Jiang Pengji had always treated the civil and military officials under her as little dukes, but how could they not treat their lord as a daughter and accommodate her?
Xu Ke was so angry that her menopause was acting up prematurely. The vile person in her heart had already turned into a shrew. She wanted nothing more than to roll up her sleeves and kill those people.
If he didn't give them a few slaps, he wouldn't know why the flowers were so red!
Did they really think that Wanzhou was a charity?
Did he really think that they were the stupidest idiots in the world?
Did he really think that he could borrow, copy, and read the rich books of the Golden Scale Pavilion without any scruples?
Motherf * cker, eat their food, use their food, live in their house, read their books, and in the end put down her bowl and chopsticks and scold them?
Which emperor gave him the right to do so?
Seeing that the black aura surrounding Xu Ke was getting thicker and thicker, as if he had hit a bottleneck, Wanzhou's Chief Steward Xu Ke finally flipped out.
"Gong Liao, come in!"
When Cheng Yuan, who happened to pass by, heard this, his scalp went numb. He had an ominous premonition.
Even though Xu Ke had been in charge of internal affairs all these years and was practically rooted in Xiangyang District, rarely going out for official business, Cheng Yuan did not dare to look down on him.
"Official Registrar Xu, what can I do for you?"
Xu Ke said with a gloomy face, "There's something I want you to do. Ruining his mistress's reputation in Wanzhou was no longer just taking advantage of her! If this matter reaches the ears of the Lord, she will definitely reprimand us for not governing properly. It was fine if she was reprimanded, but she was afraid that the world would misunderstand that the lord was not strict in her governance, that she was timid, and that anyone could humiliate her. Gong Liao, do you understand? "
Cheng Yuan said, "I understand."
In layman's terms, anyone who bullied their lord would be crushed to death!
Xu Ke's expression softened a little as he said to Cheng Yuan, "Gong Liao, come closer and talk."
Cheng Yuan obediently stepped forward and sat down beside Xu Ke's desk.
The two of them whispered to each other. When Cheng Yuan heard this, his expression changed from solemnity to surprise, and finally to pity.
Originally, he was filled with righteous indignation at those people who had failed in the conquest, but now, he felt some sympathy for them.
Of all the people he could have offended, why did he have to offend these unreasonable people from Wanzhou?
His father was right. Wanzhou was a place with crouching tigers and hidden dragons.
Xu Ke was indeed of humble birth, but when it came to managing internal affairs, he ranked in the top three in the entire Wanzhou Group. In the whole of Dongqing, he was probably in the top five. Not only was this person in charge of internal affairs, but he was also deeply trusted by the lord. There was almost no mess that he could not solve.
Once Xu Ke made up his mind to punish someone, he could really do it.
Cheng Yuan had a mild temperament. His greatest strength was that he was obedient and filial. Cheng Cheng asked him to restrain his edge and learn humbly. He would never stand out.
He followed Cheng Cheng's instructions and assisted Xu Ke and the others. While he was busy, he learned how to manage the overall situation and accumulate experience for the future.
My lord is ambitious, and her vision will definitely not be limited to one state or one county.
When the shop was completely opened in the future, she would definitely send her trusted aides to various places. That would be a good opportunity for Cheng Yuan to display his talents.
In the end, Cheng Yuan said worriedly, "Registrar Xu, if we do this … I'm afraid the outside world will say something bad about the Lord …"
For example — as the lord of a province, he didn't have the magnanimity to tolerate, and insisted on competing with a few scholars who said the wrong things. How shameful was that?
Xu Ke sneered and said, "Do you think the common people have more mouths, or those pedantic scholars have more mouths?"
This time, Cheng Yuan did not speak.
Xu Ke said, "I remember that Zixiao had a very good saying."
Cheng Yuan asked curiously, "What did Master Zixiao say?"
"Offend anyone, but not a writer!"
At that time, Cheng Yuan did not understand what it meant, but after a few days, he understood.
The scholars who failed in the conquests spouted nonsense and slandered Jiang Pengji everywhere. For several days in a row, there was no reaction from Wanzhou.
The six of them were even more rampant, jumping up and down incessantly. The other two still wanted to save face, wishing that their presence could be reduced to zero.
Brothers, what does this mean?
It means that the magistrate of Wanzhou also knows that gossip is a fearful thing and has admitted defeat!
"Those people in Wanzhou are just actors from a grassroots troupe, inferior people who don't know Confucius and Mencius. I'm ashamed to be associated with them. A man is indomitable. Not to mention establishing a career, but he can't be subservient to a woman. If anyone were to accept the conquests, wouldn't they be admitting that they were inferior to an ignorant woman? It's really shameful and ridiculous for a man to lose all his courage. I'm afraid that even in the underworld, he'll still be slapped by his ancestors. "
They refused the conquests not to raise their value and reputation, but because they completely disdained it, understand?
They disdained to work for a woman!
The more they danced, the more cowardly Wanzhou appeared. Their uncharacteristic silence made many people laugh at them.
However, they were soon unable to laugh.
If Xu Ke did not show his power, did they really think he was a housekeeper?
"The questions for this round are out."
"They're out? Let's go take a look. "
A test every seven days had now become a routine, and it had faintly become one of the ways to select talents in Wanzhou.
This way did not require family background, appearance, or virtue, only ability and talent.
If they met the standards, even if they came from a humble background, they could still enter the eyes of the forces in Wanzhou.
For many poor children who sought refuge with no families, this was a golden opportunity to leap over the dragon's gate.
Every time the results were released, it would always attract a large number of scholars to come and watch.
A group of people gathered in front of the notice board. Except for a few simple-minded people, the others saw the questions clearly and felt a chill in their hearts.
Unlike the ten questions announced in the past, there was only one question this time.
[Repaying enmity with kindness? How do you repay kindness?]
"What kind of question is this? The Saint has already given the answer, so of course it's repaying enmity with kindness."
No one knew which simple-minded person spoke up, but everyone's expressions did not look too good.
This answer had been stamped by the Saint, so of course they knew, but when they thought about recent events, they felt that things were not looking good.
"How is this a test? It's clearly a declaration of war," someone couldn't help but mutter.
"What declaration of war?"
There were quite a lot of simple-minded people. They only cared about being top students and didn't hear the gossip of the outside world.
"Sigh … Wanzhou is clearly telling others that they want to repay enmity with kindness."
Not to mention anything else, at least Wanzhou had built the Golden Scale Pavilion and provided tens of thousands of books for them to read for free. Was this not "kindness"?
Many people received kindness but did not know how to be grateful and shamelessly made a false accusation. Was this not "resentment"?
Therefore, Wanzhou could not be blamed for choosing to "repay enmity directly" to get back at them. They could only blame the ungrateful ingrates for being too arrogant!
Naturally, the six people had also seen the contents of the notice. Except for the three scholars from poor families who were anxious, the other three did not take it to heart.
If Wanzhou really had the ability, they could have just sent people to arrest them. Why did they have to take such a roundabout route?
Unfortunately, these people did not know that in another plane far away, there was an honest and upright official named Chen Shimei.
Otherwise, they would not have such a stupid idea.
Chen Shimei was a good and honest official. Because he had offended a screenwriter, he had become a peerless scumbag whose name would be passed down through the ages.
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