Chapter 96: Volume B: Morning Dew Waiting for Rixi Mountain to Grow

As soon as she stepped into the small room, Feng Ziying bowed deeply and handed over a letter of recommendation: "Feng Keng meets the mountain chief."

"Are you the Feng family man who rose up in the Linqing Civil War?" After a long time, the man on the seat seemed to put down his letter of recommendation, and a deep and honest voice sounded: "Brother Ru Jun wrote to me before, and I am very grateful to you. I'm full of praise. I read this letter of recommendation and it's very high praise. I wonder if you think you deserve such praise?"

Feng Ziying felt a little nervous. He was another guy who didn't play by common sense, and he was thinking silently in his heart.

 Qi Yongtai, courtesy name Chengfeng, alias Baishi Jushi, was born in Baoding Prefecture, North Zhili, and was a Jinshi in the 26th year of Yuanxi.

This man had a resolute and persevering character, and was very generous, but his official career was full of difficulties. He once held positions such as Shizhong of the Military Department, Yuanwailang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Xuezheng of Jiangxi, and Right Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. After Yuanxi was dismissed from office in the 40th year of his reign, He was appointed as the headmaster of Qingtan Academy.

He was most famous when he took office in the Ministry of War. He continuously refuted the suggestions of the then Minister of the Ministry of War and the Minister of War Zuo Shilang, which triggered the resignation of the Minister of the Ministry of War and the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War.

 In the end, the emperor, who is now the Supreme Emperor, had to issue an order asking Qi Yongtai to withdraw his refutation, but he was refused, and Qi Yongtai later resigned.

Three years later, Qi Yongtai resumed his post as a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Wailang, and later transferred to Jiangxi Xuezheng and the Right Minister of the Ministry of Hubu. He was eventually dismissed from the official position due to differences of opinion with the Minister of Hubu on the pay of the Nine-Border Army.

 Feng Ziying never fights an unprepared battle.

 If you want to study at Qingtan Academy, you must naturally know the details of this academy.

There are currently two core figures in Qingtan Academy, one is the mountain chief Qi Yongtai, and the other is the head official Ying Zhen.

 Qi Yongtai is from the north, while Guan Yingzhen is from the south.

 Guan Yingzhen was a native of Huangzhou Prefecture, Huguang. He was a Jinshi later than Qi Yongtai. He served as magistrate of Nanyang County and Hu Ke Yougeishizhong, and later served as censor of Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate and right counselor of Chief Secretary of Shaanxi Province.

 Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

Even though Qingtan Academy is said to have the best ethics, there are also factions within it.

For example, Qi Yongtai is the head of the academy and is a typical northerner. He is a Jinshi from Baoding Prefecture in North Zhili. The head of the Academy is the role responsible for the daily affairs of the academy. Guan Yingzhen is a typical southerner and represents the Huguang people. Born as a Jinshi.

Qingtan Academy was originally composed of scholars from the north, but its purpose was to teach without distinction. If you can't even break the regional prejudice, how can you convince the public?

Therefore, after Qi Yongtai took charge of Qingtan Academy, he began to consciously break geographical boundaries and welcomed scholars from all over the north and south to study at Qingtan Academy. Guan Yingzhen's appointment as the headmaster of Qingtan Academy was also the result of the strengthening of this trend.

 Although efforts have been made to attract southern scholars to study at Qingtan Academy a few years ago, in general the academy is still dominated by northern scholars, but this trend is slowly changing and becoming more balanced.

Of course, with Guan Yingzhen, a Huguang native, when the academy attracted southern scholars to study, it was not limited to Nanzhili, Jiangxi and Zhejiang where the academic style was the most popular. Instead, it included Huguang, Yunnan, and Zhejiang in a more balanced manner. Scholars from Guizhou and Sichuan were all included.

Feng Ziying also spent a lot of effort to find out these situations from various channels.

Jia Yucun provided Feng Ziying with some channels and information in this regard.

He was a Jinshi in the thirty-fifth year of Yuanxi, three subjects later than Qiao Yingjia and Qi Yongtai, and two subjects later than Guan Yingzhen. If he had not been dismissed from office because of corruption, he might have entered the court and served as a capital official at this time.

Although he is in a downturn now, he still has some connections, but most of his peers in the same department gave him a cold reception because of his accident.

Fortunately, he could still find one or two familiar people of the same age, who were well-informed and knew that he had joined the Jia and Wang family and that he might be about to be resurrected. They were willing to take the initiative to make friends with him, so Feng Ziying entrusted him to inquire about the information. Finally found the right person.

In addition to Jia Yucun, Feng Ziying also entrusted Wei Ruolan to help him inquire about some information in this regard.

After all, Wei Ruolan's mother is the eldest princess, and although her father only holds an idle job now, he is very arty and has a lot of people in his family, including some old men who are scholars but can't stand the poor life in other places and would rather stay in the capital. Literati.

These people have nothing to do on weekdays, so they enjoy gossiping about gossip and anecdotes inside and outside the court. Feng Ziying found one or two Qingqing through Wei Ruolan. After a meal of wine and two envelopes of silver, he could know a lot of secrets in the imperial court.

 These words of Qi Yongtai made Feng Ziying have to think carefully about how to answer in order to attract Qi Yongtai's attention, but not too outrageous.

"The question of the mountain leader is difficult for students to answer, but the venerable asked and dare not not answer." Feng Ziying thought for a moment and then answered: "Whether he deserves this praise is not important to the students. If this matter is placed in For others, it may not be worth mentioning, and the court may think that Feng Keng is too young to do this, or he may have ulterior motives."

"Oh?" Qi Yongtai became interested and nodded slightly, "You have an ulterior motive? Then what do you think the court's intention is?"

“In my humble opinion, the imperial court may be using it to encourage local officials to be enterprising and courageous in their duties, rather than being hesitant and hesitant to shirk duties.”

Feng Ziying knew that although Qiao Yingjia gave her such a letter of recommendation, it could only be regarded as getting her in, but whether she could gain a foothold in the academy still depended on several aspects.

 And Qi Yongtai is the most critical link.

Then the answer to this question must satisfy Qi Yongtai, and it must be new and meaningful.

It is easy to give a satisfactory answer. Qi Yongtai may also let Qiao Yingjia pass based on his recommendation letter, but this is not what Feng Ziying wants. He needs to leave a deep impression on the other party.

A glint of admiration flashed across Qi Yongtai's eyes. No wonder Qiao Yingjia praised him in his previous letter for not only his courage, but also his ability to understand the situation in North Korea and China.

 This still made him a little confused.

A twelve-year-old young man, and he is from an ordinary noble family. It would be fair to say that he is brave and courageous, but what does he mean by watching the wind and debating the situation?

It refers to the views on the situation inside and outside the court, and even more deeply, it is speculation on the future direction of the court.

How dare you use this on a twelve-year-old boy?

So Qi Yongtai was very dissatisfied with the flattery used by his fellow student on Feng Ziying, and was even very dissatisfied. He felt that Qiao Yingjia had lost his mind.

 But just such a question was enough to make Qi Yongtai look at Feng Ziying with admiration.

 How can such martial arts disciples have such a level? Or did someone point out the other person before?

 The question is who knew he would ask him this question? Is there anyone who can't predict the outcome?

 Obviously none of them are possible.

That is to say, this young man may have had some insights after the Linqing Civil War, and someone may have given him some guidance, so he had some guesses, so he was able to act like this in front of him. It is not even ruled out that it was Qiao Yingjia's own arrangement.

 But the person who can make Qiao Yingjia work so hard is definitely not Yi Yu. Qi Yongtai still knows something about his age, and he is not the kind of person who is just a fool.

This can only show that Qiao Yingjia is indeed very optimistic about this son.

 Feng Ziying’s two sentences almost shed light on some of the difficulties faced by the court at the moment.

 The Emperor's many years of administration left behind a "rich" "political legacy", especially in the later period when his laxity in government affairs was very prominent.

Laziness and neglect in government affairs have become a major chronic disease of the imperial court, and many courtiers have also understood some of the emperor's thoughts, so they are all singing praises in political affairs. In fact, many government affairs tasks are pushed and delayed as long as they can. drag.

This custom has gradually been left over, and has even become a matter of course.

 When Qi Yongtai was in charge of affairs, he couldn't stand the behavior of some yamen and officials in the court.

Now one of the disciples of Wu Xun actually wants to study, and he has pointed out the difficulties faced by many current problems in one sentence. Qiao Yingjia recommended him, which should mean that he should be carefully inspected and cultivated.

Especially, the influence of the Supreme Emperor will gradually fade. Today’s Emperor first advocates the rule of loyalty and filial piety, and basically follows the Supreme Emperor’s governance style. It is still difficult to see the Emperor’s thoughts.

 But Qi Yongtai has always believed that this situation cannot continue, otherwise once the Zhou Dynasty encounters another major event like the Renchen Japanese Rebellion, it will really be in ruins.

 It’s just that the Emperor is still here, and the Emperor advocates loyalty and filial piety. It is impossible to suddenly overthrow many things of the original Emperor. However, Qi Yongtai has been observing, and Feng Ziying, recommended by Qiao Yingjia, is undoubtedly a weathervane.

The emperor specifically praised the decisive actions of Li Sancai, Qiao Yingjia and Chen Jingxuan, and also praised Feng Ziying's brave performance. Qi Yongtai naturally had channels to know about this situation, and he had been thinking about it.

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