Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 703 Mahjong
Of course, there are not only these few people here in Fujian Road. There is another person, also surnamed Hu, from Jianning Prefecture. He was a disciple of the Cheng brothers in their private school in his early years. His given name is Anguo, and he is known as Mr. Wuyi.

In the fourth year of Shaosheng, he passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi. He served successively as a doctor of the Imperial College, the supervisor of Hunan education, the secretary of the Secretariat, the attendant and the tutor.

After his parents passed away, he resigned from his official position and returned home, where he guarded the graves, farmed and studied. He also founded the Biquan Academy in Xiangtan and left his name in history.

Because of the Miao-Liu Rebellion, Hu Anguo's family was placed under house arrest in Jian'an by Liu Zhengyan. Guanghui and Tong Wei led their troops to capture the poorly defended Jian'an County, and Hu Anguo's family was naturally sent to Liangshan.

At first, Hu Anguo was reluctant to take up an official post. It was only after meeting Yang Shi that he agreed to work as a Hanlin scholar in the Hanlin Academy, serving as a consultant and lecturer, mainly lecturing on the Spring and Autumn Annals.

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Name: Hu Anguo (Hero in history. He combined the study of the human nature with practical application and founded the Huxiang School.)
Word: Kang Hou
No.: Qingshan
Race: Terran

Reputation: 500 (famous)
Occupation: Scholar

Secondary occupation: Official
Official title: Hanlin Bachelor

Level: Level 6 and Level 5 (Strength 25, Commander 50)

Attributes: Strength 30, Constitution 30, Agility 25, Spirit 76
Skills: Professor 7 (teaching and imparting knowledge, spirit +8), Six Arts of a Gentleman 6 (ritual, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, mathematics, strength +3, constitution +3, agility +3, spirit +3), Author 5 (writing constantly, spirit +5), Advice 3 (not afraid of power, spirit +3)

Command skill: Leadership level 4 (Commander +4)

Martial Arts: None
After Hu Anguo made up his mind to enter officialdom, he did not hesitate. He first presented 21 articles of "On Current Affairs", then 100 volumes of "Spring and Autumn Annals", 100 volumes of "Supplement to Zizhi Tongjian", and 15 volumes of "Collected Works".

Yang Shi and Li Qingzhao both praised these books highly. The original volumes were kept in the secret cabinet and printed all over the country.

These manuscripts are the four guides and are the heritage of the State of Liang.

Hu Anguo's sons Hu Yin, Hu Ning, Hu Hong, and nephew Hu Xian were also scholars, some devoted to teaching and some to writing.

Hu Yin wrote "Views on Reading History" and "Detailed Explanation of the Analects of Confucius", Hu Ning wrote "General Meaning of the Spring and Autumn Annals", and Hu Hong has a collection of poetry and prose called "Wufeng Collection".

Zhao Zhen also had them all collected in the Secret Cabinet. With eight guides, sixteen Confucian scholars and professors could be transferred to new positions in one year.

Now Liang State has collected a large number of guiding objects and placed them in the Secret Pavilion. Cheng Wan'er also serves as the Secret Pavilion Director, in charge of domestic job transfers.

The inauguration of [Floating Continent] is different from the main world, but more like a fantasy world. People who watch it can only gain many years of experience, but no fantasy world will be generated.

None of the four had any intention of becoming an official. After discussing with everyone, Zhao Zhen decided that except for Hu Ning who would be the official in charge of Jixian Library in the court and Hu Yin who would be the doctor in the Imperial College, Hu Hong and Hu Xian would go to Qingzhou Prefecture and Fuzhou respectively to serve as provincial school officials.

In this way, it will not delay people from writing books and educating people, and they can also contribute to the State of Liang.

In this regard, the noble-minded Hu Anguo once advised against it. After hearing this, Zhao Zhen said to Hu Anguo: "The scholar is wrong. Although these people are the scholar's family members, they are talented. We can't avoid suspicion just because they are the scholar's family members. If we do so, wouldn't it be a misjudgment of people?"

"Besides, they are not all in the same government office. There are also the Ministry of Personnel, the Censorate, and the Court of Remonstrance to supervise them. Naturally, they cannot abuse their power for personal gain or commit corruption."

"The five sons of Yang Jijiu, Yang Di, Yang Yu, Yang Jiong, Yang Shi, and Yang Zao, are all Jinshi graduates. It's impossible that they can't become officials in Liang State?"

"Now Yang Di is the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Yang Yu is the Chief Supervisor of Military Equipment, the third son Yang Jiong is the Attendant of the Secretariat, Yang Shi is the Chief Clerk of the Ministry of Works, and Yang Zao is the Magistrate of Feng County in Xuzhou. These people are loyal to the emperor and love the people. If they are not used because of their fathers, wouldn't it be a waste of talented people?" Only in this way could Hu Anguo be convinced.

Not to mention the many literati and poets who came from Fujian, Liang State has also undergone considerable changes in recent days.

[Spirit of the World] was also collected from various places, and 113 pieces were found, plus the remaining 47 pieces, a total of 160 pieces.

Zhao Zhen established a country, and his status was very different from before. With the continuous victories, the local gentry all wanted to integrate into Liang State. Now, not only the [Spirit of the World], but also various spiritual objects, spiritual plants, and treasures have been donated by many people just to seek an identity.

Treasures were delivered to the palace every day, and Zhao Zhen was surprised. In Jingji Road alone, no less than 200 people were appointed as officials. Of course, most of them served as assistants, elders, cadres, and vagrants in the villages and towns below, or as bailiffs and clerks in the county government.

Let’s not talk about these treasures for now. As the [Spirit of the World] was collected, Zhao Zhen finally made up his mind, took out 108 pieces and threw them into the foggy passage.

This was also in response to the requests of the three allied countries of Gao, Cao and Lu, in order to strengthen exchanges among the four countries.

After all, traveling back and forth consumes luck and is very inconvenient in the long run.

The first point is that bulk goods cannot be traded and population exchanges are also very inconvenient.

After investing 108 World Spirits at one time, this foggy passage no longer needs to rely on luck to travel, and bulk cargo trading naturally becomes possible.

This is also another reason why Ji Xuan saw people coming and going in the fog passage of Gao State.

Combined with the luck currency, Liang State will also be so prosperous in the future. As for the exchange of goods, naturally, commercial taxes and tolls derived from the foggy passage are inevitable.

In just half a month, the number of people entering and leaving the city was ten times that of the previous six months. Not to mention the business taxes, the tolls alone were equivalent to the summer taxes of a county.

During this period, Li Gu, the bone carving supervisor of the [Houyuan Workshop], once again completed an entry-level treasure.

This treasure was made at the request of Jin Cui Lian. Jin Cui Lian always lost more than she won at playing horse racing, so she asked people to search for gambling methods among the people. She got two new gambling games from a merchant from the Qing Dynasty - mahjong and playing cards.

Having seen the mahjong tiles hastily carved out of bamboo and wood by merchants, the clattering sound of the tiles, the constant playing of pong, chop, and gang, was indeed very interesting. Zhao Zhen asked Zheng Tianshou, the official in charge of the "Back Garden Construction Office" and the "White-Faced Young Man", to copy a few of them for entertainment in the palace.

The wood carving, lacquer carving, bone carving and other craftsmen worked together to present a painting of "Colorful Mother-of-Pearl Mahjong" made by Li Guhui and many other craftsmen.

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Colorful mother-of-pearl mahjong (three levels, ebony back, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, ivory top, carved with characters and flowers, with ivory dice.)
Feature 1: Refreshing, crisp sound, refreshing and keeps you awake all night.

Feature 3: Wealth +.

As soon as [Five-Colored Mother-of-Pearl Mahjong] came out, Jin Cui Lian, Cheng Wan'er and others in the palace grabbed Li Qingzhao to play with it. Within a few days, the news spread to the theaters in Liangshan Prefecture.

Another popular game was playing cards, which had many different ways of being played. Compared to mahjong, playing cards was more popular among the public and could be played by three to six people at any time and at any place.

(End of this chapter)