The cold north wind blew in from outside the open door, making Sima Fang's hair flutter. At this moment, Sima Fang seemed to have been ten years old in this short period of time, squinted his eyes and looked at the moonlight outside the door.

"Father... it's late at night, go back to the house to rest." The youngest son Sima Min is the only son who is now staying in Chang'an. Looking at Sima Fang's somewhat dull gaze, he said dumbly while closing the door.

"You Da Don't Close the Door." Sima Fang looked up, looked at his young son's puzzled gaze, shook his head and said, "It's too hot inside."

"?" He shivered in the cold wind blowing in outside the door. Sima Min looked at Sima Fang with a confused look on his face. How could it be hot?

"Sit down and talk to your father for a while." Sima Fang waved to his young son and signaled him to sit beside him.

"Here!" Sima Min nodded silently, sat obediently beside Sima Fang, and looked at Sima Fang in confusion and said, "Why is my father not thinking about it in the past few days? Have you suffered from a cold? Why would the child go and invite the imperial physician to treat his father?"

He chuckled and shook his head. Sima Fang did not reply, but turned his head to look at Sima Min and said, "My son is studying in that county school now. What do I think about that county school?"

When Sima Min heard this, his eyes lit up and nodded, "What the county school teaches is quite different from what children learn in the past."

"Oh?" Sima Fang raised his eyebrows. His eight sons were smarter than the other. This was not a praising saying. In addition, the Sima family is a big family in the world. The eight sons have learned from their families since childhood. Although Sima Min has not yet become an official, his vision and knowledge are no longer good. It can be seen that the teachings of county schools are not as shallow as those of the previous rural schools.

"What's the difference?" Sima Fang said with great interest.

"In the county schools, we do not teach people's poetry and essays, but mainly use mathematics. In the first three years, except for some basic knowledge of literature and characters, we taught mathematics most of the time, using nine chapters of arithmetic as the basis. My child had read it in the past, but he felt that it was extremely obscure and many of the contents were not understood." A hint of spirit flashed in Sima Min's eyes.

"Nine chapters of arithmetic were written by the ancestors throughout their lives. My father didn't expect that the county would learn to use such arithmetic as the basis. I'm afraid that few people could learn it, right?" Sima Fang couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

Chapter Nine Chapters Arithmetic is a book that collects mathematics and physics. Except for those who specialize in mathematics, even he dare not say that he understands it all. It would be a bit of a loss to teach the people with this book. Not to mention those students, even those teaching teachers, how many people can understand it?

"What my father said is not bad." Sima Min said excitedly: "Those nine chapters of arithmetic were compiled by Liu Hong, Zhao Shuang, Cai Yan and other gentlemen, and were divided into nine volumes, among which new characters were replaced by numbers. However, the first volume was quite simple, and most students could learn it as soon as they learned it. Although the second volume was advanced at the beginning, it had the foundation of the first volume. Even if it was not very understanding, it was not difficult after being taught by the teacher. Now the third volume is reviewed, most of the third volume is mainly practical. Many places are not very clear. When the county school opened its teaching this year, we went to ask the teacher for advice."

"Practical?" Sima Fang said in confusion: "What you have learned is applied, can you still use people to teach such things?"

"It's not quite the same." Sima Min smiled and said, "My father didn't know that although this method of numerology seems independent, it is quite similar to many knowledge. For example, taking marching and fighting as an example, how many civilians need to transport a unit of 10,000 people, how much food consumes every day, how long can it be used for? Then how should we transport food and grass so that this army will not have food shortages. How to arrange troops and arrange troops in the military strategy can mobilize all the strength of soldiers, and the same is true for the use of the local government. Apart from paying the taxes to the court, how to use these taxes to enrich the country, it is all about how much taxes can be paid."

Looking at Sima Fang's shocked look, Sima Min smiled proudly: "Not only that, if used in the Ministry of Works, these things are more useful. For example, how to build a crossbow can it reach the farthest range. The more accurate the frame of each component and skeleton of the crossbow, the more ideal the power, and the less material and manpower it will be. Now, many young people in the Ministry of Works have entered the county school to study. The wonders of mathematics are really difficult and easy to follow. Children feel that as long as there is enough time, they can penetrate all things in the world."

Sima Fang frowned slightly when he heard this. He was a great scholar of the world. Although he was not good at mathematical skills, he also had some attainments. Scholars of this era could be called great scholars. Although they were proficient in different fields, most of their knowledge were generally involved. Although Sima Min failed to explain all the questions clearly, Sima Fang had already heard some profound meanings, which was verified by what he had learned. Although he could not understand them all, especially those equipment manufacturing in the Ministry of Works. However, the previous few things, even if they were simple, made Sima Fang feel a sudden sense of enlightenment.

After pondering for a long time, Sima Fang looked at Sima Min: "What my son said, is there anyone else in the county school who can match my son?"

"But it's a lot." Sima Min nodded and said, "There are many poor children in the county schools. Since the reign of Guanzhong, the people have been rich and many people are willing to send a son to the village school. Moreover, the tuition fees for the village school are not high. The children have been idle and have calculated that a family of five, except for their parents, can provide three children with three children, with the current tax revenue under our court rule, which can fully support a student to complete the county school."

"What a deep plan!" Sima Fang looked out the door in a daze and murmured.

"What did my father say?" Sima Min looked at Sima Fang in confusion, and said in confusion.

"Nothing." Sima Fang shook his head, looked at his young son and said with a smile: "My son will go to the Tingwei Mansion, find the lieutenant Zhuang Zhong, send this letter to him and ask him to pass it on his behalf to His Majesty."

"Hmm?" Sima Min looked at Sima Fang in confusion, looked at the night outside the door and said, "If it's too late today, why not go tomorrow?"

"It's important, go immediately, don't ask more questions." Sima Fang touched Sima Min's head lovingly, with a faint reluctance in his eyes, and said with a smile.

"Here~" Sima Min suddenly felt an unspeakable sourness in her heart. Looking at Sima Fang's loving gaze, for some reason, she suddenly felt the urge to cry. She did not dare to disobey. She took the letter, bowed to Sima Fang, and left in a hurry.

Looking at Sima Min's back, Sima Fang sighed and walked to the door. Looking at the night outside the door, his heart was not calm.

For a long time, neither he nor Yang Xiu nor the dead Zhong Yao, Xu You and others could understand the key points that Liu Xie had always done. Sima Fang could understand that the emperor wanted to rebuild the prosperous era of the Han Dynasty, and these already formed great families in the past have become a huge rock that pressed the backbone of the Han Dynasty. If it was not moved away, the backbone of the Han Dynasty would be broken sooner or later, so the aristocratic families must be suppressed. This has been done by the revival of all dynasties, either light or dark, or fierce or soft.

However, Liu Xie runs rural schools, establishes county schools, develops industry and commerce. Although it is beneficial to the country, no one has done it in the past, but it has a certain degree. It is not as crazy as Liu Xie. For a long time, Sima Fang felt that Liu Xie was young and vigorous, so he developed these things regardless of everything, hoping to enrich the country and strengthen the army. Liu Xie did rely on these to do this. However, if he continues, emerging aristocratic clans will inevitably become dissatisfied by excessive weakening of their power. If Liu Xie could unify the world before this, but if he cannot, he would inevitably be backfired and suppress the scholars almost excessively. Such an approach would only end up being a situation where both sides suffered losses.

But after a conversation with the youngest son tonight, Sima Fang faintly realized Liu Xie's intentions. His ambitions were greater than those of the previous emperors of all dynasties, and even faintly looked like the First Emperor. He wanted to re-form the rules. Liu Xie was more obscure than the First Emperor. He did not use the tip of a knife to open up the way for his own rules as domineeringly as the First Emperor. Instead, he gradually reversed people's concepts in a silent way.

For example, Sima Min may not have noticed his youngest son, but Sima Fang keenly realized that after entering the county school, his youngest son's way of thinking about problems and concepts had undergone significant changes.

The most important thing is the account that Sima Min calculated. A family of five can easily support a scholar. In other words, studying is no longer as unattainable as before. This is the real result that Liu Xie wants. Scholars have lost their previous sacredness. The existence of aristocratic families may not be in the future. At most, they will be like a powerful man, rich and rich, but it is difficult to be like the past.

The era when scholars and officials rule the world together seemed to be about to pass! In the past, if someone said this to him, Sima Fang would only find it ridiculous, but now, this conclusion was drawn by him himself. What's even more terrifying is that although Liu Xie had not done any extreme actions, he unknowingly crushed and reorganized the old ideas from the people's hearts.

When did you start?

Perhaps it was because of the huge financial resources, it was not right. At the beginning, the imperial treasury was empty, and even after Li and Guo died, even the Xiliang army could not afford it. However, Liu Xie used various means to make the imperial court rich little by little. Moreover, it was not only the imperial court, but also the millions of people under the imperial court.

Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, this young emperor used his not-strong hands to craft a big net little by little, completely covering the world.

But as a clan, where should we go?

The cold night wind blew, and waves of weapons collided in the city, and there were faint sounds of fighting and screams mixed in between. Others could be betrayed, and even his son could betrayed the grassroots of the scholars. However, since Yang Biao, Sima Fang, who has become the leader of the scholars, could not betrayed, but for the sake of the continuation of the family, he finally chose to betray.

"Your Majesty..." Sima Fang closed his eyes and whimpered: "I have been loyal to Your Majesty, but at this time, it is time to give an explanation to the aristocratic family."

The night wind became even faster, and a bloody smell came faintly from the air. Under the night of Chang'an City, a cluster of fire lights gradually illuminated the large area with this wind...
Chapter completed!