Zhou Xian sipped the tea, the fragrance was intoxicating in his mouth. He opened his eyes and looked around and found that the ancients could indeed enjoy it.

There is a concave and convex open space on the hillside of Laoshan, like a frying pan. The raised high ground just blocks the mountain wind. It is surrounded by low columns, and three two-story wooden houses are arranged in the shape of a finished product. They are connected to each other by wooden bridges. A pool with a length and width of nearly 30 meters is located in the middle. The water is led down by the springs of the mountain stream, which is clear and clean.

There are pavilions and pavilions on the left, flowers and trees on the right, vines on the front, grass on the grass on the front, and plain grass on the back. In the pond, koi rolls, swans and mandarin ducks swim among them. On the lawn, animals such as red-crowned cranes and sika deer stroll. In the jungle, squirrels and birds fly back and forth between trees, and from time to time, they make a beautiful cry.

Zhou Xian put down his cup and smiled faintly, "I have heard that in terms of the quiet and ancient meaning, the top leader in the world is the Taigu Hall of Minister Gao. Today, I look at it, it is really extraordinary."

There was a man sitting opposite Zhou Xian, who was only sixty years old, with long beards and chests, and he had a sense of powerlessness without anger. As Gao Hongtu, who was idle at home, he used to be the Minister of Works. Although he had been unemployed for ten years, Zhou Xian still called himself the official position in the past to show respect.

Gao Hongtu smiled, without saying much, filled Zhou Xian's cup. Zhou Xian was frightened and quickly pushed the cup forward. "A person who is unemployed, Zhou Gong should not be compared with his old position. I am an ordinary citizen now. I close the door and play among the mountains and rivers, and seek peace of mind."

Zhou Xian smiled and said, "One or two thunder in March, I realized that the ghosts and gods in the world were shocked. The wind rode the clouds for three thousand miles, and the tiger pretended to be a dragon with a powerful force of 90,000 miles. From Mr.’s recent poems, students do not feel that your heart is as calm as you said." Since Gao Hongtu did not want to be called by his old official position, Zhou Xian treated him with the etiquette of his students, which made him even more solemn.

Gao Hongtu raised his teacup and took a sip, adding a lot of favor to Zhou Xian. The other party is not very old, nearly ten years younger than his son. But in terms of etiquette, he did it impeccable. "This poem was recently written by me in March this year. Few people have read it. How did Master Zhou know about it?"

Zhou Xian smiled awkwardly and said, "In the past, students had also read Mr.'s poems. After arriving in Jiaozhou yesterday, they asked Mr. Guo Zhizhou for his collection of essays. In order to avoid seeing Mr. make a fool of himself today, it took most of the night to study them one by one last night."

Zhou Xian's straightforwardness was a bit beyond Gao Hongtu's expectations. Although he had been unemployed in Jiaozhou, he did not know anything about foreign affairs. He had long heard of what Zhou Xian did after coming to Laizhou. He thought he was a young man who became famous and arrogant. But after talking, he found that the other party did not seem to be that kind of person. He smiled and said, "I thought my poems were as famous as the former lay Buddhist Dongpo. Every time he wrote a poem, it could spread all over the world in an instant."

Su Dongpo was demoted and was thousands of miles away from the capital. However, every time he wrote a poem, someone would take the initiative to ride a horse and spread his poems to the capital within a few days for scholars to read. Of course, Gao Hongtu said this as a joke. Although he was talented and famous, compared with Su Dongpo, both the name of the poems and the others were far apart.

Zhou Xian smiled, but did not answer his words, and looked back. Gao Xin hurriedly stepped forward and handed him a box. After Zhou Xian opened it, he said to Gao Hongtu: "Sir, come here to visit you, and I don't know what you like. This is a thousand-year-old Korean ginseng that I accidentally got. It is said that it is very healthy. I hope Mr. will not be careless."

Gao Hongtu looked at the Korean ginseng and waved his hand and said, "Kory ginseng is a good health product. Such a thousand-year-old tree should be sold on the market. It should be worth a thousand taels of silver. When I first met, Master Zhou gave such a tribute, I would not accept it."

Zhou Xian closed the box, pushed it to Gao Hongtu, and said, "Sir, this time Zhou came. In addition to visiting you, Gao Xian, there is indeed another thing I want to trouble you. This little gift is insignificant, and I will thank you again in the future."

Gao Hongtu looked at Zhou Xian in confusion and signaled him to continue.

Zhou Xian said: "Shandong has a strong literary style. There are nearly ten colleges of all sizes in the country, but none of them are located in Laizhou. For the sake of domestic students, I want to set up a college in Laizhou City. The teacher is famous all over the world. Students hope that you can serve as the dean of the entire college. Although you can get peace of mind when you close your doors, you can make some contributions to your hometown, and the students feel that it is more meaningful."

Gao Hongtu's face was calm, and he took a sip and smiled: "Master Zhou, I have heard of what you do in Laizhou. I heard that the people in the country have begun to call you "Little Man Tu". Now you suddenly want to set up a college and let me serve as the dean. Are you trying to win the hearts of scholars in the country and use my reputation to save your reputation for your sake?"

In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, after Gao Hongtu was idle for ten years, the Qing army came to Jiaozhou. After hearing the police, he and the local generals, Zhencai assisted the governor Guo Wenxiang to patrol the city day and night to ensure that the city was not lost. After Emperor Chongzhen heard about it, he re-activated him. After that, he went from the Minister of Revenue, the Minister of Rites, to the Minister of War and the Grand Secretary of the Dongge, the Minister of Personnel and the Grand Secretary of Wenyuange, and was awarded the title of Prince Taifu and the Grand Secretary of the Prince Taibao, and was given four generations of imperial edicts.

In other words, in the more than two years from the fifteenth year of Chongzhen to the second year of Hongguang, he regarded all the high-ranking officials who could be. Although part of this was due to the chaos in the late Ming Dynasty and the chaos in the administration, it can be seen from this that he did have some vision and ability.

Hearing him pointing out his intentions, Zhou Xian's face changed slightly, and he smiled awkwardly: "I'm going to hide it from you, if the academy is established, it will indeed save some of my reputation as you said. But I, Zhou Xian, never cared about these false names, otherwise I would not do those things. The only thing I think about now is how to change the situation in Laizhou, the survival of ordinary people, and the future of scholars in the country, are all within my considerations, not including my own reputation. Moreover, let me tell you this! What I have done at the moment is far from enough, and the little people I killed before is just a starter."

Gao Hongtu's face turned red and white, and he looked at Zhou Xian with a little surprise and said, "It's just an appetizer?"

Zhou Xian nodded and said, "There is more than 400,000 people in Laizhou. When I first came, it was said that nearly 100 people starved to death every day. A small number of people occupy a large amount of land, mines, resources, bandits are rampant in the country, and officials are greedy and cruel. Shouldn't these people be killed?"

Zhou Xian paused for a moment and continued, "Sir, your family is rich, and some situations are not visible to hide in this ancient hall. You should go out and see more about the sufferings of the people, and learn about their wishes and what they really want. I believe that in the future, you will definitely support me."

PS: Thank you for the reward of the book friend who ate the shit called Beast Yan Chong Nian
Chapter completed!