Han officials

Chapter 144 Rebellious Youth [2/2]

It is said that Liu Yu was not familiar with Wei Zhe at the beginning.

It was only after he took office as the governor of Youzhou last year that he gradually collected a lot of information about Wei Zhe, and the most of it was about how good Wei Zhe was at fighting. Liu Yu did not find it strange at all.

However, he did not expect that the flourishing of culture and education in Liaodong was actually related to Wei Zhe.

Once upon a time, almost all scholars from Liaodong would choose to study abroad.

Some crossed the sea to Qingzhou; some crossed the Liaoze Lake to Zhuojun.

However, in the past two years, fewer and fewer scholars from Liaodong have gone out to study, and even scholars from various counties in Youzhou have gradually chosen to go to Liaodong to study under masters.

Especially during the Zhang Chun Rebellion, more and more young scholars went to Liaodong, including children of poor families and wealthy families, which could be said to be a rebellion against the Tiangang.

Liu Yu, with a look of approval, said, "As far as I know, when Duke Wei of Wei was the prefect of Daifang, he reopened the county school, which had been abandoned for many years. He even invited the famous Qingzhou scholar Bing Genju to serve as a classics instructor. Later, when he was transferred to the prefecture of Lelang, he remained true to his original intention and recruited Guo Zini and Sun Shuran to revitalize the county school. After he was transferred to the prefecture of Liaodong, he also did not forget about culture and education. The famous Qingzhou scholars Hua Ziyu and Tao Qiuhong are now teaching in Liaodong."

At this point, Liu Yu was even a little impressed. "I heard that Duke Wei of Wei recently spared no expense to purchase many classics and placed them in the Liaodong County Academy for the scholars to study. Alas, the Liaodong County Academy is now the most prosperous in Youzhou!"

It is no wonder that scholars from various counties in Youzhou flocked to Liaodong.

After all, this kind of teaching staff is so powerful that even the children of ordinary Youzhou nobles would be envious, not to mention the powerful ones.

What impressed Liu Yu the most was that Wei Zhe did not start to promote culture and education to embellish his appearance after he achieved success, but he had been very concerned about culture and education since he entered the officialdom.

This kind of persistence over the years is what is most touching.

Especially for an old scholar like Liu Yu, he only regretted that Wei Zhe was not his son!
Compared with the tireless Wei Zhe, the tough and unyielding Gongsun Zan was simply a reckless man.

He is neither as knowledgeable about military affairs as Wei Zhe, nor as well-educated as Wei Zhe!

Sometimes Liu Yu even wondered if Gongsun Zan and Wei Zhe's origins were reversed.

Because no matter how you look at it, Wei Zhe seems to be from a prominent family, while Gongsun Zan's style is like that of a powerful man from a border county!
At the same time, Lu Zhi was filled with emotion when he heard this.

He didn't expect that besides Wei Zhe's brilliant military achievements, he also had such outstanding cultural and educational achievements.

To be honest, in Lu Zhi's opinion, Wei Zhe was worthy of being promoted to one of the Nine Ministers just based on his cultural and educational achievements.

Even though it does not have those glorious military achievements, its importance is no less than the latter.

Of course, what impressed Lu Zhi the most was that Wei Zhe managed to take both into account at the same time.

You should know that when Lu Zhi was the prefect of Jiujiang, he only put down the rebellion. Apart from that, he did not think that he had made much achievements in culture and education.

No wonder the knowledgeable Liu Yu commented that he was "a man of both civil and military talents, capable of being a general or a prime minister"!

Thinking of this, Lu Zhi couldn't help but sigh and said:

"Such a talent is not allowed to serve as an advisor to the government. This is the fault of the Three Dukes!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yu nodded in agreement.

In other words, as a minister, he couldn't say bad things about the late emperor, otherwise he really wanted to complain about him.

After all, such a talented person who can assist the king is actually only used by the emperor as a border general. It is really a waste of talent!

However, Lu Zhi did not know about this, and just asked curiously: "I wonder what classics this person studies? Who is his teacher?" When Liu Yu asked this, he really didn't know how to answer for a moment.

"I haven't heard of him ever having a teacher, but Liaodong County Academy was packed with renowned scholars, and Duke Wei often attended, likely intending to learn from many others!" After a moment's reflection, Liu Yu frowned slightly and said, "As for the classics he studied, it must have been the Book of Rites. I heard he carried the Commentary on the Three Rites that Zheng Kangcheng gifted to Liaodong County Academy with him and studied it frequently."

At this point, Liu Yu suddenly recalled a rumor and said with a smile, "This man seems particularly fond of the 'Great Learning' chapter in the 'Book of Rites,' often claiming that it contains the Confucian Way and the path to sainthood. Of all the chapters in the 'Book of Rites,' he has devoted the most effort to this chapter. Even Sun Shuran and Bing Genju can't defeat him in a debate based on the 'Great Learning'!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Lu Zhi's eyes suddenly lit up.

Because he was also a great scholar of ancient Chinese classics, and was a fellow student of Zheng Xuan.

He also delved deeply into the Book of Rites. Zheng Xuan wrote a book called "Commentary on the Three Rites" and Lu Zhi also wrote a book called "Explanation of the Three Rites".

However, since he took office, Lu Zhi has been burdened with court affairs and has never had time to teach and impart knowledge to his students.

When he accepted Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan and others as his disciples, he only taught them for a few months.

It is precisely because of this that his disciples are completely incomparable to Zheng Xuan.

Zheng Xuan taught several great Confucian scholars, but none of his disciples became masters of classics.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhi suddenly became eager to take action.

However, looking at Lu Zhi's excited eyes, Liu Yu beside him stroked his long beard and smiled without saying a word.

Want to accept Wei Zhe as your disciple?
Hahaha~ This is extremely difficult!

Liu Yu could already imagine the scene where Lu Zhi was tricked by Wei Zhe into giving lectures to scholars!

……

After a long time, when Lu Zhi came out of the governor's mansion, he was in a good mood.

Previously, he was worried that Wei Zhe, who had made many military achievements, would be as brave, aggressive and competitive as Dong Zhuo.

Now it seems that he was worrying too much, the situation is better than he thought.

The most important thing is that through Liu Yu's introduction, Lu Zhi felt that Wei Zhe and he were fellow travelers!
Although they had never met, Lu Zhi already felt like a close friend to Wei Zhe!

After all, what Wei Zhe did was actually what he had always wanted to do, but he just didn't have the opportunity.

At this moment, Lu Zhi just wanted to rush to Liaodong County as soon as possible to discuss the follow-up matters of Andong Protectorate with Wei Zhe!
It was precisely because of this that when Lu Zhi passed by Youbeiping County, he refused Gongsun Zan's hospitality. He only spoke a few words with Gongsun Zan, the nominal disciple, on the side of the road, and then left in a hurry.

Looking at the teacher's hurriedly leaving back, Gongsun Zan felt a little uncomfortable for a moment.

He thought that since he was already a cavalry captain with a rank equal to two thousand stones, his teacher should be proud of him. However, he did not expect that Lu Zhi did not care at all, as if he was still the dandy boy he was back then.

Even because Liu Yu mentioned Gongsun Zan's problems in a tactful way during the conversation, Lu Zhi not only did not praise Gongsun Zan's achievements, but instead talked to him about the way of a gentleman and secretly gave him a hint.

This made Gongsun Zan feel even more dissatisfied!

One day, he would prove to everyone that he, Gongsun Zan, was the best...

(End of this chapter)