Chapter Eighty-Three: The Four Legions
Walking out of the courtyard, Luo Bing's heart suddenly brightened. The resentment when he heard Luo Qingyan's defection just now also dissipated a lot, and the master uncle was reasonable, he focused on dealing with miscellaneous matters in the door on weekdays, and he was a little slack in this martial arts practice.
If it weren't for the lack of cultivation, I wouldn't have lost my temper so much today and beat my disciples. It seems that his fiery temper is not only due to his personality, but also a regression in his cultivation!
Thinking of this, he took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, felt much more comfortable, raised his hand to slightly block the scorching sun, and walked towards the front hall.
On the other hand, since the opening ceremony of the academy, Zhou Yi has lived in the court, the academy and his home every day.
After attending the court meeting in the morning, he accompanied Zhao Mu to discuss matters in the palace or teach civil and military practice, because Zhao Mu did not have a concubine, so there was no need to be taboo. After lunch in the palace at noon, a carriage specially arranged by the palace took him to the academy. Although a group of professors in the Rite Academy are all rich and wealthy, it is a pity that they are all old scholars who are deeply influenced by the traditional education of etiquette. If he, the head of the Academy, did not personally supervise it, he was really worried that these people would turn the Wenwu Academy into the Academy of Rites.
After the lectures to these professors in the academy are finished, they have to check the teaching situation in some of the study halls, and when they return home, it will probably be nightfall!
The leisurely life of some time ago is gone, and people seem to be much more fulfilling.
From the excited looks of the academy disciples and the frenzy of gaining new knowledge, Zhou Yi felt very satisfied, he was changing a world!
"Attaching equal importance to civil and military affairs, just like yin and yang, if there is no literature, the people will be ignorant, and the country will be strong and cannot last; if there is no force, the people will be weak, and the country will be wise and insulted by foreign enemies. The professor of the academy said this very different from what we had heard from the virtuous people in the past!" a group of new disciples gathered around and talked about their experiences in listening to the lectures in the past few days.
"I think what the professor of the academy said is quite reasonable! In this world, everything should be a yin and a yang complement each other, and the gentlemen in the past always said that the holy way is the only one, and the martial arts are not beneficial to the country, but it is biased!"
"That's right! This Wen Dao is enlightened, and the martial Dao is strong! Think about it, if it weren't for the fact that the Holy Dao monks were physically weak and unable to pass the Guò Sacred Dao Assessment, there would be so few disciples among the scholars of my Imperial Empire who could pass the Guò Assessment. If all the big guys practice martial arts, strengthen their bodies, and survive the Sacred Dao assessment for a longer period of time, wouldn't there be more scholars who have passed the assessment!"
"It's reasonable, it's reasonable! It's just that both martial arts and holy path cultivation are quite energy-consuming, and I'm just afraid that my energy will not be enough!" Although one of the disciples agreed with the statement that both civil and military cultivation were attached, he was still worried that the cultivation of civil and military affairs would go hand in hand, and in the end, both aspects would be mediocre.
Hearing this, Zhou Yi stepped forward with a smile and said, "Why worry so much!"
"Master!" the disciples hurriedly turned around and bowed.
The worried student was even more worried, but what he said just now was contrary to the concept of the college, and he was worried that he would be punished by the academy.
For example, if you succeed in martial arts practice, your body will be strong, and your natural energy will increase greatly, and your cultivation of the holy path will be like a tiger's wings. And if the cultivation of the Holy Dao is successful, the mind will be clear, and the practice of martial arts will also get twice the result with half the effort. How to adjust the two, the academy has its own arrangements, such as this morning practice of martial arts, evening practice of literature, complement each other, why should you worry!?
Moreover, at the beginning, the academy asked everyone to practice civil and military together, so that you could realize for yourself which aspect of your talent is more between the Holy Dao and the Martial Dao. If it is suitable for civil and military practitioners, it is naturally better. But if you don't have a talent for martial arts, you can naturally specialize in the Holy Dao, and vice versa. It's not that everyone is forced to learn! This is what the so-called academy means by teaching without class and teaching according to aptitude!" Nodding slightly, Zhou Yi unraveled everyone and eloquently explained the concept of teaching and learning in his own academy.
Yes! The martial arts are in strengthening the body, and the holy way is in the gods, so in fact, there is no conflict! As long as you and the others follow the arrangement of the academy step by step, why worry about anything else! Besides, people are different from each other, and their talents are naturally different. If you have limited talents, you really can't do both, and the academy doesn't seem to make it mandatory for everyone to practice together!
Thinking of this, all the disciples suddenly realized that they hurriedly bowed down to thank them.
"Okay, you guys deserve praise for this kind of after-class communication. Learning should be like this, it is not possible to work behind closed doors, only by exchanging experiences with each other, can we improve together! Wenwu Academy is different from any academy in the empire, you people will go to various positions in the empire in the future, and you should go hand in hand!" Seeing that everyone had realized, he was also quite satisfied in his heart.
"Obey the teachings of the Academy, the disciples will never dare to forget!" The disciples bowed down to be taught, and their attitudes were extremely sincere.
At this moment, a half-elf guard ran over and whispered in his ear.
Zhou Yi nodded, and said to the disciples, "Okay, you go on, this courtyard will go first!" After speaking, he turned around and left.
"Congratulations to the head of the courtyard!" the group of disciples hurriedly bowed down to see them off.
Walking to the gate of the academy and stepping into the carriage, Zhou Yi lifted the curtain and asked the half-elf guard who had pasted it, "When did you arrive?"
"Back to the prince, after noon, the first messenger arrived, and I just received the news that the corps headquarters of several major legions have arrived outside the city!" the guard replied in a respectful voice.
Hmph, what are you trying to do!?
These legions were drawn from the western and eastern defense areas by the imperial court, preparing to go south to defend against the main force of the elven army. It is said that the defense areas are different, and the distance is also different, so they should arrive one after another. Unexpectedly, the marshal who led the troops outside the gang actually arrived outside Luojing City at the same time, if there is no cat in it, the ghost will not believe it!
"What about these marshals?" Thinking of this, Zhou Yi asked again.
"Marshal Xu Jia of the Second Legion, Marshal Cheng Peng of the Fifth Legion, Marshal Xu Wei of the Eighth Legion, and Marshal Zheng Qi of the Tenth Legion have all entered the city. After they entered the city, they did not report to the military headquarters, but rushed to the military courtyard!" The guard hurriedly told the news in detail.
The marshals of these four major legions were all born in the military academy, and the purpose of dispatching them this time was actually to see if these four people were loyal to the imperial court! Secondly, they also wanted to deprive them of their military power. Although the power of the military academy in the court and the holy path has almost cut it down, but in the border army, their power is not severely damaged.
The annihilation of the Fourth and First Legions of Zheng Taihong and Gong Hao was by no means a blessing for the imperial court! Although these two men were dead, the burial of more than 200,000 troops was really hateful!
Now these four need to plan and plan well! Anyway, as soon as they come out of the military academy, it will be up to them to see if the Rong Yuan Dragon Sage can convince them!? If they are obedient, then it is not impossible to let them continue to lead the troops; if they are disobedient, then don't blame yourself for being ruthless!
"Go home!" put down the curtain of the car, Zhou Yi sat inside, closed his eyes, and said in a deep voice.
The Holy House of Military Sciences, the Holy Church.
Xu Jia, Cheng Peng, Xu Wei and Zheng Zha jointly sought to see the Rong Yuan Dragon Sage.
The four of them did have contact for a long time, Xu Jia and Xu Wei came from the Xu family, a wealthy family in the west, and they were two brothers. At the beginning, the two were admitted to the military academy together, studied together, passed the guò holy road assessment together, became university scholars, and then were arranged to return to the west together to control the two border army corps. Lin Bo arranged this way, naturally to figure out the power of Guò and his two families, and expand the influence of the military academy in the west.
Cheng Peng and Zheng Zhe are from the Eastern Defense Region of the Empire, and they have always been defending against the harassment of the Dongying Kingdom.
The four of them were transferred to Beijing this time, and to be honest, they were very worried. Strictly speaking, none of the four of them are Lin Bo's descendants, and the Xu brothers have the net worth of tens of thousands of people in the Xu clan behind them, so how can they follow Lin Bo to make trouble. Although Cheng Peng and Zheng Zhe are not from a big family, they are much older than Lin Bo in terms of age, and they have been admitted to the hospital for a much longer time, so they naturally refuse to listen to the assignment of their later descendants.
However, this time, King Wucheng killed Lin Bo and his party, basically emptied the power of the military academy in Luojing City, and even killed the three sages. They naturally understand the stakes. In the end, it is not because the power of the military academy in the army is too great.
This time, the four of them were transferred back to Beijing in the name of going south to fight, but in fact, the four of them were probably more than lucky! Before the Xu brothers went south to Luojing City, they had already arranged the things behind them, and they only begged Zhou Yi not to cause trouble to the Xu clan.
Cheng Peng is nearly seventy years old, and he deserves to be said to be cunning. After receiving the order of the imperial court, he immediately sent people to contact the commanders of the three major army corps, preparing to join forces to enter Beijing in order to protect himself.
Although the other three felt that something was wrong in their hearts, they couldn't bear to feel weak in their hearts, and after receiving the letter, they still acted according to the plan.
Because of this, the four major legions traveled different distances, but they arrived in Luojing City at the same time.
According to the practice of foreign troops entering Beijing, the large army was stationed 20 miles outside the city, and the corps headquarters could camp outside the city, and the corps commander had to rush to the military headquarters to report as soon as possible. But at present, the military department is no longer the military department controlled by the military academy before, and the four of them have no bottom in their hearts, so after entering the city, they went straight to the military academy and asked to see the only remaining Rong Yuan Dragon Sage.
"Disciple Xu Jia (Cheng Peng, Xu Wei, Zheng Zha) to meet the Sage!" The four of them entered the hall, looked at Rong Yuanlong, who was sitting alone in front of them, sighed in their hearts, and quickly knelt down to salute.
"Well, I didn't expect that the four of you would arrive in Beijing at the same time!" Rong Yuanlong sat there and hummed, and then said meaningfully.
Since the Great Sage and the other two Sages were killed, the Great Grandmaster has also been swept away, although the power of the Military Academy is not as strong as before. But after all, as the only surviving Sage, his status in the military academy has greatly improved. Therefore, in addition to the sorrow in his heart, he was still a little happy in his heart.
In the past, all the major affairs in the courtyard were decided by the Great Sage, and Lin Bo was in charge of daily affairs, and he, the Holy One, actually did not have much right to speak.
"Returning to the Sage! The military department has given an order, and the disciples and others really have no bottom in their hearts, so they discussed entering Beijing together, so they can take care of it. Now that there has been a great change in the lower courtyard, I have no master of the six gods and other disciples outside, and I don't know what the result will be when I enter Beijing this time, and I ask the sage to show it!" Cheng Peng, as the oldest of the four, should explain the situation first.
"Please, Sage, have mercy!" the other three hurriedly bowed their heads and whispered.
Rong Yuanlong was quite proud in his heart, these arrogant soldiers and fierce generals outside, how could they have asked for such a plea from themselves before!
"After entering Beijing, have you ever gone to the military headquarters to report!?"
"No, the disciple and the others came directly and asked the Sage for guidance!" Hearing the Sage's words pointing directly to the place where he and the others had usurped, Cheng Peng hurriedly whispered.
"If you haven't reported it, someone will inevitably accuse you and others!" Rong Yuanlong's words revealed a trace of worry, scaring the four of them half to death, and he pleaded again.
Seeing that the purpose of the warning had been achieved, he continued: "The current strength of the military academy is not as good as before, and the situation in the DPRK and China is also greatly changed! At present, King Wucheng of Zhenguo is in charge of the military and political power, and you also know the situation of our military academy, for the sake of the inheritance of military learning, it is inevitable to rely on the strong! You will join forces to visit King Wucheng in a while! If you obey King Wucheng's dispatch, you will be safe!"
Cheng Peng and the four of them have nothing to do with Zhou Yi, so although they lament the decline of the military academy in their hearts, they do not resist taking refuge in Zhou Yi!
Hearing Rong Yuanlong's words, the four of them naturally obeyed the order.