Han Dao world

Chapter 369
Liu Xie was unsmiling, and said lightly: "Order the world, whoever can build a bridge here will reward a thousand households."

Pei Mao, Yang Xiu and the others froze for a moment and looked at each other.

Yang Xiu jokingly said, "Your Majesty, there are currently less than [-] registered households in Xihe County. Isn't it too much to reward a thousand households for building a bridge? If you want to do something else in the future, the imperial court can't afford it. Let's talk about it." , General Du Liao and General Yueqi have made great contributions, and the food town is no more than a thousand households..."

Liu Xie glanced at Yang Xiu. "If you can build a bridge here, you must be a craftsman born in the world. Wouldn't it be more rare than General Du Liao and General Yueqi? Moreover, if you can build a bridge here, you can build bridges in more places. One bridge flies , the people on both sides of the strait benefit more than a thousand households eating towns?"

After Liu Xie finished speaking, he added another sentence earnestly. "If you want to get rich, build roads first."

Yang Xiu insisted: "Even so, we must do what we can. Qin Shihuang ruled the world, overhauled the way, did not get rich, but died in the second generation."

Pei Mao looked at Yang Xiu in astonishment.Taking Qin Shihuang as an example, this is an injustice and outrageous allusion.

But thinking about Yang Qi comparing Huan Ling to Jie Zhou, he felt relieved again.

This is Hongnong Yang's family tradition.

"Arguing is useless, it is better to practice." Liu Xie is also used to Yang's family style, so he is not angry, let alone argue.

What he considers is not just a bridge, or even several bridges, but the mentality of people all over the world who value technology.You can be a marquis in battle, and you can be a marquis by building a bridge. Why do you have to be an official?

If the interest of scholars can be diverted from being an official to science and technology, he is willing to grant a few more titles.

Seeing Liu Xie's insistence, Pei Mao is happy to see it succeed.Qianhuhou's food city does not need to be provided by Xihe County alone, but the benefits of building a bridge are Xihe County.

Accompanied by Pei Mao and others, Liu Xie inspected dozens of miles along the river.

Overall, the geography of this section of the river has changed a lot, some affecting traffic, some affecting farming, and more of both.It is indeed difficult to restore the situation where Xihe County ruled across the river.

But Liu Xie didn't want to give up easily.

He made a suggestion to Pei Mao: Xihe County should still be governed across the river, but divided into two parts, East and West, with two lieutenants, each in charge of half.The prefect travels between both sides of the river and coordinates in the middle.Set up several mouths at suitable locations along the river for transportation purposes.

Although the geographical situation of the big river has changed, it is still no problem to find a few ferries.

Even after [-] years, there are still several famous Jinkou communication tools on the Yellow River between Shanxi and Shaanxi.

Pei Mao accepted Liu Xie's suggestion. He also felt that there was a problem with using the river as the boundary, which was not in line with the imperial court's purpose of re-establishing border defense based on the West River.Once the two sides go their own way, it is very easy to form a separatist regime, which will affect the stability of northern Xinjiang.

"If you want to build peace, river governance is essential." Liu Xie said again: "In addition to building bridges, we should also recruit some talents who can manage water and soil."

Thinking of water and soil made him a little unhappy.

As Sikong, Zhang Xi hid in Taiyuan and couldn't come, should he be brought over to have a look?
A trace of uneasiness flashed in Yang Xiu's eyes, but he still bowed to receive the edict.

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When Liu Xie inspected the return journey, he met Yang Biao and his party at Hequjinkou.

When the monarch and his ministers met, they were overjoyed.Liu Xie was even more overjoyed when he learned that Hua Tuo had also arrived upon hearing the news.

He talked with Hua Tuo for a while, and then ordered the imperial physician to conduct a routine assessment.The Imperial Physician Ling knew about Hua Tuo, and he waved his hands again and again, claiming that he did not dare to take the exam for Hua Tuo, and expressed his willingness to let the virtuous, and volunteered to be Hua Tuo's assistant.

Liu Xie was unwilling to break the rules for this.

Although the Imperial Physician Ling is not a famous doctor, he is dedicated to his duties, and recently he has worked very hard to treat the injured soldiers.There is no credit, but also hard work.You can't use people like accumulated salary and catch up from behind, especially just relying on fame to catch up from behind.

He appointed Hua Tuo as the Imperial Physician to assist the Imperial Physician in treating the wounded, and he will be promoted through meritorious service in the future.

He told Hua Tuo that every soldier in northern Xinjiang is the foundation of stability in northern Xinjiang, and it is good to save one more person.Healing the sick and saving the patient is governing the country and saving the world.If it is not a good look, it is a good doctor.A good look is rare, and a good doctor is even rarer.You have the talent to be a good doctor, you should cherish it.

Although Hua Tuo was somewhat regretful for not being able to become a high-ranking official, seeing that the emperor valued him so much and had high expectations, he was relieved a lot and accepted the appointment gladly.

After incorporating Hua Tuo into the system of the Imperial Medical Administration, Liu Xie assessed the warriors who came with Yang Biao and planned to join the army.

Most of this group of people are from Taiyuan, many of them have read books, and their martial arts are not bad, but they lack actual combat experience.Liu Xie transferred most of them to Huben and Yulin, and a few outstanding ones stayed in Huben's servants.

For example, Hao Zhao.

Hao Zhaonian is weak in the crown, but he is tall, skilled in bow and horse, and has a pretty good foundation in military science.Not only Liu Xie was very satisfied with him, but Guo Wu and Yan Xing also hit it off with him and became confidants.

Yang Biao watched from the side, and felt that Liu Xie in front of him was different from the emperor a few months ago.

A great victory has made the emperor more confident and calm, and his mind has also changed significantly.If it weren't for his still immature face, just looking at his speech and behavior, no one would believe that this is a sixteen-year-old boy.

But he is also worried that the emperor attaches too much importance to Baigong, but he doesn't care much about scholars.

So far, the emperor has issued several edicts seeking talents, some seek skilled craftsmen, some seek to be proficient in water conservancy, and some seek to be able to fight in martial arts, but there is no one who seeks to understand classics and Mingshu.

After talking with Yang Xiu all night, he confirmed his fears.

Taking the opportunity of a report, Yang Biao raised his doubts.

Liu Xie rested his chin and stared at Yang Biao for a long time, revealing an inexplicable smile.

"Duke Yang may have forgotten that the imperial court has its own system of filial piety and honesty."

"I dare not forget."

"Although filial piety is said to be a virtue, most of them are actually Confucian scholars. Since there is a ready-made system, why bother?"

Looking at Liu Xie's serious face, Yang Biao was a little annoyed, but he couldn't refute.

The promotion of filial piety and honesty is actually one of the victories of Confucianism, and it guarantees the passage of Confucian students into official careers from the system.In this sense, the words of the Son of Heaven are not bad.

But after more than two hundred years, the system of promoting filial piety and honesty has long since changed its nature. Most of the people elected are children of aristocratic families and wealthy families, and there are very few true Confucian scholars.

Even if those people were elected as Xiaolian, they would not be able to come to the court, let alone come to northern Xinjiang.

In other words, Confucian scholars nominally have a formal path to officialdom, but in fact this path has been crowded out by aristocratic families and powerful clans.When the emperor issued an edict to recruit skilled craftsmen, their chances were not as good as those of skilled craftsmen.

"Only ask for what is scarce, and ask for what is not scarce." Liu Xie said, took out a memorial and handed it to Yang Biao. "Since Duke Yang is here, please ask Duke Yang to handle this matter."

Yang Biao took it and saw that it was a memorial sent by General Hussar's military advisor Ding Chong, saying that General Hussar's Mansion issued an order to recruit scholars to the northern border to help the emperor educate the people.Dozens of people have already applied and are gathering in Nanyang.

Yang Biao was surprised.This Ding Chong - Zhang Ji obviously didn't have such a brain - reacted quickly enough. It is estimated that when he made such a decision, the news of the emperor's victory had not yet reached Nanyang.

"Your Majesty, this plan is very good. I think it can be implemented in Hedong, Taiyuan and other places." Yang Biao said: "And we can add some benefits. Those who can educate and educate in northern Xinjiang will get rid of a family of corvees. In this way, scholars living in Jingzhou must Like a river returning to the sea, head north happily."

Liu Xie smiled and shook his hand. "It can't be changed like this. With such a change, it will be the children of aristocratic families who will benefit, not ordinary scholars. If one person educates, hundreds of people will be exempted from corvee. The cost is too high for the court to afford."

"But the children of the aristocratic family don't serve corvee. They serve in name, but in fact they are all done by others."

Liu Xie paused for a moment, then said lightly: "It won't happen in the future."

(End of this chapter)