Xu Liang didn't care what the head of the team Ma Liu thought, he took the carriage to the Yamen of the political envoy of Shaanxi Chengxuan, the eastern city of Xi'an Prefecture, and got out of the carriage.

Ma Liu was careful and had already waited beside the carriage, "Lord Xu, you wait for a while, and wait for the little one to go in and say goodbye." ”

Xu Liang snorted, and when Ma Liu hurriedly entered, he stood outside the yamen of the political envoy with his hands, looking at the highest place in Shaanxi Province.

When the soldiers on duty at the gate heard that it was Xu Liang, the newly appointed Shaanxi Left Counselor, they looked very respectful.

Originally, I thought that Ma Liu's so-called pass, that is, a formality, should be able to come out soon, but I didn't think about it, Xu Liang waited outside the yamen for half an hour, but he still didn't see Ma Liu come out, and no one asked Xu Liang to go in.

Occasionally, a few officials who entered and exited the yamen were all in a hurry, and they didn't pay attention to Xu Liang.

Seeing this, Tietou said angrily: "Young master, I think this cloth envoy is deliberately embarrassing us. The head of the team, Ma Liu, had a sneaky look in his eyes on the way into the city, and Ah Tie had bad intentions when he saw it. ”

Xu Liang also had some anger in his heart, but the situation was unknown at the moment, so it was inconvenient to attack. He held back his anger and said indifferently: "Don't be bored for a while, wait and talk." ”

was muttering to Tietou, and a blue-robed junior official of six or seven grades approached from the road, about thirty years old, with a kind face, bowed his hand to Xu Liang, and said enthusiastically: "This adult is invited." ”

Seeing this, Xu Liang saw that this official's face was tight, and he was sure that he didn't know him, and then he saw that he came from the road, not from the political envoys, and he didn't think he was the one who came to invite Xu Liang into the yamen.

Xu Liang looked at him in confusion.

The official saw Xu Liang's dazed face. didn't have the slightest embarrassment, and said as usual: "Xiaguan Wang Qinian." It is the deputy envoy of the Shaanxi political envoy Sicang. The lower officials have been waiting outside the yamen for some time, but who is looking for the political envoy? The lower officials participated in the politics of several political envoys. Senate, and even Qian Yongtai, Lord Qian is very familiar with it, if an adult encounters a difficulty, he can use the lower official, just give orders to the lower official. ”

Wang Qinian smiled modestly with a hint of flattery. Although he didn't know which yamen the young red-robed high-ranking official in front of him was, Wang Qinian felt that it was worth it to have the opportunity to set up.

Under the political envoy department, there is Ambassador Kura. Petty officials such as deputy envoys of Cang, Xu Liang knows. Xu Liang felt that the middle-aged junior official in front of him was smiling very flatteringly, but strangely, he didn't feel disgusted. So he chuckled and said: "This official Xu Liang has just arrived in Shaanxi to take up his post, and now he is about to enter the yamen to meet the political envoy Qian Bu. ”

"Ah, ah, you're a political officer!" Wang Qinian looked shocked, and then his face showed surprise. was inexplicably excited about Xu Liang.

"Xu, Lord Xu, it turns out that you have arrived a long time ago...... The lower officials have long been looking forward to Lord Xu being able to take office as soon as possible! Wang Qinian hurriedly led Xu Liang to the yamen: "Lord Xu, you are waiting outside for a lot of unorthodox. Hurry, hurry, please. ”

Xu Liang was surprised and asked, "What." Listen to Lord Wang, you have been looking forward to the appointment of this official? Belch. I remember you just said that you were the deputy envoy of the warehouse? That, even if the official takes office. It seems that he can't care about the deputy envoy of Cang? ”

Liang was not surprised. It is really because looking at the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, the official of a province participating in politics, saying that it is not big, it is not small, there is a governor at the top, the political envoy is pressing, and there is the prefect and the governor below to put the real power, generally speaking, a province participates in politics, if there is no special opportunity, it is generally to do it to the end, waiting for honorable retirement. In the position of participating in politics, it is difficult to make results, and basically there will be no mistakes.

Let's put it bluntly, it's a higher-grade soy sauce character.

The embarrassment on Wang Qinian's face flashed, and he smiled with a spring breeze on his face. He arched his hand towards Xu Liang and said, "Although Xia Guan has never had the honor to meet Lord Xu before, Xia Guan has admired Lord Xu for a long time. Not long ago, Lord Xu cooperated with Jinyiwei to exterminate more than 6,000 members of the Wenxiang Sect in one fell swoop, and uprooted the power of the Wenxiang Sect in the northwest. ”

Although Wang Qinian showed a look of fascination, Xu Liang heard from it that in fact, Wang Qinian did not know much about himself. All he knew about himself was that he had already been in the palace newspaper and spread the deeds of the Qingxiang Sect in the Ming officialdom.

Wang Qinian didn't know anything else. Xu Liang could even expect that before this, Wang Qinian had not even heard of Xu Liang's name.

However, Wang Qinian said it as a matter of course at the moment, which made Xu Liang secretly admire Wang Qinian's cheekiness.

Smacking his mouth regretfully, Xu Liang spread his hands and said, "There is still no need to trouble Lord Wang, the head of the team, Ma Liu, has already gone in and passed the ceremony, and he must have come out." ”

When Wang Qinian heard this, he sighed in his heart, the smile on his face did not decrease, and he arched his hand: "Then, Lord Xu, you will wait for the time being, and the lower official will go in for you to see if Ma Bantou has come out." With that, Wang Qinian trotted all the way into the yamen of the political envoy.

Tietou saw Wang Qinian's performance in his eyes, and when Wang Qinian entered, Tietou said to Xu Liang with disdain: "Young master, this little official with sesame mung beans in what year is Wang, and his face is also thicker. ”

Xu Liang chuckled and said, "This Wang Qinian is an interesting person. ”

After a while, I saw the head of the team, Ma Liu, walking out, and the deputy envoy of the warehouse, Wang Qinian, actually followed behind.

Ma Liu walked up to Xu Liang and arched his hand: "Lord Xu, I've kept you waiting." Mr. Qian, the political envoy, would like to ask you to come in. ”

Wang Qinian also said: "Yes, Lord Xu, Lord Qian just received a distinguished guest, and I will take time to see you." ”

Xu Liang nodded and said, "There are two Laos." ”

At this time, the squad leader Ma Liu frowned, looked at Wang Qinian, and said with disdain: "I said Lord Wang, you are the deputy envoy of the warehouse, and you don't stay in your seven warehouses, what are you hanging around in our political envoy Yamen all day long!" Are you always idle? ”

Xu Liang couldn't help but sigh in surprise, and looked at Ma Liu in surprise. You must know that Wang Qinian is also a deputy envoy of a provincial warehouse, although his rank is lower, but he is also an official in the end.

As for Ma Liu, at best, he is just a small team leader in the government. How dare you talk to Wang Qinian like this?!

Ma Bantou's questioning made Wang Qinian, who has always been thick-skinned, unable to help but blush with shame. glanced at Xu Liang embarrassedly, and said, "Who said I'm idle?" I. I have something to do with Senator Sun......"

After that, Wang Qinian hurriedly bowed his hand to Xu Liang in embarrassment, covered his face with his hands, and left in a hurry.

Ma Liu snorted at the back of Wang Qinian, and arched his hand towards Xu Liang: "Lord Xu, please come inside." ”

Xu Liang followed Ma Liu to the yamen, and on the way, Xu Liang couldn't help asking: "Ma Bantou, I see that Lord Wang just now seems to be very unsatisfactory in the yamen?" ”

Ma Liu listened. After taking another sip, he arched his hand and said, "Lord Xu, you have just arrived as a political adult, and it is said that the small ones should not make up bad words about the adults in front of you." It's just that this Wang Qinian, saying that he is not as good as he should be, is a civilized statement. His way of living really disgraced the face of a scholar. ”

"Oh?" When Xu Liang heard this, there was a drama in the secret way, so he asked quietly, "What." I see that Lord Wang is dignified and talking, and he is also a cadre? ”

"Ha," Ma Liu sneered, "Don't talk about the little ones on the side." Let's just say that this Wang Qinian has been in our political envoy Siyamen for ten years, what kind of experience, according to the grinding. Question, Ambassador Ku. Miscellaneous, weapons. Baoquan, these temples are almost all over the place. In the end, the more mixed up got worse and worse, the more mixed up the more miserable, and finally mixed into an official who was a deputy envoy of the warehouse, and he didn't care about anything, and he was fooling around in the yamen of the political envoy all day long, and anyone who saw it was suspicious. ”

Xu Liang was really surprised! Who are these? If Xu Liang has ever seen the most unsatisfactory Ming official, it must be this Wang Qinian.

Xu Liang said in surprise: "What is the reason for this? Could it be that Lord Wang accidentally offended someone? ”

Ma Liu snorted twice, pouted, and said, "Lord Xu, you should ask this, in this political envoy Si Yamen, who has not offended Lord Wang?" ”

"Huh?" Xu Liang was dumbfounded.

Ma Liu seemed to be interested, and continued: "Actually, Lord Wang is a Jinshi in the forty-sixth year of Wanli, and he really has some real ability in terms of academic ability. Now that he's mixed up like this, it's all his mouth to blame. He said what should be said and what should not be said, and he scolded what should be scolded and what should not be scolded. Now it's good, no one wants to deal with the ghost in the yamen, and even the daughter-in-law in the family is angry, and the old man doesn't let Lord Wang come to the door......"

When Xu Liang heard this, he couldn't help but feel admiration for this Wang Qinian, so bad, this Brother Qinian can still live a lively life, he really has the guts, if it were Xu Liang himself, he would have found a stone a long time ago and died headlong.

Ma Bantou finally said Xu Liang's heart, "If my Ma Liu lives like Wang Qinian, it is better to die headlong!" ”

Xu Liang nodded approvingly.

Walking to an elegant study, Ma Liu stopped unfinished and said to Xu Liang: "Lord Xu, Lord Qian is inside, Lord Xu can go in directly." ”

Xu Liang nodded, took a deep breath, squeezed out a smile on his face, and walked in.

Qian Yong's Thai face, although he is nearly fifty years old, has a good health, ruddy complexion, and looks very energetic. He sat behind a large desk, saw Xu Liang come in, raised his head from the thick file on the desk, looked at Xu Liang, showed a gentle smile on his face, and beckoned: "The old man is looking forward to Guozhong every day that you will take office as soon as possible, so that you can help me." Now I'm finally looking forward to you. Guozhong, please take a seat. ”

The word Guozhong spit out of Qian Yongtai's mouth, making Xu Liang feel a little worse than Qian Yongtai's impression for no reason. Xu Liang smiled, sat down lightly on the chair on the side of the room, and arched his hand towards Qian Yongtai: "Originally, Xia Guan should have gone to work earlier, but he was unwell a while ago, and in order to treat his illness, he put it off for a few days, so I came late, and I ask Lord Qian to forgive me." Lord Qian is a Shangguan and a senior, Xu Liang is just a fledgling boy, saying that helping the adult is to promote the lower official, and the lower official can only follow behind the adult at best, and study the adult's style seriously. ”

Qian Yongtai listened to it, and looked very useful, and laughed: "Guozhong said that he was joking, Guozhong's ability has been mentioned many times in front of the old man. I am loyal to Guozhong and your performance in the political position, that is a long-awaited one. Uh, Guozhong's body is no longer in the way, right? ”

Xu Liang said: "Lord Xie is worried, and he is already fine." ”

"That's good." Qian Yongtai stroked his beard with one hand and said in a deep voice: "For your arrangement, I originally wanted you to take charge of Yansui Dao and govern the three mansions of Pingliang, Qingyang and Yansui, but later it was Lord Yang, the governor of the three sides, who reminded the old man that Hanzhong could have been said to be taken back by Xu Liang and you single-handedly, if Hanzhong Mansion is handed over to you to manage, it will be twice the result with half the effort." Yes, the old man arranged for Guozhong to lead the Hanzhong Road and govern the two prefectures of Hanzhong and Gongchang. Guozhong, do you have any comments on such an arrangement? ”

Xu Liang slandered in his heart: You and Yang Lao Pifu have already calculated Lao Tzu, what do you have to say now?

Xu Liang arched his hand and said: "Everything depends on Lord Qian, and the lower officials have no opinion." ”

"Hmm." Qian Yongtai nodded again and again after hearing this, and said: "That's it, Guozhong, you can rest in Xi'an Mansion for a few days, meet with a few colleagues of the Political Envoy Department, and then you can go directly to Hanzhong Mansion Hanzhong Dao Yamen to take office." Well, that political agent has made the yamen's house tense, so I won't give Guozhong you another house for the time being. ”

Xu Liang nodded, and when he saw Qian Yongtai burying his head in the thick dossier again, he said goodbye with interest.

The whole meeting process with Qian Yongtai was like this, Xu Liang didn't feel anything at first, and when he left Qian Yongtai's study and walked under the verandah in the yamen of the political envoy, Xu Liang felt the problem.

Qian Yongtai's meeting, there was no problem with the procedure, there was no problem with the question, and even the work arrangement was not a problem. Everything is normal. However, it is this seeming normality that illustrates a problem: that is, the distance is estranged.

When Qian Yongtai asked, he even had a gentle smile on his face, and Xu Liang now recalled that it was this gentle smile that made Xu Liang feel a chill instead of warmth.

The reason Xu Liang quickly figured it out, Xu Liang was not the person of Yang He, the governor of the three sides, and Qian Yongtai was obviously following Yang He, Yang He didn't want to see Xu Liang, and looking for Qian Yongtai naturally wouldn't give Xu Liang much of a good face.

Xu Liang secretly scolded unlucky.

"Heh, Lord Xu, you're out." Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded in front of Xu Liang.

Xu Liang looked up and saw Wang Qinian's old face with a flattering look in his modesty.

"Well, Lord Wang, what a coincidence." Xu Liang already knew more or less about Wang Qinian's situation from the mouth of the head of the team, Ma Liu, and he didn't have any other feelings for this Lord Wang except for lamenting that he was extremely miserable.

"Well, Lord Xu, actually," Wang Qinian's face turned red, his hands were put on his waist at a loss, and he stammered to Xu Liang, "Actually, Xiaguan has been waiting for you here." ”

"Oh?" Xu Liang asked in surprise, "What did Lord Wang do when he deliberately waited for this official?" ”

"This, alas, the matter of the lower official is difficult to say." Wang Qinian said, "My lord, where is your signing room, the lower officials take the liberty to go to your signing room to talk about it in detail." ”

Xu Liang was stunned, spread his hands and said: "This official will go to Hanzhong Road to take office in a few days, and Lord Qian said that the political envoy's house is tight, because there is no sign for me here." ”

Wang Qinian was stunned when he heard this, and said in surprise: "The house is tight? I haven't heard of it, aren't there still several empty rooms in the East Wing? ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he immediately understood that he was deliberately made difficult by Qian Yongtai, and his face became a little ugly.

Seeing this, Wang Qinian hurriedly stopped, and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then the lower officials will dare to ask the adults to sit in the teahouse outside for a while, and invite the adults to appreciate the light?" (To be continued......)