To the south of Tokyo City, go south along the Imperial Street, cross the Ryutsu Bridge to the south, and to the east of the Imperial Street are Taixue and Kunikojian. Taixue is close to Wuxue Street, adjacent to Guozijian and Biyong, and is a place where literati and scholars gather.

"Xingtaixue, placing the Master, in order to raise the people of the world", this is the purpose of the Taixue in the past dynasties.

When Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty Zhao Ji, he built Biyong as a foreign school, Taixue, including Biyong, enrolled a total of 3,800 people, and abolished the imperial examination at the same time, and the talents were selected by the school.

At the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty, the highest official school in the imperial court was only one Guozijian, and the recruits were the children of the middle and lower-level bureaucrats above the seventh grade. It's just that the students are named Guozijian, but they rarely go to school. Therefore, during the examination period, Guozijian summons students from all over the world to come to take the exam, and the best ones are selected. At this time, the prison was overcrowded. At the end of the exam, the clouds will disappear, and the excitement will be for a while, and the loneliness will be eternal. There is the name of education, but there is no education.

Since the fourth year of Qingli, the imperial court to the east of the country to the east of the Xiqing Yuan for the beginning of Taixue, during the period Fan Zhongyan determined to reform, the great educator Hu Ai taught in Taixue, to the last years of the reign of Huizong of the Song Dynasty, Taixue has 3,800 people, 3,000 people in the outer house, 600 people in the inner house, 200 people in the upper house.

Due to the large number of students, especially the students from the outer house, Biyong was built to accommodate a large number of students, and the name of "outer house" is well deserved.

Since Wang Anshi changed the law, Taixue began to implement the "three rounding method", Taixue was divided into three categories: outer house, inner house, and upper house, and those with excellent grades in the upper house can be directly selected as officials.

All new students need to enter the outer house first, pass the public examination and private examination, refer to the weekday arts, and upgrade to the inner house.

Students who are admitted to the school take the examination once every two years, and the test results and the scores of the public and private examinations of the year are all excellent. One excellent and one flat is a middle-class student, and is allowed to be exempted from the Ministry of Examination; If two equals or one excellent and one excellent student are inferior, they will be exempted from the examination.

Students will no longer participate in the public examination. The private examination is conducted once a month, and the students are self-examined by the academic officials; The public examination is held once a year, and it is presided over by the imperial court, which can be regarded as half a foot in the officialdom.

Wang Song himself did not expect that one day, he would be invited by these Taixue students in the name of a tea party to explore poetry, needle the disadvantages of the times, and explore the way to enrich the country and strengthen the army.

"Unofficial Imperial Historical Observatory", this is another name for Taixue, and it can be seen how enthusiastic and iron-clad these students and future scholars are.

However, this is also a very small number of people, and most of them are too students, and they will just be the turbidity of officialdom in the future, and they will just be a hurried passer of the times.

Wang Song finally decided to go because he found the word "Chen Dong" on the list of invitees.

As a lover of military history, this student named Chen Dong is famous at the turn of the Song Dynasty and the Song Dynasty.

"Today's events, Cai Jing is in trouble, and Liang Shicheng is in the back. Li Yan complained about the northwest, Zhu Mian complained about the southeast, and Wang Hao and Tong Guan complained about Liao and Jin, creating a gap. It is advisable to punish the six thieves and pass on the first four directions to thank the world. ”

This is a 40-year-old Tai student Chen Dong's letter to the imperial court in the first year of Jingkang, so that the "six thieves" were executed.

"One advance and one retreat, it is very light in the outline, and it is very heavy in the imperial court. Your Majesty does not believe in the words of the ministers, please ask all the people of all countries, and they will all say that the outline can be used, and Bangyan and others can be reprimanded. When you use it, you don't have to judge it! ”

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dong organized the Tai students to petition, and finally the imperial court recalled Li Gang and organized the anti-Jin people, and the Jin people retreated.

After the "shame of Jingkang", Zhao Gou ascended the throne, appointed Li Gang as the prime minister, and summoned Chen Dong to the imperial court.

Zhao Gou was afraid of Jin Ruhu, dismissed Li Gang, appointed Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan as ministers, and prepared to move south. Chen Dong wrote a letter requesting that Li Gang be left behind, depose Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan, and ask Zhao Gou to personally conquer the second emperor and give up moving south.

Ouyang Che, a commoner, wrote a letter suggesting political reform, resisting the Jin people, and reprimanding Huang Qianshan and others. For his own selfish interests, Zhao Gou beheaded Chen Dong and Ouyang Che in the city.

At the age of 41, he is still too a student, which shows how uninhibited and upright this Brother Chen Dong is.

said that he was cynical and "angry youth", but it was inconsistent with his behavior of serving the country and worrying about the country and the people, and even more inconsistent with his identity as a student.

Zhao Jishi had cancelled the imperial examination, and the student was already an official. With Chen Dong being able to call on so many students, he should be a student who is about to enter the office. In this case, he is not a so-called "angry youth", but a "patriot" with great wisdom and courage and rich resume.

Historically, after Zhao Gou killed Chen Dong and died, the Tai students still heard about the current affairs and participated in the government affairs, but they were always consistent with the direction of the imperial court. Once the imperial court and scholars were dissatisfied, they were immediately silent and silent, which was not much different from Chen Dong during his lifetime.

Tai students, who still have to engage in politics, are officials of the imperial court, naturally have to look forward to the wind and rudder, conform to the imperial court, and will not disobey the imperial power like Chen Dong and clean himself.

This Zhao Gou is also mad and lustful for power. The ancestor of the Great Song Dynasty, "Do not kill scholars and doctors and people who write books", this guy has set a historical precedent for his own selfishness.

When passing by Guozijian, Wang Song specially stopped and paid careful attention. Sure enough, it is the same as recorded in history: "Although the school house exists, it is very narrow, and the students are widowed, only to Lingyi!"

Compared with Taixue, which is crowded with people and students next to it, this is an aristocratic official school, which has been completely degraded.

"Xianggong, did you choose the wrong person when you brought the villain to this kind of place? According to the villain, you should bring Li Xiaozhong here, he reads a lot of books and will drag a few lines of poetry. The villain is a bit of a cow playing the piano here. Moreover, this dress is really awkward to wear on the body. ”

Walking into this literati's school, Niu Gao was obviously quite uncomfortable. Compared with the previous short brown cloth clothes, military armor, the free scarf on his head, and the broad cardigan made him feel a little "Mu Monkey and Crown".

Entering the gate of the "Xiqing Temple" with several giant acacia trees on the left and right of the door, and entering the middle gate, the people who came and went were all teachings and students. As the two walked inside, Niu Gao whispered behind him.

"Playing the piano to the cow?"

Wang Song smiled dumbly. He shook his head and whispered:

"Brother Niu, don't look down on yourself! Talking about poetry and lyrics, pretentious, you are not the opponent of these readers. But when it comes to marching and fighting, defending the family and defending the country, no one can hold your head higher than your big brother Niu!"

Wang Song patted Niu Gao on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Now that the ban on Tokyo has just been lifted, food, meat, melons, fruits and vegetables have not benefited the army. And this Taixue is the priority of the imperial court. You can just eat and drink for a while, and nothing else!"

Niu Gao shook his head and said with a crying face: "I'm afraid that I will chew slowly and eat uncomfortably!"

"Who are you, who are you coming to this Taixue, what are you talking about?"

Although he was checked by the guards at the door, when he got inside, he still came up to inquire.

Niu Gao's eyes widened, and he was about to get angry Wang Song gave a salute and bowed: "Wang Song in the Lower Privy Council, come to meet friends, please don't be surprised!"

"Privy Council Wang Song?"

Xuezheng was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly replied: "It turned out to be the prince of the king, and it was rude!"

Wang Song said "don't dare", asked Chen Dong's school palace, and left.

Although it is already spring, it may be a rest day, and along the way, I didn't meet many students, but I also ended up idle.

Passing through the long sandwich road of the bamboo forest, I came to the door of a school palace with open windows and a red door, and there were already a few students waiting in front of the door. And beside everyone, there is also a young woman, slim and elegant, judging from the dress, she should be an official prostitute.

"The school house banquet must order a prostitute, but each fasting collection is self-posting, and where someone goes to Yangbeizi with Zhai Printing Mingshu, only the book is straight."

History records that these students held parties and asked prostitutes to accompany them, which shows the sluggishness of the study style in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Wang Song's face couldn't help but sink, and he snorted slightly in his nostrils.

"I've seen Wang Xianggong!"

Wang Song nodded slightly, and said softly: "Fellow scholars, can you tell me who this girl is, is it your relatives and friends?"

Around forty years, the black and thin Chen Dong's face turned red, and he was about to step forward to explain, but the woman stepped forward, gave a salute, and said softly: "The prince doesn't need to be suspicious, he is an official prostitute who is registered in the next flower." Today is the name of the king and the princess, not with other thoughts! ”

Another middle-aged scholar who was about the same age as Chen Dong glared at him and said loudly: "Prime Minister Wang is going to underestimate me!" I waited for the invitation of Wang Xianggong to come, just to talk about the past and the present, to explore the situation, and not as filthy as Wang Xianggong thought!"

Chen Dong also said: "Xianggong, under Chen Dong, when the country is in danger, in the autumn of the troubled times, we just want to invite Wang Xianggong to come and talk about the situation of resisting gold, and there is no idea of feasting and drinking, Xianggong is clear!"

Wang Song's face turned red, he returned a salute, and bowed: "The flower lady is polite, everyone is polite, Wang Song is ashamed!"

"I still hope that the prince will be forgiving, he was too rude just now, and please don't be surprised!"

Zhu Meng said that he immediately changed color and greeted Wang Song.

A cup of tea, and some melons and fruits, it seems that as Wang Song said, the first thing the imperial court takes care of is these students and future officials.

As for the soldiers of Tokyo City, although they shed blood and died on the battlefield to ensure that Tokyo City was not lost, they will always be at the bottom of the list of imperial court care and care.

"Xianggong two bloody battles outside the city of Tokyo, the thieves were frightened, Chief Hu was given the head, earth-shattering, thinking about it made people angry and angry, blood boiling, and they couldn't help themselves. In the next generation of the people of Tokyo City, thank you very much!"

Chen Dong shook it to the end, and the others also had solemn faces and saluted together.

"Ladies and gentlemen, these two big victories can also be said to be miserable victories, and they are also narrow victories, not because of my Wang Song's own efforts, but because of the merits of thousands of soldiers! Let's replace wine with tea and toast those soldiers who died in battle!"

Everyone raised their glasses together and gently sprinkled the tea on the ground.

"When it comes to two big wins, it's actually a fluke!"

Everyone sat down, Wang Song shook his head, and said with a wry smile: "Before entering Tokyo City, there were only 8,000 men and horses below, and the cavalry was better than nothing. Under the edict, he killed Wang Xiang, the governor of the western region who could not advance, annexed his people, and killed the three armies, which caused the danger of the destruction of the city of Tokyo, which is really a thousand shots and extremely thrilling!"

Everyone shook their heads and sighed, thinking that if Wang Song hadn't been so bold at that time, I am afraid that the city of Tokyo would have been broken, and he would have become a person who had lost his country.