Be a master through ancient times

It has been ten days since Chu Ci issued the order.On this day, if everyone returned to the office of Tixue, they waited for Chuci to announce the result.

At that time, he said that those who perform well will be rewarded, and those who fail will be punished.These days, everyone has to hand in the registration form Chu Ci sent to them every day, and ten children can be registered on one piece of paper.

Now, they are standing below, and the stacks of papers on the top table are the registration forms they handed in.Looking at these papers, they unconsciously felt a little anticipation and apprehension.

"Is everyone here?" Chu Ci walked in with a smile, and Xiao Si and Xiao Wu who followed behind him were carrying a large iron sheet and were trying to move it in with difficulty.

The few officials blocking the door were stunned for a moment, then backed away slowly, and then reacted, stepped forward to give a hand, and carried the iron piece in.

Chu Ci asked them to carry the iron sheet to the side of the table, lay it obliquely, and face them with the black side.

The officials looked at the big iron lump, wondering what it was used for.Could this be part of the punishment?Some people start to diverge their thinking.

Then they watched Mr. Tixue groping underneath, and the thing suddenly unfolded and became a long piece, supported by three more legs underneath.

"This...isn't it the blackboard?" Someone looked at it for a long time, and then exclaimed as if suddenly enlightened.

"Blackboard?" Others were discussing, what is this blackboard? "Master Dong, do you know this?"

"I also heard about it by accident. I have a cousin who just came back from the capital two months ago. I heard from him that there are many such things in the capital, not only the various academies, but also the places where notices are posted at the gates of the four major cities and in the streets and alleys. There are all of them. However, those places are guarded, and they will move back when it gets dark, so watch carefully."

When his cousin talked about this, he sighed regretfully, and it was this tone that made Mr. Dong understand why they had to watch him so closely.

"This... blackboard, right? How is it used?"

Mr. Dong said: "I heard that it can be written on, and it can be erased after writing. In the past, when posting notices in the capital, due to the many streets, many copies were required each time. Now it is only necessary for people to hold the notice several times. Copy it on this blackboard, so that everyone can know that this thing is also used in the academy to teach, and the effect is very good, even the Imperial College in Kyoto is using it! My cousin also heard that the imperial court intends to promote this thing in various states, and deliberately Several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River were selected and people from the Ministry of Industry were selected to make it. But... I didn’t hear that our southern Fujian province also has it.” He unconsciously looked at Chu Ci, and he didn’t know where the blackboard for Mr. Tixue came from of.

"Writing?" Some people questioned, "The ink is black, can it still be seen clearly when it is written on this blackboard? And it is difficult to wipe it off?"

"No, no, this thing is not written with a brush, I heard it is written with... chalk, yes chalk!"

A pink writing brush instantly appeared in everyone's mind, and they really couldn't imagine what kind of thing this chalk was.

"Tsk, let me stop guessing. Since we can get the blackboard, Mr. Tixue, we will also have the chalk. My lord, I wonder if you can open my eyes and see how this chalk writes? "Wang Ming said flatteringly, he is from the pen and ink room, so naturally he cares more about the blackboard than others.

Chu Ci had been listening to them just now, but he didn't know that those people in the capital had already developed other functions for the blackboard.In fact, there are already two types of blackboards in the capital, one is the embedded blackboard used in the academy, and the other is the folding blackboard here in Chuci.But also, the ancients' ideas and hands-on ability are never bad, as long as you give them a little hint, they will definitely give you a surprise.

"Okay, take a good look." Chuci opened the hidden compartment below and took out a piece of white chalk. After thinking about it, he wrote the six words Zhangzhou Prefecture Tixue Division on it.

The chalk tapped the blackboard to make a "da da da" sound, and the officials below were staring at the eye-catching white characters above.

Everyone says black and white, but now it seems that writing in black and white is clearer.

"Isn't it chalk? Why is it white?" Someone asked in a low voice.

Chu Ci explained: "This chalk is not a pink pen, but it has powder falling when it is written, so it is called chalk. Moreover, it is not only one color. Please see, everyone, in this box of colored chalks There are seven colors in total."

He took out each one and drew it again. Seven different colors were printed on the blackboard, which looked a bit fancy.The most amazing thing is that Chu Ci took out a chalk brush and brushed it lightly, and a rainbow immediately appeared on it.

"This, can it still be used for painting?" Someone exclaimed in surprise. When he used a brush to paint, he couldn't draw such a flying rainbow.

"Of course." As Chu Ci said, he took out a few pieces of chalk and began to draw on it. After a while, a figure holding a red umbrella appeared in front of everyone.The figure with the skirt fluttering in the painting looks sacred and light, as if she will become a fairy in the next moment.

"My lord is really good at drawing. Such a hard pen can make it so smooth."

"You'll get better with more practice." Chu Ci smiled and put the chalk back into the box, and then used a blackboard brush to erase the words and drawings on it. "Afterwards, I will put a blackboard at the door. From now on, everyone will not be called every time, but just sign the same name under the column of their own name. In the past, if I have any news to inform everyone, I will send someone to Write it on it. But today, we have other things to do."

Chu Ci casually put his hand on the table and nodded, signaling that everyone should not forget the purpose of their meeting today.

Everyone looked at his hand before they came back to their senses. Their purpose today is to see how many children they have persuaded to go to school.

"Then, my lord..."

Before the man could ask, Chu Ci took the lead and said: "These registration forms were all handed in by you. Due to the large number, I only recorded the daily figures, not who handed them in. So how many children each person persuaded to go to school, I don't know yet."

As soon as Chu Ci finished speaking, the expressions of the people below changed.Some frowned, while others were ecstatic.Those who frown basically have completed a lot, and they will hear that Chu Ci didn't count, and worry that they will suffer a disadvantage.

The ecstatic person is naturally gearing up to let others suffer.They didn't try to persuade Chu Ci to settle accounts, they thought it was over, but they didn't expect such a good thing to happen.

However, they obviously rejoiced too early.Because Chuci said again: "But everyone, don't worry. Although I didn't register my name, I numbered it on the registration form you took away. You can identify it according to the number later."

"..." The person who was about to recognize a few with a cheeky face didn't say this at the time, why is his mind so bad?

"Since everyone knows, let's start now." Chu Ci said, took out a piece of chalk, and wrote down all the numbers between 39 and [-] on the blackboard.

"Master Zhou, please come here and do me a favor, read out the numbers on this one by one."

Zhou Qing, who was named, walked up hurriedly. He was not surprised that Chu Ci would look for him, because he was in charge of reception and hosting.

"My lord, can we start now?"

Chu Ci nodded.

Zhou Qing picked up a piece of paper, looked at the words on the lower left corner of the registration form, and read: "Ten people with number one."

Chu Ci drew a horizontal line under No. [-]'s name, and said at the same time: "Just report the number for the next date."

Zhou Qing nodded knowingly, picked up the next one, and read: "One copy for number three."

Chu Ci drew a horizontal line under his name again.

"One number one."

"One copy on the fifth."

"..."

"One copy on the 26th."

As the amount of paper on the table decreased, the words written by Chu Ci also became orthographic one by one.Although the officials did not understand the purpose of writing the orthographic characters, this did not prevent them from making comparisons.

At present, it seems that No. [-] persuades the most children to enter school, and they have written a full and a half orthographic characters, but there is not even a horizontal line under some numbers.It's a pity that there is only a serial number on it, and they don't know who that person is.It's even possible that they didn't know it themselves, because Chu Ci didn't let them pay attention to this when handing out the registration form.

More than 100 sheets of paper were read in half an hour.Looking at the above results, everyone knows very clearly that the three rewarded this time are definitely No. 25, No. 36 and No. [-], and there are many more people who have been punished. They are [-] plus [-]. , because these numbers don't even have a horizontal line.

Chu Ci wiped his fingers carefully with the wet cloth handed over by Xiao Si, and then he said, "Does anyone know what number he is, if so, please stand up."

Eight people stood up, and after they finished speaking, everyone found out that number one, number ten and number 25 were among them.

"That's right, you're right. You observed carefully, and each rewarded a catty of fish balls. I'll have someone send them over after the meeting is over."

Even though they didn't know what fish balls were, there was no reason why they didn't like Shangfeng's reward, so the eight people immediately thanked them, each more sincere than the other.

"Okay, now I'll put the number and name on the number, and whoever is called later will come up. Number one is Xie Shi'an, number two..." After reading, Chu Ci put away the note in his hand, with a look on his face. His expression also changed from peaceful to serious.

"Presumably, everyone heard it very clearly when I attended the meeting last time. In addition to the previously agreed conditions, the reward recipients also have to be evaluated at the end of the year to be a Grade A, including being promoted to a full-time official. This official will do it. But this official has always been clear about rewards and punishments, since the rewards are promised, then the agreed punishment method will definitely be implemented. Now please come up with the adults of 93."

Six Seven Eight Nine was the mahjong quartet that day. They all relied on someone behind them to make decisions, so they didn't take Chu Ci's words to heart at all, and spent the ten days playing in the world.Even now, they also thought that Chu Ci would only humiliate themselves by calling them up, so they went up generously.On the other hand, Ten 36, relying on himself as an old man in the Department of Education, kept complaining to Chu Ci, but didn't even move his feet.

"I'm ashamed!" Chu Ci suddenly sighed, "As Shangfeng, I didn't expect that Mr. Zhang and Mr. Li have so many family affairs to deal with, and even arranged errands for them. It really shouldn't be. However, since ancient times, everyone has said that self-cultivation, family affairs, and the country will be peaceful. If the two adults can’t even handle family affairs well, how can they talk about governing the country and the world? Well, I’ll give the two adults a day. After finishing the family affairs, I will go to deal with the errands and hand them over within three days. If the two adults can't handle the family affairs well, then I can only let the two of you take a few days off. go."

He said with a smile, his tone was gentle and his face was amiable, but it sounded chilling in his heart, and he was clearly threatening them.

Faced with the threat of Chu Ci, the two adults, Zhang and Li, finally decided that those who know the current affairs are the heroes. They said that they would clean up the housework when they returned home, and then began to persuade students to work.

Chu Ci nodded in satisfaction, with a teachable expression.Then, he turned to those people and raised his eyebrows.

However, before he could speak, the others spoke first: "Master Chu, do you want me to go back and take care of family affairs?"

"No, you guys don't seem to be bothering about family affairs, so naturally you don't have to deal with family affairs. But I want to know, why didn't any of you succeed in persuading them?"

One of the people on the stage laughed twice and said: "We persuaded, but the people are ignorant and insist on not agreeing, what can we do?"

"Know it with reason and move it with emotion. It's not that the people don't want to study, but they are not used to it. What we have to do is to try our best to persuade them and change their ideas. Have you done it?"

"Oh, my lord, please forgive me for not being as sharp-tongued as my lord. Why don't I just forget this time, and I will work hard on my tongue in the future, and strive to become a person who trembles like a lord."

He still had a bright smile on his face when he spoke, but anyone could hear the sarcasm in his words.

"Forget it? If this is all forgotten, then how can I convince others in the future? I don't care what you have to say, in short, if you haven't completed the task, you haven't completed it. According to the regulations, you need to go to the one I planned from April. Local Superintendent."

"Your Excellency, must you make things difficult for us?" One of them looked sideways at Chu Ci with sharp eyes.

"If you think so, then so be it. I set the rules, and you agreed to it when you didn't object to me that day. Now that the result is out, you don't follow the rules. Instead, you think it's embarrassing, and I can't help it." Chu Ci said.

"Lord Chu, are you sure you want to do this?" someone asked again.

"The officer is very sure, there is no need to ask again and again."

"Well, since your lord is so unreasonable, we have nothing to say. Let's do it this way, we have little knowledge, and it's hard for us to take on big responsibilities. My lord, please ask someone else to be wise. We won't accompany you." The hanging key was thrown on the table with a "snap".

The other three followed suit, with mockery and disdain on their faces when they walked out.

The other officials looked at Chu Ci with a little embarrassment. They didn't know how to deal with Shangfeng being humiliated.Chu Ci himself acted like a normal person, he didn't seem to take this matter to heart at all, he turned his head and began to order others.

Although the punishment did not succeed, the reward arrived.One of the three people who received the reward this time looked at Chu Ci with a particularly enthusiastic look. After thinking about it for a while, Chu Ci remembered this person.

This person is He Yuan, an official of the Tixue Division. When Chu Ci first came, the road was blocked when he went to Guoxian County to offer sacrifices to the sea. It was He Yuan who took him back and sat down.He still remembered that the sister-in-law of He Yuan's family had a straightforward temper and wanted to match him without saying a word.

"It's Brother He."

"Don't dare to be called that by an adult!" He Yuan said immediately.

"Why do you have to be so restrained? Thank you Brother He for your hospitality in Guoxian County that day. Come and sit with me after the meeting today, and let me do my best as a landlord." Chu Ci said.

Others also noticed this scene, and they suddenly had different views on He Yuan, a seemingly honest person.I thought it was really honest, but I didn't expect that I had already made friends with Shangfeng in private, as expected, I know people and faces, but I don't know my heart!

However, although everyone was scolding him in their hearts, their faces were very friendly, and even a little cautious. He Yuan couldn't help but feel a little proud when he saw this scene, but soon, this emotion was suppressed by him, and instead Became more cautious.

"Your Excellency treats guests, and the lower officials can't ask for more."

"Then it's settled. By the way, brother He is ranked third this time. According to the rules I said before, I will transfer you to a full-time job. Well, there is no good place to go for a while. Let me think about it carefully. Let's make a decision."

He Yuan was extremely excited, and when he thought that he was about to have a formal official status, he was extremely excited.Officials like them, although they work in the yamen, but in the eyes of outsiders, they are nothing.

But having an official status is different. Even if it is only the last ninth-rank official, it can leave a brilliant mark on the genealogy. After death, the official position can be engraved on the tombstone, and others will respect it when they pass by.

He originally thought that he would have no chance in this life. After all, his background is not very good, and he is not good at making money. Although he is conscientious in his work, how can he achieve his goals in official affairs?

Unexpectedly, just by doing such a thing, he could really become an official official of the imperial court.At the beginning, he thought that Mr. Tixue had drawn a big cake for them, but when the time came, he would evade it casually, so what would others dare to say?But even so, he didn't dare to relax. In the past ten days, he broke two pairs of shoes and begged his grandpa to sue his grandma. He asked his relatives to help persuade him.

Fortunately, hard work paid off, no matter how difficult it was, he finally made it.He Yuan couldn't help tearing up his eyes excitedly when he heard Chu Ci say this, finally made him wait!

Chu Ci also felt very uncomfortable, in his opinion, this is obviously what should be done.It's a pity that the officialdom is so cruel, if you can't adapt, you can only be abandoned.He can only help him as much as possible, and he only hopes that these people will never be missing in the officialdom.