Lord Yuan

Chapter 65 Meeting the Tutor
"The name of Li Shaofu is unknown to everyone in the country. Although he suffered all kinds of hardships, he is unswervingly determined, loyal to the emperor and patriotic. There is no doubt that he ranks first among the eight heroes."

Liu Changshi's face was rosy, and he wished he could join in it when he talked about it.

"And if you are able to become a student of Li Shaofu, you must be a talented person. Otherwise, Li Shaofu, who is such a clean and honest person, will definitely not spend all his time talking about your kindness for a student in front of the Taifu."

In his opinion, Li Ying, who had re-entered the Luoyang court, must cherish this hard-won opportunity and be cautious in his duties, not daring to make any mistakes.

And now.

It had only been ten days since he entered Luoyang, but Li Shaofu still chose to put aside the reputation he relied on for survival and came to the Taifu's Mansion alone to seek an audience.

When he was still a lieutenant, he happened to meet Li Ying, who had been the school captain of Sili.

That's how high-spirited he was, and he was responsible for supervising the officials around Kyoto.

They also forced those powerful eunuchs to choose to avoid the Sili Mansion, lest they be caught by Li Ying's ruthless scrutiny.

He was young at that time.

All his passion was ignited by Li Ying's tough attitude towards eunuchs, so much so that when he became a civil servant of the rank of Chang Shi, he actually felt a little disgusted deep down in his heart.

What can civil servants do?
It's nothing more than writing materials, filling in the gaps for the superiors, or reviewing a bunch of materials and submitting them to the superiors.

What else could there be?

If the person who promoted him was not the Taifu Chen Fan, who had not yet achieved the position of three ministers, he felt that he might have chosen to resign and go home.

But now, I saw with my own eyes that Li Ying, who had always adhered to his true intentions, the leader among the scholars and one of the eight heroes, was trying his best to lower his posture.

What he wanted was to find an official position for a student.

When Liu Changshi was present and heard these words.

The first feeling it brought to him.

Could this Li Ying be fake?

Where has the bravery and indomitable momentum that he displayed when he served as the captain of the Sili School gone?
Could it be that the long period of idleness in his hometown has smoothed his edges and corners.

Liu Changshi didn't know why, and he couldn't get a word in.

After all, he has long lost his original character.

Now, when he saw Yuan Shao, a highly regarded student of Li Shaofu, appearing in front of him, he immediately showed great interest.

Yuan Shao didn't understand how many fans his teacher had gained.

Anyway, it seems that the chief historian in front of him, who is affiliated with the Taifu Mansion, treats me quite favorably, and he asked for help from time to time along the way.

"Chang Shi is so complimentary. Teacher Shaonai is just an ordinary student. There are still dozens of teachers like me. How can Shao afford such praise from Chang Shi?"

Yuan Shao waved his hands repeatedly, and he always selectively listened to Chang Shi's praises in one ear and out the other.

"Wherever, if I ask to see Mr. Li, I may still need to be introduced by Ben Chu. I have admired Mr. Li for a long time."

The two complimented each other along the way.

This seems to be a necessary skill among officials, and Yuan Shao learned it very quickly. In just a few words, Liu Changshi beamed with joy.

Until the core area of ​​Taifu's Mansion, in front of the gate where Taifu always handles government affairs.

Only then did Liu Changshi put away his smile and put on a refined and gentle expression.

Yuan Shao looked at him whose expression changed for a second, knowing that he must have arrived at the Taifu's door.

So he also put away his smile in a decent manner and quietly waited for the call from his wife inside.

"Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu ​​have been brought here, Grand Tutor." Liu Changshi stepped forward slowly and said softly and respectfully. "Come in quickly."

A voice that was obviously much older came from inside.

Hearing this, Liu Changshi's face lit up with joy, and he hurriedly led Yuan Shao to open the door and entered with a slightly hunched body.

Enter the house.

A piece of writing paper that looked much larger than an ordinary table came into view.

An old man with white temples, but his mental state is full of vigor.

At this time, he was sitting in front of the desk attentively, and his hands, which had been tempered by vicissitudes of life, took out a memorial from time to time.

Looking in front of him, the memorials had been piled up to the height of a person. Even in this situation, the old man was still reading alone, taking out his pen to mark them from time to time.

When he heard Yuan Shao and the others coming in, the old man stopped what he was doing, raised his head slightly slowly, and looked at Yuan Shao back and forth with a pair of eyes full of scrutiny.

"Liu Changshi, please read through the files, I want to use them." Chen Fan's voice was slightly hoarse, but full of energy, and his tone was unexpectedly calm.

"No." After Liu Changshi received the order, he immediately turned sideways and searched through more files piled up in the back room.

From time to time there was the sound of letters colliding with each other.

"In the area of ​​Yanzhou East County." Chen Fan promptly reminded.

"Oh? No." Liu Changshi was flattered. This was originally his job. Normally, Taifu liked to do everything by himself, so that his work as a long history seemed dispensable, so that he still needed to search for files. Taifu reminded.

Thinking of this, Liu Changshi couldn't help but feel extremely guilty.

I have made up my mind that after today, I will definitely take care of these things myself, and I will never let the already elderly Tutor lose his status in this dispensable job for him.

After looking around, I finally found the dossier records about Yuan Shao in Yanzhou East County.

Liu Changshi got it and was suddenly stunned.

Looking at the slip in his hand that represented an overview of the official's tenure, he quietly turned to look at Yuan Shao, who had a calm face.

It turns out that Yuan Shao has already become an official.

If not, Yuan Shao's name would never appear in this file.

And only officials in a county can receive such treatment. The files of officials below the county level are piled up in each county.

"Found it." Liu Changshi held the letter and sent it to Grand Tutor Chen Fan.

"Sit down." Chen Fan waved his hand.

Under such circumstances, how could Yuan Shao continue with peace of mind? Seeing that Yuan Shao had not sat down, Liu Changshi could only stand stupidly.

After a while, Chen Fan, who raised his head from the slips, saw the two of them still standing stupidly in front of him, and scolded: "Don't you think this old man should raise his head to look at you? Sit down quickly."

Yuan Shao and Yuan Shao dared to sit down only after receiving a positive answer.

"Where are the remarks of Li Shaofu that Liu Changshi recorded earlier?" Chen Fan stroked his white beard, leaned on the chair, and closed his eyes to cultivate himself.

He had been reviewing memorials non-stop throughout the day. As a result, he, who was already lacking in energy and energy, could not help but feel anxious. He put his hands on the corners of the chair.

Liu Changshi remembered this very clearly. After a while, he brought a scroll of letters from next door.

"Give it to him, let him see what Mr. Li and I talked about that day, and what insights do you have by the way?"

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