Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 82

After leaving Sun Chengen's home, Wang Daoqiu went to the home of deputy examiner Li Mo.

Li Mo was also a famous official in the history of the Ming Dynasty. According to Ming history records, Li Mo, courtesy name Shiyan, was born in Ouning County, Jianning Prefecture, Fujian Province. He was a Jinshi in the 16th year of Zhengde. He served successively as editor of the Hanlin Academy, director of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and director of the Ministry of War. Yuanwailang, doctor in the Ministry of Personnel, Tongzhi of Ningguo Mansion, prosecutor under the Department of Envoys of Guangdong, Deputy Envoy of Tixue in Yunnan, Chief Secretary of Zuobu in Zhejiang, Minister of Rites, Minister of Personnel, all the way to Minister of Personnel.He was the leader of Ming Qingliu before Xu Jie.

The Ming Dynasty's evaluation of Li Mo was: He was a man of liberal arts and talent, proud of his spirit, and not attached to the powerful.However, his nature is shallow, and he returns with kindness and power.

The Ming Dynasty's evaluation of this person is to put it bluntly: This person has good personal conduct, but he is very picky, likes to put on airs, cannot unite comrades, cannot tolerate other people's different opinions, and is very self-righteous.

In later generations, people like this, who think they are great and look down on others, are all over the streets.As a diaosi from the bottom of society, Wang Daoqiu was often bullied by those gangsters, and he hated such people deeply.Regardless of whether his character is good or not, Wang Daoqiu is annoyed by people who look like they are holding their mouths in their mouths all the time.

Because of his annoyance, Wang Daoqiu naturally had no idea of ​​becoming his teacher.Mudd, once the identity of teacher and student is determined, this kind of bird will rely on his status as your teacher and preach in front of you from time to time. If you say you have to hold back and not beat him, then you have to How hard it is to endure!
Therefore, it is impossible to have someone like Li Mo as a teacher. It is impossible to have Li Mo as a teacher for the rest of your life.However, according to the current rules of the Ming Dynasty, it is the deputy chief examiner who has tested you, so you are his disciple, and you must hand over the disciple's spear when you go to thank your teacher.Once someone breaks the rules and becomes a standout, I'm afraid he will immediately become the target of the entire officialdom.

I don’t want to be a disciple of someone like Li Mo, but I have to give him my discipleship. What should I do?

On the way to Li Mo's house in a carriage, Wang Daoqiu was thinking about the solution to this problem.After much deliberation, Li Mo could only give up on his own.Isn't Li Mo a liar?Anyone who is very self-reliant and thinks they are great has a very strong self-esteem. To put it bluntly, they have a glass heart.So as long as you promote Master Sun in front of Li Mo, you will be thrown away when you compare goods, and you will die when you compare people with others.Give him a hard blow to his self-esteem, implying that Li Mo is far inferior to Sun Chengen, so...

Wang Daoqiu's idea was right. When Wang Daoqiu arrived at Li Mo's house and handed Li Mo his disciple's wife, he kept praising Sun Cheng'en for his integrity and being a role model for all generations, without even mentioning him as Queen Li Mo.

Li Mo's glass heart was immediately broken. He felt that Wang Daoqiu was criticizing Sang and Huai, praising Sun Chengen, and insinuating that Li Mo was not as good as Sun Chengen.

So in the end, Li Mo, whose self-esteem couldn't bear the blow, used the excuse that he was busy with official duties and really didn't have time to teach his disciples, so he returned the student's stabbing to Wang Daoqiu.

Li Mo took the bait, and Wang Daoqiu pretended to hand the disciple over to stab him, but was pushed away by Li Mo again and again.In the end, Wang Daoqiu had a look of regret on his face, but in fact he was smiling in his heart, and left Li Mo Mansion in the role of a successful little fox.

What Wang Daoqiu didn't know was that Li Mo suppressed the anger in his heart and waited until Wang Daoqiu left the house.He began to throw the teapots and cups on the table one by one, smashing them to pieces, and yelled at the door of his house: "Little thief, you wait for me. I can't kill you, I will be raised by you." .”

Not long after, Li Mo was transferred from the Minister of Rites to the Minister of Officials. He really planned to take advantage of his power to appoint, remove and transfer personnel to clean up Wang Daoqiu.An official document called Wang Daoqiu to go to the Loess High Slope to help the poor. By the way, I deeply felt the traditional friendship between my great Han and Mongolian compatriots.

Li Mo's idea was good, but Wang Daoqiu was in charge of Xiyuan as a Hanlin at that time.The nature of the job is that of Emperor Jiajing's secretary, the emperor's secretary. If you dare to transfer him without the emperor's consent, is there something wrong with your mind?
Therefore, Li Mo's behavior not only failed to transfer Wang Daoqiu to the Loess Plateau for poverty alleviation.Instead, he himself was reprimanded, and even his office in Xiyuan, the official residence, was canceled.Emperor Jiajing's motto was that I would arrange the work of those around me, and that I would not have to worry about it. Li Shilang, you should go back to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and do what you should do!
In this way, Li Mo later took revenge on Wang Daoqiu. He failed to suppress the bandits but was suppressed by the bandits. He was driven out of Xiyuan, the center of power. He returned to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to sit in the hall and deal with the daily chores of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He was far away from the emperor, as well as those great scholars and ministers. Adults.

Of course, these are all things for later. After Wang Daoqiu worshiped the last Bodhisattva Li Mo and went through the process of thanking his teacher, he went home happily.

As soon as they got home, Yin Zhengmao, Gao Yi, Zhang Juzheng, Yuan Hongyu, and Fatty all sat in the lobby of the main house, chatting and waiting for Wang Daoqiu.

As soon as Wang Daoqiu opened the door and entered the courtyard, the fat man shouted: "Liangzhen, don't come in, don't come in, let's go out to eat tonight."

The fat man ran towards Wang Daoqiu while he was talking, while Gao Yi and Yin Zhengmao didn't run away because of their image, but walked here quickly.

As soon as he ran in front of Wang Daoqiu, the fat man muttered: "Liangzhen, you have all passed the Jinshi examination, but you are still a Huiyuan, and I'm the only one who pity you. So the brothers have said, how many of you will be at the celebration banquet tonight?" Tan, especially you, a Huiyuan, can get the big head."

"What, I'm the big head? Fatty, I think you should be the big head this time."

"What, Liangzhen? Among the people in this courtyard, I am the only one who failed. You still let me take the lead in the celebration party. Are you still not a human being?"

"It's very true, Brother Liangzhen's actions are like those of an animal, hahahahaha!"

"It's really a declining world, and people's hearts are not old! How can you be so inhumane in a dignified society? Hey, God! Why are you so kind to such a villainous villain? God, are you unfair?" "Hey , Dear brother Liangzhen, why should I speak to you if I want to be my brother? Do you still have the conscience of heaven and earth for doing this? Hi!"

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As soon as Wang Daoqiu said that he had failed the rankings, and the celebration banquet was a big deal, the fat man quit immediately, with his neck stuck, his fat face pretending to be angry, and he directly angered Wang Daoqiu.

And just when the fat man finished speaking, Yin Zhengmao and the others, who had walked up to Wang Daoqiu and the fat man, listened to the conversation between Wang Daoqiu and the fat man.They immediately helped the fat man and began to denounce Wang Daoqiu.

It’s true that people are afraid of being famous and fat!This is all the envy and jealousy caused by Zhong Huiyuan!Being considerate of all the brothers, Wang Daoqiu did not dare to say the fallacies that Wang Daoqiu had just planned to use to trick the fat man into paying in the current environment.

He lowered his head with an expression of "I was wrong" and asked for forgiveness, and said sadly: "Brothers, I was wrong. I accept my punishment. I will bear all the responsibility for tonight's celebration banquet, so I won't bother you anymore." .”

"Hey, dear brother Liangzhen, is this the right thing for you!"

"Extremely, dear brother Liangzhen, the brilliance of humanity has finally returned to you."

"Let's go, let's go, let's just order the expensive ones today. I have to ask Brother Liangzhen to help us borrow the money."

"Someone seconded it, someone seconded it."

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In order to please the brothers, Wang Daoqiu was forced to start pretending to be a grandson, which naturally led to Yin Zhengmao and others' enthusiasm for teasing Wang Daoqiu.Just like this, each of them joked and walked toward the restaurant with Wang Daoqiu surrounded.

Tonight, the restaurant business in the capital was extremely booming. Nearly [-] candidates and the [-] successful candidates held a celebration banquet to entertain their friends from the same hometown.The losers gathered together for a break-up meal, and three years later, Lao Zhi was still a good man in the capital.

Business was so booming that Wang Daoqiu and the others found several restaurants, but there were no empty seats.Moreover, the store owner also made it clear to them that for the reason of eating today, if they don’t eat until the night ban, it is impossible for the people to disperse. If they want to wait for the table, there is no way.

After looking for several restaurants in a row, everyone hit a wall. Everyone couldn't help but start to complain about Wang Daoqiu, blaming him for choosing this day to thank his teacher, and ended up staying so late that there was no place to eat.

Friends complained that Wang Daoqiu had nothing to do. He couldn't say that Emperor Jiajing had given him instructions, so he could only go to thank his teacher today and return to the Nanjian River construction site tomorrow, right?
Unable to explain his own difficulties, Wang Daoqiu spread his hands and said to the brothers: "In today's market, it is probably impossible to find a restaurant to have a table. So brothers, now, We only have two choices. If you want to eat good and high-end food, you can only go to Goulan brothel to set up a table. If you want to worry about reputation, then you can only deal with street stalls and just take a bite."

"You're talking nonsense, Brother Liangzhen. You and I are both newly promoted scholars who have read books about saints and sages. How can we go to a place like Goulan Prostitute?"

"Yes, yes, dear brother Liangzhen, you are so ridiculous. How can you seduce me to go to a prostitute? Forget it, brothers, I think I will give Wang Liangzhen an advantage today. Let's deal with him at a street stall. Take a bite!”

"Someone seconded it, someone seconded it."

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Wang Daoqiu's suggestion of setting up a table on the railing was immediately rejected by his brothers, and then they went to find a stall on the street. Everyone had enough wontons and steamed buns.

(End of this chapter)