Section 10 College Anecdotes
Qingpu Town is located in the eastern suburbs, just a few miles from Qingyang Prefecture City, and is on the side of the road leading to Bonan and Guide in Qingyang. It is a major transportation outlet. This place was not originally prosperous, but after Northwest University and Northwest Military Academy were established here, it immediately brought a lot of business opportunities. Businessmen flocked here like flies that smelled stinky meat. Hotels, restaurants, and shops of various colors immediately increased tenfold, and even some entertainment venues began to flourish here. You know, the students here are all paid government and military officials.
When Wufeng, Ling Tianfang, Lu Man and his party came to the gate of the majestic Northwest Military Academy, they were immediately warmly welcomed by the college teachers and many students led by Fei Mu, the vice president of the college.
Looking at Fei Mu and his party who came to welcome him, Wufeng felt a little embarrassed. A few years ago, he was still leaning against these teachers, looking at him, afraid that he would not get the school's graduation certificate. But after only a few years, this situation turned over and became their visit to welcome him. This contrast made Wufeng sigh that the world was changing. The child yesterday might be the heroes of tomorrow. Who can tell that the student who performed poorly in this school would not become a hero who is famous all over the world after leaving the school?
Seeing that Wu Feng seemed a little distracted, Ling Tianfang quickly coughed and reminded: "Sir, Principal Fei and the others are here."
Wufeng then came to his senses, quickly walked out of the carriage, went forward, held Fei Mu's hands intimately, and greeted several other teachers with respect as a student.
Seeing Wufeng's sincere respectful look, Fei Mu and the many teachers were wiped out, and they were replaced by an incomparable pride. Originally, they didn't even think of the truant king in school, but unexpectedly, in a few years, this unknown guy rose up and became the third military governor in the history of the empire to take charge of military and political power. Moreover, his reputation has become a model for the younger generation of the empire. This really surprised the teachers in the academy and lamented the injustice of the world.
Fei Mu is a middle-aged man in his forties. He was originally the deputy director of the Imperial Military Academy and a talent that Wufeng dug out of the Imperial Military Academy through various methods. He was a top student at Imperial University in his early years. After graduation, he stayed at the school to teach for ten years and had a high reputation. Later, he was transferred to the Imperial Military Academy as the deputy director of the Imperial Military Academy. Dean Williams nominated him as the academy's director several times and reported to the Military Department and the General Administration of Culture, Education and Health. Both were stranded by the superiors on the grounds that they were low-class and could not take on important positions.
Wufeng also respected him very much when he was studying in the academy. He was not only knowledgeable, well-managed, but also had a rigorous attitude towards academic research. He was highly respected by the students of the academy. Although he could not keep up with the respect of Dean Williams, he was also a backbone figure in the academy. However, he was born a civilian, so he was not favored by the upper class of the empire and could not be promoted. When Wufeng was preparing to build the Northwest Military Academy, he applied for support from the Imperial General Administration of Culture, Education, and the Imperial Military Academy, he first invited him. Originally, Dean Williams did not want to let him go, but thought that he could not help him to go to another level, he had to agree with regret.
Fei Mu himself was a little hesitant at first. After all, the northwest was far away and his living conditions were far inferior to the imperial capital. His family had gone to the northwest and would probably never have the chance to return to the imperial capital. But when he wanted to take him to stay in the imperial capital, he could not display his talents. Instead of being depressed and unsuccessful throughout his life, it would be better to go to the northwest to show his strengths. Wufeng offered the condition to be the vice president and asked him to preside over the school's executive teaching work. His monthly salary was 150 gold coins, which was more than twice his salary at the Imperial Military Academy. He gritted his teeth and brought his wife, concubines, and his family to the northwest.
Under his demonstration, many teachers who were restricted due to their backgrounds were followed by their families and moved westward. Fortunately, Dean Williams agreed to Wufeng, and the relevant officials of the Imperial General Administration of Culture, Education and Health also received the benefits of Wufeng, which opened the door to convenience, so the migration of these people was successfully completed.
The school gate of Northwest Military Academy was built quite magnificently. The gate was enough to accommodate three large carriages or twenty people in parallel without being crowded. Two officers dressed in cadet costumes were wearing snow-white gloves, one holding a long halberd in his hand and the other holding a knife and shield in his hand. His eyes were straight ahead. Under the scorching sun, he let his sweat soak his military uniform but remained motionless.
When Wufeng walked by, the two officers did not look squinting, but simply stood at attention to express their salute, without any other cumbersome movements. Wufeng nodded with satisfaction, grinned and smiled silently, expressing appreciation. It was indeed not easy to reach such a level in just a few months. From this, we can see that he did not read the wrong choice of the person.
When you walked into the gate, you were looking at a huge bronze statue of three people. This was a famous product designed and produced by Wufeng for all his efforts to ask Luo Dan, a sculpture master of the Empire, to use all his might to ask Luo Dan, a archer soldier to archery, a rhino looking at the moon and shooting at the sky wolf. In the middle is a horse-riding soldier who was crossing the halberd and squeezing the horse to swallow thousands of miles. On the right is a infantry soldier who held his shield and raised his sword to take the lead. Although the whole sculpture is composed of three figures, it is full of harmony and unity. Especially the facial expression of the archer's breath-holding and concentrating when shooting archers, the momentum of the cavalry riding horses and galloping thousands of men, and the determination of the infantry soldiers to move forward are all expressed under Luo Dan's spiritual hands.
The entire sculpture is as natural as it is without any flaws, which makes the viewers intoxicated by this unparalleled masterpiece.
The three portraits represent three main components of the army: cavalry, infantry, and auxiliary soldiers.
Due to his age, Luo Dan had already lived in seclusion at his home in Heshuo County and did not care about the world. However, Wu Feng was humble and generous, and sent someone to ask for it three times. Given Wu Feng's sincerity and Wu Feng's lofty reputation in the empire, Luo Dan made an exception and accepted the request. After careful design, he created this unparalleled masterpiece. After completing this work, Luo Dan officially announced to the outside world that he would retire and rest and never make any works. He also said that this work, called "Zong Tianxia" was his pinnacle work, surpassing any of his previous works.
On the base of the lower end of this work, the words "Northwest Military Academy" are engraved on it. Although these words are like cutting a knife and cutting an axe, they are considered extraordinary, but compared to the above works, they seem to be above the same level, which makes viewers feel very sorry. What's more, those who are unknown are called "Dogtail Sequels", which seriously affects the image of the academy. It is recommended to shovel these words and ask Wang Fuzhi or Gu Zhenqing, the master of the calligraphy world, to write, but after carefully looking at the signatures below these words, no one said anything.
It turned out that the small characters below were "Li Wufeng in a certain year and month". It is said that at the inauguration ceremony, someone who made a fuss and proposed to remove these words was scolded by Wufeng for this. It was not until he agreed to ask Wufeng to go to the best place in Qingyang, the Guifei Courtyard, to spend three times. Wufeng stopped and promised not to hold him up for destroying the reputation of his superiors.
However, afterwards, Hua Yumei, Lu Xianxian and Guan Yingying learned about this, they all laughed at her lover for not knowing herself and actually wanted to compete with contemporary calligraphy. Wufeng disagreed and explained with confidence that he had a specialty in his profession, and his expertise was in charge of the army. It was rare to be valuable to have such "attainments" in calligraphy. As soon as these words were spoken, several women laughed and couldn't suppress themselves. The description of "dog tail marten" spread wildly. Until decades later, it became one of the jokes in Wufeng's harem, which made Wufeng feel resentful. Someone also paid a tragic price for decades. Whenever Wufeng got it, he would find someone and ask for compensation, so as to "soothe the injured soul" and make someone angry.
However, this move also played an unimaginable role in promoting the popularity of calligraphy in the empire in the future. Wufeng strictly demanded his children in the years to come, requiring them to have beautiful calligraphy and equipped their children with special court calligraphy teachers. Due to the importance of the imperial emperors, it became a trend in the empire to attach importance to calligraphy in various parts of the empire, and the development of calligraphy entered a stable golden period. Even someone's descendants bluntly said that their ancestors made outstanding contributions to the development of the calligraphy cause.
Entering the campus, there is a large competition field with an area of hundreds of acres. From a distance, there are horse roads, runways, sand pits, open-air struggle fields, training grounds, and martial arts competition platforms, and the scale is no less than that of the Imperial Military Academy. On the right side of the competition field is the college’s classroom and dormitory area. Red walls and green tiles are shady and green trees are covered with green trees. When Wufeng was just planning to build the college, he proposed to build "four first-class facilities", first-class facilities, first-class teachers, first-class discipline, and first-class standards.
The two schools spent a lot of money on this matter. Even Xiao Tang, who attached great importance to education, thought it was too advanced and not in line with the current facts, and had complaints. However, Wufeng was determined to do his own thing and did not accept other people's dissent.
The graduation ceremony was held in the college's small auditorium, and all the students in the college attended the ceremony. The ceremony was not complicated. First, the college's teaching director Zhongli Wuji presided over the ceremony. Then Fei Mu gave a brief speech and announced the outstanding students in the training. Then the guests present awarded the honorary certificates to the winners, and finally Wufeng gave a lecture.
Wufeng's speech was extremely short, but quite concise: "Everyone, everyone is the elite among our Northwest soldiers. The purpose of your visit to the academy is also very simple, which is to learn to better attack the enemy and preserve yourself. Although you have not studied here for a long time, I hope that everyone will not only learn military knowledge, but also to temper their will and wisdom. It is not difficult to become a soldier, but to become a qualified officer, you must have a calm mind, accurate judgment and steel-like will. Only with the above points can he be a real soldier. I hope that through this study, it is enough."
Chapter completed!