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bamboo forest.

The master and servant squatted opposite each other, staring at a small pit in the middle.

Fei Ruhe muttered: "It's been three days since I planted it, why haven't the gourds sprouted yet?"

"Is there something wrong with the seeds?" Fei Chun thought about it, suddenly realizing that he had solved the case, he stood up angrily and said, "It must be the old farmer who gave me bad seeds. He is really bullying me!"

Fei Ruhe rolled his eyes: "There is no grievance or enmity. Why did he give you a bad seed and ask you to beat him up?"

"Young master, what you said makes sense," Fei Chun squatted down again and muttered, "Is it because the water is not enough?"

Fei Ruhe asked: "Do you water it every day?"

Fei Chun said: "Yesterday, the water was spilled on the way, so I peed instead. The farmers on the farm also use excrement and urine to irrigate the fields. I heard that it is more fertile than clean water."

"asshole!"

Fei Ruhe was furious and rushed to grab the book boy's shirt: "How dare you use your own urine to wet my gourd baby? I, I... I will kill you!"

Fei Chun panicked and begged: "Master, please spare your life. Feces and urine can fertilize the land, and the gourds will only grow better."

Fei Ruhe refused to give up and kicked the boy over with his kick: "Even if the gourd babies grow faster, when they are born, they will not be willing to call me grandpa. Most likely he shouted: "That thief, you actually let me Eat shit and drink urine, and I will teach you that you will not die a good death today!"

"No...it can't be." Fei Chun sweated on his forehead, realizing the seriousness of the problem.

"puff!"

Zhao Han had been in the bamboo forest for a long time, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Fei Ruhe finally let go of the boy, pointed to the small pit where the gourds were grown, and said to Zhao Han, "Could this gourd baby be stillborn and be suffocated to death by the smell of urine?"

Zhao Han couldn't help laughing: "Master, it's late autumn and early winter now. Who do you see planting crops in the winter? And it only took three days after planting. Even if it sprouts, it doesn't take that fast."

"Yes, yes, not that fast!" Fei Chun quickly agreed.

How could a young master or a bookboy know how to farm?

Zhao Han couldn't help but ask: "Master, are you crazy? Do you really think this can grow gourd babies?"

Fei Ruhe chuckled and said, "I'm not really stupid, I'm just doing it for fun."

Fei Chun got up from the ground: "I will play with the young master."

Zhao Han: "..."

I bet these two are not fools, they are just acting there to relieve their boredom.

Fei Ruhe picked up his broadsword, waved it casually a few times, and asked, "Why did Mr. Sir let you out today?"

"Oh," Zhao Han sighed, "I lied about having a stomachache and slipped out to get some air."

Fei Chun immediately gloated and laughed: "Haha, the young master said you could last for half a month, but unexpectedly you couldn't stand it for three days?"

Who can bear it?

Pang Chunlai was afraid that Zhao Han would not be able to keep up with his study progress, so he gave him small tutoring classes every day and did not let him rest after school.

At the beginning, Zhao Han studied very seriously and recited "The Great Learning" while lying in bed.

He thought this would help him get out of his misery early. Unexpectedly, when Pang Chunlai saw his rapid progress, he became more and more excited as he taught, and announced that he would extend the after-school tutoring time.

It’s really just like reviewing for the college entrance examination!

In three days, Zhao Han was able to recite the entire "Great Learning".

This was nothing, it was only about 2,000 words in total, and anyone with a better memory could handle it, but Pang Chunlai also asked him to memorize Zhu Xi's annotations.

That’s extremely nonsense, and the text alone is nearly 10,000 words long!

Zhao Han would never memorize the comments. This was not in line with his learning philosophy. The main text has exquisite sentences and can be recited in its entirety, but Zhu Xi's annotations only need to be understood, so forcing it to be recited is a waste of time and energy.

"Calabash Baby" is not long, so I took the time to finish it yesterday, and the master and servant no longer bothered him at this moment.

Fei Ruhe swung the sword and began to practice. Zhao Han sat beside him and watched him dance with the sword, and asked casually: "Where did Master Pang come from?"

"I don't know." Fei Ruhe did not stop and struck out with one knife after another.

Fei Chun put down his stick and was lazy: "I heard from the eldest young master that Mr. Pang used to be a staff member. His benefactor was some kind of high-ranking official, but he could no longer hold office due to party strife."

It turns out that this is indeed not an ordinary old scholar.

In the last years of Wanli, the party struggle was fierce.

The Zhejiang Party, the Qi Party, and the Chu Party are jointly called the "Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang Party." They took control of the Nanjing Jingcha and drove out the Donglin Party members. The Donglin Party took control of Beijing's capital and police, and also vigorously expelled the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang Party.

Since then, the two sides have taken turns taking charge of Beijing and Chacha, and have intensified their attacks on each other.

After Wei Zhongxian gained power, the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang parties, which could no longer hold on, turned to the eunuchs one after another to form the eunuch party.

I can't tell who is good and who is bad, I can only tell half a dozen things.

Zhao Han suddenly became interested in current affairs. He immediately ran to the library and borrowed several handwritten newspapers with his student card.

They are all outdated news from half a year ago, and freshly published news is worth a lot of money.

Opening a copy of February this year, I can understand the official transfer, but I don’t understand the meaning behind it at all.

Zhan Shilong, the political envoy to the left of Shaanxi Province, was transferred to the post of Minister of Guanglu Temple in Nanjing.

This transfer can be understood as a rise in power and a fall in secret, and he was thrown to Nanjing by his political opponents to retire. It may also be a precursor to being re-employed (unlikely). Using the minister of Guanglu Temple in Nanjing as a springboard, his career will rise rapidly.

Which faction does James Long belong to? Is this change good or bad? Who is his backer in the DPRK?

Zhao Han's eyes darkened.

But he was not discouraged. Instead, he took out his calligraphy practice paper and recorded various key words according to the newspaper.

After copying a few copies, it was almost time for class.

Back in the classroom, students came one after another, and Pang Chunlai announced the review and recitation as usual.

Zhao Han ran to the podium and said, "Sir, the students have a few questions they would like to ask."

"That's how hard you should work." Pang Chunlai was very happy.

Zhao Han asked in a low voice: "Who is Zhan Shilong?"

Pang Chunlai narrowed his short-sighted eyes to examine Zhao Han: "What did you ask him for?"

"The student just went to the library and read some newspapers." Zhao Han said.

Pang Chunlai originally wanted to criticize a few words and urge Zhao Han to study hard. But he felt that Zhao Han was well-behaved and there was no need to say anything more, so he answered the question: "Zhan Shilong is from Guangxin Prefecture. His hometown is next to Qianshan. He is from the Yongfeng family. His son Zhan Zhaoheng is now studying at Hanzhu Academy. , This boy is a genius, I am afraid he will be a Jinshi at a young age!"

Good guy, I asked a local when I arrived. His son is still studying on the mountainside.

Fei Yinghuan's good friend Hu Mengtai spent all his family wealth to fight against the Qing Dynasty. After defending the city for several months, both his wife and his wife died for the country.

Zhan Zhaoheng, as Mr. Pang said, also spent all his wealth to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and personally led an army of 3,000 men to set out. Only 18 people survived, and he died heroically for his country.

In the small Hanzhu Mountain, there are two anti-Qing patriots who are studying in seclusion in the academy.

Fei Yinghuan was reluctant. He later joined Fushe to fight against the Qing Dynasty. After his failure, he fled back to his hometown and lived in seclusion.

Zhao Han continued to ask: "Who is Lu Shanji?"

"This person is Sun Chengzong's right-hand man... No," Pang Chunlai suddenly opened his eyes and glared angrily, "You are too young to study, so why are you asking these courtiers what they are doing?"

Zhao Han explained: "It's just a casual question. The student just read the February Tang newspaper, and the first minister mentioned was Zhan Shilong, and the second minister was Lu Shanji."

Pang Chunlai shouted: "Get out of here!"

Zhao Hanma walked away and didn't dare to stop any longer. Master Pang was really angry.

Pang Chunlai closed his eyes to rest, his chest was floating, his breathing was rapid, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

The name Lu Shanji reminded him of some past events, some very unhappy past events!

Pang Chunlai's benefactor was called Wang Zaijin. Unlike what was recorded in the "History of the Ming Dynasty", Wang Zaijin was not someone without far-sighted strategies and no knowledge of military tactics. He started his career by fighting against Japanese pirates, and half of the official positions he held along the way were related to the military.

In the second year of Tianqi, Wang replaced Xiong Tingbi in the Jin Dynasty and served as the Minister of War and the right deputy imperial envoy, and conducted military operations in Liaodong, Jizhen, Tianjin and Denglai.

Wang Zaijin advocated strategic contraction, giving up most of the territory outside the pass, and building passes layer by layer with Shanhaiguan as the center. In this way, Liaodong's military expenditure and military pressure can be reduced, and it can focus on defense of strategically important areas and seize the opportunity to launch attacks.

As a result, Wang Zaijin was finished. He actually dared to reduce Liaodong's military expenditure, and he actually dared to voluntarily give up the inherent territory of Liaodong's generals!

Yuan Chonghuan was pushed out as a pawn and snitched to Ye Xianggao.

Then Sun Chengzong took action and asked to inspect Shanhaiguan. After returning to Beijing, he said that Wang had no ability in Jin, so he began to build a long and narrow defense line on a large scale. From then on, Liaodong completely turned into a military black hole.

Just in March this year, Wang Zaijin came back.

Within half a year, he first served as Minister of the Ministry of Justice, then as Minister of the Ministry of War, and then resigned from office and returned home.

Wang Qia, who had never been involved in military affairs, succeeded him as Minister of War. This man was the disciple of Zhao Nanxing, the leader of the Donglin Party!

Pang Chunlai read the Tang newspaper every month. When he saw that Wang Zaijin resigned from office and returned to his hometown, and Wang Qia took over as Minister of War, Master Pang thought to himself: Liaodong is over...

(What does Sun Chengzong say? Military capabilities are very impressive. This statement may make some readers feel uncomfortable.