Prime Minister

Chapter 364
Seeing that Yu Zhannanzhang, who was still laughing and talking with him yesterday while drinking tea soup, died in front of him, Zhang Yue was really taken aback.

Two gentlemen on the court beat Yu Zhannan to death, but they acted as if nothing had happened, one of them stretched out his foot and kicked the other to see if he was really dead.

"Don't do that." Zhang Yue said angrily.

Lu Xiaqing, who was sitting at the top, said: "Let's carry it down first, I will explain this matter to the prefect."

Seeing Lu Xiaqing like this, Zhang Yue was really horrified. He thought of the water thief he encountered by the Huai River, and that was the first time he saw a murder.

Now that Yu Zhannan died in front of him, Zhang Yue couldn't bear it to the extreme, but Lu Xiaqing was so calm.It seems that he has long been used to dealing with such things.

After the others withdrew, Zhang Yue said angrily to Lu Xiaqing: "It's all about expulsion, why kill people?"

Lu Xiaqing said: "Dr. Zhang, since there is a disaster, it must be nippled in the bud. I am also thinking about your future wealth and life."

Lu Xiaqing did not tell Zhang Yue about her selfishness. It would be a great harm to leave someone who harbors resentment towards you and knows the bottom line.

Zhang Yue understood Lu Xiaqing's motives, but he couldn't accept murder as a way to deal with things.He still couldn't understand that in order to protect his own interests, he could do whatever he could.

Zhang Yue didn't want to quarrel with Lu Xiaqing, and even turned his face.The two were still on the same boat, and Ouyang Xiu was pointing at them to write books.

Zhang Yue said: "I see, the matter has come to an end, it's useless to talk too much, let's take good care of brother Yu's little one!"

Lu Xiaqing said, "Okay."

After returning to the yamen, Su Xun and Yao Pi were still working on the book, Zhang Yue didn't speak, a gentleman asked involuntarily, "Why hasn't brother Yu come yet?"

Zhang Yue looked up and said, "Brother Yu won't be coming."

Su Xun, Yao Pi and others don't know why.

When it was time for the public meal at noon, it was reported that Yu Zhannan was killed by a stick for theft. Su Xun and Yao Pi were all terrified.

On the day of the official retirement, Lu Xiaqing said to Zhang Yue: "Let's go to a bar!"

Zhang Yue was in a turbulent mood for a day and couldn't calm down. Seeing Lu Xiaqing's invitation, he said: "Okay."

The two changed their official uniforms together, and went out in commoner clothes, with their respective entourages following far behind.

In an alley next to Taichang Temple, the two stopped in front of a door hung with red gardenia lanterns.Seeing him, Zhang Yue hurriedly said: "Xueshi Lu, this place is not convenient for us to come."

Lu Xiaqing said: "I'm afraid of hearing about it, I didn't believe it before, so it seems that there are two or three points of the rumors true."

Zhang Yue simply admitted: "I'm afraid it's hard to tell."

While speaking, the door opened and a servant poked his head out, seeing Lu Xiaqing hurriedly said: "Please come inside."

Lu Xiaqing said: "Don't worry, it's just drinking."

After the two entered, they saw a pretty middle-aged lady in colorful clothes to welcome them out.

Lu Xiaqing ordered: "Dong Niang, sieve two jugs of wine, and make a few more dishes."

The woman named Dongniang bowed and agreed.

"Please."

Lu Xiaqing and Zhang Yue entered the room and sat down. Soon the woman brought two jugs of hot wine, and in the distance they saw an elderly couple busy with food and drinks.

Lu Xiaqing poured a glass of wine for Zhang Yue and said, "This is Dongniang's parents, and the doorman is his husband."

Zhang Yue was taken aback and said, "There are other things."

Lu Xiaqing said: "Many prostitutes in Bianjing are like this, and my family is not ashamed of it. If I hadn't been here to take care of their business these years, their family would have been drinking the northwest wind."

At this time a child came in with food, Lu Xiaqing smiled and put some copper coins in his hand and said: "Go and buy some food."

The child was overjoyed when he heard the words, and went out to talk to Dongniang.Dongniang went in and took the child to thank Lu Xiaqing.

Lu Xiaqing took a bite of the dish and nodded, "Du Zhi, give it a try!"

Zhang Yue found the vegetables delicious even after eating them, Lu Xiaqing suddenly said, "Duzhi is familiar with my cousin Huiqing?"

Zhang Yue asked in surprise, "Brother Jifu is your cousin?"

Lu Xiaqing nodded.Only then did Zhang Yue understand that Lu Huiqing's Lu family can be described as a hairpin family.Among the ten brothers of his generation, there were a total of eight Jinshi.As for Lu Xiaqing and Lu Huiqing, their relationship is as if they are cousins.

"Ji Fu mentioned you to me many times and praised your writing talent." Lu Xiaqing said with a smile.

Zhang Yue said: "Ashamed."

Lu Xiaqing turned around and said: "Brother Yu and Ji Fu are also acquainted. Brother Yu is good at writing, he has failed in the imperial examinations many times, he is indeed well-educated, knowledgeable about the past and the present, so he feels that his talents will not be met and he will not succeed."

"One time a villager recommended him to me. I talked with him and found that he was talented, so I became his Bole and led him to study Tang Shu. Chang Yinge ceremony. I once talked with Ougong, if this revision of the book is used together, I will reward him for his merits, and I implore him to play it to the imperial court, so that he can get a part-time job."

Zhang Yue understood the regret in Lu Xiaqing's words.He was born as a Jinshi, so he couldn't help feeling that Yu Zhannan, who was not born as a Jinshi, was a bit out of the ordinary.But how many people can be born as Jinshi, and how many scholars are also talented, but they suffer from failing the Jinshi exam and finally disappear from the public.

They are more eager to get ahead than Jinshi, and hope that one day they will be supported by the nobles, and they will rise to the top ever since.

Yu Zhannan felt that he had encountered such an opportunity, but in the end he was killed by his own Bole.

After listening to Lu Xiaqing's words, Zhang Yue said: "I understand Dr. Lu's words. I don't blame anyone for Brother Yu's death. It's because he came out of his mouth. He is not suitable for the road of being an official."

Listening to Zhang, Lu Xiaqing understood what he meant and nodded, "Brother Yu would not die if he didn't want to be an official, but he just said this in Taichang Liyuan, which is the place where the imperial court formulates etiquette. He is the official who establishes etiquette."

"If we break up with you and me in private, we won't die, but if this word spreads to many people's ears, once it spreads to the capital, both you and I will be in trouble. If I tolerate this matter, I will suffer disaster. "

Zhang Yue glanced at Lu Xiaqing. Although he didn't agree with killing the other party, he still believed that Yu Zhannan was not suitable to be an official.

Through the imperial examinations, the lazy, ignorant, and mediocre IQs are first screened out, and the rest are elites. This kind of official selection system is an improvement over the original yin officials and nine ranks.

But those who pass the imperial examinations, are they qualified as officials?

For many people, it must be unqualified. For example, Yu Zhannan said the wrong thing in the wrong place. If he had a Jinshi background, he would still be alive, but he was not.

For a person who is not capable enough, let him become an official, instead of helping him, it will harm him.Like high-ranking officials in Bianjing, they only train one or two sons to take official careers or don't let them become officials.

It's good to be an official, but I'm afraid of those who will harm the whole family.

Similarly, most officials with Jinshi background will spend their entire lives in the rotation of low-level positions.

In addition to the limited seniority, most of them say that the misfortune comes from their mouths, those who are on the wrong team, those who do things confusedly, and those who are not serious about being an official...

Only those who are suitable for office can be promoted.

When Zhang Yue saw Yu Zhannan's incident today, he couldn't help but reflect on whether he was suitable to be an official and whether he should take this path?Lu Xiaqing taught herself a good lesson.

Zhang Yue left after drinking a few bowls of wine, while Lu Xiaqing stayed overnight at the prostitute's house.

On the day when Li Jian was on duty, Lu Xiaqing reported that he used lynching to accidentally kill a person who was greedy for ink.

After Li Jian heard about it, he didn't care too much, and fined Lu Xiaqing half a year's money for moistening pens, public food money for Yu Zhannan's family, and he wrote a letter to Kaifeng Mansion to explain.

No one would have trouble with the majestic Taichang Liyuan Zhiyuan because of a commoner. After Lu Xiaqing and Zhang Yue paid for the settlement of Yu Zhannan's family, the matter was exposed.

Zhang Yue felt uneasy in his heart, and would send money to Yu Zhannan's family every new year and festival, so as to alleviate his guilt a little.

After that, Taichang Yingeli was compiled.

Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu repeatedly asked the Li Yuan about the progress of the book revision,
Because of the shortage of manpower, Zhang Yue and Lu Xiaqing asked Han Qi to send more people with literary skills from the Pavilion Pavilion to the Ritual Academy to help.Han Qi agreed, and at this time Lu Huiqing was working as a surveyor at the Jixian Academy, and Lu Xiaqing used this reason to transfer Lu Huiqing to the Academy of Rites.

When Zhang Yue heard that Lu Huiqing had come to the Liyuan, he also sighed with emotion about what it means to have God's will in the dark.

Ouyang Xiu asked Lu Xiaqing to major in Taichang Yinge Li, and in the Xining period, Wang Anshi invited Lu Huiqing to study "Three Classics and New Meanings".

The two brothers of the Lu family can really carry on the past and usher in the future.

But it must be admitted that Lu Xiaqing and Lu Huiqing are both knowledgeable people.

The two brothers are not only knowledgeable, but also very keen and capable. They are familiar with accidents and can adapt to situations.

Zhang Yue, Lv Xiaqing, and Lv Huiqing studied books, and they learned a lot of the essentials of governing affairs from their teachers.

Of course, Lu Huiqing went to the Liyuan to study books, and it was not all good and no harm.

Su Xun was very displeased with Lu Huiqing, maybe it was because Wang Anshi was highly respected by the other party, anyway, Su Xun just didn't like Lu Huiqing, and privately said to Zhang Yue more than once that Lu Jifu is really a villain!
Of course Zhang Yue understands Su Xun's eagerness to protect the calf, but he has secretly included all those who are not good for his son.

Historically, the relationship between Ersu and Lu Huiqing was not very good, but now it has not broken the face, it is not good to be hated by you, Lao Quan.

Every time Lu Huiqing came to the Liyuan, Su Xun kept silent and did not speak to Lu Huiqing, even as long as he was present, he would not say a word.Lu Huiqing put down her body several times and took the initiative to talk to Su Xun, trying to ease the relationship between the two.

But they all replied to Su Xun lightly, and refused to say more.

Lu Huiqing came to the Liyuan for half a month, but she seemed to find it boring, so she resigned from the job voluntarily.

After Lu Xiaqing knew about it, she didn't say anything. After all, Su Xun was the person most relied on in compiling the book of rites, so she still treated each other warmly, and just continued to ask for someone from Chongwen Academy.

Although Chongwen Academy has sent some people here one after another, they are far behind Lu Huiqing.

Not only Zhang Yue, but also the people who studied books in the Su Xun Academy admired Lu Huiqing's ability very much.

It is now May, and the progress of Taichang Yinge Li's compilation is still slow. Seeing that the officials still have no intention of establishing a reserve, Ouyang Xiu can't wait to let Zhang Yue, and Lu Xiaqing edit twenty volumes first. Without asking first.

First fix the part of the establishment of the reserve, and prepare to submit this to the official family first.

(End of this chapter)