After another half a month, the patrol in Changning County escorted the students who returned from the scientific expedition, as well as the new promoter, and returned to the county seat.

On the day of his return, the county magistrate took the city officials and the squires and the people out of the city to greet him, which was extremely grand.

According to Sun Siwen's words, such an honor was not available when he was selected to return to his hometown.

Lu Yuan thought about it carefully, when Sun Siwen returned to the county seat, he was not present, so he didn't know the situation at that time.

But when he returned to Yangmei Town, he saw the movement. It's just that the townspeople gathered around the entrance of the town, watching for an hour or two.

There were no miles out of town to greet him.

But think about it.

Dayu County has a prosperous literary style, and basically every two or three years, one person can be raised. People see a lot, and they are sparse and ordinary, and they don't care.

It's here in Changning County.

I heard that there has been no one for more than 20 years, and now that there is finally one, I can't pay too much attention to it.

Therefore, Lu Yuan could only pat his friend who was a little envious, and said a few words of relief, so that the other party could look away and don't think so much.

That Lu Yanzhongju can only be said to be a coincidence, good luck, and encountered such a situation in Changning County.

After him, no matter how many people are lifted, it will be impossible to have today's grand event.

When I returned to the city, I held a banquet for the new people and the students who returned from the list.

The protagonists during the period were naturally the county magistrate and the new man Lu Yan, and the participants sent congratulations to them.

While celebrating, Lu Yan did not forget his teacher, and came to Sun Siwen several times with wine, commensurate with his teacher, and was very respectful.

However, in this regard, Sun Siwen was not proud of his credit, as he said before, but said that this was the result of Lu Yan's own hard work, and he was just icing on the cake.

It's a pity that for Sun Siwen's words, few people present believe it, and most of them regard it as the modesty of the scholar, and they are not arrogant, and they can't help but admire it more and more in their hearts.

This situation made Sun Siwen more and more unable to explain, and finally had to smile bitterly and did not continue to refute.

It was Lu Yan, seeing him like this, the expression on his face became more respectful, and he really had a bit of a student's attitude.

Your own family knows your own affairs.

Lu Yan knows that he was able to pass the exam this time, and his accumulation on weekdays definitely accounts for most of the credit. Of course, Sun Siwen's help also played a small role.

That's why he calls himself a teacher and considers himself a disciple.

It's just that how much of it is pretended, and how much of it is sincere, is unknown.

But at this time, seeing Sun Siwen's humility and sincerity in not being greedy for merit, but speaking for himself, Lu Yan was really a little moved.

Such a gentleman with good conduct is really rare in this world.

It's not bad to be a disciple of such a gentleman. ’

Lu Yan thought like this in his heart, and he was even more eager for Sun Siwen.

……

After a banquet, the students who returned from the exam either went home to continue their hard studies or began to visit friends and gatherings, and returned to their normal lives.

Lu Yan's move this time is still a great incentive for the students of Changning County.

Because this made them see that Changning County, where the style of writing has not flourished more than 20 years ago, finally has the possibility of another lifter.

Affected by this, many students who were originally neglected in their studies or lacked confidence began to work hard.

As a representative of a late bloomer, Lu Yan is naturally busier.

Visiting retired veterans in the county, socializing with officials in the county, and participating in the banquets of local squires, one by one, what Sun Siwen experienced at the beginning, Lu Yan experienced again at this time.

And in this series of communication, Sun Siwen, the teacher, is naturally indispensable.

Lu Yan came to visit in person three times, and each time he did enough courtesy, and he was extremely courteous. Even when facing Lu Yuan, Sun Siwen's friend, he will be older than him next year, but he still holds the junior courtesy, and his attitude is excellent.

This made Lu Yuan feel good about him, and said that Sun Siwen had a good disciple.

However, after the last visit, when Sun Siwen and Lu Yuan talked about it by chance, they sighed: "Lu Yan, like me, did not continue to take the exam, but chose to become an official."

Now that the appointment of the county government has been made, he will soon go to Nanhai County to serve as a tax collector, in charge of the taxation of a county, from the nine grades. Next month, I'm going to take office. ”

Dayue has regulations that the maximum age for scientific research cannot exceed 45 years old. If you do so, you will not be able to participate in the scientific examination.

After all, the purpose of selecting officials in the imperial examination is to increase talents for the imperial court. You have found an old official, and how many years can you work for the imperial court?

And Lu Yan is now forty-one years old, and the spring examination for the Jinshi is every three years, that is to say. He can only take the Jinshi exam once at most.

Obviously, as a newcomer, like Sun Siwen, he was not sure to be admitted to the Jinshi, so he chose to be an official.

After all, according to the practice of retiring officials in Dayue at 60, Lu Yan still has nearly 20 years to be an official, and if he works hard during this time, he will have the opportunity to fulfill the county order before retirement.

can be a seven-grade official, as a parent in a place, Lu Juren is very satisfied.

Lu Yuan can also understand this.

However, Sun Siwen talked about something next, but it made his heart feel a little flustered.

"Twenty-one talents from the county participated in the autumn examination, and one person was selected, not only was the county magistrate appreciated by the officials and kept his official position.

Even I got the benefits.

Two days ago, I got together with the county magistrate, and he faintly revealed his tone to me. It is rumored that the county government was very satisfied with my teaching ability and was interested in promoting me.

Probably in a few years, I will be given a new appointment.

The prefectural priest is in his sixties and will soon be retiring. This time, I may take his place as the prefectural commissioner.

This is a promotion by leapfrogging.

However, in my estimation, it should not be directly promoted too many grades, and it may be to temporarily replace the position of teacher from the eighth grade.

Later, you must either stay up for a few years, or train one or two more lifters, so that you can be promoted to the eighth grade and remove the temporary generation. ”

Sun Siwen said in an extremely determined tone that this was obviously showing off.

Obviously.

This friend of mine has made a mistake again, and he is bragging to Lu Yuan about his awesomeness.

on this.

Lu Yuan almost couldn't help it, and wanted to have a showdown with the other party, showing that he was already a second-rate master, and his status in the rivers and lakes could be compared to the county order.

Fortunately, he was focused enough and didn't really say it.

calmed down later, watching Sun Siwen boast and show off, but there was a feeling of looking down on the atmosphere.

I didn't expect that.

You think you're on the same floor as me, no, one level above me.

But in fact, I was already several floors above you, quietly looking down on you, waiting for you to catch up.

Thinking of this, Lu Yuan suddenly became angry, looking at his friend's pretending to be forced, but he also laughed a few words in agreement, which was very supportive.

Sun Siwen was unaware of this, but was quite happy that he had a face in front of his friends and won a step.

At dinner that day, I ate two more bowls, and my appetite was excellent.