When he returned to the Li family's manor, it was already dark, and as soon as Li Yang led the horse into the manor, a family member greeted him: Young Master-Deputy Patriarch Gao and Deputy Patriarch Yuan have been waiting for you in the council hall for a while

Li Yang: When did they come?

Jia Ding: I came in the afternoon, and Da Niu-Li Zuo and they were all there

Li Yang: Okay, I know, you lead the horse to the stable

"It's the young master" The family Ding answered and reached out to take the reins of the horse and led the horse away, and when I came to the council hall, I pushed the door open, and saw that the guys were still standing up today, and Gao Yuan stood up from the chair as soon as he saw me: Oh, what are you busy with this day, I heard the people in the manor say that you left before dawn

Li Yang returned to his chair and sat down: Alan Academy will be completed in a few days, I went to ask Mr. Shu for advice to the academy today, but I didn't invite anyone

Yuan Kui: What kind of person has such a big shelf?

Li Yang: Mr. Jingyuan is said to be the most knowledgeable person in our Taizhou Prefecture

Gao Yuan: It's not uncommon for him not to come, but if you don't have it, we will invite someone else

Li Yang shook his head: No-no, you must invite Mr. Jingyuan to teach in Alan Academy, can he be admitted to the second class Jinshi without real learning, as the so-called famous teachers and high apprentices should let the children in our north receive the best education

Yuan Kui: Then Mr. Jingyuan doesn't think that the money we give is too little?

Li Yang: If money can solve the problem, it will be easy to do

Guanshan Dao Chief: The owner can't solve it with money, so he might as well try another way

Li Yang: Tell me about it

Guanshan: The owner always has to ask for something in his life, and this is nothing more than 4 things - either seek wealth - or seek fame - not both is seeking color - justice and awe-inspiring people are asking for a righteous word, and Mr. Jingyuan is not moved by wealth, the owner might as well try the other three requests

Guanshan's words woke up Li Yang at once, during the day, Ju Zheng and I went to visit Mr. Jingyuan was too abrupt, Mr. Jingyuan is also a second-class jinshi, if you let go of the official, at least the seven-grade official starts, and after three years and five years, you can be promoted to the sixth-grade official, and the highest meritorious officer can be promoted to the third-grade official, although Mr. Jingyuan is idle at home, but the level of the people is there, and the most important thing for scholars is reputation and integrity

Money is in the hands of the people, it is something that can settle down, but money is a thing outside the body in the eyes of the literati, it is a vulgar thing, only the scholars who regard money as dung are worthy of being called elegant people, and the creation makes people often those who regard themselves as high and learned people live a bad life, like Han Juzheng, who is an official scholar, you don't care about his officials, big and small, then in the eyes of the readers, you are so good that you have to give you a thumbs up

But like Li Yang, who studied before and then changed to business, he can't look down on you at all in the eyes of readers, who think that businessmen are stained with copper smell and only have interests in their eyes, and in the eyes of businessmen, scholars are all people who don't care about their careers and sell their reputations

Scholars and businessmen behave completely differently, scholars first gain fame and then use their fame and power to make profits, while businessmen first make profits and then use profits to gain fame and power, so some wealthy families will work together to fund the construction of a temple, a porridge, a academy or something to prove that businessmen are not useless, and the money earned by merchants can also be used to benefit the public

Invite Mr. Jingyuan to teach at Alan Academy, and the monthly salary of 5 taels of silver seems to me to be sincere, but maybe my sincerity is a humiliation for Mr. Jingyuan, and I have to find a way to save face next time I go to visit Mr. Jingyuan

Yuan Kui saw Li Yang staring at the table for a while and coughed lightly, and Li Yang came back to his senses: By the way, do you have something to do with coming to me

Gao Yuan: This time, the mountain camp damaged a lot of weapons, and it was necessary to replenish 200 steel knives - 100 spears - 100 shields - 50 bows

Yuan Kui: The fire trap camp also needs to be replenished - 150 steel knives - 80 spears - 110 shields - 60 bows, and it is best to replenish some armor for the brothers

Li Zuo: The 12 battalions of the cousin militia need to be replenished with 1,200 steel knives - 800 spears - 500 shields

Li Yang: The weapons needed by each battalion will be replenished for you next month

Gao Yuan: There are no weapons, how should the brothers train in normal times?

Yuankui: yes—now that we are about to harvest food, we have to strengthen the defense of the north to prevent the invasion of pirates

Gao Yuan: Aren't there thousands of weapons and armor in the warehouse, why do you have to wait until next month?

Li Yang sighed lightly: The 3,000 sets of weapons and armor were taken away by the general

Yuankui: Sold

Li Yang: It's confiscated

Gao Yuan: How did he know we had weapons and armor?

Li Yang: Blame me for accidentally saying something that leaked out

Yuankui: Oh, why did you tell him about this?

Li Yang had a bitter face: The general asked me how many weapons and armor I have now, I thought he was going to buy it and told him, but I never thought that the general would knock on a bamboo pole, and I still feel distressed when I think of it

Things are already like this, and now it's useless to say anything, so Gao Yuan comforted Li Yang: Take it away, don't be too entangled, this time you can save your life if you commit the following crimes, it depends on the general, and these weapons and armor will be treated as our brothers to return him a favor

Yuankui: The damaged weapon can only be used by the brothers for a few days

Gao Yuan: Well, that's all there is to it

Li Yang: After the Plateau-Yuankui and other weapons have been cast, I can first replenish the mountain camp and the fire camp first

Gao Yuan: Okay - nothing else, let's go back first

Han Juzheng as a friend is definitely a particular person, seeing that Li Yang invited Mr. Jingyuan to teach in Alan Academy without success, he wanted to help Li Yang with this favor, after returning from Pingtian Township, he asked his father and friends to inquire about Mr. Jingyuan's interpersonal relationships, but Mr. Jingyuan usually rarely interacts with people, so he has no friends, so many people have heard his name and have not seen him, and for a time Mr. Jingyuan has those interpersonal relationships have become a hot topic in the literati circle of Taizhou Mansion

Huangtian lived up to his painstaking efforts, and finally in the mouth of a scholar of the same age as Mr. Jingyuan, he heard that Sun Yuanwu, the prefect of Taizhou, and Mr. Jingyuan had a lot of intersections, and the relationship was not bad, and Han Juzheng came to the manor non-stop to tell Li Yang the news, which was really good news for Li Yang, and it was much easier for Mr. Jingyuan and Mr. Sun to know that matter

The next day, Li Yang prepared some gifts and went to the yamen of the state capital to visit Lord Sun, but it was unfortunate that he came today, Lord Sun was in the inner hall and the sixth room to sort out some government affairs, and now at this time, the farmers are busy preparing for the harvest of grain, and the officials are busy checking the budget of the fields under their rule and calculating this year's taxes - how much grain should be stored in the official warehouse - how many weapons should be cast - whether the rich households have evaded taxes and so on

As soon as Sun Yuanwu stepped into the inner hall, Li Yang greeted him and bowed to him: The student has seen the prefect

Sun Yuanwu: I've been waiting for a while

Li Yang: It's been a while

As soon as Sun Yuanwu saw a few exquisite gift boxes on the table, he guessed that Li Yang must have asked him for help when he came back: Hongting, did you come to this mansion for something

Li Yang: My lord, do you know Mr. Jingyuan?

Sun Yuanwu: I know what's wrong

Li Yang: Adults and students have set up a college in Alan County, and they heard that Mr. Jingyuan is very knowledgeable, and the students want to invite him to teach in the college

Sun Yuanwu: Running a academy is a good thing for future generations, Mr. Jingyuan is indeed a talented person, but how can you think about this matter and come to this mansion

Li Yang: Adults and students have invited Mr. Jingyuan before, but they haven't invited him, and the students have heard that you have a good relationship with Mr. Jingyuan, so can you please help persuade Mr. Jingyuan?

Sun Yuanwu laughed loudly: It turns out that you want this mansion to be a lobbyist, Mr. Jingyuan is a stubborn person, and no one has persuaded him to decide what he has decided, why do you have to invite him to teach in the academy

Li Yang: Adults and students don't think about famous teachers and high apprentices?

Sun Yuanwu: I haven't seen Jingyuan for 4-5 years, do you know where he lives now?

Li Yang: Mr. Jingyuan, he lives in Pingtian Township, west of Taizhou City

Sun Yuanwu: In this way, it depends on the will of God whether the mansion will take you on a trip tomorrow or not, and the mansion also wants to meet this old friend

Li Yang: My lord, the student will pick you up tomorrow morning, and because of the long distance, I will have to get up early

Sun Yuanwu: Well, I know

Li Yang got up and arched his hand: My lord, the student retired first

Sun Yuanwu stretched out his arms with a kind breath: Xingbenfu is also a little tired

Song Shiting and Heng Yan made 4 special stir-fried dishes - a plate of scrambled eggs with green onions - a plate of fried small dried fish - stir-fried venison - fried gnocchi pickles, the seemingly simple 4 stir-fried dishes are indeed full of color, flavor and flavor, Li Yang held a wine jar to the wine vat to make wine, when the wine was served, he took advantage of no one to quickly steal a sip, and then the beautiful bar chirped "Ah-good wine"

After finishing the work, Song Shiting and Hengyan went back to the house and continued to sleep, Li Yang loaded the wine and food into the car, and then drove the carriage to Taizhou City, and when he arrived at the yamen of the state capital, Li Yang stopped the carriage and handed it over to the guards: I told Master Sun to come over in the morning, and I bothered this brother to go in and help spread the word

The official looked at Li Yang: Then you wait here for a while, I'll go in and give you a message

After a while, Lord Sun walked out of the palace wearing an ordinary cloth coat, and when Lord Sun was ready to get on the car, Li Yang took a handle next to him and helped him into the carriage, and the carriage swayed all the way and bumped for nearly two hours before arriving at Pingtian Township, this time Mr. Jingyuan was still not at home to go fishing in Changtan Lake like last time, so Master Sun and I drove the carriage along the path to Changtan Lake

When Lord Sun saw the scenery of Changtan Lake, he exclaimed, "The fish is shallow - the green mountains are picturesque", and the carriage found Mr. Jingyuan along the shore of the lake or in the previous reeds, it seems that this reed is Mr. Jingyuan's fishing nest, and Mr. Jingyuan is still a person who lives a more regular life

Sun Yuanwu deliberately lightened his steps and waited for the approach: Brother Jingyuan, don't come unharmed

Jing Yuan turned his head and saw that Lord Sun was standing behind him, which made him quite shocked, and he quickly got up and bowed: Jing Yuan has seen Lord Prefect

Sun Yuanwu helped Jingyuan up with both hands: Brother Jingyuan guards such a beautiful scenery and fishes in the mountains

Jingyuan: It's not about Yaxing, it's just a waste of time

Sun Yuanwu: I haven't seen you for a few years, I thought you were going to another place to make a big difference, if it wasn't for Hongting mentioning it to me, I wouldn't have known that you lived in Pingtian Township

Jing Yuan glanced at Li Yang: How could he be with you

Sun Yuanwu: Hongting: Hongting, he is one of my students

Jingyuan immediately guessed the purpose of Sun Yuanwu's trip: If you come to be a lobbyist, I advise you to stop as soon as possible

Sun Yuanwu put on a look that he didn't know what he was talking about: What lobbyist, Brother Jingyuan, I am here to catch up with you today

Jingyuan: Well, I knew I would have brought some wine today

Sun Yuanwu: It's a pity that such a beautiful scenery is not accompanied by fine wine

As soon as Li Yang heard this, he hurriedly returned to the carriage and brought the wine and food prepared in advance to the two, he put 4 stir-fried dishes on the ground with scrambled eggs with green onions, fried small dried fish, stir-fried venison, fried gnocchi pickles, and then he held the wine jar and pulled the cork out, and the gluttonous worms in the stomachs of Lord Sun and Mr. Jingyuan were hooked out at once

Li Yang poured a bowl of wine for the two, and when Master Sun saw this, he asked him to make a few bowls together, but Li Yang seemed a little embarrassed when he saw that Mr. Jingyuan was submissive, so he made an excuse that he didn't sleep well and went to the carriage to rest for a while

Time came to the afternoon in a blink of an eye, and the wine in the wine jar had bottomed out, Sun Yuanwu gave Jing Yuan a look at the wine in the wine jar: Brother Jing Yuan, you really plan to nest in this deep mountain and fish for a lifetime, don't you want to see what the world looks like today

Jingyuan: It's good to fish here-Calm down-When your mind calms down, you can see all the things in the world

Sun Yuanwu: Brother Jingyuan, my student is different from ordinary people, he is an outlier among scholars, and now that he has set up an academy, can you please help him in his past feelings

At this time, Li Yang, who was guarding the side, hurried over when he heard this: The student wants to ask Mr. to be the dean of Alan Academy, and it is up to Mr. to teach him

Jingyuan: I'm just tired of life outside to fish in this deep mountain, Yuanwu, I understand the kindness of you and the head of the Li family, and I don't want to make it difficult for the two of you

After saying that, Mr. Jingyuan got up and packed up his things, Li Yang wanted to send Mr. Jingyuan home in a carriage, but Jingyuan did insist on walking back by himself to sober up by the way, but Master Sun and I had to drive the carriage to Taizhou City

After sending Master Sun back to the yamen of the state capital, Li Yang drove the carriage all the way back to the Li family manor

When I got back to the council chamber, I saw me and asked, "Did things go smoothly?"

Li Yang pursed his lips and shook his head and sighed lightly: It's still in vain

Gao Yuan: I thought that this time Master Sun would be able to get nine out of ten

Yuan Kui: This Mr. Jingyuan is a little disrespectful, I think it is better to invite someone else, and he has to hang himself from a tree

Li Yang: No-no, Yuankui Alan Academy must invite Mr. Jingyuan to teach

Yuan Kui looked puzzled: Why

Li Yang: Mr. Jingyuan can not be moved by wealth - fame, such a person must not be wrong, a teacher must have both ability and political integrity in order to breed a knowledgeable and talented person, a teacher is talented but not virtuous, even if the elegance is peerless, it will only mislead people's children, knowledge is easy to cultivate virtue - the trend of corruption - the root of the bully is not virtuous, this is why I have to invite Mr. Jingyuan to teach in the academy

Yuankui: But don't people come?

Li Yang: If he doesn't come, I'll grind him every day

Mr. Jingyuan is not moved by fame - fortune then I can only try righteousness, the next day Li Yang prepared some gifts and a fishing rod to Mr. Jingyuan's house, this time Mr. Jingyuan still did not run at home to Changtan Lake fishing, Li Yang held two cotton cloth - two silk - a box of rouge - and a few boxes of tea and entered the yard, heard there was movement outside Shi Niang walked out of the house, because he had been here twice before, Shi Niang was no stranger to him

When Li Yang put the gift at the door, Shi Niang quickly picked up the gift and stuffed it into my arms: Oh, what are you doing here, get the things back quickly

Li Yang once again put the gift at the door: Shi Niang, this is a student's heart, and I hope you can laugh at it, if Shi Niang thinks these things are not good, the student is going to prepare some

Shiniang: No, it's not good, there is a way that is useless, is there anything wrong with you coming to my old man three times and twice?

Li Yang sighed lightly: The student of the teacher has just set up a college, and the student wants to invite Mr. Jingyuan to teach in Alan Academy, and the dean of the academy will give Mr. 5 taels of silver a month to get a monthly salary

Shi Niang was surprised when she heard this: I can give so much money in a month

Li Yang: It's useless that Mr. Jingyuan doesn't go, the students sincerely want to invite Mr. Jingyuan to teach in the academy

Master: Your academy is there

Li Yang: The academy is in Alan County, northern Taizhou

Master: Oh, it's quite far

Li Yang glanced at the thatched house and sighed lightly: With Mr. Jingyuan's talent, he should have lived better with his teacher, but unfortunately God did not fulfill people's wishes, can you help the student persuade Mr

Shi Niang: The key is where we live

Li Yang: Don't worry, the student will prepare a place for you and your husband to live

Master: The old man in my family is very stubborn, let me try it

As soon as Li Yang heard this, the game hurriedly thanked him: That's really good, the student thanked the teacher first

Master: I can only help you persuade you, you have to go to my old man if this thing can be done or not

So Li Yang came to the reed swing where Mr. Jingyuan fished on weekdays, he was quite a lot of 10 meters next to Mr. Jingyuan, stepped on a piece of reeds with his feet to make a fishing nest, and then spread the straw mat on the ground, picked up a Y-shaped wooden stick and set up the fishing rod

As soon as Li Yang took off his shoes, he lay on his side on the straw mat and raised his legs barefoot, looking at the beautiful scenery in front of him, he picked up the wine jug and took a sip, at this time he gave people the feeling that he was an elegant family, which attracted Mr. Jingyuan's attention to him

After staring at it for two days in a row, Jing Yuan found that Li Yang didn't use a hook for fishing, and if he didn't use a hook for fishing, can he drop the fish, what children know, you are so old that people shouldn't know it, when Li Yang picked up the fishing rod, Jing Yuan deliberately pretended to be tired and stood up straight, in fact, his eyes have been staring at Li Yang's fishing rod, why did he give the fishing line season a button and didn't even put the bait

When Jingyuan sat down and looked at the lake in front of him, he couldn't figure it out, and at this time, Li Yang picked up the wine jug and took a sip on the lake, and then he held the wine jug leisurely and let the breeze blow behind his back with his hands, and his hair and clothes swayed slightly in the direction of the wind

Li Yang read a poem - boundless falling trees and Xiao Xiaoxia - endless Tianhe rolling - thousands of miles of sad autumn often as a guest - a hundred years of illness and solitary stage - difficult and bitter hatred frost sideburns - pouring down a new turbid wine glass - chaotic times are not my intention - I only wish Cathay Pacific peace and turmoil

When Jing Yuan heard this, he not only praised the good poem - what a good poem, but he couldn't imagine that he would be in such a situation at such an age, how sad he was - more than a hundred years of illness and just a few sentences were written into the sorrow of the ages, not seeking fame and fame, but only hoping that the mind of the country and the people would be ashamed

At this time, there was a light rain in the sky, Mr. Jingyuan hurriedly packed up his things and prepared to go home, and Li Yang did not move at all, fishing in the rain, and so on the next day, Mr. Jingyuan came to the reeds again, Li Yang saw that he came and read a poem The country breaks the mountains and rivers in the city spring and the grass and trees are deep - the flowers splash tears - hate the birds and are thrilling - the beacon fire is even for three months, the family letter is worth 10,000 gold - the white head scratches is shorter - the hairpin is overwhelmed

At this time, Mr. Jingyuan no longer had the leisure and elegance of the past, and he came to Li Yang and squatted down: "Master Li, I want to ask you a question

Li Yang: Please ask if you dare to be a gentleman, please say anything

Jingyuan: Master Li, you don't need a hook or bait to fish, can you catch a fish?

Li Yang: Mr. The students did not catch the fish in this lake, but the students fished the luck of the times and the future of Zhejiang

Jingyuan: Master Li, don't bother, I won't go to the academy to teach

Li Yang sneered: Before, the student asked Mr. because he didn't understand you, but now that I understand, I don't have this plan, Alan Academy will not invite an unfaithful and unrighteous person to teach, and the students who teach with Mr. are only afraid of many narrow-minded people

The most important thing for literati is reputation, and Li Yang's sentence can be regarded as rubbing Jingyuan's weakness: How can I be disloyal and unrighteous Li Family Master, and make it clear

Li Yang: Mr. has the talent to govern the world, and if you don't think about serving the country and spending time, this is disloyalty, as a man, you haven't even fulfilled the minimum responsibility, this is injustice

Jingyuan stopped doing it when he heard it: Li family master, I have to give you a good break, why don't I think about serving the country and fulfilling my responsibilities