Cao Ping smiled slightly, "Although there is no definite news yet, but you don't have to worry at all, no matter how unconventional Cheng Fenglang from the eighth rank is, he can't do the history of the assassination from the fifth grade, since it is called the history of the assassination of Quan Xiongzhou, then I estimate that you should be an official reinstatement, or a Chaofeng Lang of the sixth grade, because the Seed Master Dao and Li Gang are both official reinstatements, and you should be no exception." ”

"I saw it in the newspaper yesterday afternoon."

"That's right, of course the newspaper won't publish it in detail, you can go to the ministry this afternoon to find out."

Li Yanqing pondered, "But Liang Shicheng found my father yesterday, and he asked me to go to him before going to the ministry, what does my grandfather think I should do?" ”

Cao Ping sighed, "Liang Shicheng is still powerful, we can't afford to offend, but we must not be with him, once the crown prince ascends the throne, it is when he perishes, you must not be affected by him, I will send you four words, false and wronged." ”

Li Yanqing nodded silently, Jiang was still old and spicy, and Cao Ping saw it deeply.

Cao Ping smiled again and said slowly: "This Northern Expedition, you are the commander of the right army of the Eastern Route Army, in fact, it is an independent army, according to the convention, many of the generals under your command need to be appointed by yourself, just have this opportunity, I want to let two relatively good Cao family children follow you on the expedition, one is to hone them, and the other is to give them the opportunity to go on the expedition and make meritorious contributions." ”

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Li Yanqing saw Cao Ping, and went to see his mother-in-law, Cao Xuan was not there, and his sister-in-law Cao Jiaojiao also happened to go to Gao's house to play, Li Yanqing saw that his mother-in-law and his wife had endless words, and his mother-in-law also asked a famous doctor to give her daughter a baby, Li Yanqing was going to report to the ministry in the afternoon, so he said goodbye and left.

Li Yanqing immediately came to Liang Shicheng's Taifu Mansion, and after waiting for a while, the compound ran out and said with a smile: "It just so happens that Taifu is also here, please go to the study to meet Li Guanren, please come with me!" ”

Li Yanqing has seen through Liang Shicheng after experiencing the Fan Dang case, he will never protect himself at a critical moment, he is willing to do the icing on the cake, but don't expect to send charcoal in the snow, and Liang Shicheng has a lot of chess pieces in the court and the locality, and he is just one of his ones.

Walking into the study, Li Yanqing bowed and saluted, "See Taifu for your humble duties!" ”

Liang Shicheng put down the book and said with a smile: "Yanqing is finally back, please take a seat!" ”

Li Yanqing sat down on a soft stool on the side, Liang Shicheng looked at him, and said with a smile: "I am a lot thinner than before, and I am a lot darker, it is very hard in Jiayu County!" I know that the Inquisitor Court has a detailed record of you in Jiayu County. ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "This time I went back to Beijing, thanks to Taifu's care!" ”

"Yes! The official family said that you are a fan party, and the impact of coming back is too great, so I persuaded the official family, it is not bad to be a gesture, plus you are very good in Jiayu County, you are honest and honest, and you have won the support of the people, so the official family decided to transfer you back and the official was reinstated! ”

Li Yanqing was stunned, "Does the official reinstatement mean that I want to return to the Yushitai?" ”

"Nope! No! No! Don't go back to the Imperial Historical Observatory for the time being, just restore the official rank of the sixth grade, of course, if you want to return to the Imperial Historical Observatory, after the war is over, I can arrange for you to be the Imperial Historical Zhongcheng and then promoted to another level, provided that you have to make meritorious contributions to the former enemy. ”

Of course, Li Yanqing knew that being the middle of the imperial history was actually Liang Shicheng's dog, and if the war ended, he would still have to find a way to stay away from Liang Shicheng's control.

Thinking so in his heart, but on the surface he had to express his gratitude, just like Cao Ping's suggestion, Li Yanqing hurriedly got up and saluted, "Thank you Taifu for your love, Li Yanqing remembers it in his heart." ”

Liang Shicheng nodded, he was very satisfied with Li Yanqing's attitude, but he knew in his heart that it was the prince who fought for Li Yanqing to come back, but in fact, it had nothing to do with him, and he had to give some small favors to envelop Li Yanqing.

He smiled again and said, "Is there any difficulty that you need my help with?" ”

Li Yanqing was about to refuse politely, but suddenly remembered something, so he smiled and said: "Actually, the humble position cares most about Jiayu County, can Yang Ju, the county commander, be promoted to the new county order, and the original county lieutenant Zhou Ping will be promoted to the county commander?" I really don't want to send a county magistrate to take office and change the rules I have set. ”

For Liang Shicheng, this was just a trivial matter, so he readily agreed, "I know, this matter is on me." ”

Liang Shicheng pondered for a moment and asked, "What do you think of the prospects for this Northern Expedition?" ”

"Frankly speaking, I feel that the prospects are not optimistic, and I can only say that I will try my best to work in a good direction to maintain the dignity of the Great Song Dynasty."

"You are right, the last defeat was too miserable, the dignity of the court was lost, and the official family also hopes that this Northern Expedition can recapture Yanjing, of course, it is the best, if you really can't take it back, you must also try your best to recover the dignity lost last time."

"The key is that Tong Guan cannot interfere in the military."

"Don't worry! This time, Tong Guan did not control the Eastern Route Army, and the master Dao served as the commander of Xuanfu Capital, and reported directly to His Royal Highness the Prince, and the prince supported you, just let it go. ”

Li Yanqing suddenly had an intuition, Liang Shicheng seemed to want to repair the relationship with the prince through himself, otherwise, the prince strongly recommended himself, he used to be like a thunderstorm, thinking that he bypassed him and the prince to contact him privately, but this time, he did not have the slightest dissatisfaction.

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Leaving Liang Shicheng's mansion, Li Yanqing saw that the hour had not yet reached noon break, so he came to Da Nei and found the officials.

Liang Zhongshu, the servant of the ministry, personally received him, Liang Zhongshu was Cai Jing's son-in-law, and he had dealt with Li Yanqing in the Daimyo Mansion at the beginning, although his character was poor, but if Li Yanqing hadn't saved the Daimyo Mansion in time, he would have died in the hands of Liang Shanjun, from this point of view, he owed Li Yanqing a favor.

However, Liang Zhongshu didn't think that he owed Li Yanqing a favor, he only knew that it was his father-in-law Cai Jing who kept him, so he could enter Beijing to take up such a powerful position.

Of course, Liang Zhongshu still had a good impression of Li Yanqing, and he asked Li Yanqing to sit down with a smile on his face, "This time the official transferred from other places, you are the second to arrive, it was Zong Ze yesterday, and the others are still on the way." ”

"Has the 30,000 Hedong Army from Taiyuan arrived?"

"I heard that it was the seed master who led them over, but they haven't arrived yet, but it's almost there."

Li Yanqing took out the official seal and transfer letter from his bag and handed it to Liang Zhongshu, "This is for the ministry!" ”

"Huh! The official seal is also brought back, in fact, it doesn't hurt if the official seal stays in Jiayu County, as long as you come, you can take a look at these letters of appointment first, sign and draw them if there is no problem, and then I will talk to you about the new official position. ”

Li Yanqing took over his letter of appointment, and sure enough, he restored his official rank of the sixth grade.

"Originally, you had a meritorious service in suppressing bandits in Jiayu County, according to the convention, you should be promoted to another rank when you are reinstated, but you also know that the promotion of the sixth grade from the fifth grade is a big hurdle, unless it is enough years of seniority, or it is a great meritorious service, it is really difficult, you are still very young, and the Jinshi and the first are only four years, and it will be even more difficult to cross this hurdle, I hope that you can make great contributions to the Northern Expedition, and I will be happy to submit an application for promoting you to the fifth grade."

"After the end of the Northern Expedition, will I enter Beijing as an official according to the usual practice?" Li Yanqing asked again.

Liang Zhongshu shook his head, "According to the convention, it is just not, you were a county commander before, and now you participate in the Northern Expedition is just a temporary dispatch officer, it can be considered that this is part of your county commander's term, according to the convention, the county order is promoted to a general judgment, and then serve as a governor, with a complete state and county resume, about ten years or so, you can return to Beijing to serve as six or other provincial and Taiwan important positions, of course, the premise is that you have to perform well in the local area, and in the annual evaluation, if your virtue is not good, or your political performance is not good, there is still no hope of returning to the imperial court." ”

Li Yanqing probably had a direction in his heart, so he happily signed the appointment letter and left a contact address, Liang Zhongshu said with a smile: "You can go back now and wait for the notice from the Ministry of War." ”

Li Yanqing's current appointment as the assassin of Xiongzhou is just a fictitious official, with no official office, no retinue, and naturally no government affairs, so he can go home and rest after the appointment.

His real assignment position was the command of the Right Army of the Eastern Route Army, which needed to be appointed by the Ministry of War.

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When I came out of Ouchi Imperial Palace, it was exactly noon, and the weather was extremely hot, and the scorching sun spewed heat waves across the land, and the air became translucent, flowing slowly in the air, like a steamer.

It was so hot that the streets were so empty that it was hard to see a single figure, except for a few ox carts walking feebly, and the coachmen beckoned a handful of guests.

"Official, take the car! Beware of drying out all the oil on such a hot day. An ox cart stopped in front of Li Yanqing.

This ox cart came just in time, Li Yanqing hurriedly got into the car, there were already two guests in the ox cart, it was a middle-aged couple, the two glanced at Li Yanqing indifferently, and at the same time turned their eyes to the outside of the car, Li Yanqing sat in the first row, here is like the upper compartment of a steamer, it seems that it is not so tormenting.

"Where are the officials going?" The coachman asked.

Li Yanqing hadn't figured out where he was going, so he smiled and said, "Let's go casually first!" I thought of telling you. ”

"Then I'll go to the Royal Street first, and the two guests in the car are going to the Royal Street."

"Whatever!"

The ox cart started slowly and staggered towards the royal street.

Li Yanqing has not been to the capital for a long time, but everything in the capital has not changed, it is still the old scene, Li Yanqing was still a little nostalgic at first, but soon he got tired of it.

The ox cart was walking slowly on the royal street, and at this time, Li Yanqing suddenly saw a two-story shop with flowers, which was extremely gorgeous, and a big sign was hung on the shop, 'Yujin Lou Rouge Shop.' ’

"Parking! I'm down here. Li Yanqing stopped the ox cart.