Dao Fruit

The sun was blazing.

Outside Xingjing City, in a field, students were sweating profusely while working.

Sometimes they bent down, sometimes they stood up, and many of them looked back from time to time, looking at the field not far away.

There, there were many strong soldiers. Although they did not hold swords, their eyes were as big as copper bells, staring at the students working in the fields, giving people a kind of spiritual pressure.

It is worth mentioning that the materials of these soldiers' battle robes were exquisite, and they were different from ordinary soldiers at a glance.

At this time, seven days had passed since Qiu Yan met the emperor and submitted a memorial.

During these seven days, Qiu Yan went to the Imperial College for five days, giving lectures and conversations, and passed on a little concept of the way of knowing and doing to many students. Although it also deepened the impression in some people's hearts, it was still very ineffective in terms of school inheritance.

The reason is very simple. The doctrine involves a person's view of the world and behavior, which cannot be changed in an instant. Not to mention, there are various other factors that make the students' interest and motivation to accept a new doctrine very limited.

In fact, some students have speculative ideas, thinking that if they join the school that is just beginning to take shape now, their status will be so high when the doctrine really grows.

But such people are often more realistic. After learning about Qiu Yan's behavior in the officialdom, they predict that he has broken the rules of the officialdom and must have offended several major families. Therefore, such people did not choose to belong to the knowledge and action school.

In this way, everything Qiu Yan has done in the past few days seems to be useless. It has no effect on the students in the Imperial College. It is just an episode in their lives.

However, this episode is longer and more tortuous than they imagined.

All these changes started yesterday.

When the students came to the Imperial College early in the morning as usual. When they were sorting out their studies and classics, waiting for the lectures and examinations, they received a notice -

Informing them to get ready, they would leave the city in the afternoon and go to a village in the suburbs of the capital.

This kind of thing is not unfamiliar to the students, and they have experienced it before. How pleasant it is to go to the mountains and forests with one or two friends in their spare time, sing and enjoy the mountains and rivers? Go a step further. Call friends to watch farmers work, watch shepherds lead cows, and write poems. Isn’t it fun?

However, this kind of thing like sightseeing was solemnly summoned by the Imperial College. For a while, many students were still a little confused about the reason. They planned to wait and see.

Unfortunately, their plans did not last for half a day and were broken by the cruel reality -

It turned out that this time they were asked to come here not to take them to travel, but to let them work in the fields!

This work lasted for most of the day. At night, they could not return to the city and had to spend the night in a simple house in the village. Eating simple meals, enduring mosquito bites, the bed was even colder and harder, and the bedding had a strange smell, which really made many students miserable.

However, due to various reasons, they still endured it, but they still had this thought in their hearts, thinking that maybe it was too late, the gate of Xingjing was closed, and they could not go back. They could go back to the city after spending a night here.

But what greeted them the next day was getting up early to carry water and fertilizer, and continue farm work!

"How can this be! It's simply insulting! A scholar can be killed but not humiliated. How can such humiliation be endured?"

They worked until the sun was shining brightly, and finally a student couldn't bear it anymore. He smashed the water scoop in his hand to the ground, stood up, and shouted to leave the field.

But the soldiers at the end of the road stepped forward immediately. When the two stood there, their strong bodies blocked the road. The student who was walking showed a little hesitation and fear when he saw it. He stopped and shouted: "I am a student, and I have the title of Juren. You two soldiers dare to stop me?"

Unexpectedly, the two soldiers sneered, and one of them said: "But Juren, even the princes and ministers have been stopped by us, so how can we not stop you? If it weren't for Qiu Xueshi's advice, do you think you are willing to come and look after you?"

These soldiers were actually borrowed by Qiu Yan and the emperor. They can be called guards in the palace. Although their ranks are not high, most of the guards in the palace have extraordinary backgrounds. The innocent children of ordinary people may not be selected. Only the descendants of nobles are the mainstream.

Such people are usually called second-generation ancestors. They follow the path of noble martial arts. They will not be engaged in literature in the future, but will practice martial arts. They are fearless, and they are young and energetic. How can they be afraid of students?

The students of the Imperial College have a promising future and have their own achievements. If they were ordinary soldiers, they would certainly not dare to offend him, let alone stop him, but now these soldiers are not buying it at all.

"You!" The student gritted his teeth when he heard this. He felt humiliated by doing the crude farm work, and now he was stopped by the soldier in front of him, and his anger immediately broke out, "Okay! The imperial court nurtured scholars with such care, but I didn't expect that Dr. Qiu came to the Imperial College and fell to this point. It's really too humiliating! Well! I, Lu Han, will die here today, so as to warn future generations!"

Although it was sudden to come to the village to work this time, from yesterday to now, there have been rumors from the mouths of several straight talkers who came with him, so the students already knew that it was Qiu Yan who pushed behind the scenes, which led to today's incident, so this student Lu Han said such a thing.

His voice was loud, and the students who were busy in the fields felt sympathetic when they heard it. When they heard that the man wanted to die to prove his integrity, they felt a surge of hatred for him.

After Lu Han shouted, he became angry and immediately looked around, as if he wanted to find a tree and bump into it. However, the nearest tree was also ten steps away, so he became anxious again and became worried. He bumped into the two soldiers regardless, shouting to himself: "You guys hack me to death! Hack me to death! Kill the people of the country and let's see how you answer!"

The two soldiers frowned and felt impatient. They came to check on the supervising students. They were not very willing to do so. How could they look good when they encountered such an unreasonable person?

Seeing that Lu Han was about to collide with the two soldiers, suddenly, an invisible soft force spread over, between the two, taking away all the impact of Lu Han, and then pushed his body away. Stay.

"Do you think it's insulting to ask you to do farm work?" Then, a voice came from the side.

Hearing this sound, Lu Han trembled. He followed the sound and saw Qiu Yan walking slowly.

At this time, Qiu Yan's dress was different from usual. He was no longer in a clean and neat Confucian shirt, but in a coarse linen suit. His trousers were rolled up to his knees, and his feet were covered in mud. He looked like an old farmer.

In fact, after leading the supervisors to the villages and towns and into the fields, Qiu Yan took the lead and took the initiative to work in the fields. Even the two direct disciples he brought with him, Zheng Yun and Meng Sanyi, did the same.

It was also because of this that the other supervisors could endure it for such a long time, but looking at Lu Han's appearance, their patience was almost reaching its limit.

When asked by Qiu Yan, Lu Han was slightly flustered. Only then did he realize that what he just said had offended this imperial celebrity and academic upstart. However, he was unwilling to bow his head easily. He could only bite the bullet and said: "Why is it not an insult?" ? As the saying goes, each profession has its own specialization, and everyone should perform their own duties. I study to learn and follow a polite path. In the future, I will be a pillar of the imperial court, but I am forced to work in the fields and endure the heat and filth. Who can bear this? Those farmers have long been accustomed to the wind and sun, and they are different from me. Everyone here should think the same as me. "

"Scorching heat and filth? Are you talking about the weather and the earth?"

Qiu Yan walked up to him, shook his head and said, "Without good weather and thick soil, where would the food come from? Without food, it would be difficult for you to live, and you still want to study?"

At this point, he looked at the other person's face carefully, and then said: "I remember you. When Qiu first entered the Imperial College, you and Chen Feifan launched an attack together. They said that the country is for the people, and the common people are men farming and women weaving, supporting a country. But when you came to do this farm work, you said you were insulted. Do you think the life of this common people is not worthy of your status? "

"this……"

Lu Han originally planned to argue, thinking that his "specialization in the art" was reasonable, but when he heard Qiu Yan's words, he felt a thump in his heart and thought something was wrong.

On the opposite side, Qiu Yan withdrew his gaze, looked around at the many supervisors who were listening, and said loudly: "We talk about serving the country and the people, but it would be a bit ridiculous if we don't even know what people's lives are like. I still remember that day, Qiu said Two questions? One of them is the content of the conversation at that time, and the other is your behavioral experience!”

He pointed at Lu Han and continued: "He feels that doing farm work is an insult and is not as noble as studying. But it is such a person who keeps saying that he wants to be patriotic and serve the people on behalf of the people of the world. Qiu wants to Let me ask, is he patriotic on behalf of the people, or is he using the people as a slogan to express his own opinions? "

When the supervisors heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other.

Chen Feifan in the crowd looked even more gloomy. After seeing Lu Han's actions and hearing the words "There are specializations in the art," he planned to take advantage of the situation. However, looking at the current situation, Qiu The trap of words can no longer come out.

"Do you know why there are such big contrasts and loopholes between your words and deeds?" Qiu Yan was still talking, "It's because you only think about it and know it in your heart, but you haven't done it or experienced it personally. Everything is based on your own imagination. Once it encounters reality, it will collapse immediately. How will you go about it? "

Having said this, he shook his head: "To be honest, with your current skills and knowledge, you can easily be swayed by rumors. Not to mention your future officialdom, even if you want to be a corrupt official, you may not be qualified, and you will be exposed easily! "

Boom!

After Qiu Yan finished speaking, in Xingjing City in the distance, a jet of black lightning suddenly appeared out of thin air and struck the palace!

Suddenly, the ground trembled slightly.

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