Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 511 Lin Chong's Method of Raising Hope

"This is the sub-record of the current detention case file in Kaifeng Mansion, please trouble Mr. Lin."

"Don't bother, just move into the study."

Lin Yuanjing watched from a distance as Qiu Yuzuo carried the stacks of files into the study with the fast-track archers, and couldn't help but be amazed.

When he retracted his head and came to Mrs. Li's side, he changed into the calmness of the head of the family: "The government of Kaifeng really has vision, and the eyes recognize talents!"

Mrs. Li laughed at the side: "The officials are happy, just laugh out loud, why hold it back like this?"

Lin Yuanjing coughed twice, trying to hold back, but couldn't hold back, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Erlang is promising, so I don't worry, haha!"

Mrs. Li knew that Lin Yuanjing had been depressed since he received the letter from Songyang Academy, and when he saw him happy, he also smiled.

But after thinking about it, she felt a little regretful: "I heard from Lin San that Judge Gongsun of the Kaifeng government office wanted to invite Erlang to take up the post. It is a great opportunity to find a job in the Kaifeng government office. Why did he refuse?"

Lin Yuanjing said: "This refusal is not unreasonable. Recently, the Empress Dowager is about to clean up the new party. The situation in the court is unstable, so it's better to support her."

Mrs. Li snorted, not only because Fu Lang actually cared about the situation in the court, but also felt that the word Yangwang didn't match his style of painting: "Isn't Erlang a warrior? Warriors can also look after him?"

Lin Yuanjing smiled and said: "Fame is what is raised, what has it to do with civil and military? As long as a talented person refuses the imperial court's invitation for legitimate reasons, his reputation can be improved, but in the end he still has to be recognized by the name of Confucianism... If Erlang can pass the imperial examination and rank , the future is great!"

Li's heart was greatly moved: "Then you and Erlang talk about it, you will be admitted to Jinshi, and you will honor your ancestors!"

Lin Yuanjing thought for a while, then nodded and said: "I really want to talk to him about the future development, don't get lost in short-term vanity."

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"Father, I'll go practice guns in Haishi."

Seeing Lin Yuanjing appearing at the door of the study, Li Yan got up and saluted, and after sitting back, he read with relish the files of the prison files of Kaifeng Mansion for these years.

Lin Yuanjing came over and sat down opposite, posing for a long conversation: "Erlang, I'm not here to urge you to practice martial arts, but to have a chat with you."

Li Yan was surprised, and put the case file aside: "Father, please tell me."

Lin Yuanjing said: "Recently, I have been in the Imperial Army training in the Beijing camp, and I have heard people mentioning you many times. You already have a good reputation in Beijing."

Li Yandao: "That's because the forbidden army spread the word quickly. In fact, my reputation in Bianjing is only spread on a small scale."

Lin Yuanjing said: "Erlang is humble. My father was originally a mediocre person in the Forbidden Army. When others mentioned me, I was just a teacher who taught guns and sticks. Now I have a little more respect. It's all because of you. !"

Li Yan said with a smile: "Since that's the case, father can gather some self-motivated forbidden soldiers to teach them martial arts and train them."

Lin Yuanjing didn't understand the deep meaning of letting him buy people's hearts, and sighed: "I have always devoted myself to teaching guns and sticks, but the promotion of warriors is often not based on the strength of martial arts, life and death, and it is not as good as literati's admission to the imperial examination..."

Li Yan understood as soon as he heard it. It turned out that he came to make career plans for himself. After all, this world is no different from the Tang Dynasty. When Tang Dynasty entered Chang'an, he was already an internal guard Wude, and he was promoted step by step. Li Dejian was worried at first. Wei's danger, and later he was worried that his power would expand too much and he would not end well. Worrying and worrying, he soared gracefully.

But now Lin Yuanjing wanted Lin Chong to get a ninth-rank official position first, and then slowly work through his qualifications. Now he obviously has a new idea. Li Yan will not follow the path set by others, and he will not Rejecting this concern, he followed the conversation and asked, "What does father think?"

Lin Yuanjing cheered up: "Erlang didn't read classics and history books before, because he didn't have the thought. Now he can do everything, which shows that he is talented and intelligent. Why didn't he become an official and follow the right path of the imperial examination?"

Li Yan's tone was calm, neither happy nor angry: "In fact, when I saw the clothes of those scholars in the closet, I knew that my father hoped that I could pass the imperial examination. It's just that this is the right way, and it still needs to be discussed."

Lin Yuanjing frowned: "What do you say? Jinshi background has always been the basis for high officials and dignitaries in the future. For the sake of the family, those wealthy big families will try their best to find a Jinshi son-in-law to support their appearance!"

Li Yandao: "That's to bring the nephews of the Qi family, and the tax, labor and labor of the clan are all discounted. It's really a good benefit..."

"After all, for more than a hundred years, the top and bottom of the Song Dynasty have been promoting that 'everything is inferior, only reading is high'. Years of ideological indoctrination, the respect received by Jinshi has far exceeded their real ability."

"There is a golden house in the book, there is Yan Ruyu in the book, Emperor Zhenzong's own handwriting, it is not an exaggeration at all!"

Lin Yuanjing wondered: "Since you know this, why don't you want to use your intelligence and wisdom to study classics and history books?"

Li Yandao: "Because at this time and at that time, if the Zhenzong Dynasty is the Renzong Dynasty, Jinshi is indeed the only way to advance. If you want to do something, you really need this status. But now you are admitted as a Jinshi and become an official. The road to governance Which party should you attach to first, has father considered it?"

Lin Yuanjing was stunned.

Being able to pass the exam is a matter of smoking from the ancestral grave. You haven't read a book yet, and you are thinking about how to govern for an official after becoming a Jinshi?

However, seeing his son's calm and eloquent attitude, he opened his mouth and said in a low voice: "So you want to take care of him first, and wait and see the current situation?"

Li Yan was stunned: "Yang Wang?"

Lin Yuanjing said: "You are grateful to resign from the official position, but you are willing to do things and display your talents. This is the way for scholars to look after you!"

Li Yan suddenly realized that his own behavior would be viewed in this way in the hearts of people of this age?
He is willing to be a consultant of the Kaifeng government office. In fact, he is planning for a rainy day, and he will do things in the future.

Li Yan immediately said: "Father, please explain in detail."

Lin Yuanjing was moved by the need, and quickly analyzed: "Nowadays the old and new party struggles are fierce, and the government is unstable. You should have concerns, but you need to rely on the support of scholars, and you must read more Six Classics. Participate in Wenhui, if you can integrate into the scholar-bureaucrats, you will have a three-point reputation, and you will become a ten-point reputation!"

Li Yan laughed: "Father's words are true, but with the lessons learned from Wang Wengong, we should not put our hopes on Shilin."

Wang Wengong is Wang Anshi. It has not been fifteen years since his death. When Lin Yuanjing just entered the official position, he felt the fierce conflict between the old and the new parties. Why did listening to you become a bad example?"

Li Yandao: "Wang Wengong has been raised and looked after for [-] years, and he has repeatedly refused the promotion and appointment of the imperial court. He was an official, and he was unwilling to accept it, and when Wang Wengong went to his post, the officials in the imperial court regarded it as a grand event, and he was not happy, what was the result?"

Lin Yuanjing naturally knew the result, and vaguely understood: "What Erlang means is that Wang Wengong later went against the wishes of the scholar-bureaucrats, and his reputation suddenly plummeted?"

Li Yan nodded: "That's right, Wang Wengong's reputation came from the praise of the scholar-bureaucrats all the year round. When he started to implement the new law, his friends who had praised him all left him one by one. Following the usual practice, he appointed a young official who dared to fight hard, but he aroused more criticism, and his popularity among scholars collapsed in an instant."

"Wang Wengong's own ability and deeds are there. Why are there such ups and downs? It is precisely because the scholar-bureaucrats forcibly tied his reputation with his own admiration. When one day he no longer praised him and turned to slander, Wang Wengong His reputation also declined in an instant, and he even lost the share he should have."

"This is the same principle as water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it..."

Lin Yuanjing felt chills in his heart: "It's so scary, but if you don't follow the way of scholar-bureaucrats, what can you do?"

Li Yan thought for a while and said: "What my father said really reminded me that the scholar-bureaucrats hold the power of discourse in society, and I really have to be wary of reputation. When I really become famous, if I don't obey the scholar-bureaucrats, they will definitely stain my reputation Yes, after all, even Ouyang Wenzong ended up in an incestuous end, if I was born as a warrior, if I think I look like the great ancestor, how can I let it go?"

Lin Yuanjing originally came to persuade the imperial examination, and he was almost frightened by what he said to his son, and said in a low voice: "The struggle between the scholar-bureaucrats is indeed all-consuming, our Lin family should live in peace, don't cause trouble... ..."

Li Yan couldn't help laughing, he could only say that he was worthy of you, and in the end he took a step back.

When he mentioned the issue of reputation just now, he had already considered the solution. Seeing that Lin Yuanjing was fidgeting, he simply said, "Since father is here, please help me sort out the case file."

Lin Yuanjing was taken aback: "How are you going to tidy up?"

Li Yandao: "These are all detained in prison. I just browsed through more than a dozen copies and found that Judge Gongsun was there. Few of the cases did not find out the truth. Most of the unfinished cases were detained because the prisoners ran away. My father helped me find out these cases and organize them in chronological order."

Lin Yuan nodded: "Okay!"

The father and son together with Lin San and other servants sorted out the case files one by one, and put the last seventeen case records of the thieves who fled into Wuyou Cave in the past year before Li Yan.

He started to read and screened again, and unsurprisingly, he found that the relatives of the victims were basically civilians and warriors.

This is not to say that Wuyoudong is also afraid of the power of scholar-bureaucrats. Those desperadoes dare to kidnap even the princess, so what are the scholar-bureaucrats? It’s just that the case involving the scholar-bureaucrat’s family has a censor to fight for them. With the powerful Ministry of Punishment, those who stay in the Kaifeng government office are naturally vulnerable groups.

Li Yan thinks it's good. His personal energy is limited. Of course, he first cares about those warriors who are born and died for the country, and the common people who have grievances.

"Father, I'm going to practice, you guys should rest first!"

He sent away Lin Yuanjing, who had recovered his state of salted fish, and came to the martial arts training ground. After practicing with the gun for a while, he raised his head and looked at Xiao Hei who was walking gracefully from the wall.

One person and one cat looked at each other and smiled, Li Yan gently stroked the Han Ji gun:

"I'm in a good mood tonight, and I'll go to Wuyou Cave to practice...and take care of me!"

(End of this chapter)