Liu Aiqing, is there a mistake? ”

Even the emperor, who was known for his steadiness, couldn't help but can't believe it, and before he could think about it, he spoke. But at this time, his inner vibration was so great that he didn't care about the disguise on his body at all.

Standing in the center of the vertical arch hall, hundreds of pairs of eyes stared directly at Liu Baosheng.

Under this kind of pressure, Liu Baosheng had the fear of standing in front of Mubo Town single-handedly and facing the 100,000 troops of Western Xia.

He even wanted to turn around and run, never to come again.

Zhang Dun, Zeng Bu, Cai Bian, and other reformers all looked at him coldly, as if they were beasts looking at their prey, and they were very mad. On the contrary, Su Zhe and Lu Dafang, who were lonely, were very interested and did not show any emotion.

Civil officials are like this, they can fight their own people.

But once there is a person in the court who does not belong to the civil camp and wants to rise, they will stop and stare at each other with suspicion and interrogation, but whenever this person threatens their governance, they suddenly pounce on them like they have eaten five stones.

Feeling that his calves and stomach were trembling, Liu Baosheng simply felt his heart, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, knelt down in the hall, closed his eyes in pain, and shouted sadly: "The minister is guilty!" ”

According to Liu Baosheng's experience as an official, as long as the bigwigs are unhappy, quickly admit their mistakes.

There is no mistake to admit mistakes, only mistakes that make the big guy continue to be unhappy.

The reason why these thoughts came to his old man's mind was mainly because the generals of the Great Song Dynasty were really unlucky. Don't look at Liu Baosheng before, he was also a high-level member of the Huaiyang Army. But the generals of the Great Song Dynasty did not have any good luck such as special promotion. On the contrary, it is the civil official of the Great Song Dynasty, and the ordinary Zhizhou is nothing. But there are many Zhizhou in the Great Song Dynasty, and their bodies exude a demonic aura.

Add......

Same......

And......

These words are followed by a series of special appellations. Longtu Pavilion to be systematized, Longtu Pavilion straight bachelor, bachelor, scholar servant, Zhongshu Sheren, privy deputy envoy, all kinds of waiters who don't want money...... Harmful people, who would have thought that Zhizhou, who has this status, would have thought that he would only manage a small territory in a few counties, so how could the normal officials around him live?

Zhang Dian was also a privy envoy back then, passing by Huaiyang Military Town, and accidentally killed a commander.

This commander is also Liu Baosheng's boss.

Often facing such demons, even if it is a normal person, it will be unbalanced in his heart. What's more, although Liu Baosheng has pursuits in life, he is really not bold to say.

Liu Baosheng's sudden kneeling and admitting his mistake made the emperor dumbfounded, and Zhao Xu felt that he was a little too lacking in maintenance for his father-in-law, the secret recipe was his, and the money should be earned by him. But what about Liu Baosheng?

Most of the money earned is contributed to himself. This is not the end, Xing Shu still wants to frame Liu Baosheng, and bullying honest people is not like this.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xu's gaze at Xing Shu became even more disgusted. Speaking of which, Xing Shu also has a relationship with him, and there are also priorities among the emperors, and Cheng Yi is undoubtedly Zhao Xu's most important teacher. This man followed the emperor almost until he came of age, teaching the emperor every word and deed. And Xing Shu's teacher is Cheng Hao, who is Cheng Yi's brother.

Speaking of which, they can also be regarded as Chengmen's brothers.

But Zhao Xu really didn't like it in the face of the stern Cheng Yi.

Xing Shu also seemed to sense the dissatisfaction from the emperor, but he didn't care. That's right, the minister, who is not yet a high-ranking minister, dared to ignore the emperor's 'death glare', which shows the extent to which the Song Dynasty's system cared for civil officials. Not to mention, a large part of the civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty are a group of literati who are used to being born and do not know whether they are alive or dead.

Fortunately, the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty were all Ming monarchs, and in the end, there was a faint monarch, but the Great Song Dynasty buried half of the country and almost lost the country.

Even the most unreliable Emperor Zhenzong was surprising in his tolerance in the face of civil officials. Emperor Zhenzong is ridiculously superstitious, but when he wants to withdraw from the dynasty, he is often pulled by Kou Zhun and other bigwigs and is not allowed to retreat from the dynasty.

But what about Kou Zhun?

Unlucky?

It's really unlucky, this stunned person was pressed by Zhenzong for two years in the position of governor of political affairs before he was made the prime minister.

This kind of happiness can only be felt by the literati of the Great Song Dynasty.

But the civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty were not so tolerant of the military generals, Liu Baosheng knelt on the ground, and the civil officials didn't help, and even the generals didn't help. Just looked at the emperor in bewilderment.

As the head of the civil officials, Zhang Dian naturally couldn't let the court talk go on forever, and asked the emperor: "Your Majesty, can you allow the old minister to take a look?" ”

Zhao Xu came to his senses at this time, and after handing the secret recipe in his hand to the eunuch, the latter respectfully passed it to Zhang Xuan. Zhang Dunhu looked at it suspiciously, and suddenly snorted coldly: "How can this be reasonable!" ”

Although Liu Baosheng was lying on his stomach, the cells in his whole body were spying on the malice that flew towards him around him. Hearing Zhang Dun's cold snort, he suddenly trembled in fright, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Xianggong is right, the crime of despicability deserves death." ”

Although Zhang Dan has a bad temper and a small heart, he really looks down on those who break the rules under various banners, he is very proud, and at the same time he despises all the flies and dogs. He didn't bother to do such a thing as seizing the secret recipe, and he couldn't do it. He was just dissatisfied with why Liu Baosheng gave the secret recipe at this time?

Is there an attempt?

"The old man asked you, is it true that the snowflake salt mentioned in this secret recipe is twenty-five wen a catty?"

Liu Baosheng didn't dare to raise his face, buried his head and said: "Eight or nine is not far from ten, lowly duty, lowly duty is not long known." This secret recipe is not a lowly one, but is passed down from the court of the previous dynasty......"

Do you believe such outrageous statements? How stupid? Zhang Duan interrupted rudely: "Since you said that this secret recipe does not belong to you, you still just got it." So you say, who is this secret recipe from? Don't tell the old man, this old man still knows? You've been in this business for more than two years. ”

Liu Baosheng is about to cry, he really can't afford to offend this big guy! had no choice but to sell Li Kui. Of course, it can't be said that he sold Li Kui, but Li Kui also told him that if he couldn't withstand the pressure, he would be thrown out. It's not that Li Kui is harder than Liu Baosheng, but once this matter is stabbed in front of the emperor, the person who offers the secret recipe will be punished, which is intolerable.

At least, no one will come to him for trouble about this matter for the time being. If you look for trouble later, you will use other excuses, and you will not hold on to this matter at all.

Liu Baosheng stumbled and said: "Qi Yu Xiangye, this secret recipe has been in the hands of the lowly partner before. Not long ago, it was delivered to the lowly hands. Moreover, you really know this person, and his words are still given by you? ”

"Old man......"

Zhang Dian immediately had a bad feeling, and a black and hard little guy appeared in his mind. The problem is that this guy still has a very bad temper, especially since this guy is still a student of Zhou Yuan, Zhou Yuan is a disciple of Su Shi, and he hated Su Shi very much at that time. So much so that the impression of Li Kui is also very bad.

Not to mention that Su Shi confessed later, if he was careful, it would not be in line with his arrogant character, so he let Su Shi go.

But in Linyi on the day of the Shangyuan Festival two years ago, Zhang Dian deliberately wanted to make things difficult for Li Kui. Even for this reason, he followed Cao Pi and asked Li Kui to compose a poem on the spot. Unexpectedly, Li Kui actually made it. This was unexpected, and in the end, although his face was not good-looking, Zhang Dian still gave Li Kui a word - Renjie.

In this regard, Li Kui can be regarded as having a friendship with him.

But Zhang Dian didn't take it seriously, and Li Kui probably didn't care. After the Yingzhou Rebellion, Su Shi turned to Zhang Dian for help. He sent his third son, Zhang Zhi, to help. This is the opportunity to observe Li Kui's personality up close.

Irascible.

Cunning.

And it's impulsive.

What's even stranger is that this guy is so bold that he can't be boundless. In addition, the ability to accumulate wealth also surprised him.

Not long ago, Fan Chunren sent Yizhou's strategy to solve Li Kui's test to the capital, Li Kui's talent seems to be very good, thinking of this, Zhang Kui's head hurts a little.

It was impossible to condemn the crime, and he would not be so unscrupulous as to make the descendants who called his son 'uncle' jealous. But according to common sense, Li Kui should be a meritorious minister to the imperial court, and as the prime minister, he should handle it impartially and propose that the emperor give Li Kui an official status. But Zhang Dian suddenly found that it was difficult to make this decision......

Since its appearance, snowflake salt has been selling well among the wealthy class of the Great Song Dynasty.

And the wealthy class of the Great Song Dynasty is so large that it earns a bit too much.

If Li Kui hadn't been able to increase production capacity, so that more snowflake salt could be sold, the wealth he had collected would have been even greater. When the puzzle of cost was revealed, the vertical arch hall suddenly became chaotic. Among the generals, they were even more angry, and there were high-ranking officials who rolled up their sleeves and scolded. Even if you are not involved in the business of snowflake salt, in the main hall, everyone eats snowflake salt.

In the past, rinsing one's mouth with green salt was the standard for ministers.

But with snowflake salt, it is standard with snowflake salt. Five runs a catty, and the last one is also two runs and a pound of snowflake salt, which is full of happiness. But when they learned that happiness was so cheap, many people among the civil servants were angry.

"What? Twenty-five? ”

"Sell us but you have to go five times, and your conscience will let the dog eat it!"

"The snowflake salt, which is priced at two times, is only 25 yuan. Liu thief, it's so hard to deceive me! ”

"Do you feel at ease with such a collection of wealth?"

……

Liu Baosheng retorted to Jiangmen's colleagues a sentence or two: "Salt is not valuable, but the jars and boxes containing salt cost more than a penny." That's not uncountable! ”

Sure enough, Liu Baosheng knew in his heart that he was right not to take out the secret recipe. Almost as soon as the puzzle was revealed, he was angrily scolded by his colleagues, especially the shomon. This is also the reason why Li Kui told him that he had to dedicate the secret recipe to the imperial court in advance. You still need to wait for a good opportunity before you can give.

Thinking of this, Liu Baosheng was full of gratitude to Xing Shu. If this guy hadn't targeted himself, he would still be hesitating. The longer it drags on, the more trouble it causes.

Zhang Dan closed his eyes and took a deep breath. On the side, Xing Shu looked at Zhang Duan a little nervously, and asked softly, "Xianggong?" ”

What can Chapters say?

Helplessly, he opened his mouth and said: "If you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you have a fault, you will be punished." ”

didn't wait for Xing Shu to speak, but Zhao Xu heard it, and couldn't wait to say: "That's right, what Zhang Aiqing said is very true, Liu Aiqing contributed to the secret recipe, and he must be rewarded for his contribution to the imperial court." I think it's good to enter the Taishi? ”

Taiwei is too obvious, and it is generally the standard configuration of the national abbot.

or a veteran general in the army, only qualified to be a captain. Moreover, the official salary of the Taiwei is the highest in the court, six hundred yuan a month. It is higher than the prime minister's official ranks. Putting Liu Baosheng in the position of Tai Lieutenant, although he has no power, he is also vulnerable to attacks by other officials. And the Taishi is much simpler, just a false position. It's just an official position of Tejin, and there are not many of them, only two hundred yuan a month.

Even the civil servants can't say anything about this reward.

"Xiangye, this matter is open to discussion. Liu Baosheng's merits still need to be judged by the division. How can it be said in one word? ”

Xing Shu was anxious, his original intention was not to create an opportunity for Liu Baosheng, but to step on Liu Baosheng and let the emperor throw a mouse trap, so as to express his stance on the war against Western Xia. Suddenly, the situation changed, and Liu Baosheng was rewarded for his meritorious deeds after offering the secret recipe, making wedding dresses for others inside and out, how does this conform to his style of doing things? It's just harming others and not benefiting oneself, and it's just not benefiting oneself, and it also benefits others.

Zhang Dian glanced at Xing Shu strangely, not to give the emperor face, he could do it in the Great Song Dynasty. But you can't keep not giving it!

When giving, let the emperor have some when it is not important, this is the principle of being a minister. Could it be that the emperor wants to kill people every day, and you are satisfied?

The Great Song Dynasty is still an imperial empire, and the emperor has the final say.

Zhang Duan didn't give Xing Shu any explanation, and said coldly: "It is naturally reasonable to discuss in the court at this time. ”

Hearing Zhang Dun spit out, Zhao Xu breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on the corner of his satisfied mouth. Zhang Dian knew it, but it was okay to give Liu Baosheng benefits, but to Li Kui, it was better to wait: "Your Majesty, General Liu has made a contribution to the secret recipe, and there is nothing wrong with entering the Taishi." However, Li Kui ......"

"This person is pure and good, and he can't fail to reward him for his secret recipe!"

Zhao Xu's heart that he had just put down suddenly came up again. Although his personality is not very strong, the emperor is still very kind to help Li Kui for credit. If Zhang Dian resolutely opposes, I am afraid he will not continue to insist. For Zhao Xu, being able to do this step is already an unprecedented morality.

He has always had no sense of security, and finally felt that Li Kui was very reliable, and he could also catch up with his relatives, which was a young helper he had high hopes for. You can't be condemned by the court before you even appear in front of you, right?

However, Zhang Dan's explanation completely reassured the emperor: "Your Majesty doesn't know that Li Kui is now Yizhou Xie Yuan, and he will go to the capital to participate in the provincial examination next spring." It is better to leave his reward for the provincial examination before making a decision. First, it also shows that the imperial court cherishes talents; Second, it is also an opportunity for talents to experience. ”

"Very good!" The emperor was finally satisfied, and although the beginning of this court meeting made him nervous and scared into a cold sweat, the ending was very good.

The old man got the noble Taishi, and he ...... It seems that the source of private money has been lost. But at this time and at that time, now that he is in power, private money means little to him.

After retiring from the dynasty, Liu Baosheng suffered a lot of white eyes.

But what's the solution?

Who made him make black money to the point of indignation between people and gods?

As usual, Liu Baosheng was the last to leave the palace alone among the officials who had retired from the dynasty. Out of the palace gate, someone suddenly shouted to him on the side: "Liu ...... Taishi! ”

After shouting a few times in succession, Liu Baosheng reacted and turned his head sharply, but he was half frightened to death. It's the big guy he can't afford to provoke. It seems that he shouted himself several times just now, this one won't be annoyed, right?