Liu Song Hanque

Chapter 308 The Emperor's Appeal

The Son of Heaven... is willing to give life to the family!

Wang Hong couldn't be more excited at this moment.

Regardless of how harsh the conditions are, at least it has left a buffer zone for the tense situation.

What pleased Wang Hong the most was that the emperor knew it well.

Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish.

It is also an irreversible gigantic project.

The foundation has actually been laid by Liu Yu.

What Liu Yizhen wanted to do was to build a beautiful big house, not to dig up the foundation and rebuild it. As long as the emperor has this bottom line, no matter how chaotic it is, there will be no chaos.

Wang Hong bowed and asked humbly: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, how to survive?"

Liu Yizhen asked, "Does the Shangshu know about Ma Rong?"

"nature."

Ma Rong, born in a noble family, is the grandson of Ma Yuan, a famous general in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

However, compared to his achievements in Confucian classics, his background is the least thing worth mentioning about him.

Ma Rong is knowledgeable, integrates theories of various schools, and annotates all kinds of classics, making the study of ancient Chinese classics reach a mature state.He was a great Confucianist at that time, and his disciples and former officials were all over the world.

Later Lu Zhi and Zheng Xuan were all disciples of Ma Rong.And Lu Zhi was the teacher of Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan. It can be said that Ma Rong's influence was extremely great in the era of the Eastern Han Dynasty when he still paid attention to Confucian classics.

Naturally, it is impossible for Wang Hong not to know about Ma Rong, and he even read the scriptures annotated by Ma Rong in Langya Wang's private treasury.

Seeing that the emperor suddenly mentioned Ma Rong, Wang Hong frowned.

Is the emperor going to turn back the wheel of history and restore Confucian classics?
Not too possible!

Today's Confucian classics have long since declined, and they are no longer used in officialdom, and the scholarly community has long been dominated by metaphysics.

A knowledge that can neither apply for an official nor entrust the ideal of life is doomed to be abandoned!

Seeing that Wang Hong didn't seem to understand his intention, Liu Yizhen asked again:
"Does Shangshu know Kong Rong?"

Kong Rong, the No.19 grandson of Kong Shengren, one of the "Seven Sons of Jian'an", an allusion of "Rang Li" quickly made him popular and became the best material for parents to educate their children.

"Why does the Kong family, which he was born in, survive for so long?"

This time Wang Hong understood a little bit!
When talking about aristocratic families, the most inescapable ones are actually not the Wang family of Langya or the Xie family of Chenjun.

The Confucius family in Qufu is the most special one!
Confucius, the most holy teacher!
His importance to scholars in the world need not be repeated.

Even if some stains were hammered, it was only because a few stains stood out on the holy white paper.

only……

Wang Hong had a stomachache.

Could it be that the emperor wants to create a saint?

If the current aristocratic family really has this kind of ability, how about being forced into a corner by the emperor to lick their wounds?
Liu Yizhen took out a map, which was the latest Liu Song territory map.

"Now the Great Song Dynasty reaches Youyan in the north, Jiaoguang in the south, Longdi in the west, and the sea in the east."

"Although there are still homelands such as Liaoxi, Liaodong, Hetao, Longyou, Hexi, and Western Regions that have not been recovered, the prosperity of the territory has not been seen in a century, and there are as many as 36 prefectures."

"I said before that I want to build an academy, Wang Shangshu, do you still remember?"

"remember."

As soon as this was mentioned, Wang Hong burst into tears...

wrong!

Wang Hong suddenly came to his senses and set his sights on the map again.

At this moment, Liu Yizhen tapped lightly on the map, as if he had the momentum to point out the country.

"I plan to set up government schools in the governing places of these 36 states, and do the work of enlightenment and build the foundation of the eternal world!"

Liu Yizhen stood up slowly, staring at Wang Hong who was getting excited: "Shangshu Wang should know what I mean!"

understood!

Got it all!
36 states, 36 universities! 36 cakes!

and also……

36 families!

Wang Hong was trembling all over at this moment.

It turns out that the emperor really left them a way out!

"The family's development is too narrow."

"Hidden relatives, from the officialdom to the clan. If this continues, even if I don't do anything, there will definitely be problems."

"The decline of the aristocratic family is the general trend nowadays. If they are still stubborn, I can only sweep them into the garbage dump of history."

"But those who are willing to go with me, I will not kill them all."

The aristocratic family class has obviously weakened, and it still occupies a large amount of political resources. To put it bluntly, it is "occupying the latrine and not shit".

But there are always young forces being born, and novel things are always being discovered.

Instead of dragging in the battle that will fail sooner or later, it is better to use the resources in your hands to invest in the next outlet.

The Academy is the next outlet left by Liu Yizhen for them.

Wang Hong got up and solemnly bowed deeply to Liu Yizhen, saluting.

This gift is the family.

Also for the future.

"Don't get excited, Wang Shangshu, listen to me."

Liu Yizhen looked at Wang Hong jokingly: "Doesn't Wang Shangshu think that this gift is given to the family for nothing?"

"what?"

Wang Hong's inflated figure suddenly became sluggish, and he began to play dumb with Liu Yizhen.

"..."

"Wang Shangshu, this is meaningless."

"To open academies in various places, I don't rely on aristocratic families, but only rely on the power of the imperial court!"

The invention of printing made the cost of a book pitifully low.

Moreover, Liu Yu has paid special attention to collecting lost books in the north since the Northern Expedition, and now Liu Song's national collection of books is absolutely the best in the world!

With the books, no matter how cruelly Liu Yizhen mobilizes a lot of manpower and material resources, the academies in each state will definitely be able to implement them!
Therefore, this is really a great gift to the family!
And Liu Yizhen was not a philanthropist, so he definitely wouldn't give this gift away in vain.

He wanted an equally heavy gift in return.

An equivalent for the family to exchange the present for the future!

Wang Hong was almost scolding his mother in his heart at this moment.

Thanks to Wang Hong's feeling of being touched just now, he felt that the Son of Heaven is really a good man!He still thinks about the family.

Now it seems that there are other purposes!
I bother!

Should have known!

A creature like the emperor... is inherently sinister and cunning!

The touch in Wang Hong's heart disappeared without a trace in an instant, and he calmed down his emotions, wanting to see what kind of wishful thinking the Son of Heaven had in mind.

Liu Yizhen didn't talk nonsense, and put an official document in front of Wang Hong.

"This is the document just submitted by the household department."

"They counted the household registrations and cultivated land in the world, organized them into books, and roughly estimated the output of grain, cloth, etc. in a few years. Wang Shangshu understood what I wanted after reading it."

When Wang Hong opened the document, there were beautiful forms and simple "Tianzhu numbers" inside, which looked very comfortable.

This document first counts the household registrations of various places.

First of all, from the south of the Yangtze River plus the land of Shu, the population is about 200 million households and 1000 million people.

Then there is the Central Plains area south of the Dahe River and north of the Yangtze River.Because of the ravages of war, it is similar to the south, with more than 200 million households and a population of 1000 million.

The horror is north of the river!That is, the Hebei area in the popular sense.

There are more than 400 million households in each state and county, with a population of more than 2000 million!A little more than the Central Plains and the South combined!
It is even said that there are still more than 200, nearly 300 million people in Guanzhong...

The situation that the north is strong and the south is weak has not changed now!

And that's just population.

The output of food, cloth, and other items, the north is now completely crushing the south!
Even if Liu Yizhen hadn't promoted Champa rice and workshops, the gap would have widened even further!
After reading it, Wang Hong understood the emperor's request.

He wants to... move the capital!
(End of this chapter)