A county magistrate and a group of official servants rushed in from outside. They were holding water and fire sticks. What could they solve with only twenty or thirty people?
A clerk in charge of the martial arts dormitory ran over panting and said: "Don't go back for the time being, wait until the situation calms down."
Hu Yantong grabbed him and asked, "What happened?"
The clerk said with a grimace: "The martial arts students and the imperial students fought, and the imperial students were injured. When the news spread, the imperial students started to cause trouble."
The martial arts students and the Tai students lived together, so it was normal for them to have conflicts, but they didn't expect the conflicts to break out so quickly.
Chen Qing asked carefully and soon found out the whole story. It turned out that Wang Bo and others were the cause of the trouble.
This year is the first year for the martial arts school. The management is relatively strict and martial arts students are not allowed to rent a house outside. Wang Bo and other yamen are not willing to squeeze three people into one room, so they decided to build a dormitory for Taipei students.
There are more than a dozen villas in the dormitory of the Taipei University students, which are for upper-level students. Three people share a courtyard and each person has a separate room. However, there are not so many upper-level students. There are three auxiliary courtyards that are empty. Wang Bo and others
The people moved in by force.
The other Tai students in these single-person courtyards are very jealous, but they are not qualified.
If you can't live there yourself, how can you allow others to live there? A dozen Tai students went to argue, but both sides started fighting. The Tai students were no match for the Wu students, and they suffered a big loss.
As the news spread, the three thousand Taixue students became passionate and surrounded the Wu students' dormitory, demanding that the Wu students apologize and get out of Taixue.
Chen Qing and Hu Yantong looked at each other. Today was the first day of registration, and school officially started the day after tomorrow. How could such a weird thing happen?
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At the first watch, the matter was still unresolved, so the dormitory management officials brought dozens of blankets and asked them to sleep on the floor in Qingyang Building.
But Chen Qing couldn't sleep, so he simply asked the officials to take out his bow, borrowed a pot of arrows, and went to the small school field to practice archery.
For more than a month, Chen Qing was no stranger and practiced hard every day. Even if he took a boat to Lin'an and rested ashore every night, he would still go ashore to practice archery.
Chen Qing's riding and shooting is no problem, but his weakness is that his foundation is not solid enough, and the foundation is his eyesight. The method to train his eyesight is very simple, shoot the copper coin eye in the sun, and shoot the incense head fire in the night. Chen Qing chose the latter. Every night,
He would light a stick of incense and shoot the flame from the incense tip a hundred paces away.
The surroundings were extremely quiet, only the chirping of insects could be heard, and there were still arguments in the dormitory, while Chen Qing was practicing archery alone.
A hundred steps away, ordinary people could no longer see the flame of the incense, but Chen Qing could see it very clearly. He pursed his lips tightly, pulled out an arrow, and shot the arrow while running horizontally. The flame of the incense suddenly disappeared.
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Behind a big tree not far away, Hu Yantong was sneaking around and opened his mouth wide. My dear! Uncle Chen's archery skills are so good!
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At dawn, Hu Yantong ran over like a gust of wind, "Old Chen, things are getting serious."
Chen Qing shook his head to drive away his sleepiness, sat up and asked, "What's going on?"
Hu Yantong looked around and saw that Chen Qing had slept in the corridor outside the room all night. His eyes widened.
"You can really sleep. This is a cold bluestone! You can't sleep without a blanket?"
"Now that you're used to it, let's talk about business."
"Those imperial students asked for an apology. Who are Wang Bo and the others? How could they possibly apologize? The officials coaxed and coaxed them, and finally calmed the situation down. But as soon as the officials left, a group of imperial students came to denounce them again. As a result,
The two sides scuffled again, and more than a dozen imperial students were beaten to bloody heads, and two others had their arms broken."
"Then what?"
"Now the Taipei students were so enraged that they all went to Ouchi to sit-in and demonstrate. The matter became a big deal."
Chen Qing had a headache for a while. Are these imperial students so idle? They even went to the palace to demonstrate for a few broken houses. If they have this energy, they might as well go to the front line to support the army.
Although Wang Bo hated him, the Taisheng was targeting all martial arts students, including Chen Qing himself, and it involved his own interests. Of course, Chen Qing was also dissatisfied with the Taisheng.
"This matter was foreshadowed at the beginning of the year. When we decided to cut off a corner of Taixue to run a martial arts school, we were jointly opposed by Taixue students. The Ministry of War repeatedly guaranteed that it would not infringe on their interests, so the martial arts school was started. As a result, what happened yesterday
As soon as he came out, the students were in trouble, and the old and new accounts were settled together."
Chen Qing sneered, "It seems they are determined to drive us away."
"That's right!"
Hu Yantong sighed, "As soon as this incident comes out, I guess the martial arts school won't be able to open for a while."
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The matter really got serious, and the Tai students' demonstration alarmed the official Zhao Gou. At this time, Zhao Gou was listening to Han Shizhong's report on the situation in Jiangbei in the imperial study room of Chui Gong Palace.
Zhao Gou is also very young, the same age as Chen Qing. He is of medium height, fair and frail, and has a very delicate appearance.
Zhao Gou didn't want to fight at all. He was taken hostage by the Jin soldiers. The nightmare experience in the Jin soldiers' camp made him fear the Jurchens from the bottom of his heart. However, the Jin soldiers attacked fiercely and insisted on destroying the Song Dynasty.
There is no choice but to bite the bullet and resist.
At this time, Prime Minister Lu Yihao hurriedly walked into the imperial study. Seeing someone in the imperial study, he hesitated and prepared to leave.
"What's the matter with Mr. Lu?" Zhao Gou stopped him.
"Your Majesty, I have something urgent to report!
"Say it!"
Lu Yihao glanced at Han Shizhong and said: "Your Majesty, the students of Taipei University are sitting in front of Donghua Gate to demonstrate!
Zhao Gou suddenly had a headache. During the years of the Jingkang disaster, the Taipei student movement had been running through it. His various demonstrations had been successful, and he had gradually formed a political force. Zhao Gou never wanted another Taipei student to appear under his rule.
sports.
"what's going on?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, it is still the same as last time, caused by the conflict between the imperial students and the martial arts students."
Lu Yihao reported to Zhao Gou in detail what happened last night, and finally said: "This time, the martial arts students were more arrogant and occupied the dormitory, which caused the conflict. Wei Chen believes that your majesty should punish the martial arts students to quell the demonstration.
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Zhao Gou frowned and said with great dissatisfaction: "The purpose of my martial arts school is to select talents, not to train such bastards who bully others. This kind of thing happened the first time I started a martial arts school. How can I continue to run it in the future?
"
Han Shizhong couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, can I please say a few words?"
"Han Aiqing, please tell me!"
"Reporting to your majesty, this time I attach great importance to martial arts. As your majesty said, this is to cultivate talents for the Song Dynasty army. For this reason, I made a special trip to the martial arts school yesterday and found some situations that are extremely worrying."
"what's the situation?"
"Your Majesty, the first thing I discovered is that only 30% of the martial arts students from the army are recruited. The remaining 70% are brought in through various connections. They are basically the children of eunuchs and powerful people, and most of them are former bodyguards.
They are obviously just here to gain a reputation as a martial arts school, and then appoint officials. Your Majesty, running a school like this has violated the original intention of the imperial court to run a martial arts school, and has also failed to live up to your Majesty's expectations."
Zhao Gou's face felt a little hot. In fact, he agreed to take proper care of the meritorious children, but he did not expect that so many people would be crammed in. Seventy percent of the places were occupied by these powerful and meritorious children.
"Then, according to Aiqing, is there any way to change this unfavorable situation?"
"There are ways. There are two ways. Wei Chen gave them popular names, one is called the sharp knife method and the other is called the dull knife method."
Lu Yihao was also interested and asked with a smile: "Can Han Shuai explain in detail, what is a sharp knife? What is a dull knife?"
Han Shizhong smiled slightly, "The sharp sword technique is very simple. Just cut off 70% of the officials' children and drive them out of martial arts. This is called the sharp sword technique!"
"inappropriate!"
Lu Yihao objected and said to Zhao Gou: "Your Majesty, since they have been recruited, driving them out again will chill the hearts of many ministers!"
"I understand that this method is indeed inappropriate, and I don't agree with it!"
Han Shizhong knew that they would not agree, so he smiled and said: "Since the sharp knife method is not appropriate, then try the blunt knife method, strengthen training, constantly hone their minds, and train these pampered officials' children into qualified soldiers!"
"This method is good and acceptable!"
Zhao Gou happily accepted the blunt knife method, but the water far away could not quench the thirst nearby. How to solve the Tai students' demonstration was the top priority.
"What are the demands of these imperial students?" Zhao Gou asked.
"Your Majesty, the Taixue students have only one request, which is to ask the Wushu students to move out of Taixue immediately."
Zhao Gou was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his hands. This incident had happened once at the beginning of the year. The imperial court also decided to build a martial arts school outside the city. Mixing civil and martial arts together would easily cause trouble.
"When will the martial arts school outside Nancheng be built?"
"Your Majesty, it will take at least two months."
"Then tell the students that the martial arts school will be moved out in two months."
Lu Yihao sighed, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that's not possible. They asked the martial arts students to move out today. They are extremely resentful and asked the martial arts students to get out today."
"Am I just willing to study civil and martial arts together?"
Zhao Gou was really annoyed and said: "If there is a venue, martial arts will not be mixed with Taixue. Lin'an is full of waste. Where can we find buildings and open space now? Do you want me to temporarily suspend martial arts and let them go back?"
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Han Shizhong smiled and said: "Since Your Majesty agrees with Wei Chen's blunt sword technique, why not implement it now and find some difficult things for the martial arts students to do first, so that they don't have to stay in Taixue, and at the same time, their abilities will be tested.
Hone their minds, and when they finish their work, a new martial arts school will be built, and the talents His Majesty needs will emerge from among them."
Zhao Gou and Lu Yihao looked at each other and asked the martial arts students to find something to do. This method is feasible.
