Be a master through ancient times

"Why has Ah Cai been away for so long and hasn't come back?" Mr. Jiang teased the bird, but he was thinking of the servant who had gone to sign.He also saw that Mr. Wu was really abnormal today, and he wondered if there would be someone to inspect later, so he asked his servants to go to the door ahead of time, but he didn't come back after a quarter of an hour, so he was really puzzled.

"Don't you know if you go and have a look?" His wife walked in from the outside, "I've been fascinated by this bird all day long, so why not take this bird as my concubine!"

"Women..." Mr. Jiang muttered in a low voice, then turned to tease the starling again.

"I'm serious, why don't you go and have a look? When I passed by the door of several other adults just now, I found them hastily put on their official uniforms and went to the front office. I don't know what happened?" Packing up the things I just bought, I told what I just discovered.

Hearing this, Mr. Jiang couldn't sit still any longer, and left a sentence of "I won't say it sooner", then hurriedly changed into his official uniform, and ran towards the front office.

When he arrived, more than half of the names on the blackboard had been signed, and the handwriting was not signed by the servants.And there is nothing under his name, and there is no trace of writing.

The chalk box under the blackboard was empty. Mr. Jiang looked around, but he didn't find a piece of chalk, but he saw a well-written notice.

Notice to the letter: I would like to ask all adults to bring paper and pens to the conference room to gather and write a summary of recent work for inspection.

Master Jiang looked again, and the signature below was indeed Chu Ci.Suddenly, it was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and the whole person was not well.

He hurriedly packed his things and ran towards the meeting room, the fat on his body trembling.When he finally arrived at the meeting room, as soon as he entered the door, he saw Ah Cai lying on the ground, his hands and feet were bound, and his mouth was sealed. He uttered a "woo hoo" when he saw him.There were seven or eight people lying down next to Ah Cai, also dressed in the same way, it looked like a large-scale human trafficking scene.Master Jiang was horrified, standing at the door not knowing what to do.

"Master Jiang told us to wait, you are the only one missing here. Why, haven't I seen you for a long time? Didn't you say hello when you came in?" At this time, a strange and familiar teasing came from the front, Master Jiang suddenly raised his head, and his legs went limp in an instant.

"Big, big, big... my lord!"

There was another familiar stuttering sound, and Chu Ci smiled slightly, very satisfied that he still had some prestige.

"When did Mr. Jiang get this problem? It seems that there are many people suffering from this problem today." Chu Ci "gently" glanced around the adults who were sitting down and writing, and immediately frightened everyone's head. low.Chu Ci turned his head to look at Mr. Jiang again and said, "By the way, this daring man is your servant?"

Master Jiang didn't dare to lie, so he hurriedly bowed his head and saluted: "Return to your lord, that's right. I don't know what he did wrong to annoy you. All in all, everything is due to the incompetent discipline of the lower officials. Please forgive me."

"It's a mistake, it's not a big one, but I don't know why these servants are so bold, and they dare to scribble on the things used by officials in the court. It's clearly a wolf's ambition, and they want to replace it. Jiang. My lord, oh, there are a few other lords, don’t worry, I have captured all the evil servants who came to paint today, and I will send them to the Yamen for inspection in my spare time in the afternoon.” After Chu Ci finished speaking, he blew lightly in his hands. Tea, bowed his head and took a sip.

Mr. Jiang has no such leisure and leisure, "Mr. Chu is merciful. The subordinate was confused for a while and became tired. That's why... please forgive the subordinate this time for the sake of his hard work."

Seeing Mr. Jiang pleading for mercy, those who came before immediately put down the pens in their hands and stood up to plead with Chu Ci.They didn't dare to do this before, and they came according to the time of day every day, but when Chu Ci didn't come back for a long time, they relaxed.

At first, it was getting late every day, and then they simply asked the servants to sign on their behalf. They were still lucky, thinking that if Chu Ci returned to the Yamen, someone would be able to see it and report the news. Who knew that Chu Ci would sneak back to the Yamen at night? ?

Chu Ci stood up with a look of disbelief on his face: "I am a slave and a bully in my own way, but I was appointed by others? You adults should know that my court officials must do the three points of 'clearness, caution, and diligence'" .Qing means being upright and honest, Shen means being prudent in doing things, being diligent is being diligent in government affairs, and doing your best. If you don’t even want to go there in person, this official now doubts whether you are doing your best in official duties? You know, the most hated thing in your life , is the mediocre and lazy person who eats vegetarian food! If I hand over a memorial, explaining the ins and outs of this matter, think about it, will the Holy Majesty forgive you?"

Mr. Jiang and several others panicked, and said repeatedly: "The lower officials were also confused for a while, and they dare not have another time. I just ask you to forgive me. The lower officials are willing to be punished and have no complaints."

Chu Ci raised his eyebrows, very skeptical: "Will you be willing to be punished no matter what?"

"The lower officials dare not speak their beaks." The officials who spoke bowed and bowed, at least on the surface, they all seemed to be convinced.

Since they all said so, Chu Ci naturally would not miss this opportunity.He asked Zhang Hu to release all the captured servants, so as to save the last bit of face for these servants.Then he asked Zhang Hu to go to the study to get something.

Master Wu, who escaped this time and was racking his brains to write a work summary report, quietly raised his eyes and looked at Master Jiang and the others. He was also the one who was punished here.

Zhang Hu came back very quickly, and everyone noticed that there was a long thing in his hand, which was wrapped in fine brocade, and they didn't know what was inside.

After Chu Ci took the object, he weighed it in his hand, and then said: "There is a saying in the law, if you are an official, you will be whipped twenty if you don't go up for no reason. Since all the adults are people with heads and faces, if you send it to the yamen in the public I am afraid that everyone will lose face, so I have decided to impose a small punishment here. Now, please put down the pens in your hands and witness the process of the torture together, so that no one will feel that the official is taking personal interests. revenge."

After everyone looked over, Chu Ci slowly unwrapped the brocade that wrapped the things in his hands. Inside was a ruler with a length of one foot and three inches. big characters.

Officials in Zhangzhou Prefecture have all heard the story of the "Golden Ruler", but Chu Ci has always kept a low profile and never revealed it in front of others, so everyone has not seen its true face in Mount Lu.No one expected that they would see the golden ruler given by the emperor under such circumstances.

The sound of "crack bang bang" was endless, and Chu Ci was merciless when he made a move. Every time, he raised it high and landed heavily on the left hands of these officials.Although being slapped on the palm like a naughty boy makes these people feel very embarrassed, but Shangfeng is the one who executes the sentence, and the instruments of torture are gifts from the emperor, so they can only bear it.

The other observers also understood that this was Chuci's warning to them, warning them that if they made mistakes, they stared at the above without blinking, their hearts heaving up and down with the sound of the ruler.

After these seven or eight people were all punished, Chu Ci returned to the main position.Those people sat at the bottom awkwardly covering their palms that were a few inches higher.

"My lords, before I went to the provincial capital, I assigned a task to be completed by the Department of Education this month. Do you still remember?"

As soon as Chu Ci asked a question, there was a sound of page turning, and the only person who raised his hand seemed much more valuable amidst the sound of page turning.

"Master Zhou, tell me." Chu Ci looked at Zhou Qing and gave him a look of approval.

"Yes. I remember, before Master Chu left, he asked me to go to the counties and counties under the government to supervise the students' studies and give questions to test in pairs within this month. It is necessary to do things in a concealed manner. It is necessary to do unannounced visits first and then open inspections. In this way Only then can we not be deceived by the people below, and test out their true talents and learning."

Chu Ci nodded and praised: "Master Zhou has always been careful and meticulous in his work, and he can be a model for me to be a teacher. Yes, the task assigned by the official is like this, and I asked to complete it this month. Now it is the end of the month. I don’t know, my lords. How is it done?"

Only a few people below raised their hands to show that they had completed the task set by Chu Cichu, and the others were silent, even the sound of breathing became negligible, wishing that they would be invisible.

Chu Ci had expected such a result. Although there was no disturbance in his heart, he still looked at everyone with an angry and disappointed expression on the surface.

"What do you want me to say about you?"

"Forgive me, my lord. I was too lazy to wait and let down your hard work. Please allow me a few more days, and I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer." Someone acted as a representative and made a promise for everyone. .

Chu Ci pretended to be hesitant and showed suspicion again and again, until everyone said that they would definitely complete the task, Chu Ci was relieved and gave them three days to do it.

After hearing this, the officials off the field were all grateful to Dade and said all the good things.After this battle, Chu Ci's position in Zhangzhou Mansion was completely stabilized, and the officials were all afraid of his elusive whereabouts and unpredictable methods.

Come to think of it, next time let alone Chu Ci just left for more than half a month, even if he left for two or three months, these people would not dare to do anything wrong.