Zaisheng six years, July early autumn.

The school palace located in Beijing was officially listed and completed. The whole school palace covers an area of ​​nearly [-] acres and can accommodate [-] students studying and living here at the same time. Regardless of whether the students are rich or poor, all the expenses in the school palace are expensive. Supplied by Guochao.

There are also special posts in the six departments. As long as the students leave the gate of the academy, they can find corresponding jobs in the corresponding functional departments. In the first year of the academy, all students from the school can apply for Enke , You can also apply for the Academy, which does not violate the original intention of the government to be an official.

As for those inspectors who toured the world, they were also replaced by Enke's newly promoted Jinshi in the past, and replaced by people from all over the country randomly selected every year. Once those selected people find that local officials are corrupt and lazy, they will protect each other. , you can directly enter Beijing Miansheng without any checkpoints.

The families of the common people in the Central Plains of the Great Zhou Dynasty were all rejoicing. They never dreamed that their children would be raised by Guochao himself one day, let alone that they would be the governor of the Guochao one day.

Those old people who have gone through three dynasties say that it is a blessing for many lifetimes to be born in Zaisheng.Before the emperor Gu Xiu came to the throne, how many people in the seemingly prosperous and powerful Zhou Dynasty were starved of food and clothing.

In just over a dozen years, the entire country has been turned upside down, and all scholars, farmers, businesses and businesses are thriving. This is truly a prosperous age.

***

Huainan Road, Guangling Mansion, Jiangyin County.

Waking up early one morning, two yamen servants posted a notice in black on a red background on the public notice board two feet away from the county yamen.

"Fellow folks, elders, stop and stand for a while, the county magistrate has something to say." One of the small yamen servants with a gong ringed the gong around the public notice board to gather traffickers and pawns passing by.

About one stick of incense, fifty or sixty onlookers gathered in front of the small public notice board. The small government servants saw that the number of people was almost there, and another small government servant without a gong held the public notice board while holding the public notice board. He explained to the scattered people around him: "My neighbors and common people, today I am so grateful for my talents that I have set up schools in prefectural capitals and townships in various places, and also opened schools in Beijing. Our Jiangyin County is located in Guangling, which is the birthplace of the Korean Taifu. Therefore, our county magistrate Mr. Liu has already reported to the magistrate to open two more county schools in our Jiangyin territory. Enrolled students can immediately report to the head of each village, square or street, so as not to delay the future of their own children."

The onlookers looked at each other and whispered to each other about the great achievements of today's emperor and Taifu Han, and at the same time praised their local magistrate Liu Yin who cared about the people.

"Everyone be quiet, be quiet, I haven't finished talking about the notice." The little yamen servant with the gong rang the gong in his hand again to maintain order: "This newly opened county school There are still two gentlemen missing. If you have real talents and scholars among you, you can recommend yourself. If anyone around you can recommend you to the yamen. This is a good thing for the benefit of one party. Please do more. heart."

Just after the two clerks finished explaining the contents of the announcement, a Mr. Wen Sheng dressed as a man squeezed out from the crowd, and asked excitedly: "What is the monthly salary of the gentleman in this county school? How much is the monthly salary?" Day off? Food and lodging available locally?”

The clerk carrying the bronze gong frowned and looked at the man who appeared suddenly, and saw that the man was very handsome, wearing a blue-gray scarf and a plain dark-patterned dark coat. A warm-colored jade tablet hangs around his waist, and he holds a folding fan in his hand.He clearly looks like a fairy, but for some reason, he speaks like a vulgar philistine.

"Young master, don't worry, I teach above the local county school in Dazhou. I dare not talk about other places, but the treatment of the teachers in my Jiangyin county school is really good. Not only is there a monthly salary Salary, there are special rewards every New Year's Eve. In addition to the imperial court, we adults will also subsidize the expenses of the gentlemen. But I don't know your name, son, where you live, and whether you have fame. I will tell you later I want to inform the adults." The little yamen who carried the gong explained to people dutifully.

"My surname is Li, and my name is Tietou. I am a wanderer who passed through this place. Seeing the outstanding people in Jiangyin, I want to settle here and find a place to live. As for fame, I like to play when I was young, but I read a lot. But I have never passed the Enke exam. But don’t you think that I, the chief assistant of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Mr. Han, was not born as a Jinshi?” The Young Master Youfang named Li Tietou replied.

"Mr. Lao, I will go down and report to the county magistrate later." The little clerk who carried the gong nodded while holding the gong, and handed Mr. Li Tietou to his companion before entering the interior alone.

When it came to the name of the person who should be named, Liu Yin, the magistrate of Jiangyin County, hesitated for a while, but adhering to the principle of not judging a person by appearance or name, Liu Yin still chose to have tea with others in the flower hall.

It took about a cup of tea, and the little yamen who didn't mention the gong led the man in a toga with big sleeves, "Master, Mr. Li is here."

"You, you are Li Tietou, Mr. Li?" Liu Yin almost stared at the young man who was brought into the flower hall by the clerk. The clerk saw the person before listening. He didn't know the name yet, but he was a real person who had only heard the name Li Tietou first.

The thick-handed and big-footed man conceived in his mind because of the words "Li Tietou" was instantly occupied by the handsome young man in front of him.He couldn't figure out why a person who looked like this would be named Li Tietou.

"Yes, I'm right here." Li Tietou nodded slightly to greet him, and Liu Yin who was sitting opposite always felt that this person seemed to have known him before.

"Li... Mr. Li, where did you come from?" Liu Yin, the magistrate of Jiangyin County, also came from Juren, and has been an official for ten years, but he really didn't know why he met this person. respectful.

"I have been making my home all over the world these years, and I heard that Jiangyin County is a place where people come here to travel." Li Tietou said with a smile: "I have been here for several months, and seeing that the customs and people's livelihood in Jiangyin are really different, I want to settle here. It just so happens I met your county school recruiting students, so I want to make a living here."

"That's right! The land of Jiangyin is really outstanding. Let's say that Mr. Yi Ji lived in seclusion, and the Baiming Mountain where he became an official is only one step away from Jiangyin." Liu Yin smiled proudly: "The ancients As the saying goes, there is poetry and literature in the belly. This official sees that young master Tong has an extraordinary demeanor, so I don’t want to talk about the classics of poetry and literature that I want to enlighten my youngest son, right?"

"Please don't worry about this, my lord. I have traveled abroad for many years. I don't want to say that there are hills and valleys in my chest, but I also have some knowledge. It must be handy to enlighten my schoolchildren in Dazhou." Li Tietou agreed without humility.

"In this case, it is better to hit the sun than to choose the day." Liu Yin got up and made a gesture of invitation to Mr. Tietou: "Please invite Mr. Li to go to the newly built county school with me. If you think Appropriate, I will repair the book and report it to the magistrate, and then directly arrange a courtyard for you in the county school, what do you think?"

"Thank you, Mr. County Prime Minister, for your thoughtful thinking. I'd rather be respectful than obedient."

***

Facts have proved that Li Tietou is indeed a very good gentleman.Not only is he familiar with poetry and books, but he is also well-informed, no matter how weird and tricky the bibliography is, he can tell one, two, three.The newly enrolled children in the county, no matter how mischievous they are in their daily lives, will immediately become well-behaved when they are in his hands.

He went to the county to study for more than a month, just in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Jiangyin County gave him 50 taels of silver as a gift, so he went to Guangling Mansion with the silver to buy a small bag of moon cakes for each of the students, and taught a lot about Mid-Autumn Festival worship. The customs and poems and books of the month, the students brought moon cakes back home, celebrated the festival, and recited poems, which made every household beaming with joy.

More than three months after he came to the county to study, an aunt from Jiangyin County who specializes in marriage came to the door, saying that the daughter of a wealthy family in Guangling Mansion had taken a fancy to him and wanted to recruit him as her son-in-law.He only said that he couldn't let go of these students in the county school, so he rejected them one by one.

As a result, the prestige of this iron-headed gentleman in the small place of Jiangyin has grown, and he seems to have forgotten how bizarre his name sounds when he came.

One day, a team of office servants carried a door plaque and a painting scroll to the county school where Mr. Tietou taught after class.

Mr. Tietou was sorting out the homework of the students at this time, when he saw someone visiting, he put down the books in his hands and said with a gentle smile, "Why do you all come to me at this hour today? But what is the order of the magistrate? "

"I'm bothering Mr. Li. We are here to install a new door for the county school under the order of my county magistrate." The leader of the yamen's office bowed to the people holding the painting scroll.

"What's the new door? Why did you send it here in such a hurry?" Li Tietou straightened his cuffs, and walked around from behind the desk to the crowd.

"Look, Mr. Li, this is it." The leader of the Yamen asked the two little Yamen who were carrying the plaque behind him to turn around the plaque that was going to be hung on the door later: "I heard that this was written by Mr. Yi Ji back then. Encouraging learning poetry. Now that the Beijing Middle School Palace has been completed, Taifu Han ordered all local schools to replace the door plaques with this one to show his respect for the teachers. Students of my Great Zhou will always remember the founding meritorious service of my Great Zhou.”

Li Tietou took a closer look and saw eight large characters written on the plaque: Study hard and make progress every day.

"Mr. Li, my two brothers are going to hang the door outside first. Please help me see if my scroll is hanging properly."

Li Tietou closed his eyes silently, and nodded resignedly.

The little clerk immediately moved a chair, jumped up, took out a hammer from his back waist, and pulled out a nail from his cuff, and knocked against the white wall of the main room.

"I heard what you said just now. From now on, these portraits and plaques will be available in every prefecture and county school in the country?" Mr. Tietou stood where he was, staring blankly at the back of the clerk, as if talking to himself. Self-talking questions.

"Yes, there are everywhere, and all the governors and schools all over the country are looking at it. Besides, it was issued by the court, so why don't you hang it up?" The little clerk finished nailing the scrolls and hung the scrolls on the wall. , and stretched out his hand to straighten the edge of the portrait, then jumped off the chair and retreated to a position on the same level as Mr. Iron Head to examine carefully: "Mr. Li, can you see if my painting is hung upright? Eh... ..”

The clerk who hangs the portrait seems to have noticed something: "Mr. Li, for some reason, the life in this portrait is similar to yours."

"Really?" The other two clerks couldn't wait to jump off the ladder as soon as they finished hanging the plaque. A bunch of dark heads gathered in front of the portrait.

I saw the old man in the painting wearing a pure white double-breasted cloak, holding a birthday stick, with warm eyebrows and eyes, and a childlike face with white hair. It can be seen that this person must have been a handsome man with delicate features when he was young, and this Li Tietou, Mr. Li, was born like this A pair of delicate features.

One person and one painting look more and more like each other. If you don't say that these two people have nothing to do with each other, everyone will probably think that the one in this painting is clearly the grandfather, and the one who is still alive today is the grandson.

The author has something to say:

Mr. Yi: Damn it, I will never come back next time!

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