Wen Xuan's voice was very soft, but when it fell in Su Qian's ears, he was shocked.
It was not that he was shocked that the so-called Confucius Ling had such powerful power, but that such a valuable thing would be handed over to him.
Su Qi'an didn't stay in the Hanlin Academy for a long time. He was respected as the most talented scholar in Great Liang by the outside world, but compared with the senior scholars of the Hanlin Academy, he was absolutely incomparable.
The Confucius Order is usually given to the next generation of Confucius candidates. Su Qi'an thought that he could not afford such a great gift now.
After all, once you accept it, you have not only so-called rights, but also great responsibilities.
Su Qian shook his head and said quickly, "Master, this token student cannot bear it, it is really..."
Su Qi'an's rejection was already expected by Wenxuan. He smiled and said, "Qi'an, when you say this, I will know that you are the most suitable candidate."
"You are right. Now, no matter in terms of qualifications or knowledge, any senior scholar in the Hanlin Academy can crush you. But the biggest difference between you and them is that you do not miss the power of Kyoto. I did not indulge in the ancient books of the sages, but chose to travel far and wide and put my heart on the people of the world. This convinced me that granting you the Master Order was a good choice."
"The sage has a saying: Worry first when the world is worried, and then rejoice when the world is happy. After all, the masters in the past generations did not live in Kyoto to take over. I believe that when you come back from traveling around the world, you will have a better understanding of the world. With a deep understanding, you will understand the importance of the position of master."
Su Qi'an was silent. He didn't particularly understand Wenxuan's words, but he didn't resist. However, he agreed with one thing. If you want to truly provide unique policies for the world's current situation, you have to travel around the world instead of talking on paper. .
Although I don't quite understand it, Su Qi'an and Wen Xuan have some ideas in common.
Su Qi'an, who was silent for a while, looked at the Confucius Ling handed over, nodded, took it without hesitation, and said.
"Since the Master trusts the student so much, the student will definitely live up to the Master's high expectations. The student thanks the Master."
Su Qi'an saluted Wen Xuan respectfully. Su Qi'an respected Wen Xuan from the bottom of his heart.
Although he has not been in the Hanlin Academy for a long time, Wenxuan did not teach him much, but often, when getting along with some people, it does not take too long to communicate and get to know each other. Sometimes, a few glances and a simple exchange can You can understand the other person's mind.
In the words of the ancients, this is called feeling like an old friend at first sight, and Wenxuan took great care of Su Qi'an in many things.
Su Qi'an is not stupid either. Some of the things that happened in the imperial city, especially those directed at him, there was no time when Wen Xuan did not come forward for him. If Wen Xuan did not come forward, Su Qi'an would not be so easy to be carefree in Kyoto. .
Wen Xuan smiled and nodded, signaling Su Qi'an to get up, and then asked, "When do you plan to leave."
"The student plans to leave Kyoto in half a month, return to Xizhou for a while, and then prepare to head to the south as the first stop."
"The Southern Territory, that's fine. The Southern Territory is far away from Kyoto. There are not so many rules for doing some things, but you still have to be careful. After all, the production in that place is backward and uneducated. Most of them are vicious people. You have to judge the situation. good."
Wen Xuan's instructions were kept in mind by Su Qi'an.
The two of them talked like this. In the next half month, Su Qi'an basically never left the Hanlin Academy and studied with Wen Xuan.
The news about Su Qi'an's plan to leave Kyoto has spread to some extent, but most of the people who know the inside story are the powerful people in Kyoto.
They did not leak the news. After all, Su Qi'an was from a royal family. How could he personally leak the news that a member of the royal family was traveling.
What's more important is that His Majesty gave him a reminder. Su Qian'an's departure made Su Xuanyong feel a little regretful, but after thinking about it, there was no harm in traveling around the world as a royal family and heading to the southern border.
They also thought that educating the local people could be regarded as a means for the Suliang royal family to consolidate its subordinate states.
Therefore, with the consent of His Majesty, these powerful families, even if they are unhappy with Su Qi'an, cannot leak the news everywhere. Once Su Qi'an is in Beijing
If something goes wrong, they won't be able to run away in the first place.
Which is more important and which is more important, they still know very well when weighing the pros and cons.
Perhaps because of His Majesty's greetings, in the past half month, in addition to seeing Wenxuan, Chu Guogong and other nobles, Wang Zhenshan left to say goodbye and return to the northwest border.
After all, the northwest border prepares for war all year round, and the coach cannot always be away. If it were not for this palace examination, he was selected by the military to serve as the examiner. In normal times, he would not leave the northwest border for even half a step.
A few days after the imperial examination, he met the Ninth Princess who came to comfort him. The rest of the time, Su Qi'an stayed in the Hanlin Academy without being disturbed. It felt very comfortable.
The Ninth Princess talked with Su Qi'an for about half an hour, and finally left with a smile and satisfaction.
Watching the Ninth Princess leave, Su Qi'an had a look of confusion on his face. Outsiders thought that he had been wronged, so he ran away angrily. In fact, the only one who understands him so far is Wenxuan.
Su Qi'an didn't intend to explain. Sometimes explaining too much would be of no benefit to him. He wanted to keep it a bit mysterious and let the nobles of the aristocratic family guess.
In such a pleasant time, half a month passed by in a flash.
Su Qi'an packed his luggage early, and Liu Meng and Sun Wen, who were staying in Kyoto, also made arrangements in advance and took Xu Tangtang with them, preparing to leave.
Just say goodbye to Wen Xuan before leaving.
Su Qi'an asked Xu Tangtang and Su Yong to wait for him at his residence, and he went to Wenxuan's residence alone.
Su Qian was a little stunned when she just pushed open the small fence gate of the small courtyard where the propaganda was published.
Because in the courtyard, in addition to Wen Xuan, there was one more person. This person was not an outsider, but Chu Xiong, the Duke of Chu State, the Prime Minister of Great Liang.
Su Qi'an did not have in-depth communication with this Duke of Chu, but he was still a good person.
Not to mention that he was Xie Cang's adoptive father, the Duke of Chu still said something to Su Qi'an mainly in the court.
It's just that due to his status, sometimes he can't get too close to Su Qi'an, nor can he be too close to Su Qi'an like Wen Xuan.
After all, he is the Prime Minister, second only to Su Xuanyong in terms of power and position in Great Liang. He can be said to be truly inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people.
The power is overwhelming, but at the same time, countless pairs of eyes are staring at him. As long as he does one wrong thing, he will be attacked by countless attacks.
These are not important. What is important is that he cannot let the current Majesty be suspicious of him.
Even though Su Xuanyong was very tolerant of the Duke of Chu, all this was based on the fact that the Duke of Chu did not form a party for personal gain.
If the Duke of Chu and Su Qi'an were very close, and even both sides showed admiration and regretted seeing each other so late, it would be difficult not to arouse Su Xuanyong's suspicion.
The emperors of the past dynasties were most disgusted by the powerful officials forming cliques for personal gain. This was a serious provocation to the imperial power.
Not to mention, the Emperor of Great Liang, who was good at the Emperor's Balance Technique, was extremely disgusted with this. Once a powerful official did something, Su Xuanyong would beat him to the end even if there was no evidence. Seriously, even if he was exiled to the border impossible.
Therefore, Su Qi'an can still understand the difficulties of this powerful Duke of Chu.
When you are with the emperor, you must be cautious in everything you say and do. Accompanying him is like accompanying a tiger. This is not an exaggeration to describe him.
The Duke of Chu, who had always been alone and rarely interacted with other ministers of the imperial court in private, unexpectedly came to the Hanlin Academy today.
For him to appear here, after all, something important happened.
Seeing Su Qi'an coming, Wen Xuan and Chu Xiong smiled and nodded, motioning for Su Qi'an to come over.
Seeing the two people looking at him, Su Qi'an seemed to have thought of something. Without hesitation, he stepped forward, saluted the two of them, and asked directly, "There must be some big event for the Duke of Chu to come to the Hanlin Academy, and this The matter may be related to Su."
Su Qi'an's straightforwardness made Duke Chu nod, and Wen Xuan beside him said, "Qi'an, this time, you shouldn't be able to leave Kyoto for the time being."
Su Qi'an raised his eyebrows, looked at the two of them, and asked hesitantly, "Could it be that something happened in Tongguan?"
The smiles on their faces faded and they nodded solemnly.
Su Qian's heart sank, and she had a bad premonition.
After a brief silence, Chu State finally spoke openly, "Uncle Dongshan guessed correctly. The three frontier towns of Kyoto, Juyong and Hangu, have been captured, and now the enemy is attacking Tongguan."
The Duke of Chu's words made Su Qian's face look ugly for a moment. He had thought that the situation would be serious, but he did not expect that it would reach this point.
The three frontier towns mentioned by the Duke of Chu were actually the three frontier city gates guarding Kyoto.
Because of the location of Kyoto, behind Ningzhou, there are 300,000 troops on the front line. They are deployed all year round and appear to be very safe. In fact, every year, with the invasion of Daiei's army from the north, there will always be a group of no more than 10,000 troops. The people's Great Rong Cavalry will take the opportunity to sweep away.
What's more, some brave ones will go deep alone along some lost towns and approach Kyoto.
Although the harm caused is only a kind of harassment, if this kind of harassment continues all year round, it will also cause headaches.
Therefore, in order to better protect Kyoto, three forward city gates were established between Kyoto and Ningzhou.
These three frontier city gates are only more than a hundred miles away from Kyoto, but they are important eyes in the defense of Kyoto.
The three forward city gates are built in an inverted triangle pattern. No matter which direction the Dae Jung Cavalry attacks from, the other two cities can be quickly discovered, and based on intelligence analysis, they can quickly attack to support.
Even if the enemy forces divide their forces to attack Juyong and Hangu at the front, Tongguan at the rear will send elite troops to support them. If it fails, the Imperial Army from Kyoto will also be dispatched.
With the cooperation of the two, as long as they can hold it back until the reinforcements from Ningzhou come back from the front, they can not only repel it, but even eat it directly. This is not a small feat.
Precisely because of the presence of these three frontier towns, every attack by the Daiei Cavalry will eventually be repelled calmly with cooperation, thus ensuring the safety of Kyoto.
