The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

There is actually no essential difference between prefecture schools and county schools, and there is no argument that prefecture students have a higher social status than county students.

It's just that after the grand master examination, among the admitted students, those with better test scores were sent to the government school, while the others entered the county school, and then the treatment was similar.

County schools, government schools, and the Northern and Southern Imperial Colleges constitute today’s Confucian education system, collectively referred to as schools. They are also another path for scholars to upgrade besides the imperial examination.

As the leader of this year's Taoist examination in Wu County, Lin Daguan was sent to Suzhou Fufu School as a matter of course.

After the Fu Xue disciples screamed in Panchi, they finally saw the Fu Xue professor coming out of Minglun Hall and walking over slowly.

The professor's surname was Cui. Although he heard his disciple yelling "thief", he didn't panic at all.

"A thief breaking in" is impossible! In a poor place like the school, which thief could be so heartless?

Seeing a majestic man standing on the Pan Bridge from a distance, Professor Cui immediately understood who this person was.

He must be the only case leader among the new students this year who has not been reported so far.

It is really embarrassing to hear that the leader of the case also won the top prize in martial arts in the capital.

While Professor Cui was thinking about this, he walked up to Lin Tailai and asked calmly: "But Lin Sheng?"

Lin Tailai responded: "Lin Tailai, the commander of the Suzhou Guards, has met the professor."

Professor Cui: "."

You are standing here in the government school, using your identity as a fourth-grade military attache to meet a ninth-grade professor. What is the meaning of this? Do you want the dignified instructor to salute the students in turn?

Afterwards, Professor Cui glanced at the door in the pool and said politely: "It's not good to hit people."

Lin Tailai replied: "This person dares to stop me from entering school to study."

Professor Cui added: "It's already time to close the doors and lock the doors at dusk. This is the case for all government offices."

Lin Daguan said rationally: "Isn't it possible to study in the evening?"

Professor Cui had no choice but to follow the conversation and asked: "How do you want to study?"

Lin Daguan revealed his intention: "Although I have already entered school, I am busy with official duties, so I am afraid that I will not be able to attend lectures every day."

Professor Cui patiently explained: "Lin Sheng may have misunderstood. Nowadays, the atmosphere is impetuous and the school no longer holds lectures every day.

The current practice is to have a lecture every ten days and a text meeting once a month. "

Lin Tailai had already had an idea and said directly: "Having a lecture once a month is okay, but attending lectures every ten days is really too much."

Professor Cui was speechless. It was too troublesome to attend lectures three times a month, so he just handed in an article. Then why would you go to school?

After thinking for a moment, Professor Cui replied tactfully: "Only a very small number of geniuses or those with family backgrounds can do this."

Lin Daguan asked very domineeringly: "Am I not a genius?"

Professor Cui: "."

If you chat like this, you won't be able to continue the conversation!

After all, he was a good teacher. Professor Cui turned around and left.

Facing Lin Tailai, who has been beating all over Suzhou, others may be worried about being beaten, but Professor Cui has no such worries at all.

After all, he is also a teacher. As long as Lin Tailai dares to take action, he will lie down!

From now on, Lin Tailai will have the reputation of being a teacher-beater, and it will be Lin Tailai who suffers!

Lin Tailai quickly pointed to the Confucius Temple next to him and said: "I am responsible for the small sacrifices on the first and fifteenth day of every month, as well as the big sacrifices in spring and autumn!"

At this time, the school and the Confucius Temple were not separated; they were both under the management of the instructors.

Professor Cui snorted coldly: "There are many people willing to provide sacrifices, so why bother Lin Sheng?"

Lin Daguan said without hesitation: "I will provide double the number of sacrifices!"

Hearing the doubling, Professor Cui hesitated and hesitated.

As the poorest government office, the school has limited extra money. The professors are called teachers, but they cannot control the students at all.

The fate and future of those scholars were all in the hands of the Grand Master, and the school instructors had no influence at all.

Therefore, the local scholars do not take the school instructors too seriously, and all kinds of filial piety are pitiful. It would be good to have two packs of snacks during the holidays.

The professor of Fu Xue himself was only a ninth-grade scholar, and his income was very poor.

Therefore, sacrificial offerings to Saint Kong became one of the few sources of extra income for instructors. Especially the meat, it's all the instructor's oil and water.

Official Lin said that the sacrifices should be doubled, which Professor Cui heard meant that the legal extra income should be at least doubled.

"It's not impossible." Professor Cui said.

Lin Tailai pointed to the direction of Canglang Pavilion to the west and continued: "Recently, Canglang Pavilion has been taken over by me, and I am willing to open Canglang Pavilion to Professor Cui.

From now on, Professor Cui can go to Canglang Pavilion for gatherings with friends. Not many people have such a reputation. "

The instructor is also a scholar. Being a scholar has the need to show off, and it will definitely be a good thing to take people to the Canglang Pavilion party.

So Professor Cui no longer hesitated and said, "After all, Lin Sheng is still serving the country, so he deserves special care.

If you go back and send the summary of each gathering lecture to Lin Sheng, you will be considered to have attended the lecture.

If Lin Sheng is busy with official duties, it would be enough to show up at the school every two or three months. Mainly, it would not be good to not show up even once. "

"Professor Lau Cui is accommodating." Lin Daguan didn't even say a word of thanks. This is a symbol of status and strength.

After achieving his goal, Lin Daguanren said goodbye to Professor Cui and left the university.

Just returned to Suzhou City, there are too many things to do, and settling the matter with the instructor of the government school is a settlement.

It was starting to get dark at this time, and the city gate was probably locked.

In other words, Lin Daguan and his entourage are now unable to leave the city gate and cannot return to Nanhao Street outside Xumen to update their residence in the academy. They can only stay overnight in the city.

There are several choices, you can go to Teacher Zhang's house and meet the teacher at the same time; you can also go to Shen's house and reunite with your ally Mr. Shen over wine and have a long talk by candlelight.

If you want to stay clean, you can stay one night at Taohua An, which has been cleaned and renovated, and beds, tables, and chairs have also been placed.

Thinking of this, Lin Daguan sighed: "I don't want to delay it for a long time, and I can't leave the city anymore. I originally thought about going back tonight to see Huang Wumei who is about to give birth."

So Lin Daguan, who could not leave the city, decisively chose Sun Lianlian's house in the north of the city and wasted a whole night here.

The next day, Officer Lin sorted out his priorities in his mind and went to visit the Shen Mansion.

The main one is Zhao Zhigao, the governor of Yingtian, Jiangnan, who is the most important and has the highest priority. He is currently in Nanjing, and according to usual practice, he will not return to Suzhou until early September before the autumn harvest.

When they entered the gate of Shen Mansion, they saw Second Master Shen sitting in the front hall with a straight face, not even making a move to stand up to greet him.

Official Lin asked in surprise: "Who made Master Jia Er angry? You might as well tell me and I will help you vent your anger!"

Shen Yongjia sarcastically said: "Isn't this Lin Zhuangyuan who has returned to his hometown with great honor? I heard that Lin Zhuangyuan entered the city yesterday. It's rare that he still has time to visit my house despite his busy schedule."

Previously, Lin Tailai had been showing off in Suzhou under the banner of Shen Mansion's retainer, and even respected Mr. Shen as the leader of the alliance.

Now that Lin Tailai has returned to Suzhou and entered the city, according to etiquette, he should first come to Shen Mansion to pay homage to show respect.

As a result, I spent most of the day wandering around Canglang Pavilion yesterday, and then went to spend the night at Sun Meiren's house.

Today, I came to Shen Mansion unexpectedly. I didn’t even post a post in advance. It was more like an uninvited guest.

With all these factors added up, it’s no wonder that Second Master Shen is so evil and evil, and Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty also wants to have face!

Official Lin didn't fight back or defend himself. He just changed the subject and said, "I brought a letter from Prime Minister Shen's family and came to give it to Mr. Jia Er."

When he heard that there was a letter from his father, Mr. Shen had to accept it under the concept of filial piety.

While taking the letter from home, he continued to be weird, "I didn't send it until now. It would be too slow to wait for our Shen family! My friend Lin is really different from the past. After all, he is also an official."

Lin Daguan lowered his head to drink tea and pretended not to hear anything.

Second Master Shen opened the family letter and looked through it, only to see his father writing in the letter:

"Lin Tailai is ten times more talented than you, and he will definitely be able to stabilize his hometown and make his government manage well and harmonious.

If you can assist, Lin Tailai can assist you; if you are not talented, Lin Tailai can be the leader of the Renewal Society. "

Mr. Shen raised his head blankly. Today's sunshine is a bit dazzling, and today's breeze is a bit cold.

Even if you want to say these words to your biological father, you should say it to Lin Tai!

What does it mean to say these words to your own son?

Official Lin put down the tea cup and explained sincerely: "It's not that I'm being disrespectful to Mr. Shen, it's just that I really don't want to send this family letter, so I delayed it until now.

These few sentences were written by Shen Qian in front of me, and there was nothing I could do about it. "

After Shen Erye was silent for a moment, he said: "The new company has only started its business, and the heavy responsibility lies entirely with my friend Lin. Please continue to work hard in the future."

Official Lin also replied: "I will definitely carry it forward and live up to the leader's instructions!"

Then Lin Daguan said another thing, "I think Suzhou Shen Mansion should build a garden."

This topic was a bit jumpy, and Mr. Shen didn't react for a while.

Lin Daguan then explained: "First, every family in Suzhou has the custom of building gardens, even my Lin family has Canglang Pavilion.

As the prime minister's court, the Shen Mansion cannot fall behind, otherwise, how can it have the dignity to stand in Suzhou City?

Secondly, if Prime Minister Shen returns to prosperity in the future and does not even have a garden, how can the Prime Minister retain his dignity?

You see, Wang Kuo also built a Yi Lao Garden, and his achievements as prime minister are no worse than Wang Kuo's, right?

Although it is said that the Xu family in Huqiu has the Humble Administrator's Garden, the East Garden, and the West Garden that can be used by Prime Minister Shen, the Xu family is the Xu family and the Shen family is the Shen family. We cannot let the world mistakenly think that the Shen family is still a vassal of the Xu family! "

Mr. Shen, who was only doing business, his eyes lit up, he slapped the table with great interest and said: "That makes sense, our Shen family should build a garden!"

Then he enthusiastically came up with the idea: "First of all, the garden should not be too big, so as not to be criticized like the Wang family, or be envied by others.

But it shouldn’t be too small, so the ideal area is 20 to 50 acres, depending on the terrain.

Secondly, regarding the location of the garden, I think it should be”

But before Mr. Shen finished speaking, he saw Mr. Lin getting up and leaving.

"The garden construction hasn't been discussed yet, what are you going to do?" Second Master Shen asked.

Official Lin replied: "You just need to agree. I will take charge of other matters. If you are not satisfied with the application, just return it to me."

Second Master Shen: "."

After coming out of Shen Mansion, Lin Tailai went east again to visit Zhang Youyu, his nominal master, to show his respect for his master.

After visiting Shen Mansion and Zhang Youyu, the etiquette-related visits will be over.

Gao Changjiang reminded: "There are so many prefectures and counties, why don't you just sit down and visit them?"

Official Lin said lazily: "It's too tiring to visit all around. Go to the Yamen and tell me that I will stay at Taohua Temple for two days."

The sensible officials in the yamen should take the initiative to come and visit me! After all, I am now an official. "

Speaking of Peach Blossom Temple, which is known as the smallest garden in Suzhou, Gao Changjiang suddenly had an idea, "I suddenly tricked Mr. Shen into building a garden while sitting in the restaurant. Could it be that he planned to use the name of the Shen family to expand Peach Blossom Temple?"

Lin Daguan said casually: "There are thousands of acres of land in Taohuawu in the northwest of the city, and Taohua Temple only uses two acres. It's too uncoordinated."

Gao Changjiang's heart immediately became heavy again. The surrounding area of ​​Canglang Pavilion had not been settled yet, and he was going to cause trouble in Taohuawu, which would involve many families.

He is clearly positioned as an intellectual strategist, so why did he become the demolition manager of a community?

Zhang Youyu still lives in the side yard of Zhang's house and opens a separate gate.

When Lin Tailai walked in, he saw many banners hanging on the front porch, like a shop.

Mr. Zhang Youyu, who claims to be the number one celebrity in Suzhou, is usually crazy. This has always been the case at home.

Lin Tailai took a few glances and saw that the signs on the posters still had the words "Zhang Youyu sells wine, Zhang Youyu sells literature" and so on.

But after seeing the last trick, Lin Daguan couldn't hold back his emotions.

Because on this new sign, it says "Zhang Youyu is a traitor".

If there are no accidents, Old Man Zhang currently only has one student, Lin Tailai!

"What the hell is this traitor!" Lin Daguan pointed at Bu Zhaozi and asked Zhang Youyu, who was lying at the door of the hall wearing a bright red women's dress.

Zhang Youyu yawned, "I don't want you as a student anymore! Whoever can pay fifty taels will take you away!"

In this era, being expelled by a teacher is not a good reputation. Lin Daguan said angrily: "Why not?"

Zhang Youyu said angrily: "My friends laughed at me and actually taught me a martial arts champion, which made me lose face!"

This is probably similar to the saying "Mathematics is taught by physical education teachers".

Official Lin questioned: "But I am the third literary enemy designated by the old alliance leader and the leader of the liberal arts examination case. How can I make the old gentleman lose face?"

Zhang Youyu replied: "What's the use of those? They only remember that you are the number one scholar in martial arts!"

Zhang Fengyi, the number one trader in the Suzhou calligraphy and painting market who was good at dancing and long-sleeved, came to hear the sound and advised: "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious!"

Lin Tailai said to Zhang Fengyi: "As an elder brother, please advise Mr. Yu Yu!"

Zhang Fengyi smiled bitterly and said, "If my third brother goes crazy, I may not be able to persuade him."

Lin Tailai snorted: "In recent years, Yangzhou's wealth has increased dramatically. I originally wanted to take you to Yangzhou to develop the calligraphy and painting market because of the relationship between teachers and teachers.

If you can't persuade Mr. Young to be old, then I will find someone else to cooperate! "

Zhang Fengyi, who was responsible for supporting the family, was stunned for a moment, turned around and shouted to Zhang Youyu:

"Put away your rag tricks! Otherwise, don't blame me as the eldest brother for not respecting brotherhood and cut off your monthly salary!"