In April of the fourth year of the Jianxing reign of the Han Dynasty, Li Yan, the governor of Yong'an, the protector of the middle, and the Marquis of Duxiang, were promoted to former generals. At the same time, they moved from Yong'an in Badong County to Jiangzhou, the seat of Ba County.

Chen Dao, Li Yan's former deputy general, took over Yong'an's defense and was still under Li Yan's command.

In the same month, Li Yan returned to Jincheng to express his gratitude to the saint.

At the same time, Feng Yong, the chief minister of Yuejun, wrote three letters to Jincheng, one to his concubine Amei who stayed at his house, one to Zhang Xingyi in Hanzhong through Jincheng, and the last one to Jincheng. It's for the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty.

After Zhuge Liang received a letter from Feng Yong, the chief minister of Yuejun, he thought about it for a long time, and then summoned Xiang Lang, the chief minister of the Prime Minister's Office, Jiang Wan, Yang Yi, Zhang Yi and others to join the army. He also specially invited former general Li Yan.

Feng Yong's letter talks about Yuejun's governance ideas, focusing on the embarrassing situation caused by the uneven distribution of Yi and Han in Yuejun.

In this regard, it is recommended that the Yi people be vigorously educated.

This is nothing at all. Parents and officials, aren't they just educating the people and encouraging them to teach and cultivate trees?

But the key point is that the enlightenment proposed by Feng Yong uses the newly compiled classics compiled by the imperial court as part of the teaching materials for enlightenment.

So this involves a sensitive issue: the right to interpret knowledge.

The emergence of Nanxiang paper gave the imperial court an opportunity to compete with aristocratic families for the right to interpret knowledge.

But just re-editing the classics and annotating the classics is only the first step.

The most important step is to promote the officially annotated classics.

This is the most critical and difficult step.

Places like Nanxiang, which Feng Yong built by himself, could at most teach people the most basic literacy and arithmetic that were not valued by the world. Before the official annotated classics of the imperial court came out, they did not dare to touch these fields at all. ——Of course, there is no need for this at the moment.

In this way, it is still criticized as a place where demons dance wildly.

As for a place like Shuzhong, where aristocratic families monopolize educational rights and knowledge interpretation rights, it would be extremely difficult for the imperial court to promote its own official classic standards.

After all, the centuries-old romance of the aristocratic family is not in vain. A simple sentence of "this sentence has been interpreted this way since ancient times" is enough to make the world feel that the aristocratic family's explanation is more authoritative and correct.

Therefore, it is a long and difficult process to fight for the right to interpret knowledge from aristocratic families.

Feng Yong's suggestion allowed the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty to see another way.

The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty did not understand the saying that the countryside surrounded the city.

But he knew that places where Han and Yi people lived together were also places where aristocratic families were weak. What if official classics were promoted in these places? Would it be effective?

The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty thought about it for a long time and was not sure, so he called everyone over to discuss it.

"Prime Minister, during the reign of Emperor Guangwu, the Southern Xiongnu invaded the territory and divided their tribes into the border counties to help the Han Dynasty guard the border. This way the Han Dynasty had peace on the border. This is a long-term policy."

"The Prime Minister pacified Nanzhong, but he did not set up Han officials or station Han troops in the counties of Nanzhong. The Yi people still governed themselves. Not only did the imperial court not waste money and food, but it also benefited from copper-lacquered cattle and horses. This is also a good policy."

"Therefore, Yan believes that Feng Changshi's words are really unnecessary. If the Yue Junyi people are willing to submit, they can be taught how to farm mulberry trees. If they are not used to farming mulberry trees, they can still be ordered to defend their own land and obey the rules. Old custom."

"If we are too oppressive, we are afraid that there will be another rebellion. Jiao Huang and Gong Lu are the examples."

Li Yan is one year older than Zhuge Liang, but because he eats and drinks well, he looks younger than Zhuge Liang.

At this time, he was sitting in the host and guest position and spoke slowly.

Li Yan's meaning is very clear, that is, to be gentle, and just want the barbarians not to be in chaos.

As for education and so on, don't force it.

The talented Emperor Guangwu not only allowed the Southern Huns to move south, but even specially designated a place for them to live together.

Prime Minister, after you pacified Nanzhong, didn't you still let the wealthy families and barbarian kings of Nanzhong rule their old tribes?

But Feng Langjun went too far.

Enlightenment? Is enlightenment that simple? What if it triggers rebellion?

If this was said two years ago, it would be true.

But today is different from the past. The imperial court has money and food in its hands, and can even quietly and covertly touch the sensitive points of aristocratic families through Maobu and bills issued by the Nanxiang Reserve Bureau.

I don’t need to beg you now. You even have to beg me in turn. Why can’t I have what you have in your hand?

That's probably what it means.

Li Yan may have been away from the center of power for too long, or it may be that the big man has changed too quickly in the past few years, or it may be that due to some unspeakable reasons, it is unnecessary for Feng Langjun to express his stance directly.

When the Han Prime Minister heard this, he frowned slightly, and then immediately relaxed his brows. The movement was so slight that only one person noticed it, and that was Yang Yi.

Only Yang Yi could be heard saying, "What Li Junhou said makes sense, but Yi has one thing to say."

Li Yan didn't even look at Yang Yi.

He is aloof and arrogant by nature, and his current status is only lower than that of Zhuge Liang. Yang Yi is just joining the army. The two are not on the same level, so there is no need for him to pay attention to him.

Yang Yi was not big-hearted, so when she saw Li Yan's appearance, she suddenly felt resentful in her heart.

He originally wanted to be more authoritative, but now he said loudly and without hesitation, "Confucius deleted poems and books, wrote the Spring and Autumn Period, wrote the Yi Zhuan, and taught the classics. Why? Isn't it because he wanted to rebuild the Zhou rites?"

"Why do you want to rebuild the Zhou rites? It is precisely because the rites of the Spring and Autumn Period collapsed and almost became a barbarian land. Rituals are the fundamental difference between Han and barbarians!"

"If a Han enters a barbarian land, speaks barbarian language, and performs barbarian rituals, how can he be considered a Han? Today, the world has been in chaos for decades. How many Han people have fled to barbarian lands to escape the troubled times and become barbarians?"

"On the other hand, if a foreigner enters Han territory, learns Chinese language, and practices Han rituals, how can he be considered a foreigner?"

"Feng Junhou accepted the Yi people from Yue and wanted to change their customs and teach them Han rituals. This is a great achievement of education and should be vigorously promoted. How can it be said that it is unnecessary?"

As soon as these words came out, even the good old man Xiang Lang looked at Yang Yi in surprise, this guy is really bold!

"Is Feng Junhou comparable to Emperor Guangwu? Or comparable to the Prime Minister?"

Li Yan sneered.

This question is truly heartbreaking.

Yang Yi's face suddenly turned red and her teeth chattered.

This Li Yan is basically trying to trick him into death!

If he answered yes, he would not only have offended the prime minister on the spot.

Even Feng Yong, who was far away in Yuejun, would probably jump after learning what happened today. He wished he could rush back to Jincheng and strangle him to death!

More powerful than Emperor Guangwu? Why don't you rise to 90,000 miles?

But if the answer is no, then Emperor Guangwu and the Prime Minister are both gentle and gentle, so Feng Yongyong follows the old rules, isn't he just being smart?

Zhuge Liang coughed and finally interjected, "Gong Yan, what do you think?"

It was Jiang Wan who asked.

The relationship between Jiang Wan and Yang Yi was not good, but not bad either. Moreover, they both joined the army in the Prime Minister's Office. At this time, they were a little worried when they saw him having sex with Li Yan.

When he heard the Prime Minister's question, he quickly said, "Returning to the Prime Minister, Wan thinks that what Li Junhou said makes sense..."

Li Yan smiled with satisfaction, while Yang Yi glared angrily.

"However, Feng Langjun is a member of the mountain sect, and he often does amazing things. Well, if he can really educate the barbarians to learn Chinese and learn Han rituals as Yang Canjun said, then Yuejun County will become the second Zhuge Liang. Tijun?"

Confucianism flourished in Zhuti County, and people with big surnames took pride in studying Han books and practicing Chinese. During the Nanzhong rebellion, all the barbarian kings in Zhuti were unmoved, precisely because people's hearts turned toward the Han Dynasty.

Li Yan and Yang Yi did not expect that there would be a twist in Jiang Wan's words, so their expressions immediately changed.

When it comes to knowing Zhuge Liang's thoughts, apart from Ma Su who went to Hanzhong to be the prefect, the next one must be Jiang Wan.

Among other things, Jiang Wan was one of the few people who knew about Li Yan's advice to Prime Minister Jiuxi to become king.

At that time, the Prime Minister was extremely angry. From then on, Li Yan was no longer favored by the Prime Minister because of his selfish motives.

Now that he is promoted to the position of former general, it seems to be a high promotion, but transferring him from Yong'an to Jiangzhou is not a simple move.

Yong'an is the place where Li Yan accepted his death, and it is also the place where the late emperor personally handed over his elite soldiers to him, which is of extraordinary significance.

But Jiangzhou is different.

When the late emperor invaded Soochow, General Zhao was in charge of Jiangzhou.

The subtleties of this are beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

In other words, the Prime Minister is now wary of Li Yan.

After listening to Jiang Wan's words, the Han Prime Minister lowered his eyes to prevent others from seeing the cold light flashing in his eyes.

At the same time, I am also a little disappointed with Li Yan. Zhengfang, Zhengfang, I thought that you were just a little too selfish and could still tolerate each other for the sake of the country. I didn't expect that you have reached the point where you are so careless about official business.

If the imperial court is short of money and food, or is unable to travel south, letting the barbarians remain in their own land and follow their old customs is a way to temporarily maintain peace.

But why is the imperial court now able to conduct a large-scale investigation of the landowners and people? You really don’t know why?

Since you dare to take action against the population and land, the lifeblood of the aristocratic family, why should you be afraid of taking action against the other lifeblood?

As the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang was very aware of the current situation in Nanzhong, and he even deliberately indulged in this situation.

Now that Nanzhong is preparing to open a large estate, where will the required labor come from?

We can’t drive the Han people to Nanzhong, right?

Who is willing to go? Who is willing to go from the prosperous Shu land to the legendary plague-ridden land?

So naturally it is most convenient to find the local Yi people.

As long as the Yi people did not learn Chinese, did not observe Han rituals, and were not under the direct management of the government, they would still be a potential source of labor.
To be continued...