Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 399: Luoyang Layout, Three Lots of Fame

"Chen Jun, be sure to take care of yourself while you are away. If you come back to Luoyang next year, you and I will drink in Xunmei Tower again!"

"Yes, now that Mr. Chen is gone, Luoyang City will be bleak for a while. This year will be more enjoyable than the past ten or twenty years. Once you leave, it will return to the old days. I really can't bear to leave you." Leave."

"Fortunately, there are still reviews for next year, which may relieve the loneliness, but without your review, brother Chen, the taste of the reviews will change."

"I think that when the reviews are held next year, Mr. Chen can come over and have a look, or send someone over to give guidance. This will save this wonderful review event from being ruined by those officials and laymen. In fact, if it weren't for your review , I don’t believe the results of the reviews.”

"Chen Jun is here to serve as the governor of a place. I'm afraid he won't be able to escape next year, but the capital city can send someone to ask for his instructions. There are many fast horses in Luoyang, so if you are idle, you will be idle."

"What a great idea! Whether it's a book review, a painting review, a music review, or a literary review, it will take at least five or six days from start to finish. Many students and scholars are involved during this period, so there is enough time to give Chen Jun sent a letter asking him to give suggestions. Speaking of which, without your suggestions, Chen Jun, I would not recognize any comments!"

"Yes! You still have to listen to Brother Chen as to what to do with these comments. If I don't ask you for instructions, who knows what's wrong with it."

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Although the number of people seeing him off was complicated, there was a group of people that no one else dared to stop. They were the famous Confucian scholars, celebrities, and masters in Luoyang. This group of people were inherently noble, had a noble character, and controlled the direction of public opinion. , others accidentally offend them, and just a few symposiums can arouse an atmosphere of public criticism. It can be said that killing does not require a knife.

With the rise of various criticisms, a large part of this group of people were invited to serve as reviewers. After several criticism meetings, their social status doubled, and they became famous figures in the streets. For Chen Zhi, their group had a bad attitude. She had a good impression and thought that Chen Zhi and them were in the same circle, so a scene that was rarely seen in ordinary times occurred——

Among the people seeing him off, there were many such people, who would not normally be invited.

However, during the farewell, these people talked about the comments, and it was obvious that this was what they cared about.

In this regard, Chen Zhi expressed it simply: "The comments are not yet complete, but they have been generally constructed. I left a charter with Secretary Cheng Dong Xuna, writing down all the big and small matters. The comments are as follows. If you need anything, you can find it there, but if you are interested, we can also keep in touch."

Although the establishment of Zhujing was a large-scale social experiment by Chen Zhi and was a research based on sociology, he did not intend to hand over the incidental influence of this research to others. After all, the particularity of Zhujing could allow He has an advantage in terms of public opinion and voice, and can be leveraged whether in academic circles or celebrity circles.

"The influence of public opinion cannot be let go. Just like the forces behind hundreds of tea shops, there are many benefits to mastering the public opinion of scholars. Now that I have laid the foundation, I must try my best to grasp it. If there are any changes, I can rely on comments and public opinion to offset one or two, and even when I become more powerful, I can also use this to exert a direct influence on the imperial court."

In fact, Chen Zhi had no objection to Dong Xu and others staying. He also had this consideration. He needed some people who adhered to his ideas to stay and exert influence on the critics. This could also help him control the critics from a distance. Comment——

In view of the transportation and communication conditions of this era, it is obviously unrealistic for Chen Zhi to personally preside over next year's comments. In this case, it is particularly important to support an agent, especially this agent must respect himself enough. , if you still feel guilty, that would be better.

Dong Xu is undoubtedly an ideal candidate. Judging from his age and qualifications, he is enough to take on such responsibilities. Perhaps Dong Xu cannot sit in the position of Chief of Taile Department and Secretary of the Provincial Supervisor, but he has followed Chen Zhi for such a long time. , his abilities have been honed, and he is also familiar with the processes of various commentaries and the regulations left by Chen Zhi. These are all means to stabilize his position.

Looking at everyone in front of him and listening to their words, Chen Zhi had a clear idea of ​​the outline of Zhu Ping's future plans.

"Neither the Taile Department nor the Secretariat Department can be separated from the reviews. The reviews cannot be completely controlled by the Taile Office. The cooperation between the two bureaus is a matter of course. The basis of the cooperation is me. This person exists, so there is no need to worry about the possibility of someone leaving the government. Even if there is, in the first few years to maintain the comments, we must use the people I left behind. Then it must be organized according to my ideas, so that I can Maintain the final right of interpretation and have certain arbitration authority.”

While he was thinking about it, he was talking to everyone and thinking about what would happen next.

"To convince these celebrities and everyone, what is needed is fame. With Dong Xu's reputation, he cannot become the chief officer of the two bureaucracies. The candidates for this chief officer must be mainly noble and noble. As my predecessor, I have recommendations. If I have the qualifications, the Taile Department selects everyone who is close to me. The same is probably true for the Secretary Department. Such people are not good at specific planning and arrangements, so people like Dong Xu are needed. Dong Xu’s reputation is not enough to suppress Commentaries must rely on my name to gain a firm foothold, and the experience of the chief officer is not enough to support the comments, so they must rely on my name. When the two are combined, they will naturally proceed according to my path. At least for the first few years that will be the case.”

What Chen Zhi needs is the influence of these first few years. After these few years pass, he will either prosper or decline. The former will be able to easily control public opinion, and whether he can control the latter will not matter anymore.

While he was thinking about it, everyone's farewells came to an end quickly. Although there were some who played the piano to see each other off, they turned around casually after playing, without wasting time, showing a free and uninhibited side.

Then the officials and the people came up. The former spoke in official language, while the latter spoke in plain language.

There was a lot of confusion, and there were many people seeing him off. They came up to talk to Chen Zhi one by one, just to tell him to take care of himself, and to talk about some special matters, that is, a few of Chen Zhi's friends would talk about specific matters.

When Tao Ya, Liu Gang and others came over, they all directly stated that if needed, they would go north to help, and would also let their families contribute - because of their friendship with Chen Zhi and the improvement of their reputation after studying abroad, they His status in the family has risen sharply, and the most direct manifestation is that he has a certain right to speak and can provide help in the name of the family.

Chen Zhi and the others were not polite, and simply said that if necessary in the future, they would contact them directly, and then they asked each other to write more letters if there was nothing to do -

In this era, if you travel far away or see each other once, you may never see each other again, so letters have become an important means of communication. This was still the case even in the Tang Dynasty hundreds of years later, or simply like Du Fu, It's okay, just because I miss Li Bai, I write a poem.

Of course, Li Bai would also write a poem because he missed Wang Lun.

In addition to his study tour friends, Chen Zhi's friends who he had met since he was in Luoyang also came over one by one. Among them were many children of the Gongqing family. Among them, the one who seemed to be the most proficient in dancing was Zhao Yuan, who was an expert in calligraphy and painting.

"Brother Chen, although you are returning to your hometown with honor this time, you will have to go to the North to serve in politics. It is really dangerous. Please be more careful. If anyone needs help, you can write directly. Zhao will do his best."

During this year, this celebrity in the capital became almost a close friend of Chen Zhi, and the two often appreciated paintings and discussed art.

After saying this, he lowered his voice and said in Chen Zhi's ear: "In addition, I also have contact with people from several tribes in Northern Xinjiang, but it is not convenient to introduce you now. When you arrive in the North, let them come to you in person. , and save others from gossiping."

Chen Zhi was not surprised. He had already learned Zhao Yuan's ability to make friends, both at home and abroad. He was also a strange person. He said that it was not impossible to meet people from tribes outside the Great Wall.

After all, even Tuoba Yulu was recommended by Zhao Yuan.

Chen Zhi kept this in mind and looked forward to contacting the people over there.

With the farewell of his friends, the whole farewell came to an end. After waving goodbye, Chen Zhi boarded the car, went away with his family and servants, and left Luoyang City.

"I don't know when I will come again next time, let alone what the situation will be like. Among the people who came to see me off today, some seemed to be polite. In fact, the academy may be thinking that it will be difficult for me to be released because of Zhang Ying. If I don't let him know how powerful I am, how will Luoyang know about my methods? There may be constant troubles in the future. When I accumulate strength, I should choose Zhang Ying as the target to scare the monkeys. In addition, , before leaving Qingzhou, Jiang Yi reminded me that someone in the capital wants to do harm to me, could this person be Zhang Ying?"

Through the car window, Chen Zhi looked at the city gradually disappearing from a distance. He felt emotional, then shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't want to think about this anymore. This month is reserved for me to prepare, at least in the future." Before going north, sort out several objects and things in your imagination so that you can use them directly when you get there. In addition..."

He put his hand on his chest.

"During the year, the gold liquid of fame has been filled with four squares a few times, and lots have been drawn three times. The fourth time it is almost full, and just in time, when I entered Youzhou, it was almost full."

After thinking about it, a servant came over and said that the lady in the carriage in front was feeling a little unwell. After hearing this, Chen Zhi went over and sat in the carriage to take care of her.

As the motorcade moved forward, there were many episodes along the way, which I will not mention here.

But Zhang Yuan said goodbye to Chen Zhi and when he returned home, he asked someone to call them.

"You have also seen what happened today. It is really inconvenient for you two to show up."

The two people in front of Zhao Yuan are much taller than ordinary Luoyang people and have a lot of beards on their faces.

If there are people who often hang out in Baijia Teahouse here, they will immediately feel familiar when they see them, and then they will recognize them as strangers who asked Chen Zhi when he was the prefect in the teahouse, because the two of them have special looks. , so impressive.

The two were actually members of Murong Xianbei. The taller one was named Murong Han, and the other was named Murong Hui.

After hearing what Zhao Yuan said, Murong Huang nodded and said: "Brother Zhao, thank you for your trouble. I originally heard all kinds of rumors about Mr. Chen and wanted to find time to visit when I arrived in Luoyang. I didn't expect that he went to the north to serve as an official. People come and go in the Chen Mansion every day, so it’s really hard to visit him, but since he’s going to the North, there’s always a chance to meet him.”

　Thanks to "Wen Risheng" and "Lan Ling#" for the reward!

　　
　
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