"Why is it here again?" Da Biao said dissatisfied, but fortunately he lowered his voice, and Yang Dayan also nodded in agreement.

"Don't talk nonsense." Li Xiao turned his head and said to the two.

"Those who come are guests, and when guests come, we have to be hospitalized." Da Biao and Big Eyes are real people, but they don't know the identities of these people in front of them. They only knew that these people were nobles from Chang'an and friends of Princess Hepu.

But Li Xiao knows that these people are not simple.

Because this young man who claimed to be a member of the Chang'an Ministry of Labor, said that he missed the hot pot he ate last time and visited again, but by the way, he brought an edict from the imperial court to Li Xiao.

Although the official position of Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Works, is not high, and the Tang Dynasty has Hu Feng and advocates martial arts, but the Tang Dynasty has been founding for decades until now, and after three dynasties, it has gradually admired literature. In particular, the imperial examination system vigorously promoted by the Taizong Dynasty has been implemented to this day, so that many positions in the court and the central government are gradually only held by those Jinshi who were born in the imperial examination.

The positions held by these jinshi were known as Qing Guiguan, and it was a shortcut to rapid promotion. These Qing nobles included the school scholars of the secretary province, the sheren of the Zhongshu province, and the outsiders of the six departments.

At a young age, he was already a member of the Ministry of Works, and Li Xiao didn't dare to see him as just a young official sitting on a cold bench in the Qingshui Yamen.

can become a member of the six ministries, but he has already touched the edge of the center of power, and in the future, he is very likely to become a squire, a scholar, or even a prime minister.

Looking at his extravagant appearance again, he is not an ordinary scholar from a poor family, this must be the son of a top wealthy family, such a person, after thirty years, will definitely be able to go to the center.

Li Zhi and Wu sat in the front hall of the Li family's upper room, holding a cup of tea in their hands. The tea is not fried, it is still a steamed tea cake, but Li Xiao did not use the traditional method of decoction, no various seasonings, and no camellias, just a purple sand teapot with a few purple sand cups.

A cup of hot water with a small handful of tea leaves in a cup.

The heat is rising, and the fragrance of tea is different.

Li Zhi looked at Li Xiao's generous hospitality calmly, and silently sighed in his heart that this person was really getting more and more incomprehensible.

Just now, he personally gave him the edict to recruit Li Xiao, and even read out to him in person the official position given to him, the Liaodong Provincial Marching Governor's Mansion to participate in the military.

This is a real official position, a military position of the seventh grade, and the duty is to staff and military affairs. This can be described as an official position specially selected for Li Xiao after thinking about it for a long time. He didn't need to deal with any specific complicated military affairs, just let him follow the generals of the Eastern Expedition and give them advice.

But a real seventh-grade martial arts position, and there is no need to charge the front line, Li Xiao actually refused.

It was not easy to get used to the accident of being rejected, Li Zhi looked around the hall of the Li family, it was still the same as before, but it seemed to be a little different.

The warm ondol, and then there are a lot of new furniture.

A couch that looks like a couch but is much smaller than the couch, narrower than the couch, but the wooden frame is still covered with cloth, and it seems to be filled with fur and silk wool, which looks very warm.

There are also several chairs, which are also different from the usual, some with high legs and some with ring rails, all of which are quite chic.

"The military participation in the Grand Governor's Mansion is a good ministry, a real job of the seventh grade, and it is to stay in the tent, there is no danger."

Li Xiao sat on the sofa in front of the kang, he liked this sofa very much, the frame made of good hardwood, and then the outside was covered with cowhide, and the inside was filled with silk wool, sitting on it, whether it was the buttocks or the back, it was very comfortable and soft.

Compared with the Tang couch, this sofa is more in line with ergonomics and more comfortable.

Facing the young man on the kang, Li Xiao behaved very generously and decently, firstly, they had dinner at Li's house last time, and they had contact, and found that this person was also very generous and kind, and secondly, the Ministry of Labor, although he was noble, but he was indeed not a high-ranking official, even if he was very likely to become the prime minister after 30 years, it would be a matter of the future.

As for saying that this young man obviously has a good family background, but he is a guest in the Li family, and Li Xiao is the master.

"I am just a small country citizen, how can I know what military affairs to work with, and I am the only man in my family, and now my wife is pregnant, at this time I should stay at home to take care of my wife, where can I go to the army to fight."

Li Zhi looked at him carefully, "Goguryeo has invaded my border for hundreds of years, seized my land, plundered my people, and killed my soldiers. As a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, don't you feel responsible? ”

"Yes, of course. I was deeply indignant at the Goguryeo people's invasion of the Central Plains, and I deeply admired the children who sacrificed their lives for the country, but I did not feel that I should join the army because of this. Shinong industry and commerce, all levels and layers of the world, each has its own duty, each has its own duty. ”

"Scholars rule the world, farmers plough the fields and grow grain, craftsmen make all kinds of tools, and trade all kinds of goods. Datang implements the government military system, which is used to educate soldiers in agriculture, cultivate in their spare time, serve as soldiers in wartime, exempt from rent and transfer, and prepare their own weapons to fight for the country. When there is war in the country, they should obey the call. ”

"I am a small landowner, but I have not been inspected into the government soldiers, so for me, the state has a war, what I need to do is to support the soldiers on the front line in the rear, according to the system of the imperial court, pay the money, grain and taxes on time and in accordance with the amount, which is the greatest support for the imperial court."

Li Zhi said with a smile, "What you said is true, but you have excellent military staff skills, the country is in need, and you are specially ordered to be recruited. ”

I didn't bother to explain to him that Li Xiao was absolutely unwilling to fight, not to mention how dangerous it was to go to Liaodong these years, just why.

The state has national laws, and the family has family rules.

Although the Tang Dynasty is a feudal dynasty, it also has a state system. Li Xiao is a landlord, not a government soldier, and he did not enjoy the military land that the state tax exemption gave him before, so why should he go to the army to fight.

As for being an officer, he is still from the seventh grade, which is not particularly attractive to Li Xiao.

A future generation still prefers to enjoy the moment, and things like taking the life of the Boguan should be left to others.

Wu said with a smile on the side, "It's still rare to be so reluctant to be an official, even if it is a child of a family with five surnames and seven sects in Shandong, it is not so easy to refuse if a seven-grade person joins the army." ”

"Could it be that the official character is too small?"

Li Xiao smiled.

"Those who know me say I am worried, and those who don't know me say what I want. Everyone in the world wants to be an official, but there are exceptions. In the Jin Dynasty, there was also Tao Yuanming, who did not bend his waist for five buckets of rice, and preferred to pick chrysanthemums under the east fence and see Nanshan leisurely. Although I don't dare to compare with Tao Yuanming, I am indeed an idle cloud and wild crane. ”

Li Zhi stared at him with a smile for a long time before he said leisurely, "If you suspect that the official is low, you can say it directly, although I am only a member of the Ministry of Labor, I can still speak in the court." You just say, I might be able to help you get a higher official position. ”

"High? How high is it? From a white Ding to a seven-grade army, this is already very unusual, but I am afraid that it will cause criticism. Besides, being an official is really not what I want, what's the good thing about being an official, now that the Tang Dynasty has been ruled by Zhenguan, it is already a prosperous age, such a peaceful scene, I prefer to be a small landlord at home, how leisurely. ”

Li Zhi was not lightly angered by Li Xiao, I really have never seen such an unmotivated person.

The children of the good family have also read books, and the reputation of the Lanxi Li family is also good, but now that such a good opportunity is in front of them, the Li family finally has a chance to enter the ranks of the scholars, but how can this Li Xiao still push back.

He doesn't believe that there are really people who don't want to be officials, to say that there were many famous people in the two Jin Dynasty, and they didn't want to be out of office and only wanted to be romantic, then they still said the past, but which of those people was not a famous scholar, and in the era of the family, they had capital.

But where did Li Xiao get the capital to refuse to go out, he is just a small landlord in the countryside, thousands of acres of land, a few shops, although there is some family wealth, but what is that, no power and no power, everything is just a castle in the air.

"What I don't understand is that since you have no intention of being a leader, why do you pay so much attention to the current situation in the world, and even learn a military art of war strategy? If you just want to be a laid-back small landowner, shouldn't you pay more attention to the water conservancy of farmland, grain crops and livestock and farm tools? ”

Li Xiao frowned.

You said that you would rub the rice, and by the way, you would just bring an official document, why are you still getting to the bottom of it now.

That's not good.

He couldn't say that I didn't study it intentionally, but I learned it in my previous world.

Some things can't be explained clearly, and when they are explained, they are more complicated.

Li Xiao simply didn't bother to say it, and he had no obligation to explain it to them clearly.

"Huh."

Li Zhi waited for a long time, but only waited for Li Xiaopi to laugh twice.

As the world's ninety-five supreme, it was the first time he felt a deep sense of frustration.

It is unreasonable for a country boy to dare to treat him like this.

Seeing that Li Zhi's face was not good, Wu knew that he was a little unhappy, so he coughed twice and reminded the emperor.

"I have the most important military merit in the Tang Dynasty, if I go to Liaodong to make suggestions for the expedition to the east, I will be victorious in the future, and I will be rewarded for my meritorious deeds, and I will have the opportunity to be promoted to the rank of knight, and it is not uncommon for you to be an official, and you are not willing to be knighted. If you can get the knighthood, then your Lanxi Li family will become a noble family from now on. ”

"Huh."

Li Xiao smiled.

"Of course I am willing to be a marquis, and there are a few people in the world who are not willing, but I am a little landlord, even if I go to Liaodong, I am just a handsome man who joins the army, and I follow the errands and miscellaneous work, and I really destroyed Goguryeo on meritorious deeds, at most I will be rewarded with some money to be promoted to an official, and I will be knighted, so I can't take my turn."

"So, I'm not going to do that daydream, I'd better be my little landlord at home."

Li Zhiqi has nothing to say, it is really rotten wood that cannot be carved, and the mud can't support the wall, I thought he was a talent, but who knew that it was so unproductive.