Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 528 Practical talents in the cabinet

"Morning Shoufu! The students have not heard of the Shoufu's arrival just now, and I am rude to look at Shoufu Haihan!

With Lao Shoufu's concern, thanks to the great kindness of Shoufu, he invited Dr. Liu Yu to come to his home for diagnosis and treatment. My father's health has improved a lot!Doctor Liu left a prescription and told him that as long as you take the medicine according to the prescription, in a month or so, my father will be back to normal!
The first assistant is generous, and the students have nothing to repay!After I am on duty today, I will come to the door to thank you in person! "

Hearing Wen Tiren's voice, Li Huanxiu hastily put down the rag in his hand, and bowed to the ground with gratitude on his face.

"Hehe, it's just a few trivial things, you don't need to visit the door, you just need to be willing. The threshold of the old man's house is very high. In the past few years, few officials and scribes have stepped in! Hehehe!"

After chattering all morning, Lao Wen was in a pretty good mood, and he was close to Li Huanxiu, so he made a rare joke in his words.

"Shoufu's kindness to students can never be repaid by students, but Shoufu has something to do, and students are willing to be smashed to pieces!"

Hearing what Wen Tiren said, Li Huanxiu didn't insist on it anymore, but bowed to the ground again to express his thanks.

This kind of gratitude is not only for the consultation at home, but also for Wen Tiren's daily care of him.

"There is no need to be courteous to use diligently, regardless of the friendship between you and me as colleagues, as an elder, this old man should also take care of young talents of your generation.

What's more, your daily actions, whether public or private, are quite desirable. Buddhism talks about cause and effect. The so-called cause is an individual's usual actions. If you stick to what you do during the day, you will live up to my expectations! "

While talking, Wen Tiren sat down after the big case, took a sip of fragrant tea, Li Huanxiu turned to face Wen Tiren, bowed slightly, and waited for Wen Tiren's next instruction.

Wen Tiren has long heard that Li Huanxiu, who is over [-] years old, is a native of the capital. His ancestors also had several mid-level officials. The family has a lot of wealth and contacts, but later the family's Chinese style is not prosperous, and there has been no one for decades. In the pilot test, in Li Huanxiu's generation, it was even reduced to a field where even a person's fame could not be mixed.

After repeated failures, Li Huanxiu gave up his career completely. Last year, he paid someone to join the cabinet and became a secretary. It was also to make it sound better, but he didn't care about a little salary.

And what Li Huanxiu can make Wen Tiren admire is not only his usual diligence and winking, but his pragmatic and steady work style and attitude, which is very similar to his second son Wen Kan. The sour smell of a literati, this trait is exactly what the emperor likes.

It's a pity that neither of them has high academic qualifications, especially Li Huanxiu, who can't even be a master. If not, they can be cultivated with heart.

Wen Tiren thought so in his heart, and his words inevitably revealed the meaning of this aspect: "What ambition do you have for being diligent? We are people who read the books of sages and sages, so we should take it as our duty to obtain fame and serve the king; It's just around the corner, why doesn't the old man see you studying hard every day? If you have the ambition to improve, the old man can allow you to go home and study hard, and you will consider it according to the actual situation after Qiu Wei."

In Wen Tiren's words, it is very obvious that he wants to promote Li Huanxiu. In fact, his purpose of doing so is also for future planning.

Although the second son Wen Kan has achieved certain achievements and his name has been recorded by the emperor, he is still looking after him in the court. If he makes some achievements in a few years, he will be able to use his power to promote and reuse him .

But Wen Tiren knew in his heart that because he had no allies in the court, after a few years of serving as an official, Wen Kan would appear to be alone in the court, and his future future would be difficult to predict.

But if he was asked to put aside his first assistant's face and self-esteem to curry favor with the courtiers, so as to leave some connections for his son in his official career, Lao Wen felt that he would not lose face.

And because of his bad reputation among scholars, those who won the exam were unwilling to have too much interaction with him, and those people would not help Wen Kan if they had a future in the future.As the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible for me to put down my dignity to curry favor with these official youths, let alone advertise that I want to recruit students widely, so these two things are basically blocked.

Now he can only settle for the next best thing, find a few reliable and capable assistants for his son, who can help his son achieve some outstanding political achievements, so that before he becomes an official in the future, he can raise Wen Kan's grade a few more times. It can be regarded as fulfilling the responsibility and obligation of being a father.

No matter in terms of character or ability, Li Huanxiu is a useful person. If he can achieve something in his studies, he can get him into the Sinong Temple as his son's subordinate, and he can help his son with ideas and run errands. Work, so that the son can be less busy, but the credit will not be less.

"Student, thank you for your advice, but it's just..."

Li Huanxiu smiled wryly and continued: "The student has studied hard for more than ten years, and after repeated failures, he has become disheartened about his career. I am really ashamed of the high expectations that the chief assistant has for the students. Thinking about it carefully, the students are really shameless." Face the chief minister every day!"

Li Huanxiu bowed again with a shy face and replied.

Of course he could hear the meaning of Wen Tiren's words, but years of practice proved that he did lack a bit of talent in studies, and it would be a waste of time and money to continue studying.

"Well, since that's the case, that's all."

After Wen Tiren finished speaking, he sighed secretly, feeling a little disappointed in his heart.

"The old man only feels that he is diligent in his daily duties, and there are no mistakes or omissions in the tasks assigned by the cabinet ministers. It shows that he still has some ability. It's just that although the way to become an official is much wider now, fame is still the most important way.

The old man really intends to promote you, but the student's reputation is indeed not good enough. If he is forced to promote you, he may lose the reputation of being lucky, and the old man can only do nothing! "

Li Huanxiu could feel Wen Tiren's disappointment, and while feeling ashamed, he mustered up the courage to salute, "I'd like to report to the chief minister, the students really lack interest in the profound meaning of the scriptures, and the students read mainly miscellaneous books during the day, and they are interested in studying things." Zhizhi is quite attentive on these trails, and makes some gadgets by himself at home on weekdays to entertain the children at home.

Having said that, the student has a heartless request. If the chief assistant is willing to help, the student will be very grateful! "

"Oh? I never thought that Qinyong would have such a hobby, haha! If you have any requests, please let me know!"

When Wen Tiren heard this, he immediately became interested.

He knew that Zhu Youjian didn't like those officials who were obsessed with studying the scriptures. He usually expressed a strong interest in practical talents, whether in the court or in private, and tried every means to promote them in various ways, overt or covert. Talent plays an important role.

That Jiangxi Song Heizi is a typical example.

Before the courtiers knew it, the emperor had promoted Song Yingxing to a high position from the fourth rank. Wen Tiren heard faintly that the next step the emperor planned to let Song Yingxing take the post of Minister of the Ministry of Industry as a general, which was the high position of the third rank. It is a height that many Jinshi can't reach in a lifetime.

The emperor's move was actually echoing Wen Tiren's wishes.His own son is also from Juren, with Song Yingxing as a precedent, as long as Wen Kan works hard, he may not be able to reach this position in the future.

"Students have heard for a long time that Song Shaoqing and Gewu of Sinong Temple are very accomplished. Could you please ask the old master to introduce them to the students? Students have some things to ask Song Shaoqing face to face!"

(End of this chapter)