Before Zhou Kaihuang came to the Fifty-one Pavilion, Ren Tang, who heard about it, put on a posture of Zhuge Liang, predicting that the Fifty-one Pavilion must be built with flowers, and I don't know how beautiful it is to make Baoguo Gong linger.

Although Zhou Kaihuang still did not agree, he also agreed with Ren Tang's views in his heart, just as he secretly agreed that Deng Ming's guards should be handed over to the command of the Imperial Army Command. Since Deng Ming named the command organization the Command, wouldn't it be in vain if he couldn't command a certain imperial army? Perhaps aware of Zhou Kaihuang's thoughts, Zhao Tianba once mentioned the allusion of the 26th guard of the imperial front when he was looking for Zhou Kaihuang to drink: whether the supreme command organization is called the Ministry of War or the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, no matter what kind of majestic name it has, it can't control the head of Jinyiwei. So don't be itchy when you see a team of elite cavalry, now that the command is controlled by the military and not by the prefect's yamen, let's hurry up and have fun, don't think about the treasure in the hands of the Baoguo Gong anymore.

This time, Deng Ming's stay in the Fifty-One Pavilion was really a bit long, and Deng Ming had said that he would return to Chengdu for the New Year before the Chinese New Year, and at the same time meet with the members of the Imperial Diet. But after leaving Jiading Prefecture and returning to Chengdu, Deng Ming sent a letter saying that he was going to go to the Fifty-One Pavilion first, but as soon as he entered, he didn't come out again - this can be regarded as the New Year in Chengdu, but everyone thought that Deng Ming would definitely accept the New Year of the hundred officials of western Sichuan in the yamen of the Chengdu prefect.

After the Chinese New Year, Deng Ming still did not leave the Fifty-One Pavilion, and used the excuse that the Imperial Assembly had not made any important decisions, and everything was running normally in Chengdu, so he was not needed to go. This statement made many officials dumbfounded, but fortunately, various institutions in western Sichuan have indeed become accustomed to operating normally without Deng Ming, so Deng Ming's absence is just one less opportunity for everyone to be excited, but it does not have much impact. It's already the middle of February, and spring ploughing, distribution, training, and all the work is going on in an orderly manner.

After entering the Fifty-One Pavilion, Zhou Kaihuang didn't feel how good it was here, all the buildings were newly built, and they were definitely stronger than the small villages and towns of other pavilions, but most of the places looked very desolate, far from being compared with Chengdu, Chunxi Road was changing every day, and it was already quite prosperous.

"I really don't know what to do in this place?" The deeper you go into the Fifty-One Pavilion, the more serious this doubt in Zhou Kaihuang's heart becomes, the biggest feature of the Fifty-One Pavilion is that there are many signs all over the place, Zhou Kaihuang basically doesn't know it, and after asking the accompanying rangers, their answers are also inexplicable to Zhou Kaihuang.

This time, Zhou Kaihuang came to Deng Ming, mainly for the sake of the academy.

After Hui Shiyang and Gong Yan arrived in Chengdu, there was an uproar in the academy soon. That is, the first day or two, probably because the two sides are not very familiar with each other, and there is still a little room for talking. But soon Gong Yan and Meng Zhengfa became "familiar" and began to attack each other frantically.

At first, the focus of the two sides was on who ruined the Huguang war situation in the Ming court. Meng Zhengfa has the advantage of being a first-hand witness, and the students of the college also find the accounts of those who have experienced them more reliable. It's a pity that Gong Yan's military experience is much stronger than Meng Zhengfa's. As a self-taught guerrilla warfare expert, although Gong Yan did not spend a day in Huguang, any flaws and omissions in Meng Zhengfa's narrative could not escape his sharp eyes.

Zhu Zhiyu originally wanted to help Meng Zhengfa, but it didn't take long to find that he couldn't help at all, and what was worse was that Zhu Zhiyu soon found that he was about to be persuaded by Gong Yan's analysis.

Meng Zhengfa and Zhu Zhiyu also thought of asking Chen Zuocai to help, using his status as a sacrificial wine to call on teachers and students to support the Jiangnan faction and suppress Gong Yan. But Chen Zuocai was unwilling to cooperate. Chen Daxian wine is just a gentleman from Yunnan, and the highest title he got in the past is only a thousand presidents! Chen Zuocai is a scholar, in the past, the literate people in the academy were small landlords and rich peasant children who were drawn from the southeast to Sichuan by the Ming army. But when Chen Zuocai saw Meng Zhengfa and Zhu Zhiyu, who came from the southeastern places where the literary style was flourishing, he already felt that he was not as capable as others.

Recently, the two Jinshi who have come to the academy to give lectures are Hui Shiyang and Gong Yan, who are Jinshi! Besides, Gong Yan also served as a provincial school administrator. Not to mention asking Chen Zuocai to call on teachers and students not to listen to Gong Yan's remarks, Chen Zuocai himself wanted to listen to the teachings, and subconsciously felt that Gong Zuocai was right and correct.

Seeing that it was a complete rout after only a few days of fighting, Meng Zheng found another way in a hurry and began to attack Gong Yan's character. He shouted loudly in the academy, telling everyone that Gong Yan burned the god card of the Ming Emperor of the past dynasties, you must know that Gong Yan is a Jinshi personally ordered by Emperor Chongzhen, not only did he not want to repay the emperor's kindness, but also did this kind of thing that people and gods were angry about. Meng Zhengfa questioned all the professors and students at the lecture at the college: Can a thief who dares to burn even the Son of Heaven's god card believe his words?

Meng Zhengfa's attack was very effective, and suddenly many people changed their suspicious eyes to Gong Yan, not only Zhu Zhiyu had a common hatred for the enemy, but even Chen Zuocai's reverence for Gong Yan suddenly lost a lot.

However, Gong Yan's counterattack also followed, he told everyone that Meng Zhengfa insulted the teacher, not only in front of him, but also in books, and even scolded with friends. Gong Yan asked the professors and students of the academy to think about such a question, if a person can even do something to deceive teachers and destroy ancestors, then can he still tell the truth?

Immediately, the academy was in an uproar again. And these stories were brought back to the parents by the children and told to their parents, and were spread to the pavilions by the professors.

Although Gong's counterattacks were equally powerful, Meng Zhengfa found that attacking each other was the only way he could save the disadvantage. Soon Meng Zhengfa invented the tactics of close pressing, every time Gong Yan lectured, Meng Zhengfa started the class next to his classroom, leaving the door wide open, and always looking for an opportunity to take advantage of the topic when lecturing, and shouted two sentences at the door instead of at the students below: "Gong Zheng burned the god card." ”

Meng Zhengfa's shouting was extremely loud, and Gong Yan would hear his shouting several times every time he gave a lecture. Not only were classes interrupted, the students were restless, but the teachers were also distraught. Gong Yan wanted to explain to the students very laboriously, and it couldn't be easier than Meng Zhengfa simply shouting this sentence. It is very difficult to explain to students the distinction between "Renjun" and "Dufu", and it is necessary to observe the expressions on the students' faces, sometimes choke, sometimes lament, to mobilize the students' emotions, and it is also necessary to tone down and frustrate to achieve the best effect. And in the shouts of "Burn God Main Card" from next door, it can't be completed.

Unable to bear it, Gong Yan also returned a tooth for a tooth, shouting at the opposite classroom: "Meng Zhengfa deceived the teacher and destroyed the ancestors!" ”

In this way, Meng Zhengfa succeeded in lowering the debate from the level of academic and historical analysis to the level of scolding. And Meng Zhengfa thinks that he still has a great advantage, because he is still young, and Gong Yan is already a seventy old man. However, Meng Zhengfa still underestimated Gong Yan, he thought that Gong Yan would be defeated in a few days because of old age, but he didn't expect that Gong Yan had fought guerrilla warfare in northern Shaanxi for fifteen years, and his body was very tough, and he confronted Meng Zhengfa for two hours every day without losing his strength.

But then the course can't go on. Gong Yan, who was originally able to argue, is now always nervous and even stumbling when lecturing, and often loses his temper angrily. In the end, Gong Yan felt that it was not possible to go on like this, and the students were sitting down and listening, but after a class, it was estimated that what impressed them the most was the two sentences of "burning the main card of the gods" and "deceiving the teacher and destroying the ancestors", which could not have the effect of publicizing their own ideas and doctrines at all.

Gong Yan changed his teaching methods and began to tell stories to everyone, the main content of which was how this group of scholars in the southeast was subservient in front of the Qing army. Interesting stories such as "the water is too cold" and "itchy scalp" are not too brain-wrenching, even if someone in the classroom next door is shouting, it will not affect Gong Yan's organizational language, and it can also popularize the knowledge of King Lu and Qingshi. Everyone loves to listen to these stories, and after discovering that Gong Yan's tactics changed, Meng Zhengfa also learned the same, and also began to tell stories, revealing the old background of the soldiers who defected to the camp.

You said Zheng Zheng's cane mother, I mentioned the cheating of the Fu Society, the two of them counted down the decades of things, and copied them down, anyone who was involved with the people who broke in or descended, whether it was the same year, the teacher, the teacher of the same year or the same year of the teacher, no one could run, how to sensationalize how to come.

In the end, not only Chen Zuocai and they couldn't listen to it, but even Liu Jinge and others, who had just heard the laughter, gradually realized that something was wrong.

Chen Xijiu was already very angry, and he complained to Governor Liu in private that these people were not good people. He originally admired the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River very much, especially Donglin, but now he felt that the scholars outside the northwest had no good things. Jiangnan celebrities beat their mothers with sticks, Donglin also specializes in fraud in imperial examinations, not only deceiving the king, but also stealing their fame and future from scholars who study hard in the cold window. After seeing Deng Ming, Zhou Kaihuang told him that now Chengdu officials feel that the academy is a bit excessive, and the people who go to listen to lectures every day are not like going to listen to lectures but like listening to commentaries, and after they came out, they spread everywhere: "Isn't this a monkey show in the academy?" ”

"Monkey play? This word is good, just like Brother Liu and Brother Yuan, haha. Deng Ming couldn't stop laughing, many people thought that the academy was a place to train officials, and the majesty of officials was closely related to the face of scholars, if this farce continued, in the end, the western Sichuan government would have to suffer the consequences.

However, what Deng Ming wanted to build was a university, and he asked Zhou Kaihuang rhetorically: "Why do you want to think about the face of scholars?" ”

"But Chen Saijiu said that if this kind of trouble continues, in the end, the people will not respect the scholars."

"Whether a scholar or not, if a person is not worthy of respect, he should not be respected, and if he wants to be respected by others, he should pay attention to his words and deeds, instead of trying to cover them up, I think this is very good." In Deng Ming's opinion, the monkey play between Yuan Xiang and Liu Jinge last time was performed very well, and the effect was many times better than the jokes prepared by Deng Ming, and this Sichuan Academy's exposing activity also made Deng Ming feel very surprised: "In the past, the students who came out of the academy were convinced of what the teacher said, and if they encountered inconsistent doctrines, they could rise to the height of the battle between good and evil, and Donglin would still die in his own nest." How can there be a eunuch after the apocalypse? It's all Donglin dog eats dog, whoever loses will become a eunuch! ”

Deng Ming felt that through this incident, the students in Sichuan could understand that what the teacher said was not necessarily right, let alone true, and that most of the officials on both sides were bastards, and the mad dog did not need to sympathize with one side if it was fun to bite. The truth of the universe can only be discovered by physicists and not philosophers, and students lose some of their superstitions about philosophers, but they may improve their scientific spirit, Deng Ming felt that this deal was very cost-effective: "Since Brother Zhou is here, let me show it off and lead you around the Fifty-One Pavilion." ”