Three Kingdoms: Do you want me to get out of here? Liu Bei, you wait

Chapter 177: How to break the shackles of the aristocratic family and the aristocratic school? Cao Cao's expectations
"Mr. Su, what do you mean? Don't you want to go to the Yuedan Review, or do you think there is something wrong with my move this time?"

Seeing Su Chen shaking his head repeatedly, Cao Cao was also aroused by his curiosity and couldn't help but ask.

"There's nothing wrong with that." Su Chen explained, "I just think that if the Prime Minister can think of something, the Yingchuan nobles will definitely think of it too."

After listening to this, Cao Cao showed a thoughtful expression.

"You mean, the Yingchuan clan will make a fuss about Yuedan Review?"

However, he was not completely convinced by what Su Chen said.

After a moment, he looked up again, shook his head decisively, and said again.

"I don't believe it! I don't believe they can control the poor students in the world!"

"Although the Yingchuan nobles are quite famous, their reputation is not that great."

Cao Cao spoke with certainty.

Su Chen listened, but his expression did not change at all, he just said,
"It's definitely not here."

"But maybe they don't need to stop all the poor students in the world. It's enough to prevent the Yuedan Review from being held as scheduled. Isn't it?"

"It can't be held as scheduled. Military Advisor is saying that the Yingchuan nobles will do something to the Xu brothers?!"

"Is this... impossible?"

As soon as these words came out.

Cao Cao, who had been so confident just now, immediately lost his composure.

He denied it flatly.

"Is this difficult?" Su Chen asked back.

I was just about to explain a few more sentences.

Don't wait for him to speak this time.

Outside the hall, a hurried call was suddenly heard.

"Report!——"

"Report to the Prime Minister!"

A herald came in hurriedly and knelt down.

"Brother Xu has just sent a servant to deliver a message saying that he is ill and the Yuedan Review may not be held as scheduled."

"I hope the Prime Minister can delay for a few days and then become more virtuous!"

quiet!--

The words fell.

The field immediately fell into dead silence.

After a moment of silence.

Angry Cao Cao drew his sword.

He simply cut the desk in front of him in half.

He gritted his teeth and said this.

"Damn it!"

"The Yingchuan nobles are really going too far!"

The more Cao Cao thought about it, the angrier he became.

Xu Chu, who had been silent since the beginning, couldn't listen any longer.

He immediately stepped forward, bowed to Cao Cao, and volunteered.

"Do you really think my sword is weak?"

"My lord, I am willing to be the vanguard! Kill them and let these scholars see how powerful I am."

Xu Chu was filled with murderous intent.

Hearing this, Su Chen's expression changed.

But when he spoke next, he did not agree, but instead tried to dissuade him.

"No!"

"If you really do this, you will lose the hearts of all the scholars in the world in one day."

Xu Chu asked again, "Why not target the Yingchuan nobles instead of the Xu brothers from Yuedanping?"

Su Chen said, "It's the same. Once you start, you will be defeated."

"Killing the Xu brothers may intimidate the Yingchuan nobles with their blood in the short term, but it will expose the true situation on our side.

The more you make the other party feel that you are just bluffing.

There is no other choice but to continue to use the butcher knife.

Isn’t there a lesson from the past that is right before our eyes?”

"Foreshadowing?"

Cao Cao had been silent the whole time, but when he heard the words "lessons from past experience", his expression changed a little.

He looked up at Su Chen opposite him, with curiosity in his eyes.

"good."

Su Chen nodded, and when he spoke again, he mentioned a long-forgotten name.

"Could it be that the Lord has forgotten about Dong Zhuo so quickly?"

"Dong Zhuo...Dong Zhuo..."

Su Chen's words were light.

But now the name is uttered.

It was no less than a thunderclap.

Cao Cao, who was just confused, seemed to be struck by lightning at this moment.

My whole body was trembling.

My thoughts were flying. At this moment, I thought of the court that year.

There is a famous scene where Yuan Shao draws his sword, points it at Dong Zhuo, and shouts "My sword is not at a disadvantage either".

At that time, he just felt that Yuan Benchu ​​was full of vigor and vitality.

Now look back.

He could now understand some of Dong Zhuo's anger and embarrassment.

I even felt a little scared.

Worried that he would suffer the same fate as Dong Zhuo.

That's what rights are.

The higher you go, the colder it gets.

The more you have to be cautious and tread carefully.

"No, that's not right. I am very different from Dong Zhuo. Apart from anything else, Dong Zhuo doesn't have a talented scholar to assist him!"

of course.

After a brief panic.

Cao Cao also quickly calmed down.

Especially when he looked up, he saw Su Chen opposite him, who looked calm and composed from beginning to end.

He hurried forward, grabbed his hand, and started asking excitedly.

"Mr. Su, now that things have come to this, it's better not to keep us in suspense."

"You must have a way to deal with it, right?"

Su Chen looked up and saw the hopeful eyes of Xu Chu and Cao Cao.

Smile.

Then he nodded very seriously.

"of course."

"My Lord, do you still remember what you said to me when we were discussing Jingzhou?"

"We discussed ways to suppress the nobles at that time, didn't we?"

When Cao Cao heard this, he suddenly realized something.

His eyes lit up and he asked excitedly.

"Yes, didn't Mr. Su say at the time that this method was not mature enough and asked me to wait a little longer?"

"Could it be...that it has matured so quickly now?"

"of course."

"If it's not mature, how do you think I can create something like Qilin Newspaper in Dongwu?"

"The technology that made the newspaper possible is movable type printing and rice paper."

Su Chen began to explain.

When I heard these two new titles come out of his mouth.

Cao Cao was naturally excited.

But besides being excited, I was more confused.

He opened his mouth carefully and asked again.

"What is movable type printing, and rice paper?"

"Military Advisor, what exactly does this mean?"

"That's right, aren't we talking about how to suppress the nobles?"

"Does this have anything to do with suppressing the nobles?"

Su Chen listened, but did not answer for the time being, instead he bowed and asked,

"May I ask, lord, what exactly is it that we are worried about the aristocracy monopolizing?"

Cao Cao blurted out,
"Official position."

"It is said that a clique unites to suppress dissidents. If all the civil servants in the court are cliques, the only one who will be sidelined in the end is the emperor."

Su Chen asked again, "What are the specific methods for selecting officials?"

This time, he didn't even wait for Cao Cao to reply.

Xu Chu beside him took over the conversation first and said excitedly,

"Recruit the virtuous! Recruit the filial and honest!"

"But these two roads are actually firmly controlled by the aristocratic families."

Listen to him till the end.

Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh again.

Obviously, he had thought about this question more than once before.

Su Chen said calmly.

"That's just an appearance. In fact, when it comes down to it, there are only two things that the aristocratic families monopolize: one is the dissemination of knowledge, and the other is the channel for promotion.

The first point is particularly serious. After all, the bamboo slips are extremely complicated in terms of preservation and recording.

This has led to the situation that it is almost impossible for poor students to study, and they may even have to join aristocratic families and become corrupt, with no way to stay out of trouble. "

Cao Cao and the others heard what Su Chen said.

Naturally, I think it makes sense.

But again, I still have doubts.

"So... these two things are the key to the solution?"

"Is this true, Military Advisor? Are the movable type printing and newspapers you mentioned really that powerful?"

(End of this chapter)