Chapter 864: Li Yifu succeeded in pulling the tiger's skin

Wang Ping'an entered the lobby, called his deputy minister, and explained the matter briefly, because the hunting matter was relatively hasty, so he asked the minister to arrange this first, and the accompanying official belonged to the attendant adviser, and the work was light, and he could show his face in front of the emperor, which was full of beauty.

Then arrange for the officials who do the work, and the officials who do the things are just running around and dealing with some chores, and they are not doing things in front of the emperor, which is basically a thankless job.

Confessing, Li Yifu carried the tray and entered the lobby to bring tea to Wang Ping'an. When Wang Ping'an saw it, he said casually: "Just let the handymen do these things, you don't have to do it yourself." After that, he also said hard work.

Li Yifu hurriedly whispered: "It should be, it should be." He bowed down and exited the lobby, looking very well-behaved.

After explaining the matter, Wang Ping'an went out of the province and went to the Inspiration Temple. As soon as he left, the minister immediately pondered that the two things that Wang Xiangye had just confessed were two extremes, one was clever and took advantage, and the other was thankless, let him distribute it, he had to think about it, he could sell a group of favors, and he would also offend a group of people a little.

Of course, offending people is inevitable, and officials are good as long as they can have errands to do, who dares to find faults. The key is how to sell favors, the people who can get favors are the people who are expected to be promoted, and the people who are expected to be promoted are the people who can borrow their strength in the future, and if they grasp these people, they will be the long-term help in the officialdom in the future.

The minister went out of the hall, went to his room, sat down behind a desk, and began to think about who to send and what to do among the officials in the yamen. Just thinking about it, I saw Li Yifu coming over outside, Li Yifu's face was full of spring breeze, and he looked very proud, I don't know what happy things he encountered.

The official frowned, he has always hated the villain's pride, but sometimes the villain is not willing, once he has the will, it is really difficult to deal with, because the villain may not be able to remember the good of others to him, but he will definitely remember that others are not good to him, and the Li Yifu outside is just a villain, which the officials of the entire Menxia Province know, and they are afraid that he will be a demon.

can look at the "hotness" of Li Yifu and Wang Ping'an, it is estimated that he is patting Wang Xiangye's ass, and he is not far from the clouds. After all, the ministry officer was not very proud of Li Yifu, and when he saw him wandering around the door, he wanted to pretend that he didn't see it, and didn't want to greet him.

Li Yifu didn't need to be greeted by others, he laughed twice outside, and asked, "Lord Liu, are you busy?" ”

The official surname is Liu, from the official position of the third grade, while Li Yifu is a small official who is not on the eighth grade, the official positions of the two people are too far apart, although they usually work in a yamen, but they rarely speak, and they have nothing to say. The minister thought to himself: "Why did he take the initiative to talk to me, could it be that he just said something to Wang Xiangye, and he is here to stink?" ”

The minister said, "Isn't this Lord Li, please come in, is there something wrong?" He is very polite, the old oils in the officialdom are like this, no matter how much he looks down on someone in his heart, but he is polite on his lips, he is even more polite, and he directly called Master Li here, without revealing the actual thoughts in his heart at all.

When Li Yifu saw him answer, he immediately stepped into the threshold and said with a smile: "Lord Liu, are you busy?" The lower official has nothing else to do, he just wants to take a leave of absence from you, and he can't come to duty in the afternoon. Unfortunately, today's boss is not here, so the lower official came to you and disturbed your office, sorry, sue and accuse! ”

The minister sighed and thought, "It's just a leave, even if your boss is not there, but your boss's boss, or the boss of your boss's boss, is always there, why did you jump several levels and come to me to ask for leave?" Well, that's a hint to me that something is coming. Very well, just listen to what you have to hint at! ”

The minister said, "But what's wrong at home?" ”

Li Yifu stood at the door and said, "It's not that there is something in the lower official's family, it's that there is something in the family of Wang Xiangye, so I asked the lower official to give him a hand." It's not a big deal, just running errands or something, doing things for Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Wang. ”

His voice was not loud or small, just right for the officials in the house to hear, but the officials in the courtyard outside also happened to know. Li Yifu is clearly pulling the tiger skin to make a big banner, but he pulls this tiger skin very well, and it is easy for people to believe it, at least it will not make people feel that he is lying.

The ministry officer was slightly stunned and said, "What, there is something in the family of Wang Xiangye?" So why are you being called to go? ”

Li Yifu smiled: "This ...... Hehe, if there is something in the yamen, of course Wang Xiangye doesn't need to call the lower officials to do it, and the lower officials have low positions, and they can't do too much for Wang Xiangye. However, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Wang are very good to Xiaguan, the last time they took the two elders into Beijing, it was Xiaguan who accompanied Wang Xiangye, and drove to the two old people, helping to pack their luggage or something, the two old people let Xiaguan eat in the house, and then let Xiaguan go! ”

He said a lot of things, and said that his official son was too young, and made it clear that he had a good relationship with the second elder of the Wang family, to put it bluntly, he was showing that he had some status in the eyes of Wang Xiangye's family.

The minister was stunned for a moment, and thought to himself: "Why, Wang Ping'an took his parents into Beijing, and he actually called Li Yifu to help?" When did this Li Yifu tie up Wang Ping'an? Miscalculation and miscalculation, if I had known that this was the case, I would have to show more concern for him, this guy is going to be promoted! ”

The ministry officer immediately showed a smile on his face and said more politely: "Come, Lord Li, please take a seat, don't stand at the door, it's too inconvenient to speak." ”

Li Yifu hurriedly pretended to be polite, but only politely, then stepped forward, found a stool and sat down, still with a flattering smile on his face.

But as soon as he sat down like this, the officials outside saw it, but they were all surprised, this Li Yifu mixed well, and he was able to talk to Wang Xiangye, and now he has become a guest of the minister, is he going to be developed?

The minister asked, "Today, Wang Xiangye has something at home, let you help, what is the matter, do you want to do it alone, do you want to call a few more people to help?" Wang Xiangye works hard every day, but he can't let him worry about trivial matters at home, those of us who are subordinates have to take the initiative to share it. ”

"Who's to say it isn't!" Li Yifu answered, and said: "But it is estimated that it is not a too important matter, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Wang can only run errands or something when looking for the lower officials, and too important things cannot be done by the lower officials, that is, family affairs." Last time, they saw that the lower official served well, and his legs and feet were quite diligent, so they remembered the lower official again. Xia Guan has no other skills, but he can run errands and do some trivial things, but he is very good at it. After saying that, he laughed self-deprecatingly twice.

Li Yifu tried his best to say that he was unbearable, as if he was just an errand boy, and he kept saying that he was incompetent. But the more he said this, the more surprised the listeners became, and they felt that he had a close relationship with Wang Ping'an.

The minister said, "In this way, Master Li often goes to Wang Xiangye's house, otherwise the second elder of the Wang family will not remember you." As for Mr. Li, he can only run errands...... It's a joke! ”

He laughed twice, and the minister thought to himself: "There are as many errand runners as the Wang family, how can the second elder of the Wang family remember you, or you are in place, so I will take you seriously!" ”

Li Yifu said: "It's not that I go often, it's just that the lower officials have a strict mouth and never talk nonsense, so Wang Xiangye can rest assured that he has something to do with the lower officials." Xia Guan really doesn't have any skills, so he will just serve people! ”

If you talk about it, the people in this yamen, who are not serving people, the small officials are serving the big officials, the big officials are serving the bigger officials, and the biggest officials are serving the emperor, and everyone is serving people!

Li Yifu said: "Lord Liu, if there is nothing else, the lower official will take leave, and he has to hurry to the Prime Minister's Mansion!" ”

The minister hurriedly said, "You're busy, you're busy, something squeaks!" He was in debt, and he pretended to be a gift. How could Li Yifu let him really stand up, and quickly quit the door.

The minister sat down on the chair again, thinking, "It seems that this Li Yifu has indeed become Wang Xiangye's confidant, otherwise how could he come to me to 'make it clear', this is right." Well, he said that he was strict in his affairs, and the case of Concubine Xiao Shu in the palace was not what he went to do with Wang Xiangye. It seems that he is indeed going to be developed. It's better to burn a hot stove than a cold stove, and I have to show it while he is not really developed yet. ”

Laying out the blank paper on the table, the minister began to write the list, the first name of the accompanying hunt, he wrote down Li Yifu, but after writing it, he remembered that the emperor was going out of the city tonight, and Li Yifu went to help the old lady Wang, the old lady Wang didn't know about hunting, so he let him go, he had to remind him, he couldn't let Li Yifu blame himself in the future.

Hurriedly called a servant, and the minister said: "Quick, go and stop Lord Li, let him come back early in the evening, go directly to Xuanwu Gate to wait, and accompany the emperor out of the city to hunt." ”

The servants hurriedly ran out.

As soon as Li Yifu went out to the province, he exhaled a long breath and thought: "I don't know if what I said can make the ministry pay attention to me, Wang Ping'an can't count on it, it's better to borrow chickens to lay eggs, and use Wang Ping'an's name to get more benefits, maybe I can change my official fortune!" ”

But as soon as he went out, he was at a loss, where was he going, of course he couldn't go to Wang Ping'an's Prime Minister's Mansion, he couldn't lie about himself, he took it seriously, but where to go now, find a place to drink?

Before he took a few steps, he hadn't even thought about the place, when he heard someone call him from behind, and a servant chased him out and shouted, "Master Li stays, Lord Liu has something to tell the villain." ”

Li Yifu stopped suddenly, surprised in his heart, could it be that Liu Ministry found out that he was lying? It's impossible, his lies can't be confirmed, and it's impossible for him to ask Wang Ping'an for this.

The servant ran to him and said, "Lord Li, Lord Liu asked you to come back early in the evening, go directly to Xuanwu Gate to wait for the driver, and accompany the emperor out of the city to hunt!" ”