There was the sound of horseshoes outside Beiliang Pass, like the sound of an old chick, and it has been going on for twenty years.
There are some reading sounds in the pass, like the sound of young phoenixes clearer than old phoenixes.
These reading sounds come from brand-new academies.
In Liangzhou City, a new White Horse Academy was established. Unlike the previous Qingludong Academy, which was located in a mountain resort, this academy was built in the downtown area of Liangzhou City. The royal residence bestowed 6,000 volumes of books, and Beiliang king Xu Fengnian even personally bestowed plaques. Li Gongde, the envoy of Beiliang Dao Economics, Lu Dongjiang, the new governor of Liangzhou, and Huang Yan, the governor of Youzhou, all donated books privately. He and the nobles followed suit one after another, and they were all proud to donate rare books to the White Horse Academy.
This allowed the White Horse Academy to accomplish a feat that no one has ever done before, that is, on the first day of the establishment of the academy, the library reached as many as ten thousand volumes, so the library building of the academy was also named after ten thousand volumes. At the same time, Yao Baifeng pioneered the establishment of a sage hall in the academy, and created statues of Confucian Zhang family sages and ten sages and thirty-six sages. At the same time, Yao Baifeng erected a monument and wrote an article to clarify the righteousness, emphasizing that scholars entering Baima Academy should seek benevolence through preaching Therefore, it does not teach the art of "making art" in the imperial examination, which is regarded as the foundation of the general academies. This is obviously contrary to the study of the imperial examination. In addition to Yao Baifeng as the head of the school, Bai Yu, the famous Mr. Bailian of Longhu Mountain, who is well-known in the south of the Yangtze River, and Xu Beizhi, the former governor of Lingzhou, served as the vice-president at the same time. He will come to the White Horse Academy to give lectures on time, and it is even rumored that Wang Jijiu, who led thousands of scholars to Liang, also promised to contact the Shangyin Academy and promise that every year he will learn from the Shangyin Academy, which is known as "the source of the world's reading seeds". , recommend a Mr. Jishang to study in Liang Dynasty, for a period of one year, which varies from year to year.
As a result, the White Horse Academy, which originally only accepted 80 students, was overthrown and had to make an exception to recruit more than 200 young scholars. The number of local and foreign scholars in Beiliang was roughly equal. Lu Dongjiang, the parent official of Liangzhou, who was originally a Qingliu celebrity, was even more enthusiastic. He took the support of Baima Academy as the first fire after taking office, and opened the door to all matters in the academy. He ran to Baima Academy every three days, and set aside 600 acres of fertile land from the Lu family to give it to the academy in the name of the Liangzhou government. Song Dongming, the deputy manager whose relationship with the Lu family tends to be estranged, once again privately hosted a banquet for Lu Boke, who once reached heaven through calligraphy.
In early autumn, a horse-drawn carriage in Liangzhou City slowly drove towards the busy city. The carriage was very ordinary, and there were no horsemen to follow it. Looking at the pictures on the street, it's like watching flowers on horseback.
Some shops have changed their signboards, some stalls have disappeared, some restaurants still sell green ant wine, and some inns have inherited their father's business.
When passing by a newly opened Daji shop, the carriage stopped slowly, and the groom quietly waited for the master's order, not daring to speak without permission, reminding everyone in the academy that they were patiently waiting for his arrival.
The young man holding the corner of the curtain looked at the store. He remembered that he used to buy a big sauced beef wrapped in oil paper every time he returned home. It never occurred to me that the old owner of that shop was Huang Sanjia.
At that time, Miss Hehe's big weird cat was still alive.
I remember that it was also in this vicinity back then, when I reunited with the Dongxi girl after a long absence, and for the first time I saw the little monk from the north and the south who wanted to become a Buddha and burn out the relics. In the future, at the gate of Xiangfan City, the white-clothed bodhisattva who became a heavenly and human double cultivator, at that time, he still thought that she was an old cow eating young grass, she was too shameless, and he was too disadvantaged, so he didn't agree. There was a period of time later when I almost regretted beating my feet and chest, but now thinking of this incident, I just laughed it off. For some reason, a female Bodhisattva with black hair was born, and she was mistaken for a banished fairy when she first saw her when she was traveling around the rivers and lakes. , but you don't have to own it, and you won't miss it when you don't see it.
He put down the curtain and said softly, "Guan Song, go to White Horse Academy."
Song Guanshi, Song Yu, the chief steward of Qingliangshan Prince's Mansion in Beiliang. It can be said that this is the only one in Beiliangdao, and there is no other semicolon.
The carriage stopped at the entrance of White Horse Academy. When Xu Fengnian got off the carriage, he suddenly asked, "Is it true that there are not many assassins breaking into Qingliang Mountain in recent years?"
Song Yu stood beside the young vassal respectfully, bowed slightly, and said in a calm voice, "My lord, probably those idiots and reckless gangsters have finally enlightened. There has never been an assassination in Qingliang Mountain this year, so it's very peaceful. Many people in the house are not used to it."
Xu Fengnian said with a smile: "It is true that the fun of fishing has been reduced a lot. By the way, it seems that there are also a lot fewer rangers who show their faces?"
Song Yu laughed softly: "Nowadays, the masters of the rivers and lakes want to show off their skills in front of the prince, and it is too embarrassing for them."
There was no welcome battle for the White Horse Academy. Xu Fengnian stood on the side of the street, looked up at the plaque of the White Horse Academy, and said with emotion: "I never thought that Liangzhou would have an academy to open one day."
Song Yu said: "It's all the prince's credit. Not everyone in the world is blind or bored by lard. Justice is at ease."
Xu Fengnian nodded solemnly, "Song Yu, your flattering skills have not fallen at all over the years. When others say good things in person, it is always better for you to go back to basics."
Song Yu, who Xu Fengnian has been His Royal Highness for so many years and has followed closely for so many years, has a bright smile on his face.
Song Yuliu's ability to flatter horses has not diminished, and his energy-raising skills have increased even more in recent years. In addition, he is familiar with the temperament of this young feudal lord, and he is not dissatisfied with the silence of the White Horse Academy, so naturally he will not do that. It's a boring act of provoking a teacher. What's more, he knows better than anyone else that the co-owner of the Northern Liang Iron Cavalry has been treating scholars extremely kindly in the past few years, otherwise this Baima Academy, which has already become a blockbuster without a name, would not be able to run. There were not many rich and powerful vassal kings in the Liyang Dynasty, but there were also many, just like the bold Yanchi King Zhao Bing, or the once prosperous Guangling King Zhao Yi, who would let those well-educated scholars gather together in the jurisdiction to preach Teaching? Jing'an Road still has a youth party in the imperial court, and it is close to the hinterland of the Central Plains of the Shangyin Academy. Isn't it the same that they failed to build a decent academy
Song Yu glanced at the scene around the carriage without showing any trace. In fact, apart from theirs, there were four or five carriages, which did not show the style of dignitaries and extravagant people. Song Yu knew that apart from the prince's presence today, there were actually six It is not a coincidence that seven generals came to the academy at the same time, but Baima Academy, under the suggestion of the deputy director Xu Beizhi, would invite generals to talk about the battle with scholars every once in a while, not to mention that this has never happened in other academies Well, I am afraid that the ancestor of the Tianxia Academy, the Shangyin Academy, has never had such an aggressive and strange thing. A reckless man in the eyes of scholars, can he still make sense for scholars? Although these carriages are not impressive in appearance, the horses are all well-built and expensive horses. To be precise, they are either A or B in the Beiliang frontier army, because they originally came from two pastures in Beiliang, Xianli and Tianjing. It's just that they flowed into the pass through a special channel and didn't supply the frontier army. For this kind of thing, whether it is the old Liang Wang Xu Xiao or the Xinliang King next to Song Yu, they all turn a blind eye and close their eyes. Do not pursue.
Those old generals, who have lived in the army for most of their lives, have dozens of good horses at home after they are disarmed and returned to the fields. What's wrong with them
It is said that the meritorious elders of Beiliang who visited the White Horse Academy together today include Wei Tieshan and Liu Yuanji, two veteran deputy commanders who returned to the frontier army not long ago but have not actually been in power for the time being.
The seven or eight generals, all of whom have been smoked by spring and autumn, are the first group of veterans Xu Beizhi kindly invited to White Horse Academy.
Needless to say, in the current Beiliang officialdom, especially civil servants, I am afraid that only two young officials, Xu Beizhi and Chen Xiliang, can recruit these old guys. Song Dongming, the de facto civil servant leader of Northern Liang, can't do it either.
It is even more impossible for Lu Dongjiang, the governor of Liangzhou, who is a "relative of the emperor" to do so.
Because if you want to say something heartbreaking, in fact, in today's Beiliang civil and military, only these two young people are the real servants of the dragon.
General Ning Emei of Tiefutu, General Huangfuping of Youzhou, Deputy Commander of the Infantry Army Gu Dazu and others are still inferior to these two.
The backbone of the White Horse Academy is actually not Yao Baifeng, the master of Liyang literary circles, but Xu Beizhi, who retired from the position of governor of Lingzhou after a successful career.
As the former steward of the Wutong Academy, Song Yu is now the chief steward of the entire Qingliang Mountain. Of course, he is a well-deserved caring person for this young feudal lord. The most important thing is that Song Yu is not too old, in his early forties, If there is no accident, it will not be said that there will be no chance to be the elder of the three dynasties of the Xu family in Beiliang. It is conceivable that it has nothing to do with whether this man is an official or not. The prime minister's concierge is even a third-rank official, let alone the number one butler of a feudal prince's mansion? So Song Yu was very content, and was even more grateful to the Xu family and his son.
Song Yu slowed down a little, and followed Xu Fengnian to the White Horse Academy.
A young scholar in blue clothes hurried out of the gate of Baima Academy, looked around, and was slightly taken aback when he saw Xu Fengnian and Song Yuhou. He was a scholar from Huainan who had recently studied at the academy, and didn't he follow Wang Jijiu back then? One of the members who resolutely went to Liang together, his grandparents and Yao Baifeng were classmates, and they had been apprentices to Mr. Zhengyuan in Shangluo County together. Because of this incense, his grandfather let this descendant after hearing that Yao Baifeng presided over the White Horse Academy to give lectures again. The eldest grandson came to Liangzhou because of his honest and gentle personality and profound family education. The elderly Yao Baifeng asked this young man to help with some trivial matters of welcoming and sending. He led people into the academy. Baima Academy also got the news from Qingliang Mountain temporarily, saying that the prince is coming. This is naturally a big deal for young scholars, but the attitudes of Mr. Yao Baifeng and Xu Beizhi made him a little confused , Not salty, just let him lead the way when he sees people, but young scholars will inevitably encounter difficulties, and he doesn't recognize the young feudal lord, but he soon relieved, presumably a powerful Liyang feudal lord is going out , It will definitely be amazing. To be honest, he was very curious about that legendary young vassal king, and he also had some admiration for him. There was a rumor in the Central Plains that "Southern Song Dynasty and Northern Xu" said, combining the colorful articles of Western Chu Song Yushu and the demeanor of Northern Liang Xu Fengnian, It is also known as the double masterpiece of the world, which has the charm of "Xie Xie in the South and Li in the North" in the Spring and Autumn Period of that year.
The young scholar looked at the man in white robe and saber who had only one follower, and his intuition told him that the man in front of him was probably Xu Fengnian, but how could he be the master of Beiliang iron cavalry who successfully stirred up the world's general situation with such a light and easy car
Xu Fengnian climbed up the steps and saw a simple wooden frame at the door, and a string of delicate jade hooks tied to the rail to hang swords.
Xu Fengnian once made a promise to the owner of the mountain, Huang Shang, in the early days of the establishment of Qingludong Academy, that no matter who is a Beiliang warrior, regardless of his official rank, if he wants to enter Beiliang Academy, he will take off his saber.
At this time, there were seven Beiliang knives hanging on the wooden frame.
A wooden frame hangs a sword on a jade hook.
Xu Fengnian walked in front of the wooden frame and looked at the war knives. Most of them were old, and none of them were the latest Xu Liu knives. One of the knives had a scabbard that was severely worn out, and it might even be called an orphan. Xu Family Knife!
You must know that even in Qingliangshan, there is no original Xu Dao. Even if Xu Xiao had sent people to buy such swords in the Central Plains with a lot of money before his death, there was still no result, because the first Xu Dao was not made many times, and the total was only seven. Thousands, secondly, the conditions at the time were harsh, and the casting process was very rough, which resulted in the saber not being good, and it was damaged a lot on the battlefield, and could not withstand a few battles. It's not as good as a lost dog. To be honest, how could I remember to keep a few knives as a souvenir? People don't know if they can survive. They are used to fighting to support their lives. As for whether the saber is forged by themselves, it really doesn't matter. You must know that in wars at that time, even Xu Xiao himself had done it by directly picking down the enemy on the battlefield. The act of wearing armor on the body.
Before Xu Xiao was alive, he only liked to brag to Xu Fengnian about his great achievements, how many great victories he had won, and how many famous generals he had defeated in the Spring and Autumn and Eight Kingdoms.
But he never told Xu Fengnian how much suffering he had suffered in those years, never mentioned a word.
Many things were heard from Xu Fengnian's chats with people like Chu Lushan and Yuan Zuozong after a long time.
Sometimes, Xu Fengnian also thinks that if he has children in the future, he will have the opportunity to wait until they grow up. He is probably the same as Xu Xiao. He will only tell them that his father has defeated many martial arts masters in his life, but not He would tell them how many injuries he suffered and how much blood was shed in those life-and-death battles.
This is probably the case for father and son in the world.
I have never been a father myself, so I don't know the hardships of my father.
When Xu Fengnian slowly took off the saber at his waist, he turned his head to look at Song Yu and asked with a smile: "Song Guanshi, do your twins who have just turned ten years old get tired of your nagging?"
Hearing such a question out of the blue, the clever and clever Song Yu was still a little caught off guard, but soon smiled knowingly: "Of course, every time I tell those two children how many important people their father has met, they will always be laughed at. I can't wait to cover my ears, but telling them about the prince's feats, even if the child has heard it too many times, the child still finds it interesting."
Xu Fengnian had seen the pink and jade-carved siblings a few times in Qingliang Mountain. They were different from the elder brother who had already become an official and the second sister who was married to Lingzhou. I heard that the young lady brought from Jiangnan Road with Chen Xiliang, the daughter of Huyan Daguan, and the little green robe left by the groom in the palace, all have a good relationship, and they often play and play together. Once Xu Fengnian walked alone in the early morning On the long embankment in the middle of the lake, a group of children squatted furtively by the lake, fishing carp with their rough self-made fishing rods. The small wooden basin was already crowded with four or five fat koi. As a result, he bumped into him and coughed deliberately from a distance. Song Yu's young son immediately overturned the wooden basin and asked everyone to throw the fishing rods into the lake, and then ran away in a hurry. Dumbfounded, Xu Fengnian had no choice but to help the group of troublemakers take back the fishing rods and wooden basins from the lake and stay where they were.
I heard that the koi in Chaohu Lake have a good origin. They come from a large natural pond on the top of a majestic mountain in Liaodong. This kind of carp from Tianchi Lake is not commonplace in the eyes of Qi practitioners. It is born with golden scales and carries the luck of the world. I heard that the koi in Chaohu Lake is known as a tail of ten gold. These years, it has been a rare thing that the civil servants of Beiliang have dreamed of. Yan Jiexi and others who went to Tai'an City didn't bother to ask for it. Only Li Gongde had the cheek to ask Xu Xiao for a few. Xu Xiao waved his hand and said that he would catch it. Li Gongde, who is already a high-ranking governor of Fengzhou, really went to catch them himself, and finally caught seven or eight carps and went back to raise them in his own pond. It is said that there is already a pond with a hundred carps. Of course, Xu Fengnian and Li Hanlin both know it well. Li Gongde smiled from ear to ear every time he looked at the pond, not because he really liked those koi carps that were born with visions, but because those carp are all living money!
The young scholar was shocked when he heard this conversation. He couldn't believe that the young man in front of him was really the King of Beiliang, the one who led the Northern Liang iron cavalry to block the army of millions in Beimang.
After Xu Fengnian took off the cold knife at his waist, he gently hung it on a jade hook on the leftmost edge of the shelf.
I don't know if it's a coincidence, but in this way, the Xu family's six generations of swords are all together.
The young scholar was a little apprehensive, and hurriedly bowed to him and said, "Dai Yuanjie from Fengtang County, see the prince."
Xu Fengnian was surprised and said: "Fengtang County, Jizhou? Who are you, Mr. Jiao'an? Are you a descendant of Dai Jiayuan?"
Dai Yuanjie was even more surprised. He didn't expect that the dignified feudal lord would hear about his grandfather. Their Dai family used to be a wealthy family with hairpin tassels for generations in the old Northern Han Dynasty. In Dai Yuanjie's generation, it happened to be Yuanzi's turn, but the Dai family, like many wealthy families in the Spring and Autumn Period, ended with the "unjust" war of winning the king and defeating the bandit, and the Dai family sank. The children of the family strictly abide by Mr. The established rules, learning but not official. Dai's library "Eight Hundred Tiejian Building" was once one of the six major libraries in the Spring and Autumn Period. In particular, there are more than 100 kinds of rare editions, including countless hard-printed editions and manuscripts. After Xiao led the army to destroy the country, the Dai family library, which had never minded outsiders going up the building, was no longer open to the public, and even the children of the family were not allowed to go up to read books easily.
This young scholar with a long history of family education raised his head and said solemnly: "It is the ancestor of the family!"
Xu Fengnian's face was a little embarrassed, "I heard that half of Chaoge's rare editions were extorted from your 800 Iron Sword Tower in the early years by our Xu family. If you came to Beiliang this time to ask for those books, I will let you Someone sort it out and try to return the original amount.”
Dai Yuanjie heard this secret for the first time, and his grandfather never mentioned it to him, and he was even more embarrassed than Xu Fengnian for a while.
He is a frail scholar, how much courage does he have to come to Beiliang to settle accounts with the Northwest feudal prince Qiuhou
Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "The books in Tingchao Pavilion are also eating dust, so it is better to return them to your Dai family, but it has been agreed in advance that the books can be returned, but the premise is that you can't cherish your books in the Dai family library, and you need to treat the children of other surnames and foreigners. Scholars are open. You can discuss this matter with Mr. Jiaoan first. Of course, this is an unfeeling request. Mr. Jiaoan may not agree to it, but it will not affect your studies at White Horse Academy. You can rest assured, Dai Yuanjie Yes. If it’s really not possible, I will donate those Fengban books to Baima Academy in the name of your Dai family, and you can also express this matter with Mr. Jiao’an in your family letter.”
After weighing things up, Dai Yuanjie felt relieved, and bowed again, submissively saying: "Your Majesty is massive!"
Xu Fengnian couldn't help laughing, and he held back some of the words that came to his lips. In fact, Xu Xiao "borrowed" the books with a knife, but now it's nothing more than because his Xu family's hundreds of thousands of cold knives are still there. Only one incident will become "massive". In fact, in the final analysis, the Xu family does not take it seriously. It's just that Xu Fengnian didn't want to talk about this with a descendant of the Dai family.
No matter how good a book is, if no one reads it, it looks very valuable, but it is actually the least valuable.
But Xu Fengnian also heard a lot of strange things about Huang Longshi from Miss Hehe. This Huang Sanjia said that in the future, scholars will be too easy to read, and they will not pay attention to the hard work of the sages, so there will be "the ancients have said the truth" Exhausted" sighed helplessly.
Xu Fengnian followed the young scholar into the White Horse Academy.
The young scholar looked back for no reason, the wooden frame.
After Spring and Autumn.
The Xu family has six swords.
Arrayed here.