Liu An Hua Ming You Yi Village

Chapter 91

"Father! You're back!" Du Erlang's voice came in before he entered the door.

Hu laughed and scolded: "You monkey, you are not stable at all, did you see that your father is tired? Hurry up and boil water, let your father take a bath."

"Okay, Dad, just wait."

During this period of time, Du Youzhong has been going to banquets and drinking every day. These entertainments are indispensable, and he is very tiring, but he also knows that these are unavoidable.

Sure enough, Dean Chu and several senior and prestigious gentlemen in the academy also invited over there, and together with Du Youzhong, they went to have dinner with Dean Chu.

Hu also said: "I said we invite here, but it seems that there is no other way." Their place is small, so they can't invite.

However, Du Youzhong took Dalang and Erlang to book a banquet in a restaurant in the county seat, and invited everyone who was related to the academy.

Master Juren, needless to say this time, many people gave gifts. In the provincial capital, the magistrate not only invited them to dinner, but also sent 50 taels of silver to each candidate. The candidate is likely to be a future Jinshi. Jinshi is very likely to be a colleague in the future. Of course, the magistrate will not give up this opportunity to win over colleagues.

In addition, there are governors, general judges and other officials who have expressed their opinions.As the official government, the magistrate’s yamen also gave five taels of silver to each candidate. In short, if you win a candidate, you will enter the officialdom with one leg. Some people don’t want to continue the exam. You can become an official if you find connections. You have to get money to do it.

Moreover, you can't become a high-ranking official even if you raise someone to be an official, so many people will continue to pass the exam.

You still have to take the silver, otherwise you will offend others, so Du Youzhong has no less than 100 taels of silver on hand when he comes down from the provincial capital.

When we arrived at the county seat, the same phenomenon happened. The magistrate of the county conferred another 20 taels of silver to Du Youzhong. In the past few days in the academy, many people have come to send gifts and things, most of whom had no friendship at all before.

"Well, why is there a gift of the house here? It's too expensive, so we can't take it." Mrs. Hu was a little frightened. Someone really gave the house away, and it was from the county.

This can't be worth hundreds of taels of silver, Du Youzhong nodded, and said: "After the congratulatory gift is accepted, this house will be returned." You can't be too greedy, even though you know that the other party doesn't care about such things at all.

It's not that they bribe. After all, he's just a recruiter, he can't be considered an official at all, and if he really has the ability to become an official in the future, he won't be in his place of origin. This is a rule, but it's just a preliminary plan of these people Well, Du Youzhong is a candidate, and after he has won the Jinshi and becomes an official, then he will be able to have someone in the officialdom.

It is the same reason as Zhongxiucai and big households in the town gave money at that time, just to connect the relationship.

Du Youzhong took the title deed of that house to find Dean Chu, and Dean Chu knew more about this than he did.

Dean Chu heard what Du Youzhong said, and said: "Since the name on the land deed has been changed to yours, you can accept it. It's just a trivial matter. I don't want anything from you." The rich family There will be comparisons in the things you give, or you can say that you are rich and powerful.A house is nothing in their eyes.

"In the future, you will encounter more and more things like this. Sending you something is good for your future. The so-called water is clear and there will be no fish. If you have a good sense of proportion, there will be no major problems. When you are capable , or if you want to repay this favor, how many houses will you not be able to repay?" Dean Chu said.

This title deed is nothing more than a courtyard house. To the gift giver, it is nothing at all. In the future, it is possible to give away fields, people, and gold. Anything more valuable than this may be given, so there is no fuss.

"Thank you for your guidance, sir. What you said made Du suddenly realize." Du Youzhong said gratefully.

"You are a Juren from the Old Man's Academy, so it's polite to say this. What are your plans for the future? Will the Spring Festival continue next year?" Dean Chu asked.

Du Youzhong hurriedly said: "The students feel that it is still insufficient, so they won't go to the capital for now, and wait until the next subject."

Du Youzhong has always been on a steady course. He feels that he is not sure about taking the exam next year. It is better to spend three years thinking about it than going to Beijing rashly. Moreover, going to Beijing also needs money. After three years , richer on hand.

Although he is not short of money now, it does not mean that he will be hotheaded.

"Then what are your plans for these three years? Do you want to come to the academy and continue to help me?" Dean Chu asked.

"Can we wait for the students to think about it?" Du Youzhong said.

"Then I will wait for you to think about it. However, it is good if you can find a clerical position in the county government. If you really want to go to the officialdom, start from a young age, and you will get started quickly. Or the old man also I can recommend you to go to the capital and serve as a guest house for the rich and powerful family, with this relationship, you will not be alone in the officialdom."

It means looking for a backer. Dean Chu has done his best. In fact, it doesn't matter whether the masters of his academy want to be recruited. The interpersonal relationship in the academy is still too simple. If Du Youzhong really wants to go to the officialdom, he must be If you want to see the real officialdom, you must have connections, otherwise you will only be bloody.

Du Youzhong really didn't think too much about it. According to his original idea, if he was admitted to Juren, he would be fine for the rest of his life. That was his idea in Yangliu Village, but after teaching in the academy for more than two years, his horizons broadened again. , the idea is naturally different.

People can go one step further, who wants to stay where they are?So Du Youzhong should give himself a few years to calm down, don't get hotheaded, and it will be too late to regret it.

But for Mr. Chu's suggestion, he is very grateful.

Dean Chu smiled and said: "You don't have to thank me, old man. The more promising you are in the future, the more famous my academy will be. If one day, you become the prime minister, I can proudly tell my students, A high-ranking official came out of my academy, and there will be more people who come to hold the academy to study, and the more famous my academy is, in fact, this old man is planning for himself."

"Even so, Mr. has shown me the kindness of knowing you, I will never forget it!"

"Okay, let's not talk about this, you are ready, go home quickly, your parents must be waiting impatiently." Back then, when he won the Juren, the excitement of the family, and the Jinshi When, all kinds of scenery.

But in the end, he didn't want to leave the officialdom, so he came back and took over the academy, and he can still be famous all over the world.

After asking for leave for Dalang and Erlang, Du Youzhong took them back together. Du Youxian stopped in the front and had already gone back to join his family. When Du Youzhong and the others arrived in the town, they were met by a group of people in the town , Du Youzhong clasped his fists and asked everyone to go to Yangliu Village for a seat and a glass of wine. He will go back to see his parents first.

Bai Shan filial piety is the first, and they are going to see their parents, and the distance is not far away, so they are all allowed.

Du Youzhong and the others rushed back. Unexpectedly, at the entrance of Yangliu Village, Qin Decai brought a group of respected people from the village to pick him up.

"Youzhong, you are back!" Qin Decai said with a smile: "Everyone is waiting for you."

"Youzhong, congratulations, you have won honor for the people of Yangliu Village!"

"That's right, we've brought honor to the Du family!" The person who spoke was also surnamed Du.

This group of people followed Du Youzhong to the courtyard of Du's house. When they saw people coming, the sound of firecrackers went off, "Father, mother, I'm back!" When Du Youzhong saw Mr. Du and Mrs. Qi waiting for him at the door, Just kneel down.

Mrs. Qi hurriedly stopped her and said, "You are such an old man, don't kneel down, mother and your father know that you are filial. Come into the house, I haven't seen you for a few months, you have lost weight!"

Mr. Du just laughed, but he couldn't say anything, maybe laughing can express his mood.

It was lively and lively, Qin Decai and the others were invited to have a meal, during which many people came to see Du Youzhong, Du Youzhong was never idle.Even after dinner at night, people came over one after another.

It wasn't until late at night that everyone was quiet, and the Qi family didn't want to continue asking questions. Seeing that Du Youzhong and the others were tired, they asked them to wash and go to sleep.

Du Yu didn't even talk to his father alone. It seems that this situation will last for several days.

People came to their house every day today, it was because father, the rightful lord, hadn't appeared yet, but now that he appeared, those big families in the town would definitely come to visit.

Sure enough, the next day, not to mention Chen Du's son came over in person, even Qin Yuanwai's son also came, and Du Youzhong entertained them one by one. are here.

It seems that juren is just like juren, which is much more useful than scholarly talent. Back then when father was selected as scholarly talent, he only sent someone to come over to give gifts. Now that he is selected as juren, he either came by himself or sent his son. After all, it was the master, right?
But I'm really tired, even Du Yu accompanied the guests to meet several times, some of them brought their female relatives, and there was a little girl among them, so Du Yu, as Du Juren's daughter, had to be in charge of entertaining. they are not?

I have heard a lot of good things, and Du Yu is basically immune.

Some families Du Youzhong would go to visit in person, like Qin Yuan's family, and personally posted a post asking them to come over for a banquet.There are several such families. Sometimes Du Youzhong takes Dalang with him, sometimes Erlang with him, and sometimes his whole family goes there.

But the whole family didn't go to many places, mainly relatives' homes, like Du Yu's uncle's.There are also two aunts' families, and her mother has no sisters, so there are no such things as aunts.

Uncle Hu patted Du Youzhong on the shoulder, laughed loudly and said, "I really have you, brother-in-law! It's getting better and better! You don't know, I'm a brother-in-law who's got a lot of credit from you, and now I'm here In the village, no one would say that I have a good brother-in-law. It seems that my vision is really not good.

wrong. "It's about marrying my sister to Du Youzhong back then.

(End of this chapter)