When Su Lu learned about the imperial court's arrangement of the "Book of Words", he felt that this was not quite right.

Especially after knowing that Ouyang Xiu was going to recommend Su Shi and Su Zhe, his little heart jumped even more suddenly.

Theoretically speaking, there should have been no changes in this period, why did Wang Anshi get appreciated by the emperor when he was only in his thirties.

This timeline is wrong!

Now that his cousin is going to participate in the new law, is it necessary to reclaim the eastern slope in advance and farm the land?

It's going to be messed up!

When he heard the news that Song Qi recommended Su Budo, Su Qi panicked even more: How can so many people from their Su family participate in it? Do you want to let their Su family dominate the list?

Su Lu ran to talk to Ouyang Xiu about his worries, and asked them not to arrest the Su family.

Ouyang Xiu said leisurely: "I remember that your second brother also served in the local ......."

Su Lu frantically refused: "No, no, what does this look like, you can't serve our old Su family in a pot!" ”

Ouyang Xiu laughed. He finished laughing before he said: "How many people want such an opportunity and don't come, you still can't look down on it, come and pick and choose with me!" ”

Su Lu also knew that he was a little ignorant of lifting, but he couldn't put his eggs in one basket, if all their eggs were smashed in, who would be responsible for fishing them in the future. He sighed and said: "I heard people say that 'Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind', our old Su family is all talents, and they will definitely be able to shine in any position, anyway, there are opportunities, how can they take advantage of such a good opportunity?" ”

Ouyang Xiu said: "Okay, the imperial court has its own arrangements, how old are you?" It's not your turn to worry about these things. ”

Su Lu was afraid that he would lose his only remaining second brother, so he hurriedly slipped away.

These people who play politics, one or two are not good people, and you have to stay away from them if you have nothing to do.

Su Lu was worried about his own brother and cousins, and another major incident happened: Zhao Yunrang, the king of Runan County, fell ill.

Zhao Yunrang is Zhao Zongshi's father, Zhao Zhongjiao's grandfather, such an important person fell ill, and Queen Cao didn't want to keep Zhao Zhongjun any longer, so she had to ask Zhao Zhongliang to rush to the palace of the king of Runan County with the imperial doctor.

Zhao Yunrang wanted to leave, Zishantang naturally didn't open, Wang Yan and Su Lu were foreign men in the end, and it was not good to enter and leave the palace at will.

Wang Yan was almost old, and he happened to go to Guozijian to study and prepare for the imperial examination.

Su Lu suddenly became an out-of-school child.

Su Lu was ecstatic.

There is such a good thing!

Of course, the good brother's own grandfather was seriously ill, and Su Lu was not good at putting the surprise on the bright side.

On the day Zhao Zhongjun went back, Su Zhen personally sent him and the imperial doctors out of the city, so that Zhao Zhongjun could fulfill his filial piety to his grandfather.

Zhao Zhongjun actually didn't feel much in his heart.

The experiences of Zhao Yunrang and Zhao Zongshi's father and son are very similar, because after Zhao Zongshi was sent back to the palace, he deliberately treated their family very lightly, so that Zhao Zhen could feel at ease.

In this case, Zhao Zhongjun can get very little attention from his grandfather.

If it weren't for the blood relationship, Zhao Yunrang would be no different from a stranger to Zhao Zhongling.

However, Zhao Zhongjun has a soft temperament, and even if a strange old man falls ill in front of him, he will take care of him diligently, so even if Su Lu doesn't tell him, he will serve the seriously ill Zhao Yunrang well.

It's just that he wants to leave his friends who get along every day, and Zhao Zhongjun is still very reluctant. He couldn't help but say: "We are here to say goodbye, and I don't know when we will meet, you must not forget me." ”

Su Lu nodded again and again: "It must be." ”

These guys were so sensy when they were separated, and Su Lu is used to it now, but he just wants him to talk like Zhao Zhongjun, no way!

Zhao Zhongjun was a little silent when he saw Su Lu's heartless appearance. He didn't stay any longer, waved goodbye to Su Lu and Wang Yan, and followed the accompanying imperial doctor on the way home.

Su Lu watched Zhao Zhongjun and his party go away, raised his eyes to look at the trees that were already a little scattered next to the road, and then looked at the sky dome with some dark clouds, and he was also a little stunned.

At this time, the person was sick, and he may linger on the sickbed for several years, or he may go there within a few days, but I don't know what happened to Zhao Yunrang.

Su Lu and Wang Yan walked back along the royal street, and suddenly saw a group of women walking out from the direction of the palace gate, looking at different expressions, some crying, some smiling, surrounded by forbidden army escorts, I don't know what happened.

Su Lu curiously stepped forward to ask the forbidden army who was familiar with him.

The other party recognized Su Lu and told Su Lu happily that these were palace people who had just been released from the palace, and some of them whose homes were in the city could go back directly, and some of them who were outside had to be escorted out of the city and let them go back to their respective homes.

There are not only palace maids here, but also concubines of different grades.

These things in the court, Su Lu knew that it was not good to inquire about them, so he didn't ask any more. He waved goodbye to the guards and Wang Yan, and paced home with King Kong.

Zhao Yunrang was seriously ill.

Zhao Zhen dismissed the palace people.

These two things seem to be unrelated, but they are closely related to the matter of Lichu.

Zhao Yun let this father disappear, and Zhao Zhen Lichu will have a lot less worries. After all, if the prince's father is still alive, he will have an accident in the future, and he doesn't know what will happen!

As for the dismissal of the palace people, it means that Zhao Zhen has no expectations for his own heirs.

Zhao Zhen is also pitiful, when he was only in his twenties, he was chased by the ministers and adopted Zhao Zongshi from the clan as the reserve prince, and later had his own children, but he watched him die early one after another, and only raised so many daughters.

Now that Zhao Zhen is only fifty years old, he has been forced to be disheartened, and he is ready to elect the crown prince directly from the clan according to the wishes of the hundred officials.

Look at Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Song Qi, these old ministers, who are not old and strong, and the children in their fifties and sixties are still jumping out one after another.

It's really a person who has a personal fate.

All kinds of signs show that Zhao Zongshi's storage position is stable.

Su Lu thought about the few words he heard from Zhao Zhongjun, and couldn't help but sigh a long time.

According to Zhao Zhongjun, the person who is positive about the storage position is his mother Gao, and Zhao Zongshi doesn't even want to show his face, I'm afraid that he is not so happy to be the crown prince.

Of course, if Zhao Zongshi had an ambitious temperament, Zhao Zhen would not be at ease, and Han Qi and they would not be at ease.

There is no solution to this.

Seeing Su Lu's sad face, King Kong asked with concern, "What's wrong with Xiao Langjun?" ”

Su Lu said nonsense: "The weather is cold again, and when I think of so many people in the world going to survive this winter, my heart is full of sadness." I wanted to do something for them, I just hated that I was so young! ”

King Kong shut his mouth.

Just now, he clearly felt that Su Lu was worried, but when these words of worrying about the country and the people came out of Su Rong's mouth, he felt completely changed!

Su Lu muttered again: "I don't know what delicious Yun Niang made for me at noon, let's go quickly." ”

When King Kong saw that Su Lu was back to normal, he didn't say anything more, and sped up his pace according to Su Lu's meaning.

Su Lu, an out-of-school child, returned home and had a big meal, and his worries about the future were finally half reduced. He was worried about a fart, there was a high top when the sky fell, and he had seen most of the big people who could influence this era, and he had never trembled his legs, and he never felt afraid.

In the evening, Su Lian came back from outside, and Su Lian told him about seeing Zhao Zhongjun off.

Now that Zhao Zhongjun is gone, his career as an accompaniment to Zishantang is over. According to his age, he is not suitable to enter the national prison now!

Su Lu cautiously probed: "Do you think I'm resting?" ”

Su Lian ruthlessly vetoed: "What do you want to do?" ”

Su Lu said: "But I don't have anywhere to go to school, you see that I don't talk big or small, I insist on squeezing into the Guozi Prison, others will say that you bend the law for personal gain, it's better to let me study by myself for two years first!" ”

Su Jian has been thinking about this for the past few days.

First of all, it is definitely not possible to let Su Lu grow freely, this kid can make a lot of fools when he wants to go to school, how can he let him run around outside?

Secondly, Su Lu is also reasonable, there is an entrance threshold on the Guozijian side, and Su Lu is not suitable for this age, unless he finds a way to forcibly stuff him in.

Su Jian said: "You stay at home first, and I will discuss it with your father-in-law." ”

Su Lu rolled his eyes and nodded again and again, indicating that he would wait obediently.

As soon as Su Lian saw his appearance, he knew what the hell Su Lu was doing. He didn't bother to ponder his son's thoughts, and waved his hand to let him play by himself.

Su Lu was used to being driven away, and he was not embarrassed at all. He left Su Lian's study and walked towards his courtyard in the moonlight.

After walking out of the road, Su Lu instructed King Kong: "Tomorrow you go out of the city to inquire and see if there is any kind of dilapidated academy, it doesn't need to be too famous, it doesn't need to be too big, the most important thing is poverty." When the time comes, I will invest in them, and you don't care what the investment is, it will probably be a donation of a few teaching buildings or something. Su Lu finished explaining casually, and emphasized his requirements to King Kong, "Anyway, you can find a dilapidated academy for me, and tell me as soon as you find it." ”

King Kong should be as he said.

On the second day, King Kong went out to inquire about the situation of the major academies around Kaifeng Mansion.

Others are looking for big and famous, but Su Lu is looking for small and poor, King Kong is a little confused, but he still does it honestly.

Anyway, according to previous experience, no matter how absurd Su Ran's orders are, the final result will not be much worse.

Most of the time, it was Su Lu who made a lot of money.

King Kong is very efficient, even if Su Lu's request is so strange, he still finds a academy. The academy is located near the Jinshui River, and its name is also direct, so it is called Jinshui Academy.

Lao Shan Changben, who established this academy, was also a well-educated person, so it attracted many people to study in the early years.

It's a pity that after the old mountain chief died of illness, his son was an uneducated and unskilled man, and he wanted to use the academy to make money, and his face was very ugly, which made the academy now notorious.

Seeing that his brother had ruined his father's reputation, Liang Huaibi, the current mountain chief who was the second in line, couldn't bear to summon the clan elders and the masters of the academy to expel his brother and provoke the big beam himself!

It's a pity that it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, even if this Liangshan chief has the intention to reopen the academy, he still can't even pay the salaries of the masters.

In this case, it is strange that everyone can lecture with peace of mind.

The people who stayed in the academy were basically those who had nothing else to do and could only stay in the academy to eat.

Many people are still thinking in their hearts that since Liang Shanchang can't make money, he will not be allowed to sell the academy to pay off his debts in the future, and they will just buy some fields and houses at a low price at that time!

It is precisely because many people have such thoughts that the academy can barely survive!

When King Kong heard these things, he immediately went back to report to Su Lu.

Su Lu's eyes lit up.

This is really an empty shell academy that perfectly meets all his requirements!

Su Lu said: "Let's go, let's go to this Jinshui Academy to have a look." ”

Kaifeng is surrounded by a dense water network, with four rivers running through the city, and the Jinshui River is one of them. It is also convenient to go to Jinshui Academy, go directly to the boat, and go out of the city in about two quarters of an hour.

Su Lu jumped onto the boat with King Kong and Xiaocui, and followed the swaying canopy boat to the upper reaches of the Jinshui River.

From time to time, you can see large and small bridges across the river, connecting both sides of the Jinshui River, and there are many tourists and merchants passing by on each bridge, which shows that Kaifeng is densely populated.

Su Lu sat comfortably at the bow of the boat, enjoying the lively scenes in and out of the city, and did not feel how boring the road was.

Boat owners live on the water all year round, and not only do they drive steadily, but they also know their surroundings well. Seeing that Su Lu was young and looked like a noble son, he enthusiastically introduced him to the places along the coast and what to eat and fun.

Su Lu listened with relish, and when he got off the boat, he asked Xiao Cui to give the boatman a lot of money, and the boatman smiled and showed a mouthful of yellowish teeth.

Su Lu asked King Kong to lead the way in front, and he clicked one button to follow, and soon walked to the vicinity of Jinshui Academy.

The surroundings of Kaifeng are very flat, there is no dangerous place, this Jinshui Academy can also be regarded as a mountain and a water, but the mountain looks like a bulge from a distance, and there is no difference between peace and tranquility when you get closer.

Jinshui Academy is located between two drum packs, they are engaged in education with the imperial court subsidies, and the fields around the drum bags are sold to them at a low price as school fields, not only the purchase price is low, but also the tax is preferential.

With such favorable conditions, he can still smash the academy, I have to say that the previous mountain chief is really not enough to swallow elephants!

Su Lu was about to go around to find the gate of the academy when he saw a child in linen standing outside the fan-shaped window of the academy wall, and earnestly pricked up his ears to listen to the lecture inside.

Su Lu took a closer look and saw the child laying a layer of sand on the edge of the window, holding a short branch in his hand and listening and writing.

Su Lu listened curiously, and knew that the child was rubbing the inside class.

The child was absorbed in learning, and it was not until the lecture inside that he was over, and he did not notice the arrival of Su Lu and the others.

The child was startled and muttered, "I'm leaving, I'm leaving!" ”

It was obviously not the first time he had been chased, and he looked like a terrified bird.

Su Lu said: "I didn't drive you away. He looked at the child's handwriting on the edge of the window, and said curiously, "You write so well, why doesn't the family provide you with school?" ”

The child said, "I have a younger brother at home, and my younger brother has to go to school. ”

Su Lu glanced at the pigweed piled at the child's feet, and knew that he was running to listen between work, so he couldn't help but say to the child: "Don't leave yet, wait for me here for a while." ”