy and confer officers and titles based on their knowledge, these scholars could not wait to go to Wei.

"Learn literature and martial arts and sell them to the emperor's family" is a popular saying in later generations.

For the scholars in the world at this moment, the concept of "excellence in learning leads to officialdom" proposed by the great Confucian scholar Xia, which has a similar meaning to the previous sentence, is also what they are looking forward to infinitely.

Of course, not all knowledgeable people in the world want to be promoted to official positions, but looking at those figures heading towards Wei State, they felt a little moved in their hearts.

Perhaps it would be a wonderful thing to go to the land west of Hexi and have a discussion with the knowledgeable people in the world.

With different thoughts in mind, some knowledgeable people from all over the world embarked on the journey to the land of Xihe in the Kingdom of Wei.

After three months, the Xihe Academy built under Wei Feng's order has begun to take shape, and many knowledgeable people from all over the world have arrived in Hexi.

At this time, Wei Marquis Wei Feng's car set off from Anyi, crossed the river, and arrived at the Xihe Academy built on the west bank of the river.

"I, Gongsun Yang, the governor of Xihe County, pay homage to your Majesty."

"I, Shi Gongshu Yue, the governor of Xihe County, pay homage to your Majesty."

Looking at Gongsun Yang standing in front of him at this moment, Wei Feng felt a little relieved.

Five years of service as Prime Minister gave Gongsun Yang a wealth of knowledge, and five years of local experience made him more experienced.

In addition to the above suggestions made by Gongsun Yang, Wei Feng was even more surprised from the bottom of his heart.

If it were Gongsun Yang in Wei Feng's impression in the previous life, then he would definitely not have put forward the idea of ​​reviving the Xihe School, and would even have put forward suggestions such as "banning wanderers and prohibiting private studies".

But perhaps because of the different experiences in the two lives, Gongsun Yang's knowledge and views on one thing are very different from those in his previous life.

Although he still has some persistence in his heart, in his actions he is a little gentler than in his previous life.

"Junior Brother Yang, this is a good suggestion."

"Your Majesty is so complimentary."

Bowing to Wei Feng in front of him, Gongsun Yang said in a deep voice: "Master Yang once mentioned the prosperity of the Hexi School, and he has always longed for it in his heart."

"After I came to Hexi and saw the decline of the Hexi School, Yang Yang felt even more regretful."

A trace of determination flashed in his eyes, and he looked straight at Wei Feng. Gongsun Yang continued: "Your Majesty, the reason why the Wei State was so strong in the past is actually because of the abundance of talents, and most of these talents came from the Xihe School."

"In order to make our country Wei strong and prosperous for a long time, we have to revive the Xihe School."

A smile appeared on his face again. Wei Feng looked at Gongsun Yang with satisfaction, "You are right."

"When Marquis Wen had the Xihe School, our Wei State was able to rise above the Three Jin Dynasties; now that we have the Xihe School, our Wei State will surely be great in the world."

After saying this, Wei Feng looked at the building in front of him which was not tall but had a different meaning. Wei Feng's eyes were full of determination.

"Let's go, Junior Brother Yang, accompany me to see the most knowledgeable people in the world."

Seeing Wei Feng's unhurried and regal figure who took the first step, Gongsun Yang couldn't help but bowed.

"My lord, Sun Yang, please obey your orders."
Chapter completed!