Chapter 256: Eating Wei Yushi's Bad Melon

Zhang Zheng said with a stiff face: "Use your brain and think about it. We are officials of the current dynasty after all, so we must be of some use."

Li Qi: "..."

His official career suddenly encountered major challenges.

I was still scared by a few kids... No, I can't be so outrageous, otherwise I will be scolded to death by my own parents when I go back.

For their future promotion, the two began to rack their brains to think about how to supplement their summary.

And they are still working on adding:

"Article 10..."

"Article 11..."

Xu Wan saw the two specially invited guest professors, who went from being calm and composed to sweating profusely. She looked at Baili Xi, who was still smiling like an old man, and motioned for her to look again.

At the end, Zong Jincheng took the twelve summaries written down by the book boy and said with great satisfaction: "Mom, we have handed in the papers. What do you think of them?"

Xu Wan took the summary and first showed it to Baili Xi. Seeing that he had no objection, she then gave it to the two adults to see if they needed any advice.

Li Qi coughed and stuffed the test paper directly to Zhang Zheng, indicating that the people from the Ministry of Rites should go first, as this was what he was best at. Then he quickly put on a professional smile: "The young masters are so amazing, it really opened our eyes. When we go back and tell our master Wei about it, he will definitely be very pleased."

Zhang Zheng was sold out so unexpectedly. Shame on you, shame on you. The Censorate really doesn't do things according to common sense. No wonder officials in the court want to scold you when they see you.

But thinking about it, Zhang Zheng still smiled and said: "The young masters' ideas are very mature and comprehensive. It is rare for them to have such insights at this age. I can't say that I can give you any guidance, so I will help to improve a few points."

The five young boys quickly sat up and prepared to attend the class seriously.

Zhang Zheng was watching the scene and thought to himself that the people in the capital were really outrageous. They named these studious kids the Four Little Dandies, which was really going against the grain.

He moistened his throat and spoke, "Secondly, in addition to ability, the methods used in the case handling process also need to be observed. Some people are capable but selfish. Although they can complete the tasks assigned by their superiors, the methods they use in the process may leave hidden dangers for the department. For example, an official in our Ministry of Rites once seized and sabotaged the tasks of other officials in order to get promoted. Although he finally got the job done, he damaged the normal work progress of several people in the department and caused a very bad impact. In the end, the Shangshu not only did not promote him, but also demoted him."

"This is similar to the sixth point you summarized, but not exactly the same. This kind of person may not betray his superiors, but he will bully his peers and disrupt internal peace. And this kind of person is often the easiest to be ignored by his superiors, who only see that this person did a great job."

Xu Wan smiled and nodded, she understood.

Only those working at the grassroots level can empathize with the situation, while leaders are easily deceived because they have not been working on the front line for too long.

Indeed, it would be better to invite some current officials to provide guidance.

pragmatic.

Li Qi touched his nose, and seemed to understand the role of the two of them, so he added: "The seventh point: Cultivate the subordinates of subordinates. Although this idea is good, it is difficult to implement in practice. Teach them layer by layer. Although from your perspective, you can ensure that the direct descendants at each level are very clean. But after your subordinates know your intentions, they will study and use your psychology to breed crooked thoughts. For example: Our Lord Wei once taught a subordinate to recruit new direct descendants. As a result, after listening to this, this subordinate followed Lord Wei's way of selecting people and performed very well in front of the Lord. As a result, the people on the left discovered it and complained that the Lord taught his subordinates to flatter themselves, and then Lord Wei lost the election and became the Right Du Yushi, only the second in command of our Duchayuan."

Wei Xinglu: “…”

I didn't expect that I would get to eat my own dad's melon while attending a class, and it was a bad kind.

He touched his head and looked up at the sky awkwardly, pretending not to hear.

Zong Jincheng laughed out loud in an unkind manner: "Hahahaha, you teach your subordinates to flatter you, hahahaha, Wei Xinglu, hahahaha...your father is really a talented person, hahahaha."

Wei Xinglu, who had not been able to dodge it, said with a numb face: "It's slander, pure slander. My father died unjustly. He meant well. No wonder he was so angry when he became the Right Military Governor that he didn't eat for two days. It turns out there is such a thing..."

Others couldn't help laughing, and the scene became hilarious for a while.

Wei Xinglu gradually grew angry and asked, "Master Li, you are exposing my father's shortcomings in public like this, aren't you afraid that my father will be angry when he finds out?"

Li Qi coughed and said calmly, "Before I came here, my master told me that since it is the question set by the prince, I should teach you the questions truthfully and with confidence."

Zhang Zheng also nodded in agreement: "Yes, our Shangshu said the same thing."

That's why he dared to talk about those things about the officials of the Ministry of Rites. From the outside, this was considered a leak of internal secrets.

Wei Xinglu looked at the twelve items and quickly caught the culprit based on his memory: "He Zheng! You were the one who proposed the seventh item!!"

He Zheng was like a grasshopper. When he was called, he jumped up immediately, hid behind his eldest brother and shouted, "That was also decided by you. We all decided together!"

The little devil patted his brother on the shoulder and consoled him, "Why are you so scared? The fact that you think the same as Wei Yushi shows that you have the ability to catch up with Lord Wei. You have a promising future!"

He Zheng nodded heavily: "Brother is right! I am the pillar of the court in the future!"

Shen Yibai was right next to him: “Hahahaha…”

Wei Xinglu raised his fist.

I really want to have a good time with my brothers.

Seeing that they were about to fight again, Xu Wan quickly stepped out to smooth things over, saying, "Alright, alright, what Lord Li and Lord Zhang said is right, we should not be afraid to point out mistakes. Think about it, if he hadn't reminded you, wouldn't you have made the same mistake?"

The little devil was the first to agree: "Yes, we have to thank the two adults."

Zong Wenxiu also smiled and thanked them: "Thank you both adults for your guidance. We have benefited a lot from it."

Seeing this, the other three cubs quickly followed suit and thanked him.

Mr. Zhang and Mr. Li smiled and returned the greeting.

Zhang Zheng from the Ministry of Rites was the only one who could speak. He said with a smile, "In fact, with the knowledgeable and experienced Mr. Baili here, we two are really embarrassing ourselves."

Bailixi stroked his beard and smiled, "Master Zhang, you are too modest. I have retired from officialdom for many years, and my understanding of the current officialdom is far less than yours. Today, I would like to thank you two masters for taking time off from your day off to come all the way to the mansion to teach a few children."

"No, no, we both enjoy it."

Officials are all shrewd people. Zhang and Li know what's going on. Although coming to the Marquis's mansion to teach children is not official business, it is a manifestation of their master's trust in them. In addition, their performance today is acceptable, so their future official careers should be smooth.