The official position of "Privy Counselor" was set up in Chinese history from the Five Dynasties period, and was not seen in the previous Han, Sui and Tang dynasties.

The function of this official position is: "to receive clerks, to participate in general affairs, to ascend to the throne, to serve as advisers." ”

I don't understand it, to put it bluntly, it's the emperor's literary adviser. Find an old man who is proficient in Chinese literature, stay by the emperor's side in the early dynasty, and the articles written by the ministers who have university questions are too sour, and the emperor can consult him at any time when he is confused and can't understand it.

We can understand it as the emperor's royal concubine.

Got it?

Hehe, but these are floating clouds.

The floating clouds that fool the common people.

So what is the truth?

The truth is: the emperor is illiterate, and he needs to find a literate person to help him read the manuscript.

There is no way, the Later Tang Dynasty was established by Zhu Xie and his family of Shatuo, Zhu Xie's family is very good at fighting, but they are standard fools when it comes to reading, the whole family is stupid, and generations of children and grandchildren are stupid.

I don't know any Chinese characters as big as steamed buns!

It's terrible now, how dare you write it in the history books! Let the people of the world know that the emperor is illiterate, wouldn't that be a very important reason for rebellion?

Therefore, this secret has never been recorded in the history books, and the strange official position of "Privy Counselor" is also a Spring and Autumn penmanship in the history books, vaguely mentioned.

In fact, because the "Privy Counselor" is too close to the emperor and has too much participation in national affairs, he can be regarded as the VIP among the close ministers of the Son of Heaven. Even later, the emperor felt that it was too risky to bet on one person, everyone didn't know how to read, as far as he knew, what if he deceived us? Therefore, later came up with a "Duanming Hall Bachelor" to contain and balance each other.

For Li Zhuanmei, this was originally a promising career. It's a pity that feng shui takes turns, and now it is the child of the old Wang family who has become the emperor.

Who is Li Congke, the child of the old Wang family? Han people! Where can Han people not know how to read?

Although he has been mixed with his brothers in Shatuo for a long time, he can't stand everyone knowing that he is Han, and everyone thinks that Han people should be literate. In addition, his beautiful mother forced him to study with a stick every day, and if he dared to be lazy, he would be spanked until he was red and rotten, so Li Congke's homework really didn't dare to pull it down.

"San'er, come, show my brother, what is this word?"

"Oh, big brother, this is a stupid word for a fool!"

"Wow, there are so many strokes, so complicated."

"It's not complicated, it's not complicated at all. There are two bugs in the spring, you have nothing to do you stare at me, I stare at you, hey, why are you so ugly? You're ugly, you're ugly, so those two bugs fought, and in the end, they all died and wasted a good spring. Do you think he's stupid? ”

Compared with the two biological sons of his stepfather Li Siyuan, Li Congke ranks third among the boys in the family according to his age. The two elder brothers are both gentlemen, they don't study, they don't practice martial arts, they take a birdcage to the street every day to tease all kinds of fat and thin girls, until they are robbed of the dragon seat by the third brother, and they regret it.

Of course, that's a later story, so I won't mention it here.

Therefore, since Li Congke became the emperor, Li Zhuanmei's position has been very embarrassing.

The emperor actually knows how to read? Where does this make sense? If you don't want to think of a way, wouldn't this noble and decent position of "Privy Counselor" with an annual salary of hundreds of thousands of dollars be laid off? In order to survive and develop, he had to find a breakthrough direction in his career on the way to sycophancy.

The secret of successful people is simple, they are more diligent, smarter, more focused, and more responsive than others.

Li Zhuanmei, the big sycophant of the Later Tang Dynasty, accidentally took a nap just now, and was stared at by the emperor, so shocked that he sat down on the ground, only to find that everyone in the entire court was staring at him, waiting for him to speak!

Nima, what did you just say? Labor and management didn't hear it!

No, at this critical time, you can't be cold!

Just now they seemed to say that Zhao Ping was coming, although I don't know where they were talking about, but let's talk about it first and then think of a way.

So Li Zhuanmei pretended to be calm and cleared her throat and said:

"This Zhao Ping, this Zhenwu Festival Envoy"

Hey? Why is it suddenly silent? Why are everyone's eyes widening?

At this time, Prime Minister Lu Wenji, who was standing in the center of the court, interjected in a strange way:

"Why did you Zhenwu patrol the border envoy, and now you want to promote him? Zhenwu Festival Envoy? What a big official authority! Is the surname Zhao a relative of Lord Li's family? ”

Lu Wenji and Li Zhuanmei already had disagreements on politics, and it was common for them to quarrel in the court. To say that in other dynasties, the prime minister, as the head of a hundred officials, is above 10,000 people under one person, it is awesome. But in the Later Tang Dynasty, it is not necessarily, isn't there still a "privy councilor"?

In the eyes of the "Privy Counselor", the prime minister is really not a matter, and you are not even qualified to be a translator for the emperor.

As soon as Li Zhuanmei heard it, he knew that he had made a mistake, and said that the "Zhenwu Patrol Envoy" was "the Zhenwu Festival Envoy". There is a big difference between these two official positions, one is a position in the army, and the other is a feudal official who leads one side, and there is a difference of several levels in the middle!

It's my business to just say the wrong thing, and it's not okay to slap me in the face! Labor and management have just started on the road of sycophancy, and you slapped me in the face in front of the emperor? What a hatred!

Li Zhuanmei was angry at that time.

Nima, you Lu Wenji made a butt of shit, this is to see someone take over, right? Then play big.

"Prime Minister Lu, you hid from the emperor to send a letter of appointment to the Zhenwu Patrol Border Envoy, I didn't say anything to you, now I just propose that the emperor give him a Zhenwu Festival envoy, as for whether to give it or not, that is something that the emperor has to consider, why are you in a hurry?"

As soon as Lu Wenji heard Li Zhuanmei, he began to want to sit down again, and it was the text he secretly sent to Zhao Ping, didn't you force people to jump off the cliff? Immediately foaming at the mouth, I almost fainted.

At this time, Emperor Li Congke, who was sitting on the dragon chair and was sluggish, suddenly became energetic, and he didn't care about Lu Wenji's affairs at all, but just looked at Li Zhuanmei with great interest, and said encouragingly: "Master Li has a point, go on." ”

Well? It seems that the emperor has taken a fancy to that Zhao Ping? Okay, then follow the emperor's meaning and say a few words.

Li Zhuanmei is a person who specializes in sycophancy, and figuring out the intention is the basic skill. Where can the emperor's obvious intention not be seen?

"Your Majesty, let's not talk about the origin of this Zhao Ping, just think that he can carry the Khitans, and he is also a very capable general. If we rashly suppressed him, wouldn't we push this person to Shi Jingjiao? Even if this person doesn't throw himself into Shi Jingjiao, he goes to rebel independently, and runs around in Hedong and Hexi, it will also add chaos to us. ”

"Well, that makes sense, keep talking!"

"Yes, the emperor is the lord of the Holy Ming, the world is peaceful today, but there are a few small thieves who are making trouble, pacify the stone thieves as soon as possible, and sign a peace treaty with the Khitan State, so that we can make great progress as soon as possible and restore the prosperity of my Tang Dynasty."

"Well, Li Aiqing has a lot of sense. Go on! ”

"Your Majesty, I see that this Zhao Ping was born poor, but he pretended to be an official of the Tang Dynasty by pretending to be an official, presumably this person is eager to be an official in the imperial court. Since he is talented and wants to be an official, it is better to give him an official, and it is also to recruit a fierce general for my Datang. ”

"Well, that's a good point!"

"Your Majesty, this person killed Yelu Ruan, the eldest grandson of the Khitan Emperor, and seriously injured Yelu Lihu, the younger brother of the Khitan Emperor, and the Khitans will not let him go. This person is now in a state of panic, hiding in the mountains to avoid danger, and this is a good time to solicit him. The emperor doesn't have to entangle with him whether the Zhenwu patrol envoy is issued by the imperial court, and directly sends him a new appointment, which is one level higher than the Zhenwu patrol envoy, and he will definitely be able to make this person die for the emperor. ”

"Well, Li Aiqing said it too well, so what is the best official for him? Is it knotty? ”

"Your Majesty, although the Zhenwu Festival Envoy is vacant now, Weichen does not recommend giving it now, you can give it to Zhenwu from all sides first. Many prefectures and counties in the Zhenwu area have now taken refuge in the stone thieves, and our army has no time to attack for the time being. We can hint at this Zhao Ping, if he recovers these places for the emperor, when the political situation is calmed down, the envoy of Zhenwu Festival will be his. ”

"Okay, that's it. Lu Aiqing, you immediately draft a document and appoint Zhao Ping as Zhenwu's envoy. Li Aiqing, please personally send this appointment letter to Zhao Aiqing, and by the way, I will inspect this person in person. ”

"My emperor is wise, long live my emperor!"