Leaving Cao Mansion, Li Yanqing couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, although he didn't like this kind of party held for blind dates very much, but Cao Mansion, which covers an area of 300 acres, left a deep impression on him, when did he Li Yanqing also have such a big mansion?

Li Yanqing put his hands on the backrest, looking at the colorful sunset outside the car window, he thought about it for a while, and completely forgot all the unpleasantness encountered in Cao Fuzhong.

The ox cart drove out of Xinzhengmen, and soon came to Hongqiao, "Stop!" Li Yanqing hurriedly shouted.

The ox cart stopped, Li Yanqing got out of the ox cart, took out a piece of broken silver and handed it to the coachman, "Thank you!" ”

"Thank you, official, for the reward!" The coachman was overjoyed, this piece of broken silver was enough for a tael, and he made a lot of money today.

"Send me the box of wine to the front Baoyan Zhai, and then you can go back!"

Li Yanqing explained and walked into the Hongqiao Tavern quickly, he didn't eat anything at all in Cao Mansion today, his stomach was already so hungry that his chest was close to his back, and he walked up to the second floor, but he unexpectedly saw Mo Jun.

"Why is it that you are only having dinner now, sir?" Li Yanqing walked over to Mo Jun and sat down.

"Isn't it about renting a house for you? I ran three times today, and I was half exhausted. Mo Jun glared at him.

"Ahh I'm sorry, hard work sir. ”

Mo Jun took out a bunch of keys and a lease deed from his bag and put them on the table, "According to the official's instructions, it has been done, and you can move over at any time." ”

"Thank you! Thanks a lot! ”

Mo Jun grinned, "By the way, that house is very good." ”

"Mr. and Yang Guang also live in together."

"Then there is no need, your father and I have negotiated it today, if the petty officials don't need me for the time being, I am ready to take over the deputy chief manager of Baoyanzhai, Yang Guang and a few of them can also enter Baoyanzhai, there are seats suitable for them, and the income is very good, but they can arrange it as you like."

"There should be a gentleman's seat over there."

Mo Jun smiled and said: "I know that each of the servants has a few auxiliary officers, but I suggest that the junior officials should not be easily replaced when they first arrive at the Imperial History Tower, and observe for a few months before they understand who they should replace, I will do things for your father first, and I can also help you advise behind the scenes." ”

Li Yanqing was silent for a moment, and finally nodded, Mo Jun made sense, it was wise to plan and then act.

At this time, the guy brought a plate of steamed buns and a pot of hot wine, and served a few good dishes, Li Yanqing ate a few steamed buns in one go to fill his stomach, and then picked up the wine jug and poured a glass of wine for Mo Jun, "Are Mr.'s wives and children going to be brought to the capital?" ”

Mo Jun nodded, "Your father rented me a courtyard in his name near here, with five rooms, I estimate that I will stay in the capital for a few years, and of course I will bring my wife and children together." ”

The two drank a few glasses of wine, and Mo Jun suddenly said, "The imperial court is going to recruit An Liangshan Army." ”

"How does the gentleman know?"

"Today, Hangzhou Baoyanzhai sent an urgent pigeon letter, Fang La's tens of thousands of troops captured Hangzhou, Zhizhou Zhao Ting fled, and Zhao Yue, the messenger of Lian Visit, was killed by Fang La, Hangzhou was actually captured, and the imperial court must end the Liangshan war as soon as possible......."

Li Yanqing drank all the wine in the cup, he remembered the letter written by Tang Huai yesterday, recalling the content of the letter, it seemed that there was a scene of the battle of Liangshan in his mind, under the fierce attack of dozens of thunderbolts, the sound of the arrow city collapsed, Tong Guan finally led tens of thousands of troops to attack Liangshan, the flames soared, the fire was rapid, Liangshan Zhongyi Hall and the villages were engulfed in the fire, Tong Guan looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, and his distorted face was particularly hideous in the firelight.

However, apart from the thousands of Liangshan soldiers who died in the battle, the officers and soldiers could no longer find the corpses of a single Liangshan Army soldier, and Song Jiang and other Liangshan generals were nowhere to be found.

Tong Guan's wild laughter froze, and in his eyes it was a boundless eight hundred miles of water, and tens of thousands of Liangshan troops had disappeared into the vast water.

When Tong Guan was very proud of the dozens of earth-shaking thunders that he accidentally obtained for Yuncheng County, Li Yanqing knew that this was the inevitable result of the Battle of Liangshan.

.........

The next day, before dawn, Li Yanqing got up early, today is the first day of his official appointment, yesterday, Wang Anzhong sent someone to inform him that the formalities of the Ministry of Officials have been completed for him, let him go to the Imperial History Platform early in the morning to take office.

"Fulang, who is Cao Yun?" Sisi asked with a low chuckle in her ear while combing her husband's hair.

'Cao Yun? Li Yanqing was stunned for a moment, is this the name of an official? But the name seemed familiar to him, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

"Where did you see that name?"

"In the bag you brought back yesterday, there is a painting and a book with her name on it, is it the book and painting that she gave you?"

Li Yanqing suddenly laughed, it turned out to be 'Cao Yun', he was thinking about Liangshan, and he heard it as Cao Yun.

Isn't Cao Yun the little female nerd? Li Yanqing smiled, and briefly said the couplet written yesterday, "It's a little girl about ten years old, she loves books like life, Cao Fu calls her a little scholar, the couplet I wrote was selected by her, and the book and painting are her thank you gifts." ”

"Is she only ten years old?"

"Eleven years old at most!"

Sisi covered her mouth and smiled: "I don't feel so small!" Fu Lang won't be coaxed by the Cao family, right? ”

Li Yanqing turned around and gently pinched her smooth pink cheeks, and said with a smile: "It's you who are thinking nonsense, help me comb my hair!" Today is the first day of taking office, so don't be late. ”

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After packing up, Li Yanqing rode off on horseback, but Sisi was full of interest in this matter, she walked back to the room quickly, took out the painting and the book, the book is "Wang Youcheng Collection", that is, Wang Wei's poetry collection, turned the first page, a line of beautiful small characters appeared in front of her, 'Little sister Cao Yun thanks Yanqing brother for the friendship of the union'.

I don't know how to call my brother and sister in my life, I should write 'Tokyo Cao Yun feels that Li Guanren gave a couplet, and thanked him with a book' This is a normal thank you!

It can be seen that the meaning of this sentence is not simple!

There is also this picture of the journey to the mountains and rivers, the distant mountains are faint, the river goes east, a thatched hut is hidden in the mountain road, there is a word 'wine' floating on the flag at the door, there is no one in the whole painting, but it makes people feel the joy of a long-distance traveler when he sees the tavern, this artistic conception is not a ten-year-old lady can draw.

A smile appeared at the corner of Sisi's mouth, is the husband's peach blossom luck really coming?

She was suddenly full of great interest in this Cao Yun in her heart, maybe this Cao Yun would become her husband's wife, but it was very inconvenient for her to go out, how could she find out the details of this Cao Yun?

At this moment, a magpie's voice came from the door, "Sister Sisi, I'm going to leave too!" ”

Guo Sisi hurriedly walked out of the door, "Sister Magpie, are you busy today?" ”

"Every day is pretty much the same! It's not that I'm very busy, what's the matter with Sister Sisi? ”

"Can you do me a favor?"

"What do you want me to do?"

"If you have time these days, I would like to ask you to inquire about someone for me."

The magpie suddenly became interested, "Who do you want me to ask?" ”

Sisi hesitated and said, "A little lady of the Cao family." ”

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The layout of the court offices of the Great Song Dynasty is a little strange, not all the court departments are in the imperial city, quite a lot of the court offices are built outside the imperial city, mixed with various shops, such as the five temples and three eunuchs, Taisheng Mansion, Taichang Temple, Zuozangku, etc., in addition, the imperial history platform is not in the imperial city, but in the south of the West Corner Tower Street, close to Kaifeng Mansion, and the next door on the other side is a teahouse.

The Imperial History Terrace covers an area of about 120 acres, a high platform is built by bluestone, and three exactly the same pavilions on the high platform are distributed in the shape of a character, these three pavilions are the three courtyards of the Imperial History Terrace, the Taiwan Courtyard, the Palace Courtyard and the Inspection Courtyard.

For a long time in the Song Dynasty, the imperial history was only a sending official, with no real power, ignoring the affairs of the imperial history, and the supervision affairs were actually filled by the officials of the ministry and the relics.

After the restructuring of Yuanfeng, the Yushitai regained its due power, and the current chief official of the Yushitai is the Yushi Dafu, this position has been vacant, even if there is an appointment, it is also a virtual official who has nothing to do with the Yushitai.

The real chief official of the Imperial History Observatory is the Imperial History Zhongcheng, a high-ranking official from the third grade, and is currently concurrently served by Wang Anzhong, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, and the former Imperial History Zhongcheng is the powerful minister Wang Huang, who has just been promoted to the prime minister.

There are three departments under the Imperial History, the Imperial Palace, and the Imperial Palace, of which the Imperial Academy has six people serving the imperial history, the palace has nine people serving the imperial history, and the procuratorate has 15 people supervising the imperial history.

In addition, each academy also has a number of people in the positions of chief bookkeeper, recorder, chief officer, envoy, secretary and order history, pavilion chief, etc., forming a huge bureaucratic supervision and auditing system.

In the three courts, with the highest rank and the greatest power of the imperial history, they are responsible for correcting and reviewing hundreds of officials, specifically divided into hundreds of officials, entering the imperial edict, impeachment, interrogation, public office, miscellaneous affairs, etc., and the six servants of the imperial history perform their duties.

On the second floor of the Taiwan Academy, Wang Anzhong held a small welcome ceremony for Li Yanqing in the Imperial History, more than 50 officials of the Taiwan Academy lined up in the lobby, Wang Anzhong was full of smiles, and introduced Li Yanqing to everyone, "Li Yushi is my Song Dongliang, although he is very young, but his outstanding talent has been affirmed by the Son of Heaven, and he has been exceptionally promoted, I believe that he is fully qualified for the post of Imperial History, sharing worries for the Son of Heaven, and becoming our model and example, please welcome Li Yushi to officially join the Imperial History Terrace." ”

There was a warm applause in the hall, and Wang Anzhong introduced the other five servants to Li Yanqing, "This is Du Yushi, who has been an official for 20 years in the Yushi Terrace, the oldest qualified, and is currently in charge of Xingju, this is Wang Yushi, who is responsible for entering the Imperial Palace, and this is Zhao Yushi, who is in charge of impeachment......."

All the imperial historians were very polite, and Li Yanqing bowed their hands one by one, and after a while, the welcome ceremony ended, and everyone went back to the official room.

Wang Anzhong smiled again: "Although I am the middle of the imperial history, but I only serve part-time, the main position is still in the ministry, and I usually don't know much about the affairs of the imperial history, and I may not have time to guide you, if there is anything you don't understand, you can ask other colleagues more, in fact, your ministry is very independent, and the power is very great, even I can't interfere too much, at most I can only make suggestions, and there will be no problem if you are more cautious." ”

Hearing some prevarication, Li Yanqing was silent, and after a deep groan, Li Yanqing asked, "I don't know which part of the ministry the subordinate is responsible for?" ”

"Didn't anyone tell you?"

Li Yanqing shook his head, and Wang Anzhong said with a smile: "I thought you already knew that Liu Lin, who was in charge of interrogation before, was transferred, and you took over his position and was in charge of interrogation." ”

Wang Anzhong waved his hand and walked up to an official in his thirties, "This is Zhang Xun, the chief bookkeeper of the Taiwan Academy, he is responsible for the daily affairs of the Taiwan Academy, if Li Yushi needs anything, just go to him directly." ”

After speaking, Wang Anzhong nodded and hurriedly left, and he handed Li Yanqing to Zhang Xun, the chief bookkeeper, to make specific arrangements.

Zhang Xun is a native of Huzhou, medium in stature, very shrewd and capable, he is a Zhenghe four years of Cijinshi origin, he has been serving in the Imperial History Tower, from the head of the nine products step by step to the head of the Taiwan Yuan from the seventh grade, in charge of the internal affairs of the Taiwan Yuan and the procuratorate, and there is also a master book responsible for the internal affairs of the palace.

Zhang Xun arched his hand to Li Yanqing and said lightly: "I've heard of Li Tanhua's name for a long time!" ”