In the autumn of the seventh year of Jinghe, Li You, the governor of Suzhou Prefecture, left his post and entered Beijing. Mr. Fanghe was the vice president of the Ministry of Rites at the time, and he met in the ministry hall by chance, and heard his fingers as a big tree poem and appreciated it.

And then sit down and talk about poetry, you immediately set up ten quatrains, all of which contain poems and Tao, and send out the ancient and modern intentions. Mr. Fang He sighed and admired, saying that he was not as good as himself, and wrote in the restaurant, and since then he has not boasted of poetry.

The post is hanging high, and the name is moved in the Beijing Wenlin for a while, and there are many people who go to watch and speculate.

When the people are cloudy, modern poetry is gradually declining, and there is no good work to imitate the Tang and Song dynasties for a long time. I am afraid that this dynasty is the only one who dares to say that "I know best about fairness", "Shiwen is authentic and talented" and so on.

There is also a famous jade in the south of the Yangtze River, which is famous in Beijing for its bright color qu stage, which is regarded as the choice of Nankui, and others cannot see it unless they have dozens of gold. He had an old relationship with Li You, and because of his fame, he was also able to get Li You's power, and he had to go to the hall to tell the deceased, but he closed the door.

Recorded in the courtyard gate Bai said: "Mr. Wen first arrived in Beijing, there are many inconveniences in living, and he is willing to repay the old kindness for the maid, why refuse to be a slave outside the door?" ”

Li You's envoy spread the word left and right: "It's better not to see each other than to see each other." ”

and the wall described his heart with a poem: "The hometown sound of the homeland is unexpected, and the floating leaf wandering drama is pitiful." Leaning on the Fang Shu Qi Wangdi, the old strings of the spring are wasted. Red beans don't think about the fun night, and the brocade is entangled in the memory of the grace year. Jun He counted the affairs of Liang Garden, and the gold dust in the old days was like smoke. ”

Remembering the tears and red makeup, he wept under the porch and said: "The slave knows that he is humble, and he does not dare to mistake Mr.'s future", so he bowed three times and left.

The listener sighed: "This can be a comment on the famous horse who was drunk and whipped, and was afraid of tiring the beauty." ”

On the other side of the door, Li Caizi, who didn't know the taste of meat for almost two months, picked up the crack of the door in a complicated mood, and watched the beauty sent to his mouth go away, and couldn't help but be entangled with compassion, sighing, and full of emotion.

The delicate beauty will never be able to compete with the powerful. Xu Tianguan spoke, keep a low profile during this time, don't provoke anything that can be impeached... It is said that there are regulations for the selection of officials in the Ministry of Officials, and there is a general election every two months, and a relatively normal promotion and appointment of officials, and a rush election once a month to deal with the vacancies in official positions caused by accidents such as death, Zhishi, and Ding Wei.

Originally, Xu Shangshu planned to stuff Li You into the general election next month, that is, in October, at least not so dazzling. Otherwise, there are no special circumstances, and it seems a little impatient and selfish to report for Li You alone. What's more, a few days ago, in the early dynasty, the innocent Xu Shangshu was also attacked for shielding Li You.

But after listening to Li You's overnight emergency report, the old man realized that the night was long and dreamy, and he couldn't delay it any longer. In case Guide Chitose suddenly said that the Queen Mother was moved, and the Central Decree directly appointed the candidate, it would be passive.

You must know that after all, the cabinet is different from the yamen of the foreign courts, and it is reasonable to appoint a scholar without the recommendation of the court. So it's not about tasteful face, it's time to go shirtless!

The next time, the ministry drafted a letter with a seal and sealed it into the newspaper, directly pushing Li You up to seize an opportunity and taking advantage of the first-come, first-served principle.

At this time, shamelessness itself is an attitude, and if others know each other, they will no longer make up their minds.

It is not unreasonable that the Ministry of Officials, the Cabinet and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are called the Three Essentials.

Since the establishment of the cabinet in the early years of the dynasty, the power of the other five ministries has been usurped by the cabinet. Only the power of the Ministry of Officials can still be relatively strong in the cabinet, and the secretary of the Ministry of Ministers still dares to shout with the cabinet elders, and the cabinet cannot directly command the Ministry of Officials from the system.

Of course, when he met a strong first assistant with high personal prestige, such as Zhang Juzheng and Yan Song, the secretary of the ministry also had to be a grandson. After all, in many cases, it is not the system that has the final say in the affairs of the dynasty, but the people.

On the other hand, when the Ministry of Ministers was strong, the cabinet was helpless. The performance of the officials is generally given a "but" to face. Otherwise, the official department can't move the old man himself, but changing the way to toss the old protégé of the old man can also be disgusting to the extreme.

At this sensitive time, it may also involve the wrestling of the imperial court, and Li You, who knows the inside story (tears in his eyes because he is finally no longer an ignorant soy sauce party), dares to openly sleep in the willows, what can be more important than a black yarn hat?

Therefore, in the face of the beauty's enthusiasm, Lord Li could only press down the desire to be full of desire, pretending to be a little affectionate and unrighteous Fan Er chanted, "Red beans don't think about the fun night, and the brocade is entangled in the memory of the year of Feng'en".

The maidservant Xiaozhu walked behind Li You, "Master, do you want the slave family to catch up and tell that sister to come in quietly in the middle of the night?" ”

"Hey, this idea..."Li You subconsciously said half a sentence, and when he turned his head through the crack in the door, he suddenly changed his words: "Don't worry about the master's business!" You look at yourself, what it looks like. It's getting colder, but you're getting thinner. I'm not afraid of getting sick from the cold, and I'll have to spend money on the old man when the time comes. Go back to the house and add a coat! ”

Xiaozhu returned to the house with his mouth flattened, and Li You came to the table and chair under the eaves to continue practicing calligraphy.

Zhang San did bring back a few quill pens that day, and also asked how to make quills. It just so happened that when Han Zong was drafted to serve in Beijing two years ago, he had done manual work for a few days, and he had collected a handful of goose feathers and was experimenting in the past few days.

Li You has been stealing a few idle days, and has been seizing the time to familiarize himself with the feel of the quill.

Although this thing is still different from a fountain pen, it belongs to the category of a hard pen, which is easier to adapt to than a brush.

Li You doesn't want to be famous, he can write a little regular words decently, anyway, the official edict will not be his turn to write.

However, there were a lot of visitors to Master Li today, and not long after he sat down to write, he saw that the rotating steward of the guild hall led a middle-aged scribe to look for him.

As soon as the scribe opened his mouth, he made Li Caizi vomit three liters of blood, "Mr. Big Tree, look up for a long time!" ”

This is the negative effect of the poem of the big tree, not when the great craftsman is difficult to use, willing to live in the deep mountains for a longer life, people think that Master Li compares himself with the big tree, so he is called Mr. Big Tree.

Mr. Big Tree... Li Dashu... It really sounded unpleasant to Li You, and he couldn't help but miss Li Tanhua's name. But in the capital, if there is a real Tanhua, Li Tanhua can't be called.

It turned out that this scribe had opened a bookstore and wanted to print the complete collection of Li You's poems to sell so far, but he couldn't collect all of them for a while, so he asked the manager of the guild hall to come to Li You to discuss the matter.

Of course, it is a good thing to publish a collection, and the middle-aged scribe is also cheerful, and the price is fair, so Li You agreed. It was agreed that after sorting out all his "masterpieces" in the near future, he would pay them to the bookstore and engrave a copy of "Li Xujiangjinghe Seven Years".

After sending the bookseller away, Li You turned around and didn't have time to go back to the house, and heard a few laughter behind him, "Lord Xiao Li, I haven't seen you for a few days, don't come unharmed." ”

Li You looked back, and it was actually the old man Wang of the Suzhou Prefect of Suzhou, his former boss, and he couldn't help but be surprised. stepped forward and asked, "Why did the old man get to the capital?" ”

He has always been quite happy to cooperate with Old Man Wang, although at the last moment he was a little uncomfortable because a certain official was too strong, but it was not a grudge, and he always did not tear his face. What's more, when I suddenly saw an acquaintance in a strange capital, I naturally had a sense of intimacy in my heart.

The old prefect said with a smile: "Next month, it will be the turn of this mansion to enter the court, I heard that you live in the guild hall, and I came here to meet you." ”

Li You understood that after the resignation of the magistrate from His Majesty, it would take three years. It is estimated that because of the special situation, the prefect of Wang took the seat of the prefect of Mao on the spot, and there was no resignation. Therefore, I can only enter the court according to the time period of Mao Zhifu, which happens to be the turn of next month, and by the way, I will make up for the passing of His Majesty's resignation.

But there's still something strange about it... You are the fourth grade, I am the seventh grade, you are the former boss, I am the former subordinate, and then you took the initiative to deign to come to see me? Li You, who knew a lot about the prefect's mansion, teased: "The boss has something to say, but he has something to say. ”

The prefect of the king praised: "It is worthy of you, this official does have a stake..."

Halfway through the words, two more people broke in from outside the door and shouted, "Where is Lord Li in Suzhou?" ”

This very rude interrupted the old prefect's mansion, and the old man Wang wanted to accuse him angrily, but found that the other party was dressed as an internal supervisor... He shut his mouth.

There was one person who was the one who was given five hundred taels of silver to Li You by the eldest princess of Guide a few years ago, and he stepped forward and said softly: "Lord Li, Lord Guide Chitose is invited!" ”

The eldest princess? Wang Zhifu's heart jumped a few times, his eyelids also jumped a few times, and he whispered to Li You: "It's okay if you mess with flowers and grass in Suzhou, you dare to pull the princess in the capital, don't have a head?" ”

(To be continued)