fifth form

Chapter 420
"Brother Zhongweng, I'm sorry!"

The cause of the matter is related to the question of whether the scholar can fill his stomach. There is Zhongweng's roundabout response, and Dong Zhongshu slightly corrected the accuracy of his words.

When it was time to chat with Zhang Xuezhou, Dong Zhongshu casually mentioned some of it.

And Zhang Xuezhou's supplement became the straw that crushed the mental state of many scholars.

Seeing his old friend's students leaving one after another, Dong Zhongshu felt that something was wrong.

He, a supporter who came to cheer, seemed to be a spoiler.

"It's okay!"

The middle-aged man waved his hand, indicating that he was used to such things.

Food, clothing, housing, and transportation are the key points in life.

Knowing how to read a few books and recognize a few characters is not enough to fill their stomachs. For more than [-]% of the people in the Han Dynasty, how to dress warmly and eat enough is the most important thing.

Without material satisfaction, it is impossible to talk about spiritual construction.

But governing a region can’t just rely on a group of people who want to have enough food and clothing. This requires someone who knows how to build, someone who understands laws and regulations, someone who knows how to apply rules, someone who understands the imperial system, and someone who can learn from better areas...

This is not something that a talented sheriff can accomplish.

The key point of the academy is not how many famous people come to support it, nor how many students it gathers.

For him, how to strike a balance between material and spiritual, and how to cultivate usable talents is the key point.

A group of weak-minded people left, but some strong-minded people stayed.

It seemed like a disaster, but from another perspective, it was a good thing for him.

The middle-aged man signaled that he was fine, and then continued to speak.

"Go away and talk, how did you come to Bashu?"

His own fame did not attract scholars, and he helped his old friends away a group of people, Dong Zhongshu was quite embarrassing.

But he was indeed somewhat curious about Zhang Xuezhou.

From Lingnan to Bashu, the journey is thousands of miles away, and there are also poor mountains and bad waters, which cannot be crossed by ordinary people.

"Let's put it this way, I was caught in the air by a bird monster, and then he was struck by lightning, and then I fell here," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"Your explanation is a bit far-fetched!"

Dong Zhongshu felt that Zhang Xuezhou was talking nonsense.

But a thunderous voice in the night sky made him soften his direct words a lot.

Dong Zhongshu stared at the night sky lit up by thunder and lightning, only to see that the high sky was covered with overcast clouds, not the pure blackness of nightfall.

He touched his cheek, and then a drop of rain fell on his head.

"Go over there to hide from the rain!"

Dong Zhongshu pointed to the temporary wooden sheds built by the academy, and then strode in.

"It's raining, it's raining!"

The two of them entered the shed for less than ten seconds, some scholars shouted, and everyone dispersed for a while, and hid in the wooden sheds to keep out the rain.

Only the middle-aged man who gave lectures was still sitting on the podium in the center of the palace and narrating.

"This teacher is too dedicated," Zhang Xuezhou praised.

"You haven't even joined his school, what's your name?" Dong Zhongshu corrected, "He is Wen Weng, the governor of Shu County. According to the normal address, you have to respectfully call him Governor Wen!"

"Wen Jun is really dedicated to his work," Zhang Xuezhou nodded.

"It's not dedication, it's Wen Weng who knows the art of wind and rain, and it's hard for wind and rain to contaminate his body," Dong Zhongshu continued to correct.

"This evasion technique is powerful!"

Zhang Xuezhou thought about it, and then sincerely praised him.

He has nine evasion techniques, including water avoidance techniques, but this technique only prevents the water from drowning him, and does not prevent Zhang Xuezhou from getting wet.

If it rains and makes Zhang Xuezhou drenched, this is a normal situation.

But Wen Junshou's wind and rain technique can prevent rain from contaminating his body, which made Zhang Xuezhou amazed.

"If you say that Wen Weng's Taoism is controlled in a subtle way, then I will admit it. How is his technique so good?" Dong Zhongshu disagreed.

Good is good, bad is bad, Dong Zhongshu quickly corrected Zhang Xuezhou's words.

As a master figure of a school of thought, he set out from his heart on the merits and demerits of academics and cognition, and would not be sloppy.

It even affected his disposition.

This also caused Dong Zhongshu to do some unpleasant and more difficult to generate credit all year round.

For example, taking over the work of Taiwei Zhou, using Zhang Xuezhou to test and tell where he is.

Another example is running to Bashu to check what Wen Junshou wants to express to Emperor Jing.

If these things are not done well, it is a big problem, but if they are done well, there is no merit.

In short, Dong Zhongshu can take over whichever is troublesome and not beneficial, and he can only receive these jobs in the court.

Seeing Zhang Xuezhou who didn't make any excuses, and thinking of the very bad trip to Lingnan, and even thinking of Zhou Taiwei who was too bad to fail, Dong Zhongshu only felt that there were many things that were not good.

He stared at Zhang Xuezhou, then moved a little closer to him, and then talked in a low voice.

"What kind of confrontation scene did you see in Lingnan?"

Many things in Lingnan and his party have been left behind, but there are still too many things that are still involved, and even continue to have related effects.

Dong Zhongshu only felt that there was a fog shrouded in Lingnan, and there was also a fog shrouded in the court.

He couldn't see the truth in the mist clearly, but he wanted to know about it.

But very few people came back from Lingnan alive, and even fewer people had clearly seen the real situation on the battlefield.

"I'm talking about the situation where His Majesty killed the giant snake with a human face," Dong Zhongshu said in a low voice.

"It's been two years, why are you asking this?" Zhang Xuezhou wondered, "Weren't you there at that time?"

"At that time, I was protecting Changqing and playing the piano skills, and my mind was on Changqing. I didn't see the final confrontation." Dong Zhongshu said: "This matter is very important to me, can you explain it?"

Coming to Bashu is a hard job, but Dong Zhongshu found that there is another village in the dark.

If he did not come to Bashu, it would be difficult for him to meet the witnesses at that time.

"Where's your minister?"

"He suffered a great crime. He was blinded by the giant snake and has not recovered, let alone saw clearly at that time!"

Those who returned alive in Lingnan included Dong Zhongshu and Sima Xiangru, as well as the prince and Wei Qing, Zhang Qian, and Lu Neng, the head of the court guard.

But among the crowd, Dong Zhongshu and Sima Xiangru are the main force of protection and spellcasting, they have been in the state of casting spells and have no time to be distracted, while the prince and Wei Qing are the recipients of the attack and killing, and Lu Neng, the head of the palace guard, desperately defends the prince, while Zhang Qian and Zhang Xuezhou hid behind them and made soy sauce.

Not many people had spare time to observe the confrontation between Emperor Jing and His Majesty, and only Zhang Qian and Zhang Xuezhou survived.

Zhang Qian was recruited into the palace by the prince, and then returned to Yanmen Pass without saying a word.

Only Zhang Xuezhou was left.

The atmosphere in the imperial court was very strange in the past two years. Emperor Jing even dealt with Taiwei Zhou on the charge of rebellion.

Dong Zhongshu only felt that something was brewing in the court.

The reason for all this is the trip to Lingnan.

Dong Zhongshu thought about the emperor he had seen in the palace, and when he faintly sensed something was wrong, he was afraid of falling into it like Taiwei Zhou because he was involved in the trip to Lingnan.

For Dong Zhongshu, only by figuring out what happened at that time and judging the real situation of the court can he make a correct response.

(End of this chapter)