Shang Qi has been at peace for a long time. Looking at all the countries in the world, it seems that in recent years, Shang Qi has been the most peaceful. The rest of the places have to worry about bandits and bandits, or there are always people spying and testing at the border areas. Although they may not be able to Bringing this kind of thing to the table, but most of it is because they don't dare to bring it all to light. It's like a chess master who fights in a game, picking up nine colored chess pieces and moving them in sequence, except for playing. To take care of the belongings on your own chessboard, you also have to deal with many new things in the world.
Therefore, many things are as light as a feather if they are not put on the scale or put on the table. But if one day we were to pull out the border agents and put them on the table, they might not be able to hold them down even if they weigh a thousand pounds.
Although the strength of several countries in the world is tentatively determined, no one wants to be the reckless person who flips the table. After all, no one is willing to stand at the forefront of the storm, and they all think that their ability may not be able to withstand the four hands.
In recent years, Shang Qi Taiping has been plagued by monsters in Bei Yanze. Zihao has suffered a lot, and even Xia Songhao has been damaged from time to time. However, it is rare for Shang Qi to stand under the nose of Bei Yanze. There are traces of monsters and evil spirits. Furthermore, the places such as Nanli Yizhangdong Islands are either too far away from Beiyanze, or they are taking advantage of the natural dangers of Huayaan Mountain and the vast waves of the East China Sea to stay out of the incident and are completely protected from being rushed out. The monster scourge at the northern Yanze border. Among them, there are the fewest people in the Jianghu area of Shang Qi, and their literary style is popular. In recent years, the country has been peaceful and the people live in peace and harmony. Although they are not necessarily richer in money and food than other countries, the national strength is obviously not bad. Therefore, in these years, After the war, the old man who had gone through the war mentioned most often that one day the war would resume again. It would not be possible to unify the country, but at the very least, he would be able to gain a huge territory and use it as the inheritance for his descendants. If that were the case, the young Holy Lord would definitely be the one to do so. A person who leaves his name in history will at least have a few more volumes of praising articles than those emperors who are unknown and have little achievements.
But since some people think so, there are also well-informed high-ranking people who know the secret. After comparing the national strength of several countries, they are very worried about this Shangqi, because among the several countries, Shangqi is the only one. , the sect is the most powerful, although the number is not necessarily much more than that of other countries, but according to the Qixian family's sects, the sects of the Qixian family are spread out, and after careful counting, there may be many people standing behind the numerous aristocratic families. It's the same sect. It is precisely because of this that nowadays, except for the older officials in the court, there seem to be only one or two people who can reach the fourth or fifth rank of officialdom within ten years of their official career, except for members of the aristocratic family. , even if we include Xun Yuantuo, who has been favored by the emperor the most in recent times, the poor family is still weak compared to the high-ranking family. In this situation, naturally some people are happy and some are worried.
However, for Zhou Kefa, who was making a lot of money in Qiliang Academy, he did not need to worry about such things.
If being able to defeat the three masters in the chess academy is not a skill, then being able to defeat the second best player in the chess academy is daunting enough. However, anyone who learns chess has to do it every day these days. Ask for advice, and the latter never hides it, just asks for advice. You can learn a few exquisite chess moves with only a few dozen taels of silver, but if you want to learn chess moves, you need more money. But to get some good looks from the extremely picky Mr. Zhou, he had to memorize the chess records day after day, which was really hard.
There were also students from the Qiliang Academy who admired Mr. Zhou very much. They asked Mr. Zhou openly and secretly how good Xun Yuantuo was at chess, and whether he had learned 50% from Mr. Zhou. However, Zhou Kefa always smiled and refused to answer. It's just that everyone has different ways of playing chess. Even if their chess skills are similar, they may not necessarily be very clever. On the surface, the meaning is that Xun Yuan developed the chess skills for his own use, but secretly he always resents his apprentice's poor chess skills. What he taught has changed in his apprentice's hands, and it may not be good or bad. .
It is for this reason that many young students in the Qiliang Academy, who believe in their talents, are naturally more polite and respectful to Mr. Zhou, who taught Xun Yuantuo and other emperors and saints, who are popular in the eyes of the emperor and saints. I sensed that there was never any exchange of letters between master and apprentice, and there was probably a gap. Secondly, they had selfish motives. Even after becoming a disciple, Mr. Xun would be standing above him, but being able to be the first disciple does not necessarily mean that he will gain academic status in the future. It is the highest. Therefore, Zhou Kefa's simple chess stall was always much more lively than before. Of course, the two young students, one ugly and one handsome, were the ones who paid the most attention to the professor.
An ugly student's family background is not as good as that of a handsome student, but he is better at learning and memorizing. His knowledge is complex, and he may be able to tell some insights about the scenery he saw along the way to the Qiliang Academy, the officials' houses, and even the quality of the horses, and they are often not groundless. , although sometimes he is too competitive, but in the eyes of Zhou Kefa, it seems to be excusable. After all, the students who come to Qiliang Academy are also of high background, with low background and ugly appearance. If they cannot borrow knowledge, If you raise yourself higher, you will feel uncomfortable everywhere; the handsome student comes from a good family and speaks well, but he is too cautious when interacting with others. Some of them have not yet entered the official career but have the attitude of being an official. Therefore, in Qiliang Academy, their popularity is even worse than that of the ugly student.
The more people lack something, they will fight hard to fight for it. This has always been the case since ancient times. People who feel that their face is not enough have never had much faith. They would rather spend a lot of money and spend all their wealth, but also want to say good things to others. If you feel that your life experience is not good, even if Every day I have to argue with others to the point of blushing, and I have to rely on my talents to win over others.
Zhou Kefa never did anything about this, nor did he deliberately distinguish the two people. Even though they both looked at each other with displeasure when they sat in Zhou Kefa's very narrow residence, Mr. Zhou had no intention of sorting it out. Okay, it's just that I deliberately gave the same homework to two people and let them compete, which is a very good way to learn knowledge.
Yesterday, Zhou Kefa returned from a few days of traveling outside Qiliang Academy. When he entered the mountain, he was surrounded by many students. After greeting them one by one, he cursed a few words at the extremely narrow entrance of Qiliang Academy. , his eyebrows were crooked, he rubbed the back of his head and sneered.
"Qiliang Academy changed this gate to be so narrow and low. The original intention is to lower the posture so that people can do knowledge. It must not be held up. If everyone thinks that they are eight times higher in talent, I am afraid that the world will have only one stone of talent. It's really not enough for these arrogant people to share the spoils. The student thinks that humility and self-examination is the original intention of this sect." Before Zhou Kefa could turn around, he heard the handsome student behind him speak. It was clearly to steal the attention of others, so although his tone was calm and steady, But it sounds like he deserves a beating.
"How has Gao Zhiwei, a talented person who studied literature, ever been a shady thing? Just because this path can best speak of fairness. Profound knowledge means profound knowledge. It has nothing to do with family background and appearance. If you practice hard and learn a lot Years ago, I didn’t even have the slightest bit of pride in myself. My brother’s knowledge was a bit too shallow, so shallow that I couldn’t brag about it, so I had to show off my dignity and wish I could imprint my family background on my beautiful face to add luster. But we came to the wrong place.”
The handsome student's face turned red, and he turned around and asked, "Brother, why don't you tell me where is the best place for me to go?"
"There is a brothel outside the brothel, but most of the patrons there are girls."
The ugly student has never been taboo about words. Seeing the angry man in front of him, he became even more cheerful and unscrupulous. However, he brought out the most unpleasant trick in the market, and the former almost took out the book in his arms and beat him fiercely. Hit the face with rough features.
The first one to strike was Zhou Kefa, who was silent for a long time. He didn't use any strength at all and kicked the ugly student over. He looked at the handsome student with a raised eyebrow and said, "Why don't you beat this kid? Why don't you wait for me to pick him up?" Cuff yourself?"
So today at the gate of Qiliang Academy, a handsome scholar who had always been dignified and reserved grabbed an ugly student. Although he had never touched anyone before, he still slapped the latter until his eyes were black and blue, and then he gasped. Lying aside, he no longer cared about the so-called face and scholarly dignity.
When Zhou Kefa twisted their ears and dragged them to the very simple residence, the two of them were at ease. After all, there were several rules in the academy. Firstly, they were not allowed to abuse their classmates. Secondly, they were even more at ease. Don't do anything. A few years ago, several students were expelled from the academy because of this matter. If they don't accept them anymore, now they are letting out the suffocation in their chests. Even though the two of them have been grudges for a long time, they are still a little timid now.
"It's naturally not a good thing to abuse someone in public, but you two have studied the sage's books for many years. In the end, don't you still use this most common method to vent your anger?"
Zhou Kefa finished brewing the fine tea collected by the chess student last time. He didn't ask whether the two of them were dry or not. He picked up the cup himself, blew away the hot steam of the tea, and said with a smile, "Yachang speaks first." No, it stands to reason that receiving this beating is not unjust. Although Wen Huan suffered this humiliation, but since he was humiliated and humiliated with words, you are not as good as Ya Chang in terms of your ability to curse people in the market."
Even with his black eyes and ugly face, Zhang Yachang was still very proud. After hearing this, he glanced at Dou Wenhuan who was looking down.
"Also, Yachang grew up in the same family as a farmer, so he could experience all kinds of things in the world. Regardless of his age or strength, he is actually much higher than you. The reason why he is willing to take this beating today is because I If you are biased, you have to be beaten. Secondly, even though you are outspoken and unscrupulous, I still recognize you as a friend, and you are vaguely thinking of a senior brother."
Dou Wenhuan's face was blood red, but he kept nodding.
"Okay, what are you waiting for? Last time I went out, I promised you that I would let you two in. Why do you need me, the master, to give you some advice?"
Mr. Zhou, whose face is getting thinner and thinner, has put on the very old blue cotton robe again in autumn. Now he looks at the two people with a kind smile, pats his thigh, and signals them to quickly become apprentices, just like saying hello in the market. Prices, traders eager to resell goods.
