Today is the day when the newly promoted Jinshi scholars join the Hanlin Academy. Li Mo, the Minister of Personnel and the Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, came to the Hanlin Academy early, waiting for the newly promoted Hanlin scholars to join.
In fact, Li Mo rarely came to the Hanlin Academy. After all, as the Minister of Personnel, he was busier in the Ministry of Personnel. In Li Mo's mind, the Ministry of Personnel was more important, and it was also his first line of defense against Yan Song's followers. Yan Song presided over the cabinet, Yan Shifan controlled the Ministry of Works, and had many followers such as Zhao Wenhua and Yan Maoqing. The Yan Party almost covered the sky with one hand, sold official positions and accepted bribes, manipulated state affairs, and multiplied its followers, making the court a mess. Li Mo hated this, but fortunately, as the Minister of Personnel, he strictly controlled the power of the Ministry of Personnel, so that Yan Song and his gang could not arbitrarily insert their followers.
What Li Mo hated the most was that the Yan Party had planted its own cronies! It had turned a good court into a mess!
When Li Mo saw Zhu Ping'an, the scene of Yan Song and Zhu Ping'an chatting and laughing happily in the Golden Palace came to his mind.
The claws of the Yan Party have even reached the Hanlin Academy! This is intolerable!
Although the number one scholar's assignment to the Hanlin Academy had nothing to do with Yan Song, Li Mo had every reason to suspect that Zhu Ping'an's number one scholarship was the result of Yan Song's operation! At the beginning, he had been on guard against Ouyang Zishi, but unexpectedly, Zhu Ping'an popped up again! Repairing the plank road in the open, but secretly crossing Chencang, this old thief Yan Song is really shrewd!
However, as long as I, Li Mo, am still here, don't be too proud!
Li Mo was in a state of turmoil, so he naturally had no good face for Zhu Pingan, but Zhang Siwei was spared, so Li Mo would not kill him with one blow. In Li Mo's mind, Zhu Pingan was a member of the Yan Party, but Zhang Siwei was not. Zhang Siwei's uncle Wang Chonggu once wrote him a letter, asking him to take care of Zhang Siwei. Li Mo still admired Wang Chonggu, the current governor of Henan Province.
Zihou, please take care of yourself.
Zhang Siwei had no choice but to give Zhu Ping'an a helpless look and told him to take care of himself, then he was led to familiarize himself with the office.
"Student Zhu Ping'an greets His Excellency, the Bachelor." Zhu Ping'an bowed according to all etiquette and greeted Li Mo.
"But do you think you are great just because you got the top score?" Li Mo frowned and looked at Zhu Ping'an with dignity, "Do you think you are a potential prime minister just because you entered the Hanlin Academy?"
“The students have not.”
Zhu Ping'an shook his head, feeling speechless. In fact, Li Mo was one of the Ming Dynasty ministers whom he admired most in history.
However, as soon as he entered the door, he was scolded by Li Mo. It would be a lie to say that he was not depressed.
"Never?" Li Mo sneered with a straight face, then put on the airs of a leader and said, "Do you know that among the new Hanlin scholars today, you are the last one to come? Young people have achieved some results. You get carried away! Don't you know that learning is like sailing against the current, if you don't move forward, you will fall behind; the mind is like a horse on a plain, it is easy to let go but hard to take back?"
"Or are you relying on your cleverness to take a shortcut?" As he spoke, Li Mo had a mocking look on his face, implying that Zhu Ping'an was not enterprising and wanted to cling to Yan Song's thigh and rely on connections to get promoted.
"I haven't." Zhu Ping'an stood up straight and replied calmly.
"Never?" Li Mo's face almost turned green, thinking that Zhu Ping'an was stubborn and refused to admit it. "Young man, don't dream of shortcuts, don't think of being clever, you should know that it is better to rely on yourself than on others. Men are born between heaven and earth, and they want to be towering trees, not vines that climb trees! Otherwise, no matter how high you climb, you will not be able to stand up straight in the end!"
Well, what you said makes sense, but I really didn't take any shortcuts. Zhu Pingan was really speechless.
"Thank you for your teachings, Master. I will definitely keep them in mind." Zhu Ping'an bowed.
Li Mo stared at Zhu Ping'an with his eyes fixed on him. The more respectful and polite Zhu Ping'an was, the angrier he became. This little Yan party member is really patient. Just like Yan Song when Xia Yan was in power! This kind of person is the most dangerous and the most annoying!
"There are still many things you need to remember!" Li Mo snorted coldly, and then began to preach sternly, "I see that you have won the first place in the imperial examination at such a young age, and I know that you are also a smart person. But sometimes being too smart can lead to mistakes, and there is no shortage of smart people in history. Is Zhao Gao smart? Is Liang Ji smart? Is Li Linfu smart? Is Qin Hui smart?"
Well
Zhao Gao, Liang Ji, Li Linfu, Qin Hui, these are all famous treacherous ministers in history! They are comparing me with them. How can I be a treacherous minister? Zhu Pingan was speechless. He never expected that Li Mo would think so highly of him.
"Zhao Gao called a deer a horse and became prime minister, Liang Ji tyrannized the government for 20 years, Li Linfu was prime minister for 19 years and the chaos led to the An-Shi Rebellion, and Qin Hui brought disaster to the country and the people. I don't need to say much about this. It can be seen that there is no shortage of smart people in history, but sometimes the smarter the person, the more he will bring disaster to the country and the people."
When talking about bringing disaster to the country and the people, Li Mo's spit sprayed on Zhu Ping'an's face.
Although Li Mo did not name him, Zhu Pingan knew clearly that Li Mo was scolding him. He never expected that Li Mo, who was quite famous in history, would have such a serious grudge against him just based on a conversation between Yan Song and him in the Jinluan Palace.
It's a misunderstanding, so just clear it up. It's not good to be misunderstood by your direct superior. Zhu Ping'an wiped the saliva off his face and began to explain.
"Mr. Scholar, actually, Mr. Yan and I..." Zhu Ping'an was interrupted just as he opened his mouth.
Lord Yan
You little bastard, you are using Yan Song to pressure me! I am not afraid of Yan Song!
"That's enough! I don't care who you are, how smart you are, or who's behind you. Once you enter the Imperial Academy, you must first learn how to be a good person! The smarter you are, the more capable you are. If you don't know how to be a good person, you will only bring disaster to the country and the people! Only when you know how to be a good person can you become an official. You must keep in mind how to be a good person and think about serving the country and the people. Don't do those despicable things, don't have any crooked ideas, don't think about forming a clique for personal gain, and don't do bad things against your conscience!"
It would have been better if Zhu Ping'an didn't explain. After he explained, the three words "Lord Yan" were caught by Li Mo's keen hearing. He then mistakenly thought that Zhu Ping'an wanted to use Yan Song to pressure him, so Li Mo became even angrier. The veins on his forehead were exposed, and he almost pointed at Zhu Ping'an's nose and yelled.
"If you are an official in my Hanlin Academy, remember my words in your heart: be a good person first, then be an official! Otherwise, no matter who is behind you, I will never let you off easily! Okay, go now."
After Li Mo vented his anger, he waved his hand and sent Zhu Pingan away early, so as to avoid seeing him and polluting his eyes. (To be continued.)