Chapter 389

The relationship between Tongren and Tixi suddenly became close. Every day, they traveled back and forth on horses, passing on news. The news of the seedlings coming out of the mountains could no longer be hidden. It gradually spread, but the people of Tongren City did not feel anything special about it.

It was just a seedling coming out of the mountains. It was not like foreign enemies were attacking. What was there to be surprised about? Speaking of which, they had not been in contact for a long time and were unfamiliar with each other. Five hundred years ago, they might have been a family. That feeling … it was like a distant cousin who had never met since childhood had moved to the village next door.

The history of this people was so long that when they talked about things that happened thousands of years ago, it was like talking about their childhood. It was strange and intimate, not distant at all. The ones who were really nervous were the Zhang family and the Yu family.

The Tixi Division had a branch of the Zhang family. The chief of the Tixi Division was Zhang Duo's cousin. There was also a branch of the Yu family, the Yu family. As for the third force, it was the Guoji family of Cool Moon Valley. Gedore's tribe was moving to the Tixi Division. It would occupy their territory and reduce their living space.

Dai Tongzhi returned in embarrassment. Zhang Duo ordered the chief of the Tixi Division to contact Gedore directly. The two sides contacted, contacted, discussed, and negotiated. For ten days, the news was constantly sent to Tongren. The horses were thin and the people were tired. Finally, they received the final reply from Gedore.

Gedore agreed. Since they were out of the mountains, they would be under the jurisdiction of Tongren Province and accept the rule of Tongren Province. The Household Department could go to their village to make a register for them. They would officially become a tribe under the jurisdiction of Tongren Province.

But in exchange, Gedore asked the local officials to provide food, farming tools, seeds, and send people to teach them how to open terraces and grow crops. They also asked to be like the Guoji family of Cool Moon Valley. They did not have to pay food or serve in the army. They only paid tribute to the chieftain directly under them.

How could Zhang Duo agree to such conditions? The Tixi Agency's territory was divided into three parts. The largest part belonged to the Zhang Family, the one near the Mercury Mountain belonged to the Yu Family, and the Cool Moon Valley's Guoji Family had a small piece. The Cool Moon Valley's main territory was in the mountains.

Gedore's tribe wanted to take root there, build a village, open terraces, and hunt. This was to steal food from the Yu family, Zhang family, and Guoji family. The cake was only so big. One more person would mean one less piece for everyone else. Even if he agreed, would the Guoji and Yu families agree?

At this point, Zhang Duo's appeasement policy was completely ruined. At this point, Zhang 'appeasement policy was completely ruined. Zhang Duo immediately summoned all the chieftains in the prefecture and ordered them to go to Tongren for a meeting so that they could gather the troops of the chieftains and attack Gedore's tribe.

Gedore's tribe originally lived deep in the mountains. There was no record of it on the official register. They were considered unregistered residents. Although the reason for this was that the government did not have the ability to extend its rule deep in the mountains, it made it easier for them to take action against Gedore's tribe.

Zhang Duo could make the decision for this attack. As long as he could quickly settle this matter, it would not attract the attention of the court or interfere. The other chieftains would also not be hindered. Even if the court found out, they could reply to quell small disturbances and he could do whatever he wanted.

When Duo Ni heard about this, she panicked and said to Ye Xiaotian: "Little Brother Tian, Magistrate Zhang wants to gather all the chieftains to attack my father. What should we do? Little Brother Tian, you should quickly order the other tribes to support us."

Ye Xiaotian shook his head and said: "Putting aside the relations in the sect, your father must have made some friends after all these years, right? If there is a need, he will ask for help. You don't have to care about this matter. I can't care either! "

Ye Xiaotian stood up and walked out. Seeing that Duo Ni was still panicking, he comforted her: "You don't have to worry too much. Magistrate Zhang is the one who is most afraid of something happening. Even if he wins, he won't do anything to your father!"

Duo Ni looked at Ye Xiaotian's back. She could not understand why Ye Xiaotian would give up the easy and take the difficult. After thinking for a long time, her eyes gradually lit up. She understood. She believed that everything Little Brother Tian did was actually an oracle. Little Brother Tian refusing to use the authority of the Venerable was also a test from God. It was a test of her father's sincerity.

Of course, Ye Xiaotian would not be so bored as to test his father-in-law's sincerity on behalf of God. When he made the decision to let the seedlings come out of the mountains, he had already expected that it would not be so easy. It was too unrealistic to expect others to hand over their territory without bloodshed or struggle.

However, being trapped deep in the mountains, those pure and simple mountain people could only become more and more ignorant and backward. They continued to be left far behind by the world outside the mountains. One day, they would end up like monkeys being toyed with and enslaved by others.

Step by step, through communication, communication, trade, marriage, long-term planning, step by step infiltration, and after hundreds of years of natural evolution, who could guarantee that his successor would continue to carry out his ideas? If his father now asked him to return to the capital and continue to be a prison guard, he would definitely not go. Even someone as filial as him could not guarantee that he would obey his father's wishes. Why would he trust his successor so much?

So when Zhang Duo decided to use force to drive Gedore's troops back into the mountains and summon all the chieftains in the fu, Ye Xiaotian did not give Gedore any more instructions. Just like when Gedore first came out of the mountains, he only pointed out where to go. As for how to go, what reason to use, and how to stand, he did not care at all.

Gedore's troops were only a small portion of his hundreds of thousands of people. If he wanted to be a mother who personally did everything, even if he vomited blood from exhaustion, he could only become the Zhuge Liang who died before achieving success. The world outside the mountains was prosperous and affluent, far better than the difficult conditions deep in the mountains. The people here wore bright and beautiful clothes, had a wide variety of foods, had fast cars, and had complicated interpersonal relationships.

The mountain people and their chiefs, chieftains, and elders no longer had to face the harsh natural environment, animals, and mosquitoes, but it was not a smooth journey. They had to master new skills to make a living. They had to deal with their own kind, which was far more complicated than rocks, trees, tigers, and wolves. They had to adapt and learn the skills to survive in the world outside the mountains.

"Over there, stand still!"

When Gedore sent someone to ask Ye Xiaotian for instructions, Ye Xiaotian still sent him these six words. As for what to do, he did not give any instructions or provide any suggestions. At this time, he was wholeheartedly busy building the academy and the Martial Meet, at least on the surface.

Sometimes, a mere thought of an important person could have the effect of turning stone into gold and summoning the wind and rain. There would be many places and countless people, because of this thought of his, would completely change their lives and destinies.

But what he wanted to do had to be within the scope of his ability, otherwise it would be whimsical and beyond the scope of his control. His ideas could only become radical and leaping forward, and there would be countless people or many places that would suffer because of his unrealistic ideas.

Ye Xiaotian was now an important person, although he was invisible. Maybe the conversation with the brick-moving boy had triggered his childhood memories, he thought … maybe he could do something. It was this thought that led to the proposal to build a commoner's academy and the Martial Meet.

But when Ye Xiaotian's request to build the academy was submitted to the Guiyang School Administrator, it was rejected. There was no chance for it to be sent to the imperial court, and it was discussed by the officials.

The Guizhou School Administrator was held by the Guizhou Disciplinary Commissioner, Wang Haoming, who was from the same sect as the Jiangnan Scholar Cui Xiangsheng. He did not have a good impression of Ye Xiaotian. When he saw that Ye Xiaotian, a Prefectural Commissioner in charge of punishment, actually proposed to build an academy, he waved his pen and only said four words, "Not doing proper work!"

Because Wang Haoming's official position was the Disciplinary Commissioner, in charge of punishment in a province, he was very busy, so there was a Deputy School Administrator in charge of daily affairs. He saw that the request was signed by the Tongren Prefectural Magistrate Zhang. But the School Administrator's tone was too dismissive, so he changed the subject for him.

The Deputy School Administrator listed a dozen questions to prove that Tongren could not build an academy. For example, an academy was a school that collected books, taught, and asked questions. How many books did Tongren's philanthropist, Law Tycoon, collect? How many scholars did he hire? Did he have the ability to study moral knowledge and so on.

Ye Xiaotian's original intention was to let those illiterate children grow up to be able to read, write, and calculate. What he wanted to do was universal education, not elite education. He did not expect that with his ability to run a school, there would be a few students who could become Xiucai, Juren, or Zhuangyuan.

Where could he buy a large number of books that could be called an academy? Where was he going to hire a great scholar of enough weight to come here and give lectures? As a Rank Seven Prefectural Commissioner, he had no prestige among the scholars. This was a task that he could not accomplish even if he had the money.

Li Qiuchi asked Ye Xiaotian's intention and could not help but laugh, "Dongweng, using an academy as a name is indeed a little too ostentatious. Even the smallest academy would need at least a learned scholar to be in charge. Since Dongweng only wants these children to be able to read, write, and calculate, then there is no need to use an academy as a name. Let's just build a private school. However, a normal private school would only have ten to twenty students. Our private school is much bigger. Since we cannot call it an academy, we can call it a school to distinguish it from other private schools. This way, we do not need the approval of the Council, the Taoists, and the Minister of Education! "

Ye Xiaotian was enlightened by Li Qiuchi's words. When Ye Xiaotian did things, he had always focused on the goal and result, not the process and means. Previously, it was only because he had no experience in running a school that he hadn't thought of this point. Now that he had Li Qiuchi's reminder, Ye Xiaotian decided to leave the government and go solo.

Ye Xiaotian immediately asked Li Qiuchi to choose the location of the school so that he could build two schools, one for academics and one for martial arts. They would specially recruit those who did not have the money to study and played on the streets every day. He also asked Professor Li to help him find scholars to be teachers. Ye Xiaotian's requirements were not high, it was fine even if they did not have any scholarly titles.

With regards to Ye Xiaotian's actions, the officials and gentry of Tongren were not completely ignorant. It was just that most people were just watching with cold eyes. In their view, this Election Official Ye must have gone crazy, following Fatty Luo who had money but nowhere else to spend it.

In this place where the Chieftains were everywhere and the houses were as many as dogs, where one's birth determined one's fate, to carry out education, what kind of achievements could he establish? Could he use this to get promoted?

At this time, Tongren was indeed full of Chieftains and houses as many as dogs. This was because Magistrate Zhang had issued an order to all the regions to discuss the plan to send troops. Occasionally, there would be small fights between the Chieftains, but it was rare for the feudal lords to unite to suppress the rebels. Therefore, the Chieftains from all regions all attended the meeting. Naturally, nobles could be seen everywhere in Tongren.

On this day, after Li Qiuchi looked around Tongren, he finally decided on two places. The literary school was to be located at the east of the prefectural school. The east of the prefectural school was originally a sparse forest. According to Li Qiuchi, building a school adjacent to the prefectural school would allow the students of the literary school to be influenced to learn.

However, Ye Xiaotian had already seen what those Chieftain Young Masters from the prefectural school and county school were like. He was very doubtful that letting his students be so close to these Young Masters would be able to influence them to be influenced to learn anything. However, seeing that the place was quiet and empty, it would be easy to build a school, so he agreed.

As for the location of the martial arts gathering, it was very close to Ye Xiaotian's mansion, because this place was also in the Eastern Mountain. However, the Ye mansion was in Shanyang, while the martial arts school was in Shanyin. Ye Xiaotian did not inspect this place, and directly decided on it according to Li Qiuchi's plan.

From Ye Xiaotian's point of view, of course, reading should be about the environment. It should be quiet and secluded, so that one could not be distracted. As for practicing martial arts, there was no need to be so particular about it. If a martial artist was so particular about it, then what was the point of practicing martial arts? Ye Xiaotian made the decision. With sufficient funds, the construction of the two school buildings immediately started at the same time.

Ye Xiaotian did not expect that this act of kindness, which he had done on a whim, would ultimately be repaid in kind. After the construction of the two school buildings, his attention finally returned to the yamen, because all the feudal lords had already arrived in Tongren City. Magistrate Zhang's conference was about to begin!