Chapter 33: Be an official
After Li Xuancheng returned to Beijing, he was greeted by piles of impeachment recitals, which buried Li Xuancheng like snowflakes.
Li Xuancheng was extremely annoyed in his heart: "I have just come back from Jinling, you Yanguan Yushi are squatting in the capital, and you have never been to Jinling at all, do you know what happened there?" How do you say that they have noses and eyes? ”
But...... No way! This is the right given by the imperial court to the imperial historians, and the imperial history can "hear about it": I heard about something, I can use it to sue you, as for whether the news I heard is true or false, it is not my responsibility, and I am not responsible, you want to prove your innocence, you can prove it.
Where can poor Uncle Li go to find evidence? This kind of thing is going to be darker and darker, and most of them are "privacy" that cannot be seen, and there is no evidence to be found. Moreover, the civil official group and the imperial relatives are inherently antagonistic relations, and they have long looked down on each other.
Li Xuancheng couldn't argue, so he could only hide back in the mansion and sulk, anyway, these people scolded and scolded, and they couldn't really do anything to him. During this period, even Empress Dowager Li and Emperor Wanli had summoned him one after another and asked him suspiciously. Li Xuancheng really wanted to cry without tears, so he could only explain to them with a swear, but he still couldn't let them go completely.
Since Empress Dowager Li entered the palace, she has been with him the most as a young brother, and she still believes in his personality, and most of them are not convinced by many unbearable rumors. However, some of these rumors still aroused the vigilance of Empress Dowager Li, such as: Good male style!
Li Xuancheng, regardless of his character, appearance, or current rich status, should have had a group of wives and concubines a long time ago, but he was always single, and Empress Dowager Li originally thought that he was really single-minded, so he was not a woman. But now that I have heard the rumors of "good male style", I really believe it.
There are really a lot of good men and nobles in the high-ranking society, and in the upper class, this is an elegant thing, not an invisible person's behavior, and there are not a few wealthy families who raise prostitutes in the house, the first emperor died early, and the Empress Dowager Li listened to the government at a young age, and had contact with many foreign ministers, and she had heard of it.
Under the influence of the ears and eyes. She had long been accustomed to this kind of atmosphere, and she did not have much resistance and disgust in her heart. If Li Xuancheng is really good at masculinity, she won't care too much, but those noble officials who raise prostitutes and prostitutes are all men and women, but her younger brother is not, she can't simply not marry a wife and have children because of a good manhood, right?
Therefore, Empress Dowager Li took precautions and began to constantly look for the right daughters of wealthy families, and wanted to tell her younger brother a kiss. Li Xuancheng was overwhelmed. I couldn't escape it, and when I was in a miserable situation, I heard that Xu Boyi, the county of Huxian County, wrote to the imperial court and changed the name of the Hu people in Huxian County according to the customs of the Han people.
Emperor Wanli saw Xu Boyi's recital. I was very happy, and immediately approved the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites to discuss the feasibility, and the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites discussed it seriously and readily agreed. The biggest reason why they think this matter is feasible is that Xu Boyi is just a small county. Since he dared to go to the book, and he went to the book alone, bypassing the magistrate, it shows that this matter should be very certain.
It's just that the emperor and the elders underestimated the adventurous spirit of the lower-level officials who "sought wealth and danger". At their level, there is a huge interest group behind everyone, which affects the whole body, of course, everything can't be reckless and desperate, but who is Xu Boyi? Does he have so many involvements and scruples?
Because the imperial court felt that this matter was feasible, the news was publicized in advance, and this was the atmosphere after the emperor was in power, and the government was harmonious. Uncle Li Guo knew about this because of this, he always thought that Miss Xia Yingying was from Huxian, and when he heard that this song was from Huxian, Li Xuancheng unconsciously moved his thoughts.
Li Xuancheng immediately found Empress Dowager Li and took the initiative to ask for help. Empress Dowager Li knew that this young brother liked to travel in the mountains and rivers, and did not doubt him, so she just took the opportunity to take a hand, and after Li Xuancheng promised to accept his sister's arrangement when he returned from this trip, and after going on a blind date, Empress Dowager Li mentioned it to Emperor Wanli for him.
Emperor Wanli didn't know that there were so many grievances and grievances between his uncle and Ye Xiaotian, and Ye Xiaotian's transfer back to Huxian, although Jinling Mansion reported to the imperial court, Wanli only passed with a wave of the imperial pen, and the transfer of such a low-level official, he only wrote a sentence "I know", how could he take it to heart.
So even if he knew that there was a grudge between Li Xuancheng and Ye Xiaotian, he would not remember that Ye Xiaotian had now returned to Huxian County to take office. Since the queen mother opened her mouth, it was nothing to send one more person to be the Qin mission, but it showed that the emperor attached great importance to this matter, and Emperor Wanli agreed.
In fact, Li Xuancheng didn't know that Ye Xiaotian had returned to Huxian County at this time, when he fled Nanjing City in a hurry, Ye Xiaotian was still an ambassador in the Ministry of Rites, how did he know that this broom star actually returned to Huxian, the so-called narrow road to the enemy, that's it.
On this night, the Qincha team did not go to the village or the store, so they stayed in the wilderness. Li Xuancheng lay in his sleeping tent, tossing and turning all night, unable to sleep, always hovering in his mind with the shadow of Miss Yingying, thinking about how to find her after arriving in Huxian, and how to get close to her, pour out his love, and capture her heart.
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At the gate of Huxian County, the queue to greet Qin Cha formed several phalanxes. Standing at the forefront was the bureaucratic contingent of Huxian.
There was a colorful shed at the intersection in front, and there were incense cases and drinks in front of the shed, Hua Qingfeng stood in front wearing a new official robe, but he was not alone, Xu Boyi was standing side by side with him, and there was not even a half-step gap between the two.
Xu Boyi is a county minister, and it stands to reason that he should stand behind Hua Qingfeng, but this time the person who wrote to the court was Xu Boyi, and the court's reply was also named to Xu Boyi, so the main person who greeted Qin Cha today was actually Xu Xiancheng, and Hua Qingfeng only occupied the name of a county's seal, so he was able to stand at the forefront with Xu Boyi.
This situation already means that the first and second leaders of Huxian County have completely torn their faces, so Hua Qingfeng stood in front with a strained face, without looking at Xu Boyi, and his expression was extremely unkind.
But Xu Boyi is full of spring breeze, he doesn't care what Hua Qingfeng thinks at the moment, he has already entered the eyes of the emperor and the elders, as long as this matter is done beautifully, it will be just around the corner. Does he still care about Hua Qingfeng's face?
Standing behind Xu Boyi and Hua Qingfeng are Luo Inspector and Gu Jiaoyu, these two officials are not very involved in the government affairs of Hu County, but one of them is the highest military governor of Hu County, and the other is the highest prefect of Hu County, and the level is not low, so they stand behind the county magistrate.
The third row is the king's book and Ye Dianshi. Wang Zhushu came to greet Qin Cha "with illness", and Wang's face looked very bad, as if he was really sick. Because Xu Boyi left him aside when he secretly wrote the book. He didn't get any benefit from this good thing.
Hua Qingfeng, Ye Xiaotian and Xu Boyi were originally opponents, and it was just that they were excluded by Xu Boyi, but Wang Ning and Xu Boyi were originally one faction, and the benefits he could have gotten were now seen all falling into Xu Boyi's pocket, and Wang Zhuji's jealousy of Xu Boyi was even above Hua Qingfeng.
However, Xu Boyi doesn't care about this, he really doesn't care. How can this broken chicken nest in Huxian County be the place to lock up his golden phoenix? He should have jumped out a long time ago, and he was indeed about to jump out now, what did those firewood chickens think. He didn't care anymore.
On both sides of the road were representatives of the local gentry and the people. The gentry representatives were divided into two parts, one part of the Confucian shirts and heads, which were clearly the common people of the Han family. The other part is a variety of fancy costumes, and the representatives of the people are also the same.
In terms of numbers, more than two-thirds of all people were dressed in fancy clothes. This is the current situation in the county, where ethnic minorities are the majority, and these people are the representatives of the people of all ethnic groups in the county.
Early in the morning, they had been waiting here, and the gentry still had a bench to sit and rest, but the people had been standing there under the scorching sun, and they all began to wilt. It wasn't until three o'clock in the morning that there was a report from the front that the guard of honor of Lord Chincha was about to arrive.
Everyone suddenly perked up and cleaned up one after another. Energetic, waiting for the Qincha, after a while, you can see a banner in the distance, and a neat line is pulling towards this side.
Seeing that the team was getting closer and closer, and he could already see the apricot yellow flag representing the Son of Heaven, Xu Boyi dusted off his robe, smiled slightly, and walked forward, today, he is the protagonist!
Hua Qingfeng was annoyed when she saw it: "You haven't left Huxian for a day, you are still my subordinate!" The Qin mission is coming, you dare to get ahead of me, in front of the county's officials and gentry, you really don't leave a little mercy for the county! ”
If it was the previous Hua Qingfeng, he might really pinch his nose and endure it, but Hua Qingfeng at this moment is not, and he didn't know where he got the courage, so he immediately pulled out his feet and chased after him.
Xu Boyi shook three times in one step, walked extremely calmly, enjoying the gaze of the gentry and eunuchs in the county, and his heart was a little fluttering. Hey? Huazhi County ...... Hanachi County He actually surpassed me!
Xu Boyi was secretly angry: "Today's qiē is all led by the official, you are an incompetent county commander with a corpse vegetarian meal, what qualifications do you have to walk in front of the official, and be the first to meet the Qincha!" ”
Xu Boyi snorted coldly, and immediately strode towards Hua Qingfeng. Xu Boyi surpassed Hua Qingfeng, Hua Qingfeng quickened his pace, and immediately overtook Xu Boyi. Xu Boyi accelerated again, overtaking Hua Qingfeng again, Hua Qingfeng took a big stride, flying under his feet, and they drove side by side!
Super! Super! Huazhi County just exceeded one head, and was immediately caught up by Xu County, and the two of them chased after me, and they didn't let me go. At first they just walked a little bigger, a little faster, but later it was obvious that they were competing, and they were ...... "race walking!" ”
Ye Xiaotian stood there leisurely, seeing that the two of them were walking faster and faster, and then developed into a "race walk", he couldn't help laughing, Ye Xiaotian shook his head, and said: "It's good to be an official, it's good to be an official." As an official, he wears a black gauze hat, and there are eight sedan chairs when he goes out, and he is three feet high from the ground. Suddenly, one day a high-ranking official arrived, jumped off the sedan chair and ran forward, you also ran, I also ran, my knees were short, and I ran out of a kick to pick up the blister, you said ridiculous is not ridiculous......"
Ye Xiaotian's words were read out in the way of reading white in the opera, although the voice was not loud, but the Wang Zhushu standing next to him heard it very clearly, and the Wang Zhushu smiled "poof" and said: "Ye Dianzhi, your mouth, you have also lost a little." ”
Ye Xiaotian glanced at him, and said with a smile: "I see that the master bookkeeper looks depressed, as if he has a sense of grievance, and he deliberately makes you laugh." ”
Master Wang sighed, stroked his beard and looked ahead, and said enviously: "Being an official, isn't it just climbing on the top and stepping on the bottom?" You think it's ridiculous, but I don't know how many people want to get this ridiculous opportunity and can't. ”
: I gave up countless opportunities and fun to grab red envelopes, lame with a hand code word (I don't know if it was when I picked up the express delivery, a finger hurts terribly, but I can't remember when I got it), book friends who have a monthly pass in hand will send me a monthly pass red envelope, thank you!.
(To be continued......)