At this time, after listening to Luo Kedi's words, don't look at Li Xi's face silently, in fact, he was already happy in his heart, and he didn't feel that it was an eyesore when he looked at his two whiskers, and he didn't even need the self-consolation of "people can't look good", he just felt that how to look at it was kind, and almost didn't praise on the spot "Mr. is a true god"!

A person who knows people and judges things with such a sharp eye, let alone use it to be a shopkeeper for himself, even if he asks to be a staff member for prime ministers such as Zhang Jiuling and Li Linfu, he is completely qualified.

There is no doubt that there is such a person who is responsible for presiding over Jiannan Yaochun's business in Chang'an, which is almost a hundred people can rest assured!

Thinking of this, Li Xi put down the teacup, first smiled at Li Yifeng with deep meaning, and was grateful to him for his discernment, and he didn't know where to get such a treasure for himself, and then looked at Luo Kedi, who was cramped with his head down, and directly changed his name, and asked: "I think Mr. Guan has an extraordinary conversation, I don't think he has been messing around in this East City since he was a child, right?" Have you ever read a book? ”

Hearing this, Luo Kedi, who was still bowing his head and being timid just now, suddenly came to his senses, and when his chest was straightened and his shoulders were stretched, he suddenly looked better than the obscene appearance just now.

At that moment, he arched his hand, and there was some hair color on his face, and said: "Thanks to the son's question, I don't dare to be the son of the prince to call the villain Mr., the villain is not talented, but he is also a student in Wannian County, and he is a scholar." ”

"Oh?" Li Xi said in his heart, and then asked again: "Since he was born as a student, I don't think my husband is very old, why didn't he continue to study and go to school, but instead went into this East Market to be the shopkeeper?" ”

From time to time, there is a proverb that "fifty young Jinshi, thirty old Ming Jing", which means that it is difficult to take the Jinshi examination, and those who can be admitted to the examination at the age of fifty are considered young, like Zhou Qiong, who won the Jinshi in less than twenty, but he is a genius in the world and cannot be used as a rule, so it is no wonder that Li Xi has this question. For today's readers, most of them can't pass the exam and continue to take the exam until they are admitted, or they can't pass the exam, and there are also those who give up, but there are not many.

As soon as Luo Kedi heard Li Xi ask, he frowned a little again, and after a while, he said with a grudge: "The villain likes to read history since he was a child, and he doesn't like to govern the scriptures, and he doesn't have much talent, so he can't make any poetry." Therefore, although he entered the county school, he did not recruit Mr. to see him, and it was even more hopeless to enter the school, and later he went to the shogunate to meet a few shogunates, but ...... But adults think that villains are good-looking...... Therefore, none of them were hired. ”

Hearing that he admitted that he had a strange appearance, he had been hiding behind Li Xi and looking at him curiously, Miaomiao, he couldn't help but burst out laughing, in his opinion, this Luo Kedi is really good at talking, what kind of strange appearance, obviously ugly!

Hearing her smile, Li Xi couldn't help but glare back at her, and Lianlian next to her also grabbed her sleeve with her hand, and she immediately stuck out her tongue and lowered her head and didn't dare to speak.

Li Xi turned around and smiled apologetically at Luo Kedi, and waved his hand to signal him to continue.

After all, he had been in the bureaucratic system for a period of time, and he had also been a disciple of Lord Shi, of course Li Xi knew the rules of the current Tang Dynasty for selecting talents. Don't say anything else, just talk about the method of choosing people.

In the Tang system, there are four ways to choose people: one is the body, and the body is magnificent; Second, it is said that the words are correct; Three books, the law is beautiful; Fourth, the judgment is excellent, and the arts and sciences are excellent. If all four things are desirable, then virtue is the first; Virtue is talented, talent is labor. Those who win are kept, and those who are not allowed are released.

What does that mean, that is, even if you are very well educated, if you want to become an official, you still have to go through four interviews.

First of all, you have to be handsome, that is, strong, dignified, dignified, majestic, and so on. As an official, the parents of the people, if they are not handsome, they simply lose the dignity of the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, it seems that it is easy to fall into the trap of "judging people by their appearance", but on the other hand, for those who enter the office, it is necessary to be physically strong in the face of redundant cases. Moreover, through the physical and mental state reflected by a person's spiritual temperament, it can also be more or less peeked into his emotional intelligence and IQ geometry.

Besides, the Tang Dynasty is so fashionable, and it has never concealed its pursuit of external beauty.

After you are handsome, you also have to speak clearly and in an organized manner. Otherwise, if you go to work, you will sit in the court, whether it is asking about a case or adjudicating a case, and if you stammer, you will first lose the majesty that you must have as an official. If the governor is not authoritative, the court will naturally lose face.

And from the practical point of view, this point is in fact unavoidable, for the official side, at the top and below, there is no three-inch tongue to do, how to settle down?

After passing these two levels, it's not over, you still have to write a good word. If the words are not good, they will ignore you directly. In fact, this is the same as the exam in modern times, if your font is beautiful and looks pleasing to the eye, then the score will give you more points, especially in the composition of the language test, which is most obvious.

In the future, if you write an official document and hand over a recital, your superiors, or even the emperor Lao Tzu, will have to look left and right and carefully analyze and determine what kind of words you wrote in combination with the meaning of your context, right? People can't be in such a hurry with you!

Of course, I have to admit that the reason why there is such a clause in the selection of talents is not unrelated to the fact that the successive emperors of the Tang Dynasty, Yanjing, like calligraphy. In their opinion, calligraphy can be seen between a glance and a stroke, a person's ambition, and in fact, although the saying that people know people by words is different, it is not unreasonable.

Then, there is the last one left, you just look handsome and speak clearly and have a good font, it is not enough, you also have to think logically, distinguish between right and wrong, understand affairs, and be proficient in law.

Needless to say, the ministry selects people, you don't have a professional foundation, what kind of official do you want to be!

On the whole, in the Tang Dynasty's method of selecting and appointing talents, the two points of appearance and eloquence account for half, and they are still the top two...... With the appearance of this Luo Kedi, and his characteristic of stuttering from time to time when he is nervous, it is actually no wonder that he is reluctant to apply for a staff member.

It is said that Uncle Liu Huang, a long-distance runner back then, was enough to be a corporal of Lixian, but Pang Tong went to apply, Uncle Liu Huang looked at it, and the girl was born with a black face and short hair to describe the strange - needless to say, once the ancients wanted to describe someone to describe the strange, to describe the ancient, etc., it had no other meaning, it must be that this person was ugly and couldn't look at it - so this Uncle Liu Huang suddenly didn't like to see him, but he felt that this person was barely a little capable, and he could talk well, so he reluctantly sent him a Leiyang order.

And before that, despite Lu Su's strong recommendation, Sun Dabeard also said that no matter how talented this Pang Tong is, just look at how bear-like he looks, I just don't need him.

In other words, what does Sun Dabeard look like? It is recorded in the history books that this person was born with purple hair and blue eyes, and Fang Yi has a big mouth, which translates to mean that this guy has a purple beard, green eyes, a big face, and a big mouth...... Although it may not be said to be extremely ugly, but if you think about it, everyone's eyes are black, everyone's beard is black, but you are the same, and you are purple and green, and you have a big mouth, this appearance is not good-looking.

It can be said that if Sun Quan is not the lord, with his appearance, I am afraid that he will also fall into the field of Pang Tong, and no one wants to have any ability. But even if Sun Quan himself looks like this, and sees Pang Tong, he is still so bad that he resolutely refuses to use it.

It can be seen from this that this method of judging people by appearance is not the establishment of Datang, it has been around for a long time.

However, in Li Xi's opinion, there are more people who are ugly but have skills, so he doesn't attach so much importance to these in his heart. Therefore, at that moment, he vigorously motioned to Luo Kedi to continue.

It's just that at this time, Na Luo Kedi ate Miaomiao's smile, and the description became more and more cramped, and as soon as he was nervous, he couldn't help but stutter a little again, and immediately stammered: "Villain...... The villain also wants to continue his education, but his family is in a difficult situation...... Therefore, I had to be recommended by a friend to come to this East Market to find a place to make a living and support my family. ”

Li Xi nodded when he heard this, although he was a little ashamed to speak, when this Luo Kedi mentioned his past, most of them were secretive, but he had experienced many things in modern society, including the ups and downs of his friends, and Li Xi guessed about his experience.

Presumably, there must be people who can see that this Luo Kedi has some skills, and he is not the only one. But how to say it, the old rule of judging people by their appearance still has a strong vitality, not only is it that he went to apply for a job and the staff were not very happy to ask for him, so he was driven back directly, even after arriving in Dongshi, he should not be very proud, otherwise it would not be so easy for Li Yifeng to pull him over.

Thinking of this, Li Xi thought to himself, since this is the case, then this reputation of knowing people will be left to me.

At that moment, he stood up, bluffing Li Yifeng and Na Luo Kedi to stand up with him, Li Xi thought about it and asked Li Yifeng: "What is Mr. Luo's monthly money?" ”

Li Yifeng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and immediately understood what Li Xi meant, and sure enough, when he turned his head to look over, he saw that Luo Kedi seemed to have heard something smell, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited on his face.

Needless to say, the host asks for a salary, that is, to give a salary increase!

At that moment, Luo Kedi couldn't help but think to himself, it seems that his offer is really right. Who said that just by virtue of his appearance, he is destined to be unable to get ahead for the rest of his life? As long as you have real skills, there are still people in this world who know the goods!

At this time, Li Yifeng replied: "Back to Gongzi, the monthly money of the shopkeeper Luo is the highest in our Jiannan Shaochun Chang'an store, 7,500 yuan per month, with a carriage and a coachman, three meals with wine and meat, and a stone of japonica rice every month." ”

Li Xi listened and nodded, this was actually learned from him when he first came to the Chengxi Post House that night to stay and drink with Li Yifeng, and he also knew that this monthly money was more than half higher than the monthly money of the shopkeepers of those shops such as Fuping Shi Frozen Spring, and two stone rice per month was not a small amount. It can be said that this treatment is also counted in the entire Chang'an East City for a salary-paid shopkeeper.

But at this moment, Li Xi still deliberately asked, and his intention was of course to show grace.

So he looked at Luo Kedi with a smile and said, "Although this salary is a lot, it is too simple to treat the countrymen." In this way, from this month onwards, Mr. Luo will be in charge of the Jiannan Shaochun Chang'an store for me, and everything else will remain unchanged, and the monthly income will rise to 20,000 yuan. ”

As soon as he said this, let alone Luo Ke's enemy, even Li Yifeng couldn't help but be stunned.

How much is 20,000 yuan?

Chang'an rice is expensive, but one stone of rice is less than 200 yuan, that is to say, 20,000 yuan is enough to buy more than 100 stone of rice.

What kind of treatment is 100 stone rice a month?

Let's compare it with the officials' fortunes, the Tang Dynasty inherited the Sui system, but it was slightly reduced, 700 stones for the first grade, 600 stones for the first grade, 500 stones for the second grade, 460 stones for the second grade, and only 30 stones remained from the ninth grade. These are issued once a year, that is to say, they are divided into twelve months, in fact, even if they are a first-class official of the Tang Dynasty, it is less than sixty stone meters a month.

Of course, the Tang Dynasty officials' income is divided into three parts, in addition to the annual Lu rice, there are also land allocated by the state such as the post field and the Yongye field to obtain income, and there are additional salaries, including monthly salaries, food, miscellaneous uses, etc., it can be said that as long as you are an official of the Tang Dynasty, then your clothing, food, housing and transportation are basically covered by the state, and there is a pension when you are old.

But even so, a salary of 100 stone a month, 1,200 stone a year, was given to the shopkeeper of a small shop...... This is really too terrifying!

This is higher than the income of the first product of the dynasty!

According to Li Xi's thoughts, since I have your ability, then I will directly let you be the first wage earner in the Tang Dynasty, commonly known as the working emperor.

It's just that he never thought that his salary shouting out was too appalling. At this moment, the hut, which was only separated from the outside by a curtain, was immediately so quiet that it could be heard that the pins were falling.

After a long time, Na Luo Kedi's eyes were full of tears, and he fell to the ground with a plop, stammering and unable to speak, "The prince and the son love the heavy, and the villain and the villain are ashamed and dare not be ......."

At this moment, everyone did not speak, and it became more and more obvious that he was in tears.

Li Xi, who bought people's hearts a little, smiled slightly, and said in his heart that this was another time to bow down. In other words, it's no wonder that Song Zhisi, who is known as Xiaoyi Hei Saburo, walked to the rivers and lakes so majestic, everyone called big brother, everyone bowed when they saw it, and they were willing to spend money to be so good!

Of course, thinking crankily in his heart, Li Xi's movements in his hands did not stop, and it was natural to do a full set of acts.

So he went over and helped Na Luo Kedi up with his own hands, stared at his two whiskers, and said, "Mr. Luo, I will entrust this Jiannan Burning Spring Chang'an Store, I will entrust it to Mr." ”

When Luo Kedi heard this, he wanted to kneel again, but in the end, he still asked Li Xi to hold him up, so he had to nod his head again and again, and like that, he swore like a teacher, and said: "Don't worry, the villain will make this store bigger and done!" ”

Li Xi nodded very respectfully, pushed him back to the chair and sat down kindly, and casually asked about some family matters, but he did enough to win over the friendly party, and then saw that Luo Kedi's mood was calmer, so that he could go out to do things.

After Luo Kedi went out with a thousand thanks, Li Yifeng shook his head with a wry smile, stretched out two fingers, and said to Li Xi: "20,000 yuan a month, you are really willing to give it up!" ”

Shaking his head and sighing, he said again: "But it's okay, with such a high salary, if you want to come to this Luo Kedi, you have to do everything you can, so that this Jiannan Burning Spring Shop is in his hands, and the son can sit back and relax!" ”

Li Xi looked at him with a smile and said, "I want to thank Mr. for finding such a talented person for me, I'm afraid it won't work tonight, I just drank too much yesterday, and my head is still very dizzy, tomorrow, tomorrow I must get drunk with Mr. ”

Li Yifeng smiled when he heard this, and nodded in agreement.

In other words, he didn't follow Li Xi for money at the beginning, so his salary of 5,000 yuan a month was 5,000 yuan, but he had to run around for Li Xi and take care of everything for him, but he didn't feel anything.

But when he heard that Li Xi actually gave Luo Kedi such a high salary, he still couldn't help but taste it for a while, saying that although this Luo Kedi was discovered and recommended to Li Xi by him, but in the eyes of this former official of the Tang Dynasty, this person is a great ability, and a few thousand dollars a month is enough to send it, but he never thought that Li Xi was so generous.

So unconsciously, there was something in his words.

But just listening to Li Xi's words, he knew that he was too worried. Yes, he is Li Xi's staff, it can be said that he is the person who takes care of everything for him behind the scenes, and his value and status in his heart can be measured by how much money can be measured?

Thinking of this, Old Man Li Yifeng's heart suddenly became balanced again.

Even for the tone just now, I felt a little embarrassed. So he immediately changed the topic and said: "The backstage matter that Luo Kedi just said is not unreasonable, I don't know what kind of idea Gongzi has in his heart?" ”

Li Xi pondered for a moment when he heard this, and said: "This matter is not in a hurry, it really can't be done, so I will pull Brother Shi over to block it for a while, as for the three people that Luo Kedi said just now, they are all very reasonable, so let's try it from King Xue, what does Mr. Li think?" ”

In fact, the reason why he said this was another idea in Li Xi's heart. He really woke up Luo Kedi's words, since he wants to find the backstage, then naturally he has to find the most powerful backstage in Datang, who is the most powerful in Datang, there is no doubt about Emperor Xuanzong!

It's just that it's hard to say about this matter at the moment, we have to wait for the right opportunity, maybe through the relationship between Wu Lan and Concubine Wu Hui, I can say that Emperor Xuanzong will join the last share?

He was thinking nonsense in his heart, and Li Yifeng had already nodded here and said, "King Xue...... Well, it's good to try. ”

Li Xi nodded and was about to speak, but suddenly heard a commotion outside, the two glanced at each other, and when they were frowning, they heard someone outside suddenly say loudly: "Who is the shopkeeper in this store, get out, you dare to use fake wine to deceive my son, do you think that the right scattered rider is easy to bully the Wang family!" ”

(To be continued)