It was useless to guard the tiger's mouth. Seeing that the officers and soldiers did not attack directly, Yang Ying ordered the bandits to take turns to defend. In the evening, he called all the leaders to discuss matters.
There are nine chairs, with Yang Ying sitting in the middle, and four chairs on both sides.
The son of the former village leader Yang Jun is nineteen years old this year and sits in the third position. He is taciturn and has not spoken. His heart is full of fear. He is afraid of both the officers and soldiers and his uncle.
“Why is Killing the Tiger’s Mouth called this name?”
Yang Ying looked confident: "Even if the tiger comes, he will die there. This time the officers and soldiers are better at fighting than before. But if we fight again, will the tiger be as powerful? Can it grow wings and fly over?"
"Father is right, if you guard the tiger's mouth, there is nothing the officers and soldiers can do!" Only his son, the second in charge of the family, cheered.
Yang Ying continued: "The food has been moved up the mountain, we can afford it. The officers and soldiers can't afford it. The officials are reluctant to part with the food and grass. If they drag them for a few months, the magistrate will definitely urge the soldiers. The officers and soldiers are urged by the magistrate, how can they do it?"
Don't you risk your life to attack? As long as they attack, they will definitely die miserably. When the time comes, we will take advantage of the situation and fight back, and no officers or soldiers will be able to escape!"
"Daddy, what a great plan!" The son continued to cheer.
"Brother, what a great plan!"
The leaders followed suit, and at least they were not left completely alone.
Yang Ying talked nonsense again, saying that the bandits must win and the officers and soldiers must be defeated.
The leaders dispersed, half to defend the tiger's mouth, and the other half to go home to rest and prepare for the battle.
The fourth master wandered around and quietly went to find the fifth master in the middle of the night. Both of them were old people and had already made plans to abolish the establishment.
In the darkness, the Fourth Master whispered: "Do you believe in the government?"
"Only a fool would believe it," the fifth master said disdainfully, "We have done a lot of beheadings, and if we are caught, we will be beheaded. Keeping the property, and getting a big reward for killing Yang Ying are all tricks used by the officers and soldiers!
"
The fourth master asked: "What if it is true?"
The fifth master remained silent.
The fourth master added: "The officers and soldiers who came back this time are different from the past. I'm afraid they can fight very hard. They will definitely have to defend. It's best if they can defend. What I mean is that in case, if they can't defend, they can't accompany them."
Then Yang Ying goes to die."
"If we really can't defend it, I will lead the troops to kill Yang Ying. Maybe I can save my life through meritorious deeds." The fifth leader said.
The fourth master said: "I do have a way."
The fifth master hurriedly asked: "What method?"
The fourth master said: "Let's discuss it with Yang Ying first. I will send people to pretend to surrender and pretend to be a riot in the stronghold. The officers and soldiers will definitely take the opportunity to attack the stronghold and then cover up and kill them. The two of us will not fight with the officers and soldiers first, but let
Yang Ying's men take action. If the officers and soldiers are defeated, we will attack the officers and soldiers together and find another opportunity to deal with Yang Ying. If Yang Ying is defeated, we will kill Yang Ying and seek refuge with the government."
When the fifth master heard this plan, he was so impressed that he exclaimed: "How can you be so smart? I'm really convinced."
"You have to pretend to be more realistic and deceive both the government and Yang Ying," the fourth master added. "You have to pretend to be fighting at night so they can't see clearly. Maybe you can kill the officers and soldiers again and take advantage of the chaos.
Kill Yang Ying."
"I listen to my brother!" the fifth leader said with sincere admiration.
The next day, Ju Ming stood still and waited for Zhang Guangdao to sneak around and attack.
The Fourth Master went to Yang Ying and explained his plan to surrender.
Yang Ying thought about it and felt that it was feasible. She was also afraid that the fourth master would really surrender, so she arranged for her confidants to set up an ambush and put the fourth master behind. At the same time, she asked the fourth master to follow her alone and could not directly command his subordinates.
It was then agreed that that night, people would be sent with ropes attached to the cliff to find officers and soldiers to feign surrender.
When several groups of officers and soldiers passed through the tiger-killing mouth, they immediately dropped rocks to block the officers and soldiers from the front and back, and then the whole army killed them by surprise.
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Yangzhou City.
A few days ago a high official came, and even Li Tongpan, who was busy collecting taxes, went with the magistrate to keep him company.
This official's surname was Lu Mingrong, and he was the chief official of the Lu Tiju Academic Affairs Department in Lizhou, also known as Lu Tixue for short.
If it were placed in the Ming Dynasty, the post of academic envoy would usually be held by the deputy envoy of the Imperial Guard. However, in the Song Dynasty, the academic envoy was an independent organization and directly took orders from the Ministry of Rites.
Not only does the promotion of studies make you more powerful, but the teachers of state studies in each state are more valuable than those in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The teachers of state studies in the Song Dynasty must be Jinshi. In the Ming Dynasty, the teachers of state studies were all held by Juren and Gongsheng students.
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Especially during the Huizong Dynasty, Cai Jing presided over the educational reform and had higher requirements for state teachers.
If you want to be a professor (principal) of state studies, it is even more stringent. You must be a first-class Jinshi, or be among the top ten in the national examination, or be among the top five in the state examination and be a Jinshi, or be an outstanding graduate of Taixue
——With this kind of background, one could enter the Hanlin Academy in the Ming Dynasty.
Let's put it this way, any one of the state-study teachers in Yangzhou can beat the magistrate on academic qualifications. If they are transferred to local officials, they will at least start as magistrates, or serve as bookkeepers near the capital, and their promotion speed is super fast.
quick.
And this Lu Tixue specializes in supervising state teachers!
From April to August every year, it is the time for the Tixue envoy to visit various states. Lu Tixue first went to Xingyuan Mansion, and then took a boat down the river to Yangzhou.
In the first three days, I have been traveling around the mountains and rivers, knowing the state, communicating with magistrates, and the professor has been accompanying me throughout the whole process.
Entertainment expenses are reimbursed by the government. Yangzhou’s annual public money (entertainment expenses) is fixed at 4,000 guan, and it can also be used for loan sharking. The trade laws of Wang Anshi and Cai Jing were also used by local officials to lend money, forcing merchants to submit loans to the government
Borrow money.
On the fourth day, Zhizhou arranged an opera.
Lu Tixue was watching the play, eating wine, and asking about the situation of the scholars in Yangzhou.
Professor Gong (the principal) took the opportunity and said: "Since Mr. Lu asked about it, I would like to recommend a scholar of the Eighth Line. This man's surname is Zhu, his courtesy name is Chenggong. He is only fifteen years old, but he has already mastered the three classics."
"Is there such a thing?" Lu Tixue was quite surprised.
There were a lot of child prodigies in the Song Dynasty. They were either good at studying the Analects of Confucius or Mencius, or they were talented at poetry at a young age. But if you understand the Three Classics, you can't talk nonsense. If you are no longer a child prodigy, you can be called a famous Confucian.
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Li Tongpan said with a smile: "Quinzi visited a classmate's house a few days ago and discovered the child prodigy in the countryside."
Lu Tixue asked curiously: "How do you know he has mastered the three classics?"
Professor Gong said: "Not only did he understand the three classics, but he also had a new interpretation of the scriptures. Take the sentence 'a gentleman cherishes virtue, and a villain cherishes soil. A gentleman cherishes punishment, and a villain cherishes benefits'. Zhu Chenggong interpreted it as
The word 'public and private'."
Lu Tixue tasted it and praised: "Excellent explanation."
Li Tongpan also said: "The sage uses his enlightenment to make others enlighten; now he uses his faintness to make others enlighten. Does Lu Xueguan know how Zhu Chenggong interpreted it?"
"Is there any new explanation for this?" Lu Tixue asked.
Li Tongpan said with a smile: "This person's explanation is: the way of a university is to show one's own virtue and apply it to the world. There are only a few people who are disobedient."
Lu Tixue was able to teach students all the way, and his knowledge was not comparable to that of the magistrate. He was awakened by this solution, and instantly connected the three scriptures, clapped his hands and praised: "What a genius! That's it!"
There are probably not many famous Confucians in the world who can explain the three classics in one sentence like this."
Li Tongpan continued: "This son not only has profound attainments in Confucianism, but is also rare in both civil and military affairs. There were bandits plundering the countryside, and he single-handedly killed dozens of bandits. Fortunately, Quanzi survived."
"Is there such a thing?" Yang Zhizhou was surprised. He only knew that there was a thief in Xixiang County, and that the county magistrate had Zhu Zhu arrested and killed.
Li Tongpan sighed: "Quinzi also fought hard against the thieves. He was injured in many places on his body and almost died there."
Lu Tixue asked: "Have the thieves been eliminated?"
Li Tongpan said: "But he is the chief clerk of Xixiang County. He originally wanted to recruit rebels, but now he surrendered and rebelled again. He has been captured by the magistrate of Xixiang County."
"Just hold it, these rebels deserve to be killed!" Lu Tixue said bitterly.
Li Tongpan said: "This boy is good at both civil and military affairs. He should be a scholar of the Eighth Lines. I would like to ask Lu Tixue to recommend one or two."
Li Tongpan was also annoyed by his son's pestering. After Li Hanzhang returned to Yangzhou, he said good things about Ju Ming every day, which was the only one in the world.
I'm having dinner with the Ti student today, so I just said it in passing.
Lu Tixue knew what he meant, and asked him to recommend Ju Ming to study in Taixue. If he only recommended Zhu Ming to study in Zhouxue, Li Tongpan could make the decision himself, but if he wanted to study in Taixue, he would have to recommend Zhu Ming to study in Taixue.
"Since there is such a genius, I will definitely give it a try myself." Lu Tixue immediately agreed.
Anyway, he was just recommending it, so why not give Li Tongpuan some face? Taixue had the final say whether to approve it or not.
Moreover, Lu Tixue's performance evaluation also has a lot to do with this.
The more scholars within his jurisdiction who pass the Jinshi examination and the more scholars who go to study at Imperial College, the better the examination results will be, which will be more conducive to future promotions.
In the afternoon of that day, Lu Tixue, drunk, inspected Yangzhou Prefecture.
The next day, he actually took a boat to Xixiang County in person.
Nominally, I was going to inspect the county school and inspect the Eighth Route Army scholars, but in fact, I was going to visit the mountains and rivers.
Lu Tixue was already tired of playing in the several state capital cities on Lizhou Road, and he had never been to a rural place like Xixiang County. The countryside was full of beautiful mountains and clear waters, and I thought it would be quite interesting to visit.
At this moment, Ju Ming is still suppressing bandits.
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