In the eighth year of Kaiyuan, the tenth person such as Jingzhao Mansion sent all the people in the previous year were enrolled, and most of the rest of the people were among the best except for Du Shiyi's high school head. Now five years have passed, for example, Du Shiyi has been transferred from Wannian Wei to Zuo Shizhi to Chengdu Ling, and has been an official for three terms, while Wei Li has been transferred from Zhengzi to the Yizhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to participate in the military, and he is also the second official. But most of the fellow students, like Zhang Jian and others, are now all in their first official positions.

In today's era, those who are prosperous in official fortune can serve 20 or even 25 terms in the limited twenty or thirty years after entering the office, and at the end of their careers, they may become high-ranking officials such as Prime Minister Shangshu. As for those who have poor official luck, just like the three officials of the Cui family in Shu County in recent years, they said that they had been in office for 30 years after they came out, but they were only one or two officials, and at other times they were all waiting bitterly for candidates in the Ministry of Officials. Therefore, being able to serve as an official for several terms in a lifetime is almost equivalent to a sign of whether the official road is smooth. This is also the reason why the Wei family finally let Wei Li come to Yizhou.

is also a disciple of Jingzhao Webster, but not everyone can go far in their careers.

When friends meet, they have their own gossip to talk about. At the beginning, these ten people in the Jingzhao Mansion rank were connected with each other in and out of the same way, with the secretary of state, with the ink scroll, zuihou at the same time, and later those with ordinary family backgrounds, as Du Shiyi and Wei Li of the Wei Du Guanzhong family in the south of the city, helped them to consult and find official vacancies, and their friendship with each other was naturally unusual. At this moment, Wei Li first talked about the situation of the same department, and Zuihou mentioned his top boss, and there were quite complaints between his words.

"That Fan Envoy has a merciful face, and this Shu is beyond the reach of Wei's whip, you have found me a difficult boss!"

"If you don't fight a tough battle, how can you show your ability Wei Fourteen? Besides, I want to transfer Cui Shiyi's brother-in-law, but there is no way! ”

Wei Li just said casually, and at this time he and Du Shiyi looked at each other and smiled, and he asked bluntly: "It was not clear in the letter before, but now you say it, what do you want me to do in the military?" ”

"You also know that Yu Wenrong rose to prominence in one fell swoop because of Kutian and Kuhu, and the sage thought that he was a rare minister, but many people in the court were very jealous of him, including Zhang Xiangguo." Du Shiyi knew that Yu Wenrong's mother's family was Jingzhao Webster, although the relationship with Wei Li was not so close, but after all, there was always an inextricable horizontal connection between Jingzhao Webster's houses.

Seeing Wei Li nodded, he continued to ask, "But before, Yuwen Rong used a five-year exemption period to let people re-register for naturalization, but after five years, the heavy enslavement was carried on his back again, especially those who did not obtain a hundred acres of land sufficient to bear the enslavement after fleeing, do you think they will continue to flee?" ”

Wei Li Jinshi and the first, also studied under the master, even if he was previously the school book of the Jixian Palace, but the court and the middle of the school are still clear. But he didn't know the real details of Kuda Kudo. At this moment, he couldn't help but think about it for a while, and then he said with some uncertainty: "What do you mean is that the 800,000 mu of foreign land that was included before can be collected by the imperial court, but as for the household taxes and the taxes payable by those evasive households, they may not be collected after five years?" And it is very likely that it has been fanfare for a long time, but in the end it is a failure? Yu Wenrong is also a smart person, he didn't expect it? ”

"Because it's still far from that five-year period."

Yu Wenrong began to preside over the whole work from the ninth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, because it was all a five-year period, so from the earliest implementation of Jingzhao Mansion and Henan Mansion, to the final completion of those remote states and counties, the timeline is not the same. There may be only two years left for the tax holiday at the earliest, and three or four years to complete at the latest. And Yu Wenrong's ambition to enter the government hall within this time limit, and then get the authority to implement it may have been thoughtful, but it may be just the next strategy on paper, which is unknown.

Seeing that Wei Li had already understood, Du Shiyi sat down opposite Wei Li and said seriously: "Fan Yuanjun didn't really come forward to compete with me before, but he just used his strength to get a glimpse of what was going on. If he really wants to make a move, I'm afraid it's on this one. Of course, I didn't invite you here just to peek into the movements of this Fan envoy, but to ...... I have some ideas in this term, but if I leave office, if the next term changes the order overnight, it will be nothing more than a failure. If you are willing, if I really do something, when the time comes, I can try to find your successor! ”

Although he served two terms as a foreign official, he would not be happy for those who aspired to be officials in Beijing, but Wei Li was not yet thirty, and it was when he was young and vigorous, and he had stayed in the capital enough, and the Chengdu Order was not a county order in a corner of the city, which was extremely important. So, rubbing the neat beard on his chin to show stability, he finally nodded.

"Okay, as long as I can succeed, why don't I stay in this good place in Bashu for a few more years?" After saying this, he said with a smile, "I said Du Nineteen, I can bring all my family members this time, should you give us a good pick-up?" Also, you haven't mentioned marriage for so many years, and the young ladies of Webster are all worried about it, shouldn't you also bring a confidante to show me? ”

"You should catch the wind, as for the confidante ......" Du Shiyi squinted her eyes with a smile, and then said meaningfully, "Let's talk about it later!" ”

"Really!" Wei Li was dumbfounded for a while, he originally thought that Du Shiyi was simply innocent and less than Liu Xia Hui, but he really rarely interacted with women, and Princess Jin Xian and Princess Yuzhen, who had been very close, even if people muttered in their hearts, they would not think that these two sisters of the Son of Heaven Jin Zhi Yuye would have an affair with Du Shiyi at the same time, so Du Shiyi himself admitted that this immediately aroused his strong curiosity.

"Tell me, who is it?"

"I'll talk about it after I've said it!" Du Shiyi stopped the topic and said angrily, "Didn't you say that you were catching the wind?" At first arrival in Chengdu, how can you not taste the famous Shu cuisine, Shuxianglou is the place where the county party often books a table, is you bring your sister-in-law and children here, I let people send the table over, or we go directly there to have fun with the people, a look at this Yizhou Shu County, Jincheng Chengdu style? ”

"You'll say it!" Wei Li is also a casual person, and immediately said, "Just pick a private seat there, my wife and children are suffocated all the way in the car!" ”

After the Tang Dynasty dominated the world, there were often marriages between the Guan Longshi clan and other famous families, and Wei Li's wife Li was born in the Li family of Longxi. In recent years, the Li family in Longxi has few famous ministers in the court, and the prime minister has not had it for many years, but after all, the family has a big business, and there is a family history that has been passed down for hundreds of years. As soon as they met, the Li family greeted him generously, and even asked a pair of children to come forward to meet Du Shiyi.

Wei Li's eldest son Wei Kuan is ten years old, and the eldest daughter Wei Ying is also eight years old. Wei Kuan is a book, and Wei Jue is a bronze mirror, the two little guys are very educated and salute and thank you, like little adults. Just as Du Shiyi coldly remembered Guo Quan's son, who was as old as himself, and called him uncle the same way back then, and another jade slave who kept calling him uncle had now been replaced by the more affectionate title of master, he couldn't help but be in a trance.

But at this moment, a hearty laugh suddenly came from outside: "Okay, I don't count as one to pick up the wind!" ”

Du Shiyi immediately came back to his senses and heard whose voice it was, he hurriedly stepped forward to open the door, and after letting people in, he smiled at Wei Li and his wife: "This is Brother Guo, the superintendent of the imperial history...... Hey, Brother Guo brought his son too? ”

"Now that you have a family, instead of staying in Chang'an, in case someone takes you badly, it is better to follow me and teach." Guo Quan ordered his eldest son Guo Yi to go forward to meet Du Shiyi and Wei Li, who called Uncle Shi one by one, and then went to see Li and her children.

All the wine and food were delivered, although Guo Quan and Wei Li were not familiar with each other, but they still toasted him and his wife with Du Shiyi, and after putting down the cup, he said bluntly: "I am relieved that Wei Shishilang can come to Chengdu." To tell you the truth, I, the judge of Jiannan Province, have already come to an end, and I will return to the capital if I don't do it. The Yuwen household department is now in charge of most of the household department and needs help. But Fan makes Jun eye, Du Xiandi has no helper, I always can't let go, but now I finally have the best of both worlds. ”

Guo Quan is in Chengdu, and he doesn't seem to be of much help, but as long as he, Yu Wenrong's henchman, is in charge, it will be a deterrent and sign for others after all, so Du Shiyi naturally accepts him and Yu Wenrong's favor. At this moment, he hurriedly toasted and thanked him, while Wei Li said with a smile: "Du Jiu, you don't have to worry, he has a lot of ghost ideas and many friends!" There are no others without me, not to mention anything else, I also inquired about people when I entered the city, and his folk reputation is very good! However, if you do the math, it should be the rì son of Yizhou's solution to the test, and I think that Fan Yuanjun will not miss this kind of good thing, what kind of talent do you like? If there is, although I am a newcomer, it is not that I can't go to Fan Yuanjun to compete for the state test! ”

Because Yizhou is quite far away from Luoyang, Chang'an, in the double test, the county test is in April and the state test is in June, in order to be able to arrive in the capital in November to prepare for the court. Counting the county exam, it is just over a month.

Guo Quan didn't plan to stay in Shu County for a long time, and besides, it was too early for this kind of scientific field talent to come in handy, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

And Du Shiyi thought of Cui Jaw, but knew that even if he was lucky enough to be sent to Jinke, it would be hopeless to face the talents all over the world in Chang'an, and Li Baiwu had already left Shu to travel around the world, so he said with a smile: "I just rectified the county school, but there are no first-class talents...... Or rather, I just let it go. In this year's county examination, I have asked the king of Yizhou to give half of the quota to those who are excellent in the county school assessment, but you don't have to fight hard for the state examination. If you want to come up with real talent, you can't do it in a day or two, otherwise it will make people laugh. You must know that Fan Yuanjun is a smiling tiger. ”

As soon as the words fell, I only heard a lot of noise downstairs, and finally someone shouted loudly: "That Hui Lady of Yunshan Tea Shop, wearing a power from head to toe, not to mention how mysterious!" ”

(To be continued)