Chapter 59: Taking the overall situation into consideration
Two days later, a visitor came to the Zhan Mansion in Ruiguang City, but the conversation between the host and the guest did not seem to be pleasant.
"Mr. Zhan, for the past few days, the Jianzhao tribe has been walking upstream along the Dan River. If they continue like this, they will soon approach the southernmost town of Guangyao."
The visitor is in his thirties, slightly chubby, and has a beard on his chin. Although he is dressed in casual clothes, you can still tell from his demeanor that his identity is not simple.
Duke Zhan calmly set up the tea cup and said, "Ye Zheng, this is the new Fengyu tea from Ningshan. You might as well try it."
However, Ye Zhizhang sat still and said with a serious expression: "Mr. Zhan, I'm not here to drink tea. Duke Liu was very angry when he heard the news. The Duke has only been in the capital hall for more than a month, and he still has ambitions that have not yet been realized.
He does not want to see the war begin in the southern region of the Protectorate. You must give a clear explanation of this matter today no matter what."
Duke Zhan looked very determined. He took a slow sip of tea under Ye Zheng's questioning gaze, and then put it down and said: "Ye Zhan, you have to believe in me, Zhitong, he will definitely be able to appease that tribe.
Ye Zhong said: "How can I trust you in the current situation?"
Mr. Zhan chuckled, stroked his beard and said: "I have lived for more than a hundred years, what kind of scenes have I not seen? Didn't I survive the battle sixty years ago? Don't worry, if you allow me another day, I will give you something."
Let the government give an explanation."
Mr. Ye looked at him, stood up, and said, "Okay, then I will reply to Mr. Liu's house truthfully. I hope to wait for good news about Mr. Zhan." He cupped his hands and went out.
Duke Zhan immediately ordered the butler to see off the guests.
As soon as Ye Zhenzheng left, Mr. Zhan's calm and unhurried look immediately disappeared from his face, and was replaced by deep worry and anxiety.
"What's going on with those students? I didn't ask them to figure out the situation as soon as they arrived at the Hardclaw tribe. Why haven't they heard anything yet?"
At this moment, a close servant walked in from outside and whispered a few words until he came to him. Duke Zhan was startled and immediately ordered to change his clothes, left the house, and hurried to Taiyang Academy in a carriage.
In Kuiwen Hall of Taiyang Academy, just like last time, Superintendent Chi convened the four academic halls and the heads of each hall to discuss matters. After waiting for a long time, almost everyone had arrived.
Just after Hong Xueling said a few words, he saw the door open and Mr. Zhan walked in, panting slightly and leaning on a cane. Someone immediately stood up to say hello and said: "Mr. Zhan is here." Then scattered voices sounded in the hall again.
The sound of greeting.
Mr. Zhan clearly felt that these people were not as enthusiastic as they were last time.
Superintendent Chi sat on the main seat without getting up. He looked up and said, "Mr. Zhan is here. Well, this matter is also related to Gong Zhan. Since he is here, let's sit down and listen together.
"
He ordered Hong Xueling and motioned for him to continue.
Hong Xueling cleared his throat and said: "In the past few days, the Jianclaw tribe has suddenly moved north. Based on the news that was passed on before, we suspect that this matter may be related to Zhan Jieshi's care..."
Mr. Zhan had not yet sat down. When he heard this, he paused and couldn't help but raise his head and said: "Hong Xueliang, what is the basis for this statement?"
Hong Xueliang said: "Mr. Zhan, after envoy Zhan Jie went to the Jianclaw tribe, he sent back a total of three letters, each of which mentioned that because it was difficult to see the leader of the Jianclaw tribe, he wanted to find an opportunity.
See."
He flipped through the documents in front of him and took out a letter, "Especially this third letter said that the chieftain of Hardclaw was out hunting. If he wanted to take the risk of seeing him, he could calculate the time and it should be there.
Not long after this letter was sent, the Hardclaw tribe seized it, and then the entire tribe began to move north along the river, so even if he did not directly cause this incident, he must be indirectly related to it."
Duke Zhan looked at the people present and said: "Everyone, just last month, there were frequent movements in the Jianclaw tribe. My son rushed to the Jianclaw tribe at this critical moment. Since then, there has been no movement in this tribe in recent months. It's
Why, we can know without asking. The Hardclaw tribe is just a barbarian, ignorant of etiquette and morals. The current changes may be caused by internal chaos. Then we should try to find out the crux of the problem, rather than just ignore the reason.
, doubt your own meritorious service members first!"
Someone at the table said: "Don't be impatient, Mr. Zhan. We are just inferring, not conclusive."
Hong Xueling said: "Mr. Zhan, Zhan Jie is trapped now, and from what we have learned, the people you sent to contact are still alive and dead. Even if we want to find out what happened, we can't count on Zhan Jie.
, so we need to send someone who is also proficient in the language of the Hardclaw tribe..."
"unnecessary!"
Mr. Zhan suddenly waved his sleeves and shouted, which shocked the people around him. They didn't expect that a man of his age could have a loud voice.
Duke Zhan took a few breaths, looked at everyone on the table, and said in a slower tone: "Everyone, please don't take this matter too seriously. I thought it was just a small matter, and it will be solved soon."
solve."
Hong Xueling looked at him and said, "Mr. Zhan, why do you have such confidence?"
At this time, an assistant suddenly came in from outside, holding a letter in his hand.
Everyone looked at it.
The letter was sent to Superintendent Chi's seat. He reached out to take it, opened it and looked at it for a moment, then raised his head and said, "The Hard Claw tribe has stopped heading north."
"Have you stopped?"
Everyone was talking a lot, and many people looked happy.
Mr. Zhan breathed a sigh of relief and said slightly excitedly: "I said, my son can definitely solve this matter."
Superintendent Chi ignored him and said in a deep voice: "This letter was co-signed by several students in the academy and sent from the Hard Claw tribe."
"Student, Hardclaw Tribe?"
Everyone was a little confused. When did another academy student go to the Hard Claw tribe?
Superintendent Chi said with a straight face: "Someone took advantage of Assistant Professor Zhang's absence to secretly transfer his students to communicate with the natives of the Hard Claw tribe." He glanced left and right with a stern look, "Who did this?"
It has always been a rule of the academy that whoever takes care of the students is responsible for it. If others want to use it, they must at least get the consent of the teacher to clarify the rights and responsibilities.
Of course, although this matter is against the rules, it can be big or small. However, without the discussion and permission of the academy, they actually took the initiative to send students to the Hard Claw tribe for exchanges. If something happened, the capital can completely blame the academy.
On the palace head.
Superintendent Chi turned to look at Wan Qi Xue Ling. No ordinary person could do this. It must have been possible for Xue Ling, and here he was the only one who had the deepest relationship with Mr. Zhan.
Wan Qi Xue Ling felt guilty and unconsciously avoided Superintendent Chi's gaze.
Duke Zhan said at this time: "There is no need to go to see Wanqi Xueliang. I asked him to do this. I am also doing this to find out the specific situation, for the sake of the academy, and for the sake of the Protectorate!"
Hong Xueling said coldly: "Isn't this against the rules?"
Duke Zhan said solemnly: "In the face of the interests of the Protectorate, what does this mean? Besides, didn't those students bring back letters? The Hardclaw tribe also stopped, which shows that this matter was done right."
Superintendent Chi said coldly: "Stop?"
He shook the letter in his hand, "The letter stated very clearly that the reason why the Hardclaw tribe stopped was because the rains in the Protector's Mansion in the past few days had affected the lower reaches of the Dan River, where there had been heavy rains, which made those
It’s just that the barbarians can’t move forward in the rain, and this has nothing to do with Envoy Zhan.”
He looked at Duke Zhan, "There is something else in the letter, saying that this time it was Envoy Zhan who offended the chief of the Hardclaw tribe, which caused what happened next. This is consistent with our previous inference."
Mr. Zhan's face changed and he hurriedly denied: "This is absolutely impossible!"
Superintendent Chi ignored him, handed the letter to Hong Xueling, and said: "Pass it on for everyone to read."
After Hong Xueling flipped through it roughly, he handed it to the next person. After everyone present took turns to look at it, they all looked at Mr. Zhan with unclear meanings.
Mr. Zhan felt more and more uncomfortable. The letter finally reached him. He stretched out his hand to grab it, but maybe he was too hasty and failed to grasp it firmly. Instead, it fell to the ground. So he bent down to pick it up, but failed to pick it up several times.
I still waited for the assistant to come over and put it on the case.
Mr. Zhan shook his head and took out a pair of glasses. After putting them on, he picked up the letter and looked at it carefully. After a while, his hands kept trembling and he said angrily: "This is a forgery, it must be a forgery! Several students
How can you believe it!"
With a few clicks, he tore the letter into pieces, then propped himself on the desk and gasped for air.
Superintendent Chi looked at him coldly. All the letters presented to the hall had copies. Even if they were torn into pieces, it would not matter. He said: "The matter is clear, Hong Xueling..."
Hong Xueling nodded, stood up and said: "The news came from Xuanfu that Zhang Fujiao was on his way back to Ruiguang. He happened to be not far from Changyuan at this moment. I will ask the capital to remove Zhan Zhi from his position as envoy of the same festival and replace it with
Assistant Professor Zhang took over and was fully responsible for appeasing the Hardclaw tribe."
After a pause, he added: "In view of the fact that Assistant Professor Zhang himself has a relatively low academic position, I would like to propose that he be promoted to the Academy of Academic Affairs."
The people at the table exchanged opinions for a while, and then one person spoke up first: "I second my opinion."
"Seconded."
"Seconded."
"Seconded."
There were voices of support below.
"Everyone!" Mr. Zhan slammed his crutch on the ground hard, making a rapid and heavy sound. He shouted hoarsely: "This is unfair to the child!"
Hong Xueliang said sternly: "Mr. Zhan, major matters involving the lives of the people of the Protectorate are never trivial. Your son is here to appease the tribe, but what we see now is that he has failed the expectations of the academy and failed the capital."
As requested! Mr. Zhan, please take care of your face and don’t look too ugly.”
Mr. Zhan was still struggling, "But, my son..."
Many people here shook their heads secretly, secretly thinking that Mr. Zhan was confused. It seemed that he was too concerned and confused. They couldn't see that the matter had reached this point and there was no possibility of recovery.
At this time, Duke Zhan turned his head and looked at Superintendent Chi, his eyes turned red and said: "Chi Zhao, I have served the Duhufu for eighty years. I have been in battle to kill the enemy, narrowly escaped death, and even taught the people in the academy.
, Xing Li Bu Le, how can you accept this injustice? I'm going to the capital hall to go to Liu Gong's house to present this matter..."
"Mr. Zhan!"
Hong Xueling interrupted him suddenly.
Duke Zhan looked in surprise.
Hong Xueling's expression was extremely serious and he said loudly: "Mr. Zhan, you must take into account the overall situation!"
Mr. Zhan's eyes widened. This sentence seemed inexplicably familiar. It seemed that he had often said it to others before.
The figure in front of him seemed to become blurry, and the voice continued to echo in his ears.
He was a little confused.
The overall situation? Am I not the overall situation?