Therefore, autumn will still come, in the autumn of the thirty-first year of Fu Rui, the yellow cancan rice is spread all over the top and bottom of Dachu. The feeling of ordinary people is always infallible, and it took them hundreds of thousands of years to sum up the truth that the rain has passed and the sky is clear.

Maybe he felt that he was too ruthless the year before, so God didn't make any more trouble in Fu Rui's thirty-one years.

In addition, most of the policies implemented by Chu Zheng in this year are related to the people's livelihood, except for Youzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Bianzhou, which are located south and have excellent harvests, some taxes have been paid, and the taxes in the rest of the places are all exempted!

Probably this winter, the people of Dachu will be able to live their first solid year after the disaster.

But the reason why this year can be so stable, in addition to Chu Zheng's reasons, is also inseparable from the group of scholars who went from the academy to all parts of the world last autumn, or it is inseparable from Lu Xiangrui's gift.

Generally speaking, scholars have arrogance, and there are not many things in the world that can interrupt the arrogance of scholars, but gold and silver treasures should be regarded as a kind.

The ancients had an old saying: It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift. And a scholar suddenly becomes rich from poverty to wealth, which is the same as the old saying.

And then if you add a master who is full of bad water and is buzzing in his ears all the time, those who have never seen any vulgar things in the world will of course be fooled.

Therefore, ninety percent of these academy students who were admitted to the Jinshi examination in Fu Rui's thirty years found an excuse to revoke the position of local master in less than a month after taking office.

In the previous article, there is a table that said that the master is actually not in the bureaucratic mechanism of Da Chu, so when he was in Taopu County, there was no such so-called master, and with Shi Linwu's shrewdness and ability, there was still a need for a master to get in the way. And the master himself is at most a personal adviser invited by the highest governor of a place.

But the so-called existence is reasonable, and everything must have a fundamental reason for its origin, and the master is naturally no exception.

It is impossible to verify that it first appeared in the He Dynasty and He Dynasty, but it is known that the original position of master was elected by the local people to be the most famous local scholar.

The original intention of electing the master was to assist those county commanders or county guards who came from other places and were not familiar with the local situation to deal with local government affairs, but I don't know when the master became synonymous with looting the people's fat and ointment, which made people sigh.

In addition, after there is no master, those who have never only written moral articles and composed poems and songs are completely blind to the affairs in the yamen, and they don't know how to start.

No matter how well and vividly their articles are written, the illiterate common people will not be able to understand them! No matter how deep and fanciful their reasoning is, they will not be able to dig up grain in the fields with hoes!

This makes those scholars who have been blind to things outside the window since they were children, and who only read the books of sages and sages, have to sigh: no matter how great the sage's teachings are, they can't fill their stomachs.

But this matter did not bother those readers for too long, and some readers who dared to be the first to take the lead in playing the slogans of truth in the book and pragmatic outside the book, reached out and picked up the agricultural books that they had never looked down on before.

This slogan soon set off a frenzy of following the trend in the whole of Dachu, and even some old Confucian scholars who had commented on the scriptures and written articles all their lives were willing to spend some effort to study and study agriculture.

......

In the palace, in the regent's palace, there is no disaster impact, Chu Zheng can finally calm down and review the folds, and after the end of today's morning dynasty, he specially left the minister Su Wang.

The main reason is that he feels that in the Manchu Dynasty, only Su Wang is still half an honest man.

Lu Xiangrui gradually became an old scholar as he grew older, and Cheng Yijie always had some different kinds of caution that even Chu Zheng couldn't understand, Ma Suiliang and He Ren'an have become more and more peaceful in recent years, and they seem to have some peace of mind.

In addition to these, most of the others, including the six Shangshu, can't do what they want in front of him, and Zhao Fatzi, the head of the household book, can still say a few words with the emperor's favor.

"Teacher, the music has been passed back from all over the country after the autumn recently, and you should have known a lot of news, do you think I should continue to run those academies, or should I continue to trust those scholars?"

Su Wang did not answer Chu Zheng's question directly, but laughed out loud.

"Your Majesty, you can be regarded as asking the wrong person, although decades of official career have made the old minister a lot smoother, but the old minister thinks that he is still half a scholar. ”

Chu Zheng closed the letter that had just been annotated, and then pointed to Chu Zheng who was standing below.

"Teacher, teacher, you are obviously about to become fine, but you still say that you are just sleek, so you have to go around me in a circle before telling the truth?"

Su Wang smiled and arched his hand towards Chu Zheng.

"Then since the emperor wants the old minister to say it, then the old minister will be blunt, and the matter of the academy should be delayed after the successful opening of Jinghua Academy. It's not that it's not good to open an academy, but when a person knows more things, he will inevitably have some different thoughts, and if one or two of these people are bolder, not to mention what disaster will be brought to Da Chu, but in the final analysis, it will be an unnecessary trouble. ”

Chu Zheng nodded after listening, and then changed the topic, Su Wang meant that after there were more readers, his mind would become more complicated, but as Su Wang said before, he himself was half a reader, so naturally there were some things that he couldn't say to Su Wang.

And the sentence that Su Wang began to say may have been a subtle hint at Chu Zheng, there are some things that you can't tell me!

"Teacher, let's not talk about this, when do you think Ruyu's child will be entrusted with the important task?"

At the mention of this, Su Wang shook his head even more.

"Your Majesty, you also look up to that kid in my family too much, it's too early to say this, and besides, if he is alone, he can't support the future of Da Chu!"

"Listening to the meaning of the teacher's words, it seems that he wants to recommend someone to me, this is too rare, I must listen to it. ”

Su Wang shook his head again, looking like he was deliberately going against Chu Zheng.

"Your Majesty, I'm not recommending this, if I miss the two people I said, it will be a loss for Da Chu. ”

Chu Zheng stopped the brush in his hand, his eyes were a little solemn, he knew that Su Wang would never recommend anyone, including Su Ruyu, who had always been able to suppress it.

Now that he has spoken, he will not let him down.

"I don't know who the teacher is talking about. ”

Su Wang looked at the map of the Great Chu territory in the regent hall, and his eyes fell on the small county town that he had chosen to release Su Ruyu at the beginning.

"One is the county Cheng Shi Linwu of Taopu County, the old minister to tell the truth, this person's sleek and the old minister are seven points similar, but now he is still a little petty, and he will only ruin this piece of jade if he is transferred to the capital, and it just so happened that the original county guard of Hualiu County was exiled to Liaodong recently, according to the old minister's opinion, it is best to put him in the position of the Hualiu county guard to polish it first. ”

Chu Zheng thought about it for a long time in his mind before he had such a slight impression of this Shi Linwu, as if this person had been mentioned in the fold presented by the six doors.

"What about the other one?"

"As for the other one!"

Su Wang looked at the roof of the Regent's Hall and fell into memory.

"He's in Jiangnan, calculate the time, it's time for him to enter Beijing!"

......

The water in the south of the Yangtze River is full of charm, so the humidity in the morning cannot avoid becoming very heavy, which is especially obvious in the autumn morning of Gusu City.

As soon as he came out of the high-walled compound, the little guy guarding the door still had some sleepiness and leaned on the door to nap.

"Crunch!"

Suddenly, he was woken up by a very abrupt sound of the door opening, and a young scholar in a green shirt with a scroll under his arm walked out of the door.

"Childe, why is it earlier than ever today, and the little ones haven't had time to watch the door!"

The little guy who thought he would be scolded stood in front of his son-in-law with fear, even if he knew that his son-in-law had a good temper, he would inevitably have some fears.

While he was still nervous, the young scholar reached out and patted him on the shoulder.

"In the future, you don't have to get up so early to guard the door for me, I'll just come by myself, the weather is getting colder, and it's still warm in the bed. ”

Looking at his son-in-law who turned around and left after speaking, the little girl's heart was as warm as lying back in the bed, and he secretly made up his mind: In the future, he must get up earlier than his son, but he can't sleep anymore...

The young scholar who got up so early and was still used to holding books under his armpits was naturally Lu Dongshu, who was driven back by Su Wang to read for five years.

Facing the fog, Lu Dongshu wrapped his clothes tightly and walked towards Chen Mu's academy on the east side of the city, on the way, he needed to pass through a Huai River port that ran through the entire Gusu City.

At this time, although it was still dark, there were already many ships on the Huai River, and a rough look showed that there were dozens of them.

Most of these ships are fishing boats that get up early in the morning and make hard-earned money, and only a few are those merchant ships that travel from south to north.

On the bank of the Huai River, Lu Dongshu saw a familiar woman, about half a year ago, this woman had the habit of coming to the ferry and waiting for others.

"Miss Xici, come and wait for someone again!"

"You have to take care of it!"

Lu Dongshu, who was kind enough to come forward to greet him, didn't feel that he had been dismissed by this girl, and after glancing at the woman's back again, he turned around and walked towards the academy.

It's just that... Huaishui is wrapped in acacia, and people don't know how to read thousands of sails. I don't know how long it will take for the little girl to hear back from her heart!

......

At the entrance of the academy, Lu Dongshu was a little cramped and uneasy as if he had come here for the first time five years ago, but the sound of chanting inside the door for five years made his heart calm down quickly.

Exhaling a breath, Lu Dongshu pushed open the courtyard door, walked to the position to read a book as usual, and quickly immersed himself in it, and didn't wake up until it was time to have lunch.

Lu Dongshu closed the scroll, he did not leave in a hurry, but came to Chen Mu's room.

"But what are the doubts about learning?"

Chen Mu leaned back in the chair with his eyes closed, looking very comfortable, and on his left hand was a cup of Yunwu tea, the favorite of Jiangnan scholars, as if he noticed that someone had walked into the room, so he asked softly.

"Sir, the student has come today to say goodbye to you, the student made a five-year promise with a person, and now it is time to fulfill the promise. ”

"Hmm. ”

Chen Mu didn't seem to be interested in what Lu Dongshu said, and nodded lightly and said yes, and then there was no follow-up, and Lu Dongshu didn't leave, but continued to speak.

"At the time of parting, I don't know what the gentleman can teach. ”

Chen Mu didn't open his eyes until this time, he looked at Lu Dongshu below, there was some complexity in his eyes, and after a few struggles, he said to Lu Dongshu.

"Before the Great Chu, the officials of the court and the central government were half out of Jiangnan, and then the Great Chu ruled the world until now, Jiangnan Shizi has always been a little unable to raise his head, although the old man said that he had no guilt, but this matter has always been somewhat implicated with me, if you have a heart in the future, you might as well open a promotion road for Jiangnan Shizi. ”

Lu Dongshu nodded heavily, but the disappointment in his eyes was also very strong, because he didn't get the answer he wanted.

walked to the door step by step, but just before Lu Dongshu raised his foot and was about to step out of the threshold, he gathered his feet and stood back, and then turned to look at Chen Mu with a calm expression.

"Sir has been in power for many years in the previous dynasty, and then opened a academy in this Gusu city for 30 years, dare to ask sir, what kind of state of mind do you maintain between the two?"

Unlike the situation where he didn't care about it before, after hearing Lu Dongshu's question, Chen Mu immediately straightened his body, sat upright, and said four words after thinking for a long time.

"Walking on thin ice!"

Lu Dongshu was a little puzzled when he heard Chen Mu's answer, he actually guessed that Chen Mu's possible answers, maybe they would be romantic, maybe they would be pampered, but he didn't think of the words "walking on thin ice".

With doubts in his heart, Lu Dongshu frowned and looked at Chen Mu.

"Actually, it's okay to be an official, no matter how difficult the emperor's mind is, but after many years in politics, I can grasp the measure in the middle, only the teacher, who has been conscientious for thirty years, does not dare to slack off, because as a teacher, you never know what kind of earth-shattering impact a casual sentence will have on students!"

Hearing the answer, Lu Dongshu immediately realized, he put his hands on his chest, and accepted the disciple's gift from front to back, and then shook it to the end, and he couldn't afford it!

"May Mr. be in a state of mind, winter will go to spring!"

Chen Muyou sat upright and soothed his feet, then straightened, changed to a comfortable position, took the cloud tea, and then took a sip of the tea with the tea lid, and then put down the teacup.

An unconcealed smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Like a spring breeze!"