In the next two days, Li You closed the door and concentrated on practicing calligraphy in the hall. The news that the officials elected him as the scholar in the division of votes also spread in the officialdom of the capital, which aroused the attention of all parties, but the emphasis was different.

The big names with heads and faces are concerned about the position of the secretary of the vote and the possible impact on the government; The headless and faceless people have a low status and have little to do with the affairs of the imperial court, but they are very concerned about Li You.

During this period, the eldest princess of Guide sent someone to send 500 taels with great fanfare, counting the previous time, a total of 1,000 taels, and Chitose typed the name of a thousand gold to buy poems. "For the birthday of Cisheng Palace, I congratulate my daughter on inviting Jiangnan celebrities to make poems."

The poor sour literati mixed in the capital, nine out of ten red eyes when they heard about it, since the Tang and Song dynasties, who dares to say that their poems can be worth a thousand gold? You can earn a thousand taels by writing a pat horse hymn, how can such a good thing not fall on your own head.

But when the officialdom heard about this, they felt very meaningful, is this just buying poetry? is obviously enveloping Lord Li, if Lord Li really becomes a book in the vote, it is still worth the price.

However, when this matter reaches the ears of officialdom veterans, it feels different. Can such a clumsy method of blatantly sending money be regarded as a trap? So this is clearly a self-evident statement, maybe to force meddle, maybe to show some people.

On the night when the moon was dark and the wind was high, Li You was once again summoned by Xu Shangshu to the Tianguan Mansion.

"Why is it the middle of the night every time Master Li comes?" The doorman of the Tianguan Mansion muttered and opened the door for Li You.

"Ask your lord." Li You pushed the door open and entered the house. In fact, Lord Li is also very angry about this, how late is it to return to the hall after talking? It's not good to do it again and again.

Helplessly, the literati have to decorate the façade these days. Xu Shangshu had the idea of avoiding suspicion, and every time he saw Li You, when no one whispered in the middle of the night, he came quietly and met secretly, as if he was cheating.

In fact, no matter how secretive it is, anyone with a discerning eye can see one or two inside stories. But it can have no effect, but the appearance of avoiding suspicion must be made. Not to mention that formalism is useless, if you don't even want to pretend to be a person, or disdain it in the name of beauty, then this person is destined to have no future in officialdom.

Insert a few words, Master Li is in the blessing and does not know the blessing, if other officials have the opportunity to talk with the officials of the Ministry of Heaven three times and twice, I am afraid that they will be willing to change their life for a few years.

Xu Tianguan wanted to see Li You, of course, because he heard the news of Guide Chitose, and Master Li did not hide it, so he reported the matter as it was.

"The five products and thousands of households of the Son of Heaven's personal guard, even the official is quite tempted." Xu Tianguan nodded and said, "Actually, I really can't think of any reason for you to refuse. ”

Li You replied: "Those who know the times are Junjie." ”

At the level of Lord Xu, of course, he would not say things like "If you dare to be a second or fifth boy, I will tie you up and sink the moat". Just talking about another thing, "Today, the Ministry of Literature Xuanlang came to report, saying that your registration in the Ministry of Rites has not been cancelled yet?" ”

"The lower officials still have some desire to learn, so they are reluctant to cancel the registration of the country's supervisors."

Xu Shangshu Dundun taught: "You think too much, you want to be an official and want to be a famous person in the country? Be attentive to doing things for others, and don't be left or right. ”

How could Li You not hear the implication of this extraneous word? "What the old man said is very true."

"There is one more thing, don't say that the official didn't remind you." Xu Shangshu said with a smile: "Fei sacrificial wine has been dismissed, and the queen mother felt that the country was scattered, so she issued an edict to choose a righteous and powerful minister to strictly manage Taixue for the sacrificial wine." ”

Although I don't know what the official said about what Guozijian did, Li You really wanted to inquire about the inside story, after all, it was a big event that he had personally experienced.

But he forcibly held back and forgot about it. In front of Shangguan, don't inquire about what you shouldn't ask, and the secrets that you should know will naturally let you know.

Xu Shangshu obviously wouldn't say anything for no reason, "This official has already made a plan, and he wants to resurrect Lord Su Song Daoshi as a sacrificial wine." ”

Li You almost jumped up, and said to Xu Shangshu urgently: "Xiaguan will go to the Ministry of Rites to register when he is free!" "If you want Lord Shi, an old enemy, to be the priest of the country, he is ready to violate the rules, and secretly keep the name of the mixed family in his hands, which is simply to give people a handle and set himself up.

And this is also Xu Shangshu's quiet, implicit but not revealing it, but not hurting the kindness, and he will wait for a while if he doesn't express his position.

Xu Shangshu nodded and said, "This is right. However, if Ouchi Qiang wants to change you to Wenhua Palace, it is not easy to deal with it, and this official can't do it for a while. After you enter the straight, you can discuss more with Yang Ge Lao. ”

Li You wrote down the name Yang Ge Lao in his heart, and it was obvious that Xu Shangshu deliberately pointed it out. Then he said: "Don't bother the boss, the lower officials can eliminate this matter." Then he told Lin Juma about writing the pleadings.

Xu Shangshu felt a little unbearable, this Li You is indeed as Chen Yingzhen said in his letter, he acts with insight, and has many whimsical tricks, which ordinary people cannot.

A very inhumane thought came to him in his heart, in fact, the most suitable profession for Li You to do is the chief eunuch of the Great Interior, rather than the officialdom that still needs to pay attention to a bit of face, which is really condescending.

"Do you really want to beat the drum?" Xu Shangshu asked.

"I can't." Li You replied honestly: "It is the best policy to surrender the army without a fight. ”

Xu Shangshu saw that Li You knew the stakes, nodded and said no more, and Li You also quit.

After another day, it was the three-day period agreed between Guide Chitose and Li You. A princess's inner supervisor came to ask: "Chitose asked Lord Li what he was thinking?" ”

Li You only took out the pleadings written by Lin Yuma, handed it to the envoy of the inner prison and said, "Please see it at a glance." ”

If it was someone else, Li You might not dare to hand over the pleadings directly to the other party like this.

But for Guide Chitose, Li You is still more assured. This noble girl may be arrogant, may fight for power, and has some means, but judging from the two contacts, she has an innate atmosphere, and she should not do shameless and obscene things after destroying evidence and turning her face and denying people. It's a bit similar to the effect that a gentleman can deceive him.

An hour later, another envoy from the inner prison came and brought a message from the eldest princess: "Chitose has a word, thank you Lord Li." ”

This result was indeed as Li You expected.

Guide Chitose is a person with clear grievances, of course, thanks to Master Li. Today, Li You didn't say a word, and happily and actively returned the pleadings written by Lin Yuma to her, and did not take the opportunity to threaten her, which is largely equivalent to kindly reminding her that there is this problem-prone loophole around her.

If someone with malicious intent takes advantage of her unpreparedness and grabs a similar opportunity, it will be tricky, and it will be a mess.

Although Master Li also has another purpose, it is nothing, who does things without selfish purposes?

This is also a good reward for returning to virtue and a thousand years old. If she treated Li You like Lord Shi in Suzhou Mansion, Master Li might really be forced to beat the drum.

is also kind to Li You, and then the eldest princess will not move, and she will not look for trouble.

It's a pity that Lin Yuma has become a victim of Li You's use to create opportunities, if it weren't for this one, what would Li You do to show his favor to the eldest princess?

Realizing that the overall situation had been decided, Master Li went to the lobby of the ministry every day to sit and wait for the news of his appointment. The officials of the ministry knew about his relationship with the heavenly officials, and it was not easy to drive him out.

Until October 3 of the seventh year of Jinghe, the Inner Court approved the document and issued it to the Ministry of Officials. Li You learned for the first time that he had officially become a Xuanyi Lang, a left commentator of Dali Temple, a member of the Zhongshu House, and a direct edict.

Ranks, titles, positions, and differences are all available, and the full set of titles is very similar to the style of the literati of the Song Dynasty in the previous dynasty. Among them, the grade has not changed, and the official rank has been raised by half a level, from the undertaker to the Xuanyilang, which is a small improvement.

(To be continued)