"Some people are born as princes, and some people are born hungry! Is it possible to choose? No! I, Li Mu, the Marquis of Zhulu, was still a cook in the Turkic camp a year ago, and a year and a half ago, I was still a Xiangyong transporting grain in Mayi, at that time, I was probably not as good as a cow and horse in the eyes of your sons, but today, I am standing here, what do you think? ”

"Each of you has the right to vote, and that's called fairness. How many votes each person can get, that's a personal ability. Reincarnation is also a skill. There are ten opportunities, and not every one of them will be from a good background. Not everyone thinks the same way as you, and I'm sure most of the students, following me for months, will learn a little bit of my temper! The prince will have a kind of Xiangning! Our Datang Technical School, what we look at is ability, what we see is whether people can do things, and if our fathers can't do things, isn't it garbage? ! ”

Cui Guangfu was ashamed and bowed to the end: "The student knows that he is wrong, and he is willing to ask himself to repeat the grade, and ask the principal for permission." ”

Li Mu waved his hand and said, "This is not necessary, I know that you are a very hard-working person, and with your strength, you should be able to graduate." Let's go back to the queue and listen to what I'm talking about. ”

Cui Guangfu returned to the crowd and stood up, Li Mu continued: "Just now Cui Guangfu proposed that the vote may be biased, and I also gave everyone the answer, bias will definitely be there, but this is also a kind of strength. People without a background can achieve excellence through their own efforts. If you know that you have no background and are not willing to work hard, then your failure is a matter of course, and you have no one to blame. ”

"The people selected in this way are either superior in ability or excellent in background, and they are not ordinary. So how do ordinary people graduate? Rest assured, the Principal has taken care of you. ”

"Everyone's classes are taken together. The teachers who teach you are all the same. What is the level of your strength, there is no one who knows better than your teacher. So, in addition to the ten people selected, you also have to be graded by the teacher. All the people who have taught you, including your carpenter teachers, bricklayer teachers, etc., will participate in the scoring, and the scores they give you will determine your fate! ”

Li Mu looked at the students and took in their expressions: "I see the expressions of some of you...... Hah, a little weak-hearted, right? Don't have enough respect for teachers on weekdays? Yelling five and drinking six? Especially for people who work hard like carpenter teachers and bricklayer teachers, they can't hold back their son's style and are contemptible? ”

"Such a person, I can only send you two words - you deserve it."

"The principal's "Teacher Says" article, you can all recite it, there is a sentence in it, "The teacher preaches the Tao and the karma solves doubts", you all know that you respect the teacher, why can't you practice it? Just because they are carpenters and bricklayers, you look down on them, and you don't respect them as if they were your own teachers, and they don't have to respect you either, and you have to suffer from them. ”

"Ten people will be selected today, and tonight, your teacher will mark you one by one, and the scores will be counted before noon tomorrow. The top 40 students can graduate. The rest are repeaters in this period. ”

"Forty people who can graduate, you also have the right to choose where you go. But this power is not unlimited. Ten yamen, the required score is different. For example, the Patent Office, as the core yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, may require a higher score, and you can only choose if your score exceeds the cut-off score. ”

"Of course, every yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is very important. I don't recommend that you have to choose the yamen with high scores, or look at your own ability, weigh whether you can do it, if you can't do it, enter the yamen, you may also be kicked out, if you really get to that step of the field, you can laugh and be generous. ”

"Students who repeat a grade need to pay another tuition fee, and they will not be charged more than yours, it is still 300 yuan. If you can't afford it, then it doesn't matter, pack up the bedding and get out of the way, and make room for the good guys. ”

Li Mu glanced at everyone and said, "Can I understand what I said?" Raise your hand in doubt! ”

The students looked at each other, but no one stepped forward. At this time, the eldest grandson rushed forward and said, "Teacher, the student has something to say. ”

"Say."

"Students are invited to withdraw from today's voting."

Li Mu frowned slightly and said, "Why is this?" ”

The eldest grandson said loudly: "The most typical example of the situation mentioned by classmate Cui Guangfu should be the student. The student's father is the uncle of the dynasty, and Sun Wuji, the chief scholar of the Ministry of Officials, is something that all the students know. Either because of the majesty of my father or because of my feelings, it is very likely that many students will vote for students. Even if the student is very confident and can rank in the top 10 in the same period, it is inevitable that there will be rumors, the student does not care, but the teacher can not be criticized, therefore, in order to avoid this situation, the student would rather withdraw from today's vote, the student is confident that the teachers will give the student a fair score, with this score, the student can also choose from the ten. ”

As soon as these words came out, Cui Guangfu's face suddenly became embarrassed. His father is just a businessman, so naturally he can't afford to provoke the eldest grandson's family. And Changsun Chong's words were obviously unhappy. How good is that? offended the secretary of the ministry, even if he became an official, could he have a good life?

Li Mu glanced at Changsun Chong, then at Cui Guangfu, and said, "The two of you, what you say makes sense. However, the rules are set by me, not by you. Eldest Sun Chong, you don't care about the rumors, do you think I will care? Don't say it's a few of you students, the officials of the court have a lot of rumors about me, when did I, Li Mu, care? How is Wei Zheng? How is Wang Qi? I have my own reasoning. As my student, under the banner of defending me, you question my rules, which is simply hateful, punish your scribe for saying it ten times, and learn how to respect the teacher! ”

The eldest grandson glanced at Li Mu, did not say a word of defense, and bowed down and said, "The student knows his mistake. ”

"Okay, no one has any objections, let's follow my rules. Everyone writes a note, writes it and hands it to me, I will take a look at it first, to see if you have shamelessly written yourself, you have not written your own tickets, all are valid tickets. Let's summarize the tickets and count the results on the spot, so that you are all convinced! ”

Tang Guan acted as Li Mu's little helper and distributed pen and paper to the students. A piece of rice paper is cut out, and a small piece of each person is enough to write a name. Li Mu took the tickets one by one, looked at them, and put them away. In less than a quarter of an hour, all seventy-two tickets were written.

With Li Mu's supervision, naturally no one dared to write about himself. After Li Mu summed up all the votes, he mixed them, so that people couldn't see who the vote was from, and then asked Li Siwen to sing the votes, Tang Guan counted, and quickly selected the ten people with the most votes.

To Li Mu's surprise, Changsun Chong was only in second place, with ten votes. And in front of him, there was another man, who got twelve votes. It happened to be one of the two recommended by Wei Zheng, whose name was Xu Ji.

Li Mu didn't notice this person much. It was really a little unexpected, so he asked: "Your name is Xu Ji, where are you from?" ”

"Gaoyang Xu."

"I remember that you were recommended by Duke Wei, what is your relationship with Duke Wei?"

"Duke Wei has an old relationship with his uncle, and it is only in the face of his uncle that he recommends students."

"Who is your uncle?"

"He was one of the eighteen bachelors of the Qin Palace, and now he is a writer, and he also studied Sui history, Xu Jingzong."

"Oh-" The name is like thunder, in "The Legend of Wu Meiniang", this old thing is very bad, and it is very undisciplined. And his relationship with Wei Zheng, Li Mu also knew a little about it, and he learned about it by chance when he was investigating Wei Zheng's old base.

When Yu Wenhua staged a coup d'état, he killed Xu Jingzong's father Xu Shanxin, Xu Jingzong knelt on the ground and begged for mercy to avoid death, fled to Wagangzhai, made Li Mi's paperwork, and Wei Zheng was a colleague in the same office, no wonder Wei Zheng would recommend him, it turned out to be a friendship.

Xu Jingzong's reputation was not obvious in Zhenguan, but in the era of Gaozong Li Zhi, because he was able to figure out the intentions of the emperor, supporting the abolition of Wang Liwu was really prosperous, and he achieved the position of Zhongshu Ling, and even the eldest Sun Wuji and others were fought by him.

Of course, Xu Jingzong's quality and dissatisfaction with Li Mu are not big. After all, Li Zhi is still a two-year-old baby, Wu Zetian doesn't know where he is, and a writer who sits on a cold bench to repair the history of the country doesn't have to care about him at all. Seeing Xu Ji looking at himself worriedly, Li Mu knew what he was worried about, he was worried about his background, which would affect his future, after all, even if the rules were set, Li Mu could change them at will.

Li Mu laughed and said, "If your classmates can recommend you as the first, you must be a capable person." I respect the students' choice, you are the first place, you choose yourself, which yamen do you want to enter? ”

Xu Ji was overjoyed and said, "Students want to enter the Industrial and Commercial Bureau!" ”

Li Mu let out a sigh of relief, what he was most afraid of was that Xu Ji chose the patent office and the industrial and commercial bureau, although he was a little uneasy, but there was no big problem. Li Mu nodded and said, "Okay, then the Industrial and Commercial Bureau." From top to bottom, the industrial and commercial bureau has a director, corresponding to the sixth product, the director, corresponding to the seventh product, the section chief corresponding to the eighth product, and the director corresponding to the ninth product. I will give you the director of the seven products, go to the ministry tomorrow afternoon to report, and the day after tomorrow to the yamen of the ministry of works, and I will arrange a place for you to work in the future. ”

"Thank you, Headmaster!" Xu Ji was overjoyed and was about to kneel, but Li Mu helped him up and said, "If you finish your studies today, you can't be called the principal." In the future, I hope that you will be loyal to Your Majesty and work diligently, and you should know the meaning of these words in your heart, and I hope you will not let me down. After a pause, Li Mu said again: "The consequences of disappointing me are quite serious, and you may not bear it." ”

"Remember, students."

Li Mu waved his hand, the second place was Changsun Chong, Changsun Chong saw Li Mu, with a look of shame, he didn't expect that he was not the first, he asked himself whether it was in the degree of effort, or in the prestige in the hearts of the students, he had done the extreme, but this anonymous vote, he only got ten votes, it was indeed a bit faceless.

Li Mu patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's good, your votes are a little lower, and it is estimated that it has something to do with the fact that I always ask you to do things, and you are estranged from your classmates." It's okay, the teacher doesn't blame you. Choose, which yamen do you want to go to? ”

The eldest grandson Chong glanced at Xu Ji, and stopped talking. Li Mu understood what he meant, and said: "The top ten of you are all top-notch talents of Datang Technical School, and I am a little reluctant to put them in the same yamen." But I respect your choice, if you also want to enter the industrial and commercial bureau, you can do it, but you have to live under Xu Ji, after all, he is the first, and you are the second. ”

The eldest grandson pursed his lips and thought for a while, and said, "The student wants to ask the teacher's advice." ”

"My suggestion......" Li Mu wanted to say that he could choose casually, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly remembered something, cleared his throat, and said: "I met with Your Majesty a few days ago, and I heard a little rumor, it seems that Your Majesty is going to rectify the imperial property recently, what fields, orchards, Heze, etc., must be clear, as a teacher, this imperial property bureau is promising, if you want, you can come to the imperial property bureau." ”

The eldest grandson Chong did not hesitate for a moment, and said: "The student listens to the teacher, go to the Imperial Property Bureau." ”

"Okay, then you can come to the Imperial Property Bureau as the director. Like Xu Ji, he will go to the Ministry of Officials tomorrow and report to the Ministry of Industry the day after tomorrow. ”

With the first two proofs, the back also understands the number of roads. Ten yamen, corresponding to ten people, if you choose the previous one, you can be the director of the seven products. If you choose the same as the previous one, because the ranking is lower, the official can only be small.

This is a little difficult to do, nine bureaus and one guard, ten yamen. As you can see from the name, there must be good and bad.

Like the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and the Salesian Bureau, can they be compared? Why did everyone come to the Internal Affairs Office, who can be willing to go to the Salesian Bureau to coax children?

The people in front still have options, they can't go to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, they can also go to the Imperial Property Bureau and Fengchen Bureau, which are all good places to go, but when they get to the seventh or eighth place, they don't have to choose. The eighth went to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to be the eight-product section chief, the ninth went to the Fengchen Bureau to be the eight-product section chief, and the tenth was really unwilling to be the eight-product section chief, so he gritted his teeth and chose the Salesian Bureau.

To Li Mu's surprise, there was no one in the patent office! He thought that this would be the most sought-after yamen. But after thinking about it, he also understood the reason, no one chose the patent office, it should be related to the current environment. It has been a short time since the beginning of the patent office, and the patents in it, in addition to Bi Menting's printing technology, are Li Mu's various patents, and some are patents applied for by craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry in order to respond to Li Mu's call, or to mix a little money.

Perhaps they felt that this patent office was destined to be cold, and they were worried about sitting on the cold bench, so they were interested in chatting, and would rather go to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to be the section chief, and the Salesian Bureau coaxed the children, rather than be the director here.

What a bunch of idiots!

But that's fine, just take this opportunity to arrange a reassuring person.

Moreover, isn't the Salesian Bureau bad?

Looks like it's time to teach the kids another lesson!