The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 617 Master and Apprentice
Just when Cao Mao appointed Qiao Zhou to continue promoting Wang's school of thought and to conduct debates, teaching, and many other matters, Cao Mao's confidants kept returning.

The first to return was the Grand Marshal Zhuge Dan.

Zhuge Dan was the commander-in-chief of the expedition against Shu. After the defeat of Shu, he stayed in Chengdu and helped Zhang Hua to settle all the internal and external affairs. He made great contributions. When he returned to Luoyang this time, he was home in glory and Cao Mao had to come out to greet him.

Although Zhuge Liang had made great contributions, the ministers in the country had great dissatisfaction with him.

Especially the Ministry of War, the memorials from the Ministry of War impeaching Zhuge Dan almost filled up the Taiji Hall!

The main purpose was to impeach this person for promoting his own confidants, arbitrarily appointing officials and titles, and protecting his own clan.

This is also Zhuge Dan's usual habit. Like Zhong Hui, he likes fame, but Zhuge Dan really likes to do favors for others.

He could take out the rewards given to him by Cao Mao and distribute them directly to the soldiers under his command.

In fact, it is not wrong for generals to do so. It is acceptable to do so when morale is low, the army has no desire to fight, and is extremely tired.

However, Zhuge Dan gave the emperor's reward to the generals stationed on the front line after the war.

In the eyes of Chen Qian and others, this was almost a blatant rebellion!
You are a general, and you don't even lead the troops, yet you dare to show favor to a foreign general? What do you want to do?

At the same time, Zhuge Dan submitted several memorials to commend the achievements of his confidants.

In fact, this is not a big deal. Many generals of the Wei Dynasty have some subordinates they like to use.

Zhang Te under Guanqiu Jian, Jiang Ban formerly under Zhuge Dan, Cao Zhen under Hu Zun, etc., there is no problem in asking for credit for their subordinates, but it is a problem if they ask for credit too many times.

What do you want to do, put your people in important positions?

You are plotting a rebellion!!
In addition to the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Personnel was also somewhat dissatisfied with Zhuge Dan.

Zheng Mao of the Ministry of Personnel was a very low-key person. Perhaps because the Ministry of Personnel was involved in too many things, he didn't interact much with his colleagues on weekdays.

He deliberately kept his distance from all his colleagues and did not get involved in the struggles in the court.

But even such people could not help but impeach Zhuge Dan.

The reason for the impeachment was that Zhuge Dan arbitrarily interfered with the promotion and appointment of officials in Shu, which disturbed many ideas of the Ministry of Personnel.

However, Cao Mao did not mention these things. He welcomed the Grand Marshal very solemnly. He knew that Zhuge Dan would not rebel. Zhuge Dan was a man who valued his reputation so much, and if he rebelled now, it would be equivalent to clearing all his life achievements to zero.

Of course, Cao Mao was not planning to use him any more. Zhuge Dan had completed his duties, and he did not need to worry about the attack on the State of Wu. He could just keep him to put some pressure on the Ministry of War.

Zhuge Dan talked about many situations in Shu.

In addition, Zhuge Dan also brought several people to Cao Mao.

These people are all Zhuge Zhan's children.

He hoped that Cao Mao would pardon their crimes and allow his clan to raise them.

Cao Mao could even pardon Liu Chan's children, so of course Zhuge Zhan's descendants could also spare their lives.

The descendants and family members of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others were also properly settled.

The one who came to Luoyang after Zhuge Dan was Yang Zong.

Yang Gong had already dealt with the several large clans that had committed crimes in Yongliang. Yang Zong, following Cao Mao's idea, executed their leaders and then exiled their entire clan, sending them to the south.

After Yang Zong returned to Luoyang, he hurried to pay a visit to the emperor.

He still had many important things to report to Cao Mao.

Yang Zong was relatively tolerant towards these big families. He did not kill them all, and even left them a lot of assets so that they could go south.

When Yang Zong told Cao Mao about these things, Cao Mao couldn't help laughing.

Cao Mao never thought that he had initially been thinking about how to prevent the people from migrating south, but now he was taking the initiative to let them migrate south. However, the migration of the people to the south that he controlled was obviously not the same as the one in history.

However, the idea of letting the big families serve as pioneers in the development of new land was borrowed from the historical event of the migration of the elite to the south.

Cao Mao could only look forward to the performance of these pioneering teams.

The last person to come back was Guo Ze.

Because of Guo Ze's upright character, Cao Mao sent him to local inspections many times and appointed him to the important position of supervision.

After Guo Ze returned, he reported the local situation, but Cao Mao had more important things to entrust to him, which was what Wang Su said before his death, that Guo Ze should be responsible for education.

Cao Mao felt that Wang Su's suggestion was very correct. In this matter of education, both Deng Ai and Shi Bao were needed, but it could not be just Deng Ai and Shi Bao. After the persuasion was completed, Guo Ze could continue to follow up, which might have unexpected results.

Cao Mao appointed Guo Zelai as the General of the Guards against the Qiang, replacing Shi Bao, and sent him to Yongliang.

Just when Cao Mao was busy with these things, an unexpected guest appeared in Taiji Hall.

“Anshi!!!”

Cao Mao stood up excitedly and looked at his good friend. Sima Yan saluted awkwardly and was then pulled into the West Hall by Cao Mao.

Cao Mao couldn't help but touch his hair a few times, "Your hair is really strange, how can it grow so long?" Sima Yan's mourning period had just ended, but he couldn't eat meat or drink alcohol, so Cao Mao asked someone to make some tea and they ate while chatting.

The two chatted for a while before Sima Yan got down to business.

"I came here on the orders of my grandfather."

"Oh? Did he appear in your dream?"

Sima Yan looked at Cao Mao, who quickly cleared his throat and said, "I was just joking. Now, what are your last wishes, my Lord?"

Sima Yan then spoke up and said, "Originally, my great-grandfather had two disciples studying under him."

"One is my younger brother. Mother found him another teacher. The other is Liu Yuan, a Xiongnu man."

"My grandfather thought highly of him. Before he passed away, he asked my mother to find a teacher for him."

"But the teacher my mother found for him didn't want to teach the Huns. He only wanted to teach my brother."

"I wanted to go to the Imperial College to ask, but they didn't dare to approach me."

Sima Yan scratched his head and said awkwardly, "So I had no choice but to come to you. I can't refuse to do what my mother arranged for me."

Cao Mao suddenly realized.

At the beginning, Cao Mao asked Guo Ping, Cao Qi and others to study classics with Wang Su, but these two guys did not do their job. Guo Ping was sent to Chen Qian, while Cao Qi was sent directly to the Imperial Academy for further studies.

Only Liu Yuan was left to continue following Wang Su.

Speaking of Liu Yuan, Cao Mao couldn't help but ponder again.

The Huns wanted to restore the Han Dynasty for the fourth time...Cao Mao was not afraid of him. He even dared to use a traitor like Shu Jineng. What was there to be afraid of Liu Yuan, who was less than ten years old?

Moreover, Liu Yuan's branch was originally highly sinicized, perhaps even more so than the anthropomorphic ones in the Western Jin Dynasty.

Wasn’t Cao Mao’s idea of education to make all the Huns become like Liu Yuan?
It can even serve as a model or even a representative for future education.
He pondered for a long time before saying, "I've seen this kid. He's quite talented, a true gem. If I let an ordinary person teach him, I'm afraid it would be a waste of his talent. How about this: you send him to Zhong Hui and let him teach him!"

"what???"

Sima Yan looked at Cao Mao in astonishment.

"Mr. Zhong? Can Mr. Zhong accept him?"

"He looks good, why not take him in?"

"He is a Hun."

"All those under my rule are from Wei, so how can there be a distinction between them and the Xiongnu?"

Sima Yan still felt it was unreliable, so he asked, "How about asking Lord Da Zhong to teach us?"

"No, the younger one has to come. The younger one is the omnipotent one."

Cao Mao motioned Sima Yan to come closer to him and began to give him instructions in a low voice. Sima Yan listened to his story and felt that it was less and less reliable. However, looking at his friend's resolute look, Sima Yan could only take a deep breath.

"Okay, then I'll try. I hope I won't be kicked out by Mr. Zhong."

The next day, Sima Yan and Liu Yuan appeared in front of Zhong Hui's mansion.

Zhong Hui was very interested and asked someone to bring them into the study.

Sima Yan then bowed to him. Zhong Hui was very curious about their purpose of coming. You know, few people dared to come here.

"Mr. Zhong, this boy is called Liu Yuan. He is the son of the former commander of the Xiongnu Left Army. He originally studied under my maternal grandfather. I have brought him here today because I want you to accept him as your disciple."

Hearing Sima Yan's words, Zhong Hui suddenly laughed.

He sat in the upper seat very rudely, glanced at Liu Yuan with disdain, and then said, "How can I have the time to teach the young people? Go back! Go back!"

He was a little disappointed. He had thought Sima Yan was looking for him for something important, but he didn't expect that he was actually asking him to take in a disciple. He didn't even bother to have a child, so how could he teach a child? This was simply nonsense!
Sima Yan was equally disappointed. He murmured, "My great-grandfather valued him very much. Before he passed away, he told us that Liu Yuan was studying the classics with him. Now that he is gone, there is no one else in the world who can teach him except you. That is why I brought him to you."

Zhong Hui seemed to have heard some key words, and the corner of his eye twitched.

"Did the prince really say that?"

"Otherwise, how could I dare to bother you? My grandfather believes that only he and you are responsible for the study of the classics in the world; the rest are not worthy of being called masters."

Zhong Hui's hand gently tapped the wooden table in front of him. If someone else praised him like this, Zhong Hui would not care. But since Wang Su, a master of Confucian classics, said so, Zhong Hui was very pleased.

Moreover, regardless of whether Wang Su said such words before his death, since Sima Yan said it today, it means Wang Su said it.

The classics had always been a source of worry for Zhong Hui. In fact, although Zhong Hui's knowledge of the classics was strong, it was limited. Even Xun Yu looked down on his knowledge of the classics.
He looked at Liu Yuan suddenly and said, "I'm very busy and have very high expectations of others. Can you tolerate it?"

The young Liu Yuan quickly saluted, "Disciple can endure it!!"

Sima Yan didn't expect that it would really work according to the emperor's words. However, is this teacher really reliable?
Such a good young man, he won’t be taught the same way as him, right?

(End of this chapter)