It has only been two years since he was a junior sergeant, and such a new junior can only be a newcomer to officialdom, a little person.

But Li Kui used his strength to prove that his value to the Great Song Dynasty was already significant.

Since entering the capital, his whereabouts have been targeted, and when he left Antao's courtyard, Ruan Xiaoer came up and whispered to Li Kui: "Young master, someone is following us." ”

"Let him go!"

The members of the Great Song Dynasty dared to stare at even the emperor, not to mention Li Kui, a young man who did not have too deep roots in the capital. Of course, the people staring at him are not small people, but they are all big guys who are left and right on the big ship of the Great Song Dynasty.

The inner city, Zhangfu on the edge of the Bianhe River.

Someone hurriedly ran into the mansion, and the porter recognized it as a little guy in the mansion, which caused the boss to be unhappy, and chattered endlessly behind his back: "Follow Xiangye all day long, why don't you learn more about Xiangye's demeanor." ”

The prime minister's concierge may be the most snobbish group of people in the entire capital. The status is not high, but the temper is quite big.

"Master, I'm back."

Zhang Dian waved the long sword in his hand slowly in the courtyard, similar to the five bird opera and other self-cultivation methods. In the academies of the Great Song Dynasty, there were basically bow and arrow clubs, sword rooms, and a variety of martial arts courses to improve the physical strength of the literati. For example, bows and arrows are compulsory courses for students of the Great Song Academy. This is because since Zhenzong, the Great Song Dynasty has more and more trust in civilian officials in foreign wars. As a result, most of the wars are commanded by civilian officials, and if you don't know the art of war and don't have some physical strength, I'm afraid you really can't endure the hard work of fighting abroad.

Of course, there are not many people who practice boxing, but there are many who practice swords. Zhang Dian is one of the best players, of course, he is definitely not good than Jiangmen, but in the circle of Wenchen, he belongs to the top category.

Finally, after receiving the exercises, Zhang Dian opened his mouth: "Have you inquired clearly?" ”

"He didn't go home, but went to Antao's other hospital."

The little guy didn't dare to look up, and hung his head and said.

Zhang Dian frowned slightly, and he didn't seem to be very satisfied with Li Kui's choice. Among the bigwigs in the court, Zhang Dian actually needs the least support from the military. His brother was very influential in the Western Army, and Zhang Ji performed eye-catching in several wars against the Western Xia. He was even promoted to the official position of a scholar of Longtu Pavilion.

However, this is not a big deal for Zhang Qi.

If he doesn't like the franchise, with the honor of the champion, he has been an official for decades, can't he be promoted to a third-grade officer?

It's not that he has been an official for so many years, and the friends he has made are all unlucky people who have lost power. Even with him, he is often implicated. Fortunately, Zhang Qi has enough money and can barely support it. Otherwise, the leaders of the Zhang family's generation would not have been Zhang Dian.

Brothers of the Zhang family, as long as they work together, who else is the opponent in this court?

But the problem is that Zhang Qi is an elder brother and doesn't listen to Zhang Dian at all. Zhang Qi not only does not belong to the same camp as Zhang Dian, but also has a deep relationship with conservatives, and is himself a centrist.

Zhang Kai and Su Shi, Su Zhe, Lv Dafang, Lv Gong, Fan Chunren, Fan Chunchun...... The personal friends of these factional rivals are very good.

It's like a traitor in the family, which makes people helpless. The most annoying thing is that any armament and benefits obtained by the Western Army must be pulled out by Li Qingchen to bring out the relationship between the Zhang family brothers and talk about it again.

provoked Zhang Dian to want to withdraw Zhang Qi, so he simply let him, the eye-catching clan brother, go to the Daimyo's Mansion to retire.

But without Zhang Qi, Zhang Dan's influence in the eyes of the emperor will be greatly reduced, and he has to be coaxed.

However, just as Zhang Dian was preparing to counterattack the Western Xia during his reign, the strategic relationship between the Great Song and the Western Xia was reversed, and the situation changed from defensive to offensive. to show his role in the Great Song Dynasty. But unfortunately, Li Kui was born. After this guy went to Western Xia for a while, Western Xia completely wilted.

But like Zhang Qi, Li Kui's position is also flickering, which makes people scratch their heads.

This guy is a conservative, a reformer, and a centrist.

Even Zhang Dian also has the idea of winning over Li Kui, and there is a way to find talents, but it's a pity...... When Li Kui came to the capital, he didn't know that he came to visit his old man. Zhang Dian secretly sulked in his heart, and said in his heart: "Bai gave this kid a word, and he didn't think about the old man's good at all!" ”

Zhang Dian gave Li Kui a letter, which was completely unintentional for the game.

If you want to say that he values Li Kui, it is still the last year. The affairs of Western Xia are not easy to publicize, but what about Qingtang?

None of the material reinforcements arrived on the battlefield, and the war was over.

How much money did this save Da Song?

The household department has saved at least tens of millions of yuan in expenditure.

Li Kui's ease of use is only deeply ingrained in Zhang Dian's heart. It's a pity that Li Kui didn't know what his old man meant. What is the rush of following a stubborn old scholar like An Tao? I don't have any eyesight.

The angry old sour and spicy scholar Zhang Duan glared: "The boy who doesn't know how to lift, the old man won't need him in the future." ”

On the contrary, the third son Zhang Zhi was on the side, not caring at all, and slandering in his heart: "Your old man is just talking." An Tao wants to use Li Kui, without your consent, can Li Kui go from Yan'an Mansion to Qin Fenglu to take up a post? ”

Seeing that his son's expression was wrong, Zhang Dian immediately scolded: "Stubborn son, do you understand the sinister nature of officialdom? Li Kui dared to kill people when he was more than ten years old, and he was a person who could easily be trusted. The old man recruited him to test his arrogance, so that he could save talents for me. ”

"Ghost letter!" Zhang Zhu said that he would not believe anything.

Zhang Zhi has the lowest intelligence among the brothers in the family, and was deprived of the power to be an official by his father because he was too stupid. At the beginning, it was hate, he also wanted to be an official, and he finally passed the Jinshi, but he was raised at home as a housekeeper, can he agree? Fortunately, the second brother won the tenth place in the Jinshi, and he was also stopped by Zhang Dian from being an official, so Zhang Zhu had a lot of balance in his heart. The reason is that the second child is too simple, and being an official can only be deceived by others, this kind of nonsense is what Zhang Dian can say. Zhang Zhu could only stare dryly, and at home, he didn't dare to make any unpleasant moves towards Zhang Dian. Seeing that his father was angry, Zhang Zhu immediately begged for mercy: "My son is wrong." ”

The sons of the Zhang family are very powerful, and at least four sons have been admitted to the Jinshi. But Zhang Dun stopped his three sons from becoming officials. Although Zhang Zhu also won the Jinshi, he ranked low and belonged to a stupid son who was not favored by his father intellectually. The son of the Cai Jing family is really stupid, but the son of the Zhang family is the true dragon who was suppressed.

Only the fourth child became an official, and he still won the fifth Jinshi in the year of Su Shi's main examination. The fourth-oldest career Zhang Duan can no longer be stopped, because Zhang Dan's best ranking in the imperial examination is also the fifth. Saying that the fourth child is stupid, doesn't he mean that he himself is stupid?

Speaking of which, Zhang Zhu is also angry. But who can be arrogant to his father. Moreover, the Zhang family does not use official positions to make a prominent family, the old Zhang family counts up to seven generations, all of them are the second generation of officials, and they are all the second generation of officials of the official eunuch family above the third grade, Niu Dafa went. Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the Zhang family has produced a prince, a scholar of the Guanwen Palace, a prime minister, and even a cattle man who was crowned the king of the county after his death. Zhang Dian is the prime minister, and he is not the first person in the Zhang family. Among the family, there are more than twenty members of the Zhongjin Shi who are still alive.

Such a family is definitely the most prominent family in the Great Song Dynasty, and it will not be affected whether it is an official or not.

Zhang Zhu was suppressed by his father all day long, and he was depressed and couldn't let go, and wanted to go out for a walk, so he pleaded with Zhang Dang: "Father, my son and Li Kui are quite close to each other, do you want to let my son test one or two?" ”

"You ......"

The distrustful gaze fell on Zhang Zhu's face, which made Zhang Zhu both uncomfortable and sad. Strangely, Zhang Dian nodded unexpectedly: "It's okay." However, you have to go as soon as possible, you can't wait for Li Kui to visit other important ministers of the court, and you have to go to a place with a lot of people, a place that people can recognize. So that others want to win over the kid and have some concerns. ”

"How's the tick?" Zhang Zhu said eye-catchingly, this is the most limelight place, jealousy, disgusting, good and bad reputation will immediately spread out. Especially in officialdom, whoever ordered which oiran at night can be known in officialdom the next day.

Between men, sometimes it is a battle of intrigue and intrigue. But there are some secrets, if you don't share them, you can't feel the fun of secrets at all.

Zhang Dian said without thinking: "The grade is too low, go to the yard, the best yard." Go to the account office and withdraw ten taels of gold, and your monthly rate will rise to fifty taels. ”

Zhang Zhu was overjoyed, he didn't have the intention of being an official, let alone having a field, and he had no money in his hand, so he could only point to the monthly example at home. To say that it is good to enjoy the blessings at home, to say that it is difficult to say that it is raised by his father like a dog.

But he can't stand up the door by himself without relying on his own talents, and he can't say that he can't stand up the door by himself.

"I've seen the third master!" At this time, the staff of the mansion came over, first saluted Zhang, and then walked to Zhang's side and whispered: "Xiangye, Master Suo, the Zhongshu Sheren is here." ”

"Let him go to the front hall and wait, and the old man will arrive later." Zhang Dian waved at his son.

Zhang Zhu bowed and stepped back: "My son retires!" ”

When I left the mansion, I was blown by a cold wind.

Zhang Zhu is a little sober, does he still want to be happy for the monthly routine every month?

When is the day going to be the end?

In fact, he also knows that being an official does not necessarily mean a good life. The fourth eldest in his family, the fifth rank of the dignified jinshi, has been an official for almost ten years, and he is still a seventh-grade official with a sesame size. When these words are said, everyone on the streets of the capital knows that there are grievances. If you want to say that Zhang Dian did not suppress his son's future, no one believes it. But the problem is that if Zhang Dian doesn't give his son a promotion, no one can do anything.

He's the prime minister, or the father. It doesn't work when the king of heaven comes.

Standing on the street, Zhang Zhu whispered silently in his heart: "When will this day be a head!" ”

"Third master, it's time to get in the car!"

"Go to the Tianxiang Courtyard on the edge of the Bianhe River and tell his aunt, the third master, I will charter the venue today." When Zhang Zhulin got into the car, he said to the doorman.

The doorman was entangled and touched the money bag in his pocket, which still included the activity funds specially approved by Zhang Dian before, and it was only more than 100 times when it was full, but this money wanted to charter Tianxiangyuan, which seemed to be a bit of a problem: "Third master, we don't have enough money?" ”

Zhang Zhu said angrily: "Could it be that my dignified scholars' literary talents, coupled with the illustrious family, are you not in a hurry to give our masters a hard discount this day?" ”

"Third master, you don't know, the bustards in this world love money, and the sisters love pretty. You've been lacking a little bit of both. As for Xiangye, his old man's name has no deterrent effect in the courtyard. ”

Zhang Zhu touched his slightly vicissitudes of life, and sighed that life was in a hurry, and his youth was gone......