The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 457 School Affairs Office

"Luo Xian?"

Cao Mao knew that many things would be different from what he knew, but what about Luo Xian's surrender?
He remembered that Luo Xian was a very loyal and upright man.

Cao Mao was somewhat suspicious. He took the memorial handed to him by Jiao Bo and began to read it carefully.

Wang Ji made it very clear in his memorial that Luo Xian was forced to leave Chengdu because he opposed Huang Hao in the court. Huang Hao instigated Liu Chan to send Luo Xian to a local post as a prefect. Huang Hao even wanted to slander him for coveting military supplies in order to execute him.

When Luo Xian learned about this, he immediately fled Shu State, took a small road, and ran all the way to Wang Ji.

Cao Mao put down the letter, but still felt something was wrong.

It is understandable that he is not on good terms with Huang Hao, but Chen Qi of Shu Kingdom is not dead yet, so it is not Huang Hao's turn to deal with the ministers unscrupulously. If he wants to deal with a certain minister, Chen Qi will definitely not stand by.

Besides, Luo Xian had a formidable teacher. Although Qiao Zhou's rank was low, he held considerable respect in front of the many powerful clans in Bashu. Would he watch Huang Hao slander or even attempt to execute his own disciple?!

Cao Mao narrowed his eyes and said, "Okay, let General Wang send someone to bring him here."

"Send someone to inform Maoxian about this matter."

"only!!"

At this moment, Zhang Hua was accompanying Liu Lu and Wang Yuan to handle the affairs of the school office.

When Wang Yuan first met Zhang Hua, he felt a little unconvinced. He didn't think this fair-skinned young man in front of him could be very capable.

Perhaps it was because she could write poetry and make the emperor happy that she was so favored.

But it only took Zhang Hua a short time to convince Wang Yuan.

Liu Lu and Wang Yuan established secret agencies in various places in accordance with the emperor's orders, responsible for monitoring and transmitting important intelligence, becoming the emperor's eyes and ears.

This thing is easy to say but extremely difficult to do.

Who to send, how to go, what to do when they get there, and how to do it. All of this is really difficult for a ranger and a bandit leader.

Zhang Hua is different from them, his thinking is extremely clear.

At this moment, in a house in Luoyang, three people gathered together, and Liu Lu and Wang Yuan were listening attentively to Zhang Hua's teaching.

"Why did His Majesty ask you to be the schoolmaster?"

"It's to make things easier for you. First, we need to establish offices in various places and revitalize the school administration. Only when each county has a school administration can we start our work."

"From now on, each place can have two chief officers, one responsible for overt supervision and the other for covert supervision."

"Surveillance, arrest, interrogation, and other tasks will be deployed separately."

"As for the things that are out there, we have experience. Emperor Taizu did this before. I have written down all his experiences during his reign. You can take them back and read them later."

"It's what happens behind the scenes that's important."

"First of all, we need to make sure what these people are going to the place for. You actually want them to open a restaurant. This is wrong!"

"Who did your majesty send these people to monitor? To monitor the people going to the restaurant?"

"We need to monitor the powerful families and officials to see if they are doing anything harmful to the people, colluding with outsiders, or plotting rebellion."

"So, they have to be placed next to these people to monitor them."

"Can you trust the news you hear outside?"

"We can let them become tenants, domestic servants, slaves, and various other roles around these great families, ministers, and officials, and then monitor their behavior!"

After Zhang Hua said this, Liu Lu and Wang Yuan immediately had an idea.

Liu Lu smiled and said, "No wonder His Majesty asked you to come and help. If it weren't for you, we would have sent these people to find all kinds of errands and go out to the streets to listen to all kinds of news."

Zhang Hua didn't mean to look down on them. He said calmly, "After all, there's no experience to draw conclusions from regarding these matters. Being able to think this far is already quite impressive. However, supervision isn't something you can just hear about; you have to see it firsthand and have evidence."

"Next, we will work together to handle the affairs of the various places under the jurisdiction of the Henan Yin. You must carefully check and do not neglect it."

"I can't help you with things in other places. You have to rely on yourselves."

The two nodded in agreement.

During these days, Zhang Hua taught them a lot of things. Liu Lu and Wang Yuan were both very surprised. He was obviously a young boy, so how could he know so much?

Looking at his experience, it seems that even two people combined cannot compare to him.

Just as Zhang Hua was about to take them away, he heard a knock on the door.

Soon, a soldier secretly passed the emperor's oral order to Zhang Hua alone.

When Zhang Hua heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then he picked up a piece of paper and a pen, quickly wrote something down, and handed it to the soldier, asking him to take it back to the emperor. He then continued to work with Liu Lu and others.

Liu Lu was a little curious.

"What happened?"

Zhang Hua asked seriously, "Has Lord Liu already started his mission? Is the first thing he does coming to monitor me?"

Liu Lu laughed, "Of course not, I'm just curious."

"Mr. Liu can be curious about others, but never be curious about the imperial edict." "I know, I know."

Zhang Hua led the two men away from here, and they first came to the school office in Luoyang.

Zhang Hua’s first thought after arriving here was to change players.

This place has become almost deserted. When they arrived, there were few people there. It seemed that the School Affairs Office had completely declined after Cao Pi.

Sima Shi may have had his own supervisory agencies, but with his death, these agencies did not fall into the hands of the court.

Zhang Hua first established a lot of rules for the school affairs office, and then appointed Liu Lu and Wang Yuan as the principal and assistant. Liu Lu was responsible for the open affairs in Luoyang, while Wang Yuan was responsible for the secret affairs.

Then, he began to make a list of some things that Liu Lu needed to pay attention to.

The first person on the list is Xun Yi.

According to Zhang Hua, Xun Xi's mansion is simply a gathering place for traitors. Every day, countless thieves come to find him and want to plot against him!

The first thing to do was to send people to Xun Yi's residence to monitor everyone he came into contact with.

Then there is He Zeng.

Zhang Hua also felt that He Zeng was unreliable. Although he seemed to have no way out now, he was cunning. Who knew if he would do it again?

Zhang Hua quickly arranged everything, and Liu Lu and Wang Yuan followed behind him to learn.

But these things will probably have to wait until tomorrow to continue, because the ministers are very busy today and are not in their own palaces.

Most of them gathered at the Censorate.

The reason why they gathered here was very simple. They wanted to welcome someone out and express their dissatisfaction with He Zeng.

While the ministers were waiting, an old man walked out of the Censorate surrounded by soldiers.

This is Zheng Chong.

Zheng Chong has been very unlucky these days.

In order to have a deterrent effect, He Zeng repeatedly used Zheng Chong to inflate his performance.

He was released several times, only to be recaptured immediately.

From the Taifu Rebellion, the Qingzhou Rebellion, to the Gaorou Rebellion, he almost became the mastermind of all these events.

The opposition from the scholars grew louder and louder, and He Zeng finally released him again.

This time, he's probably really going to be released.

Zheng Chong himself doesn't look like he has ever suffered.

He looked energetic, much more energetic than when he was in the temple before.

Although He Zeng dared to arrest him, he did not dare to torture him.

There was no need to torture him. He was not even sent to prison. He was just trapped in the house. His food, clothing, housing and transportation were all very good, and he did not suffer any unfair treatment.

Seeing so many people coming to greet him outside, Zheng Chong didn't look happy at all, and even his smile disappeared without a trace.

I've gotten into this mess, and you still won't let me go?

Are they planning to make me the mastermind behind the attack on the Censorate again?
He had had enough of those days of fear and anxiety, and from now on, he never wanted to deal with these people again.

But he was an introvert by nature, and even though he was unhappy, he couldn't drive everyone away.

After everyone bowed to greet him, he even returned the greeting.

The spirits of the scholars immediately began to rise.

At first, everyone thought that the emperor's use of a cruel official like He Zeng and his wanton arrests of people would sooner or later cause huge problems.

Those scholars are not jealous, and the conflict will definitely be out of control.

But in fact, after Cao Mao started to strike hard, the scholars became much more honest. They no longer dared to easily call their friends to curse on the streets, nor did they dare to write articles to directly abuse them. In fact, they were much more cowardly than outsiders thought.

When Sima Shi deposed and enthroned emperors, and Sima Zhao killed the emperor, these people did not dare to say much, let alone when they only used cruel officials?

The time when they shouted the loudest was when Sima Anshi came to power.

This is enough to show that only when the emperor is quite weak and tolerant and does not pose much threat to them, these people will show their integrity and confront the emperor head-on.

But once the situation changed and the emperor began to really deal with those who opposed him, all their opposition would be useless.

For example, this time, they gathered to welcome Zheng Chong.

They didn't dare to say anything was wrong, nor did they dare to take this opportunity to stir up trouble. They just came to welcome Zheng Chong.

When Zhang Hua arrived here, they all bowed and said goodbye to Zheng Chong. Soon, the entrance of the Censorate became clean and there were only a few people left.

All we can say is that Sima Shi killed all the people with integrity, leaving behind only these cowardly dogs who can only bow their heads and whimper, not even daring to bark.

(End of this chapter)