Not to mention how loving and filial the father and son in Yangcheng Mountain are, and how ambitious they are, but they still have to rush when they should be on a hot day.

Early the next morning, the father and son first took some ordinary clothes from the old house, and then borrowed a lot of money from the homes of wealthy families in the surrounding areas... Liu Yan ran a school here for eighteen years, and then became the magistrate of Luoyang.

He said he wanted to borrow money, but I was afraid that if I borrowed my wife, there would be people rushing to give it to me... Anyway, I packed up pretty well, and then I drove the donkey cart directly to the famous Wushejin, preparing to cross the Yellow River north.

However, since it is a private server, don't expect any extraordinary treatment.

The official at the ferry looked at the father and son as if they were scholars. Although he did not mean to blackmail them, he clearly told them that unless there was someone willing to charter a boat to take them, they could only ask these two honest people.

Go and stay with your donkey cart on the boat carrying cargo and livestock.

Liu Fan was not happy immediately. This is the trouble for a filial son. The cargo ship is so dirty, and his father is so rich. Even Liu Yan actually doesn't want to be crowded with animals other than his own old donkey - it's too hot, who will suffer?

Come on?

However, after all, it was Liu Junlang who had extraordinary magnanimity. Just when he was hesitating, a short, fat young scholar who showed his official documents and got a special ship and was said to be going to Hebei to take office took the initiative to make an appointment, which saved the father and son a lot of trouble.

. Of course, no matter from which angle you look at it, it is this young official with the accent from Taishan who actually takes advantage of it, but not everyone has the opportunity to cross the same boat as Jizhou Fang Bo.

Of course, after he opened his mouth and realized that this person happened to be going to Jizhou to be appointed as the county magistrate, Liu Yan calmed down... After all, sooner or later, he would have to inspect the entire Jizhou, and the county magistrates from all over the country would have to call to see him.

So I didn't even know his name during the entire process, just to see if this young man was bent on revenge.

However, this pudgy young county magistrate was also easy-going and had a loyal and honest face. Liu Yan and his son were favored by him but did not know their names. He just smiled innocently at each other without losing his composure at all.

When they got ashore, he calmly said goodbye to Liu Yan and let his old servant drive an old carriage to go ahead, which made Liu Junlang and his son feel embarrassed.

"I didn't expect that there would be such a loyal and honest person now," Liu Fan watched this person go on his way, shaking his head repeatedly. "I thought I had suspected that he had seen something... Sir, today's kindness is here, you will be in the future

When you meet him, you must be promoted."

Liu Yan also sighed repeatedly: "The promotion is certain, but it is not just for the sake of receiving a small favor from him today, but because people's hearts are not as old as they used to be. Such loyal and honest young people are hard to find, and they should be reused!"

"Your Majesty is right." Liu Fan naturally agreed.

In this way, the father and son sighed a few words and stopped delaying. They drove the donkey cart and walked along the main road extending in all directions in Hanoi County to Huai County, Wude, passed Chaoge, Tangyin, entered Jizhou and entered Wei County.

Then he failed to enter the city of Ye, but soon arrived in the territory of Handan, Zhao State.

After entering this place, Liu Yan and his son had reached their official destination, so they naturally paid a lot of attention. And soon, they discovered an interesting place.

"Dare you ask this brother?" After receiving the signal from his father, Liu Fan wiped the sweat from his forehead and jumped off the donkey cart. He faced a scholar who was holding a thin horse and carrying a bag, and there was an obvious look of dissatisfaction on his face.

He raised his hands and said hello. "Where are we in front of you? What happened? Why are so many people gathered? Why are you in such a hurry, brother?"

"Let's be honest with the elders and this little brother in the car." This gentleman was a well-educated man after all. Seeing that he took the initiative to salute and there was an elder sitting in the car, he honestly stopped and handed over his hands to tell him, "What's ahead is there.

It is the private manor of my mentor Wei Gong. It has always been the place where he lectured, and it has always been the busiest place in the south of Handan City. However, the situation today is not caused by the lectures, but because my mentor was forced by the Handan order and had to

I have stopped my private studies here and am moving to Handan City. I am asking my classmates for their opinions. Some of them are spineless and want to follow, while others are not willing to be humiliated like me. It makes a big fuss..."

After hearing the three words of Handan Order, how could Liu Yan and Liu Fan let this matter go? The former even got off the donkey cart and asked carefully:

"May I ask your commander Wei Gong, who was born in the Wei family of the State of Zhao and was the prime minister of the State of Lu?"

"Does the elder recognize our mentor?"

"I dare not say that we know each other, but the name of the Wei family of Zhao State has been respected for a long time. Who knows that the Wei brothers were once deputy prime ministers of the dynasty and returned to their hometown to give lectures after being appointed as prime ministers of Lu State?" Liu Yan said with a smile. "

However, since Wei Gong is from such a family, how can the Handan Ling and Qianshi County magistrates force him? He was once a man of two thousand stones."

"Elder, are you from other places?" When the student heard this, he looked at Liu Yan curiously.

"That's right," Liu Yan said without batting an eyelid. "I came to Zhao State from other places to take up my post. I was appointed as the county magistrate in Yuzhou, but because I had no money to bribe the eunuch, I was found guilty and demoted.

Demoted to Xiangguo as county magistrate..."

"It turns out he is the new Governor of the State of Xiang. No wonder..." Upon hearing this, the student first bowed his hands and bowed, but then sighed again and again. "No wonder the old county gentleman doesn't know anything. And the eunuch is also vicious, and he actually treated an elder like you like you.

Put them in a land of tigers and wolves."

Liu Yan and his son looked at each other, each of them understanding each other tacitly, but both had a blank expression on their faces.

However, the student was obviously angry and wanted to find someone to tell him, so he did not stop talking: "Old County Lord, it's not my fault that you are confused. It's actually because Gongsun Xun, the commander of Handan, relied on his title of Tinghou.

There are hundreds of border warriors as minions, and they act unscrupulously, not to mention the one who once paid two thousand dan... The old county gentleman doesn't know, but your predecessor was killed by him!"

"Are you so domineering?" Liu Yan asked cooperatively.

"In less than two months after coming to Handan, he first killed his family and then killed the county magistrate of a neighboring county." The student became more and more angry. "Now, people say that he even imprisoned the country."

Prime Minister, and then privately appointed county officials, supervised postal services, and took the entire Zhao State's political affairs into his hands. In the end, he actually forced Uncle Fang to abandon his official position and leave... Do you think the name of a domineering county magistrate is false?"

Liu Yan was speechless for a moment... This is obviously wrong, okay?

Forget about other things, if the prime minister is really imprisoned, then the former Jizhou governor Wang Fang is a famous figure, how can he just resign without caring at all? Besides, this Gongsun Xun is a border commander.

Born, he was one of the main force in punishing eunuchs at the beginning, and his style is a bit rough, I guess, but after all, he is a student of Lu Ziqian and Liu Wenrao, so he can't be so ridiculous, right?

"Is everything you said true?" Liu Fan didn't believe it at all.

"Actually, I'm not very sure," Liu Yan looked at this scholar, and then Liu Fan turned red when asked, and told the truth. "I just heard it from people around me... Of course, destroying the Shen family

There is absolutely no doubt that Manmenhe and Shanshan killed the old county king’s predecessor, otherwise my mentor would not have been coerced by him and had to dissolve the private school and go to Handan to establish some kind of public school!"

"Actually," Liu Yan asked, twisting his beard. "For the time being, isn't it good to change private schools to public schools? I also ran a school when I was young, so I know the pros and cons of private schools. As for public schools, although I don't know exactly what they are.

What kind of regulations, but at least the venue, paper and pen, and the food and clothing of poor students are all guaranteed, that is, the appointment of officials..."

"Oh," the gentleman was asked about his inner feelings, and interrupted him regardless of etiquette. "The old county gentleman doesn't know, if it's really just a change of place, and then a private transfer to a public house, how can we students be willing to do so?"

What about leaving my mentor? It’s just that a man in his twenties from Handan Ling actually wants to join a public school as a teacher. It is said that although he is also a child of a famous Confucian scholar in the country... But how can we let such a person be my mentor?

Where are they in the same row?!"

"That's true..." Although Liu Yan disagreed in his heart, he had some understanding of this scholar. The reason for resenting the Handan Order was reasonable, but that was all. He didn't want to have any more contact with him.

The man was entangled. "Well, since I have come to Zhao State to take up my post, I should pay a visit to Wei Gong anyway. You take me to pay a visit to the commander, and I will also give him some advice."

"This..." When the scholar heard this, he was a little panicked for a moment. "Old county gentleman, please go and pay a visit. I just had a quarrel with my classmates, so it's not good to meet again at this time."

After saying this, the scholar actually dragged his thin horse and ran southward with a squeaking sound. Liu Yan and his son were speechless for a moment.

However, they soon understood what was going on... Liu Yan was in front, and Liu Fan was pulling the donkey cart behind. After the two entered the open-doored and bustling manor, they saw a young man who was still tying his hair.

The student climbed onto a low roof and taunted loudly:

"If you ask me, why don't you want to see teachers in the same class as others? When I only talked about moving schools before, I never saw you saying so much. Didn't you also talk about the bustle in Handan City? In the final analysis, it is just some nonsense.

"Senior, today I learned that public schools have monthly exams every month, unified exams every year, and rankings, so I got confused, for fear of being exposed by the exams. What should I say, public schools are better than private schools!"

"You surnamed Wang, you are talking nonsense!" Someone immediately retorted with a blushing face. "How can we determine a ranking for scholars? Besides, if knowledge can be ranked, can virtue be ranked? Isn't this insulting to elegance?

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"You're afraid of being exposed!"

"You are disgraceful to gentlemen!"

The two groups of students were noisy again, which made Liu Yan couldn't help but feel happy... He had been the principal of a private school for eighteen years, so how could he not know the tricks of these students? In fact, he had followed his father in private school since he was a child.

Liu Fan, who grew up in middle school, realized why the student just didn't dare to come in again but left in a hurry.

The father and son watched the excitement for a while, and then went to find someone to pay homage to Wei Song... After all, Wei Song's identity was here. Since Liu Yan was here to investigate Gongsun Xun, he should listen to what this person said about Gongsun Xun.

perception.

However, when they put down the donkey cart and followed the servant to the backyard in the name of Xiangguo County Magistrate, they met an old friend.

"I've met the elder!" The short and fat young man quickly saluted after seeing Liu Yan. "I don't want to see the elder again!"

Liu Yan and his son were also in a good mood when they saw this person... On the one hand, the father and son had been in a good mood since they came out of Nangong; on the other hand, such a loyal and honest person always makes people feel bad.

"It's really rude," the servant who led the way quickly explained out of the etiquette of his master. "My old master is meeting guests in the back hall, otherwise the front yard wouldn't be so chaotic... However, you two

They are all county magistrates who have taken up their posts, and they all know each other, so I will save you the trouble of talking too much. I will report it right away and ask the two county magistrates to wait a moment."

Liu Yan naturally didn't take it seriously... Wei Song was retiring from office with two thousand stones, and his identity at this time was just a humble county magistrate with five hundred stones. There was a huge gap in status. In fact, if it weren't for Liu Yan being an older man

The person claimed to be the newly appointed Chief Xiang of the State of Zhao, otherwise the notification would have been delayed, as evidenced by the pudgy and honest county magistrate beside him who had already come in long ago.

"I didn't know that the elder was also the one who was appointed." The pudgy young county magistrate was indeed honest, but he actually looked quite embarrassed at this time. "I even invited the old gentleman and his son to board the boat without permission."

"Where?" Liu Yan quickly raised his hand.

"I wonder where the elder is going to take up his post?" the man asked seriously.

It would be strange not to ask the other party's name and origin at this time, but Liu Yan had already prepared for it... The Governor of Xiang State had just been killed by the Handan Order, but Liu Yan went straight out of the Nangong Palace Gate and went straight to this place, which happened to be

Used to disguise and fool.

"My father's surname is Huang Yan, with the given name Ziwan, and my surname is Huang Fan. My family's ancestral home is Jiangxia. My father is coming to Zhao State to serve as the head of Xiang State." Liu Fan quickly spoke for his father. "Actually, I

My father was originally a county magistrate in Yuzhou, but he was demoted here because he offended the eunuch. I had wanted to ask before, if I don’t know the name of the county magistrate, where will I go to become an official during this trip? "

Huang Yan's character Zi Wan is actually a change of Huang Wan's character Zi Yan. The latter is Liu Fan's cousin, Liu Yan's cousin, and a famous scholar in Jiangxia. His ancestors successively served as ministers and Taiwei, and Huang Wan was even more so at that time.

At a young age, he became a good general with good facial features, but he was immediately imprisoned by the party for sixteen years. He is still studying in Jiangxia... Liu Fan used this name in another roundabout way, as if to confuse the other party.

And sure enough, the pudgy county magistrate with an accent near Mount Tai thought for a moment, probably thinking about the other person's name and place of origin. After finding nothing, he simply responded: "To be honest with you and my son, my surname is Li Mingjin, and my courtesy name is Jin."

First of all, he is a native of Chengshi County, Jiyin County. On this trip, he was selected by the Chancellor to visit Chief Ying Tao of Julu County. He happens to be a neighbor of the elder... Passing by here, he heard that it was the home of Duke Wei, so he stopped by to visit.

One or two.”
To be continued...