The elite did not migrate south

What is the origin of Chapter 790?

"Song Yannian, Zheng Zifang, Wei Yishou, Shi Buchang."

Cao Wen was frowning and studying very seriously.

Cao Mao sat beside him, looking at him with a smile.

There are many enlightenment textbooks nowadays, from the "Sancang Pian" of the Qin and Han dynasties to the "Jijiupian", and now there are more than 30 textbooks used for enlightenment.

Cao Mao still prefers "Jijiupian" because its content is simple, starting from common names to objects, and finally talking about some small truths.

Cao Mao still remembered that there was a famous enlightenment article in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, but he didn't know who wrote it. However, today's enlightenment teaching materials are sufficient.

Cao Mao did not put too much pressure on his son and taught him to read patiently.

Cao Wen’s performance cannot be said to be too good, but it is not too bad either.

He was very serious when reciting, and it was obvious that he must have reviewed his lessons after returning to his mother.

Cao Mao still attached great importance to education, not only to his son's education, but also to the current education cause.

The education system of the Han Dynasty reached its peak during the Later Han Dynasty.

They all have Imperial College.

There are schools in the county.

There are schools in the county, road, and marquis states.

There is a school in the township.

Gather in order.

But during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, not to mention the village gatherings, even the county schools were just for show.

The reason why the education system has regressed so seriously is entirely because people’s lives are too hard. Only when they have enough food and clothing will people send their children to school.

You can't even get enough to eat, and you still want to go to school?
Not to mention tuition fees, even the most basic living expenses are not enough.

Only when the quality of life of the people is improved can education be popularized.

In this era when even the lives of the poor are not guaranteed, only those from wealthy families can enjoy the luxurious treatment of studying.

While giving his son an enlightenment education, Cao Mao was also thinking about how to advance the education cause in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

Cao Mao did not seek to reach an unprecedented level, but at least he wanted to reach the level of the Later Han Dynasty!

The times are progressing and the wheel of history is rolling forward. How can the great China get worse and worse?

After finishing today's teaching, Cao Wen stood up and thanked Cao Mao with the etiquette he would show his teacher.

Cao Mao burst into laughter.

"Who taught you this?"

"It's mother."

"Not bad, not bad, you finally look like a prince. Now go back and continue reading! There will be a random check tomorrow!"

"only!!"

Cao Wen skipped away. Looking at Cao Wen's back, Cao Mao chuckled again.

"This brat"

Zhang Hua stood at the door all the time, smiling but saying nothing as he watched Cao Mao, who was becoming more and more like an old father.

After the prince left, Zhang Hua walked to Cao Mao and handed the memorial in his hand to him.

Cao Mao opened the memorial and glanced at it casually.

This is the result of a thorough investigation into the prefect of Qinghe.

Zhang Hua then spoke:
"Qinghe Governor Yu is indeed suspected of secretly helping the criminals."

"He released the main criminals by replacing them, and at the same time helped them convert their assets, allowing them to flee to other places with a large amount of money. He also attempted to help them falsify household registration."

Zhang Hua quickly added, "Although we have this evidence, Yu Zeng has made many contributions, and we haven't found any evidence that he accepted bribes from these people. He helped them almost without asking for anything in return. When our officials arrived, he immediately informed us of the entire situation."

"He said that Your Majesty's policies were too harsh and he dared not disobey them. He could only do it in private in this way. Even if Your Majesty wanted to punish him, he would have no complaints."

"Oh? This guy is quite moral?"

Cao Mao said this in a mocking tone.

From the Han Dynasty to the Wei and Jin Dynasties, social morality became worse and worse. Of course, it could be called an era of beasts. During the famous Southern and Northern Dynasties, people were even worse than beasts among beasts.

Looking around, social morality is appalling, so much so that even a certain Bodhisattva Xiao has to conduct moral education in the country every day, hoping to raise the country's moral standards.

Even today, social morality cannot be compared with that of the Later Han Dynasty. I don’t know if it is a problem of education, family background, or some oath, but upright and loyal ministers who were everywhere in the Later Han Dynasty are so rare in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

Zhang Hua frowned and explained, "Your Majesty, this person is extremely famous in Qinghe County and has been among the top in previous competitions many times."

The system in today's Wei Dynasty seems somewhat fragmented.

There is a strong sense of disconnection between many systems.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, wars broke out everywhere. Cao Wei was originally a local separatist warlord, so many of its policies had a very obvious military style. Many of its cruel policies could not be described as socialism.

Take, for example, the large-scale military farming system controlled by the imperial court. The Cao Wei land system is considered by many to be a model for the later Northern Wei equal-field system, where farmland was forcibly reclaimed from the state and redistributed to the people. Many policies, including military households and forced marriages, were heavily influenced by wartime practices. After Cao Pi ascended to power, he implemented numerous reforms to demonstrate his status as the heir to the Mandate of Heaven, rather than a shady warlord. The result was a multi-faceted coexistence of policies, creating a severe sense of division.

The competitions being carried out at the local level nowadays, between counties and prefectures, seem to have a strong wartime style.

This did not emerge out of thin air because of Cao Mao. In the history of the Western Jin Dynasty, there really were such competitions and assessments. The history books recorded the deeds of several county governors who won first place in the political performance competitions.

County governors held military power, often competing against each other, and would directly send generals to battle. This was a strong Qin and Han dynasty style, but these people loved holding fans, exposing their chests, and shaking their heads after taking a shower!
These two completely different styles can exist separately, but when they exist at the same time, the painting style becomes particularly weird.

Cao Mao still prefers a purer painting style.

Looking at the hesitant Zhang Hua, Cao Mao didn't say much.

Zhang Hua is still too young.

Not to mention that the current topic is not about good and bad people, but about a newly born distorted class persecuting the lower classes. Even that prefect, is he really as moral as he claims, and is he dedicated to the public?

When it comes to oppression, Cao Mao would never deny that he was the biggest oppressor, the feudal monarch.

But the system must be connected with the current productivity and times. The feudal monarchy is backward, but it is more advanced than the chief of the tribal alliance. It can maintain the stability and unity of the world and ensure that the people can survive.

But as for the great families, in Cao Mao's opinion, these people were definitely the stupidest and worst of all the oppressors! !

Just look at the later Northern Wei Dynasty. Emperor Xiaowen's reforms wanted to replace the previous ethnic conflicts with the class conflicts between the rich and the poor. He wanted to sinicize the country, but in the end he succeeded in sinicizing it.
The Xianbei royal family, who had transformed themselves into a powerful family, were even worse than the old Xianbei nobles! Although they were not good people either!

The reason why Cao Mao was so eager to act now was because he had just completed the unification and had great power in his hands.

If we don't take action now, it will not be easy to accomplish such a thing in the future.

Taking advantage of the fact that the generals and soldiers of the two countries that had just been destroyed were standing on his side unconditionally, Cao Mao quickly killed all of them. Even if any problems arose in the future, Cao Mao would endure it.

"Bring him here and let the Ministry of Justice interrogate him."

Cao Mao gave the order.

Zhang Hua nodded in agreement.

After Zhang Hua left, Cao Mao continued to read the memorial.

The aristocratic families and the Five Barbarians.

The two powerful enemies of Wei and Jin.

Compared with the aristocratic families, the Five Barbarians today are really not that impressive.

Guo Ze made another memorial, talking about the resettlement of the various Hu peoples in Yongliang.

Because the Great Wei had its own national policy, this matter went quite smoothly.

The original purpose of establishing military farms was to settle captured people from hostile forces. For example, Deng Ai was captured by Cao's army in his early years and then thrown into his own military farm to work.

Cao Mao only made some changes to the military farming system. He used the large amount of public land in the temple to settle these Qiang and Hu people to farm. If they were willing to farm, they would change their surnames and customs. If they were unwilling to farm, they would be used as fertilizer.

Cao Mao almost copied Emperor Xiaowen's reforms, except for the surname Wang.

He didn't want to create a lot of foreign clans.

In history, the Hanization group of the Northern Wei Dynasty imitated the Han people's prominent surnames, changing the Tuoba surname to Yuan, which was the first-class clan, and then went on to create the Xianbei version of the prominent clan.

But with Cao Mao, everyone is equal.

Even the matter of changing one's surname is far from as simple as everyone thinks.

Cao Mao immediately sent someone to summon capable ministers.

Several heavyweight cavalrymen appeared beside Cao Mao at this moment.

Among them were Ruan Ji and others, most of whom were scholars.

The imperial guards around Cao Mao included many types. Some of the eunuchs were good at military affairs, some were good at internal affairs, and some were good at learning.

This time, Cao Mao obviously wanted to discuss academic issues with everyone.

When everyone arrived.

Cao Mao just spoke, "Over the years, the Qiang and Hu peoples of Yongliang and other places have been resettled. Officials have asked about Yi Feng, and the most important thing is his surname."

Cao Mao cleared his throat. "I've heard that all the Hu peoples in the world today were of Chinese descent before leaving the Central Plains. Is this true?"

After hearing this, several scholars almost stood up and cursed.

What the hell was that idiot who told the emperor this? We are the orthodox lineage. How dare the barbarians claim to be the orthodox remnants?
Sima Yan, who was Ren Lang, laughed and cleared his throat.

Cao Mao looked at them one by one. At this moment, Ruan Ji, who had always been low-key, seemed to understand something and said:
"Your Majesty is right, it is indeed so."

"I have heard that the Xiongnu are descendants of the Xia Dynasty and are undoubtedly of Chinese blood."

After hearing this, several scholars who wanted to refute it stopped talking, and Sima Yan looked at him in surprise and doubt.

After all, Ruan Ji was not talking nonsense. This information comes from the Records of the Grand Historian, "The Xiongnu were descendants of the Xia Dynasty, and their ancestors were called Chunwei."

Cao Mao immediately acted as if he had suddenly understood something.

"I see! Shouldn't they be allowed to restore their ancestral surnames and know their origins?"

(End of this chapter)