Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 307: Imperial College Lecture! (4k)
Hanlin Academy.

Su Yun carefully wrote down in the book: On June 16, the eighth year of Yuanfeng, I caught a meter-sized freshwater perch, and countless other fish weighing five or six kilograms...

Before I could start writing the rest, I saw Deng Runfu coming hurriedly.

Deng Runfu saw Su Yun and said happily, "You are here indeed."

Su Yun was surprised and asked, "How do you know that I caught a perch that is more than three feet long?"

Deng Runfu was stunned and said, "I don't know."

Su Yun smiled and said, "I measured it carefully. It's three feet and three inches long, which is a full fifty kilograms. Uncle Wen, I'll treat you to fish tonight. I'll let you try what it means to eat more than one fish."

Deng Runfu finally understood what Su Yun wanted to say, and he was a little embarrassed and said, "Okay, let's go to your house to eat fish tonight, but you have to do me a favor first."

Su Yun chuckled and said, "You have to advertise for me, too. I caught a three-foot-three bass."

Deng Runfu said helplessly: "What do you want?"

Su Yun looked at Deng Runfu in surprise and said, "Catching such a big fish is like writing an excellent article. Don't you have to show off?"

Deng Runfu thought for a moment, then nodded his head and said, "You are right. If you don't show others a great article, it will be like walking in the night in fine clothes. Okay, I will promote it for you, but I have a good opportunity here. You can show off to more people."

Su Yunxi said: "Really? Tell me quickly."

Deng Runfu smiled and said, "I have a class at the Imperial College. I've been too busy lately and really don't have time to go. Can you help me with a few classes?"

Su Yun groaned and said, "I may not be able to go to class."

Deng Runfu laughed when he heard this and said, "You are the top scholar who won the imperial examination and is the most famous scholar of classics in the Song Dynasty. If you can't do it, who can?
What's more, the course I teach is not one that follows a routine. It is a course I created myself. There is no routine in this course either. I teach whatever I want to teach.

You know, I am a Hanlin scholar after all. The students in the Imperial College are very respectful to Hanlin scholars, so they are interested in all kinds of things.

Most of the time, we just chat about trivial things, such as how to write an imperial edict, how we study, how to research, etc. It's all very simple.

If you want to be lazy, you can even tell me how you fished."

Oh, it’s an elective course.

Deng Runfu saw Su Yun was hesitating, and immediately became anxious. He bowed and said, "Ju Zheng, please do me a favor. I really can't leave. I have missed several classes. If I don't go, according to the agreement between me and the Imperial College, I will lose the Imperial College allowance!"

Su Yun was quite curious and asked, "Why, is the allowance for the Imperial College very high?"

"Not high, just a few dozen strings of cash a year," said Deng Runfu.

Su Yun laughed and said, "It's just a small amount of money, why are you so anxious? As a Hanlin scholar, you get a lot of salary and various allowances every year. Do you care so much about this little money?"

Deng Runfu said expressionlessly: "The salary is calculated, and I have to pay it back to my family every month. But the allowance from the Imperial College is mine. Do you think I am in a hurry?"

Oh, private money, I understand.

Su Yun chuckled, rubbed his fingers, and said, "I'm taking your place in class, so I have to take some money, right?"

Deng Runfu immediately showed a distressed look and said, "If you help me with a few classes, I will pay you according to the number of classes you have taken."

Su Yun finally nodded in satisfaction and said, "Then there is no problem."

The class was at around two o'clock in the afternoon. Su Yun had a meal in the corridor of the Hanlin Academy, went home to change into casual clothes, and then leisurely went to the Imperial College.

Su Yun had studied here for a while, so it was naturally easy for him to find the classroom.

There were quite a few people in the classroom, about thirty or forty, but it was still far from the huge crowds that Deng Runfu boasted about.

When these thirty or forty young students saw that it was a young man coming over, they couldn't help but sigh.

One student lamented, "Mr. Deng is getting busier and busier. I don't know when he will have time to attend class."

The student with a background said, "I've said it before, Scholar Deng definitely doesn't have time recently. He's the only one in the Hanlin Academy, and the court is very turbulent recently. Scholar Deng is naturally very busy. Let's go."

The students wanted to leave, Su Yun walked up to the podium and knocked on the table. Everyone looked at Su Yun, and Su Yun smiled and said, "Mr. Deng really doesn't have time, so he asked me to substitute for him. Anyone who wants to listen can stay."

One student bowed and said, "Sir, we are actually quite busy with our studies. We came here because we wanted to listen to the lectures of the Hanlin scholar. Now that the Hanlin scholar is not coming, we have to go to study for the regular courses. We are really sorry."

The others also nodded and wanted to leave.

Su Yun smiled when he heard this and said, "If you don't have to listen to Scholar Deng's lectures, but want to listen to Scholar Hanlin's lectures, then you can stay."

The student just now smiled and said, "Could it be that there are other scholars coming?"

Su Yun nodded, pointed at himself, and said with a smile: "I am not talented, but I happen to be a Hanlin scholar. If you don't mind, you can listen to me."

The students looked at Su Yun's young face and hesitated for a moment. Suddenly, someone shouted, "You are the young scholar Su!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the students became excited.

Who doesn't know the name of Scholar Xiao Su? Most of the students who came to the Imperial Academy in recent years would have heard of this name from their teachers and classmates as soon as they arrived. After all, Scholar Xiao Su was so powerful that he dominated the Imperial Academy for an era with his success in the imperial examination.

What's more, it was the first time that a great man wrote two magnificent works on Buddhist scriptures while still studying at the Imperial College.

People even have to read his "Collected Commentaries on Mencius" and "Collected Commentaries on the Four Books". What's more, in addition to studying, everyone will also study "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"!

The student just now said anxiously: "Master Su, I just didn't recognize the great man. Please continue the lecture and we will all listen."

Some clever students immediately ran out to call for help.

Su Yun was not in a hurry and said with a smile: "Then everyone, please sit down. Before coming here, Master Deng said that this course is relatively easy and you can talk about anything you want. So I won't set any rules. You can mention what you want to hear. If I can talk about it, I will tell you.

Of course, since I have no way to prepare lessons, I can only talk about what I know, which may not be comprehensive or in-depth. "

After hearing this, the students became even more excited.

Immediately, the students started to express their ideas.

"Mr. Su, please tell us about the Collected Commentaries on the Mencius. It is so interesting. Many of the ideas are so shocking, but after careful thought, they seem natural. Please tell us about this." A student suggested hastily.

But then another student retorted: "Mr. Su's Annotations to the Mencius has already explained it very clearly. Anyone with a little understanding can understand it. Don't waste your time on it.

"Xiaoxueshi Su, why don't you tell me about your fight against the Tanguts in the northwest this time? We only know that you won many battles in the northwest, and we have heard a lot of rumors, but we don't know whether they are true or not. Also, why did you fight so well in the early stage, but this time you went back to the original path?"

Someone else said, "Xiao Su, please tell me about the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms you wrote is so interesting. I have read it over and over again for more than ten times, but I still feel that the content is so profound that I cannot fully understand it.

Why don't you just talk about Romance of the Three Kingdoms? I think the economics, politics, innovation, and military affairs written in it are all meaningful things, not made up for the sake of writing a novel. If you can talk about it in a systematic way, maybe we can learn more!"

"Master Su, I think..."

"..."

Thirty or forty students talked at once and put forward many suggestions. Su Yun was not in a hurry. Every time he heard a suggestion, he wrote it down on the white paper hanging behind him.

When the voices gradually died down, he smiled and said, "I may not have that much time. After all, I am just teaching on behalf of Mr. Deng. When Mr. Deng is free, he will naturally come back.

Therefore, we can only pick out some things that can be covered in one or two classes. You can take a look and pick out one or two to cover first. "

The students looked at the topics on the white paper. After a while, after everyone discussed, they finally picked out the three most interesting topics.

One is the Northwest War, one is the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and one is the Collected Commentaries of Mencius.

Su Yun took a look and said, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is just like the Annotated Mencius. It is not something that can be taught in a few classes, but I can pick out some of them to talk about. I can talk about the Northwest War.

Of course, if you want to explain the Northwest War clearly, it would actually take dozens of classes to finish, but I will try to be brief.”

The students quickly quieted down and waited for Su Yun to start his lecture.

Su Yun started talking without hesitation.

During the days since he came back, Su Yun had reviewed the trip to the northwest over and over again, and had formed a relatively systematic overall picture, so there was no need to organize it again.

Su Yun expressed his dissatisfaction with the war in the northwest because of the defeat in Yongle City, so he volunteered to go to the northwest to see the situation in person.

After arriving in the northwest, he was shocked by the various ills in the army. He then disguised himself and went deep into the army, ate and slept with the soldiers, conducted a more detailed investigation, and discovered even more ills.

This pointed out the direction for his subsequent military reforms. Afterwards, there was an encounter between Qi Xingwen's Camp and the Iron Harriers. After the battle with Qi Xingwen's Camp, the Qiying Camp was reorganized into the Qiying Camp and carried out the first round of training, training hundreds of cavalrymen.

After that, eight hundred cavalrymen broke through three cities, killed Xixia generals and cut off the food supplies of the Xixia army, which connected to the previous climax - the Battle of Mizhi.

As Su Yun told the story, the students were fascinated and felt like the door to a new world had been opened.

Only then did they realize how little they knew about the military affairs of the Song Dynasty.

In the past, they were like frogs in a well. Although they were full of enthusiasm, the words they said were just like the croaking of a frog in a well, but without any meaning.

As Su Yun was telling the story, the students shed tears more than once.

Especially when Su Yun talked about the loss of Yanzhou in the Salt War and the Fuyan Road Army fighting alone, this emotion reached its peak.

More and more students gathered in the classroom. Later, the entire classroom was full of people, and the corridor outside was also crowded with heads.

In fact, Su Yun did not talk about too many overly professional things. In order to make the explanation smooth and compress the time, many things were just glossed over. But even so, the shock it brought to the students was no less than earth-shaking.

After finishing the two classes, Su Yun was about to step down from the podium, but was blocked by the students. The students were very angry and asked Su Yun to continue lecturing. They could study the other courses on their own and he could just keep teaching until dark.

Su Yun wanted to leave but couldn't, so he just stayed. The lecture lasted until dark, so much so that the professors in the Imperial College came one after another when they saw that no one was attending their classes. The students of the Imperial College respected their teachers and let the professors come into the classroom and sit down to listen to the lectures.

Professors have spent their entire lives studying classics and have been immersed in the interpretation of classics for decades. Some of them are also well-versed in military books, but there are almost no people like Su Yun who can not only get down to the soldiers, but also command the war from a high position, and even personally lead cavalry deep into enemy territory. What Su Yun said made them dumbfounded.

Su Yun spoke until dark, and his mouth was dry. The students begged Su Yun to come and give lectures next time instead of Deng Runfu, and then they let Su Yun leave.

When Su Yun was leaving the Imperial College, he suddenly remembered: he hadn't yet told me about the meter-sized sea bass he had caught that he wanted to show off!

But...he was quite happy giving the lecture today.

After coming back for so long, this was the first time he spoke these things to others. Oh, he had also told Su Shi about them, but this was the first time he spoke in front of so many people, and the feedback was good, so it felt pretty good.

He reviewed the situation many times, especially the Salt War, but in the end he could not calm his anger.

After speaking it out this time, I felt much better.

I can sleep well tonight!
Su Yun went home happily, but when he went to bed that night, he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. He quietly went to the courtyard and stared at the bright moon in the sky in a daze.

The bright moonlight shone on Su Yun's face, and suddenly, he showed a look of sudden enlightenment.

——It is impossible for one person to change the times, but if there are thousands and millions of comrades, they will be able to change the world!

The trouble that had been bothering him for a long time was dispelled in an instant. Su Yun was so excited that he wanted to shout, but was afraid of waking up Zhang Ruo and everyone else, so he ran quickly in the courtyard. However, he still couldn't dispel the excitement in his heart, so he simply went out quietly and knocked on the door to Su Shi's house.

Hehe, Zizhan can’t sleep either.

(End of this chapter)