Li You scolded the old man in his heart, but he didn't say anything more, but things always have to be resolved, and he can't sit back and watch this reputation poison his hometown. After a little thought, he said to Aunt Guan: "What is your cousin who used to be a scribe in the Inspection Department?" Guan Yingqing? Still at home? ”

"Yes." Guan Ruxiu replied.

After that old brother Guan was involved by Li You last month and lost the errand of the scribe of the inspection department, he has been idle at home, mainly because he is used to working in the yamen, and he can't adjust his mentality to find other copying and writing jobs for a while.

Li You instructed: "Send someone to call him to come, and I will find him a good errand." ”

Guan Xiuxiu thought that Li You was ashamed, and thought that her husband was extremely unambitious in Fucheng (the news in the county was really outdated), and she could still think about trying her best to help, which was really a rare affection in him, probably because of taking care of her face, so she said: "I feel the love of my husband, and the concubine is here to thank you." ”

Li You looked at Guan Xiuxiu inexplicably, husband, I am looking for Brother Guan to be useful, what are you moved by? He also instructed: "Remember to let him prepare the resume of the three generations and the book of the chief of the li." ”

Guan Xiuxiu was surprised: "What are you preparing for?" Can you enter the yamen? ”

Xiao Zhu, who was standing beside Jin Bao'er, also begged at this time: "Master, the slave brother has completed his service, and when he returned home a while ago, it was too hard to rent someone else's land, so would it be okay to ask the master to find a job?" ”

Li You had the intention to show off, and said with a smile: "If you wrap it on the master, you must have a good errand." ”

It's not that Li You is blowing nonsense, but now the government has been arrested and more than 30 regular officials, and they have almost been swept away, that is to say, so many positions have been vacated that are difficult to spare in peace. In addition, most of the other officials were taken away by the Qin Cha, and Li You was the king of the palace, which could be said to be a tiger in the mountains. Encountering this rare situation that is rare in a century, Li Youzheng has the intention of taking the opportunity to install a group of cronies.

Thinking about the fact that when Li You was promoted, he vacated a position as a county official, and he was broken by the people of the county, and Li You himself was embarrassed. In contrast, now there are a lot of places to be placed in the government, which makes Li You feel very emotional.

To appoint a private person, the first thing Li You thought of was the Guan scribe who was used in the Inspection Department, this old man has the advantage of reassuring him, and it is no wonder that the old father-in-law used him. Like another Sun and Sun Da who were used as scribes, they were too clever and assertive, which gave Master Li a headache.

Li You is also thinking about recruiting some people from his own family and Yue's family, as well as his uncle's half-read cousin Zhu Shuwen, who can be described as a copycat version of a one-person chicken dog ascending to heaven. There is a position of the official of the government office beckoning, and these relatives are probably going crazy with excitement.

Then ask a few rich people in the county to really "sell" favors. A few months ago, Cao Yuanwai, a giant in the silk weaving industry in this county, once asked Li Youtong to seek the position of county official, but unfortunately Li You refused.

There are too many favors to send, and Li You seems to be going to spend a very busy Spring Festival, as if he has seen an overwhelming number of greetings and red envelopes flying in front of him.

Jin Bao'er smiled lightly when she held up the small wine cup and toasted: "My lord's demeanor tonight is like the spirit of the inspection. ”

Guan Xiuxiu, who was worried about Li You's swollen face and fat man, also discovered this and asked, "Could it be that the husband has turned things around in the mansion?" ”

Li You nodded proudly, and copied a famous quote to express his heart: "In the end, it is impossible to escape the rest of the grip." ”

Then he turned sideways and said to Mrs. Liu: "My husband may be able to earn you a life, and others will call you Mrs. in the future." ”

provoked an exclamation in the room.

"Next year, the whole family will move to Fucheng!" Li Youhao is dry.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, Jinghe six years have become history, and with the arrival of Jinghe seven years, Li You's birthday has also arrived. His birth was very coincidental, and it happened to be New Year's Day on January 1.

In this regard, Father Li sighed and said, I was wrong, I was really wrong, and I never thought that he would be an official when I gave birth to Xiao Er.

If Li Youfei is prosperous, he can do a big job of longevity, extend the guests, and receive gifts by the way, which is the same as the usual customs.

But January 1 coincides with the New Year, and no matter how thick-skinned Li You is, he can't ask others to celebrate his birthday over the years... So this legendary birthday filial piety really became a legend. Besides, during the Chinese New Year, others don't dare to give it indiscriminately, otherwise there is a suspicion of pretending to be an elder of Lord Li to give New Year's money.

It's really lackluster to talk about the New Year, and for Li You, he only needs to play three roles, the filial son and grandson of the Li family, the master of the Li family and the governor of Li.

Chinese New Year's Eve first went to the ancestral hall in Xishui Town to worship the ancestors. Li You, as the only official of the clan and the biggest shining point of this year, has a very preferential position, whether it is the ranking before his death or the tablet after his death, it is estimated that he will also be painted with a black gauze official robe and hung in the ancestral temple to inspire future generations.

Then Li You went back to his home in the county seat and sat in the hall, and the family came to kowtow one by one and received the New Year's reward from Master Li.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the family ate and drank a lot to celebrate the New Year's Day and celebrate Old Master Li's birthday. On the second New Year's Day, the difference between the New Year's customs of officials like Li You and ordinary people became apparent.

The custom of ordinary people is to travel back and forth to visit relatives, but Governor Li needs to act according to another custom, he must first go to visit the officials of the same city, which is the official rule. And because he is the youngest and the lowest grade in the officialdom of this county, he has to go to worship from Chen Zhixian to his seniors at the same level, and leave a prayer post if he is not at home. After paying homage to several officials in Xujiang County, Li You rushed to Fucheng to pay New Year's greetings to Wang Tongzhi, and he had to go because he was worried about the trouble of going back and forth.

Fortunately, there are not many officials in Xujiang County and Fucheng now, and Li You is quite relaxed. If you are in a place like the capital where a stone can be dropped from the sky and hit a few officials, the officials will be extremely tormented during the New Year, and they will even send servants and followers as stand-ins to send greetings to scholars and scholars, and those bigwigs will not really receive them anyway.

After the officialdom was over, Governor Li officially began to greet relatives and friends, and relatives and friends expressed their understanding. Especially those relatives who were lucky enough to be selected by Li You to be brought to the government to fill the official position, they did all the hospitality of the great benefactors in the family, which led to Li You, who was very enthusiastic, eating the east and drinking the west, saying that he was drunk, and soaked in wine until the tenth day of the first month.

It is said that Li You should go to the palace of the city. But now that no one in the government office can discipline Master Li, the free and loose surname Xi has flare up again. He thought that he was tired of the New Year, so he should take a few breaths first, so he gave himself a holiday and prepared to return to Fucheng after the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

His thoughts are not unreasonable, the atmosphere of the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of this year is more enthusiastic than that of the New Year, and it is not worth making a fuss about going to work after the Lantern Festival.

On this day, Li You had nothing to do at home, and went to the county government again, the main purpose was to find out the future whereabouts of Chen Zhixian, I don't know where this blessed lord who is more like the protagonist than him will rise.

At this time, the county government had nothing to do, and Chen Zhixian and Master Huang were playing chess in the room.

Li You came up, but he couldn't understand it, so he had to be a gentleman who watched chess and didn't say anything. endured until the end of the game, when the two picked some chess pieces, Li You said: "The county respects the government and seems to have forgotten one thing, the Xuhe water conservancy has been in the past hundred years, but there is no merit monument for future generations to admire and remember, how can the reputation of the county be passed on to future generations?" ”

Chen Zhixian said: "For the official for one term, for the benefit of one party, how can I be..."

Looking at Li You's look at the sky, Master Chen suddenly felt a little speechless.

Master Huang said with a smile: "It should be established, although it has just started in February and March, but only the county can do this, and it should be remembered!" ”

Li You also said: "Yes! The county honorifies me and leaves the post of Gao Sheng, and the latter is afraid that he has no interest in erecting a monument to his predecessor, maybe he wants to be greedy for merit for himself, and the county honor's planning is not to make wedding clothes for others? ”

As soon as Li You said this, Chen Zhixian said: "This matter can be handled as soon as possible." The big donors of silver in this county must be engraved on the above, and you two should also be listed after me. ”

Li Youxi said: "Thank you for the county." But he secretly said in his heart, it seems that Chen Zhixian is really about to leave, otherwise why would he be in a hurry.

When the three of them were talking, a disciple suddenly came to report: "A government official has come here, saying that there is an urgent matter to find Master Li." ”

The person who came was actually Hong Patrol, and I saw that he was panting, his scarf and hat were disheveled, and his clothes were messy, which made Li You very strange, how could it not be his turn to do the matter of running errands and reporting the news? He asked, "What are you doing?" ”

Hong Xun saw Li You kneeling on the ground with a plop, and shouted in his mouth: "Great joy! Exultation! Master Lee has been promoted! ”

When Li You heard this, his heart was stirring, and he asked, "What's the situation?" ”

"The imperial court ordered that the morning arrived at the palace, and the adults were promoted on the spot and took over as the seven-rank promoter! The little one is quick to whip up the Xujiang to report the good news! ”

Seven! Product! Push! Official!

Li You only felt a rush of blood coming up, and he couldn't help himself with excitement, his hands clenched into fists, he looked up to the sky and laughed, and the sound shook out.

Master Huang looked at Li You with envy, and then turned his head and asked Hong Xunzhu, "But there are other appointments?" For example, the prefect? ”

"Not yet." Hong Xun, who was embarrassed because he had galloped hundreds of miles to report the news, replied. What does a pusher do? That is the person in charge of the punishment, it is his direct boss who patrols and arrests, of course he has to work hard, not to mention a hundred miles, even three hundred miles have to play with his life to report the good news.

"You're in luck." Master Huang said to Li You: "From the point of view, it is probably the third or fourth high-ranking officials who make the princes of the court and the central government uncertain, and it is difficult to come out, but your position at the bottom can be decided early." ”

Chen Zhixian coughed heavily and said in a deep voice: "Lord Li, you have lost your temper!" ”

Li You finally restrained his ecstasy, and said to Hong Xun, who was still kneeling on the ground, in a voice that had been deformed: "Get up! ”

Chen Zhixian moved his footsteps, slowly walked to Li You's right, raised his hand and bowed: "Chen Yingzhen of Xujiang Zhixian Congratulations to Master Li for his ascension." ”

Li You knew that Chen Zhixian was a salute to meet at the same level, and hurriedly returned the salute: "Don't dare to be it." ”

He couldn't help but sigh a little in his heart, and now he can be on an equal footing with the unattainable county lord at the beginning. Although Chen Zhixian's potential is a gap between heaven and earth compared to him, and he is almost destined to have a greater future than him in the future, at least at this moment, he is on the same level as him, which is worthy of pride and remembrance. Also, the eighteen-year-old seven-rank official, there are few in the dynasty?

But Li You's pride lasted only a moment before it was shattered.

Another person rushed into the county office, also with the imperial court edict - Chen Yingzhen, the magistrate of Xujiang County, was promoted to the post of Zhejiang according to the inspection of the envoy and the sub-inspector of Su Songdao, and immediately took office!

Li You, who had just been on an equal footing with Lord Chen, was promoted to Lei by this one. According to the inspection of things, he is a five-grade official, and he dares to skip directly from the seventh grade to the fifth grade? Twenty-five-year-old five-grade official, is there any reason for this? How much shady is there? Can't you make him proud for a few more days? Who is the main character in this book?

Master Chen quietly moved his steps again, moved back to Li You's position from Li You's side, and motioned with his eyes to someone not to be rude, and to quickly come to pay homage to the freshly baked top official.

(To be continued)