Li Xun was stunned: "You are by my side, what can you do?" ”

Fan Zhongyun was dissatisfied: "You look down on me too much." ”

"I didn't mean that, it's just that you, a talented person, are you too wronged to be around me, a person who has no official and no power?"

Li Xun had already understood at this time that Fan Zhongyun was going to be his staff.

Fan Zhongyun said with a smile: "You have no official and no power now, it is only temporary, in this Jiangnan dispute, no matter how much role you play, the emperor will reward you, and the official position is at your fingertips." ”

"Still not right."

Li Xun shook his head: "You were originally born as a Jinshi, and you are also a tanhua, as my staff, wouldn't you be looked down upon by others?" ”

Fan Zhongyun said silently: "If it weren't for Xiao Man being paralyzed in bed and needing money to treat his illness, I wouldn't want to be this petty official for a long time, and it is my greatest wish to retreat to the mountains and forests with my wife and stay away from disputes." ”

Li Xun was puzzled: "Now that my sister-in-law's health is improving, isn't it just right to fulfill your wish?" ”

Fan Zhongyun sighed and said: "The debt of human affection is the most difficult to repay, you have a great kindness to me, if I leave, I am worried, wherever I go, I will live an uncomfortable life." ”

"We're friends, so we don't have to worry about it so much."

"My brother is settling accounts."

Fan Zhongyun smiled, stood up, and said, "I still have to go home to take care of my wife, if you have anything to say, we will talk about it later." ”

Li Xun nodded and sent Fan Zhongyun away.

Chengping five years, September 20.

Nearly a month has passed since the end of the Battle of Jiangnan, and the imperial court is discussing the scale and quantity of rewards for meritorious ministers.

On September 28, Zhao Zhi issued an edict that three days later, that is, on the first day of October, the court meeting would officially reward all meritorious ministers.

In the early hours of the morning, before dawn, the rumbling drums suddenly resounded through the heavens and the earth, waking up countless sleeping people in Fengjing City, and the time for the early dynasty had arrived.

Today's emperor Zhao Zhi is a diligent and loving emperor, and he changed the early dynasty system of the Pingzong Dynasty every Friday every month to a court meeting every five days.

The sky is still dark and dreary, but the street is already very lively, pedestrians, carriages can be seen everywhere, the official quality is low, walk to the imperial city, the conditions are better is to ride a horse, the high-ranking officials above the fourth grade, are qualified to sit in the carriage, on the right side of the carriage, the lanterns of different colors are written with the official title and surname of the master, such as the Shaoqing Yan of Dali Temple.

At this moment, before the hour came, the square in front of the gate of the imperial city was full of officials, who were gathering together in twos and threes, talking in low voices.

An ordinary carriage passed by the square, and it seemed to be the carriage of an ordinary official, but when the surrounding officials saw this carriage, they all got out of the way and bowed down.

Shangshu Yang of the Ministry of Rites, the person sitting in this ordinary carriage is the head of the hundred officials, and he should be the right minister Yang Daohe.

Yang Daosi's carriage did not stop in the square, but drove directly to the gate of the imperial city, Yang Daosi got out of the carriage, glanced back at the many officials in the square, and then walked directly into the imperial city.

Every cabinet minister, without notification, can directly enter the imperial city, which is their privilege, and it is also the courtesy given to them by Zhao Zhi.

After Yang Daohei, the remaining six Xiangguo also arrived one by one.

Liu Wei was the last to arrive, he and Yang Daosi's style was completely different, the carriage stopped in the square, Liu Wei got off the carriage, and greeted many officials present, and then slowly walked into the imperial city.

Not long after Liu Wei entered the imperial city, a thick bell sounded in the imperial city, and an official walked out of the gate of the imperial city and shouted loudly: "The time has come, ascend to the dynasty." ”

All the officials were suddenly in high spirits, and hurriedly sorted out their clothes and appearance, and then lined up in two teams and entered the imperial city in an orderly manner.

There will be a small dynasty, a middle dynasty and a large dynasty.

The small dynasty is mainly temporary important military affairs, Zhao Zhihui will convene the cabinet ministers and senior officials from the third rank and above to participate, generally held in the Ming Zheng Palace.

The Chinese Dynasty is held once every five days, and the substantive officials above the five grades have to participate, which is the most frequent court meeting of the Great Jin Dynasty, and it is also held in the Ming Zheng Palace, if it is according to the past, today is the day of the Chinese Dynasty, but today's court meeting, the official rank has dropped to more than seven grades, and it is not limited to real or false positions, and it is held in the Dezheng Palace, which has the meaning of the Great Dynasty.

The day of the Great Dynasty is fixed, on the first day of May every year, every time at this time, foreign envoys collectively meet, Beijing officials above the ninth grade, foreign officials in Beijing for some reason, all are listed, the scene is extremely grand, Li Xun has no official position, so he can not participate, but at this time of year, he will watch from a distance, feel the spectacular and lively scene.

In a square a few hundred meters away from the Tokusho Hall, the seven ministers of the cabinet stood there, waiting for the arrival of other officials, and then walked up the stone steps together and entered the Tokusei Hall.

"Hundreds of officials enter the palace."

A eunuch shouted.

Thousands of officials were divided into two columns, the left was led by Liu Wei, the secretary of the military department of the left minister, and the right was led by Yang Daosi, the secretary of the right minister's military department.

The Dezheng Hall is extremely wide, more than 500 steps long from north to south, more than 600 steps from east to west, can accommodate 10,000 people at the same time, because the terrain is very high, if you stand on the roof, the whole Fengjing City street can have a panoramic view.

The Dezheng Hall is cleverly designed and well-lit, but the strange thing is that the more you go inside, the more you gradually become darker, the emperor sits on a high dragon couch, he can clearly look down on the ministers, but the ministers can't see him clearly, which shows the mystery and majesty of the emperor.

The minister has stood on both sides, ready, at the top of both sides, more than 20 people have the qualification to sit in the seat, on the right side, Yang Daosi, the first person of the hundred officials, is only in the second position, above him, there is also an old man with white hair, this person is Duan Wang Zhao Ji, more than eighty years old, is the ninth son of the Emperor, the younger brother of Pingzong, is now the oldest elder in the entire Jin royal family, Zhao Zhi saw him, and had to call the ninth uncle quite respectfully.

On the left side, there is also a person sitting on the top of Liu Ji, a young man in his twenties, handsome, very white skin, but his eyes are slightly smaller, his mouth is thin, and he always has a cold face, giving people a gloomy and icy feeling, this person is Zhao Shuo, the king of Lu, and his mother is Yang Guifei.

On the left behind the dragon couch, a soldier stood with his back to the stone pillar, he was Li Xun, with a big sword tied around his waist, a bright armor, and a red feather cherry blossom on the top of the helmet.

Li Xun's eyes kept sweeping around the hall, observing with interest, his eyes finally stayed on the body of Zhao Shuo, the king of Lu, Zhao Zhi had more than a dozen sons, the eldest son and the second son died early, the third son and the fourth son were from low backgrounds, their reputation was not obvious, and they were not valued by Zhao Zhi, the fifth son was Zhao Shuo, the king of Lu, this person was more low-key than Zhao Xun, even if it was Li Xun, several years, he had only met a few times, it is said that Zhao Shuo, the king of Lu, had a gloomy personality, extremely taciturn, stayed in his palace all day long, rarely went out, I don't like to deal with outsiders.

Li Xun had a strange thought in his mind, Zhao Shuo, King of Lu, and Zhao Xun, King of Qi, the two most qualified princes to compete for the throne, seemed to be extremely low-key on weekdays, did not deal with foreign ministers, as if they had no ambition for the throne, and those other sons who were not valued by Zhao Zhi were jumping up and down all day long, making alliances with courtiers, with obvious intentions, which is really a strange thing.