Qing found an inn and placed Wang Changling first, and then accompanied Cui Liuliu along the Zhu Lantern all the way, seeing that there was the Vermilion Bird Gate in front of him, so he asked Gao Zhandao to escort her back, and walked towards the Imperial City, when he approached the Vermilion Bird Gate, he suddenly heard someone calling him, it seemed to be Yang Huahua's voice, he looked for a long time, but he didn't know where the sound came from.

At this moment, a group of Yulin troops rushed down from the city wall, blocking his way, and the leading general looked at him and said, "Are you Li Qing of Yibin County?" ”

Li Qing was stunned, "I am, what are you looking for me?" ”

"You come with us!" Without waiting for Li Qing to ask again, a group of Yulin soldiers rushed him up to the city tower half-by plane and half-push.

"What the hell is going on with you?"

Li Qing had asked this more than ten times, but Yu Linjun ignored him, searched, changed clothes, checked luggage, and moved very quickly, and in the end, an old eunuch shook over, shook the dust, and shouted in a sharp voice: "Pass the emperor's edict, Li Qing, the chief bookkeeper of Xuanyi Bin County, come to see you!" ”

Li Qing was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that it was Li Longji who wanted to see him today.

The elder is the general rule of inheriting the throne, but since the founding of the Tang Dynasty for a hundred years, no one can ascend to the throne as the emperor, as if it is a fate, Ruizong's third Li Longji also took this reincarnation, killing Wei's interference in politics, killing Princess Taiping to seize power, forcing his father to abdicate, forcing his eldest brother to abdicate, and paving his imperial road with drenched blood and cold means.

But those who enter the throne with great chaos. After he ascended the throne, he carried out drastic reforms, such as internal affairs, military affairs, election of officials, employment, legal system, admonition and restriction of foreign relatives, and stumbled against the maladministration of the previous dynasties, with Yao Chong and Song Jing successively as prime ministers, and Lu Huaishen, Han Xiu, Pei Yaoqing, Zhang Shuo, Zhang Ling and others as ministers, or known for being cautious, or talented, or upright, or learned.

It was Li Longji, who was born in adversity, and the minister and prime minister who were diligent in political affairs. In the end, the world was governed, "the service was lenient, the punishment was light, and the people were rich", creating the most brilliant and glorious Kaiyuan era in the history of the country, and the wheel of time turned. It has been 33 years so far, and Li Longji has entered the year of his sixtieth birthday.

Li Qing, the little butterfly that flew into the Tang Dynasty, fluttered its wings and grew stronger, and walked with the storm of fate, just when he was about to rush out of another storm of fate, he suddenly saw the highest mountain in this era.

"Li Qing, the chief secretary of Yibin County, knocked to see His Majesty the Emperor, may Your Majesty live long live, long live, long live!" Although Li Qing has been promoted two levels in a row, he has not been officially approved by the officials, and he is still the chief secretary of Yibin County on official occasions.

As early as when Li Qing was brought over by the Yulin Army. Li Longji looked at him carefully and saw that he was tall. Although the eyebrows and eyes are ordinary, the nose is high and straight. His eyes were shining with confidence, and when he walked, he was proud, without any trivialities, although he didn't wear a military uniform, he was a little more energetic than the Yulin Army around him.

Li Longji values the appearance of officials the most, and Li Qing's temperament is different from ordinary people, which can't help but make him nod secretly, and he thinks of his words and deeds recorded in the living records of the Tainei Palace, and his heart has a great favor for him. He smiled mildly and said, "Is that the slush the place where you invented it?" ”

"It was Wei Chen's invention."

"Yes! Stand up and speak. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Tell me where you're from. What books have you read.

Just when Li Longji was asking about Li Qing's life experience, Li Jingyan hid behind and watched him silently, this was the first time she had seen him since she met Li Qing, under the attention of hundreds of Tang Dynasty royals, she could still maintain a peaceful state of mind, she could still stride forward, she could straighten her waist in front of the emperor, she could not squint, her eyes flashed with confidence, this calmness and calmness, this neither humble nor arrogant, couldn't help but remind Li Jingyan of Zhao Yue and Bangyan Cen Shen, who was also answering the emperor's question, His waist was as soft as a noodle, and when the emperor finally patted him on the shoulder, he fainted with excitement; Cen Shen is the opposite, arrogant and talented, he admires him quite a lot, but compared with this Li Qing, it exposes his useless side, when encountering difficulties and setbacks, he will only use wine to drown his sorrows, escape from the world, but he can't find a way to solve difficulties, compared with Li Qing's sleek and mature, it seems much naïve to behave in the world.

Yang Yuhuan saw that Li Longji did not embarrass Li Qing, so she put her mind at ease, she remembered the matter of harmony again, so she turned her head to look at Li Jingyan, but saw that she was staring at Li Qing, the coldness of her eyes disappeared without a trace, and her heart was secretly funny, she stretched out her hand and shook it up and down in front of Li Jingyan's eyes, Li Jingyan woke up and smiled, she smiled suddenly, "Princess, what's the matter?" ”

Yang Yuhuan leaned close to her ear, squinted at Li Qing and chuckled, "He's really good to you!" Do you want me to be a matchmaker for you? ”

"Princess, what are you talking about?" The famous Leng County Lord suddenly turned into a cowardly little girl, and she suddenly realized, "Princess, could it be you.

Yang Yuhuan saw that she guessed, so he no longer denied it, and said in a low voice: "He is kind to my Yang family, so I repay him, but he neither wants a high-ranking official nor a lord, as long as I help cancel the matter between you and the pro-Khitan, Shocking Goose, this man is really good, he values love and righteousness, and he can see his character at a critical time, I can help you this time, but I may not be able to help you next time, you have to seize the opportunity yourself!" ”

Yang Yuhuan's words set off a huge wave in Li Jingyan's heart, she never thought that it was Yang Yuhuan who was behind the ground, she never owed favors, but Li Qing's kindness made her unable to repay, she was in a state of confusion at the moment, she didn't know what to do, so she had to bow her head and say nothing.

On the other side, Li Longji's questioning of Li Qingdi gradually came to an end, Li Longji glanced at Yang Yuhuan meaningfully, and smiled gently at Li Qing: "You are still young, just hone in the East Palace for a few years, Tai has named you the captain of Zhaowu, I will again crown you as a Taisheren, and assist Tai with my heart!" ”

Captain Zhaowu and Taishe are both genuine ranks, but Captain Zhaowu is only a loose official and has no real position, so Li Longji named him a Taishe person, and re-incorporated him into the formal bureaucratic system of the Tang Dynasty, twice in three days

This is also rare in the Jinshi who was born in the professional class, and everyone looked at it in amazement, what kind of talent do people have, can they make the emperor and the emperor favor them one after another?

In many surprised eyes, but mixed with a hatred, this hateful gaze already existed when Li Qing appeared, he is Li Cong, the king of Tan, the big backstage of the Hai family, after the news of the Hai family's accident reached Chang'an, Li Cong immediately poisoned Hailan's daughter, destroyed all the correspondence with the Hai family, and sent someone to Chengdu to threaten Zhang Qiu and Qiong, not allowing him to shake out the evidence against himself.

Although the smuggling of the Hai family can't hurt his muscles and bones, but the annual income of tens of thousands of yuan is gone, especially the matter of the Hai family is very likely to make Tai turn back the situation, this is what he hates, Li Cong is Li Longji's eldest son, because of his ugly appearance and not liked by Li Longji, first Li Ying took away the position of Tai, Li Ying fell and then set up three Li Heng, but Li Cong was silent, Li Longji also felt guilty about him, once said to him, 'The society of the country, how can it be abolished because of appearance. It was this sentence that stimulated Li Cong's ambition to compete for the throne, on the one hand, he kept a low profile in front of Li Longji and won Li Longji's apology; On the other hand, he did good deeds, helped the down-and-out, and won prestige and fame; Then, he worked closely with Li Linfu to overthrow Tai, and just when Li Heng was hopeful, he suddenly killed a Haijia smuggling case, which made Tai get out of his trap, and the culprit of this case was Li Qing, a little man who stood in front of the emperor and talked eloquently.

'There is no such thing as such a cheap thing in the world!' ’

Li Cong secretly gave his half-brother Zhen Wang Li Wan a look. Li Wan understood, stood up and saluted Li Longji: "Father, the son still has a little question, I don't know if I can ask Li Sheren?" ”

Li Longji looked back at him, glanced at Li Cong again, and sneered in his heart, this must be Li Cong who instructed him to come out, how Li Longji didn't know what he was thinking about these ghosts. One by one, he is benevolent and moral on the surface, but behind his back he is doing nonsense, thinking that he can hide from the world, but he doesn't know that he himself is relying on his father to force his brother to seize the throne, how can he not be guarded.

"Ask!"

Li Wan took two steps forward and circled around Li Qing. looked at him back and forth, left and right, and said with a smile: "I sat far away just now, and I didn't hear Li Sheren's life experience clearly, so I want to ask again, what year is Li Sheren's Jinshi, why don't I have any impression at all?" ”

He stepped forward to call Li Qing Li Sheren, which was to show his father that he was not against his father's official title, but just a little 'question' about him.

When all the princes saw that Li Wan asked to the point, they were all very interested, and they all stretched their necks. His eyes showed excitement, staring at Li Qing. Seeing how he behaved ugly, even Li Longji was interested. I want to see how Li Qing resolves this embarrassing situation.

Li Qing naturally understands that he is deliberately making himself ugly, and he has no fame, which is his biggest weakness, as if he has no university credentials to enter the state organs in later generations, if he can't pass this hurdle, then he won't want to have any more land development in the future, so it seems to be a small problem, but it determines his future fate. He suddenly remembered what Zhang Qiu and Qiong said to him that day, "Accumulate reputation." In the future, only when you climb up will you have the capital, and the official will be able to sit firmly. ”

Only now did Li Qing finally understand the profound intention of Zhang Qiu and Qiong's words, he had already known that he would have today, so he had arranged countermeasures for himself very early.

Thinking of this, Li Qing smiled slightly, "Li Qing was born poor, so he didn't study hard in order to make a living, and then he slowly gained some fame, and Lord Meng Zhangqiu recommended him to be the master of Yibin County." ”

Li Wan let out a long 'Oh! "Since Captain Li has no fame, he must be a skilled man with strong martial arts, and he is determined to make contributions to my Tang Dynasty from martial arts, which is not bad." ”

"Let the prince down, Li Qing doesn't know any martial arts."

Li Wan frowned, pretending to be surprised and said to Li Longji: "This is the incomprehension of the courtiers, just now King Ning and the imperial brother both said that Li Sheren is capable, but he has neither fame nor martial arts, so what kind of extraordinary ability does he have, he can get the favor of Zhang Qiu and Qiong and His Royal Highness, the courtiers are really curious, please forgive my father for my rudeness." ”

At this time, there was silence on the tower of Suzaku Castle, and only the wind screaming through the cracks in the castle tower was heard, and the noise of the people watching the lanterns under the castle were heard. All eyes were on Li Qing, Li Longji's indifference, Li Heng's gloom, Li Cong's pride, Li Jingyan's sadness, Yang Yuhuan's anger, and the contempt of the princes and princesses.

"Huh! I'm really sorry for making Li Sheren embarrassed! I'm sorry! Li Wan couldn't hide the smug look on his face, and was about to retire, but Li Qing stopped him with a smile, "Lord Wang, please stay!" ”

"Your Majesty, can you let the guards fetch the luggage of the ministers?"

Li Longji nodded, Yu Linjun had already taken Li Qingdi's luggage and closely monitored him, Li Qing smiled lightly, took out the book of the people brought by Wang Changling, and laid it out on the city wall, straightening it by ten zhang.

He pointed to the densely signed signatures and handprints on it, and said aloud to Li Longji: "The minister has no fame and no martial arts, and the minister has only one strength, that is, he remembers the emperor's kindness and treats the emperor and the people well. ”

He suddenly turned around, stared at Li Wan tightly, and said word by word: "Then may I ask the prince, is this considered an ability?" ”

The city tower was even quieter, so quiet that you could hear everyone's heartbeat, and Li Longji suddenly laughed, "Okay! Good! Good! He said three good things in a row, stood up and looked back and forth, and said: "Have you all heard it, have you seen it, fame is only the way to be an official, but it is the duty of an official to do things for the people and be supported by the people." ”

He walked down the steps, patted Li Qing's shoulder appreciatively, pointed to the Wanmin Book on the ground and smiled: "Can this Wanmin Book be given to me?" ”

"Everything in the minister is given by the emperor, so this book of all people is originally the emperor's thing! How dare a minister take possession of it privately. ”