Under Guo Song's gaze, Li Shuguang felt the pressure he had never felt before, he thought for a long time, if King Jin asked him this question, could he deal with him temporarily and say a few words he wanted to hear, but at this time, Li Shuguang realized how difficult it was to tell lies.

King Jin's gaze was like a sharp knife, which could peel him skin and cut his bones, so that the secrets in his heart could not be hidden at all, and the glossy words he had prepared in advance could not be said at all..........

People have two sides, Li Shuguang advocated every day in the Zhu Zhu era that he was loyal to the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty, lest the people of the world not know his loyalty, but in fact, Li Shuguang never took the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Son of Heaven to heart, otherwise he would have resigned and gone to Chengdu a long time ago.

In fact, what he cares about is himself, he only cares about his future, he is afraid that he will ruin his future by choosing the wrong one, he wants to say, go to his mother's son of the Southern Tang Dynasty, in front of his family and friends, maybe he will say it, but now he is the King of Jin, and saying this in front of the King of Jin doesn't it prove how hypocritical the loyal Tang Dynasty he advocated before?

Guo Song saw that Li Shuguang's forehead was sweating, and he also realized that he had put too much pressure on him, so he softened his tone and said, "Don't worry, or Li Fujun will think about it for a few more days!" ”

After all, Li Shuguang has been rolling in officialdom for more than 20 years, and as long as Guo Song gives him a little relief, he will immediately have a way to deal with it.

Li Shuguang sighed and said: "Actually, I just don't know how to answer this question, if it was two years ago, His Royal Highness asked the lowly position, and the lowly position would definitely resolutely support welcoming the Son of Heaven back to Chang'an, but now...... Now the lowly position is a little shaken. ”

"Oh! Li Fujun said let's take a look. ”

"When today's son pampered the eunuchs, rejected the loyal and good, and brutally exploited the people, he was greedy for pleasure, mediocre, and the good Tang Dynasty was about to be tossed away, I asked myself more than once, such a mediocre son is also worthy of your loyalty? When such a son of heaven returns to Chang'an, how many innocent people will be forced to ruin by him. ”

"So Li Fujun actually doesn't want the Son of Heaven to return to Guanzhong!"

"Yes!" Li Shuguang replied affirmatively, he was also relieved at this moment, this is not also his own heart, and he is not guilty of saying this.

Guo Song stopped abruptly on this issue, and did not continue to talk deeply, he nodded and smiled: "The Jin Wangfu will gradually transfer to Chang'an, many of my subordinates are officials from Hexi, with insufficient experience and qualifications, I hope to have a senior court official like Li Fuyin to guide them, how about it, is Li Fujun interested?" ”

Li Shuguang understood what Guo Song was talking about, that is, he transferred himself out of Fengxiang Mansion and entered the court of King Jin's Mansion, it seemed that King Jin had already decided, he nodded, "I have no opinion on the humble position, I don't know what His Royal Highness plans to let the humble position do?" ”

"It hasn't been finalized yet, but there is an important matter that may be handed over to Li Fujun."

Li Shuguang hurriedly got up and said, "Please give orders to Your Highness!" ”

"That's right, next March is the second Taiyuan imperial examination, and this year's chief examiner is Li Xiangguo, but he is not in good health, and he may not be able to continue to be the chief examiner next year, I want to ask Li Fujun to be the chief examiner, what does Li Fujun think?"

Li Shuguang was stunned for a moment, and actually let himself be the chief examiner of the imperial examination? He smiled bitterly and said: "Although the humble post has been in the Ministry of Rites for many years, his talent and learning are limited, and I am afraid that he will not be able to recruit talents for His Royal Highness. ”

Guo Song smiled slightly: "There are actually two chief examiners for the Taiyuan imperial examination, one is responsible for marking and selection, and the other is responsible for invigilating, this chief invigilator is not only for candidates, but also for the marking officer, the responsibility of the chief invigilator is to maintain fairness and justice, which is very important, the chief examiner, I plan to let my father-in-law Xue Shangshu be responsible, and the chief invigilator I think is the most suitable for Li Fujun." ”

Li Shuguang finally understood King Jin's wrist, first isolated himself for half a year by invigilating the imperial examination, and when he came back, everything had been settled, and what King Jin arranged for him to do, he could only obey.

It seems that he has already made arrangements, and he will not change his appointment just because he has just expressed his position.

Li Shuguang deeply felt the power of King Jin, everything he used was above board, and he couldn't express any dissatisfaction.

In fact, Li Shuguang really thought wrong, this is the result of his statement, if his statement just now is to support the Son of Heaven to return to Chang'an, I am afraid that the arrangement for him will be changed to Anxi to inspect the planting of cotton.

Li Shuguang had to sigh secretly in his heart, bowed down and said, "I am willing to serve His Highness!" ”

Guo Song smiled and said: "Time is a little tight, I'm afraid Li Fujun will have to get up and go to Taiyuan in the next few days." ”

..........

The next morning, Guo Song met with more than 60 local officials who had both ability and political integrity and encouraged them to continue to uphold principles and love the people like sons.

They have long been unaccustomed to those colleagues who are extremely crude and illiterate, and they are even more unaccustomed to those colleagues who are mediocre and incompetent, and rely on selling official beards to put on official uniforms.

"Just now, I made it clear that the main purpose of inviting everyone to Chang'an this time is to remove the chaff and keep you, maybe some officials don't understand, why is there no such officialdom cleaning in Taiyuan? In fact, the reason is very easy to explain, Taiyuan Mansion and the seven northern states were controlled by the Yuan family, but the Yuan family did not purge the original officials, their focus was on the army, so after we took Taiyuan, we only made individual adjustments, and did not carry out large-scale purges.

There is another reason, not long after we took Guanzhong, the Southern Tang Dynasty officials sent a document demanding the dismissal of all the relevant Zhu Zhu officials, and the documents of the officials were identified as traitors.........."

There was an uproar in the hall, everyone looked at each other, how could the court identify them as traitors?

Everyone's hearts were angry, Guo Song waved his hand, let everyone be quiet, and said loudly to everyone: "The imperial court wants to interfere in the Jin Palace, this is impossible, I can clearly tell you, first, the officials have no right to interfere with my appointment, second, whether it is a traitor is up to me Guo Song to decide, the court thinks you are a traitor, but I don't think so, then you are not!" ”

Guo Song's impassioned words won warm applause from everyone.

.........

At noon, Guo Song set up a banquet in Xingqing Palace to invite more than 60 officials, at this time, Du You whispered to Guo Song: "There is a sentence of humble position, I don't know whether to say it or not?" ”

"Du Zhijun said it bluntly!"

Du You looked at the officials who were cheering at the banquet: "I only learned yesterday that His Royal Highness wants to transfer them to Hedong one after another, but in fact, I don't think there is any need for this." ”

"Keep talking!" Guo Song said quietly.

"These officials are on the list of untrustworthy in the Southern Tang Dynasty, if it is not His Highness who captures Guanzhong this time, but the Southern Tang Army, and the Southern Tang Dynasty officials will also clean up the officialdom, these officials will be dismissed, does Your Highness understand what I mean?"

Guo Song was silent for a moment and said: "I have also considered it, but I am afraid that in order to clean their stains, they will be more loyal to the Son of Heaven." ”

Du You shook his head, "Your Highness underestimates them, they all know right from wrong, they all have their own principles and positions, otherwise in the shadow of Zhu Zhu, they can't be alone, I can see that they support His Highness from the bottom of their hearts, in fact, His Highness will envelop them well, trust them, they will be the same as Hexi officials, loyal to His Highness, they are actually a batch of valuable wealth, in the future, His Highness will need a large number of shrewd and capable, experienced, and loyal officials to serve in the Central Plains and Hebei, These more than 60 people will become His Highness's right-hand man. ”

"Then what good advice does Du Yuanjun have?"

Du You smiled slightly: "Continue to reuse them and promote them!" ”

Guo Song picked up his wine glass and fell into deep thought.........

Du You's suggestion finally had an effect, originally after the banquet, everyone should go back, but Wen Miao quickly drafted a list of interviews and distributed them to the officials, starting in the afternoon, His Royal Highness the King of Jin will meet with the officials in batches to understand their thoughts and listen to their opinions, this news is like a tinder, quickly making every official's chest burn.

The sixty-four officials will be divided into ten groups and received by His Royal Highness the King of Jin.

There are six people in the first batch, Yang Tianhua, the chief secretary of Purun County, is also among them, and the reception is held in the main hall of the Qinzheng Building of Xingqing Palace, a large square table is placed in the center of the main hall, and six people sit in a row, Guo Song, Cao Wannian, Du You and Wen Miao sit opposite, and Wen Miao is responsible for recording.

"All six of you should introduce yourselves first!" Guo Song smiled slightly at the six of them.

The leader of the official stood up and said, "The humble position is Lantian County Commander Wei An!" ”

The next few people got up one after another to introduce themselves: "The lowly position is Liu Yiming, the lowly position is Liu Yiming, the lowly position is Zhao Jun, the county lieutenant of Fengxian, the lowly position is Yang Tianhua, the chief bookkeeper of Purun, the lowly position is Chengjiang Yinong of Chencang County, and the lowly position is Cheng Li Liang of Tongguan County!" ”

After everyone introduced themselves one by one, Guo Song introduced Cao Wannian, Du You and Wen Miao to them.

"I want to hear everyone's thoughts, please speak freely, what you are worried about, what you are afraid of, just say it, and I will answer everyone's questions honestly."