Chapter 159 The general trend of the world, the battle of Cao Yuan is imminent
The three-day exam ended successfully.
In the end, 50 people were admitted to Confucian Economics, 20 people were admitted to Mathematics, and 30 people were admitted to Engineering, which just made up the whole number of one hundred.
But there are eight students who came in through special channels. They are all descendants of the old man who followed Cao Cao to conquer the world.
So the 108 heroes of Taiyuan University finally gathered together...just kidding...
Yanzhou's vigorous Imperial College Examination was finally successfully completed, which also set a very good example for the princes in the world to attract talents.
Yuan Shao of Hebei now dislikes Cao Cao everywhere.
After he saw that Cao Cao had attracted the attention of countless talents from all over the world with just one grand "show", he also opened Jizhou College in a decent manner and held an equally grand entrance examination.
However, after all, Yuan Shao just copied the gourd according to the dipper, painting the skin is difficult to paint the bones.
His Jizhou College is basically filled with children from aristocratic families from all over the country, and it is just another promotion channel for children from aristocratic families.
Chen Liutai College.
The admission to Taixue is scheduled for the end of April. Lu Yan does not need to worry about Confucianism. He only needs to care about mathematics and engineering.
Although Lu Yan holds the title of doctor, he is not the one who ultimately teaches.
He will only occasionally visit as a guest teacher and tell everyone some new things, so his current job is relatively easy for the time being.
But when the military and political courses started a year later, Lu Yan, Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai and others would also have to give lectures frequently, and they would no longer be allowed to paddle.
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Speaking of the other two people, Lu Yan, Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai were drinking tea in the palace of General Hussar while analyzing the current situation in the world.
In any case, these are still troubled times, and there is a powerful enemy in the north. Lu Yan and others do not dare to be careless at all.
Xi Zhicai took a sip of the tea. The tea's light bitterness and long aftertaste of sweetness immediately filled his teeth, with a long aftertaste.
"Ah, Mr. Lu's fried tea is really wonderful! The brewing process is simple, but the tea flavor is endlessly memorable. Compared with tea soup, it seems more back to nature."
Guo Jia also took a sip and said, "What Zhicai said makes sense.
The tea brewed by roasted tea is clear, and the rising and falling of the tea leaves makes people feel that life is like tea.
Tea is sweet and bitter, and tea leaves have their ups and downs. Isn’t human life just like this, with mixed joys and sorrows, ups and downs?”
Lu Yan drank up the tea in a big gulp, looking like a cow chewing peonies, curled his lips and said: "Don't be so philosophic, I just can't get used to the taste of tea soup mixed with various things. And you better
Also drink less tea soup, it is too irritating."
After saying this, everyone's thoughts returned to the focus of this gathering.
It was Xi Zhi who spoke first. He said to Guo Jia and Lu Yan: "Xi Zhi has been idle recently and has been thinking about the general trend of the world."
There was a hint of grievance in Xi Zhicai's words. Thinking about it, he had been "hidden" by Cao Cao for almost a year.
During this year, with Hua Tuo's care and enough time for self-cultivation, Xi Zhicai's physical condition did greatly improve, and even his sallow face had a faint color.
Now Xi Zhicai has figured out that only by preserving his health can he see the prosperous age he hoped for appear.
It's just that Cao Cao hasn't revealed his intention to use him yet, which makes Xi Zhi feel a sense of crisis.
Lu Yan understood Xi Zhicai's thoughts and comforted him: "When your body recovers a little, Mr. Cao will use you. But you have to promise me to work hard when you should work, and take a good rest when you need to rest normally.
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Xi Zhicai smiled bitterly and said: "Zhongzi should remember your teacher's teachings, otherwise I'm afraid you will have to be bored at home for a long time..."
Guo Jia became a little impatient and said, "Are you two done?"
"It's over." Xi Zhi rolled his eyes at Guo Jia, and finally got to the point: "Looking at the princes in the world, only Yuan Shao has a land close to four states, with more than 1.5 million households, and his strength is so powerful
, it can be said to be the crown of all princes in the world today!"
"The four generations of the Yuan family and the three princes, with disciples and former officials all over the world. In addition, there are countless nobles and nobles from big and small families to help, Yuan Shao's strength is indeed extraordinary." Lu Yan commented.
Xi Zhicai continued: "My lord now occupies Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and nearly half of Yuzhou and Huainan.
Unfortunately, the Central Plains has experienced wars for a long time, and people's livelihood has been in decline. Although some teachers have vigorously developed agriculture and economy, the foundation is still too weak."
Guo Jia took up the topic and said: "If it takes another five years, we can be on par with Yuan Shao; if it takes another ten years, we can even have an overall advantage."
"But... Yuan Shao can't give us time to develop. The battle between Cao and Yuan is just around the corner!" Lu Yan sighed.
Xi Zhicai nodded, and then continued his analysis: "Next, the ranking of the strength of the princes in the world is almost Liu Biao from Jingzhou, Liu Zhang from Yizhou, Ma Teng and Han Sui from Xiliang, and finally Lu Bu from Qingzhou and Sun Ce from Jiangdong."
"We are located in a place where there are four wars. If we start a war with Yuan Shao, we will have to focus on guarding against Liu Biao in Jingzhou and Sun Ce in Jiangdong."
"This is the biggest variable!" Xi Zhicai expressed his worries, "Guanzhong is in chaos, and there is not much threat to our west; but Liu Biao and Sun Ce to the south must have some ideas in their hearts.
of."
"So, what you are most worried about is that Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, and Sun Ce will unite to deal with us?" Guo Jia asked.
"That's right." Xi Zhicai nodded lightly, his face solemn.
"The emperor is in Xuchang, how dare they jointly attack?"
"What if there is another alliance of princes?"
Guo Jia analyzed: "Cao Gong is different from Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo brought trouble to the court and forced the emperor, but Cao Gong always treated the emperor very well, and most of the civil and military officials in the court also supported Cao Gong. There is no definite evidence that their alliance is
You won’t get the support of the world.”
However, Lu Yan remembered the imperial edict, so he reminded: "The emperor, you must be careful..."
Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai both looked at Lu Yan and said in surprise: "You mean..."
"The emperor will never give up on regaining the power that belongs to an emperor." Lu Yan revealed the deepest secret Liu Xie buried in his heart.
Does the emperor also want to cause trouble?
"There are internal and external troubles..." Xi Zhicai sighed.
If he wants to start a war with Yuan Shao without any worries, the emperor must be on guard; Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Sun Ce of Jiangdong must also deal with it in advance.
Just when Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai were frowning, Lu Yan suddenly smiled and said: "Actually, the situation is not as bad as you think."
"Oh?" Guo Jiahe Xi Zhicai asked curiously: "Is there anything you can do?"
After Lu Yan poured tea for himself and Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai said: "Liu Biao and Sun Ce don't have to be dealt with completely. We just need to divert their attention so that they have no time to look north."
Seeing Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai staring at him intently, Lu Yan continued: "Liu Biao is not difficult to deal with. He is just a conservative man who pursues neutrality. And as Liu Biao gets older, he becomes suspicious and indecisive. We just
We need to send a lobbyist to make it clear that Yuan Shao will not let him go, just delay it for enough time."
"What a great idea!" Guo Jia, who knows people's hearts well, immediately applauded: "Even I have to admire Changsheng's grasp of people's hearts!"
"It's mainly because the great masters of later generations analyzed it well..." Lu Yan muttered in his heart and continued: "Sun Ce from Jiangdong is now deeply involved in the whirlpool of aristocratic families, but he helped Duke Cao last time.
Defeating Yuan Shu has gained a lot of reputation, and with the help of Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong, sooner or later we will come to terms with the family and completely stabilize Jiangdong."
"But Sun Ce massacred many aristocratic families when he attacked Jiangdong. We only need to send people to win over the aristocratic families who hate Sun Ce, secretly fight against him, and draw his attention and energy."
Lu Yan was not sure whether Sun Ce would be assassinated again, but he just sent someone to secretly contact those who opposed Sun Ce to distract him so that he could not devote himself wholeheartedly to the war in the north.