Chapter 189: Three Things Spread Across the World
"Haha, Wenyou has gone crazy killing people in Jizhou, and almost half of the Jizhou noble families are gone!" Jia Xu said with a dry laugh, thinking in his mind how to report the next piece of information.
"Killed half of them?" Guo Hao's expression looked much better. It was good that it wasn't something that would disappoint his father.
"Yes, the Jizhou aristocratic families sent many waves of robberies and assassinations on the road, but they were all resolved by General Qu. Wen You chose to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys in anger, but the Jizhou aristocratic families were so connected that even Wen You couldn't figure out the relationship." Jia Xu nodded. He couldn't figure out anything after looking at the information.
The relationships between aristocratic families are indeed quite complicated, and most people really can't figure it out.
For example, Zhang Fei’s wife was Xiahou Juan, and his father-in-law was Xiahou Yuan. The daughter of Zhang Fei and Xiahou Juan was Liu Chan’s queen. Xiahou Yuan and Cao Cao were brothers, and Zhang Fei and Liu Bei were sworn brothers. So it’s not an exaggeration to say that Shu and Wei were relatives, right?
Even Shu and Wei can be said to be relatives, let alone other aristocratic families with good relations, there will always be some relatives involved.
"Report to the princess. Let Wenyou take charge of Jizhou affairs for the time being. Also, let Feixiong go to Jizhou to protect Wenyou. I'm afraid the Jizhou aristocratic families won't give in so easily." Guo Hao made a decision after pondering for a moment. There was nothing wrong with Li Ru's way of handling the matter, but it seemed a bit too intense, and it might provoke a hysterical counterattack from the aristocratic families.
The land of Yan and Zhao is full of generous and tragic people. The aristocratic families have been running the land for many years. Maybe someone who has received favors from the aristocratic families will cause trouble for Li Ru.
"Is there anything else?" Guo Hao asked curiously when he saw that Jia Xu still hadn't left.
"Hehe, Wenyou has arranged another marriage for our lord! It's with Zhen Mi from the Zhen family in Jizhou!" He blamed Li Ru in his heart for betraying his father.
"Again? The lord is engaged? To whom?" Chen Xi suddenly discovered his blind spot. He always thought that Guo Hao would definitely marry the eldest princess in the future.
"Dong Bai from the Dong family" Jia Xu continued to laugh dryly.
"I remember that Dong Bai from Mr. Dong's family was only eight years old?" Chen Xi was extremely shocked.
"Nine years old, nine years old." Jia Xu continued to laugh dryly. How could he not guess Guo Hao's psychology? He naturally understood that Guo Hao was now a powder keg, and he himself was the ignited fuse.
However, when Jia Xu thought of what Li Ru told him in the letter about luck, he still gritted his teeth and went to explain to Guo Hao.
"Zhen Mi has the fate of a phoenix and is blessed with great fortune. If the lord can take her into the harem..."
"Get out, get out, tell Li Ru I don't need it! I have my own considerations regarding the matter of destiny, let him do his job." Guo Hao rarely addressed Li Ru by his full name.
As for luck, his current luck is tied to the country's luck. If he could increase his luck by taking in women, he would have taken Xiao Meiniang from Beiliang City into his pocket long ago.
Compared with Zhen Ji, the queen of troubled times, Xiao Meiniang is a woman known as the "Six Emperors Pill". She served as the empress and concubine of six emperors. This is truly indescribable.
However, for Guo Hao now, everything is in vain. Apart from the development of the Central Plains which can steadily increase his luck, there is no other way for his luck to increase.
"Wow, tsk tsk, nine years old!" Chen Xi exclaimed in amazement, looking at Guo Hao as if he were a pervert.
He talked about how Guo Hao got hold of Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army. Originally, people thought that Guo Hao did it by relying on his personal charm, but he didn't expect that there was such an inside story involved.
"Get out of here! Get out of here too! I asked you to do ideological work for Mr. Cai, but you flirt with his daughter every day." Guo Hao struck out with a heavy punch and sank the Chen Xi ship.
"Things between literati don't involve flirting. We are just discussing literature." Chen Xi argued. Cai Zhaoji, the eldest daughter of Cai Yi, was indeed well-educated. She must have read all the books in Dongguan. Many of his theoretical works were completed with the help of Cai Zhaoji.
After all, it is too difficult for him to translate vernacular into classical Chinese. He does not have that much time to study, so he can only rely on tools like Cai Zhaoji.
"Hehe, I heard that Cai Zhaoji is engaged. Zichuan, you'd better be careful." Guo Hao said with a sneer. Chen Xi was completely led astray by him and no longer cared about gossiping about Dong Bai.
"Don't talk nonsense!" Chen Xifei pounced on Guo Hao and tried to cover Guo Hao's mouth.
Unfortunately, the combat effectiveness of both sides was too far apart. Guo Hao was, after all, a top-level internal energy master, so Chen Xi had no problem with both his hands and feet.
Just as the two were fighting and playing, a messenger came running over to pass on information.
"Report, Liangzhou is reporting."
"Read!" Chen Xi and Guo Hao became serious instantly. Liangzhou is the main route to Europe in the future and cannot be lost.
"Yao Chong, governor of Liang Province, reported that Generals Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, and Zhang Xiu led a large number of troops to the Western Regions, along with General Jiang Wei's Yulin Army."
"Bo Yue can actually command the Yulin Army?" Guo Hao was a little surprised.
"Be serious. Li Jue and the others have all run away, but you are still paying attention to Jiang Boyao." Chen Xi rolled his eyes, feeling helpless about the irresponsible Guo Hao.
"No, no, no, Zichuan, you don't know that the Yulin Army can now fight several military souls alone. Logically speaking, no one except me can command them." Guo Hao waved his hand and explained.
"Forget it, let them go. There is no threat in the Western Regions anyway, so let them explore the way." Chen Xi thought about it and shook his head helplessly. What's the point of saying that if they have already run away, he might as well be the vanguard to explore the way.
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At this moment, the world began to be shaken by the three things announced by Guo Hao. With Chen Xi's unremitting efforts in spending money on publicity, the order to recruit talents had spread throughout the world.
In order to emulate the ancient ritual, that is, King Zhao of Yan's talent recruitment platform, Guo Hao asked someone to build a large platform, divided into four levels of civil and military, each level was guarded by people of similar level, as long as one could get the recognition of the guard, he could get corresponding treatment.
"I will repay your kindness on the Golden Terrace and die for you with the Jade Dragon."
The Golden Terrace refers to the Talent Recruiting Terrace. Chen Xi built a large platform covering an area of 20 acres in imitation of King Zhao of Yan, in order to give enough respect to capable people.
Of course, he couldn't really build a platform with gold, that would be such a waste, so he just coated it with a layer of golden paint. After all, the funds he had were all useful, so he just pretended with such details.
After all, King Zhao of Yan only built a platform. It was not until Li Bai's line "Serving with pen on the Golden Platform, conveying the sorrow on the Jade Case" that the high platform was directly transformed into the Golden Platform. Since then, there have been the sayings of Golden Platform for recruiting talents and Yellow Turban Platform for guests.
It is only the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a long way from the Tang Dynasty. Chen Xi just cheated once and created a golden platform.
I have to say, it is quite useful. When many scholars saw this, they went up to the stage and started to challenge the levels on the spot.
The three things proposed by Guo Hao spread more and more widely. Even Shi Xie, who was in Jiaozhou, saw the posted order to recruit talents. Unfortunately, Jiaozhou was too far away and too desolate. Apart from barbarians, there was miasma. It was simply a desert.
"Go, ask someone to deliver a copy of these recruitment orders to those barbarians, and see if there is any barbarian willing to go. Jiaozhou can provide him with an identity." Shi Xie sighed. Their shabby place, with poor mountains and bad waters, produced unruly people, and only these belligerent barbarians were considered a feature.
He did have a deep patriotic heart, but unfortunately the place was too remote and the strength was too weak. He couldn't even solve the problem of food and clothing in Jiaozhou, let alone other things.
After receiving the notice from Shi Xie, Meng Huo sat together with a group of barbarian cave masters to discuss.
"Should we go and take a look?" King Mulu scratched his head, not quite understanding what Meng Huo meant. They couldn't even recognize all the characters, so why should they go to Luoyang?
"I heard from Shi Xie that if we can become famous in Luoyang, we will have countless food to eat." Meng Huo said to the other cave owners very seriously.
Shi Xie still had a lot of prestige among their barbarian tribes. Shi Xie often gave them some food support. Although it was not much, it prevented the deaths of many barbarians.
In fact, the place where they stayed strictly belonged to Yizhou, but Liu Yan was killed by the aristocratic family, and Liu Zhang had no ability to take care of the entire Yizhou, so he had no time to take care of them.
However, if they wanted to go to Yizhou to take advantage of the situation, it would be impossible. Liu Zhang was not aggressive enough, but he was still good at defending the territory. In addition, with a powerful general like Yan Yan, they could not defeat the Yizhou soldiers at all.
In contrast, they also considered themselves to be from Jiaozhou and were under the jurisdiction of Shi Xie of Jiaozhou.
Although they looked down on Shi Xie's fighting ability, they were too embarrassed to cause trouble for him as he often helped them. They explored further south and even touched the territory of Baicheng Kingdom.
But it was too far away after all, and they had no siege equipment, so they could only hover on the edge of food and clothing all day long.
When the other barbarian cave masters heard that they could eat their fill, they immediately agreed with Meng Huo's opinion and directly selected the most capable warriors from each tribe and let Meng Huo take them away.
Nothing is more important to them than having enough food to eat, and they don’t think they will lose to others.
You have to know that Yan Yan's individual strength is not even ranked among the barbarians. If it weren't for Yan Yan's command level and Yizhou's equipment that crushed them, it would be hard to say who would win or lose.
What's more, their first warrior, Shamoke, has become able to move mountains with his bare hands. They don't believe that he can't make it big with such strength.
As soon as Liu Hua saw the recruitment order and the other two things, he drove to find his good brother Man Chong. If others didn't know, how could he not know?
Man Chong is a true descendant of the Legalists. He is different from those who are Confucian on the outside and Legalists on the inside. He is a thorough descendant of the Legalists.
Man Chong couldn't get along with other Confucianists, and he always had a stern face and had no friends at all. He learned the Legalists' impartiality and impartiality to the extreme, and was a complete iron-faced king of hell.
Only Liu Hua didn't care about the school of thought or Man Chong's zombie face. Instead, he thought Man Chong looked cool with a stern face. In this way, the two became friends, and Liu Hua would never forget his brother Man Chong whenever something good happened.
After hearing Liu Hua's news, Man Chong laughed and started to pack up his property. To be honest, this was the first time Liu Hua saw Man Chong laugh, and it was a little difficult for him to accept it for a while.
Seeing Man Chong happy, Liu Hua sold his property without saying a word and planned to go to Luoyang with Man Chong.
Originally, the Han Dynasty was in decline, and he planned to live his whole life in a muddle. Unexpectedly, the Han Dynasty was revived. Then, as a member of the royal family, he couldn't help but want to contribute to the Han Dynasty.
A smile appeared on Liu Hua's face as he went to Luoyang with Man Chong. How could he live in confusion as long as the Han Dynasty was still in decline? With his status as a relative of the Han Dynasty, he would be able to get an official position. Then, with his ability and Man Chong's support, he would be able to have a place in the court.
But unfortunately, Liu Hua didn't know what kind of people were crowding in the court.
Not only did he kneel down under the terror of Chen Xi, but even Man Chong was caught in a cycle of internal conflict with Di Renjie and Bao Zheng.
After Lu Su and others arrived, all the old ministers in the court resigned and went home to retire. The gap between them was too big.
Not to mention Chen Xi's preparations for a rainy day, or Xun Yu's planning ahead , even someone like Lu Su, who was an overwork maniac, could not compare to them.
A group of old ministers who were very discerning asked for a less prestigious official position and resigned in disguise. There was no other way. During the rise of the imperial court, they would certainly not be held back by such old hands. It was more decent for them to resign voluntarily. If they waited until these perverts started to plot, they might end up with their families destroyed.
Haven't you seen the bloodshed among the noble families of Jizhou? They don't want to end up like those unfortunate guys.
Some people value the first order to recruit talents, some people value the third order to embrace all rivers, and some people pay attention to the second order about education.
"What do you think of this education plan, Mr. Shuijing?" Mr. Shuijing Sima Hui asked Mr. Pang De, who was sitting with him and drinking tea.
"Hasn't Mr. Pang already had an idea? Why bother asking again?" Mr. Pang calmly took a sip of the tea in his hand.
"Hahaha, the one who understands me best is Pang Gong!" Sima Hui said with a smile. He had already made up his mind to go to Luoyang. What Guo Hao did was very much to his liking.
What a famous teacher like him wants to do most is to promote education, otherwise he would not teach disciples everywhere.
"Would Lord Pang be willing to go with me?" Sima Hui asked. The purpose of his visit today was to get Lord Pang De to come out of seclusion.
"No, fame and fortune are not what I want." Pang Degong smiled and rejected Sima Hui's invitation. He was a hermit and was too lazy to pursue fame and fortune.
"Would Shi Yuan be willing to go with me to Luoyang to see it?" Sima Hui was not discouraged and continued to ask, since the old one could not be pried away, then the younger one could be pried away.
"Shi Yuan? That's good too!" Pang Degong pondered for a moment and nodded. Although his nephew was ugly in appearance, he was intelligent and only one step away from spiritual talent. It would be good for him to follow Sima Hui and see the world.
The same conversation was also heard in Sima's house. Sima Lang took Sima Yi away from Sima's house and headed for Luoyang. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that Luoyang would definitely be the most essential place in the Central Plains and would definitely gather the world's top talents. Anyone who was capable would want to go to Luoyang to join in the fun.
