Be a master through ancient times

Seeing that Wang Lisong had been persuaded, the other masters were in a hurry.Someone summoned up the courage to say, "The ancestors valued their studies and ordered to set up schools widely. The village school in our village was built at that time. The current emperor also attaches great importance to this. This year, he set up many school fields to treat scholars favorably. You have a notice , you have to close more than ten village schools, are you worthy of the Holy Majesty?"

Chu Ci laughed, and this smile made the person opposite him relieve some of his nervousness and become angry.

"What are you laughing at? As a student in a prefecture, you have only been here for more than three months, and you have lost more than ten village schools in Zhangzhou prefecture. You are clearly dereliction of duty, and you deliberately come to ruin my Zhangzhou prefecture's academic style!"

"If the style of study in a certain place is judged by the number of schools in the village, then someone builds a school wantonly, and builds a school every few miles. Does it mean that there is a good style of study in this place? There is not a single school in your village. There are more than ten people. Except for Mr. Wang who has some doubts, I have investigated everything else. The one who spoke just now, are you Mr. Du from the village school of Zhoujia Village, Guangxing Town, Jiang County?"

Du Fuzi looked surprised and uncertain, not knowing how he was recognized by Chuci.

"Do you think it's strange? The elders of Zhoujia Village say that Mrs. Du has a mole of wealth and honor on his face, which can be recognized at a glance."

There is a bean-sized mole on the left side of Du Fuzi's face near the corner of his mouth. This mole is very round and has a hair growing on it, which is very memorable.

"There are only four students in the Zhoujia Village School where you live. As a large village with hundreds of people, there are so few students. What is the reason? I asked the local people, and everyone in Zhoujia Village said Umbrellas make a living, and the price of umbrellas is not low. Everyone has enough money in their families, so why not send their children to study and read? They all said that they would rather not study than send their children to your village school. Not only every month There are more repairs than other places, and the four rituals during the New Year and holidays are indispensable. In addition, I have to spend an hour at your house every afternoon to glue the umbrella surface. You are not teaching students. You are obviously recruiting apprentices, right? No wonder everyone says you are a mole of wealth, Master Du is really amazing for accumulating such wealth with the strength of a mere child!"

Chu Ci said this in a teasing tone, but the expression on his face was very cold.Du Fuzi was a little guilty and didn't dare to look at Chu Ci.

"You, are you Mr. Zhou from Zhujie Village under Wan County? I heard—" Chu Ci shifted his gaze to another person and said slowly.

The man quickly waved his hand, "I won't sue, I won't sue!" After finishing speaking, he wanted to rush outside, but was immediately stopped by the Yamen.

Sitting on top of it, Lu Zhifu was very surprised.This Chu Ci really has two brushes. He obviously didn't know anything when he came, but he was able to tell the mistakes of these people like a few treasures, and he presumably remembered it in his heart.From this point, it can be seen that his decision to close these more than ten village schools was not aimless.

When the other people saw Chu Ci's gaze shifted over, they immediately waved their hands or covered their faces with their sleeves, looking extremely ashamed.

Seeing this, Lu Zhifu couldn't understand that these people might have their shortcomings in Chu Ci's hands.He knew that today's hustle and bustle might not last forever, so he immediately passed the verdict and punished them for the crime of false accusation. Except for Wang Lisong, each person was punished with ten sticks and 50 taels of silver.

A vigorous "public sue the government" was easily resolved in Chu Ci's few words. In fact, they didn't care about this matter. If Lu Zhifu didn't want to add some trouble to Chu Ci, he would not open the trial .

When Chu Ci proposed the punishment of exceeding the litigation staff, Lu Zhifu already regretted it a little. He was so angry that he was almost caught. Fortunately, Chu Ci did not mention this matter again. As soon as he said that the case was closed, Chu Ci brought Wang Lisong gone.

The other masters also left after being punished. They all covered their faces with their sleeves, so how could they dare to say anything else.Now that the matter was over, it was time for them to think of a way to find a way out for themselves, so there was no time to pay attention to why Wang Lisong was taken away.

However, most of the people present thought that Chu Ci took Wang Lisong away to teach him a lesson. This person's words are not condescending, and if he commits a crime, he will suffer a lot.The magistrate did not give a sentence, so he must have wanted to leave it to the magistrate Tixue to handle it himself.

Wang Lisong himself didn't care too much, since Chu Ci promised him not to close the village school, his heart was relieved.As for what Chu Ci wanted to take him to do, he had thought about it too, this time his actions were indeed inappropriate, and he had nothing to say about the punishment that the adults would punish.

Unexpectedly, after Master Tixue took him to the Tixue Division, he did not do anything to him, but asked him carefully about what he usually did and asked again and again, and at the same time wrote something down on a stack of paper with thin charcoal strips.

After asking, Master Tixue asked his servants to take him to the dining hall for dinner, and said he would send a carriage to take him back to the village.Wang Lisong felt even more guilty after being teased by Chu Ci like this. He originally thought that he should not have leaked information about the person who advised him, but now it seems that Mr. Tixue is not what he said at all.Then, he didn't know what his intentions were for encouraging them to go to the magistrate's office to sue the officials.

Such a person lurks in the dark and doesn't know what evil things he can do. Wang Lisong thought, he must tell Master Tixue about this.

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After Chu Ci came back from the Yamen, he asked Wang Lisong many questions.Through questioning, he came to a conclusion, that is, this person is indeed pedantic and upright, and he has a tendency to abuse good people.

When he went to Naxialian Village for an unannounced visit, the villagers did not speak very well of him, and they always shook their heads and sighed when they mentioned him.But when Chu Ci asked about the reason, they were not as outspoken as other villages, but secretive, with a look of unspeakable concealment.

At the time, Chu Ci thought they were trying to save face for Wang Lisong, and they didn't want to announce what he had done.Looking at it now, it is estimated that there is really nothing bad to say about him.

This Wang Lisong came to Xialian Village five years ago. It is said that he failed the provincial examination and went back to his hometown by boat. On the way, he encountered a sea dragon king and caused the boat to capsize. He was hit on the head by a wooden plank and passed out. side.At that time, an old master in the village school rescued him. Because he went into the water to save him, the old master unfortunately contracted a cold. When he was dying, he was still worried about the studies of these children in Xialian Village. Wang Lisong was grateful for his life-saving grace. , naturally took over the burden and supported the village school on his behalf, staying for five years.

In the past five years, he has been conscientious in teaching and educating people, using all the funds allocated by the local county government for the village school, and he is not greedy for a cent.In addition, he often buys paper and pens for the children out of his own pocket, and subsidizes meat and vegetables for them at lunch.From Chu Ci's point of view, he has done a good job.Of course, the premise is that he didn't lie.

With both sides holding their own opinions, Chu Ci decided to send someone to investigate again before making a conclusion.But the balance in his heart still tilted towards Wang Lisong, just because of the decision he just made in court.

Therefore, Chu Ci not only did not get angry because of his leapfrog petition, but treated him with courtesy.In Chu Ci's view, it doesn't matter if such a person has a little harmless problem, as long as he is willing to stick to his principles, he is still a good comrade.

"My lord, that Master Wang said he wanted to see you." Xiaosi said.

"See me?" Chu Ci raised his head from the official document, "Then you bring him here." After speaking, he lowered his head to deal with it.

"Lately meet Master Tixue." Wang Lisong was very respectful, although he was much older than Chu Ci, but he was only a scholar, so he naturally called himself lately in front of the Grand Master.

"Excuse me. They said you want to see me, is there anything else?" Chu Ci raised his head and asked gently.

"My lord, there is something I buried in my heart in my late life. I thought about it for a long time, and finally felt uncomfortable." Wang Lisong still had a bit of embarrassment on his face.

Chu Ci became interested and said, "Then tell me, I will listen with all my ears."

"My lord, it's like this..."

After Wang Lisong left, Chu Ci fell into deep thought.According to this Wang Lisong, after hearing the content of the official document, they originally wanted to go to the office of the Tixue Office to make a fuss together, but a person who called himself Jiang Lin came to the door and said that he could give them an idea .

He said, "If you want Master Tixue to dissuade you, I have a solution. I know that you want to go directly to the Tixue Yamen to find Chu Tixue, but you don't know that this person is self-willed, acts treacherously, and never listens to persuasion. If you come to the door rashly, it is likely to make him angry, and then not only will he not be able to get rid of his thoughts, what's more, your reputation will be revoked by him."

The masters were shocked and hurriedly asked who he was.

He said, "Xiaosheng Jiang Lin, my uncle used to be the inspector of Tixue, and he was implicated for no reason because of his political disagreement with this Tixue master..."

"Are you talking about Tixue Master Si Jiang?" someone asked.

"Exactly. Do you know my uncle?"

"When Mr. Jiang went to the countryside with Wang Tixue to inspect the countryside, the old man had the honor to accompany him. I vaguely remember that Mr. Jiang was very kind and treated the people below very well."

Now that someone knew him, everyone recognized what Jiang Lin said.

"I didn't expect Chu Tixue to be such a person, so what should I do? It seems that this village school is closed." All the masters sighed and shook their heads.

"Everyone, don't be so discouraged. Didn't I just say it? There is a way, it just depends on whether everyone is willing to do it." Jiang Lin smiled, his voice was soft, with a little temptation.

"Since ancient times, everyone has said that the people don't fight with the officials. We have no choice but to accept our fate."

"No, there is still a way. As long as you go to the magistrate's office to file a complaint, you will definitely make Na Chuti learn to compromise."

"But officials and officials protect each other, will the prefect take this case? If we are directly beaten out, wouldn't the gain outweigh the loss?"

"So you have to beat the Dengwen drum. When the drum sounds, all the people in the city will come to watch the excitement. At that time, the magistrate will definitely take over the case and handle it impartially. If you want the village school to not be closed, you must put this It's the best way to make them fearful if things get bigger."

Everyone bowed their heads and remained silent. What he said was indeed reasonable, but the drummer had thirty sticks, who among them would play the drum?

After a long time, a voice sounded "I'll knock."

"Brother Wang, you... oh!" Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but they showed a helpless look on their faces.

"Then it's settled. You can discuss how to write the complaint today. I also have a certain understanding of the law. If you don't understand, you can ask me now." Jiang Lin said, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

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"A Tie, let the brothers split up. Some of them will go to Xialian Village now to investigate the relationship between Wang Lisong and the villagers. The other part will investigate Jiang Lin, Jiang Dahai's nephew, if he can be caught. Just bring it back."

"Yes!"

After Ah Tie left, Chu Ci also had no intention of official business.He closed the scrolls and walked out of the teaching hall alone.As soon as he went out, he saw Zhang Wenhai bringing Fu Mingan and Chang Xiao over here.

Seeing that he was fine, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother Chu, how can we hide such a big matter from us? If it weren't for the rumors that this person is suing the government, we would not know that you went to court today."

When I came yesterday, Zhang Wenhai had already returned to his room.The two little Chuci would not tell them.It was Zhang Wenhai who heard about it when he went out to do errands today, and only then did he know that Chu Ci went to the magistrate's yamen early in the morning.

Seeing Zhang Wenhai's angry face, Chu Ci also frowned and looked at him with disapproval from Fu Ming'an and Chang Xiao, so he obediently admitted his mistake.

"I was wrong, let's forget it this time. Next time something like this happens, I will definitely not hide it from you." Chu Ci blinked innocently.

next time?Is it possible that such a thing as the people suing the government will happen again?The three of them were dumbfounded, not understanding why Chu Ci could take this kind of thing so normal?