Be a master through ancient times

They traveled many places during the day, and after dinner at night, the officials stayed in the posthouse to rest, and no one went out.

Lu Zhifu also ran for a day, and after sending the adults to the posthouse, he himself hummed a song and boarded the carriage to go back home.He has made a big splash today, judging from the attitude of those adults, they are still very satisfied with him.All of this depends on Chu Ci's suggestion. If they follow their original plan, they probably won't be able to please them and they will have to take the lead.

Thinking of this, Prefect Lu decided to repay Chu Ci, he said: "Turn around and go to the Division of Education."

After the groom responded, he turned his horse's head and ran in the direction of Tixuesi.It was already late at this time, and the gate of the front yamen was closed tightly. When Zhifu Lu came to the gate of the back yamen, as soon as he showed his identity, the concierge invited him in fawningly.

Prefect Lu hadn't been to Chu Ci's residence yet, so he followed the concierge all the way in and found that the yard here was very small, so he couldn't help feeling a little bit embarrassed.This Master Chu has been here for several years, and he still lives behind the government office. Could it be that he can't even afford a few yards?How can a family live comfortably in such a cramped environment?

However, it seems that he has never heard of the matter of this Lord Chu marrying a wife, but he does have a daughter.Last time his daughter opened a poetry club and invited that young lady over.He has also heard about the origin of this girl, and it seems that she adopted the granddaughter of Juyeshanren.

In his opinion, Chu Ci's actions were very irrational.Although this is just a daughter, which good girl is willing to be a ready-made mother as soon as she gets married?Not to mention those wealthy families.

Worried about Chu Ci, he followed the concierge and turned several turns before stopping in front of a courtyard.

"Master Zhifu, this is the residence of our Chu Ti school. There are no servants in his house, why don't you call at the door for you?"

Prefect Lu frowned. He is a dignified fifth-rank official who doesn't even have a servant to watch the door. He still has to shout at the door. Isn't this going to make everyone know about it?He refused the porter's offer and told him to leave on his own, saying he would knock and go in.

After the concierge left, Zhifu Lu stepped forward and knocked hard on the courtyard door. Soon, there was a sound of footsteps coming from inside, and he stopped at the door and pulled the latch.The door opened, but the visitor was not Chu Ci who came to open the door in person as he imagined, but a tall man.

"What are you knocking on my door for?" the man opened his mouth and asked.

Lu Zhifu said: "I am the prefect of Zhangzhou. If you have something to discuss with Chu Tixue, you can go in and report it."

"Oh," the man replied, but his body didn't move, he just turned his head and shouted towards the main room, "Master, a magistrate is looking for you, do you want him to come in?"

The magistrate Lu was so loud that he wanted to find a crack to hide. The sound was so loud that the neighbors probably heard it!

In the main hall, Chu Ci, who was playing chess with Mrs. Wen, was also taken aback.He hurriedly let Mrs. Wen and the onlookers go back to the room, then got up and smoothed the hem of his clothes, and walked quickly towards the door.

When he arrived at the door, he found that there was only Zhifu Lu alone. Chu Ci couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. He thought Master Du had come with him.

"Lord Lu, please come inside. I don't know if you are coming here at this moment, but Chu is far away, so please forgive me." Chu Ci said, letting the prefect Lu in, and at the same time hinting to Duhu who opened the door to make a pot of tea.

Lu Zhifu said: "Where is it? It is the old man who came here uninvited and became a bad guest. I hope Master Chu will not mind."

Chu Ci welcomed him into the main hall, and Zhifu Lu saw the chessboard set up above at a glance, and it seemed that the game had already started.

"The old man came at a bad time, did he disturb Mr. Chu's elegant mood? If you have guests, please come out and have a chat."

Chu Ci was stunned for a moment, followed his eyes to see the unfinished game of chess, and immediately said: "There are no guests, it's just that Chu's chess addiction made him entertain himself."

After listening to the prefect, Lu Zhifu suddenly smiled strangely, and his tone was a little ambiguous: "Master Chu, what's the point of playing chess alone? It's more interesting to find a beautiful woman to play chess together. Would you like me to help you as a matchmaker?" ?”

The scene of Kou Jingjing in women's clothing playing chess with him instantly appeared in Chu Ci's mind, and he was almost shocked. After hearing the second half of his sentence, he almost refused with crossed hands and a capital letter.

"Thank you, my lord, for your kindness. It's just that I... oh!" Chu Ci pretended to be sad and sighed, and then repeated the excuse he had said before for restraining his wife.

Lu Zhifu was very fortunate in his heart, but fortunately he only talked about it, otherwise his daughter would be crushed to death, and their friendship would come to an end.

"Lord Chu, don't be too sad. Maybe you can find a good person to change your fate for you in the future. By the way, you are just a wife, maybe you won't be a concubine. You can take a concubine first." Take a look at the concubine's room of a small household." While magistrate Lu comforted him, he also did not forget to give him advice.

Chu Ci scolded this person in his heart for being unkind, what's the matter, can the daughters of ordinary people be pushed out to die?

"Hehe, I don't need to bother you about this matter. Your Excellency came all night, isn't it just for Chu's lifelong event?"

Prefect Lu didn't hear the indifference in Chu Ci's words, instead he talked about what happened today, and then thanked Chu Ci sincerely.He also inquired about some things in the past few days. Since the day when the governor went on tour, six or seven people have been dismissed from their official positions in the entire Southern Fujian Province. Moving up is hopeless.

"Master Lu, you don't need to be polite, and Chu just said a few words casually. You did everything yourself, and you deserve it."

What Chu Ci said was sincere. Although Zhifu Lu was sometimes confused and not very clean, he still put in a lot of hard work and put some thought into government affairs.When adjudicating the case, he never bent the law for personal gain.Compared with other officials of Wei, he can be regarded as a good official.

"Where is there?" Zhifu Lu was proud, but his face was humble, "The adults have already checked the people's livelihood and economy today, and I also introduced the products to them according to what you said. I guess they will come back soon after they go back." I can hear the news. Tomorrow, it should be your turn to play."

In terms of education, the local yamen is the supplementary, and the education department is the main one. Since Mr. Du was promoted from the education department, he will naturally pay more attention to it.The magistrate Lu got the benefits, and wanted to reciprocate, so he roughly talked to Chu Ci about the tempers of the other adults that he observed today.

Afterwards, seeing that it was getting late, he offered to leave, and Chu Ci personally sent him out, and only turned back when he got into the carriage.

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The next day, Master Du and his party came to the Department of Education, accompanied by Zhifu Lu and others.The mighty group of people frightened the concierge of the Tixue Division, and they were stunned for a while before they ran in to report.

Soon, Chu Ci led Ti Xuesi to go out to greet him with a very respectful attitude.

Today is different from yesterday. Yesterday they came quietly, and they would not say anything if they were not polite.But in the case of knowing it, still perfunctory, that is disrespectful to the superior.

"Chu Tixue, it's been a long time. How are you doing recently? This is the newly appointed Master Zhengti Xuekuang. You were supposed to go to see him, but the old man thought that he was going to go on tour soon, so he simply saved the trip." , wouldn’t it be better for Mr. Kuang to go down to the various mansions to have a look in person.” Du Yu introduced Chu Ci with a smile.

Chu Ci was a little surprised by Du Yu's attitude of not avoiding suspicion. Seeing him mentioning his new immediate boss, he immediately went over to greet him, and by the way, looked at the lord from the corner of his eye.

I saw that he was about 40 years old, he was not too tall, he was thin and thin, with a beard on his lips, and he looked refined.

"Master Chu, you are welcome. Speaking of which, I still have some connections with Master Chu." Kuang Min's words immediately attracted everyone's attention. Even Chu Ci himself was a little puzzled, because in his memory, there seemed to be no The experience of dealing with this Mr. Kuang.

Mr. Kuang didn't whet everyone's appetites, so he said directly: "Mr. Chu was the secretary of the Imperial Academy in Kyoto before he was appointed to study in Zhangzhou Prefecture. My son was studying there. I was lucky to be taken care of by Mr. Chu. I was also lucky enough to have a flying red flag. I'm so happy that I don't know what to do. During that time, the child would always mention Chu Siye at home, but unfortunately the old man was busy with work and couldn't see each other, but now we can be regarded as seeing each other."

Chu Ci suddenly realized, and an image of a timid boy appeared in his mind. It turned out that Mr. Kuang was Kuang Qisheng's father.

Others were also amazed by such a coincidence, joking while walking inside, and the scene suddenly became joyful.

Lu Zhifu felt a little bit emotional. It is good to be an official in the capital. The two imperial envoys who came before knew Chu Ci, and this Tixue from the capital also knew Chu Ci. If he can have such contacts, he will worry about no one to help him. ?

After entering the hall, Chu Ci ordered tea. After some gossip, they began routine inspections.The file storage room of the Tixue Department is even worse than that of the magistrate's yamen. Seeing these adults call it easy, they once again have the idea of ​​letting other prefectures come and learn.

However, an adult raised a question when checking the accounts. He found that there was a huge difference between the company's public account and the amount paid out. It was obviously in a state of being unable to make ends meet, and he didn't know how they made up for it?Could it be that Shu Xiu was raised secretly?

Chu Ci praised him for his carefulness, but he had already prepared for this matter.He took out one from another stack of ledgers and handed it to the adult to help him clear up the confusion.

The adult opened it and looked it up, only to find that, in addition to the imperial appropriation, Xuetian income and Shu Xiu, the Tixue Division has also been involved in the handicraft workshop and the Yurong Pill business, and the monthly share is transferred to the Tixue Division. The school's accounts were able to fill this huge gap.

Originally, this matter was a bit inappropriate to say. The connection between the government and the businessmen always makes people think of the collusion between the government and the business.But look at the huge expenditures of the Tixue Division. If there is no such share, they will probably reach out and ask for money.Anyway, the money is taken from the people and used for the people. After the financial official figured it out, he put the ledger back as if nothing had happened. There are already enough people asking him for money every month. Add one.

Chu Ci understood what he meant, stood aside but smiled and said nothing, as long as he acted frankly, they would not be afraid even if they wanted to investigate him.Furthermore, he had sought Shangfeng's opinion on this matter at the beginning, as long as Du Yu, the governor, did not give him a label, it would be useless for others to make a fuss about it.