The end of the Beiya lecture on Wushun lì, the soldiers of the Beiya are still immersed in this unique and passionate and rewarding event, and Xue Shao is already busy with other things.

According to the prior promise of the two saints, the military academy has the quota of promoting two deputy brigade commanders, four team leaders and four deputy team leaders, or military attachés of the same level as these official positions, and will be selected among the winners of the martial arts conference.

Although all the soldiers in the Beiya Forbidden Army were "mercenaries" who ate imperial food, the officers were a minority after all. The vast majority of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty spent their lives fighting in the south and the north, and they were still ordinary soldiers when they were old. Some people may be able to be awarded "honorary officers" by virtue of their military merits, but they can only enjoy honor and treatment, not real nominal "officials".

In a society with a strict hierarchy of "Shinong, industrialist, and industrialist" like Datang, it is the dream of thousands of people in the world to go from the people to the officials. So this time, the ten "Tigan" indicators in Xue Shao's hands have become the fragrant bait that thousands of Beiya forbidden troops, and even many people inside and outside the government and the opposition, are staring at. For a while, many people began to move back and forth, and almost used the relationship between the back door and the back door that could be walked, hoping to get Xue Shao's special favor and grasp this opportunity for exceptional promotion. Not to mention that every day people come to Xue Shao in person to intercede and accommodate, the threshold of Princess Taiping's Mansion and Qinglongfang Xue's former residence is about to be broken, and even Cheng Wuting and Li Jinxing, the old bosses, came to Xue Shao, hoping that Xue Shao would promote one or two of their designated candidates.

There are more monks and less porridge, and Xue Shao feels the biggest difficulty of being an official in the capital - as long as it involves the sharing of interests, interpersonal relationships will become very difficult!

The rules and regulations are indeed there, but if you really do things according to the rules and are not emotional, then many people who are close to you or have paid a knot to please and sincerely support you will inevitably feel cold, and after being disappointed, there will be no hope, and there will be some alienation or even betrayal.

People don't kill heaven and earth for themselves, and there are only a very few people in this world who can really be selfless and selfless. Who doesn't expect to hug his thighs and rise to prominence, even Xue Shao himself has to admit that if it weren't for the special attention and exceptional promotion of the two saints, how could he be reused by the imperial court and promoted several times in just one year, or even in an official position?

This list of ten people has been pondered for nearly a month, but it has still not been finalized.

The first heavy snow of the year came, and it rained for a day and two nights. Because the weather was bad and the road was difficult to walk, Xue Shao did not go home to stay in the official office, and took the trouble to discuss this damn list with Xue Chuyu, Guo Yuanzhen, Xiao Zhizhong and others.

After the end of the Beiya's martial arts, Xue Shao struck while the iron was hot and put forward some engineering requirements to the imperial court, hoping to merge the Qianqi with the official offices and camps of the Wushu Academy. This request was quickly granted, and now the two land boundaries have been united, and a very large mansion has been renovated as the official office of Xue Shao and others.

Today is the first time Xue Shao has held a meeting in the new official office, because the people who came were a few acquaintances and old friends, Xue Shao specially set up a banquet to treat each other with tea, which was half an office and half a banquet, and the atmosphere was relatively easy-going.

"In my opinion, no matter how this list is set, it will offend people, so we don't have to discuss it." Guo Yuanzhen said while drinking tea, "Let's write a list of twenty or thirty people and let the officials go to review." Throw this hot mountain to the officials! Anyway, they have long been used to doing such things when they have presided over the four virtues and twenty-seven most meritorious examinations over the years, so they don't have to worry about doing it again. ”

"Confused!" Xue Shao scolded unceremoniously on the spot, "This is the privilege of the Second Sage to tell us about the Martial Academy, but you have to take the initiative to give it up!" Is there anything more stupid in the world than that? ”

"Uh......" Guo Yuanzhen smiled bitterly, "Then you say, how to decide?" ”

"It's really hard to do!" Xue Shao also shook his head and smiled bitterly, "If it is done according to the regulations, there will be twenty-seven ordinary soldiers who are excellent in this martial arts conference, including the members of the two champion and runner-up football teams. It is difficult to pick ten of these people, not to mention some intercedes? If other people don't talk about it, we can't help but give the face of the two old generals, Cheng Wuting and Li Jinxing, right? If we give him two faces, then the question arises - should the prime minister, the prince and my relatives, your friends, and our own relatives take special care of them? …… In short, the back of the hand and the palm of the hand are all meat, which is really difficult to do! ”

The deliberations fell into the familiar cycle of death, and everyone fell silent.

Xue Shao drank half a cup of tea, and ate the cup impatiently, "It's difficult to be a Beijing official, and the entanglement of human feelings and interests makes people's heads big!" If you are going out to fight on the march, you only need to take the credit, and everything is clear at a glance! ”

Xue Chuyu's eyes lit up and said, "What Gongzi said is extremely true. If you have the opportunity to let the Beiya Forbidden Army go out once, after coming back, you will be rewarded for meritorious deeds and promoted by military merit, which is the most convincing to the public! ”

"It's just a pity, the idea is good, and the opportunity is not available at the moment." Xue Shao smiled bitterly.

"Childe, yes!" Xue Chuyu said.

Xue Shao blinked unexpectedly, "Do you have news?" ”

Xue Chuyu nodded and said, "The old general Li Jinxing has been sick recently, I guess you all know about it, right?" ”

"Of course." Xue Shao said, "Didn't we all visit one after another? The old general was very sick and bedridden, and Niu Ben served before and after the bed every day, really like his own son. ”

"Yes, Son, you went with Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping, and I went with my brother yesterday." Xue Chuyu said: "At that time, my two brothers were chatting with the old general in the ward, and the envoy Xuan entered the palace suddenly from the court, saying that he was discussing the matter of re-establishing the military state. Despite his heavy illness, the old general asked his family to carry him into the carriage and entered the palace in the wind and snow. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Xue Shao's brows furrowed slightly, and he said thoughtfully: "The old general is just a general who commands the army to fight, and he has no right to participate in politics. The imperial court urgently summoned him to the palace to discuss matters in a snowy day, perhaps it was really related to the conquest! ”

"Could it be that there is chaos in the north?" Guo Yuanzhen sat up straight, and the spirit came.

Xue Chuyu's face tightened suddenly, "My brother and I also guessed like this. My father has been in the north for several months, and now in the middle of winter, the wind and snow in the north are tight, and if the grassland takes advantage of this rebellion, my father will definitely be difficult to deal with! Childe ......"

"Needless to say." Xue Shao raised his hand, "I'll enter the palace immediately and go to find out your majesty!" ”

"Childe, don't be impatient." The taciturn Xiao Zhizhong spoke, and persuaded, "The matter that the old general urgently enters the palace to discuss must be a military matter related to the secrets of the imperial court, and unless you are invited to participate, you must not discuss and inquire." If the son goes, there will be a suspicion of trespassing the secret, and he will think twice. ”

"Xiao Changshi is thoughtful and cautious, okay! We rude soldiers really can't do without your ear and face, careful guidance. Xue Shao said with a smile, "You see, I asked Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping to go to the harem to face the saint on the grounds of morning and dusk, and then knock on the side from His Majesty Xià to ask for a mouth, how about it?" ”

Everyone laughed, "That's great!" ”

"Then after drinking this tea, I will go home in the snow."

Before the tea was finished, a woman's laughter came from outside the house. Everyone was surprised, how could a woman come to the heavy military plane, and the guards guarding the door did not stop or report, it was simply a mistake!

Xue Shao immediately walked out of the official office with someone, and as soon as he appeared, several snowballs flew in front of him.

"Ho, ho! Hit them, hit them! ”

"Hit, hit!!"

Countless snowballs roared in, and Xue Shao and the others hurriedly dodged, but still fell a few times on their bodies.

There was a sound of laughter like a silver bell outside, "Yo, you majestic generals also have times when they can't form an army!" ”

This voice Xue Shao couldn't be more familiar, except for Princess Taiping, no one could swagger into the Qianqi lodging place to have a snowball fight.

"Your Highness, we surrender!" Guo Yuanzhen was the first to shout, "Fight with His Highness, I will be willing to lose!" ”

"Shame on you, get out of the way!" Xue Shao scolded angrily, stepped forward and said with a smile, "Taiping, why are you here?" ”

"You're not surrendering, are you?" Princess Taiping took a few steps back with bad intentions, and said with a smile: "Linlang, Xian'er, smash him and smash him with me!" ”

"Huhuhu-" A group of snowballs came galloping, and Xue Shao jumped to dodge with laughter.

Guo Yuanzhen and the others hid in the official office and closed the door, and shouted inside: "General Xue, we are all defeated remnants of the unintentional war, you hurry up and turn the tide!" ”

Xue Shao accompanied Princess Taiping to have a snowball fight for a while, and did not stop until Princess Taiping felt that she was having fun, and went into the official office to warm up by fire.

"This house is the official office of the former thousand horsemen, right? Well renovated, gorgeous, spacious and warm, and very clean! Princess Taiping looked around for a while and said, "No wonder you don't want to go home, is there another woman hidden in the official office?" ”

"There are a few big men, and they're drinking tea over there." Xue Shao smiled, "Why are you here?" ”

"Can't I come?" Princess Taiping rolled her eyes, "You haven't been home for two days and two nights!" ”

"I'm getting ready to go back and have something to do with you." Xue Shao said.

Princess Taiping blinked, "What's the matter?" ”

Xue Shao whispered in Princess Taiping's ear.

"Do you want to go to war on the march? No! Princess Taiping's reaction was quite fierce, and she couldn't say anything, "How can you march in such a middle of winter?" Besides, it's almost the New Year, so you can't worry a little bit? ”

"I may not be able to go on the expedition, I just want to have a bottom in my heart." Xue Shao said, "Help me, accompany me into the palace to face the saint!" ”

“…… You've said that, what else can I do? Princess Taiping pursed her lips, "But you must first promise me that unless the imperial court takes the initiative to order you to be recruited, unless you reach the last resort, you will not be able to march on an expedition!" ”

"Okay!" Xue Shao smiled slightly, "An Ran, you are really my good wife and virtuous helper!" With you in this life, there is nothing more to ask for! ”

Princess Taiping squinted at Xue Shao with slanted eyes and suspicious eyes, and said with a broken thought: "Nothing to offer, either treachery or theft!" ”