"Brother Zhong Fang has any opinions on the reform below?"

Wei Huai and Yang Huai sat in the tea shop next to the Huaiqing Bridge, put on a chess game, and were halfway down.

"I think that reform does not have to talk about the evils of the world first, but should change people's hearts."

Yang Huaisheng gently lifted one.

"What do you mean by that?"

"People's hearts are not ancient!" Yang Huaisheng sighed, "Today's people don't know how to cultivate self-cultivation and morality, and they don't understand etiquette and music, so that the way of the sages is all lost, so the education is not prosperous, and as for several generations, the country is short-lived." ”

"So, in your opinion, what should you do?"

"We should reorganize the ritual music, repair the ancient temples in various places, perform the grand ceremony of sacrifice, and make the ancient law respected everywhere, and strive to re-implement the ritual and music system of the Zhou Dynasty." He said that he made another move.

"Brother Zhong Fang, since the system of the Zhou Dynasty has been abolished for thousands of years, its law has long been inappropriate. If the system of etiquette and music exists, won't the patriarchal law, the well field, and the like all have to be used? According to the opinion, the reform needs to replace the old with the new, and we must not cling to the defects! ”

Yang Huaixiang shook his head with a wry smile and did not reply.

"Can I say a word?"

As soon as Wei Huai got off the ground, he heard someone talking behind him; Looking back, one person leaned to the side, smiling softly.

"You're making a mistake...... It should be over here,......" he said, pointing to a spot on the board, "Won't you be able to break it here?" ”

"What do you do?" These words made Yang Huaisheng angry, and he stood up quickly, "The so-called 'true gentleman who watches chess and doesn't say anything', you want to show off your chess skills and find someone to go down, don't disturb the two of us playing chess!" ”

"You're all readers, why are you so angry?!" The man was blushing and his neck was thick, and he stared at Yang Huaixian with his eyes.

"What do you want to do?" Yang Huaisheng raised his fist and asked sharply.

"Okay, okay, Brother Zhongfang......" Wei Huai hurriedly got up, pressed his arm, and glanced at him: calm down.

"They're not vulgar people, so why be angry...... Wei Huai comforted the man, "dare to ask your name?" ”

"You're better...... the man glanced at Yang Huai with disdain, and then turned his face and said to Wei Huai: "The next surname is Xia, the name is Yuanlong, and the word is Ying." ”

"I've admired the daimyo for a long time! Is the gentleman from the nearby academy? ”

"You know me?" Xia Yuanlong was shocked.

"A few years ago, when I was in Guozijian, I knew that there was a Xia Renying who was diligent in instructing students, and he was invited by the academy, and I didn't expect to meet today!"

Xia Yuanlong's face changed suddenly, and he asked in surprise: "Won't you be ......?"

He laughed and said, "I am Wei Huai." ”

"Fortunately! Fortunately! Xia Yuanlong bowed deeply to Wei Huai.

Yang Huaisheng sneered.

He turned his head to see that Yang Huaisheng was still playing chess with his head bored and never raised his head. "This brother ......"

"His name is Yang Huaisheng, and his name is Zhongfang." Wei Huai looked back at him, frowned, and shouted, "Brother Zhong Fang! ……”

Yang Huaisheng still can't hear it.

Xia Yuanlong patted Wei Huai on the side: "I'll just go and make a compensatory deal with him." ”

He held the table with one hand, slowly moved to Yang Huaixian, and called softly: "Yang Gong, Yang Gong?" ”

"What's wrong?" Yang Huaixian's face was still red, and his anger did not seem to have subsided.

"Oh, what's the deal...... I apologize to Brother Zhong Fang here, and I hope that Zhong Fang will be magnanimous and forgive me for being rude. ”

Yang Huai looked at Wei Huai, Wei Huai nodded vigorously at him, and then he said, "You just understand." We are all readers, we should know these rules, why bother? Just don't be so rash and rude in the future. ”

"Yes......"

Yang Huai was relieved. In order to show that he had no worries, he looked at the table and threw three copper coins, and beckoned to Dr. Tea: "Add another cup of tea to our table!" ”

Xia Yuanlong's tense expression suddenly let go: "Thank you, Brother Zhongfang, for being generous and tolerant......

Wei Huai also smiled: "What's this!" Zhong Fang is just upright, and his temperament is not big. ”

"Hemin is right, come," Yang Huaisheng pulled away the chair on the side, "I see you also have itchy hands, follow the next game?" ”

Xia Yuanlong smiled: "Okay! ”

Wei Huai then sat aside, leisurely sipping tea, watching the two of them play.

"O Wei Sai Wine, I heard that you are committed to reform, but I don't know if it will be effective?" Xia Yuanlong asked.

Wei Huai shook his head, "At present, I am just talking about the new policy and telling the people about it, and there is no implementation of it. ”

"Sacrificial wine doesn't have to be self-deprecating. I see that the sacrificial wine really wants to do practical things, not empty talk. ”

"It's good that you all think so, which means that I am not idle. That's why I aspire to have a scholar to work with me on the path of reform. ”

"But now that the three of us have got acquainted with each other, I don't know if we can follow the Taoyuan Three Knots?" Yang Huaisheng said a joke.

"But I don't know where there is another martial marquis!" Xia Yuanlong said mockingly. He walked by the way.

Yang Huaixian lowered his head and his eyebrows tightened. It turned out that the chess pieces on the corner had been copied by Xia Yuanlong's white son.

"That's amazing." Yang Huaixian whispered.

"According to Xia Xian's opinion, where should the reform start?" Wei Huai asked.

"That's not a good thing." Xia Yuanlong stared at the game of chess, which had already won the game, and was cleaning up the mess, "These words are insignificant even if they are said now." It's better to think about how to expand your power and shake the government first. And then it doesn't hurt to lay it out in detail. ”

"I lost." Yang Huaixian suddenly lay on the back of the chair.

"It seems that when the game is played another day, I will have to let you have a few sons." Xia Yuanlong said with a smile.

The three of them are like-minded, and since then they have been very close to each other, and they are all in one place on weekdays, so that they can go back and forth between the Huaiqing Bridge, and the people often bump into their figures under the bridge, not drinking tea and drinking, chatting, or playing chess against each other, and competing in chess. The good deeds gathered around and watched, seeing that the surname Xia had already given way to the six sons surnamed Yang, Yang Huaisheng still couldn't beat him.

After a few days of leisurely like this, Xia Yuanlong found Wei and Yang to discuss the establishment of the academy. Everyone agreed with this, and without saying a word, they were vying to be the head of the money. Wei Saijiu said that his family was rich, Xia Yuanlong said that he was deeply involved in business, and Yang Huaisheng said that he was rewarded for his kindness. Therefore, there was no unanimous opinion, and no decision was made.

Wei Huai said: "It's better to give the same money, and everyone will be at ease, how about it?" The two of them thought it was true, and they both gave ten taels of silver, and Wei Huai also gave ten taels, and took a total of thirty taels of silver to build a academy. Wei Huai was afraid that the money would be short, and the two would have to pay for him again, so he secretly paid twenty taels of silver just in case.

Therefore, this academy was built smoothly in only half a year.

Xia Yuanlong considered that both of them had public offices and it was inconvenient for them to take care of the academy, so he simply resigned and devoted himself to teaching in the academy, and gave the academy a name and hung a plaque: Sihe Academy.