Every time he recalled this incident that happened on the seventh day of May in the ninth year of Jinghe, Li You would feel that he was inexplicably "the law of heaven is clear and retribution will not be good". As the saying goes, those who rape their wives and daughters in front of others will be punished by their wives and daughters. Being raped by others in front of me...
Time passed day by day while Mr. Li was studying the theory of retribution. As the hustle and bustle of the Emperor's visit to Yangzhou gradually dissipated, Yangzhou City returned to its leisurely and leisurely atmosphere. However, there were various tea shops, restaurants, bathhouses and crowds on the streets. Here, there is more to talk about.
Others in the local yamen can just follow the trend of laziness. They have been working hard from last year to this year to prepare for the new year. It is always time to take a breather after being nervous. Even people who have always been diligent will not be able to help but relax for a few days at this time. .
But Mr. Li is still so busy with his official duties. He has to shoulder the responsibility of the government, county and salt government offices, and he really has no time to spare.
And this is Jiangdu County, a large county like Yangzhou Prefecture that is famous for its many affairs. Here at the Salt Transportation Department, it is the season when new salt begins to be shipped this year... It is easy to imagine the drama that Mr. Li will face. If it were not for relying on young people He is so strong that he cannot withstand such a superhuman load.
What's even worse is that the assistant officers of these yamen do not dare to make decisions on their own regardless of official affairs. They bother Mr. Li on big and small matters. Asking for instructions and reports is like a crucian carp crossing the river, for fear that Mr. Li will have a bad opinion of them.
This is very annoying to Li You, and he is self-inflicted. Ancient books say that Zhou Gong washes his hair three times and spits out food three times after eating. Li You didn't believe this at first. He only thought it was an exaggeration, or maybe Zhou Gong and the old man were deliberately trying to gain fame. No matter how busy he was, he could not believe it. So busy?
When these allusions became a living reality and happened to his own family, Mr. Li, who experienced it personally, could only cry without tears and cursed that he deserved it.
This means that every gain must come with a loss. Li You looked at the happiness of others working from nine to five and sighed in his heart.
In fact, everything was brought about by him. He took too much power. Although he was in the limelight during the emperor's southern tour and showed his face in front of the world like a governor and a capable minister. But things must have pros and cons. The sequelae are revealed. .
What Mr. Li desires most now is for the court to be more efficient, to quickly send people to Yangzhou to take up posts, to fill the vacant official positions of Yunsi and magistrate, and to take power away from him! He will never set up any Obstacles, we will never fight for power again.
What's more, Mr. Li was eating from the bowl and looking at the pot, and his mind was on the admiral of the five cities. He felt that his achievements, fame and prestige in Yangzhou had reached the extreme, and there was no way to improve him. Keqiu. It would be useless to make new achievements, so my mind started to be impetuous again.
Even if he takes the position of fourth-grade prefect, can he be more domineering than the current situation where one person is in charge of three yamen? Unless he can be replaced by the governor of Fengyang, but that is absolutely impossible and impossible to dream of.
The eldest princess of Guide was about to leave after living in Yangzhou for about a month. At this time, the emperor's imperial chariot was still in the south of the Yangtze River. I heard that he was coming to Hangzhou soon. However, the eldest princess did not intend to go south to follow the emperor's southern patrol team, but planned to go directly north. Return to Beijing.
Of course, Li You was extremely happy with this choice. However, when seeing him off, he made a duplicitous plea: "Why bother in such a hurry? You can wait in Yangzhou until the imperial driver returns, and then accompany him back to Beijing."
Guide's thousand-year-old jade-faced man sighed with confusion: "The gentle and wealthy land of Jiangzuo is indeed a place to spend one's willpower. If I live here any longer, I'm afraid I will sink completely into it. I don't dare to stay here for a long time."
Li You praised highly: "Your Highness has a good character."
This is the more normal eldest princess Chitose. She is resolute and self-controlled enough, and cannot affect the country, the country, and the country for the sake of a short-term affair, especially during the period of changes in the government! Of course, there is also the newly established fifth-rank imperial envoy to oversee the soldiers of the five cities.
Such a national event as Ma Si!
"And I miss Xiao Liu'er a little. Do you know why I promise to help you even though I know you are not a good person?"
Li You looked around and saw that there was no one around, and whispered with a little complacency: "Because I am Xiao Liu'er's father?"
"With or without you, my son is still indispensable. He is still a wealthy nobleman, but he just happened to borrow your seed!" Guide Chitose couldn't help but mock and attack his lover.
He changed the subject and added: "It's just that when we first met in the palace, you hurriedly looked for your son after entering the house. From this, it can be seen that you are not a person who has no conscience and evades responsibilities."
Li You was speechless. He thought he was thoughtful enough, but compared with women, he was still far behind. She noticed all these small details and analyzed them carefully. Finally, he said sincerely: "We look forward to good news."
After sending away Princess Guide, Li You began to be full of expectations and gained new hope in life, and continued to work hard among the mountains of documents.
On this day, when he took the time to look through the official appointment and dismissal column in the Di newspaper, he was surprised by a piece of news - Zhejiang Police Inspector Su Songdao, Chen Yingzhen, was promoted to the prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture!
Mr. Li once again felt what a true protagonist is... His teacher was too protagonist in his official style.
He rose quickly, all because he jumped up and down, worked hard, speculated, worked hard and risked his life, plus a little bit of luck. He swept through thousands of armies and made countless enemies. Fortunately, he had a strong enough backing to be like a fish in water.
This Teacher Chen (theoretically Li You should call Master Chen his teacher) was always silent, floating lightly in front of him without a trace of fireworks, as if he could pick it up effortlessly.
There are many almost fixed promotion routines for different officials of the country and dynasty, which are all agreed-upon paths. Outside of the routines, those like Li You are more unusual.
The most envied and hated routine is naturally to start one's career in the Hanlin Academy, then become a bachelor or move to the imperial bureau, then become a minister, and finally become a minister or a bachelor. This is the fastest and noblest path, the path to the first-class Jinshi.
The more common third-rate Jinshi routine is to start as a county magistrate, become a censor, accumulate seniority in the censorship, and be released to the fifth rank to inspect the affairs. Later, he can be promoted to a fourth-rank counselor, and then to a fourth-rank magistrate.
, can be promoted to the third rank to participate in political affairs, can be promoted to the third rank to be an inspector, and can be promoted to the second rank to be an administrative envoy. In the end, it is nothing more than the ultimate goals of governor, minister, and minister.
From the above two routines, we can see what the difference is between first-rate Jinshi and third-rate Jinshi. There are only a few steps in the life of a first-rate Jinshi, and the goal is to be a minister and a bachelor.
As for the future of a third-rate scholar, there are countless thresholds that need to be crossed one by one. If you are not careful, you will be stuck for a lifetime. There are not many people who have been county magistrates for more than ten years.
Even if your official career is good and you won't stand still, there are so many thresholds. Each one takes a few years. How many people have the longevity to fight to the end?
If we analyze Teacher Chen's promotion based on this, we will find that there are many connotations that people in the Ming Dynasty officialdom cannot appreciate.
Teacher Chen was supposed to be a first-class Jinshi when he entered the Imperial Academy, but instead he became a seventh-grade county magistrate like a third-class Jinshi. However, he was promoted to a fifth-grade magistrate, which shocked Li You.
Stable and worried, this will only destroy people.
Later, when he learned the inside story, he suddenly realized that it turned out that Teacher Chen was too low-key or deliberately concealed his background. Therefore, he was kicked out of the library during the selection process and was not admitted to the Imperial Academy. Under the instruction of Xu Cifu, who was the Minister of Civil Affairs at the time,
, very aggrieved, he pretended to be angry and went out to serve as the county magistrate.
At the beginning of the seventh year of Jinghe, Teacher Chen was directly promoted from the county magistrate to the supervisor. It seemed abrupt, but it was actually reasonable and did not go beyond the above-mentioned promotion routine.
It's just that the censor step was omitted as a transition. It can be regarded as the compensation given by the imperial court to Mr. Chen for not entering the Imperial Academy. A student of Tianguan, a dignified official, was hacked and removed from the Imperial Academy. Now that he is compensated for being a minister, who can say anything.
Fast forward two and a half years, and this time Teacher Chen skipped the rank of fourth-rank counselor and was directly promoted from the fifth-rank judge to the fourth-rank Yangzhou magistrate. It is very meaningful, but it also makes sense.
He has the qualifications of a real-term official, a high-end diploma of the fifth Jinshi, and an outstanding evaluation. There is no need to cross the gap between Beijing officials and local officials. It is nothing to be promoted from the fifth grade to the fourth grade. It is blameless, no matter who.
All I can do is hehehe.
Looking at the teacher's development trajectory, Li You could only sigh that he was much more stable than himself. The seventh grade became the fifth grade, and the fifth grade became the fourth grade. They were all so stable that it left people speechless. There was a backstage and a teacher, so
Standing out quietly in a silent place, and suddenly looking back in a dimly lit place, this is the normal career of a winner in officialdom.
But everyone has his or her own destiny, and everyone has his or her own fate. Li You may not be worse than his teacher in the future!
Within two days, Teacher Chen's appointment notice was sent to Li You. It turned out that Teacher Chen did not return to Beijing to take up the post. He went directly from Suzhou to Yangzhou to take up the post. The distance was only more than 200 miles, so he naturally came very quickly.
After receiving the red edict, Li You quickly made preparations. When his teacher came to take office, he naturally had to be extremely careful and never let others pick out gifts.
It was the scorching sun on the tenth day of June, and Mr. Li was sweating profusely and could only wait on the dock.
Amidst the din of drums, music, trumpets and suonas, the new prefect's boat slowly docked, and Mr. Chen, wearing a brand-new official robe that was so red that it was dazzling, appeared on the deck.
Li You enthusiastically shouted "teacher" and pretended to come forward to greet him and salute.
Magistrate Chen supported Li You. To be honest, he was really embarrassed to accept Li You's gift now. He was only eight years older than Li You, and his rank was about the same.
Meeting each other with courtesy is too frivolous.
Teacher Chen looked at Li You for a moment and sighed: "You are really a lucky star!"
Li You almost burst into tears. He had only heard that he was a lucky star. Today, he was praised as a lucky star for the first time. The teacher was knowledgeable and didn't say much but always hit the mark.
After the welcoming ceremony, a huge procession took the new prefect to the government office.
That night, the Yangzhou government office did not hold a grand banquet, but only set up a table of wine and food in the back office pavilion. The only people on the table were Magistrate Chen, Li You and Master Chen's aide Huang Shiye.
The three of them had a slow drink, mainly chatting. With the close relationship between them, there was no need to express anything in a warm atmosphere.
Magistrate Chen talked about Suzhou Prefecture's reception, "It was an unprecedented event. From Hushuguan to Changmen, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians were expected to welcome him along the coast. I heard that the government learned from Yangzhou. You really can ask for it."
happiness."
Li You shook his head and said: "We have a large population in Suzhou. The population of Yangzhou is only half of Suzhou. In the end, in order to avoid disturbing the people too much, we only had a few tens of thousands of people."
Master Huang sighed: "Whenever Mr. Li gets his hands on something, he always tries to do it in new ways, which is admirable."
Magistrate Chen asked again: "What happened to Li Denggao? He looks like an enemy when he sees me."
"It's nothing to worry about being a corrupt scholar! It's just that he couldn't argue with me and wanted to commit suicide by diving into the water. So I ridiculed him for being a high-ranking Jinshi, but he is far worse than the teacher, as different as clouds and mud!"
Magistrate Chen and Master Huang were speechless. Based on their familiarity with Li You's nature, they could imagine how humiliated Li Denggao was at that time.
For this reason, Teacher Chen smiled bitterly, "You who make enemies...you want to leave a name in front of the emperor? You also brought me with you. No wonder the emperor saw me and knew the origin of my name. He actually knew that I was Jinghe in the fifth year of his life."
Jinshi."
Mr. Huang started talking about business, "Today I checked the government treasury at the government office. It's terrible to see the huge deficit. Just make up for the regular money you owe Jiangdu County. I heard that the arrears are almost a full year. It's outrageous.
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Li You looked slightly bitter, "Because of the incident of welcoming the emperor, Jiangdu County's treasury reserves and summer taxes have been squandered. We only need to wait for the autumn grain emergency, where can we make up for it."
"Don't complain, I still don't understand you? No matter what you do, make it up within three days. Now the government office is controlled by the proprietor, and it's not the prefect Luo who is in charge. You have the nerve to leave a mess." Mr. Huang scolded with a smile.
Then he said with envy: "By the way, you have been in Yangzhou for a short time anyway! After all, don't forget to leave any benefits to the proprietor, such as introducing Jin Wanwan to us."
Li You was shocked. How did he know the secret that he wanted to leave? Besides, the eldest princess said that she was not completely sure, so he could be sure?
Mr. Huang laughed loudly, "Stop pretending to be confused! If the local official has reached the point where you are so authoritarian and domineering, the court will not let you stay in office for a long time, lest you lose your position! Even if you are not promoted, you will have to be transferred to other official positions. Besides, there is no way.
The principle of teachers and students serving as officials in the same place is that when the boss comes, it’s time for you to leave!”
Yes, no matter what, he is really leaving, Li You thought to himself.
Master Huang thought of something again, and said happily: "Why can the proprietor supplement the post of Yangzhou magistrate? There is a recent official joke saying, Li Taishou, you are determined to seek the position of Yangzhou magistrate, but others dare not come after seeing what happened to Luo Magistrate.
Yangzhou, so the emperor had no choice but to send the proprietor to suppress the situation."
The next day, Li You saw another news from the Di newspaper. The imperial court appointed Xie Yan, the former imperial envoy of Nanjing Youdu, to patrol Fengyang and other places. In other words, the new governor of Fengyang
This is Mr. Xie.
A few days later, when Xie Yan arrived, Magistrate Chen and Li You led the officials to greet him at the dock outside the east gate. Xie Futai got off the boat and saw Li You, and couldn't help but sigh: "You are really a lucky star!"
Li You almost burst into tears again. Within a month, someone praised him twice as a lucky star. This was something he had never experienced before as an official.
For Xie Futai, Li You was indeed a lucky star.
More than three years ago, Mr. Li overthrew Suzhou's officialdom. Xie Zhongcheng went to investigate as an imperial envoy and was promoted from Nanjing's right deputy imperial envoy to Nanjing's right imperial envoy.
This year, Li You overthrew the Yangzhou officialdom again, and it was Xie Dazhongcheng who went to investigate. As a result, the opportunity was good, and he took over as the governor of Fengyang. Although they were both second-rank, their status and real power were not the same, so he entered the next level.
Big strides.
What is this if not a lucky star?
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