Five hundred and ninety-nine chapters almost stunned the official!
. I have to say that Li You was a bit out of character. The main reason why he was unwilling to serve as the school inspector with an unknown name was still those five words - thankless.
The group of supervisors is full of complaints and grievances. There are many of them. If you are not good, you will be stigmatized. These are sensitive times. As a special messenger sent by the imperial court to rectify things, if something goes wrong again, you will be fully responsible.
Already.
Furthermore, Qing Zeqing was sent to oversee the Imperial College, but his power was far behind compared to before, which made him feel very unbalanced.
The Imperial College itself is a place with a clear name but no real power. It is a high-status but very marginal position in the imperial court. How much benefit can be gained by disciplining those prison students who have no future? The prison students mean that the scholar has embarked on a path different from that of the imperial examination.
If you follow this path, you will be used as a miscellaneous official in the future, and it will be difficult for you to serve as an official assistant.
It is not like being a great master who presides over the examinations of a province and is responsible for the selection of scholars and candidates. That is the position of a truly superior academic official. It is a pity that he, Li You, will never have the chance.
Having said that, although Mr. Li was extremely reluctant, he had no other way to refuse but to resign, and there was no reason to even protest. At least on the surface, the court still gave him a clean position without being demoted.
There is no downflow, just like a normal flat tone, leaving people speechless.
He could only complain to Zhu Fanghe: "I have landed in such a difficult official position, and it would be unkind for Mr. Fanghe to rejoice in his misfortune."
"My dear brother, you have misunderstood! I am not gloating about my misfortune, but I am happy for my dear brother!" Zhu Fanghe explained.
Li You was half-convinced and said: "What's so happy about this? When I was appointed as the admiral of the Five Cities and became a Qingliu official, I never saw you happy."
Zhu Bulang said carefully: "At that time, I was more worried than happy. But now I am happy for you. Didn't you notice? At the beginning, you were more like an outsider who broke into the circle. When political opponents criticized you, they always wanted to beat you to death.
Overturned, so your experience is always turbulent, as if you are going up to heaven and down to earth step by step, which can be said to be shocking every step.
But this time when others want to suppress you, they can no longer do it once and for all. They can only use this method that cannot be stated openly, and they have to take care of your dignity on the surface. This is tantamount to truly recognizing your status in disguise. It also means that you
Our status has finally been consolidated, isn’t it worthy of congratulations?”
Li You thought about it in his mind, and what Zhu Bulang, an outsider, said seemed to be a bit unreasonable. After thinking about it, his depression disappeared a lot, and he smiled bitterly and said: "I don't see that Mr. Fanghe is really good at comforting people.
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On the fifth day of the second lunar month of the 10th year of Jinghe, an edict was issued from the palace to the Ministry of Personnel, re-appointing Li You as the Imperial Envoy of the Right Qiandu to inspect the school. However, he was changed to the Admiral to oversee the academic affairs of the Imperial Academy, commonly known as the Supervisor of the School. His responsibilities were as follows:
As a foreigner of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he is responsible for the rectification of the conduct of the Imperial College.
When Li You went to receive the imperial edict, Zuo Langzhong, a senior personnel worker, expressed great dissatisfaction with the appointment and ridiculed the elder's arrangement of Li You as the superintendent and censor.
Because officials below the third rank are, according to normal procedures, first nominated by the Department of Literature and Selection of the Ministry of Personnel, and then reported to the cabinet with the approval of the Minister of Personnel, instead of the cabinet directly deciding on the candidates and requesting the emperor to suppress them. This is an infringement of ministry power by the cabinet!
In Zuo Langzhong's mind, there are at least four officials currently waiting for election who are more qualified for the job than Li You, and Li You has seven conditions that make him unfit to serve as a school inspector.
Therefore, he believed that it was unprofessional for the cabinet to directly intervene in the nomination of officials below the third rank this time, and it was an unreasonable and crude interference by political power in the personnel nomination process.
But it was not easy for Li You to regain the position of Qingliu, and he also added back the official title of imperial envoy to the right and the capital of the inspection school. Presumably Mr. Lu Ge also compromised for this. So forget it this time, otherwise Mr. Zuo will definitely incite the minister.
Go and argue with the cabinet.
The Imperial College is located at the northernmost end of the capital, far away from Li You's daily activities. The spatial location of the Li family residence and the Imperial College is almost at the opposite corner of a large rectangular area, and it may take sixteen or seventeen miles to walk.
If we take the criterion of having more money, less things to do and being close to home, the Imperial College job is almost the worst job in the capital for Li You.
The sixteen to seventy-mile journey without resting in between was a great torture for the bearers. If several shifts of bearers were prepared, Li You felt it was too labor-intensive, so he switched to a more bumpy carriage.
On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Li You got in the car early in the morning and headed north. Speaking of the distribution of people in the capital, a well-known saying is that the east is rich and the west is expensive. But when Li You arrived in the capital, he learned that there are two more sentences below:
That is the sourness in the north and the lowness in the south.
Among them, Beitai refers to the Imperial College, which has thousands of supervisors. Thousands of scholars gather together, which is enough to affect the customs of an area.
At half past midnight, Li You arrived at Chengxian Street, Chongjiaofang, where the Imperial College is located. There is an Imperial College memorial archway at the corner of the street. Following the rules, Li You got out of the car and walked into Chengxian Street.
He was not the Chapter 629 Xianmen and the Second Taixuemen, so he officially entered the Imperial Academy area. After passing the forest of steles, looking ahead, the high hall at the end of the corridor is the Yilun Hall.
Li You knew that the room in the middle of Yilun Hall was only used when the emperor inspected the academy, and that the wine-offering room was at the east end of Yilun Hall. The first person he wanted to find was Master Jiu Shi of the Imperial College.
The Yilun Hall is majestic in shape and built on a platform. Li You climbed up the stairs to the door of the east room and called inside: "Is Mr. Shi in here? Li You is here to visit!"
Not long after, Shi Jijiu appeared at the door and welcomed Li You in. Just like when they first met three years ago, he was still unsmiling, serious and upright.
After the guests and hosts were seated, Shi Jijiu took the initiative to introduce the situation and said: "I learned that the imperial court appointed Lord Li to supervise the school. I have ordered our supervisor to move to the back hall and free up the west room of Yilun Hall as your official room."
These are not what Li You is most concerned about. As he is a fifth-rank official, he goes to the fourth-rank yamen of the Imperial College, so it is natural for him to receive preferential treatment.
He only asked: "I heard that Master Shi recommended me to the imperial court to supervise the school? This is really surprising. As for my origin, Master Shi knows everything about me, so I am not suitable for supervising school affairs? Such a random recommendation,
Is it just because of selfish motives?"
Mr. Shi said solemnly: "A gentleman is magnanimous and can tell others everything he wants. I am recommending you entirely out of public interest. Mr. Li, don't judge others by yourself!"
Li You chuckled, "There are thousands of officials in the imperial court, and suitable talents are like crucian carp crossing the river. What reason do you have to recommend me out of thin air? I have never done any school affairs."
Shi Jijiu calmly analyzed: "Ignore your character, because you are the best at breaking up chaos and calming down chaos among the people I have seen. I am not a jealous person. You
You can naturally see your strengths if you have them. The biggest problem in the Imperial College at the moment is chaos. You have this specialty and you happen to be an official to be elected. You will definitely be useful at this time."
After Shijiu said so many words, Li You heard the words "fight fire with poison". This Shijiu was really out of the ordinary. "Can't you, Lord Shi, discipline some of the prison students?" Li You asked again.
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Shi Jijiu said calmly: "First, I am focused on teaching and am unable to deal with other aspects. As for officials such as Siye, they have low positions and low positions, making it even harder to suppress the supervisors; second, I am really not as good as you in this aspect, so it is up to you to handle it."
I'm afraid the effect will be better. From now on, I will concentrate on my studies and leave all matters of discipline to Mr. Li..."
Li You suddenly interrupted Shi Jijiu, "Master Shi, you trust others too easily! Letting me manage school discipline is tantamount to inviting a wolf into the house and seeking the skin of a tiger! You will regret it!"
Shi Jiujiu's face was expressionless and unmoved, and he said calmly: "I can confirm that if you handle it, the situation will not get worse at least. Because you are Li You."
"I wonder what Mr. Shi means?"
"There are some things that others can do, but you can't do, because you are Li You. You have completely embarked on a path of no return in the constant pursuit of fame. The higher your reputation, the more famous you are, the less you can afford to lose!"
The higher you hold it, the heavier it will be if it falls, and I think you should be worried about this now.
In other words, now that you have reached the peak of your reputation, you can no longer bear the price of ruined reputation, and it is too late to switch to other paths! Therefore, you can only go on involuntarily according to the trajectory you have set, and continue to maintain it.
Live up to your own reputation.
You also understand very well that without your reputation, what else can you be? Therefore, I believe you will restrain yourself. When you come here to supervise the school, at least you will not make things worse because of blatant corruption and perversion of the law. In order to
I am in charge of Pingding, so why not invite you to give it a try?"
Li You was shocked. These few words of Shi Jijiu were shocking to him, revealing his true nature beneath his appearance! He couldn't help but secretly sigh, Master Shi's eyesight was really tricky, and even he himself had never done so.
The mentality of noticing was noticed by Master Shi and said it to his face. What a sharp insight!
At the same time, Li You was also very surprised. Normally, he had no contact with Master Shi. How could Master Shi sense his pulse so accurately? He had not thought about it himself, and he had not thought about it. To a large extent, he just relied on his instinct to make profit.
To avoid harm, not one of the people who interacted closely with him thought about it.
For a moment, in the eyes of Mr. Li, Shijiujiu was as profound and unpredictable as the sea. He had underestimated him before!
But he said that Li You had been thinking about it for a long time, but he didn't move for a long time. Shi Jijiu felt that sitting like this was not an option, so he called out a few times and pulled Li You out of his random thoughts.
When he looked up and saw the stone sacrificial wine, Mr. Li suddenly had an idea. He had not had much contact with him in the past two years, but he knew his mentality of gaining reputation and the ending so well. He described it vividly. Is it normal?
The only reason is... Li You suddenly laughed and said: "I am afraid that these experiences were gained from Shi Jijiu's personal experience, but they were used on me and almost scared me!"
He actually saw it... Shi Jijiu felt a little embarrassed, and he lowered his head and coughed to cover it up.
He used to be the world-famous Qingtian parent official, known as the best prefect in the world, and known as the two winds prefect. So what is the mental journey under the Qingtian aura like, and the influence of the Qingtian aura on a character's behavior. Who knows better than him?
In the end, Shi Jiujiu still argued vigorously: "You are just a fake name you made up by yourself! I am fundamentally different from you, so how can we confuse the real with the fake?"
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