After Fang Mengjin left, Han Wen asked the yamen to bring chairs to the three students, let them sit down, and then talked with them about the article. As a Jinshi who had passed five levels and killed six generals, Han Wen was very important in writing articles.
The teachers for the several students were more than enough. He commented a few words about each student's situation, which made several students feel a sense of enlightenment, and their relationship with Korean became closer invisibly.
Han Wen also secretly evaluated the level of several students during this conversation. He found that Wang Shengxian and Peng Shiji were not that kind of smart people, and they were not smart enough. It is estimated that if they continue to study like this, they will not be able to pass the exam until they are forty or fifty years old.
At the end of the day, it is basically impossible to become a Jinshi. But Cheng Dong's situation is different. Although he is still just a boy, his writing skills are no worse than those of the two scholars, and his understanding is several steps ahead of them.
. If such a talent can study well in an academy for several years, the future will be very bright.
But why was such a person so incompatible with Su Hao? Han Wen was puzzled.
While chatting, Su Hao hung one arm with gauze and walked into the lobby accompanied by Fang Mengjin. He first came to the public case, saluted Han Wen and said: "Student Su Hao, please see the county magistrate.
.The student returned to the county seat three days ago, but because he was injured, he was unable to return to the county office in time. Please forgive me."
"The county knows about Gai's injury. Thank you for your hard work." Han Wen said. Looking at Su Hao, he had a very complicated emotion. He admired this young man's talent and drive, but also hated him for not knowing how to appreciate others.
He actually rejected his daughter for a country girl. But this was not the time to talk about children, so he waved his hand and asked his subordinates to bring a chair for Su Hao and let him sit down.
"Change it. Did Master Fang tell you what happened today on the way?" Han Wen asked.
Su Hao replied: "I already know that I am deeply saddened by the death of Brother Yizhong's brother and other miners."
The brother Yizhong he was talking about was Wang Shengxian, and Yizhong was Wang Shengxian's name. This was something he had asked about before when he went to the academy. Wang Shengxian couldn't help but see that Su Hao could still remember him, and even his name.
Feeling a little moved, he sat opposite Su Hao and clasped his fists, saying, "Thank you, brother Gai."
Seeing that Su Hao responded appropriately, Han Wen nodded and said: "In other words, now that the matter has been resolved, the county has also decided to allocate money to compensate the miners who died, so you don't have to worry about this matter. I called you here today because of a few
Some of the students are a little confused about your motives for looking for gold, so I want you to come and explain it to them face to face so that we can get along better in the future."
"Follow your orders." Su Hao said. After that, he turned to face the three students and said: "My dear friends, if you have any advice, I would like to discuss it openly and honestly with you."
"Brother Gai, you have a genius for surveying. I have always admired you very much. However, your surveying ability is used to survey wells and fight drought. It is actually a move that benefits the people. It is used for erection... uh, for this
The mine supervisor's search for gold seems to be a secret investment. I don't know what brother Gai's intention is. Can you give me some advice?" Peng Shiji asked.
"Is this Brother Yunhan?" Su Hao called Peng Shiji's cousin and said, "I don't dare to give you advice. I think that well exploration and mine exploration are both things that are beneficial to the country and the people. They are not the same thing.
If there is no difference, how can one do it to benefit the people and the other do it secretly?"
"The purpose of drilling wells to fight drought is for the livelihood of the people. The purpose of prospecting and mining for gold is to please the powerful. How can we generalize the two?" Cheng Dong said coldly.
"What Brother Cheng said is wrong." Su Hao replied with the same cold attitude. When he was on the road, he had already heard Fang Mengjin talk about Cheng Dong's attack on him. At that time, he felt half angry and half cold.
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During this period of time, because Cheng Yi worked as a senior executive in his coal mine, he and Cheng Yi moved around a lot and had a very close relationship. As for Cheng Dong, he had met several times in the academy, but every time Cheng Dong was just
He said hello to him without any intention of getting close to him. He thought that this might just be Cheng Dong's childish nature, but he didn't care about it.
Hearing that Cheng Dong kept blaming him in front of Han Wen, Su Hao also felt at a loss. Thinking of Cheng Dong's indifference to him before, Su Hao really didn't know how he had offended this arrogant young man. The incident of well exploration in Caijia Village
, fundamentally speaking, it was not Su Hao who made things difficult for the Cheng siblings, and Su Hao also made amends afterwards. The Cheng siblings were a blessing in disguise, so they should be grateful to him. Why does Cheng Dong hate him?
Su Hao couldn't figure out the connection and didn't bother to ask Cheng Dong for confirmation. Seeing Cheng Dong's arrogant face in front of the magistrate, Su Hao naturally wouldn't give him any good face.
"Brother Cheng said that he mines gold to please the powerful. Does he think that this gold will have no benefit to the country or the people?" Su Hao asked rhetorically.
"Gold can't be eaten when hungry, and can't be worn when cold. What's the use of it?" Cheng Dong asked.
Su Hao sneered and said: "In Brother Cheng's opinion, anything that cannot be eaten when hungry and cannot be worn when cold is useless?"
"Of course!" Cheng Dong said.
"Then the book of sages can be eaten or worn?" Su Hao asked.
"You...how can you slander the book of sages?" Cheng Dong was choked to death by Su Hao. No matter how knowledgeable he was, he never thought that Su Hao would dare to make fun of the book of sages.
"The way of the sages can educate the people and open up their wisdom. We, the scholars, can learn the ways of the sages and govern the country. This can be regarded as a thing that benefits the people. We should not make false claims to change it." Fang Mengjin could not stand listening any longer and spoke.
He rescued Cheng Dong. This was not because he was partial to Cheng Dong, but because Su Hao's theory was too unorthodox, and it would not be good for Su Hao if it spread out.
Su Hao smiled and clasped his fists at Fang Mengjin and said, "Thank you, Mr. Fang, for your advice. Okay, Cheng Dong, let me give you another example. Most of the hairpin rings on this woman are made of gold. Do you think they are useless?"
Things?"
"Of course it's useless!" Cheng Dong found the truth and said righteously: "This hairpin ring is purely extravagant. Women are ignorant and regard it as a treasure. How can we, the educated people, have the same knowledge as women?"
"Oh, extravagant?" Su Hao nodded, "I think the brocade clothes on Brother Cheng's body are quite extravagant. Why don't Brother Cheng take them off and replace them with torn wadding, which can also keep out the cold. Also, the brocade clothes on Brother Cheng's head are quite extravagant.
The square scarf looks very expensive. I would like to exchange it for a straw rope. Can Brother Cheng agree?"
As soon as Su Hao said this, everyone in the room except Cheng Dong shut their mouths tightly, for fear that he would burst into laughter. Cheng Dong's face turned red, and after a long while, he said sharply: "Su Gaizhi.
, you can't talk nonsense. Because you were greedy for wealth and wanted to make friends with powerful eunuchs, which resulted in the death of five miners, don't you feel a trace of apology in your heart?"
Su Hao's face sank, and he also shouted: "Cheng Dong, don't slander me. How did you know that I am greedy for wealth? How did you know that I am friends with Quan Yu! Eunuch Chang came to Fengcheng to mine gold on the emperor's imperial edict.
As a scholar, do you still need me to tell you about the principles of loyalty to the emperor and serving the country? The emperor said that gold mining is necessary, but you said that gold mining is useless. Could it be that you think you are more sage than the emperor!"
Dude, give me a big thumbs up, you are still young. Everyone knows that the emperor’s appointment of mine supervisors is nonsense, but I bet you don’t dare to say this in public. If you dare to say in public that you are more sage than the emperor, the county magistrate will be on top
Sit down and believe it or not, he spreads your ass open?
Sure enough, no matter how arrogant Cheng Dong was, he knew what words could be said and what words couldn't be said. Su Hao's shout made him speechless and unable to say anything.
Peng Shiji came out to smooth things over and said: "Brother Gai, please calm down. What Cheng Dong means is that in fact, our Fengcheng has no reputation for producing gold. If brother Gai slacks off a little bit, eunuch Chang will not mine gold in Fengcheng. It will be beneficial."
The elder brother of the middle brother will not suffer this misfortune. The older brother seems to be too enthusiastic about gold mining, which is what the younger brother doesn't understand."
Do you think I want to do this? Su Hao said in his heart. On the way, Fang Mengjin had repeatedly told him not to tell anything about Chang Wu's extortion, so as not to arouse public resentment. Of course he knew how to help Chang Wu find money.
The motive of the mine was shady, but when faced with the questioning from Cheng Dong and others, he had no choice but to bite the bullet.
"Brother Yunhan, I also have my responsibilities. Since I have to go prospecting sooner or later, why bother wasting my time on procrastination? Speaking of this, I am indeed responsible. The geological conditions of the Yuanli gold mine are bad. I just remind you
Eunuch Chang had to pay attention to safety, but he failed to supervise it personally, which led to this tragic disaster. When I heard the news just now, I blamed myself very much." Su Hao said.
"Brother Gai, in my opinion, brother Gai is a man of great talent and learning, and it is a pity that he is burdened with these mundane affairs all day long. I would like to persuade brother Gai to give up his current job and go back to the academy to study. He will be a good student in the future.
If you win the ranking, you can serve the imperial court, do you think so, brother Gai?" Peng Shiji said.
Su Hao said: "Thank you Brother Yunhan for your kindness. I really want to go back to the academy to study. However, I still have some things in my hands. If I can do it, it will benefit the 200,000 elders in the county. Now Brother Duwen also takes over for me.
If I give up on this matter halfway, wouldn't I be disrespecting the trust of Brother Duwen and others?"
The students in the academy all knew that Ma Yu and others followed Su Hao to survey the reservoir. Everyone had discussed the significance of the reservoir many times, and they all agreed that it was a good thing that would benefit the people.
They felt sorry for Su Hao, Ma Yu and others who gave up their studies to build the reservoir, but no one thought they had done something wrong. Now that Su Hao had brought this matter up, Peng Shiji really had nothing to say.
"Brother Yizhong, brother Yunhan, this man is determined to associate with the powerful, and we don't need to say anything more. It is a shame for us that such a scum should appear among scholars. I don't want to say more about this man anymore."
Cheng Dong said to Wang Shengxian and Peng Shiji. After saying that, he stood up, saluted Han Wen and said, "Your Excellency, we have finished what we wanted to say. The student asks to leave."
"Okay, you go ahead." Han Wen sat behind the publican and waved his hand.
When Wang Shengxian and Peng Shiji saw what Cheng Dong said, they could only stand up, excuse themselves to Han Wen, and then exited the lobby with Cheng Dong. Unlike Cheng Dong who walked away, these two men bowed to Su Hao before leaving. He bowed his hands to show that he was not hostile. Su Hao naturally stood up and bowed his hands to them, and then watched them walk out of the lobby. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)