Be a master through ancient times

December [-], heavy fog.Before dawn, a group of carriages lined up from the gate of Tixuesi to Quan County.With a grumpy face of lack of sleep drooping, Chu Ci led all the staff from the Department of Education to meet the inspector who came from the capital.

In the past few days, they almost boiled their bodies dry just to make materials.Just a small map of the distribution of academies in the whole government requested in this official document is enough to make them run and break their legs.In addition, they need to find out the list of people who have passed the county, township, and general examinations in the government in the past three years and create files; they need to calculate the enrollment situation of government schools and private schools in the past three years and write a policy summary to summarize the reasons; Create a form for every amount of education funding that the government has received in the past three years, and write down the reasons...

The officials were either rushing to investigate and collect evidence, or they were desperately writing reports at their desks.Chu Ci was in charge of sitting in the lobby of the yamen, leading a few people to sort out the materials they had prepared, and filling in the missing things according to this year's example.

Every night, they have to light candles to count today's work progress, and then formulate the goals that need to be achieved tomorrow.After finishing, the temporary personnel and the subordinates of the branch patrol can go back to sleep, but the heads and officials of each room in the education department have to stay and recite the materials, in case the inspector can't answer random questions and lead to disclosure.

After a few days, everyone's eyes were covered with thick dark circles. If they were put in Sichuan, they would probably be comparable to the local specialty giant pandas.Rao is a person like Chu Ci who has always paid great attention to his image, and this situation cannot be avoided.

On the way from Tixue Division to Quan County, Chu Ci has been trying to find a way to make himself look more energetic.He took Zhang Hu's boiled eggs and rolled them around his eye circles. After consuming six eggs, his eyes finally seemed less swollen.

After getting out of the car, when the other adults saw him, they all looked shocked.Obviously Master Chu was as haggard as they were when he got into the car, but why did he become energetic all of a sudden?After the shock, someone came to seek the Fa.These days, there are not many ugly people who can be officials. Most of the officials also take good care of their faces, and they can be depressed for a long time if they accidentally grow a bag on weekdays.At the same time, they also care about their external image, especially they don't want to lose face in front of officials from the capital.

Chu Ci generously shared his secrets with them, and kindly ordered someone to buy a pot of boiled eggs.Then, a row of officials appeared on the pier to "get out" in unison.Fortunately, because a high official came today, the pier was temporarily closed for the whole morning, otherwise it would be ridiculous for the common people to see it.

However, the effect of doing so is still obvious.After a while of hot egg compresses, most of the officials got rid of the thick dark circles under their eyes, making themselves look less decadent.When the inspector from the capital came, they could still show a good spirit to welcome him.

The school inspector arrived in Nanfu Province two days ago. After resting in the provincial capital for a day, he took a boat directly to Zhangzhou Prefecture.Because he was not on a naval inspection ship, but a delicate and gorgeous big ship. This kind of ship does not sail very fast, so he failed to arrive yesterday and could only rest at sea for one night.

Someone sent a letter saying that they could arrive early this morning, and asked Chu Ci to take someone to greet them immediately, so there was the previous scene.But they waited from the fog until the fog cleared, and from the dawn until the sun rose, but there was no sign of the ship.

It was the twelfth lunar month at this time, if it was placed elsewhere, it should be the equipment of the big padded jacket and two cotton trousers by now.But fortunately, Southern Fujian has a subtropical monsoon climate, and the winter is not too cold. They wear cotton clothes inside and official uniforms outside, so they can survive.However, this is a pier, and the salty sea breeze blows on the face, which makes people feel uncomfortable after a long time.

"Master Wu, did you say that the school inspector from the capital came this morning? Why did you wait for so long and not see a trace?" Some officials couldn't bear it anymore and asked the people around them in a low voice.

The person being asked sighed and said, "Master Sun, I don't know if you ask me, why don't you ask Master Chu?"

Master Sun immediately made a frightened expression: "I don't dare to ask, haven't you seen that Master Chu has been keeping a straight face today? I dare not stroke the tiger's beard."

Their Master Chu usually always smiles when he sees people, making people feel amiable when they look at them.But today he didn't even smile at all, and his eyes staring at the distant sea were deep and deep, which inevitably made people daunting.

Chu Ci was very angry at the moment. Judging from the news received before, the place where they stopped the boat to rest was near Sunset Cliff, only forty or fifty miles away from the pier. The time has come too.But now two hours are almost over, and the shadow of the boat has not even appeared on the sea.If it wasn't for Chu Ci's wit, who asked someone to borrow a stool nearby after waiting for more than ten minutes, they might have stood here for hours.

If it wasn't for the school inspector who made things difficult on purpose, then it must be that the boat crossed into an unknown space halfway through.After Chu Ci had a dark humor in his heart, he continued to stare at the sea impatiently.

Finally, more than ten minutes later, a magnificent ship slowly approached from a distance. Its speed was horribly slow. No wonder it took so long to arrive.

From the moment he saw the boat, Chu Ci asked people to remove the stool. At this moment, a group of them stood upright on the shore, waiting to welcome the inspector on board.While waiting, he was distracted and thought about whether the censors sent this time might be the ones he knew.

Someone built a few boards between the boat and the shore to act as a temporary channel. When Chuci saw the first face of the inspector who was getting off the boat, the polite smile on his face disappeared.At this time, he really wanted to greet the old mother of the person who sent the official, but his good upbringing allowed him to suppress this impulse.

If he read correctly, the person who was disembarking right now was clearly his old friend Qin Shun.This Qin Shun is the censor of the left and right capitals, and the official rank is fourth rank, but this inspector is to inspect the academic affairs in various places on behalf of the emperor, and during his inspection, the power in his hand is far more than that of ordinary fourth rank officials.

But this is not good news for Chu Ci.Back then, he and this Qin Shun fought like black-eyed chickens in the court, and it was well known that they looked at each other and hated each other.Chu Ci was able to win every impeachment of Qin Shun's perseverance, all thanks to his innate skills of talking.In the past, his official position was relatively small, but he was favored by the emperor, and the two sides were evenly matched.But now that Chu Ci was released to the outside world, Qin Shun appeared as a school inspector, and the two immediately showed great inequality.But thinking about it now, Chu Ci was still very happy when he was able to win against Yu Shitai who was always throwing dirty water at him.

But at this moment, Chu Ci sighed, and silently said in his heart, "Sooner or later, you will have to pay back when you come out to play around", but raised a big and brilliant smirk and walked forward.

"Lord Qin, long time no see, I miss you so much! I didn't expect that the imperial court would send you to Nanfu Province as a school inspector this time. It's really a joy."

Chu Ci saluted, and then greeted Qin Shun with the most enthusiasm.The local officials of Zhangzhou Prefecture who were bluffed at this moment were all stunned. Judging from this, this inspector surnamed Qin was clearly a good friend of theirs when they were studying in the capital.It seems that this inspection is promising!

But before they were happy, Qin Shun let out a "huh", then took a step back, and circled around Master Chu with the eyes of a monster, and kept sighing "tsk tsk".

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk, if you didn't open your mouth just now, I still wouldn't recognize you! Look at your weather-beaten appearance now, are you still the famous jade-faced champion in the capital? According to my official opinion, you and Those traffickers and pawns are no different. I just made a joke, please don’t mind, hahaha.” Qin Shun laughed wantonly, and those who went with him also laughed out loud, although they didn’t know that there was something wrong with it. what a joke.

The officials of Zhangzhou Mansion did not laugh, they could already hear the irony in the words of the Governor Qin.

Chu Ci scolded "old yin and yang people" in his heart, but he still smiled on his face: "Master Qin was joking, the subordinates lived happily in Zhangzhou Mansion, how can they be weather-beaten? Maybe they haven't seen it for a few days?" Sleep well, and I feel a little depressed, so I am laughing at Mr. Qin."

"Chu Siye, oh no, Chu Tixue," Qin Shun emphasized heavily, "I thought you would become more pampered and pampered after a year in the capital, but I didn't expect that you still didn't change your nature of being a farmer. Even though I have suffered so much, I still feel happy. This kind of character is really admirable to me!"

As soon as this remark came out, the speech of Chu hadn't changed yet, and the local officials in Nanfu Province were not happy.They are poor in Southern Fujian, but it is not the turn of this person to belittle them. These days, the food and drinks are delicious and entertaining. How dare you feed them into the dog's belly?

Chu Ci had a panoramic view of the expressions of the people around him, scolded Qin Shun as an idiot in his heart, and then continued to reply with an impeccable smile: "Our ancestors taught us that we should not forget our origins, and that Xiaguan's farmer's background can't be changed by anyone. As a matter of fact, I will naturally never forget the hardships I have suffered. However, our southern Fujian is vast and rich in resources, including countless seafood, so it is really not a remote place. After Mr. Qin goes to Fucheng, let the next As a landlord, I will treat Mr. Qin to an authentic seafood feast."

The officials of Nanfu Province were very moved when they heard this. Although this master Tixue didn't stay for long, he was just like them when he maintained Nanfu Province.

Qin Shun's smile gradually disappeared, he snorted, and said: "Sure enough, Chu Tixue is still the same Chu Siye, and he is still so eloquent. He can pull out a lot of nonsense in a few words, making people speechless to refute. .”

Chu Ci lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, showing respect: "Master Qin has praised you absurdly. I am just telling the truth. If there is any offense, I hope you will forgive me. It is windy at the seaside, and it will inevitably cause headaches if it blows too much. Qin My lord, you just came here, so you probably won’t be used to it, why don’t we move to Fucheng first, and then talk about it?”

Qin Shun snorted again. Although he also felt that the sea breeze made people uncomfortable, he still said bravely: "Is this official such a delicate person? Forget it, if you say you want to go, then go Let's go, so as not to say that the official is ignorant of current affairs later."

Chu Ci gave a wry smile, and said, "Master Qin is serious, I dare not disrespect you. Please walk this way, the carriage stops not far away."

Qin Shun looked at Chu Ci's respectful expression, raised the corners of his mouth proudly, and walked towards the place where the carriage was parked...