Chapter 68 Minglun Hall
After a few people left, Li Tiedan looked at Cheng Dianshi and continued the topic just now as if nothing had happened, "Cheng Dianshi, what are you going to get them up early just now?"
Cheng Dianshi's slightly sunken eyes glared, emitted a silver light, and moved his fingers, "Sir, money! If you are willing to pay one or two taels of wages per person, I promise that these twenty or so people will touch here until dawn tomorrow."
"I'm afraid that these twenty taels of silver will be in your pocket for ten taels." Li Tiedan muttered in her heart, but said, "Then tell them that as long as you can repair these four arrow towers within seven days, I will not only give them one tael of silver, but also give them a merit."
When Cheng Dianshi heard this, his face became gloomy. After saying this, he could not take away any of his oil and water. He whispered for a while and said: "Sir, I'm afraid that as soon as you said this, their speed was fast, and the quality was not bad."
Li Tiedan knew that Cheng Dianshi was trying to make money by turning around, but he asked with a smile: "Isn't there any Lord Cheng, are you watching?"
Cheng Gui wiped the sweat from his head, "Sir, look at it in such a hot day, my subordinates are like pickled cucumbers, and they don't drink a sip of tea. His eyes can't even see the city gate clearly. Why do you still watch them work?"
Li Tiedan smiled and said, "The county will give you two taels of silver to buy tea, but if there is a problem with the arrow tower when the bandits attack, you can stand in front and block the arrows for the Zaoli."
Although the money is much less, it is easy to make money. Cheng Gui didn't think about the dark money that lost his head and said hurriedly: "Sir, with your words, I promise to repair this arrow tower."
After saying that, he went to pronounce the order happily.
Li Tiedan took Du Chuan and walked north along the South Street, turned right to the East Street, and headed straight to Minglun Hall. This Minglun Hall was built in the seventh year of Chenghua and was the first two large buildings in the county with the county government.
Because there are no valuable treasures except books. The bandits and bandits have never visited here, so they still maintain their original appearance today.
As soon as I entered the yard, I saw a stone wall that was scattered alone in the middle of the yard, saying "Learn to understand the truth, ask to stop the confusion." Eight great cursive scripts, and the lower part were also the poems that encouraged learning written by Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty, Zhao Heng, all of which were carved in small fly heads. The saying is:
Rich families don’t have to buy good land, but there are thousands of bells of millet in the book.
There is no need to build a high hall to live in peace, and there is a golden house in the book.
Don’t regret that no one follows you when you go out, there are so many cars and horses in the books.
Don’t hate the lack of a good matchmaker when marrying a wife, and there is a beauty in the book.
If a man fulfills his life's ambition, he will read the Five Classics frequently to the window.
In addition to this screen wall, there is also a well in the courtyard. At this time, an old man was standing next to the well. He was about sixty years old, with a thin hand, wearing a gray slurry gauze gown, and had several patches, and a pair of straw sandals, one had no ears and the other had only ears.
If Li Tiedan hadn't seen this person last time, from this outfit, he wouldn't have believed that the person in front of him was the teacher of Beiliu County, who was in charge of the education of students in a county and the sacrifice of the Confucian Temple.
He was also shocked when he saw Li Tiedan coming in. He loosened the bucket in his hand and fell into the well, splashing a splash of water, wetting the gray long gown on his body.
"The teacher of the Beiliu County is Wang Caimei, and I will pay my respects to the magistrate."
Although Wang Caimei is from Ding'an, Guangdong, but the official statement is very fluent, and this worship is even more moderate, neither humble nor arrogant, and immediately won the favor of Li Tiedan.
He hurriedly walked over, gently held the trembling arms and said, "Mr. Wang, don't be too polite."
Wang Caimei raised her head, and a dark and puzzled light emitted from her dim eyes, "I didn't expect that in such a hot day, the adults would come to visit me, this sinner."
Li Tiedan looked at Wang Caimei's sad eyes and couldn't help but feel ache in her heart. She felt something was stabbed in her heart, remembering the resume she had read yesterday.
Wang Caimei was originally a sixth-rank minister in the court. She only wrote a letter to impeach Yan Song's adopted son Zhao Wenhua to report military affairs and was very happy to be successful. In the 29th year of Jiajing, he was demoted to the eighth-rank teacher and came to Beiliu County, a place where birds do not shit.
Unexpectedly, three months after taking office, the spring examination was approaching, and he was implicated for no reason because of the intention of bribery by Mo Shaoshi. Although the magistrate Wu Mingyi at that time did not blame him because he was unaware of it, after Mo Shaoshi came out, he insisted that he had received the hint from Wang Caimei, and that he would take risks.
Therefore, the scholars of Beiliu County privately said that he was a hypocrite with different opinions, and even the reason for his exile became a malicious attack on the court officials, and his reputation in the county was extremely bad.
In addition, in the past two years, Beiliu County has become a homeless land, and the people have suffered from war and have no intention of learning. Therefore, his teaching is now just a commander, and there is no student in the entire Minglun Hall except him and the Ming Dynasty.
It was precisely because of his experience that Li Tiedan chose to come to him at this time, trying to get a thorough understanding of Mr. Mo from his mouth, so he said.
"Mr. Wang, whether a crime is not a matter of whether a crime is final, it is a matter of God, and it is a matter of the heart. Today, Japanese prefectures are coming to investigate the false guilt, but want to inquire about someone."
When Wang Caimei heard this, her eyes became friendly, "Sir, please tell me."
"Sir Mo."
"Sir Mo? Master, do you want to inquire about him?"
"right."
"Sir, would you like to listen to the officials?"
"willing."
In the past two years, Wang Caimei has tried to explain this to his superior Zhang County Magistrate, but Zhang County Magistrate had never heard him say anything. He always thought that this unjust song would be like the big hat Yan Song put on him, and it would become the biggest shame in his life, but he never thought that Li Tiedan would take the initiative to inquire.
His face, which was so thin that his cheekbones were prominent, suddenly filled with boiling blood, and it turned red. "Sir, other people, don't dare to say that they know much about it, but I know this Mr. Mo very well."
"On the surface, he was just a private school teacher and a big landlord, but in Beiliu County, he could be said to be invincible. Even the death of his former magistrate Wu County was suspected to be related to him."
"What?"
Although Li Tiedan had already thought of Mr. Mo very well, he did not expect that he was already so powerful that even the dignified county magistrate dared to harm him.
"Sir, why don't you believe it?" Wang Caimei trembled with excitement, pulled Li Tiedan and walked in. After passing the second door, she saw the intrigue Zheng Academy coming towards her.
Although the large plaque with green and gold characters hanging on the door has been a few years old, it has been spotlessly wiped. Let me write a couplet on it:
The left-handed couplet is: Heaven rewards hard work, and spirituality should not be given to the fallen red dew;
The right couplet is: career is more important than expertise, and a strong will is the sword.
On the right side of this Zheng Academy is the five-column sub-school with low eaves and large pillars. There are also two pairs of couplets on the two stone pillars in the middle.
The left couplet says: Tolerate anxiousness and anger, and anger should help Yunfan.
The right couplet is: Avoid desire and sexual desire, and greed can also help the vast ocean.
Over the past few days, Li Tiedan has always forgotten to learn the word "two" and finally understood some ancient Chinese. Seeing that these two couplets contain precepts, tolerance, spirit, nature, will, greed, anger, and anger, and diligent in Taoism.
Chapter completed!