Zhao An was lying on the desk, pulling a ball-shaped toy with his hands.

The teacher gave this to him yesterday.

The teacher said this thing is called a globe.

Although Zhao An has always regarded the teacher as a heavenly being and feels that the teacher is omnipotent and omniscient, Zhao An still finds the many unheard of knowledge displayed by this thing too unbelievable.

Are we living on top of this thing?

Why didn't it fall?

Maybe the teacher just used it to amuse himself?

Hearing the sound of footsteps outside, Zhao An quickly stopped the rotating globe, then sat upright, folded his hands on the table, and stared at the book, looking like he was concentrating.

Zhao An is ten years old this year.

He was less than six years old when Wang Zhu took him away from Bianliang.

Many things in my memory have been blurred.

I only remember that when I was leaving, a woman cried very miserably. General Wang Zhu said that she was his mother.

What impressed me most was the fire that turned half the sky red.

What burns is your own home.

Then came the displacement.

Until I found a teacher.

Enlightenment began at the age of seven, that is, on the day of enlightenment, the teacher told me his true identity.

He is a young prince of the Song Dynasty, but he is a descendant of King Jing, who is known as the Ni Wang. Therefore, his identity must not be told to outsiders.

Although he is only seven years old, Zhao An also knows what the words "Ni Wang" represent. The teacher dares to take him in. His courage is not small.

But as I got older and knew more, the teacher never tried to hide anything from me, so I finally got a rough idea of ​​what kind of person the teacher was.

No wonder the teacher dared to take him in without fear of the court's criticism.

Because he himself became the enemy of the imperial court.

From the time I turned ten, my teacher began to take me to some important meetings.

And my identity is not Zhao An, I am just an ordinary student next to the teacher. From the perspective of outsiders, this is the teacher's attention and cultivation to me.

It seems that people who know their true identity can be counted with one slap.

I just remember that at a very small gathering, the teacher asked me to salute a few people solemnly, and those few people also stood up and returned the salute.

With a slight cough, Zhao An turned his head, and sure enough he saw the teacher walking in with a smile. He quickly stood up, lowered his hands and frowned: "Teacher, are you here?"

Xiao Cheng nodded and smiled, walked in, and sat cross-legged opposite him.

"Do you have anything to ask today?" Xiao Cheng asked as he reached for the book in front of Zhao An and flipped through it casually.

Xiao Cheng's teaching to Zhao An was very different from ordinary schools.

Those enlightenment-style educations are usually completed by other people. Xiao Cheng simply doesn’t have the time. If it wasn’t Mr. Cen or Luo Xin, Li Fang also taught for a while in the past. Who was following him anyway?

When Xiao Cheng was in charge of government affairs or as a consultant, he would also teach this student.

When Xiao Cheng faced Zhao An, he taught in a question-and-answer style.

Zhao An asked and Xiao Cheng answered, or Xiao Cheng asked and Zhao An answered.

Then Xiao Cheng elaborated on Zhao An's doubts or confusion.

Zhao An likes this kind of teaching mode very much. It is relaxing and he can learn a lot of things that are not available in books.

For more than a year, I followed my teacher, went to various occasions, participated in various meetings, listened to various discussions, and found that many things in this land are consistent with what is said in the book.

Not quite the same.

I once asked my teacher if the sages in the books were wrong.

Otherwise, why don’t teachers do what they say when they are administering policies?

Because Zhao An saw with his own eyes that the people in the land now managed by the teacher seemed to be living very well, at least much better than when he first came here.

I still remember that when I first came to Guizhou, what I saw was a mess of rags and countless people with no clothes or food, which was comparable to my own miserable situation.

But in the past two years, this situation has become increasingly rare.

Every time I go out with the teacher in the past two years, what I see is the sun rising and setting, cocks crowing, dogs barking, cattle and sheep flocking, and those people who are still crudely dressed have many smiles on their faces.

Needless to say, at least there are very few people with yellow and thin faces anymore.

The feeling of starvation is really unpleasant.

When I first fled, I suffered from hunger.

Wang Zhu obviously had great kung fu skills and a sword that could cut iron as well as clay, but he never tried to snatch it away. Wang Zhu would only fight back if someone grabbed it on their head.

Don't rob, don't snatch, don't steal, this is Wang Zhu's principle.

So both of them suffered from hunger along the way.

Along the way, although Zhao An was very young, it had a huge impact on him.

It turns out that is called the principle of conduct.

The teacher's answer is also very interesting.

He did not say that the sages were wrong.

He just said, this time, that time.

The situation the sages encountered was completely different from our current situation, so the way they dealt with it was naturally different.

What we want to understand now is the essence and core of the sages’ expositions. That is the real good thing, which can be called the Tao.

The means to solve problems can only be called techniques.

We follow the teachings of our ancestors.

What we have changed is the technique.

The times are advancing. If we stick to the old ways and stick to the methods of the past, we will inevitably not be suitable for the development of the current era, and trouble will occur.

Therefore, we must move according to the time and the situation.

The teacher said that some of the methods he is using now may not work in his own generation. When that time comes, there will naturally be new things and new methods to replace him.

The wheel of history rolls forward. Although there will be twists and turns along the way, it will never go backwards.

At best, it's just a spiral.

As long as the Tao remains unchanged, the means can be chosen flexibly.

"Teacher, is there any happy event today?" Zhao An looked at Xiao Cheng and asked.

Xiao Cheng laughed and said, "Xiao An has grown up a bit and is now more aware of people's emotions. There is indeed a happy event today, and there are more than one."

Zhao An raised his face and waited for Xiao Cheng to continue explaining.

"The first thing is a private matter!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "Your junior wife is pregnant. In seven or eight months, you will have a junior brother or junior sister."

"Congratulations to the teacher, congratulations to the teacher!" Zhao An was excited: "No wonder the teacher is so happy."

Xiao Cheng laughed, Jiang Yingxue was feeling unwell today, and Sun Jing happened to be in Guiyang to talk to Xiao Cheng. By the way, he asked this well-known national player to feel Jiang Yingxue's pulse. This touch revealed a piece of great news.

"The second happy event is what happened in Dali!" Xiao Cheng touched his chin and said, "But the killings there are too fierce. As for you, you just need to know that the matter will be of great benefit to our Song Dynasty.

It will take at most one or two years before we can take it into our hands, and the territory of the Song Dynasty will expand again."

Dong Xian captured Shanchan Mansion, and more than ten troops rushed in.

The fate of Shanchan Mansion can be imagined.

The most prosperous capital of Dali in the past has now become a hell on earth.

The Gao family was destroyed by the vengeful Dong family, Bai family and other clans.

Even Gao Yingxiang's wife and children in Shanchan Mansion were all killed by the red-eyed coalition forces.

Dong Xian had not yet gained a firm foothold in Shanchan Mansion. Gao Yingxiang, who was almost crazy after hearing the news, had already led the border troops to fight back. The two armies fought several times outside Shanchan Mansion. Although Gao Yingxiang won a great victory,

But he failed to storm into the city in one go.

The coalition forces finally regained their composure, and Dong Xian immediately re-established a descendant of the Duan family as the new emperor, and in the name of the new emperor issued King Qin's edict to all parts of Dali. For a time, the powerful forces entrenched in various places were

After hearing the news, they started to mobilize their troops and headed towards Shanchan Mansion, the place where the storm gathered.

Don’t tell anyone, you can walk and watch the scenery, but if you don’t go to such a big scene, you will definitely miss an opportunity to develop.

The whole of Dali has become a mess.

And this is exactly what Xiao Cheng wants to see.

Some teams promoted or even controlled by Zhiqiuyuan of the Statistics Department were also mixed in and headed towards Shanchan Mansion. However, the great monk Huiyuan still traveled around the country. With his identity, wherever he went, no matter what aspect he was in,

The army welcomed him warmly.
To be continued...