A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Chapter 410: Future and Training

In the back hall of the county magistrate's office, the Yuncheng county magistrate sat at the head of the table, with two other people sitting beside him, both of whom Lu Cheng knew. One of them was the magistrate's legal advisor, and the other was the provincial academician of the county school.

"Are you Lu Cheng? I heard that you just tamed a tiger not long ago. Is that true?"

"It is true. The tiger is currently being fostered outside Lujia Village."

"The tiger has indeed been tamed and will not hurt anyone?"

"I have completely tamed it and I am checking it day and night to make sure it won't hurt anyone."

"If that's true, you've done a good thing for the people. I heard that you're still studying in the county school, and you do have a desire to make progress. But why haven't you been to school recently?"

"I have to take care of the affairs of my family and I am very busy. I only have the opportunity to study in my spare time. However, I have never been lazy and I have always insisted on studying."

Upon hearing this, the Yuncheng academician asked casually, "Since you often study at home, have you read the Four Books and Five Classics?"

“I have read them all.”

"Then I want to test you. First recite a passage from the Great Learning, one of the Four Books."

"The way of a university lies in being virtuous, being close to the people, and striving for perfection..."

As Lu Cheng recited the poem so skillfully and fluently, the academician nodded in satisfaction and continued to ask, "The Great Learning says: 'A gentleman honors the virtuous and loves his relatives, while a villain enjoys his pleasure and benefits his benefits. This is something that he will never forget. How should this sentence be interpreted?"

"The gentlemen of later generations should respect what the wise kings of previous generations respected and be close to what the wise kings of previous generations were close to. The people of later generations enjoy happiness and benefit a lot from the wise kings of previous generations. In this way, even if the wise kings of previous generations are no longer in the world, the people of later generations will not forget them..."

Afterwards, the academician examined the contents of some other Four Books and Five Classics, and Lu Cheng was able to answer them fluently without any mistakes.

After the inspection, the academician sent someone to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and asked Lu Cheng to write a passage of scriptures on the spot. Then he said: "Student Lu Cheng has the talent of a scholar. He can be selected for the list of tribute students in a few years."

Upon hearing this, Magistrate Li nodded and said, "Yes, I thought you were only a bit brave, but I never thought you could study with peace of mind. This is not easy. Lu Cheng, considering that you have subdued the tiger, have been kind to the people, and are diligent and studious, this is rare and precious. Logically speaking, this county should recommend you to the provincial academy to continue your studies with the academic official.

But this year's list of promoted candidates has already been decided, and the candidates on the list are all outstanding students in our Yuncheng County School. If you are asked to replace one of them rashly, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction."

At this point, the county magistrate paused deliberately, and then continued: "However, as the head of a county, this county also has the responsibility to appoint talented people to positions, and can recommend additional students with talent and virtue. However, such recommended students must have real virtues. Although you have subdued a tiger, this matter is too unexpected, and it is inevitable that some people will not believe it, so..."

Having said this, the county magistrate stopped again and looked at Lu Cheng.

Of course, Lu Cheng understood what the other party meant, and he immediately said, "Mr. Li, Mr. Zhou, I have been wandering around the county recently and have seen some elderly people's houses being dilapidated and unrepaired, the county school being in disrepair, and the river outside the city being silted up. Winter is approaching, and the water level in the river is dropping. This is a good time to repair the houses and clean up the river.

I am a humble student, but my family’s business has been doing well recently and I have saved some money. I am willing to donate some money to repair the school, clean up the river, and build houses for some lonely people in the county…”

Upon hearing this, the county magistrate nodded with satisfaction: "Lu Cheng studied hard, achieved academic success, subdued the tiger, and benefited the people. He is both virtuous and talented, and should be recommended. What do you think, the academic official?"

"Great!"

When Lu Cheng walked out of the county government office, he laughed in his heart, for he knew exactly what the county magistrate was thinking.

Since the imperial examinations have been abolished, the whole country has implemented the school promotion system. The early stage of scholars' promotion is completely controlled by local education officials and county magistrates. Whoever they say is good or talented is a talent. If they say someone is not a talent, no matter how outstanding that person is, it is useless.

Therefore, I asked Lu Cheng to come here today to see whether Lu Cheng is sensible and how much money I can squeeze out of him.

If Lu Cheng performs well and is knowledgeable and interesting, they will make some follow-up arrangements and may even hype him up to make him a man who is both civil and military and can tame a tiger.

As the recommender of such an outstanding talent, the county magistrate can also reap some benefits. Moreover, he can also use Lu Cheng's money to do some practical things for the county, make some political achievements, and make the county magistrate's resume more impressive.

Of course, even if Lu Cheng saw through all this and understood the key, he would still actively cooperate and give money and political achievements.

After all, this is also very beneficial to oneself, it can be said that it is spending money to buy a future.

For Lu Cheng, anything that can be done with money is not a problem.

After returning, Lu Cheng immediately greeted Butler Sun and asked him to prepare some money and send it to the county government office. He also called on a group of craftsmen and recruited a group of people to assist the county government in carrying out some work.

Now that the money has been spent, we have to do something practical with it instead of letting those people in the county government embezzle it all.

After arranging all this, Lu Cheng turned around and continued to study the tiger breathing method he had just figured out recently.

Although the future is important to Lu Cheng, his own strength and the exploration of martial arts are the most important things.

On the other hand, after receiving the money, County Magistrate Li did do some things. On the one hand, he used Lu Cheng's money to improve his political achievements, and on the other hand, he began to promote Lu Cheng. He also reported Lu Cheng's deeds of taming the tiger to his superiors and exaggerated the matter, saying that Lu Cheng tamed the tiger and indirectly saved many common people.

Soon, Lu Cheng's name spread completely, and some of the nearby martial arts people and idle people came to Lujiazhuang one after another, wanting to meet the owner of the manor, Lu, and the tiger he tamed.

However, Lu Cheng did not have so much time to pay attention to these people. He just asked Wu Song, Lai Fu and others to be responsible for the reception. Lujiazhuang naturally warmly welcomed those polite guests who came with gifts.

As for those idle people who came to watch the fun, Lujiazhuang ignored them. As for those who wanted to challenge Lu Cheng and take the opportunity to become famous, Lujiazhuang was also very direct, opening the door and releasing Wu Song.

Wu Song has been having a lot of fun recently. He has endless wine to drink and fights to do every day, and he has also been able to make friends with some gangsters. His life is pretty comfortable.

In a forest south of Yuncheng County, Lu Cheng lurked silently in the grass and approached several hares cautiously. When the distance between the two was less than 10 steps, Lu Cheng suddenly let out a roar, shaking the entire forest and scaring the birds and beasts away.

"Pah", a little sparrow fell stiffly from the branch, struggling for a long time before flying away again. The hare closest to Lu Cheng in front also seemed to have drunk low-quality strong liquor. It staggered a few steps and bumped into the tree, knocking itself unconscious.

After nearly a month of practice, Lu Cheng's tiger roar has acquired a certain charm and even has some lethality.

Although the lethality is still very limited at present, it is a very good start.

Moreover, in the long process of imitating the breathing of a tiger, Lu Cheng's bones, muscles and internal organs have been slightly strengthened, and his strength, reaction speed and jumping ability have been slightly improved.

The inner strength of the internal martial arts has already allowed Lu Cheng to touch the threshold...