"Zhang Xiang, you are prejudiced against the lower officials."

Li Kui didn't, if he was yelled at by Zhang Dian and left with a brow on his face, then it wouldn't be Li Kui. Besides, Li Kui is not afraid of Zhang Dan, and he has never been afraid.

Zhang Dian was not irritable and said: "Could it be that your kid is not an official fan?" ”

"The size of the official position is to contribute to the Great Song Dynasty, when did the lower officials ever complain about the official position?" Under Li Kui's innocent eyes, there was sadness that was not understood.

Zhang Dian snorted coldly, he would not be deceived by Li Kui, and said angrily: "Why was you demoted to Yangquan County, Yan'an Prefecture as a county lieutenant, you were not re-elected, and the officials who have been looking forward to handing over to you really have no choice, and the complaints have been sued to the Ministry of Officials." Didn't you dislike the small position of the county lieutenant, so you didn't go? ”

"It's not!"

"The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband. The alien race has already hit the doorstep, how could Xia Guan be greedy for the stability in the city, and abandon the people outside the city, Xia Guan was completely swayed by a righteous qi of heaven and earth at that time, and killed the enemy! ”

The county lieutenant of Jiupin, how could Li Kui do it?

It's a big deal to resign and quit.

And at that time, the Western Xia did attack Jinming Village, and even the Fushi of Yan'an Mansion was in danger, and after the Fushi was broken, he could still hide in Yangquan? Maybe the Yang Spring will turn into a yellow spring in the blink of an eye.

"The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband!" Zhang Dian pondered the deep meaning of these words, and looked at Li Kui a little depressed, such sassy words, how can this thing come with his mouth open? What made him even more annoyed was that Li Kui's guy was not as selfless as he said he was. Zhang Dian lost his temper, pointed at Li Kui and scolded with a smile: "You are not an official fan, there is no official fan in the world." How old are you to think about being a third-grade official? Is it that when you are thirty years old, you want to stare at the old man's position? ”

"The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind is more devastating! You don't want to think about it, if you really climb to a high place, with your stinky temper, who in the world will obey you? ”

Li Kui didn't care and said: "It's not a question of whether you accept it or not, I'm afraid that someone will steal a high position, and you won't be able to get along with the lower officials!" You can also see that the lower officials are dedicated to the Great Song Dynasty, but what is good to do? In order to frame the lower officials, Xing Shu unscrupulously wanted to use Zhang Shangying to frame me. Is it easy to get off the job? ”

Li Kui secretly glanced at Zhang Dian with his spare eyes, and found that Zhang Dian did not suspect it, so he continued: "Now that Cheng is the official in charge of the Tai Sho in this imperial history, if there is a grudge against the lower officials, the lower officials can only resign and go home, saving themselves from being framed every day." Zhang Xiang, don't you know, I heard a few years ago that Zhao Tingzhi may return to Beijing for reuse, and his official position is Zhongcheng in the imperial history. ”

"Oh, really?"

When Zhang Dian heard this, he immediately stood up and walked around. If Zhao Tingzhi wants to be promoted to become the middle of the imperial history, then he must have gotten the news that Liu Anshi is going to be.

Sima Guang is now stinking even worse, and Liu Anshi, Sima Guang's disciple, I am afraid that he will be degraded within a few days.

But Zhao Tingzhi knew the news, I'm afraid it would have to be three months ago.

In other words, Cai Bian is likely to have a private deal with Xing Shu. And Xing Shu chose his brother-in-law Zhao Tingzhi.

This speculation made Zhang Dian shudder. In addition, the party has risen, and it is impossible to stop. And Zhang Dian is the prime minister, who stays and who leaves, he has the final say.

But in fact, he didn't have a good candidate to take over the official position of Zhongcheng in the imperial history. Isn't it the person he trusts around him, if someone recommends someone, if he doesn't dislike this person, won't he be at the mercy of the other party?

Of course, Li Kui also tasted the prestige of the chief of Taiwan, but unfortunately, it was just like what Zhang Dian said. He was too young, and if he had been ten years older, there might have been hope.

But now let him be the middle of the imperial history, wouldn't it be possible for Li Kui to live in the capital hall and take charge of the Zhongshu within ten years?

The Great Song Dynasty has not yet had a precedent for a civil official to be a prime minister before the age of forty.

Before, Kou Zhun had the hope of becoming the prime minister at the age of forty, but unfortunately Kou Zhun was too angry, and he couldn't let Emperor Zhenzong come to power at every turn.

If Li Kui wants to become the prime minister, he will definitely not be earlier than Kou Zhun.

was punctured by Zhang Dan's hope, Li Kui could only retreat to the next best thing and give maggots to anyone who wanted to be the middle of the imperial history. Anyway, he can't sit in the middle of the imperial history, and he can't let others be comfortable.

Especially Xing Shu, who was excluded from the selection by Zhang Dan.

Only then did Li Kui leave the imperial city contentedly and return to the Military Command Bureau.

Cai Jing was looking forward to Li Kui's return, and as soon as Li Kui appeared, he quietly followed up, his steps were as light as a tanuki, and he didn't look like the agility that a fifty-year-old man should have: "My lord, what did Zhang Xiang say?" ”

"Didn't say yes!" Li Kui shook his head and sighed: "He said that my age is not suitable to appear among the top three ranks. ”

"Excuses, excuses for sure. As far as the meritorious deeds of the adults are concerned, they are worthy of the official position of Zhongcheng in the imperial history. No matter how bad it is, it's not too much to give a straight bachelor of Tianzhang Pavilion, right? But the adults fought for the north and south of the Great Song Dynasty, and made immortal military achievements, but they didn't even make a promise. Cai Jing changed his words and said with secret hatred: "There must be someone who has taken the lead, hateful, how can such a shameless person be qualified to sit on a high-ranking official?" Why don't adults expose each other's true colors? ”

Li Kui was surprised that Cai Jing reacted so much to him that he did not sit in the middle of the imperial history.

But Cai Jing was not satisfied, and chattered: "If the lower official is in the capital hall, he will inevitably expose the true face of such a shameless thief." ”

After speaking, Cai Jing nodded with satisfaction, as if he had also participated in this battle.

Li Kui couldn't help but wonder, what would Cai Jing do if he encountered such a situation?

He wrote: "Chief, what if you don't know who is behind the scenes? ”

After all, the official position of Zhongcheng in the imperial history is too fragrant, and according to the system of the Great Song Dynasty, this official position will be made a marquis. In other words, there will be an additional 1,000 households in taxes as an additional subsidy for the Imperial Historian. plus the official position, as well as the post post, the salary of this official position is not much worse than that of the deputy minister. The point is, this official has a card!

Cai Jing said without thinking: "If Cai is clumsy and can't see the person behind the scenes, but Cai has a lot of enemies, find the most unpleasant enemy, even if it is clinging, it won't make him feel better!" The enemy of the court, either you die or I live, there is a chance to engage him; There is no chance, and if you face the difficulties, you still have to engage him. ”

Li Kui tilted his head, feeling that Cai Jing's approach coincided with his own.

Could it be that they all realized their supernatural powers and obtained the true meaning of being officials?

Because Li Kui didn't know who was behind the scenes, he also found an enemy to climb on.

For example, Zhao Tingzhi and Xing Shu exchanged letters privately, Xing Shu intended to get Zhao Tingzhi to the official position of Zhongcheng in the imperial history, how could Li Kui know about such a confidential matter?

The problem is that he doesn't know, but he can think that Xing Shu will be so dirty.

As for being said to be right, count him unlucky.

Li Kui patted Cai Jing on the shoulder and said with relief: "That's what the official did, Yuan Chang, you really fit the temper of the official." ”

"It's a good teacher." Cai Jing has no desires now, and he doesn't even think there's anything wrong with doing this. Anyway, the emperor doesn't want to see him, and Zhang Dian doesn't want to see him either. Even his own brother refused to help him. To be a human being, loneliness is one thing, the key is not to be understood, there is nowhere to say it!

But since he met Li Kui, he found that all the previous misunderstandings about Li Kui were blinded by others.

If the two of them cooperated and dominated the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty would have taken off long ago.

In the following days, the officialdom of the capital was in turmoil.

Officials often gather outside the Chenzhou Gate to see off the degraded officials.

Liu Anshi was demoted to Yingtianfu, and the right to know Yingtian.

But everyone knows that when Liu Anshi runs to Yingtianfu, he can't be the prefect for two days, and he has to go all the way south and be degraded in one step.

After the third-rank official, there is the fourth-rank official.

Wupin......

Even Su Shi, who had an idle official position of promoting the envoy of Wanning Palace, was deprived of it.

This is also no way, Sima Guang used Su Shi to lead the world, although Su Shi has died of old age, it is difficult to escape the degraded treatment. And the promotion of the Wanning Palace envoy is equivalent to the pension given to Su Shi by the imperial court.

Good guy, the pension is gone, and Su Shi suddenly loses hundreds of yuan of income every month.

Fortunately, Su Shi is not short of money now, and with Li Kui behind him, he will not be short of money in his life. Otherwise, his old man would not have been able to afford to eat pork without this money. For Su Shi, who is not happy with meat, this day will definitely not be able to live.

And Li Kui seems to have completely disappeared from people's sight, hiding his merit and fame.

The Military Unification Bureau finally got down to business, bringing in hundreds of craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry and Shaofu, and Li Kui built a workshop on the edge of the capital to make glass.

He suddenly thought of how to sail without glasses?

People always have to plan ahead and make some preparations.

The distance between the land and the island is very far away, so you can't always tell by the stars, right? The point is, stargazing is still an untold secret of the Arabs.

Li Kui thought about trying to get out of the glass, and the other problems were solved one by one.

The labor of the Great Song Dynasty is not expensive.

As long as glass is born, this money is not worth Li Kui's heartache.

But Cai Jing's heart hurts! The money of the mansion was poured out like water, and it was not the time to come in.

Some of the craftsmen Li Kui found made glass, which is also similar to glass. As early as the pre-Qin period, there were. Such craftsmen are not hard to find.

If the Ministry of Industry doesn't have it, I go to Shaofu to look for it, and I can always find it.

However, glass is a valuable item and is mostly used for accessories. Therefore, as soon as the Military Command Bureau prepared this workshop, it was very incomprehensible. There is also the craftsman who polishes the mirror, and the craftsmanship must be first-class and exquisite. After all, he is a craftsman who makes utensils for the official family, and he is a first-class skilled craftsman.

Then Li Kui stood on the stove that had just been erected and announced to his subordinates: "This official summoned you for a material, glass. ”

"What is glass, my lord?"

"It's transparent glass."

"How is this possible?"

"Do you dare to question your lordship, do you still want to be paid?"

Cai Jing's son-in-law, Liang Shijie, stood on the edge of the stove like a dog's leg, pointing at the craftsmen who dared to question Li Kui and angrily reprimanded, threatening people's livelihoods as soon as he opened his mouth.

Li Kui waved his hand and said, "Shijie, don't scare people." In the future, we will all be our craftsmen and hard-working brothers, and the money will not be less. If the glass is built, I guarantee that each of you will be able to afford a house in the outer city in the capital. ”

Housing prices in Bianliang have risen to the sky. is like Li Kui's house, or the middle of the inner city and the outer city, in the words of later generations, the house between the second and third rings will cost 5,000 yuan. Of course, the houses near Baokangmen belong to the high-end residential areas of the capital, and they are much more expensive than other places. The outer city is not outside the city, the houses outside the city are cheap, and a small courtyard only costs 100 or 100. But the capital is so big that it's not realistic to walk on your legs. Therefore, the house in the outer city is the biggest dream of ordinary people in this life.

"I'm waiting for your grace."

"It's not easy for everyone, don't worry, follow me Li Kui, we Yizhou people speak truthfully, and we will never fool people!" Li Kui then asked the leading craftsman: "Are you ready to test the materials?" ”

"Go back to your lordship, get ready. Just wait for the adults to light the fire. ”

"Here comes the torch!"

Li Kui threw the torch into the hearth, and then a dozen craftsmen began to pull the edge of the bellows. The flames shone on the ground, and the hearth was red. Don't worry about the temperature, since the iron supervisor used Li Kui's improved soil method for coking, more than 1,000 degrees has been difficult for the furnace workers of the Great Song Dynasty.

For glass formulations. Li Kui knows some, for example, the raw material is quartz.

And the craftsmen of Shaofu also have their own methods, which can reduce the temperature of the glaze to about the same as copper smelting. That's a little bit in the early 1,000s. This recipe must be kept secret, but they are craftsmen of the government, how can they keep it secret from Li Kui? If Li Kui stupidly used the temperature of the furnace to refine quartz sand, he would definitely be dumbfounded. The crucible burned through, and the quartz sand could not melt. It takes 2,000 degrees to melt. And the temperature of the furnace in the current Great Song Dynasty is impossible to say that it is impossible to reach such an outrageous temperature.

The only difficulty is to remove the minerals from the quartz through a reaction, and even with the purest quartz, it will still turn yellow. Li Kui thought of the sacred object he had repeatedly used since his debut-gypsum.

All-purpose plaster.

As Li Kui, who has a preference for gypsum, the first thing that comes to mind in the formula is gypsum. The raw material is simple, quartz sand. It's that kind of hard stone that is almost transparent. A lot of the riverbed can be swapped for some. It is enough as a raw material for experiments. Later, when the dosage was large, it was smashed and screened with granite. Anyway, there are people who are in the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, and there is nothing else, but there is no shortage of people.

But three days later.

The plaster made Li Kui embarrassed.

When the craftsman happily took the condensed glass to Li Kui, it was difficult to suppress the joy in his heart, and he sang praises to Li Kui: "My lord, our craftsmen have obtained citrine under the wisdom of adults. ”

But the moment Li Kui saw the yellowed glass, his heart was half cold.

Li Kui took the sample, and with his eyesight without color blindness, he could responsibly say that the things in his hands were yellower than urine.

Angry, he put the yellow glass on the ground and said angrily: "Why is it this color? ”

And Cai Jing pounced on the shattered glass as if he was like a vicious dog, holding it in his hand and looking at it repeatedly, still looking at it repeatedly in the sun. His eyes flashed with cold light, his mind was full of the sound of gold leaves, and there was a thought in his heart, he was going to get rich, he was going to make a fortune!

He grabbed the craftsman and asked, "Can this glass be made into a cup?" ”

"Yes, yes, but this thing is too hot when it's soft, and it's very brittle when it's cold, so it's not easy to make!" The craftsman said helplessly, the main thing is that when it is too hot, the mold can be pressed, but the thing will be hard when pressed, and it will be broken if the force is greater. And it doesn't look good when it's pressed.

But Li Kui fell into deep thought, and he decided that he must have missed a crucial step.

This step cannot be broken, even if it is with the best quartz, unless it is completely transparent, otherwise the glass will not work.

But Cai Jing held the glass in front of Li Kui and said excitedly: "My lord, if there is a way to make this thing into a utensil, our Military Command Bureau will be developed." This is much more promising than the briquette business. ”

Li Kui touched his chin, looked at the defective products sent by the craftsman, and muttered, "There is a way." ”

But the problem is, he didn't make glass to harvest a wave of IQ taxes for the rich in the capital of the Great Song Dynasty! It seems that if he wants to do some facts, he will definitely be crooked, and most of them will be crooked to the point of making money.

Li Kui also doubted in his heart: "Could it be that I am really the reincarnation of the God of Wealth?" ”