Six hundred and fifty-one do not read the classics, but read "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic"
Guo Peng, who has mastered enough population and army, actually does not need too many scholars to be an emperor.
He is already qualified.
Even if he becomes the emperor tomorrow, he can still hold the throne firmly, but he has more plans, so he has to make more preparations.
The powerful and powerful gentry forces outside can be destroyed with the help of war, but the only internal ones can be destroyed with political purges.
The population that can participate in political discussions, that is, the population that can read Chinese literacy accounts for about one percent of the total population, 400,000 or 500,000.
Among these hundreds of thousands of literate people, only 100,000 or 40,000 people can truly participate in the upper-level political game.
But just these tens of thousands of people were placed before, and the land, divisions and resources they had were enough to fight against the central government or even overthrow the central government.
After nearly twenty years of war, they have destroyed a large part of their foundation by the war and lost their control over land resources and population. What they have lost has basically fallen into the hands of Mr. Guo.
Whoever controls population resources and land will be strong.
Now there may be many people who have not had time to change their thinking and have not had time to realize the situation of a small government for more than two hundred years, a terrible big government is emerging.
Since the late Western Han Dynasty, the free and scattered social sentiment brought about by the small government situation of more than two hundred years has greatly given rise to the superiority of the scholar class.
They had not had time to realize that they were losing this foundation of superiority, because Guo Peng was still holding them, just like he was holding Yuan Shu at the time.
Soon, Guo Peng will let them realize this.
After the news that the candidate for the new emperor was circulated in the officialdom, it also spread to the people and the ears of scholars and common people.
Of course, the common people did not have much discussion. The common people, who occupied the vast majority of the population, couldn't even recognize the words. Of course, there was no need to mention the discussion. They just joined in the fun and knew that the new emperor was coming out.
Compared to who the new emperor was, they were more concerned about the court’s preferential policies for agriculture, and they did not care about politics, nor could they care about politics.
These people account for 99% of the Han population.
The so-called public opinion is only qualified to be carried out among 400,000 people. In modern times, 400,000 people are the population of a small county town.
Public opinion at a small county level.
For Mr. Guo now, even if this kind of public opinion explodes, it is said to be hotly discussed all over the world, but the popularity is only hundreds of thousands of people, which is actually not as terrible as imagined.
The savages and scholars who occupy a very small part of the population have maintained high attention and participated in the discussion enthusiastically, and are very concerned about this matter.
But after all, this group of people has no decision-making power. They are part of the literate population who cannot participate in the upper political game.
For example, Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, Meng Jian and Shi Tao.
They care, they talk, they discuss, but they can't change anything.
Compared with those scholars who were included in the ruling group by Guo Peng, they may be more aware of their downfall after losing their hometown resources and relationship network, and more clearly realize the significance of official positions and power to a scholar.
Especially for a ruler who does not lack the effectiveness of scholars, they are actually worthless.
Guo Peng is giving them a chance, giving them a chance.
So when Xu Shu, Meng Jian and Shi Tao were actively discussing this matter, Zhuge Liang was not very concerned about it. He was still studying with peace of mind and preparing for the exam.
Xu Shu asked Zhuge Liang why he didn't participate in the discussion and said that this was a national event. As a result, Zhuge Liang made Xu Shu clearly criticized him with just one sentence.
"We're going to talk about what to do here, can Mr. Wei hear it?"
Xu Shu and the other three looked at each other, looking at me, and I looked at you, and I felt a little speechless.
"Whether Duke Wei has the final say in the world, or should we have the final say? If we don't have the final say, we should not say much, but should improve our knowledge and gain the level of advancement.
Now Mr. Wei has given us the opportunity to take the exam, which is to give us the opportunity to be an official. If we don’t seize it, we will be honest and talkative, what is the significance of the country and us individually?”
Zhuge Liang persuaded the three of them with great sincerity.
So the three of them suddenly realized their innocence, so they kept silent about national affairs that they could not reach, read with peace of mind, and prepared for the exam.
Later, Xu Shu saw that Zhuge Liang was not reading Confucian classics, but was reading a book called "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", which surprised him a little.
"Kong Ming, you don't read classics, but you read "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic". Why is that?"
"Mr. Wei likes arithmetic, don't you know?"
Zhuge Liang waved his math book in his hand and said, "There are a large number of calculating officials under Duke Wei, and more than once people promote the importance of arithmetic. The calculating coach Wang Can was highly appreciated by Duke Wei, made great contributions, and was even granted the title of marquis. Do you think there will be no arithmetic problem in Duke Wei's policy test?"
Xu Shu and the other three suddenly realized and immediately borrowed other parts of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" from Zhuge Liang to read it, so as to sharpen the gun at the end of the battle.
Soon, it was mid-September, and the new young emperor Liu Jian had been invited to Yecheng by Guo Peng with grand specifications.
He would live in Yecheng for a while, and go to Luoyang at the end of December, and ascend the throne and become emperor in the newly built palace in Luoyang.
The little emperor had officially lit up in front of the ministers and workers in Yecheng several times, standing high above the platform. Of course, at this time, he was still the king's title, not the emperor, but just met everyone as a preparatory emperor.
There was no one else around him, and all the servants were equipped by Guo Peng, so he looked at everyone with a timid look, and used mechanical words to make everyone kneel down, get up, and then flash.
Guo Peng was very satisfied with him, and his loyal people were also quite satisfied with the emperor.
With this emperor, Guo Peng can do a lot of things, which can be justified. Of course, the three forces in the south may not listen, but it doesn’t matter. Just listen in the area you control.
There is someone else who can "show" Guo Peng.
This is not important. What is important is that Guo Peng needs to go to the top of his ministers in the name of the little emperor, further challenge the nerves of the world, and lay a solid foundation for his ascension to the throne and become emperor.
This time, it is the final preparation.
Of course, all this is unknown now, and no one knows what Guo Peng will do after the little emperor ascended the throne. Some people have guessed it, but it is obvious that most people have not guessed it.
Even if things come to an end, they are just passively following it.
Chapter completed!