Wu Zhi was stunned, although he considered that Zhou Shou would refuse, he didn't expect him to refuse so simply.

"Why?" Wu Zhi asked puzzledly, "After I left Qingzhou, the position of dean of Qingzhou College is categorically incomprehensible, Mr. is the vice president, and he is highly respected, it is really justifiable for you to serve as the dean!" ”

Zhou Shou put up a shelf and asked Wu Zhi rhetorically: "Why do you have to let me be the dean?" Wu Zhi, you have a lot of capable people, and there are many great Confucian masters in Qingzhou Academy, can't you find someone else to be besides me? ”

After hearing this, Wu Zhi shook his head and said, "Didn't Mr. ask knowingly, although I have a lot of capable people, but those people are all good at business, how can they involve the academy?" And those famous Confucians in the academy are only familiar with the classics of scripture and history, and they also know little or even nothing about many other disciplines, and even some people are still skeptical about the revival of the hundred schools......

After a pause, Wu Zhi continued: "The development of Qingzhou College is based on the revival of a hundred schools, and Mr. Lao, you are the leader of the revival of a hundred schools. ”

Wu Zhi sincerely persuaded Zhou Shou, but Zhou Shou squinted his eyes and shook his head, quite like Wu Zhi's perfunctory posture when he persuaded Wu to implant in Beijing.

Wu Zhi smiled bitterly in his heart, he really came out to fight and had to pay it back sooner or later, he hung Zhou Shou's appetite a few days ago, and now it is his turn to hang himself.

"Sir, just promise me!"

Wu Zhi stomped his feet anxiously, if Zhou Shou didn't agree, Wu Zhi really couldn't go to Bianjing with peace of mind.

Opening one eye and glancing at Wu Zhi, Zhou Shou stroked his beard again, and then said leisurely: "It's okay to let me be this dean, but you have to promise me one condition!" ”

"What conditions do you say, as long as I can do it, I will definitely agree!"

Wu Zhi smiled bitterly, it turned out that Zhou Shouhang's appetite was to negotiate conditions! However, Zhou Shou is kind-hearted, and he will not mention any excessive conditions.

"Don't worry, you can do it."

Zhou Shou withdrew his joking expression and sat upright, his face becoming serious.

"My condition is very simple, that is, after you go to Bianjing, you must find ways to uproot the Zhu family and Li Yan's power in the court! The sooner the better, preferably within three years! ”

Wu Zhi was stunned when he heard this.

"But the two forces of Zhu Mian and the palace eunuch Li Yan?"

"It's them." Zhou Shou nodded.

"Old man, please spare me!" Wu Zhi hurriedly clasped his palms together at Zhou Shou and bowed like a god: "Don't say that I don't have any foundation when I go to Bianjing at that time, even if I have some foundation in the court, I may not be able to bring down these two people!" One of them is an internal servant who has been favored by the emperor for more than ten years, and the other is not only liked by the emperor, but also has an inextricable relationship with Cai Jing, the prime minister of the dynasty...... I can guarantee that the well water with them will not violate the river water is already Amitabha, and now the old gentleman wants me to knock down the two of them at once within three years, isn't it embarrassing for me? ”

"I can't do this at all, how can I promise you?"

Don't blame Wu Zhi for being embarrassed, Zhu Mian and Li Yan are among the "six thieves" after all, Wu Zhi knows that they are too evil to write, and he also intends to deal with them, but the plan to deal with them is a long-term plan in Wu Zhi's heart, to put it bluntly, Wu Zhi treats them as the final boss to deal with, Wu Zhi can only slowly grow his own power in the early stage, and weaken and divide their forces step by step, this process will take at least five years in Wu Zhi's original plan!

If Cai Jing is counted, this period is even longer, after all, Cai Jing is a "monster" who has grown up through the power struggle of the three dynasties, and he is almost invulnerable, Li Yan is good to say, Zhu Mian has Cai Jing's support, and it is already difficult for Wu Zhi to ensure that he will not be killed by them.

"You think you can't do it, but I think you can! You just have to promise me, as long as you do it, I will be the dean! ”

After Zhou Shou finished speaking, his face suddenly became solemn and eager, and said, "I know this request is a bit excessive, but it's too late if you don't do it!" ”

"The situation of the Great Song Dynasty is now chaotic, and traitors are in charge, and these two people are the most harmful to the Great Song Dynasty!" Zhou Shou paused and asked Wu Zhi: "Let me ask you, what is the foundation of the country?" ”

"This ...... Nature is the people of the world. ”

"It is the people of Li in the Great Song Dynasty, Tang Taizong compared the people of Li to water, saying: 'Water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn a boat', and now among the traitors of the Great Song Dynasty, these two people have oppressed the people the most! Zhu Mian relied on the "Huashi Gang" to make a fortune in the south of the Yangtze River, forcibly expropriated and extorted money, and looted the people's fat and ointment in various names, causing countless well-off families to suffer, and poor families starving all over the wilderness...... The outbreak of civil unrest in the Jiangnan area is only in the mite! And Li Yan is even more hateful, Zhu Mian harmed the people in the south of the Yangtze River, and the people in the north of the Great Song Dynasty were looted by Li Yan by means of murderers, last year Li Yan was ordered to inspect Xiangzhou, Hebei, and forcibly classified half of the land in Xiangzhou into his name, although Hebei has a bumper harvest this year, the grain grown by the people of half of Xiangzhou must be handed over to Li Yan seven or eight out of ten! ”

"In addition to Xiangzhou, in other states and counties, Li Yan has forcibly expropriated thousands of hectares of land!"

Although Wu Zhi had long heard of what Zhu Mian and Li Yan had done, Wu Zhi was still secretly shocked after hearing Zhou Shou, a high-ranking official in the system, tell their crimes like this.

Because Wu Zhi didn't dare to imagine that a powerful person could be corrupt to such an extent, this is corruption directly drawn in a circle on the map! And so blatantly!

After all, Wu Zhi came from a developed and enlightened society in later generations, although he had also heard of corrupt officials who embezzled hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars, but after all, the phenomenon in later generations was caused by the defects of the system in the process of continuous social progress, and it will gradually become better and less.

And the current huge greed of the Song Dynasty is the image of the death of the country at the end of the dynasty, only more greedy, not the most greedy!

Zhou Shou saw Wu Zhi's shocked face, and suddenly got up and bowed to Wu Zhi: "Old and incompetent, when I was an official, I once wrote a book to criticize the Zhu family and Li Yan, but I only ended up degrading the official Mizhou. Now that the people of the Great Song Dynasty are in dire straits by the two thieves, if they are not eliminated, the society will be in danger, and the family and country will be in chaos. ”

"Get up, old gentleman!"

Wu Zhi hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhou Shou, in fact, he was depressed in his heart, the pressure of overthrowing Zhu Mian and Li Yan within three years was too great, and once the plan was implemented, it would be inevitable that all kinds of cruel struggles would be avoided, and in case a wave reached Wu Song, it would be troublesome.

Because Wu Zhi knew that the biggest crisis in the Great Song Dynasty was not domestic, but the Jin State in the north and the Mongol Empire in the back.

But what Zhou Shou said also makes sense, Zhu Mian and Li Yan are a scourge to the south of the Yangtze River and a scourge to the north, if they don't get rid of it, Wuzhi's various industries will be involved by them sooner or later, and now Zhu Mian won't start to attack Wuzhi's bank.

"Good! I promise you! Wu Zhi took a deep breath, "But I can only promise to do my best to deal with the two of them, as for whether I can bring them down in three years, I don't know, if I can't do it, I hope Mr. won't blame me." ”

At the moment, I can only agree first, after all, Qingzhou College still depends on Zhou Shou.

"Thank you, big official! As long as you say yes, I believe in you! Zhou Shou finally showed a smile and breathed a sigh of relief.

"And the dean of Qingzhou Academy?"

"The old man is duty-bound!"

"Haha......"

When the matter was settled, Wu Zhi shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Old man! You think so highly of me! ”

"We'll see it later!"

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A few days later, at the plenary meeting of Qingzhou College, Wu Zhi officially announced the appointment of Zhou Shou to take over the position of dean when he said goodbye to the teachers and students, and everyone was convinced, and although Wu Zhi resigned as dean, at the insistence of the school committee, he also won the title of permanent honorary dean of Qingzhou College.

If the honor is not honorable, Wu Zhi actually doesn't care, anyway, even if he leaves, which of every student who graduated from Qingzhou College in the future will not be honored as the dean when he sees him?

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The January period has arrived, bidding farewell to all the relatives and acquaintances and old friends left in Qingzhou, and Wu Zhi's family left Qingzhou in a mighty convoy.

The convoy was indeed vast enough, and when Wu Zhi set off, the vanguard was almost at the city gate, but there was still a carriage at the door of Wu Zhi's house that did not move.

The carriage is connected to the carriage, and there are two thousand Qingzhou army guards assigned by Wu Song on both sides, as well as Wu Zhi's family and personal guards, which are like a long snake, which is really not magnificent!

On the day Wu Zhi left Qingzhou, it may have been because the temperature had suddenly cooled recently, and he felt a little unwell and had a small fever, so he took the divine doctor An Daoquan with him. There is no war on Wu Song's side, and Wu Zhi's family is a woman and children, and a miracle doctor like An Daoquan is also a guarantee to take with him.