"A respectful person does not insult others; a frugal person does not take away from others." Mencius said in the chapter "Li Lou"
You Chu frowned. The other party's background seemed to be a bit beyond his expectation. Although a four hundred stone academic record was nothing in Chang'an City, he was still a court official, and the other party actually sent only one guard to pass him by.
Not many people in Chang'an City have such arrogant capital. When You Chu followed Liu Yao to the car and heard the childish voice coming from the car, he felt even more incredible.
The sun was shining brightly at this time, and a faint dust seemed to evaporate from the yellow land. The air was filled with the smell of water vapor blowing from the Wei River and the soil dug out from the fields. The compartment was cramped and stuffy, and one had to force oneself out of it.
You can't come out.
Liu Yao bowed to the car window respectfully, but before he could say anything, the young man sitting inside jumped out in a few steps. The impatient look really frightened Liu Yao, and he subconsciously stretched out his hand to support him.
The young man didn't care. He walked straight to You Chu and looked at him up and down with careful eyes.
"Are you a member of the imperial college?" The emperor was attracted by You Chu's smart eyes at the first sight. Although he was standing calmly and calmly at the moment, he didn't know what was going on in his heart. This point
He looked a bit like Wang Fu, but he was more courteous and sensible than Wang Fu. The emperor suddenly found it very interesting, nodded with a smile, and said, "Which subject are you studying now?"
Behind him, Zhao Wen, who moved a step slower, also walked out of the car. At this time, everyone around him was centered on him, respectfully surrounded by about thirty followers wearing knight uniforms or scribes' dark clothes.
Seeing this formation, You Chu was secretly frightened, but he said calmly and calmly: "Taixue Business Department."
"When will you enroll?" The emperor stretched out his hand to stop Zhao Wen from asking questions on his behalf, and asked himself.
"Enrolled in the third year of Chuping." You Chu replied.
"Still the first batch to enroll." The emperor nodded slightly and checked his household registration: "Where do you live?"
"I live in Zuofengyi Pinyang County." It would be okay if it was an older person like Liu Yao, but the other person was indeed a child not as tall as him. You Chu was made unhappy by the other person's condescending tone and couldn't bear it.
I couldn't help but ask, "Don't you know your surname?"
The emperor was rarely questioned face to face. He was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly smiled, as if he remembered something: "Oh? That's right."
You Chu thought he would reciprocate the courtesy and take the initiative to announce his home, but the other party asked again: "You haven't asked your name yet?"
"You Chu." You Chu's brows twitched, but he still patiently talked to the other party for a long time, asking questions and answering questions. He curiously discovered that the young man in front of him deliberately didn't want to reveal his identity to him.
Zhao Wen seemed to have remembered something and said in the emperor's ear: "It should be Feng Yigong, Cao Youyin's family."
The emperor understood that last year, Fu Xun, the Minister of Civil Affairs, went to Zuofeng Yi to rectify the officialdom. More than half of the local officials in the county were implicated. Not only was You Yin not implicated, but because of his active cooperation in the rectification work, he won Fu Xun's favor.
He received good reviews and was recommended to retain Feng Yi as official Cao.
"This surname is rare." The emperor said deliberately. He took a few steps forward and walked to the edge of the field. He looked at the neat and deep ravines in the field and the ridges of soil piled next to each ravine. He said with satisfaction: "This
Along the way here, the fields here are the most regular. In other places, there are ravines of different depths, sparse or dense, or crooked, which is extremely ugly."
You Chu hadn't answered yet, so he only heard the other party continue: "Didn't an old farmer be sent to teach him in advance?"
"Yes, it's just." You Chu glanced at the emperor, deliberately closed his mouth and said no more.
The emperor was amused and asked: "I still want to stop talking, what do you mean?"
"Your Majesty, are you treating me as a guest? Or are you treating me as a farmer in the field?" You Chu said coldly.
"Bold." Liu Yao, who was standing next to You Chu, couldn't help but scolded.
You Chu was really shocked, but he was still not afraid at all. Instead, he completely aroused the anger in his chest. Even if the opponent was the Hongnong Yang family or the Fufeng Ma family, they had to follow the etiquette, which was the worst.
Just walk away, no one would have the trouble to argue with an imperial student.
The emperor asked in a funny tone: "What do you think?"
"Whether you are a guest or a farmer, please feel free to do as you please. I will not accompany you." After saying this, You Chu was about to leave, but when he turned around, he found a young man who was about the same age as him, but with a beautiful and heroic appearance standing in front of him.
Behind him, someone silently blocked his way.
"Okay, okay." The emperor smiled noncommittally and said, "You and I met by chance. How about we being just friends at that time? With this status, I can speak freely, right?"
Zhao Wen and others' expressions changed slightly. They all looked at the emperor in disbelief and hesitated to speak.
You Chu didn't understand why these people had such a big reaction. He was secretly wary in his heart, but he still said rudely: "Are there any friends in this world who don't know their names?"
The emperor looked around at everyone meaningfully and said leisurely: "I am Secretary Lang Wangfu. In order to prevent the spring drought, I have been specially ordered to visit the fields."
Wang Fu looked at the other party's age, conversation, and tactics, and indeed he was somewhat similar to the rumored emperor's cousin. You Chu said with some doubts: "Since I have been given the order, I naturally know everything."
So he explained the question in detail. If the people standing here were not You Chu, but Zhang Ji and Jia Kui, they were probably cautious and would not casually discuss the shortcomings of the Taixue system.
But Chu was different. You Chu was not afraid of offending people, not only because he knew that the current emperor attached great importance to farming, but also because he wanted to convey some things that were unacceptable to Tian Ting through the channel of the king in front of him.
Compared with sanctimonious bureaucrats like Liu Yao, You Chucai really has a righteous heart.
As he spoke, the emperor's face gradually turned cold. It turned out that some imperial students were just pretending to the story, and deliberately cultivated the place they were responsible for crookedly, and then left it to the farmers who were actually responsible for the place to renovate it later. As for why they were not afraid of the acceptance of the academic certificate,
Giving them a bad review, You Chu's answer was: "In the end, Taixue values what they have learned. Their main task is to understand the Dharma and the scriptures. Therefore, the standards for inspections are loose, unlike our business department, which will have to do so in the future."
Those involved in this matter.”
The emperor knew that he still had something to say, and there were probably some people here who relied on their family background and deliberately expressed their resistance in this way. Currently, the only way to select officials is Taixue Ceshi, there are more convenient ways.
They are not those poor people in the business department who are not afraid of having no way out.
“Even the emperor plows every acre, and goes out to push plows for plowing every spring. How dare they do this!” 11