Regarding the reason why Wei's eyes are not pleasing to the eye, Li Hao can actually guess that eighty percent of it is still Minglan 's body.

As for these things he did, Wei may not be able to see it, but with the shrewdness of Mrs. Sheng, he can't hide it.

It's just that I don't know what the old lady said to Wei during her absence.

Anyway, in the next few days, Li Hao didn't dare to hang around in front of the Wei family, let alone mention the Sheng family's affairs.

At the same time, because of this reason, the two did not go to Chenghui Ninghou Mansion, and the time was close to the Great Dynasty Meeting.

So this matter was put in the process after the Great Morning Meeting, but after the New Year's Day, there are really a lot of people who want to go to pay New Year's greetings.

The first thing to visit is the British family, after all, this year just set a marriage, this is not the first to visit the in-laws.

And this old man can still help at a critical moment, not by his prestige last time.

Even if you have an edict and a military talisman, it is not so easy to mobilize local soldiers and horses.

So it was decided to let Li Jian stay in the mansion, and if a guest came, he would be responsible for the reception, and Li Hao set off with Wei.

However, when Li Hao and the others arrived near the British Mansion, they clearly sensed the nobility of the British Mansion.

There is an endless stream of people who come to pay New Year's greetings, and the carriages piled up outside the house gate have blocked the road.

directly blocked Li Hao and them outside the street, and in the end, it was the subordinates of the British government who recognized the Li family's carriage.

Only then did he come forward to help clear a way out, so that Li Hao and the others could successfully enter the mansion.

At this time, the British duchess had already received the news and came to the backyard to wait.

After Li Hao saluted and said hello, she told Li Hao where the British Duke was, and asked her subordinates to take Li Hao over, and she took Wei to the backyard to talk.

When Li Hao followed his subordinates into the front hall, he suddenly found that this place was really full of people, and many of the people present were the backbone of the army in the western suburbs, and many of them had dealt with Li Hao.

It's just that what is left here is not necessarily a good impression, after all, Li Hao forced them to express their position at the beginning.

Of course, this impression is no longer important today, because the British Duke himself has come forward.

helped Li Hao introduce them one by one, and told the wedding date of Li Hao and Zhang Guifen in public, so that everyone could come to participate in it when they had leisure.

For the British Prince's words, everyone naturally agreed, and at the same time understood the meaning of the British Prince's expression.

For Li Hao, he also took advantage of his identity as a British son-in-law to completely integrate into Bianjing's noble system.

After that, everyone's attitude towards Li Hao was obviously a lot closer, and they all talked around Li Hao.

It's just that they haven't talked for long, and the British Duke called Li Hao out under the pretext of talking alone.

The British Duke first boasted: "The specific details of this salt tax, Zhang Fu also told me after he came back, and it is indeed very good."

Li Hao said modestly, "Speaking of which, this matter is thanks to the help of my father-in-law, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to dispatch the Gorilla State garrison so easily."

The British Duke said: "That is also your precautions, if there is no military talisman and edict you asked in advance, even if I go to Yangzhou in person, I will not be able to help you."

But I came to you today to ask you how you plan to go in the future.

After all, you are now in charge of the affairs of the three divisions, and you also have the position of the front division of the palace.

In addition, you have made a great contribution this time, and the official family will definitely reward you, and when the time comes, you will have to have a weight."

Li Hao replied directly: "The official family has also said this, and when the government opens after the year, he will let me take over the post of salt and iron envoy and be responsible for continuing to check the salt tax.

As for the position of the front division of the palace, His Majesty did not say it, but the position of the front division of the palace was originally retained, just because I was only temporarily transferred to the third division at that time, and now it should not be retained.

As for myself, I don't think about it that much for the time being, I just want to get the errand at hand done first."

The British Duke said, "That's fine

You can go according to your own ideas, and if you need my help, you can tell me."

Li Hao naturally thanked him for this, but it can also be seen from this that the British prince really loves his daughter.

In order to treat Zhang Guifen well, he is ready to pave the way for himself.

After that, the British Duke didn't say anything more, and the two continued back to the antechamber.

Later, after lunch, Li Hao and Wei left the British Mansion together.

On the carriage back, Li Hao saw that Wei's face had seen too much, and he was curious about the reason.

As a result, Wei directly praised the girl of the Zhang family, saying that she was everyone's best girl, and asked Li Hao to treat others well in the future.

Li Hao was stunned by these words, thinking about what was going on in the backyard, how could Wei change his attitude all of a sudden.

But Wei didn't say anything about this, and Li Hao didn't bother to ask, anyway, they can really handle the relationship between their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, so they don't have to worry about it.

A few days later, Li Hao and Wei then went to visit the Sheng family, Ouyang Xiu's family, Huining Houfu and other close people.

After finishing this battle, Li Hao sent someone to Yangzhou and invited Master Qin to attend Li Hao's wedding.

Then when Li Hao thought that he could finally be free for a few days, people came to look for him one after another.

The first one came was Gu Tingye, his purpose was to ask Wei's help and help him go to the Sheng family to formally discuss his marriage.

Wei had already discussed this with Mrs. Sheng, so he did not refuse, and agreed on a time to go to Sheng's house together.

Of course, Li Hao did not participate in this matter, so as not to remind Wei of his own problem again.

Waiting for Gu Tingye to leave, Li Hao ushered in Zhao Ceying's Xingshi again.

Originally, Li Hao was still a little strange, until Zhao Ceying talked about Gu Tingye and Xiao Shen.

Li Hao suddenly realized that Zhao Ceying had asked him to match Gu Tingye and Xiao Shen's family, but he didn't pay attention to it at that time.

Later, he talked to Gu Tingye, and then he was busy with the salt tax, so he forgot about it completely.

I saw Zhao Ceying say, "What you did was not authentic, I asked you to tell Gu Tingye to let him marry my aunt.

Why did you turn your head and introduce your cousin to Gu Tingye, do you think this is appropriate?"

Li Hao explained, "You have wronged me, and this matter really has nothing to do with me."

Zhao Ceying naturally didn't believe this: "Is the sixth girl of the Sheng family your cousin, and whether the two of them met was recommended by you, why does it have nothing to do with you."

Li Hao explained, "It's true that the six girls of the Sheng family are my cousins, but the two of them were not introduced to me.

Gu Tingye has always been good friends with Sheng Changbai, the eldest son of the Sheng family, and he used to study at the Sheng family school, they met at that time, and I didn't know Gu Tingye at that time.

And I really didn't want to match them, after all, the gap between the two families is too big, but who knows that they will take a fancy to themselves, and it really has nothing to do with me."

But how could Zhao Ceying believe this, and said, "You just mess with me, the other two girls of the Sheng family are comparable to the Huining Hou Mansion and the Yongchang Bo Mansion.

Aren't you still trying to match them, if you explain it that way, I think you did it."

As soon as he heard this, Li Hao was really completely speechless, Gu Tingye said that he had made some efforts in this matter, and it was reasonable.

But the first two, especially Mo Lan's incident, have nothing to do with him, so why was it used as evidence, which is too wrong.

found that this reasoning was really unclear, so Li Hao didn't struggle, and simply let Zhao Ceying mutter.

However, it is obvious that Zhao Ceying came to find him this time, not only to complain about himself, and then got down to business.

But after listening to this serious matter, Li Hao decisively felt that he might as well be nagged a little more.

Because Zhao Ceying was talking about the canonization of the crown prince, he wanted to ask Li Hao to come forward and let Zhao Zhen officially canonize Zhao Zongquan as the crown prince.

But Li Hao didn't want to get involved in this, so he said, "Actually, your father has

Jing is the only prince, and now the official family has no idea of recruiting the clan into Beijing.

Whether this Jin is promoted to the crown prince or not, in fact, it doesn't matter anymore, why do you have to make a big deal about it."

Zhao Ceying explained: "I naturally understand this truth, but now it is not justified after all.

And it's been more than a year since my father ascended to the throne.

But I'm afraid that my father's real power can't even be compared to you, do you really think this is reasonable?"

Hearing this, Li Hao was a little unconvinced, you used to take the five-grade petty official seriously, and now you can't look down on your own four-grade.

But thinking about it, Li Hao still said, "But you should understand that if it is before the establishment of the prince, the hundred officials can still work together to persuade the official family to establish a prince.

Now that the official family has established a prince, and the throne has a legal inheritance, most officials will not go to the official family to advise the official family for the position of the crown prince.

And above the court, after all, I am soft-spoken, and the officials will not listen to me.

It's best to go to the ministers in this matter, because if they have great prestige in the court, many officials will echo it."

Zhao Ceying explained, "How can I not know what you said.

But where are the ministers of the country, how can my family be able to speak, but you are more familiar with the ministers of the country, and you are also the son-in-law of the British princess.

He has support on both the civil and military sides, and is deeply trusted by the officials, and the officials can listen to what you say.

As long as you can help our father and son, whether this matter is successful or not, father and son will remember this kindness."

When Li Hao heard this, he was really a little helpless, so he had to say, "Then I'll see if there is a chance, if I can, I will make a statement to the official."

Seeing that Li Hao agreed, Zhao Ceying thanked him repeatedly, and then chatted about the situation before saying goodbye and leaving.

But Li Hao still has some doubts about whether to speak to Zhao Zhen about this.

The promise just now just didn't want to affect the relationship with Zhao Zongquan's family.

And Li Hao always felt that it was a little strange for Zhao Ceying to suddenly say this this time.

Since he couldn't figure it out, Li Hao planned to ask for foreign aid to help.

So in the afternoon of the same day, Li Hao went straight to Ouyang Xiuna and told everything Zhao Ceying said.

Ouyang Xiu didn't ask a direct question after hearing this, but said to Li Hao, "Do you know which officials are good friends with Zhao Zongquan in Bianjing?"

Li Hao replied: "I really don't know about this, although I have a lot of contact with Zhao Ceying, I haven't met Zhao Zongquan a few times, and it's not your uncle who asked me to keep my distance from Zhao Zongquan!"

Ouyang Xiu saw that Li Hao had also found his own problem, and said angrily, "Then you can guess!"

Li Hao said: "I really can't guess this, it stands to reason that Zhao Zongquan, as the only prince, should have no shortage of officials in the court.

However, because of the previous Yanwang Rebellion, coupled with the fact that the official family has always been unwilling to put him on the throne of the crown prince, most of the important ministers in the court are watching from the sidelines.

Except for a few who can't get on the stage, I really haven't heard of anyone who has thrown themselves into Zhao Zongquan."

Seeing that Li Hao didn't want to guess, Ouyang Xiu revealed the mystery: "Then let me tell you, Han Qi is very good with Zhao Zongquan in private, whether he is an important minister in the court."

When Li Hao heard this, he really couldn't believe it, no matter how he looked at it, it didn't seem like there was anything to do with the two of them.

And if Zhao Zongquan and Han Qi are familiar with each other, then why did he ask for this matter, and why didn't Zhao Ceying tell the truth to himself.

But Li Hao didn't doubt Ouyang Xiu's words, and Ouyang Xiu's sudden mention of Han Qi's name also made Li Hao vigilant.

Then he said directly: "You mean, Zhao Ceying came to me this time, and it means that Han Daxianggong has the meaning of Han Dagong, but this is necessary!

I don't want to take the lead and try the attitude of the official."

Ouyang Xiu didn't explain, but said something else: "That day, after you left the palace, the official family said that they would take over the power of the goods to the three divisions

, and Han Qi disagreed with this at that time.

As for you, you still have weight in the hearts of the official family, and you are the new salt and iron envoy, so you can do this with one stone.

Success is naturally the credit of Han Qi, and if it fails, maybe the merger will be stopped, what a good thing."

Hearing this, Li Hao thought of Chu Dongyang's existence again, and said, "Prime Minister Han wants to meddle in financial power, but this is not right.

Prime Minister Han is a privy envoy, and he does not control the political affairs hall, so it is not good for Prime Minister Han to do this.

Moreover, when I deal with the salt tax, I am also contributing to the new policy, and Minister Han also wants the new policy to be implemented smoothly!"

Ouyang Xiu said, "You are still too young, Han Qi naturally wants the new policy to be implemented smoothly, but he doesn't necessarily have to use you.

Okay, I've told you about the cause and effect of this, and you can figure out for yourself what to do with the rest."

Hearing this, Li Hao also understood that Ouyang Xiu was giving himself a question, so he took it.

It's only been a few days, and Li Hao has a lot of trouble, so he simply closes the house and waits at home for the opening of the office.

The idle days always pass quickly, and the day of opening the government is here at once.

And what followed was a will to reward, in which Li Hao's official rank was promoted to the Zhengfeng doctor of the fourth grade, and the official position became the power of the salt and iron envoy.

In addition, there is an additional reward, that is, the edict of the fourth-class master canonized to the Wei family, although it is far inferior to the first-class edict of Minglan in the play, but it is still different after all.

So the most pitiful thing in the Li family is Li Jian, who has nothing on his head.

As for the others who went south with Li Hao, they also had their own rewards.

For example, Sheng Hong was promoted from the fifth rank to the fourth grade, which was one step closer to the goal of retiring from the third grade in his mind, and he was also transferred to the third division by the way, which made people very happy.

For Li Hao, the only regret of this reward is that he removed the position of the Marquis of Yu, the former secretary of the palace.

In this way, Li Hao wants to enter the palace in the future, but it will not be so easy, he can only follow the process, hand over the post, and only enter the palace after getting permission, and it is a pity that he has received one less Yulu.