Liaozhai: A scholar should draw a sword

Chapter 138 Character Upgrade: Hanlin
The battle lasted for more than an hour and finally came to an end.

Thick smoke billowed in the valley, and the flames shot into the sky.

After destroying the main altar, Zhou Yu and his party continued to destroy various strongholds scattered in the mountains without stopping.

Relatively speaking, it is much easier to destroy the strongholds everywhere...

When such a big commotion happened, King Zhennan naturally knew about it. He was shocked, angry, and furious.

In a fit of rage, he actually wanted to mobilize an army to encircle and suppress Zhou Yu and others.

"My lord, think twice, this subordinate thinks that this matter needs to be decided before making a decision..."

An aide named Liu Zhi stepped forward to persuade him.

The King of Zhennan said angrily: "The matter has come to an end, what is there to hesitate? That Zhou is so hateful, he dared to play dirty tricks with this prince."

"But think about it, my lord, what is the purpose of the Marquis of Jing'an doing this?
He is far away in the south of the Yangtze River, but somehow he came here and made such a big commotion. Could it be that he is really killing harm for the people?

His purpose must be to take this opportunity to force the prince to do something.

If the prince mobilizes troops desperately, wouldn't he just fall into his tricks?

Besides, he is the dignified Marquis of Jing'an after all, if we destroy him, the imperial court will definitely use this opportunity to disadvantage the prince, so..."

"absurd!"

At this time, another staff member seemed a little dismissive and gave a drink.

"Brother Liu's remarks, I'm sorry Wang doesn't agree. Zhou has already bullied the prince, so can he bear it?

Besides, even if we don't do it, do you think the court won't do it?
The current situation is quite obvious, this surname Zhou probably came to deal with the prince under the order of the court.

It is by no means a coincidence that he dealt with Tianyijiao first, he must have investigated secretly, that's why he took the first step in order to weaken the prince's strength.

My lord, judging from the current situation, our actions must be advanced, or else the lord will be really passive after the deployment of the imperial court is completed. "

"That's right, Brother Wang is right..."

For a while, a group of subordinates expressed their opinions one after another. Generally speaking, the majority of people supported the early action.

"Okay, hurry up and inform the people from all walks of life. If we don't do it, let's not stop, so that the surname Zhou can't fly!"

"Follow the order!"

All the people were ordered to leave.

In this way, Zhou Yu was in the middle of his arms. His purpose was to force Zhennan King to do something.

Taking ten thousand steps back, even if King Zhennan can swallow this breath, Zhou Yu will still try to find a way to press him step by step, to see how long you can bear it.

Of course, Zhou Yu would not directly attack King Zhennan. After all, King Zhennan is an upright prince and the emperor's uncle.

Therefore, Zhou Yu only acted secretly to weaken the power of King Zhennan.Next, it's up to the emperor.

But what Zhou Yu didn't expect was that the development of the situation exceeded his expectations...

Under normal circumstances, after he kept weakening Zhennan King's strength on the periphery, Zhennan King had no choice but to raise troops in advance.

Otherwise, it will become more and more passive.

The result was as he had expected, King Zhennan indeed began to mobilize a large number of food, grass and soldiers. On the one hand, he wanted to encircle and suppress him, and on the other hand, he was also ready to go to war with the court.

Unexpectedly, things are unpredictable.

Even the king of Zhennan never thought that it was good for him not to be able to afford soldiers, but it was only when he joined forces that he realized that the plan could not keep up with the rapid changes.

Before, his biggest reliance was a great general guarding the southwest, who had nearly [-] troops under his command.

Including the Zhennan King's own troops and those secretly recruited, the total number is more than [-].

Such a scale is enough to confront the imperial court. After all, although Dagan has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, most of them are scattered in the northwest, beyond their reach.

Moreover, once the imperial court transferred the frontier army in the northwest, wouldn't the surrounding enemy countries take advantage of it?

Therefore, the King of Zhennan is quite confident, even if he can't eat the entire Central Plains, he will fight against the court and create a dynasty by himself.

As a result... the general surnamed Chen turned his back on the battle and turned around to deal with King Zhennan.

To make matters worse, several confidantes of Zhennan King's subordinates also betrayed one after another, and they also instigated many generals under Zhennan King's subordinates, and secretly transported a lot of food, grass and weapons.

As a result, of the 20 troops planned by King Zhennan, only [-] to [-] troops can be dispatched in the end, and at least half of the [-] to [-] soldiers and horses are newly recruited and have no combat experience at all.

At the same time, the imperial court quickly mobilized tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to suppress the situation...

Under such circumstances, how could King Zhennan have a slight chance of winning?Even if the imperial court did not send troops, General Chen's troops alone would be enough to crush him.

In desperation, King Zhennan could only fight trapped beasts, guarding the Dianming Mansion to delay time, but he was secretly packing up his things, preparing to escape with a group of confidants.

However, he miscalculated again.

In the past, those subordinates who were loyal to him only valued the glory and wealth.Now, your Zhennan king has become a dog in the water, why should we risk our lives to accompany you?
Thus, a tragic internal strife began...

In this internal strife, King Zhennan finally died unexpectedly.

At this time, Zhou Yu had already left Yunnan and Guizhou, and returned to Guobei County. After all, he had done everything he should do, and the next thing was the court's business, and he didn't want to get involved.

After learning about the subsequent events, Zhou Yu finally understood one thing: he underestimated Emperor Yonghe.

Judging from the current results, Emperor Yonghe had already planted eyeliners around King Zhennan, including the general surnamed Chen. Presumably, he didn't turn his back on the battlefield, but was bought off on purpose.

Of course, Zhou Yu is just speculating about these inside stories, and it has nothing to do with him.Since ancient times, there have been many internal struggles among the emperors.

For example, Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty in his previous life was originally the King of Yan, who was granted the title of guarding the north.The result is not to return to the capital and eventually become the emperor.

Soon after, the "Wen Dao Academy" was officially put into use, and the former library was still preserved and renamed "Enlightenment Academy".

As the name suggests, it is specially aimed at students who have no foundation, which is equivalent to preschool.

The scale of the academy is much larger. As soon as the news spread, many students from all over the world flocked to study here.

Even, including Gusu Mansion, which is known as the hometown of talented scholars, many scholars rushed over.

After all, Zhou Yu's reputation is too great now.

The last time Zhennan Wang rebellion was quelled, almost no one in the court knew that Zhou Yu had secretly helped a lot, but the emperor knew.

However, this matter is related to the face and dignity of the royal family, so it is not appropriate to publicize it.

Just when Zhou Yu’s academy was about to open, Emperor Yonghe cleverly took advantage of this event, and with a swipe of his pen, wrote a picture in his own handwriting and sent it to the academy: If you don’t accumulate small steps, you can’t reach thousands of miles; if you don’t accumulate small streams, you can’t achieve success. Jiang Hai.

In addition, he also gave a jade ruyi, a jade ring ruler, a famous inkstone, and gold and silver silk and satin.

As a result, the reputation of Wendao Academy was greatly boosted, and the limelight overwhelmed all the academies in the dynasty.

The academy was newly opened, so Zhou Yu would naturally be busy for a while.

One is to screen students, and the other is to assess the candidates who come to apply.After all, the scale of the college has grown, so the teachers have to increase accordingly.

Moreover, this time the academy will recruit a group of female disciples.

This was planned by Zhou Yu at the beginning, and the academy allocated a separate piece of land to set up a women's school.

At the beginning, he took Yan Rui in so that she could help manage and teach the women's school in the future.

On this day, as soon as Zhou Yu arrived at the academy, Yan Rui came over and said happily, "Sir, a talented woman came to apply for a job and said that she wanted to be a teacher in the women's academy."

"Oh? Where did the talented girl come from?"

"Mr. must have heard her name before. Her name is Li Qingwan."

Zhou Yu looked surprised: "Li Qingwan? Is that Li Qingwan who is known as the number one talented woman in Gusu?"

Yan Rui smiled: "Yes, it's her."

"Hehe, I didn't expect her to come. Let's go, take Benhou to meet this legendary woman."

Speaking of Li Qingwan, she could indeed be called a legendary woman.

She was born in a scholarly family, and she was nurtured since she was a child. Coupled with her outstanding talent, she was able to write poems and fus at the age of five or six.

When she was a girl, she had already become a well-known talented woman in Gusu.

Her poems became so popular that even many talented scholars in the capital admired her.

Such a talented, beautiful, and family-born woman naturally has many suitors, and even the capital has many rich and powerful sons who specially ask people to come to propose marriage.

In the end, none of them could impress Li Qingwan's heart.

At that time, there was a number one scholar from the Gusu Mansion, who returned to his hometown in fine clothes, and rode a tall horse through the streets, very majestic.

When passing by Li's mansion, Li Qingwan suddenly ran out and blocked the way of Zhuangyuan Lang, asking him to compete in poetry, let him pass if he wins, and detour if he loses, don't pass in front of her house.

The number one scholar blushed with anger. He is the number one scholar in the new department, and his thesis is brilliant. Will he lose to a little girl?

So, he dismounted and competed with Li Qingwan in poetry.

As a result...the loss was miserable.

However, the number one scholar was also magnanimous, he didn't play tricks, and he didn't parade around the street anymore, he turned around and left after clapping his hands.

A few days later, he even came to the door with a dowry, saying that he would propose to Li Qingwan.

Unexpectedly, Li Qingwan put forward another condition, it is okay to ask for a marriage, fight poetry, and if she wins the fight, she will marry.

Zhuangyuan Lang is also in high spirits, and he comes to Li Qingwan every day to fight poetry, and he has been defeated repeatedly...

Later, I don't know whether it was Zhuangyuan Lang who had accumulated experience in coping or whether Li Qingwan deliberately let the water go. In short, a pair of happy enemies finally got married and made a good story.

It is a pity that Li Qingwan's husband died of illness a few years after they got married.

Afterwards, Li Qingwan returned to her natal family.

Unexpectedly, after returning to her mother's house, there are still many people who come to propose marriage, many of them are sons with good family backgrounds, or some famous talents.

However, Li Qingwan said that she would never marry again in this life.

Next, she created a lot of poems, which made her more mature than before, and her talent was even more amazing.

When she came to the living room of the academy, Li Qingwan was admiring the calligraphy hanging on the wall, all of which were poems written by Zhou Yu and inscribed by herself.

Maybe it was because she was a little engrossed in watching, but she didn't even know that Zhou Yu and Zhou Yu came in.

"Miss Qingwan, Master Hou is here." Yan Rui reminded in a low voice.

At this time, Li Qingwan just came back to her senses, and hurriedly stepped forward to give a blessing: "Qingwan has seen Lord Hou. I didn't know that Lord Hou was here, and I was out of manners. Please don't blame Lord Hou."

"Hehe, Miss Qingwan, don't be too polite, just sit down and talk."

"Master Hou, drink tea, Miss Qingwan, drink tea."

Yan Rui poured two cups of tea and put them in front of them respectively.

"Thank you!"

Li Qingwan thanked Yan Rui.

Zhou Yu asked with a smile: "How did Miss Qingwan think of going to this academy as a female teacher?"

"Actually, the concubine has long admired Lord Hou's literary talents, and has always wanted to visit Lord Hou, but was afraid it would be too abrupt.

A few days ago, I heard people say that the academy run by Master Hou opened a women's school, so I thought I might as well go out for a walk.

It's just that my concubine's talents are ignorant, I'm afraid I won't be able to pass the test of Lord Hou..."

"Haha, Miss Qingwan is serious. It is my honor and the honor of the academy that you condescend to become a female teacher in the academy."

"Master Hou praised..."

"Miss Qingwan, there are not many applicants for the women's school at present. After some screening, there are about 20 people in the first batch.

Of course, this Marquis believes that more and more female students will come to study in the future..."

Li Qingwan nodded: "That is, Taoyuan Academy in Gusu Mansion is a professional women's school, as far as I know, there are currently hundreds of disciples.

In fact, many women still want to study in the school, but..."

Speaking of this, Li Qingwan couldn't help but sigh: "Master Hou also knows that when a woman reaches the age, she gets married, and after she gets married, she has to take care of the house.

In addition, the cost of entering a women's school is not low, so there are not many who have the opportunity and conditions to enroll. "

"That's right, take your time. I thought about it, and then I can open a short-term class, which is to teach some talents, female celebrities and so on.

Of course, you can also set up a women's poetry club, so that some women with common hobbies can get together and communicate with each other. "

Upon hearing this, Li Qingwan couldn't help but her eyes lit up: "That's great, actually, I had this idea before.

It's a pity that the concubine's ability is limited, and the family also opposes it, so it has not been realized. "

Zhou Yu smiled: "Hehe, now, you can realize this idea..."

Everything is in full swing.

After being busy for almost two months, the academy finally started to get on the right track.

After some screening, the first batch of nearly [-] students were selected to study in Wendao Academy. Among the [-] students, Tongsheng and Xiucai accounted for most of them.

The rest are either juren or scholars who have not yet obtained their honors.

Sixty to seventy students were also admitted to the enlightenment class.

As for the women's school, because of Li Qingwan's arrival, many women were attracted to sign up.

After all, Li Qingwan was a well-known female talent in the dynasty and had considerable influence.

In the end, the projected first batch of 20 was doubled to almost 40.

Generally speaking, in addition to the official schools during the Dagan Dynasty, the Wendao Academy has already reached a first-class level in terms of scale and reputation, and there are not many who can stand shoulder to shoulder with it.

And at this time, Zhou Yu's character level was raised again:
Character: Zhou Yu

Academic school: Confucianism

Boundary: Hanlin

Luck: 26000
才艺：【书法：5级】【剑道：5级】【音律：5级】【丹青：5级】【棋艺：5级】

……

All talents have been upgraded to level 5, which is also the upper limit of the talent level that can be improved at the current character level.

With this upgrade, Zhou Yu felt that his strength had at least doubled again.

Moreover, he persisted in going to Zangshu Pavilion to read a large number of books from hundreds of schools almost every day. It can be said that his knowledge has reached an unprecedented height.

In particular, the classics and scriptures of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism are even more precious...

(End of this chapter)