"It's fighting, it's fighting..."

"Hit... Hit... Finally hit..."

"What hit?"

"I, General Zhang Chi of Southern Chu, launched a surprise attack on the Northern Liao army from the flank in the early hours of yesterday morning."

"Huh? Are you sure? ”

"Look, this is the morning newspaper of the Ming Society..."

"I'll see..."

"Haha, good fight, kill these Beiyi barbarians..."

"General Zhang is mighty, and the envoy of Wen is mighty..."

On the morning of the tenth day of the fourth month, the war launched in Liangzhou passed for a while before it was transmitted to Pingzhou City through the post station.

Less than an hour after the news of the government came out, the Ming Society also sent out this news one after another, and it was spread through the newspaper of the Ming Society, and it spread all over Pingzhou City in an instant.

This early in the morning, the city of Pingzhou was in the midst of all kinds of discussions

the whispers of street vendors; Under the banyan tree on the bank of Qinhuai, there are tears in the eyes of the old man playing chess; Tavern teahouse, scholars and students, high-spirited talk; Even the Qinglou, which only opened at night, was in the early morning of this desolation, and there were countless Qinglou where the loud singing voices of the singers came.

This is a battle in which Southern Chu washed away the humiliation of the Northern Liao seizure of Liangzhou two years ago, although it has just started now, but in the hearts of many people, this war has planted the fruits of victory in the hearts of many people.

It was the voice of hundreds of thousands of Liangzhou souls who were crying out.

This matter was several years ago, Zhang Xiang asked the listeners of the Ming Society to pay close attention, and often went to the government to walk around, once there was news from the official post station, after the government released the news, the Ming Society immediately released the news.

After all, in this kind of state affairs, the news of the Ming Society cannot be sent earlier than the government, otherwise it will be a dove occupying the magpie's nest, and the government cannot tolerate it, so at this point, Zhang Xiang has done it very carefully, and the current news about state affairs made by the Ming Society can only make the news spread to the greatest extent in the shortest possible time.

After all, the news spread from Liangzhou to Pingzhou, a time is already the limit for the post station, and it takes longer to spread to farther places, such as the southwest, Liangguang and those places, and so on The news of yesterday's war reached those places, it may be a few later.

And the result of yesterday's battle will not arrive in Pingzhou until tomorrow.

As for the outcome of the future war in Liangzhou, Zhang Xiang actually didn't want to care much anymore.

Many things have been expected for a long time, if it is really expected, it will only make the heart more lost, it is better to deliberately not care, maybe it can change!

With this self-comforting mentality, the next thing Zhang Xiang had to do was to take the slave back to Yingzhou.

On the second day after the slave's birthday, she asked Zhang Xiang to mention this matter, Zhang Xiang reassured her, after all, it is a long way to Yingzhou, Yingzhou is located in the middle of Qinfeng, and it is the gateway to the west of Xuanzhou Mansion.

Of course, when he went to Yingzhou, Zhang Xiang still had a little selfishness, that is, to see if he could have the opportunity to go to Snow God Mountain and meet the legendary Xiao Ming Sect Master. To leave Pingzhou, he also had to arrange many things and find the ones he needed.

There is no need to worry about business matters, although the business of Buzhuang has entered a bleak situation, it is no problem to support half a year, there is no problem with the rich shopkeeper and Du Boguang, he doesn't have to worry about it, and it doesn't take too long to go to Yingzhou, just on the way, you can calm down and plan the future direction of Buzhuang, and you still have time to make adjustments when you come back.

In terms of the Ming Society, Li Yanzhi has already sent someone to send a letter back, and he will be able to come back in a while, and when he comes back to report the situation, he can just give him the Ming Society.

Then after lunch, Zhang Xiang came to Su Mansion to visit Su Shaoyuan.

"Is Ming Heng leaving Pingzhou?" Su Shaoyuan took out new tea to entertain him.

Zhang Xiang nodded: "The most important thing to go to Yingzhou is, of course, to help the slave find the deserted grave of her parents and move to Yingzhou for burial." ”

"To be able to do this for a maid, Ming Heng really has a heart." Su Shaoyuan laughed.

Zhang Xiang said: "Su Lao, Ming Heng did not treat her as a maid, but as a relative, Ming Heng fainted on the day he married the princess, and when he woke up, he was very confused about everything, she took care of Ming Heng for a long time, and accompanied me through those days, in Ming Heng's heart, she was treated as a relative." ”

"Whatever you want, anyway, with the old man's understanding of you, you are so good to a maid, the old man can understand." Su Shaoyuan laughed very interestingly.

"In addition, I just want to go and see, can I go to Mobei and go to Snow God Mountain to have a look." Zhang Xiang said again.

Su Shaoyuan also nodded in agreement: "Well, the Snow God Sect is your last backing, when Liangzhou fell, Xiao Ming should know many things, if you see him, you can also know a lot of things from his mouth, which will be extremely helpful for you to avenge your father's grievances in the future." ”

After finishing, Su Shaoyuan thought for a while, frowned and reminded: "But you are going to Yingzhou, you can't take the official road of Bianjing, there are many people in Bianjing who are staring at you, if you appear in Bianjing, it will attract the attention of the rao who killed you behind your back." The last time you were assassinated in Pingzhou, although he escaped a catastrophe, he didn't act rashly, but his intention to kill you must be immortal, if you appear in his sight again, there may be a steady stream of assassinations waiting for you. ”

Zhang Xiang said with a smile: "Don't worry, Old Su, the younger generation has already thought about this, so this trip will go directly from Pingzhou to Jingbei by water, from Jingbei to Xuanzhou Mansion, and then to Qinfeng, so that you can avoid Bianjing." ”

"Oh..."Su Shaoyuan shook his head and smiled: "Then it seems that the old man is worried about you." ”

After the two of them for a while, Su Shaoyuan started to study the way of teaching and innovation these days, and when he got up, his eyebrows fluttered, and he was ten years younger in an instant: "The old man has received a reply from Zhou Anbang in Bianjing, and last time I wrote to him about the current situation of Huating Academy, and then I also sent him a book to ponder, I originally thought that this old stubborn would be skeptical, and he would send someone to Pingzhou to observe it first." I didn't expect him to agree very simply, he could try this year in a few academies in Bianjing according to my institute, and if it works next year, he will help me write to the imperial court, so that the emperor can open his mouth to promise this innovative way. ”

Zhang Xiang was also very happy: "Then it seems that the old man is quite enlightened this week." ”

Su Shaoyuan said: "This week, Anbang can't stay in the Purple Palace Pavilion for a few years, I used to work with him, and he always disagreed with me. He has been the head of the Purple Palace Pavilion over the years, and he has not assisted the emperor to do anything big, this time he saw the merits of this teaching reform, so he chose the dead horse as a live horse doctor to believe in the old man, if he succeeds, then in the future, even if he retires from the Purple Palace, his face is somewhat light. As a courtier, who doesn't want to do a big thing and be famous for eternity? The old man had such an idea in the Purple Palace Pavilion back then, starting from the road of following the emperor to pave the power of the overhead festival, the old man went for merit, and at that time he really racked his brains day and night to ponder, so he also offended many people. Now that he has retired from the Purple Palace Pavilion for so many years, the idea of fighting for fame and fortune has long faded, and this time he wants to seek this way of teaching innovation, which is also inspired by Ming Heng, and he really wants to do such a thing, which has nothing to do with his own merits. ”

"Su Lao, this is alive and understood." Zhang Xiang summed it up.

Su Shaoyuan shook his head and said with a smile: "If there is hope for success in this matter in the future, then Mingheng, you are the first to take the lead." ”

Zhang Xiang hurriedly waved his hand: "What is not the first to be the first, the junior just put forward an idea and a line of thought, in terms of operation, Su Lao knows more than the junior, and Su Lao is the master in this regard." ”

Su Shaoyuan scolded with a smile: "You don't have to pat the old man's ass, you have a few catties and a few taels, the old man knows it in his heart, you just want to hand over this matter to the old man to do, let the old man contribute, you belong to the kind of person who can't make a difference." ”

Zhang Xiang scratched his head and laughed dryly: "Old Su, it's really not that the juniors don't want to contribute, the juniors can't do it!" ”

Zhang Xiang thought for a while: "Su Lao knows the painter!" ”

Su Shaoyuan nodded.

Zhang Xiang said: "Su Lao is like the painter, the junior is the one who only knows the appearance, although the younger generation knows what the appearance is like, but he doesn't know how to draw it at all, the junior can only describe it and let Su Lao paint." ”

"Hey, you have a little bit of truth like this." Su Shaoyuan stroked his beard.

Zhang Xiang hurriedly took the opportunity to touch the pole and climb up: "Yes, so, in this matter, the juniors only know one appearance, if Su Lao doesn't know how to draw, the juniors will describe it again." ”

Su Shaoyuan shook his head helplessly: "Even if you serve the old man, who made the old man himself willing to be this painter!" But the old man has a word with you first, if you don't have some ideas at the critical moment, the old man can't spare you. ”

"Yes, yes, how dare the juniors!" Zhang Xiang smiled.

In fact, it's not that he is unwilling to contribute, it's just that his own ideas are too shocking in the eyes of Confucians like Su Shaoyuan, so he doesn't dare to come out, because the modern education method he thinks in his heart is impossible to succeed in this social system.

Therefore, if you do this with a great Confucian like Su Shaoyuan, it will only be thankless and produce many contradictions, either Su Shaoyuan is not satisfied, or he is not satisfied, and with his identity and qualifications, he is not qualified to lead such a major innovation event.

Even the emperor can't do it.

Because this is no longer something that the imperial power can suppress, it is caused by the entire social system for thousands of years.

If the emperor orders change, I am afraid that the whole society will also set off turbulent waves.

Unless a new social system is reconstructed.

Otherwise, it will never be possible to achieve the education he envisioned.

So, if he participates, the end result will be the opposite of what he wants, which will make him feel uncomfortable.

What he wants to do, unless he can have absolute control, such as Buzhuang and Mingshe, which are all under his control, these things will go according to his thinking.

But on the road of educational innovation, in his mind, it was to raise the foundation of the entire Nanchu social system, which he could not control.

Therefore, he simply put forward only one idea, and then watched from the sidelines to see what these great Confucians would become, even if it was different from what he thought in the end, then he could still insert it in the way of putting forward opinions, so as to avoid contradictions that were inconsistent with these great Confucian thoughts.

"Although Zhou Anbang promised that I could find an academy in Bianjing first, with his reputation, some Confucian scholars, and scholars participated, it is not difficult to find a few academies to try, but he wants me to find some people from Huating Academy to help him, after all, it is the first time for him to do this kind of thing, and what I think in my letter is actually different from what he thinks."

Zhang Xiang nodded: "That's true." ”

Su Shaoyuan said again: "So after the old man thought about it, he decided to let Qianruo, the girl, and Yunzhang go to Bianjing, these words were written by Qianruo, she knows the story best, Yunzhang is the gentleman in Huating Academy who is responsible for promoting this way of teaching, and he has this experience." ”

Su Shaoyuan raised his head, and his wrinkled eyes showed a little reluctance: "If this girl should go out and practice by herself, she will always stay in the arms of an old man like me, she will not grow up." ”

"If Qianruo grew up with you, if she leaves you, are you willing?"

"What if you can't bear it? But this girl has grown up, and the old man can no longer protect her, that will only harm her. And if she goes to Bianjing, the old man will be able to purify a lot, calm down and continue to study this way of teaching, so as not to worry about her. Qianruo went to Bianjing, with her uncle Qian and her aunt Furong taking care of her, as well as her cousin taking care of her, the old man didn't have to worry. ”

"Then did Su Lao and Qianruo have this incident?"

"Not yet, I'm looking for a chance to talk to her these days! Yunzhang's side has already passed, and he is very willing to go. ”

Zhang Xiang didn't say anything more, Su Shaoyuan's thoughts were also correct in his opinion.

After staying in Su Mansion until nearly evening, Zhang Xiang got up to say goodbye.

Su Shaoyuan sent him out and said a few words to him: "Mingheng, the north is fighting, you go to Yingzhou, also be careful, Southern Chu and Northern Liao are fighting, it is estimated that Xijin is not at ease, Xijin is located in the quicksand area of the Western Regions, there are not many places to grow grain, grain has always been the most scarce material in Xijin, and the land of Xichuan is the grain-producing land of my Southern Chu, Xijin has always wanted to take my Yuan to solve their food problems, the old man is afraid that this time Southern Chu and Northern Liao will fight in the north, this Xijin took advantage of the fire to rob and sent troops to Xichuan. Yingzhou is the only way to Xuanzhou Mansion, if Xijin steals the Yuan capital, he will definitely take my Yingzhou first, blocking the exchange between Xuanzhou Mansion and Yuan Mansion, so many years, Xijin's soldiers and horses have invaded Qin Feng more than once, and the soldiers forced Yingzhou City, it is the Zhending army stationed in the Yuan Capital Mansion and the soldiers and horses of Xuanzhou Mansion echo each other so that Xijin has no chance to take advantage of it. But now, Southern Chu and Northern Liao are fighting in Liangzhou, and the soldiers and horses of Xuanzhou Mansion have been mobilized by Wen Shu's envoy and used to reinforce Liangzhou at any time, and they have no time to take care of Xichuan. ”

"And such a thing?" Zhang Xiang was taken aback.

Su Shaoyuan said slowly: "Although the Zhending army is also brave, it is not as strong as the northern foothill army to resist the army of a country, and the Xichuan Shu Road is difficult to walk. Pour all the strength of Xijin to deal with a Zhending army, and the old man has no confidence in the Zhending army. ”

"The juniors know." Zhang Xiang arched his hand.

"If the Ci thing really happens, it's better for Ming Heng to retreat as soon as possible."

"Then don't you care about Nishikawa?"

"This is a matter of the imperial court, the old man just wants to tell you, if Yingzhou is also in chaos, Ming Heng should save his life first, this Nanchu loses Liangzhou, and can also lose a Yuan capital, but you can't lose you..."