White Horse Academy was built in accordance with the old system of the left and right rooms of the Zhongkai Lecture Hall. Three hundred scholars lived in the sixty rooms to the east and west. There were only 19 students who stayed in the academy all the year round to teach. Yao Baifeng Xu Beizhidu In this list, Bai Yu, the deputy dean, still needs to preside over the affairs of the official residence on Qingliang Mountain, but the academy plans to invite temporary lecturers this autumn and winter. There are more than 20 people, a large list of names, which can be described as a spectacular lineup Among them, Huang Chang, the owner of Qingludong Academy, Song Yan, the new governor of Youzhou, who admired Legalism, and Wang Xihua, a great Confucian in Huangnan County, who was praised by Yao Baifeng as "the three talents of governors", once lived together with Xu Weixiong, Xu Huang and others. It is said that there is Chang Sui, a big brother who studied under Han Guzi in Shangyin Academy, and Yu Youwei, a master of rhythm who is now serving as Mr. Jishang in Shangyin Academy.
Xu Fengnian followed Dai Yuanjie slowly, and finally stopped in the open space in front of the library. Yao Baifeng, Liu Yuanji, Wei Tieshan and other meritorious veterans sat around to bask in the sun, while Xu Beizhi led a group of young scholars from the academy to dry their books.
Yao Baifeng, who retired from the seat of the Guozijian in the capital, looked hale and hearty, not as old as the rumors of the Liyang court who resigned due to illness, in fact, even Xu Fengnian didn't know why Yao Baifeng left Tai'an City on his own initiative, and why It is not to spend the rest of the year in the capital, but to return to Beiliang. You must know that Yao's family school is known as being able to compete with the entire Shangyin school. Although it is suspected of exaggeration, no one doubts that Yao Baifeng himself The lofty prestige of scholars in Yangwentan, in fact, in Taian City in recent years, Yao Baifeng is almost the only Qingliu civil servant who is willing to speak a few words of justice for Beiliang's military and government in the court. Xu Fengnian believes that if it is not so "disobedient" to the Zhao family The emperor, with Yao Baifeng's voice and knowledge, has long been able to enter the center of Liyang, standing side by side with Huan Wen, Zhao Youling, and Yin Maochun, instead of staying in the Guozijian with a reputation but no real power, let alone following Yan Jie closely in Yao Baifeng. After Xi became an official in Beijing, many of Yao's children took advantage of the opportunity to become officials. Yao Baifeng chose to live in Beiliang White Horse Academy at this time. Yao Baifeng can only be the lecturer instead of the head of the hospital, so as to help the old man minimize the gossip in the Liyang temple. Song Dongming, the economic envoy, also supported this matter, but in the end Yao Baifeng still politely refused, with a 16-character joke that "he is not young, and has a great addiction to officials, and he would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail", insisting on being the one who runs the academy himself. The top leader, Qingliangshan or Xu Fengnian really couldn't hold back this respected old scholar, so he had to let Yao Baifeng take charge of the White Horse Academy.
Seeing Xu Fengnian's arrival, Liu Yuanji, Wei Tieshan, the two former deputy commanders of the Beiliang frontier army, did not dare to rely on their elders, and immediately stood up to greet them, especially Liu Yuanji, whose family children ran rampant in the countryside but didn't know it, seemed a little guilty. On the eve of the eve, when Liu Yuanji was performing martial arts outside the customs, he was pointed at his nose by his former colleague Lin Doufang and scolded Liu Yuanji bloody. All the respectful and unworthy descendants shouted to the ancestral hall, and with the attitude of not being afraid of being killed by mistake, but of missing out, they made them kneel on the ground and whipped each of them severely with a leather whip. With one hundred lashes, seven or eight people fainted on the spot, dripping with blood. The women of Liu's mansion outside the ancestral hall were too frightened to cry. Three of the seven stewards of the mansion were killed that day, All the companions of the young children of the family were packed up and left. From then on, the family style of the Liu family was revoked. Returning to serve in the frontier army, Liu Yuanji showed up to meet people coyly, otherwise, the veteran probably would not have planned to deal with the old robes in his life.
It is a fact that these military generals in Beiliang who have experienced the wars in the Spring and Autumn Period have made great achievements, are rebellious and unruly, and are not subject to restraint.
But there is one thing that is different from many "founding" heroes in Liyang, that is, they have an indescribable and deep-rooted complex for the Xu family or Xu Xiao. The old emperor took down the Zhao family, so Yan Wenluan, Wei Tieshan, and Liu Yuanji followed Xu Xiao to take down the Xu family. The difference of one word makes a world of difference. It's very simple, Xu Xiao shares joys and sorrows with them, fights together, not only has that kind of "friendship between monarch and minister", but also has the righteousness of changing lives between you and me. On the temple, it is obscure and difficult to understand, the most difficult to see the true heart, on the battlefield, the moment of life and death, the easiest to see the nature.
Before and after Xu Fengnian's notorious hereditary succession to the king of Beiliang, undercurrents surged, and the former cavalry coach Zhong Hongwu was killed. In Beiliang Road, he was known privately as not killing chickens to warn monkeys, but killing tigers to scare wolves. This shows that Beiliang The atmosphere is fierce, when Xu Fengnian was leading the General of Lingzhou as the son of the eldest son, even if Xu Xiao was still alive, the generals who controlled the officialdom of Lingzhou were different, did that cause the disturbance
After Xu Fengnian greeted everyone, he saw Lin Doufang, a veteran of the Lianziying Camp, and suddenly realized that the Xu family's first-generation sword must be the treasure of this one-armed old man. If there is still the first generation of Xu Dao, it is most likely that it was given to Lin Doufang by himself in the past, as the one that the two dolls made a confidant, but later Lin Doufang had no children under his knees. After the main general disappeared in Beiliang after being discouraged, the marriage had to be abandoned. Today's White Feather Qingqi Commander Yuan Nanting was born in the Lianzi Camp, when six hundred veterans saw His Royal Highness off to Beijing, Lin Doufang Yuan Nanting, and Jin Partridge Zhou Kang, the current commander of the Right Cavalry Army, all appeared.
Dai Yuanjie moved two chairs for Xu Fengnian and Song Yu. After Xu Fengnian took the chairs, he didn't justifiably squeeze Yao Baifeng's middle seat, but just randomly placed them next to Lin Doufang. As for Song Yu, the butler of Qingliang Mountain, he didn't take the chair at all, and shook his head with a smile to refuse, holding his breath and standing in the distance.
Yao Baifeng had a panoramic view of all this, smiled slightly, then turned serious, and asked straight to the point: "My lord, do you dare to ask about the change of Chunxue Building in Guangling Road, can Qingliang Mountain intervene?"
The sun in early autumn was warm and warm, but after Yao Baifeng asked this question, even veterans like Lin Doufang and Wei Tieshan felt palpitations, and their originally relaxed sitting posture suddenly became serious.
Xu Fengnian's face remained normal, he shook his head lightly and smiled, "I thought there was something to do with it, but unfortunately not."
Yao Baifeng stared at the slightly narrow eyes of the young vassal, and was speechless for a long time, as if he didn't catch the expected clue. The old man sighed and said to himself: "It's a phenomenon of troubled times, it's only been a short time. After more than twenty years of peaceful world, how could it be reduced to such a situation?"
Xu Fengnian's face was still calm, and he asked with a smile: "Mr. Yao thinks why in this world, apart from the raging wars on the desolate border, why even the Central Plains is in chaos?"
Yao Baifeng was stunned, and then smiled wryly: "My lord, there is no need to be so sarcasm. This old man has never thought that for the sake of the stability of the Central Plains, the soldiers of Beiliang should fight to the death at the border."
Xu Fengnian thought for a moment, and then slowly said: "The chaos in the Central Plains today, the imperial court cannot escape the blame, the general direction of Liyang's cutting down the vassals and suppressing the power of local generals is correct, but the specific means implemented in the real place are too cruel. For example, Yan Zhenchun, Yang Shenxing, the old man who holds the military power, has no doubt that his heart is for the Zhao family, and the Huainan king Zhao Ying actually didn't need to die in battle at all. , although it is muddled, it is far better than using a well-planned Guangling Dao war to simply seize power with the dead. Also, none of the civil and military officials in Liyang is a fool. If you give my father a bad title, It is still within the tolerance range, so the old chief assistant Zhang Julu's late festival is not guaranteed, which is especially chilling. Today's emperor can't be said to be a faint king, but should be called the king of Zhongxing. Various measures, such as the addition of pavilions, the extraordinary and beautiful posthumous posthumous Yan Zhenchun, etc. , can be regarded as a great comfort to the temple's civil and military hearts, but it is a pity that there are some things that Zhang Julu as a courtier can do well, but Zhao Zhuan as a monarch may not be able to do well, at least he does not have enough time."
Xu Fengnian calmly said: "Where is the current chaos in the Central Plains? The chaos is in people's hearts. Huainan King Zhao Ying died of resentment, Jiaodong King Zhao Sui retreated depressed, Jing'an King Zhao Xun tremblingly flattered Tai'an City, Guangling King Zhao Yi committed suicide It is reasonable to seek hereditary succession by smearing reputation, so it is reasonable for Yan Chi Wang Zhao Bing to raise troops northward. Liyang military generals, not to mention the old people in Yan Yang, among the younger generation, Lu Shengxiang, Cai Nan, Tang Tieshuang, etc. I believe that these people will also have some unspeakable pain. If Zhang Julu had not died, even if he had left the temple and retreated far away from the rivers and lakes, and even as long as he did not end up ruined, the Central Plains would definitely not be in chaos today."
Yao Baifeng had a painful look on his face, and tremblingly said: "No matter what, the people are so innocent!"
Wei Tieshan shook his head slightly, and Liu Yuanji rolled his eyes. Most of these Beiliang veterans who survived the pile of dead people sneered at this kind of scholarly spirit.
Xu Fengnian said plainly: "Since the founding of the Qin Dynasty, for eight hundred years, there have been divisions and reunions, and constant wars. Which dynasty's people are not innocent? And sir, the words 'no matter what' are too understated. Then the emperor Zhao Zhuan Even if there are thousands of excuses, as long as he is still sitting on the dragon chair, he will have to bear the burden of this calamity. Just like I, Xu Fengnian, blocked the horseshoes of Beimang and did not let them drive straight into the Central Plains. I don't care at all, if I can't stop it, if I lose the second battle of recklessness, I won't care about whether I will be infamous in history or the people of the Central Plains will poke my spine and scold me."
Xu Beizhi, who was squatting not far away flipping through books, turned his head and coughed heavily, and said unhappily: "These big, nonsense, bad words, please don't say a few words, you don't care about the King of Beiliang, and Xu Beizhi still cares! And, Mr. Yao It's the headmaster of our White Horse Academy, please be more polite to me!"
Xu Fengnian was speechless, a little embarrassed.
Yao Baifeng laughed loudly, and said happily: "It's okay, it's okay, the prince is willing to say such unpleasant words today, I, an old man whose neck is buried in the loess, am very happy, really happy!"
Liu Yuanji laughed and said: "Of course! Our lord is an out-and-out Beiliang master, a real person, and never speaks of the shitty official accent of the Liyang court!"
Lin Doufang laughed and scolded: "My lord's ancestral home is Jinzhou, Liaodong! Besides, he wasn't born in Beiliang! You Liu Laosan have flattered countless times in your life, and you have never been on the stage once."
Liu Yuanji is not afraid of anything, and he respects the general Xu Xiao, but he is afraid of Lin Doufang, an old brother who has been born and died together. Otherwise, in the end, in the whole of Beiliang, only Lin Doufang rewarded Liu Yuanji with a few old punches. If Wei Tieshan and others hadn't tried their best to stop him, it is estimated that Liu Yuanji would have been kicked countless times.
Wei Tieshan hesitated to speak.
Xu Fengnian had sharp eyes and said gently, "Old General Wei has something to say."
Wei Tieshan gritted his teeth, and asked in a deep voice: "My lord, do we really need to rely on those young people in Beiliang? Give the 300,000 cavalry and the survival of Beiliang to the Liuzhou war?"
This time it was Yao Baifeng's turn to cough, and secretly gave Xu Beizhi a look.
After all, there are a mixed bag of academicians nearby who are posting books, and they have to be cautious when dealing with major border issues.
Xu Fengnian waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, I'm talking about this here now, and I won't reveal military affairs anymore."
Xu Fengnian looked at Wei Tieshan squarely, "Before Xie Xizhen went to Liuzhou, he asked me a question in private. He hoped that the 300,000 cavalrymen in Beiliang would die in a vigorous battle outside the pass, and then wait for the fall of the four states of Beiliang with a clear conscience and regret." The ending? It is still a gamble, and it may bear a thousand years of infamy, being scolded as a border guard vassal who does not understand military affairs but is greedy for meritorious service, and is considered by later historians to be a typical example of armies on paper, to fight for Beiliang A ray of life?"
All the veterans were lost in thought.
Lin Doufang was the first to come back to his senses, and said solemnly: "My lord said so, even if I didn't come here in vain today, I will drink two catties of green ant wine later. If you lose the fight, then go to the forest of steles in Qingliang Mountain, point at the tombstone, pick up the contents of your stomach, and curse."
Liu Yuanji resentfully said: "Lin Doufang, is this also scolding the prince?"
Lin Doufang said viciously: "Since you have become the king of Beiliang, let alone have the most powerful elite soldiers in the world, then it is only natural to win a big battle! Back then, the great general even defeated most of the Central Plains, and now the prince Why can't you stop the barbarians from the North Mang?"
Yao Baifeng had an unbelievable expression on his face, is there such a reason in the world
Xu Beizhi gloated and said, "Old General Lin is kind."
Wei Tieshan, who has the most peaceful disposition, hastily smoothed things over and said: "Old Lin, I haven't had a drink yet, so why did I start talking about it? My lord, don't be as knowledgeable as this stubborn bull. Lao Lin has a sharp mouth and a heart. Among the old fellows, when he is not in front of the prince, he is the one who protects the prince the most."
Lin Doufang, who had been exposed, glared.
Xu Fengnian narrowed his eyes with a smile, with a sincere smile on his face, and jokingly said: "Old General Wei, I know that, after all, Old General Lin almost became my father-in-law. It's no wonder that he doesn't like me."
Liu Yuanji exasperatedly said: "My lord is so handsome, and looking at old man Lin's ugly appearance, even if he really has a daughter, he is absolutely not worthy of his lord."
Lin Doufang, who had long been accustomed to punching and kicking Liu Yuanji during his military career, was about to kick Liu Laosan, who couldn't spit ivory out of his dog's mouth, but the young feudal lord and Yao Baifeng were both present, so it was good easy to hold back.
Xu Fengnian suddenly said softly: "Mr. Yao, I have a suggestion. Can White Horse Academy arrange some scholars to regularly go to village private schools inside and outside Liangzhou City to give lectures to those Mongolian children from poor backgrounds. The content of the lectures need not be too detailed and superficial That’s right, firstly, there is no need to delay the studies of scholars in the academy, and secondly, those children can’t understand advanced content. Because I hope that our future reading seeds in Beiliang can understand the customs and customs of the Central Plains as soon as possible, and I hope they know how to live in the bitter cold. Outside of my hometown in Beiliang, there are so many wonders in the world, which gave them the ambition to read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles, so the scholars of the academy can give lectures at will, even if they casually talk to the children about the local food in the Central Plains."
Xu Fengnian was silent for a moment, and tentatively said: "Maybe this matter is really overkill. If no one in the Academy is willing to do it, I can give out listening to Chaoge's collection of books as a reward for going out to give lectures."
As soon as these words came out, Yao Baifeng was in a daze, speechless for a while.
On the open space in front of the library, in the autumn sunshine, those young scholars who help to dry books may not be able to hear the conversation there, but everyone can see that scene.
An elderly scholar sat at the head seat with peace of mind.
Sitting on the left and right were several meritorious military generals of Beiliang who killed people like hemp.
A vassal king with the power of 300,000 iron cavalry sat quietly on the edge.
Then, the young people saw another scene.
The master of Neo Confucianism with peaches and plums all over the world stood up slowly, bowed respectfully to the young vassal king, tears filled his eyes when he bowed his head, and said in a trembling voice: "I, Yao Baifeng, and I, Baima Academy, pay my respects to Beiliang for all the scholars in Beiliang. king!"