Li Ruoxue and Li Ruoxu, who were sitting next to Zhao Xingde, unconsciously bowed slightly. Li Ruoxue looked at Zhao Xingde in surprise, and immediately avoided her eyes and lowered her eyes, I don't know why a gentle and elegant Confucian suddenly exudes an awe-inspiring momentum, and even a little trembling. Li Ruoxu was infected by Zhao Xingde's momentum, gritted his teeth, opened his eyes and looked at Chao Buzhi with him, it seemed that as long as Song Liao started a war, he would put pen to paper and ride a horse Youyan. Chao Buzhi was also slightly taken aback, as the saying goes, it is easy to break just after the past, Zhao Xingde is so hearted, I am afraid that he will be like himself, and the future of the officialdom in the Great Song Dynasty will be twists and turns.

Chao Buzhi sighed and muttered: "The art of war says, ten rules surround it, and double it will attack it." Although the Liao State was brutal and unkind, its military strength was extremely strong, and the Liao army stationed in Youzhou alone numbered 100,000 people. The so-called 700,000 iron cavalry of the country, although there are many false intimidations, but the Khitan men can fight when they become a soldier, and all of them are levied and issued, and there are always 300,000 or 400,000 cavalry. In addition, it can also levy barbarian tribes such as Beidi Murowei, Jurchen, Five Kingdoms, and Mongolia. Although our dynasty claims to have 800,000 forbidden troops, the imperial court adheres to the policy of guarding the inside and the outside, and controls the two major camps in Hedong and Hebei, which are horns and chokes the Khitan, with a total strength of only 300,000, and the cavalry is small, and there is more than enough self-preservation. ”

Zhao Xingde pondered slightly, raised his head and said: "According to what the teacher said, the Xia State has a strong army, and it is held back by the Qiang and Turkic people west of the Green Ridge, so it is difficult to advance eastward in a big way, is it possible to join Xia to attack Liao?" He said while gesturing with his hand, "If the Yongxi Northern Expedition was general, the soldiers were divided into two routes, I marched towards Hedong and Hebei to attack Yan with great fanfare, attracting the Liao army to meet the soldiers, and the Xia State crossed the grassland with fine horses, bypassed the states in front of the mountain and behind the mountain, rushed to the side of Youyan, blocked Yuguan, and prevented the elite of the North Courtyard from coming to help." Zhao Xingde is a scholar and has never experienced a battle array, but he has been influenced by the good planning of military affairs among the students, and he talked eloquently at the moment, as if he was in his chest, and finally said in a deep voice: "After the matter is completed, divide the Liao Kingdom equally, the north of the Great Wall will pay Xia, and I will take the south of the Great Wall." ”

"It's crazy." Li Ruoxue flashed such a comment in her heart, she was famous for her talent when she was young, I don't know how many young talents boast and appreciate themselves in front of her, but no one is as arrogant as Zhao Xingde, between her words, she actually has a faint ambition to dominate the world, how can she be a "crazy" word. Li Ruoxu's eyes showed a look of eagerness to try.

Chao Buzhi looked at Zhao Xingde with a complicated expression, shook his head, and said: "The Xia Kingdom occupies Guanzhong, and the emperors of all dynasties have ascended the throne in Chang'an, the eastern capital, and are fighting with our dynasty for the Central Plains. The imperial court cared about the heart of the Xia State, far better than the Liao State, how could it join the Xia to attack the Liao. He paused, and saw that Zhao Xingde's face was still indignant, knowing that he had just heard the tragic situation of the Han people in Liao, so he was born to destroy the heart of this dynasty, and under the surging mood, not only broke the lesson that the sage was happy and angry, but also forgot the scruples of the imperial court about the Xia Kingdom.

"Young man, in the end, the flesh is strong." Chao Bu was quite embarrassed in his heart, remembering that he was also one of the admirers of the white peony back then, and when he heard that the beauty was taken captive by Xia Guo, he disregarded the dissuasion of his friends, abandoned his official position, and single-handedly sent a letter to Guguan, wanting to scold him in front of Liu Yi, and he must have the urge to admit his mistakes in shame. The ups and downs of the sea in the past few decades have worn away all the original blood and edges.

"It is absolutely impossible to form an alliance with the Xia State, but once there is a war with the Liao. Most of the 150,000 elites of the Xijing camp stationed east of Hangu Pass can be transferred to the east. Chao Buzhi added, "The military system of the Xia State has only about 200,000 standing soldiers, and it also has to take into account the old enemies in the east and west. Among them, the Anbei Military Division to guard against the Mobei barbarians and the Andong Military Division to defend against our country are only more than 20,000 soldiers each, and the standing strength of the entire Guanzhong is only 50,000. If the Xia Kingdom wants to advance eastward and prosper the country, it will inevitably levy retired sergeants and regimental training troops in Guanzhong. "Chao Buzhi traveled to study in the Xia Kingdom for many years when he was young, and he knew the situation of the Song and Xia countries very well. Although Chao Buzhi only held an idle position in the Hanlin Academy, he also knew that in the hundreds of years of confrontation, the Song and Xia countries had arranged countless detailed works in each other's countries. If Xia Guo can still sneak attack by using the standing army alone, and if he mobilizes retired sergeants and regimental training, it will be difficult to hide from Song Guo's eyes and ears.

Zhao Xingde sighed, the information revealed by the discussion of his classmates in Taixue, although the Great Song Dynasty had a large number of troops, it lacked elite soldiers who could run long distances and attack the crowd with outnumbered, and the key to the Northern Expedition to capture Yan was to block Yuguan before the northern courtyard of the Liao State went south, and only the elite soldiers like the 25,000 partial divisions of the Qin State that blocked the back road of the 400,000 Zhao army in the Battle of Changping could take on this task. He also wanted to continue to ask about the official system and military system of the Xia Kingdom, but Chao Buzhi's face showed a tired expression, obviously a little tired after lecturing and answering questions. After the lecture was over, the three disciples got up and respectfully thanked the teacher. After Chao Buzhi, Zhao Xingde and Li Gefei's family had dinner together, Zhao Xingde said goodbye and went back.

The sky is dusk, although it is early spring, but the north wind blows in the afternoon, Bianliang Street is in a hurry, but Deng Su, the superintendent of Taixue, stands respectfully outside the door of a not wide mansion, the cold wind is mixed with dust and sand, and the white Confucian robe has almost turned gray. The young gentleman, who seemed to be weak, did not move, and even the respectful look on his face never relaxed. This is the third time he has visited Dr. Tai Qin Hui, and even the janitor of the Qin Mansion is too lazy to take care of him anymore.

Taixue Guozi Jian student from the remote countryside, in Bianliang has nothing to rely on, seeking to see Wenzong Confucianism, not only to learn from the teacher, but also to seek fame, and the teacher's recommendation is extremely important to the scholar, the same teacher of the people to help each other, in the officialdom will not be lonely. This custom originated from the Tang Dynasty, the inheritance of the master, the future of the scholar has a great relationship, the most famous is the famous Zhao Pu protégé Feng Zheng Taiping Xingguo three years of Jinshi and the first, Mingzong Dynasty official to the prime minister, Feng Zheng's protégé Xue Kui Chunhua three years of Jinshi and the first, Ruizong Dynasty official to participate in the governor's affairs, Xue Kui's protégé Wang Zeng was in the Xianping period even in the three yuan, the champion and the first, the great Kui world, Zhuangzong Dynasty official to the prime minister.

The master often spares no effort to promote the protégé, and the protégé disciples are often lifelong teachers like fathers, such as the prime minister Wang Yu who has been in charge of the political hall for 20 years in the Wuzong Dynasty has no children, and the posthumous thing is that the student Hou Wensu protects his bones and returns to the Wang clan cemetery on Jingxi Road, and Zongrong and other royal disciples will bury the teacher together, and the disciples are married next to the cemetery for three years, and now the Wuling Academy, one of the four major academies in the world, is created by these royal disciples, and it was rumored to be a good story in the world at that time. Since then, although the Wuling Academy has no power in the center of the imperial court, it is the same in the officialdom of the two roads in Jingdong, intertwined, the needle cannot be inserted, and the water is difficult to enter.

In contemporary times, the style of apprenticeship is more prevalent, and the most difficult to see is the hot prime minister Cai Jing, who has scholars queuing up at the door every day to ask for a meeting, even to the point where it is necessary to use the officials of Kaifeng Mansion to maintain order. There is a scholar every day the first rushed to the door of Cai's house, and finally once, Cai Jing flipped through the door to see the guest book, saw this person every day, very surprised, was moved by his sincerity, found the front to ask, felt that the talent was acceptable, so he recommended him, this person finally got Huang Tengda. Stories like these have inspired a succession of scholars and officials who are keen to make a name for themselves to embark on the road of exposing and competing.

When the sky was slightly bright, Deng Su went to the door of Qin Hui to ask for a meeting, and he had been waiting here all day, and the water and rice in the middle had not entered, and he was also hungry and thirsty at this time. However, the protégé who was vigorously promoted by Prime Minister Zhao Guangshi seemed to blow a cold wind for three days in front of Qin Huimen, the leader of the Qingliu in the DPRK, compared with the legendary Chengmen Lixue and the broken arm to seek the law, what is it? Restrained from the aversion to pointing at passers-by, Deng Su persuaded himself that this was just a test of my sincerity.

It was getting dark, and Deng Su thought that he had been waiting for another day today, and was about to go home. The door of the Qin Mansion suddenly opened a crack, and the wrinkled face of the originally cold door smiled like a chrysanthemum, beckoning to him.

The so-called dignity of the teacher, apprenticeship is also quite cumbersome, divided into "please see", "thank you", "warm roll" and "thank you" and many other etiquette, fortunately, since Qin Hui has been willing to accept Deng Su as a disciple, he did not embarrass him much, but talked with him with a gentle attitude for more than an hour, during which there was both knowledge and guidance for officials, as well as moderate praise, so that Deng Su felt like a spring breeze, and secretly sighed, it is really a grandmaster who is looked up to by the world.

Qin Hui stroked the three locks of long hair with his hand, and looked at Deng Su who was respectfully holding the disciple salute, and there was an implicit test in the answer of the right talent, and he was still quite satisfied with this newly accepted disciple. Don't look at him as a small doctor's official position now, but his ambitions are not small, and the criteria for selecting protégés and disciples are also extremely strict, and he must be able to become a helper in the future.

"Shouyi, among your classmates in Taixue, there is a person named Zhao Xingde, who is the descendant of Zhao Tixin who served first during the Yuan You period." Qin Hui asked seemingly casually.

Deng Su didn't know why Qin Hui asked about this, so he replied respectfully: "Exactly." ”

"As a teacher, he has a bit of old affection, if you have the opportunity, you can bring him to my house together." Qin Hui said slowly, there was no joy or anger on his face, Deng Suwei bowed down to receive the order, but he was secretly jealous of Zhao Xingde in his heart, he could only enter the apprenticeship after three days in front of the Qin Mansion, but Zhao Xingde could easily get the opportunity to worship the Qin Gate with the afterglow after Yuan You. He didn't know that when Qin Hui came out in the past, he had also sinned against people who could not afford to offend, and was framed by political enemies under the pretext of excuses, and Zhao Tixin, who was the servant at the time, not only exonerated him in front of the official family, but praised his character, which left him with the impression of not being afraid of the powerful in the hearts of the official family, and he was blessed by misfortune. Qin Hui learned a lesson from this incident, and since then he is well versed in the way of "profit and contraction, volume and change, and change with the times", not only to win reputation, but also to win the appreciation of the official family and Prime Minister Zhao Zhifu. This time, the Son of Heaven gave grace to the Yuanyou Party to study in Taixue, and he secretly paid attention, and if he had the opportunity, he would bring Zhao Xingde one or two to repay Zhao Ti's new helper.

Deng Su was quite concerned about the first errand explained by his teacher, and when he returned to the Taixue Zhai House, he couldn't take a break, and the first thing he did was to find Zhao Xingde and euphemistically convey to him the meaning of his teacher's acceptance. Zhao Xingde's face was silent, but his heart felt like he had been stabbed by a scorpion, although this world was very different from the history he was familiar with, and Qin Hui's fame was too big in history.

"Dr. Qin's love, I will definitely follow the first brother to the door to thank you, but I have already entered the door of Mr. Chao Buzhi, the Taishi Bureau of the Hanlin Academy." Zhao Xingde is colorful.

"What?" Before Deng Su could speak, Chen Dong on the side jumped up and seemed to look at Zhao Xingde sadly. According to the imperial court system, although there is only a two-word difference between the Hanlin Academy and the Hanlin Academy, there is a world of difference. The Hanlin Academy was a place where scholars of astronomy, medicine, calligraphy, chess, painting, and other miscellaneous sciences worked, and the status of officials was extremely low, and they were rejected by scholars and doctors who were born on the right path. The officials of the Hanlin Academy could only wear green robes, but not Zhu Zi. It is strictly forbidden to wear gold and silver fish bags that show the status of officials. According to the imperial court system, civil officials are promoted to one level in three years, and military officials are promoted to one level in five years, but the officials of the Taishi Bureau are moved every ten years, and it is stipulated that officials of the Hanlin Academy are not allowed to transfer to civilian officials. Chao Buzhi was thrown into the Hanlin Academy, which was equivalent to entering the tomb of the official. Because of this, Chao Buzhi did not force Zhao Xingde and the other three to make a formal apprenticeship to him.

Chao Buzhi's official position is from the seventh grade, and Qin Hui's official position is the eighth grade, and everyone knows that Dr. Qin Jian is in the emperor's heart, and he is placed in the Taixue Guozi Prison, but it is just convenient for him to accumulate wings, cultivate popularity, or leave him to his son for use, sooner or later in the future, he will soar into the sky, even if it is Prime Minister Cai Jing, he has also said that Qin Hui is terrible. Studying under Qin Hui and studying under Chao Buzhi is almost a world of difference between the future of the official career.

But Zhao Xingde actually answered Chen Dong's question again with affirmation, he benefited a lot from Chao Buzhi, people in this era attach great importance to the division of teachers and students, although Chao Buzhi did not force him and Li Ruoxu to admit the division of teachers and students, how could he be a person who tends to be inflammatory, and it makes people feel cold. After the death of Prime Minister Wang Yu, it coincided with the political opponent in power, and his students would rather give lectures than refuse to go out of office, rather than change their court, which was praised by the world. In contrast, after the famous minister Wang Anshi lost power, many disciples did not talk about new learning, and even the people in the old party also scoffed.

Seeing this, Chen Dong and the others were not easy to persuade each other, so they had to give up. Li Rui was originally obsessed with miscellaneous studies, but when he heard that Zhao Xingde had entered the door of the Taishi Bureau's order Chao Bu, he was overjoyed, and secretly thought about finding an opportunity to ask Yuan Zhi to take him to the Hanlin Academy to see and understand. At this moment, he saw He Fang and Zhu Sen walking into the house with happy faces, and they opened their mouths to invite everyone to eat and drink in the champion building. These two people are so happy today, everyone feels strange, and they haven't opened their mouths to ask, but He Fang first explained the reason: "Mr. Guishan, Master Yang Shi has accepted the two of us as his disciples. ”

Only then did everyone suddenly realize that this Master Yang can be called a generation of Confucianism and a famous legend. This person studied in the second Cheng door in the past, his heart is sincere, once to see Cheng Yi, see the teacher is dozing in the hall, can not bear to be alarmed, then stand under the porch and wait, when Cheng Yi wakes up, the snow outside the door has no knees, this is the story of "Cheng Men Lixue" that the world talks about. It is rumored that when Yang Shi returned to the south, Cheng Yi once said with emotion: "I am in the south! After Cai Jing came to power, he even took the bullet and accused Hua Shigang and other harsh governments and abused the people, so that Cai Jing Tong Guan and other eunuchs hated and feared him, just because his reputation was too big, and it was difficult to get rid of it. Zhao Xingde also happened to know that Yang Shi was the founder of the famous Donglin Academy in later generations, and that the Ming Dynasty Gu Xiancheng, Gao Panlong and other famous ministers rebuilt Donglin, which was to advertise that they inherited the authenticity of Confucianism.

This Yang Shi because of discord with the new party ministers in power, perennial belittled out, at this time just recalled by the official family as the secretary of the eight products, by the court officials and students think that this is the official family intends to use this old minister to balance the prime minister Cai Jing, who has been a little domineering, and some people are rumored that Yang Shi will soon be appointed from the four products of the country to sacrifice wine, in charge of Taixue.

"It's really gratifying, of course, you have to put the wine. The two of you don't know that Deng Shouyi has also entered Dr. Qin's door. Chen Dong said to He Fang and Zhu Sen. He and Zhang Bing were already the confidants and disciples of Shao Wu, the leader of the Qingliu Supervision, He Fang and Zhu Sen worshiped under the famous Yang Shi, and Deng Shouyi became Dr. Qin's protégé. Although all the supervisors of the Science Society are now unknown, except for Zhao Xingde's tutor Chao Buzhi, who is slightly inferior, the tutors worshiped by Yu Zi are all famous Confucian masters, and their future career prospects are naturally bright.