Section 10 Anecdotes from the Academy
Qingpu Town is located in the eastern suburbs, only a few miles away from Qingyang Fucheng, on the side of the main road from Qingyang to Bonan and Guide, which is a traffic point. Originally, it was not a prosperous place, but after the establishment of Northwest University and Northwest Military College, it immediately brought a lot of business opportunities here. Merchants flocked to the place like flies smelling stinky meat, and inns, restaurants, and shops of all kinds immediately increased tenfold, and even some entertainment venues began to flourish here. You know, the students here are all paid political axes and military officials.
When Wu Feng, Ling Tianfang, and Lu Man came to the gate of the majestic Northwest Military Academy, they were immediately warmly welcomed by the academy teachers led by Fei Mu, the vice president of the academy, and many students.
Looking at Fei Mu and his entourage who came to welcome, Wu Feng himself felt a little embarrassed, a few years ago, he was still bowing his head in front of these teachers, and his eyebrows were pleasing to his eyes, he was afraid that he would not be able to get the school's graduation certificate, but after only a few years, this situation turned upside down, and it became that they came to welcome his inspection. This kind of contrast, so that Wu Feng can't help but sigh that the world is changeable, yesterday's immature child may be the hero of tomorrow, who can conclude that the students who do not perform well in this school will not become famous heroes and heroes when they walk out of the school?
Seeing that Wu Feng seemed to be a little distracted, Ling Tianfang hurriedly coughed and reminded, "My lord, Principal Fei, they are here." ”
Wu Feng came back to his senses at this time, hurriedly stepped out of the carriage, stepped forward, shook Fei Mu's hands affectionately, and respectfully greeted several other teachers with a student courtesy.
Seeing Wu Feng's sincere respect, the embarrassed smell of Fei Mu and many teachers was swept away, and it was replaced by incomparable pride. Originally, they didn't pay attention to the truant king of their original school, but they didn't expect that in just a few years, this little-known guy actually rose to the top and became the third envoy in the history of the empire to hold the military and political power, and his reputation has become a model for the younger generation of the empire, which really shocked the teachers in the academy and lamented the injustice of the world.
Fei Mu is a middle-aged man about forty years old, he was originally the deputy director of the Emperor Affairs Academy, and he was also a talent that Wu Feng had only poached from the Emperor Affairs Academy through various methods. He was a top student at the Imperial University in his early years, and after graduation, he stayed on to teach for ten years, with a high reputation, and then transferred to the Imperial Academy as the deputy director of teaching.
Wu Feng also respected him when he was studying in the college, he was not only knowledgeable, well-managed, but also rigorous in his academic attitude, which won the respect of the students of the college, although he could not catch up with the high morality of Dean Williams, but he was also the backbone of the college. But he was born as a commoner, so he was not liked by the upper echelons of the empire and was never promoted. When Wu Feng was preparing to build the Northwest Military Academy, he applied to the Imperial Administration of Culture, Education and Health and the Imperial [***] Academy for support, and he was invited first, and Dean Williams didn't want to release him, but thinking that he couldn't help him go to the next level, he had to agree regretfully.
Fei Mu himself was originally a little hesitant, after all, the northwest is far away, and the living conditions are too far worse than Yanjing, and his family has gone to the northwest, and I am afraid that there will be no chance to return to Yanjing. But if you want to take yourself to stay in Yanjing, you can't show your talents, so instead of being depressed all your life, it is better to go to the northwest to show your strengths. Wu Feng's condition was that he was the vice president, and let him preside over the standing teaching work of the college, and the monthly salary was one hundred and fifty gold coins, which was more than double his salary in the emperor's affairs college.
Under his exemplary role, many teachers who were limited due to their origins in the Imperial Academy of Affairs, Imperial University and even the Imperial Academy of Arts followed suit and moved their families westward, but fortunately, Dean Williams promised Wufeng, and the relevant officials of the Imperial Bureau of Culture, Education and Health also got the benefit of Wufeng, and they all opened the door to convenience, so the migration of these people was successfully completed.
The gate of the Northwest Military Academy was built quite magnificently, the gate was large enough to accommodate three large carriages or twenty people in parallel without being crowded, and two officers dressed in cadet clothes wore snow-white gloves on their hands, one held a halberd in their hands, and the other held a sword and shield, and their eyes were looking straight ahead.
When Wu Feng and his party walked by, the two officers did not squint, but simply stood upright to salute, and there were no other cumbersome movements. Wu Feng nodded with satisfaction, grinned silently, and expressed his appreciation, seeing the leopard, in just a few months, it is indeed not easy to reach such a point, so it can be seen that he was not wrong in choosing someone.
Walking into the door, you will see a huge bronze statue of three people, which is a famous product designed and made by Rodin, a master of the imperial generation, who has painstakingly invited the imperial generation of sculptors. On the left is an archer warrior with a bow and arrows, a rhinoceros looking at the moon and wanting to shoot a wolf, in the middle is a horse soldier with a halberd and a horse, and on the right is an infantry soldier who is holding a shield and raising a sword. In particular, the facial expressions of the archers who held their breath when shooting arrows, the unstoppable momentum of the cavalry, and the indomitable determination of the infantry soldiers were all expressed under Rodin's hands full of spirit.
The whole sculpture seems to be made in a natural way, without the slightest defect, so that the viewer can not help but be immersed in this unparalleled masterpiece.
The three figures represent the three main components of the army: cavalry, infantry, and auxiliaries.
Due to his age, Rodin has long lived in seclusion at home in Heshuo County, and does not care about the world. However, Wu Feng was humble and sent someone to the door three times to plead, and in view of Wu Feng's sincerity and Wu Feng's high reputation in the Empire, Rodin accepted the request exceptionally, and after careful design, created this masterpiece of no other. After completing this work, Rodin officially announced to the outside world that he would retire and rest and never make any more works, and said that this work, which is called "the world crosses", is his pinnacle work, surpassing any of his previous works.
On the pedestal at the lower end of this work, the words "Northwest Military Academy" are inscribed on it. Although these words are like a knife and axe, it is also considered extraordinary, but compared with the above works, it does not seem to be above a level, which makes the audience feel sorry, and even more, there are unknown circumstances called the dog's tail mink, which seriously affects the image of the college, it is recommended to eradicate these words, and invite Wang Fuzhi or Gu Zhenqing in the calligraphy industry to wave it, but after carefully looking at the person who signed the money under these words, everyone was silent.
It turned out that the small print in the following line was "Li Wufeng in a certain year and a certain month". It is said that at the inauguration ceremony of the academy, a lot of nonsense, proposing to eradicate these words, someone was scolded by Wu Feng for this, until he agreed to invite Wu Feng to the best Fengyue place in Qingyang at that time - Guifei Yuan to spend three times, Wu Feng was considered to give up, and promised not to pursue him again for the crime of destroying the reputation of his superiors.
However, afterwards, after Hua Yumei, Lu Xianxian and Guan Yingying learned about the incident, they all ridiculed Ailang for not being self-aware and actually wanted to compete with contemporary calligraphers. Wu Feng disagreed, and explained confidently that he had a specialization in the art industry, and his specialty was to govern the army, and it was rare for calligraphy to have such "attainments". As soon as these few words came out, it made several female surnames lean forward and backward with laughter, and it was difficult to restrain themselves, and the description of "dog-tailed mink" spread far and wide, until decades later, it became one of the jokes in Wufeng's harem, which made Wufeng linger all the time. Someone has also paid a terrible price for decades, and every time Wu Feng is lame because of this, he will find someone and ask for amends, so as to "soothe the wounded heart", which makes someone very annoying.
However, this move also played an unimaginable role in promoting the popularity of calligraphy in the later empire, and Wu Feng was strict with his children in the years that followed, requiring them to have beautiful calligraphy, and equipped their children with special court calligraphy teachers. Due to the importance of the emperor, calligraphy was valued in all parts of the empire, and the development of calligraphy entered a golden age of stability. Even someone's descendants have bluntly claimed that their ancestors have made outstanding contributions to the development of calligraphy.
Walking into the campus, it is a large-scale competition field with an area of several hundred acres, looking from afar, horse tracks, runways, sand pits, open-air wrestling fields, training grounds, and martial arts platforms are readily available, and the scale is no less than that of the Emperor's Affairs College. On the right side of the arena is the college's classrooms and dormitories. The red walls are green and the trees are shady. When Wu Feng was preparing to build the college, he proposed to build "four first-class", first-class facilities, first-class teachers, first-class discipline, and first-class standards.
The two schools spent a lot of money on this, and even Xiao Tang, who attaches great importance to education, thought that it was too advanced and did not conform to the current reality, and there were quite criticisms, but Wu Feng insisted on going his own way on this matter and did not accept the different opinions of others.
The graduation ceremony was held in the small hall of the college and was attended by all current students of the college. The ceremony was not complicated, first of all, Zhong Li Wuji, the director of the college, presided over the ceremony, then Fei Mu made a short speech and announced the outstanding students in the training, and then the guests present awarded honorary certificates to the winning students, and finally Wufeng gave a speech.
Wu Feng's speech was extremely brief, but quite concise: "Everyone, everyone is the elite of our northwest soldiers, and the purpose of your coming to the academy is very simple, that is, to learn to better fight the enemy and save yourself. Although you have not been studying here for a long time, I hope that you will learn not only military knowledge, but also your will and wisdom will be honed. It is not difficult to become a soldier, but if you want to become a qualified officer, you must have a cool head, accurate judgment and an iron will, only with the above points, he is a real soldier, I hope that you can gain something from the points I said through this study, it is enough. ”
After the ceremony, Wu Feng, Ling Tianfang, Lu Man, Fei Mu and Zhong Li Wuji and their group of five people walked along a small lake at the east end of the academy, and by the way, Wu Feng also wanted to know about the operation of the academy. The environment is quite beautiful, and the lake is lush and full of ancient pines. This is also one of the reasons why Wufeng chose the address of the academy here.
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