Yuzhu invited Qin Benchu into the inner study room with great respect and arranged him to sit at the top of the table.
After the girl served tea, Qin Benchu saw Yuzhu standing aside, and he couldn't help but secretly sighed. A treacherous person looks like a loyal person, a clever person seems like a clumsy person. I'm afraid the Yuzhu people have taken over all of them!
After all, how could Qin Benchu not be moved when Yuzhu straightened up his posture and knelt down to greet each other with a great ceremony?
After all, Yuzhu was not an ordinary official student, but one of the few at the top of the entire Qing Dynasty.
Although Qin Benchu was not an official, he was born in Tanhua, so he was qualified to read the imperial newspaper.
Today, even though Song Zhu is the nominal chief scholar of Manchuria, the actual power he holds is much smaller than that of Yuzhu.
"Qing Qing, why bother acting? We haven't seen each other for many years, so let's sit down and talk." Qin Benchu had a headache and was helpless.
The lower the jade pillar's posture and the more respectful the ceremony, the harder it would be for Qin Benchu to fall out.
Seeing that Qin Benchu's arrogance had subsided, Yuzhu felt relieved, bowed his hands and sat on the side.
"My mentor, I traveled thousands of miles to come to Beijing. There must be a reason. However, before my mentor asks questions, can you please listen to the student?" Yuzhu stood up and bowed to the ground.
"Hey, tell me." Qin Benchu had no idea and could only nod in agreement.
Yuzhu said loudly: "To tell you the truth, my teacher, how many people are envious of a student who stands proudly in the court in his 30s? How many people are jealous? How many people want to drag the student to hell? Jiangnan Shilin is indeed tortured a lot.
It's light, but most people just lost some money. Only a handful of people helped make the students famous."
"Today, palaces are being built in Guangdong, and there is a lot of construction work. There is an urgent need for troops in the northwest, and money is needed everywhere. Students read the books of sages in vain, but they also know that when a country rises and falls, the people suffer." Yuzhu paused deliberately and asked Qin Benchu.
Have time to digest his perspective.
Seeing Qin Benchu nodded slightly, Yuzhu went on to say: "Nearly a thousand gentry families in the Jiangnan Scholars only gave out a little bit of their property, and they made a huge fuss. Excuse me, the billions of people in the world can barely make ends meet even in good years.
, what should we do? Thousands of families suffer, and tens of thousands of families suffer, which one is more serious?"
Facing the question about Yuzhu's soul, Qin Benchu was speechless.
Confucianism, at its core, is a hypocritical trick that teaches everyone to say one thing and do another, and to act accordingly!
"Having said that, you still went too far. Is there any reason to rob the eunuch's wife by force?" Qin Benchu deliberately avoided the original sin of the squires and stared at Yuzhu's scandal.
Yuzhu smiled slightly, cupped his hands, and explained: "To be honest with you, Master Qin, the girls that the students robbed were all because of their husbands' evil deeds, their habit of bullying men and dominating women, and unscrupulously annexing fertile farmland in the countryside..." Listed in detail
A lot of crimes have been committed, all of which are well documented.
Qin Benchu looked ugly after being retorted. Although he knew about the evil deeds of some squires, he never dreamed that there were levels of evil. There was no worst, only worse.
If Yuzhu dares to tell the story, he is not afraid of Qin Benchu going back to investigate.
In fact, even without seeing it in person, Qin Benchu already believed 90% of it.
Because, with the power of Yuzhu, there was no need to deceive Qin Benchu.
"Master Qin, the students deliberately robbed their women for their own good. Force them to be more careful in their words and deeds, so that the family's fortune will last." As soon as Yuzhu said these words, Qin Benchu immediately made Qin Benchu laugh.
"It's so shameless to do it for their own good!" Qin Benchu laughed angrily.
The Qin family was also a family of big landowners. Qin Benchu knew that Yuzhu's words were rough, but his reasoning was not rough.
In the last years of the dynasties, the rulers at the top were comatose, the officials at the middle were corrupt, and the officials at the bottom were evil. In addition, the greed of the gentry was unchecked, forcing the common people to lose their way of survival and had no choice but to rise up.
What Yuzhu did was, at first glance, extremely smelly.
However, as far as the actual effect is concerned, it has obviously suppressed the bottomless evil behavior of most Jiangnan scholar-officials.
There is a fundamental difference between doing evil unscrupulously and being able to do so with impunity, and doing evil with a bottom line.
Originally, Qin Benchu came to raise an army to investigate the crime.
Unexpectedly, after the master and apprentice talked for more than an hour, Qin Benchu's firm stance clearly softened.
Before dinner, Yuzhu called all his sons over and ordered them to bow to their master in public.
That's all. During dinner, Yuzhu ordered the screen to be removed, and Xiuyun personally held the pot and poured wine for Qin Benchu.
After receiving the full set of courtesy and face, even if you refine the steel, it will melt.
Qin Benchu was completely softened and murmured: "I am not suitable for being an official at all."
Yuzhu heard Qin Benchu's intention to return and quickly advised him: "My mentor, there is no need to be an official. There is a lot to be done as a scholar."
With Yuzhu's favor and status in the temple, it was easy to recommend Qin Benchu to become an academic official in the Hanlin Academy.
Qin Benchu had every reason to believe that Yuzhu was not lying.
It's just that the famous imperial weapon needs time to operate after all. You can't just finish talking today and take office tomorrow, right?
Qin Benchu only planned to stay in the capital for a few days before returning to the south of the Yangtze River. There was no need to say it explicitly at this time, lest it ruin the harmonious atmosphere of master and apprentice's reunion after a long separation.
However, to Qin Benchu's surprise, the next day, as soon as he had finished his breakfast, Zhang Hongxu came with a decree.
"It is passed down from the mouth of Lord Long Live that in the 30th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, Qin Benchu came in third place in Xinwei's palace examination. Please come to Changchun Garden to see him. I express my admiration for you."
Good guy, is this too awesome?
Qin Benchu was so shocked by Yuzhu's overwhelming favor that seven souls left his body and six souls left his body.
When Qin Benchu met, Yuzhu was standing beside the old emperor.
After the old emperor questioned Qin Benchu's knowledge, he turned to look at Yuzhu and said with a smile: "Your master is a true Confucian!"
Yuzhu lowered his head and said with a smile on his face: "Huihan Ama, my teacher is rigorous in his studies..." and listed a lot of Qin Benchu's strengths.
The old emperor glared at Yuzhu angrily, pondered for a moment, and then made up his mind and said: "There happens to be a vacancy in Shujishi Academy. Your teacher is a talented person and can be a lecturer."
According to the official system of the Qing Dynasty, the Hanlin Academy's bachelor's degree was from the fourth rank.
Qin Benchu, who can be said to have reached the sky in one step, can't help but have mixed feelings.
Although he had already expected Yuzhu's great favor, he still missed it. He never expected that Yuzhu would be such an earth-shattering favor!
"Your Majesty, my master is old and can't stand the bumpy ride of a two-carriage sedan..." Yuzhu shamelessly told a lot of hardships, clearly asking for reward from the old emperor.
"Huh, it makes no sense to indulge in evil animals!" The old emperor suddenly turned his face and slammed the table.
Qin Benchu hurriedly knelt on the ground, not daring to raise his head again, but secretly complaining in his heart, too much is not enough!
"Khan Ama, if it weren't for the secret book taught by my master, it would be difficult for me to even win the election." Yuzhu stretched out his hand and tugged on the old emperor's dragon robe, looking at the old emperor eagerly.
At this moment, Qin Benchu was like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, and his days were like years.
He didn't know how long he had been suffering, but Qin Benchu suddenly heard the old emperor's voice, "I will be rewarded with the title of third-rank minister. Hum, no more messing around, do you understand?"
"My son, I would like to thank Khan Ama for his kindness..." Yuzhu thanked him with great joy.
This situation made Qin Benchu, who was originally frustrated and waiting to lose his head, completely stupid!
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