Volume 2: The Wind Rises in Chang'an Chapter 95: Du Mi
Lu Chen returned to the main room and sat on a chair. He looked at the mess outside and felt a little upset. However, when he saw Du Yanliang and his grandson standing aside, Lu Chen suddenly remembered that these two grandsons
Human affairs have not been resolved yet!
Lu Chen greeted directly outside: "Mr. Du, come in and sit down!"
As soon as he heard Lu Chen calling him grandson, Du Junchuo hurriedly helped Du Yanliang into the main room.
"Master Hou!" Both grandfather and grandson saluted Lu Chen.
"Sit!" Lu Chen pointed to the chair next to him.
"I don't dare!" Du Yanliang said quickly in fear.
"Sit down if I ask you to!" Lu Chen's face darkened. Du Yanliang did not dare to disobey Lu Chen. After all, Lu Chen's violent performance just now was too shocking. Du Yanliang could only sit tremblingly on the chair beside him. Du Jun
Chuo was standing behind Du Yanliang.
"I wonder what the Marquis's orders are?" Du Yanliang asked with some anxiety in Lu Chen's voice. Lu Chen's thunderbolt method just now really frightened Du Yanliang.
"How old is this Zhuangzi?" Lu Chenze looked at Du Yanliang with a gentle smile and asked as if he had forgotten everything that had just happened.
"Oh! The Marquis is asking about this!" Hearing that Lu Chen was asking about the area of the imperial village, Du Yanliang felt a little more at ease, "The entire imperial village is 1,500 acres, with 300 acres of dry land and two paddy fields.
One hundred acres, the rest is occupied by houses, ponds and wasteland!" Du Yanliang reported quite carefully.
"Yes!" Lu Chen nodded. One thousand five hundred acres is quite a large area. You must know that the fields in Huangzhuang are quite fertile land. Lu Chen is very satisfied with this, but the land utilization rate is too low.
, the general has only cultivated one-third of the land, but judging from the current productivity, this is estimated to be the limit of the households in the imperial village.
"Old man, I wonder if there is a map of the imperial village?" Lu Chen touched his chin and looked at Du Yanliang.
"Yes! But it's not in the hands of the old man, but under the supervision of Wang Biao!" Du Yanliang replied respectfully.
"Fang Qi!" When Du Yanliang said that the Huangzhuang Kantu Map was in Wang Biao's hands, Lu Chen called out to Fang Qi directly. Things like the Kantu Map are very important, whether it is for use now or for future planning.
Things must not be revealed. This is related to the development of Lu Chen, Zhuangzi.
"My subordinate is here!" Hearing Lu Chen's shout, Fang Qi quickly walked in from the door of the hall, bowed to Lu Chen and saluted.
"Go to Wang Biao and bring back the Huangzhuang Kanyu map!"
"Yes!" Fang Qi took the order and turned around.
"Then Wang Biao is a branch of the Wang family and a eunuch in the palace, so the Marquis is not afraid..." Thinking that Lu Chen just kicked Wang Biao like a sandbag, Du Yanliang couldn't help but said a little worried for Lu Chen.
"What a mere Wang family!" Lu Chen said with great disdain, "Even if those aristocratic families come to me together, I won't even frown! They can still survive if they don't offend me.
"I don't mind uprooting the family. Mr. Du, I don't know whether I should call you Du Yanhao? Or should I call you Du Mi, Du Gongcao?" Lu Chen stared at Du Yanliang with bright eyes.
"The little old man is Du Yanliang, not Du Mi. Who is this Du Mi that the Marquis is talking about?" Du Yanliang looked like I don't understand what you are talking about.
"There was such a person. His official position was not high. He was a meritorious officer of Zhongshan County in the Northern Qi Dynasty. He was very loyal. Unfortunately, the emperors of the Northern Qi Dynasty were not very good. Just because this man fought against Gao Changgong and Shang Shu, his family was ruined. I don't know.
Have you heard about Mr. Du?" After Lu Chen finished speaking, he sat there quietly and looked at Du Yanliang with a smile.
And as Lu Chen finished speaking, he saw tears in Du Yanliang's eyes sliding down his cheeks, "Master Hou actually knows such a thing!" Du Yanliang knelt down on the ground with a trembling "pop", "Little old man.
That's Du Mi!" Du Yanliang wiped the tears from his eyes.
"Your grandson is a man of great talent. He has the ability to become a prince and a general. Are you willing to let him be buried like this? You have the right to say that if he learns civil and martial arts and sells them to the emperor's family, can you bear it?"
Lu Chen stood up and helped Du Yanliang to his seat with both hands, and asked with a smile.
"Hey! That Gao Changgong is a lesson to the past!" Du Yanliang looked at Du Junchuo who was standing aside a little confused. After all, when this happened, Du Junchuo was not born yet! Du Yanliang never mentioned it to Du Junchuo.
How could he know these things?
So from when Lu Chen told the story to when Du Yanliang admitted that he was Du Mi, Du Junchuo was always in a state of confusion. As for Du Junchuo's parents, they could not enter the Hou Mansion without Lu Chen's consent. At this time
The couple were anxiously waiting for their father and son at home.
"Gao Changgong's death was due to his great achievements and his incompetent monarch. Old man, let me ask you, how is your majesty doing now?" Lu Chen looked at Du Yanliang and asked.
"Your Majesty is the hero today!" Du Yanliang did not refute Lu Chen's statement. After all, the monarchs of the Northern Qi Dynasty were indeed not very good. As long as Hu Luguang and Gao Changgong were left, they would not be destroyed so easily by the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
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"This is incredible! Mr. Du, I am here to find you because I want your help with something!" Lu Chen looked at Du Yanliang with eager eyes and said.
Is Du Mi considered a great Confucian? Lu Chen doesn't know. After all, there are not many records about this person in history, but as a meritorious official in a county, he must be a person who has read a lot of poetry and books. Since he is a person who has read a lot of poetry and books.
, then it’s probably no problem to enlighten the child!
"If the Marquis had given orders, the young man would have been utterly devastated!" Du Yanliang saluted Lu Chen and said.
"In the spring of the new year, I am planning to build a school for all the children in Zhuangzi to study. At that time, I will have to trouble Mr. Du to take up the post of teacher. Of course, if there are others in Zhuangzi who are also willing to be the teacher,
I will never treat you unfairly!" Lu Chen said firmly.
"Master Marquis is going to let the children in the village enter private schools?" Du Yanliang looked at Lu Chen in surprise. No one had ever done what Lu Chen wanted to do. Although aristocratic families also have schools, counties and prefectures also have county schools and prefectural schools, and there are also schools in Chang'an City.
There is the Imperial College, but it is in the hands of aristocratic families. It is extremely difficult for a disciple from a poor family to go to school. Even if you study, you will have to submit papers before you can find a way out, and they don't necessarily want you.
And Lu Chen actually wanted to educate and teach the children in the imperial village. As for Du Junchuo, Du Yanliang taught him secretly, and there were no books at home. Du Yanliang taught him based on his own memory.
"This is not called a private school, it's called a school. What the children go to is called a primary school, and there is a middle school above that!" Lu Chen directly copied the educational settings of later generations. As for the university, he didn't mention it. That thing is too far away. It can be established up to a middle school.
Lu Chen was satisfied.
"But we have no books!" Du Yanliang, who was a little excited just now, suddenly lowered his head like an eggplant beaten by frost.
"You don't have to worry about the books. I will take care of it. Mr. Du only needs to tell me if I can take up the post of teacher!" Lu Chen looked at Du Yanliang with a smile.
"The Marquis trusts me, and I will dedicate this old bone to the Marquis. I don't dare to say that I will die, but I must do my best!" Du Yanliang's somewhat cloudy eyes suddenly became clear.
It even emitted a blazing light.
"Are you interested in following me?" Now that Du Yanliang agreed, Lu Chen felt a lot more relaxed. Otherwise, Lu Chen would have had to spend a lot of time looking for the gentleman. After all, what kind of gentleman did he want to find?
Who, it's hard to say, even if the aristocratic family sends someone to infiltrate, it will be enough for Lu Chen to have a headache. Lu Chen's target this time is Du Junchuo.
Du Junchuo was a fierce general in the early Tang Dynasty. After the Xuanwu Gate, he was the founding county magistrate, the commander of one of the sixteen guards, and the right-leading army guard general.
"Young man is willing to follow the Marquis!" Upon hearing that Du Junchuo was recruiting him, Du Junchuo fell to his knees and kowtowed to Lu Chen.
"Get up! When the time is right, I will naturally let you out, but your skills are not good enough yet and you still need to practice. Starting tomorrow, you can learn from Su Dingfang!" Seeing that Du Junchuo was willing to follow him, Lu Chen was satisfied.
He nodded, "Su Dingfang!" Lu Chen shouted directly to the door of the hall.
"My subordinates are here!" At this time, Su Dingfang had arranged the defense work of the entire Hou Mansion, and also assigned manpower to keep an eye on the domestic slaves. After all, these people would be driven out of the Hou Mansion tomorrow, and we could not let these people
People took things randomly, but those things all belonged to the Marquis. Although they belonged to Li Yuan before, they all belong to Lu Chen now.
Su Dingfang, who had arranged everything, came to guard outside Lu Chen's hall. It was originally Fang Qi, but Fang Qi was arranged by Lu Chen to go to Wang Biao to get the map. Lu Chen had to have people close to him.
Su Dingfang took over this task.
"From now on, Du Junchuo will follow you! Teach me well!" Lu Chen pointed at Du Junchuo who was standing aside and said to Su Dingfang.
"Yes!" Su Dingfang rushed to Lu Chen and accepted the order.
"Send the old man home first, and then Junchuo, you can study with Dingfang!" Lu Chen naturally couldn't leave Du Yanliang here alone, and directly ordered Su Dingfang and Du Junchuo to send Du Yanliang home first.
"Thank you, Lord Marquis!" Du Yanliang stood up and saluted Lu Chen, and then he was supported by Du Junchuo and walked out, while Su Dingfang followed beside him.
Just when the three of them had just gone out, they saw Fang Qi hurriedly walking towards them holding a roll of yellow silk.
"Master Marquis, I found it!" As soon as Fang Qi entered the main room, he held the yellow silk with both hands and presented it to Lu Chen as if he wanted to take credit.
"Yeah! Open it and take a look!" Lu Chen nodded. Fang Qi heard this and opened the yellow silk and spread it flat on the table. He saw that the mountains and rivers of the entire imperial villa were clearly marked on the yellow silk, and the houses and buildings were clearly marked.
There is even a layout map of the entire Hou Mansion behind the yellow silk!