Liu Ruyi walked out of breath and sweating profusely, he originally wanted to wipe some with his sleeves, but then he thought that his plain Huluo shirt was a new dress given by his son, which was quite valuable, how could he use it to wipe his sweat. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAlthough Childe is generous by nature and will not be dissatisfied with himself because of the details, he can't ignore it.

"Yi" cloud: "On the sixth day of the first month, borrowing white grass, there is no blame." Ziri: What is the blame for the misuse of the land? Be cautious. It can be seen that this prudence is the cornerstone of a gentleman's words and deeds, and where can it be neglected?

The most important thing is that he lost an adult in front of Childe during the day and was speechless by a teenager, which will inevitably make Childe question his ability, and it would be bad if Childe felt that he was not enough to assist him.

It was with this idea in mind that Liu Ruyi ran back and forth among the scholars, telling them that they would hold a notice of the Jimin Society meeting in the evening. Fortunately, the students knew that Liu Ruyi was Liu Xu's cronies, so they all gave him face and said that they would participate on time.

After informing the 100 scholars under his management, Liu Ruyi began to secretly ponder the intentions of his son, he knew that Jiangnan scholars loved to form associations, and most of these literary societies were organizations for scholars to exchange information with each other, appreciate works, and figure out current literature. He used to be poor and poor, and he didn't have a literary name, so naturally no one invited him to participate in any literary society, but he subconsciously felt that the Jimin Society of Gongzi was different from ordinary literary societies.

This is natural, Liu Gongzi is a hidden dragon among people, and he has the ambition to clear the world and rebuild peace, so naturally he will not be like the rotten Confucian and poor sour all day long with people to figure out the art of the current literature and art, but what is special about this Jimin Society, he can't say.

After thinking about it for a while, he still felt confused, Liu Ruyi decided to give up, anyway, he was a confidant of his son, and he would always know in the future.

In the middle of the moon, it was already close to the unitary hour, and the scholars ate the dinner of the farmhouse and went to the open space in the village, which was originally a meeting place used in the village to decide on important matters, and is now occupied by Liu Xu as a meeting place. Although the autumn night was a little cold, Liu Xu ordered people to light bonfires around him, and the scholars were dressed quite thickly, so it was not difficult.

A large platform was erected in the center of the venue, which was temporarily made by Liu An with his servants with earth and stones, and the servants of the Liu family admired his son after Liu Gongzi persuaded the scholars to march with him, so he was extremely serious in his work, and the platform he built was also very efficient. The platform was about five feet tall and looked like a stubby pillar that could hold about three or five people. Although the appearance is not very pretty, it is convenient and sturdy.

Liu Xu saw Liu Ruyi coming from a distance, motioned for him to come to the stage with him, and then walked up with Zhou Jun and Li Fengtian beside him. Zhou Jun is still good, after all, he is a person close to Gongzi, and it is said that he also worshipped Gongzi as a teacher before, while Li Fengtian is full of joy, which obviously shows that he has been recognized as a close confidant of Gongzi.

The farmers and the villagers who came with them gradually gathered over, and for a time the already small site was crowded. More than 200 Xiucai gathered in one place is a rare thing, Xiucai is a Wenqu star, they came to this village is the blessing of the village, maybe the children of the village can touch their aura, from then on in the examination Xiucai and even lift people! Of course, this kind of solemn and solemn occasion is not allowed children to make trouble, Liu Ruyi told the farmers in advance, if anyone dares to let children make trouble, not only will the money be deducted, but hundreds of scholars will work together to accuse him.

As soon as this threat came out, the peasants said that they did not dare to make a mistake, and they sent ten young men to gather the children together to take care of them, but fortunately, they had food and drink, and they did not have to worry about the children making trouble in a short time.

"Hello fellow brothers, in Xia Liu Xu, I think everyone knows me." Liu Xu walked up to the high platform in a graceful manner, and he deliberately wore a big red woven golden unicorn velvet coat today, which was particularly bright against the backdrop of the shaking firelight.

Liu Ruyi noticed that Gongzi was holding a rather strange-looking iron bucket in his hand, this bucket was open up and down, and a section expanded outward, and Childe's words became very large after passing through this iron bucket, which could ensure that everyone present could hear it.

"Sure enough, it's Childe, who can come up with such an artifact!" Liu Ruyi secretly admired, and while trying to stay serious, he forced himself to stand extremely straight, like a cedar standing proudly in the winter snow.

"The weather is a little cold, let's not talk nonsense today, hurry up and solve the problem!" Liu Xu paused and said loudly: "Tell me, which of you doesn't want to be an official?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was silent, it was originally true, everyone has been studying hard for more than ten years, how can someone not be an official? For example, it is said that Mr. Chen Jiru on the side of Mrs. Gongzi does not like to be an official, but his family is a big family in Jiangnan, and he can live in seclusion in the mountains and forests without being an official, and he can also socialize with senior officials, which is different from ordinary poor scholars. Besides, if you really don't want to be an official, you can go so far to this deserted village!

"Okay, everyone wants to be an official, don't hide it from everyone, I also want to be an official, but unfortunately, I haven't been admitted to the Jinshi, and it's too difficult to raise people to confer officials, so I'm not an official yet."

"Then the question arises, how can you become an official?"

Liu Xu spoke meticulously, ring after ring, not afraid that someone would not listen carefully.

"I thought of a few countermeasures before, one person is short, two people are long, and I will tell you about it."

"First, find an important official in the imperial court. I don't think this method is good, why, because the imperial court has only those 20,000 official positions, and there is not much left after the vacant official positions are given to the Jinshi every year, and the rest has to be raised urgently. Brother, if I don't get admitted to the Jinshi exam, maybe I can get into a county with my fame, but everyone, if you say something unpleasant, most of them will not be sung. What's more, we didn't get into the Jinshi, so why should we find important officials in the imperial court? Therefore, from the perspective of the brothers, it is impossible to find important officials in the imperial court. ”

"The second one, find a magistrate. As you know, we have different officials in the Ming Dynasty, in addition to those few official positions, a county is not a small official, if we can say that the imperial court will turn the small officials into officials, more than 1,400 counties in the Ming Dynasty, so that there will be a lot more official positions. In this way, let's be a petty official first, and slowly rise, slow is a little slower, but it's much better than not being an official at all. But the problem is, first, the imperial court may not be willing to do this, after all, the imperial court is going to give us a fortune, Fang Jin's military is handsome, and the country is in trouble, where will the money come from to give us a fortune? Second, it turned out that those soap subordinates and small officials absolutely did not want us to be officials, and they held fish scale atlases and local materials in their hands, which have always been passed down from father to son. So, brother thought, this one is not very feasible either. ”

Seeing that Liu Xu had denied the two most promising paths, the scholars were a little commotion, and one of the scholars shouted: "Then Brother Liu, is there any way?" ”

"Well, there are still solutions." Liu Xu cleared his throat and said loudly: "What is the official?" The official is the seal, the power, and the authority, so we have to find a place where the court has no power, and let's insert the power of the court into it! ”

"This whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister, where is there any place?" It was this scholar who raised everyone's questions, Liu Ruyi turned his head to look at it with extremely subtle movements, but it was Li Fengtian who was responsible for buying the scholar, he should have rehearsed it a long time ago, and deliberately came forward to guide the topic at this time.

"This is simple, our Ming Emperor's power is not under the county, the county is not out of Guo, the countryside is managed by the patriarch and the village head, although they do not have the official position and seal of the imperial court, but who dares to say that they have no power?"

"So," Liu Xu summed up succinctly: "If we want to be officials, we have to compete with them for power and snatch their power!" ”

"I'm afraid this is impossible, the peasants don't read the books of the sages and don't understand the way of etiquette, how can we scholars manage them?"

"This brother" Liu Xu looked at him with burning eyes, and his tone was full of incitement: "The official positions are those, and the people can't be ranked, so the students don't have to think about it, it's not easy to manage, so if the court officials don't care, it's possible for us to take care of it!" You are all students, and you must have an outstanding reputation in your hometown, and it is estimated that you usually take over lawsuits and handover gentry. You say that these peasants do not understand the ways of the sages, but if they are willing to respect you and obey you, why can't they treat you as officials? Why can't you manage them? ”

"This ......" the student thought for a while, and suddenly said happily: "That's what I said, we usually adjudicate lawsuits in the countryside and are originally the work of the magistrate, but there is no recognition from the imperial court!" As long as the court recognizes us, we will be the officials of this village! This county is a hundred miles of Hou, why can't we be a three-mile Hou, a five-mile Hou! ”

"That's right! That's my idea, think about it, can't this happen there? Everyone is a scholar, and they have a reputation for the imperial court, and what they do on weekdays is also an official's business, so why can't they be officials? ”

As soon as these words came out, the scholars exchanged heads and ears, they bullied men and women in the countryside on weekdays, and they were unscrupulous, relying on the fame of a scholar, and the kinder help coordinate litigation and adjudicate disputes, which was no different from officials. They hadn't thought about it from this perspective before, they only said that they could only be expected to become officials if they took the exam, but they didn't expect that they would already be officials!

Although this official is smaller than sesame, after all, he is an official!

Even Liu Ruyi was a little short of breath, he didn't expect Liu Gongzi to be so talented, and he solved the problem he thought was impossible to solve in a few words, and when he thought that he might also be a petty official, he had mixed feelings for a while, and he was stupid.

"But, everyone, don't forget, the imperial power is not lower than the county, this is the ancestral system, everyone wants to be an official, and they have to pass the imperial court!" Suddenly, Liu Xu's words interrupted everyone's fantasy.