Liaozhai: A scholar should draw a sword

Chapter 165 Promoted to Dagan National Teacher
Not long after, several Hu family disciples walked to the backyard surrounded by an old man in his sixties.

This old man is the current head of the Hu family, Hu Bugui.

As soon as he arrived in the backyard, Hu Bugui shouted angrily: "Mrs. Fox, don't go too far. If you come here again and again to make trouble, you really think that my Hu family can't do anything to you?"

"Hmph, old guy, you really know how to turn right and wrong into black and white. Ask yourself, how many evils have your Hu family committed? How many lives have you killed?
The most hateful thing is, how many fox sons and grandchildren of my wife have you killed in order to make thousands of fox furs?flay them alive..."

Zhou Yu and Ying Ning hid in the dark and listened for a while, and finally understood the whole story.

It turned out that in order to make the best thousand fox furs, the Hu family specially found some foxes that had become spirits for their fur. After several generations, they killed many fox spirits that were about to take shape.

In the past, Mrs. Fox had always swallowed her anger and guarded her territory as much as possible.

But she never imagined that the Hu family was too greedy to make one Thousand Fox Fur, so they began to make a second one, intending to sell one and keep one as a family heirloom.

All of a sudden, Madam Fox's accumulated hatred for many years broke out, so she launched a revenge action.

After learning the reason, Ying Ning couldn't bear it anymore, and said angrily: "This Hu family is devoid of conscience, husband, I will go out to help Mrs. Fox."

"Wait..." Zhou Yu waved his hand: "I always feel that something is wrong about this."

"what happened?"

"I feel that there should be an ambush by the Hu family. The man from the Western Regions hasn't appeared yet. In this way, you stay here and watch, and I'll look around."

"Ok."

Zhou Yu soared into the air and began to secretly check the surroundings.

As expected, the Hu family was indeed playing tricks in the dark.

Zhou Yu spotted two dark shadows in the air, who were furtively arranging something... Flying a little lower and observing carefully, he discovered that they were two people from the Western Regions.

One of them is the Zaru who appeared before, and the other...

Zhou Yu's heart suddenly moved, and his feeling became clear. Another man from the Western Regions was exactly the target he had been secretly looking for.

That's the guy who arranged the faucets.

It's really hard to find a place to go through iron shoes, and it doesn't take much effort to get it.

From this point of view, this Hu family is really not a good bird, to hang out with such evil people.

After observing for a while, Zhou Yu quietly returned without alarming the other party.

Back to Ying Ning, Zhou Yu whispered something into Ying Ning's ear.Ying Ning couldn't help but widen his eyes: "So it's that guy?"

"That's right, let's not show up..."

In fact, Mrs. Fox is not stupid, she has not done anything, she has been standing outside to observe the movement around.

Because she didn't see the expert from the Hu family, the other party must be hiding in the dark and waiting for an opportunity to attack, she can't take it lightly.

After about a cup of tea, the two men from the Western Regions finally showed up.

Seeing the two appeared, all the disciples of the Hu family were lifted up.

Hu Bugui hurried forward to meet him, and bowed respectfully: "Master Mo Luo, Master Zalu, thank you for your hard work."

The guy named Zalu responded reservedly, then glanced at Mrs. Hu with a sneer and said, "There is a saying among you that is to throw yourself into a trap.

Now that you're here, don't even think about leaving. "

Mrs. Fox snorted coldly: "Even if you set up a net, today, I will kill enough money!"

After finishing speaking, he squeezed the formula with both hands, and opened his mouth to spit out, a cold mist rushed towards Zalu and his party.

"Aba Aba..."

The guy named Mo Luo waved the short staff in his hand and recited a mantra. In an instant, the surrounding area was filled with black mist, and the ground trembled, like an earthquake.

"All the disciples of the Hu family retreat!"

At this moment, Hu Bugui yelled loudly, turned around and walked towards the front yard.

Unexpectedly, at this time, a purple lightning flashed...

Its speed was so fast that Hu Bugui had no time to recover, and felt scarlet before his eyes...

"Homeowner!"

Seeing the Patriarch suddenly spurting blood from the top of his head, the Hu family disciple couldn't help but yelled in horror.

It was Zidian who shot.It can be said that this little guy hated the Hu family to the bone, so naturally he mercilessly slapped Hu Bugui to death with one paw.

Next, attack again and again...

Almost at the same time, a clear voice echoed in the sky:

"Burning with anger, leaning on the railing to rest in the rain.

Lift our sight, the sky and shouts, grand, vehement.

Thirty fame, dust and soil, eight thousand miles, clouds and moon.

Don't wait for the boy's head to turn white, just be sad..."

With this loud sound, the surrounding black mist quickly dissipated.

These black fogs are precisely due to the careful arrangement of Zalu and Mo Luo. The two had already arranged several magic formations in the Hu family's old house before, in order to trap Mrs. Fox.

This time, the Hu family actually deliberately wanted to anger Mrs. Fox and lure her out to hunt and kill her.

This crazy plan actually originated from Hu Bugui's grandfather. This old guy thought that the fox fur made of ordinary fox spirits was not enough to be a family heirloom, at least one fur of a fox spirit with hundreds of years of practice should be added.

It's just that the first thousand fox fur hadn't been assembled at that time, and the fox demon who had practiced for hundreds of years was not so easy to deal with, so it was always just a plan.

Until the position of head of the family passed to Hu Bugui, the old guy decided to implement this plan in his lifetime, and spared no expense to hire Zalu and his wife to help trap Mrs. Fox.

The result is that the praying mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole follows.

The arrival of Zhou Yu may also be the result of destiny.

"Who?"

Seeing the effect of the magic circle dissipate quickly, Zaru couldn't help being startled, and looked around.

Mo Luo, on the other hand, looked gloomy and fixedly looked at Zhou Yu who was slowly walking into the arena, as if a little afraid to say: "It turned out to be you!"

In fact, he didn't know Zhou Yu, but he and Zhou Yu fought in the air, and they felt a little bit of each other's breath.

Zhou Yu laughed mockingly: "What? Are you surprised?"

Mo Luo roared with a ferocious face: "Boy, why do you insist on getting on with me? Do you really think I'm afraid of you?"

"Then stop talking nonsense!"

Zhou Yu patted the air with his palm.

"boom!"

Mo Luo hastily waved his staff to block, and he blocked it, but was beaten back a few steps, and a trace of blood dripped from the corner of his mouth.

Zhou Yu knew that this guy had a lot of ghosts, so he didn't give him a chance to arrange it, so he raised his hand and took out his sword to launch another offensive.

At this time, Ying Ning also rushed into the arena and said to Mrs. Fox: "Don't worry, we are here to help you."

Mrs. Fox looked at Ying Ning, then nodded gratefully: "Thank you!"

"Go!"

Although Ying Ning's practice time is far less than Mrs. Fox's, she moves unambiguously and rushes directly to Zalu.

As a result, the battle situation can be turned upside down.

Mo Luo and Zaru's own strengths are not very good, mainly relying on the effect of the magic circle.

But now, because of Zhou Yu's appearance, the magic circle is useless. Mrs. Fox and Ying Ning join forces to attack Zalu, and the subordinates brought by Mrs. Fox deal with the disciples of the Hu family.

Coupled with the purple electric mink attacking everywhere, it can be said that a crush has been formed.

Not long after, Zhou Yu succeeded in beheading Na Mo Luo with a single strike.

Mrs. Fox also performed a big move, beating Nazalu to pieces...

After this battle, the Hu family suffered heavy casualties, but Mrs. Fox did not kill them all. She signed a contract with the Hu family, and the descendants of the Hu family will no longer be able to deal in fur goods.

Otherwise, she will retaliate and kill.

At the same time, Madam Hu was also very grateful to Zhou Yu and Ying Ning for their generous help. She thanked her again and again, and even gave Ying Ning a rare blood ganoderma.

Blood Ganoderma is not Ganoderma lucidum, but the essence of heaven and earth, it looks like a blood-colored Ganoderma, and it belongs to one of the best elixir in the world of cultivating immortals.

Using blood ganoderma to make alchemy, ordinary people can prolong life after taking one pill, but practitioners who take blood ganoderma can improve and stabilize their cultivation, which is extremely valuable.

Next, Zhou Yu took Ying Ning for a long walk in the desert, and did not return until Ying Ning felt that this was not the case.

After returning home, Ying Ning didn't hide any secrets, and took out the blood ganoderma to share with Bai Min'er and Mo Chou.

As for Zhou Yu...he usually rarely takes these things. After all, his cultivation method is different, and he basically does not need to use elixir. As long as he keeps gaining luck, his cultivation base can be steadily improved.

……

As time went by, more and more students left Wendao Academy.

Some of them embarked on official careers, serving as officials in the capital or in various places, some went on study tours, and some even set up libraries in their hometowns to teach and educate people.

In this way, Zhou Yu can be said to be full of peaches and plums, and at the same time, he has also become a recognized Confucian in the dynasty and a legendary figure of a generation.

Affected by it, the atmosphere of scholars all over the world has changed greatly, and they no longer study hard like before.

Private schools, academies, and academies around the world have also changed their teaching methods one after another, following the example of Wendao Academy and returning to the traditional Confucian way, so as to train students to be versatile.

Not to mention that Wen Neng can put pen to paper to secure the world, and Wu Neng can set the world on horseback. At least they can't make people think that they are useless scholars like before.

A few years later, Emperor Yonghe offered to abdicate the throne due to old age and frailty.

What people never expected was that the throne was not passed to the crown prince, nor to the sixth prince who was favored by many people, but to the ninth prince who had always kept a low profile.

In this regard, the ruling and opposition parties were in an uproar.

This is because the Ninth Prince's sense of existence is too low, and he never took the initiative to participate in the battles between the princes, nor did he secretly cultivate his own power.

Maybe it is because I feel that I am too queen, so there is no need to fight.

However, this does not mean that the Ninth Prince is incapable. When he was fighting against the enemy country, he was the only prince who volunteered to lead troops.

Fighting a war is a very dangerous thing, the other princes can't avoid it, but the Ninth Prince applied for it on his own initiative. With this courage, the other princes are far behind.

In addition, if you lead troops to defeat, it's okay if you win, but if you lose, the gain will outweigh the loss.

The Ninth Prince won a big victory in the end, but he didn't take credit for it after returning to Beijing, and still worked hard to do his job well.

Perhaps, it was his peaceful state of mind that finally allowed Emperor Yonghe to choose him as the heir to the throne.

This is also after many considerations. After all, Daganchao has pacified the Quartet at the moment, and what is needed is a diligent emperor who does not seek to expand the territory, but to seek stable development.

Among all the princes, perhaps only the Ninth Prince can do this.

As Lord Marquis, of course the new emperor, Zhou Yu, had to attend the grand ceremony.

After the grand ceremony was over, Zhou Yu was the first person summoned by the new emperor.

The monarch and his ministers chatted about something that people outside didn't know, but within a few days, Emperor Lezheng decreed that Zhou Yu be canonized as Dagan Guoshi and the title of Duke Wen.

In other words, Zhou Yu was promoted from marquis to duke, which is considered the highest title other than the royal disciple.

Of course, there are very few non-royal disciples canonized as kings in history, but that is an extremely special situation, and they are usually the founding heroes who made great achievements when the new dynasty was founded.

In addition, kings with different surnames are generally not canonized.

In fact, although Zhou Yu has not been an official in the court these years, the contributions he made secretly may be unmatched.

For example, the previous Yongling Grand Ceremony was a major event that will last for thousands of years.In addition, the strategies he proposed to Emperor Yonghe for governing the country, as well as the strategy for governing the army, and how to check and balance the surrounding enemy countries have been realized one by one, and the effect is quite good.

Including agriculture, industry, and commerce, it is also gradually advancing, making the comprehensive strength of the Daqian Dynasty reach an unprecedented height.

It stands to reason that Emperor Yonghe should have promoted Zhou Yu a long time ago, and the reason why he delayed until now is to leave a way out for his son.

The new emperor has to win people's hearts when he ascends the throne, right?If Emperor Yonghe canonize all those who should be canonized, then the new emperor will not have much room to play after he ascends the throne.

This is the art of the king.

The canonization of the state teacher, the state prince, the corresponding rewards are indispensable, gold, silver, silk and satin servants are naturally indispensable, and the state teacher's office is also indispensable.

According to the rules of past dynasties, whether it is the State Teacher's Mansion or the State Duke's Mansion, they are all located in the capital.

Therefore, Emperor Lezheng discussed this matter with Zhou Yu, and finally decided to set it in the capital.

For Zhou Yu, the distance from the capital to Guobei County is only a few hundred miles, and at his current speed, it is no problem to fly two or three round trips a day.

Another important point is that Emperor Lezheng also discussed another matter with Zhou Yu at the same time: moving the academy to the capital, which will be more convenient for students from all over the country, and at the same time, it will also stimulate the academies in the capital and surrounding areas.

As for the academy in Guobei County, it can be used as a branch.

Regarding this proposal of Emperor Lezheng, Zhou Yu also quite agrees.After all, if you study in the capital, both the conditions and the atmosphere in all aspects are much better.

Another biggest advantage is that you don't have to worry about accidents on the way to the exam.

After all, it is in the capital city, so you can take the local examination or the general examination nearby, which saves a lot of time on the road.

In this way, with the strong support of Emperor Lezheng, a piece of land in the east of the city was finally vacated, about two hundred acres, which was almost enough.

Including the academy in Guobei County, the total is enough to enroll six or seven thousand students.

Moreover, if there is a need in the future, another branch can be opened in the capital or the suburbs of the capital. These imperial courts strongly support it, so there is no need to worry about it at all.

Under the personal supervision of the emperor, the progress of the academy in the capital was as if it had wings. It was completed in less than half a year and could be put into use at any time.

This time, Zhou Yu relaxed the admission requirements so that more scholars could be admitted to Wendao Academy.

At the same time, he also took some measures to encourage students, such as rewarding some outstanding students, called: scholarships.

There is also the implementation of free fees for some poor students, or measures to reduce fees appropriately.

Moreover, a stipend has been set, as long as you can pass the assessment, you can apply for a certain amount of stipend.

For many impoverished students, these measures are undoubtedly a timely help.

After all, many people have to give up studying and work in agriculture because of poverty.

With Zhou Yu's measures, many poor students were given the opportunity to study again...

(End of this chapter)