When entering the Wuying Palace, Li You saw Xu Shangshu, the minister. Although there was no conversation, after he observed that the Tianguan Elder looked calm and there was nothing else unusual, Li You was relieved. This shows that so far the Jingcha has been relatively smooth and more in line with expectations.

Although Lord Li was worried that he would be used by someone with a heart to become a breakthrough, except for reporting public opinion and passing a list for the eldest princess of Guide, he basically stayed out of the matter and closed the door, but he couldn't help but care about the situation in Jingcha.

After all, the situation has developed so far, he has been tied to Xu Shangshu's chariot, and if the heavenly official wants to make a big move, he can only accompany him to develop or be unlucky. It should be said that Lord Li was keen on fame and power, and Cong's first step into the cabinet was this fate, unless he was willing to completely join the royal family.

The ministers finished saluting the Queen Mother, and Xu Shangshu went out to read the recital: "The ministers think that if they want to be right, they must first speak the way, so this time Jingcha takes Kedao as the first..."

Li You listened carefully to Xu Shangshu's play, it seemed that Xu Shangshu had brushed the science and road, and praised in his heart, "This trick is very good." Kedao Yanguan represents the turbulent public opinion, and it is the place where Peng Ge Lao's influence is relatively large, Jingcha first takes Kedao to open the knife, one can preemptively occupy the road to reduce interference, the second can cut off the opponent's wings, and the third is to deter the six departments and the courts.

"So far, excluding the outsiders, there are one hundred and twenty-five people in Jingke Road. Among them, there are four impetuous people, six people who are not talented, and one person who is not careful; There are five impetuous people in the imperial history, three people who are not talented, and two people who are not careful. Twenty-one people in total. ”

The Taoist officials are all Jinshi born in the seventh grade, and there is no major crime, so there is no way to descend, and you can't send Jinshi to do ** because of a little mistake. But no matter whether it is impetuous, talented, or careless, there is only one end, the dismissal of the official position of the branch and the province and the fall out of Beijing, this kind of punishment is equivalent to a disguised demotion.

After listening to Xu Shangshu read the list and returned to the train, the hall was silent for a while. In fact, no one needs to echo and agree with Xu Shangshu's recital, as long as no one can oppose it at this time, it will be a victory.

Although Li You couldn't see the faces of Peng and Xu, he guessed that their faces were definitely not good-looking. As far as he knew, the heavenly official's recital did not pass through the cabinet in accordance with the normal procedure, and probably directly sealed into the Cisheng Palace, which was seen by the Queen Mother. So reading it out today is not for discussion, but more like announcing the results.

At this time, Xu Yue, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion University, stood up and questioned: "I heard Lord Xu's sentence, Kedao is full of mediocre talents, how can they all be unbearable people?" This is the way to criticize the court's employment, and there must be favoritism! Or are you holding Beijing hostage to establish power? ”

It was actually Xu Ge Lao, who had always been attached to Peng Ge Lao, who came forward to refute it, which made Li You, who was watching coldly, a little surprised, why did Peng Ge Lao, who was competing for the top spot of the auxiliary minister, shrink?

In the face of questioning, Xu Shangshu did not reply, but Zhao Liangren, another principal of Jingcha and the imperial history of Zuodu, replied: "This official is in the middle of the city, there is no doubt, why did Xu Ge Lao put his beak?" ”

Li You laughed secretly in his heart when he heard this, but he didn't expect that Zhao Zongxian, who was good at showing his seriousness, also had a cold humor, and it seemed that he was in a good mood. It is rumored that after the end of the Jingcha, Xu Tianguan will enter the cabinet strongly, and the hot official position of the secretary of the court will be taken over by Zhao Liangren.

Dazhongcheng is someone else's honorific title for the imperial history of the capital, but how can he say that he is in the middle of the city, so Zhao Zongxian naturally implies irony. The point is: I, the nominal leader of the science and road, have no opinion, and you Xu Yue, a figure who does not stand out among the elders, should save your worries!

Scholar Xu snorted coldly, brushed his sleeves and returned to the train, and there was no more speech in the hall from then on. According to the usual practice, Xu Tianguan's book on the first stage of Jingcha is about to become a final conclusion.

Master Li was still overjoyed in his heart, although Xu Shangshu's entry into the cabinet meant that he had done his job in the middle of the vote, but it was still very beneficial in the long run.

Originally, with his vision, he had always been a little skeptical about Xu Shangshu's calculations, so he was worried all day long about being involved by Lord Xu, and when others called him one of the three major generals under Tianguan, he was very uneasy. In fact, with Li You's mind, as long as it is not something that he leads, he has a more or less distrustful feeling, or rather, he only believes in himself.

But now it seems that the momentum is very good, Xu Shangshu has great hope of success, and Master Li has let go of his worries and is salty and happy.

Continuing like this, Lord Xu estimated that he could directly enter the Jianji Temple as a scholar according to the plan, and at that time he was called the second assistant, which was actually regarded as a cabinet member. Wait for the death of the first assistant in the last years of the current year, and Xu Ge Lao can logically advance to the rank of scholar of the Middle Pole Hall and become the first assistant in the name of righteousness! In other words, the real prime minister!

And he, Li You, who is regarded by others as one of the three major generals (lackeys) under the Tianguan, can be described as a lot of hard work for the future Lord Shoufu, and his natural future is as bright as fireworks!

Master Li began to silently fold his fingers, calculating his merits and the reward he deserved.

First, he severely suppressed the momentum of the cabinet elders in the cabinet with the position of six or seven grades, and even forced the three cabinet elders to resign at the same time, which indirectly raised the status and prestige of Lord Xu, the head of the civil officials of the foreign dynasty.

Second, he ingeniously controlled the newspaper and made great contributions to creating a good public opinion environment.

Third, he helped Lord Xu to hook up with the eldest princess, so as to prevent Lord Xu from making enemies in many ways in the Jingcha Sweep.

As for his future, the more Li You thinks about it, the clearer it becomes, as long as Xu Tianguan enters the cabinet and becomes the boss, no one will hope that there will be another vote in the cabinet named Li You. Whether there will be a special position in the book in the sub-ticket is two words.

Due to the system, a person from the Zhongshu House who does not have a Jinshi degree is not allowed to go out directly as a subordinate science and technology official, and he is not in the sixth department and the science and technology, and it is not interesting to be a Beijing official, so his future should be in the locality.

Beijing officials are released, and there is naturally a set of laws. Because Beijing officials are more expensive than local officials, as long as they are not degraded, Beijing officials should be promoted to a higher level. The specific amount of promotion depends on the origin and seniority.

The dynasty has the myth that the seven grades are directly promoted to participate in politics from the third grade when they are released after the expiration of the office, although the ability to participate in the government is countless worse than that in the matter, and at the same time, there is a proverb that the official is promoted to seven levels and the potential is reduced by ten points, but it is also a direct promotion to the seventh level.

Thinking about this, Master Li is a little complacent, with his court push qualifications (it is really a strong wind), the official rank of the sixth grade, and the topography of the book in the sub-vote, how much should he be promoted to after being released?

He would never dare to go straight to the seventh level, if he dared to be promoted to the seventh level, he would be the political envoy of a province. A nineteen-year-old political envoy with no education? I'm afraid that the world will be in an uproar... But you have to be promoted to the fourth or fifth rank, and you can't be a miscellaneous official, even if it's a miscellaneous official of a big yamen like Futai Domain, you have to be a main hall official.

The local prefectures, prefectures and counties are also divided into upper, middle and lower, and the qualifications for serving as officials are different. Among them, Lord Li, a petty official like the county governor, is no longer in his eyes, and he can't help but sum up, is it better to be the fourth-grade prefect of Xiafu first, or the fifth-grade prefect of Shangzhou?

It's a bit hard to go to Xiafu, where the material conditions are poor, and it's still too ostentatious to be promoted to the four-grade prefect, so it's better to choose Shangzhou? Xu Shangshu and Chen Xundao's hometown of Linqingzhou is one of the top prosperous places in the world, and the transportation is also convenient, which seems to be good... Or make a fortune in a muffled voice, when you are in charge of a certain salt transportation division from the four salt transportation divisions, it is not a problem to get thousands of taels a year. Or when the Fourth Rank Cloth Political Envoy Department or the Fifth Rank Inspector Division according to the Inspector Division, serve as a smaller sub-patrol and sub-patrol road... Standing in the Wuying Palace, letting his thoughts fly, the more Lord Li thought about it, the more entangled he became, how to choose these official positions? It's very distressing.

This is not his hypocrisy, if Lord Xu and Lord Zhao control the officials before and after, Li Zhongshu, who wants to be released, can indeed choose officials at will among the vacant official positions, as long as they are not too outrageous to subvert the original rules.

Just when Master Li was imagining a bright future and waiting for the opportunity to play his foolish case, a hoarse voice came from the door of the hall, interrupting his contemplation.

"Righteous Dynasty, Righteous Yourself, I have never heard of the first righteous people!"

This is obviously in opposition to Xu Tianguan, Li You looked up and looked sideways, and at some point, an old man stood in the hall gate, and the scarlet official robe was particularly wide on him.

He was in a clumsy form, as if a gust of wind could blow him down.

He walked tremblingly through the temple, looking old and weak, but there was a magic that focused everyone's attention on him.

When he passed in front of Li You, he asked Master Li to see it clearly. The face is thin, but full of deep wrinkles, like an old walnut.

There was a sudden murmur in the hall, Chaoyi was a little out of control, and Li You took the opportunity to ask the official next to him: "Who is this?" ”

This question was heard by the old man who had already walked to the front, he stopped, looked back suddenly regardless of his frailty, looked directly at Li You with cloudy eyes, and his low and hoarse voice sounded again: "I haven't been in court for two years, and there are already people in the hall who don't know me?" ”

Li You had actually guessed before, but when he heard the old man's words again, he confirmed his identity.

He must be the young master, the prince and the prince, the scholar of the Zhongji Palace, and the official department Shangshu Zhang Ge Lao, that is, the first assistant of the current dynasty who has been recuperating for two years, living in the depths, and not asking about political affairs.

The edict of the first emperor was recorded by him himself, and the edict of the present ascendant was drafted by him, so he is called the elder of the country. Until Jinghe's fifth year, he was a well-known figure in the cabinet, and then he retired when he was old and sick, and his health was too poor. But Shousuke's name has always been retained by him, and no one has ever proposed to call him Rang Xian.

In the Wuying Palace, the group of ministers automatically rolled down and outward in turn like waves, vacating the frontmost position, waiting for the first assistant to enter the column.

The person who came was not good, and Li You cast a shadow in his heart. Others may still be surprised that Lord Shousuke, who has not shown up for two years, suddenly appeared, but Li You has already thought of a lot.

From Zhang Shoufu's speech at the entrance of the hall, it can be inferred that he already knows the content of Xu Tianguan's recital. But before, Xu Tianguan only showed the music to the Empress Dowager Qian and got tacit approval, where did Zhang Shoufu know? Almost the only answer is that Empress Dowager Qian sent the secret to Zhang Ge Lao to see!

(To be continued)