After sending Xue Huaiyi away, Li Tong returned to the imperial city in Duanmen and went to the Lintai official house.

The Lintai official house is located in the fourth horizontal street in the south of the West Chaotang, that is, the west of the first horizontal street in the end gate. The first official hall on this side street is the Suzheng platform that all the courtiers are afraid to avoid, and it is also the most active place in the entire imperial city.

The imperial history is an official who specializes in picking thorns, and the official party is arranged in the position of the end gate, and there is probably a feeling that as long as the officials enter the imperial city, they will be in a state of surveillance.

Li Tong walked in front of the official office of the Suzheng Stage, and he also unconsciously straightened his waist and did not squint. But even so, there was still a green-robed official who rushed out diagonally to stop him, although his tone was quite polite, but it was the meaning of questioning: "Zhang Conglian, the lowly inspector, may I ask the two guides before and after, is it from the official or the government?" ”

The so-called Li Xing is similar to the non-staff members appointed by Li Tong, all of them are additional members outside the establishment, while the Li Xing specifically refers to the supernumerary members of the Yushi Observatory. This system began in the Zhenguan period, when Taizong of the Tang Dynasty appointed Ma Zhou Buyi as the supervisor of the imperial history, and then gradually increased, usually half of the staff of the line.

However, in the period of the Empress Wu Dynasty, Wu Zetian's urine must be carried forward, and the appointment procedure of the Imperial History is much simpler than the formal Imperial History, so the Imperial History of the Imperial Servants and the Supervision of the Imperial History are very popular, and I am afraid that there are dozens or hundreds of people.

Li Tong pointed to Yang Siqiao behind him and said with a smile: "These two lieutenant officials, they are used by the official government, they have been around for a long time, and they are familiar with the city gate order, so please play the permission to walk on the road." ”

Ordinary courtiers, even prime ministers, were not allowed to take their own servants to work in the imperial city. There is an exception that the emperor is sympathetic to his courtiers and rewards slaves for servants, and can apply for the right to pass through the door before they can be brought in.

Of course, whether this is compassion or surveillance, it is a matter of opinion, anyway, ordinary courtiers try their best to shirk this honor. Li Tong has a special identity, and he can't shirk it if he wants to.

But there is no need to shirk, as long as Yang Siqiao is by his side, except for those Nanya military positions, the force value he has at his disposal is second to none, who dares to stare at him and let Yang Siqiao tear you apart!

Although the young king had explained it very clearly, Zhang Conglian, the superintendent of the imperial history, still meticulously copied the entry and exit credentials of Yang Siqiao and the two people, and then retreated to the side with a confession, as if he was looking for a division to verify. This kind of correct work attitude is reassuring to look at.

However, this reassurance is only limited to Wu Zetian, the superior person, anyway, Li Tong was stopped on the street for an investigation, and he was a little unhappy.

But he had to hold back if he was unhappy, just turned his head to look at the grand official house of Su Zhengtai, and couldn't help but slander a few words, maybe it was because the official house of Su Zhengtai was not big enough and could not accommodate too many people, so it limited his grandmother's play, otherwise according to his grandmother's urine, it is very possible to organize a supervision team of tens of thousands of people.

Of course, this is not Li Tong's malicious suspicion, the Imperial Historical Observatory supervises hundreds of officials, and the origin has a long history. Probably because Wu Zetian felt that the reputation of Suzheng Tai was too great, and it was not conducive to breaking into the group of officials, so he simply added official positions in the two pivotal places of Luantai and Fengge, and directly monitored the prime ministers, adding dozens of people before and after. In this way, it is not counting the internal worship of each official position that is different from that of the outer court.

However, this is understandable, in all dynasties, how can there be emperors who do not guard against hundreds of officials, not to mention that Wu Zetian is not so justifiable. Anyway, Li Tong felt that if one day he became the master of the house, this tradition would have to be maintained, after all, the family business was too big and too appealing.

After passing through the Suzheng Terrace, he arrived at the Lintai official house. Unlike the majesty of the tall official gate of the Suzheng Terrace and the two hideous statues of the pig lying in front of the door, the Lintai official party looks a little inconspicuous from the outside, and it is far from being as well-staffed and noisy as the Suzheng Terrace.

Li Tong walked to the door of the official office, and the officials of the Shi Dynasty had already ordered him to come up and bow down and salute: "The eunuch has already ordered that the king can go straight to the straight hall after entering the party." ”

Li Tong nodded and walked up the stairs, stepping into the door and seeing a tall wall, the front of the wall is not painted, but it is amazing to turn around and on the back, there are many former sages and treasures, such as Yu Shinan, Wei Zheng, Yan Shigu and other Zhenguan famous ministers, or classic aphorisms, or famous sayings.

Li Tong already has a vassal and elegant literati sour spirit in his bones, when he first came to Lintai to see this wall, the first thought that flashed in his mind was to smash and steal it, this should be preserved to future generations, it is definitely a national treasure-level cultural relic, and when the time comes, it will be handed over to the country, why can't you wear a big red flower!

The layout of the Lintai official hall is quite a taste of quiet in the middle of noisy, with a few bushes of bamboo cultivation, surrounded by houses, weeping willows under the corridor, Laneige potted branches, and an open atrium, which is far from being crowded and noisy like other official houses seen by Li Tong. It seems that as long as you walk into this, even the most rude and restless people are naturally impregnated with an elegant and quiet temperament.

The scale of the whole official building was not small, and when Li Tong bypassed the wall, he saw that many of the subordinates in the corridors tended to both sides of the road in the atrium, and bowed their hands to him, the new prefect of the bureau, and there were hundreds of people in total, all lined up in front of the stairs of the central hall.

The position of this arrangement is also very interesting, basically the lower the official position, the closer to the outer position. But there is an exception, and that is Li Tong's friend Li Qiao.

Li Qiao is in his early forties, and the age difference between him and the young king is thirty years younger, and they have a bit of a year-old friendship with each other. His person was dressed in a scarlet robe, standing in front of a group of variegated soap-robed subordinates was very conspicuous, seeing the young king bypassing the wall, he crossed his arms and smiled: "The day before yesterday, I waited for the edict to be signed, unfortunately I can't see it, today before the court is established, just wait for the king to enter the party." ”

Seeing this, Li Tong hurried a few steps, and also smiled and said: "The bachelor who has been waiting for a long time may not be Xiao Wang. "Spring River" can't be completed for a long time, Xiao Wang pitches day and night, searches for elegant words, relatives can't make sentences, I'm afraid I will live up to the hopes! ”

After Li Qiao heard this, he sighed again, and then pulled up the young king and said: "Fortunately, the king is in the idle office, urging day and night, and I am afraid that China will not be successful?" ”

As he spoke, he led the young king to the central hall and walked straight to the hall, and on the way, he introduced a group of Lintai officials to the young king.

Li Tong followed behind Li Qiao, while bowing his head in response to the officials' salutes, he remembered a historical story in his heart. That is, during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Emperor Sima Rui of the Jin Yuan Dynasty moved south, because the clan was partial and the reputation was too weak, it was not valued by the Jiangdong scholars, because it was the world-famous Langya Wang clan Wang Dun and Wang Dao brothers took advantage of a festival to personally lead Sima Rui to drive, so that Sima Rui could gain a firm foothold in Jiangdong.

The reason why I thought of this story was because it was somewhat similar to Li Tong's current situation. Although he is a well-established Li Tang clan, he is more politically sensitive, and he was suddenly placed by his grandmother in such a noble position as the young eunuch of Lintai, which will inevitably cause criticism.

These officials in Lintai may not be openly ridiculed like those election idlers in Luli, but they are inevitably snubbed.

This is also a very interesting phenomenon in the officialdom, before he came to Lintai to go through the entry procedures, even the No. 1 chief Shen Junliang was polite to him, but almost none of those school books, orthography and other lowly positions have been seen, which shows that he does not give face to the young king.

But now that Li Qiao personally stood up to greet him, and had a deep friendship with the young king, it suddenly set off a lot of waves in the official office, and Li Tong could already see many young officials who were still sideways in the house hurrying out, which shows that Li Qiao still has a lot of prestige and appeal in Lintai, and is even stronger than Shen Junliang, the supervisor of Lintai, who once served as the prime minister.

There is nothing surprising about this, the literati and ink writers are already entangled and pretentious, with both a lonely side and a snobbery. Although Shen Junliang served as the supervisor of Lintai, his reputation was far inferior to Li Qiao, both academically and literally. What's more, there is no hope for his career either.

In the Tang people's evaluation of a person's political future, official character has never been the only criterion. Li Qiao was born in the Li clan of Zhao County, far from being comparable to the Jiangdong scholars whose reputation plummeted after the Sui and Tang dynasties, and he was in his forties when he was in the prime of life, and a politician was most full of opportunities.

Moreover, Li Qiao has rich qualifications, served as a lieutenant for a long time, and served as the supervisor of the imperial history supervision army, and after returning to the dynasty, he waited for the edict in the forbidden area for many years. Originally, although he was only a six-grade Lintai Lang, he was only promoted overnight, as if he was promoted to a five-grade author not long ago, and he was in charge of the writing bureau under Lintai, and anyone could see that the future was immeasurable.

is in a different situation, even if you do different behaviors, you are afraid that in the eyes of others, it will be a different feeling evaluation. Shen Junliang is so polite to the young king, in the eyes of these young people, I am afraid that they tend to be inflammatory, and they are in awe of the powerful. Li Qiao's courtesy, or it shows that the young king really has something worthy of respect.

The respect for the old and the strong in the officialdom is undoubtedly revealed at this moment. There are many truths in the world, and they are generally the same in ancient and modern times.

Li Tong had been in officialdom for a few years in his previous life, and his psychological grasp of these young school books and orthography was quite profound, and he understood that the reason why these people snubbed him was not necessarily that he was blindly arrogant, but there was still a kind of arrogance and resentment in the depths.

There's nothing to worry about, if you don't know me, you'll mistakenly think that I'm just messing around with my appearance and background, and if you know more, you'll understand that my talent is also amazing, and a little knot will be untied. If you still can't untie it, then hold it yourself.

Having said that, Li Tong is not too arrogant about these stunned young people in the officialdom, maybe there are some seed players such as officials and writers, such as Chen Ziang. Full of luxury, Li Tong is looking forward to colliding with Chen Ziang and generating a little spark.

However, when Li Qiao introduced him to a group of Lintai officials, Li Tong did not hear Chen Ziang's name, and when he asked, he learned that Chen Ziang had been promoted and left Lintai as early as a month ago.

Count you as fast as you run!