Although he does not take the imperial examination and does not like vassal elegance, Xu Xun has many rare books in his study, most of which were given by Zhang Mao back then. And after he soared, Zhu Houzhao often urged some new imperial books or rare books in the inner library to come down, so his study was full of all kinds of books, the fragrance of Wenhan was the most familiar to Cao Qian, a serious reader, and he couldn't help but glance around when he entered the room. After being introduced by his younger brother Cao Mi, he knelt down and kowtowed according to the number of courtesies.

"This is not above the court, Cao Mi, help your brother up."

Xu Xun on the main seat raised his hand with a smile, and when Cao Qian stood up and stood with his hands down, he couldn't help but look at this young man carefully. is different from Cao Mi, who has a lot of opportunities when he was just starting out, Cao Qian is about twenty-five or sixteen, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a tall figure, compared with Cao Mi, who has red lips and white teeth, fine skin and tender meat, he is actually more like a soldier in the army, and he can't see the fame of Xiucai in the early exam, and he is even a student of Yang Yiqing.

After looking at it for a long time, he smiled and ordered, "Sit." ”

Cao Qian sat down as he said, but he looked like he was in his father's military tent, with only a little chair under him, his back was straight, and his hands were naturally on his knees. Seeing him like this, Shenying, who was born in the army, was greatly satisfied, and couldn't help but nod in approval: "I have long heard that Cao Xiong governs the army rigorously and rewards and punishes him in moderation, although he has never seen it in person, but he only looks at his two sons, which is much better than me!" Although that bastard kid in my family has already got a commanding job, he doesn't have much real ability. If I could have a tenth of the brothers, I wouldn't have to worry about it! ”

"Uncle Jingyang has won the award, and the humble position is just to do some paperwork under his father's account, or the second brother listens to training day and night under the command of Uncle Pingbei, which is much stronger than the humble position as a brother."

"How can there be any day and night training, your brother is serious and careful, which shows that the tutor is a family teacher." Xu Xun smiled slightly, then put away his smile and asked, "You said that you are in charge of the clerks under your father's account?" That being the case, you should be quite familiar with the border military strategy. What is the situation in the army of the three towns of Shaanxi now, you can talk about it first. ”

"Yes." Cao Qian immediately raised his head and said with a solemn face, "Governor Yang has cleaned up more than 66,000 hectares of grassland since he supervised Shaanxi Horse Administration a few years ago, and now there are more than 90,000 hectares of grassland in Shaanxi, accumulating 400,000 catties of tea. In addition, between Yansui and Hengzhou, my father, in accordance with the constitutional order of Governor Yang, has built 900 piers, 900 warm guards, increased the number of garrison soldiers to 4,500, and set up a new guard post in Huamachi, and has recruited more than 1,200 soldiers......"

Xu Xun nodded as he listened, convinced in his heart that Cao Qian had once managed Wen Mu from his father. Even if you have prepared in advance, these things can be easily discussed, which is not easy for young people of this age. And Cao Qian carefully explained the situation of the three towns, especially Yan Suizai, and he owed it again and said: "Before I went to visit Governor Yang. Governor Yang mentioned that the little prince's troops attacked Yansui before, although it was not successful, but there were many nuisances in Ningxia, and there were many places in Ningxia border affairs that needed to be rectified, so he wanted to ask the imperial court to exempt half of Ningxia's taxes, and the other was to ask Lianghuai salt to introduce 340,000 yuan to enrich the border reserves in Guyuan and other places. Over the years, there have been many displaced people in Shaanxi, and they plan to recruit displaced people to prepare for the border. ”

Cao Qian has an excellent memory, and repeated a few things that Yang Yiqing said casually in front of Xu Xun one by one, and when he saw Xu Xun pondering, he stopped for the time being. At this time, Shenying smiled and said, "Isn't Governor Yang your teacher?" Why don't you call yourself a teacher, but a Governor Yang? "...," Hui Jing Yangbo, now the humble position is to report to the adults for border affairs, and I dare not abolish the public for personal reasons. ”

Seeing Cao Qian's serious answer, Shenying couldn't help laughing: "Good boy, what a person who doesn't dare to abolish the public for personal reasons!" Governor Yang can draw a bow to control the enemy like this, and a civil official who can pass through the people when he gets off the horse is really rare! It's really rare that he can take a fancy to you, a child of a military family. However, if you go to take the imperial examination, after more than ten years, you will be a nerd scholar who opens his mouth to say the words of a saint, and it is still as good as it is now. Uncle Pingbei, you are really blessed, you can come whatever you want! ”

Xu Xun came back to his senses and knew that Shenying was talking about the joke just now. Remembering that he had only complained half-truthfully to Shenying about the piles of letters and posts at home, and that he had to labor Zhang Cai and Tang Yin to help with sorting, he couldn't help but stare at Cao Qian again, and suddenly said: "I know all these things you reported for Governor Yang, and I will try to do it when I turn around." But you, your father sent you to Beijing, but what else do you command? ”

After the news of the great changes in the capital came out, Cao Xiong was already preparing to send gifts to the capital. However, at first, it was not just to send Xu Xun, Cao Xiong was even Liu Jin's share of the dots, after all, Liu Jin himself is from Shaanxi, and Cao Xiong is a fellow countryman. However, Cao Qian bitterly dissuaded his father.

"The second brother is under the command of Pingbei Bo, and he has been blessed with thousands of households, which can be regarded as an outlier at his age. Although his father is a fellow villager with Gonggong Liu, he has no relationship with him, and now even if he tries his best to work, because of the relationship between the second brother, he may not be suspicious. Even so, it is better to devote oneself to Pingbeibo. Uncle is young and ambitious, and he is awarded the title of uncle with military merits, and he is naturally close to people in the military such as us, why should he give up the near and far, and give up the easy to take the difficult? ”

At that time, he was able to advise his father to say such a thing, and at this time, Xu Xun asked such a clear word, Cao Qian immediately stood up and knelt down on one knee: "Uncle Hui, my father once instructed me before the humble position, and the humble post has already fought several large and small battles in front of the Yansui army, and the paperwork has also been experienced. The Cao family started from the army, and whether the family can continue to be undefeated depends on the real ability! ”

Hearing this, Shenying looked at Cao Qian, and then looked at Cao Mi, remembering that his family had obtained a son who commanded affairs by accepting thousands of stones of grain in front of the army, and he felt even more uncomfortable for a while. And Xu Xun, who has no children and grandchildren, naturally can't appreciate Shenying's careful thinking. He laughed twice, then stood up and personally helped Cao Qian up.

"Since your father said so, I happen to be short of someone here, and I will transfer you to my Zuoguan Hall when I turn around. If you don't say anything else, if you want someone to give it to you, you can bring me a few people who manage the paperwork first. In addition, I'm not afraid of people saying that I'm squeezing you at this young age, and I'm in this family who post and send letters all day long has made it unbearable for people to wait, and you spend a little time every day to help take care of it, it's the same reason, don't be busy yourself, bring me a few people out! ”

Cao Qian was surprised and delighted when he saw that Xu Xun had made such a promise in one bite. However, what surprised him even more was that after he thanked him for his kindness, Xu Xun, who was sitting back, actually said with a smile: "Your father's will to be promoted to the governor of the capital and transferred to the general army of Guyuan is estimated to be a matter of the past few days." And your brother has run so many places on this hot day, and he also has a lot of credit, and I plan to move him up a little more. You are an elder brother, don't lose to your younger brother. ”

"My lord, the ...... of the lowly position"

Seeing that Cao Mi was about to speak, Xu Xun raised his hand to stop him, and then smiled meaningfully at the others: "Zhang Xilu's will to ascend to the right and the imperial history is also fast, Bohu is unwilling to enter the office, otherwise he will try to solve the yuan, and the future will be very easy." Speaking of this, Xu Xun looked at Shenying with a smile and said, "As for Uncle Jingyang, now that you have the title and official position, it should be Ling Lang who is worried." It's not that I'm saying ugly things, rather than just putting it on the wall, it's better to find a safe errand to do, and don't force it to the nine sides. After all, if a general wins, he will be rewarded, and if he loses, there will be nothing. Transferring a government army to command the avant-garde command, I can still call the shots in this matter. ”

Shenying thought about his son Shenzhou grinding himself several times, wanting to be released as a general, in order to hope that the father and son would be glorious in the future, and then think about his three-legged cat kung fu, and he couldn't take the military strategy on the table, he gritted his teeth for a while, and only nodded after a while: "Okay, just according to what Pingbeibo said, I can't control this kid, maybe it's better to come to you!" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Cai and Tang Yin glanced at each other, and they already understood the intention of accompanying the guest this time.

When Xu Xun was celebrating that he had won a young hero, Liu Jin also returned to his private house outside the palace on this day. Although the matter of the military department is not very accurate, he has a good understanding of Zhu Houzhao's temper, and knows that his plan can be successful, so he simply invited Jiao Fang over, and called Liu Cai, the nephew of Liu Yu, the governor of Xuanfu Datong Shanxi, who sent him to the capital to give gifts, and said today's results proudly in front of the two.

Hearing that the emperor actually agreed to consider it, Jiao Fang was overjoyed for a while, and was even happier than Liu Cai, so he hurriedly poured a full cup and sent it to Liu Jin: "Father-in-law is really high!" If this hand is done, the decision can make people feel bitter and unspeakable! ”

"That's what our family promised, where can it not be done?"

Since he was promoted to the celebrant and eunuch, Liu Jin has paid more attention to what he said, and that word has been put on the shelf for a long time. Seeing him smug at this time, Liu Caizi also thanked him repeatedly, and groveled and said that if his uncle could be transferred back to Beijing, he would definitely come to Xie Yunyun. When he said thank you, Jiao Fang remembered that he heard that Liu Yu had given 10,000 taels of silver for this, and couldn't help but purse his lips disdainfully, naturally cautiously not letting this expression fall in Liu Jin's eyes.

Between the staggering, Liu Jin's face was slightly drunk, and his words were unconsciously brought out: "When Xu Xun first entered Beijing, he was just such an inconspicuous ordinary young man, if it wasn't for our family to befriend him, where did he come from today...... Now that he has just sat down, he has begun to compete for a seat with our family, alas, the young man is easy to be ungrateful......"

Although he has been under Liu Jin's door for a long time, when Jiao Fang and Liu Jin are usually talking, they have almost never heard Liu Jin say bad things about Xu Xun, and they can't help but be overjoyed when they hear it at this time, knowing that Liu Jin is because he has gradually felt Xu Xun's threat these days, so he can't avoid revealing his mouth in front of outsiders. Therefore, he immediately glanced at Liu Cai, and then echoed two sentences with a smile on his face, and was about to provoke further when a voice suddenly came from outside.

"Father-in-law Liu, Father-in-law Gu is here!"

As soon as he heard this, Liu Jin's half-true and half-false drinking consciousness suddenly woke up halfway, and he hurriedly shouted: "Please let him in!" ”

Seeing this scene, Liu Cai hurriedly resigned, and Jiao Fang saw that Liu Jin had no intention of letting himself retreat, so he sat down in place with peace of mind. Not long after, a bald, short and fat man brought Gu Dayong in. Gu Dayong is a person who often comes and goes, and when he sees the table full of leftovers, he doesn't care, he sits down and orders someone to add a pair of dishes and chopsticks, and then picks up the roast chicken in the middle as if no one is around, tears off a pair of chicken wings, and immediately eats and chews. Half of the chicken was under the wind, and then he took the hot towel and wiped his mouth and hands, and let out a long breath.

"Please let people inform me so late for dinner, Lao Liu, you have to be authentic!"

"Look at what you say, who of us is with whom! I didn't care about you being late, but you were too late for me to ask you. Liu Jin and Gu Dayong were good enough to wear a pair of pants at the beginning, and even if they complained at this time, they were still smiling, "Besides, it's just some home-cooked side dishes, what can you say, please eat...... By the way, I heard that your western factory is expanding its manpower, and Lao Qiu has come to me to complain several times, saying that you are stealing business! ”…,

"Why, with him recruiting people from the East Factory, I can't move?" Gu Dayong smiled and said disdainfully, "He was lucky to take on the best job, Dongchang wants money and money, and he wants people, where is it like my broken yamen, I have to do everything myself...... Next time he dares to complain again, you call me, and I'll quarrel with him! ”

"My own brother, that is to say, two sentences, why are you so serious!" Liu Jin half-truthfully persuaded him, and then shut up and didn't talk about business, and only diligently persuaded Gu Dayong to drink. After pouring seven or eight cups of the other party in a row, seeing that Gu Dayong's face had shown an unconcealable drunkenness, he opened his mouth and said tentatively, "I said Lao Gu, on the most fatal night, the emperor quietly left the palace without even revealing a word to us, what kind of method did that little guy use to fool Li Rong and the others?" ”

Jiao Fang knew for the first time that on the night when the outcome was decided, Zhu Houzhao was not in the palace. Seeing that Liu Jin himself was also blushing, he knew that if Liu Jin was not happy and a little drunk tonight, he would definitely be kept in the dark, so after thinking for a while, he simply fell on the table and pretended to be drunk. Sure enough, when he squinted, he saw that Liu Jin didn't notice him at all, and his eyes were only fixed on Gu Dayong.

"How? Hey...... Do you really want to know? ”

"Nonsense, Lao Gu, don't sell it to me!"

"Tsk...... Then I'll tell you! Gu Da poured himself another cup with a grin, until Liu Jin snatched his cup away, he put a chopstick eggplant in his mouth and chewed it slowly, and then said slowly, "What other way can you use, of course there is only one, bluff...... The three old boys came in and knelt down, and he didn't say anything, so I naturally asked the three of them to say something quickly, Wang Yue couldn't help it, and immediately said impassionedly that the emperor wanted the emperor to kill us these scourges. The result...... On the bed, a cup was smashed down, followed by a jade pillow, and it didn't take long for a few people to run away in fright, looking really relieved! ”

Liu Jin was able to think of such a method, Gu Dayong said this, he was relieved in his heart, and he couldn't help but hum: "That kid is lucky, if our family, by virtue of the old days, even if he has the courage to go forward and open the tent to take a look, it is so easy for him to fool the past." ”

"Otherwise, why does the emperor like him so much? Now the emperor does not live in the Qianqing Palace, but the upper and lower people are still set up according to the grade of the Qianqing Palace, he originally just agreed, and the emperor seems to be planning to give him a steward brand, if this is really the case, then we have the youngest steward brand since the Ming Dynasty has an internal official......"

Although his eyes were already a little cloudy because of the wine, Liu Jin still changed color when he heard this at first glance. Seeing that Gu Dayong had fallen asleep with the wine glass in his arms, he couldn't help but muttered angrily: "The emperor is this temper, and he is promoted faster than anything else...... The little guy who is less than twenty is going to be promoted to the management brand, and when I was in my forties, the East Palace agreed......"

"Father-in-law, father-in-law Liu......"

Hearing the call outside, Liu Jin rubbed his eyes and staggered to his feet. Jiao Fang's eyes widened quietly, and when he saw that the bald and short fat man who had brought Gu Dayong in at the door at the door said a few words, he then went out, and he couldn't help but guess in his heart who was the guest who could let Liu Jin go to see him in person so late. However, glancing at Gu Dayong, who was lying on the table and falling asleep, he stopped his plan to find out after thinking about it.

"Sun Cong, you did a good job, if there is such a person in the future, don't say that our family is drunk, even if you fall asleep, you have to come in and report."

Liu Jin, who drank a cup of sobering soup, had no more alcohol left, put the goblet aside, and gave an order to the bald and fat man. Seeing that people lowered their hands and said yes, unlike others who had already folded a bunch of flattery, he couldn't help but be very satisfied with this sister-in-law who he specially got from Shaanxi. This is a good housekeeper, but he is silent, partial and clever, and he is a relative, so this kind of person is no longer reliable. …,

"You do a good job, sooner or later, our family will give you an errand in the sixth department."

"Thank you, father-in-law!"

After nodding, Liu Jin changed his clothes under the personal service of others, and then went to the study with him. As soon as he crossed the threshold and entered, he saw a young man with his butt next to a chair jumping up, so he nodded with a smile: "Qian Ning, your shelf is not small, our family has sent people to invite you three or five times, and you have not come until now." ”

"The father-in-law forgives the sins, and the humble duty is really not timely."

Although he is not a stranger to Liu Jin, he has never said much on weekdays, so when Qian Ning was first invited by Liu Jin, he did everything possible to shirk it. However, Liu Jin sent people to invite him again and again, and his words carried some weight, and he looked down on him, and in desperation, he thought that Liu Jin would become the master of ceremonies sooner or later, and he was also a little frightened, so he could only sneak over tonight.

"Can't spare time? I'm afraid it may not be, right? Liu Jin looked at Qian Ning with a smile, and seeing that he unnaturally avoided his gaze, he didn't continue to persecute him, but said slowly, "Our family and Brother Xu have a good relationship, and I came to you today, not for anything else, but to show you a message on his face." Jin Yiwei commanded Ye Guang to die and die, it is said that at most he will survive until next year, and it is not possible to be unlucky to go within this year. You are Brother Xu's confidant and favorite general, and the grade credit is enough, and that position is very promising. ”

"Huh?"

Channing's eyes widened suddenly, and his face was full of incredulity. Although he is a martial artist, his mind is very active. Nowadays, those old ministers in the court who rely on the old and sell the old have all rolled up and left, and after the tide of their own families rises, they have to promote a group of cronies to those positions. At this moment, he was very itchy by Liu Jin's words, but he still said with sincere fear: "Father-in-law Liu is joking, how can he be a lowly person, how dare he think of the position of the commander of Jinyiwei......"

"As long as you have the courage and the means, what is there you don't dare to think?" Liu Jin smiled, then stood up and yawned, "I called you here for this matter, if you don't dare to recommend yourself to your family, go back and talk to your family for you." People who have made so many contributions before and after the saddle, there is no reason why there are good things but they can't take their turn, right? It's a great blessing for a talent like you, and your family has it! ”

Liu Jin ordered so far, and he didn't leave Qian Ning to say anything, so he let the person go. When the room was empty, he stretched, and couldn't help but think about what he should do next, and a thought suddenly popped into his mind.

Grabbing a seat is a grabbing a seat, but now although Liu Jian and Xie Qian have driven away, Ma Wensheng and Liu Daxia have also rolled up their own and gotten out, but his foundation in the court is not very stable. At this time, he has to do something very simple, and that is...... Liwei! Moreover, he still has to pull Xu Xun up, and he can't let that kid get cheap and sell well. If he is in cahoots with Qingliu, it will be a big trouble!

Thinking of this, Liu Jin suddenly smiled, and already had a solid idea in his heart. At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door outside, followed by a tentative father-in-law. Hearing that it was Sun Cong's voice, he immediately raised his voice and called in. Not long after, Sun Cong took a post and entered the door.

Seeing this, Liu Jin raised his eyelids: "Who is so sneaky and came to give gifts in the middle of the night?" ”

"Father-in-law, only the first hundred bows are written on the prayer post." Sun Cong handed over the greeting note with both hands with some confusion, and when he saw Liu Jin flipping it aside with disinterest, he took a deep breath and whispered, "But Father-in-law, this person gave a heavy gift, which is enough for 10,000 taels of silver." "Ah! ”

Liu Jin jumped up all of a sudden. It must be known that Liu Yu's nephew gave gifts at both ends, but in the end he chose him here and gave him 10,000 taels of silver, so he promised the book of the military department without thinking. Holding back the excitement on his face, he leaned forward and asked, "Where is that person?" ”

"The man has gone back." Seeing that Liu Jin was stunned for a while, Sun Cong himself thought that this matter was too incredible, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva before saying, "That person said that it was just a greeting gift, not a respect." If the father-in-law is willing to see him, he will pay homage again to show his sincerity. If the father-in-law does not want to see him, these greetings should be filial piety to the father-in-law. ”

Big, unheard of!

Even though Liu Jin was used to seeing the world, after all, he had just arrived at the position of the celebrant and eunuch, and the oil and water he had heard of before had never been so big, so he couldn't help but stand up by pressing the handrail. It was easy to contain the excitement in his heart, and he smiled hesitantly: "See, why don't you see!" When he comes back, you must report it, how can our family not take a good look at who is sacred to those who play this kind of trick in front of our family? ”

ps: I almost couldn't believe my eyes when I got up early in the morning, more than 100 monthly passes in one night, and I actually rushed to the seventh place in the category, and the fifth in the new book list was removed from the overall list! Thank you so much, I will definitely try my best to update, quality and quantity! Either way, this is a book I love, a book with heart! In a word, I resolutely don't write books without love......

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