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Chapter 1134 Chapter 1134: Losing the vest (Part 2) [Asking for monthly votes]

 Shen Tang really didn’t know much about Xia Houyu.

She didn't lie to Zhai Le either. Fate did play a large role in her motive of taking the two of them into her account. If there is really a fatal problem between the two of them, this fate is not necessary. She said very naturally: "Quqing Academy? Is there a problem with the academy?"

 Shen Tang, who was familiar with Zhai Le, was not polite to Zhai Le at all.

Ask if you have any questions, with a natural attitude, as if the two of them have never been separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, let alone more than ten years apart, just like before. Zhai Le looked into Shen Tang's eyes and looked dazed for a moment. The bald girl in front of her gradually matched the energetic young man in her memory... well, they didn't match at all, and Zhai Le burst out laughing.

 Laughing inexplicably.

Shen Tang cast a murderous look: "Are you laughing your **** off?"

Zhai Le raised his hand to cover the smile that could not be suppressed at the corner of his mouth, trying to redeem himself from the rudeness just now: "Ahem, I suddenly remembered a happy event, and I was thinking about what name to give my son..."

 The hair on Shen Youli's head is less than his son's fetal hair.

When his son was just born, Zhai Le lamented that the boy had less hair, unlike Da Ya and Er Ya who had dark and thick hair. The midwife on the side carefully complimented him, saying that this was a good sign that he was "extremely smart". Zhai Le naturally didn't believe this nonsense, and the successor of Qu State would only be Erya. This son is a bit mediocre and can just live as an idle and wealthy clan member under the protection of his sister.

 If you are really "extremely smart", it will be painful.

However, this word is just right for Shen Youli.

Shen Tang knew as soon as he heard that he was perfunctory with her, and he did not hesitate to join in for reference. Just as he was about to change the topic, Zhai Xiaofang asked a very awkward question: "Does Youli have any heirs?"

Shen Tang was even more upset: "What are you doing?"

"Of course it's a marriage. If your family has a daughter, I will marry the son. This child is just a few days old and can be molded into a look that my wife likes. It won't be a bad idea to take him back as a son-in-law. If your family has He is a son. He is much older than Daya, but Erya is just right. The girl in red robe you saw on the mountain that day is the one who picked out me and her mother for her appearance and outstanding talent. I will definitely not call you. My son is at a disadvantage."

Shen Tang: "Oh, you've thought quite carefully."

Zhai Le's eyes lit up: "Okay?"

Shen Tang said: "Yes, yes, but before that, I have to trouble you to collect a group of outstanding talents from the Qu Kingdom and send them to me. The more, the better, the better, the better. I don't want any of them. Okay." Only seeds can grow good seedlings, right?”

 Zhai Le: “…”

 At the moment, I don’t know whether to say that Shen Youli is thick-skinned for actually asking for talents from her, or whether she should be surprised that her friend is still alone at such a young age. This is not because there are not many heirs, but because there are no seedlings. How can the courtiers of Kang State still sit still?

 He pretended to be sorry: "Oh, what a pity."

Although Zhai Le's suggestion was just a whim, if Shen Tang really had a daughter, he would really push it forward - letting his son go to Kang State to get married, which would not only deprive the child of inheritance rights, eliminate potential civil strife, but also form an alliance with Kang State. .

 Make friends from far away and attack close by, saving worry and trouble.

“…Let’s talk about Quqing Academy.” Didn’t Zhai Le really yearn for free love back then? Why, after not seeing each other for more than ten years, would he be so interested in arranging a marriage for his child after he became a father, but be so heartbroken that he didn't even care how many days after his son was born? This kid has also learned to deflect conflicts. He also wants to raise a son for him, and his daydreams are quite beautiful.

 Zhai Le is not in a hurry.

Handed out his hand to Shen Tang: "Is there still wine? After all these years, I still think wine made from young pears has the best taste!"

 Let him miss her for many years.

Shen Tang was speechless: "If a king wants to drink, why can't he?"

 The wine business was a powerful tool for Shen Tang to pay off Xun Zhen's debts. It was not only sold within the territory of Kang State, but was also taken away by merchants at high prices and sold to other countries. As far as Shen Tang knew, these wines had no worries about sales. She didn't believe there were no traders selling it to Qu State.

Zhai Le said: "It's mixed with water."

 It is a more polite way of saying that it is mixed with water. To be precise, it is water mixed with wine. The more times it changes hands, the higher the water content and the lower the alcohol content. The purer the taste, the higher the price. Even if Zhai Le is the leader of the country, he can't ignore people's livelihood and be extravagant and wasteful, right? Shen Tang spread his hands: "There is no wine container here."

Zhai Le said: "It's simple."

The weapons that were used for fighting just now were used to split stones.

 In just a few clicks, two prototypes of stone bowls were made.

 Just right, one for each person.

  Shen Tang: “…”

Looking at Zhai Le's cow drink, Shen Tang was even more speechless: "Your ministers abused you? How come it's like you haven't drank for eight hundred years?"

Zhai Le smiled bitterly and said: "The preference of the country's leader should not be too obvious. Once it is implemented, domestic merchants will use precious grains to make wine. Wouldn't it harm people's livelihood? No matter how much you like it, you can only restrain it."

Shen Youli’s drinks are free and the purest.

Wouldn’t it be a pity not to seize the opportunity to drink to the fullest?

Shen Tang muttered and filled the stone bowl for him.

"That's pitiful to say..." As she said that, Shen Tang thought of herself, she was just laughing at the same time, and she couldn't help but feel that things hurt others.

The only savings are from rewards from another king.

Has anyone believed this?

The more he thought about it, the sadder he became, and Shen Tang became bored.

Zhai Le was startled by her heroic actions. Seeing that Shen Tang was not as drunk as before, and his expression was clear and clear as before, he suddenly sighed: "...Time is really ruthless, even you can drink."

  Shen Tang: “…”

The two of them, who had been separated for many years, were sitting on the ground on a hillside outside the city. You drank one bowl of wine and I drank the other. Shen Tang was still thinking about "Quqing Academy" in her mind, and thought that Zhai Le was just making a joke to change the subject and didn't want to talk to him, but Zhai Le took the initiative to talk about it.

"...Xiahou Zikuan and Gu Yourong, there is nothing wrong with them themselves, and there is nothing wrong with the Quqing Academy behind them at first glance, hahaha, but do you know? Southeastern countries have jointly opened the Holy Land of Mountains and Seas, and the quotas have been different in each year. When the weather is good, there are nearly 500, and when the weather is bad, there are only more than 400. However, Quqing Academy has only 50.

As the leader of the country, Shen Tang certainly knows how much national luck is required for each quota. In this world full of hunger and war, national luck is so rare. Coupled with the clan's selfish desires and profit transactions, even more national luck is secretly embezzled. The national fortunes of hundreds of countries on the mainland are in deficit every year. Every time the national fortunes of the Holy Land of Mountains and Seas are opened, they are frugal and save little by little.

Quqing Academy, 50 exclusive possessions?

Zhai Le nodded and said, "Yes, fifty."

 For a moment, she thought about many things: "Which country's clan controls Quqing Academy? A powerful country in the southeast?"

If a country is strong and has a lot of national fortunes, and people are willing to give quotas to the highest official school in the country to encourage, win over, and absorb civilian talents, the logic makes sense. It is equivalent to using quota to directly buy people's hearts. Even if there are many hidden dangers, the results are quick.

Zhai Le shook his head: "No, its founder Qu Qing, a layman, was not even a descendant of a wealthy family, but came from a humble family. A trip to the holy land of mountains and seas made him one of the top scribes, and his path as a scribe was perfected. He He chose a hilltop to build Quqing Academy, made aspiration to the way of heaven with his literary heart, devoted his whole life to practicing "education without distinction", and made all his life's treasures public for people to read. This move attracted countless people from poor families to come here. Come. Not only that, he also persuaded many aristocratic families to lend out their unique copies..."

Shen Tang said: "He is admirable."

"It is indeed admirable, but it is a pity that he misjudged the human nature of people. It has been more than a hundred years since the establishment of Quqing Academy, and many of its students have obtained high-ranking officials and generous salaries in various countries. There are many small countries in the southeastern continent, and they still have each other. To be able to form an alliance, these students worked hard, and Quqing Academy worked hard to pull the strings, giving the entire Southeast a longer-lasting stability than elsewhere. Quqing Academy became famous among the common people in one battle. It was extremely high, and all scholars were proud to be in Quqing. Even later, there was an unwritten rule that people who had nothing to do with this academy had to pay several times or more than ten times more than ordinary people if they wanted to climb to a high position. Try hard, but you still can’t have a life-or-death feud with them..."

 At first, the kings of various countries also wanted their heirs to attract more talents, so they sent their heirs here to study and make friends with heroes.

There are so many children in these clans, and the royal families and ministers in the court of various countries also have selfish motives, and want to put the secret operations in the open - I don’t know who is the smartest person to mention it first, but actually thinks that Quqing Academy has great achievements, and all the students in the academy are They are the best among people. If these students go back to other countries to take the assessment, they will come out on top. It will be easy to win the place in the Holy Land of Mountains and Seas...

 In this case, just skip the test.

In the past, I was particularly gracious and gave a few places to the academy, but at that time, I was trying to win over the students of the academy, but now I am doing it in a secret way to reserve the places for my own people. Externally, it is said that the students strive for their own merit and can get a place in Quqing Academy, where there are many talents. The place is fair and aboveboard, and it also adds a layer of gold to their own people.

 If you do this, the effect will be significant.

The outside world is really coaxed by the false glory, thinking that the heir is some kind of extraordinary genius who has received full bonuses from the predetermined quota.

 Others followed suit and it became the norm.

 The second dean of the academy also welcomes everyone and cooperates fully! It's just that what's fake is fake. After using this operation several times, a discerning person can see the trick. No one expected that the seemingly puppet dean would take the opportunity to turn against the guest and let Quqing Academy take the initiative.

He holds too many handles that cannot be seen in the light.

Coupled with the further expansion of the academy's personal network, the royal courts of these countries have to take into account their own ministers even if they want to fall out. The consequence of this is that the allocation of quotas has changed from the internal decision of each country to the internal decision of the academy. Quqing Academy does not want to break up with other countries. Both sides are always in a balanced state of win-win for peace and lose-lose for division. Externally there is harmony, but internally there is endless intrigue.

Zhai Le let out a breath: "The famous families who served as officials in the past can be called clans. Quqing Academy uses knowledge to win over people's hearts. The students exclude others with their fellow students and join forces to suppress those who are not from the Quqing Academy." A scholar, even a member of the country...isn’t it another kind of clan? Or a scholar?”

Shen Tang frowned upon hearing this.

"This situation is not easy to handle..." It doesn't matter if you offend a family. How big can a family be and how many talents can it produce? But a college that has been operating for more than a hundred years is different. How can the students related to this college be compared to a family?

 Although the latter’s connections are not as close as those of the former, the network of people is also immeasurable. Just hearing it gives me a headache.

 She changed the subject: "But it's not impossible to handle."

Zhai Le took a sip of wine: "Listen?"

Shen Tang said: "Private academies naturally come and go as they want, and even the king cannot interfere. But this academy is affiliated with the royal court. Even the issue of quotas for the Holy Land of Mountains and Seas can be solved under a different name to avoid turmoil. ”

Zhai Le smiled even more: "You and I have a good understanding."

 That’s what he planned at the time.

When he was planning to attack the country where Quqing Academy is located, he made up his mind: "...It's a pity that some people refuse to eat and drink as a penalty! I had a talk with the current academy dean, and the old man said it well to his face. As soon as he turned around and went back, he set a fire and perished in the flames together with Quqing Academy..."

Shen Tang: "...You must have something else you haven't said."

Zhai Le said sarcastically: "Ahem, just two threats."

I didn't say anything too extreme, I just talked to the dean to put the problems of Quqing Academy in the open. If the dean refuses to let the academy completely return to Qu State, then Quqing Academy can only become history and be disbanded! If you still don't agree and continue to fight to the end, Zhai Le doesn't have to be polite.

So what if Quqing Academy is so powerful?

There are no soldiers and horses under the name of the academy, and Qu State does not rely on the ministers from this academy. Not only that, Qu State has successively annexed several countries in recent years, and already has the capital to compete with the alliances of various countries. If he really wanted to kill him, Zhai Le wouldn't mind killing all the students from Quqing Academy under pressure. Zhai Le explained calmly: "...but these words are really just angry words, just to scare him."

Quqing Academy is also the place where my brother studied.

You don’t have to kill them all if you commit a crime yourself.

"...Doing this is also good for Quqing Academy, and it is their only way to survive." Zhai Le paused, "If the Southeast Alliance hadn't deliberately delayed it, the war in Qu State would not have been so smooth. Quqing Academy accounted for five All countries can’t bear the ten quotas, but no one dares to take the risk..."

The demise of Xia Houyu's homeland was just the result of the game between the alliance forces and Qu State. Because they couldn't bear the appetite of Qu Qing Academy, they sacrificed the small country and gave Zhai Le a chance.

Shen Tang turned around and asked, "What do you think?"

Xia Houyu and Gu De didn't know when they appeared, and they didn't know how much they heard. Zhai Le looked at the two of them as if they had expected it, and said, "For Shen Nujun's sake, I can let you go. But let me remind you first, don’t reveal your identity as a student of Quqing Academy to the outside world outside the territory of Qu State. What you are waiting for may not be a good treatment, but it will also be a fatal disaster. If you want to rebuild Quqing Academy. You should think twice..."

 Speaking, he glanced at Shen Tang meaningfully.

The expressions on both of their faces were extremely bad, just like the dean's reaction when he heard Zhai Le pierce the fig leaf. Zhai Le felt much better: "Youli, do you really want to accept these two?"

 You actually really think that Quqing Academy is a paradise of peach blossoms?

 Perhaps when it was founded, but now?

Zhai Le smiled at Shen Tang like a teenager.

“Young Li, be careful of making the same mistake again...”

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