"Le Daren ......"

When Lotte and Liu Yu were talking, they suddenly heard someone who seemed to be calling for themselves, so they turned their eyes over, and when they saw the person who was calling and the person next to them, they immediately smiled.

"Xiaguan Yan Kuan has seen Master Hou!"

"Xiaguan Huo Ting has seen Master Hou!"

When Lotte recognized the visitor, the two hurriedly walked forward to salute.

"Master Yan, Huo County Lieutenant don't be polite!" Lotte put his hands on his lips and said: "I haven't seen the two adults for more than two years, I don't know when the two adults will arrive in Biandu?" ”

Lotte saw these two people have a feeling of meeting their old acquaintances in a foreign country, these two people are their top divisions when they were officials in Pingyu, Yan Zhushu and Huo County Lieutenant, because of the suppression of the Huaikang Army mutiny, Yan Zhushu moved to Mengzhou General Judge, Huo County Lieutenant moved to Jingbei Road Cao Si transfer judge.

"If you go back to Hou Ye, the two of us have only arrived in Biandu in the past two days, and we plan to visit Hou Ye and Lord Chen after electing officials in the Ministry of Officials!" When I met Lotte three years ago, Lotte was just a county official, and three years later he was already a marquis of Sanpin.

Lieutenant Huo was also embarrassed.

"Let's go, this official will pick up the wind for the two of you!" Lotte said to the two, and then instructed the ruler seven who listened to the next listener: "Go to Taixue and invite Lord Guozi Siye Chen to the drunken immortal residence in the east of Kaifeng, and say that Benhou invited him to eat and drink, and don't tell him the names of Yan and Huo, just two old people come to see him and sell him a pass!" ”

Lotte's voice fell, and Shakuchi answered the call and hurriedly went out to Taixue, and Master Yan and Lieutenant Huo couldn't help laughing.

Then the three of them went out together.

"Xiaguan Liu Yugong sends Hou Ye!" Seeing that Lotte took the two out, Liu Yu's eyes were full of envy, and he arched his hand beside him, and his eyes sent the backs of the three of Lotte out of the door.

Not to mention that Liu Yu's eyes are full of envy, even the eyes of the officials waiting to be elected in the Ministry of Officials are not without envy, most of these people are small characters below the fourth grade, and it is a dream to wake up with a smile to be able to be a backer of a third-grade official, and I heard that Lotte actually wants to spend money to invite the two of them to eat and drink, which is as simple as hugging the thighs, and the relationship is obviously not ordinarily good.

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Out of the ministry, Huo County's lieutenant looked surprised, glanced at the ministry, and saw that Liu Yu was still standing in the inner hall and bowing to Lotte, until he turned out of his sight, he lowered his voice and asked, "Master Hou, how did you know this Liu Yu?" ”

"I didn't know each other before, but I just had a relationship!" Lotte doesn't care.

Huo County Lieutenant said: "It's better for Master Hou to stay away from this person!" ”

"Why?" Lotte was puzzled.

Huo County Lieutenant whispered: "This Liu Yu is a Jinshi in the Yuan Fu period, and his ranking is quite high, in terms of qualifications, I and other miscellaneous officials are far inferior, but they were born in a family of businessmen, and they lacked education and virtue since childhood, and they once stole the platinum cups and gauze clothes of their classmates and were discovered. In the second year of Zhenghe, he was appointed as the palace attendant, and there were political enemies and officials who attacked him on the basis of Liu Yu's old affairs, and the Son of Heaven did not want to expose his past scandalous deeds, so he issued an edict not to pursue it.

After Liu Yu repeatedly neglected to talk about the etiquette system, the Son of Heaven said, "Liu Yu is a family member in Hebei, how to understand the etiquette system, and he is degraded to the two Zhejiang inspection envoys, and now he happens to be elected after his term of office is returned." ”

"What Lord Huo said is good!" At this time, Master Yan also responded: "This person has been back in Beijing for more than half a year, and he still hasn't been elected, and I think the officials of the Ministry will be more afraid of his old line!" ”

Thinking of the two of them from Liu Yu, Lotte asked, "Do you have eyebrows for the two of you?" ”

"I've been in Biandu for a few days, and I haven't chosen it yet!" As soon as Lotte asked, Master Yan shook his head together with County Lieutenant Huo, and then Master Yan sighed: "If you want to choose a good official now, you need to go to Wang Hao to open up the lower joints." ”

"How much money does it cost to open a joint?" Lotte asked casually.

"Price according to the benefits that can be fished in the location!" Huo County Lieutenant said, and then sighed again: "Master Hou also knows that the two of us are acting as officials, although we take some routine benefits, we never do the things that corrupt and enrich our own pockets, how can we have a lot of money to open up the joints!" ”

Liang Shicheng and Wang Hao sold their official beards, Lotte knew it for a long time, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "So if you are two people who have no money to send each other to open up the joint, this resettlement will continue to drag on?" ”

Master Yan continued: "It may not have been procrastinating, it seems that there is an extreme shortage of officials in barren places such as Liangguang, Minyue, and Qiongya, and there is a chance that the two of us will be sent there eight times out of ten!" ”

"What a difference between this and exile!" Lotte shook his head.

Lieutenant Huo sneered: "If I can't wait, it will be tantamount to giving up my official position, I have a lot of redundant officials, and these old men in the Ministry of Officials wish I would wait like this, and also reduce the pressure on them to choose officials!" ”

"This dynasty has been in office for three years, I remember that the two of you have only been in office for two and a half years, how did you end your term?" Lotte was puzzled, both of them are old, and Lotte doesn't have to put on a score to raise his own value.

Lotte is not an outsider, and Master Yan doesn't have to be careful to see the outside, and said directly: "Wang Xiang sells the official mantle, how can I have so many vacant official positions in the Song Dynasty, the two of us were appointed separately halfway, and it is good to do it for more than two years, and many people only return to Beijing to elect officials after the expiration of the year!" ”

While walking and chatting, when I arrived at the Drunken Immortal Building, I just entered the door and didn't wait for Lotte to talk to the shopkeeper, only to see a young man dressed in a satin robe, with a little familiarity between his faces, hurriedly greeted him, and bowed and said: "Yu Caizhou Yang Yu, brother Yang Song, if your Excellency is not my fellow townsman Pingyule Houye?" ”

Yang Song, Lotte naturally knows that one of the original seven shareholders of Huapiao is very close to him in Caizhou, and his sister-in-law is Zhang Suo, the governor of Caizhou, but Lotte didn't expect that his brother also has a business in Biandu.

"Sure enough, it's a foreign acquaintance!" Lotte smiled and bowed to Yang Yu.

Over there, Yang Yu hurriedly returned the salute, through his brother Yang Song, how did Yang Yu not know that Lotte now wants money, money, power and power, in addition to knowing that Lotte has a silver mine in Dongying, knowing that Lotte has a sea trade fleet in addition to the ticket number business, which is not at all comparable to the ordinary rich.

"These two people are also old, and they have served in Pingyu!" Lotte pointed to Master Yan and County Lieutenant Huo, said to Yang Yu, and said to Master Yan and County Lieutenant Huo: "This Yang official is the uncle of Zhang Zhizhou of Caizhou Zhang, and he is not an outsider. ”

The two sides met the courtesy, Yang Yu led the three of them to the best elegant room in the building, instructed people to pick up good wine and tea, and a few delicious cold dishes, and then the hot dishes waited for Lotte's orders to serve again.

As a businessman, Yang Yu was very interested, and retreated after a while, leaving a gap for the three of them to talk, and after a while, Chen Lingyuan arrived at the elegant room under the guidance of the little maid, and the four old men of Pingyu met again after two years of separation, and it was a good time to greet each other.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food, after their parting, they also said almost, Chen Lingyuan said optimistically: "I have a close friend classmate in Dali Temple in charge of the prison, said that recently the officials of the Dali Temple prison are mostly new entrants, Dali Temple Shaoqing, Dali Temple Cheng are Wang Huang's party, you have to be careful!" ”

When the county lieutenant Huo heard this, he snorted disdainfully: "These people think that they are officials who spent money to elect officials?" ”

Lord Yan squinted his eyes and said: "The judge must be a person with a good heart and a fair person to take responsibility, if there is a person with different intentions, it is all based on selfishness, this judge is a very fat errand......"

Hearing the words of the two, Lotte suddenly had an idea, and after thinking for a while, he said to the two: "You two don't have to rush to elect officials, I will go to Dali Temple to see, if you two feel suitable, I will bring you two to Dali Temple to serve." ”

Master Yan and County Lieutenant Huo couldn't help but glance at each other, and then nodded.

……

At noon, it was just a drink, everyone had their own business, and after eating a handful of hours' wine, they dispersed first, and met again in the evening.

His own Yinxin tooth card was taken by Liang Shicheng, and Lotte had to think about Liang Shicheng's intentions, and the drinks at noon were just ordered, and he went home to rest for a while. Before the halfway point, Lotte came to see Liang Shicheng.

After seeing Liang Shicheng and seeing each other, before Lotte spoke, Liang Shicheng first ordered someone to present Lotte's Yinxin tooth plate, and said with a harmless smile: "Master Hou is still angry with our family if you want to come?" ”

Put away the Yinxin tooth card, I don't know what medicine Liang Shicheng sells in the gourd, and Lotte is also vain: "What did the Taifu boss say!" ”

"It's good if you don't have it!" Liang Shicheng said with a smile: "Our family also has something to say to Hou Ye, and I am afraid that Hou Ye will blame our family for not talking to Hou Ye in the court that day, so our family brought Hou Ye's seal letter and looked for an opportunity to eliminate misunderstandings." ”

Liang Shicheng went to the ministry to take his own seal to eliminate misunderstandings, this is obviously to deter himself, implying that he Liang Shicheng has already controlled the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, and all official promotions must follow his door.

Don't talk nonsense, Lotte asked directly: "Benhou heard that Wang Xianggong recommended to the imperial court that I should be in charge of Dali Temple, which is really surprising, although Le understands the criminal law, but he is not suitable for this position, Wang Xianggong is so indiscriminately recommended, I am afraid that it is selfish?" ”

"The gentleman is frank, don't let the Marquis be so helpful!" Liang Shicheng's face couldn't see any color, and then said: "Wang Xianggong's recommendation of the Hou Ye is completely out of public intentions. ”

"Not to mention that Wang Xianggong and Le have different opinions on political affairs!" Lotte shook his head: "There are countless people who can live in this position, why does Wang Xianggong need to recommend Le?" ”

Liang Shi became Wang Huang and defended: "Wang Xianggong is not a jealous and jealous person, aside from the difference in political opinions, your strengths are seen by everyone, and no one in the Great Song Dynasty can be out of your right, this is the reason why Wang Xianggong recommended you, Dali Temple is the place where Hou Ye comes in, and now Hou Ye is young and why should he be idle at home." ”

Immediately, Liang Shicheng turned around and said: "Hou Ye has made great contributions in Pingxia, if Hou Ye is allowed to be idle at home, and how do people in the world view the official family, won't the official family end up with a reputation of hiding the bow?" ”

Wang Hao is really smart, let himself recover, it is a plan to kill birds with one stone, he has brushed a good reputation in front of Zhao Ji, regardless of his previous suspicions, and he can take the opportunity to plot against himself in the future, and at the same time will not damage Zhao Ji's reputation.

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