Cui Yuanhan's father, Cui Huan, is currently the Taishou of Bohai County, but most of Bohai County is occupied by Gao Shida, and Cui Huan actually only manages Yangxin County, and there is no position for Cui Yuanhan.

Cui Yuanhan also participated in the imperial examination at the beginning of the year, but he failed to pass the examination, and his father considered his safety and did not let him return to Bohai County, so he had nothing to do in the capital.

Seeing that Cui Wenxiang had a future, Cui Yuanhan also felt lost in his heart, but Zhang Xuan offered to give him a position, although he joined the army, but it was only separated by the Yellow River from Bohai County, and he could go home often.

Especially Zhang Xuan is gradually becoming more and more powerful in Qingzhou, and his father often regrets that he should not fall out with Zhang Xuan because of Liang Zhi's affairs, if he can reconcile with Zhang Xuan for his father, just from this point of view, Cui Yuanhan is also very willing.

He hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Thank you General Zhang for your support, Yuan Han is grateful!" ”

"Alright! You drink slowly, I'll go first, I'll arrange the official positions of the two, and we'll be in the future! ”

Zhang Xuan nodded to Cui Wenxiang again, threw a few rounds of money on the table, and walked away.

Bai Xinyang on the side was dumbfounded when he heard it, he never imagined that Zhang Xuan would set the careers of Li Qingming and Cui Yuanhan in a few words, but he didn't pay attention to himself at all, he realized that he had done a big stupid thing, offended Zhang Xuan by talking nonsense, and lost a golden opportunity.

He looked back at Zhang Xuan's distant back, and at this moment he felt that his intestines were going to be repentant.

Cui Wenxiang was also pale, he thought that he was appointed as a county magistrate and was already the best among young people, but now compared with Zhang Xuan, he realized that he was too far behind, no wonder Lu Qing chose Zhang Xuan instead of himself.

In his heart, there was an indescribable loss.

The four of them took advantage of the excitement to drink, but now that they couldn't sit together, Jang Hyun's few words had already caused an imperceptible rift in their relationship

At present, Zhang Xuan lives in the Gaosheng Inn next to Nanshi. Together with twenty personal soldiers, he chartered four courtyards, all four of which were located in the corners of the inn, with special small doors to enter and exit, and were not disturbed by other guests, and the conditions were very good.

As soon as Zhang Xuan and several of his soldiers returned to the inn, a soldier rushed forward, bowed and said, "General Qiyu, an official from the military department is waiting for the general, and he has been waiting for a long time. ”

"Did he say anything?"

"He didn't say it, he said he had to wait for the general to come back."

Zhang Xuan turned over and dismounted, threw the reins to his soldiers, and walked quickly into the courtyard and the guest hall. An official was waiting for a bored drink of herbal tea, and when he saw Zhang Xuan coming back, he jumped up and hurriedly came out to salute, "Below is Wei Jin, a member of the Ministry of War, who came to inform the general of the debriefing." ”

Zhang Xuan perked up, this was something he had been waiting for for a long time, and he hurriedly asked, "When will you report on your work?" ”

"It's set for tomorrow morning. After the morning court ends tomorrow morning, he will report directly to the Wencheng side hall. ”

Jae Hyun suddenly felt that something was wrong. Then he asked, "Am I going to the court tomorrow?" ”

Wei Jin laughed, "Of course General Zhang wants to go to the court, tomorrow is the first day of the seventh month, and the court will be opened, and all foreign officials in Beijing, above the fifth grade, must participate." No matter how much you can't be absent, doesn't General Zhang know? ”

This Wei Jin didn't say it, Zhang Xuan really didn't know, and no one informed him, he found that he didn't understand any rules. He hurriedly asked: "May I ask Wei Langzhong, I have never been to the court, what should I do in the first step?" ”

Wei Jin was taken aback, Zhang Xuan had never been to the court, he thought for a while and said: "The general might as well go to the Ministry of Rites in the afternoon and find Zhao Jingyan in the Ministry of Rites, he will arrange General Zhang's affairs to go to the court, some etiquette precautions, etc., in addition, he will also add the general's name and seat to the roster of the last dynasty, and the general can just go to the court tomorrow." ”

"Does the military department care about my affairs in court?"

Wei Jin shook his head, "The general is a real foreign official, and he is a tiger general, the military department is the same as the Qi County Tongshou, but in name it governs the general, but in fact, the general is directly appointed by the saint, does the general understand?" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, he understood, it turned out that the military department couldn't control himself.

Zhang Xuan immediately instructed his soldiers, "Take fifty taels of gold and give Wei Langzhong a glass of water and wine!" ”

Wei Jin was so frightened that he secretly staggered, fifty taels of gold! It's been a year's worth for him, no wonder the senior officials of the military department are exaggerated and capable, respect the court, it turns out that he is so generous, it's no wonder that the top doesn't like him.

Wei Jin took the gold with great gratitude, he wanted to ask Zhang Xuan to ask his uncle Wei Yunqi on his behalf, but thinking of the relationship between Wei Yuanqi and the family, he still held back and left happily.

Zhang Xuan knows the way of being an official, the county official is not as good as the current management, don't look at Wei Jin is an inconspicuous outsider, just a middle-level official, but he can master the details, such as the staff department is in charge of the map beacon, when he needs to apply for the construction of the beacon, he can tell himself that he can apply for a few at most, so that he can maximize his benefits, and there will be no mistake in having a good relationship with these officials in charge of the details.

Zhang Xuan took back his thoughts again, thinking that he was going to participate in the court tomorrow, he still didn't know anything, he had to report to the Ministry of Rites immediately, learn the etiquette of the court, and get the seat of the court, Zhang Xuan did not delay any longer, he immediately changed into a court uniform, and galloped towards the imperial city on horseback.

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Since ancient times, the early dynasty is a thing that makes the ministers and even the emperors extremely painful, you must get up in the middle of the night to freshen up and change clothes, and the early dynasty will start before dawn, although this system makes the ministers and emperors hate, but there is no way, can not affect the normal official duties in the morning, so you can only sacrifice sleep.

At the fifth watch, that is, from three o'clock to five o'clock in the middle of the night, Zhang Xuan estimated that it was about four o'clock in the morning when he got up, and it was still dark.

The official uniforms of the Sui Dynasty are divided into five categories: sacrificial clothes, court clothes, official clothes, official clothes and regular clothes according to the wearing occasions from high to low, and the court clothes are not worn by the court, but are used to accompany the sacrifice, the Yuan Day, the winter solstice and other big court meetings, although the first day of the new year today is called the big court meeting by the officials, but it is not a big court meeting in the real sense, but it is just a slightly important court meeting, so today Zhang Xuan is wearing a public uniform.

The official uniforms worn by the officials are basically the same, and the difference between the level and the level is in the accessories, such as the eight state-level officials such as Shizhong, Zhongshu Ling, and the left and right cavalry and other eight state-level officials, and the Jinxian crown they wear will be equipped with a mink tail, which is known as the eight mink in history, while the ordinary officials above the fifth rank do not.

Zhang Xuan is a five-rank military general, his official uniform is much simpler than that of civil officials, with a cage crown on his head, a silk robe on the outside, a leather belt around his waist, a water cangyu and a jade sword, and black leather boots on his feet, which looks very capable and spiritual.

"General!"

A personal soldier rushed in and said anxiously: "There are a lot of officials from the court outside." ”

"What's the hurry?"

Zhang Xuan glared at him, it was only five corrections now, that is, four o'clock in the morning, there was still an hour and a half to leave the court, he went to the imperial city for half an hour at most, what did he do so early?

In fact, Zhang Xuan also knows that many courtiers go to the court room early, and they also use this time before the court to exchange information and identify the direction of the court.

However, for Zhang Xuan, the important thing today is not to go to the court, but to report on his work after the meeting.

Even though there were still three quarters of an hour, I hurried to eat a little and went out.

The streets were already lively, and although it was still dark at night, the morning was very cool, and there were not only officials from the court, but also vendors who were transporting goods and men preparing to open their shops.

The officials of the previous dynasty mainly rode horses and horse-drawn carriages, and the carriages required an entourage to escort them, and the expenses were huge, and generally only high-ranking officials had the conditions to ride, and for ordinary middle and low-level officials, they could only ride horses.

Although Zhang Xuan brought twenty personal soldiers into Beijing, he didn't want to be too ostentatious at this time, so he only took two personal soldiers to escort him to the imperial city, and walked straight for a while, they turned to Tianjie Avenue, and there were more officials in the court.

Tianjie Avenue is extremely wide, no less than Chang'an's Zhuque Street, can accommodate fifty carriages at the same time, one by one carriages on the street, the wheels are hung with orange lanterns, in the night is particularly bright, most of them are official positions and the surname of the master, each carriage has a dozen attendants with knives on horseback guards, only the sound of wheels and horses' hooves is heard on the street, there is no loud noise, people are silent.

At this time, a carriage drove close to Zhang Xuan, the window opened, revealing a kind smiling face, it turned out to be Xiangguo Su Wei, Zhang Xuan hurriedly reined in the war horse, and saluted: "See Su Xiangguo!" ”

Su Wei smiled and said, "General Zhang seems to be the first time to go to court!" ”

"Exactly!"

"The last dynasty is a very meaningful thing, and there is a lot of knowledge, it takes time to slowly explore and experience, and the general will understand after a long time, but today the general is going to report on his work, I think this is a big deal, is the general ready?"

"When I returned to Xiangguo, it was the first time to report on my job, and I really didn't know what to prepare."

"That's not going to work!"

Su Wei smiled gently: "The debriefing is a major event, if you are not fully prepared, you will lose five points for ten points of merit, and if you are well prepared, three points of merit will become seven points, so you must pay attention to it." ”

Su Wei took out a scroll and handed it to him, "These are some of the questions I am going to ask the general today, let's show them to the general first!" ”

Zhang Xuan was grateful, hurriedly took it, and saluted again, "Xiangguo's grace, I am grateful for my humble duties!" ”

Su Wei smiled, the carriage slowly left, Zhang Xuan carefully put the scroll into his arms, and watched the carriage go away.

His heart is like a mirror, Su Wei only takes special care of himself for the sake of his grandson Su Lie, maybe this is called officialdom connections, Zhang Xuan laughed self-deprecatingly, and continued to urge the horse to the imperial city

(To be continued.) )