No matter if you are a human or an immortal, you can still farm for me after traveling through time!

The second day was the day to participate in the problem solving session. It was field holiday in the academy and most of the students had gone home. Most of those who stayed in the academy wanted to go to the problem solving session and have a look.

Seeing that the time was almost up, everyone made an appointment and set off to Qingshi Academy together.

Qingshi Academy is different from their Chaomingshan Academy. Chaomingshan Academy is built on rocks and in a remote corner of Shandan County, while Qingshi Academy is located in the bustling county, facing the street and within the former county government site.

If Ji Qingyue were to comment, Qingshi Academy would be a proper school renovated from a county government building, a high-end institution in a luxurious area, dedicated to the children of government workers and wealthy families.

Qingshi Academy is located at the old site of the county government office, and the new county government office is only separated from the academy by a wall.

The gate of the old county government office was where court hearings were held. When there was a case, people would stand at the gate to watch the county magistrate judge the case. Now it has become the gate of Qingshi Academy.

The gate of the old county government office still remains as it was after it was burned by fire after the Uighurs invaded Shandan. Black scorch marks remain on the wooden planks and brick walls, and cracks appear in the wood. The plaque and symbol of "The Mirror Hangs High" in the lobby The huge screen with the words "Integrity and Integrity" was almost burned down, and the writing and drawings could no longer be seen clearly. There were also traces of knife and fire marks on the walls and pillars.

Miserable.

These were specially preserved by the county magistrate at that time.

Decades ago, when Dali and Uighurs fought fiercely back and forth to establish a stable border line, Dali was defeated once, and Uighurs invaded Shandan and massacred them, burning, killing, and looting.

After driving away the invaders, the county magistrate who took over saw the miserable situation in Shandan and immediately built the county government office next to a wall, while retaining the miserable situation of the old county government office. He wanted the students who came to study in the academy to remember the miserable situation at that time. , never forget the purpose of studying.

Today, only the gate and lobby remain as they were at that time. The second hall, inner courtyard and other rooms have been converted into an academy. After decades of improvement and expansion, the interior of the Bluestone Academy has become a unique place. To describe it as quiet and elegant is too euphemistic.

Li Sanlang and his classmates walked through the auditorium hall and passed through the broken screen of "Hanging Mirror". Behind them was the gate of Qingshi Academy. The two children raised their hands and waved: "All students, please."

Inside the academy, there are green bricks and black tiles. Around the screen wall, a stone statue of Wenquxing stands in the vestibule, as if inspecting the students who enter.

The students all bowed their heads and bowed. After paying homage to Wenquxing, they continued to walk in and walked through a door into the second courtyard of the academy. This is the formal school. Inside are classrooms with signs indicating A, B, C, and D hanging on the door.

After walking through the second courtyard, passing through the Martial Arts Hall and the Library Pavilion, we finally arrived at the backyard. The circular arch was wide open, and there was a greenery inside. The straight thin columns blocked the direct line of sight, hiding the world of the backyard.

It is a bamboo forest, an indispensable object of praise for literati.

The precious gold-inlaid Polygonatum odorifera and early bamboo occupy a large area inside the door. The greenery rustles with the wind. A stone road winds through the bamboo forest and leads to the garden.

Li Sanlang's evaluation of the word "luxury" is not an exaggeration, with carved beams and painted buildings, pavilions, pavilions, and indispensable pools with sparkling water.

In previous years, the sharp corners of lotus flowers had appeared in the pond at this time, but now they are nowhere to be seen. There are only waterlilies swaying in the water as the koi fish move the water. It is probably due to the influence of the government's renovation of the temple, the county magistrate ordered people to remove them from the pond. lotus.

Various rare orchids are planted in the garden, dotted with hostas, hyacinths, rhododendrons, and narcissus. Together with green trees, the spring atmosphere is charming. Just looking at it makes people feel happy and forget to leave.

"Hengwu's glow", "wind lotus evening fragrance", "bamboo forest green in winter", "water pond smoke at dawn"... are all unique scenes in the academy throughout the year.

There is also a riding and shooting garden behind the garden, where there are more than a dozen red-maned horses.

Qingshi Academy is one of the few academies in Shandan County that teaches horseback riding and archery. The cost of raising horses is very expensive and cannot be afforded by ordinary academies and ordinary people.

At this time, many students had gathered in the garden. The county magistrate's son Zhou Mengsong and his classmates entertained other students in the garden who came to participate in the problem solving session.

While Li Sanlang was chatting with others and waiting, a figure in brown clothes appeared on the stone road in the bamboo forest. He was followed by several people and strode into the garden with his head held high.

It was Fang Ying'an, Fang Gong's son from the state capital, and his classmates and friends.

Zhou Mengsong saw Fang Ying'an approaching and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him. After all, he was the son of his father Shangfeng. No matter how tense the two had been last year, they still had to smile when they met.

Fang Ying'an didn't come to cause trouble. He nodded without saying anything and followed Zhou Mengsong in.

Zhou Mengsong led people directly into the pavilion where the question-solving meeting was held. This meant that other people could also go up to the building and the question-solving meeting could begin.

The servants walked into the garden and reminded the students to go up the stairs.

The maids had already prepared refreshments in the building and laid out paper and pens.

The pavilion is only three stories high and is not used for distant views. What you can see from the third floor is just enough to see the entire garden. Rows of long bamboo trees planted along the courtyard wall can just block the view.

Don't look at anything inappropriate.

Zhou Mengsong and Fang Ying climbed to the top of the pavilion and opened the window to see the greenery from another perspective, full of spring scenery.

Fang Ying'an politely thanked Mr. Zhou and told Mr. Zhou to feel free to do anything. Then he and his friends sat by the window to enjoy the beautiful scenery.

Of course, the top floor cannot accommodate all the students, so futons and long desks are set up on the second and first floors so that other students can think and do questions. There is a boy on each floor. They are responsible for passing down the words from the third floor to the floor. Students downstairs can also know what’s going on upstairs.

If the students downstairs also want to answer the questions, they can write the answers on paper and give it to the boy to pass upstairs. The boy will convey the arguments and comments vividly at the same time, and the identity of the narrator will be announced in advance.

The fact that the boy conveyed it word for word was not enough to shock them. On the contrary, it was even more amazing that they could finish what the narrator said as soon as he finished speaking.

Li Sanlang and Du Yuan found a seat on the second floor and sat down. The child rang the bell and heard the words from upstairs being conveyed: "Yang Lingzong of Qingshi Academy asked the question, and the master said: 'Purifying and subtle is easy to teach.' Today If you study his calligraphy but don’t know what the four are, how can you explain their meaning and state their numbers?”

After hearing the question, the students calmed down, and Li Sanlang and Du Yuan were also thinking about the meaning of the question.

This is a simple opening question to arouse the interest of all students. "The Book of Changes" is a book that all students must read. As long as you read it carefully, you will know these four words.

Saint Qiu once said: "Purifying the subtle essence is easy to teach."

Along with this sentence, the sage also said four other sentences: He is gentle and honest as a person, which is the teaching of poetry; He who is far away from others is the teaching of calligraphy; He is broad-minded and easy to enjoy, and he is happy to teach; He is thrifty, thrifty and respectful, which is the teaching of etiquette; He is clean and quiet The subtlety is the teaching of Yi; the comparison of words and things is the teaching of the Spring and Autumn Period.

How do you explain cleansing and subtlety?

If you are righteous, you will get good luck, if you are erroneous, you will get bad luck. If you don't follow the evil path, you should follow the good and get rid of the evil. This is called purity.

Subtlety means profound and subtle. The principles of change in all things in the universe are profound and subtle, and have their own rules. It is necessary to peel away the appearance and find the hidden truth.

This question was easy to answer, and many students downstairs wrote their opinions and submitted them.

At this time, the boy on the third floor rang the bell lightly and said: "Gongzi Anfang, the room shadow of Lupan Academy in Ganzhou, everyone has read "The Book of Changes". Let's not talk about the profoundness of it today. From the previous question, I think of yesterday. What you see, can you tell me about the 'purifying essence'?"

"Zhou Mengsong, Mr. Zhou said: I don't know what you saw?"

Fang Ying'an: "Yesterday I was at the inn and saw a juggler on the street. He could control a copper ball to fly flexibly. Have you heard about it?"

Most of the students nodded after listening. The juggler performed on the main street of Shandan for a whole day. Anyone who walked on the street had heard about it if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, so they naturally had something to say about Fang Ying'an. reaction.

Li Sanlang also remembered what the tall man said yesterday. The man's eyes were full of surprise, and the copper ball looked as magical as he said.

Although he didn't know what the truth was, when he heard others say this, he didn't completely believe it. Instead, he was wondering what it was that made the copper ball fly.

Just because Brother Ji told the story about "two children arguing about the sun", it was enough to calm him down for a long time. Until now, he still couldn't understand what Ji Qingyue said, so he didn't believe that the juggler could control The copper ball flew up.

Zhou Mengsong: "I also saw it in a nearby restaurant. The copper ball was indeed inspected by more than a dozen people before being returned to the juggler. Then the juggler let the copper ball fly from the last person's hand. Is this what brother is talking about?"

Fang Ying'an continued: "Yes, I don't know how you can explain the 'clean subtlety' in your hearts?"

Zhou Mengsong choked, and the third floor suddenly became quiet.

Fang Ying'an turned a blind eye to everyone's silence and continued: "I have a friend who said this: Everything has its own foundation. If you all believe that this is a miracle, it is really ridiculous. I was upstairs that day. You can see clearly that many of the students believe it very much and say it is a miracle. If this is the case, how do you feel when the officials deal with the temple? Do you support this holy order? Or do you have complaints in your heart? "

I don't know if it was because Fang Ying'an said some of their inner thoughts, but everyone was too frightened to speak.

Unexpectedly, Fang Ying'an's "map cannon" attacked everyone this time.

Some students lowered their heads in shame, not knowing how to refute.

Fang Ying'an didn't want to mess up the question, so he said in a relaxed tone: "I have a question, you can discuss it yourself. If people look up to the grain and silk to survive, if the grain and silk are abundant, they will not suffer from hunger and cold, and then they can practice benevolence and righteousness. The way is to take measures in a peaceful land. Today, the more grain there is, the more silk the poorer will have, and the poorer people will be. Why? There are not many cultivators but there is more grain, there are not many silkworms but there is more silk, there is more than enough, but there is not enough, so why? ?”

Zhou Mengsong seemed not to want this matter to be revealed lightly, and then his slightly ashamed voice came down from the third floor. The boy did not repeat it: "What Brother Fang taught me today is that Brother Zhou knows what is wrong. You must rely on your own opinion. The art gardens are full of oriole. I have never seen dwarves watching a play. They all follow what others say. If we don't have self-esteem, we are blind and blind. We can only be at the mercy of others as we go up. Today is a miracle. Tomorrow is the protection of the Buddha, and eventually he will lose his original mind and be unable to discern the purity and subtlety within it.”

He understood what Fang Yingan meant.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Mengsong bowed his head and admitted his mistake. People present thought that they would quarrel again and become irreconcilable mortal enemies.

In fact, everyone who knows understands that they are not children, and they will not make friends based on their likes and dislikes. Moreover, their identities are not simple. One is the beloved son of the governor, and the other is the legitimate son of the county magistrate. They have been in the officialdom for a long time. Naturally, he knows how to assess the situation, and the stakes are all clear.

When people get along, it is not a narrow relationship of either friends or enemies. There is always something that people can appreciate about the other person. Fang Ying is in a high position and it is inevitable to speak straightforwardly, but he is willing to hit the nail on the head and point out the problem. This is rare. Zhou Mengsong recognized his mistakes and could bow his head and admit them in front of everyone. He set a very good example, which is also commendable.

Li Sanlang had a smile in his eyes, thinking that this test meeting was really not in vain. Fang Ying'an was both knowledgeable and courageous, and Zhou Mengsong also knew how to advance and retreat.

Fang Ying'an's sharp question made people unable to react at once. It seemed that some people were feeling that this was the case at the moment, while others realized later that the country had reached this point. Some people were not even aware of it. It dawned on me tomorrow.

This is a policy statement about people's livelihood, and it talks about the current phenomenon. The causes of this phenomenon are very wide, and it is not easy to think about them all in a hurry, so a few friendly people got together to discuss it.

The atmosphere of the question-solving meeting has picked up again.

Li Sanlang was deeply touched by this. The fields were vast, and cultivated food accounted for a large part of them. There had been no natural disasters or major chaos in these years, so the harvested food was naturally considerable. However, there were more and more poor people, and bandits were also increasing. more.

The source of all this is the land.

Compared with fifty years ago, the domestic situation is now considered calm, and there are almost no wars that shake the country. The theory that farmers lose their land due to wars is not valid.

It can only be caused by other man-made disasters.

In order to start a new round of farming innovation, Emperor Hui recruited farming talents from all over the country, invented new farming tools and irrigation tools, improved planting methods, and taught people how to brew, breed, plant, and make fertilizer. The yield per mu finally increased from a stone's throw. Go up to two stone.

Naturally, more and more food is grown, but gradually, the land is slowly concentrated in the hands of a few people, including the powerful, landlords, temples...

Li Sanlang seemed to understand the official's purpose of disposing of the temple.

One question after another, each floor has its own excitement. There is never the most accurate answer to these questions. The people on the third floor also provided various thinking directions, which benefited everyone a lot.

Finally, someone had the courage to ask Fang Yingan how the juggler did his tricks.

Fang Ying'an just smiled: "Speaking out is just a break in life. It's not easy to make a living. As long as he doesn't use this to deceive and deceive, I don't care. But if you are easily deceived again, don't say that I didn't do anything today. I have warned you. Finally, I wish you all a bright future."

He cupped his hands, and after saying that, he took his friends to bid farewell to Zhou Mengsong, turned around and went downstairs, and left Qingshi Academy.

Fang Ying'an is just an aristocratic young man in his early twenties, with bright eyes and high spirits, but he actually came up with these questions and used them to enlighten everyone. Both this approach and this experience are extremely difficult.

Your evaluation of this aggressive house master has completely reversed.