Chapter 044: Helping Others Is Helping Yourself

After Zhou Yuan got up that day, he has been sitting on the side of the desk, seemingly drinking tea leisurely, but his heart is extremely entangled.

The reason for the entanglement is the person he was waiting for.

Li Kui.

Zhou Yun was born in Jinshi, learned to be rich and five cars, and suddenly found a potential child in his office, not to say how smart Li Kui is, but that kind of smart eyes can't be hidden no matter what. In Yishui County, his official reputation and political achievements are estimated to be pondered, and there are only two places in the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty where you can get a prominent official reputation.

Tuhan mixed areas, but most of them are under the jurisdiction of the forbidden army, and as a magistrate, he needs military support, but he does not.

Or in areas with outstanding culture and education, every three years in the imperial examination, how many people have passed the provincial examination, and how many have obtained the official status of the palace examination.

Neither of these can be counted on in Yishui County.

As for benefiting the local community, he also wants to. But this place in Yishui County, right? There is a shortage of water, and the diversion canal is a good solution, but the project is huge, and it is not something that can be decided by a small county order. Moreover, it is mountainous, there is not much arable land, and the grain production is only enough for local use, and he cannot do anything if he wants to have a bumper harvest.

The indoctrination of the place can also be regarded as a political achievement, but Yishui County is an area with a tradition of martial arts.

The villagers in the south made trouble, first reasoned, and then let the respected old man come out to make peace. But in Yizhou, without waiting for the government to dispatch, everyone solved the contradiction by themselves, and whoever has a hard fist will be justified. Generally, the party that suffers the loss does not sue the official, and cannot afford to lose that person. I want to wait for the opportunity in the future and rely on my hard work to get back to the field. The people are fierce, and don't expect to be reasonable.

Zhou Yuan once looked at the case files in the county, quite helpless, leaving behind all the big cases, basically headless cases.

Or suffering from disasters, Baizhang Village can rank first in Yishui County in terms of disasters and difficulties.

Zhou Yuan stayed in the county government for half a month, and then encountered a case, there was a useless guy who lost the fight, and then the high-ranking officials, the most annoying thing was that the onlookers were quite disdainful of the victims, and even some good deeds shouted: "Fight back, sue the official, shame!" ”

Zhou Yuan was angry, and almost held down the lord who was not a big deal to see the excitement, and gave a meal to relieve his anger.

originally thought that he would mix up his qualifications for three years in the shabby place of Yishui County, waiting for the selection of the officials, and it was over in a blur. I didn't expect to meet Li Kui by accident, how can I say it? Smart, with Huigen, maybe it's true, if there is no accident later, he accepts Li Kui as a disciple, and it's nothing. But this didn't do his job to fight the tiger, and he killed the tiger with his bare hands, and now the murderous name ranks first in Yishui County.

Soon the news spread to Yizhou, and among the four counties in Yizhou, the murderous name may also rank first.

There is a way that good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles.

If it reaches Jinan Mansion, the seat of governance on Jingdong East Road, I am afraid it will not be able to match Li Kui's fierce notoriety.

What if it were to be known to the whole world......

Is this still a reader?

So much so that Zhou Yuan regrets it now, if only he hadn't been so curious at the beginning. At least he won't be embarrassed by this, the old servant Xu Bo has long seen that something is wrong with his master these days, but he has been serving people in the Zhou family since Zhou Yuan was a young master, and he knows Zhou Yuan well. But he didn't care, but thought that his master was too worried. After adding tea, he did not leave Zhou Yuan's study as usual, but waited sideways, and was silent for a while before he spoke: "Is there anything difficult for the master?" ”

Zhou Yuan raised his eyelids, then drooped down again, and said in his heart: I am a dignified Jinshi master, can you solve the difficulties encountered by this master?

Master Ben doesn't believe it!

But Lao Xu didn't wait for his master to speak, so he said to himself: "I'm afraid that my master is the apprentice Li Kui, and he will be criticized by his colleagues, right?" ”

"This old man is sitting upright, and he will be afraid of some gossip? Less nonsense. Zhou Yuan was poked in the heart, and his face was a little unbearable, but he still fought back.

Lao Xu said leisurely: "The master is a noble person, how can his reputation be ruined by a mountain boy?" Especially Li Kui, the child, is too ignorant of the severity, obviously the old man already has the intention of lifting, but he doesn't know how to cherish it, so he goes to fight the tiger. ”

"It's just a matter of fighting tigers! After all, tigers plague the villagers of Baizhang to travel, and there is a way to see righteousness and not to be brave! The master is a scholar, and he will definitely not care about this, and will even be appreciated by everyone because of Li Kui's bravery. The mistake is that this kid is too shocking, not only killed the tiger, but also killed the tiger with his bare hands and fists. If this is spread out, Yishui County will be famous, Yizhou will be famous, and even Jingdong East Road will be famous, and it may be able to reach Bianliang, the capital. ”

Lao Xu said not that there is no opportunity, but that there is just a lack of an opportunity, once Li Kui takes advantage of the situation, the world will definitely know.

For example, the hero who fights the tiger abandons martial arts and follows the text, and worships under the Jinshi Zhou Yuanmen.

With this gimmick, Li Kui's deeds are qualified to make the front page headlines of the Beijing tabloids and become the talk of the people in the imperial capital of the Great Song Dynasty power center after tea and dinner.

"He is stunned, is it possible that he can still compete with the world's well-known celebrities?" Zhou Yuan is a strong word, what is Li Kui's identity? What is the identity of Baume & Mercier?

In the Song Dynasty, an era of emphasizing literature and suppressing martial arts, only celebrities and celebrities could be compared.

Lao Xu knows his master's character well, Zhou Yuan has been like this since he was a young master, once he encounters something difficult to weigh, he begins to ponder. Lao Xu has served Zhou Yuan for nearly thirty years, how can he not find out the temperament of his young master?

Seeing that Zhou Yuan didn't speak, Lao Xu smiled and said, "Master, you won't be worried that you will be famous as a disciple in the future, right?" ”

"What nonsense? This old man was born as a scholar......" Halfway through the words, Zhou Yuan also fell silent. Once Li Kui is famous all over the world, he will naturally be discredited as a teacher, don't seek to be famous in the world, at least most of the officialdom can know him.

It's not like now, he has been a junior for almost ten years, and he started as a professor in the county school, and he was very hard. If it weren't for the family's subsidy, he probably wouldn't even be able to maintain the dignity of an official. Besides, they are on the list, he Zhou Yuan is not a three-ding Jia, and he has no poetry, who can remember a fellow subject who hangs at the end of the Jinshi list?

Even the department doesn't know about him, and they still expect the officials and the adults of the three divisions to know about him?

Now more than ten years have passed, and he has become a county magistrate.

It's still a county order like Yishui County that has no merits to be fished, once three years have passed, if you are lucky, you can climb up one level, and if you are unlucky, I am afraid that you will have to go to that small county town to be this herdsman official.

But if he becomes famous, no matter how he becomes famous, as long as he is famous, the adults of the three divisions have heard of such a person as Zhou Yuan, I am afraid that he will not dare to say that at least one governor will be very promising to go to the capital to develop...... Thinking of this, Zhou Yuan felt uncomfortable again, what if it was infamy?

Laughing at Li Kui, this guy is not self-sufficient?

And then even with yourself was affected?

The scholar with the strongest force value in history - Li Kui's brain-dead teacher - Zhou Yuan.

As soon as he thought of this result, Zhou Yuan trembled with fear, what if it became a prophecy and became true?

Xu Bo felt that it was almost the same, and whispered in Zhou Yuan's ear: "Master, what a sentence the old slave once heard, the people know - helping others is helping themselves!" ”

"To help others is to help yourself?" The haze in his chest suddenly dispersed a little, and Zhou Yuan muttered to himself, instantly feeling an impulse and ecstasy after hearing Zhili's famous words.

Xu Bodao: "That's right. For you, helping Li Kui is a gesture, but it is the greatest help in this life, and he will remember your kindness for the rest of his life. And the lord can also gain a huge reputation through him, whether it is good or bad, at least it can make adults think of what it is like to have a lord. The master just lacks an opportunity to show what he has learned, and the opportunity not only needs to wait, but also needs someone to remember the master! Even if Li Kui is as stupid as a cow, the master only has gains and no losses. ”

Zhou Yuan waved his hand and said: "More than that, this kid is very smart, if he finds a famous teacher, he can also fight a bloody way on the road to the imperial examination, it's just a matter of time." ”

"So, in that case, what else does the lord have to hesitate about?" Lao Xu asked rhetorically.

Zhou Yuan made up his mind at this time, nodded and said, "You are right, Li Kui is a good seedling and worth cultivating." ”

Lao Xu happily pulled his legs and left, and while walking, he turned back to Zhou Yuan and said, "Master, I'll go and call him in." ”

Zhou Yuan was inexplicably stunned by being deceived, and he was not angry, but he was very curious, Lao Xu was actually bought by Li Kui, what kind of ecstasy soup did Li Kui pour into Xu Bo? Let Li Kui wait outside the door, but come to test his master, wait until Zhou Yuan is convinced, and then call Li Kui into the house, isn't this wearing a pair of pants?

As for using money to buy off Uncle Xu, don't be funny, Li Kui is even worried about the bounty for fighting tigers, how much money can he have in his pocket?