Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

Lu Ci suddenly felt as if he had walked 1 years for a distance that was neither long nor short.

After finally entering the Xingguo Temple, which was used as a future collection center, and the waves of shouts followed away, Lu Ci let go of the tension that had been stretched all the way, and sighed softly.

The group of Jinwu Guards, whose clothes were messed up by the overly enthusiastic people and their crowns were crooked, also hurriedly evacuated under the decisive leadership of the officer.

After suffering such a big loss, it can be regarded as a lesson learned - the next time I receive a similar task, I have to think twice.

Because he was not far away, Liu Qi, who was distracted to pay attention to Lu Ci's calm, funny reactions from time to time, couldn't help but crouched on the horse's neck, laughing unkindly.

The last time I didn't see him in the embarrassment of being taken away by a bold man as the son-in-law, but this time I can see the few traces of nervousness that are rarely revealed by him, but finally Liu Qi is satisfied.

Liu Qi laughed louder and louder, causing the surrounding scholars to stare and look at him inexplicably, but Liu Qi acted as if no one was there, and only raised his head when he had laughed enough.

Unpredictably staring at Shang Lu Ci with no expression on his face, he suddenly... couldn't move his smile.

Lu Ci narrowed his eyes slightly, and slightly bent his lips towards him.

Ha ha.

At this moment, Cai Qi made up his mind, grabbed the horse's belly, urged the horse forward a few steps, and asked Lu Ci with concern: "How does Yu Yu feel? Is there any discomfort?"

From the little psychological gap before departure from Quemen, after he swam across such a long street full of people as the top of the list, he was overwhelmed by the real joy of enrolling.

Thinking about how I felt alienated and repulsed by Lu Ciduo in the past two days because I secretly regretted that I missed the top spot, I was very annoyed.

Lu Ci has a gentle temper. After several times of proactive greetings, seeing that he was neither hot nor cold, he didn't blame him for not asking, but he didn't take the initiative to bother him anymore.

But that politeness is both clear and understanding, and I can already guess how much he is thinking.

Now that Cai Qi has come to his senses, he can't help but feel ashamed of himself.

With this guilt in his heart, he saw that Lu Ci's face was not looking very good, so he mustered up his courage and stepped forward to say a few words of concern, hoping to clear up his suspicion as soon as possible.

Lu Ci was surprised, but concealed it perfectly on his face.

He knew very well that if Cai Qi gave up his face and took the initiative to repair it, and showed the slightest surprised expression, the nervous opponent would either retreat or become angry from embarrassment.

Lu Ci rubbed the center of his brows kindly, and sighed in a cooperative tone, jokingly said: "Maybe it's because I have a new problem of headache once I walk on the street outside Shuntian Gate."

Now that the road has been completed, this 'disease' will naturally heal without medicine.

Cai Qi is also a person with a clear mind, and he understood Lu Ci's implication at once, and he couldn't help but smile a little more sincerely in his eyes: "When a male college gets married, it is for Xie to manage yin and yang. Don't think about men and women, now that I'm in high school, it's really time to think about starting a family."

After all, Cai Qi is nearly [-] years old. Although his family is poor, his grandfather Liu's family never treated him harshly, and arranged a virtuous wife for him nearly ten years ago.

He thought that he was more experienced than Lu Ci in this matter, and unconsciously gave advice in the tone of someone who had experienced it.

In order to avoid making shallow remarks, he finally said after deliberating, "What I mean is, if Lingtang hasn't seen the marriage for you, you don't have to avoid it for fear of not being able to, but you can choose the best one to ask."

After all, as a new scholar, even an old man in his [-]s, as long as he has no wife at home, he can easily become the guest of the wealthy businessmen in Bianjing, and he is a hot candidate for a quick son-in-law.

Of course, most dignitaries look down on this kind of scholars who are too old when they enroll in the imperial examination. I am afraid that there will be only a few years left, and they will resign before they have the qualifications for promotion.

Their eyes are mostly on those who are worthy of the four characters of "young and promising".

In the current dynasty that follows the rule of "selecting scholars regardless of family status", Lu Ci's background from a poor family is no longer a disadvantage.

The alliance of nobles and nobles, what they wish is marriage and financial resources, and what they look at is the connotation of Jinshi.

But for daughters who really want to spend their whole lives with each other, what they value is the most simple and intuitive appearance and temperament.

Apart from his background, Lu Ci has almost everything.

With his rare appearance and talent, coupled with the achievements of the three yuan and the first rank, which has been rare for decades, he is already proud of many husbands.

How many scholars in this world spend their whole lives without a single Jie Yuan?

Lu Cixu was only seventeen years old, and he was already favored by officials in Sanyuan. Once he was on the rise, he was aiming at his brilliant future. Even the son-in-law of the current prime minister would definitely not be able to catch up with him. He asked for it, but the other party rushed to ask him to do it.

It's just that there are no daughters or grandchildren in the current Wang Xianggong's mansion, so they can easily watch on the sidelines in this battle to catch a son-in-law that has just started.

As far as Lu Ci is concerned, in this turmoil of arresting a son-in-law that is likely to be inevitable, he might as well choose the best and find the best help from the Yue family, so that he will not be completely isolated and helpless in the court; the other party is also happy to have such a position It is obviously a good thing for mutual benefit for young talents to maintain the family and strengthen the alliance.

"Thank you Zisi for your suggestion, but there is no rush."

Lu Ci had no intention of letting the topic stay on his marriage, which he had always been able to avoid, and when the topic changed, it led back to the matter that the scholars in the conference center were most concerned about.

He said politely: "About the matter of appointing a post, I've thought it over and over again, and I still think that it's really difficult for me to do it alone. I can only ask Zisi and Yunyang to help me with the audacity."

This is, of course, pure pretext.

When Lu Ci was in his later life, he had managed more than five hundred people, even if it was a hundred times that number, he was handy. How could it be that he couldn't handle the little things of appointment?

Those people are all good at calculating, and among the more than 500 people here, most of them are bookworms who stay at home and study.

Apart from reciting poetry and painting, they are out of touch with the outside world, and they have not formally entered official careers to receive training. Not to mention the comparison with those who Lu Ci had contacted in modern times, even in the city of Mizhou, fighting with Lu Ci. Those who have dealt with a lot of three teachings, nine streams and one comparison, also have to temporarily lose in their minds.

Besides, it's not about confiding in people, but it's even easier to deal with the swap pool for a few months.

The reason why he took the initiative to decentralize power was not to make friends with No. [-] and Tanhua, but just to show a humble attitude and calm other people's fears.

After all, the unbelievable continuous winning of three yuan along the way, plus the unimaginable extra favors from the officials, etc., if all of them are counted, the hatred he aroused would almost break through the sky.

When you have shown your strength too much, you should give in appropriately so that people can relax their guard.

After Cai Qi heard this, his attention was really drawn to this matter, and he had no time to ask about Lu Ci's marriage, and was even taken aback.

While his heart was pounding, he couldn't help hesitating, and persuaded with difficulty: "Qi Yu is too modest. Thank you for your kindness, but I'm afraid it's not good. According to the usual practice, it should be ordered by the chief..."

He couldn't help thinking in his heart that Lu Ci was still too young after all, otherwise, how could he take the initiative to show his face in front of the court based on this simple acquaintance, the cold and hot friendship? What about the principal power?

Moreover, being able to host the episode also symbolizes gaining a lot of connections: after all, those who are selected to serve as servants must have accepted this love, and become closer to the leader who appointed him to serve, because they are grateful for this kindness However, it is not known how many people were cited as examples of overthrowing in the past.

Especially for those humble scholars who are shy in their pockets and worry about the one hundred taels of thank-you money and the nearly one hundred taels of period collection fees, it is a great benefit to be exempted from the whole thing at once.

Lu Ci shook his head, and said in a firm tone: "If I really insist on doing it all by myself, I'm afraid it will be too late if I don't have the strength to do it by then. It will be these hundreds of Jinshi who are dragging down, not me alone. If Zisi is restricted by the regulations It’s embarrassing, I will report to the Ministry of Rites and explain the situation at that time. I also ask Zi Simo to refuse.”

Cai Qi hesitated again and again, but in the end he couldn't resist the temptation, he bowed his head and said, "I would like to share my worries for you."

Lu Ci nodded: "Let's ask Zisi to draw up a list of incumbents, sixty people, and twenty first, and finally I will make the final decision and submit it to the Ministry of Rites. How about that?"

Cai Qi also felt that there was something wrong, so he nodded repeatedly.

Lu Ci then went looking for Xiao Guan who was quite wary of him, and because of his appearance when he was paraded in the street, he was said to be "unworthy of the name of Tanhua" by the public. Xiao Guan, with a few words, eliminated the other party's superficial hostility, and accepted him happily. It's time to 'share the hard work'.

If it is said that Cai Qi had a little friendship with Lu Ci and was still a little bit tangled in the next, then Xiao Guan, who was naturally hostile to Lu Ci who was from the north because of being a southerner, was not so polite. up.

Since it was Lu Ci who was afraid of lack of ability and took the initiative to assign the power, why should he shirk it?

Lu Ci was also very satisfied.

He never liked to do everything by himself, especially the small things like preliminary screening, of course he was happy to let them do some coolies.

After screening 120 people, the scope of his second screening was greatly reduced.

Although there are always disputes between the North and the South in the court, but unlike Song Taizu, who has a clear banner, the current officials are not particularly interested in favoring the northerners. And let the two forces gradually equalize.

This also means that it is not wise to show a clear political stance prematurely in front of officials.

Lu Ci simply let the north and the south each have half, check and balance each other, divide the attention of both sides, and give an impression of impartiality.

Anyway, he is the one who makes the final decision.

To put it bluntly, the only one who can list those who are listed in the Ministry of Rites and determine who really gets the position is the number one scholar.

After calmly distributing the hard work of drawing up the big list, Lu Ci found Liu Qi and the other three, and based on what he knew about the friends, he assigned positions to each from personality to specialty.

After Zhu said the rectification, Liu Qi was in charge of the small recording of the topics, and Teng Zongliang was in charge of the calculation.

As for Lu Ci himself, if he hadn't been in charge of overall planning, he would actually be more interested in the power of 'handing meals'.

Lu Ci sighed sadly.

The weather is still cold, let's do something...

Not everyone in Qiji Garden has to live, or can live, but Lu Ci, who is in charge, must live.

Zhu said that in order to accompany him, they did their part to stay.

That night, Lu Ci humbly asked Liu Qi for advice, and learned a few tricks of phrasing that could flatter him more beautifully, so he used them flexibly and wrote a list eloquently. hand over.

He originally only wanted to give it a try, even if it was the same as the suggestion of the water system back then, there was no loss.

But he underestimated the enthusiasm of these people who are struggling in the officialdom and trying to figure out what they want.

Everyone knew that Lu Sanyuan was a big celebrity in front of the emperor recently. After they discussed it, they handed the watch to the emperor's case the next day.

After hearing that it was written by Lu Ci himself, Zhao Heng didn't even bother to fix today's celestial being. Instead, he opened it curiously and read it carefully...

Before Cai Qi and Xiao Guan had the power to draw up the list and figured out how to implicitly win over other scholars, Lu Ci threw another thunderbolt without warning: "...to prevent the poor In order to thank Enyin and need to find a loan from an outsider, or because it is difficult to pay the period collection fee and the period collection has no chance, we now set up a special "enchantment money" of [-] guan for the application of the top five. The interest-free money will be paid off when the official rewards the silver. day."

Unfolding it again, it was the emperor's imperial edict.

Everyone was shocked at first, and then there was an uproar.

Especially those from poor families feel ecstatic about it.

After a while, Teng Zongliang's accountant's office was crowded with a lot of shy scholars who were thinking about borrowing from others.

This is because after two months, the three thousand guan, which can be recycled indefinitely and will be used as an "interest-free loan" with the gifted silver to pay off the debt, is naturally not raised by Lu Ci and his friends—it is not them I can't afford it, but I simply don't want to get involved in the troublesome waters - but because I claim to be moved by the contents of the form submitted by Lu Ci, I am actually interested in what this Lu Sanyuan wants to do. Zhao Heng, an official who was deeply interested, paid for it out of his own pocket.

Although in Lu Ci's view, the emperor seemed to be a fool for cultivating immortals, he was actually very careful and careful.

These three thousand strings are nothing more than a drop in the bucket for Neiku.

And this wool came from the 'old sheep' in the last batch of tributes.

Just as Lu Ci euphemistically said, this can be used as a show of favor, in exchange for being from a poor family, and grateful for a group of Xinke scholars who are financially distressed, but in fact the money is not less received, nor less, It's just for convenience.

Zhao Heng couldn't be happier with it.

The author has something to say: Solemnly declare, as written in the copy, the CP is Di Qing from the beginning to the end, and will not become a non-CP or someone else to be a CP.

Liu Yong is a bad friend, Zhu Shuo is a younger brother, and the nature of their relationship is completely different.

Lu Ci will make many friends in the future, but Di Qing will be the only person who will accompany him for the rest of his life.Now that Di Qing hasn't come out, you can't see the difference in Lu Ci's emotional expression, and it will be clear when the time comes.

The promotion of civil servants requires seniority, and the promotion of military officers requires record.The golden age of military officers came much earlier than that of civil servants. Later, Di Qing defended his family and country, expanded the territory, and Lu Ci was like a fish in water in the court, so he escorted him along the way. This is the meaning of my age difference.Regardless of whether the writing will be a little different, but the original intention is the same, and the big topic will not deviate.

And don’t worry about writing CP for CP’s sake, if I just make do with it, I won’t be able to push Di Qing down to Chapter 100 before letting him out.There will be a relationship line, but the theme is still the career line, which I also wrote clearly in the introduction of the article.

How could a person like Lu Ci, who looks gentle but is actually cunning and shrewd, give his feelings casually.

As for why the CP who appeared so late was put in the copy so early?That's my usual style wow.What I hate to see the most are people who play CP or play tricks on CP. I don’t want you to be on the wrong team, so I wrote it early in the morning.This is the case with every article of mine.

Di Qing is currently 9 years old, of course he is not out yet, the time has not yet come, please stay safe and don't be impatient.

I think I have clarified it many times in the morning. Of course, I can tell that most of the comments below are jokes and ridicules. Naturally, I will not take it seriously. I just think you are very cute.

But there are indeed some readers who are affected by this, worried that I will sell dog meat... I am really wronged.

I hope all the doubts about CP after this time have been solved!I don't have to babble anymore!

There are no comments today!Just to share an anecdote with you.

->About super straight male cancer Sima Guang:

When Sima Guang lived in Luoyang, on the night of Shangyuan, his wife wanted to go out to watch the lanterns.Sima Guang said: "Why do you have to go out to see the lights at home?" The wife said: "I also want to see tourists." Sima Guang said: "Is it a ghost?"