Influenced by his friends, some of the annoyance accumulated in the academy dissipated a lot.
Sun Siwen responded: "Yes. Due to the recent unrest in various places, there are a lot fewer students in the college. get out of class ends a little early."
When Lu Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but curiously asked: "I remember that after the expansion of enrollment over the years, Changning College should have more than 500 people, right? Why, there are fewer people now?"
Since reaching the second-rate peak at the beginning of the year, he has been busy cultivating the Eight Meridians. Every day I meditate on the exercises, study ancient books, huddle at home, and don't hear anything happening outside the window.
Sun Siwen and others also knew that he was busy, so they didn't bother him much.
Therefore, although I heard that there was chaos outside, I didn’t have a clear impression of what the chaos was like because I didn’t go out much.
Now that Sun Siwen is saying this, is it possible that this chaos has also affected the students in the college who are studying quietly?
"yes."
Sun Siwen sighed and said worriedly: "Just a few days ago, those Miao people in the mountains suddenly gathered to cause chaos, went down the mountain and attacked a small town in nearby Xiaxi County, killing hundreds of people, and finally looted away .
Most of the students in our college come from several counties near Changning, including many from Xiaxi County.
After hearing that their hometown was attacked by the Miao people, many students worried about their families and returned home.
Some students from other nearby counties also left because of worries.
Of the five hundred students in the college, most of them from other places have left, and now there are only more than two hundred left. "
He was used to the large number of people in the college, but suddenly most of it was deserted, and the expanded school building was also empty. It was hard not to make this lecturer, who was used to the bustling college, feel a sense of emptiness.
Lu Yuan was slightly surprised: "Is Dongting County so chaotic now?"
He remembered that Dongting County was still very stable a few years ago. Not only can the people live and work in peace and contentment, but at least they can get by.
Why is it that only half a year later, the Miao people started to cause rebellion and even dared to plunder towns?
Sun Siwen looked at his bewildered friend and said with a wry smile: "You have been staying at home these days and haven't gone out much, so you don't know. Today, the current situation is turbulent and war is everywhere.
The Liang people invaded from the north, and the imperial court sent 200,000 troops to resist. Although they barely blocked the Liang people, Guangling County in the north had been affected by the war, and refugees were everywhere.
Although the imperial court sent 100,000 troops to quell the rebellion in Jian'an County, there were still thieves roaming around and harassing local prefectures.
The Jinghai Kingdom in the south even captured half of Yulin County, and now it has begun to attack the South China Sea, with the faint intention of annexing the southern border.
The imperial court has urgently dispatched 100,000 troops to fight against the rebellion in Jian'an County to come to rescue, hoping to repel this rebel country.
The rest of the counties in the world also frequently experienced civil unrest due to natural disasters. From time to time, there was news that a county had been conquered by rebels, and there was news of rebellion against the king.
In comparison, Dongting County is pretty good.
At the very least, only county towns have been breached by civil unrest. The prefectural cities have not yet been breached and basic stability can be maintained.
It's just that I'm afraid that if the world continues to be in such chaos, I'm afraid that troubled times are really not far away. "
While speaking, Sun Siwen was also a little confused.
He couldn't understand that it was obviously a peaceful time yesterday and the people were happy. How could it be that in the blink of an eye, war broke out in the eight counties of Dai Viet and the war continued?
Besides being confused, what made him even more worried and fearful was the coming of troubled times.
If Dai Viet really falls apart, it will be huge bad news for him and all the people in the world.
I would rather be a peace dog than a liar.
In troubled times, people will die.
After Lu Yuan heard what Sun Siwen said, he was secretly shocked.
Did he really not expect that after he went into seclusion, when he came out again, the world would be like this?
However, although he was surprised, seeing his friend's worried look, Lu Yuan still comforted him and said, "Brother Sun, don't worry too much. Even if troubled times really come, I will be able to keep you safe."
He said this quite confidently, because he did have the confidence to do so.
During the past six months, Lu Yuan had been practicing hard in seclusion, not just for fun.
During this period of time, he not only fully comprehended the second two levels of the Heart Meridian, but also gained a lot from the research on the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, and started trying to make a breakthrough as early as two months ago.
After painstakingly preparing for so long, the breakthrough came naturally.
Just yesterday, Lu Yuan successfully opened the Yang Qi Meridian among the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, entered the seventh level of the Qi-Building Heart Meridian, and officially entered the first-class realm in the world.
Of course, this is only first-class in terms of internal strength, and other martial arts moves are only at the peak of second-rate.
But even so, even a half-class master would be able to dominate the world.
With such strength, as long as he is not surrounded by thousands of legions and blocks his way, he can go anywhere in the world.
Protecting Sun Siwen, a scholar, was naturally an easy task.
Feeling the care and sincerity of his friend, Sun Siwen felt warm in his heart, and then said another thing: "Stop talking about these upsetting things, talk about happy things.
In recent days, news has come from the county government. In view of the frequent civil unrest in various prefectures and counties, officials suffered heavy casualties, and there were vacancies everywhere.
Therefore, the county government plans to promote a group of officials to fill the vacancies in various places.
I have now been in the position of teaching for five years. During this period, I have trained three scholars and founded Changning College. I have made enough achievements.
I should be on the list for this promotion. It won't be long before he may be promoted to county magistrate. "
Last October, after five years of hard work, Sun Siwen's disciple Gu Songyun and his student Guo Yun took part in the autumn examination together, and all of them passed.
Chang Ning's reputation as a double hero spread again.
With this credit, Sun Siwen also recorded a political achievement.
In addition, he had survived for five years, and it was indeed time for promotion.
When Lu Yuan heard the good news, he immediately congratulated him: "Brother Sun, I'm so happy that I'm so successful. It seems that it won't be long before I call you the official father and mother of the land."
"Thank you Brother Lu for your kind words."
Sun Siwen's face was also full of smiles.
After being promoted to county magistrate, he only needs to survive for the next three years without making any mistakes, and then he can be steadily promoted to county magistrate.
After serving as an official for ten years, you can become a prince of hundreds of miles. It is naturally a proud thing to be in charge of a party.
But after being happy for a while, Sun Siwen thought of something, smiled slightly, and said helplessly: "It's just that Changning County already has a county magistrate. If I want to be promoted, I'm afraid I need to go to other counties and can't stay in Changning anymore."
After living in Changning County for seven years, Sun Siwen had already regarded this place as half of his hometown. Now that he was about to leave, he felt vaguely reluctant to leave.
"Yeah, are you leaving?"
Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel sad when he heard this.
If Sun Siwen was leaving to take up his new post, he would definitely go with him.
The current situation is so chaotic, with civil unrest everywhere. In Dongting County alone, more than ten county magistrates and magistrates died.
Lu Yuan was really worried about leaving his friend alone, fearing that he would be killed by the mob.
This damn world.
