Although the officials of the Ministry of Rites said that Emperor Dongyuan was in the edict on the next day, the next day's hour had not yet passed, and Shang Chengcheng was led to the imperial city by the two priests of the Ministry of Rites.

Waiting in front of the left door was still the chamberlain named Eleventh Father-in-law.

This is the second time the two have met. Since they had already dealt with each other once, the two of them were nodding acquaintances, and they were very polite last time, so this time Shang Cheng took the initiative to greet the eleventh father-in-law.

"Don't dare to be." The eleventh father-in-law still turned sideways to accept Shang Cheng's salute like last time, with respect in his expression, and said, "Yan Du has arrived early. Ouchi came out, and the saint ordered Yan Du to wait in the Hanyuan Hall for a while. ”

Shang Cheng became happy when he heard it. That's the good news. Since he is sitting and waiting in the side hall, it means that Emperor Dongyuan will definitely see him today; He was finally able to fulfill his wish to "make a pilgrimage to a living emperor".

He followed the eleventh father-in-law into the imperial city.

Now, he is no longer like the earthen bun that he looked like when he first entered the imperial city. These days, for official business, he doesn't know how many times he has run in and out here, many officials in the six departments know him, walking on the royal road, and from time to time there are people who greet him.

When he walked through the yamen of the ministry, the left attendant of the ministry, who happened to be going out to run errands, saw him at a glance, and greeted him while giving him a look.

Shang Cheng didn't know what Zuo Shilang had to say to him, so he asked the eleventh father-in-law to wait a while, and he went over to say a few words. Because it was still early before the time of the edict, the eleventh father-in-law did not stop him.

Shang Cheng walked to the side of the royal road. He suspected that Zuo Shilang was looking for him, probably because of a new change in Pan Lian's appointment as the prefect of Yanzhou. If that's the case, things will be in trouble. He is going to go to His Majesty now, after meeting Emperor Dongyuan, he will go to the city no matter what before the sun sets today, and it will be tricky to do things for Pan Lian. If there are other personnel arrangements, it doesn't matter to him, but Pan Lian's role in Yanshan is almost irreplaceable, and he can't help but worry about it. He nervously thought about what else could be done to solve this problem that suddenly appeared, and at the same time asked Zuo Shilang: "Lord Xue has something to do with me?" ”

"Governor Yan, the appointment of Duke Yu Qing has been investigated, and the official certificate is also ready." Xue Shilang's first words dispelled his worries. He then said, "The first thing I did when I arrived at the Yamen today was to do this. ”

A stone in Shang Cheng's heart fell to the ground, and a smile immediately appeared on his face. He immediately said, "That's really thank you Lord Xue." ”

"Where, where, Yan Du said this, and he saw the outside. This is also to share the worries of the court and the holy monarch. "Xue Shilang is playing haha." Besides, Yu Qinggong has also been my colleague for many years, and he has always known each other very well. As we all know, Duke Yu Qing has always been diligent and thrifty, and he is quite praised inside and outside the court......

He praised Pan Lian endlessly, and Shang Cheng kept smiling and nodding silently. This Lord Xue is. Although this person is not from the Nanjin faction, but when Pan Lian mentioned his opponent by name in the teahouse that night, he mentioned this Xue Shilang, otherwise Zhang Pu would not have arranged for him to take over Pan Lian's position as the left Shilang when adjusting the personnel of the ministry.

“…… Yu Qinggong is a pragmatic person who also cares about the people's welfare. In the sixth year of the Eastern Yuan Dynasty, the price of the big ripe grain in the south of the Yangtze River fell sharply, and the rice was less than 200 Wen, so it was written to the Qing Dynasty to ask the imperial court to close the position in addition to the official warehouse and the regular position, and to build and close the position in the states and counties in the south of the Yangtze River. This move is not only for the imperial court to save, but also for the benefit of thousands of people in the south of the Yangtze River, when the price of rice was not mentioned, the more a year the Jianghuai tide poured in, fortunately with these three warehouses, the people of Jiangnan Li were exempted from the suffering of hunger. Saying that, Xue Shilang shook his head with emotion, looking embarrassed.

Shang Chengqiang listened to him with impatience to tell him about these old things about the old sesame seeds and rotten grains. At this time, when he saw that there was something to say, he immediately said: "This is the credit of the officials inside and outside the court, and it is also the heavenly grace of the Holy Monarch." He glanced at the eleventh father-in-law not far away, lowered his voice and said, "Lord Xue, I am an impatient, and now I am going to my majesty's resignation, if you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly." ”

"I don't have any words." Xue Shilang looked the same, and said calmly, "It's just that seeing the businessman's demeanor and elegant conversation, it makes people forget the vulgar at first sight, and I can't help but want to talk a few words." ”

Shang Cheng laughed. With his own "respect", he still behaves arrogantly? Still talking elegantly? Saying these words, Xue Shilang was not afraid of the wind and fanned his tongue. He turned his back and asked in a low voice, "Lord Xue, we are all acquaintances, so I won't talk any more nonsense." Is there anything you need my help with? ”

"It's not a big deal." Xue Shilang probably didn't expect Shang Cheng to be so direct, so he was stunned for a moment and stopped making a tone, and also said in a low voice, "I have a nephew of my own family, and now I am an eight-rank lieutenant in Liyuan Daying, he wants to go to Yanshan to earn some credit, so I don't know if Shang Gong can be accommodating and maintain?" ”

Shang Cheng didn't agree immediately, and first asked a very important question: "Is your nephew afraid of death?" Seeing that Xue Shilang blinked his eyes and seemed to be a little unintelligible, he said, "It's not impossible to let him follow me, but Xugong's promotion is very slow, if he really wants to get ahead in military merit, he still has to go to the battle battle to earn real swords." ”

Xue Shilang immediately shook his head and said unequivocally: "This kid can't do anything else, just dare to play with his life." Because of this, he stayed in the Liyuan camp either catching chickens or kicking dogs, which made the old people in the family worried. ”

Shang Cheng smiled. Many soldiers are this problem, they are not afraid of injury or death when they go into battle, they are afraid of being idle and have nothing to do, once they are idle, they will provoke and stir up trouble, soak a sick number today, drop a basin tomorrow and smash a rice bowl, and be lazy in the drill and be whipped a few times as a mosquito to tickle, hum a few times and continue to make trouble before the pants are raised, he has seen a lot of this kind of thing. Then he said to Xue Shilang: "What's your name?" ”

"Mi Chong, the words are correct," he hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Don't hide Zida, this is the eldest brother of the sixth room in my family." ”

Shang Cheng wrote down his name and asked, "How many years has he eaten military rations?" ”

"Less than four years." Xue Shilang was a little confused. Why did the blind man suddenly ask this? What a big deal, a promise is a promise, and if you don't agree, you can just find an excuse, why did you suddenly get to the point of being a soldier and eating food?

"Can't you read?"

“…… I studied for a few years. ”

"Do you know how to ride a horse?"

"Yes. He is in the Liyuan battalion and is the deputy of the cavalry battalion......"

Literate and able to ride a horse, it sounds pretty good. It's just that this heavy military has a little less seniority, and he was transferred from the Liyuan battalion, so I'm afraid that I won't be able to convince the public if I do a full-time job...... After thinking about it for a while, Shang Chengcheng had an idea, so he said: "In this way, the military department has agreed that Yan Shanwei will form a few more cavalry battalions, and I can arrange a battalion lieutenant for him." "Let Mi Zhong go to Tian Xiaowu as a deputy; Arita Xiaowu was watching from the side, and he was not afraid of the kid surnamed Mi messing around. "But Lord Xue, I can say ugly things in front of me, and that's all I can do, whether to enter the military or not, it's all up to him. If he doesn't have the powerful means to control the scene, don't cry with me when the time comes. ”

This half-truth joke made Xue Shilang smile. He was completely relieved now. Shang Zida asked so carefully, obviously he was not casually perfunctory, and it was unlikely that he would find his concubine brother a spare position, this kid would probably be reused soon......