The White Horse Academy follows the old system of the Zhongkai Lecture Hall and the left and right houses to build, 300 scholars live in the 60 houses in the east and west, and there are only 19 gentlemen who stay in the academy all the year round, Yao Baifeng and Xu Beitong are all in this list, and the deputy head Bai Yu still needs to preside over the affairs of the official residence on the side of Qingliang Mountain, but the academy plans to invite the temporary lecturer in the autumn and winter of this year, as many as 20 people, a large list of names, it can be described as a spectacular lineup, there is Huang Shang, the mountain master of Qinglu Cave Academy, and Song Yan, the new Youzhou Thorn Shi who respects the Legalist, is praised by Yao BaifengWang Xihua, the great Confucian of Huangnan County, who is "the talent of the three thorns", the elder brother Chang Sui, who once studied under Han Guzi in the Shangyin School Palace with Xu Weixiong, Xu Huang and others, is said to be the music and rhythm master Yu Youwei who is now serving as Mr. Ji Shang in the Shangyin School Palace.

Xu Fengnian followed Dai Yuanjie to walk slowly, and finally stopped in the open space in front of the library building, Yao Baifeng and Liu Yuanji, Wei Tieshan, and other meritorious veterans sat together to bask in the sun, while Xu Beitong led a group of young scholars from the academy to dry books.

Yao Baifeng, who retired from the position of the prince of the capital to supervise the wine, looked in good spirits, not as old as the Liyang court rumored to resign due to illness, in fact, even Xu Fengnian did not know why Yao Baifeng took the initiative to leave Tai'an City, and why he did not live in the capital to recuperate, but returned to Beiliang, you must know that Yao's family is known as a rival with the entire Shangyin School Palace, although it is suspected of exaggeration, but no one doubts Yao Baifeng's high reputation in the Liyang literary circle, in fact, in Tai'an City in recent years, Yao Baifeng is almost the only Qingliu Wenchen who is willing to say a few fair words for the Beiliang military and political affairs in the court, Xu Fengnian believes that if it is not so "disobedient" The emperor of the Zhao family, with Yao Baifeng's voice and knowledge, has long been able to rank among the center of Liyang, standing side by side with Huan Wen Zhao Youling Yin Maochun and others, instead of staying in the country with no reputation but no real power, not to mention that after Yao Baifeng followed Yan Jiexi into Beijing as an official, many Yao children took advantage of the situation, Yao Baifeng chose to live in the Beiliang White Horse Academy at this time, and even Xu Fengnian felt a little worried about the old man, so that he and Song Dongming were discussing in Qingliang Mountain before, Xu Fengnian proposed whether Yao Baifeng could only be used as a lecturer and not the head of this courtyard, so as to help the old man minimize the rumors and rumors on the side of the Liyang Temple, as the reserve minister selected by Yuan Benxi in the past, Song Dongming, who is well versed in the depth and shallow water of Liyang officialdom, also supports this matter, but in the end, Yao Baifeng still politely refused, with the sixteen-character joke of "not young, official addiction, rather than a chicken head, not a phoenix tail", insisting on asking to be the leader of the academy in person, Qingliangshan or Xu Fengnian really couldn't resist this respected old scholar, so he had to let Yao Baifeng take charge of the White Horse Academy.

Seeing the arrival of Xu Fengnian, Liu Yuanji and Wei Tieshan, the two deputy marshals of the Beiliang Border Army in the early years, did not dare to rely on the old and sell the old, and immediately got up to greet him, especially Liu Yuanji, who was rampant in the countryside but did not know it, seemed a little weak-hearted, on the eve of Xu Fengnian's hereditary replacement, when he was performing martial arts outside the gate, Liu Yuanji was scolded by Lin Doufang, an old colleague, and was so angry that Liu Yuanji rushed back to the mansion, and the first thing he did was to call all the unscrupulous descendants who were respectful in front of him to the ancestral hall, and let them kneel on the ground with the attitude of not being afraid of wrongful killing, but only of missing out, personally whipped a hundred whips with a leather whip, seven or eight people fainted on the spot, dripping with blood, the women of Liufu outside the ancestral hall were so frightened that they didn't even dare to cry, seven stewards were killed that day, and the companions of Liu's young children were all covered and rolled out, since then, Liu's family style was a soothing, Liu Yuanji was even more closed, until He Zhong, the commander of the Left Cavalry Army, gave him a message, saying that he wanted their old men to return to the border army to serve, Liu Yuanji only then twisted and pinched to show up to meet people, otherwise it is estimated that the veteran will not plan to deal with the robes of the past in this life。

Bei Liang, these generals who have experienced the Spring and Autumn War, have great merits, are unruly and untamable, and they do not obey constraints, which is naturally a fact.

But there is one thing that is different from many of Liyang's "founding" heroes, that is, for the Xu family or Xu Xiao, there is an indescribable and deep-rooted complex, if Yan Zhenchun, Yang Shenxing, Ma Lulang, these generals of Liyang, helped the old emperor to lay down the Zhao family, then Yan Wenluan, Wei Tieshan, Liu Yuanji, these fierce generals, followed Xu Xiao to lay down the Xu family. The difference between one word and the world of difference. It's very simple, Xu Xiao shares weal and woe with them, and fights together, not only the kind of "friendship between monarchs and ministers", but also the righteousness of the robe of you and me to exchange lives. Above the temple, obscure and difficult to understand, the most difficult to see the true heart, on the battlefield, the moment of life and death, the most easy to see the temperament.

Before and after the infamous Xu Fengnian hereditary replacement of the king of Beiliang, the undercurrent surged, the former cavalry commander Zhong Hongwu was killed, and in Beiliang Dao was privately called not to kill chickens and monkeys, but to kill tigers and wolves, which shows the fierceness of the Beiliang atmosphere, when Xu Fengnian led the Lingzhou general as the prince, even if Xu Xiao was still alive, the generals who controlled the Lingzhou officialdom were different or caused the turmoil?

After Xu Fengnian greeted everyone, he saw Lin Doufang, the old soldier of the Lotus Battalion, and suddenly realized that the first generation of the Xu family's war knife must be the treasure of this one-armed old man, I remember that Xu Xiao thought about it many times in the early years, saying that if there is really the first generation of Xu Dao today, most of it was personally given to Lin Doufang back then, as the one that the two dolls set as a personal token, but later Lin Doufang had no children under his knees, and the first master of the Lotus Seed Camp also disappeared in Beiliang after being disheartened, and the family affair had to be stopped. Today's white feather light cavalry commander Yuan Nanting was born in the lotus seed battalion, and the six hundred old soldiers saw off His Royal Highness the prince into Beijing, Lin Doufang Yuan Nanting, and the current commander of the right cavalry Zhou Kang have appeared.

Dai Yuanjie brought two chairs to Xu Fengnian and Song Yu, and after Xu Fengnian took the chairs, he didn't justifiably occupy Yao Baifeng's middle main seat, but just sat down next to Lin Doufang at random. As for Song Yu, the great housekeeper of Qingliang Mountain, he simply didn't take the chair, shook his head with a smile and refused, and stood in the distance with bated breath.

Yao Baifeng took all this in his eyes, smiled slightly, and then his face turned solemn, and he asked straight to the point: "Lord Wang, dare to ask about the change in the Chunxue Building of Guangling Road, can Qingliang Mountain interfere?"

The sun in early autumn was warm and warm, but after Yao Baifeng threw out this question, even veterans such as Lin Doufang and Wei Tieshan felt a palpitation, and their originally leisurely sitting posture instantly turned into a precarious seat.

Xu Fengnian's face was as usual, and he shook his head lightly and smiled: "I want to have something to do with it, but unfortunately I don't." ”

Yao Baifeng stared at the young vassal king's slightly narrow eyes, speechless for a long time, as if he had not caught the expected clue, the old man sighed, and said to himself: "The image of the troubled times, it has only been more than 20 years of peaceful world, how can it be reduced to such a situation?"

Xu Fengnian's face was still calm, and he asked with a smile: "Does Mr. Yao think that in addition to the cold and reckless border wolf smoke in this world, why is even the Central Plains in chaos?"

Yao Baifeng was stunned, and then said with a wry smile: "The prince doesn't need to be so sarcastic, the old man asked himself, he never felt that for the sake of the stability of the Central Plains, the soldiers of Beiliang should die in battle." ”

Xu Fengnian thought for a moment and said slowly: " Today's chaos in the Central Plains, the imperial court is to blame, Liyang cut the domain and suppress the power of local military generals, the general direction is right, but the specific tricks in place are too cool, such as Yan Zhenchun Yang Shenxing, the old man who holds the military power in his hands, there is no doubt that his heart is to the Zhao family, and Zhao Ying, the king of Huainan, actually does not need to die on the battlefield at all, on the contrary, these people are where Liyang's vitality lies, so that he dies of old age, although he drags mud and water, but it is far better than using a deliberate Guangling Dao war to simply and neatly seize power by the dead, and it may be much better, and there are hundreds of civil and military officials in Liyang, no one is a fool, if it is said that my father is evil, it is still within the scope of bearing, so the old Shoufu Zhang Julu's evening festival is not guaranteed, and it is particularly chilling. When today's son can't be said to be a faint monarch, he should have been called the king of Zhongxing, all kinds of measures, such as adding pavilions, breaking the rules and beautifying Yan Zhenchun, etc., can also be regarded as a great comfort to the temple's civil and military heart, but unfortunately there are some things, as a courtier Zhang Julu did well, as a monarch Zhao Zhen may not be able to do a good job, at least his time is not enough. ”

Xu Fengnian said calmly: "The current chaos in the Central Plains, where is the chaos? The chaos is in the hearts of the people, Zhao Ying, the king of Huainan, died of resentment, Zhao Sui, the king of Jiaodong, retreated depressed, Zhao Xun, the king of Jing'an, trembled and took the city of Tai'an, and Zhao Yi, the king of Guangling, sought hereditary replacement because of his reputation, so it is reasonable for Zhao Bing, the king of Yan, to raise troops to go north. Liyang military generals, not to mention the old people in Yan Yang, among the younger generation, Lu Shengxiang, Cai Nan, Tang Tieshuang, etc., I believe that these people will have some unspeakable pain. If Zhang Julu hadn't died, even if he had left the temple and retreated to the rivers and lakes, and even as long as he hadn't been ruined, the Central Plains would never have been in chaos today. ”

Yao Baifeng's face was painful, and he said in a trembling voice: "No matter what, how innocent the people are!"

Yu Tieshan shook his head slightly, Liu Yuanji rolled his eyes, most of these Beiliang veterans who survived from the pile of dead people were a little sneering at this kind of book business.

Xu Fengnian said calmly: "Since the founding of the Great Qin Dynasty, for eight hundred years, there have been continuous wars, which dynasty is not innocent? Just like I, Xu Fengnian, blocked the hooves of the Beimang horses, and didn't let them drive straight into the Central Plains, the court didn't read it well, I didn't care at all, if I couldn't stop it, I lost the second Liangmang War, and it didn't matter if the people of the Central Plains poked my backbone and scolded me, I still wouldn't care. ”

Xu Beitong, who was squatting not far away flipping through the books and drying books, turned his head and coughed heavily, and said angrily: "These big and bad words, don't say a word, you Beiliang King doesn't care about me, Xu Beitong still cares! Also, Mr. Yao is the head of our White Horse Academy, you can be polite to me!"

Xu Fengnian was speechless, a little deflated.

Yao Baifeng laughed and said happily: "It's okay, it's okay, the prince is willing to say these unpleasant words today, I, an old man whose neck is buried in the loess, am very happy, really happy!"

Liu Yuanji smiled and said: "Of course, our prince is an authentic Beiliang old man, a real person, and he never says the bullshit official tone of the Liyang Imperial Court!"

Lin Doufang scolded with a smile: "The prince's ancestral hometown is Jinzhou, Liaodong! Not to mention that he was not born in Beiliang! You Liu Laosan have made countless sycophants in your life, and you have never been able to get on the stage once." ”

Liu Yuanji is not afraid of the sky, and he is also not afraid of the general Xu Xiao, but he is afraid of Lin Doufang, an old brother who was born and died together, otherwise in the end, only Lin Doufang rewarded Liu Yuanji with a few old punches in the entire Beiliang, if it wasn't for Yu Tieshan and others desperately stopping him, it is estimated that Liu Yuanji would have been kicked countless times.

Yu Tieshan wanted to speak and stopped.

Xu Fengnian's eyes were sharp, and he said gently: "The old general has something to say. ”

Yu Tieshan gritted his teeth and asked in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, do we Beiliang really have to rely on those young people?

This time, it was Yao Baifeng's turn to cough and secretly give Xu Beiji a look.

After all, those scholars who are drying books nearby are mixed, and they are involved in border affairs, so they have to be cautious and cautious.

Xu Fengnian waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, if you talk about this here now, you won't leak military affairs." ”

Xu Fengnian looked at Wei Tieshan squarely, "Before Xie Xichen went to Liuzhou, he once asked me a question in private, did he hope that all the 300,000 iron horsemen in Beiliang would die vigorously outside the pass, and then wait for the end of the fall of the four states of Beiliang with a clear conscience and regret?

All the veterans fell into deep thought.

Lin Doufang was the first to come back to his senses, and said with a solemn face: "The prince said so, even if I didn't come in vain today, I went back and drank two catties of green ant wine, and I put the swear words and scolding in my stomach first, if I lost the fight, I would go to the stele forest in Qingliang Mountain and point to the tombstone, pick up the things in my stomach and scold again." ”

Liu Yuanji said stupidly: "Lin Doufang, this is also scolding the prince?"

Lin Doufang said viciously: "Since you have become the king of Beiliang, not to mention that you still have the strongest elite soldiers in the world, then it is a matter of course to win a big battle! Back then, the general even defeated most of the Central Plains, why can't the prince stop the barbarians in the north?"

Yao Baifeng looked incredulous, is there such a truth in the world?

Xu Beitong gloated: "General Lin is kind. ”

Yu Tieshan, who had the most peaceful temperament, hurriedly said: "Lao Lin, I haven't drunk yet, why do you talk about drinking." Lord Wang, don't be like this bull, Lao Lin has a knife mouth and a tofu heart, in fact, in our old guys, when he is not in front of the prince, he is the most protective of the prince. ”

Lin Doufang, who was exposed, stared at him.

Xu Fengnian squinted with a smile, with a sincere smile on his face, and quipped: "Old General Wei, I know in my heart, after all, General Lin almost became my father-in-law, so it's strange if you don't look at me." ”

Liu Yuanji said with a big smile: "The prince is so handsome, look at the stumbling appearance of Old Man Lin, even if he really has a daughter, he is definitely not worthy of the prince." ”

Lin Doufang, who had long been accustomed to punching and kicking Liu Yuanji in his career, almost kicked Liu Laosan, who couldn't spit out ivory in his dog's mouth, but the young vassal king and Yao Baifeng were present, so he finally couldn't hold back.

Xu Fengnian suddenly said softly: "Mr. Yao, I have a proposal, can the White Horse Academy arrange for some scholars to regularly go to the village private schools inside and outside Liangzhou City to give lectures to those Mongolian children from poor backgrounds. Because I hope that our future reading seeds in Beiliang can understand the customs of the Central Plains as soon as possible, and I hope that they will know that outside the cold and bitter Beiliang hometown, there are many wonders in the world, so that they can have the ambition to read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles, so the scholars can give lectures at will, even if they casually talk to the children about some local food dishes in the Central Plains. ”

Xu Fengnian was silent for a moment, and said tentatively: "Maybe this matter is indeed a bit overkill, if no one is willing to do it, I can take out the collection of books in Tingchao Pavilion as a reward for going out to lecture." ”

As soon as these words came out, Yao Baifeng was stunned and speechless.

In the open space in front of the library, in the autumn sunshine, the young scholars who helped to dry the books may not be able to hear the content of the conversation there, but everyone can see it.

An elderly scholar sits comfortably on the throne.

A murderous Beiliang meritorious military general sat on the left and right.

A vassal king with 300,000 iron cavalry in his hands sat quietly on the edge.

Then the young people saw another scene.

The master of science, who was all over the world, slowly stood up, bowed respectfully to the young vassal king, bowed his head with tears in his eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "I, Yao Baifeng, my White Horse Academy, for all the scholars of Beiliang, meet the king of Beiliang!"