Jiang Jiao, who was deeply favored by Li Longji, was in power for a while, and the rewards he received included palace maids, horses, and treasures, which were innumerable. Li Linfu, who lived in his uncle's mansion, saw the charm of power, and naturally wanted to live.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were three basic ways to become an official.

The first is the imperial examination, as long as you are a scholar and can write poetry, you can participate in the imperial examination and obtain the qualification to be an official. However, the number of officials in the imperial examination is very limited, and there are only a dozen or twenty places every year. Therefore, in the entire officialdom, the proportion of people born in the imperial examination is quite small. In other words, while this is a feasible path, it is definitely an extremely narrow single-plank bridge. There is no very high level, don't even think about it.

The second way is miscellaneous inflows. After a long period of promotion, these officials can eventually enter the "official" class, that is, within the nine grades. The officials within the nine grades are called "officials in the stream", so if they are promoted from "officials" to "officials", they are called "entering the stream", otherwise they are called "not entering the stream". There are a large number of people who have been promoted through this path, but there is very little room for further promotion. According to the regulations, people who are miscellaneous can only be middle- and low-level officials, and are not allowed to be high-level officials. As a result of the long promotion of officials in the past, most of a person's life has been consumed. The Nine Rank Officials are only the starting point for most of those who are born in the imperial examination, but for most officials, it is almost the end.

The third way is called the shade of the door. is the children of officials, you can start with some of the emperor's attendant guards, such as "Qianniu Preparation", "Prison Gate Straight Chief", etc., and then enter the officialdom. The starting point of these people is similar to that of those who came from the imperial examination, but because of their talents, they are generally inferior to those who are born in the imperial examination. Therefore, the prospects of the eunuch are not as good as the imperial examination. If some people who are good at officialdom and have powerful people to support them, those who are born in the shadow of the door will also have quite good prospects, and there are quite a few people who are born in the shadow of the door and become prime ministers.

Li Linfu was born from "Qianniu". It is a typical door shade origin. It is not easy to obtain the origin of a thousand cows. According to the regulations, only the children of "three-rank officials" and "four-rank clean officials" are eligible. In fact, Li Linfu's father's official position should not be up to this standard, but Jiang Yan helped him a lot.

"Qianniu" is a general statement, which can also be distinguished from various official titles, such as Qianniu Beishen, left and right Beishen, Prince Qianniu and so on. The grade ranges from the sixth grade to the eighth grade. Even from the eighth grade, it is a very high starting point. Those who were born in the imperial examination only have eight or nine grades.

After Li Linfu was promoted from Qianniu Bei to the head of the prison gate. Faced with two choices, one is to continue to move in the military department, that is, to be promoted in the military attache system in the future, which is called promotion in true colors; The second is to move from the Ministry of Officials. That is, to enter the civil service. Ordinary people take the road of relocation of the Ministry of Officials. Because the civilian system is superior to the military attaché, the future is even greater. Therefore, if they enter the civil service system, their grades should be lowered accordingly. Generally speaking, the first official position of Shi Brown from the guard official system to the civil official system of the Ministry of Officials is about seven grades.

However, Li Linfu soon became the crown prince Zhongyun and was on the fifth grade. In terms of grade, the promotion is unusually fast. Soon after. He was promoted again and became the crown prince. It is under the fourth product. The official rank of the Tang Dynasty, above the third grade, is only divided into positive and subordinate, and below the third grade is subdivided into up and down. In this way, from the prince Zhongyun to the prince's virtue, from the top of the fifth grade to the lower rank of the fourth grade, the middle interval is from the top and bottom of the fourth grade, and a total of three orders have been raised. Li Linfu was promoted three levels in a row, obviously thanks to Jiang Jiao's operation.

Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, is full of vitality, businessmen gathered, people come and go, bustling, all kinds of people, etc., are full of energy. The lively scene in Chang'an City did not attract Li Linfu, every time he finished his official business, on the way home, he couldn't help but show a faint sadness between his eyebrows, and the people who came and went did not notice the inconspicuous Li Linfu. They pay attention to those high-ranking officials and nobles, royal nobles, whenever these people swagger through the market majestically, passers-by do not stop, and their admiration is overflowing. I don't know how many scenes of this kind of scene have been staged in Chang'an City, but people still take the trouble to watch and watch......

As a bystander, Li Linfu is often crowded by the crowd, like duckweed in the water drifting in the waves. When people regained peace and forgot everything, Li Linfu did not let go of his ambitious activities.

I think that at the beginning, Qin Shi Huang traveled all over the country, and the crowd was surging, and the two viewers Liu Bang and Xiang Yu were not like him today?

The former was envious and said: "The husband should be like this!"

The latter was disdainful and said, "He should take his place!"

Thinking of this, Li Linfu's eyebrows gradually relaxed, he definitely didn't think of the throne like Liu and Xiang, he was not so bold. In his heart, he said more than once: With my Li Linfu's talent, is it not as good as those wine bags and rice bags? One day, I, Li Linfu, will also be majestic and admired by others.

With the fluttering thoughts, Li Linfu smiled secretly, his steps did not become brisk, and he returned home unconsciously.

Whether it is the prince Zhongyun or the prince's virtue, they are all officials of the East Palace, they are fictitious titles, there is basically nothing to do, they can sleep until they wake up naturally, and they have no real power. Although the official was promoted, Li Linfu's strong desire for power did not satisfy him. Of course, Li Linfu, who has "lofty aspirations," will not be willing to remain idle, and he knows very well that it is useless to rely on personal strength to promote officials and make fortunes, and someone must be promoted. Isn't it the credit of his uncle Jiang Jiao that he was promoted to the crown prince?

Although Jiang Jiao is very popular in front of Li Longji, he is unable to make his nephew get a more powerful position.

So, Li Linfu set his sights on Prime Minister Yao Chong, and he wanted to ask Simen Langzhong for this real position.

Simen Langzhong is a director of the Criminal Department, in charge of the world's gates, Jinliang, roads, etc., from the five products. The real power is not large, but the future is immeasurable. Lang Guan is a position that is highly anticipated, and what the incumbent needs is both talent and hope. talents, mainly literary talents; Hope is prestige, that is, prestige in terms of morality. Obviously, Li Linfu does not have the conditions in these aspects.

Under Li Linfu's repeated requests, Jiang Yan had no choice but to give it a try and promised him to find Yao Chong to intercede for him.

Jiang Jiao came to the Prime Minister's Mansion with confidence, exchanged pleasantries, and then expressed his intention.

As the prime minister, Yao Chong understands his duties, and Yao Chong knows Li Linfu well, thinking that he is unlearned, and of course he will not abuse the power in his hands to engage in fraud for him.

Yao Chong said to Jiang unceremoniously: "The position of Langzhong needs to be done by people with good talent and morality, and Li Linfu is a scoundrel, how can he take on this position?" ”

After listening to Yao Chong's words, Jiang Yan was speechless for a moment, so he got up and said goodbye.

The news brought by Jiang Lian was tantamount to a slap in the face for the ambitious Li Linfu, and Li Linfu's dream of promotion was shattered. (To be continued......)