In May, it was already a hot summer in Guangzhou. At the beginning of the day, the hot hour of the day had just begun, and there were cicadas chirping in the yamen. But in the city that has just experienced the earthquake, these cicadas know how to call, not only do not give people a sense of irritability in the hot summer, but have a sense of freshness for the rest of their lives after the earthquake.

Li Yuzhen lived in the Yamen of the Assassin History.

The local yamen are all in the pattern of the front and back yards, the front yamen office, the backyard residence, and the same is true of the Guangzhou Thorn History Mansion. But Yu Tingfang is not an official from a small family, nor is he from an ordinary official family, but the head of a family surnamed B, who has the strength to buy a large mansion in Guangzhou City, and does not need to settle his family to live in the back house of the Yamen, so he repaired this official residence into a garden pavilion to receive colleagues and officials, Li Yuzhen lives in the best scenery of the "Bitong Water Moon", because of the face of the half-moon pool, surrounded by green tung on three sides and named.

After the earthquake, the Yayuan house was not damaged much, because it was far away from the epicenter and the building was solid, the ground was not cracked, and the wall of the corridor did not collapse, but the roof tiles were shaken off a large piece, and after cleaning up and rebuilding, it was basically restored to its original state, and the two rows of tung trees in the yard were still lush except for some branches that were broken by the Uwa earthquake, and a thunderstorm fell a few days ago, which washed the leaves clean and bloomed with an emerald green luster, and the voice of "know-know-" chirped out from this lush green.

King Jin took the sticky rod from the hands of the guards with great interest to find the tree sticky cicada to play, but the internal force was shocked, and the cicada was released, and then it was sticky again......

The Linchuan Junwang, who was making tea in the study, was a little speechless, but his movements in his hands were not stagnant, and he continued to brew his kung fu tea. This is the "Zen tea" that rises from the Lingnan Buddhist temple and Zen temple, in recent years has been popular in the southern family, Linchuan County King and Chaoshan Zen Temple Xiaoyue Zen Master befriended, learned this kind of "effortless" tea ceremony, immersed in a year, already has the charm of the Tao.

Li Yuzhen didn't appreciate the tea ceremony of the king of Linchuan County, sitting behind the bookcase and looking at a newspaper of the dynasty, wearing a formal official uniform, wearing a purple six-hole dragon robe, a snow-white summer cloth under the purple silk round neckline, the overlapping collar was neat, without a trace of folds, the purple clothes and white sheets matched to make her skin as white as jade, but the hair under the jade crown was as black as a crow feather, the two curved eyebrows were also thick and black, and the cool eyes under the eyebrows were staring, revealing contemplation.

She was looking at the latest newspaper that Konghewei had just handed over. According to the normal channel, that is, the process of copying and sending each province to the Jinjuanyuan from the Menxia Provincial Capital Jinjuan and then distributing the various provinces, counting the distance, it would take about six days for the Guangzhou officials to receive this news from the court.

This is an official appointment issued by the imperial court four days ago.

Li Yuzhen's gaze stayed on the three words "Ji Duanyan".

Ji Duanyan, the left secretary of the Ministry of Rites, moved the right secretary of the Ministry of Officials.

There was a twinkle in her eyes.

Ji Duanyan is the head of the Danyang Ji family.

In a family surnamed A, Danyang Ji belongs to a low-key faction. It is also inaccurate to say that it is low-key, because no matter how low-key the surname A is, it can't be low-key, and if there is not a first-class official in the three generations, it will be demoted to the surname B, and compete for a position in the officialdom, how can it be low-key? And the low-key of the Danyang Ji family lies in the fact that they never compete for the prime minister's position, which is unique among the family and the officials of the Hanmen, which is different from the Xiao family of Lanling - the Xiao family is not allowed to be the prime minister, the hereditary Liang Guogong and the governor of Hexi, and the children of the family are capped when they are the four civil officials.

The Danyang Ji family, who does not compete for the prime minister's position, has been steadily maintaining the middle position of the family surnamed A, which is not simple - they always have outstanding children in each generation to serve as the six ministers and the chief official or the chief of the temple under the prime minister, and there are political achievements, which maintains the eternal influence of the Danyang Ji family in the officialdom, and also proves the heritage and strength of this family.

Because he does not compete for the prime minister, Danyang Ji's "popularity" in the family surnamed A is excellent. Because the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty is the most respectful and powerful, the princess of the pro-kingdom does not need to salute, and the court hall is also in front of the princess of the pro-kingdom. Because the Ji family does not compete for the prime minister, of course the family is friendly, and is willing to vacate a "backbone and powerful official" to the Ji family as compensation. Of course, this kind of "indisputable compensation" also depends on the ability of the Ji family's children, and without the corresponding strength, it is impossible to get to the top with "compensation" alone.

And the Ji family has the background, strength, and the best popularity in the officialdom, but they have adhered to the strategy of not taking the lead - Li Yuzhen remembers that the sage's comment on the Ji family's style is: steady.

But from another aspect, steadfastness is conservative compared to the courage to forge ahead.

A stable and conservative family chose to stand on the side of the saints?!

Moreover, he still stood in place in advance. With the family's usual steady style, it is impossible to make a hasty decision at the end of the day.

This is quite unexpected!

Li Yuzhen's eyes flashed, and his admiration for the saint deepened.

Presumably, when this appointment comes out, many family heads will drop their eyeballs - shouldn't the Ji family be neutral? Even if you choose a position, it should be close to King Qi's side, right? After all, it is too risky to open up the world, and it is not in line with Ji's "steady" style.

Li Yuzhen's thin lips smiled.

Uncle Qi Wang is definitely going to drop the teacup again.

- I know you're unhappy, I'm happy.

Ji Duanyan is a person, and it is appropriate to serve as the right secretary of the Ministry of Officials. Judging from his official resume, he has served as an assassin, a transfer envoy, and an inspection envoy in both the north and the south, and has been transferred to the central government, and has successively served as the Taifu, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and the Ministry of Rites.

From a human point of view, this head of the Ji family is like a piece of Yundian stone that has been polished for a long time, and his appearance is as smooth as jade - he is sleek and old-fashioned, capable but not sharp; Inside is hard and solid - deep, but principled. The angular officials in charge of the ministry can't do it for long, the outside is round and the inside is square, just right.

The second appointment is the history of the Hezhou Thorn.

Li Yuzhen's eyes swept over, smiled lightly, and said to the king of Linchuan County: "The appointment of the imperial court has been issued, the right secretary of the Ministry of Officials has been moved from the left secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Ji Ruzhong of the Xiguo Gong, and the history of the Hezhou assassin has been transferred from Li Minzhuo, the history of the Bianzhou assassin, well, it is the second daughter of Princess Dongyang, the county lord of Jiaxing." ”

"Oh! Danyang Ji's ......" The king of Linchuan raised his eyes meaningfully, held the pot in his right hand and evenly divided the tea, and smiled, "Jiaxing, is it the 'Longquan Thorn History' of the Dongyang family?" ”

Li Yuzhen smiled back, "It's Li Mingquan." ”

There's an allusion here.

Li Zhongying, the second daughter of Princess Dongyang, whose name is Minzhuo, named herself "Mingquan" when she was seventeen years old, comes from the poem of Murong Qiu, the Duke of Yanguo: "The iron horse steps on the glacier, and the dragon spring wall sings." When a woman is a British thing, he moans and groans. ——Self-encouragement with the ambition of the bird. At the age of twenty, he took the sword to study, returned three years later, the following year in the Jinshi, released to the state and county, at the age of thirty-five, he was promoted to the right of the Longzhou Thorn History, because the perennial Pei Longquan sword is not separated, for the government and such as the sword hidden in the box, the external sharpness, the inside contains the edge, once out of the sheath is unstoppable, for a long time, people are called its name, but not the word, and there is a nickname "Longquan Thorn History". Six years ago, he was promoted from Xiazhou to Zhongzhou, moved to Xiangzhou Thorn History in Jinghu Province, and was excellent in the performance appraisal at the end of his three-year term, and moved to Henan Province to serve as Bianzhou Thorn History, which is the Shangzhou Thorn History of the Fourth Grade - it stands to reason that he should be promoted to transfer envoy or deputy patrol envoy and become a provincial-level governor.

However, the imperial court appointed him as the assassin of Hezhou, which is also Shangzhou and Daozhizhou, and he has not been promoted in terms of grade and ministry, but in terms of governing the rich land, Bianzhou is still better than Hezhou, not to mention that Li Zhongying's performance appraisal is excellent - this transfer is not only not a "right move" (promotion), but a "left move" (demotion).

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that Li Zhongying's appointment must have a special meaning.

Since Sejong, the imperial court has had a tacit agreement on the appointment of the assassin of Hezhou: not to take the imperial clan as the appointment. This shows that the emperor has no suspicion and coercion of the governor of Hexi. Of course, this is imaginary, mere formality. If you really don't have suspicion, you won't have this kind of avoidance. In that year, Gaozong successively took Li Zhongyuan, the king of Huining County, as the inspector of Hexi Province, and Li Jixing, the prince of Fengyi County, as the assassin of Hezhou.

Now the sage has broken the "tacit understanding" since Sejong and appointed the royal family as the assassin of Hezhou - what is the emperor going to do? Tearing your face with Xiao Shi and putting suspicion on the bright side? Or is the relationship between the two heating up, and Xiao Shi said welcome to Hexi? …… Ahem, guessing that the latter were choked on their own saliva.

Of course, in the eyes of insiders, this is a very clear signal - the sage's response to Shaw's position.

The new Hezhou Assassin will become a bridge connecting Chang'an and Hezhou, and is the liaison between the emperor and the Xiao family.

This person must be in the same camp, both parties can be trusted, and have talent and courage, and can be powerful and changeable, but also a strong and soft character.

Li Zhongying is a person selected by the saint and meets this condition.

The king of Linchuan knew it in his heart, but he was surprised and surprised. Surprised, not only the position of the Danyang Ji clan, but also Li Zhongying, among so many royal clansmen, is she the only one who meets these conditions?

The king of Linchuan County did not believe it.

The saint's choice of Li Zhongying must have other factors.

But these "other factors", the king of Linchuan County will not think deeply, is not in his position, and does not seek his politics. This is what Zhaohua should think.

His eyebrows were heavy, he put down the purple clay pot, raised his hand and said, "Taste this tea." ”

In the hand, a small cup of Xiaoxing pottery with a shallow mouth and thin tire on the purple pottery tea tray flew out flat, and the light feather silently fell on the incense wood bookcase in front of Li Yuzhen.

Li Yuzhen pointed to the cup, first smell the tea fragrance, and then look at the tea, and then the cup along the lips, take a sip, three sips for the product, each sip has a unique taste, drink the purple pottery cup back to the tea tray, at this time the fragrance from the bottom of the heart, wrapped between the tongue, slightly open the lips like Laneige blooming, make people stretch their minds, can't help but smile and praise: "The county king's tea ceremony is getting more and more effortless." ”

The king of Linchuan County smiled slightly, flew a second cup of tea, and said with deep meaning: "Playing this game of chess is the real kung fu." Seniors, our generations, descendants, generations. I hope that the heavens will live up to it. His eyes are deep, and his temperament is like a hundred years of purple pottery tea tray, which has experienced the precipitation of years and tea fragrance, deep and calm, but the two stars in his eyes are like torches burning in the night, but they are fleeting.

"Haha!" King Jin came in with a smile and said, "The number of Dayan is fifty, and there are nine out of forty, and the way of heaven is endless, and leaving one is vitality." Our ancestors and predecessors spent so much effort to find the 'one' that escaped - the sky is not worthy of it, and the heavens are virtuous, and we will definitely be able to find it. As he spoke, he walked to the opposite side of the king of Linchuan and sat down, picked up a cup, smelled the fragrance, looked at the color, tasted the tea, drank it all, and when he got up the second cup, he flew another cup to Li Yuzhen, "Ah Zhen, this kung fu tea should be hot, and it will be astringent when it is cold." Let's not be blind to Linchuan's kung fu, haha. ”

Wang Wan'er of Linchuan County teased him, "You are easy to do half a trick, just the previous sentence, you can be regarded as a decent copy." ”

"You're only half-!" King Jin was immediately annoyed, and he couldn't hear anyone say that he was easy to do math well, so he immediately blew his beard and glared, and he didn't let go of the king of Linchuan County.

Li Yuzhen smiled secretly in his heart, and after drinking the third cup of tea, the guards outside the door lifted the curtain and reported, saying that the observation deputy envoy, the transfer envoy, and the defense envoy had arrived.

"Irimi."

King Jin immediately raised his hand and stretched out the six-song lacquered wooden screen to separate the space for drinking tea and deliberations.

Suddenly, four purple-robed officials took off their boots and came in, and the first was Song Jideng, the deputy envoy of the Lingnan East Provincial Observation, because the observation made Cui Yanling still recover from his illness, Song Jideng took over the official affairs in an all-round way, and the most important work at present is post-disaster relief and reconstruction. Then there was an official in his fifties with a dignified face, Cai Bonian, the transfer envoy of the Lingnan East Road, who was responsible for the collection and transfer of a fortune, and this money bag was indispensable for the disaster relief and reconstruction of Guangzhou. Because of the previous epidemic, he was cured from cholera, and he went to work before he fully recovered, and his body was even more steep. Behind him is the Lingnan Dongdao defense envoy Helian Tieshu, his ancestors have the blood of the Huns, his face is white and tall, he wears a horizontal sword at his waist, and he has a fierce spirit, and the martial arts card has not been advanced for many years in the late stage of the Ascending Extreme Realm, and when he saw Li Yuzhen, his eyes were blazing, and he was most enthusiastic about asking this highness grandmaster for martial arts, and reporting on official affairs was incidental. Behind him is Guangzhou Thorn Shi Yu Tingfang, after the earthquake lost a few pounds, the previous official uniform was worn on the body empty, the previous official uniform was worn on the body empty, but there is a blessing in disguise, the original middle-aged figure has been reduced under the continuous reduction of the charm of "bamboo thin crane bones".

The four of them saluted in front and forth, and said in unison: "Your Highness." ”