Be a master through ancient times

The left and right sides are very fast, and in less than two days, they have found candidates for the imperial envoy.They each drew up two or three for Tianhedi to choose from.

Tianhedi looked at the list they handed over, and was surprised to find that there were overlapping candidates.It seems that this person is either a very tactful person who caters to left and right, or he is simply a centrist who doesn't get close to either side.

They thought that instead of letting the emperor choose someone from the opposite side, it would be more beneficial to them to choose someone who is not reliable.

As they thought, Emperor Tianhe directly chose that person in it—Mu Yuanxiu, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

For one thing, Dali Temple is the place where cases are judged, and cases like this that need to be investigated naturally have to be handled by specialized personnel.

Secondly, although this person's official position is not high, he is well-known in the government and the public for his uprightness. Everyone has heard the story that he fought with one of the eight kings to investigate a case and was almost assassinated.Thinking about it, when he was investigating the case, he would never be bribed.

Third, his ancestral home is Xijiang Province, which is next to Nanfu Province. If he wants to mobilize manpower for assistance, the officials of Xijiang Province will not lose face.

To sum up the above reasons, Emperor Tianhe appointed Mu Yuanxiu as the imperial envoy to go to Southern Fujian to investigate the case, and gave him a Shangfang sword so that he could deal with those people directly in a hurry.

After Mu Yuanxiu received the imperial edict, he immediately packed his bags and set off for Nanfu Province.

At this time, the situation in Southern Fujian Province is calm, and the only new thing to talk about is probably the new textbooks that have been published recently.

"Father, is this book for me?" Lu Jingshu held the three books in her hands in surprise. These books smelled of fresh ink, and it seemed that they had just been printed.

"Yeah, this is a newly released textbook. This set is used by all students entering this year." Chu Ci touched her little head, the studious child is so cute.

Lu Jingshu knew that she couldn't go to the academy to study, but it didn't matter, her adoptive father would teach her, and Grandpa Xu could also teach her, and her brothers would also teach her when she encountered problems that she didn't understand.After she thanked Chu Ci, she immediately read the book with relish.

Chu Ci didn't bother, and walked out of the study to the gate of the yard. In a few days, it will be March in Yangchun, when the academies in the counties of Zhangzhou Prefecture will also start to recruit new students.

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More than 20 days ago, Chu Ci held a meeting again on the content discussed with Du Yu. This time, he not only summoned the people from the Department of Education, but also invited some well-known local Mr. Meng Tongguan to let them discuss the matter. Three new textbooks were reviewed and recompiled again.A group of people worked hard for a few days before these books finally reached the level that most people are satisfied with.

Originally, only two volumes were planned, one "Chinese" and the other "Nine Chapters".But after thinking about it, I disassembled part of the content in the book "Chinese" and selected the chapters that teach them how to be human. "Moral Education".

After the finalization of these three books, Chu Ci began to contact the local bookstore, requesting to print these three books.He roughly estimated the possible enrollment quota this year, and planned to print [-] sets first.

Unfortunately, this bookstore is small in scale and understaffed.Publishing is simple, but the typefaces need to be placed manually.That is to say, they are all movable type now. When they were engraved in the past, it is estimated that these three books will not be printed in half a year.

Chu Ci was a little helpless: "Then according to Wu Guanshi, how long will it take for this bookstore to print these books? One month?"

Wu Dayou, the manager of the bookstore, thought for a while, and then said: "Chu Tixue, it's not that the villain refuses to agree, it's really powerless. The villain feels that it will take at least two months, otherwise it will not be printed."

He is also tempted by the white money in front of him, but rather than being questioned if he can't finish it, it's better to declare in advance.

Chu Ci shook his head in embarrassment: "This won't work, two months is too long, and it will take a month at most. Can't you recruit more people? We can discuss the salary here."

Wu Dayou looked at Chu Ci with a sad face, and clasped his hands in a pleading form: "Master Chu, this is really impossible. Or, you are going to ask elsewhere, our Wenmo Bookstore really can't print three books a month If you want to talk about a book, let alone a month, I can print 20 copies for you even in [-] days."

Hearing this, Chu Ci suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Yes, there is more than one bookstore. He can print the three books separately, so why hang himself in one bookstore?

"Since Guanshi Wu said so, that's fine. I entrust the book "Chinese" to you. Within 20 days, I hope to see the [-] copies of the book. At that time, we will pay with one hand and hand over the book with the other. This is Please take the deposit, Manager Wu."

"Ah?" Wu Dayou was a little confused. Didn't he just say it's urgent?He said that to give him some time, but he didn't really push his own business out!Moreover, each of the three books will be printed with [-] copies. When he talked with this Master Chu, he gave a special discounted price. This time it was directly reduced by one-third, so the price was a bit cheating.

Chu Ci pretended not to understand, put the book and money into his hand, then turned and left.Guanshi Wu looked at his back with tears streaming down his face, but he said the words himself, so now he had to do it quickly.

In order to save some money, Chu Ci repeated the same trick, found two other bookstores, and successfully contracted out the printing of the two books at a preferential price, and the boss personally promised to complete them in 20 days.

After successfully completing the task, Chu Ci was happy and hummed a little tune all the way back to the yamen.At the gate of the yamen, he met Wang Ming who was also happy.

"I've met my lord." Wang Ming quickly finished his salute, and then came over, "My lord, it's done!"

Chu Ci's eyes lit up: "How much?"

Wang Ming raised three fingers and looked at Chu Ci with a smile.

"Good guy!" 3000 taels!Chu Ci happily patted Wang Ming on the shoulder, "Today is credited to you, and you can wait for the bonus at the end of the month!"

"Thank you, sir!" Wang Ming was in high spirits. What he valued was not the bonus, but the attitude of Chu Ci.

The two walked into the yamen while talking, and when the good news was announced at the meeting, everyone was extremely happy.

"Hahaha, now, let's see if the magistrate dares to take the credit of our appointment as a school. You are still resourceful and seek justice for me." Thinking of the good results in the township examination last year, the magistrate took advantage of Master Chu's absence and took the lead. The appearance of asking for credit among the students and the common people makes people feel unhappy.This time, they cheated them a fortune, which is considered to make them pay the price.

"Hey, it's not my official this time. It's Mr. Wang who made great contributions. If he hadn't spent the past few days in the prefect's yamen, following him like a shadow, the prefect wouldn't be able to let go of the money. With this With a small amount of money, we will have less subsidy from the Department of Education. In order to celebrate Mr. Wang's success, I will be the host tonight, so how about going to the newly opened Huibin Pavilion for a drink together?"

Tomorrow happened to be Xiumu, and Chu Ci felt that it would be a good idea to go out and relax.As a good boss, in addition to supervising work, you must also give everyone a taste of sweetness from time to time, so as to have cohesion.

Sure enough, as soon as Chu Ci's words came out, they won everyone's support.For the next half day, the entire yamen was in a beaming state.On the contrary is the magistrate's office not far next door.The magistrate sat there with a long face, helpless and angry, causing others to walk around him, for fear of encountering bad luck.

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"My lord, the number of newcomers to the academy this year and the list have been submitted by each county. Do you want to see it now?"

"Bring it here."

The person in charge of delivering the materials quickly withdrew, and Chu Ci picked up the top one and read it.This is the list of Guo County, and it says that there are 390 new students enrolled this year.It seems that there are quite a lot, but there are many villages and towns under a county, and the number of people in a large village exceeds this much, so it has to be seen that the number of people who signed up is actually not too many.

Chu Ci casually flipped through a few pages, and found a few familiar names, the children he coaxed to teach a few lessons when he was in Guo County.Thinking of how he was when he first came here, Chu Ci couldn't help but lament how time flies.

In one morning, he read all these materials.The number of students enrolled in the whole prefecture is not much different from his estimate, so these new books are enough.Now, it is time for the counties to arrange carriages to come and load the books back for distribution.

These books are free to use, but tuition fees still have to be paid.After Zhao Kuan fell, his Yurong Pill business also stopped.The merchants who have been picking up the goods from him somehow found Zhangzhou Mansion. They heard that this thing was originally made here.

In fact, they bought a lot of "Yu Rong Wan", and they also knew that it was made of fish.They have also tried to make it themselves, but the ones they made are far inferior to the soft and springy ones they bought, and they have a little fishy smell, which overwhelms the umami taste.Furthermore, their local fish is not too much, and it costs more to buy and process it themselves.After thinking about it, they came here to try their luck.

How can housekeeper Xu let the door-to-door business go?Soon, several nearby counties had Yurong Wan workshops, and the fish caught by the fishermen were sold at a good price. Coupled with the previous decoration workshops, the happiness index of the fishermen rose sharply, and they were willing to let their children go There are also more people who study, and they no longer care about the three melons and two dates.

These can be regarded as Chu Ci's merits here, and compared to being a military adviser and giving advice, this merit makes him more satisfied.

In the afternoon, someone from the Provincial Department of Education came.Chu Ci personally went out to entertain, and found that the person who came was actually Meng Fan.

"Why does Uncle Meng have time to come?" Chu Ci asked while beckoning him to sit down.

"Nephew, you are welcome. This old man is here to review the project for Mr. Du and distribute the subsidy money for this year's study department. Second, it is a little selfish, and I want to ask my nephew for your opinion." Meng Fan It seemed a bit embarrassing, but there was obviously some high-spiritedness in this embarrassment.

Chu Ci pretended to be listening attentively and said, "I would like to hear the details."

"It's like this. Didn't the old man help to record the Japanese's statement? After the matter was over, I went back to the Tixue Division. Mr. Du, the old man, gave me a word, saying that the higher-ups deliberately promoted me to serve as Tixue. You said, should I agree?"

"This is a great thing! You have been in your current position for many years, and you should have reached the end of your qualifications." Chu Ci immediately congratulated him. After speaking, he thought of Meng Fan's entangled problem. "However, you have made great achievements this time, and the court's reward has not come down. You have made outstanding achievements in the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. I am afraid that the Holy Majesty will have other ideas?"

Meng Fan looked relieved, finally someone could understand his concerns. "That's right. It's precisely because I have this worry that I dare not agree to it for a while. However, I'm afraid that if I don't agree, if the court arrives...wouldn't I have missed a good opportunity?"

At this moment, there were two big pancakes in front of him, one was more attractive than the other, but if he got one, he had to give up the other, which made it difficult for Meng Fan to make a choice.

Chu Ci thought for a while and told him: "It depends on what you think, Uncle Meng. However, I can tell you that when I was in the capital, there was an old young minister in Honglu Temple. He will probably retire and return to his hometown. Moreover, our country and neighboring countries have continued to be dirty in the past few years, and I am afraid that Honglu Temple needs a lot of manpower."

This is the diplomatic department of the Great Wei, and naturally it needs talents who have learned various languages ​​to take up the post.As far as Chuci knew, Meng Fan knew more than one foreign language than Japanese.Presumably the imperial court can also investigate clearly.

After hearing this, Meng Fan's heart, which was still a little wavering, suddenly settled down, and he had a decision in his heart.

Ti Xueqian's official position is the same as that of the fourth rank, while Honglu Temple's Shaoqing is from the fifth rank. Although there is a difference of two ranks between the two, compared with the real power department in the capital, the Ti Xueguan who has no real power in other places has a higher position. Anyone knows how to choose.

Chu Ci saw what he was thinking, and reminded him again: "The imperial court award has not yet arrived, so I don't know what the situation is."

"Nephew, don't worry, if there is no such item in this award, it just means that my luck has not yet arrived, and the old man will never regret it."

After all, there is still a chance to become a master, but there is only one chance to go to Honglu Temple.