Han Dao world

Chapter 711
Zhou Zhong left the hall and came down the steps.

Sun Ce was talking lively with Zhao Yun, and Zhou Yu was also chatting with Lu Su, smiling from time to time.

Seeing Zhou Zhong coming out of the palace, they immediately greeted him.

"Let's go out of the palace." Zhou Zhong winked.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu understood, turned around and bid farewell to Zhao Yun and Lu Su, agreed on a time to meet again, and left the palace with Zhou Zhong.

"Bo Fu, you follow me to the prefect's mansion to meet Yang Gong. The emperor ordered me to discuss your appointment with Yang Gong, and we will discuss it at the next Tianchao meeting."

Sun Ce was a little apprehensive.

Although the emperor promised him to go 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 was relieved again.Even a madman like Yu Fan, who is proud of his talents, is subdued by the emperor, and he subconsciously restrains himself a little. How can Sun Ce resist the royal majesty of the emperor.

"Don't worry, the emperor is always very generous to you young people." Zhou Zhong comforted, but he was somewhat envious in his heart.

The emperor is not tolerant to veterans.

Zhou Zhong led Sun Ce and Zhou Yu to Taiwei's mansion.Yang Biao was well prepared, arranged official duties, invited Zhou Zhong and others to the court, looked at Sun Ce and Zhou Yu carefully, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Young people are awesome. 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 was the use of regretting.

"Where did you meet the emperor, Taixue or Lecture Hall?"

"Teaching the Martial Arts Hall." Zhou Zhong recounted the process of meeting the emperor, and finally explained the purpose of coming.

After hearing this, Yang Biao frowned slightly.

"I'll talk about the matter of Wanli Haijiang later, and I'm sure we can't talk about it now. For the matter of Jiaozhou, the imperial court has sent envoys. It's hard to say how the Shixie Brotherhood will react. It is definitely inappropriate to send troops to conquer immediately. How to arrange it is really necessary. Consider."

Zhou Zhong thought it was reasonable, and couldn't help feeling suspicious.

Yang Biao said that when he was sent as an envoy, the emperor must know about it, why did he agree to Sun Ce's southern expedition?

"Wen Xian, from your point of view, does the emperor have other arrangements?"

Yang Biao glanced at Zhou Zhong and shook his head. "Jiamou, the emperor said Southeast, not Jiaozhou. Whether Jiaozhou is fixed or not does not affect the result."

Zhou Zhong was stunned. "So, Wanlihaijiang refers to... really the sea? In the sea, at most there are only a few barbarians fishing. What is there to conquer?"

Sun Ce was also disappointed.

Yang Biao laughed silently. "Although I have been to sea before, I don't know what is in the southeast sea, but I believe in one thing, the emperor will never let talents idle, and will always give you a place to use them."

"That's true." Zhou Zhong nodded in agreement.

"Besides, I heard from Hu Merchant Anthony that merchants from the Western Regions also traveled by sea, and there were many small countries along the way. Their ships were far smaller than those of our big men, so they were always in danger of capsizing. Even so, because of the huge profits, There are still people who are willing to take risks. If it is replaced by our big man's ship, the benefits should be even greater."

Yang Biao stopped suddenly, turned to Sun Ce and said, "Can the boat go out to sea?"

Sun Ce quickly bowed and said, "Yes, I'm just afraid of the wind. Once encountering strong winds and waves, it is too late to enter the port to escape, and it is very easy to overturn."

Yang Biao nodded, turned around and took out an official document from the case, and handed it to Zhou Zhong.

"Jiamou, look carefully."

Zhou Zhong took it, and looked carefully, it was a meeting record, which mentioned a few things, which were tasks arranged by the emperor, and several new disciplines were to be established in the Taixue.

Agronomy is ranked first, followed by engineering, followed by medicine and business.

Zhou Zhong couldn't help frowning. "Tai Xue is a place for the country's talents. How can it set up all these crafts... knowledge?"

"Look carefully." Yang Biao ignored Zhou Zhong's topic.

Zhou Zhong patiently looked down.

The reason why the emperor requested the establishment of agronomy is very good.

Agriculture is the foundation of the country, and food is the most important thing for the people.It took four or five hundred years for the grain yield per mu to go from one or one and a half stones in the Warring States period to about three stones now, and the development is too slow.In order to solve the problem of land shortage, in addition to expanding the territory, increasing the yield per mu is also a good choice.

The establishment of agronomy is to hope that more scholars will study agronomy, increase production, and feed more people.

Engineering is also easy to understand.People need tools everywhere. Weapons are needed for combat, farm tools are needed for farming, houses are needed for living at home, and vehicles and boats are needed for traveling.The establishment of engineering is to gather skilled craftsmen and encourage scholars to join and conduct academic research.

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 read this record.

The Son of Heaven is definitely not a whim, he is seriously considering this matter, and wants to set up various schools of knowledge other than Confucianism in Taixue.

"Wen Xian, what did you say at the time?" Zhou Zhong said while watching.

"I think the emperor's suggestion is very good." Yang Biao said. "Do you still remember that the Son of Heaven wanted to build a bridge over the West River?"

Zhou Zhong thought about it. "Some impression. Why, someone did it?"

"Although it has not been successful, there is already a plan. Jiamou, you don't know how much the people in Xihe and Shangjun hope to build a bridge over the big river. With this bridge, people can save dozens of miles or even travel up and down. Baili Road. If you are so concerned about people's livelihood, why can't you enter Taixue?"

Zhou Zhong didn't say anything, just shook the meeting minutes in his hand, and asked Yang Biao if he could let Zhou Yu and Sun Ce have a look.

Yang Biao nodded in agreement.This was originally made public, but there is no condition to make it public at the moment.

Zhou Yu and Sun Ce took the meeting minutes and read them one after another.

Sun Ce immediately became excited.

His main concern was the battleship.One of the purposes of the emperor's establishment of engineering is to build ships, large ships, large ships that can adapt to different environments, including large ships that can sail on the sea and resist wind and waves.

With such a ship, it is possible to realize his goal of going out to sea.

"That's good." Sun Ce said to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu nodded in agreement and added another sentence. "If that's the case, I'm afraid that [-] students are not enough. No wonder agriculture should be ranked first. There is not enough food to support so many people."

Yang Biao was talking to Zhou Zhong, and when he heard Zhou Yu's comment, 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 glanced at Zhou Zhong.

His opinion was at odds with Zhou Zhong, so his voice was very low, almost whispering to Sun Ce, but he didn't want Yang Biao to hear him. He didn't expect Yang Biao's hearing to be so good.

Zhou Zhong didn't hear clearly, but it was his wish for Zhou Yu to be appreciated by Yang Biao.

Yang Biao is a Taiwei, who is in charge of military affairs. If Zhou Yu can get his appreciation, his future will be guaranteed.

"When Mr. Yang asks you something, you just say it straight."

"Here." Zhou Yu turned around, bowed to Yang Biao, and repeated what he had just said.

Yang Biao laughed, pointed at Zhou Yu and said, "Jiamou, you are very knowledgeable, no wonder the emperor appreciates him. Well, let him stop being a man by the emperor's side and come to Taiwei's mansion."

(End of this chapter)