Chapter 1198: Chinese Style and Harassment

Chapter 1198: Chinese Style and Harassment

Chapter 1198: Chinese Style and Harassment

Shao Xun left Jinyang at the end of October.

Before setting off, he spent most of his time visiting various counties in Taiyuan, not only the families of the government soldiers, but also ordinary households and the Loufan Supervisor, who gradually became the third largest pastoral supervisor in the Daliang Dynasty.

There are currently more than 20,000 military horses in this prison, as well as several thousand cattle and over 100,000 sheep.

If the main task of Guangcheng Garden is to breed military horses, draft horses and oxen, and Zuoguo Garden mainly breeds draft horses and draft horses, Loufan Garden is now increasingly inclined to study sheep.

There are three main technical requirements: 1. Produce more hair; 2. Long hair; 3. Fine and soft hair.

While breeding your own sheep (which requires luck), you can also try every possible means to introduce foreign sheep breeds.

Sometimes a small sheep can affect the destiny of a country.

The Ottoman Turkish Sultan sent a batch of sheep to Spain, but he did not expect that one of the ewes was pregnant and eventually gave birth to lambs in Spain, resulting in the outflow of the goat breed that the Ottoman Empire was proud of.

In the 18th century, Spain imposed the death penalty on anyone who exported Merino sheep abroad.

High-quality genetic resources are so precious.

After doing this, Shao Xun instructed that the severely deficit Jinyang Warehouse and Yangchang Warehouse (located in the mountains northwest of Jinyang) be slowly filled up in the 7th and 8th years of Kaiping. After leaving King Han in Jinyang, he went south to Shangdang and Henan and returned to Luoyang under the protection of the Ten Battalions of New Army, the Heilang Central Camp, the Yicong Army, the Youzhou Tuqi Commander, and his personal army.

In mid-November, after stopping and walking a lot, we arrived at Gaodu County.

After returning to his own territory, Liu Runzhong slaughtered pigs and sheep and paid for it out of his own pocket to treat more than 30,000 soldiers to wine and meat.

Shao Xun was not interested in this. He just took his sons around the countryside to understand the people's sentiments.

There was no special preparation. I just said whatever I saw and then elaborated on it to explain to my sons the underlying meaning. Sometimes I would also test their ability to draw inferences about other situations and deepen their impression.

Liu Runzhong's third son, Liu Quan, the governor of Shangdang, his fourth son, Liu Hui, the magistrate of Gaodu, and Liu Xiao, who was in charge of cheese trading in Gaodu, came together to make themselves familiar with each other.

"When I went there in the past, the willows were swaying. Now when I come back, it is raining and snowing..." Beside the post road, a dozen children followed a young man who was not much older than them, reciting ancient poems in unison.

Shao Xun reached out to stop the others from whispering, and called Gaodu Ling Liu Hui to ask, "Who is this person?"

Liu Hui took a look and said, "Gaodu County Doctor Ji Yu, a native of Liangzhou, is only fifteen years old. This year he passed the test of proficiency in the two classics and was appointed as the county doctor."

Shao Xun was shocked when he heard it.

According to some calculations, Ji Yu entered the Imperial College at the age of eleven, became a student of the Imperial College after he mastered one classic at the age of thirteen, and became an official after he mastered two classics at the age of fifteen. What a child prodigy!

Liu Hui glanced at Shao Xun and said, "Former Liangzhou Governor Zhang Jun has a daughter who is twelve years old. I heard that she has been engaged to Ji Yu since she was a child."

"Oh, Zhang Jun's son-in-law." Shao Xun smiled and said, "Not bad."

"The ones following Doctor Ji are the county students." Liu Hui introduced, "Most of them are the children of nobles from various tribes. It is not a good idea for them to ride horses and hunt in the countryside all the time. Last time, the court sent elementary education books and rhyme books to various counties, and my father wrote back, ordering the nobles from Shangdang, Kelan, and Xinxing to select the children of the direct lineage to study in the county and county schools."

"Liu Qing is indeed loyal to his country." Shao Xun praised: "But the Mao Shi is not a primer, right?"

"These people can already read to some extent, so we teach them other things while teaching them the first books. Dr. Ji said that taking the children out for a walk and looking around will help them learn the Mao Shi more effectively."

This is the educational method of the aristocratic families.

There are so many animals, plants, mountains, and rivers in the Book of Songs, which is very suitable for combining education with entertainment, allowing children to learn about it in person and deepen their understanding.

But there are not many people who can teach "Mao Shi", and taking the children out for a trip is even more difficult.

Therefore, Gaodu County School only had a dozen students, most of whom were children of powerful people and nobles of the tribe. Perhaps they had to sponsor a lot of money and food so that the school could be better maintained.

Education has always been a very resource-consuming endeavor.

"In addition to official schools, what about private schools?" Shao Xun retracted his gaze and asked.

"Shangdang is still a poor place after all, and private schools are not popular. Only a few famous people have opened schools to teach students." Liu Hui replied: "The children of various tribes are not very willing to go to official or private schools to study, but they enjoy riding horses and hunting."

"How many students are there in the county school?" Shao Xun asked again.

"Only three or five people."

"Not enough." Shao Xun said, "How can they understand the truth without reading? If they don't understand the truth, it will be difficult for me to make them officials. Relying solely on military merit to enter the government is still a narrow path. Moreover, if they don't have much knowledge, they can't be promoted even if they have military merit. Isn't it a pity?"

"Your Majesty is right." Liu Hui said.

It is a beautiful vision to become a general or a prime minister, but if you have no education, even if you have a lot of military achievements, can you become a prime minister? It is difficult to become a prefect or a county magistrate!
Shao Xun continued to walk forward and soon came close to the students.

"Greetings, Your Majesty." Ji Yu and more than ten students saluted together.

"No need to be polite." Shao Xun said with a smile, then walked over, picked a child at random, and asked, "How old are you?"

"Ten years old." This man had a high nose and deep eyes, a typical Western Hu, but he wore Han hairstyle and wore the same clothes.

"How is studying?" Shao Xun asked.

The child was stunned for a moment and said, "It's fun."

Shao Xun laughed and said, "It's all right as long as it's fun. After finishing the county school, do you want to continue studying?"

"Yes." said the child.

"Why?"

"My father sent me a hundred sheep. If I don't study, I will be tied up and beaten when I go back." The child answered honestly.

Everyone laughed. Shao Xun couldn't help laughing, patted his head and said, "That's a good reason. Since the family has spent so much money, you really have to study hard. It won't be a problem to study for more than ten years. I just hope that there will be more and more scholars in the world, preferably hundreds of thousands."

There are too many books for people to digest.

Too few is not good either, because the base of the group is too small to select the best. Only when the base is increased can we get higher quality talents.

The gradual increase in papermaking and woodblock printing production capacity is subtly changing the world - technology and production capacity are indispensable, and technology alone without production capacity cannot change this society.

Shao Xun called Ji Yu, a doctor from Gaodu County, to come closer and asked in a friendly manner, "Did you just come to Gaodu County this year?"

"I came in March." Ji Yu bowed and said.

"It's been eight months, how do you feel?" Shao Xun asked.

"I believe that running a school is a great thing that benefits the country and the people."

"What's so good about it?"

"For example, in Shangdang, there are many Jie, Wuhuan, and Xiongnu. The people are rough and violent. The ones I teach are all the sons of nobles from various tribes. They will return to their tribes to take power in the future. If we teach them well, their violence will be reduced. This is a gradual process, and eventually all tribes will be immersed in Chinese culture."

"You are right to talk about it from the perspective of changing customs." Shao Xun said, "What are customs? Food, clothing, housing and transportation are customs, language, calligraphy, music theory, festivals are customs, and even the principles of how to behave in the world are customs. Teach them well and train the tribes in Chinese customs. This has been done little since the Han and Wei dynasties. Now that it is in my hands, I can't delay it any longer. I will remember you."

"I obey your command." Ji Yu bowed again and responded.

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In late winter, Shao Xun left Shangdang, crossed Henei, and entered Luoyang via the Heyang Sancheng Floating Bridge.

Solid ice has already formed on the surface of the Yellow River, much thicker than in previous mornings, heralding a different and harsh winter.

On the 24th, the vanguard Hengchong Battalion arrived at the northern suburbs of Luoyang.

When thousands of shaved Xianbei soldiers arrived, it caused a sensation in Luoyang.

As a deliberate target to be won over, Shao Xun personally placed these ten battalions of people inside and outside Shao Garden and Pan Garden.

But who is Shao Ze? How can he let his men sit idle all the time? Eating for free is definitely not an option.

On the 25th, the Minister of War Zuo Cheng personally visited Pan Garden and distributed military supplies to the five battalions of Hengchong, Juesheng, Huangjia, Xuanjia and Shesheng stationed there.

"The bowl is made of elm wood and can hold three liters of rice. Each person gets one."

"The bran bag can be tied around the waist, and can hold four dou and five liters of grain. Each person can have one."

"A blanket and a horse blanket are used to protect people and horses from the cold in winter. Each person should have one."

"Knife, file, pliers, drill, medicine bag, flint bag, salt bag, whetstone, etc., one for each person."

"Rice steamer, one for every ten people."

"A grass cutter, a shovel, a pickaxe, a wood-cutting axe, a saw, a chisel, and a large and small ladle, one for every five people."

"There is one trough (for storing horse feed) for every ten people."

"..."

The clerks in the Ministry of War were shouting out their names, while the people of Luoyang who were temporarily conscripted were unloading their goods one by one.

These were all military supplies taken out from the Luoyang armory. I was afraid that the Hu people would not understand, so I explained them in detail.

The Hu people were indeed stunned, at least Pu Gu, the loyal minister, was very shocked.

Some of these things were familiar to them, and some had even been used. After all, the nobles of the tribe would provide them with equipment. After they surrendered to Emperor Liang, the Great Chanyu, they received some more, but they were definitely not as complete as what they received today.

Really surprised.

The Central Plains Army has a lot of miscellaneous items, and they are all useful. They are made into unified specifications and distributed according to different troops.

No wonder he is so good at fighting!

"Where is my loyal minister?" Wei Zhan asked loudly after the distribution was over.

An official from the Honglu Temple translated on the side.

"I... am here." Pugu Zhongchen stepped forward and said.

"There are five battalions stationed in Pan Garden, and you will be in charge of them temporarily. Train well and don't slack off. Wait for the order to go out." Wei Zhan said.

After listening to this, Pu Gu Zhongchen had no opinion and only asked: "Who to beat?"

Wei Zhan rubbed his hands, looked at the gradually falling snowflakes, and said, "It's snowing heavily in Jianye, what do you think? It would be a good thing to dispatch them a few times and make the thieves have a bad New Year."

Pu Gu Zhongchen was somewhat confused. Where was Jianye? He really didn't know.

But it doesn’t matter, just fight!

As it had been able to fight against Shao Chanyu for so many years, the army of this "Jianye State" must have been very strong.

Pugu Zhongchen was a little sad. He had seen the fighting power of the Yicong Army and Luoyan Army. He didn't know how many of them would be able to return after such a fierce battle.

But this is fate. According to the simple ideas of the grassland people, Shao Chanyu would not even frown even if he asked him to die.

Fortunately, it seems to be just "harassment"? If you can't defeat Jianye's infantry and cavalry head-on, just avoid their sharp edge and then go back and attack them by surprise.

(End of this chapter)