Zhuge Liang's narration stunned the five teammates.
They were stunned for a while before taking a breath of air and realizing that they seemed to have made a big mistake.
"So that's it?"
"How can it still be like this?"
"I...what have I done before?"
"I just didn't understand such an important thing?"
After Li Wei understood everything, he looked at Zhuge Liang with admiration.
"Kong Ming, I finally understand why you are the number one scholar..."
"It does not matter."
Zhuge Liang shook his head and smiled: "The important thing is that we can get the opportunity to receive sufficient training in the cabinet during these three months. This will be very beneficial for us to become officials in the future."
"I see."
Levi nodded, and then he asked another question.
"As for the matter of Geguan Chen... Kong Ming, how did you deal with Geguan Chen? He always had a dark face, and either scolded or ignored us. We couldn't get close to him at all, and we couldn't ask any questions. How did you do that?
Yes? I remember that you were angrily scolded by him a few days ago, right?"
"Yes, if you didn't grasp the timing well and interrupted his thoughts on handling affairs, of course you will be scolded by him."
Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "So I knew it later, observed carefully, and recorded the doubts that I couldn't understand. When he finished handling a matter and wanted to drink water or pay respects, I would follow him and give him water.
, or follow him closely to ask.
At this time, he is still willing to answer some confused questions, and I can learn something from it. In short, it is important to ask him questions when he is free and not when he is dealing with official business.
"
Li Wei nodded slowly, while Zhang Yun, another teammate next to him, looked confused.
"No, I asked him a question while he was having lunch, but he glared at me and drove me away. Why didn't he answer?"
"I don't get an answer from him every time. Sometimes he is in a bad mood. I will follow him and ask questions, but he will also scold me."
Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "It's normal to be scolded. If you are scolded, just rebuke him. Next time, and the next time, observe his emotions more carefully. You will always encounter a time when he is in a good mood. If you ask again at this time, he will
I will guide you a little more gently.
What we should pay attention to is that we must not dare to ask again after being scolded once, or think that what will happen if we are scolded, this is normal. Mr. Chen Geguan does not have the responsibility of his mentor to tell us everything he knows.
There is no problem if we don’t do this. We are lucky to be able to give you some guidance.”
"That's it..."
Zhang Yun frowned, as if it was difficult to accept it.
Zhuge Liang patted him on the shoulder.
"I heard that people who enter the cabinet have gone through several years of local experience, been promoted from clerks to officials, and served at least one term as county magistrate, and made some achievements before being transferred back to Luoyang to join the cabinet.
Entering the cabinet is itself a kind of recognition from the emperor.
Each of them is very good and capable, and once they enter the cabinet, as long as they don't make any mistakes, it is very possible that they will be assigned to serve as county governors or governors in the future. How can they not think highly of themselves?
Woolen cloth?
And we are just newcomers who have just passed the imperial examination and entered the court without knowing anything. In their eyes, what can we count? In the future, they will all be high-ranking officials who can be the fourth or third grade.
Why is there any need to be kind to us and respond to our requests?
My family cares about us because of our blood relations, and my teachers and mentors are willing to guide us because of their responsibilities. They hope that we will study hard and ask questions. However, Chen Geguan and others are not related to us and have no responsibilities for us.
Is it just to curry favor with us by waiting for you to respond to your requests?
They themselves have a bright future, some are optimistic about it, and some appreciate it, so there is no need to curry favor with us. Even if our families are from a privileged background and have relatives of high-ranking officials, for them, they can just ignore it and there is no need to curry favor with them.
Rather, it is we who need guidance.
Gentlemen, maybe in our hometown and in our school, we are all outstanding people and are flattered by people wherever we go, but in Luoyang and in the cabinet, we are just ordinary newcomers. People like me are like people crossing the river.
Crucian carp, therefore, we should be careful in what we do and be careful in our conduct, and not be blindly arrogant."
What Zhuge Liang said was true. Li Wei, Zhang Yun and the other five were silent for a long time, and finally said nothing.
But in the next few days, when Zhuge Liang had some free time in the cabinet, he rarely saw these five people continue to be scolded.
They seemed to have learned something from Zhuge Liang's persuasion, and began to run around in silence with their heads lowered, and did not continue to complain.
Sometimes when Zhuge Liang takes the opportunity to ask questions, as long as these people are present, they will come over and listen carefully. Sometimes when Zhuge Liang comes back from doing business outside, he can also see one of them carefully asking Chen
Yao asked questions.
Chen Yao didn't seem to be too disgusted.
One day a month later, while Zhuge Liang was asking him a question, Chen Yao looked at Zhuge Liang with a half-smile and asked him a question.
"You seem to be quite willing to help others. The five people in your group did not accept the status quo that much at first and complained about me a lot. At that time, you were the only one who was different from them. I don't think they can do it in just a few days.
Self-awareness, you told them something, right?"
Zhuge Liang nodded.
"Yes, they had a lot of troubles and asked me for advice, so I told them some things. I think it is normal for colleagues to help each other."
"Is it normal?"
Chen Yao smiled and said: "Zhuge Kongming, what if I told you that this time's political inspection is actually another exam. We are your examiners. The best among you can stay, and those who are not good enough will lose everything.
And the number of places is limited, how do you feel?"
"is this real?"
Zhuge Liang wondered: "The official status has been conferred on us, could it be..."
"Of course you can take back what the imperial court can give you, and don't you think there are too many people who passed the exam this time?"
Chen Yao sneered: "In the beginning, the imperial court only planned to accept a thousand people, but now there are three times more people. Therefore, after this time of observing the government, we will eliminate the stupid two thousand people who do not know how to adapt, leaving only the smartest ones."
Among the one thousand people, Zhuge Kongming, in each group, only two people can stay.
In the beginning, you were the best one, and I thought you would be able to stay, but now it is not the case. They have also learned, their performance is getting better and they are growing, and their scores may be very fast.
It will catch up with you, or even surpass you, and you will most likely be eliminated. How do you feel?"
Chen Yao looked at Zhuge Liang with a proud look on his face.
Zhuge Liang lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and looked directly at Chen Yao.
"If this matter is false, I will not have any problems helping my colleagues. What I did is right and I will not make mistakes. If this matter is true, then I don't think I will be the one eliminated. I
I am also confident that I can stay and will not be easily surpassed.
If I make a mistake that cannot be forgiven by the society, and I am caught up and eliminated, then it is because I have not done well enough. In three years, I will come back and I will correct all my mistakes, so no matter how you look at it
, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with me helping my colleagues.”
Chen Yao looked at Zhuge Liang with some surprise.
"Yes, yes, the idea is very correct, but if you are so willing to help others, it is okay at school and at home, but it is not a good thing in the officialdom. Most of them are so that you can betray everyone.
He's a despicable guy, and he won't thank you at all if you help him. Are you sure you want to do this?"
"Is it my fault that I was framed by a despicable person?"
Zhuge Liang looked at Chen Yao.
Chen Yao blinked his eyes and opened his mouth. For a moment, he didn't react to Zhuge Liang's question about what was going on.
Shao Qing, he reacted.
"You are such a sharp-tongued Zhuge Liang. You are indeed the number one scholar among 300,000 people. I ask you a question, and you ask me a question in turn?"
"Xiaguan didn't mean that."
Zhuge Liang said softly: "The lower official just believes that it is correct for colleagues to help each other for state affairs. As for whether the person being helped has high moral character or low moral character, whether he is a noble person or a villain, whether he should help each other or not
There is no impact.
Doing your best to help each other in national affairs is something that is beneficial to the country. If national affairs are harmed because of personal grievances between each other, or even use national affairs to harm others and seek benefits, then such a person
It is undeniable that all deaths are to blame, and the two should be treated separately and should not be confused."
Chen Yao narrowed his eyes and stared at Zhuge Liang for a long time.
"I never thought you had such an idea, but I don't know if you really encountered such a thing, would you stick to your views today? You have never experienced many things, and you imagine yourself to be extremely strong, but really
If something happens to you, you will probably hate it more than others."
"It is human nature to hate villains and wrong things. It is natural for lower officials to hate villains."
Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "But this does not conflict with colleagues working together for national affairs. If a villain does something wrong, he should naturally be punished. But if you give up the right approach for this, then as a country
Officials themselves have also made mistakes. How can they do such a wrong thing if they take the emperor's salary?"
Chen Yao took a deep breath.
"It's a good idea and a good point, but I don't know if you can do it. Of course, this has nothing to do with me. You will have to start from the grassroots level and accumulate experience bit by bit, and I can't do it.
I'm going to be the governor of a county in a few years. I don't know when we will meet next. I hope you can do what you said, Zhuge Kongming."
Zhuge Liang bowed.
"Liang will do his best to live up to your expectations."
"I don't expect anything from you."
Chen Yao rolled his eyes and threw a document to Zhuge Liang: "Send it to the Ministry of Works and ask the Ministry of Works to give me an exact time. We can't delay it any longer. If it continues, something will happen to the Yizhou war."
"only."
Zhuge Liang took the document and hurried to the Ministry of Works, and quickly brought back feedback from the Ministry of Works.
Later, Chen Qun, the cabinet official who had finished handling the day's affairs, called Chen Yao and asked him to go with him to the palace to meet Liu Bei and report today's events to Liu Bei.
"I heard that Zhen Butang and Yan Butang were quarreling again. I asked you to ask the Ministry of Industry about the time. Has it been implemented?"
"It's implemented, the Ministry of Industry has given time."
Chen Yao nodded and said: "We've given you time, why are you arguing with Hu Bu again?"
"What other reason could it be? I want the Ministry of Accounts to give me more money."
Chen Qun sneered and said: "The Ministry of Industry has no other choice but to spend more money to make people work more, and use more budgets to summon civilian workers to speed up road construction. Moreover, the Ministry of Industry has always felt that the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development is the chief culprit in this matter."
The culprit must pay more from the Ministry of Revenue. Didn’t you see that the two of them almost got into a fight in front of the imperial court yesterday?"
"Has the relationship between Yan Butang and Zhen Butang deteriorated to this point?"
Chen Yao said in surprise: "They are all relatives of the emperor. I heard that they have a good relationship."
"Where are the royal relatives and relatives now? You must not talk nonsense outside."
Chen Qun whispered: "In the past, it was a good thing for the emperor's relatives to have relatives, but today the emperor is particularly taboo about the emperor's relatives, haven't you noticed? It has been six years since Zhenguan, and the wives' family members have only entered the palace a few times?
I’m avoiding it!”
"That's it..."
Chen Yao said in a low voice: "In that case, should we favor the Ministry of Industry or the Ministry of Household Affairs in this matter?"
"What does it have to do with us?"
Chen Qun laughed and said: "We are the cabinet. We do not manage things. We don't use our transcendent status, but we insist on getting involved in disputes between two ministries? How stupid? We are just the emperor's close advisers. Apart from that, we have nothing to do with anyone else.
It doesn’t matter, understand?”
Chen Yao nodded.
"Understood."
The two rushed to the palace quickly. As soon as they arrived at the palace, they heard the quarrel between Yan Wen and Zhen Yan from a distance.