Sun Ce and Zhao Yun were talking lively, and Zhou Yu was chatting with Lu Su, smiling from time to time.
When they saw Zhou Zhong leave the hall, they immediately came up to meet him.
"Leave the palace." Zhou Zhong winked.
Sun Ce and Zhou Yu understood each other and turned around to say goodbye to Zhao Yun and Lu Su, and agreed to meet again, so he followed Zhou Zhong out of the palace.
"Bofu, follow me to the prefect's mansion and pay homage to Mr. Yang. The emperor ordered me to discuss your position with Mr. Yang, and we will discuss it later when the Tian Dynasty meets."
Sun Ce was a little nervous.
Although the emperor promised him to fight south, he failed to defeat Zhao Yun. Is this promise still valid?
Zhou Zhong saw it and sighed secretly.
Is this still the fearless Sun Ce? He was completely suppressed by the emperor. But thinking about Yu Fan's performance, he felt relieved again. Even a madman like Yu Fan, who is arrogant, was impressed by the emperor and unconsciously restrained himself.
How could Sun Ce resist the royal majesty of the emperor?
"Don't worry, the emperor is always generous to you young people." Zhou Zhong comforted, but he was a little envious.
The emperor is not tolerant of the old ministers.
Zhou Zhong led Sun Ce and Zhou Yu to the Taiwei Mansion. Yang Biao was prepared and arranged official duties. He asked Zhou Zhong and others to come to court. He looked at Sun Ce carefully. Zhou Yu and the others looked at each other and nodded with satisfaction.
"The younger generation is terrifying. Jiamou, you should have listened to the emperor and let them enter the court earlier."
Zhou Zhong smiled awkwardly. He regretted it too, but what's the use of regret?
"Where did you meet the emperor? Imperial College or martial arts lecture hall?"
"Martial Arts Lecture Hall." Zhou Zhong said the story of meeting with the emperor, and finally explained the purpose of the visit.
After hearing this, Yang Biao frowned slightly.
"If you talk about the thousands of miles of sea boundaries in the future, you will definitely not be able to discuss it now. The imperial court has sent envoys to the Jiaozhou matter. How will the Shixie brothers react? It is hard to say now. It is definitely inappropriate to send troops to conquer immediately. How to arrange it is indeed necessary to do so.
Consider it.”
Zhou Zhong felt it was reasonable and couldn't help but feel suspicious.
Yang Biao said that when he was ordered to go on an envoy, the emperor must have known about this matter, so why did he agree to Sun Ce for the Nanzheng?
"Wenxian, according to your opinion, is it possible that the emperor has other arrangements?"
Yang Biao glanced at Zhou Zhong and shook his head. "Jiamou, what the emperor said was the southeast, not Jiaozhou. Jiaozhou's determination or uncertainty will not affect the result."
Zhou Zhong was stunned. "So, the sea border refers to... it is really the sea? In the sea, there are only a few barbarians who are fishing at most. What can I do to conquer?"
Sun Ce was also very disappointed.
Yang Biao laughed silently. "Although I have gone out of the sea and don't know what is in the southeastern sea, I believe that one thing the emperor will never let talent be idle, and will always give you a place to use it."
"That's true." Zhou Zhong nodded in agreement.
"Besides, I heard from Anthony Hu Shang that some merchants in the Western Regions also traveled to the sea, and there were many small countries along the way. Their ships were far less than those of our great men, so they often had the risk of overturning. Even so, because of the lucrative profits,
Some people are still willing to take risks. If they change to our big man's ship, the benefits should be greater."
Yang Biao suddenly stopped and turned to Sun Ce and said, "Can the tower ship go to sea?"
Sun Ce hurriedly bowed and said, "Yes, I'm just afraid of the wind. Once you encounter strong winds and waves, you won't have time to enter the port to hide, and it will be very easy to overturn."
Yang Biao nodded, turned around and took out a document from the desk and handed it to Zhou Zhong.
"Jiamou, take a closer look."
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Zhou Zhong took it and looked carefully. It was a meeting record, which mentioned several things, which were tasks arranged by the emperor, and several new disciplines were set up in the Imperial Academy.
Agriculture is ranked first, followed by engineering, and medicine and business are followed.
Zhou Zhong couldn't help but frown. "The Imperial Academy is a place for the country to gain talent. How can we establish these crafts and knowledge?"
"Look at it more carefully." Yang Biao did not accept Zhou Zhong's topic.
Zhou Zhong was patient and looked down.
The emperor asked for the establishment of agricultural science.
Farmers are the foundation of the country, and food is the most important thing for the people. The yield per mu of grain has ranged from one stone to one and a half stone in the Warring States Period to now, and it has taken about three stones. It took four or five hundred years to develop too slowly. In order to solve the problem of insufficient land, in addition to
In addition to expanding territory, increasing yield per mu is also a good choice.
The establishment of agronomy is to hope that more scholars will study agronomy, increase yields, and feed more people.
Engineering is also easy to understand. People’s needs for tools are everywhere, combat requires weapons, farming requires farming, houses at home, and vehicles and ships at travel. Establishing engineering is to gather skilled craftsmen and encourage scholars to join and conduct academic research.
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Among them, the emperor specifically mentioned two items: one is the bridge and the other is the boat.
Seeing this, Zhou Zhong understood the meaning of Yang Biao asking him to see this record.
The emperor was not on a whim. He considered this matter very seriously and wanted to establish various subjects other than Confucianism in the Imperial Academy.
"Wenxian, what did you say at that time?" Zhou Zhong said while looking.
"I think the emperor's proposal is very good." Yang Biao said. "Do you still remember the emperor's intention to build a bridge on the Xihe River?"
Zhou Zhong thought for a while. "I have some impression. Why, someone did it?"
"Although it has not been successful, there is a plan. Jiamou, you don't know how much the people of Xihe and Shangjun hope to build a bridge above the river. With this bridge, people can walk dozens or even go up
Baililu. Why can’t I enter the Imperial Academy if I have such concerns about the study of people’s livelihood?”
Zhou Zhong didn't say anything else, but just shook the meeting minutes in his hand and asked Yang Biao if he could let Zhou Yu and Sun Ce take a look.
Yang Biao nodded in agreement. This was originally made public, but there are no conditions yet.
Zhou Yu and Sun Ce took the meeting minutes and read them one after another.
Sun Ce immediately became excited.
What he was most concerned about was warships. One of the purposes of the emperor's establishment of engineering was to build ships, build large ships, and large ships that could adapt to different environments, including large sea ships that could sail on the sea and resist wind and waves.
With such a ship, his goal of going to sea to conquer is possible.
"This is good." Sun Ce said to Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu nodded and agreed, adding, "If this is true, I'm afraid that 30,000 students are not enough. No wonder agriculture is ranked first. Without enough food, we can't afford to support so many people."
Yang Biao was talking to Zhou Zhong. When he heard Zhou Yu’s comments, he became interested and turned to Zhou Yu and said, “Do you agree with the emperor’s suggestion?”
Zhou Yu was a little surprised and looked at Zhou Zhong.
His opinion was contrary to Zhou Zhong, so his voice was very low, almost whispering to Sun Ce, just because he didn't want Yang Biao to hear it. He didn't expect Yang Biao to have such good ears.
Zhou Zhong didn't hear it clearly, but Zhou Yu was appreciated by Yang Biao, so he couldn't ask for it.
Yang Biao is the Grand Marshal and is in charge of military affairs. If Zhou Yu can get his appreciation, his future will be guaranteed.
"Your Majesty Yang asked you, just say it."
"Here." Zhou Yu turned around, bowed to Yang Biao, and repeated the words just now.
Yang Biao laughed and pointed at Zhou Yu and said, "Jiamou, you are very knowledgeable. No wonder the emperor appreciates him. Let's do this, don't go to the emperor to be your husband, come to the Taiwei Mansion."