Li You resisted the urge to beat him, and tried to persuade him to drive away the crying and doubtful Dai Miaozhu. He sat down and took a few sips of tea to calm himself down.
I don’t want to make any messy things, so I must seize this opportunity. The young lady of the Zhu family is a distant cousin of her mother’s family. If she can be a concubine for the magistrate of Chen County, wouldn’t she be close to the promising Mr. Chen?
An old relationship.
When chatting with Mr. Huang a few days ago, Li You vaguely knew from his tone that Chen Zhixian had a very good background in the court, and he was still a big one. It seems that for some reason last year, Mr. Chen, who was full of confidence, failed to win the title after the imperial examination.
Neng Guan was elected to the Hanlin Academy as a concubine (the only way to become a prime minister), and he felt that he had lost face and left the capital in anger. This rookie in officialdom could have chosen the prosperous Xujiang County (although the government affairs were a bit tiring).
), which shows its huge background.
What's more, Chen Zhixian is only in his twenties, and his body is not weak. He is expected to be an official for at least thirty years in the future. If he just survives the years, he may be able to become a minister. He is both a blue-chip stock and a potential stock, so Li You thinks
He became extremely active in the matter of the eldest man taking concubines.
Thinking of this, Li You got up and went to see the county magistrate Chen: "I'd like to report to you, the City God is the city-protecting god entrusted by the late emperor. He rules over the underworld and controls the sweetness. I want you to go to the City God's Temple to offer incense and pray for rain."
"This is what it should be, but..." Magistrate Chen naturally agreed.
When I returned to the public house, the doorman came to report again, saying that there were several temples wishing to see him.
You didn't need to guess what these people were here for. They were just jealous of the City God's Temple and asked for permission. Li You thought there might be some benefits, so he let them in.
Sure enough, after five people came in to see the ceremony, the first one was a white-faced, long-bearded, middle-aged man in Taoist robes who looked pretty good. He claimed to be the Zhu Jia of the Guandi Temple. He said to Li You, "I'm sorry for disturbing you today. I'll wait for a few small temples to come."
We have prepared a banquet and invited Mr. Li to honor him." He was afraid that Li You would not give him face, so he flattered him and said, "I have specially invited several prostitutes from the local area and the capital city to join in the fun, which will definitely satisfy Mr. Li."
But I don’t know that the last sentence is really superfluous. It talks about Li You’s unhappiness these past two days. After being in the limelight, he is really annoyed by this now. You common people all look at me like this.
Being a sex demon who doesn't have sex with women and indulges in endless sexual desires? Even so, you can't slap her in the face like this! It's simply unreasonable! It's unreasonable!
"Get out!" Li You slapped the case and shouted angrily.
The five people were all shocked and speechless. They were obviously trying to flatter people, so why did they offend Li Dianshi and make him angry? It's a pity that they are really not skilled in business, and they are also particular about flattering people. If they don't think about it carefully, they might as well not do it.
To curry favor.
When Li You saw that the five people were not moving, he shouted: "Get out of here! Come back after you learn how to speak!"
After scolding these five people away, Li You let out a long sigh. Is this reputation and image too much? To say that a similarly unruly scholar can still recite poems, appreciate talents, and know how to regard romance as elegance.
But these people at the bottom are different. It doesn’t matter what poems you wrote or what words you recited. They just focus on whose house you stayed at last night and wrote a few tonight. They treat this as the only thing that catches their eyes. There is really a kind of summer insect.
I can't express my feelings.
From a spiritual to a material perspective, Li You yearns for the upper class life. However, the biggest contradiction is that the people he has the most contact with currently are mostly the lower class people. In essence, he still circulates in low-level circles. He spent a lot of money
He used the power of two tigers to become famous, but his reputation changed as soon as it came close to his life. Suddenly thinking of Li Huan, he was surprised to find that he could now understand this girl who had always been regarded as mentally abnormal.
Let's restrain ourselves for the time being, Li You said helplessly, it seems that he will really fall into the hole dug by Inspector Liu in the end. Being a cheap son-in-law to seize the throne, although the risk is also high, may still be an opportunity and a breakthrough.
If you don't take risks, you won't even have this chance. Are you really willing to hang around in this low-level circle for the rest of your life?
Unknowingly, he thought a lot, until now Li You finally figured it out. Before entering the officialdom, what qualifications do you have to be picky? It would be good if you can squeeze in temporarily. Those who thought twice before were all from the previous life.
Literary youth is causing trouble! So what if you marry an ugly wife, I will support you as a Bodhisattva! So what if others say you want to become a military officer and eat the bread of your father-in-law? Some people want to but can't! What if you become a military attaché?
If you publicize it well, you will be both civil and military!
After waiting for the yamen to leave, Li You saw two cousins from his uncle's family and a sedan outside the yamen. He was very surprised. He didn't expect that his uncle acted so quickly and sent the daughter of Zhu Zhili's family here today. In addition, that
Zhu Zhili's widow was worried and her daughter also followed. Two people were squeezed into one sedan chair, and the thin sedan bearer was almost exhausted.
Fortunately, Li You had already arranged a place to stay at the City God's Temple, but Li You had a headache when he thought of Dai Miaozhu's suspicious look for abuse. He really didn't want to see him. So he went back to the Yamen and wrote a letter and sent his relatives to take the letter to stay at the City God's Temple.
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But it was said that the five Miaozhu came out of the county government in a panic, and they were all extremely angry. They had good intentions to flatter them, but were humiliated instead. How to teach people not to be resentful. The Miaozhu Dai of the City God's Temple was appointed by the county government, so he beat Li You, a crony of the county magistrate.
I felt servile in my heart. But these five temples were all inherited from ancestral families and had certain status and connections in the world, so they all went to the Guandi Temple to discuss countermeasures.
Cai Miaozhu from the Temple of Fortune was heard scolding: "Traitors are using power to cause trouble! How many county administrations have been ruined at the hands of these thieves!"
Wang Miaozhu of Jiang Taigong Temple echoed: "I don't know how many benefits Li You got. He actually protected Dai Chaizhi like this. I'm afraid he not only sacrificed his wife! There are many other benefits as well!"
Chai Miaozhu of the Dragon King Temple even yelled: "Praying for rain actually rejects the Rain Dragon King. Is there such a natural principle?"
How many things in the world are caused by misunderstandings! They didn't know Li You's mood, so they only took their random guesses as true. Li You didn't even know their mood. With his experience, how could he understand the survival pressure of these temples?
, subconsciously there is also the idea that in the 21st century, every temple can ask for financial allocations to make ends meet.
The owner of the place, Jia Miaozhu, interrupted everyone to vent and said: "What's the use of talking about this now? Make up your mind quickly, otherwise Dai Chao will steal the limelight and attract the whole city. I'm waiting for the incense.
There will be no where to go, and there will be no way to worship the gods."
Gu Miao of Wu Zixu Temple, the god of tide, congratulated: "Li's behavior is unfair. How about I wait for the god to carry the god to the county government office tomorrow to petition? I don't believe it. There is no reason in the world to only let the City God's Temple carry the god to pray for rain!"
Jia Miao Zhu agreed and said: "We can't sit still and wait for death. Tomorrow we will recruit the deacons from the temple and carry the statue of Guandi to kneel at the gate of the county government office. This is considered to beg for mercy and petition, not to cause trouble in the streets. Besides, there are many people on the street in front of the county government office. By the way,
You can attract some business, ah no, it's incense. If it can attract the sympathy of the great master, then you must seek justice. To avoid causing other troubles, you must be careful not to make a lot of noise and offend others. Also, I watched the festival that day
God, I remembered a saying by Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, public opinion is like water, it can carry or capsize a boat. So we have to find some sincere pilgrims to build momentum together, and we will exempt them from paying for incense in the future."
"Something is wrong! Why are you only carrying your statue of Emperor Guan?"
Jia Miao Zhu Aoran said: "Grandpa Guan Di was granted the title of Emperor of this dynasty and was a martial saint with the title of Emperor. Which one of you can compare? Not to mention what it would look like to carry several statues of gods! Don't you understand why the king does not see the king? In the future
The extra incense will be shared equally between you and me!"
Everyone was noisy, and several gods wanted to show their faces. But Jia Miaozhu said again: "Cai Miaozhu, don't lift the statue. Your Marshal Zhao Gongming really can't stand on the stage, and he can't compare with us and other saints and true gods. So he lifted it and pulled it down."
The quality I’m waiting for.”
"Not bad, not bad." Wang Miaozhu and Gu Miaozhu said. Cai Miaozhu was furious and wanted to fight with Jia Miaozhu, but they were pulled away. In the end, they had to agree that the gods would go together.
Suddenly Chai Miaozhu said again: "I heard that Li You and the monks are not dealing with each other. Do you want to bring some monks together?"
"Have you never heard the storytelling story about the Song Dynasty joining forces with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty, but instead suffered the humiliation of Jingkang? Have you not read the historical facts about the internal strife of the Three Qing Dynasties that invited Western Taoists to help, but instead led to the expansion of Western religious forces? Do you still dare to imitate this?
." Jia Miaozhu, who is familiar with history books, said with disdain.