Listening to everyone's praise, Lin Yanchao smiled slightly.

Is it too heavy for Peng Yuan to send Lin Yanchao two thousand taels?

Of course it's too heavy.

But for the Peng family, what is the significance of being a jinshi.

The Peng family is rich and rich, but it is not very popular among local scholars. In the Guide family, the Peng family is not as good as the Shen and Song families, and the reason is that there is no Jinshi in the family.

With a son from a Jinshi background, the Peng family can be called rich and courteous, worthy of the word Confucian businessman.

From the Hui merchants and Jin merchants, it can be seen how much money they spent on their children to get ahead in their studies. Cabinet University Scholar Zhang Siwei and Xu Guo are all sons of businessmen, and finally they are all officials to Zaifu.

Therefore, for Peng Yuanwai, there is a Jinshi, the family has been prosperous for 20 years, and he has taken out 2,000 taels. On the contrary, if you don't give heavy gifts, ask people to poke your backbone in the back, saying that the Peng family doesn't know how to repay the favor after it becomes famous.

However, as an official, Lin Yanchao couldn't accept the money, so he transferred the money to Fuxue, which not only gave the Peng family fame, but also became his own fame.

Therefore, Lin Yanchao gave the money to the school, and Lin Yanchao and the Peng family were both happy.

Before Peng Yuanwai said goodbye, he ordered someone to privately give a picture of the Dongting fishing hidden in Wu Town, one of the four Yuan families.

Back in the courtyard, Lin Yanchao took a look at the painting, this Dongting fishing hidden picture is painted with the beauty of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is said to be the joy of returning to the countryside. Wu Zhen painted a poem with his own title, 'The evening breeze is born on Dongting Lake, and the wind stirs the center of the lake. The orchid is stable, the grass is new, and only the sea bass is fished, not the stone. ’

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "Peng Yuanwai really has a heart. ”

Chen Xinggui on the side said with a smile: "The farmer's and merchants' money villages are all maintained by Sima, not to mention that Peng Yuanwai's son has just been admitted to the Jinshi, how can no one be an official in the court?" Therefore, in the name of teachers and students, the gift of paintings is to marry Sima, and as for the banquet to thank the teacher, it is to inform everyone that the new noble is Sima's protégé, so no one in the officialdom dares to bully him. ”

Zhang Haoyuan suddenly said: "There is really no reason for this to be targeted. ”

Chen Xinggui said: "We are businessmen, every penny has a penny to buy and sell, Peng Yuanwai can run such a big family business, of course he is one of the good hands." ”

Lin Yanchao said with a smile when he heard this: "Don't I know what Peng Yuanwai means, he borrows from my status today, and I don't borrow from the Peng family?" You don't have to worry about it. ”

Everyone nodded when they heard this.

Why do you value teachers and students in officialdom? The essence is the exchange of resources.

Even if he is a scholar of the first auxiliary university, when he is an elder of the court, there are many places to borrow from his disciples.

The next day, Lin Yanchao went to Peng's house for a banquet.

To say that Guide Mansion is really outstanding.

Gengchen Keshi Yang Hao, Yang Dongming and other four people are among the Jinshi, which is a very high proportion in the country for a government of 300,000 people.

This year, the Guiwei branch is also good, and there are three people, and Peng Jianwu is among them.

The Peng family also invited the prefect Fu Zhiyuan to the banquet.

But Fu Zhiyuan is an honest and cautious official, and he doesn't want to have anything to do with these local heroes, but the Peng family has a jinshi, and in order to highlight the culture and education of the government, the government also needs to express it.

So Fu Zhiyuan told Lin Yanchao and asked him to congratulate him on behalf of the government, and he didn't go.

On this day, the Peng family sealed the entire street and held a feast, a full 300 tables! Anyone in the house who has a bit of status is invited.

Relatives and fellow villagers, neighbors and their own subordinates, officials in Fuli County, and people in the county were also invited.

But even so, the table was still too empty, and the Peng family didn't look at the invitation, and they could eat at will if they let people in.

As a fellow acquaintance and a teacher of the nouveau riche when Lin Yanchao arrived, Peng Yuanwai, who was the master, personally went out of the house to greet him.

Lin Yanchao smiled, saluted Peng Yuanwai, and was invited into the Peng family's mansion at the moment.

The house was full of banquets, and all the guests of the Peng family were entertained, and when they heard that it was rumored that Lin Yanchao had arrived, they got up to salute and competed to get acquainted.

Everyone saw a young official admitted to the hospital, and Peng Yuan led the way by his side, not Lin Yanchao or who?

Lin Yanchao is dressed in a five-grade official uniform, with both the solemn majesty of an official and the indifferent elegance of a scholar.

When everyone saw Lin Yanchao's gaze, they were all busy saluting.

Lin Yanchao is also used to such scenes, without the slightest sense of crampedness. Years of officialdom experience have made Lin Yanchao unhurried, calm, and thoughtful to everyone.

The etiquette lies in respecting people from the heart, and it is not polite on the surface, but a courtesy.

When everyone saw Lin Yanchao's face, they all felt like a spring breeze, and it was no wonder that he was young and was already a great Confucian in the world.

After entering the table, a squire pulled a descendant to Lin Yanchao and said: "I have heard the name of Sima Wenkui for a long time, and I am the first person in the Sanyuan Dynasty. ”

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "The old man is polite. ”

The junior immediately kowtowed to Lin Yanchao.

A moment later, several more squires stepped forward and brought their children to meet them. Peng Yuan was introduced to Lin Yanchao on the outside, and all of them were local clans in Shangqiu.

These people have marriages with the Peng family, and Peng Yuanwai is also willing to be thoughtful, not letting his family eat alone, and see if the disciples of these in-laws' families can look at each other with blue eyes.

Lin Yanchao knew what Peng Yuanwai meant, and after seeing him one by one, he said some polite words about young and handsome people with an unlimited future, but he did not reveal the meaning of letting anyone worship under his door.

At this moment, a young man came to the house alone, stepped forward to bow to Lin Yanchao, and said: "In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Holy Ancestor accepted 3,000 disciples, and all ancient and modern scholars followed it. Mr. Xuegong is a sage in the world, and he asked Mr. to teach him to teach him to the way of the saints. ”

The squires present all had the intention of letting their children worship under Lin Yanchao's door in their hearts, but they were afraid that Lin Yanchao would not accept it, so they were embarrassed to say it clearly, for fear of being rejected and losing face. But this young man was not recommended by his elders, and he immediately confided in his apprenticeship, which couldn't help but be unpleasant.

A squire on the side asked bluntly, "Which family are you?" ”

The young man said: "I am a child of the Yuan family in Suizhou. ”

This squire thought to himself about the Yuan family in Suizhou, he didn't have a name, not to mention in the house, he was not a big family in Suizhou.

At that moment, the squire said unceremoniously: "There is no recommendation from the elders, and I rashly stepped forward to meet Sima, don't you know this bit of etiquette?" ”

Lin Yanchao didn't speak when he heard this, the young man was reprimanded, and explained to Lin Yanchao with embarrassment: "Please forgive me for being reckless." In his later life, he admired Mr. Shi's learning, and every day he recited it in his heart after the three provinces, and the three provinces did it, and implored Mr. to include his disciples in the door wall. ”

The squire said in his heart, you, a son of a poor family who came from nowhere, also want to worship under Lin Sanyuan's door, it's a dream.

Peng Yuanwai said with a smile: "Today is just a thank-you banquet, not a teacher's appreciation banquet, this little friend might as well wait for him to talk about it later." ”

Everyone nodded, and the young man showed a gloomy look and said, "It's the late life that disturbs, so I will retire first." ”

Lin Yanchao saw that this young man was very sincere, and he couldn't bear it in his heart, so he asked, "What's your name?" ”

When the young man heard this, he immediately said, "Late birth...... The late birth is named Yuan Keli. ”