Chapter 6 Plan ahead

Li Yuntian had already discovered Zhang Youde and Feng Hu who were hiding behind the stone window and peeping at him, and when they saw the two leaving, a sneer flashed at the corner of his mouth.

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As the saying goes, boiled frogs in warm water, he now treats Zhang Youde as a frog swimming comfortably in the cold water in the pot, secretly raising the temperature of the water little by little, and when Zhang Youde finds out the danger, he is no longer able to jump out of the pot, and then he can only be boiled alive by boiling water.

After finishing his body, Li Yuntian bathed and changed his clothes under the service of the green calyx, and then went to the study to write a letter to those years in the capital refreshed.

There are two or three hundred of his annual friendships, so naturally it is impossible for everyone to write them, and it is impossible for him to remember everyone's name, so he can only choose some familiar people to write.

But this is not an easy thing, he has to rack his brains to recall the scene when he dealt with those young friends in the capital, to understand them to the greatest extent, the so-called knowing oneself and knowing the other can not be defeated, and those letters can achieve the greatest effect.

"Madam, sir, what's the matter?"

Seeing Li Yuntian, who was sitting behind the desk, holding his chin with his left hand, looking at the roof in a daze, and skillfully turning a brush without ink on the back of his right thumb, Xiao Cui asked the ground green calyx in a low voice curiously.

"My lord is going to write a letter to Nianyi in the capital, but I don't know what to write." Green Calyx smiled slightly, and told Xiao Cui, anyway, this matter can't be hidden.

"Nianyi?" Xiao Cui's eyes showed a look of confusion, she didn't know what Nian Yi was if she hadn't read a book.

"Do you want to write it for the champion too?" After Lu Calyx explained to her, Xiao Cui realized that it turned out that Li Yuntian was going to write a letter to those new science and technology scholars, and couldn't help but get excited, and asked curiously.

In her eyes, the champion is high and unattainable, and it is full of mystery, and it is the reincarnation of Wenqu Star in the sky.

"Haha......" Without waiting for the green calyx to answer, Li Yuntian suddenly slapped the brush in his hand on the table, raised his head and laughed.

Green Calyx and Xiao Cui were startled and looked at him in surprise, not knowing what was wrong.

"The master just thought of a person, this person will be the first in the exam, he should be the champion of this subject, but in the palace exam, he was only ranked in the top three middle and lower class, you say bad luck is not unlucky."

Li Yuntian laughed for a while, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said to Green Calyx and Xiaocui.

He was glad that he had suddenly discovered that there was a very famous man in his friendship who was now as depressed as he was.

If he can befriend this person, it will definitely become a big help for him in the officialdom in the future.

"Master, are you talking about Lord Yu?" Hearing this, Lu Cao immediately thought of a person, and asked tentatively, she accompanied Li Yuntian in the capital when she took the test this year, so she knew who Hui Yuan was who would take the test.

"Yes, that's him." Li Yuntian smiled and nodded, his eyes flashed with excitement, "Yuan Yu Qian, Yu Tingyi!" ”

Yu Qian will take the first exam, and the palace exam is usually just a formality, and according to normal circumstances, he will be named the champion by Emperor Yongle.

It's a pity that Yu Qian's words were fierce when answering the questions, and he criticized the government and government, which angered Emperor Yongle and placed him as the ninety-second place in the top three on the grounds that he was hurting his words, which was a big surprise.

This made Yu Qian not only not regarded as the champion, but also because of his poor grades, he didn't even have the opportunity to take the exam for the Jishi exam, and then lost the opportunity to enter the Hanlin Academy.

Because the Ming Dynasty had an unwritten rule that "all scholars are out of Hanlin", Yu Qian never became a scholar, which can be described as a big regret in his life.

If Li Yuntian is not mistaken, due to the appreciation of the elder Yang Shiqi, Yu Qian is now interning in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and will take up the post of supervising the imperial history in a few years.

Although the supervising imperial history is only a seven-rank official, it is a very important step to advance.

The governors of the Ming Dynasty and the members of the ministries were all born as officials, either the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate or the staff of the six departments, which has become an unwritten custom.

In other words, just as you can't serve as a scholar if you don't have a background in Hanlin, a person who hasn't been a speech official can't hold an important position above the court.

Although Li Yuntian's historical knowledge is limited and he doesn't know much about the history of the Ming Dynasty, he remembers the famous "Three Yang Auxiliary Administration" during the Renxuan period of the Great Ming Dynasty, and Yang Shiqi was the head of the Three Yangs and the first assistant of the cabinet during the Renxuan period.

The reason why Yang Shiqi attaches great importance to Humility is because he is the chief examiner of the current examination and appreciates the articles of the Humility Examination very much.

As the chief examiner, Yang Shiqi naturally became the mentor of today's science and technology scholars, and Li Yuntian and other new science and technology scholars participated in the teacher appreciation banquet and worshiped his disciples.

Otherwise, it will not be easy for Li Yuntian to fill the vacancy in Hukou County, and some officials who have no hope of waiting for a career can wait for the opportunity to come to Hukou County to make a profit, but those officials belong to ownerless duckweed and have no backing, so naturally they can't compete with Li Yuntian.

Li Yuntian was not familiar with Yu Qian when he was in the capital, that is, he was just a nodding friend, so he didn't remember Yu Qian's things before.

He never thought that he would be a jinshi in the same department as this generation of famous ministers, and he didn't expect Yu Qian to be so unlucky, because he was put in the top three by Emperor Yongle because of "when the strategy was injured".

For a while, he had a feeling that there was no way out, and the willows and flowers were bright and another village, so he was excited just now, and couldn't help laughing.

Of course, he can't say the reason why Yu Qian went from Huiyuan to the palace test for the top three and ninety-two, which involves Emperor Yongle, and if it spreads, it will be a big crime of "criticizing the king".

After pondering for a while, he picked up the brush on the table, dipped it in ink, thought for a while, and wrote an ordinary greeting letter to Yu Qian, revealing a faint friendship of the same year.

The words on the letter are neat, dignified and elegant, very beautiful, Li Yuntian thought it was written by someone else at first glance, and then remembered that he had read it hard in the cold before, and put a lot of hard work into the font.

After all, how can a person who can be a jinshi write a good hand? Otherwise, even if the essay is done well, it will be brushed off by the examiner in the end.

Originally, Lu Cao and Xiao Cui both thought that Li Yuntian would soon be able to write the letters to those years in the capital, but unexpectedly, he wrote more than ten letters for five days before he was satisfied.

Especially the letter to Yang Shiqi and several other examiners, the wording is even more deliberate.

After writing the letter, he asked Zhang Youde to purchase some local specialties in Jiujiang, and asked Li Daniu and Li Manshan to send them to the capital, give Yang Shiqi and Yu Qian and others a taste, and contact each other's feelings.

Although those local products are not expensive and not worth much, as the saying goes, courtesy is light and affectionate, which can not only bring the relationship between the two sides closer a lot, but also leave an impression on everyone.

Before Li Daniu and Li Manshan left, Li Yuntian specially called the two over and explained them, so that Li Daniu could listen to Li Manshan's words along the way.

Li Manshan is sleek and Li Daniu is honest, so Li Manshan is naturally in charge.

Green Calyx was very surprised by Li Yuntian's approach, in her impression, Li Yuntian didn't care about this kind of drilling behavior before, but now it seems that he is familiar with it and is at ease.

Li Yuntian's move made Zhang Youde more reassured, in his opinion, since Li Yuntian has set his goal in the capital, then he will definitely not make trouble in the affairs of the county government, as long as Li Yuntian abides by the rules, he will naturally fully "cooperate" with Li Yuntian, and everyone will enjoy themselves.

It's a pity that Zhang Youde's idea is good, but he didn't figure out the relationship between primary and secondary, in the final analysis, Li Yuntian is the county magistrate of Hukou County, not him Zhang Youde.

If he can be a man with his tail between his legs in front of Li Yuntian, then the two sides can still be at peace, Li Yuntian is not the kind of person who does not understand people, and he still understands the truth that when the water is clear, there is no fish.

However, Zhang Youde misjudged the shape of the county, overestimated himself too much and despised Li Yuntian, and delusionally wanted to be the underground county master of Hukou County, which was undoubtedly a big mistake by pulling teeth from the tiger's mouth.

He forgot one thing, although Li Yuntian is now a tiger cub who has not yet grown teeth, but the tiger cub is also a tiger, and once he initiates Weilai, he can swallow him alive.

After finishing the gift-giving, Li Yuntian led the green calyx to leave the county government and go to Poyang Lake, preparing to go boating and playing on the lake to make up for the regret of not having fun when he fell into the water last time.

In order to confuse Zhang Youde, he deliberately asked Zhang Youde to handle the affairs of the county government on his behalf, even if Wang Yu had anything to discuss with Zhang Youde, which made Zhang Youde feel a little fluttery.

Since Li Yuntian gave Zhang Youde such a big authority, Zhang Youde naturally reciprocated and brought him a magnificent ship.

Li Yuntian's previous trip to the lake was just to rent a small boat, and the treatment of the two times can be described as a difference between the two times.

Different from the last light car Jian Cong, Li Yuntian selected more than 20 strong people from the third class of officials to serve as his entourage this time, equipped with weapons such as waist knives and bows and crossbows, and put on the style of a county honor, led by Luo Ming, the head of the standing class soap li.

The so-called three-class servant refers to the standing class soap, the fast hand of the capture class and the strong class of the people, and the standing class soap is responsible for opening the way for the county and standing on both sides of the lobby when ascending to the church; Catching fast is what people usually call catching fast; Zhuangban Minzhuang is the person who guards the city gates, warehouses and prisons, and patrols the roads.

As the largest freshwater lake in the Ming Dynasty, Poyang Lake bears the water of the five rivers of Jiangxi, Fu, Xin, Rao and Xiu, and connects to the Yangtze River. Lianjiang Tonghai has a broad mind, nourishing living beings year after year" is its most vivid portrayal.

In the season of abundant water, the waves are surging and rippling, the vast expanse, and the water and the sky are connected; In the dry season, the water falls out of the beach, the dry water is on the line, the wild grass is abundant, and the reeds are thick; The peaks and ridges on the lakeside are extended, the sand mountains are undulating, the fertile fields are thousands of miles, the migratory birds are flying, and the cattle and sheep are feigned.