Chapter 242: Total Consolidation and Upgrading Satisfaction
After so many years, students are already very familiar with inter-school exchanges.
There is no need to take care of the thank you letter at all. You just need to let the students in the two schools get to know each other, and then they can handle the rest by themselves.
The students cherished this exchange opportunity because it was a great opportunity to confirm each other and make new friends.
"Wonderful nephew, I haven't seen you for many years. My students are more knowledgeable than before!" Zheng Xuan happily said to his thank you letter as he watched their exchange.
"Uncle's disciples are not bad either! For example, those three over there..." Xie Xin smiled and pointed.
"They... this is not my uncle's boast. The three of them are rare outstanding talents in the past ten years. In terms of qualifications, they are far superior to other disciples!" Zheng Xuan also became a little proud when his favorite disciple was named.
"Oh, I wonder what the names of these three proud disciples are?" Xie Xin immediately became interested.
"The one on the left is Cui Yan from the East Wucheng of Qinghe. He is good at both civil and military arts, is open-minded and eager to learn, and has made great achievements in scriptures. The one in the middle is Sun Qian from Beihai. He is slightly inferior in scriptures and martial arts, but he is rare. The strategist. The one on the right is Guoyuan, Gaixian County, Le'an County. He is knowledgeable and can use his spiritual knowledge flexibly. He will definitely become a national weapon in the future!" Zheng Xuan was not stingy, pointing to the three people and introducing them in thanks for the letter.
"Among the three of them, it seems that Guoyuan is the most valued by my uncle." Xie Xin smiled.
"That's the fact!" Zheng Xuan admitted frankly.
The two exchanged polite greetings again, drank a pot of tea, and when they were adding a second pot, they finally got to the point.
"My dear nephew, what do you think of this Yellow Turban Rebellion?" Zheng Xuan suddenly asked.
"A game that was huge, caused countless casualties, and made countless people rich." Chen Cheng said disdainfully.
"Game... this is quite insightful..." Zheng Xuan took a sip of tea, his expression a little sad.
Looking at his appearance, Xie Xin realized that the man in front of him seemed to be a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. Others used the Han Dynasty as a playground, consuming the national strength and luck of the Han Dynasty. How could he not feel regretful?
But what if I regret it? The power in this world is originally in the hands of aristocratic families.
"My dear nephew, how about the death of the great Han Dynasty?" Zheng Xuan asked again.
"Not yet at this stage, because the aristocratic families who have won a great victory need a period of time to properly digest what they eat in their mouths." Xie Xin replied with a smile.
"Then if Your Majesty is working hard at this moment, will the big man still have a chance to turn around?" Zheng Xuan asked excitedly.
"Your Majesty has been working hard, but he has no military power, and it is even harder to shake the complicated family. Over the past ten years, except for the big Han competition, which can still earn him a little fame, all other reforms have ended up... What a fatuous and incompetent fate." Xie Xin also sighed for that emperor.
Whenever Liu Hong thought of a policy that would benefit the country and the people, he immediately asked all states and counties in the Han Dynasty to implement it. However, the policy changed immediately after it came out of the capital. The people below did not act according to the policy, but instead carried out raids under the pretense of executing the policy. As a result In the eyes of the people, the person who makes their lives worse is basically the man in the capital.
This is something that is inevitable in every dynasty, such as Wang Anshi's reforms in the Song Dynasty. The starting point was good and the content of the reforms was also very good.
However, the people below took advantage of the reform policy to continuously benefit themselves and turned the reform into a disaster for the people. As a result, good reforms directly aroused public dissatisfaction, and in the end most of the reforms could only be terminated.
To put it bluntly, the emperor rules the country, but the emperor cannot accurately manage every state or county. In the end, those places are still in the hands of the officials, who have no blood relationship with the royal family.
Instead of working hard for the royal family all his life, it is better to take the opportunity to get some benefits for himself, so that when he retires, at least he does not have to worry about starving to death.
Perhaps the starting point of many officials is just to save a little pension for retirement. But once the valve is opened, greed cannot be closed at all. Growing up, people with a good appetite will eat up the world.
For them, the country does not belong to them, so instead of spending a lot of effort to be a housekeeper for others, it is better to use some money to subsidize their own family while the family head is still well off.
The four words "family, country and world" cover the root causes of the emergence of corrupt officials in the past dynasties.
"If the great Han dynasty dies, where will we go?" Zheng Xuan asked meaningfully.
"The big man is already terminally ill. If you don't like the big man, it's better to choose a strange person and train him to become the ideal king in our minds. If you don't want the big man to perish, then it's better to choose a strange person among the royal family.
Reproduce the actions of Emperor Guangwu back then." Xie Xin sighed and expressed his views directly.
"Nephew, what do you mean, break and then stand?!" Zheng Xuan's eyes lit up.
"Yes, break the shackles of the old model and redistribute resources. Only in this way can we pull the big man out of the quagmire." Xie Xin said firmly.
"In my nephew's opinion, which of the many royal families is more suitable?" Zheng Xuan was not polite.
"One person can be a candidate, and the other two remain to be seen." Xie Xin said without hesitation.
"Who is it?" Zheng Xuan was really excited at this moment.
"Liu Bei, the great-great-great-grandson of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty and the successor of King Jing of Zhongshan, was a native of Zhuo County. This man was quite ambitious and most similar to Emperor Gaozu. In time, he might be able to fly to the sky, provided he has the opportunity.
As for the other two, they are naturally His Majesty's two princes. If they live in the palace, there is no hope. If they can serve as a governor of a state, even if they are a county guard, they may become the emperor of ZTE in time." Xie Xin did not hide it.
"What my nephew said makes sense..." Zheng Xuan thought carefully about the words of the thank you letter, and finally nodded involuntarily.
Then he raised his head, gritted his teeth and said to Xie Xin: "My dear nephew, I have something to ask of you. I wonder if you can agree to it?"
"As long as it can be done, how can my nephew dare to be unreasonable?" Xie Xin answered truthfully.
"My Zheng Family School wants to merge with Huaxia Academy into one school. I wonder if my nephew will agree?" Zheng Xuan asked with interest.
"Why did uncle have such thoughts?" Xie Xin was really frightened.
"I have passed my hot-blooded years, and now I just want to study the scriptures. But seeing the Han Dynasty declining day by day, how can I feel at ease as a citizen of the Han Dynasty?
As time goes by, I have seen through the truth about this family and have despaired of the future of the Han Dynasty. I just want to train more disciples and seek some welfare for the people.
However, after listening to my nephew's words, I felt a little fluttering in my heart.
I thought, if we merge into one school, or even expand into an academy, then I will be responsible for teaching and educating people, and my nephew will take care of world affairs. In this way, I can concentrate on teaching and educating people, and in this world, in the end
Whoever it will fall into, I won’t have much regret in my heart." Zheng Xuan said solemnly.
Xie Xin knew what he meant.
It was just that I was still worried about the big man, but I was already powerless. So I simply shifted the burden and left the things that were not his responsibility to Xie Xin to deal with the headache. He just did whatever he had to do.
Furthermore, in fact, in recent years, he has to study scriptures and train students painstakingly, which is a bit too hard for him, an old man in his fifties.
So the two schools simply merged, and he could be his senior professor with peace of mind. He would teach when he had time, and most of the time he would study the topics he wanted to study. As for those messy chores, he would just leave the thank you letter.
Xie Xin didn't know whether Zheng Xuan was that great. He only knew one thing, that Zheng Xuan was completely planning to throw a big burden to him.
but……
Hehe, the academy mission happened to be a bit of a headache, and now I happened to be dozing off when someone sent me a pillow!
Xie Xin's face was expressionless, but his heart was indeed filled with joy.
"If my uncle really has this intention, my nephew will do whatever he can. He is just my uncle's protégé. I don't know if he is willing to go to Nanyang..." Xie Xin asked tentatively.
"There is no problem with this. Those who are willing to go are naturally the best. Those who are unwilling to go can just go wherever they should." Zheng Xuan showed a rare dignity in this aspect.
"If that's the case, let's wait until the exchange is over before announcing..." Xie Xin had nothing to object to Zheng Xuan's arrangement.
After all, the students are his, and it is his business to arrange them.
"Okay, let them have a good exchange first. But having said that, the tutors at Xian Nephew Academy are really knowledgeable. Every time they go there for exchanges, they always make people not want to come back." Zheng Xuan laughed.
This is the real reason for merging schools! Xie Xin couldn’t help but complain in his heart.
The two discussed the details of the merger, while the disciples continued their exchanges.
From civil and martial arts to miscellaneous studies in various arts, five days passed in the blink of an eye.
Zheng Xuan announced the merger of the two schools in front of everyone. He also announced that he was happy for those who were willing to go to Nanyang, and he would not force those who were unwilling to go. At most, he would have graduated early.
To his surprise, none of the students were willing to graduate early, and all were willing to follow him to Nanyang. Obviously, the exchanges over the past few days had made them curious about Nanyang Huaxia Academy.
Zheng Xuan was also a resolute person. After the merger was confirmed, he immediately organized the students to start moving. Xie Xin also immediately called people from the Chamber of Commerce and asked them to send people to help.
Soon, the moving vehicles were ready and the relocation of Zheng's school began.
Zheng Xuan's disciples, on the other hand, said goodbye and went home. They needed to explain the situation to their families, and more importantly, it was only a few days away from the New Year of 185.
According to Zheng Xuan's wishes, after the Chinese New Year, all they need to do is go directly to the Huaxia Academy to join them. At that time, Xie Xin will arrange for them to enter the academy as transfer students.
Of course, perhaps by the time they were studying, the school had been upgraded to an academy.
The large group of people started their journey, and finally returned to Huaxia Academy a few days before the New Year. After some arrangements and rectifications, the merger of the two schools was finally completed before the New Year.
At this time, Xie Xin received several messages from the system.
"Congratulations to the host's school for merging with Zheng's school."
"After the merger of the schools, Huaxia Academy gained the inheritance of 'Jingshi' and the inheritance of 'Zongheng'."
"The academy has met the upgrade conditions. Please upgrade the host to an academy as soon as possible."