"Lord Xu, you are wearing a sixth-grade official robe, and Zhao is wearing a seventh-grade official robe, and you call yourself a 'lower official' in front of Zhao, Zhao can't afford it!" Zhao Yunze said to Xu Jingzong.

"Deserve it, deserve it." Xu Jingzong showed a flattering smile on his face, "You are the signing of the Arsenal Special Administration, and the subordinate is the chief bookkeeper, so you were originally your subordinate!" ”

Hearing that Xu Jingzong actually used the flattering title "you", Zhao Yunze felt even more awkward in his heart.

"The position of the chief bookkeeper is just the ministry of Lord Xu, and your rank is still a sixth-grade official." Zhao Yunze said.

The so-called "this rank" refers to the rank of the officials of the Tang Dynasty. As mentioned above, the official positions of officials in the Tang Dynasty were divided into two types: loose officials and ministry officials. Sanguan is a hierarchical title that indicates status and has no actual position. The ministry officer denotes the actual duty and the authority of the office.

All ministry officers are conferred on loose officials at the same time, but loose officials do not necessarily serve as ministerial officials.

The Tang Dynasty defined the hierarchical status of officials by using the rank of loose officials. Official robes, the use of honor guards, and the distribution of salaries are all defined according to the grades of loose officials. Therefore, Zhao Yunze emphasized Xu Jingzong's "original level".

"But the current ministry of the lower officials is the main book of the 'positive eight products', and you are the signing of the decree of the 'positive seven products', and you are indeed the superior of the lower officials." Xu Jingzong once again brazenly emphasized this point.

Because the rank of a loose official and a ministry official are not necessarily the same, there will also be a phenomenon of a high-ranking loose official receiving a low-ranking minister, or a low-ranking loose official receiving a high-ranking minister. The Arsenal Provision is particularly prominent in this regard. Xu Jingzong was also in the middle of this phenomenon, so he called himself a "subordinate official" to Zhao Yunze.

Seeing that Xu Jingzong's face was as thick as the city wall, Zhao Yunze no longer talked to him about these useless things, so he said: "Master Xu, it seems that we are here early, let's wait here for a while." ”

When Xu Jingzong heard this, he hurriedly took a few steps forward, bent down and flicked the square stool that Zhao Yunze was sitting on a few times with his sleeves, and said, "Lord Zhao, please take a seat!" ”

Seeing Xu Jingzong's actions, Zhao Yunze was so disgusted that he wanted to vomit. How could this man be so flattering? His performance, if it was placed in the braided dynasty in the original history, may not be strange; But now it's the Tang Dynasty, and people at this time are still very particular about their style, right? People like Xu Jingzong are simply strange among officials.

Zhao Yunze couldn't help but think of the Ding Wei in the history of the Song Dynasty who was dusting rice for Xiang Kou, this Xu Jingzong is very compatible with Ding Wei!

It is said that at that time, Ding Wei, as the deputy prime minister, once accompanied Prime Minister Kou Zhun to dinner, and saw a grain of rice stained on Kou Zhun's beard, Ding Wei reached out and dusted it off for Kou Zhun. Kou Zhun was very unaccustomed to this, so he reprimanded: "The minister of the dignified country, give Shangguan a beard, what kind of system!" Ding Wei was immediately embarrassed. This is the allusion of "sloppy slapping horses".

Now seeing that Xu Jingzong took the initiative to brush the stool with his sleeves regardless of his identity, Zhao Yunze immediately couldn't help it, he learned Kou Zhun's words and said: "Lord Xu is also a dignified six-rank official, how can you let you do this kind of work as a handyman?" ”

Although Zhao Yunze's words were not as mean as that "Kou Laoxi", Xu Jingzong's face immediately turned red when he heard it.

Zhao Yunze looked at Xu Jingzong's face and immediately realized that it was a bad dish. It's over, this sentence must have offended someone Xu. Smelly mouth! Smelly mouth!

As the saying goes, it is better to offend a gentleman than a villain. Xu Jingzong is obviously not a gentleman, and the Ding Wei of later generations is not a gentleman either. Kou Zhun was later ousted by Ding Wei. Now that he has offended Xu Jingzong, he has to follow in Kou Zhun's footsteps...... Uh, no, it should be the past, the ancestor of Kou Laoxi's ancestor hasn't been born yet.

"Hehe, it turns out that this is Lord Zhao's stool, and the lower officials thought that no one was sitting." After Xu Jingzong finished speaking, he hurriedly went to brush another stool with his sleeve. After a few brushes, he sat down on the stool.

Zhao Yunze looked at it with admiration, this Xu someone's mind was very flexible, and as soon as he turned around like this, he covered up the embarrassment.

However, Zhao Yunze was also even more vigilant. Smart villain, even more terrifying!

Cheng Chumo saw everything that happened just now, and he immediately said disdainfully: "Hmph, what a thing!" ”

When Zhao Yunze heard this, he couldn't wait to give Cheng Chumo a big mouth immediately.

Nima! Isn't this a matter of chaos for you, Xu someone has already held a grudge against us, and you are still adding to the fire? Why didn't you inherit your old man's cleverness!

"What is this little lang called?" Xu Jingzong asked Cheng Mumo. He may have seen that Cheng Chumo was not wearing an official robe, or he may have been annoyed by Cheng Chumo's disdainful words just now, and his tone of voice was very cold.

Moreover, Zhao Yunze has never bothered to introduce Cheng Chumo to Xu Jingzong, and Xu Jingzong may treat Cheng Chumo as someone who has nothing to do with Zhao Yunze.

"Master, my name is Cheng Chumo, and my father is Cheng Biting Jin!" Cheng Chumo said to Xu Jingzong very shyly. That look of cowhide coaxing made Zhao Yunze feel very "my dad is Li Gang".

Xu Jingzong was stunned for a moment, and then smiled shyly: "It turned out to be Cheng Xiaogong, disrespectful!" Disrespectful! ”

"If only you knew me!" Cheng Chumo lowered his head, opened and clenched his fist with one palm, clenched his fist and opened again, and said without raising his head.

"Hehe, Lord Xu, Zhao will introduce you, Chu Mo is Zhao's ......"

"High apprentice! The lower officials had heard about it. Xu Jingzong said with a smile.

"Hehe, then Zhao won't bother to speak."

It seems that Xu Jingzong has done his homework in advance and understands my affairs very clearly. Sure enough, cunning and cunning!

Zhao Yunze couldn't help but think of the words of General Xu Zi who commented on Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms: "A capable minister who rules the world, and a traitor in troubled times." If this sentence is applied to Xu Jingzong, it can be flexible, "If the heart is right, he is a capable minister, and if he is evil, he is a traitor."

Xu Jingzong is very smart, but his cleverness is not used in the right way. No wonder he came from the Qin Palace, and only now did he get mixed with the six-rank official. It seems that there is a reason for this. For Xu Jingzong, you must pay more attention to it in the future.

"Lord Zhao, in the future, Xu will rely on you to take care of me." Xu Jingzong said to Zhao Yunze.

"Lord Xu is polite, as a colleague in the future, Zhao will rely on Lord Xu to help him!" Zhao Yunze endured the awkwardness in his heart, and got up with Xu Jingzong.

"Lord Zhao is polite."

"Lord Xu is polite."

"Hahahaha......" Zhao Yunze and Xu Jingzong suddenly laughed at the same time.

Cheng Chumo was stunned for a moment. What's going on with these two people, having convulsions? No, how do I look at these two people's eyes, it's weird, just like ...... Like a fox stealing chickens.