The meaning of help and guidance in life is to ask for help.
Since they are arrogant and self-indulgent, you should respect them and not belittle them.
Liu Quan looked around and said warmly: "Since you respect my husband as your teacher, I am your elder. As an elder, I must help as much as I can and don't do anything perfunctorily. Just tell me,
What exactly do you want here?"
As the representative of a group of people, Long Shitong did his best to explain the common ideas.
Liu Quan listened quietly and analyzed it silently, trying to figure out the outline.
These scholars were all junior students who had studied in government schools before, and they were all considered to be highly talented people. It was only because they failed in the provincial examination that they wasted their time indifferently, and felt a deep sense of regret in their hearts that their talents had not been recognized.
Judging from the reality, about nine out of ten people fail the imperial examination. Scholars like them are everywhere, and it is not a rare thing. As for the future, they will basically live in mediocrity and end their lives.
Want to put your knowledge to use?
Just wait for the next life.
This concept is generally recognized as common sense, but an anecdote from a special person directly overturns this statement.
Who is that person?
——Peng Wenchang!
Almost all scholars in Yongchuan Prefecture know that this old rotten scholar spent his whole life studying hard, and in the end he failed to even pass the entrance examination for junior students who received subsidies. In the end, he had to teach and educate people to earn some tuition fees.
However, this old man got lucky and got into Mr. Qi's camp. Finally, he was taken to Qiongzhou and entrusted with a high position. It is said that he became prosperous and almost arrogant.
This incident happened by chance, but it has very obvious reference significance for the ‘Qiyu disciples’.
There is a road ahead and there is a path ahead, so why not follow it?
You must know that becoming an official is the ultimate dream of all scholars. Since the road to the imperial examination cannot continue, we must find another way. And the network of mentor Qi Yu is ready!
However, Mr. Qi is thousands of miles away. Even if he wants to recommend himself, he is beyond reach!
What a coincidence now. It happens to be the opportunity for Master’s wife to return to peace. How can we let it go?
Almost everyone in the Yongchuan Mansion knew that the relationship between the master's wife and her mentor was one of equal respect, and she could give him ten thousand words of good words just by blowing a little breeze at the bedside.
That's why the scholars put aside their dignity and came to seek help from each other.
oh……
If Peng Wenchang had known that these scholars were making fun of him, he would probably have scolded them: I, Lao Peng, am a humble gentleman, how can I be like a villain who is trying to gain connections?
The matter was not complicated, but Liu Quan was in trouble.
She neither understands officialdom nor government, nor does she understand how her husband employs people. How did she make a decision when she suddenly encountered such a thing?
what can we do about it?
Xiaotong smiled and whispered to her mother: "Mom, in my opinion, all these talents should be accepted without leaving any one behind!"
Liu Quan also avoided everyone and asked softly: "Why?"
"My mother doesn't know that the people in Qiongzhou are tough and the education is backward. My father's first priority after stabilizing the public security is to develop culture and education to open up the people's wisdom."
Seeing that her mother was still puzzled, Xiaotong had to explain in more detail: "There are three major areas in the assessment of local officials, namely public security, taxation, and culture and education. Now that the public security in Qiongzhou has been calmed down, the emperor has pardoned the three years there.
Taxation, in this way, only culture and education are left to be done. However, if we want to develop culture and education, we must have scholars and broadcast knowledge, otherwise it will not be realized..."
Having said this, Liu Quan suddenly understood and knew that Xianggong was in urgent need.
These talents should be recruited as much as possible so that Qiongzhou can use them.
However, this is a bit against the rules. How can a woman act on behalf of her husband beyond her authority?
You will be called unworthy!
Xiaotong encouraged her: "Even if mother makes a decision, father will never object! Even if he knows, he will praise you for your long-term vision and your ability to handle things."
Liu Quan felt a little relaxed: "Is this really the case?"
Xiaotong said hurriedly: "Yes, culture and education are very different from other political affairs. The prefect of one party has the absolute power of appointment. In other words, who should be used and whom should not be used is all decided by the father alone. There is no need to report to the provincial government.
And report to the court."
"real?"
"Well, this is what Master Luo said personally, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it."
oh, I get it.
In this way, Liu Quan felt reassured.
This time, she adopted her daughter's suggestion and accepted all the people who recommended themselves and hired them as their husbands.
In addition, she also asked Xiaotong to write a letter of recommendation for them, and said that with this letter, they could go to Qiongzhou to seek refuge, and they would definitely be reused, and so on.
The scholars, on the other hand, all felt as if they had found a treasure, holding Xiaotong's "letter of introduction" in their hands, and left happily.
Before parting, they all made statements one after another, saying that they would set off for Qiongzhou immediately tomorrow to use what they had learned in their lives to repay their teacher's wife for her kindness.
All right!
Go for it!
Liu Quan was really a little bit disgusted by what he heard. They all had one master wife at a time. What if they called him old?
…
After dinner, Xiaotong left home quietly on the pretext of going out for a walk.
Tong Yanhuo wanted to follow behind, but was declined by the little girl.
She said that she is a master of martial arts, so what should she be afraid of? In a small place like Yongchuan, it is no problem to walk sideways!
Crab said angrily: He was shot innocently.
However, Tong Yanhuo did not insist on this, but let her run away alone. He felt that the little girl was now fully capable of protecting herself, and ordinary warriors could not hurt her at all.
At the moment, the moon is bright, the wind is high, the insects are humming, and the autumn night is pleasant.
Qi Xiaotong is like a cheerful little rabbit, strolling around Yongchuan City.
This place carries her childhood and is full of warmth. After finally coming back, how could she not take a nice stroll?
First, she came to the vegetable market. This place was the place where she used to accompany her grandma, and the memory was still fresh in her mind.
Then, she came to the former private school and stopped. Now Master Peng has gone south, leaving this lonely house empty.
As she walked, she left the city on foot and arrived near a small village on the outskirts.
On one side of the road, there is a walnut forest full of fruits. The evening breeze blows by, making the leaves of the trees rustle, making people feel peaceful and lingering.
I still remember that I and my former classmate Hong Tao once stole walnuts here. Unexpectedly, when the incident was discovered, Master Peng hit the palm of his hand with a ruler, which made him grimace in pain.
The past events are still vivid in my mind, but the person from back then is nowhere to be seen.
Oh, I'm so bored. What can I do?
How about stealing some more walnuts to try?
good idea!
Qi Xiaotong girded her waist and was about to jump up a tree when she suddenly heard the faint sound of an argument coming from the front.
Listen again...
Huh? It seems like someone is fighting!
Go and take a look?
for sure!
Her strong curiosity prompted her to follow the source of the sound decisively, but she didn't show the slightest hint of timidity.
In the darkness, her figure was seen flickering, and she disappeared into the vast night with a few leaps.
After one-tenth of the incense was burned, half a pretty face poked out from a tall tree branch, and it was Qi Xiaotong.
Under the tree, I saw a burly young man confronting a group of gangsters.
The young man said angrily: "You are digging a hole next to my mother's grave to cook roast chicken. This is not the right thing to do. If you don't leave, I will be rude."
"Drink! How dare you utter such arrogant words as a little brat! I want to see today how you can be so rude? You guys, come on! Beat me to death!" the gangster leader cursed fiercely.
.
Following his order, the two sides started fighting like thunder.
Although the young man was physically strong, his fists were hard to defeat, and he was quickly pinned to the ground by the gangsters.
Just when he was about to be kicked violently by a group of people, he suddenly saw a petite beautiful figure flashing across the darkness. At the same time, all the gangsters were slapped loudly and inexplicably.