The news that the queen wanted to use private funds to print the "Five Classics Chapters" soon spread to the county schools.
Song Zhong and others were overjoyed, and their morale was high for a while, as if they had won a great victory.
Song Zhong readily agreed to the queen's request to make a rubbing of the inscription from Nanyang County School, and immediately organized manpower to supervise it personally to ensure that no mistakes could be made.
The only regret is that the queen was too busy traveling and traveling to Nanyang County School for a short while to be able to visit Nanyang County School in person to meet the scholars and talents in the county school.
But Song Zhong believes that this will happen sooner or later and there is no need to rush.
On the other side, Mrs. Tang and Xun Wenqian teamed up to find a suitable address to build a printing workshop, recruit craftsmen, and purchase various materials. They paid special attention to the role of women and selected a group of women who were proficient in calligraphy and ink to enter the workshop.
They believe that women are more patient and more meticulous than men, and are very suitable for the work of the printing workshop.
As Zhang Qian said, it was difficult to recruit female knights in Nanyang, but it was easy to recruit female bachelors. Although the wealthy families resented the public appearance of women, Mrs. Tang and Xun Wenqian quickly recruited enough people.
Yinfang's suggestion went very smoothly.
After Mrs. Tang and others shared a large number of trivial matters, Liu Xie was able to focus on two things.
The first is to communicate with the two battlefields and understand the progress of the war at any time.
Scholars Sun Rui and Zhang Ji had already received the edict and arranged a special post to send military reports to Nanyang regularly for the emperor to understand the situation.
From the current point of view, the waterway attack is smoother.
With Sun Ce and the Jiangdong Navy commanded by Zhou Yu joining the battle, Zhang Ji's advance accelerated. After receiving money and provisions from various counties, the vanguard navy had already entered the Three Gorges and headed for Yufu.
The Yizhou Navy was intimidated by the momentum and did not dare to take the initiative to attack, so it retreated its main force to Yufu and Wu County. If nothing unexpected happens, the first battle will start there.
For now, Liu Xie is not worried about the war.
Judging from the morale of the generals, even if they encounter some trouble, they can overcome it.
However, he should not rush for success and put too much pressure on them. After all, the terrain of Yizhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If he is too anxious, it will burden Zhang Ji and Shisun Rui and increase unnecessary risks.
He shifted his focus to the in-depth development of Jingzhou.
In terms of the area of arable land, Jingzhou is larger than Jizhou. In terms of water resources, the Yangtze River and Han River are more conducive to irrigation than the Yellow River. In terms of the degree of development, Jingzhou - especially the Jiangnan part - still has great potential to be tapped.
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If we take into account the irreversible trend of gradual cooling of the climate, the significance of developing Jingzhou is even more far-reaching. It will be the confidence for future generations to fight against natural disasters a hundred years from now.
Yang Biao strongly agreed with this point of view and believed that this was the real centenary plan and should be taken seriously instead of fighting with those pedantic people.
After hearing these words, Liu Xie looked at Yang Biao meaningfully, and then asked someone to remember these words.
As one of the former Nanyang governors, Yang Gong deserves praise for his clear attitude.
Good is good, bad is bad, you can't be ambiguous, just be a country wish.
After Yang Biao heard this, his cheeks twitched and he felt a little regretful.
What was originally meant to be a tactful remonstrance, why did it accidentally turn into a clear-cut statement?
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Liu Xie soon received a rubbing of the portrait of Nanyang Prefect listed in the county school.
There are twenty-one portraits in total. Except for the portrait of Wang Chang, which has two figures, the others are all single figures, so there are twenty-two figures in total.
In addition to the portrait, each portrait also contains praise, which is a simple record of political achievements and words of praise.
For example, the famous minister Du Shi focused on two things: first, he was frugal, and second, he made water drains. The former is virtue, and the latter is merit.
Another example is Wang Chang, who emphasized that he was powerful in politics and did not avoid the powerful. During his tenure as the governor of Nanyang, any powerful party members who did anything illegal would be punished.
After receiving the rubbings, Liu Xie ordered Shangshu to make additions.
The first is to make up for people.
The position of Nanyang Prefect is a very important one. Very few people can serve two consecutive terms. They usually serve for four years. There are even many people who only serve as Nanyang Prefect for a brief period and do not stay for less than four years at all.
Like Du Shi, only three or five people stayed in office for seven years because of their popular support.
From the time when Guangwu Zhongxing appointed Liu Shun as the prefect, to the current Huang She, more than fifty people have served as the prefect of Nanyang.
There are only 21, 40% in the portrait.
Those who served as the governor of Nanyang but did not leave portraits, no matter what the reason, must make up for it.
Although this is a bit cumbersome, it is not difficult to do.
First, the Nanyang Prefect's Mansion has archived information, and second, the imperial court also has relevant archives. It is easy to complete the comparison by comparing the two.
The second is to make up for things.
Although there are written records in the praise of the painting, it is too brief and insufficient to express the person and his politics. Only by completing these can we make a comprehensive evaluation.
This matter is a bit troublesome. After all, not all Nanyang governors have commendable political achievements, and not everyone is qualified to leave a biography.
Although the information was incomplete, Liu Xie still saw some clues, or changing trends.
For example, most of the Nanyang governors in the early period were from ordinary backgrounds, while most of the Nanyang governors in the later period came from aristocratic and wealthy families.
For example, the moral character of most Nanyang governors is incorruptible, frugal, and strong. They are very cruel to the powerful and powerful, and even some are extreme.
The most typical among them is Wang Chang.
When Wang Chang was the governor of Nanyang, he arrested many powerful and powerful people who had violated the law. However, when the court granted amnesty, these people escaped by chance. Whether it was really a fluke or not is hard to say. Anyway, Wang Chang was busy in vain. As a result, before these people could celebrate, Wang Chang came again.
He found a reason to arrest them, and they were even more ruthless.
Those who embezzle more than 20 million yuan will have their property confiscated if they do not surrender.
If someone wants to run away and hide, waiting for the next amnesty, his family will be destroyed, and even the stove and well will be leveled for you.
This is no longer fierce in politics, it is simply the behavior of cruel officials.
Liu Xie didn't understand why such a person could still be praised by Confucian scholars at first, but later he figured it out.
There were too many feudal lords in Nanyang, which squeezed the living space of ordinary scholar-bureaucrats. Therefore, it was not only the court who wanted to suppress them, but the scholar-bureaucrats also hated them deeply, so they naturally supported Wang Chang's approach.
To a certain extent, just like when scholar-bureaucrats opposed their relatives, their methods were not only ruthless, but also extreme, and eventually evolved into a party habit.
Of course, at this time, as the feudal lords of Nanyang gradually declined and the scholar-bureaucrat class gradually rose in Nanyang, ruthless people like Wang Chang gradually became less and less, and they became more virtuous.
For example, Wang Chang's successor, Yang Xu, has a much gentler attitude towards wealthy families, focusing more on moral influence and rarely being tough.
A subordinate gave him a fish, but he did not refuse or eat it. He hung the fish on the door. The next year, the subordinate came to give him another fish. He pointed to the dried fish and said, last year's is still there, so there is no need to give it this year.
He made his subordinates retreat in shame, and from then on he lost his good reputation as the Governor of Xuanyu.
Of course, whether anyone is influenced by him is another matter.
But if you think Yangxu is a gentle gentleman, you are wrong.
Yang Xu dealt with the people with decisive methods. In the third year of Zhongping, Zhao Ci from Jiangxia rebelled, entered Nanyang County, killed the prefect Qin Jie, and shaken the six counties. Yang Xu, who had just taken office, and Jingzhou Governor Wang Min
Together, they sent troops to pacify Zhao Ci, only beheading five thousand people.
The more Liu Xie looked at it, the more he felt that there was something to be done and he should not let it go easily.