Subsequently, Liu Hong asked Liu Jian to go first, and only the emperor and Liu Yan were left here.

"Uncle Huang, how is this person?"

Liu Yan smiled and said, "Although he is young, he is calm and introverted, quite resourceful, and loyal to His Majesty, even among the clansmen, it is very rare." ”

"I don't have anything else to worry about now, except that I'm worried that he will really fall to Yuan's side."

Liu Yan pondered carefully for a while, and said: "According to the minister, no, after all, when he first entered Luoyang, he never let the Yuan family get his wish, even if the Yuan family will not hold a grudge against him, but as the sect master of the Yuan family, it should not be possible to fold the skin and then immediately fold the knots, and he understands that His Majesty's grace to him is far from being comparable to the Yuan family."

After listening to Liu Yan's words, Liu Hong completely relieved his heart.

He stood up and said, "Uncle Huang, accompany me for a walk." ”

"Whoa."

The two of them began to walk along the incense canal in the West Garden.

After walking for a while, I suddenly heard Liu Hong say: "Since Zongzheng Temple has given him a correct name, he will be my clan brother in the future, and this matter will soon spread all over Luoyang, but my clan brother is still just a Lang official, which is quite uneasy." ”

Liu Yan asked tentatively: "Your Majesty intends to promote Liu Jian?" ”

"Yes, however, in the past, I once summoned a group of Xuanling filial sons to the court as the prince's concubine, and was impeached by the Manchu Dynasty ministers on the grounds that they did not conform to the Han system, that is, Cai Yong was so loyal to me, and he also fought hard, and now Liu Jian has only been a Lang official for a few days, if he is promoted, I am afraid that he will be recognized again."

Liu Yan smiled when he heard this: "Your Majesty's authorities are fascinated, you forgot, this son still has a great merit, Shang Shutai has not yet been awarded, and he is promoted with this merit as a gimmick, who is not convinced?" Who dares to play? ”

"You mean, the great achievement of breaking Xianbei?"

"Cut off the head of Xianbei, solve the disaster of the northern border counties of the Han Dynasty for decades, it is reported that the people who accompanied the expedition this time were a few people who were in the same camp with Liu Jian, and they also sought a thousand stones or six hundred stones of military merit in the border county, and his merits were the marquis, what can he do? It's just that this person's morale is quite high, and he doesn't want to be directly promoted in the border county with military merits, after all, that is the inferior road. ”

"So you'd rather come to the capital to be a lang official, right?" Liu Hong said thoughtfully.

"Exactly, now that he has become famous in Shilin, this military merit is not so important in the hearts of the world's corporals."

Liu Hong stroked his beard and smiled.

"It seems that this filial piety that I fancy is still a little far-sighted?"

Liu Yan shook his head: "It's not that this person has a vision, or Your Majesty is far-sighted!" ”

"Hahaha, Aiqing Zhan is very good!"

Among all the courtiers, Liu Yan is Liu Hong's most trusted person, and Liu Hong also likes to listen to what he says.

"However, Uncle Huang, it's useless for you to just boast, you need to be sure to say a suitable position."

Liu Yan immediately said: "There is not the most ready-made one right now. ”

"What?"

"Your Majesty, Cao Poshi is injured, with his current situation, how can he be in charge of the Yue Cavalry Battalion?"

"You mean, let Liu Jian be the captain of the Yue Cavalry?"

"Yes, the five schools of the Northern Army have always been filled by the clan, relatives, and close ministers, with a rank ratio of 2,000 stones, and the officials are idle, and now the Beijing is very fierce about Cao Poshi's blocking of Liu Jian in the Zuozhong Lang Bureau, and the people in Beijing are all facing Liu Jian, using him to replace Cao Poshi, which can be asserted, and the Manchu Dynasty can no longer covet this position, and can also accept Liu Jian's heart, why not?"

Liu Hong pondered seriously for a while, and said, "From a Lang official, it has suddenly reached a rank ratio of two thousand stones, is it appropriate?" ”

"He killed the leader of Xianbei and took the body of Tanshi Huai, which is naturally appropriate, and it is naturally appropriate for him to replace Cao Poshi, which can be regarded as His Majesty's punishment and warning to the Cao family...... In this way, the Cao family can also be preserved. ”

"Aiqing's words are very true!"

Liu Hong nodded with satisfaction: "I will discuss this matter with Lu Qing and others in the future, and I think they can't help it." ”

"Exactly!"

……

Things are really as Liu Yan said, in the matter of Cao Jie, Cao Poshi was removed from the position of captain of the Yue Cavalry, and Liu Jian was replaced, completely blocking the mouths of everyone in the court.

It is impossible for the officials of the Qingliushi clan to object, because Liu Jian's reputation in Luoyang is too good now, and he can already faintly drive a wind direction.

The family could not refute it, because Liu Jian was the main 'victim' of the Cao Poshi incident, and both the imperial power and public opinion supported him.

Most fundamentally, he has a lot of merit.

……

In the absence of opposition from all parties, the process of Liu Jian's appointment went quickly, and Lu Zhi was in charge of Shangshutai, and all the procedures and inspections were carried out smoothly.

As a result, at the beginning of November this year, Liu Jian jumped from a small Lang official to a captain of the Yue Cavalry, one of the five schools of the Northern Army.

And before that, Zongzheng Mansion also announced Liu Jian's clan resume, and it was confirmed that he was the younger brother of today's son!

jumped to a high position, and at the same time was confirmed as the imperial prince by Zongzheng Mansion, Liu Jian's identity rose in an instant.

The scholars of the entire Luoyang City praised Liu Jian's identity.

……

On the night that Liu Jian received the official appointment, Zheng Ci personally cooked, prepared some delicious meals, and scalded the Du Kang wine purchased in Luoyang City, congratulating Liu Jian on his appointment as a lieutenant of the Yue Cavalry.

Liu Jian and Zheng Ci sat opposite each other in the small plan in the room, and Liu Jian poured wine into Zheng Ci's house.

"Sister, how about being happy today, drinking with me?"

Zheng Ci smiled and nodded.

Liu Jian raised the wine and gestured to Zheng Ci: "This one, Mrs. Jing, Mrs. Jing is not far away to marry Zhuo County, and not far away to follow me to Luoyang, on weekdays, I am just running around, rarely accompanied, there is no maid by Mrs. Side, just a person serving me to eat, serve me to wear, serve me to sleep, but also to be in charge of all the big and small things of this family, the hard work, although I don't say, but I know it in my heart." ”

"Thank you, ma'am."

After saying this, Rao is Zheng Ci was also full of smiles as he said, but there were still two tears flowing out of the corners of his eyes, crying and laughing, so he was not embarrassed.

She hurriedly stretched out her hand to wipe the corners of her eyes, and said: "Husband is really, today is a big day, the prince of the mansion has to worship the senior officials of the school captain, and finally has a day to come out, how can you still talk about this, and make the concubine so embarrassed." ”

Liu Jian stretched out his hand to wipe it for Zheng Ci, and said with a smile: "Don't say it, drink!" ”

"Hmm!"

The two of them raised their heads and drank all the wine in their hands.

Zheng Ci was not good at drinking, and she coughed twice when she choked, but she still sandwiched a piece of venison in Liu Jian's lacquer plate first.

"Husband, eat quickly."

Liu Jian put the venison in his mouth and said while eating: "It's still my sister's craftsmanship, you don't know, compared with the food made by my sister, the food in Lang's house is simply fed to guinea dogs, and it can't be swallowed at all." ”

Zheng Ci smiled when he heard this: "How can you talk about yourself and your colleagues like this." ”

"By the way, sister, now I am a captain of more than two thousand stones, let's live in this suburb again, how inconvenient, I think we will go back and rent a house, move closer to the city, and buy two maidservants, and save yourself from working alone."

"Don't buy, don't move."

Zheng Ci didn't even think about it and categorically refused.

Liu Jian didn't expect Zheng Ci to refuse so quickly.

Didn't even think about it, so you refused?

Refusal, why?

Is it because of the money?

That wife of his own family is also wrong, he is a little money now.

In the past six months, Su Shuang, Zhang Shiping and others have been doing well in Hebei, coupled with the cooperation of Zhen Ji and Gongsun Jia and others, they have not only monopolized the official horse market in Hebei, but now they are extending their hands to iron tools and salt roads.

And Jian Yong has completely won the trust of Lu Qian, with Lu Qian's Taishou as a guarantor, plus Su Shuang is a hero among the merchants in the North, the Taishou of Youzhou counties is naturally opening up channels to provide convenience for Su Shuang and others.

Gradually, Hebei's business road has begun to form an alliance, with Su Shuang, Zhuojun Liu, Zhang Shiping, Liaodong Gongsun and others hugging together, has formed a new chamber of commerce force.

In such a situation, Liu Jian, as the boss behind the scenes, is naturally not short of money.

Of course, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others are not short of money, and all the key places that need money to get through are unimpeded for them.

Especially Liu Bei, although others are in Jizhou Guanjin, they have always maintained correspondence with Liu Jian.

The book was supposed to be about some important content, but the letter between Liu Bei and Liu Jian was indeed useful and useless, mixed with mixed content.

Liu Bei told him that he was doing very well in Guanjin, and several bandits near Qinghe were exterminated by him, for which he specially rewarded himself with a few good-looking clothes.

Liu Jian said brother, you did a good job, but don't just suppress the thieves, but also remember to choose the available people among the thieves to accept them, and buy less clothes, you have a lot of clothes.

Liu Bei wrote to him again to tell him that the momentum of Taiping Dao in Jizhou is getting bigger and bigger, not to mention the county seat and county lieutenant under his command, it is his county order, and when he sees the department master of Taiping Dao, he has to give a few thin noodles, and he has given gifts to people in Taiping Dao during this time, and also bought himself a few beautiful clothes.

Liu Jian told him, you can't offend the Taiping Dao, but don't go too close, the Taiping Dao leaders in your jurisdiction, you must keep a close eye on their whereabouts, make more money to make them trust you, and it will definitely be useful at critical moments in the future...... Also, you don't have to buy any more clothes, you have enough clothes to wear!