On April 20, the fourth year of Zhonghe, Niu Miao convened a group of generals to hold a military meeting at the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion in Fengzhou.

After all the generals arrived, Niu Miao asked the people around him to circulate the information he had found. At this time, Niu Miao did not have his previous high-spirited appearance in the early days, and the whole person looked very old and haggard.

This is also normal, originally he was a Shannan West Road Jiedu envoy who sat in a government and 14 states, with tens of thousands of elite soldiers in his hands, and he was the king of one acre and three points of land in Shannan West Road. And after being a festival envoy for a few years, he has great power, and there is no shortage of gold and silver treasures, women, and fertile land.

But more than half a year ago, that all changed. I don't know where the loyal rebels came out, attacked Shannan West Road, and occupied Xingyuan, driving him out of Xingyuan Mansion. His subordinates rebelled, and most of the money and grain they had hoarded over the years were lost, and what was even more infuriating was that the imperial court not only did not appease him, but instead removed him from his position as the envoy of the Shannan West Dao Festival and let him serve as the envoy of the Righteous Army.

The Righteous Army's Jiedu Envoy was nominally an official position at the same level as the Shannan West Dao Jiedu Envoy, but in fact it only governed the Xing and Feng Prefectures under the jurisdiction of the Shannan West Dao. And he was replaced by King Shou, who didn't have any hair.

Before Lu Yanhong sent troops to attack Lizhou, he still wanted to sit and watch the two sides fight to the death, he came to reap the benefits of the fisherman, who would have thought that the two sides did not fight, Lu Yanhong gathered more than 20,000 troops to attack him.

With an army of 20,000, if he hadn't been driven out of Xingyuan, he would naturally not be too worried. Now it's different, although he has more than 10,000 troops in his hands, most of the elites are lost, and these tens of thousands of troops are still plus the newly recruited 3,000 people and those united soldiers, the number of people looks like that, but the combat effectiveness can be imagined.

With the strength he now has in his hands to face the loyal rebels, the result can be imagined, which is why he has been frowning since he got the news.

After the generals finished circulating, Niu Miao sighed and said, "You have also seen the above content. The current situation before us is not optimistic, the last time the rebels were defeated with great difficulty, who would have thought that the rebels would come back so quickly and on a larger scale.

Although I am not a virtuous person, I am also conscientious and conscientious when I was in charge of the fourteen prefectures of Shannan West Road, and I am also conscientious and protect the peace of the place. Who would have thought that at the critical moment, someone actually betrayed the commander, causing Xingyuan Mansion to be occupied by the rebels.

Now, the rebels are approaching Fengzhou. In today's situation, I can't escape the blame, and I have no shame to serve as the envoy of this righteous army. In addition to discussing how to deal with the current predicament, we also asked everyone to recommend a suitable person to replace the commander as the envoy of this section, and the commander will also abdicate and make way for the virtuous, and will play the imperial court. ”

As he spoke, Niu Miao forcibly squeezed out a few tears, looking like he was resigning because of guilt, but no one would think that Niu Miao was from the heart.

It's very simple, at this time, it is so easy to choose a person to replace Niu Qiao? Moreover, Niu Miao can become the envoy of this festival by Tian Lingzi, if there is no Tian Lingzi to promote, he will not be able to be the envoy of this festival.

As for others, it is not an easy task to replace Niu Miao. And even if it is elected, how to solve the current predicament is a troublesome problem.

The reason why Niu Miao said this is actually to retreat as advance. He knew that in addition to Lu Yanhong, a powerful outsider, he was also very unstable internally, and if he couldn't control the internal instability, he would face a situation of internal and external difficulties at that time. Even his knots may be overthrown, and that is really nothing.

As for what he said about abdicating and letting Xian, he just said it for these people to see, and won over people's hearts.

"Why should the festival marshal grow the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige? Lu Yanhong's rebels seem to be strong, but they are not really invincible. Although we don't have many troops in the Ganyi Army at present, there are imperial court troops in Guanzhong and Shudi, and the imperial court will naturally not watch us being defeated. Gong Xian on the side got up and said loudly.

Gong Xian is now the history of Fengzhou Thorn. In his early years, he was a general of the Huangtou Army in Xichuan, and later followed Li Ling into Guanzhong to fight against the Huangchao army, and accumulated his achievements to the Fengzhou Assassin History. Before, although he was the assassin of Fengzhou, because the army stationed in Fengzhou was led by Niu Miao's cronies, he did not have much right to speak.

But with Niu Miao being expelled from Xingyuan Mansion and losing most of the army in his hands, he, who has thousands of state soldiers, suddenly became important, and even Niu Miao had to rely on him to maintain the rule of the righteous army. So after Gong Xian made a statement, others stood up one after another to express their opinions.

"Jie Shuai, what Gong Thorn Shi said makes sense. Pacifying the rebels led by Lu Yanhong is the business of King Shou, and there is no saying that we are fighting to the death with the rebels here, and King Shou is watching the play on the sidelines. Another general stood up and said.

Seeing that the subordinates did not mention that someone would take his place, Niu Miao was a little happy. However, seeing Gong Xian's influence among the generals, the clouds on his head did not diminish much.

"Since all the generals have this opinion, then the commander will serve as the envoy of this section for the time being, and everything will be said after the rebellion is quelled.

Although we can go for help, the rebels are clearly trying to defeat us first, so how to hold out until reinforcements arrive is also a problem. If you don't hold out until reinforcements arrive, everything else is empty talk。。。。。 ”

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Just when Niu Miao and his subordinates were discussing how to defend Fengzhou, Li Ye came to Xiaoyue's grandfather's house.

Before, Xiaoyue's grandfather's family knew that Xiaoyue had become a nobleman from Xiaoyue's clothes and the maids and soldiers who followed, but they didn't know that she had become a woman of King Shou. They had also heard of King Shou, after all, the news that Li Ye was appointed as the envoy of Shannan West Province and the minister of Xingyuan had spread all over the ten states of Shu a few months ago.

Although Satsuki is not Princess Shou, she also has an official identity. The maiden also has an official position, which is regarded as the sixth grade, if it is only an official position, even Xiaoyue's father Zhang Shanxiang is not as high as Xiaoyue's rank.

Now that King Shou is coming to their Yang Mansion in person, it also caught the Yang Mansion off guard.

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"I didn't expect Mr. Yang to teach students in person after he was a young man, and this king admired it."

Li Ye's casual words made Yang Qiguang a little frightened, and he hurriedly got up and saluted, "Your Highness is old." The old decay is idle and has nothing to do, and seeing that the juniors in the clan and the children in the neighborhood have no conditions to study, so they are just a little closer, and they can't afford to be called so by His Royal Highness. ”

"Mr. Yang's move may seem ordinary, but it gives the children a choice of futures, which is of great significance to these children and their families. Sir can naturally deserve the name of Mr. Li Ye said with a smile.

It's not that he's polite, but it's true. In his previous life, he didn't think it was difficult to study, as long as his family didn't object, at least he could finish junior high school smoothly.

But in ancient times, there was no compulsory education, and reading was exclusive to the children of large families. The reason why those wealthy families can last for many dynasties without falling is because of the monopoly of education. In ancient times, people read books, which was an extravagant behavior, so why did people who read books have a high status, because they were scarce.

There are many reasons for this, but the preciousness of books is an important reason, and it is rare for a family to allow people who are not from the clan to study in the clan. There are also a lot of expenses for county and state schools, otherwise Qin Yi'an would not have given up literature and martial arts, just because his family could not afford the cost of government school.

And like Xiaoyue's grandfather, Yang Qiguang, while teaching the knowledge of the children of the clan, he also recruits students from outside, and what is more valuable is that he does not charge tuition, which is not something that ordinary people can do.

"What His Highness said is also that although the content taught by Lao Yu is relatively simple, there is still a big difference between those who have read books and those who have not, at least they have the ability to change the conditions at home. However, the old decay can also take care of some children in the neighborhood, and if it is farther away, there is nothing that can be done. Yang Qiguang saw that King Shou recognized himself so much, and he had a feeling of meeting a confidant.

You must know that he opened this school before, but there was a lot of opposition from his family, but it was he who insisted that he could continue to open it until now.

Li Ye nodded, changing the current educational environment is not something that ordinary people can do. Without the strong support of the imperial court and local government, it would be difficult to change the educational environment, but Li Ye planned to set up a school to recruit school-age children after the rebellion in Xingyuanfu was quelled.

Universal compulsory education is certainly unrealistic, but it can greatly improve the situation of ordinary people who are not qualified to study.

"This king came to Cangxi here because Xiaoyue wanted to come back to see her family. This king knows that she has not been in contact with her family for many years, and there are really some special reasons, and this king also has some responsibilities. So I came today, in addition to thanks, I still came with apologies. ”

Saying that, Li Ye got up and saluted Yang Qiguang and the others slightly, which frightened the Yang Mansion a lot.

"Your Highness is serious." Yang Qiguang hurriedly got up and said, "Lao Yu is Xiaoyue's grandfather, my daughter's life is thin, I, as my grandfather, have the responsibility to take care of Xiaoyue and Xiaolin, Your Highness doesn't have to be like this." ”

"In this case, if the old Yang family is unwilling to live in Cangxi, this king can send someone to take you to Lizhou, so that Xiaoyue can also go home." Li Ye thought for a while and said.

"Your Highness's kindness, the old man understands it. However, the old decay has passed the age of the sixtieth year, and it can be regarded as a long life, there are not a few years to live, and I don't want to travel far, and I am satisfied with my hometown here. Yang Qiguang shook his head and refused, but he couldn't help the juniors of the Yang family behind him.

Regarding the attitude of the other party, Li Ye can also understand that the local complex of the ancients is very serious, and dying in a foreign country is tantamount to a big crime for the ancients.

Thinking of this, Li Ye thought for a while and said, "In this case, if there are spiritual and stable people among the descendants of Elder Yang, after this king returns from Langzhou, they can go to Lizhou together." ”