A month after Lin Ying arrived at the Jinju Academy, Qingmo reported to Li Maoyu: "He often goes to the Tilu Restaurant to drink this month, and he often goes here to Shushi Chen Yuan. Giving Power Literature Network"

Li Mao said: "Keep an eye on this Chen Yuan and see what the origin is." Ten days later, Qingmo replied: "Every time Chen Yuan goes outside the city to deliver a letter, he must go to the Four Seas Restaurant to drink, and every time he goes, he must enter a single room in the backyard. I tried to follow, but the shopkeeper wouldn't let me. Li Mao said: "If you want to come and go, don't worry about him." ”

Qingmo laughed and said: "He is a book history, only one stone of grain a month, two pieces of money, can he afford to support a small one?" Suddenly, he patted his thigh and said: "No, the things in the Four Seas Restaurant are so expensive that they will die, where did he get the money for a book history, so he will go every once in a while?" Seeing that Li Mao smiled and was silent, Qingmo said: "This person is famous, do you know something?" ”

Li Mao said: "That's it, it's okay if you don't know about this matter, Lin Ying and Chen Yuan, you will know it in your heart in the future." ”

Ziqing has a dark line in Chang'an, Li Mao is not surprised by this, on the contrary, if it is not, it is strange. The copper tiger head is pervasive in Ziqing, how can it be that there are no tentacles outside? What's more, isn't one of the great responsibilities of the Jinsoin to spy on the news of the capital for the local feudal towns? Spying on news, some can be above board, and some are not.

It is a kind of ability to peel back the cocoon from the public letter of the imperial court and analyze what you want. It's also a skill to sneak around and find out what you want. Compared to the two, the latter may be heavier.

Isn't it the nature of the copper tiger head to be secretive?

Wang Bingchen has been in charge of the Jinju Academy for many years, and many have appointed foreigners as assistants, how can Li Shigu rest assured? His master of the academy is afraid that he has no right to meddle in the affairs of the dark line, in other words, the dark line laid by Ziqing in Chang'an acts independently, and they rely on the Jinjuan Academy, and they are directly responsible for Ziqing.

Qin Zaimian is a person on this dark line, and his status is not ordinary, which is why Qin came to Lin.

Li Mao judged that this secret line not only relied on the Jinsoyuan to collect what they wanted, but also secretly undertook the responsibility of monitoring the main officials of the Jinsoyuan, including himself.

Even now, the Bronze Tiger Head was still an unfathomable abyss to Li Mao, and he carefully kept an appropriate distance from it.

**The north wind is tight, Chang'an City is fluttering and snowing, Li Mao woke up very early, but he didn't want to get up**, until Xiaoru brought breakfast in, he reluctantly got up, it was cold last night, Li Mao and Xiaoru hugged each other and fell asleep, Xiaoru's cheeks were still red at the moment. (Baidu search is the fastest and most stable update on the literature network) In Chang'an for three months, her face was smooth and smooth, coupled with her youth, and the youthful atmosphere of her body made Li Mao want to stop.

After breakfast, Xiaoru put on a scarlet cloak and put on a bamboo basket to go out to buy vegetables, accompanied by Xiaoru to Chang'an There is also a couple surnamed Zhang, Aunt Zhang has grown up with Su Qing since she was a child, and she is very trusted. Su Qing was afraid that Xiaoru would not be able to take care of Li Mao alone, so she sent her and her husband over together.

The Zhang couple is also happy, they have a son named Zhang Qi, just young, one mind to go out, Chang'an is the heart of the Tang Dynasty, the land of the hidden dragon and the crouching tiger, there are more opportunities, for the sake of the son, the two happily packed their luggage and came over.

On reasoning, the rough work of buying vegetables does not need Xiaoru to do it herself, but she doesn't know many people in Chang'an, and she has nowhere to go except to Guo Renna, buying vegetables and cooking and waiting for Li Mao has become all her sustenance, she enjoys it, Li Mao naturally can't bear to take it, fortunately, Dongshi is only one street away from Chongrenfang, where the Shangjuan Academy is located, and it is not far away.

Li Mao went to the duty room to drink a cup of hot tea, and was sitting on the fire, Chen Shu and Lin Ying came in together, sat down with Li Mao across the brazier, and reported to him the dynamics inside and outside the capital for a day, up to the three major internal dynamics, the personnel changes of the provincial ministries and temple supervisors, and the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt on Chang'an Street.

The Concert Academy has a special person and allocates special funds to collect this information.

"Zhongshu Shilang and Tongping Zhangshi Qi Kang were demoted to the prince's guests due to illness, and the men's waiter and Tongping Zhangshi Cui died of illness, and the imperial court took Taichangqing Gao Ying as the central waiter, and Zheng Yu, the servant of the ministry, was the servant of the door, and Tongchong Pingzhangshi."

When Gao Ying and Zheng Yu had not yet become prime ministers, there were rumors in Chang'an, and after the analysis of the Academy, they thought that the chances of the two of them were quite large, so they officially reported to Yunzhou secretly. Li Mao said: "For such daily matters, the two of you can just review each other, and you don't need to report everything to me." ”

"Taichangqing Du Huangsheng celebrates her seventieth birthday on the fifth day of this month, and the head of the hospital needs to attend in person. We have drawn up a gift list for the owner to see. ”

Taichangqing Du Huangshang is not a big official, he has been unlucky recently, and he has not been promoted for seven or eight years, and the officialdom of Chang'an jokingly calls it "too often beaten with iron", which means that he will continue to be the Taichangqing for thousands of years.

But Li Mao doesn't see it that way, Du Huangsheng's recent bad luck is not that he is incapable, on the contrary, this person is full of strategy and has the talent of a prime minister, but after the Son of Heaven experienced the "change of Jingshi", he became passable, and everything was perfunctory, and he was unwilling to make a big move, and cadres like Du Huangshang lost their usefulness, so they became a cold bench.

The Son of Heaven has been in control of the universe for 40 years, and the Tang Dynasty has not only failed to struggle out of the quagmire of the Anshi Rebellion, but has been getting worse and worse, and the accumulation of disadvantages has reached the point where it must be changed. If the Li Tang royal family still wants to continue the country, the next term, no matter who is the emperor, must change its course and set things right.

At that time, cadres like Du Huangshang will become fragrant and sweet, and it is possible to be activated at any time. Sending charcoal in the snow can make people remember it for a lifetime, and burning the cold stove into a hot stove is the ability.

Li Mao took the gift list handed over by Chen Shu, glanced at it, and said to the two: "What kind of gift to give, you go back to Zhang Tongzhi and the two judges to consider it again, and the standard is based on the real power...... No, by the Prime Minister's standards. ”

Chen Shu and Lin Ying glanced at each other, both showing surprised expressions.

Li Mao didn't care about this, took a sip of tea, and asked the two: "It is rumored in Beijing that the crown prince is not in good health, is there anything true?" Chen Shu said: "There is no definite news yet. ”

"This matter needs special attention." Li Mao explained.

Chen Shu and Lin Ying recorded it carefully, Lin Ying said: "Uncle Wang, the prince's guest, is the closest to the crown prince, if we can get close to this person, it will be very beneficial to us, the day after tomorrow is his mother's seventy-second birthday, please congratulate the head of the courtyard with his humble position, and the humble position will try to get in touch with the royal mansion." Li Mao nodded in agreement.

After the two of them went, they knew Zhang Henian, Judge Zhong Jian, and Chen Ru came over again to ask for instructions and report.

Li Mao has great respect for the three of them, and the general entertainment entrusts the three of them to come forward, which not only shows their reuse, but also allows them to get rid of complicated transactional work and concentrate on some important things.

For Li Mao's respect, the three of them are deeply impressed, and they do their best to strive for perfection. After dealing with daily chores, seeing that there were no major events in the hospital, Li Mao was ready to leave and go to Su Jing's appointment.

Su Jing is his eldest brother-in-law, and he takes good care of his brother-in-law, when Li Mao was the head of the hospital, someone in Chang'an deliberately made things difficult, and it was Su Jing who came forward to help him maintain it.

How to deal with it is also an important benchmark to measure the ability of officials, because with Su Jing's help, Li Mao passed the test smoothly and helped him quickly establish his prestige in the Academy.

In all fairness, Li Mao still admires this eldest brother, Su Jing is elegant, smart, realistic, and capable, and has many similarities with Su Qing, but compared with Su Qing, he is much more easy-going, and he is not as aggressive and strong as Su Qing.

Go to Zhao Maruer's house in Pingkangli, Chang'an people like to name the Ji Pavilion after the bustard's mother, this Zhao Maruer's home is a Ji Pavilion opened by Zhao Maruer, she herself was originally a popular singer in Pingkangli, old age and decay, retired to the rivers and lakes.

After being silent for a while, the daughters who relied on the careful ** reappeared in the flower field, and the mix was booming.

Su Jing is a frequent visitor here, as the superintendent of the imperial history, Su Jing does not want to have a relationship with the officials of Ziqing, and the place of meeting here is also carefully considered.

The Ming Hall of Zhao Maru'er's house is warm with the fragrance of wine, since he became the head of the courtyard, Li Mao has entertained on this occasion many times, and all kinds of rules are familiar, and he has long lost the restraint when he first came.

However, this time he saw his eldest brother, and Li Mao was still a little cautious.

Su Jing was wearing a round-necked silk robe often worn by scholars, holding a Taoist priest's hair in a bun, he had already drunk a lot of wine before Li Mao came, his cheeks were flushed, and his eyes were shining.

Because he was familiar with Zhao Maru'er, Su Jing did not hide Li Mao's identity, Zhao Maru'er knew that the two of them had important things to talk about when they met here, so he slapped his face and beckoned the girls to go out to change their clothes and prepare to sing and dance.

There was no one in the room, and Su Jingdao explained the reason for looking for Li Mao, he wanted to borrow a sum of money, a huge amount of money to buy an official.

He worked as a supervisor of the imperial history for two years in the imperial history platform, and he had the opportunity to be the chief secretary of the Chinese book province, but he was sent to be the supervisor of the city. The official rank of the chief secretary of Zhongshu Province is from seven, the official rank of the supervisor is from the sixth, and the official rank of the chief secretary of the province is from the sixth to the sixth superintendent, which is an exceptional use on the surface, but the actual gold content of the chief secretary of the province is not as good as that of the main book of the Zhongshu Province.

"Since the change of the Jing Division, now blindly believe in the eunuchs, the internal departments have expanded their power, wantonly encroached on the authority of the temple supervisors, and the authority of the eunuch has been eroded beyond recognition.

Su Jing's complaints, Li Mao empathized, the current officialdom is prevalent, Shang Shu is full of moderation to lead the troops to guard the place, the general of the left and right guards is responsible for digging the canal, and the squire of the Ministry of Works who is responsible for supervising the construction of the canal may also take the title of Pingzhang to do the work of the prime minister. As a servant of the imperial history, he has never even been to the imperial history platform, but he presides over the affairs of the academy in the Jinju Yuan stationed in the capital of the feudal town.

In many cases, official positions only identify the class, the level of status, and the amount of money, and cannot reflect the power in hand.

Su Jing was transferred from supervising the imperial history to being the general who was monitored by the military envoy, and it was inevitable that he would be a little disappointed, and it was reasonable to complain. (Dissertation College)