In a remote house in Youzhou City, several people are gathering together, and these people are dressed a little strangely, not that they are dressed strangely, but they are dressed completely differently, so it makes people feel strange to gather together.

Sitting in the middle was a young man in ordinary Confucian clothes, on his right, there were two men in silk brocade robes, and on his left, there were two men in short robes, one of whom was still full of flesh and looked very scary.

But these four people are all sitting under the head of young people in ordinary cloth clothes, and their attitudes are extremely respectful!

"My lord, the lowly side is already ready, as long as I give an order, I can gather at least fifty people!" The middle-aged man wearing a short robe and a cross-faced face said: "These fifty people are all carefully and secretly transported in the past two years, and they are all the elite of our military intelligence department. ”

The middle-aged man in the brocade robe on the other side listened to it, and he was not far behind and said: "Lord Qiqi, I don't have so many manpower on my side of Hantong, and we are not good at seizing the city gate, but it is no problem to fan the flames in the city, and if necessary, it is also possible to assassinate some key people!" ”

After hearing this, the young man in cloth clothes above nodded slightly: "Okay, yes, it seems that this time this time the official risked death to enter the city, but there is also a chance to complete the task!" ”

The young man immediately said: "There is no need to rush to seize the city gate, we have few manpower, and there are too many variables to seize the city gate, but other things can be done, first spread the rumors, and then light a fire, let the city be chaotic first, and then pretend that a few diehards over there must die tonight!" ”

Then he looked at the people below, and then said: "This official knows that there are many contradictions between your military intelligence department and the Han Tong, but your past disputes are not your official care, but tonight, you must put aside your past prejudices and cooperate sincerely, otherwise, what will happen if something bad happens, you should know it yourself!" ”

The young man said this, and the few people below also said that they didn't dare to do it, and they would definitely cooperate sincerely, and they would definitely not delay the big thing.

Then, after the young man assigned them a few more tasks, he waved his hand and signaled them to leave!

After those people went out, the young man looked out the window, the streets of Youzhou City outside the window were very quiet, but maybe it won't be long before the whole city will be noisy!

This person's name is Zhang Pingyang, a person from Changsha, Huguang, a very ordinary name, but the person is not ordinary, he is not a person from the Military Intelligence Department or Hantong, nor is he a soldier, this person is a serious civil official.

To be more precise, this person is a secretary of the secretariat of the Hanlin Academy, and his level is not high, he is just a seventh-grade editor, but the officials in the Hanlin Academy are generally not of high grade, and they are all carefully selected young people, and they will generally be promoted after serving in the Hanlin Academy for a year or two.

The editor of the Hanlin Academy, who has such a bright future, actually took the risk to run to Youzhou City, and he is also in charge of spy work, which is naturally for a reason, this is because he took the initiative to ask Ying.

Zhang Pingyang is the fifth place in the second class of Xuanping's five-year Jinshi Branch, and with his excellent results, he directly entered the Hanlin Academy when he was elected as an official, and he was awarded the seventh grade of editing.

Although the Hanlin Academy has become a young official, the institution that middle-level officials yearn for the most, being able to enter the Hanlin Academy basically means that they have become a key training person.

When Zhang Pingyang first entered the Hanlin Academy, he was also excited, but after staying in the Hanlin Academy for a few months, he found that although the Hanlin Academy was good, the internal competition was extremely cruel!

Generally speaking, the officials who served in the Hanlin Academy were not allowed to be promoted to positions within the Hanlin Academy, and they were not allowed to be promoted internally.

This also caused the internal competition in the Hanlin Academy, but this is just an illusion!

In fact, the competition within the Hanlin Academy is far more cruel than outsiders imagine!

This is the closest institution to the Son of Heaven among all the government affairs institutions of the Tang Dynasty, and the secretariat of it is in contact with Li Xuan almost every day, what is the biggest advantage of staying by the side of the Son of Heaven to do things?

That will naturally be able to get the opportunity to be appreciated by Li Xuan, not to mention anything else, as long as Li Xuan's name is remembered, then he can fight for more than ten years less than other ordinary officials!

Although there is no promotion within the Hanlin Academy, there is a difference between good and bad in the external release, ordinary external release, perhaps transferred to an ordinary state capital or province, medium external release, it is possible to go to the ruling side, and better external release, it is possible to directly transfer to other departments of the cabinet to take up positions.

For example, when he is a seven-grade editor, when he is released, the worst situation is that he is sent to the local ordinary six-grade position, such as the ordinary official position on the provincial governor's yamen, the government yamen, and the local state or something, so that it can basically be announced that the political career has come to an end, and there will be opportunities for continued promotion, but it will definitely be a big step behind.

As for the ordinary release, he was transferred to the sixth-rank position in the cabinet ministries, and although the grade remained the same, he was still a Beijing official.

A better release is to be transferred to a local area to serve as a county magistrate, why do you say that? Why do you say that, because now in the Tang Dynasty, it is basically not going to let new science and technology scholars and doctors serve as the chief officials of a county, and even the county officials are not given, and they basically select experienced officials to serve as county officials.

In addition, because of the importance of the local leader, Li Xuan strictly ordered the officials to attach great importance to the three levels of county commanders, governors, and prefects and adjutants last year.

And appropriately improve the grade, especially a county order, they are in charge of the lives of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people, no matter how much attention is paid to it, and such an important position is only a positive seven grades, not suitable, so the officials quickly changed.

Now the prefect in the Tang Dynasty has a grade of positive four grades, which is equivalent to that of the Ming Dynasty, while the governor of the provincial prefecture is the fifth grade, and the governor of the province is from the fifth grade, and after reaching the level of the county order, it is directly raised to the sixth grade.

And the government is the same as the knowledge, the state is the same, the state is the same, the county is the same, the grade is also greatly improved, basically only one level lower than the chief official, the same knowledge is from the fourth grade, the same state is from the fifth grade, the state is the same is the sixth grade, and the county is from the sixth grade.

Transferred to the local area to serve as the county Cheng from the sixth grade, if you look at it from the concept of the Ming Dynasty, it is very poor, but it is different in Datang, because many of the county orders of the Tang Dynasty are promoted from the county Cheng, and when they are released as county officials, it is clear that they are here to gild, and after a few months of transition in the position of county Cheng, they can basically be promoted to the county order of the sixth grade.

After having the experience of the ruling party, the follow-up road is easy to go, and if you continue to mix in the locality, you can follow the Zhili Prefecture Tong, or Zhizhou, and then Zhili Prefecture Zhizhou, and then come over to Tongzhi and Zhifu all the way.

If you can turn back to the center on the way and then release it again, then the rise will be faster!

Sending out the local government to serve as the chief official exercise, transferring back to the Beijing Division, and then going out to the local area to serve as the chief official, and so on, this is the main way to train senior officials in the Tang Dynasty Ministry at present, and those who can get this kind of treatment are basically potential talents who have the opportunity to serve as the governor of a province or a squire in the future.

Therefore, in today's Tang Dynasty, for traditional civil officials, the experience of the ruling party is very important!

For Zhang Pingyang, the best release is to be sent to a county with better conditions to serve as a county commander.

This means that you can double jump, and it is still the main party, and it is still a place where it is easy to make achievements, and this condition is better, not that the local hair is underdeveloped or the like, but that it is easy to make achievements, such a person, in the follow-up promotion is basically like riding a rocket.

A few of the good mixes in the secretariat, the seniors who are appreciated by His Majesty, usually after the expiration of three years of service, are all exiled as a landlord, and one of them from the five products of the waiter, last year was directly released as the prefect of the fourth grade, this year has been transferred back to Beijing to serve in the Ministry of Agriculture from the director of the third grade.

When he is released again, he will be the political envoy of a province at the very least, and in a few more years, he will be able to compete for the governor and even the squire, and become a real important minister of the court!

Zhang Pingyang naturally has ambitions, and he wants to get ahead, he doesn't want to be like some people in the Hanlin Academy, after serving in the Hanlin Academy for a year, he will be abandoned and put to an ordinary position in the local area.

The maximum term of office of the officials of the Hanlin Academy is three years, but in fact, there are not many people who can do it for three years, and those who can sit for three years before being released are basically people who are red and purple in the Hanlin Academy!

He wants to try to stay after serving for one year, continue to serve in the Hanlin Academy, work for three years, and then be released to serve as a landlord, so that the future road can be smoother, and if there is a chance to return to the Hanlin Academy again in the future, it would be great.

However, it is not an easy task for the secretariat of the Hanlin Academy, which is full of talents and serious intrigues, to stand out and be seen by His Majesty.

And this time, it was Zhang Pingyang who saw the opportunity and had the courage to ask Li Xuan for help, if this thing can be done and lay the foundation for the army to enter the city, then he will not worry about the road ahead.

When Zhang Pingyang was risking his own future, the people from the Military Intelligence Department and Hantong who went out also glanced at each other, and then they all showed a cold snort, and they left without paying attention!

Although cooperation has to cooperate, but the heart is unwilling to be willing, that is for sure!

And when the Military Intelligence Department and the people of Hantong cooperate to wreak havoc, this night, Youzhou City is destined to be a bloody and cruel night!