The West County Treasure Appraisal Hall was filled with people.
Hundreds of monk representatives from all over the world are sitting here together.
Although the hall is still the same hall, the host and the people present have changed.
It turned out to be Zhao Feiyang, but now it is Liu Mingquan and Zhao Feiyang.
Zhao Feiyang did not leave either. This was his last appearance at the West County Appraisal Conference.
Zhao Feiyang was determined to take office in Tubo. Liu Mingquan returned to Xixian from the capital and was considered successful.
The two of them were both ninth-rank casual officials in the imperial court, especially Zhao Feiyang, who had been promoted to Tubo Merchant Department member Wai Ling, and was already an official from the sixth rank, which gave him a certain psychological advantage.
It turns out that the last appraisal meeting was a group of businessmen, but this time the identities of the people were different.
Not only were they monks, some of them also had official status, especially those appointed by the imperial court in Song Dynasty temples.
In addition, Tubo Jialuo was not only the king of Dharma, but also the Prime Minister of Shamenbo.
Although it is acceptable to ordinary monks, it is still not enough for Jialuo.
Zhaojiazhuang naturally made arrangements for two officials to attend.
One is Wang Wenxiu and the other is Mei Shou.
Two are former magistrates and one is the current magistrate.
Wang Wenxiu is about to leave Xi County. He is the special envoy of the Tubo Supervisory Government.
It was also the last time that he attended the appraisal meeting, and he attended it together with Mei Shou, which was a way of giving face to these monks.
As for Mei Shou, the current magistrate of Xixian County, he was originally the official of Lin'an Prefecture in the capital.
Hearing that he volunteered to come to Xixian County, the court couldn't help but be overjoyed. It was also worried that there were no nails here in Xixian County.
The officials and the prime minister immediately took action and asked the officials to approve the appointment of Meishouxi County Magistrate as quickly as possible.
Mei Shou and his staff rode their horses all the way west, and became more and more disappointed after leaving the capital.
The capital is the capital, and it is obviously not comparable to other places.
Not only is it a gathering of people and culture, its commerce is developed, but also its food, clothing and supplies are comparable to other places.
Not only are these places backward in commerce, they are even deserted.
Especially in some rural areas, there are still people with ragged clothes, disheveled faces, and blank eyes.
Seeing this, Mei Shou shook his head and sighed sadly. He did not expect that some places in the Song Dynasty were so poor.
Mei Shou even regretted applying for a transfer order. Wasn't this a proactive request for relegation?
Arriving in Chongqing ten days later, he came to Changzhou.
The purpose of his coming to Changzhou was not other than to see the legendary Zhaojiazhuang.
When I came here, I found that it was really different.
The street is clean and tidy, with bamboos on both sides.
What's even more strange is that the street here is divided into left and right sides.
When Mei Shou saw this, he didn't understand. Zhaojiazhuang was just a village, so why did he do this?
Later, when he took a closer look, he finally saw that his eyes were clear.
It is still very lively, with a lot of people coming and going, and pedestrians are in a hurry.
If the streets are not separated, collisions are very likely to occur.
There are many horse-drawn carriages, donkey-carts, and ox-carts here. They pull in one cart after another of raw materials from outside, and then pull out one cart after another of finished products.
It is precisely because of the implementation of diversion between the two sides that they will not affect each other. Although the speed is fast, it is still orderly.
The staff member Mei Zhuo is about fifty. He is very thin, but his expression is a bit old-fashioned.
He looked at it and shook his head: "It's good, but it's a pity that the smell of copper is too strong."
"At the beginning of human life, nature is good..." Mei Shou was about to speak when suddenly the sound of reading came from in front of him.
This was not the sound of someone reading alone in the capital, but a neat sound, and it was still a childish and clear voice. It was obvious that there were a lot of people.
There are also sounds of reading on the roadside in Beijing, but not only are they adults, but there are only a few occasionally, and they are not uniform.
Mei Zhuo looked at it and asked strangely: "There is no school here, why is there still the sound of reading, the passage, Zhaojiazhuang actually lost the school in a store, it is really insulting to the gentlemen."
When it came to the end, Mei Zhuo unknowingly showed a look of hatred for iron.
"Uncle Clan, they are not in the school, they are on the street." Mei Shou looked towards the place where the sound came from and smiled slightly.
Mei Zhuo's eyes were a little short-sighted and he couldn't see very clearly.
Hearing this, he became even more angry: "It's unreasonable. Zhaojiazhuang is obviously very rich, but it doesn't open a school. Could it be that the students are exposed to the sun and rain in the open-air dam? Zhaojiazhuang is rich and unkind, I won't go, I will go back Go to the capital to teach.”
The more Mei Zhuo talked, the angrier he became, and he immediately turned around and left.
"Uncle Clan, they didn't have classes on the street. It seems they didn't see the teacher." Mei Shou looked at it, thought for a while, and expressed his opinion.
When Mei Zhuo heard this, he felt as if something was blocking his heart: "These teachers are so irresponsible. Not only do they teach in the open air, they also don't care about the safety of the students. You know, there are so many cars coming and going here, what should I do if I get hit? "
"Uncle Clan, they won't be hit. It seems that when they were crossing the road, the cars stopped to let them cross the road." Mei Shou felt more and more strange when he saw this.
Mei Zhuo looked carefully and finally showed a smile.
His smile immediately froze again, and then he asked angrily: "This looks like Zhaojiazhuang, but why do you let the school study in the open air?"
Mei Zhuo looked at it carefully again: "It doesn't seem right. They are still carrying bags. What is this?"
"Pfft", someone suddenly laughed in their ears.
When Mei Shou heard this voice, he felt unhappy.
"You did something wrong in Zhaojiazhuang. Don't you allow others to tell you?" Mei Zhuo heard the mocking voice and looked at the mocker coldly.
This was a young man in his twenties. He saw the unhappy expressions of the two people, but he didn't know the reason.
He bowed his hands to Mei Shou and said, "I've met my father-in-law, I've met the officials."
Having seen this person salute, the two of them did not dare to neglect and hurriedly returned the salute.
Seeing that this young man was quite polite, Mei Zhuo felt a little more at ease.
He asked with displeasure on his face: "Young man, why do you let students study in the open air when there is no school in Zhaojiazhuang?"
"Of course there is a school in Zhaojiazhuang, and of course the students study in the school." The young man said while saluting.
Mei Shou couldn't help but be stunned, looked around a few times, and finally shook his head: "Where is the school? Why didn't I see it?"
"Official, that's the tallest building." The young man pointed to a five-story building in the distance.
Mei Shou couldn't help but blush, looked at the building and said in surprise: "I thought that was a restaurant, but I didn't expect it to be a school."
When Mei Zhuo heard this, he wished he could get through a gap in the ground.
He originally thought that Zhaojiazhuang taught students in an open-air dam, but he did not expect that the school turned out to be the best building.
"So that's it. Why are these students studying on the roadside?" Mei Shou asked in confusion.
"Are they studying on the roadside?" The young man was puzzled for a moment, but then he suddenly realized and pointed at the children carrying bags, "They are memorizing books. It is after school time. They are memorizing books while going home."
"It turns out that Zhaojiazhuang's literary style is so strong, what kind of thing are they carrying on their backs?" Mei Shou felt a little strange, "Is it something to eat?"
"Something to eat?" The young man couldn't help but want to laugh, but both of them were their elders, so he had to hold it back and said patiently, "There are no school boxes here for school, they use school bags."
"Sure enough, it is different from the capital city." Mei Shou felt that he was hit hard. He did not expect that this small Zhaojiazhuang was actually different from the capital city.
At this time, Mei Zhuo also suffered a huge blow.
But he quickly came out of the attack, a little unconvinced, and bowed his hands to the young student and asked: "Young student, would you like to practice in Zhaojiazhuang Academy?"
When he thought about it, Zhaojiazhuang was not an official school, and more or less had to accept some cultivators.
"Shuxiu? Zhaojiazhuang didn't charge a penny to Shuxiu, and they also provided free lunch at noon." The young man shook his head, and he didn't expect these two people with capital accents to have such thoughts, "Zhaojiazhuang also has a rule that all children between the ages of six and fourteen They do not recognize men and women and must be forced to go to school."
"I am blind, I didn't expect that Zhaojiazhuang's education is so good, even better than that of the capital city." Mei Shou's face turned red, he put down his airs, and bowed respectfully to the younger generation.
Mei Shou bowed, and Mei Zhuo bowed naturally as well. They both felt so ashamed of what they had just thought.
How could future generations dare to accept the gift from the two elders, so they hurriedly got out of the way.
He was just an ordinary member of Zhaojiazhuang. He just couldn't bear to hear the two people trampling on Zhaojiazhuang, so he came out to tell them the truth.
After saying that, he bowed his hands to the two elders, apologized, and walked away.
Looking at the young man's back, Mei Shou asked Mei Zhuo: "Uncle, what do you think of Zhaojiazhuang?"
"Sir, Zhaojiazhuang has grown from an ordinary village into a big town in just one year, even bigger than the county town on the road. It seems that Zhaojiazhuang is really powerful. I wonder what Xi County is like. After all, it is right under the nose of the barbarians. Down below." Mei Zhuo bowed his hands and showed a satisfied expression to Mei Shou, but his next sentence was filled with suspicion.
Mei Shou nodded: "There is no harm if there is no comparison. Since Zhaojiazhuang is like this, my nephew can't wait to reach Xi County as soon as possible."
Due to the urgency, the two came to Xi County within ten days.
After arriving in Xixian County, Mei Zhuo couldn't help but be surprised: "I have thought about Xixian County well enough. Not only is the population larger than that of a state in the Song Dynasty, but I didn't expect that the business here is as good as the capital."
"What's more, I heard that there are kindergartens like these. I wonder, what kind of books can young children read?" Mei Shou asked while drinking tea.
At this time, a tea guest in his forties bowed his hands to the two of them and said, "Are these two officials from the capital?"
"I think you two are just right. I hope the officials can give me some advice." Mei Shou politely returned the courtesy and asked for advice.
The tea guest bowed to Mei Shou and others again and explained: "Because the adults here are busy making a living, they entrust their children to the kindergarten. Not only can they work in the workshop without worry, but they can also receive education."
"How old are these children that they can be educated?" Mei Zhuo felt puzzled and asked with a bow.
The tea guest looked at the two of them and said patiently: "You can recite the Three Character Classic, Tang Poems, Selected Poems, etc., and you can also count. Of course they are relatively simple."
"So that's it, the capital is in danger." After hearing this, Mei Zhuo couldn't help but worry for the people in the capital. He smiled bitterly and then sighed, "They usually start at the age of six, and the earliest they can start at the age of five. In the long run, it's OK now, but in the future Not as good as West County.”
He was originally proud to be a person from the capital city, but he did not expect that the kindergarten in Xi County had begun enlightenment earlier than the capital city.
Seeing that the two of them were still proud of being from the capital, the tea guest smiled coldly in his heart and said lightly: "Zhaojiazhuang not only beat the barbarians to a draw, but also has a vassal country."
"What, Zhaojiazhuang actually has a vassal country, what kind of country is it?" After hearing this, Mei Zhuo couldn't sit still anymore and couldn't help but stand up from his seat.
Seeing Mei Zhuo stand up, the tea guest continued to drink tea and said calmly: "The Kingdom of Israel."
"Kingdom of Israel? How come I haven't heard of it?" After hearing this, Mei Zhuo unconsciously showed a look of contempt on his face.
Taking a country that I have never heard of, I don’t know if I want to bully me, Mei Zhuo thought this way.
The tea guest still said calmly and calmly: "They are just happy people."
"It turns out they are a group of wandering people from outside. Their number is only a few tens of thousands. They can accomplish anything big. If you want to build a country, let's just dream." Mei Zhuo heard that they were a group of people from Yishi Leye, and the advantage of people from the capital unknowingly rose again.
Although he is not young, he is getting stronger with age.
After finishing speaking, he sat down again and drank tea with peace of mind.
There were many vassal states of the Song Dynasty. Dali and Annan were all vassal states of the Song Dynasty.
"Of course the Kingdom of Israel is still small, but their cavalry followed the security group and defeated two thousand Hu cavalry, one thousand of which were Hu cavalry." The tea guest heard that Mei Zhuo looked down on Zhaojiazhuang and continued to reveal the news.
At this time, Mei Zhuo could no longer sit still and stood up from his seat: "This kingdom of Israel is so powerful that it defeated the barbarian archers and cavalry."
You know, the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty were okay for defending the city, but they were not good for field battles, let alone the barbarians' bows and cavalry.
In this way, the combat effectiveness of these cavalry from the Kingdom of Israel is still higher than that of the Song Dynasty.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but break out in cold sweat. Didn't the Song Dynasty have another opponent?
"How can they have such combat power? They are just assisting Zhaojiazhuang in fighting against the Hu people. The real battle with the Hu cavalry is the security group." The tea guest put down the tea lid, took a sip of tea happily, and continued, "I heard that the little saint has already It’s the barbarians who are supervising the country.”
Although this person's words were plain, the content left Mei Shou and the two stunned.
When the Song Dynasty was at its most powerful, it defeated Tubo, but that was before the southern crossing.
Unexpectedly, Zhaojiazhuang once again defeated Tubo and became the supervisor of the country.
After hearing this, Mei Shou finally believed in Zhaojiazhuang's strength.
While Mei Shou recalled these, he looked at the Tibetan people who came to hold an appreciation meeting in front of him.
Just as he was looking at these Tibetan monks in red, Zhao Feiyang coughed and announced in a deep voice that the appraisal meeting had begun.
Mei Shou braced himself to see how the appraisal meeting would begin.
