The feudal officials were divided into two systems, one was the prefecture and county official system, and the other was the embassy shogunate system. The state and county officials are appointed by the imperial court, and the selection and appointment of the assassin history and the five grades and above (don't drive, Sima, and Changshi) belong to the Zhongshu Sect, and the judges below the five grades are under the jurisdiction of the Shangshu Provincial Officials. There are generally three types of people who are eligible to enter the shogunate to become shogunates: first, current officials, second, "people with origin" who have obtained official qualifications and "former seniors" who have completed the examination, and third, officials or cloth clothes.

The office of the lord of the government needs to be submitted to the imperial court for approval, and it cannot be arbitrary, and the imperial court has its own complete system for selecting officials, so the first two types of people are the most common among these three types of people, and it is relatively difficult for cloth clothes or officials to enter the curtain.

Yu Hualong recommended Li Mao to be the envoy, and specially submitted a document to the Yunzhou Jiedu Embassy, but it was like a mud cow entering the sea, and there was no response for more than ten days. Yu Hualong was a little anxious, and sent Sang Rong to the Jiedu Embassy to inquire privately, and Sang Rong asked a few acquaintances to find out that it turned out that the secretary in charge of the shogunate had been on leave at home for the past few days, and the non-urgent and heavy official documents were all stuck in the desk, and they did not reach Li Shigu's hands.

Sang Rong found Li Yacheng, who was good with him, and asked him to help him submit the official document to Li Shigu as soon as possible. Li Yacheng agreed to come down, and after sending Sang Rong away, he went to ask his uncle Jia Zhiyan for help. Jia bluntly said that he was in his early thirties, with beautiful hair and chest, and his face was as warm as jade, and he was known for his resourcefulness in the Yunzhou shogunate. ”

Not long after sending Li Yacheng out, Jiedu came with him to pass Jia bluntly to discuss matters in the inner hall of Jiedu. Jia bluntly said that he didn't dare to slack off, straightened his clothes, and went to the inner hall with the official of Jiedu through the corner gate.

There are three official halls in the Jiedu Embassy, the largest one is called the lobby, also known as the "Military Mansion", "Shuai Hall" or "Huwei Hall", which is used to deal with military affairs, and is generally not open unless it is a ceremony or a public event. After the lobby is the middle hall, it is the daily office place of the festival degree envoy, commonly known as the "judgment hall", the section degree envoy meets with internal and external officials here, handles daily official business, because the section degree makes a lot of part-time jobs, military and political affairs are extremely heavy, so a number of auxiliary institutions are set up in the left and right wings in front of the middle hall to assist the section degree envoy to deal with official business, and the staff come and go, and it seems very busy.

There is also a large hall after the judge's hall, commonly known as the "inner hall", which is the private study room of the envoy of the festival, the left wing room is the secretary's room (secretary's room), the right wing room is the official room (guard room), followed by the tea hall (waiting room). The inner hall is heavily guarded, and non-confidants are not allowed to enter, and there are only a few officials and staff members who are qualified to go to the inner hall to see the envoys of the festival.

Jia bluntly said that he used the Chengpi Office of Zhucheng County in Mizhou as the staff officer of the shogunate, and he walked around in front of the judge's hall on weekdays, and the number of times he came to the inner hall was only a handful.

Li Shigu is tall, strong as a leopard, has been in the top position for a long time, and his bearing is majestic, and the Ziqing generals are afraid of him like a tiger. Although he was not more than thirty years old, he had been a festival envoy for ten years.

In the eighth year of Zhenyuan, Ziqing Pinglu Jiedu made Li Na die of a violent illness, only thirty-four years old, Ziqing General Gong pushed his son Li Shigu to stay, the above table asked for the award of Jieyue, and soon the edict was the general of the right Jin Wuwei, as the envoy of the army.

Jia bluntly said that he paid a big salute to pay homage, and Li Shigu made a false gesture of support, and said with a smile: "Uninhibited, no need to be polite, sit, use tea." ”

Jia bluntly said that when he was young, he called himself "Mr. Unruly", but Li Shigu did not call him his cousin but called him the nickname when he was young, which made Jia bluntly's heart warm.

Jia bluntly took a sip of tea and took the initiative to ask, "What is the order of the unknown minister to summon the students?" ”

Li Shigu said: "There has just been news from the Jinjuyuan that the Holy Admiral has deposed someone from Beijing, and the attempt to split Ziqing has failed, and the twelve states of Ziqing have been preserved. ”

Jia bluntly stood up and said, "The Holy Lord is wise and gratifying. ”

Li Shigu said with a smile: "Someone is just a buzzing fly, and he is not afraid of what big waves he can stir up." What I hate is that if you show someone your heart, he will still be separated from you. ”

Jia bluntly understood Li Shigu's thoughts, and knew that the latter "someone" was referring to Yu Hualong, the former soldier and horse envoy of the Yaqian, he had expected that Li Shigu would consult him on this matter, so he came prepared, but he still thought about it for a while, and then said carefully: "Gushan Town was built with my Ziqing's wealth, and the Qing Navy was a military horse under the command of the marshal. ”

Li Shigu nodded approvingly: "This is reasonable. In this way, Yuen Long, you can go to Chengwu County and take a look for me. ”

"Please rest assured, the students will take a good look."

Li Shigu was very satisfied with Jia Zhiyan's answer, although this place is an inner hall, some words are still inconvenient to say. He smiled heartily, stroked his stiff beard, and suddenly asked, "Who did Gushan Town recommend to be the envoy?" Jia said bluntly: "It is an official named Li Mao, who just came from the river with the new county commander Xue Rong, and is serving as the gold catcher. ”

Li Shigu said: "Those who are capable of catching gold envoys must be not bad at their skills." Jia said bluntly: "It may not be very capable, but it must be a county confidant." After speaking, he asked Li Shigu's personal officer, Gao Mu: "Has Jingsheng come back from leave?" "Li Shigu's secretary Chen Jingsheng is a well-known talent in Qizhou, talented and high-minded, doing a splendid article, but he is a bit bookish, can not stand the grievances, the day before yesterday because of disagreement with Li Shigu, angry and sick leave to return to his hometown.

Gao Mu replied: "I haven't come back yet." Jia bluntly groaned: "General Yu has been going to Caozhou for more than ten days, and with his impatient temper, he has arrived. The student will go to the secretary's office and ask. ”

The big-eared tooth general in the outer hall smiled when he heard this: "Sir, sit down, go and ask." But after a while, Naya brought Yu Hualong's recommendation letter, Li Shigu read it, handed it to Jia Zhiyan, and said: "This kid has saved the life of the county master, and he has also assisted the official army in Huaizhou Mo Kedu to catch the salt baron, which is amazing." In this way, Yuen Long, you immediately write a book, make him a festival officer, and then draw up a document to go to the military department, and ask him to give him a ...... Kim Goji Rank. ”

Jia Zhiyan was taken aback and reminded: "Jin Wu Sige is under the eighth grade, he is a clerk in his early twenties, this is ...... Isn't it too high? “

Li Shigu smiled and said: "In extraordinary times, don't care about the level of official quality." ”

Jia bluntly thought about it for a while, and then he understood that Li Shigu's eight-rank official hat was really wonderful, which not only gave Yu Hualong a big face, but also quietly laid a nail inside the Qing Navy.

After the Tang Dynasty, the military system existed in name only, and most of the sixteen guards became furnishings, and the guard officer position was mostly used to identify the identity and serve as a transfer of capital with officials, Si Ge was originally the general's entourage, and Li Shigu's official was the right Jinwu general, and it was reasonable to invite a Si Ge to be by his side. The official rank of Zhengbapin can be regarded as a step to the sky for an official, and after receiving such a great favor from someone, how can he, Li Mao, not be grateful to Dade?

Jia bluntly glanced at the tall Li Shigu, and praised in his heart: Tall, really tall.