Li Rizhi followed behind Yan Liben and entered the gate, he didn't dare to ride a horse again, Yan Liben didn't ride a horse either, he walked in slowly with his hands behind his back, he followed behind, and no one stopped him this time.

There are a lot of yamen in the imperial city, and the Ministry of Industry belongs to the subordinate yamen of Shangshu Province, which only occupies a small part of it, and it looks very inconspicuous from the outside, which makes people have a kind of "Alas, is this the Ministry of Industry?" Far worse than the Ministry of Rites! "Feelings.

However, after entering the Ministry of Industry, the situation inside is completely different from the Ministry of Rites, the people in the Ministry of Rites are slow and organized, speaking and doing things very decently, while doing things, but also drinking tea, and the people in the Ministry of Industry are all in a hurry, I don't see anyone drinking tea slowly, they are busy with their own things.

Li Rizhi doesn't need to carefully understand the difference between these two departments, just look at the performance of the officials, and feel that the officials of the Ministry of Rites are too comfortable.

Yan Liben entered the official room, beckoned Li Rizhi to come in, and said with a smile: "The old man read the official document sent from Zhengzhou some time ago, and your name was mentioned on it, Cui Dongsheng and Zheng Gangling both praised you for solving the case, and you are proficient in criminal law, this time your performance in Huayin County can be confirmed, neither of them is too boastful!" ”

What he said was not too much boasting, in fact, he still thought that Cui Dongsheng and Zheng Gangling were exaggerating, Li Rizhi was so young, even if he was born to know, he would not have such a powerful ability to solve cases!

Li Rizhi didn't defend anything, he didn't have a red face and was in a hurry, was he bragging, if he had a chance to get along in the future, then he would naturally know, if he didn't have a chance to get along in the future, it would be useless to justify!

Yan Liben said again: "Now tell me, how did you catch Deng Ao in Huayin County?" ”

Li Rizhi thought for a while, organized the language, and then said: "The student didn't originally go to arrest Deng Ao, before that, the student didn't even know that there was this person, the student just arrived in Huayin County, and met a crying old woman on the street......"

He told the strange things he encountered in Huayin County in detail, when he described the matter, he did not add personal feelings, but told the story of the case very plainly, as for the wit in the process of solving the case, thrilling, etc., he did not add it, in short, his description is very boring, without twists and turns.

For people who don't know how to solve the case, it doesn't sound lively enough and too boring, so it's better to go to the temple fair, and listen to it without spending money at the temple fair, which is more interesting than what Li Rizhi said.

But for people who know how to solve the case, Li Rizhi's description is too much in line with their habits, and only such a description without personal feelings can let them judge the strangeness of the case, otherwise if the mouth is full of what I think, I think, how it is, then the case will not be solved.

After Yan Liben listened, he was silent for a long time, and then said: "Although you caught Deng Ao by accident, Zheng Changshe should still thank you and your partners." ”

Li Rizhi had the intention to throw the scroll to Yan Liben, but he was a little embarrassed to speak, he hesitated, thinking that this was a good opportunity, and he should seize it, and when he was about to open his mouth, suddenly someone outside came to report, saying that the county order of Chang'an County had arrived.

Yan Liben hurriedly said: "Hurry up, please!" He knew to Li Ri again: "Peng County's order is here, the old man has something to talk to him, you can sit down for a while, well, the old man can also introduce you to Peng County's order." ”

As he spoke, an official wearing a light scarlet official uniform walked in, this official was about forty-eight or nine, about to be fifty years old, with a beautiful long beard, dignified appearance, and the demeanor of a handsome old man.

This old handsome guy is the county order of Chang'an County, Peng Ji, don't underestimate that he is just a county order, Chang'an County is Jing County, and the county order grade of Jing County is on the fifth grade, but it is not a seven-grade county order, if you are not an official in Beijing, and put it on the local level, it will immediately be a Shangzhou don't drive, and you can even become a Xiazhou assassin, if the location of Xiazhou is not very good, people are still reluctant to go!

Peng Ji was very particular about appearance, and after saluting Yan Liben in the official room, he coughed, sat down on a wooden pier, and said, "Xiaguan came here this time to ask Yan Shangshu for advice, how to repair the embankment on the other side of the Qingshui River?" After all, there are thousands of acres of fine fields over there! ”

There are several major rivers around Chang'an, and the Qingshui River is a tributary of the Great River that is used to irrigate farmland, but much of the farmland there is a temple property, that is, a field that belongs to a temple or Taoist temple.

Peng Ji was quite reluctant to repair it, he thought that since the land belonged to the monks and Taoists, it should be repaired by the monks and Taoists, not by Chang'an County to pay for them to repair, because of this matter, he and Yan Liben talked twice, this is the third time, and no one has convinced anyone.

Yan Liben sighed twice, touched his beard, and said: "The meaning of Peng County's order, the old man understands, but you must know that if you want those monks and Taoist priests to pay money, they will definitely be willing to pay, after all, there are many fields there, but the embankment they pay for is definitely only enough to irrigate their own fields, and they will not pay for a penny!" ”

Li Rizhi nodded again and again while listening, yes, no matter who repairs the embankment or the canal, of course, it is for their own convenience, and it is impossible to spend their own money to repair the embankment or canal for other people's homes!

Yan Liben said again: "But as officials of the imperial court, it is impossible for us to repair such a small section of the embankment, the entire embankment of the Qingshui River must be within the plan, and we can't change the entire embankment repair plan because of that small section of the embankment!" ”

Li Rizhi didn't understand what it meant, and could vaguely guess that it might be that the monks and Taoists had found Peng Ji and said that they had paid to repair that section of the embankment, and this section of the embankment might have to be diverted, or whatever, Peng Ji felt that since the monks and Taoists were willing to pay, they would repair it according to their wishes, but this was in conflict with Yan Liben's overall plan, so the two began to fight!

Peng Ji said: "Yan Shangshu, the lower officials are also to save money for the imperial court, and the money saved is not good to do something, it is rare that those monks and Taoists are willing to pay, isn't this a good thing, the lower officials are really kind!" ”

Yan Liben said with a smile: "Sometimes, good intentions will do bad things, you are the county commander of Chang'an County, so you just care about the affairs in Chang'an County, but the old man is the Ministry of Industry of the Tang Dynasty, not to mention it, just say that outside the city of Chang'an, you have repaired the embankment of Chang'an County, according to your statement, you have saved money for the imperial court, and it has also facilitated the monks and Taoists, so have you ever thought that the diversion of the river has affected the irrigation of the fields in Wannian County downstream, and the people of Wannian County must not look for you to work hard!" ”

What Yan Liben said was already quite polite, criticizing Peng Ji for only caring about his own jurisdiction and ignoring the overall situation, but because he said it with a smile, his attitude was not intense, and he couldn't hear that he was criticizing, and he still took care of Peng Ji's face.

As soon as Peng Ji heard this, he understood that it must be someone from Wannian County who had also come to Yan Liben, and resolutely opposed the revision of the original embankment repair plan.

Peng Ji knew that he couldn't do anything, in order to find steps for himself, he turned his head to look at Li Rizhi, and saw that Li Rizhi was dressed gorgeously, obviously a rich son, and he had a seat in the house, of course, Li Rizhi's seat was actually a small square stool, or the kind with short legs!

Peng Ji pointed to Li Ri and knew: "Who is this Xiao Langjun?" ”

Li Rizhi hurriedly got up, bowed to Peng Ji, and said: "Student Li Rizhi, a person from Xingyang, is a student who entered Beijing to take the exam this time, and I am fortunate to see Peng County Ling today, and the students are very happy. ”

Peng Ji smiled: "This official is not a beautiful woman, what is there to be happy about when you see this official!" ”

As soon as he said this, even Yan Liben was happy. Peng Ji said again: "The county magistrate of Xingyang knows that his name is Zheng Gangling, right?" He and I were admitted in the same year, but this official exam is a Jinshi, and he seems to be a Ming Jing! ”

When he said this, he had a sense of superiority, the people of Zhongjinshi could stay in Chang'an and be the county commander of Jing County, and Zheng Gangling, who only took the Ming Scripture, could only go to Xingyang to be a county commander.

Li Ri knew: "Zheng Gangling mentioned by Peng County Ling is the student's uncle, it turns out that Peng County Ling and the student's uncle were admitted in the same year, so the student should call you Peng Shibo!" ”

Peng Ji sighed, looked Li Rizhi up and down, and said, "It turns out that you are Zheng Gangling's nephew, so in this way, you entered Beijing this time to invest in Yan Shangshu?" His attitude was immediately affectionate.

In fact, although Peng Ji and Zheng Gangling were admitted in the same year, the two are not familiar with each other in different subjects, so they can only be regarded as nodding friends, but they can be regarded as acquaintances, so for Li Rizhi, Peng Ji can still show a little enthusiasm.

Yan Liben is a kind old man, he touched his beard and smiled: "Li Rizhi don't go to the old man to invest in the bank......

When Li Rizhi heard this, his heart couldn't help but sink, Yan Weng didn't even want his own bankroll, just now he really wanted to invest in the bank's roll to him, if it wasn't for Peng Ji coming in and interrupting his train of thought, it is estimated that he would have said the words of the bank's roll at this time.

Yan Liben continued: "Li Rizhi is a capable young man, the old man is a talented man for the country, and naturally he will not fall behind, so even if Li Rizhi does not invest in the old man, the old man will also make a name for him, and what Li Rizhi has to do now is how to make a name for himself in the palace, you can get acquainted with Tong Guinu, then you might as well give him the poem, let him find an opportunity to present it to the Son of Heaven, and spread his reputation to the ears of the Son of Heaven, this is the real investment bank!" ”

Li Rizhi was instantly overjoyed, it turned out that Yan Weng meant this, he almost blamed Yan Weng just now, he quickly got up and thanked Yan Liben again and again!

Peng Ji sighed again, this time he looked at Li Rizhi again, his eyes were not only affectionate for three points, but nine and a half points, quite enthusiastic!

Peng Ji said: "Nephew Li Xian, do you recognize Deputy Chief Manager Tong?" ”

Li Rizhi didn't know what Tong Guinu's identity was, he shook his head and said: "Back to Peng Shibo's words, the little nephew doesn't know Deputy Chief Tong, well, I haven't known him yet, the little nephew has a letter to give to him!" ”

Peng Ji smiled and said: "Unexpectedly, Li Xian's nephew is not simple, he even knows the deacon in the palace, the deputy chief manager Tong is the confidant of Queen Wu, if he is willing to submit your poems, then not only the Son of Heaven, but even the queen will know your name. ”

Li Rizhi was slightly strange in his heart, it seems that although Tong Guinu is a eunuch, his reputation should be excellent, not only Yan Weng does not dislike this eunuch, but Peng Ji does not have the slightest expression of disgust, which in itself shows that Tong Guinu has a good reputation.

Li Ri knew: "The little nephew is not particularly good at poetry and writing, when he was studying in his hometown, he specialized in criminal law, and in terms of solving cases, the little nephew can be regarded as having two small means." He deliberately spoke less modestly so that Peng Ji would question him.

Sure enough, Peng Ji sighed again and said with a smile: "You, will you solve the case?" ”