Liaozhai Great Sage

Li Xiuyuan looked around, and saw a mediocre, plainly dressed scholar looking at him in surprise.

"...It's you again." The corner of his mouth twitched, but he also recognized this person.

"Brother, you have to speak with your conscience. I rely on my own strength as a scholar. Why do you say God is unfair?" Li Xiuyuan said seriously.

The mediocre scholar said: "You are so ordinary, how can you have real materials? Only a scholar like me with extraordinary appearance and gentle manners can have both internal and external, outstanding literary talent, and it is easy to pass the exam." After finishing, he felt a little complacent again.

It looks like he has also passed the examination of scholar, no wonder he looks proud.

"It's this man again, Eldest Young Master, this man looks really hateful, I really want to beat him up."

Ma Dong, the guard next to him, couldn't bear to look at this scholar, did he belittle his young master and flatter himself like this?

Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "Don't be like this. It's just a few words of sarcasm. How can you take it to heart? Besides, he is also a poor person. It is really not easy to be a scholar even though he has a brain problem. We should be more considerate. , let's go."

"It turns out that he has a problem with his brain, I understand." Ma Dong suddenly realized, and then looked at the scholar with some sympathy, feeling that he was very pitiful.

The mediocre scholar's face suddenly turned dark: "Li Xiuyuan, how dare you scold me? I'm a scholar."

"I'm also a scholar, didn't you insult me ​​too?" Li Xiuyuan retorted.

"..." The plain-looking scholar was at a loss for words, not knowing how to refute.

Almost forgot, this Li Xiuyuan is also on the list, ranked ninth in the first class, higher than himself.

Li Xiuyuan said: "There is anger on your face, you must be very dissatisfied with what I said just now, how about this, I will make you right, I apologize to you if you are wrong, and compensate you 100 taels of silver, you lose , apologize to me, how about 100 taels with me?"

"..." The scholar suddenly opened his eyes wide and looked at Li Xiuyuan, also not knowing how to refute.

He had met Li Xiuyuan before, and he knew that although this guy was plainly dressed and plain-looking, he was definitely on him. Last time, Ye Huai'an was embarrassed by a pair of cigarette locks on the pond willow.

How dare you play with him if you are right.

"Who is Li Xiuyuan, who is Li Xiuyuan?" Just when he didn't know how to end, suddenly, a loud yelling came from the side of the yamen.

"I heard someone called Li Xiuyuan just now, so has Li Xiuyuan come here?"

"Huh?" Li Xiuyuan couldn't help being stunned for a moment when he heard the yamen servant shouting. When did he be remembered by the yamen servant and even named him by name.

From the looks of it, the yamen servant seems to be guarding him nearby.

"I'm Li Xiuyuan, I don't know why this messenger is looking for me?" Although Li Xiuyuan was puzzled, he still walked over and said.

The yamen servant bowed his hands and said: "I've seen Mr. Li, the young He Yong, the servant in the yamen, under the command of the adults, if a scholar named Li Xiuyuan comes here to read the list, be sure to invite him into the yamen to meet him, my little one." I have been waiting here for half a month, and I finally met him today, Mr. Li, please go to the yamen."

"I wonder which adult invited me?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

He Yong said: "I don't know, the younger one was also assigned by the team leader."

Li Xiuyuan gave a glance to Ma Dong who was next to him, and Ma Dong immediately put a small piece of silver into He Yong's hand knowingly.

As soon as He Yong moved his palm, the silver disappeared, and then he said with a smile; "It's the imperial envoy sent by the court this time, the minister of the Ministry of War, Fu Tianchou, Lord Fu."

"Minister of the Ministry of War, Fu Tianchou?"

Li Xiuyuan's expression changed, he roughly understood what was going on in his heart, nodded and said: "I see, thank you this messenger."

"This is a small matter. Mr. Li is polite. Mr. Li is a man who has been selected as a scholar, and he was invited to see him by name by the minister of the military department of the imperial court. In the future, his official career must be prosperous." He Yong said with a smile .

Li Xiuyuan smiled: "Then I will lend you a good word."

However, Fu Tianchou, the servant of the Ministry of War, is probably looking for him because of the last flood in Guobei City.

Other than that, he couldn't think of any reason for this high court official to receive him, an ordinary scholar.

If he met Ning Caichen, it would be fair to say that, after all, he took the first place in the exam.

Chapter 3 Fu Tianqiu, Minister of the Ministry of War

The yamen of Jinling City is the same as the yamen of Guobei City.

There are restrictions on the construction of government offices by the imperial court. It is not that prosperous local government offices are more magnificent, while remote local government offices are poorer.

At most, the yamen in the bustling places have been repaired and well-maintained, making them look newer.

And the layout of the yamen is the same, which avoids the embarrassment that people who have entered the yamen will not know each other when they go to another yamen.

"Mr. Li, wait here for a while, let me report to the adults." The yamen servant named He Yong stopped walking with his hands clasped.

"I'm sorry." Li Xiuyuan nodded.

In the yamen at this moment, a middle-aged man with a thin face, a serious face, and no anger and prestige is sitting in front of the file, carefully flipping through and correcting the documents sent from all over the place.

It has only been a few months since the flood, and the aftermath of the plague has finally subsided. It is winter again, and the whole area of ​​Yangzhou is flooded with refugees. Responsibility is even more important. If something goes wrong, not only will I be punished, but I will also lose the trust of the emperor and the expectations of the people.

But under this middle-aged official, there are still several officials sitting.

These are all local officials, but now these officials are trembling. They used to be high in the yamen, but now they can only accompany this adult to handle government affairs, not daring to be lazy.

Because the imperial envoy in front of him is the minister of the military department of the imperial court, and he is in charge of disaster relief and life saving at this moment.

At this time, a civil official walked in from the side cautiously and quickly, and whispered a few words carefully in the ear of Fu Tianchou, the servant of the Ministry of War.

Fu Tianchou, the servant of the Ministry of War, put down the document in his hand, raised his head and said with some surprise: "Oh, you said that Li Xiuyuan, who calmed the flood and plague in Guobei City, is here?"

"Yes, my lord, just now a yamen servant saw him reading the list outside the yamen, and now he is waiting outside." The clerk said.

Fu Tianchou nodded and said: "Although he is a scholar, he saved the lives of the people in a city when the disaster came, and spread the cure for the plague to countless people. Even though he is not a scholar, I also want to meet this person of great kindness and virtue, go and invite some Li Xiuyuan to come in, I want to see who this person is and how capable he is."

The clerk responded and withdrew.

Fu Tianchou said again; "My lords will also examine this Li Xiuyuan and see if he really has real talents and learning. If he has real talents, I will definitely recommend him to the emperor and promote him."

All the officials under his command were shocked.

This Fu Tianchou is too straightforward, isn't this person saying he wants to be promoted?

"Ahem, Mr. Fu, I think that this person doesn't care about his conduct, but at the moment he is just a scholar. If he wants to be promoted and recommended, he has to wait for him to pass the Jinshi examination. Otherwise, it will violate the rules." It was a white-faced and needless official. He was none other than Song Yuan, the acting magistrate of Guobei County who had intersected with Li Xiuyuan.

Now that the situation is stable, Song Yuan naturally withdrew and changed to another magistrate.

"The lower officials think that if Li Xiuyuan has the real ability to work hard, it is not wrong to recommend him to the imperial court." Some officials also agreed with Fu Tianchou's request.

They didn't mean it sincerely, they were purely to cater to Fu Tianchou's words.

Fu Tianchou said with a smile: "Let's put aside the matter of recommendation and promotion. I would like to ask you adults to study it first, and I will decide according to the situation. Several adults are all Jinshi, and some even entered Tongtian Pavilion to catch up with them." As a scholar of Zhuge Wolong University, his literary talent is first-class, I believe that I will not be disappointed later."

"Your Excellency, please rest assured that the lower officials are determined to review talents for the imperial court, and will never be partial." Several officials said righteously, while some of them had long beards fluttering, complacent.