On this day, Li Kui got up as usual to move his muscles and bones, and went to the canteen to eat after practicing.

Not long after, the steward of the Taishi Mansion hurriedly came and whispered to Li Kui: "Uncle, the people of the Zhongshu House ask for a seal to see." ”

Suofeng, the previous hard and simple clear stream, now the big dog in Bianliang, Tokyo, wearing a white fox fur, wearing a mink hat, is almost tied to a big gold chain around his neck, if he walks out of the pace of the six relatives who do not recognize, it will be more like. On the contrary, it is the elegance of his middle-aged civil official, and he doesn't know where to lose it. Now the leader of Suofeng, as soon as he stops on the street, he has to tell people that he is rich, and he is always rich.

"Brother Ling Ming, what kind of wind blew you here?"

Since the fall of Sofon...... It can't be said that he is degenerate, but after falling under the pomegranate skirt of the rich woman in Qingtang, the relationship between him and Li Kui has heated up in a straight line. Now they are almost called brothers.

Of course, Li Kui dislikes Suo Feng for being too old, you are a middle-aged man who treats me as a brother, which makes people think that I am also middle-aged.

But the relationship between the two has indeed reached the level of a community of interests, and it is one of the strongest among the allies.

Suo Feng took off the mink hat on his head, covered the hot sweat on his head, and the moment he took off the hat, he saw white water vapor floating up leisurely from his head. Those who don't know think his hair is on fire. Sitting opposite Li Kui, Suo Feng glared and said resentfully: "Lin Xi, a dog thief, doesn't even let go of his own people, he just bullied Xu Jiang, the official of Yuan Youtang, and now he even bites me, it's just not a son of man." ”

"Lu Minshi is Lin Xi's person?" Li Kui finally showed a hint of consternation, and at the same time became curious. "Aren't you all Zhang Xiang's people?"

"It's Zhang Xiang's person, but I don't deal with him. I didn't know which troubled person at the time, but he sighed in Zhang Xiang: At the beginning, Sima Guang used Su Shi as the commander to encourage the world. I don't know who is so broken-mouthed, so I said that Lin Xi can. Zhang Xiang asked, it turned out to be a fellow villager. Immediately promised, he was also a member of the Zhongshu House before me. It's only been less than a year, and now it's the book of the Ministry of Rites. After the Chinese New Year, he presided over the examination, and he had already set the official position of the main hall of the ministry, how could he dare to steal such a high position? ”

It's just that the promotion doesn't follow the system.

From the middle scholar of the fourth grade, he was promoted to the second grade of the Ministry of Rites, which is still just a year of promotion. It's really important to have a big guy value.

"Can Lin Xi be on a par with Su Gongxian?" Suo Feng was very angry, and at the same time tried his best to belittle Lin Xi. But seriously, Lin Xi really can't be compared with Su Shi, mainly in terms of fame, and the difference is not half a star. Even Cai Jing is a lot stronger than him.

Li Kui nodded in agreement: "Lin Xi has a false name, he is far behind." "When it comes to the issue of the teacher, Li Kui has no choice. Even if someone says that Su Shi can stabilize the country and expand his territory, he will never object.

Sima Guang used Su Shi back then, and it did work very well at the beginning. But soon, Sima Guang regretted it, and his intestines were green with regret. Su Shi is famous enough, but the problem is that if he is unhappy, everyone will spray, even Sima Guang, the prime minister, who can stand it?

Speaking of the camp, Suofeng couldn't help but get angry: "Who is his own person with him?" He relied on the fact that he was a native of Fujian, a fellow villager with Zhang Xiang, and Cai Bian and others were fellow villagers. But I'm from Hebei, so I can't be regarded as my own person at all. He relied on his identity as a fellow villager to rise to the top. And me? It's been a lot of hard work, how many years have I gotten to my current official position, I'm bah-"

Then Suo Feng complained: "I can see that any like-mindedness is a lie." Others just don't see people well, once they are ten times stronger than him, it seems to take away his luck. Didn't I just buy a mansion in the inner city? It's only 20,000 yuan, if he has the money to buy it, the official will not be annoyed. And what about him? It's just jealousy, and they use such indiscriminate means to make people feel cold. ”

Li Kui is a little big, this belongs to regional discrimination between the law-changing factions, and he is not qualified to comment. Besides, this is a dog-eat-dog thing, who is right and who is wrong, and who knows?

He coughed and changed the subject: "Brother Ling Ming, are you here today?" ”

After all, Li Kui is on marriage leave, and he is still worshipping in the Taishi Mansion, which belongs to the run-in period when the new son-in-law comes to the door. It stands to reason that Sophon should not have come to visit.

But Suofeng came, obviously not a private matter.

Suo Feng patted his head and said with annoyance: "I almost forgot about the business, and the chapter passed on you." ”

As an official in Beijing, although he is still an official to be elected.

But Li Kui's official position is miraculously attached to the Dushitang, that is, under the door of Zhongshu Province. This is actually not surprising, before the reform of Yuanfeng, the six parts of the Great Song Dynasty were more like pretending, and they have never been taken seriously.

The Ministry of Officials has always been under the management of the Zhongshu Gate, and the Ministry of Household is under the jurisdiction of the three envoys.

So much so that the governors of that year could only stare at the Ministry of Crime, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War. But in fact, the Ministry of War is under the control of the Privy Council, while the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Rites, the most important of all, can only be divided. For example, the iron workshop of the Ministry of Industry will be under the jurisdiction of the Iron Supervisor, and the Ministry of Rites does not have the right to take the imperial examination independently, and even the examination must be divided into a part of the Ministry of Secretaries.

This is also the reason why Fan Zhongyan, an official who participated in political affairs, was in charge of Shangshu Province and presided over the reform of the law for a year.

The ruling power of the dignified Song Empire, on the surface, commanded six departments, but in fact, he could not speak about the appointment and dismissal of officials; As the executor of the change, he does not even have financial power, and even if he has the support of the emperor, it is difficult to continue.

After Yuanfeng, Wang Anshi began to restructure the functions of the six ministries, three envoys, and other officials directly under the empire through Shenzong. The official who presided over this restructuring was Li Qingchen, a scholar of Hallym University at the time.

Shangshu Province took back the household department and other departments, and completely abolished most of the powers of the three divisions, which was equivalent to emptying more than half of the originally important three divisions.

This made Shangshu Province's status in the core of the empire improve a lot.

However, the power to appoint and dismiss officials was still not completely delegated, and it fell within the jurisdiction of Zhongshu Province, that is, the Metropolitan Hall.

Prime minister, if he doesn't even have the right to appoint and dismiss officials, then it will become an ornament that is not worthy of the name.

Standing at the entrance of the Metropolitan Hall again.

Li Kui took a deep breath, he remembered that the last time he came to the Dushitang, it seemed that he had forged the edict of the Empress Dowager Xuanren. You can't say anything about it, you can only keep it in your stomach.

Anyway, no one in the secretary province dares to remember, and several of the parties involved are tight-lipped old guys, each more shrewd than the other.

As for young people like Li Kui, they won't be worried. After all, it is about the life of the family, and no one is stupid.

After the report, Suo Feng greeted him and greeted Li Kui warmly, while saying to Li Kui: "Renjie, the situation is not good, Zhang Xiang's mood doesn't seem to be very good, his old man is waiting for you in the main hall, you can go." ”

With Suo Feng's ventilation, Li Kui also began to ponder, did Zhang Dian want to suppress him?

"Tianzhang Pavilion is waiting to be controlled, Li Kui asks to see!"

"Come in!"

The moment Zhang Dian put down the official document and looked up at Li Kui, his eyes were like an eagle, and he suddenly said coldly: "Renjie, do you want to be obscure?" ”

Li Kui was stunned coldly, but sat in front of Zhang Dian as if he was nothing. The latter raised his eyebrows high, and today's Zhang Dan, an official who can take him so seriously, is rare in the Great Song Dynasty.

Although Li Kui is not the only one, he is definitely the youngest in the official position.

Speaking of Taoguang Yanghui, Li Kui really has this thought.

The main reason is that he also knows that he is single-handedly messing around in the court, maybe he won't let his father-in-law Liu Baosheng yet?

Even if Liu Baosheng is just a first-class member of the empire, fortunately, no one will get along with Liu Baosheng. The face that should be given will never be lost.

But Li Kui is different, he has merit and a good officialdom background. But Li Kui's mark on Sumen is indelible, of course, Sumen is not necessarily a gentleman, and there are many villains, for example, Wen Yi, whom Su Shi likes very much, is a villain who can betray if he gives a nest of snakes and rats. Even if he doesn't stand on Su Zhe's side, he can only be neutral.

As for Zhang Dian's questioning, Li Kui laughed and asked Zhang Duan softly: "What do people want to live for a lifetime?" ”

"Ask for a clear conscience, and seek insight into everything." Zhang Dian still had a cold face, as if he was an emotionless clay man.

Li Kui glanced at the servants on the side, and said, "What eyes!" Pour the tea! ”

After drinking the tea from the Dushitang, Li Kui said: "In the past, my family was poor, so I thought that eating meat was the biggest ambition in my life. Later I found out that hunting is very simple, and eating meat is not difficult. Then I thought that I should read some books and seek fame, at least I couldn't just go to the city wall for a random inspection, right? ”

Li Kui's words are ideas that no young people in the Great Song Dynasty have progressive ideas.

But the roots are not very good-looking, mainly because Li Kui is studying to escape forced labor, if you talk about it in the countryside, it's just that. But this is the Dushi Hall, the most noble yamen in the Great Song Dynasty, which is much more dangerous than the White Tiger Hall and the like.

Li Kui continued: "Later, I met my teacher Zhou Gong, who was moved by the talent of the kid and was accepted as a disciple. ”

"Wait, Zhou Yuan accepted you as a disciple, wasn't he deceived by you? He often regrets it, don't think that the old man and your ancestor don't know if they don't have correspondence. Zhang Dian finally couldn't hold back anymore, with a smug smile on his face.

Li Kui's old face flushed and chuckled, "It's not important. The important thing is that the kid finally has the possibility of entering officialdom. At that time, the kid thought that if he became an official in the future and had endless money, he would marry a few more women and live a fairy-like life. But the desire to be an official has come true, the money that can't be spent is there, and it is not difficult to marry a few more women, but I am not at home all day, and I was kicked to the northwest, I think there must be something wrong. ”

Later, the kid found out that it was the lower official who was too decent in appearance, which made people misunderstand that the lower official was a capable minister who wanted to serve the court wholeheartedly and did his best to die. But there are more capable people in the Great Song Dynasty, how old am I? Li Kui pretended to regret it, and said with a wry smile: "Until now, Zhang Xiang, I have realized that I want to give others more opportunities, and I can't just think about meritorious service." ”

Flutter.

Zhang Zhu on the side laughed when he heard it, Li Kui didn't have a word of truth in his mouth.

Zhang Dian was also angry, pointed at Li Kui and said: "Renjie, your words were given by the old man, and if you want to be idle in the future, the old man will not agree." ”

Li Kui's head suddenly got big, and he didn't even give a chance to mess around, which was too difficult. He asked, "Zhang Xiang, you won't have to make a big move, right?" ”

Zhang Dian sneered: "Does attacking Liao count? ”