Yu Fan reported Sheng Xian's suggestion to Sun Ce, and then Sun Ce learned that Wang Chong, a Han Dynasty thinker, was also from Kuaiji, and he was from Shangyu, and he was a county next to Yu Fan.

"Lunheng" was later named materialism, like thunder, but Wang Chong is far less famous than his works. He was even less famous in this era, and he knew very little except for the locals. Sun Ce was not very clear about the reason. He had heard of this book, but he had never read it, let alone research. After listening to Yu Fan's introduction, he realized that "Lunheng" was a rebellious book, which contained many reflections on Confucianism and Confucianism, such as opposing grand funerals and prophecies and divination, and more serious was that he opposed Confucius.

Strictly speaking, Wang Chong did not oppose Confucius, but opposed the deification of Confucius. An important part of the Han Dynasty's prophecy and divination was to deify Confucius. Confucius was not only a saint, but also a god. For example, Confucius was buried in Si Shui, but Si Shui was dispersed. Wang Chong opposed this trend and tried to strip away the divinity of Confucius and restore him to a person.

This is obviously contrary to the social atmosphere of the Confucian school, so Wang Chong's academic studies are not only unable to spread to the Central Plains, but even the locals do not agree with it. Many people know it, but not many people agree with it. Although they all know that many of Wang Chong's arguments are very convincing, the flaws of non-saints can offset all advantages.

At this time, Sheng Xian proposed to write "Lunheng" in a large part, which was a struggle of intention and wanted to compete with Wujun scholars, but there was a background that should not be ignored. Sun Ce himself liked to refute empty talk with facts, and his evaluation of Confucian classics was not high, which was in line with Wang Chong's academic views to a certain extent. In a sense, this was a manifestation of Sheng Xian's active approach to Sun Ce in his thoughts. Although Sheng Xian himself may not realize it, he may not admit it.

Yu Fan welcomed this trend, believing that he could take advantage of the situation and promote it vigorously. For the people of the Central Plains, the Wuhui was a border vulgar, and the academic atmosphere was not as strong as the Central Plains, and the resistance to change would be smaller. If this was taken as an opportunity to innovate Confucianism, the Wuhui would become the birthplace of new academic studies, which would be beneficial to Sun Ce and Wuhui.

Sun Ce accepted Yu Fan's suggestion and asked him to be fully responsible without asking for instructions in everything. Just report it afterwards. Yu Fan was very grateful, so he immediately made an appointment with Sheng Xian and asked him to gather well-known scholars in Kuaiji to gather in Shanyin. He wanted to study and deploy the development plan of Kuaiji County School with them.

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After handing over civil affairs, education and other matters to Yu Fan, Sun Ce concentrated on one thing: recruitment.

He only brought the Qinweiying camp to Jiangdong, and later added nearly a thousand old subordinates of Ganning, some of the troops of Shen You and Zhu Huan. Chen Dao was transferred to the prefect of Danyang, and Guo Ting was transferred to the commander of Danyang. He allocated some troops to them, with nearly a thousand people in front and behind. After arriving in Kuaiji, he added Dong Xi and He Qi's troops, and defeated Huang Longluo, Zhou Bo and other bandits. The number of people increased a lot, but the combat power was insufficient and it was necessary to supplement it.

In fact, if Sun Ce just wanted to replenish his troops, the problem was easy to solve. The Wu Hui family had troops, with a few hundred people fewer and a thousand more. As long as he was willing, he could immediately recruit tens or 20,000 people. But those people only recognized the old master and did not listen to his orders, which was equivalent to spending money to raise troops for the aristocratic families. Over time, the troops system would inevitably form.

So he has never conscripted troops. Even if he brought his men to serve, he did not accept it easily. He had to control the number of people if he accepted it. Taishici applied for it, and he only gave Taishici a quota of 300 people, and Dong Xi and He Qi was the same. This is already a high standard. There are only more than a hundred people like Quan Rou, Ling Cao and others. These people are their personal guards and will always follow them. The remaining troops are only temporarily under their command, and the military power is controlled by Sun Ce, and may be allocated to others at any time. When their positions are adjusted, the composition of their troops will also change, which may be more, may be reduced, and may even be deprived.

There are two main sources of conscription against Sun Ce: one is to capture prisoners, and select strong soldiers from them. But these people are relatively few because their old masters are still in the army and are prone to form small hills; the other is to recruit them from the people. These people are still stuck in Sun Ce's plan and have not been carried out.

Now the opportunity is ripe. Sheng Xian's articles have formed an influence in Wujun and Kuaiji, which aroused a large number of young people's desire to join the army. At this time, a large number of children with low-level families will come to join the army. Unlike ordinary recruited soldiers, these people are not only for survival, but more for making achievements, with stronger motivation for fighting and more likely to receive strict training.

Sun Ce issued an order to Cai Mao, asking him to print a large number of conscription orders, and sent it to the level of the inner level, so that every household will have the opportunity to see this conscription order. There are more than a hundred households in one mile, twenty or thirty households, and the two counties have a total of nearly 300,000 households, nearly 10,000. If there is no printing technique, just copying of official documents will be a heavy burden. The imperial power cannot be submissive to the county, and the county magistrate's order can only be reached in the town pavilions and cannot be truly conveyed to every citizen. Although it is the result of the balance of power between officials and the people, the limitation of this objective condition is also an important factor.

Now Sun Ce has such conditions to post the conscription order to the door of every li, so that every citizen has the opportunity to see it.

Half a month after issuing the conscription order, and after making sufficient publicity and stimulation, Sun Ce sent more than 100 people to the counties at the pre-appointed time, at the time agreed in advance, Sun Ce sent more than 100 people to the counties to select suitable candidates from the recruited people. It is unrealistic to gather so many people to the county seat, and even to the county seat is not convenient. Therefore, these people will go to the pavilion level so that the applicants can know at their doorstep whether they have the opportunity to pass the selection, so as not to have a waste of time.

This is a common practice for recruitment in later generations, but it is a new thing for this era and caused a lot of sensation. Recruiting soldiers in this era is very common, but most of them are to raise big banners in places with dense crowds and recruit on the spot. It is rare to go deep into the pavilion like Sun Ce. One is that he does not have this strength, and the other is that he does not have this awareness. They have not yet realized the importance of elite soldiers.

The time for Sun Ce to choose is very important. The time to choose is half a month before the autumn harvest. The choice ends. The autumn harvest is the autumn harvest. Those who pass the selection do not immediately rush to the county seat to gather, but go home to harvest first. After the autumn harvest, they will first concentrate in the county, and then send the taxes to the county warehouse, and then concentrate in the county seat to prepare for training to save part of the food transportation.

Before the soldiers arrived, Sun Ce had received a fame book. The two counties and 27 counties recruited more than 12,000 people, all of whom were young and strong, and they were strong, almost all of them had already started their families and had children. They had the motivation to make contributions in battles and had no worries about extermination. The two counties had 300,000 households and more than 1.2 million people, only more than 1,000 people were selected, which was really one in a hundred.

Holding the fame book, Sun Ce was very happy. "This is my soldier."
Chapter completed!