Ji Han Liu Zhang

Chapter 84 Arrogant Peng Yi

The prefect's mansion of Shu County.

"Yongnian, you are late again today." As the assistant, Li Ming looked at the belated figure at the door and said casually.

"Now that Mr. Chen (Shi) has taken office, the Prefecture has a backbone, and Mr. Chen is a diligent person. If you continue to be late every day like in the past, I am afraid that Mr. Chen will punish you."

"If anything, I'll shave off your hair and beard and make you a slave."

Li Ming's words seemed to be planning for Yongnian who was late, but his words were somewhat unkind. He had always been uncomfortable with Yongnian, who was also a scholar.

For example, other secretaries of the prefecture, even if they are not diligent in their work, they are not like Peng Ji and Peng Yongnian in front of them. They arrive late and leave early every day, and they do not take them seriously.

Peng Yi, who was about eight feet tall and had a very burly face, rolled his eyes upward when he heard this, and exposed the whites of his eyes to face his colleague Li Ming. His mouth was closed, with no intention of opening his mouth to speak. He seemed to have no interest in paying attention to Li Ming.

With his hands behind his back, he walked to his desk, sat down peacefully, and began to work on his own desk.

Peng Yi's disdainful look towards Li Ming made Li Ming, who was already thorny in his heart, frown and his face became gloomy, like the gloomy and accumulated black clouds before a thunderstorm, and a storm was about to blow the next moment. look like.

At this time, an older scholar next to him noticed the tense atmosphere. He wanted to relax the atmosphere, so he coughed and spoke.

"Speaking of the fact that Lord Liu, who is now in office, is friendly and friendly to us Shu people, just like in the past, famous people in the state like Chen Fujun, although they have great talents, are not allowed to display their talents in the position of governor."

"It's much better now. Lord Liu promoted and accepted Shu scholars like me, such as Huang Zhubo, Zhang Gongcao, etc., and even appointed Chen Fujun to serve as the prefect of Shu County and other important positions."

Having said this, he looked at Li Ming and used words to flatter him to calm down the anger in Li Ming's heart: "For someone as talented as Li Jun, there is no limit to what he can do in the future."

"It's probably easy to get the position of Prime Minister of a county."

Then he looked at Peng Yi. As an old scholar, he ate more salt than rice. He knew Peng Yi well. Although Peng Yi had a bad temper, he ignored most ordinary people. Ignore.

But Peng Yi's talents are truly limitless in the future, no better than Li Ming, whom he deliberately flattered in order to settle disputes.

It's just that Peng Yi has few opportunities to show off his talents, and no one is willing to praise his thousand-mile horse, but naturally he can't say this. He comes forward mainly for the sake of harmony among his colleagues.

Hearing the words of the old secretary, Li Ming couldn't help but feel a little carried away. What the old secretary said touched his heart, but in public, he couldn't trust him to take over, otherwise he would be looked down upon.

He raised his hands and declined to the old secretary: "Mr. Zhang is too praised. I know my abilities well. The position of secretary is difficult, how dare I hope to be the county magistrate."

Although he said this, Li Ming's face was filled with uncontrollable joy.

Before the old secretary, known as Mr. Zhang, could reply, Peng Yi, who was standing aside, interjected at this moment, his words were plain but extremely hurtful.

"I didn't expect Li Jun to be self-aware and not shamelessly flattered by Mr. Zhang. He also knew that he was a humble person."

"The position of a county magistrate, assisting the prefect, costs six hundred stones, a bronze seal and a black ribbon. If you look at it with a frame, Li Jun cannot afford it."

As soon as Peng Yi said these words, many of the clerks present looked sideways, and some of them who were close to each other whispered to each other, commenting on Peng Yi's words.Mr. Zhang, who came out to calm the dispute, had a bitter look on his face. He couldn't help but sigh and shook his head. Peng Yi's temper was so bad that he was like a stone in a pit.

In his opinion, Peng Yi's talent can certainly make him stand out, but if Peng Yi still maintains such a character in the future, he may not be able to end well.

"Peng Yongnian, I am not qualified to be the county magistrate, but do you think you can be?" Li Ming did not refute Peng Yi's words. He called Peng Yongnian by his last name and said sarcastically to Peng Yi.

"In my opinion, for a lazy person like you, let alone the position of county magistrate, you are not qualified to be the current secretary."

"Why don't you look at the weather? It's almost noon before you rush to the house. If everyone behaves like you do, I'm afraid Shu County will be in chaos in a few days."

"Hmph." Peng Yi breathed out from his nose, his face became more and more disdainful, and he replied back to Li Ming with his nostrils turned upward.

"The position of secretary is nothing important. It's just trivial matters. After ten days of writing, I can finish it in half a day."

"So what can I do later? Only people like Li Jun need to be more diligent every day, otherwise they will only make big mistakes."

After Peng Yi said these words, he couldn't help but feel something in his heart. He believed that he was talented and talented, but he could only be a lowly official, a clerk, leaning over the papers, and staying with the mediocre people in front of him. .

In this current situation, it is better to be like his friend Qin Mi and Qin Zhi from the same hometown, living in the countryside, reading every day, occasionally traveling far and wide, and being carefree.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional, and declared to everyone present: "A person like me, among the ordinary people like you, is like a crane among a group of chickens."

After saying some emotional words, his eyes glanced at the new Shu Zuo.

After Dong Fu took up the post of ruler, he often selected talents from Shu scholars and appointed them to counties.

He did have some approval for this new scholar. He pointed at the new scholar and added.

"Zhang Jun is quite talented. He is quick and good at managing dramas."

"It's just that Zhang Jun is like a gourd pot. It looks very bright on the outside, but it's actually a little rough on the inside, but it's still pretty good."

Zhang Jun, who was immersed in the papers and ignored the argument between Peng Yi and Li Ming, raised his head with a helpless smile on his face. He did not expect that Peng Yi's words would involve him.

Regarding Peng Yi's evaluation of him, he was noncommittal. After giving Peng Yi a slight gesture, he continued to immerse himself in the documents. He had no interest in participating in such boring disputes.

"Ha." Li Ming was already irritated by Peng Yi's words, but in public, he still maintained the upbringing that a Confucian scholar should have, and did not get angry or do anything disgraceful.

He sarcastically said to Peng Yi: "Since Peng Jun is so talented and compares himself to a crane, why doesn't he fly to the sky and be level with the clouds, instead of being with us chickens rolling in the dirt?"

"Now Liu Shijun is recruiting talents. With such a good opportunity, Peng Jun should give it a try."

Regarding Li Ming's words, Peng Yi did not make any fierce response, but sighed: "I only regret that Liu Shijun did not recognize me, so the pearls and jade fell into the mud and did not show their brilliance."

(End of this chapter)