Chapter 231: Letter of Appointment
Zhang Zheng's move was not to roast himself and Zou Guogong's mansion on the fire. The younger generation goes to visit the elders, and whether the elders see it or not depends on the mood of the elders.
Even if you don't see it, no one else will say anything. But the county uncle went to see the Guogong, especially this county uncle also has a Guogong father.
If he doesn't see it, it means that Li Jing doesn't take this county uncle and the prince behind this county uncle in his eyes.
Li Jing's credit is great, but Li Jing has not been crazy enough not to take a powerful prince in his eyes.
So this Zhang Zheng can be seen and seen, and he can be seen if he is not seen. When the red-whisked girl saw Li Jing coming out of the study, a smile flashed in her eyes.
Then he followed closely behind Li Jing and walked towards the front hall. The arrival of a county uncle's honor guard has not yet allowed Li Jing to open the middle door to greet him in person.
After Li Jing came to the front hall, he quietly waited for Zhang Zheng to come and visit. And the porter, after passing through Li Jing, returned to the door of the Guogong Mansion and welcomed Zhang Zheng into the mansion.
When he came to the guest hall, Zhang Zheng finally saw Li Jing, the military god he had in mind. Busy taking a few steps forward, he arched his hand and said: "The kid has seen Uncle Li, Aunt Li, the kid took the liberty to visit today, disturbed the purity of the elders, and asked the elders to atone for their sins." Not to mention anything else, seeing that Zhang Zheng put his posture so low as soon as he came up, Li Jing was still very satisfied in his heart.
waved his hand and said, "Virtuous nephew doesn't have to be polite, sit down." ”
"Yes!" Zhang Zheng responded when he heard this, then straightened up and sat down on a desk. After Zhang Zheng found a place to sit down, Li Jingchao ordered the red-whisked girl standing aside: "Command the kitchen, set up a banquet!" The Redwried Girl nodded, and then stepped out.
As soon as the red-whisked girl left, only Zhang Zheng and Li Jing were left sitting opposite each other in the guest hall. Before coming, Zhang Zheng made a draft in his heart.
But when he really saw Li Jing at this time, Zhang Zheng didn't know what to say. Those statements prepared in advance, Zhang Zheng felt that they were a little out of place.
In general, Zhang Zheng still respects the old man in front of him more. And Zhang Zheng was also very aware of Li Jing's concerns, but Zhang Zheng didn't have any good way to dispel the worries in his heart.
After all, if you don't get it right, you may lose your head. And Li Jing saw that Zhang Zheng didn't say a word, and he was even more happy.
I wish Zhang Zheng didn't say anything, and left after eating. If you don't say anything about refusal, it is easy to hurt the self-esteem of young people.
So the two were in such a silent stalemate. However, it didn't take long for the silence in the room to be broken by the sound of the Red Whisk Girl ordering her servants to have a feast.
The dishes that came up from the Daiguo Mansion were also stir-fried. Since the East Palace sent a cook to the Zou Guogong Mansion for further study, stir-fried food has become popular among the powerful.
The previous cooking method of either steaming, boiling and roasting was replaced by stir-fried dishes that circulated in the Zou Guogong Mansion.
"Come on, come on, the virtuous nephew is tired of traveling, try it, and see how the stir-fried food in the house tastes compared to your home!" The enthusiastic voice of the red whisk girl came, and Zhang Zheng was so enthusiastic that he took a small bite of each dish.
"It tastes superb!" Zhang Zheng exclaimed as usual. If you want to talk about taste, it is just like that for Zhang Zheng, who is used to eating food.
But today there is a request for people, so it certainly doesn't hurt to have a sweet mouth. Li Jing's mansion still uses a separate meal system, and there are more than a dozen small plates on the desk in front of Zhang Zheng.
Even if each dish is only a few bites, when Zhang Zheng eats all the dishes, he is still a little supportive.
After all, Zhang Zheng came here after lunch in Weinan. It's just that Datang's hospitality is like this, no matter what time the guests come, the banquet will be held immediately.
"Uncle Li, aunt, please drink!" Zhang Zheng poured himself a glass of wine, dragged the bottom of the cup and gestured to Li Jing and the red whisk girl on the main seat.
Then he raised his head, and there was not a drop of wine left at the bottom of the two taels of wine bottles filled with three pulps.
"Good boy, good drink." The red girl's eyes lit up and praised Zhang Zheng. Sanle pulp is the strongest wine in the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang people are good wines, even better spirits, and Red Whisk Girl and Li Jing are no exception.
It's just that they don't know that in this world, in addition to Sanle pulp, there is also a spirit like a certain cow and a certain mountain.
In his previous life, Zhang Zheng often gambled with his roommates. Compared to the degree of those wines, these three pulps are also the same thing as drinks.
Zhang Zheng smiled shyly, and secretly drank three pulps, and the base was not six! It is easy to do things on the wine table, which is a truth that is valid in ancient and modern China and abroad.
With the volatilization of alcohol, Zhang Zheng's words gradually opened. However, Zhang Zheng didn't dare to play with his heart, because people who could fool Li Jing did not exist in the world.
To say that many wisdom and close demons are to belittle Li Jing, and many wisdom and close to God are barely strong. Li Jing is really the kind of person who can compare with the gods in the mortal realm.
So Zhang Zheng can only honestly explain his intentions.
"Uncle Li, aunt, please drink!" Zhang Zheng finished a glass of wine again, and then said to Li Jing: "The uncle's intention should also be known, and the kid will get straight to the point." The opening of the Datang Royal Academy is imminent, and now everything is in place, only the position of the head of the military academy is still vacant. The kid thought that in the entire Tang Dynasty, only the uncle was qualified to hold this position. The appointment boy has brought it, as long as the uncle nods, everything else can be left to the boy. After Zhang Zheng finished speaking, he took out the letter of appointment prepared in advance, and then got up and came to Li Jing with both hands.
The cover of the letter of appointment is made of fine yellow cowhide and decorated with gold leaf. Below the content of the text, there is Li Shimin's dean's seal, as well as Li Shimin's handwritten signature.
The content of each letter of appointment was written by Li Shimin himself. Only the name of the hirer is left blank.
Its specifications are rare in the world. And there are only seven such letters of appointment in the entire Datang Royal Academy.
They each hold one copy for the head of the six courtyards and the incoming mountain elder Li Gang. Others, including Ma Zhou, whom Zhang Zheng values very much, do not have it.
And now, the other six points of appointment have already owned people. Only the head of the military academy is hired, and the name in front of the first two words is still blank.
Li Jing looked at the letter of appointment in front of him with an incomprehensible expression, and did not refuse, but he did not reach out to take it.
And Zhang Zheng did not mean to withdraw the letter of appointment, he still stood in front of Li Jing with the letter of appointment in both hands.
The two sides are at a stalemate. The red-whisked girl stood up, her eyes wandering, not knowing what she was thinking.
Everyone knows the significance of this letter of appointment. The two were in a stalemate for an unknown amount of time, and Li Jing sighed faintly: "Nephew Zhang Xian, you have a problem for the old man." ”