Unexpected rewards

Waiting for the arrival of the New Year, there is still no sound of firecrackers, and the water droplets in the leak are falling little by little, urging the time to come. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Lu Deming's son Lu Dunxin was the assassin of Huizhou at this time, and as a local governor, he had to come to Beijing to report on his work during the Great Dynasty Meeting, so on the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, Luo Yan met this senior brother who had been famous for five years.

Lu Dunxin's age is not very old, only about thirty-four or five. At home, there is no need to be as formal as wearing outside, at this time, a formal green shirt, accompanied by the elegance from the bones, is as amiable as Lu Deming.

As early as the twenty-ninth day, the two knew each other under Lu Deming's introduction, and on the one hand, Luo Yan's name can be said to have spread all over the officialdom, and on the other hand, Luo Yan, as Lu Deming's disciple, is naturally very curious about his teacher's only son, the father of the little girl Ying'er.

The two hit it off at first sight. Compared with discussing the scriptures and righteousness with Lu Deming all day long, Luo Yan and Lu Dunxin felt more interested in talking about local affairs. Quietly listening to Lu Dunxin, regardless of his exhaustion, he talked about the customs and customs of Huizhou all day, and Luo Yan felt that his knowledge had increased greatly. He grew up so big, and he lived in Chang'an and Luzhou for a long time. When I first returned to Luzhou, although I traveled all the way, I didn't understand the customs at all.

After talking about the customs and customs, he began to talk about the experience of the magistrate. Compared with Luo Yan's tenure in Chang'an from the beginning, Lu Dunxin's experience is much richer. said that there was Lu Deming, a Confucian father, but when he first became an official, his grade was not much different from Luo Yan's, and he was still the county order of Xia County.

Now how many years have passed, and Lu Dunxin's experience as a magistrate can be regarded as rich. The senior brother is so familiar, which naturally makes Lu Deming very happy.

In this way, in a warm atmosphere, Luo Yan spent his fifth New Year in Datang.

Early the next morning, Luo Yan and Lu Dunxin rushed to the morning court. On the first day of the first lunar month, the governors of all parts of the country will enter the capital to attend the meeting, report the achievements of the past year, summarize the gains and losses, and at the same time present a congratulatory table to the emperor. There are a lot of people at this time, and if you don't go out early, you will have to stay up for a while to enter the palace.

Fortunately, Luo Yan himself is an idle official position, and his work has always been managed by the secretary and supervisor, but the part-time assistant teacher of Hongwenguan has become a regular job, so Luo Yan only needs to bring a congratulatory sheet. There are people as companions, and I don't feel bored walking at this time, I don't know how long it will take, and I will arrive in front of the palace gate, but the two have different official positions and different places to stand, so they are separated.

In the solemn court, when Li Shimin was dressed in a dragon robe, he slowly walked to the dragon bed, and the drums rang out for a while. And in this music, the ministers bowed three times and offered a congratulatory table.

As the first grand court meeting on the throne, Li Shimin was also extremely excited. It was related to the change of the yuan, so after accepting the congratulatory letters from the ministers, Li Shimin asked the ceremonial officials to congratulate the heavens, and then ordered the reading of the holy decree of the change of the yuan.

For such a moment, Luo Yan's heart was full of excitement. The prosperous era of fame through the ages begins at this moment.

After the decree was read, the ministers congratulated again. However, this was the beginning of Li Shimin's big move.

The next edict was a general amnesty for criminals throughout the country, as was customary. Now it's the turn of many people to be happy, in fact, there have been many officials who have been convicted in the officialdom in recent years, and there will always be more or less relatives and friends still in the court. Generally speaking, most of such officials are exiled or the like, and as long as it is an amnesty, they will definitely have their share, so this matter is definitely expected by everyone.

Originally, I thought that this would be the end of the Great Dynasty. Who would have thought that Li Shimin had more powerful news.

Looking at the courtiers who had not yet been excited, the chamberlain calmly picked up the third edict from the plate and began to read it: "Disciple: Shang Shufu shot Pei Lonely, since the day the Emperor Taishang raised his army, he has been loyal and has a lot of merit. 100 households in Tejia Shiyi. Sun Wuji, the chief secretary of the ministry, is quite talented and virtuous, and he is specially given five horses of gold and 100 catties of Shu brocade. …… Lang Luoyan, who has the talent of pipes, has the style of Wei and Jin, and is given a mansion, ten servants and maids, and 100 catties of gold. Wang'er and others are diligent and submissive, and live up to my hopes. Zhenguan first year of the first day. ”

Li Shimin is so generous, basically all the officials of the third grade, regardless of martial arts, whether in Beijing or abroad, have all been rewarded over and over again. After experiencing the Turkic peace negotiations and the emptiness of the treasury, Li Shimin's handwriting is definitely big. However, to the surprise of many people, among all the third-grade officials, a five-grade official was squeezed in.

And this reward is definitely not low. In addition to the fact that in order to win over Li Yuan's henchmen, a few people who added food and yi were not mentioned, in Li Shimin's old department, Luo Yan's reward was the highest.

However, instead of being dissatisfied, the people who accepted the reward felt that the reward for Luo Yan was less.

Now Li Shimin's old department, who else is like Luo Yan, who is still living in someone else's house now. Luo Yan accepted the title of Duke of the founding county, but until now, Luo Yan has not actually received any benefits from it. The reason is known to many people, Luo Yan's food town accepted the 200 acres of land that he stretched out to Li Shimin to ask for.

Many people now know about potatoes. But after reading it, everyone knows that Li Shimin has been throwing money in it all these years, and the benefits he has obtained are not at all. There are still hundreds of food estates, and Luo Yan's request is very direct, that is, to throw all the money into the two hundred acres of land.

To put it bluntly, in fact, he just found an excuse to let Li Shimin save some money. In Luo Yan's heart, he doesn't need so much money at this time anyway, just his own money can support himself. Today's Li Shimin is still burdened with the pressure of an empty treasury, and he is not as extravagant as he was after he solved the Turks, so his money will definitely be able to be used.

But outsiders don't see it that way, and it's a bit embarrassing for Li Shimin to say it, so now Li Shimin doesn't want people to gossip, just get you a mansion, and you can toss it as much as you want.

As for the other officials, those who knew Luo Yan's reputation naturally didn't have any ideas. I didn't know a little, but I heard how powerful Luo Yan was, but I didn't believe Luo Yan's rumors, and his eyes were full of jealousy.

After the reward is completed, this is the end of the court, and after the retreat from the court, the ministers salute in twos and threes, and then they go home.

Luo Yan dragged Lu Dunxin and greeted everyone he knew. First of all, there are those big names in the literary world, Yu Shinan, Chu Liang, Ouyang Xun, these people, they have worked with Luo Yan before and now, and Luo Yan will not let go of one. These people are generally older, but their official positions are not high-profile, so at this time, it is better to greet people early and let people go home early.

Next is the eldest grandson Wuji, the old department of the Qin Prince's Mansion, who just chatted with the eldest grandson Wuji, and then turned to Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, as well as Cheng Zhijie and Qin Qiong.

Every time he saw someone, Luo Yan would introduce his senior brother. In fact, this is a very simple officialdom relationship. After all, Fang Du and the others were not so familiar with Lu Dunxin before, although Lu Deming had a high prestige among these people at the beginning, but Lu Dunxin was away all the year round and was not familiar with these people, and if there was anything good in the future, people would not think of his senior brother for the first time.

Through the chatting in the past two days, Luo Yan felt that Lu Dunxin's ability was definitely enough, but he had been lacking opportunities. Thinking about it in another thirty years, my senior brother will be able to stay up to the position of the right servant of the school book, but you can imagine how much time has been delayed. This is Luo Yan's little thought. Lu Dunxin naturally understood, so he was also very cooperative with Luo Yan at this time, and then Lu Deming's name was soon known to the old subordinates of the Qin Palace.

After a while, an hour passed, and Luo Yan said goodbye to everyone and returned to Lu Mansion with his senior brother.

Walking on the road, Lu Dunxin said with some gratitude: "Jinzhi, thank you this time, otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to talk to them, senior brother." ”

Luo Yan smiled: "Senior brother's words are too much. Actually, I don't need to do much, it's only a matter of the past few days that you talk to them. Don't forget, the prestige of the teacher among them is very high, and who will not come to visit the teacher this Chinese New Year. So these days come and go, the teacher is not in good health, and the reception of these people all depends on the senior brother. ”

"It's wrong to say it, when they visit, it's natural to look at it with the mentality of visiting friends, even when it comes to officialdom, I'm just letting them know. But today is different, in front of so many officials, you and I are so familiar with them, in the future I will be in Jiangnan, and they will be very convenient to do things. Lu Dunxin had a straight face: "Although this may be a bit contrary to the gentleman's righteous avenue, it is just a little stigmatizing to bear the trust of the people, and it is worth it." ”

Lu Dunxin's words made Luo Yan admire.

Confucianism, if you blindly emphasize your own virtue and flawlessness, and don't care about others at all, then you can only be regarded as a defective product. There is a saying in later generations that Luo Yan agrees very much, virtuous is the top grade, virtuous is the middle grade, talented but not virtuous is a drug, and no talent and no virtue is a waste product. This also alludes to the application of what Lu Deming and Luo Yan discussed in the evenings.

If reading a book does not benefit others, then what is the difference between drinking tea and playing chess.

At that moment, Luo Yan said very respectfully: "The teacher said something similar to me a few days ago, just with what Senior Brother said today, my approach is worth it." If we and other Confucian students, if we only think about cleaning ourselves, then what is the difference between reading and drinking tea and chatting with ordinary people in the market, it's just that I wear an extra official uniform. ”

Hearing Luo Yan's emotion, Lu Dunxin said with a smile: "I originally thought that you would live in Chang'an for a long time, and you would be a noble official, and you would also be one of those stupid nerds who read and read. I didn't expect to look at things, but it was the same as me, a **** person who deals with poor people. It seems that if you go out, you will also be a good official. ”

Seeing that his ideas were recognized by others, Luo Yan was very happy, and said with a smile: "It's good that I don't have to be scolded by others." ”

The two continued to talk and laugh and walked towards the Lu Mansion. (To be continued.) )