Zhenguan Wenzong System

Chapter 128 A Great Era Begins

unexpected reward

Waiting for the arrival of the new year, there is still no sound of firecrackers, and the water droplets in the leak are falling little by little, urging the arrival of the midnight.Lu Deming's son, Lu Dunxin, was the governor of Huizhou at this time. As a local governor, he had to come to Beijing to report on his duties during the Great Court Meeting. Therefore, on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, Luo Yan met this senior brother who had been famous for five years.

Lu Dunxin's age is not very old, only around 34-[-].At home, there is no need to dress as formally as outside. At this time, wearing a formal green shirt, accompanied by the elegance from the bottom of the bone, will be as amiable as Lu Deming.

As early as the 29th day, the two met each other under the introduction of Lu Deming. On the one hand, Luo Yan's name can be said to have been spread in official circles. The little girl's father was naturally very curious.

The two hit it off.Compared with discussing classics and meanings with Lu Deming all day long, Luo Yan and Lu Dunxin were more interested in talking about local affairs.Listening quietly to Lu Dunxin talking about Huizhou's customs and customs all day regardless of his fatigue, Luo Yan felt that his knowledge had greatly increased.He grew up so big that he lived in Chang'an and Luzhou for a long time.When I returned to Luzhou, although I traveled all the way, I didn't understand the local customs at all.

After talking about the local conditions and customs, he began to talk about the experience of the magistrate.Compared with Luo Yan who worked in Chang'an from the very beginning, Lu Dunxin's experience is much richer.It is true that there is Lu Deming, a great Confucian father, but when he first became an official, his rank was not much different from Luo Yan, and he was the county magistrate of Xia County.

How many years have passed now, and Lu Dunxin's experience as a magistrate can be regarded as rich when he was promoted to the governor of one party.Naturally, Lu Deming was very happy that the brothers were so familiar.

In this way, Luo Yan spent his fifth New Year in Datang in a warm atmosphere.

Early the next morning, Luo Yan and Lu Dunxin rushed to the morning court.On the first month of the first lunar month, there was a court meeting, and officials from all over the country had to enter the capital to participate in the meeting, report on the achievements of the past year, summarize the gains and losses, and at the same time present a congratulatory table to the emperor.There are so many people at this time, if you don't go out early, you will have to wait for a while to enter the palace.

Fortunately, Luo Yan is a leisurely official position, and the work has been supervised by the secretary. Instead, the part-time teaching assistant in Hongwenguan has become a full-time job, so Luo Yan only needs to bring a congratulatory form.With someone as a companion, I didn't feel bored walking at the moment, and I didn't know how long it took before I arrived at the front of the palace gate, but the two had different official positions and stood in different places, so they separated.

In the solemn court hall, when Li Shimin dressed in a dragon robe and walked slowly towards the dragon bed, drums and music rang together.And in this elegant music, all the officials worshiped three times and presented congratulatory forms.

As the first grand court meeting on the throne, Li Shimin was also extremely excited.It involved changing the Yuan Dynasty, so after accepting the congratulatory forms from the ministers, Li Shimin asked the ceremonial officer to congratulate the heavens, and then ordered the imperial edict of changing the Yuan Dynasty to be read out.

For such a moment, Luo Yan was full of excitement.The prosperous world that has been famous through the ages begins at this moment.

After the imperial decree was read out, all the ministers congratulated again.However, this is the beginning of Li Shimin's big move.

The next edict is to grant amnesty to criminals throughout the country in accordance with the usual practice.Now it's the turn of many people to be happy. In fact, there are quite a few officials who have been convicted in the officialdom in the past few years, and there are always more or less relatives and friends among them who are still in court.Generally speaking, such officials are mostly exiled. As long as there is amnesty, they will definitely have their share, so this matter is definitely expected by everyone.

Originally thought that this would be the end of the Great Court.Who would have thought that Li Shimin had even more powerful news.

Looking at the courtiers who were not yet excited, the servant calmly picked up the third edict from the tray and began to read it: "Under the door: The servant of the minister shoots Pei Ji. Since the day when the Supreme Emperor raised his troops, he has been loyal and has contributed a lot. Special Add food to hundreds of households. Sun Wuji, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, is quite talented, and he specially bestowed five pieces of Shu brocade with a hundred catties of gold....The author Lang Luoyan, who has the talent of Guanzi, has the style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and specially grants a mansion. Ten people, one hundred catties of gold. Wang Er and others are diligent and submissive, and I live up to my expectations. The first year of Zhenguan is on the first day of the lunar calendar."

Li Shimin is such a big hand, basically all the third-rank officials, regardless of literature and martial arts, whether they are in Beijing or outside, have all been rewarded once.After the Turkic peace talks, when the treasury was empty, Li Shimin's handwriting was definitely considered great.But what surprised many people was that among all the third-rank officials, there was only one fifth-rank official.

And this reward is definitely not low.Except for the few people who joined Shiyi in order to win over Li Yuan's confidantes, I didn't mention it, but in Li Shimin's old department, Luo Yan's reward was the highest.

However, those who accepted the reward not only did not refuse to accept it, but felt that the reward given to Luo Yan was not enough.

Now in Li Shimin's old department, who else is like Luo Yan, who is still living in other people's homes.Luo Yan accepted the title of Duke of the Founding County, but up to now, Luo Yan has not actually received any benefits from it.Many people know the reason. Luo Yan's Shiyi took over the [-] mu of land that Li Shimin asked for.

Many people already know about potatoes.But after reading it, everyone knows that Li Shimin has spent money on it all these years, and he has gained nothing at all.There are hundreds of households in the food town, and Luo Yan's request is very direct, that is, to spend all the money on the two hundred acres of land.

To put it bluntly, it was actually an excuse for Li Shimin to save some money.In Luo Yan's heart, anyway, he doesn't need so much money at this time, and his salary alone can support himself well.Today's Li Shimin is still burdened with the pressure of an empty treasury, and he is not as extravagant as after the settlement of the Turks, so his money will definitely be used for practical purposes.

But outsiders don't see it that way, and it would embarrass Li Shimin if he said it, so now Li Shimin doesn't want people to gossip, he will directly get you a mansion, and you can do whatever you want.

As for the other officials, those who knew Luo Yan's reputation naturally wouldn't have any idea.Some people don't know, but they just heard about how powerful Luo Yan is, but they don't believe Luo Yan's rumors, so they look at Luo Yan with jealousy.

When the rewards are completed, the court meeting is considered to be over. After the court retreat, the ministers greet each other in twos and threes, and then go home.

Luo Yan dragged Lu Dunxin to greet everyone he knew.First of all, those big names in the literary world, such as Yu Shinan, Chu Liang and Ouyang Xun, have worked with Luo Yan before and now, and Luo Yan will never let them go.These people are generally older, but their official positions are not considered high-profile, so at this time, pay New Year's greetings to them early, so that they can go home early.

Next came Changsun Wuji, the old part of the Qin Palace, and Changsun Wuji just chatted briefly, and then turned to Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Cheng Zhijie, Qin Qiong and other generals.

Every time he met someone, Luo Yan would introduce his senior brother.In fact, this is a very simple official relationship.After all, Fang Du and others were not that familiar with Lu Dunxin before. Although Lu Deming had high prestige among these people at the beginning, Lu Dunxin was away all year round and had no close relationship with these people. Nor would he think of his senior brother.

Through these two days of chatting, Luo Yan felt that Lu Dunxin's abilities were absolutely sufficient, but he was always short of opportunities.Thinking that in another 30 years, my senior brother will also be able to get to the position of the inspector Shangshu Youpushe, so one can imagine how much time was wasted.This is Luo Yan's little thought.Lu Dunxin naturally understood, so he cooperated with Luo Yan very much at this time, and Lu Deming's name was soon known to the old subordinates of the Qin Palace.

After making some connections, an hour passed before Luo Yan bid farewell to everyone and returned to the Lu Mansion with his senior brother.

Walking on the road, Lu Dunxin said gratefully: "Jinzhi, thank you this time, otherwise, brother, I'm afraid I won't be able to talk to them."

Luo Yan smiled: "Brother, this is too much. In fact, I don't need to be troublesome. You just talk to them in the past few days. Don't forget, the teacher has a high prestige among them. During the Chinese New Year, who would not come to visit the teacher. So these days, the teacher is not in good health, and the reception of these people depends on the senior brother."

"Jinzhi was wrong. They came to visit with the mentality of visiting friends. Even when it comes to official affairs, I just let them know. But today is different. With so many officials In front of you, you and I are so familiar with them, and in the future, I will be in Jiangnan, and they will be very convenient when I do things." Lu Dunxin said with a straight face: "Although this may be a bit contrary to the righteous way of a gentleman, it is just a burden to the people. Great trust, even if there is a little stigma, it is worth it."

Luo Yan admired Lu Dunxin's words.

Confucian scholars, if they blindly insist on their own virtue and flawlessness, and don't care about others, then they can only be regarded as inferior products.There is a saying in later generations that Luo Yan agrees with very much. Virtue and virtue are top grade, virtue and lack of virtue are middle grade, talent without virtue is a drug, and talent without virtue is waste.This also coincides with the application of what Lu Deming and Luo Yan discussed in the past few nights.

If reading can't benefit others, it's no different from drinking tea and playing chess.

At that moment, Luo Yan said very respectfully: "The teacher said something similar to me a few days ago. Based on what my brother said today, what I did was worthwhile. If we are Confucian students, if we only want to keep ourselves clean, then reading is not the same as studying." What's the difference between ordinary people drinking tea and chatting in the market, except that they wear an extra official uniform."

Hearing Luo Yan's emotion, Lu Dunxin said with a smile: "I originally thought that you lived in Chang'an for a long time, and what you did was just a noble official, and you were also an idiot who studied stupidly. I didn't expect to see things. It's the same as me, a person who deals with poor people. It seems that if you are released, you will be a good official."

Seeing that his ideas were recognized by others, Luo Yan was very happy, and said with a smile: "It would be nice if people would not be pointed at the spine and scolded."

The two continued talking and laughing, and walked towards the Lu residence.

　Thank you Xuefeixuewu, Jianglangshan Xia Dachenzi, My Little Bird Is Lost, Zuimeng Tianxin, Huiyuan Fengliu for their rewards.Ask for the first order, ask for collection.From now on, every two hours, until twelve o'clock at night, if the fifth watch is not enough, then the sixth watch, Xiaodao continues to code.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)