"Students, I am your history teacher, Li Tong. Today is our first class, so let's just chat."
Li Tong, deputy dean of the History Department of Jiangbei University, pushed up his glasses and looked at the young and beautiful students in the audience with a friendly smile on his wrinkled face.
Seeing that the students in the audience who were entering the classroom for the first time in the university were a little reserved and no one spoke, Li Tong smiled slightly and started talking.
"Let me think about it, what should we talk about? Let's talk about the biggest historical turning point in modern times. Who can summarize it?"
For a very simple topic for history students, someone immediately raised their hands.
"Tell me about the female classmate wearing Hermès in the middle of the third row."
The girl who was called stood up with a smile and asked: "Teacher, do you still know about Hermès?"
Li Tong smiled and pointed to his pants, "I'm wearing CK."
A casual joke, not too big or too small, relaxed the atmosphere in the classroom. The old teacher who had been teaching for half his life clearly knew how to get along with the students of the new era.
"Okay, let's talk."
The girl cleared her throat, thought for a moment, and said, "The biggest turning point starts with the last feudal dynasty in our country's history, the Ming Dynasty."
"In 1644 AD, the 276-year-old Ming Dynasty inevitably ushered in decay and destruction. In this year, the peasant uprising army led by Li Zicheng broke through the capital of the Ming Dynasty. In the same year, the Jurchens outside the Pass entered the Pass."
"Comparing all the feudal dynasties before the Ming Dynasty, under such internal and external troubles, the demise of the corrupt and incompetent Ming Dynasty seemed to be a foregone conclusion. However, when Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, the civil servants and generals were disengaged, and the army and the people were torn apart, Prince Zhu Cixiang stood up.”
"As if he had divine help, on the first day he succeeded to the throne, he united the ministers of civil and military affairs with iron-blooded means, and moved the capital to Nanjing under the pressure of being reviled for eternity."
"Then, after only ten years of development, the regime known as Nanming crossed the Huaihe River, and incredibly recreated the unification from south to north that only Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had achieved."
"At that time, Nanming faced the Jurchen cavalry who were like wolves and tigers. Within three years, the Jurchen tribe was once again expelled to the prairie, ending their short-term rule of the north."
"In this way, the Ming Dynasty almost violated the three-hundred-year law of feudal dynasties recognized by history, and stood up again in the east of the world."
"Another 283 years later, the Industrial Revolution took off, and the people in power in the Ming Dynasty once again showed their foresight, delegating power to the people, voluntarily giving up imperial power, and giving up feudalism."
"This is how China is today"
"Teacher, I'm done."
Li Tong took the lead in applauding and said: "A very good summary."
The girl sat back down a little embarrassed.
"Then, let's talk about the current geographical divisions, just... the classmate in the fifth row with his head down and wilting, didn't he sleep well last night? Did he stay up all night chatting with his senior sister?"
Li Tong ordered another student who looked handsome and elegant and had the demeanor of an ancient scholar. This student lowered his head and looked confused, not knowing what he was thinking.
When the teacher called him, he woke up as if from a dream, stood up, scratched his head, and asked sheepishly: "Teacher, what did you just...ask?"
Li Tong pointed at him and cursed with a smile: "You skipped the first class. What's your name?"
"My name is Jiang Qi, Jiang Shang's Jiang, Wuzhi Qi's Qi." Jiang Qi replied with a low eyebrow.
Li Tong was stunned for a moment, Jiang Qi? Isn’t he the liberal arts champion from Jizhou? This kid...
"Forget it, please answer the question I just asked." Li Tong's tone also softened. He is the top scholar in liberal arts, so he still has this kind of preferential treatment.
Jiang Qi was still a little confused, and it was only after the classmate next to him reminded him in a low voice that he realized what the teacher had just asked.
"Currently, China is divided into five regions with the capital as the center, Central China, North China, South China, West China, and East China. It is also divided into Jiuzhou, Yuzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Liangzhou, Yongzhou, Jizhou, and Yanzhou."
"Kyoto is independent and has its own continent, called Zhongzhou. Together with the overseas islands, it is the current geographical division of our country."
Li Tong nodded calmly and said, "Sit down and come find me in the office after class."
"...I know, thank you teacher."
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"Okay, that's it for today, get out of class is over. Jiang Qi, follow me."
"coming."
Jiang Qi responded absentmindedly and followed him carrying his tennis bag.
The Department of History is the main subject of Jiangbei University, and Li Tong is the deputy dean of the Department of History, so he naturally has his own independent office.
After entering the office, Lao Li sat on the sofa with great dignity, pointed to the sofa opposite him, and signaled to Jiang Qi, who had his head lowered.
"Sit down and say, the top scholar in liberal arts is absent-minded in the first class. What's going on?"
Li Tong asked seemingly casually, with several rough answers in mind.
It's just that I was so excited on the first day of school that I went out there at night, or it was just a matter of love.
Jiang Qi sat down politely and said, "I made a mistake."
"What?" Li Tong was stunned for a moment.
He never expected such an answer until the student in front of him opened his tennis bag and carefully took out a rusty short knife from inside.
"Huh?"
Li Tong's eyes were much more serious. As a professor in the history department, there was a big shot in archeology in the office next door, so he was naturally involved in antiques and the like.
"Let me control your eyes?"
Jiang Qi nodded, but did not hand it over. Instead, he put the dagger on the table and motioned for Li Tong to get it.
Li Tong was even more surprised. Does this guy understand the rule that a treasure cannot be used secondhand? Not just a layman.
The saying that a treasure is only second-hand refers to an antique. After one person has read it, if others want to see it, they cannot take it from their hands. They have to wait for others to put it on the table before they can take it.
This is just in case something goes wrong with this antique when the two of them get involved. Whose fault do you think it is?
Therefore, there is a rule that this treasure is only second-hand.
Li Tong didn't pick it up, but held it up with his hand and leaned forward to take a look.
This is also a rule, treasures should never leave the table. As the saying goes, you pick up other people's things and look at them. What if one of them is unstable and breaks?
After a while, Li Tong nodded and said: "Yes, the real thing should be from the Northern Expedition of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Looking at the inscription on this knife, it should be the waist knife of a commander. It is a treasure."
After saying that, the old man looked up at Jiang Qi and said with a smile: "Did you pick this up? How much did it cost?"
Jiang Qi replied: "Five hundred, I drew three items in total, this one should be the real one."
"It's not bad. You can steal food from those ghost-like street stall owners. You're pretty good at it, kid."
"You appreciate it."
"You still know?"
Li Tong glared and said, "You are a student, or a student who has just entered university. If you are interested in antiques, there will be many opportunities in the future, so why bother for a day or two?"
"Kid, don't think that if you get some advantages now, you can always get them. Put your thoughts away and do your studies first, and then think about other things."
Jiang Qi nodded politely, "What you said is that the students remember it."
"Well, this thing is good, keep it well."
Seeing Jiang Qi's seriousness, Li Tong stopped talking and could only lament that this boy was lucky.
"If you want to take action, go to the office next door and find Dean Liu of the Department of Archeology. He likes this."
"Hey, I got it."
"Okay, let's go and be serious in class."
Jiang Qi stood up, bowed slightly, turned and left the office, but sighed in his heart.
He didn't tell the truth. The dagger was indeed picked up, but... there was something wrong with it.
