It's the height of summer.

At noon in July, the sun is so blazing that it seems to be able to light up the branches of a tree. Since the morning, there has been no wind at all, and it is so hot that I can't even make a sound. When the eggs fall to the ground, they are instantly cooked.

In the capital, except for the scholars who were going to participate in the tribute, they would also call friends, and the rest of the place was calm. The day before yesterday, because of the sensational scene of Xihe Road escorting Mu Zheng to the Jingmian Saint, it gradually disappeared from the topic of the people. The people of Tokyo now, in addition to envy, are waiting to see how the imperial court will arrange the heroes this time.

At this time, the battle in the Deshun army of Qin Fenglu also calmed down.

The war of the Deshun army ended as early as after Wang Shao returned to the division. Before the elite troops of Qin Feng and Jingyuan, who were transferred to Xihe Road, returned to the army, the party members withdrew from the cage city in time. They attacked for a whole month, but they did not break through the city, and the inferior siege methods of the Western Xia seem to have been confirmed in this battle. However, from the real situation, it was the party people who besieged the cage city but did not attack, and under the leadership of Ren Duo Lingding, they laid down several villages on the periphery of the cage city and made a lot of money.

Now the whole of Kansai is so quiet that it feels a little strange. Tubo and the party are all honestly guarding the nest, and none of them are moving. Although I don't know if they have any ghost ideas secretly playing, it is not clear if they have decided to fight the grass valley after autumn. But at least one thing is certain, they don't have the strength to continue attacking at the moment.

Because of the excessive loss of the Battle of Luowu, the national strength of Western Xia has not been restored. And Dong Yu of Huangzhou, under the soldiers of the Song people, also seemed to be frightened, and had agreed to submit to the imperial court. Master Zhiyuan, who is very famous in Hehuang, has now become Dong Yu's guest.

After the fairy building. In the lotus pond in the courtyard, lotus flowers are abundant, and the pink petals all over the pond are directly exposed to the sun, which adds to the three-point color of the lotus pond. And in the corner of the building, there is a small room that dies by the railing, just enough to be able to pass the fairy building. The view of the courtyard is in full view. But neither of the two people in the room had any intention of looking at the view. A middle-aged man in his forties, with three long strands of beard hanging down, looks a little majestic. The other was a young man under thirty, with a bright and burning eye.

"I heard that it was Han Gang who proposed to make Dong Yu's son Ali Gu the first student to enter Xizhou Fan School?" The middle-aged man asked. Xihe is now a Tibetan tribe and a Tibetan tribe is submissive. If you can use Dong Yu's son Ali Gu to study in Tibet, you will definitely be able to submit all the Tibetan tribes in the Hehuang area, "But isn't this a hostage?" ”

The young man replied, "Ali Gu is not Dong Yu's own son, but his wife. Dong Yu's son is not very old, but Ali Gu is an adult. Let him leave Huangzhou, Dong Yu will inevitably have some incense for us. ”

The middle-aged man put his arm on his shoulder, "If you want to suppress Dong Yu, even his own son is useless." It's just that when necessary, Ali Gu's identity can also come in handy. ”

"If Ali Gu really enters the Fan School, it will definitely cause some discussion. If he can go to Beijing, he can get a reward and an official body. ”

"It is easy for a Tibetan person to become an official, but there are few opportunities to get rewards." The middle-aged man said, "Even if Dong Yu's cheap son enters Beijing, there won't be much benefit at the moment." Just rewarding the soldiers who participated in the battle of Xihe, Qin Feng and Jingyuan would cost millions of dollars. Although the treasury is now full, there is not much to provide for a single person. ”

"The immortal merit should be repaid as a rare reward. What is the reward of millions? Because of his merits, Wang Shao, who was originally the right Shilang, has now been promoted to the right counselor. ”

The middle-aged man shook his head: "This is not a big reward!" ”

The young man smiled mysteriously: "When you enter Beijing, you will know whether his reward is thick or not." Cai Zizheng [Cai Ting] is waiting for him in Xifu! ”

"Privy Counsellor?!" Hearing the news, the middle-aged man immediately stepped forward a little.

At the same time, he also made up for the officials of his two sons, and now the four sons in front of him have official positions. Wang Hou, the second son who escorted Mu Zheng to Beijing, is now an ambassador and minister - the inner temple of Zheng Bapin. Think about the sons of the Zai Zhi family, they have to make up for the shade, and they are just Taichang Temple Taizhu and Jingguan of Zhengjipin. ”

"Wang Shao's son has always followed him, and he has made a lot of contributions in the past few years, and he is happy to catch up with the Son of Heaven, and he is also idle to give an official." The middle-aged man heard a hint of jealousy behind the young official, raised his glass and drank, covering the smile at the corner of his mouth. He asked again: "What about Gao Zunyu?" ”

"Changed the history of the Minzhou Thorn."

"Minzhou Thorn History?! He turned out to be the history of the Yeongju Thorn, right? The middle-aged man asked strangely, how could it be a horizontal transfer. In doubt, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind: "Is it ......!" ”

The young official nodded: "It's the one who is the official of Gao Zunyuxi's cabinet envoy who has indeed fallen from his post." ”

"Then isn't he a regular official?!"

Gao Zunyu was originally a history of assassination in Rongzhou, although it was the same history as the current one. However, it is not a grade, nor is it a regular official, but a remote county official, that is, the so-called American official, just a nice title. Even some palace envoys with old qualifications and positive grades have not even entered the horizontal class, and they can still get the title of observation envoy and regimental training envoy. And how valuable the official is, just look at Emperor Yingzong to know that before he officially became the prince, although Renzong had already belonged to him, he was only the fourth-level regimental training envoy of the official official, only one level higher than Gao Zunyu now.

Gao Zunyu's original Rongzhou Thorn History, because there is still a Jilu official of the Xishang Cabinet Envoy, so he is only a Yaojun official, but he is now dismissed as the Xishang Cabinet Envoy of the official, and the renamed Zhengwupin Minzhou Thorn History has become his new Jilu official, that is, the official who calculates the grade and the Lu.

"The envoy of the West Cabinet is the penultimate level of the horizontal class, and now he has jumped to the history of the main assassin, and he has jumped five or six levels at once!" The middle-aged man sighed at the speed of Gao Zunyu's promotion to the knighthood.

The small envoys, the ambassadors, the palace envoys, the horizontal class, and then the main officer, this is the order of the transfer of the military general's official rank. Gao Zunyu originally stood on the penultimate rank of the horizontal class, and his status was already very high, and he was still above Xiang Bao, who served in Qin Fenglu back then. But being in such a high position, it is surprising that he can still jump five or six levels.

“…… Most of them still rely on the Queen Mother...... "The young official is so well-informed that he seems to know what is happening in any corner of Tokyo City," I heard that a few days ago, because of the matter of the city's change of law, the official family bumped into the Queen Mother, and now it is back to Gao Zunyu to add a history of assassination. ”

The middle-aged man shook his head, if you don't say anything about the affairs of the palace, although this place can be regarded as private, but after all, it is still a public place, maybe the wall has ears.

Gao Zunyu has become a regular official...... What about Han Gang? After all the things of resisting the edict were done, they simply protected Hezhou for half a month, so as not to damage the overall situation of Hehuang. His reward should be indispensable now......"

"There is a reward, from the crown prince Zhongyun to the doctor of the country - but if he can have a background, it will be Dr. Taichang - the father of Han Gang, who planted vegetable gardens, also got a promotion, saying that he commanded Tuntian powerfully. However, the edict also ordered Han Gang to follow Wang Shao to Beijing Yique, but he was piled up. ”

The middle-aged man frowned when he heard the last sentence: "Should you resist the will and become addict......ed?"

"Han Gang is going to Qinzhou to participate in the test, and he has already gone to the lock hall, and now he has no time to go to Beijing."

"Saying this, when you see the Son of Heaven, you may be able to give him the title of Jinshi." The middle-aged man was half-joking, and judging from his relaxed tone, it was not true.

The young official took it seriously, and immediately became serious: "Even if the prime minister's own brother wants to be given a jinshi background, he must have dozens of volumes of articles, what does Han Gang have?" Sand table, military chess, medicine, as well as battles, and transport, this credit is a lot, but which one can match the jinshi? …… Jinshike is a national talent, and what is particular is the word 'literature'. Even if the Son of Heaven wants to give him a jinshi, he must first pass the first level of imperial history, and he must ask the academy not to refute it. ”

The middle-aged man smiled again at the excitement of the young official. But what he said also makes sense, Wang Anguo relied on fifty volumes of articles to get the title of Jinshi, and no one said strange things in private. Han Gang doesn't have a single volume of articles, why should he be born and receive a jinshi, have merit, give money, gifts, and add officials, the glory of the title of the gold list is indeed incomparable to the extension of the border wilderness, let alone replaced.

The young man said: "Han Gang has been loyal to the king for three years, and he has entered the court from cloth, which is what he deserves." But Di Ban'er went to Guangnan and came back, and he didn't hear that the Son of Heaven gave him a Jinshi because he put down the Nong Zhigao Rebellion. How is Han Gang qualified? ”

"So Han Yukun didn't come to the capital, he locked the hall directly, and prepared to go to Qinzhou in August." The middle-aged man said, "There are not many officials in Qin Fenglu who are willing to take the Jinshi exam, Han Gang himself still has some talents, I heard that when he first joined the official, he was stumped by someone in Liunequan, but the Moyi Ten Ways of the test were all right...... Anyway, a tribute student can always get the test. ”

"If he can get Wang Shao's recommendation, he is naturally talented. But in the past three years, how much time has he had to study poetry, books, and scriptures? If you don't have time to study, how can you get into the upper jinshi?! The young official circled the middle finger of his left thumb and the other three fingers, posing like an orchid finger. If Jinshi is so good, Shaanxi Zhulu can only produce two or three in one subject? ”

"Don't say this, maybe Han Oka Jinke can become a jinshi."

"Then it's up to his luck." The young man smiled disdainfully.

"It's luck and patience." The middle-aged man corrected it, "I have seen Han Gang's performance a few times, and it is indeed rare to see among young people. ”

The young man became unconvinced again, "Then let's see if Han Gang really has luck and patience this time!" ”