Yuan Tan, who was originally aggressive and prepared to fight Yuan Shang to the death, suddenly calmed down. Instead of attacking Yuan Shang, he began to garrison troops in Leling, Gaotang, Xipingchang and other places to guard against Cao Cao. However, Yuan Shang's troops were transferred to Muye and Puyang areas.

He looked very defensive.

"No, the pressure is too tight!" After learning about this in Luoyang City, Chen Mo patted his head, looked at everyone, and said helplessly: "Yuan Tan is brave but not wise, but the third son Yuan Shao has some skills, I

The mobilization of troops and horses in Hanoi was too frequent, so that Yuan Shang did not dare to fight Yuan Tan with all his strength. It was my fault, and the tired Gongda Qingzhou and his party came to nothing."

After saying that, he also solemnly apologized to Xun You.

"My lord, please don't do this." Xun You stood up quickly and said: "Yuan Shang inherited Yuan Shao's position, and he was surrounded by advisers such as Yu, Tian Feng, Ju Shou, and Shen Ping. They were all famous people in Hebei according to the times, and they had far-reaching wisdom. Xu You, Xun Chen's plan,

You are not inferior to us, I am afraid that someone persuaded Yuan Tan, how can you blame the lord?"

After all, they are blood brothers, and it is not difficult to understand why they were persuaded to join forces after breaking their bones and connecting their tendons.

"Lord." Xu Shu smiled and said: "The Yuan brothers are temporarily joining forces due to pressure from our army and Cao's army, but from my perspective, Yuan Tan now holds the plains in his hands, but he may not be satisfied with the Bohai Sea. It is better to retreat temporarily.

Be more relaxed. Without the oppression of our army, these two brothers will probably turn against each other over time."

A large number of troops were gathered in Hanoi, but after a long time, this man could no longer sustain himself even by eating horse chews. It was better to return the troops to other places and rest for the time being. He could also take the opportunity to recuperate and store more food and grass. When the brothers turned against each other in the future, it would not be too late to send out troops to shock them.

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Chen Mo nodded. This battle cannot be fought for the time being. If he continues to station troops in Hanoi, Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan will only become more wary of him. They immediately issued an order to order all the troops in Hanoi to temporarily withdraw their troops. At the same time, they wrote a letter of resignation to Yuan Tan to express their feelings.

After all, the alliance was formed and the troops were dispatched. In the end, you told me not to fight?

Let the other person feel a little guilty first, and then there will be room for relief when the time comes.

Jizhou, which was originally covered with war clouds, calmed down. As Chen Mo dispersed the heavy troops gathered in Hanoi, everyone in Jizhou breathed a sigh of relief. The sense of oppression brought by Chen Mo was still great. Although Cao Cao was strong, he had only beaten Yuan after all.

Tan has not yet completely won, but Chen Mo has actually defeated Yuan Shao's 100,000-strong army. If a war really breaks out, no one thinks that Yuan Shang can defeat Chen Mo on the battlefield.

Now that the brothers joined forces, Chen Mo finally gave up his plan to attack Jizhou.

After Chen Mo retreated like this, Cao Cao had no intention of crossing the river. He had to digest Qingzhou's territory, and in terms of food and grass, Cao Cao was even more lacking than Chen Mo.

Next, Yuan Shang began to consolidate his power. After Yuan Tan won Zhao and Bohai, he temporarily stopped thinking about competing with his younger brother and began to consolidate territory. In name, he was still loyal to the Yecheng court, but in fact he was

They became princes who ceded territory to the Yecheng court, and Jizhou was actually divided.

Luoyang, October.

The first snow of the year has finally fallen. Looking at the heavy snowfall, many people are relieved. In the past few years, the weather has been good and the harvests have been good year after year. However, in fact, life in the imperial court is still a bit tight, especially this year.

They haven't done anything. Stationing troops in Hanoi for half a year consumes a lot of food and grass. If there is no good harvest next year, life will be even more difficult.

Now that such a heavy snow has fallen, snowfall has begun to fall in various counties in Guanzhong. At least next year's harvest will not be too bad.

This year, the imperial court purchased grain from the people. Although the war did not break out in the end, the purchase of grain from the people did not stop. Chen Mo thought this was a good way. The people could sell their surplus grain to the court to buy some other daily necessities.

The imperial court can also have more food to feed its troops.

However, the implementation of this strategy is not so smooth. From July to now, nearly a hundred people have been found to be corrupt by the court, and among them, more than thirty people have been exterminated for more than one hundred stones.

Many of them were governors of various counties, which suddenly created a large number of vacancies under Chen Mo's rule.

Outstanding students recommended by academies from various places have arrived in Luoyang one after another. It has been eight years since Chang'an Academy was established. The first batch of students can already join the official ranks, and most of these students are the children of military generals. The joining of these people will have a great influence on the control of the army.

It is undoubtedly a disaster for the aristocratic family with absolute say. The emergence of this group of students also means that they have fewer chips to compete with Chen Mo.

After Cai Yong's death, all of Cai Yong's books were given to Chen Mo by Cai Yan. Chen Mo copied these books and distributed them to academies in various places. In addition, Chen Mo recruited celebrities from all over the country to teach through various methods.

Heng continued to work for the academy and constantly improved the academy system, so that Guanzhong now has a complete talent training mechanism.

Chen Mo's dependence on the wealthy families was naturally further reduced. He killed nearly a hundred county-level officials one after another, but the official administration in Guanzhong did not have any turmoil. Chen Mo quickly filled the vacancies in various places, which in turn further strengthened Chen Mo's control over the local areas.

This made many people feel threatened. Above the court, the criticism and rejection of various academies and Mi Heng became more and more serious, and there was a strong intention to abolish them.

However, Chen Mo has no interest in arguing with these people. Now that Mi Heng has been recalled to the court, he is in charge of the affairs of the academies in Guanzhong and Luoyang. Mi Heng has never been afraid of these criticisms and suppressions.

We argued hard in the court, and Mi Heng never let Chen Mo down in terms of rhetoric.

However, these people's criticism of the academy system is naturally not without purpose, or they are based on past concepts. They can really find some faults. For example, there is no clear standard for how academy students are promoted and how they can be considered as officials. It all depends on the academy.

The likes and dislikes of the dean, the divisions are not detailed, the distinction between academies and academies is blurred, etc.

These are indeed issues of the academy. Mi Heng debated with people in the palace during the day and was very happy to make them angry, but after he came back, he also thought about these issues seriously and made a conclusion.

"Minutes of the Three Studies?" On this day, Chen Mo was at home with his wife and daughter, but was pulled out by Mi Heng. He was a little helpless. He had no intention of doing anything today. Looking at the bamboo slips in his hand, Chen Mo raised his head, looked at Mi Heng and said with a smile:

"Is this book a new work by Zheng Ping?"

"My lord, this is what Heng summarized after visiting various academies in various places in the past few years. Although we have roughly divided the academies before, there is indeed some truth in what the ministers said. These three academic notes are summarized by Heng.

Please taste it, my lord." Mi Heng said with a smile.

Since what they said makes sense, why did you scold them until they vomited blood?

Chen Mo glanced at Mi Heng, didn't say much, and just started to read the minutes of the three studies.

The academy's classification has been roughly planned before, but the Three Academic Minutes are not just a simple plan. There is also a detailed internal classification, and there are also evaluation standards for disciples. The dean cannot have the final say.

In the end, the standards for becoming an official had to be jointly decided by the special government office and the academy, and they supervised each other. Mi Heng followed Chen Mo's system of purchasing grain for the court and made some deletions, which became the supervision system for the assessment of academy disciples.

No matter what the system is, as long as it is implemented by people, there will always be loopholes. However, Mi Heng's method ensures fairness to the academy students to the greatest extent. Mi Heng also proposed that the final selection of disciples to serve as officials should be checked by Chen Mo himself.

, to avoid people who are cheating, and as for the academy, an official examination will be conducted every year to provide talents for the court.

Excess talents will enter the Imperial College, where they can wait for vacancies and further their studies. The Imperial College will have celebrities from all over the world giving lectures from time to time, and they can also apply for travel, but the court needs to provide part of the money to support these students' travel.

"Okay! Very good!" Chen Mo looked at the minutes of the three studies and couldn't help but laugh: "Zhengping's move can be regarded as giving people in the world an opportunity to become an official. It will be beneficial to the future and will leave a name in history!"

"My lord, your compliments are too great to do your best." Mi Heng said this, but there was no hint of humility in his appearance.

"There will be rewards for meritorious service. Zhengping will be in charge of how to implement these three academic records. From today on, Zhengping can enter the Shangshu Mansion and be responsible for this matter." Chen Mo said with a smile.

The Shangshu Ling was Li Ru, who was specifically responsible for the employment of people in the imperial court. Mi Heng joined the Shangshu Mansion to be responsible for the talents in the academy, which could be regarded as completing the functions of the Shangshu Mansion.
Chapter completed!