"There are them all near the mountains where we are now. The burnt bluestone is just ashes." [Bencao Tu Jing]
At the former site of Beigong, which is now Gewuyuan, the emperor was visiting with his attendants Xun You, Yang Qi and others. Han Ji, the winemaker of Gewuyuan, was leading a group of people to introduce the water drainage system improved by him to the emperor: " In the old days, hundreds of horses were needed to smelt each cooked stone. Later, it was changed to a human row, which required a lot of effort. I searched the documents and found out that Du Gong, the prefect of Nanyang, built a water row to smelt iron. He used less effort but gained more achievements. Unfortunately, Nanyang After repeated troubles and few rumors, I used the long stream as a water drainage, tried to build a device, and calculated the benefits. It may not be as sophisticated as Du Gong's idea, but it is three times as good as before, and it is enough for agricultural use."
The emperor did not understand the craftsmanship, but just to show his attention to the new farm tools, he looked at the perfectly fitted water drain for a while, nodded seriously, and then asked: "Have you used it outside?"
"I have tried it, and it is indeed beneficial." Han Ji replied hurriedly: "The iron official said that if there is such a thing, more iron tools can be smelted and agricultural tools such as hoes and sickles can be forged."
"Nowadays, counties and counties all over the country have to set up iron officials to sell iron tools. Farm tools are essential for farmers to live and work, and they should not be discarded lightly. At present, most places in Guanzhong have replaced old tools with new ones, and they will also start to implement them in Guandong and other places in the past two years. ...Especially iron officials must not be sold at high prices." The emperor did not forget to take this opportunity to instruct Xun You and Yang Qi beside him.
"I sincerely promise you."
Han Ji knew that the emperor liked practical and technical things, but it was a pity that his intelligence in this field was not as good as Ma Jun's unique talent. Zhang Gu had a family tradition and had always been upset because he had not made anything independently. Now that we have finally achieved something, and it is still used in farming, why not take this opportunity to introduce it in a big way?
He then took the emperor to see rakes, tillers, mills and other tools, which were all farm tools that had been suggested by the emperor or developed by himself in recent years. The emperor looked at these farm tools and suddenly looked back at everyone for no reason. Said: "I suddenly remembered something."
The emperor looked at Xun You, who was always calm and composed, and asked: "Does Mr. Xun know how to farm? For example, sowing, fertilizing, harvesting, threshing, etc.?"
"This..." Xun You looked a little embarrassed and admitted his shortcomings frankly: "I have never worked in farming."
The emperor expected this to be the case, and was not surprised at the moment. Instead, he asked Yang Qi: "What about Mr. Yang?"
"Neither did I." Yang Qi was much more confident than Xun You. He said it neither humble nor overbearing, as if he didn't think it was a shameful thing.
"What about you?" Then the emperor did not ask one by one, but looked at the servants who came with him, Huangmen Shilang and others, and even the host Han Ji. Their answers were similar, they all said no. Did farm work.
Even Liu Bei, who came from a poor family when he was young, only weaved mats and sold shoes with his mother. When he grew up, he had fun with a group of knights and was not familiar with farming.
The emperor seemed to have just learned something funny and said: "It seems that none of you have done it..."
"I, I have done it." This answer seemed to be delayed and came out from the crowd very suddenly.
The expression on Zhang Gu's face suddenly changed. He stretched out his hand and pulled Ma Jun's arm beside him, reminding him not to talk too much. Unfortunately, the words had already been spoken, and the emperor noticed this. What he wanted to say was lost, but he turned his attention here. .
"Who's talking?" Yang Qi couldn't help but ask after seeing someone reply and immediately stop talking.
The crowd around Zhang Gu immediately dispersed by half. Ma Jun knelt down nervously and stammered: "Yes, yes, yes, please..."
"Is it Ma Jun?" The emperor smiled at this time and took a few steps forward: "Get up, I haven't seen you for a long time. You are still young. You may have helped your family with farm work before, but now you may not
remembered."
Zhang Gu quietly took a step back, lightly kicked Ma Jun, and asked him to go down the steps provided by the emperor.
"Yes, yes, I really can't remember clearly now." Ma Jun didn't know why he suddenly became outspoken. Among so many people, he was the only one who answered honestly.
"That's it." The emperor didn't feel dissatisfied and regarded it as an incident. He brought up the previous topic again and said: "The people in Gewuyuan have never done farming, but they want to develop tools to facilitate farming. We are not farming.
But you still want to persuade Bennonsang... Come to think of it, isn't this ridiculous?"
"Your Majesty, those who govern the people need not only know how to farm mulberry trees, but also need to be familiar with economics and drama. As for farming mulberry trees, they should only know how to follow the natural times and not disturb the people without any reason." Seeing the emperor's words, he belittled everyone.
Yang Qi couldn't help but speak up.
"So there are five subjects taught in Taixue, and there are specialties in studies. In the future, each subject will be assigned to its own position and each will specialize in its own affairs. There is no need to worry about laymen teaching experts." The emperor mentioned this for no reason. Recently, many people have expressed their disapproval of the minister of the Ministry of War.
There are objections to the terms of office. He has always intended to professionalize and refine official positions. He must take a clear stand on this issue at all times:
"The same goes for farming. After he returned, he passed an edict to encourage farmers and ordered him to ask Jingzhao Cao to allocate a few hectares of farmland to Gewuyuan. From now on, all new agricultural tools will be tried here. Then he issued an edict and ordered all the counties in the world to recommend people who are familiar with farming.
, an experienced farmer moved his family to the Gewuyuan, and did not need to pay taxes. He could just try farm tools and plant various crops in the fields." The emperor looked at Han Ji and muttered: "Mr. Han, this is
I'll leave it to you."
Han Ji immediately understood the emperor's intention. After he agreed to the promise, he handed over his hand and said: "Foolish minister, after the farm tools have been tried and tested, the new farming method can increase production, and it should be promoted by the imperial court throughout the world."
"If you think so, it's not in vain for me to tell you." The emperor replied with approval, and then looked at the students in other construction, smelting and other departments of Gewuyuan.
In addition to developing agricultural and military equipment, the Gewu Institute also has the function of cultivating talents. At the end of last year, it followed the schedule of Taixue and also conducted internal examinations. However, there was no chance to participate in the palace examination. Instead, it was directly reported to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and assigned to generals.
I went to professional government offices such as the Du Shui Supervisor and Shang Fang Supervisor.
Nowadays, more than half of the subordinates of Kong Rong, the envoy of the Capital City, are from the Business Department of Taixue and the Construction Department of Gewuchi Academy. These are talents who are proficient in arithmetic, water conservancy, and engineering. The emperor plans to transfer another group of people at the end of this year to take advantage of the slack farming season.
When he was in power, he first rectified Guanzhong's water conservancy, and then promoted outstanding officials to various counties and counties as capital water officials.
After the emperor visited Gewuyuan, he got into his car with Han Ji's respectful escort and set off for Taiyuan Hospital, which was not far from Gewuyuan.
After the leader left, everyone in the Gewuyuan stood up one by one and went about their own business according to Han Ji's instructions.
Zhang Gu breathed a sigh of relief and looked at his friend Ma Jun next to him with lingering fear. He couldn't help complaining: "I really don't know what happened to you today. I used to think you didn't like to talk. How dare you do it in front of the emperor today?"
Have you spoken? Fortunately, the emperor remembers you, otherwise you would have been left to others..."
When the two of them were ordered to repair the seismometer at Lingtai, they encountered a severe drought and met the emperor up close. Unexpectedly, the emperor had such a good memory that he still remembered Ma Jun's name.
Ma Jun was still so honest, and said angrily: "I think the country has asked that, so you can't lie and pretend you don't know, right?"
"My family used to be poor. When the court found me, I was still farming acres in the countryside. When it comes to farming, don't I know better than you? But since you saw that I didn't say anything, you should also know that you shouldn't speak rashly about this matter.
"Zhang Gu is not as clever as Ma Jun, but he knows better than him in terms of being an official: "You and I are just little assistants. Their lieutenants and lieutenants don't dare to speak. How can we have room to speak?
You'd better understand it more clearly in the future, and don't always focus on those tools."
"Oh." Ma Jun scratched his head. At first, he only wanted to study and become an official, and get a humble official position. But later he found that being an official was not suitable for him. He also got a salary of four to five hundred dan, instead of working with others.
It's better to do "carpentry" here than to fight with each other.
Zhang Gu sighed. Although he had a family education, his ambition was more than that. Compared with Ma Jun, he naturally cared a little more.
When the two of them were about to turn around and leave, a person suddenly hurried behind them. Zhang Gu looked back and was immediately startled, but it was a Zhonghuangmen man next to the emperor.
Yan Yan panted and ran to the two of them. He ignored Zhang Gu and said to Ma Jun: "The state just asked me to come over and ask you if you know about 'lime'?"
Lime is a stone that can be seen almost everywhere in the mountains. As early as ancient times, ancestors used lime in house construction. However, most of the lime powder used at this time, and fired quicklime only began to appear after the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Ma Jun has been walking in the mountains since he was a child. He has also seen many people using lime to pave the ground to prevent moisture, so he naturally knows this. After he gave a positive answer, he continued seriously: "The country said that there are records in ancient books that after calcining lime,
Add water and it will be like mud, dry it and it will be like rock. I want you to test what magical effects it can have. Once you have any results, report it to Han Gong immediately."
Yan Yan hurriedly left the team and came over. After talking for a long time, he saw Ma Jun was stunned and felt a little unhappy. He said patiently, "Have you remembered?"
"Remember, remember!" Zhang Gu hurriedly pulled Ma Jun and said to Jun Yan with a smile: "He is indeed like this. When he thinks of these things, he will ignore others. Please treat him with great kindness.
"
"Idiot." Yan Yan muttered. Anyway, the order has been brought, and the rest is none of his business.
When the emperor was in the Imperial Hospital, he was preparing to talk to Hua Tuo, Zhang Ji and others about the medical book on the prevention and treatment of diseases. When the Imperial Hospital and the Imperial Medical Office collaborated to compile this book, many people were too self-conscious and refused to show their true talents and knowledge. This led to the collapse of the medical book.
The quality is not high, and many of the valuable methods are actually the ones originally proposed by the emperor.
I didn't have time to deal with it at that time, so I naturally had to bring it up now, but something seemed to be going wrong today. As soon as we started talking, an urgent report from Jiaozhou came over.
Hua Tuo, Zhang Ji and others were temporarily excluded from the main hall. The emperor looked at Xun You and Yang Qi, the two ministers who were around him, and said briefly: "Wu Kuang attacked Linyi from Jiaozhi south and encountered miasma on Jiuzhen Road.
Not accommodating the soil and water, seven or eight soldiers died without fighting. Wu Kuang fell seriously ill and died soon after returning to the army. Now Jujun's soldiers and horses are also very sick in Jiaozhi, and they have withdrawn their troops to the South China Sea. Shangshu asked for a truce."
Anyuan general Ju Jun only had more than 10,000 men under his command, and most of them were taken by Wu Kuang to conquer the Linyi District Company in the south. Now they have suffered heavy losses, and there is no prestigious scholar Xie left in Jiaozhou. The barbarians are arrogant and no one knows what will happen.
What turmoil caused.
Yang Qi thought for a while and said quickly: "I ordered General Zhennan to select sharp soldiers and send them to the South China Sea to strengthen Jujun's prestige. As for Linyi and other places that are remote and desolate, it is better to put it aside for the time being and wait for the soldiers to become familiar with the atmosphere of Jiaozhou.
After that, it’s not too late to launch another expedition.”
"Speaking of which, Wu Kuang and Ju Jun argued about the war, but I allowed him to conquer Linyi in the south." The emperor suddenly sighed and said regretfully: "At that time, I thought of Linyi as a small county, not as large as Liaodong.
"Qu Lian is far inferior to Gongsun Du. Although Wu Kuang is a partial division, he may not be able to complete his achievements in one battle... Hey, I lost my troops and generals in vain. It was my carelessness."
Yang Qi and others hurriedly apologized, not daring to let the emperor blame himself. Although they tried to persuade him at first, they didn't take Linyi County seriously, so they just let it go. Who knew that this would happen?
Waiting for something.
"Jiaozhou has been plagued by miasma. Since the chaos, there have been very few people who entered Jiaozhou from the Central Plains. Ju Jun, Wu Kuang and other generals all came from Hebei and Jingzhou, so it was expected that they would encounter epidemics. And most of the Zhennan generals also
The scholars of the Central Plains rashly selected soldiers and generals to go south. What should they do if they do not accept the soil and water and encounter miasma again?" After Xun You apologized, he immediately refuted Yang Qi's opinion and suggested to the emperor: "For the current plan, the first is to summon
Shi Xie inquired about the customs of Jiaozhou and good methods for treating epidemics. He then ordered Jujun to garrison Panyu and recruit the natives of Jiaozhou to join the army. These natives have lived in the local area for a long time and will not be afraid of miasma. After a few years, they can slowly enter the country.
"
One is to suggest sending out ready-made military brigades. Although Linyi can be solved in the short term, it will require a heavy price; the other is to propose local recruitment, but retraining the army is not simple, and the natives of Jiaozhou are not accustomed to Han customs, so they become
The army will take longer...
The emperor thought about it for a long time, and finally did not want to waste his elite troops in vain, so he chose a safe opinion: "Mr.
Sheriff, why didn’t the rich family pay any attention to it beforehand?”
This was to ask Xun You to come forward to beat Shi Xie. The emperor did not want to come forward to receive him and also declared his dissatisfaction with Shi Xie. If Shi Xie was really smart, he should say everything he should say clearly.
"There is also Pang Xi, the governor." Yang Qi suddenly mentioned it and said: "At the beginning of the year, this person recommended a policy to manage diplomatic relations, but now it's been three months and he still only went to Jingzhou. Now that Jiaozhou is uneasy, the imperial court should issue an edict to urge him.
Arrive as soon as possible."
The emperor nodded and continued: "I heard that the miasma in Jiaozhou is endless. Not only the outsiders, but also the local people are also harmed. Now I happen to be at the Imperial Hospital. I'm going to summon Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji and ask them who they are.
I would like to take the imperial doctor and all the students to Jiaozhou."