Li Xiao's words are very effective.

In the afternoon of the same day, the talents went to the street to buy clothes.

Although some are reluctant, the national teacher has said that people rely on clothes and horses to rely on saddles.

Therefore they all spent ten taels of silver to buy themselves some decent clothes, boots, and scarves and hats.

Then everyone went back to the barracks, took a hot shower, and changed into a new outfit.

Good guys, after changing their clothes, the mental outlook of the talents in the entire barracks is simply refreshed.

There is no longer the poor sour gas of the past.

With clean and decent clothes, coupled with the courage and temperament that have been practiced during this time, it really looks like an official.

Clothes are faces, and after having a dress,

Everyone walked with their heads held high and full of confidence.

In addition, I bought a beautiful folding fan made of good wood.

In the Ming Dynasty, the fan was not only a tool used to cool the air, but also a work of art.

It became a symbol of status and taste, a prop for their social role.

Not only in summer, but also in the season when the weather is cool, holding a fan, opening and closing, or wearing it, or hiding it in the sleeve, all have the meaning of personality expression and emotional exchange.

To put it bluntly, it's pretending.

Just like in the future hundreds of years from now, everyone will raise their hands to look at their watches from time to time when they go out.

That is to show off your expensive watch, a kind of pretending action.

Subsequently, everyone walked around the school yard with each other, which was like a large-scale pretending scene.

"Brother Zhang, you are really dazzling and dazzling today."

"Your Excellency, this folding fan in your hand is wonderful, how much silver taels did you spend to buy it?"

"Not expensive is not expensive, it is only five taels of silver, this fan is a plum blossom fold, made of good peach wood, many plum blossoms painted by famous painters, the paper is soaked in Jiao oil for several months, and it is not damaged."

"It's good to be unflawed, undamaged, as Brother Zhang's aphorism, indomitable!"

"Hey, Brother Li's belt is very good-looking."

Everyone talked to each other about familiar people, after all, after tonight, everyone went their separate ways, and I am afraid that there will be no more such good times when more than 1,000 people get together in the future.

On the stage, Li Xiao raised his hand and looked at the Rolex on his wrist.

It's not pretending, it's really looking at the time

Li Jinglong, who was on the side, saw it and swallowed his saliva with envy, he had long known that Li Xiao had a mechanical watch on his wrist, and he could check the time anytime and anywhere.

The Emperor, the Holy Lord, the Crown Prince and others each have one, which is worth thousands of gold.

"Want?" Li Xiao looked at Li Jinglong and said.

"Don't dare, don't dare, just curious, why a small object can move around on its own." Li Jinglong hurriedly waved his hand to cover up.

"Say what you want, hypocrisy."

Li Xiao laughed, took out a brand-new mechanical watch from his sleeve and handed it to Li Jinglong, "Take it, I'll give it to you." ”

This thing, he has a lot of it in his warehouse, and he can buy it with tens of thousands of points.

Moreover, in another ten years, the watch factory in Peking will almost be able to produce this kind of watch, and it is estimated that it will not be worth much at that time.

So this thing, he usually uses it to buy people's hearts.

"How does this work?"

Li Jinglong's eyes lit up, but he was flattered and didn't dare to accept this valuable thing.

"Yes, you have done your best for your own division these days, and your national division has been able to treat you badly?" Li Xiao directly stuffed the watch into Li Jinglong's hand.

"This" Li Jinglong looked at the exquisite watch in his hand, very moved, and said in his heart that he would do his best for the national teacher in the future.

"National teacher, I, Li Jinglong, will only be the national teacher in the future!" Li Jinglong said excitedly.

Li Xiao smiled slightly and said: "Knowing that it is six o'clock in the afternoon, and the sky is already slightly dark, I am ready to let people set up a banquet as a farewell." ”

"Yes, Jinglong will arrange it."

Li Jinglong left in a hurry, and then arranged for someone to hold a banquet on the school grounds.

I secretly walked to a place where no one was around, and carefully admired the mechanical watch in my hand.

"Oh my God. It's amazing, it's just ingenious, he can actually walk around by himself and accurately present the time, which is much better than the hourglass and other timekeeping methods, the national teacher is really a god, and he can actually invent such a magical object."

Li Jinglong looked at his watch left and right, and kept making exclamations.

It's no wonder that Li Jinglong is so out of shape, the watch is simply an incredible thing for the people of this dynasty, and it is very face-saving to wear it on the hand.

Don't talk about the dynasty, even during the Republic of China, those who could afford to wear watches were all high-ranking officials, wealthy businessmen, or celebrities.

"Dad, what are you doing here alone?"

Li Ruxin was walking in the school yard, wanting to say goodbye to Yu Qian, but when she saw her father Li Jinglong standing in a corner in a daze, she couldn't help but walk over.

"Nothing, nothing."

Li Jinglong was startled, and then calmly put the watch into his sleeve.

However, Li Ruxin's eyes were very sharp, and she saw the watch in her father's hand at a glance, and said with a smile: "Father, the watch must be worn on the wrist, and the time must be adjusted." ”

After she finished speaking, she stretched out her hand, "Father, give the watch to your daughter and help you debug it." ”

"Ah, how do you know so much?"

Li Jinglong was a little surprised, but still handed over the watch.

Li Ruxin took the watch, and then shook his wrist.

On her fair and slender wrist, there is a small and delicate women's watch, with a blue dial and diamonds on it, shining like a blue starry sky.

Li Ru said proudly: "Father, Uncle Li also gave his daughter a piece." ”

Li Jinglong was taken aback, and immediately became a little excited: "The national teacher treats my Li family like a mountain, and there is no way to repay, there is no way to repay."

"So, such a powerful person as a national teacher, the red line for his daughter, that daughter should cherish her daughter's observation, this Yu Qian. Indeed, he is a good match, and he will definitely be able to help his father in the future."

Li Ruxin smiled slightly, and two little tiger teeth were exposed.

Although she looks perverse on the outside, she is very cautious in her heart, and ordinary men don't look down on her, but the man she looks up to in her heart is a man who can be literate, martial, strategic, and ambitious.

And Yu Qian seems to be in line, although it is much worse than the national teacher, like the stars are better than the bright moon, but a man like the national teacher is difficult to find through the ages, so naturally he can't be delusional.

Not long after, Li Ruxin adjusted the time of the watch and put it on Li Jinglong's wrist as a demonstration.

Li Jinglong raised his wrist and looked at the dial, very proud.

Since following Li Xiao, everything seems to be going well.

Not long after,

The banquet has begun.

Li Xiao, Li Jinglong and others also entered the table one after another, and the scene was very lively.

More than 6,000 people set up more than 600 tables.

The tables and tables are all big fish and meat, as well as the best daughter red, which is practiced for everyone.

Each table is counted as five taels of silver, and more than six hundred tables are more than three thousand taels of silver.

This is a banquet Li Xiao paid out of his own pocket, there is no way, he is rich when he asks.

The talents off the field are all understanding people, and the gratitude to Li Xiao in their hearts is even greater.

At the banquet, everyone pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and they all sighed to each other about this time, and they should remember this time and not live up to the kindness of the national teacher.

The banquet lasted for two hours, during which the talents got up table by table, toasted Li Xiao, and then knelt on the ground three times and performed the grand gift.

The so-called grace house is the meaning of the teacher.

From the Song Dynasty, the meticulous "Qi Dongye Yu Xie Huiguo Sits and Dies": "Jing Yan Lu Wuzhong Wende, usually fair and prudent, keep books back and forth, will be called Enfu, and self-written as a subordinate envoy."

Heaven and earth are the prince's teacher, and the teacher is second only to the parents, just like the rebirth of parents.

Although Li Xiao didn't recognize these people as apprentices, these talents regarded Li Xiao as a mentor in their hearts.

Li Xiao didn't want to do this, but everyone knelt on the ground and bowed three times, so he couldn't blast people away.

I could only reluctantly dip my fingers in the tea in the teacup and sprinkle it on them to show recognition, and at the same time, it also means that the rain and dew are evenly wet.

In this way, Li Xiao inexplicably accepted 1,500 disciples in one night.

Until late at night, seeing that the banquet was almost over, Li Xiao got up and said a few words, so that everyone could remember today's feelings, help each other more in the future, and do more practical things for the people.

At the end of the day,

All the showmen got up one after another and toasted with a poem by Li Xiao.

"There are thousands of ages, and there are eight directions."

"The future is like the sea, and the future is long."

"Cheers!"

Li Xiao also raised his glass, "Cheers!" ”

These talents who are about to be canceled really moved Li Xiao, and they all make Li Xiao not want to cancel the imperial examination.

But on the other hand, if it weren't for this opportunity to cancel the imperial examination, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to get together with them.

The next day, early in the morning.

Everyone got up early, packed their bags, and went away with each other.

Because I was going to report to the county office.

The size of the entire Nanzhili is similar to that of a political envoy with fourteen prefectures.

Li Xiao's reform this time is aimed at several prefectures around Yingtianfu, as long as these prefectures are breached, others can be solved quickly.

Some people belong to the same county, so they travel the same way and have a response.

Yu Qian received Yingtianfu Jiangning.

It is only more than 40 miles away from the city of Nanjing.

I spent money in the city, invited a carriage to hurry, and I was able to arrive in the morning, and in the afternoon I came to the county office.

For others, it takes days to get there.

But soon, these ambitious talents will be deflated.

The ancient social structure was in a relatively static society.

Men plough and women weave, and the population does not move at will.

Under the norms of traditional Confucian morality and ethics, it runs slowly and orderly, with few variables.

As long as there are no civil disputes and no tax collection affairs below, the county government is generally relatively leisurely.

At this time, it is spring, which is the most comfortable period for the county government.

Jiangning County Yahoutang, Zhixian Bureau.

The magistrate's office is also the courtyard where the magistrate rests.

Outside the government office is an open courtyard, which is used to receive visiting people and officials, of course, most of them are to receive officials, and the people have no chance.

Inside is an enclosed room for resting and working.

At this time, Zhixian Lu was in the inner room of the government office, playing tags with several local squires, and he was very happy.

He has been serving as the magistrate here for ten years and has deep roots.

"Luzhi County, how are you doing?"

Zhang Lao, a member of the Tang family in Qilin Township, spoke.

"Drag everyone's blessings, when the tax is collected every year, each family helps the village, and I, the county, can live a happy life for a few days."

Lu Zhixian laughed and said while playing cards.

As the magistrate of the county, the county government has limited manpower, and it cannot manage the entire county government.

Especially for the major event of tax collection, thousands of people have to collect taxes, and even if all the people in the county government go out, they will not be able to collect all the taxes, so they can only rely on the help of the local squires to collect them.

"Hahahalu Zhixian, these are not what we should do."

An old man of the Xu family said with a smile: "But I heard that it won't be long before the head of the house sent by the national teacher will stretch out his hand and take care of the following things." We're having a hard time with the old guys, we should be coming soon, right? ”

"Yes, the imperial court has already issued an order, but for some reason it has never come."

Lu Zhixian smiled and said: "I heard that the national teacher is training that group of talents who can't even pass the Jinshi exam, and these three months have passed, I'm afraid it's just this time." But rest assured, Honchi Prefecture has a sense of proportion. ”

Zhixian is the seventh grade, which is produced through the imperial examination, and does not necessarily have to be a jinshi, but can also become a magistrate through the operation of the people, tributes, and supervisors.

And this Lu is through operation to get the location of this county.

Although he is not a local, he is a family in Hangzhou Mansion in Nanzhili who spends money to operate and help, and there are rumors from above.

Now that the entire Nanzhili family has formed an alliance, these local magistrates have also received orders from above, and they are trying to stop it.

"Haha, the county understands people, I won't have to wait."

Several respected old men from big families under the county yaline, the old man who came to probe the wind laughed and laughed haha.

In fact, it doesn't matter if they come this time or not, because the big guys above opened their mouths, and the county magistrate didn't accept gifts, and they had to do things.

However, as the saying goes, the county official is not as good as the current management, and it is always right to eat in this territory and have a good relationship with the magistrate.

Lu Zhixian smiled: "Actually, we have also discussed it below, isn't this peaceful day good now?" If you have to toss around, what kind of dormitory area you can make, maybe you can make some moths out. ”

The governance of the world begins with the county, and the governance of the county, all power is concentrated in the hands of the county, and all affairs are also under the responsibility of the county.

Except for the higher-level governors and special supervisory organs, the power of the magistrate is almost unchecked, which is the existence of the soil overlord.

Therefore, in the hearts of these magistrates, most of them do not want the right to be divided by the head of the district below.

But if the court ordered it, they had to obey it.

But now the entire Nanzhili family is united, the bigwigs above have spoken, and the magistrates below are eager to do so.

Although we cannot openly resist, there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom, and there is no big problem in giving some resistance.

"Huh, Huh, give money."

Lu Zhixian pushed the cards in his hand and laughed.

"Luzhi County is so lucky!"

Several people begged for money and handed it over.

The whole game is played, three people lose, one person wins.

said that it was playing cards, but in fact it was bribery, and everyone was tacitly tucked in.

Playing cards heartily, this game of tags, Luzhi County won almost two hundred taels of silver, but more than the imperial court Lu Xiang, don't let this money be in vain.

At this time, a servant knocked on the door and came in to report.

"Lord Lu, there are fifty people outside the door who claim to be the head of the dormitory, and they have come to report."

There are 50 villages in Jiangning County, so there are exactly 50 district chiefs.

"Huh? Coming today? ”

Lu Zhixian was a little surprised, but at this time, he was making money, how could he go to receive them now, and he also wanted to give them a dismount.

He waved his hand impatiently and said, "Let's just say that the official went out to inspect the hometown." ”

(End of chapter)