I become a sage by eating books

Chapter 41

"Ah Xiu, so you are Master's disciple."

No wonder, no wonder Master Chen would recommend Ning An to Bailu Academy, it all made sense.Hmph, this Axiu is really low-key, if it was someone else, it would have been known to everyone.

But that's fine too, Mr. Chen is Ah Xiu's teacher, so he will protect him more or less.

"I'm sorry, Brother Zishu, Xiu didn't hide it on purpose. He just wanted to gain everyone's approval based on his strength."

"What are you talking about, I'm sorry, it's too late for me to be happy that you are Master's disciple?"

Thinking back then, Master Chen had thought of taking him as an apprentice, but he rejected him. If he had known this day, he would not have refused. Then he would have become Ah Xiu's senior brother. Now that I think about it, I regret it!

Xiao Li's expression changed from happy to upset, Master Chen was very interesting to see.

"Why do you regret it now?"

Master Chen looked at Xiao Li playfully, I called you Ao, boy, you regret it now.Hmph, you are not the old man's disciple, but the old man accepted a better one.

Seeing the interaction between the two, Ning An asked, "It seems that there is a story between the teacher and brother Zishu."

Master Chen snorted and said, "Ask this kid."

It turned out that when Xiao Li first arrived at Bailu Academy, Mr. Chen discovered that he was a good student for studying, so he thought of taking him as a disciple, but Xiao Li rejected him unexpectedly.

"I see." Looking at Mrs. Chen Ning An who was blowing his beard and staring with anger, he could imagine how much the teacher's blow was.

"Tell me, what do you two little foxes want from me?"

"Little fox? Teacher, you said he was him, why did you take me with you. The student didn't reject you." Ning An pretended to be innocent.

"You are not much better than him. How dare you say that you wanted to learn from this old man when you first asked me to be your teacher, hum!"

This student is better educated than him, and he has the same status as him after only one month in the academy, Mr. Ning.Hmph, let him have no sense of being a teacher at all.

Ning An rubbed her nose, uh, it's really hard to answer this question, she was really not pure in her mind when she became a teacher, but after the apprenticeship, she has always been sincere.

"The sun and the moon can learn from each other. Students' admiration for their teachers is as endless as the surging river."

"Okay, okay, stop flattering, tell me, what's the matter with looking for a teacher?" Master Chen stroked his beard, these two little foxes must have something very important to come to him in the middle of the night.

Ning An took out the letter and handed it to Master Chen, only to see that Master Chen was shocked at first and then became serious.

He has no doubts about the practicability of the heated kang, but how to promote the heated kang is a problem now that the heavy snow has arrived.

"You must have already made up your mind when you came to find a teacher today. Tell me, what do you need the teacher to do?"

"Time is running out, I wonder if the teacher has a way to send this object directly to the emperor?"

Now that the climate is getting colder and snow is beginning to fall in many areas, it is difficult to spread it quickly if the people are allowed to spread it on their own.

It's just that the power of the aristocratic family is complicated, and Ning An can't be sure who is the person who really thinks about the people for a while. The only person she can trust is Master Chen.

Master Chen looked at Ning An. He didn't doubt that Ning An had ulterior motives. How could a person who can tell the poor and benefit the world have any bad intentions?If so, he would have succeeded when he took out his math and abacus.

"Don't worry, although the old man is not in court, he still has this ability."

"Thank you teacher, it's the students who are causing trouble to the teacher."

Ning An solemnly bowed to Master Chen.Master, he was a person who didn't want to get involved with affairs in the court, but made an exception for her many times. She would never forget this kindness no matter what.

"Thank you, thank you, the old man is not all for you, the old man can still distinguish between the people in the world and the individual. You boy, the old man has not misunderstood you. I hope you will always stick to your original intention and be a good person for the country and the people in the future. Good officer."

Isn't it his original intention to be able to do things for the people of the world? It's just that loyal ministers don't serve the second master, so he can only do so.

"Yes, the students keep in mind the teacher's teachings."

Master Chen was very satisfied with Ning An's attitude and nodded repeatedly.Then he turned his eyes to Xiao Li who was at the side and asked, "So what about you, have you thought about the way forward?"

Xiao Li looked at Ning An with unprecedented determination and said, "The student has already made up his mind."

"If that's the case, let's go back earlier." Mrs. Chen looked worried. Although it's good to value love and righteousness, love is too deep to last!

"Students leave!"

After the two left, Mrs. Chen went directly to the head of the mountain, Wei Changqing.

"What's the matter with Mr. Chen coming so late?"

Master Chen handed the letter given by Ning An to Wei Changqing and said, "I'm not going to keep you up, I'm here today to ask you to hand this over to the emperor."

Wei Changqing gave the hand holding the letter a pause, then looked at Master Chen and said, "When did you always know that!"

Master Chen smiled, picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and said, "I've known since you first arrived at Bailu Academy. At first, I thought you were from a family. I didn't think so until after that incident happened. I understand that you have always been the emperor's man."

Ten years ago, Wei Changqing became the head of the mountain within less than a year of teaching at Bailu Academy.At first he thought Wei Changqing was from the Xiao family or the Xie family, but it wasn't until the Mo family was wronged that he finally realized that Wei Changqing was from the emperor.

"You mean about the Mo family?" Wei Changqing asked.

Master Chen's reticence was a tacit consent.Ten years ago, his third disciple came to Bailu Academy under the pseudonym Mo Yan and was discovered by Wei Changqing, who was still a teacher at the time, but he not only did not report it, but also secretly helped him.At that time, he knew that Wei Changqing might belong to the emperor.

Sure enough, two years later, the champion of Mo Yan High School successfully reversed the case for the Mo family, and was reused by the emperor.

"In that case, why didn't you choose to leave?"

Wei Changqing didn't understand why he didn't leave since he already knew that Bailu Academy had already become the emperor's power.

Master Chen snorted coldly and raised his face and said, "Who do you think I am, Chen Xuande? You really think that I miss my old master and hide here as a teacher. Hmph, although the old man is old, his eyes are not blind yet. I know very well what is going on with the current one.”

Although he is the old Tai Tuo, but now he sees everything in his eyes after he ascended the throne. It is undeniable that the current emperor is indeed a good emperor.

As for his reluctance to go out of the mountain, it is just because he is old and wants to live a few more years. Once the emperor and the courtiers, it should be the world of young people now.

Wei Changqing was taken aback for a moment and then laughed out loud.

"Old Chen's love is so high that he doesn't bully the dark room so much that Wei is narrow-minded."

He has always felt sorry for Mr. Chen, but now it seems that he still doesn't know much about this former imperial tutor.If it wasn't for what happened today, he might have misunderstood Mr. Chen for the rest of his life.

"Okay, okay, it's important. I know you have a way to hand things over to the current emperor directly. You should act quickly without delay. Also, don't disappoint the enthusiasm of the children."

Mr. Chen's words are very clear, whoever deserves the credit is the one who deserves the credit, and we can't let down the young people's heart for the country and the people.

"This is really good! It seems that Mr. Chen is very concerned about this new disciple."

He is also very optimistic about the young man named Ning An, but he just let others get it first, alas, why doesn't he have such luck!
"Why are you envious, it's a pity that you are only envious." Mrs. Chen looked arrogant, and he could see that he was in a good mood.

"There is a little bit of envy." Who made that little guy so good.It hasn't been long, and the secret contact plan has been activated for him many times. It's arithmetic, abacus, and kang, all of which are good things that benefit the country and the people. It's hard not to envy them.

Three days later, a guard from the Royal Study Room of the Imperial Palace in the capital came to report: "The Emperor's Bailu Academy has sent a letter."

The pen in the emperor's hand paused. If he remembered correctly, it would be the third time in the past two months. What's important this time.

"Bring it."

The guard bowed his head and respectfully handed the letter to Emperor Yan Qi.Yan Qi opened the letter and looked carefully. This time the letter was written by Ning An himself, and the picture on it was drawn by Xiao Li. Although the emperor was not a professional builder, it did not affect his understanding of the content on the picture.

"Okay, okay, very good." Yan Qi said a few good words after reading it. "Come here, Minister of the Ministry of Propaganda and Minister of the Ministry of Industry come to see me."

Just now he was looking at the memorial in Yanjiang County. Yanjiang County has been snowing heavily for several days, and the cold is unbearable. Hundreds of people have died of freezing in just half a month. The kang in Ning'an really came too timely.Ning An, Ning An, you are really my lucky star.

Soon Lu Zhong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, brought Wang Jie and Yin Jun, the left and right servants, to the imperial study.

"See the emperor, long live my emperor."

"Get up, I've called you here today for something important, so please take a look at this first."

Yan Qi asked Eunuch Gao to pass the letter to Lu Shangshu, and then he picked up the tea and drank it himself.Lu Shangshu and the two servants looked at it together and their eyes lit up. Lu Shangshu couldn't help but said: "It's wonderful, it's really wonderful. With this thing, my people in Dayong will be much better this winter."

"No need to talk nonsense, I'll just ask you, how long will it take to implement heated kang throughout Dayong?" Yan Qi asked.

"My Majesty, I have 78 prefectures and [-] counties in Yongyi, half of which are located in the north. If we want to use all of them, it will be a huge project that will be difficult to complete in several years." Lu Shang wrote. Said solemnly.

"What do you two have an opinion on?" Yan Qi's face became much colder after hearing Lu Shangshu's words, it would be difficult to complete in several years, this old man knows how to do Tai Chi.

"Back to the emperor, what Lu Shangshu said is reasonable." Wang Shilang said.

Boom, a teacup smacked between Lu Shangshu and Wang Shilang.

"Tell me, what is the use of you? After several years, it's hard for you to dare to speak up. Do you think that not enough people die every year in Dayong? Yin Jun, tell me, if you don't give me a satisfaction today I don’t think the three of you are officials.”

"The emperor calm down." The three of them knelt down on the ground together.

"Back to the emperor, Weichen has an idea to speed up the promotion of the kang." Yin Jun knelt on the ground and lowered his head.

"tell me the story."

"Your Majesty, since Wangjia Village in Pingyao County can build more than [-] kangs in two days, we can completely imitate Wangjia Village's practice."

Yan Qi said to Yin Jun with a slightly calm face, "Get up and talk."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Tell me what you think."

"Yes. Your majesty, Wangjiacun built more than [-] heated kangs within two days, which shows that the construction process of the heated kang is not very complicated. Moreover, the materials used to build the heated kang are only simple red mud, which means that no matter how poor The common people in the country can also use the kang. Now we only need to publish the construction method of the kang, so that skilled craftsmen in various places can learn it, and let them build it by themselves." Yin Jun briefly talked about his thinking.

"You mean to let the common people build it themselves." Yan Qi thought about the feasibility of Yin Jun's method.

"Returning to the emperor's humble minister is exactly what I mean."

"Do you have anything else to say?" Yan Qi asked Lu Shangshu and Wang Shilang.

"Back to the emperor, Yin Shilang's method is indeed the fastest method at present. It's just that Beijiang..."

Lu Shangshu expressed his concerns. Northern Xinjiang is located in the extreme north, and has always been ambitious, trying to capture the Central Plains.If the kang is spread to northern Xinjiang, then they will also have the opportunity to live.

Yan Qi did not speak, Lu Shangshu's concerns were not unfounded.The people in northern Xinjiang are physically strong and powerful in force, but they suffer countless casualties every winter and have been unable to grow the tribe. If they are allowed to get the kang, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Should I just give up like this?But what should those people do?
No, he is the Son of Heaven, and if Dayong wins the world on horseback, he will be afraid of his little northern border.

"Come on, it's a purpose."

In the end, the emperor ordered the construction of heated kangs throughout the country, and the Ministry of Industry assisted in the supervision, and the construction level of heated kangs was included in the official assessment.All of a sudden, the hot kang became popular in Dayong, and Ning'an's name was also spread to the ears of the people along with the hot kang.

In Bailu Academy in Pingyao County, Xiao Li was looking at a letter from home.

"What is the fox looking at?" Xiao Li snatched the family letter without paying attention to Xie Yu.

"let me see."

"Okay, fox, you actually did such an earth-shattering event with An'an while I was away, and you didn't tell me, it's really embarrassing."

It turned out that Xiao Li's family letter was written by Xiao Yang, the patriarch of the Xiao family, but he didn't come to care about Xiao Li's studies or health, but to blame Xiao Li for not telling him about the heated kang in advance, wasting this opportunity to win people's hearts in vain .Moreover, the letter also asked him to pay more attention to Ning An, and asked him to persuade Ning An to join the Xiao family.

A sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of Xiao Li's mouth, "What did I tell you? If I told you, I would not be the only one being scolded now."

Isn't it nice to know nothing sometimes?

Xie Yu lost all interest in an instant. Also, if he was there, he still doesn't know what it would be like to be annoyed by the old man at home.

And the old man became more and more confused, he actually wanted him to marry the daughter of the Yuan family.What is the daughter of the Yuan family, that is a dominatrix, okay? He actually wants him to marry a dominatrix, and he is not afraid that the house will not work.

"Forget it, I don't know. I don't want to be bored to death by that old man. It's just that An An has been exposed to those people now, have you thought about what to do?" Xie Yu became serious.

(End of this chapter)