In the early morning of November 23 in the seventh year of Jinghe, the cold wind was biting. Li You, a southerner who spent the winter in Beijing at the beginning, made a lot of determination, so he got out of the hot quilt and went out to the court from head to toe.

At the court meeting, Master Li, a member of the Zhongshu Society, continued to stand in the northeast corner and look down on the heroes of the world... It's not that he looks down on people with his eyes, but he can only squint when he wants to look at the scenery in the middle in this marginal position. If you look around and move too much, you will be impeached by the Imperial History.

In fact, everything is in order, such as whipping, crossing the river, saluting, playing pairs, announcing edicts, and ending the scene, all of which have been solidified for 300 years, and there are no new tricks, and no one expects any new tricks. Everyone who understands knows that the real theater is in the Wuying Hall after the early dynasty.

There is no canonical system for the deliberations after the court meeting, and it is more flexible who participates and who does not, and there is no clear charter. There are generally three default rules, one is the person who needs or wants to maintain the right to speak and establish prestige; the second is people who have important things to do; The third is the person who is related to the resolution of the matter.

In other words, the monarch and the ministers are negotiable, and the Jiuqing and above, the senior science and Taoist officials, and the book in the sub-vote must come, and the others depend on the situation and voluntariness. But today, the courtiers and nobles know that there will be a lively scene in the Wuying Palace, and there are a lot of volunteers... Those who thought they were qualified wanted to go to the Wuyingdian Theater, and after the court visit, they saw hundreds of people pouring into the Guiji Gate like a temple fair. For a while, the front of the Wuying Palace was bustling, which made the inner supervisors, officials and soldiers who guarded the door at a loss, so they had to guard the palace behind the palace gate and report to the Cisheng Palace.

The chaos continued until the Queen Mother issued a special decree, only allowing the marquis and above, the military ministers above the second rank, the civil ministers above the third rank, the cilin officials above the sixth rank, the officials with more than five years of qualifications, and the book in the hall by dividing the vote. So most people had to go away disappointed.

Li Youshi Shiran paced into the hall, his pit position was easy to find, no matter how it was sorted on this occasion, the position of the scholar in the seven grades was almost always at the end of the Wenchen class. The advantage is that it is close to the temple gate, at least the light is good.

Next to Li You's position are the same seven-grade science and technology officials, such as Wang Qinian and Wang Yushi.

Wang Yushi, who was excited all night, looked very sluggish at this time, Li You was about to say a few words of concern, when he suddenly saw the former guide enter the palace, and the queen mother was coming.

Ascending, saluting, and returning to the throne, the Wuying Hall fell silent, silent, as if everyone was seriously studying the quality of the gold bricks on the floor.

Time passed in silence, and everyone in the hall launched a competition to see who could not hold their breath first... According to incomplete statistics of historical experience, the person who can't hold his breath first has the greatest probability of becoming the last loser.

Even the youngest Li You knows that silence is golden, and he can't bear it.

In the silent atmosphere, seeing that the father-in-law who was in charge of singing praises had already stood up, he opened his mouth to shout "There is a book to start the music and no book to retreat" and other closing words.

Everyone was stunned by this, could it be that today's much-anticipated drama ended in such a nonsensical way?

At the last moment, someone who lost his surname finally stood up.

I saw Peng Shichun, a scholar of Wuyingdian University, and Peng Ge Lao came out and said: "Recently, it is said that Shangbao Si is missing the steward, and Li You, a member of the Zhongshu House, can be promoted." ”

It doesn't mean much, but there is a key word that is Li You! Everyone knew that the curtain was slowly opened, and they all tasted every word that Peng Ge Lao spit out repeatedly.

Shang Bao Division, which is also a forbidden institution of the Inner Court, whose main business is treasure seals and talismans, is a well-known idle department. Another special feature is that Shangbaosi and Guanglu Temple are both places where Yin officials gather, and there are a lot of Jilu officials.

Shang Bao Si Cheng is a six-grade official position, located under Shang Bao Siqing and Shaoqing, and some of them are Si Cheng is in charge, which is analogous to the sitting hall in the six departments, but most of them are Jilu scattered officials.

Therefore, Peng Ge Lao's words can be understood from the bright side: Shang Baosi has recently lacked a real manager, and Li You can be promoted from among the officials of the inner court. It's not a bad rule, the officials of the inner court are different from the outer courts, and when the cabinet elders don't give face, they can also directly bypass the recommendation of the official book.

In fact, it is a person who can see that this is a trick similar to the bright rise and dark fall, where is the six-grade Shangbao Sicheng more important than the seven-grade ticket in the book?

Of course, it's not that simple. Li You thought about it for a while, and then he understood Peng Ge Lao's thoughts. The reason why Scholar Peng threw out this suggestion must be to test the mind of the Empress Dowager Cisheng, to see what the Empress Dowager's attitude towards him Li You is, and then to be targeted and-for-tat.

Moreover, Peng Ge Lao promoted the enemy, avoiding words such as jealousy and jealousy, which made people unreasonable. You must know that Peng Ge has always paid attention to reputation and showed people with integrity.

In fact, Peng Ge Lao still has a fluke mentality, in case the Queen Mother nods directly, then the tiger will be too peaceful from the mountain, and most of this court battle will be won. The Queen Mother disagreed, and he had no real loss.

Behind the bead curtain, Empress Dowager Qian pondered for a moment, disagreeing or denying it, and only said: "Xu Yishu upholds the Quanzheng government, what does it mean about this?" ”

Xu Tianguan came out of the queue and said to Peng University: "Dare to ask the elder of the pavilion, how can Li You be promoted?" ”

The question... Calling Peng Ge Lao was like eating a fly, so he could only pinch his nose and reply: "Li Sheren is loyal, diligent, sensitive and honest, and he should be rewarded for his example." ”

When he ascended, there was a faint sound of snickering in the hall... Peng Ge Lao actually publicly praised Li Zhongshu as an example for the inner court, which was really funny and funny to the extreme.

At this time, Yuan Ge Lao also had the urge to come forward and praise Li You for a few words, but he thought about restraining himself again and again.

Xu Tianguan did not continue to rub his tongue with Peng Gelao, but simply replied to the Queen Mother: "The palace is forbidden to serve as a close attendant, and it is subject to the holy judgment." ”

Kicking the ball is one of the basic skills of the courtiers, Xu Tianguan can do the official book, and he is naturally very skilled, not to mention that he also wants to test the queen mother's thoughts.

The Queen Mother still did not say anything, and pondered for a moment again, turning her eyes to the vicinity of the palace gate.

The inner prison guards on the left and right of the holy car shouted by order: "Li You, a member of the Zhongshu House, stepped forward to reply!" ”

Although Li You was surprised and didn't know what the Queen Mother told him to do, he still quickly walked out of the queue and walked under the throne.

"Li You, what do you think of yourself?" Empress Dowager Qian asked.

This question surprised everyone in the hall, and Li You was also surprised.

This is not the era of his previous life, with the system of this dynasty, the selection of official positions is completely done by a limited number of bigwigs, and there is no procedure of asking for my opinion. However, the Queen Mother broke the routine and asked him what he thought... The six products are very tempting, and the book in the split ticket cannot be given up. Li Zi said: Fish, I want, bear's paw, I also want, you can't have both, eat fish first and then take bear's paw.

After a few turns of his mind, Li You replied very decently: "The intention of the Holy Mother is only subdued!" ”

When I heard this, a word popped up in everyone's hearts - boring, but it can only be so boring.

Li You didn't stop talking, and continued to play: "The minister has other things, and he has the courage to express his feelings. On the Holy Birthday Festival, the Virgin Mary gave the palace maid, and the ministers were faint and ignorant for a while. But when I returned to the house and thought about it, I felt that it was not appropriate, how could the palace lady dare to use it? Fortunately, now that the reward has not arrived, the mistake can be reversed, and I ask Our Lady to take back this reward for the Minister's Day! ”

Most people don't understand what Li You is doing when he talks about this trivial private matter? It's okay to go back and thank you for the last word, there is no need to make a fuss and talk in the hall, it seems that the petty family is very tasteless.

At this time, a surprising and jaw-dropping scene appeared... The Queen Mother in the bead curtain nodded and said: "What you said is very true, and the reward will be changed to the addition of the official Shang Bao Sicheng." ”

Just like this, simply promoted Li You to the sixth grade? If the ministers in the palace heard correctly, the queen mother said that she was adding an official to Shang Bao Sicheng, not to be promoted to Shang Bao Sicheng.

Then Li You's main job is still to divide the votes, and Shang Bao Sicheng only has the meaning of representing the grade. It was easy to change from seven to six, and while the level was rising, the power to divide the votes was still in hand, which was simply taken advantage of.

What's going on? The smartest people have already reacted, and they can't help but secretly praise "It's really high"!

Among them, the opportunity can be said to be fleeting, and most people will not even realize it when they encounter it, Li Zhongshu can actually bless his soul and skillfully use the opportunity to guide the Queen Mother to add an official to herself.

The villain wants to be affordable, the nobleman wants to be decent, and the royal family has to be decent. Holy Birthday Day is a national celebration, when it is said that Li You's birthday poem is the best in the audience, out of political significance must be rewarded, otherwise where is the dignity of the Queen Mother? It's just that Li You almost caused a scandal at that time, so he had to use two palace maids to fool him.

But Li You said today that he suddenly used a big reason to return the two palace maids who didn't get it, so the royal family should always give some other compensation? Otherwise, it will be stingy and unseemly.

It just so happened that a certain pavilion elder mentioned Shang Bao Sicheng earlier, and he also took the initiative to create public opinion to connect with Li You, giving the Queen Mother a chance to push the boat along the river.

Can the promotion of the book to Shang Bao Si Cheng be regarded as a reward? No!

Can the book and the official Shang Bao Si Cheng be regarded as a reward? This can be there!

Added to the six-grade false title, in the eyes of the Queen Mother, it is a thing the size of a sesame mung bean, and the court is not short of these taels of silver. And she can also use this to conclude the matter of Shang Bao Sicheng, and at the same time avoid directly expressing her stance on the movement of the position of the secretary in the sub-vote, and continue to maintain a situation that the ministers can't figure out... However, he said that Li You hurriedly thanked him, and returned to his position after finishing, and the joy in his heart did not need to be repeated.

He never thought of this opportunity before, he just had the idea of giving it a try, but today's good luck is really amazing, the Queen Mother and her old man can really reward him with the title of six grades.

Don't! Dali Temple left comment, farewell! Xuanyilang, Li You thought silently in his heart.

The initiator, Peng Ge, watched Lord Li become an official and become a knight, and he was also the one who fueled the troubles... In fact, it didn't matter, Li Youjia couldn't affect him if he didn't increase his official position, but when he thought that he might become a harlequin laughing stock in the eyes of others, he was angry and bloody, his eyes were black, and his whole body was cold. He really had no face and continued to stand in front of His Majesty, gritted his teeth tightly and retreated to the train.

Yuan Ge Lao next to him suddenly sympathized with this competitor and felt a little empathy.

The volunteer referees in the palace have decided in their hearts: In the first round, Li Zhongshu won a big victory. Another lesson is a vivid proof that whoever can't hold his breath first is unlucky.

(To be continued)