Chapter 53 Just Chatting
The war aimed at invading Bashu and trying to capture the Miao army many times in the southwest states was operating at a high intensity under the promotion of Ning Jiang, the Grand Marshal of the World. For Ning Jiang, this is a battle that must be ended before March next year. Anyone who tries to stop this process will be wiped out without hesitation.
The war was originally a logistics battle. In addition to the various firearms transported to Bafang Town, there were also various necessary military resources and food supplies. In order to raise these, the efficiency of the court and the government was essential. Therefore, under the strength of the new Zuo Pushe and the Grand Marshal of the World, people were bombarded out of the court every day, and even... they were quarreled with Zuo Xiang and then found a reason to kill.
Such incidents also caused dissatisfaction among some loyal ministers who were eager to rule the power. These loyal ministers, together with Chongsheng Academy, the Imperial College in the south, were criticized by the left prime minister every day.
"At the oath-taking ceremony a few days ago, Your Majesty and Ning Jiang went out of the city to reward the three armies. The soldiers and civilians shouted long live together. What do you think? What do you think?" An old man was holding a book of sages in his hand, trembling with anger, "The guy Ning Jiang actually took the lead in the emperor and rode his horse out, raised his hands to the soldiers... He looked at the emperor, and was ashamed of shame, shameless!"
The old man was named Kong De, and he was a descendant of Wen Sheng. When talking about these days, Na Ningjiang had controlled the government and acted as a powerful force. His face was pale and he wanted to turn the sage book in his hand into a sharp sword and throw it hard at the boy named Ning, slashing him with blood.
Around him, everyone else shook their heads and sighed, sighing that the rituals and music were broken and that people's hearts were not as old as ever.
However, one person also said: "After all, Ning Jiang has read the books of sages and won the top scholar. He is our Confucian disciple. If he can have a good talk with him, he may not be able to convince him. With his ability, if he is willing to assist the emperor and revitalize Confucianism, it will be a blessing for me."
Kong Dedao: "Old Xiao, you don't know that although Ningjiang was the top scholar in high school, he has been with those people in the world since the beginning, and is called Confucian scholars, but he is actually a scumbag of Confucianism."
But the man said, "I still have to talk to him and talk to him well."
This old man, called Xiao He, has some connection with Ningjiang. At that time, the top scholar in Ningjiang High School entered the Temple of Heaven in the north of the imperial city. Three great scholars held the three strategies of heaven and man and led him to worship the saints and worship the heavens. This Xiao He and Xiao were one of them. If we use Confucianism, he could also be regarded as one of Ningjiang's teachers.
At this moment, although Kong De and others tried to say that Ning Jiang was shameless, Xiao He still had a glimmer of hope. No matter what, Ning Jiang was also a Confucian scholar. If he could convince Ning Jiang and revive Confucianism and Taoism, the Great Zhou Dynasty would be saved, the country would be saved, and the people would be saved.
The Zuoxiang Mansion where Ningjiang is located is located in the southern district of Lin'an City.
Although it is the Left Prime Minister's Mansion, it is actually equivalent to a small court independent of the court. There are a lot of traffic outside the palace, and people coming and going have almost never stopped for a day.
At this moment, the war in the area of Qiangwei Lake might have begun to explode, and Ning Jiang didn't care about the specific details on the battlefield. What he did was to concentrate all the forces that the entire south could concentrate, so that the Red Turban Army and Weiyuan Army, etc., on the front line, would no longer have any worries. As for the specific combat details, just hand them over to Hong Niangzi and Baizijin in the distance for dispatch.
Throughout the past half month, there was almost no stop to work, everything in the court and the country was operating according to the trajectory he set. In this process, he naturally killed some people, offended more people, and was also cursed by many people in secret, but he didn't care about these things. Under his strength, the war to pacify Miao and Mian became a trend that no one could stop at this moment, like a rolling wheel, from being pushed by him at the beginning to rolling like a downhill now.
In the entire south, no one can resist the general trend he created.
"You are not afraid of being crushed to pieces one day when you do this?" During this day, she was busy outside in the dark, and finally had time to free herself. Gan Yushu, who had returned to Lin'an, asked him.
"It's okay!" Ning Jiang said, "When all this is done, I will pat my butt and leave, leaving you here to pieces."
"Damn... Why do I think you are serious?" Gan Yushu rolled his eyes in anger, "Also, don't you think the weather is a bit cold? What are you doing when you shake the fan?"
"Is it very cold?" Ning Jiang put down the folding fan. "After so many days, I always feel that there is a fire in my body that has not dissipated."
"Or... go to the flower boat together?"
"I won't go!" Ning Jiang rubbed his shoulders, "I have never been interested in places like flower boats. Just wait and see the fire in my backyard."
"I said, Song Hong's daughter, Princess Baotong, was she hidden behind you by your golden house? You won't have already put her asleep?"
"This... is really not my fault. When I got back to the house, she was already in my bed."
"You scum!" Gan Yushu stood up and said, "Forget it, let's go and suppress your crabapple. I'll go and go to my flower boat. It's rare to be leisurely, it's rare to be leisurely."
"I said, haven't you ever thought about finding a girl who really has feelings for you to marry? In that kind of romantic place, there is not much true love."
"Forget it!" Gan Yushu smiled, "Love love is like morning dew. When fate comes, fate will stop and when fate goes away, it will be a happy life..."
While speaking, Sun Ziluo walked in: "Young Master, on the other side of the Imperial College, it means that there will be a ceremony held on Sunday. I will invite you to go to the meeting to watch the ceremony."
Ning Jiang sneered: "Imperial College? I thought those old men had nothing to do except hold the books of sages to criticize me all day long. It turned out that there was a lecture on the imperial examination?" He shrugged: "Push me..."
"Wait!" Gan Yushu looked at him and said, "Speaking of this, I have recently studied Confucianism and thought about the meaning of sages. I have gained a new understanding. I just took this opportunity to go to the Imperial College to discuss with you. Anyway, the important things have been handled almost well. Why don't you and I go to Chongsheng Academy together tomorrow?"
"You? Study Confucianism?" Ning Jiang couldn't help laughing, "Not to mention these days, you have been busy all of you and have finally had some free time, and have wasted all on the flower boat. Where did you get the time to study Confucianism? What you do is not like someone who is interested in studying Confucian classics. In this regard, even Zijin is more serious than you."
"Hey, don't underestimate people? Nowadays, hundreds of schools of thought are controversial. It is the time when our generation has left their roots in history. Even Zijin has become a representative of the newly emerging military strategists. How can I fall behind? Taoism, Mohism... I have no interest in these, so it's better to continue to tinker with Confucianism. Maybe I can still be a sage in the future. Besides, the old stubborn people in the Imperial School have been studying the kindness of the school recently, which is misleading the children. The students in the Imperial School are at least in different states.
If the talents sent by the mansion continue like this, they will sooner or later be abolished. By the way, Princess Shan from the north recently had a famous saying, "The route is wrong, the more knowledge it is, the more reactionary it is... I think it is necessary to study in the Imperial College, take out my recent research results on Confucian classics, and share them with those lovely junior brothers in the Imperial College, so that they can know what the real Confucian way is." Ganyushu took out a piece of Shu paper, "By the way, this is my successful research during this period, do you see?"
Ning Jiang took it and opened it and looked: "Damn, are you serious? Which girl from the flower boat did you think of this? Are you not afraid of those great scholars coming to beat you?"
"I'm afraid, I'm afraid they won't come and beat me!" Gan Yushu said ruthlessly, "I'll fight to be a sage in the future!"
"Forget it, the atmosphere of Imperial College does need to be changed." Ning Jiang stood up and said, "I will go with you tomorrow."
The two looked at each other and laughed, bowed their way, Gan Yushu left the mansion, and Ningjiang also went to the backyard.
In a corner of the backyard, Baotong, Hongdie and Huangfu Lu were hiding in the quilt together, whispering.
It was very dark in early winter. Not long after dinner, it started to get dark outside the window. The weather was cold and the three of them had nothing to do. They just hid in the quilt and talked and chatted. This was already a habit for the three of them. Occasionally, they were fighting in the quilt, and there was a crisp laugh.
Xiaochun and Xiaomeng both had returned to Kuaiji Mountain and went to retreat to practice again, because that place was much safer than Lin'an, and Hongdie's mother was also sent over. Hongdie originally wanted to go with her, but in the end she was worried that Baotong would be alone, and in the end, she actually wanted to stay with that person in secret, so she followed Baotong back to Lin'an with Xiaolu.
Baotong was not willing to return to the palace. In addition, the girl who had already had skin ties with that person and had a young age could not help but put her mind on her lover, so she lived here. However, although she lived here, most of the time, the three of them actually had nothing to do. After arriving in Lin'an, the man was very busy and had no time to spare.
But this time, Fang Zi had a fight for a while and heard the sound of the curtain lifting. The three girls couldn't help but hold the edge of the quilt together, looked up, and then they saw the young man stepping in with a folding fan in his hand.
The young man who was walking in did not expect that Hongdie and Huangfu Lu were also in Baotong's room. And the three of them had already started to fall asleep so early, and they were somewhat surprised. Hongdie and Huangfu Lu suddenly turned red. They did not expect that he would come in. After all, these days, they could hardly even see his shadow.
The three girls slept together on the beautiful partitions on the bottom floor, with a thick quilt underneath. The coat was almost thrown around the edges. When they half-lifted their bodies, they could still see their smooth shoulders.
The young man shook his folding fan. Although it was already beginning to winter, he always felt that there was a heat that was difficult to dissipate today. He smiled and said, "What are you doing?"
"Just chatting." Baotong grabbed the quilt, her face was as red as the two girls around her. The sky was already dark. He came to find her at this time...
Ning Jiang thought for a while and simply walked over: "Can I talk with you?" He took off his coat and burped into the quilt, just between Baotong and Hongdie. He said: "Don't worry, I won't touch you. Anyway, I have nothing to do, I just chat."
Unexpectedly, he was so bold that the red butterfly's uniform became even more red. He was originally wearing only one bellyband. He felt the man's hot body rubbing against his delicate body, as if the temperature in the quilt had increased a lot.
Miss Lu heard what he said, so she felt relieved and half lie on Sister Baotong, and said naively: "Just chat when chatting, don't touch us, you have agreed to do it yourself, don't cheat!"
Ning Jiang promised: "Don't worry, I really won't touch you, I'm just chatting."
So Hongdie and Miss Lu felt relieved...
On the morning of the next day, Ningjiang and Gan Yushu rode together on horseback and walked on the way to Chongsheng Academy.
Gan Yushu turned his head and looked at Ning Jiang who had been rubbing his temples: "What's wrong? Looks like you haven't had a good sleep. Don't tell me, you have stopped the fire for a night last night?"
Ning Jiang sighed long and said, "I am just reflecting on the mistakes I have made."
Gan Yushu smiled and said, "You will admit that you have made a mistake? Ha, this is really not like our talented man in Ning. Why not talk about it? What kind of mistake is it?"
Ning Jiang rode his horse with his left hand and held the folding fan tightly with his right hand: "It's really a mistake that men make."
"Forget it... I still don't listen to you. Although I don't know what happened, I always feel that you are very worthy of a beating now."
Ning Jiang looked up and looked at the icicles on the eaves on both sides. It seemed that there was a frost last night, but the bed was too warm and too hot last night. It felt like spring was coming. He didn't pay much attention to the weather outside.
Alas, during this period, my self-control has been much worse. It seems that I should restrain myself well in the future. In addition, Baotong and Hongdie are fine. After all, they have no fathers, so I may have to go with him in the future. But Xiaolu... I have to find a good opportunity to explain to her parents in the future.
Having said that, it seems that I can't blame me. In that case... any man will make such a mistake, right?
The two brought some followers and walked through the streets and alleys together until they arrived at Chongsheng Academy.
As the Chongsheng Academy of the Southern Imperial College, it has been continuously expanded in the past or two years. At this moment, from the outside, it is gorgeous and majestic, and it is spectacular. The sound of calligraphy in the courtyard is full of noise and occasional noise. The so-called classics were originally a imperial lecture for the great Confucianism or the Hanlins to discuss classics and history for emperors. Later, with the prosperity of Confucianism and Taoism, it gradually developed into a symbolic etiquette of great Confucianism in the Imperial College, and the emperor or the prince came to listen to it to show the respect of the imperial power for Confucianism.
However, with the collapse of Confucianism and Taoism and the loss of half of the country, although the Imperial College in the south had held several lectures, it did not attract much attention. At this moment, the two of them rode together in front of Chongsheng Courtyard, looking up at the golden plaque above the main entrance.
Gan Yushu said with relief: "As soon as my new Confucianism is released, I will soon become a sage who will start a religion."
Chapter completed!