Tao Qian's life was difficult. The land of the three counties was no longer under his control. All the aristocratic families in the territory were interested in the Yuan family, and some even came to persuade him to give up his talents.
Who is a wise man?
Of course it is the crown of the noble family, Runan Yuan Shao.
Tao Qian was at loggerheads with the scholars in Xuzhou. At first, he relied on tens of thousands of soldiers under his command to subdue the people. Now he rebounded, but the army was trapped in Langya. Zang Ba, Sun Guan and others had ambiguous attitudes and began to refuse to listen to his orders.
He was very worried.
It's a pity that he didn't know that someone was leading troops and horses, under the cover of the famous family, heading straight for him. Otherwise, he would not be worried but crazy.
Yuan Shao and Cao Cao worked together to deal with an old man, which was very shameless.
At this time, Liu Xiang also wanted to plot against an old man.
Lu Zhi, Lu Ziqian.
Lu Zhi is seventy years old this year. When Dong Zhuo deposed and established the emperor last year, he cursed Dong Zhuo on the spot. If the Manchu officials had not interceded for him, he would have had to prepare for his funeral at that time.
After resigning and returning home, he hid directly in the mountains and lived in seclusion, without giving Liu Xiang a chance to visit him.
Now that he is out of trouble, it is a letter from the little spy Lu Yu.
Lu Yu is eight years old this year. He is Lu Zhi's youngest son and his only surviving child. He is also the youngest among Liu Xiang's tiger warriors and was tricked into entering by Shi A.
Of course, Liu Xiang regarded this as a joke, and he didn't care what the Lu family thought.
Ever since Lu Yu was "abducted" by Shi A when he was three years old and was asked to take him to Luoyang to see Lu Zhi for the last time, but Liu Xiang took him back on the way, the child has been clinging to Shi A's side, insisting on learning the sword from his master.
Inexplicably, he became the smallest member of the Tiger Army.
Sure enough, he has grown older at the age of three, and his "little fool" style has never changed.
It has to be said that Shi A, who is usually taciturn, is really good at "abducting" children. Liu Xiang ordered him to form the Tiger and Ben Army. Several years later, there were less than fifty people. The oldest was sixteen years old, and the youngest was
At the age of eight, except for Lu Yu, who was apprenticed to learn swordsmanship, the others were all selected by Shi A from among the street children and the orphans of the Anping Army who died in the war.
The loyalty is quite high, but the formation of an army is far away, and it is a bit crooked. All members are swordsmen, good at hiding, sneaking, assassination, and combat on foot.
Shouldn't the Huben Army be the palace guards? What the hell is raising a bunch of future assassins?
Forget it, Liu Xiang doesn't lack these guards, he just wants to see what Shi A can do with these children in the end.
The topic has gone off the rails, let’s talk about Lu Zhi again. He must have heard about the bookstore and probably wanted to see the actual situation. After all, this thing is quite rare and it is very attractive to scholars.
But Liu Xiang didn't want him to be just a bystander. It was best to attract him, open a martial arts class or something, and train senior officers for the Anping Army.
Direct conquest will definitely be rejected. People live in seclusion in the mountains because they don't want to serve as officials here.
Wouldn't it be too cowardly to threaten his son? Today is different from the past. Liu Xiang's current status and reputation are not low. He must learn to cherish his feathers and not be as unscrupulous and like a rebel leader as before.
And if you want people to teach, you have to be willing.
What to do?
When he was thinking hard, the attendant reported and Yuan Pang asked to see him.
Then please come in quickly.
Yuan Pang is eighty-seven years old and has begun to walk tremblingly. He originally lived in Chen County for retirement while waiting to be buried in his ancestral grave.
"Mr. Yuan, please sit down quickly. I wonder what you are here for? Please speak frankly. I will do my best to handle it."
Yuan Pang can be regarded as one of Liu Xiang's top men. When he was in Luoyang, he often fought for his political interests.
"I heard that the emperor wanted to build a city and collect books, and he also opened the door for students to read and copy. How can I be absent from such things that highlight the culture? Yan Yan came to ask for the qualification to participate in the grand event." Yuan
He laughed and joked again: "Don't blame me for relying on my old age and showing off my old age."
Liu Xiang saluted solemnly: "I couldn't ask for Mr. Yuan to come. This will add color to the bookstore. Once your name is revealed, how many children will be frightened? How much slander will be saved? This is supporting the younger generation. I thank you Mr. Yuan."
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Nothing in the world can satisfy everyone. There will be those who praise and those who will slander.
I don’t know how many people from those families of classics would hate him for spreading knowledge for free.
Yuan Pang was a veteran of the three dynasties and was once one of the Three Dukes. Although he has become an official, his reputation is extremely high. With him here, he can really save a lot of trouble.
It is estimated that Yuan Huan moved here specially to take charge.
Coupled with the reputation of Cai Yong, Zheng Xuan and others, this bookstore can be recognized by the world.
Liu Xiang expressed his sincere gratitude and immediately expressed his willingness to pay homage to Yuan Pang and offer wine to the bookstore.
The bookstore will not be included in the official system of the state and county. Jijiu is the nominal head. Of course, he will not arrange any specific affairs. It would be unconscionable to ask him to handle government affairs when he is almost 90 years old.
Yuan Pang stroked his silver-white beard and smiled heartily. The young man in his early twenties in front of him had grown up so fast. He had conquered the three states of Hebei and became the top prince in the world. His original choice was indeed right.
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The Yuan family of Chen County is about to rise from the dragon!
The old man and the young man chatted for a while, and Liu Xiang talked about his thoughts and difficulties in inviting Lu Zhi.
Yuan Pang pointed out: "Zheng Kangcheng and Guan Youan are from the same school as Lu Ziqian, so they can invite them. I also heard that Lu Ziqian owes Zheng Kangcheng a huge favor. It is a good thing to join the bookstore, and he will not refuse."
"Thank you Mr. Yuan for your guidance."
After all, Yuan Pang was old, and after chatting for a while, he felt a little exhausted. Liu Xiang personally sent him back to Yuan Huan's house. Yuan Huan had been at the construction site all day and hadn't seen anyone for a while.
After returning from the Yuan Mansion, he asked Zheng Xuan and Guan Ning to invite Lu Zhi to come to the bookstore to help. As Yuan Pang expected, Lu Zhi did not refuse. A few days later, Zheng Xuan and others invited Lu Zhi to see them, and everyone
Let’s talk about the bookstore.
The management system of the bookstore is divided into three parts, one is the secretary-supervisor who is responsible for the management and editing of books, the school secretary and the doctor of economics, the second is the college, and the third is the city defense.
Because of its special nature, it is best to use someone with high moral integrity to serve. Even if it is the guard general responsible for city defense, sending an unlearned general would not fit the atmosphere. Moreover, once the prestige of the bookstore is established, no fool will risk offending everyone.
Scholars all over the world are at risk and desperately attack this city.
Therefore, Lu Zhi was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Book City, supervising all military affairs inside and outside the Book City. He also agreed to set up a martial arts school in his spare time. The defenders of the Book City were more than 600 thousand soldiers, and these people were from the Anping Army.
The reserve officer corps hopes to learn some skills from Lu Zhi. If it works, the officers in service can also be rotated.
The Si Xuan and the thieves Cao who are deployed in the city are also under their jurisdiction.
Zheng Xuan, Guan Ning, Bing Yuan, Liu Hong and others, in addition to academic affairs, also served as doctors of the Five Classics.
After Cai Yong was "robbed" and returned to Jizhou, he devoted himself to collecting books. He led more than 300 people selected from the scribes of the General's Mansion and the students of the college to form the Secretary Supervisor. Liu Xiang appointed him as the Secretary Supervisor.
It is up to him to choose the supervisors and assistants.
The first person the old man chose was his daughter, Liu Xiang's daughter-in-law, a woman famous for her talent: Cai Yan.
This is not some deviant behavior. The status of women in the Han Dynasty was quite high, and they were granted several titles. There is nothing surprising about this.
The number of book management personnel will have to be gradually increased in the future, so there is no need to rush, because the foundation of the bookstore is being excavated at this time, and it will still be quite some time before it is completed.
Planned together with the foundation, there are also fire-proof aqueducts, water-storage ponds, and sewage and flood-proof sewers.
During the Qin and Han Dynasties, there was already a relatively mature urban sewer system, but it was only found in big cities such as the capital. The residential areas of officials and wealthy households had sewage ditches, while the residential areas of civilians used seepage wells.
A seepage well is a dry well filled with sand, gravel and charcoal to filter sewage.
The Sui Dynasty built Daye City on the edge of Chang'an in the Han Dynasty. It was because the seepage wells in Chang'an in the Han Dynasty were used for hundreds of years and polluted the groundwater in the city. The water there was not good to drink, so a new city was built on the Longshouyuan side.
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Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty was Daye City in the Sui Dynasty, not the same place as Chang'an in the Han Dynasty.
Sewers have been installed in the newly built bookstores and Beicheng District of Ye County. There are no seepage wells. They are not filtered cleanly and residues remain. They not only attract mosquitoes, but also pollute shallow groundwater over time, and nearby well water will not
It tastes so good, it might as well be drained into Zhangshui River.
The two new cities look the same every day, and time keeps passing by.
In early March, Tai Shi Ci reported that Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi, had gathered ships and was preparing to cross the river. Do you want to annihilate his troops on the river?
Liu Xiang replied that surveillance was enough and there was no need to interfere with his troops crossing the river. He also ordered Kebi Neng to monitor Huai County. After the defenders crossed the river, he led his troops forward to take over the city.
Xuzhou spies reported that Cao Cao led his troops to raid Tan County, and an insider opened the city gate. Tao Qian and his two sons, Tao Shang, were killed. Tao Ying was killed, and Xuzhou changed hands.
Yuan Shao gathered all the troops in Xuzhou, raised 60,000 troops, and was marching westward.
Sili reported that Dong Zhuo was accelerating the immigration rate. Hu Zhen's troops in Xingyang set fire to the city, and the residential buildings in the surrounding villages and pavilions were not spared.
The coalition's war against Dong is about to enter the second stage? But Sun Jian didn't come, who would be their thug?
Couldn't it be Boss Cao?
Liu Xiang was making random guesses. It had little to do with him anyway, and it would be better if the land of Henan was turned into a pot of porridge.
It would be best if he could use it all up and make a profit for himself. Although this is absolutely impossible, it would not delay his daydreaming.
When he was thinking about something good, two people came to see him.
One is Xun Yu and the other is Liu He.
Xun Yu finally came back. He had been in Jizhou and Youzhou for almost two months. If his family hadn't been there, Liu Xiang would have thought he had run away.
Another Liu He announced his family name and was the eldest son of Liu Yu. He came from Yangzhou to ask for help.
He took Liu Yu's letter with him. The letter said that Yuan Shao wanted to arrest him and proclaim himself emperor. He fled to Kuaiji County to hide. Knowing that Youzhou merchants could sail to Yangzhou, he asked Liu Xiang to send a ship to rescue him.
The letter also said that if Yuan Shao's plan came true, the Liu family would be in danger. After much deliberation, only the land of Jiji could be avoided.
Should Liu Yu be rescued or not? How to arrange the rescue? Liu Xiang fell into deep thought.