Chapter 67: The Invitation of Colliers
As long as Li Longji doesn't pay much attention to Li An, then as long as he can come up with a more reasonable explanation, coupled with Liu Luogu's proof, he can easily punish Li An, and if he is lucky, he can also deal a great blow to Wang Zhonghei, and even make the prince guilty.
But at this moment, this plan will not work, from Yu Chaoen's mouth, Li Linfu learned that Li Longji is extremely important to Li An, not only canonized Li An as the Xuanjie captain of the eighth grade, but also gave him a lot of rewards, in this case, if Li An steals the matter of eating the divine bird, it will inevitably make Li Longji very embarrassed.
Li Longji is the king of the Tang Dynasty, and he has decreed that Li An be canonized as the captain of Xuanjie, if Li An is proved to have stolen the emperor's tribute, wouldn't it mean that Li Longji has no eyes, and even the thief who stole the tribute was canonized.
Li Linfu is the best at figuring out the emperor's thoughts, he knows that only by following the emperor's will can things be done well, only what the emperor values is important, the divine bird is just a flat-haired beast, Li Longji can get as much as he wants, but Li An is only the only one, at this moment, Li Longji obviously attaches great importance to Li An, how can he find trouble with Li An with such a painless trivial matter as stealing and eating the divine bird.
In addition, he also learned from Yu Chaoen's mouth that Li An had saved Gao Lishi's family and the Queen of the East, so both Gao Lishi and the Queen of the East were grateful to Li Anxin.
The Eastern Queen Zhao Yufu is still a child, so there is nothing to worry about at all, but Gao Lishi, who has followed Li Longji for more than 30 years, has made Li Linfu extremely jealous.
On the surface, Gao Lishi served Li Longji wholeheartedly and almost never participated in the struggle of the imperial court, but Li Linfu did not dare to ignore his existence, and he had a premonition in his heart that if he offended Gao Lishi, it would be more terrible than offending the prince, after all, there was a gap between the prince and the emperor, but Gao Lishi stayed by the emperor's side all the time.
'Liu Luogu, you can't blame the original appearance, if you want to blame it, you can blame Li An's luck is too good, and he is so favored by His Majesty, but Li An is young and vigorous, and he can even do things like stealing and eating divine birds, how can this kind of person escape from the palm of his own appearance. ’
Li Linfu slandered in his heart, and slowly walked towards the Zichen Palace.
He had already read Gai Jiayun's urgent report, and now, from Yu Chaoen's mouth, he learned about Li Longji's anger against Tubo, and for this reason, he wanted to immediately make a proposal to Li Longji and use troops against Tubo on a large scale to cater to Li Longji's wishes.
The efficiency of Menxia Province was still very high, and in less than an hour, the holy decree was issued and handed over to Li An of the Lingzhou Academy.
'Captain Xuanjie, a hundred horses of silk and silk, and fifty pieces of gold. ’
This is a very tempting reward, Ang Lee is very happy, although these are all exchanged for his own merits, but after really getting these in his hands, it is still difficult to suppress his excitement.
After several eunuchs who had announced the decree left, Kunxiong, Feiyu and others all gathered around, some of them were sticking to Li An's side, looking at the decree curiously, and some were busy counting the silk and gold, and everyone was smiling from ear to ear.
Even the steward of the Jinjuan Academy also came over to join in the fun, complimenting Li Ang from time to time, his face was full of flattery, in fact, Li An's Xuanjie lieutenant was only eight grades, which was much lower than him, but the shrewd steward of the Jinjuan Academy could see that the emperor liked Li An very much, and the person who was favored by the emperor must have a bright future, even if there is no grade, he must be respected, maybe one day he will be developed.
"Big brother, Your Majesty is really arrogant, as soon as you make a move, it will be fifty pieces of gold."
"The eldest brother has made great contributions to the court, and he deserves these rewards."
"By the way, eldest brother, what kind of official is Captain Xuanjie, is it older than the county order?"
Li An doesn't know much about the official system of the Tang Dynasty, so he doesn't know what kind of official Captain Xuanjie is, but when he hears the name, he knows that he is not a big official, and the big officials all have the title of general, and the captain is obviously lower.
"Captain Xuanjie, it's definitely not a big official, so you don't have to dream."
Ang Lee smiled and shook his head.
Seeing this, the steward of the Lingzhou Jinju Academy hurriedly stepped forward: "Li Shaolang, no, Captain Li, the official of the Tang Dynasty, from the first rank to the third prince, to the ninth rank of the sesame official, is all clear below." ”
"Oh, tell me?"
"Captain Li, this Xuanjie Lieutenant, is actually not a real official, nor does he have any position, he belongs to the rank of the eighth rank of the loose official, that is, the kind of loose official who only leads the court and does nothing."
Li An and his brothers still didn't understand, so they asked again, and under the repeated explanations of the steward of the Jinju Academy, everyone generally understood the official system of the Tang Dynasty and what was going on with the Xuanjie Captain.
Xuanjie Lieutenant is a loose official who is on the top of the eighth grade, with 67 deniers of rice per year, two times a month, in addition, there are some other incomes, although the income is not very high, but this income is enough to support himself, and he can live a very nourishing life.
Li An brought more than 100 people with him to Beijing this time, and these more than 100 people were all warriors who had made meritorious contributions in Ulzhou, and were rewarded by Zhang Qiqiu, the envoy of the Hengye army, and before leaving, Zhang Qiqiu prepared for them for at least a year's entanglement, and distributed them to the hands of each warrior.
But in order to encircle these warriors, Li An did not let them solve the problem of eating and drinking by themselves, but paid out of their own pockets to feed them, and improved the quality of food as much as possible, so this is far from enough, fortunately, Li Longji rewarded Li An with 500 gold, and Li An himself also had a few hundred gold in his own hands, in addition, he also got 100 gold from Liu Luogu's hands, so Li An was not short of money at all.
"Don't look at it, these are all gifts from His Majesty to the captain of this school, Kunxiong, Feiyu, hurry up and put away these rewards."
Li An shouted proudly and looked at the steward of the Academy: "Starting tomorrow, the brothers' meals will be added with a meat dish and a vegetarian dish, don't forget to keep accounts." ”
"Captain Li can rest assured, I will definitely do it for you."
The steward of the concert hall readily agreed, and Kunxiong and Feiyu also put away a hundred pieces of silk and fifty pieces of gold.
However, it is not safe to put so much money in the Jinjuan Academy, and Li An plans to store it in the cabinet of Chang'an City next, and when you need to use it, you can withdraw it at will.
The so-called cabinet is an institution that deposits money, which is equivalent to a bank in later generations, but the bank in later generations will pay interest to depositors, and the cabinet not only does not pay interest, but also charges a certain amount of custody fees.
"Li Shaolang, are you there?"
Outside the gate of the concert hall, an old man in his fifties strode in.
"Fauber, what kind of wind has blown your old man's house?" The steward of the concert hall immediately greeted him, his face full of flattery, as if he had seen his own father.
Li An saw this old man outside the Mingde Gate, this person was the housekeeper of the Yue'er family, that is, the housekeeper of the Gaolishi Mansion.
'What did he come to me for, did Yue'er want to see me, or did Colliers want to see me?' ’
Li An strode forward with doubts.
"Huh! It turned out to be Fauber, is Madame's body better? ”
Ang Lee's kind greetings.
Gao Fu saw Li An and grinned: "Li Shaolang doesn't have to worry, my wife is already all right, this Wang Langzhong's medical skills are really amazing, much stronger than those Langzhong in the capital, haha!" Oh, my wife has always mentioned Li Shaolang recently, and my wife always said that if Li Shaolang hadn't rescued her, she and Yue'er would have been buried in the wilderness, and Yue'er often mentioned Li Shaolang. ”
The Wang Langzhong mentioned by Gao Fu is Wang Bing of Langzhong in Ulzhou, who followed Li An all the way, who has settled in Chang'an City and opened a medicine shop in Pingkangfang.
"Fu Bo, Your Majesty has issued an order to canonize Li Shaolang as Captain Xuanjie, and Li Shaolang is now Captain Li." The steward of the concert hall reminded with a smile, and there was a great intention to compliment Ang Lee in his tone.
Gao Fu was slightly stunned, Gao Lishi asked him to come and invite Li An, but he did not say that Li An was canonized as a captain of Xuanjie.
"Oh, it's already Captain Li, the old man doesn't know, congratulations, congratulations, haha!"
Gao Fu congratulated Ang Li and smiled from ear to ear.
Li An returned the salute: "Fu Bo is polite, the captain of Xuanjie is a false position, not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning." ”
Gao Fu nodded appreciatively, with a warm smile on his face: "Patronizing the greetings, I almost forgot about the business, in order to thank Li Shaolang, no, it is to thank Captain Li for saving his wife and Yue'er, and let the old man invite Li Shaolang to the cold house for a gathering, and I hope that Captain Li will appreciate his face." ”
When Li An heard this, he was slightly stunned, Gao Lishi is a big celebrity around Li Longji, he has a high status in Chang'an City, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the emperor's relatives are all respectful to him, such an important person, in the name of thanks, invited him to be a guest, if he refutes the face of others, it will not be easy to mix in Chang'an City in the future.
"The general warmly invited, how could Li An not go, if it weren't for his low status, Li An would have gone to visit a long time ago."
Ang Lee agreed very happily, and his attitude was humble enough.
When Gao Fu heard this, he smiled from ear to ear: "This is very good, Captain Li can prepare a little, an hour later, the old man sent a family member to pick up Captain Li, and the old man went back first, hehe!" ”
"Fauber walks slowly."
After Gao Fu left, the steward of the Jinju Academy walked to Li An's side with a stammering face, with a smile on his face: "Captain Li has won the favor of His Majesty and the general, and he will definitely have a bright future in the future, and it is more than enough to be a general. ”
Li An smiled indifferently: "Didn't you say that we live in the Jinjuyuan and don't meet the regulations?" Why is it still shining? ”
The steward of the Jinjuan Academy was stunned for a moment, and then smiled all over his face: "Captain Li, the rules are dead, people are alive, and the house is still empty when it is empty, besides, these brothers take turns guarding every day, and the younger ones no longer dare to approach, in the past, we often have thieves in the Jinjuan Academy, since Li Shaolang and the brothers moved in, no such thing has happened."