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The receipt of this natural fighter, Deng Wei, also gave Li Linfei a touch of confidence in recruiting helpers, the people of the family is not easy to fool, but the children of the cold family is different ah! These days, it's all about raising filial piety to: and buying officials, and the children of the poor are basically cut off from the career path without money or background.
Although Li Linfei's foundation is in the family, he is aware of the disadvantages of the family, and sooner or later he will have to go up against the family, so he can rely on the cold family, which also has many talents, and there are many in Yingchuan.
After entering Yingchuan, Li Linfei settled down with a thousand feathered soldiers, including Miao Cicada, and took Deng Wei to visit the Xun family first, although it was impossible for both sides to come together, but the necessary face was still needed, and Xun Shuang had treated him well in the court.
Li Linfei met with several of the eight Xun Dragons who were still alive, as well as Xun Yu and Xun Zhan, all of whom were at home at the moment, and although Li Linfei wanted to recruit them, it was destined to be impossible.
Even though Li Linfei seemed to have a promising future, the Xun family's status was not much worse than that of the Yuan family, which was one of the top families in the Central Plains, while Li Linfei was only a descendant of the despondent Li family, the rise of the Li family was equivalent to the rise of the Song family, but there was still a difference in status, and he was treated so politely because of past friendship and optimism about his future.
After visiting the Xun family, Li Linfei took Deng Wei to visit Xi Zhong Xi Zhi Cai, who was Li Linfei's main target!
He was the main target! He was one of Cao Cao's earliest strategists, a man of great resourcefulness, who was highly valued by Cao Cao, but unfortunately died young.
This was a man who died young, before his great glory, but before he died he recommended Guo Jia, the super talent who made Cao Cao rise to power.
Had he been willing to come to his aid, he would have had the means to help renew the life of Xi Zhicai.
Although this world had the existence of Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing, Li Lin: Fei could guarantee that his medical skills were not weaker than theirs, and he also had the cheat method, the system, which could treat many difficult and miscellaneous diseases, and continuing the life of Xi Zhicai was certainly not a problem.
"Huiji Li Yun Li Linfei requests to see Mr. Xi." Li Linfei said aloud from outside.
Deng Wei stood stupidly by, he was now well into the work of a bodyguard! Doing more and talking less, keeping his eyes and ears open.
"Cough, cough" came a coughing sound from inside, then the wooden door was opened, only to see a dry, thin young man walk out
He said, "Isn't Li Yun Li Lin Fei from Shang Dang Tunliu?"
"Once indeed I was from Shangdang Tunliu, but the new Li family is in Huiji!" Li Linfei explained with a smile.
"Please come in, Taishou Li." Xi Zhi Cai heard Li Lin Fei's words and led him in, compared to the Xun family, Xi Zhi Cai's house was really poor . But he led Li Linfei to speak.
As a man who was "eager for wisdom", Li Linfei was very happy.
"I don't know why the governor has come." After asking Li Linfei to sit down, he asked him straightforwardly, as he did not know this man.
"I am here to seek wisdom. "Li Linfei did not expect the other party to be so frank, and he did not hesitate to be frank.
"Oh?" He looked at Li Linfei playfully for a moment to make sure he wasn't joking before saying, "You should go to the Xun family to seek virtue."
"Xun Yu and Xun You are both great men of their time, but do you think the Xun family will let them follow me?" Li Linfei said with a self-deprecating smile.
He was moved by Li Linfei's frank words, which were very sincere.
He then asked, "Are you a Huiji taishou?" , said
Li Linfei nodded his head and said, "Indeed, I am the General Magistrate of Huiji, perhaps I cannot give you too high a position for the time being, how about the position of Gong Cao?"
The position of Gong Cao was already not small, he did not expect the man in front of him to be so bold, but this was not worth his loyalty, then he asked, "Then what will Generalissimo Li do when he arrives at Huiji?"
This was a test of Li Linfei.
"Collect soldiers, embrace the Mountain Yue, restore agriculture, encourage industry and commerce, and launch a school." Li Linfei answered after a moment of silence.
"There doesn't seem to be a single item in between that is about the lineage, right?" Xi Zhicai asked in surprise.
"Yes! There is indeed none about them, I will not be biased towards them, nor will I deliberately target them." The corner of Li Linfei's mouth curled up slightly, had he finally taken the bait?
"Taishou should know that the lineage families are the foundation of the Great Han's rule." Xi Zhicai tried again.
"It is true that the lineage families have enormous power, but there is no king's land under the whole sky, the foundation of the Great Han notice is the people, the ruler is the emperor, and there is also the fact that he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world." Li Linfei replied.
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"Oh? You have so much faith in me?" Xi Zhicai bristled, although what you say is to my liking, you have too much faith in me, don't you?
"No, I have faith in myself, I believe in my own vision!
"What if I refuse the Taishou's solicitation? "Xi Zhicai was a bit speechless, where did you get that confidence?
"See?" Li Linfei pointed to Deng Wei who was standing straight next to him and said, "If Sir refuses, he will make a move to kidnap him.
Xi Zhi Cai was depressed when he heard this, such an approach is a bandit! But this character seemed suitable for great things, and with a decision gradually made in his mind, he continued to ask, "Then you are not afraid that I will betray you?"
"Because I may be the hope of the cold family, I believe we share a common ideal, although it is a difficult path, I believe you will support me." Li Linfei said firmly.
Xi Zhicai was also a talented man who was depressed because he was not relied upon for his family's rule.
"Xi Zhong pays his respects to his lord!" Xi Zhicai was stunned, not expecting Li Linfei to say such a stinking thing, but he thought that Li Linfei's side might be the hope for the humble son, so he stood up and bowed.
Li Linfei immediately dragged him up and said, "I have Zhicai like a fish in water."
Xi Zhicai was also very happy that Li Linfei would praise him so much and was grateful, who doesn't like to hear good things, besides he was so complimented by Li Linfei before his own; own talent had been shown, even he was a little embarrassed.
"Brother Xi, Jia is here." At this moment a young voice came out. Li Linfei and Dian Wei looked over in surprise, only to see a young boy of about 12 or 13 years old entering through the doorway.
"My Lord, this is Zhong's good friend Guo Jia." Xi Zhong said.
Li Linfei was stunned, Guo Jia, this teenager was actually Guo Jia, was this a buy one get one free day?
In the Three Kingdoms period, the most powerful leaders were Cao Cao and Zhou Yu, Guo Jia was the most powerful in the early stages of strategizing! The middle period was probably Pang, Tong, and the later period should be Sima Yi. As for Zhuge Liang, well, Zhuge Liang's talent for internal affairs was probably the most impressive in the whole of Chinese history, but his military talent was much worse, not as impressive as it was blown up to be!
Didn't you see that all six trips to Qishan were unsuccessful? He would only play it safe. Wei Yan proposed a sneak attack on Chang'an from the sloping valley, but Zhuge Liang was too careful.
While Li Linfei was sizing up Guo Jia, Guo Jia was also sizing him up. He was shocked by the phrase "Lord", Brother Xi had actually recognised his lord. How could he make Brother Xi submit to him.
"Li Yun Li Lin Fei to meet Mr Guo." Li Linfei bowed to Guo Jia, this was a chance to brush up on his goodwill! Coupled with Xi Zhicai's nepotism, it wasn't like there was no chance of recruiting Guo Jia!
"So it is Li Yun who is known as the one who has only one stone in the Great Han, and Lin Fei has eight buckets all to himself." Guo Jia did not expect such a big celebrity to be courteous to him, and hastily returned his salute to.
He didn't know that Li Linfei was already hitting on him, at this point he was only thirteen after all, no one would believe him if he said it out loud.
"No, no, that's just what my friends are bragging about, Lin Fei is ashamed of it. The man in front of him was comparable to Zhang Liang in his mind. If he hadn't died young from too many drugs, perhaps Cao Wei could have unified the country.
"Brother Xi, I didn't expect you to worship Mr. Li as your lord." Guo Jia and Li Linfei exchanged a few more pleasantries and bragged about each other, and had become quite fond of him, before turning to Xi Zhong and asking him.
"Well, my lord is now the General of Heng Ye, the governor of Huiji, and he wants to vigorously promote education in Huiji, so that anyone with talent can go there to study." Xi Zhicai explained, Li Linfei had not said anything before about exactly how to promote the humble, but he did know about the establishment of the academy and spoke up.
Guo Jia's eyes lit up at his words, studying? He was currently studying at Yingchuan College, but most of the students there were sons of families who looked down on people from humble backgrounds like him, so even if he was talented he wouldn't get the same treatment, and the cost of studying wasn't usually small, his family's savings were almost spent. And he was slightly moved when Xi Zhicai said that Li Linfei was going to establish a commoner academy in Huiji, but it was worth discussing the quality of education in this academy, so he asked, "Could it be that Mr. Li himself is going to be the priest of the academy?"
If Li Linfei taught himself, he could still consider going, there were no false scholars under the reputation, Li Linfei's reputation could be so great, he must have his talent, and how could a wine bag get the allegiance of Brother Xi?
The Song and Li families had lost their land and other things, but the books might still be there.
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"This? I teach it occasionally, but I heard that Cai Zhonglang is now in Yangzhou, and I want to go and invite him to be the priest of this academy." Li Linfei said.
"Cai Yong Cai Zhonglang?" Guo Jia winced at the name, this was a great scholar of the day! If he were to open a school, he would want to go even if he broke his own legs and bones, and he would not doubt that Li Linfei could hire Cai Yong.
If Li Linfei were willing to help him and take him in, Cai Yong would certainly not refuse, and a great Confucian like him would be desirable if he had a good environment to study scripture and carry out education.
"Well, but the preparation for this academy will have to wait until we have pacified Shan Yue and found Cai Zhonglang, but I have quite a few ideas in mind." After saying this, Li Linfei spoke out the scholarship and education system of the latter days, as well as the work-study system, and Guo Jia, who was listening to Xi Zhi Cai, was amazed.
Then came Guo Jia's recognition, and Li Linfei was so pleased that he redeemed a few bottles of Maotai from inside the system that night.
The next day, all of them went on their way and dared to go towards Huiji.
Li Linfei and the others traveled east until Jiujiang County before crossing the river into Danyang County, which was the real entry into the Jiangdong region.
Yangzhou currently has a population of about 4.3 million, which is considered a large population state. It is a large state in terms of population.
Yangzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiujiang County, Danyang County, Lujiang County, Huiji County, Yuzhang County, and Wu County, of which Wu County is a division of the original Huiji County, the most populous is Yuzhang County, with a population of about 1.6 million, while Li Linfei chose Huiji County is a small county with a population of about 500,000, but a large geographical area.
Huiji County under the jurisdiction of Shan Yin, Yuji, Shangyu, Yuyao, Juzhang, Yu County, Yin County, Zhuji, Heping County, Wu wound, Da Mao, Zhang An, Yongning, Dongji and other counties.
But the plains are less mountainous and more mountainous is also the focus of the mountain Yue rebellious areas.
Why didn't Li Linfei choose a county with a large population instead of Huijie, which had a large mountainous area and was the focus of the Shan Yue rebellion?
In fact, it is possible to choose any county, as long as it is in Yangzhou. Sun Ce could conquer the six counties of Jiangdong with a mere thousand soldiers and horses, and Li Linfei could do the same, and in a more justifiable manner.
As for the Huiji mountains, there are too many plains and too little land to feed too many people, which is not in Li Linfei's mind at all.
The county of Huiji was now almost half of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces and almost all of Min province, and he wanted to develop Huiji as a commercial city.
The county of Huiji was governed by Shan Yin County, a modest city, not at all comparable to the cities of the Central Plains, whose walls were in a state of disrepair because of the previous rebellion of the Shan Yue people.
Looking at the low walls, Li Linfei encouraged himself that sooner or later he would build this place into a big city of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
"Who is there under the city?" The city gates were firmly closed, and the general on the city _ saw someone coming with a group of men and horses and hastily barked a question.
"I am Li Yun Li Linfei, the newly appointed General of Hengye, Huiji Taishou, please also open the city gates quickly." Li Linfei shouted.
"Do you have credentials?" As soon as the general heard that it was the new Generalissimo who had come, he did not immediately believe it, what if the Shan Yue people had come to defraud the city? They had managed to drive those damned Shan Yue people out of the city with great difficulty.
"This is His Majesty's imperial edict and the official seal of the Huijie Imperial Guard." Li Linfei nodded, now was indeed the time to be cautious, so he took out the imperial edict and the official seal and shook them to show them.
"And what's behind you?" The general had never seen an imperial edict before, but looking at the thing they knew it was high grade, but the official seal they knew, the former Lord Imperial Protector had one in his hands, only now it had been lost.
"This is His Majesty's Feathered Forest Army." Li Linfei said.
"The Featherwood Army." The general's pupils shrank at his words, yes, only the Feilin army would have such equipment in the Great Han, and he quickly had the gates opened to welcome Li Linfei inside.
"The last general, He Qi, the county lieutenant of Shan Yin County, sees Lord Taishou."
Hearing this name, Song Yichen was stunned, He Qi! How dare it be him! That was the fierce general of Eastern Wu who was ignored by Luo Guanzhong and whose actual abilities were not much inferior to Zhou Yu's! How dare he appear in front of him! And he was the one who had solved the problem of the mountain crossings in Eastern Wu.
If he were to be recruited and trained, he would be another fierce general!
Li Linfei hurriedly helped him up and asked, "How is the situation of the people in the city now?"
He Qi was relieved to see that Li Linfei was courteous to him and did not blame him for his previous disrespect, and hearing that he was concerned about the people, he felt much better about him and replied, "A few months ago, the Shan Yue suddenly rebelled, and the general and other villagers helped the former governor to repel them.
A few months ago, the Shogun promoted me to the rank of Lieutenant of Shangyin, but a month ago, when the Shan Yue resumed, the Shogun failed to fulfil the Shogun's promise, and they invaded the city, killing and wounding countless people, and killing the Shogun and the Sheriff." He Qi's face showed sadness as he said this.
Li Linfei wanted to say a few words of comfort but did not know how to speak, in fact he wanted to shout in his heart that it was good to die, if you had not died, how would my brother have, risen to power?
"How many soldiers does Shan Yin have in total now?" Li Linfei asked again.
"Less than two thousand." He Qi said.