Be a master through ancient times

Chuci's reform plan had just been implemented, and some people who witnessed his series of drastic measures couldn't sit still, and finally sued Jijiu.

After Chu Ci arrived at the Guozijian in the morning, he transferred the student files from the classics. He was reading carefully when he heard that Wang Jijiu was invited, so Chu Ci put down the student files in his hand and followed the guides out.

Along the way, the man hesitated to speak several times, as if he wanted to say something to Chu Ci.When Chu Ci looked over, he closed his mouth again and said nothing.In the end, he just whispered "Your Excellency is a little unhappy", and stopped talking.

This was enough to make Chu Ci vigilant. He thought carefully about his actions these days, and he probably had a solution in his mind.

This time Wang Jijiu didn't meet him in the Sunnah Hall, but changed to the Jijiu Hall.This is a separate yard, and only Wang Jijiu works in it.Compared with other yamen, Guozijian has a large area and few people. It is also one of the advantages.

Of course, if the office location can be close to the emperor, even if dozens of people work in one yard, they are happy.

"Master Jijiu is very polite, I don't know why you called Chuci to come here?"

Wang Jijiu first pretended to be engrossed in reading the official documents, until Chu Ci said hello again, and then suddenly woke up.

"Chu Siye is here? Sit down quickly. Look at me, I'm so obsessed with official documents." He put down the things in his hands, smiled and let Chu Ci sit down.

"Thank you, my lord. My lord is obsessed with official duties, and he is a role model for my generation." Chu Ci lifted up his robe and sat down gracefully.

"Haha, you're overrated. Chu Siye, you've been working in the Imperial Academy for more than ten days in a blink of an eye. How do you feel here?" Wang Jijiu put on the appearance of a kind leader wanting to talk.

"Naturally, it feels very good. The environment of our Guozijian is quiet, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant. Whether it is a pavilion, a pavilion or a long corridor, it is very beautiful. This place is like a paradise. It is really refreshing to stay in it." Chu Ci expressed emotion with an exaggerated expression.

Wang Jijiu smiled a little stiffly, who asked you this?

"What about that person, what do you think of our Guozijian people?"

"People are even better. You have the kind and kind Wang Jijiu on the top, and colleagues who are as close as a family. I am so happy to be able to stay here." Chu Ci continued to babble.

"Chu Siye, I'm afraid you're the only one who thinks this way." Wang Jijiu said with a smile on his face, "Why did I hear that the people below are complaining about you? Chu Siye, you young people want to do something I also understand when the career comes out. But you must also take into account the feelings of other colleagues, and you can't do everything alone." He said earnestly.

"Wang Jijiu, why did you say that?" Chu Ci was shocked, "I think I get along very well with my colleagues, who is talking nonsense here and ruining my reputation?"

"Ahem, Chu Siye, don't get too excited. I just heard that you have changed the rules of the Imperial College a lot recently, even the canteen, right?" Wang Jijiu said Those who don't live in the Imperial College basically come to wander around every day, and go home directly if there is no major incident, so they don't know the recent changes in the Imperial College.

"Yes, you also know that the lower official is from a peasant family, and the most unsightly thing is extravagance and waste. In the past, this canteen cooked twenty or thirty dishes for a meal, and all the food that could not be eaten was wasted. Every time I see I couldn't eat or swallow this scene, and I couldn't sleep at night."

Chu Ci sighed, and then said: "Thinking of the current emperor's advocacy of governing the country with diligence and thrift, I feel even more uncomfortable. The students of our Guozijian are deeply favored by the emperor, and all flowers are directly allocated by the Ministry of Households. In addition to free schooling and meals, there are monthly tuition and silver subsidies. If you are so favored by the emperor and cannot serve the country in a trivial way, then it is really a waste of reading the sages."

Chu Ci's impassioned speech blocked Wang Jijiu's opening to refute.

"Well, it is indeed a good thing to manage the extravagance of the canteen." Wang Jijiu nodded, "However, how do you deal with the remaining money after the governance? I heard that you plan to use it to reward people in the outer court .”

"Oh, this matter, I wrote a plan last time, and this content is also included in it. I have handed it over to your desk a few days ago. At that time, you were not there, and I asked the boy at your door to Let me tell you something, why, haven't you read it yet?" Chu Ci asked strangely.

Wang Jijiu's expression was a bit unnatural: "The old man has been feeling a little unwell for the past few days. He is recuperating at home, and I haven't had time to watch it yet." Someone did tell him about this when he came a few days ago, but there was something wrong at home at that time. , I put it in the back of my head, and haven't opened it until now.

"So that's how it is. It's really my fault. My lord was so tired that I endured physical discomfort and came here to inquire about this. I'm really ashamed of my subordinates!"

"Well, Siye is worried, I'm feeling better now. Since you're here now, tell me how you plan to spend the money, and I won't read it for now."

"Okay, my lord. I read the account book at Wang Dian's book. It says that the canteen is allocated 500 taels of silver directly by the household department every month. Normally, 500 taels is not enough for a month, and the Imperial Academy's sacrificial field is still needed." However, after the reform during this period, the expenditure of the dining hall has been greatly reduced. After a month, the surplus is about 200 taels. I want to divide the money into three parts, one part is used to reward the teachers of the outer courtyard, Part of it will be handed over to Gu Siye to reward the inner court, and the other part will be handed over to you for the management of the Imperial College."

Chu Ci said with a smile, Wang Jijiu was very satisfied with what he said.

"It seems that the opinions of outsiders cannot be completely trusted. I think Chu Siye is still very measured! Although Chu Siye is young, he is very experienced in both his actions and his conduct. He is really outstanding." Wang Jijiu earned a few words. With the extra money of seven to eighty taels, my mood has changed from unhappiness at the beginning to joy.

The most important thing is that Chu Ci is fully responsible for this matter. If the higher-ups want to pursue responsibility, he will bear it all. At that time, he will at most bear the charge of ineffective supervision, and he will be reprimanded by the higher-ups.

"Thank you for your praise, sir, Chuci deserves it."

"Haha, Chu Siye is being modest. But I also want to remind you that sometimes, the emotions of this colleague still need to be taken care of. After all, you are in the same position. In the future, you still need to communicate with each other more to avoid misunderstandings. .”

Wang Jijiu said meaningfully, Chu Ci immediately understood, it seems that the person who sued behind his back is Gu Siye.After all, there are only two divisions in the Imperial College.

This Gu Siye, after Chu Ci wrote the plan last time, originally wanted to pull him to rectify together.But before he could open the plan and interpret it, Gu Siye said with a troubled expression on his face that although the inner and outer courts belonged to the Imperial College, the inner and outer courts had already been separated. There is really no need to discuss with him the matter of the outer court, and then he buried his head in reading the official documents , ignore him again.Now I heard that there is a lot of money in the canteen, so I want to get involved.

After coming out of Wang Jijiu's place, Chu Ci felt that he had a deeper understanding of officialdom.It seems that the saying is right, there are only eternal interests, but no eternal friends.He was beneficial to Wang Jijiu, and Wang Jijiu told him the person who was suing behind his back in a few words, which shows that in this officialdom, there is no sympathy to talk about.

If he can betray Gu Siye today, he will be able to betray Chu Ci another day, and so will others.In the future, he should act more rigorously, and he must not leave anyone with any excuses.

Gu Siye had been sitting in the Siye hall waiting, and when he saw Chu Ci walking back as if nothing had happened, he couldn't help feeling suspicious.But if he went up to ask directly, it would seem a little guilty.So this Gu Siye made indirect remarks, hoping to find out a little bit of information.

Chu Ci was not as good as he wanted, and kept talking about him from left to right, but didn't talk about what Jijiu asked him to say.

Gu Siye secretly scolded him for being cunning in his heart, but he still smiled on his face, changing from his previous cold image, his words were full of concern for Chu Ci.

Chu Ci pushed Tai Chi with him for a while, and seeing that his endurance had reached its limit and his expression changed, he sighed and said, "Oh, Brother Gu, to tell you the truth, Master Jijiu has After I went to find it, it was a scolding, saying that I did not consider the feelings of my colleagues and did things my own way. I was really surprised, which colleague did I offend and asked him to go to Master Jijiu? What about suing me?"

Without waiting for Gu Siye's reaction, Chu Ci said again: "If you let me know who it is, I will spit on him severely. If there is something that can't be solved face to face, why don't you go to Lord Jijiu to sue me? It would be great if everyone could be like you, Gu Siye, be open and upright, say what you say and say what you say, and never do such things that secretly hurt others. He is clearly acting like a villain, Gu Siye, what do you say? right?"

Gu Siye's face was stiff, and there was a faint anger in his heart.But he couldn't say it, so he could only laugh awkwardly: "Hehe, is it? I guess those people accidentally let Lord Jijiu overhear when those people were talking. What orders does Lord Jijiu have?"

"Hey, Lord Jijiu told me not to act recklessly in the future, and remember to discuss with others before doing things. But I have already discussed it with my colleagues in the outer courtyard. Speaking of it, it seems that I haven't discussed it with you, Gu Siye. ..."

"Absurd! Could it be that Chu Siye suspects that I am the one who made the complaint?" Gu Siye was stern, and had long forgotten the principle of "be reasonable but not speak loudly", let alone how loud He Ping and another servant outside the door were. Can't help but look around.

"I'm wronged, I know Gu Siye that you are a gentleman, how can you be compared with those dirty little people who are not as good as pigs and dogs who complain about crimes, those people will rot their tongues sooner or later!" Chu Ci Look innocent.

"You——ouch!" Gu Siye felt anxious when he heard him scolding him like this, and just wanted to defend himself, but because he opened his mouth too quickly, he accidentally bit his tongue, and his mouth was instantly filled with a fishy and salty taste.

"Oh, Gu Siye, you have to be careful. He Ping, bring the tea quickly, Gu Siye bit his tongue."

He Ping hurried over with a cup of tea, but Gu Siye picked up the tea bowl and poured it out, immediately shivering from the heat.

Chu Ci secretly smiled inwardly, but pretended to be worried on the surface, and sipped tea for Gu Siye.

"I know that Gu Siye must be defending me against injustices. He wanted to join me in reprimanding those despicable people, which hurt his tongue. This friendship really moved me."

Gu Siye trembled a few times, finally rolled his eyes and passed out.