After Li Tai and Su Sui went to Chang'an to visit Zhou Huida, they returned to Shangyuan Township. A few days later, an envoy from Daxingtai came to summon him to Huazhou for an audience.

He naturally didn't dare to slack off on this, and hurriedly returned to Huazhou City with dozens of entourages, and before he had time to return to the mansion to inform Gao Zhongmi, he entered the Daxingtai Mansion.

Today's Daxingtai Mansion has not been renamed Tongzhou Palace, but the scale of construction is not inferior to the Imperial Palace in Chang'an. There are two military cities for the soldiers to live in, and there are more than 10,000 soldiers stationed inside and outside the country all year round.

All kinds of officials' offices are scattered among them, and the core location is the office of Daxingtai and the place where the family lives. There is a clear line between them, and there are sergeants patrolling from morning to night.

Li Tai walked into Daxingtai Mansion, and his mood couldn't help but become a little excited, this is the highest power center in the Western Wei Dynasty. Looking at the officials who are in and out of the various government halls, perhaps their seemingly inconspicuous actions can affect the well-being and misfortune of thousands of people.

"Gao Pingnan, and before this, Su Shangshu will meet with the clerks who are waiting in the hall before noon."

The envoy led Li Tai to the verandah of a large hall, where there were already many officials waiting in line, some who knew each other were whispering, and some were holding books and scrolls in their hands, and they were chanting words in their mouths, probably hoping to consolidate their memories before being received, so that they could perform better when they appeared in the hall.

Li Tai sat down on the empty seat at the end of the line, and a few subordinates on the left looked at him. Although he is not yet known to everyone, he is no longer unknown.

"What happened to Li Lang's entry into Taiwan today?"

Li Tai turned his head and recognized that the other party's name was Liu Min, a native of Hedong, and he had visited He Batsheng in the countryside before.

He hurriedly got up and said with a smile: "The envoy of Xingtai went to the township to summon him, but I don't know why he was summoned. ”

Liu Min whispered to the next person to change positions, and after sitting down, he smiled and said: "Taichung affairs and dramas are busy, and they will not be sent for no reason." Lang Jun has excellent talents, and the flow of time has gradually come to know, since he has been called here, it seems that he is going to be a colleague here. ”

While talking, he enthusiastically introduced the surrounding officials to Li Tai, and told him in detail about some rules and taboos for doing things in the platform. Such kind care, in addition to He Batsheng's sake, is also because he has a good impression of Li Tai.

After more than half an hour, more and more officials entered the hall to wait for the meeting, and some of them had already lined up outside the corridor, which showed that the affairs of the platform were busy.

Finally, some officials moved the screen placed in front of the hall door, and the officials began to meet in turn, and Yoo Min also said goodbye to Li Tai and returned to his original position.

The frequency of the officials was extremely fast, and they saw one person in three to five minutes, and soon it was Li Tai's turn.

He walked into the hall and took a look at it, and found that there were more than a dozen books lined up in the hall, and each of them had a subordinate clerk sitting behind the eucalyptus, busily checking and copying the books and scrolls, and arranging the recorded affairs according to the play.

The large eucalyptus in the middle of the hall is idle, and there are many documents piled up on it, which is supposed to be the location of the office of the big line.

Su Sui's seat was located on the left side of the neighborhood, he glanced up at Li Tai, his attitude was not as kind and kind as usual, he looked like he was doing business, raised his hand and pointed to the seat in front of him and said, "Li Lang, sit down." ”

As soon as Li Tai sat down, Su Sui handed over two edicts and said: "These two forms are Li Lang's new official farewell, if you have any doubts, you can come." If not, then let the officials lead you to the temple. ”

Li Tai leaned forward slightly, took the notice handed by Su Sui with both hands, and looked down to see his new official position: one was the secretary of the provincial writer, and the other was the Daxing Taimo Cao joined the army.

Li Tai is not surprised by the official position of the author, Su Sui told him before, hoping that he can write a biography for Zhou Huida.

Li Tai had consulted his cousin Lu Rou before, and learned that he had an important task as a writer, that is, he had to write a biography of a famous minister during his tenure. Lang officials, who have good writing and deep qualifications, can also participate in the study of national history and write living notes, which is the first class of civil officials to hold important positions.

Although Li Tai didn't pay much attention to his background, he also had to admit that if he hadn't been born in the Li family in Longxi, with his age and qualifications, it would have been impossible for a new official to directly take up the noble official position of Zhu Zuo Lang.

Of course, this appointment also lies in Su Sui's appreciation of him, and his main task in the position of writer is to write a biography of Zhou Huida.

No matter who has struggled for most of their lives, they also hope that the image they leave to future generations is positive and majestic.

There is even no shortage of officials bribing authors, hoping to hide evil and promote good, and ordinary powerful people do not dare to offend these people who hold pens casually.

As for the official position of Mo Cao joining the army, Li Tai was a little confused. Judging from the name, this seems to be an official position in charge of literary and ink affairs, is it responsible for the production of office consumables?

Or maybe Daxingtai planned to confiscate his family's printing industry, so he was given such a position?

Thinking of this, the excitement in Li Tai's heart was slightly reduced, although there are many careers in other towns, but the most profitable thing at the moment is official document printing, even more than the money printing machine of spinning wheel weaving.

He also plans to rely on official document printing to complete the accumulation of capital as soon as possible, upgrade his own industry, and develop in military smelting and casting, and he is really reluctant to hand over this industry to the public!

He didn't ask Su Sui directly, lest the other party answer was what he meant, but there was no room to deal with the refusal, and after a little muttering, he just asked: "May I ask Su Shangshu, is the lowly position to work in the Taiwan government, or is he going to Chang'an to enter the court?" ”

"The Point Guard Is Here"

This is also a more important issue, if there is a choice, he still hopes to work in Huazhou, one can avoid being involved in the Western Wei court's bad personnel, and the other is that Huazhou is not far away, and it doesn't take an hour to go back and forth, and it can also take into account the development of the township's vision.

"It is not necessary to live in the government office for writings, and it is enough to collect the documents and read them. Mo Cao's affairs are complicated and necessary, and they need to be in the Shitai Mansion. ”

Su Sui replied casually, and seeing that Li Tai had no other questions, he raised his hand to signal that he could leave.

Seeing this, Li Tai no longer delayed Su Xuan's time, and hurriedly got up to say goodbye, while another official had already been introduced into the hall and passed by him, which made him feel the pragmatic and efficient work atmosphere in the Taiwan government even more.

As soon as he exited the hall, a middle-aged man stepped forward in the right corridor and said to Li Tai: "Dare to ask, but Gao Pingnan Li's writings?" A certain Pei Han, who now lives in Taiwan and joined the army, signed the same book as Li's writings. In accordance with Su Shangshu's mission, I am waiting for the return of Li's writings. ”

"Hello Pei Senjun, I'm tired!"

After hearing this, Li Tai hurriedly saluted, and after a little muttering, he asked again: "Dare to ask General Pei Changkuan, whether it is ...... to join the army?"

"It's my brother, and Li Zuozuo also knows my brother's fame?"

When Pei Han heard this, his smile became much kinder.

"It's not just a thin name, it's like thunder! Cousin Lu Zigang once taught that the Pei clan in the east of the Daohe River made Kong Huai friendly, and he was really an example for the children of all clans in the world! ”

Li Tai smiled and complimented him again after hearing this, although Pei Han's brother Pei Kuan he had not seen, but he did hear He Batsheng and Lu Rou discuss the times, and he had a good evaluation of Pei Kuan, and he was one of the representatives of the Hedong scholars in the Western Dynasty.

Pei Han heard Li Tai praise his family style like this, and the smile on his face was also a little warmer.

Thousands of clothes, sycophants are not worn, originally Pei Han did not feel good about Li Tai, he only served as a Cao in the Taiwan Mansion to join the army when he was old, but seeing Li Tai sitting with him at such a young age because of his family background, it was inevitable that he was a little surprised.

But seeing that the other party was not arrogant and arrogant, he also changed his opinion of Li Tai slightly, walked ahead to lead the way, and introduced the scope of their Mo Cao's ministry to Li Tai.

As a subordinate of the Taiwan government, Mo Cao is indeed responsible for managing the ink consumption of the office of the Taiwan government office, as Li Tai expected, and has a number of government-made pigment workshops including writing ink.

But in addition to these miscellaneous matters, Mo Cao also had another function, that is, to manage the official school founded by Daxingtai in Fuzhong.

There are many subordinates of the Daxing Taiwan government, and the requirements for the talents of officials are not low. However, not all the officials recruited can be qualified for high-intensity work, and the level of officials and knowledge is uneven.

Therefore, Yuwentai founded an official school in Daxingtai, so that these subordinate officials of Xingtai could work during the day and study at night. is also responsible for teaching Taiwanese officials, Mo Cao is also different from other Cao subordinates, who only have one person to join the army, and the academic officials are often juxtaposed, and their respective responsibilities are different.

After Li Tai learned about this, his heart suddenly became happy, isn't this the correspondence education he engaged in in the township? No wonder Su Sui wants to put him in this position, it seems that he also values his ability to streamline office procedures.

The Mocao official office is located in the southwest of Daxingtai Mansion, an independent large cross-courtyard, facing a military city in the west of the courtyard, and the official buildings in the front and back, with offices in front and lectures in the back.

In addition to Pei Han and Li Tai, there is also a soldier named Xue Shen in the department, who is the younger brother of Xue Shan, the assassin of Qizhou that Li Tai had met before, and is also from Hedong.

The three who joined the army and then the two who joined the army were two who joined the army, and there were 20 officials such as bookkeepers and zhanggu, and the personnel structure was not complicated, but it was not small compared to other idle Cao, second only to Gong Cao, Shi Cao and other important divisions. And because he manages the official school, his status is also relatively transcendent among the government officials.

Xue Shen, who stayed in the hall, was also very enthusiastic about Li Tai's arrival, although there was little friendship between the two, but Xue Shen was Lu Rou's drinking friend, loved the house and Wuxia, and took more care of Li Tai, and did not reject the newcomer with the old qualifications.

"Li Lang took up his new post today, and my colleagues should congratulate him. And from the public office, we will move for Li Lang in the department! ”

With a stroke of his pen, Xue Shen ordered two silks to be drawn from the account, wrote down a menu, and asked people to go to the Taifu chef to buy some food and drink and come back to entertain the newcomers.

Everyone laughed after hearing this, but Li Tai was a little dumbfounded, and he didn't care about the office with great feelings?