The next morning, Li Yanqing found Mo Jun and gave him carte blanche to rent the house, while Li Yanqing rushed to the house on Freezer Street.

This house is the prize for him to win the first place in the bow horse competition, a small official mansion covering an area of three acres and eight points, which is currently the residence of his father and Erniang Yang, and there are also more than a dozen Xiaoniang from Xiaohe Township, all of whom are thirteen or fourteen-year-old young women, who are not deeply involved in the world, Li Daqi is not worried that they are renting a house outside, so he let them live in his own house and give them the West Courtyard as a dormitory.

This mansion is also the residence of Li Yanqing registered in the imperial court, and official documents about him will be sent here.

Li Yanqing never doubted Liang Shicheng's efficiency in doing things, the so-called nonsense such as the consultation between the Ministry of Officials and the Privy Council could not deceive him, his ranks, officials and other fictitious officials were in the hands of Liang Shicheng, and the Ministry of Officials and the Privy Council were just going through the motions, but Liang Shicheng didn't want to tell himself so happily.

Li Yanqing walked into the yard, but saw a little lady about two years old sitting in front of a small basin fishing, this is Li Yanqing's sister Baoniang, the official name is Li Baoyan, or the name Li Yanqing gave her.

"Who are you looking for?" Xiao Baoniang tilted her head and asked.

Li Yanqing saw that she looked very well-behaved, and she looked like himself between her eyebrows and eyes, and he suddenly liked it very much in his heart, so he squatted down and smiled: "Bao Niang, I am your brother." ”

The nurse who took care of her next to her also smiled: "Bao Niang, he is really your brother." ”

"You're my brother, will you teach me how to fish?"

"Good! My brother teaches you how to fish. ”

Li Yanqing squatted behind Bao Niang, holding her two small hands, in the wooden basin was a paper stacked fish, there was a ring at the mouth of the fish, hooked the small hook on the fishing rod line to the ring, and it was caught, this is a fishing game often played by children in the Song Dynasty.

"Slowly, little by little, we hook it, okay, pull hard!"

Bao Niang pulled the fishing rod, a small paper fish immediately caught from the basin, just when Erniang Yang came out of the house, Bao Niang jumped and jumped happily, "Mother! Mother! I've caught a small fish. ”

"Yo! Did my brother teach Bao'er to catch it? ”

"Yes! My brother helped me catch it. ”

Li Yanqing smiled and nodded to the Yang family, "Erniang is good!" ”

"It's cold outside, Yanqing come in and sit inside!"

Li Yanqing took Bao Niang's little hand, walked into the room and asked with a smile, "Is my father not here?" ”

"He came back early in the morning, as if he went to find a director, your father is busy all day long, and he has to participate in the Tangyin Township Association in the afternoon."

"Daddy or fellow villagers?"

"He's not now, he really doesn't have time, and now it's the Tang family president who is the president."

Li Yanqing sat down, and Yang poured him a bowl of hot tea and said with a smile: "Your father told me early in the morning that you rented a house outside, let me help decorate it, I just have time in the afternoon." ”

"Thank you Erniang for your trouble, the house can be settled today, and you can get the key as soon as the day after tomorrow, so don't worry."

"Alright! After settling down, tell me that I will take a few maids to take a look, to be honest, I also think that Sisizhu is not safe over there, there are everyone there, and the government can't control it, it's too chaotic. ”

At this time, Bao Niang ran over with a book and stuffed it to Li Yanqing, "Brother tells Bao Niang a story." ”

Li Yanqing was stunned for a moment, it was actually "The Red Child of the Great Sage Monster Hunt", Yang was a little embarrassed and said: "Your father has to tell her this story every night, he didn't come back last night, and the little guy has been thinking about it, no, I caught my brother." ”

Li Yanqing laughed, hugged Bao Niang in his arms, and said with a smile: "Okay! Brother will tell you a story, once upon a time there was a red child, the son of the Bull Demon King, about six years old, a few years older than our Bao Niang........"

.........

When it was almost noon, Bao Niang pestered him for a morning, and finally couldn't resist dozing, and went to take a nap with the nurse, Li Yanqing was sitting at the table eating noodles, at this time, a maid came and said: "Little official, there is a tolerance outside!" ”

It's finally here! Li Yanqing immediately stood up and walked quickly to the gate, only to see two officials standing outside, followed by several entourages, holding a large plate of vermilion lacquer in their hands, the leading official knew Li Yanqing, so he smiled and said: "Jiang Xun, who is in charge of the subordinate department, was ordered to convey the appointment to Li Guanren, congratulations to Li Guanren first." ”

"You're welcome, please read it!"

This is just a reading of the official document of the appointment of the ministry, not a reading of the holy decree, so there is no need to set up a case and burn incense, just listen to it.

"Li Yanqing has made meritorious contributions to the destruction of Hebei bandits, and he has been promoted to two ranks to be the sixth grade of the court, moved to the Taiwan Academy to serve the imperial history, and passed on the oral message of the Son of Heaven, and added the founding man of the Lord, gave him a scarlet robe, a silver fish bag, and a reward of 3,000 satin......"

After reading the letter of appointment, the leading official respectfully handed over the official document to Li Yanqing, "We were just ordered to hand over the letter of appointment and ask Li Guanren to sign for it." ”

Li Yanqing just took the letter of appointment, and the Yang family, who was hiding behind the door, hurriedly asked the housekeeper to send a few times the money for running away, and the group thanked them for leaving, Li Yanqing walked into the door, and then took out the letter of appointment and took a closer look.

The promoted officer is the imperial history of the Taiwan Academy, Li Yanqing knew yesterday, the rank officer was promoted to one rank and two levels, which is similar to Liang Shicheng's hint yesterday, there is a promotion, but it will not be too high, but it is ......

Li Yanqing couldn't have imagined that Zhao Ji actually gave him a knighthood, and it is normal for the title to be used to reward military merits, but it is not normal for a low-grade petty official like Li Yanqing, you must know that the lowest baron in the Great Song Dynasty is also a positive fifth grade, although this is only a fictitious position, and does not represent a real official rank, but it is a qualification, and he can have the opportunity to hang up the temporary title of weight difference in the future, such as various promotion officials and so on.

Li Yanqing immediately understood, this is the 'exceptional promotion' that Zhao Ji was referring to.

"Yanqing, what is this?" Yang looked at the items on the plate and asked a little strangely.

Inside the vermilion lacquered wooden plate was a new cluster of large red official robes, as well as a silverfish bag, and a jade plaque engraved with three thousand imperial satins.

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "This is called a scarlet robe, the official uniform worn by officials above the fifth grade, and the silverfish bag is also worn by the five-grade official, representing an identity, the jade plate is a reward, with this jade plate to go to the inner library to receive three thousand pieces of satin, if you don't need satin, you can also fold it into cash." ”

"Is Yanqing a fifth-grade official now?" Yang asked in surprise.

Li Yanqing shook his head, "It's just a sixth-grade official, it's just allowed to wear a fifth-grade official uniform, it's actually not interesting, three thousand pieces of satin are more realistic, and they can probably be folded into five thousand taels of silver." ”

"Your father told me that the five-grade official is very great, he is a big official, and he can be appointed as the governor, when will Yanqing become a five-grade official?"

Li Yanqing smiled bitterly, even the Yang family knew that the five-rank official was extraordinary, regardless of the Tang and Song dynasties, it was easier to be promoted from the ninth rank to the sixth-grade official, but the vast majority of officials did it to the sixth-grade level, although there was only one order difference between the sixth-grade and the fifth-grade, but this was like the difference between the associate professor and the professor in later generations.

Therefore, Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, is very cautious in his words, using 'exceptional promotion' instead of 'exceptional promotion', the implication is that he is not allowed to break through the six grades, in fact, Li Yanqing also understands that he was only admitted to the imperial examination at the beginning of last year, and in less than two years, he was promoted from the eighth grade to the sixth grade, and he was promoted to two grades and five ranks, which is already shocking.

"Then we have to celebrate, and I'll discuss it with your father later......"

As soon as she said this, the nurse ran over in a panic, "Madam, Bao Niang is awake!" ”

"Ahh I'll go now, Yanqing, you go get busy! Let me know when the house is rented. Yang said as he hurried to see his daughter.

Li Yanqing had something in his heart, so he left the house on Freezer Street and rushed to the mansion of the planter.

This is the third day that Li Yanqing has returned to Bianjing, and he should have visited his old boss on the first day, but the transfer was not clear, and he always had a little hesitation in his heart, afraid that the shuai would worry about his future and increase the pressure on the old boss.

Now that the new official position is finally clear, Li Yanqing's heart has also fallen.

"Ahh It's Yanqing, you.... Why did you come to the capital? Seed Master Dao looked at Li Yanqing with a surprised face, now that the battle in Liangshan is in full swing, how can Li Yanqing leave.

"Handsome, it's hard to say!"

"Alright! Let's sit down first. ”

The planter invited Li Yanqing to sit down in the study, it seemed that the planter was a little better than the last time he was free, at least he didn't use a cane, he was wearing a coarse cloth short coat, he was playing with flowers in the back garden, and his hands and body were covered with mud.

"You sit down and have a cup of tea first, and I'll go change my clothes."

The planter arranged for the maid to serve tea, and then hurried out.

After a while, he returned in a loose robe, and the mud on his hands was washed off.

"I'm bored, learning to grow flowers in the back garden...... "Planter Dao explained a little embarrassed.

"I thought that the shuai was going back to Jingzhao's hometown!"

"I'm going back, I'm going to set off early the day after tomorrow to participate in the clan sacrifice at the end of the year, and I won't be able to come back until next spring, let's not talk about me, how is the war in Liangshan now?" Seed Master Dao asked urgingly.

"Does the marshal know that Song Jiang broke through and returned to Liangshan?"

"I know that Song Jiang seized this opportunity very accurately, and it was also expected by me, what is the current situation?"

"Returning to the marshal, after Captain Tong took office, he was transferred to Qizhou to serve as a defense because he refused to write a letter of allegiance, and he did not participate in the specific battle of Liangshan."

The seed master was stunned, half a sound, he sighed, "I understand, not only Zong Ze was demoted, but you can't escape the cleansing, Tong Guan has always been like this, those who follow others prosper, and those who oppose others die, he used to be like this in the Northwest Army, and the generals who refused to kneel to him were demoted and demoted, and he was still so arrogant after more than ten years, so why did you return to the capital now?" ”

"The lowly post was transferred back to the capital, and the lowly post wrote an application for transfer, and the prince hinted that Taifu Liang transferred me back to the capital, and now I have left the army and served as the imperial historian of the Taiwan Academy."

How could the seed master not understand the prince's mind and transfer Li Yanqing out of the army, so that he would not be controlled by Tong Guan or Gao Yu.

"It's okay, turning to a civilian job is also a kind of protection for you, Tong Guan's viciousness is something you can't deal with, and so is Gao Yu, it's just ..... It's a bit of a pity that you have prestige in the army. ”

Seed Master Dao sighed, if he was still in the army, within five years, Li Yanqing would be a famous general in the army, but unfortunately the world is impermanent!