It's okay if the other party doesn't explain, but with this explanation, the taste changes. Speaking of which, this Zhimi Pavilion given to Li Kui is already a great grace. Before the reform of Yuanfeng, this official position was the official in charge of books in the secretary province. Very important, equivalent to the director of the Great Song Library, the status is transcendent, and it takes many years of experience as a historian to be promoted.

However, after the reform of Yuanfeng, Li Qingchen removed the official positions such as Zhiguan and Zhiyuan, and then retained the official position of a Zhimi Pavilion.

It has become a three-no official with no real power, no subordinates, and no official office. The main job is that the emperor remembered it, beckoned to come, and the emperor didn't think about it, so he casually wandered around the idle officials of the secretary province. More often, the role of this official position is to post a job, and to put it bluntly, it is an official position for white-collar workers.

"How many people are in charge of this Secret Pavilion?"

"Well, no one cares."

"In which yamen do you sit in the yamen?"

"There is no yamen. Originally, there was, but now that the Zhimi Pavilion has been withdrawn, it retains an official position. The original yamen was under the control of the author. "The territory that originally belonged to the Secret Pavilion was occupied by the author, Li Kui is so angry!

Li Kui's whole person is not good, and he doesn't even have an official office from the seventh rank? Is this still an official? He felt that the official he got was a bit like a eunuch, what was called: 'The emperor is out of the harem, you follow; The emperor goes back to the harem, and you go home? 'Especially since the emperor can't leave the palace easily, this official is obviously an idle post that follows the emperor around several halls.

The eunuchs in front of the palace did the same?

Can he, Li Kui, drop his face and rush to do things with Hao Sui?

For example, Hao Sui, the eunuch in front of the palace, did such a thing. It's just that Hao Sui has been shaved clean underneath and can blend into the harem. Li Kui couldn't get into the harem because he didn't go through the procedure.

But on weekdays, Hao Sui can't manage the affairs of the harem!

He entered the harem because his dwelling was in the harem. It's not that he needs to follow the emperor to manage the harem.

What's even more excessive is that Hao Sui is still a eunuch from the palace of Liupin, pressing him. This official is worse than a eunuch!

Seeing Li Kui's disgusted look, the officials who came to deliver the decree were unbalanced, and they were slandered in their hearts: "Isn't the Zhimi Pavilion fragrant?" This is the emperor's favorite minister? How many people do you know who want to be this official but don't have the opportunity? ”

But there is no way, don't look at yourself from six, two levels higher than Li Kui. It's really a fart to compare, the staff of the Ministry of Officials is a fart!

"Li Tanhua, you are not a small official, mainly following the official family, you are also idle on weekdays, and you are promoted quickly, the foolish brother has been in office for more than ten years, and the hot-eyed brother has no chance? This is Your Majesty's favor to you, and there is no such good thing as Tanhua in the Branch. The other party suppressed the discomfort in his heart, and said, "You don't want it, give it to me!" ”

Don't look at the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, the high-ranking officials of the fourth and fifth grades are really more effective than talking, and they are not as good as this direct secret pavilion from the seventh grade.

The officials of the Ministry of Officials really couldn't stand Li Kui's dislike of the Zhiji Pavilion, and fled in a desolate state.

The third uncle looked at the edict of Shi Fu in Li Kui's hand, he was an old man with limited literacy, but he liked to read, and when he went out, he carried a bookcase. Of course, he sent someone to read it to him, and he listened to it himself, and then pondered it.

"Renjie, why are you so frustrated?" The third uncle saw that Li Kui's face was not very good, and he was obviously dissatisfied with the official position granted.

"Straight Secret Pavilion, I don't know what to do?" Don't look at Li Kui, who has been in the Great Song Dynasty for more than three years, but the problem is that the official positions of the Great Song Dynasty are also surprisingly many, and many official positions have a kind of novelty that makes him a new chief of officialdom at first glance.

A person of insight has long pointed out that the Great Song Dynasty has three redundancies and two accumulations. The three redundancies are: redundant officials, redundant soldiers, and redundant expenses. There are also two accumulations: poverty and weakness.

In the first year of Shaosheng, 609 people were awarded in the Jiaxu Branch, and all the official positions were awarded. But in reality, less than 200 people actually got official positions. Some of them rushed to various places to serve as county magistrates, county officials, professors, etc. The other part was directly sent to Taixue to return to the furnace. Anyway, since the establishment of the official position of Taixuezheng, there is no limit to the number of people. From a petty official of Jiupin, he does chores for the doctor in Taixue on weekdays, and when the doctor is in class, he has to listen to lectures and collect homework after school...... This is not an official at all, but a squad leader in Taixue.

In fact, if the Great Song Dynasty really only had Jinshi to confer officials, it would not be enough at all. There are nearly 1,200 counties, more than 280 prefectures, 24 roads, and various yamen subordinate to the capital, and civil officials need at least four or five thousand. Moreover, there are not many long-lived people in the Great Song Dynasty, and many of them have died of illness within a few years of being an official in the new science and technology. Six hundred jinshi in three years are not enough.

The Great Song Dynasty has no precedent for raising people to be officials, and there is no such thing as raising people. Only after passing the exam, but you can't be an official.

The main reason for the current redundant official situation in the Great Song Dynasty is that there are too many favored officials in the Great Song Dynasty, so many that they can't be arranged at all, and they occupy all low-level petty officials. For example, the county seat, the county order, the main book, and so on, are all occupied by the grace officials with very small official positions.

In fact, it is not a hegemony, they also want to be big officials, but their strength does not allow it. Unless you participate in the imperial examination, you can only be a petty official. Fan Chunren is in such a situation, Enyin came out of office, starting from the county order. If he doesn't get into the jinshi, at most he can make a general judgment. But the Enyin officials have basically achieved the end of the sentence. There is no possibility of promotion at all. And most of them are wandering around the county, and it is impossible to go to the state government to become an official.

It's like the mansion of Luguo Gongwen Yanbo, he has eight sons, and according to his status, all eight sons will be favored. Coupled with his younger brother Wen Yanruo, the two families have more than a dozen sons and dozens of grandchildren, and at least a quarter can receive the grace of the imperial court. But there are only two jinshi in his family, one is Wen Yanbo himself, and the other is his younger brother Wen Yanruo.

But there were only two jinshi, but because of their two brothers, the family had more than a dozen civil officials.

There are not a few such families in the Great Song Dynasty.

In the early years of the Great Song Dynasty, I couldn't see the disadvantages of doing this. Because there is a lot of waste waiting to be rebuilt, someone needs to do things. But by the time of Renzong, the problem of redundant officials became heavy.

This is also the reason why Fan Zhongyan and Wang Anshi insist on changing the law.

In fact, in Li Kui's view, changing the law is a joke. Even if the reform succeeds, the people will not benefit.

Because the court has money, it will only do two things. The emperor tossed, and there was the court toss.

The emperor tossed: poverty and luxury, and then the country continued to become poor, and the people had to soak in the yellow lotus water.

The court tossed: That is, there is going to be a war, a war is going to start, and the people have to bubble in the coptis water.

is like what Zhang Yanghao said in a small order: Xing, the people are bitter; Death, the people suffer.

In his opinion, the change of the law by the imperial court is completely blind, and it belongs to his own stupidity. Unsuccessful, tossed himself half to death. If it succeeds, the court is rich, and the emperor is inflated, it is time to provoke the deepest pain hidden by the Great Song Dynasty - the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. As soon as the Liao-Song War broke out, the current army of the Great Song Dynasty, don't look at the 1.4 million people, there are 300,000 privy envoys who can fight, and they should laugh secretly.

The Liao State has not been successful in recent years, but it has a psychological advantage in fighting the Great Song Dynasty, and it is still a cavalry battle. It is estimated that the last two families are tired and half dead, and no one can help anyone.

It is possible that the Great Song Dynasty will suffer a loss in the end, and the annual currency given to the Liao State will rise.

After all, the Great Song Dynasty beat a projectile-sized Western Xia, and after almost fifty years, he still couldn't do anything about Western Xia.

Li Kui's ambition is actually not big, he wants to be the county magistrate, if there are bandits in the territory, it will be even more perfect, he can give full play to his strengths, and lead the officials to suppress the thieves. Even if the officials are overwhelmed, it doesn't matter, he goes alone. Then after a while, the addiction of solving the case is almost over.

Don't say that he has no ambitions, the main reason is that he basically has no chance to be the prime minister.

Even if you become the prime minister?

Who can guarantee that what the prime minister says will work?

Zhang Dian is the prime minister, but the people under him are thinking about pitting him, and this prime minister is not interesting to do. It was Li Qingchen before, and he wanted to get the deputy prime minister, why!

He wanted to inherit Zhangdun's political resources and become the next prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty. Now that Zeng Bu has also joined, the relationship between the three of them has begun to sour.

The next day, Li Kui went to the ministry with a frowning eyebrow and found that many new science and technology scholars were waiting in the office of the bureaucracy, with a sad face.

The awarding of officials seems to be luck, but in fact, there is a university question in it.

Li Kui secretly asked the officials of the Ministry of Officials: "Who are these people?" ”

"Waiting for the election of officials, if there is a real vacancy, I will make up for it." The other party said with a look of disdain: "Where is there such a good thing, if there is no relationship with the top, who will give it a real shortage?" These people still have to go to Taixue to stay up. Of course, Li Zhimi naturally doesn't have to worry, maybe in two years, you will be in the lower Shangguan. ”

The other party is very modest, so modest that he already treats Li Kui as a big man.

In the first year of Shaosheng, many of the Jinshi of the Jiaxu Branch were scholars who had learned too much, and they were finally admitted to the Jinshi, but they still had to go to Taixue to return to the furnace, which was really difficult to accept emotionally. The only difference is that if you are admitted to the Jinshi and return to the furnace in Taixue, you can get 20 yuan every month. It's much stronger than the subsidy for Taixue. Maybe the scholars who are studying in Taixue, who cares about these three melons and two dates? Who doesn't want to be a big man?

Besides, three years in Taixue is also a boil, and six years is also a boil.

If it takes six years to come out and become a petty official like a county official, there is no hope for a career in this life.

But Li Kui didn't want to be a direct secret pavilion, so he teased and secretly asked the other party: "If I go to take a walk, Brother Tai thinks that this family in the capital is easy to talk to?" ”

"Master Li, the squire of the Chinese scholar, but after all, the Jinshi of the current branch are all from his disciples, so he naturally wants to avoid suspicion and will not interfere in the election of officials. In the same way, the same is true of Lord Yang, the secretary of the Ministry of Governors, who is a small test official, so naturally he is not exempt. Lord Cai, Lord Zeng, Master Zeng, Master of Hanlin. Master Su, the servant of the door, is accommodating. But if you want to say who is good at talking in the capital, there is only Zhang Xiang. The name of Zhang Xiang's majesty is outside, and I am afraid that no one dares to come to the door. The other party said a lot of people in one breath, but Li Kui only had a share of dry stares.

I can't log in to the door!

After thinking about it, he felt that there was a person who could try to burn the cold stove, Zhang Dan.

That night, Zhang Dian returned home from the palace, and his son Zhang Zhu walked in with a strange face, and whispered to Zhang Tun: "Father, Renjie is here." ”

"He's coming to take refuge?" Zhang Dian was extremely proud, Su Shi's apprentice grandson took refuge in him Zhang Tun, this person must accept it, so as to humiliate Su Shi's face, and even beat Su Che's face by the way.

Thinking of the smugness, Zhang Dian laughed heartily, pointed to his son and said, "Have you ever given a gift?" ”

"Nope. He brought a treatise on the door for knocking. "Zhang Dun has a habit of being an official that is close to cleanliness. Anyone who gives gifts will be disgusted by him, and he has a very small heart, and he hates a person, basically for a lifetime. He didn't even let his four sons be officials after they passed the Jinshi exam, how could he be greedy for money like Cai Jing? As he spoke, Zhang Zhu handed an article to Zhang Dan, and the slave hurriedly approached the lantern, and Zhang Duan read it.

Li Kui's "Governing Peace" caused a great repercussion in the court. And this article, after Zhang Dian hastily browsed it, he was disappointed, this is not Li Kui's level at all? The whole article talks about how to govern a county, there are counties in the north, counties in the south, and even the mountainous areas have been thought of. Starting from protecting the territory and the people, to how to train Ma Bu Ding Yong and other suggestions.

For a prime minister like Zhang Tun, how to govern a county, do you need Li Kui to give him advice?

It's just a big knife in front of Guan Gong, and I don't know that my grandfather is here.

Zhang Dan's eyes became suspicious, and he turned his head and asked his son Zhang Zhu: "Did he explain his intention?" ”

"He's coming to choose an officer." Zhang Zhu really doesn't want to be entangled with Li Kui, this guy is familiar, and he is busy, and he also helped repair the leaky wing of the Zhang family, there is work in his eyes, it is so brisk, ordinary Tanhualang will definitely not be able to do such a thing as Li Kui.

Even Zhang Zhu, who was unkind to Zhang Dun, had no choice but to leave him to eat, otherwise he would really not be able to get over it. Besides, for cooking, Li Kui has definitely practiced it, and in the past two years under Su Shimen, in addition to reading, he has studied how to eat.

The kitchen of Zhang's house has also become a place for Li Kui to show his talents. The cooks were quite impressed by Li Kui's methods. The main thing is that the kitchen is a unique meal, and Li Kui showed his hands as soon as he made a move, and he did not shy away from everyone. For the underground cooks and others, it is definitely like a teacher like reborn parents, ordinary arts, want to watch the master cook, three years of slavery, otherwise there is no chance to watch the master take charge. And what about Li Kui? Don't do anything, answer all questions. The slave in the back kitchen of the Zhang family was eager to lie on the ground and kowtow twice to show gratitude.

Zhang Dian said strangely: "Didn't he get an official?" Could it be that the Straight Secret Pavilion still can't satisfy him? ”

"He doesn't want to be a Zhimi Pavilion, but he wants to be a county magistrate. This "Anping Ce" is his step into the body, and he also told the child that Xiangfu County is very good. "Zhang Zhu can't help it, Li Kui can't drive away, and he is not afraid of pain when he fights. It was like an old plaster, which made him extremely uncomfortable.

Zhang Dian felt that Li Kui was making trouble unreasonably, and shook his sleeves and said: "If he wants to grind, the old man will consume it with him, and see who can't help it first." Could it be that he can still eat my rice? ”

Zhang Zhu followed his father worriedly, and said in a low voice: "Father, he really ate my family's rice, and he also ate all the rice sent by his second brother from his hometown!" ”

Zhang Dian was shocked and said angrily: "Why don't you stop it? ”