Song Yun, as Song Fujin's father and the head of the Song family, did not appear here, which made Zhu Li very curious.
He was also puzzled by the fact that Yang Zaixing, the future son-in-law of the Song family and Song Fujin's sweetheart, had disappeared.
After Zhu Li came back, Yang Zaixing was naturally given a holiday. It was time for him to have a rest. He was exhausted after running around for nearly a year. What's more, his sweetheart was here, so shouldn't he take the opportunity to be affectionate with her
When Guo Qizuo saw Zhu Li asking about Song Yun, he quickly pulled his collar and explained, "Sir, Lord Song is now the magistrate of Shanyang. He must be in the county office now. There are many things I haven't had time to report to you. I will tell you in detail after I return."
What was going on? Song Yun actually became the county magistrate, and Zhu Li didn't even know about it. This was such a misunderstanding that he even gave up the idea of asking Yang Zaixing.
Since the main person was not around, Zhu Li exchanged greetings with the ladies, asked the guards to present gifts, and then said goodbye and left.
Taking advantage of today, he would also visit the residences of Cao Shixiong, Wang Chongyin, Li Chongba, Meng Juehai and others, and also visit Liu Zhijun, Shang Rang, Li Hanzhi and others to see if they were properly settled and if they needed anything. He would visit every house, give gifts and express his gratitude.
On the way, Zhu Li asked Guo Qizuo and Guo Chongtao, "Is there really a teacher named Jing Hao in the Liuyao Study?"
The two of them didn't understand what was going on, so they quickly said in unison, "Yes, Envoy."
"Where did he come from?"
Upon hearing this, Guo Qizuo said quickly, "It seems that he came from Taihang Mountain. He came here not long after the new policy was promulgated. At first, he just wandered around, and later, he became a teacher in the city."
When Zhu Li heard that this Jing Hao came from Taihang Mountain, he felt that this Jing Hao should be the Jing Hao who was famous in later generations and was praised as a great painter of northern ink landscape painting.
Many talented and ambitious people born in this era felt the growing decline of the Tang Dynasty. Although they wanted to contribute to the country, they found no way to do so. Over time, many of them either became monks or lived in seclusion in the mountains.
It is rumored that Jing Hao was born in a scholar-official family. In order to avoid the war in the late Tang Dynasty when wars were raging everywhere, he lived in seclusion in Taihang Mountains and devoted himself to painting. This is why he achieved such great success. The name and origin all match.
To be sure of the man's identity, it is necessary to verify it. If he is really that talented man, Zhu Li will naturally leave a way for him. What's more, what Shuozhou lacks most is high-level intellectuals.
When Guo Qizuo, Wang and Guo Chongtao were in charge of Shuozhou, they had always been committed to developing education. Over the past three years, the number of grassroots clerks they trained was barely enough.
There is still a big gap in the number of core and high-level civil servants. Zhu Li's background is too humble. The ancients valued background. Moreover, he is now known as a rebel. Although he controls a region, no matter how powerful you are, people will look down on you and will not come to you for help. There is nothing that can be done about it.
"Are there any special teachers in Dongting Academy and Qiuxi Wenyuan?" Zhu Li thought for a moment and continued to ask. In this era, those who have connections will definitely not choose to join Zhu Li. Zhu Li can only get those talented but buried people.
"This is all recorded. The comparison between these two private schools is
Famous, the more famous teachers among them are naturally well-known. There is a teacher named Xu Tang in Dongting Academy, who is very talented in writing; there is a teacher named Zhang Qiao in Qiuxi Wenyuan, who is very talented in poetry. "Guo Chongtao answered without hesitation.
After all, Guo Qizuo had relatively little involvement in education, as it was mainly handled by him and Wang before, so he knew it in detail.
"Xu Tang, Zhang Qiao?" Zhu Li felt his whole body trembling uncontrollably. It couldn't be such a coincidence that these two were both celebrities.
Among the literati in the late Tang Dynasty, the most famous were the "Ten Philosophers of Xiantong". Coincidentally, Xu Tang and Zhang Qiao were among them.
Xu Tang was unable to get a government job throughout his life and eventually died in poverty.
Zhang Qiao was better, as he seemed to have passed the imperial examination, but due to the Huang Chao Uprising, he eventually had to live in seclusion in Jiuhua Mountain until he grew old.
If it is really these two people, it is very easy to understand. After all, they all have a passion to serve the country. They have run into obstacles everywhere in the Central Plains and are in a bloodbath. However, Shuozhou's new policies and vigorous promotion of education have made them smell something unusual. After all, in the entire Tang Dynasty, Shuozhou is the first case of promoting education in this way.
At the very least, here in Shuozhou, at least these scholars can make a living with their own abilities.
If Xu Tang and Zhang Qiao were indeed the two people in history, Zhu Li would also make things convenient for them and employ them according to their abilities.
"By the way, didn't Zheng Congdang come to Shuozhou? Where are he?" It can be said that in the entire Shuozhou, apart from Guo Qizuo, Guo Chongtao, Wang, and Yan Keqiu, Zheng Congdang is the only high-level intellectual. With only a few precious treasures like these, Zhu Li naturally had to ask.
"Mr. Zheng is currently the governor of Daizhou and he took office a long time ago." Guo Chongtao replied casually.
As the governor, Zhu Li understood that in terms of the ability to govern the country and benefit the people, Zheng Congdang was far inferior to Guo Qizhao and others. Naturally, he could not handle the affairs of various states as easily as Guo Chongtao and Wang.
After some inquiries, Zhu Li finally found out clearly that Wang is now in charge of Xiazhou, and the internal affairs of the seven states in Hetao are all controlled by him alone; as for the twenty-four states, the Sanggan area conquered by Wu Dao, the lady of the Pang family is almost becoming Wu Meiniang, and all political affairs are decided by her.
As for the four states of Xin, Lan, Yun and Shuo, Guo Chongtao was in charge of the government affairs. In a word, the area controlled by Zhu Li lacked a large number of civil servants such as county magistrates and provincial governors.
These talent gaps are Zhu Li’s weak points.
However, in the area controlled by Zhu Li, under the insistence of Guo Qizuo and the other two, the military and political affairs have always been separated, so in Zhu Li's eyes, the governor is just a civil servant.
Speaking of the Sanggan region, Zhu Li naturally thought of his master and asked curiously, "When I was in the south, I thought that the master had completely conquered the twenty-four states, but from what you said, he only conquered the central area of the former Shanyu Protectorate, which is the Sanggan area. Does the master have enough manpower?"
At the beginning, Zhu Li was only in control of Shuozhou. Apart from the military generals, he was short of manpower, not to mention Wu Dao. He only had the wife of the Pang family, Lu Yong and others under his command. It has been so long, and I don’t know how the master managed to survive.
"So what if it's not enough? It's his own fault for eating from the bowl and looking at the pot. But you don't have to worry about him. Your master is very capable." Guo Qizuo replied casually.
Within one day, Zhu Li finally visited and expressed his condolences at all the official residences. After making an appointment with Guo Qizuo, Guo Chongtao, and Yan Keqiu to meet again the next day, he led his guards to the governor's mansion.
As soon as he arrived at the gate of the governor's mansion, he met a person head-on, and this person was the person Zhu Li least wanted to see at the moment.
I saw a figure standing in front of the governor's mansion. He was about twenty-one or twenty-two years old, with thick lips, a wide mouth, a nose like a hanging gall bladder, long eyebrows, and a burly figure like a tiger. He was none other than Yuchi Xin, Yuchi Jin's brother.
Seeing Yuchi Xin, Zhu Li was helpless. He waved his hand to disperse the guards, walked forward helplessly, and said with a bow: "It's been many years since we last met. Brother Yuchi is still as handsome as before, and even more heroic."
"Don't give me that crap. I want to ask you, where did you throw my sister to?" Yuchi Xin frowned, and his long eyebrows almost turned into a line. He questioned Zhu Li with a cold expression.
As soon as he saw this man, Zhu Li knew why he came. Yuchi Jin came to look for him, but disappeared. Yuchi Xin didn't see him, but he drew his sword against him, which seemed very polite.
Unable to respond, Zhu Li looked at Yuchi Xin apologetically and took out a letter from his arms, which was the letter that Yuchi Jin left for Yan Keqiu. He sighed, held the letter with both hands, and handed it over to Yuchi Xin.
Yuchi Xin looked doubtful, but still took the letter with a cold face. After unfolding it, he began to read it in front of Zhu Li. When he read to the end, his eyebrows, which had been tightened into a line, trembled so much that they almost turned into wavy lines.
After reading the letter, Yuchi Xin guessed almost exactly the reason for Yuchi Jin's disappearance.
After understanding the reason, he looked at Zhu Li with an even more unfriendly expression, as if the tender cabbage that he had carefully nurtured and grown beautifully was about to be ruined by this pig, and he had no way to do anything and had to worry about it.
How could he not understand his own sister? Why did Yuchi Jin leave without saying goodbye? She might have gone to see the boy in front of him, but he didn't see him and she herself disappeared. Who can he complain to? It's really an unprovoked disaster.
Yuchi Xin was relatively calm, resisting the urge to punch Zhu Li in the face, and asked solemnly, "Do you have any clues?"
Zhu Li's face flashed a little unnatural when he heard this, but facing a frank person like Yuchi Xin, he had nothing to hide. After hesitating for a while, he said: "If my guess is correct, she should be in Hedong now."
"What, Hedong?" Upon hearing this, Yuchi Xin grabbed Zhu Li's collar and almost lifted her up, his face full of disbelief.
Zhu Li did not resist and let him tear her apart, but still looked straight at him and said calmly: "Yes, on the night when Zhu Wen set up a trap at Shangyuan Inn and plotted to kill Li Keyong, someone saw the three of them appear on the battlefield, protecting Li Keyong and escaping to the Hedong army."
Having said this, Zhu Li no longer paid attention to Yuchi Xin's doubtful look and continued, "Since Li Keyong escaped back to Jinyang safely, then Miss Yuchi should also be in Hedong."
It was a little difficult to say this, because that was his future daughter-in-law, but she saved her enemy and ran to the enemy's territory. As a man, how could he not feel bitter