Ding Chong didn't say anything, but just shook his head calmly.

Although Zhou Zhong was puzzled, he still suppressed his curiosity and watched the performance with great enthusiasm, and discussed the way of governing the army with Zhang Ji.

Zhang Ji was very excited and talked about his experience in training, saying that he was ready and could go south and go east to serve the emperor just by waiting for an edict.

After watching the drill, Zhang Ji asked Zhou Zhong to go to the camp to check the education achievements of the soldiers.

After they arrived in Nanyang, Ding Chong tried every means to recruit many scholars and enrich them in the military camp. At first, he only taught soldiers to read and write. Later, he heard that Jia Xu was ordered to set up a military school and teach military tactics. He followed suit and was also in the camp.

Professor Zhong taught military tactics but did not have the name of the Military Academy.

Now Zhang Ji has more than 200 scholars under his command, and almost every song has full-time teachers. Most of the soldiers have basic reading and writing abilities, and can read and write family books by themselves and keep in touch with their families.

Many of the things they had about Liangzhou were learned from the letters of the soldiers' families. Liangzhou was stable and their families lived and worked in peace and contentment, which also allowed these soldiers to train with peace of mind and prepare to go to war.

After the grand welcoming banquet, Zhou Zhong stayed in the camp.

Zhang Ji drank a lot of wine and couldn't hold on, so he went back first. Ding Chong accompanied Zhou Zhong to have tea and chat.

At this time, he answered Zhou Zhong's question.

"The soldiers under the command of the cavalry are basically from Xiliang. Although they have been educated, their wildness has not been eliminated. There is no problem in defending the city. Once the field is in battle, if you see blood, you will inevitably resurface and kill innocent people. Whether it is Jingzhou or Yanyu, they are all dressed in a crown.

Where is the fertile land. I had been slaughtered before and could not experience such a disaster again."

Zhou Zhong suddenly realized, and Zhuge Liang on the side nodded as if he had some understanding.

Ding Chong looked at Zhuge Liang curiously. "This is..."

"This is Zhuge Liang, the son of my old friend Zhuge Xuan, whose courtesy name is Kongming, lived in seclusion outside Xiangyang City. When I passed by Xiangyang, I brought him and prepared to recommend him to the emperor as a man."

Ding Chong said "Oh" and did not ask again. Although Zhuge Liang was handsome, he was an official in the court. He didn't think it was so strange that he saw such people.

"I heard that Han Sui was ordered to enter Guanzhong to prepare for war, so the General of the Cavalry was a little anxious." Ding Chong chuckled twice. "He sometimes listened to the advice before, but sometimes didn't. After hearing this news,

He obeyed my words."

"That's the case for those teenagers in the county school?"

"Zhou Gong Mingjian." Ding Chong smiled even more proudly. "When you passed by Xiangyang, did Liu Jingsheng mention Song Zhong and Qi Wukai?"

Zhou Zhong shook his head.

Zhuge Liang said: "Mr. Zhou doesn't know that these two people are in Xiangyang, and the "Five Classics Essences" is probably compiled with Liu Jingsheng. I just saw them and I was a little surprised why they arrived at Nanyang County School to serve as a sacrifice.

Wine, school supervisor.”

"I spent a lot of money to invite them." Ding Chong raised his two fingers. "The standard of two thousand stones."

"Two thousand stones?" Zhou Zhong was shocked.

"Two thousand stones, there is another gift in the season." Ding Chong said: "Nevertheless, it took me more than a year to send me a messenger to Xiangyang more than ten times before I could call them over. There was a reason they agreed to come over, which was because

General Cavalry is willing to expand the size of county schools and recruit more children of common people to enroll."

"Then the cost of this county school is quite high."

"It's really big. Fortunately, Nanyang is not big, and the county schools provide food and accommodation. Those young people can live in the county schools without having to travel back and forth, so now the county schools in each county can slow down and wait until the world is pacified.

”

"Where do you get the money?"

"Nanyang has Xinye and Huyang, and there is no shortage of food. Nowadays, the medicinal materials business has a lot of income and no shortage of money."

"Where is the tax in Nanyang?" Zhou Zhong couldn't help asking. "Nanyang has many household registrations, so there are also many taxes, right?"

Ding Chong glanced at Zhou Zhong, but he wanted to speak but stopped.

Zhou Zhong coughed twice embarrassedly. He had been in court for many years, but how could he not know that Nanyang was the imperial town and had too many royal relatives. Those people occupied the best land but did not have to pay a monday or grain. Nanyang had many household registrations

, but the taxes are very small, and few people dare to take serious action.

"They won't hand over at all, are they?"

"It's better than nothing." Ding Chong smacked his lips. "Now, we should have killed Wei Gu and Fan Xian. Rebellion can never die. What else is there to be scary? The Nanyang clan is confident and we dare not act rashly, for fear of chaos in Nanyang.

, It ruined the emperor's plan. If today I pacify Liangzhou, we have some confidence."

Zhou Zhong looked at Ding Chong and smiled silently.

"Will the general in the west of the town come out east, can the general of the cavalry send troops to support him?"

Ding Chong put away his smile and looked solemn. "Duke Zhou, please forgive me for your frankness. General Cavalry has been in Nanyang for more than two years. He dared not relax his education for a day, and he dared not give up. General Zhenxi was under his command of Xiliang soldiers.

, We have doubts whether we can strictly observe military discipline when we go east. I discussed with General Huo Cavalry and wanted to ask Duke Zhou to advise the emperor, and General Huo Cavalry was the vanguard, and sent troops to Runan, isolate Jingzhou, and try the big shots."

"Why don't you just write a letter?"

"I am from Yuzhou, so I should avoid suspicion. General Cavalry and Han Sui are in conflict, so I should avoid suspicion."

"So you guys leave this trouble to me?"

Ding Chong smiled. "Duke Zhou is strong if he has no desires."

Zhou Zhong stared at Ding Chong for a long time, and his mood was very complicated. Ding Chong said that he was strong without desire. In fact, he was not strong without desire. He just knew that his future was limited, but he was calm and focused on supporting the situation.

This is true for Zhuge Liang, and so can Ding Chong.

Ding Chong was old and strong, and had a great reputation in the army. Once he went east, he would definitely make achievements, and it was not impossible to be named a marquis. If you do something for him, you will not be less rewarded in the future.

Ding Chong obviously knew this, so he spoke out bluntly.

Zhou Zhong thought about it for a long time and accepted Ding Chong's request.

He and Ding Chong had the same concerns. Han Sui's soldiers were all Western Liang soldiers who had not been educated for a long time. Once they left the customs, it was almost inevitable that they would kill innocent people. When Dong Zhuo was in power, Li Jue, Zhang Ji and others all

The disaster is very bad. Now that we are coming east again, it is not only Ruying, but also Nanyang and other counties near Luoyang that are facing Luoyang, but it is likely that the entire Guandong, including Lujiang.

No one would hope that his hometown would be massacred by the Xiliang soldiers.

After seeing Ding Chong away, Zhou Zhong sat quietly in the tent, and Zhou Fang and Zhuge Liang were with him.

Zhou Zhong thought for a long time and let out a sigh of relief. "The emperor is far-sighted, and we are not comparable to him. I only now understand the profound meaning of his decision three years ago. It is more than a thousand miles apart."

"Ahon, what you are talking about..."

"Before the Battle of Huayin, the emperor ordered people to promote education in the army." Zhou Zhong sighed: "At that time, we all thought that in order to fight Li Jue, we needed to boost morale and follow the power of things urgently. Now it seems that the emperor is the emperor

What he thought was not just about fighting Li Jue. He probably had considered that the Western Liang army was not eliminated and it was difficult to take on a great task, so he decided to promote education in the army."

Zhuge Liang pondered: "What Zhou Gong meant is that the emperor promoted education and wanted to turn the tiger and wolf into the king's army, the benevolent and righteous army, and to compete with Yuan Benchu ​​for the hearts of the people?"
Chapter completed!