September 30 is the day when Li Xi officially took office.

When they got up early in the morning, Lian Lian and Miao Miao served him after freshening up, put on the scarlet robe of the fourth grade, tied a jade belt around his waist, equipped with a goldfish bag, and wore a black wing on his head.

Li Yifeng held the sword of the Son of Heaven in his hand and waited at the door.

Because before appointing Pei Yaoqing and Li Xi as the chief and deputy envoys of Jianghuai Transport, Caoyun was not a big deal for the imperial court, and the amount of Caoyun was not large, so for a long time, the imperial court did not set up officials in charge of Caoyun affairs, and only the Duzhi and the Ministry of Water ordered by the Ministry of Household were responsible for both Lang Zhong.

Only under special circumstances, such as disasters and famines, or waging wars against foreign countries, will the temporary concurrently official be in charge of the affairs of Cao Yun with the title of "Zhi Shui Yun" or "Water Transport". For example, in the nineteenth year of Zhenguan, when Emperor Taizong conquered Goryeo, he ordered Taichangqing Wei Ting to "know the sea", and Cui Renshi as the deputy and "know the water transportation in Henan", responsible for transporting materials to the front line.

For example, in the third year of Xianheng, there was a famine in Guanzhong, and Emperor Gaozong appointed the superintendent of the imperial history Wang Shishun to "carry the post", responsible for the cangsu of Caoyun Jin and Jiangzhou to help the hungry. But these two appointments were revoked less than a year later.

Therefore, the Jianghuai Transit Envoy is a brand-new yamen, and all the official officials and so on need to be gradually equipped, and when Li Xi met him, Emperor Xuanzong had already made it clear that although Pei Yaoqing served as the Jianghuai Transit Envoy, he still held the official position of Jing Zhaoyin, in contrast, it was obviously Jing Zhaoyin's affairs that were more important, so the one who was really responsible for the affairs of the Jianghuai Transit Envoy was naturally Li Xi, the deputy envoy.

As the real principal, Li Xi naturally has great power to suggest the appointment of officials of the Jianghuai Transfer Envoy Division, so he did not hesitate to ask for someone to ask for an official.

The Jianghuai transfer envoy is directly subordinate to the political affairs hall, and the chief official Jianghuai transfer envoy is on the fifth grade, the deputy envoy is from the sixth grade, and there are two praisers under the assistant envoy, and the seventh grade is under the Cheng one, and the acting yamen is in charge of regular affairs, from the seventh grade, the main book is one person, and the eighth product is on the superintendent, and the superintendent Cao envoy is six people, from the eighth grade.

This official position is not high, but because Li Xi, who is the deputy envoy of Jianghuai Transport, also has the superintendent of Gyeonggi grain and Taoist affairs, it is obvious that this yamen is the highest yamen in charge of all Cao Yun affairs, so the official is not big, but the power is not necessarily small. If you count the fact that Li Xi still has the title of a Hanlin attendant on his shoulder, which means that he can ask Emperor Xuanzong to report on affairs at any time, then the gold content of this power will have to go up to a higher level.

Since he was in charge of this stall affairs, Li Xi naturally asked his subordinate officials to be handy in using it, so at his suggestion, Li Yifeng, who had resigned not long ago, was exceptionally promoted to Jianghuai Transfer Envoy Sicheng, and his official residence was from the seventh grade. And Liu Rong, the eldest brother who is still far away in Shuzhou, has jumped directly from the white body to the head of the Jianghuai transfer envoy on the eighth grade.

As Li Xi's body, in addition to the two praises who have not yet been specifically appointed, Li Yifeng, this can be called the most powerful person, and now that he took office, Li Xi directly ordered him to hold the sword of the Son of Heaven to demonstrate his majesty.

After half a year of hard work, Li Yifeng was waiting for this day.

He first entered someone else's shogunate as a staff member, and then finally mixed up an official body, but he stayed in Jiupin for more than ten years, and he couldn't climb up anyway, until he saw Li Xi in Shuzhou, he was resolutely optimistic about Li Xi's future, and committed himself to take refuge when Li Xi was still a white body, and to this day, he finally got a reward.

Half a year ago, he was forced to resign from the post of chief secretary of Jinyuan County due to illness, but only half a year later, he had already taken up the post of Jianghuai transfer envoy on Zhengbapin.

From the ninth grade to the eighth grade, his jump is level six!

On the eighth grade, even in a populous county like Jinyuan, Pei Jun, who is a county leader, is only from the eighth grade, three grades lower than him! If it is one of those counties with a small population, he will be a county magistrate from the seventh grade, and he is only one step away from the seventh grade.

It is the dream of countless people to be born in a family and get an official, or a high school jinshi who has risen to the top since then, but it is the dream of countless people to be lucky, but after all, it is a minority, it can be said that the vast majority of people who are officials and officials, in this life, are looking forward to being a county magistrate for a few years, which is already the biggest dream.

And now, he is so close to this dream!

Even, if you look at it from the perspective of authority alone, the actual power of him, the Jianghuai transfer envoy, is not known how many times greater than that of a county commander in a lower county!

According to the emperor's request, Li Xi also agreed, three years, the task of three million stone Jianghuai Cao, that is to say, one million stone a year! This matter, starting from the land of Jianghuai, all the way to the northwest through Cao Road, through more than a dozen prefectures and counties, before reaching Luoyang, from Luoyang to Chang'an, it is another 800 miles, this way, involving boats, vehicles, horses, clothing, food, housing and transportation, and even local rights and interests, etc., the power in it is simply immeasurable!

How can it be compared to a county order that is only a few thousand households?

Although he is just the Jianghuai transfer envoy Si Cheng, but Pei Yaoqing is not a director, and the deputy envoy Li Xi is his benefactor, and his trust is overwhelming, presumably even after the two Zanshi adults take office, he is still expected to hold great power!

There is nothing in the world more exciting than power.

Since Li Xi came back from the audience, he learned from him that the Jianghuai transfer envoy Si Yamen was about to be established, and he would be appointed as the Jianghuai transfer envoy Si Cheng on the eighth grade, he was already excited and couldn't sleep all night, and this morning, he was a half-old man in his fifties, but he was still in good spirits, at this time he was holding the sword of the Son of Heaven, and he seemed to be a little more energetic than Li Xi.

In his heart, he could understand Li Yifeng's state at this time, and Li Xi just smiled and said nothing.

He will be very busy this morning, because he has been appointed to many positions at the same time, so he has to go to many yamen to report, and it is estimated that it will take a whole day to go down from these yamen, so it is said that he will officially take office today, but in fact, he needs Li Yifeng, the Jianghuai transfer envoy, to take the sword of heaven to go to the yamen of the Jianghuai transfer envoy to replace himself first.

Li Xi is not stupid, and in the same way, Emperor Xuanzong is even less stupid. Li Xi dared to ask for five officials with a single mouth, and Emperor Xuanzong agreed immediately after just a little consideration, naturally there was a reason.

Although Caoyun has existed since the Qin and Han dynasties, in the previous millennium, Caoyun has never really been taken seriously, and at best it is only a supplement to the normal supply. But now, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty far exceeds that of the previous dynasties, the population of Chang'an is growing, and the need for food is really urgent, and Emperor Xuanzong was forced to start paying attention to the matter of Caoyun.

Therefore, what Li Xi wants to do is to "chisel out", which means pioneering work.

Before he did it, it wasn't a big deal at all, and there wasn't much experience to draw on, so everything had to be done from scratch.

In this case, in fact, even Emperor Xuanzong himself could not determine the specific powers of the Jianghuai transfer envoy Si Yamen, and he could only rely on Li Xi to do it step by step to gradually become clear. Then, in order to allow him to operate this yamen as soon as possible, it is natural to give him a lot of powers that will help.

Perhaps in a few years, when this yamen has really become an establishment and a fixed system, then it will be enough to serve as a Jianghuai transit envoy, but at present, each of these positions is very useful.

Wailang, a member of the household department, can make it more convenient for Li Xi to check the account books of the household department over the years, and can more conveniently dispatch the local government treasury and collect grain.

The so-called merit examination means that the local officials are scored for their annual political performance, and these scores will directly affect their future promotion, etc., it is conceivable that with this kind of power, those local officials will never dare to shirk the blame, and Li Xi can easily get local support and help if he needs to use the locality.

Wai Lang, the doorman of the Criminal Department, needless to say, has the power of life and death, and can intervene in local criminal investigation, picketing and other affairs at any time, under the banner of the Criminal Department, Li Xi can even directly intervene in local public security, and at critical moments, he can even have the right to mobilize local garrisons to arrest thieves and murderers.

As for the Zhitaifu Temple, this Taifu Temple is equivalent to the treasury of the Tang Dynasty, although it is only "knowing" the Taifu Temple, and it is not possible to really meddle in the specific affairs of the Taifu Temple, but it is conceivable that with the support of the treasury behind it, Li Xi wants to employ people, use money, and even need some professional talents, etc., and so on, there is a place to come.

Therefore, don't look at the fact that these official positions held by Li Xi will not really be included in their respective official systems over there, but with these names on his head, they are all useful at critical times.

Of course, whether the role of these official positions can be brought into play depends on Li Xi's specific ability.

And now, before he officially went to the Jianghuai transfer envoy to take up his post, he first went to various yamen to report, in fact, it was the first contact and temptation, this time the relationship was drawn, and after that, he would naturally have the bottom of his heart.

Therefore, Li Xi attaches great importance to this visit.

Walking all the way to the gate with Li Yifeng, Li Xi patiently told some things, although he knew that Li Yifeng was used to this kind of official who dealt with detailed affairs, but after all, he had to go over and sort out the resources by himself first, and by the way, he had to go through the officials sent by the court to familiarize himself with them one by one, which was not simple.

It can be said that the extent to which Li Yifeng can do this time will be directly related to the efficiency of these officials in the future, and it will also largely determine whether Li Xi can tell them to do things like his arm in the future.

So Li Xi naturally took the trouble to explain some details to Li Yifeng.

All the way to the door, the two of them got on their horses.

It turns out that when you are in the place, even if you are an official, you often come and go in a carriage, but in the customs of Chang'an City, the officials prefer to ride horses, but women travel, often by car, and only the emperor, or several old princes, such as King Xue and Princess Xue, are eligible to ride on the shoulder. Li Xi and Li Yifeng are both newcomers, so they naturally don't want to be outcrops in this regard, so they both ride horses to take office.

Li Xi took the lead, Li Yifeng followed, followed by three horses, and a group of five people went straight to Miyagi.

When he arrived at the gate of the palace city, Li Yifeng took an entourage to the yamen next to the newly assigned Jianghuai transfer envoy, while Li Xi took the other two horses to the household department.

The household department, the criminal department, all the way over, Li Xi cautiously met the two waiters of the household department, and the criminal department Shangshu, left and right waiters, although these officials may not be able to look down on Li Xi's title, and even vaguely complained in their hearts that the emperor stuffed a plug in his side, but after all, Li Xi was famous at a young age, so even if the other party was a dignified household department secretary or a criminal department secretary, they were polite to him.

After complimenting each other a few words, Li Xi exchanged views with them, and quickly determined the scope of his authority as a foreigner: basically following the intention of Emperor Xuanzong, in the affairs of the ministry, Li Xi only has a name, no specific responsibilities and powers, but in dealing with individual matters, after reporting to Lord Shangshu for approval, Li Xi can intervene in the affairs within his responsibility at any time.

After resigning from the Criminal Department, he wanted to go to the most important yamen of the Ministry of Officials, but Li Xi breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the death of Pei Guangting, the secretary of the ministry and the secretary of the ministry in March this year, the post of the secretary of the ministry has been vacant until now, and the two servants of the ministry are Su Jin and Li Linfu respectively, it is conceivable that although it is known as the head of the six departments and has great power, it is not too depressing for Li Xi.

After entering, Li Xi first went to visit Li Linfu, the left attendant of the Ministry of Etiquette, and the two sides just chatted a few inconsequential words, they knew each other, and they had already agreed that in any public occasion, everyone pretended not to know each other, so it was naturally inconvenient to talk deeply.

However, Li Linfu is to promote his own office, and it is not an exaggeration to call him a benevolent prince, so he talks to each other warmly, but it will not have any impact, as for some private things, everyone naturally knows what they know, but there is no need to talk about it in detail.

Finally came to Su Jin's official room, and watched a Xu official who came in to serve tea retreat, Li Xi beat his waist exaggeratedly, and said with a wry smile: "My lord save me, no wonder people say that the sky is not afraid of the earth, but they are afraid that the six yamen will be stabbed...... The household department and the criminal department walked down, it was really exhausting to me! ”

Su Jin smiled and said quietly: "There will be more things than this in the future, and being tired now is not necessarily a bad thing!" ”

Li Xi smiled, he naturally understood what Su Jin meant.

At the moment, it's just a visit with a courtesy surname, which can be called a report, or a debriefing, and it doesn't involve any specific interests and disputes, so everyone is naturally hello and I'm good, but what about the future?

Once it involves specific affairs and interests, I am afraid that there will be more times when I will go to these yamen to quarrel! When specific interests are involved, it is either real money or courtesy, and people will not be so polite.

After beating his legs exaggeratedly, Li Xi sat down and said, "On the side of the officials, everything will be on the side of Mr. Lao." ”

Su Jin nodded, and didn't say anything, he just thought about it, but he said: "Your Majesty has great trust in you, and he actually appointed you to wear many positions, although they are all nominal, and they are not really a minister, but for you, it is not a great opportunity." ”

Saying that, he smiled, "Ordinary people, if it weren't for the coincidence, I'm afraid it would be impossible to stay in the three departments of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households and the Criminal Department for a lifetime. ”

Li Xi was shocked when he heard this.

From yesterday to now, he has been thinking about the things he reported, and even how to sort out the yamen under his rule as soon as possible, so that he can start working as soon as possible, etc., for going to the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Taifu Temple and other places, he just subconsciously felt that this was just a pretense of borrowing a few pretenses, and did not think deeply.

At this time, after being reminded by Su Jin's words, he suddenly thought that perhaps, Emperor Xuanzong nodded so easily and agreed to his lion's big mouth, but it was not entirely because he felt that he needed these powers?

As Su Jin said, maybe among them, he still has a little bit of thought about taking the school exam?

You know, although it's just a name, but after all, it's a three-part walk, and this is a rare opportunity to learn. No matter how smart a person is, if he does not have a process of learning and familiarization, he is obviously embarrassed.

So, that is to say, although for me at the moment, the deputy envoy of Jianghuai is the main errand, but for the standing affairs of these three departments, I really shouldn't let it go lightly.

If Emperor Xuanzong really wanted to reuse himself to deal with the problem of feudal towns in the future, then the household department, the official department, and the criminal department would ...... If you think about it, it's really indispensable!

Thinking of this, Li Xi hurriedly got up, put away the joke just now, and gave Su Jin a serious salute with a respectful face, and said, "Thank you for the reminder!" ”

Seeing this, Su Jin nodded, with a relieved expression that he was really teachable, and said: "Do things normally, use more heart, you are still young, don't put down the shelf, learn more things, there is no harm in the end." ”

When Li Xi heard this, he paused, and then said: "I have some official business to deal with today, so I won't leave you to speak, you can take it yourself, if there is anything difficult, just come to me." ”

Li Xi was about to say goodbye when he heard this, but Su Jin suddenly beckoned, paused, he looked a little distressed, and said, "You haven't gone to Taifu Temple yet, have you?" ”

Li Xi nodded, in terms of status, the sixth department is naturally in front, and he has to finish walking here before he can go to Taifu Temple.

When Su Jin saw him nodding, he shook his head in distress and said, "Over there in Taifu Temple...... Yang Chongli's old guy is not easy to deal with, and the head of the household is hanging for many years, it is said that His Majesty intends to let him serve as the head of the head of the household...... You're so self-conscious! ”

(To be continued)