I have to say that Li You is a little out of shape, the main reason why he is reluctant to serve as this inspector who doesn't know what the title is, is still those five words - thankless.

The group of prisoners is full of complaints, grievances, and a large number of people, and if one is not good, they will be infamous on their backs. At present, it is a sensitive time, as a special mission sent by the imperial court to rectify, if something goes wrong again, he is fully responsible.

Moreover, the dispatch of this inspector Guozijian is clear, but the power is too far from before, which makes him feel very unbalanced.

Guozijian itself is a place with no real power, and it is a very prestigious but actually marginal position in the imperial court, so how much benefit can it gain to discipline those prisoners who have no future? The prison student means that this scholar has embarked on a different path from the imperial examination, and in the future, at most he will be used as an eight- or white-grade miscellaneous official, and it is difficult to serve as an officialdom feather assistant.

is not the great master who presides over the big and small examinations of a province and is responsible for the selection of talents and people, that is the real position of a high-class academic official, but unfortunately he Li You will never have a chance.

Having said that, although Lord Li was reluctant, there was no other way to refuse except to resign, and there was no reason to protest. At least on the bright side, the imperial court still gave him a clear stream position, and there was no downgrade or downgrade, like a very normal flat tone, which made people have nothing to say.

can only complain to Zhu Fanghe: "I have got into such a difficult official position, and Mr. Fanghe has to gloat, which is inevitably unkind." ”

"Brother Xian misunderstood! I'm not gloating, I'm glad for my brother! Zhu Fanghe explained.

Li You said in disbelief: "What is there to be happy about?" When I was appointed as the Admiral of the Five Cities Imperial History, I was among the clear streams, and 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." Don't you realize it? At the beginning, you were more like an outsider who broke into the circle, and when your political enemies attacked, they always wanted to knock you over completely, so your experience was always turbulent, as if you were stepping into the sky and the ground, which can be described as frightening step by step.

And this time, when others want to suppress you, they can't do it once and for all, they can only use this way that can't be said publicly, and they have to take care of your decency on the surface. This is tantamount to a real recognition of your status in disguise, and it also means that your position has finally been consolidated. Isn't it worth congratulating? ”

Li You pondered in his heart, Zhu Bulang, an outsider and a bystander, seemed to be a little crooked. Thinking like this, his depression disappeared a lot, and he smiled bitterly: "I can't see that Mr. Fang He is really a comforting person." ”

On the fifth day of the second month of the tenth year of Jinghe, an edict was sent from the palace to the Ministry of Officials, and Li You was reappointed as the imperial envoy of the right capital of the school, but he was sent to the Admiral Guozi to supervise the school administration. It is commonly known as the imperial history of the superintendent. The duty is to be on the mission of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Responsible for the rectification of the discipline of the national superintendent.

When Li You went to receive the edict, Zuo Langzhong, a senior personnel worker, expressed great dissatisfaction with this appointment, and sarcastically arranged for Li You to be the superintendent of the imperial history.

Because of the officials below the third grade. According to the normal procedure, it is first nominated by the Ministry of Officials' Literature and Selection, and then reported to the Cabinet after the approval of the Ministry of Officials, rather than the Cabinet directly deciding on the candidates and asking the Son of Heaven to press down. This is the encroachment of the cabinet on the power of the ministry!

In Zuo Langzhong's mind, there are at least four officials to be selected who are more qualified for the job than Li You, and Li You has seven conditions that are not suitable for serving as the school inspector.

Therefore, he believes that the Cabinet's direct intervention in the nomination of officials below the third rank is very unprofessional, and it is 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 the imperial envoy of the right side of the school, presumably Lu Ge Lao also compromised for this. So forget it this time, otherwise Lord Zuo will definitely encourage Shangshu to argue with the cabinet.

Guozijian is located in the northernmost part of the capital, far away from the range of Li You's daily activities, and the spatial location of the Li family's house and Guozijian. It's almost the opposite corner of a large rectangular area, and it may take sixteen or seventeen miles to walk.

If the criterion is that there is more money and less things to be close to home, and only according to the proximity to home, the position of Guozijian is almost the worst position in Beijing for Li You.

Sixteen or seventeen miles of road, unable to rest in the middle, is a great torture for the palanquin man. If you prepare several shifts of sedan chair drivers to take turns, Li You dislikes it as too labor-intensive. So he switched to a more bumpy carriage.

On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Li You drove early in the morning and headed north. Speaking of the distribution of people in the capital, the more famous saying is that the east is rich and the west is expensive, but after Li You arrived in the capital. I also learned that there are two sentences below, that is, the north is sour and the south is cheap.

Among them this northern acid. It refers to the national prison with thousands of prisoners. Thousands of people reading together is enough to influence the habits of an area.

Halfway through the hour, Li You arrived at Chengxian Street, Chongjiaofang, where Guozijian is located, and there is Guozijian archway at the corner of the street. According to the rules, Li You got out of the car and walked into Chengxian Street.

It's not the first time he's been to Guozijian, he knows how to go, and after passing through the gate Jixian Gate and the Ermen Taixue Gate, he officially entered the Guozijian School Building area. After the stele forest, into the eye, the high hall at the end of the road is Yilun Hall.

Li You knew that the middle room of Yilun Hall would only be opened when the Son of Heaven inspected the school, and the sacrificial wine room was at the east end of Yilun Hall. The first thing he wanted to find was the Priest of the Kingdom, Lord Thaishi.

Yilun Hall is majestic in shape and built on the pedestal. Li You walked up the stairs, reached the door of the east room, and shouted inside, "Is Lord Shi inside?" Li You is here! ”

Not long after, the stone sacrificial wine appeared at the door and welcomed Li You inside. Just like when we first met three years ago, I still don't smile, and I am serious and upright.

After the guests and hosts took their seats, Shi Saijiu took the initiative to introduce the situation and said: "I learned that the imperial court has appointed Lord Li to supervise the school, and this official has ordered my supervisor to move to the back hall, and vacate the west room of Yilun Hall as your public house. ”

For these, it is not what Li You is most concerned about, with his status as a five-grade Fengxian, it is natural for him to be treated preferentially when he goes to the four-grade yamen of Guozijian.

He only asked, "I heard that Lord Shi recommended me to the imperial court to supervise the school?" This is a real surprise. As for the official's background, Lord Shi is very clear, and he is not suitable for supervising school affairs? Such a random recommendation, I'm afraid it's selfish? ”

Master Shi said solemnly: "The gentleman is frank and open, and he has nothing to say to others. This official's recommendation of you is completely out of public intentions, and Lord Li should not use himself to save others! ”

Li You smiled, "Up and down the court, there are thousands of officials, and the right talents are like carp crossing the river." What reason do you have to recommend me out of thin air? This official has never done school business. ”

Shi Saijiu calmly analyzed: "Abandon your character, because you are the best at disrupting wars and the best at quelling chaos among the people this official has seen, and this official is not a jealous and jealous person, you can naturally see your strengths." At present, the biggest problem of Guozijian is chaos, you have this specialty, and you happen to be an official to be elected, and it will be useful at this time. ”

The stone sacrificial wine said so many words, and in Li You's ears, it was just four words, "fighting poison with poison", and this stone sacrificial wine was really invisible. "There are only some prisoners, can't you Master Shi discipline them?" Li You asked again.

Shi Saijiu said calmly: "First, the official concentrates on teaching, and he is not strong in other aspects, as for the officials such as the secretary, they are low-level, and it is even more difficult to suppress the prisoners; The second is that this aspect is really inferior to you, and it is up to you to deal with it, but I am afraid that the effect is better. In the future, the official will concentrate on academic affairs, and all the affairs of the program will be entrusted to Master Li..."

Li You suddenly interrupted the stone sacrifice wine, "Lord Shi, you are too easy to believe in others!" Letting the official manage the school's discipline is tantamount to luring the wolf into the house and seeking the skin of the tiger! You'll regret it! ”

The stone sacrifice wine was expressionless, unmoved, and said lightly: "This official can assert that if you handle it, the situation will at least not be worse." Because you're Li You. ”

"I don't know what Lord 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 prestige and fame, the more you can't afford to lose! The higher you are held, the heavier it will be if you fall, and I think you should be worried about that now.

In other words, now that you've reached the peak of your prestige, you can't afford to lose your reputation, and it's too late to switch to other paths! Therefore, you can only follow the trajectory that has been set, and continue to maintain your own prestige.

You also understand that without prestige, what else can you be? So, I'm sure you'll be able to restrain yourself a bit, and you're here to supervise the school, at least not to make things worse because of blatant and overly obvious corruption. For the sake of my peace, why don't you try it? ”

Li You was shocked, the words of the stone sacrifice wine were deafening to him, and in one fell swoop, he broke the essence of his appearance! He couldn't help but secretly sigh, this Lord Shi's vision is really tricky, and even he himself has not noticed the mentality, but Lord Shi noticed it and said it to his face, what a sharp insight this is!

At the same time, Li You is also very strange, it is said that he has no contact with Lord Shi usually, how can Lord Shi take his pulse so accurately? He didn't think much about it himself, and he didn't think about that extent, to a large extent, he just relied on instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and none of the people around him who were close to him thought of it.

For a while, in the eyes of Master Li, the stone sacrifice wine was really as deep as the sea and unfathomable, and he used to underestimate him too much!

said that Li You thought about it and didn't move for a long time. Shi Saijiu felt that it was not a way to sit still like this, so he screamed a few times and pulled Li You out of his thoughts.

When he looked up and saw the stone sacrifice wine, Master Li suddenly had a flash of inspiration. In the past two years, he has not had much contact with himself at all, but he knows his reputation mentality and ending so well, and it is normal to describe it vividly?

The only reason is....Li You suddenly laughed and said: "These experiences, I'm afraid they are just the experience of the stone sacrifice wine, but they were used on the official, and almost bluffed the official!" ”

He actually saw it... The stone sacrifice wine was slightly embarrassed, and he lowered his head and coughed again and again to cover up the past.

He used to be a well-known Qingtian parent official in the world, known as the first prefect in the world, and known as the two winds Taishou, so what is the mental journey under the Qingtian halo, and the influence pattern of the Qingtian halo on the behavior of the characters, who can know better than him?

In the end, the stone sacrificial wine still argued imposingly: "You are just a fake name made up by yourself!" This official is fundamentally different from you, how can truth and falsehood be confused? ”