Honglu Temple and Honglu Temple Inn, on the west side of the Suzaku Gate, on the east side of the Suzaku Gate is Taichang Temple.

To the north are the Soshoji Temple, the Goshidai and the Taishi Bureau.

The red walls, the green tiled roof, the red gates, and the number of respectful officials came and went.

Li Xuan wore a dark crimson official robe and walked in from the gate, and Li Zhu was quickly picked up by the pawn and went through all the formalities.

A master bookkeeper led the way in front, and Li Xuan followed him with a solemn face, and entered the duty room of Liu Boying, the secretary of Honglu Temple.

……

Li Xuan entered the duty room, raised his head, bowed his head, and saluted respectfully: "Subordinate Li Xuan, I have seen Da Honglu!" ”

Although Liu Boying's beard is white, his face is dignified, he is magnificent, and his temperament is cheerful, Liu Boying raised his hand with a gentle expression and said, "The prince doesn't have to be polite, please get up...... These two are the predecessors of the prince, the former Honglu Shaoqing, and now Liu Zirou of Jingzhou's Thorn History, this is the Shaoqing Yang Shan in charge of the master of ceremonies, Yang Sirou, born in Hongnong Yang. ”

"I've seen Liu Shaoqing and Yang Shaoqing." Li Xuan took the lead in respectfully saluting.

"I've seen the prince!" Liu Zhirou and Yang Shan stood up at the same time to return the salute.

"Sit down." Liu Boying stretched out his hand and motioned for Li Xuan to sit down, and then spoke: "This time, Zi Rouxian's nephew has been appointed as the assassin of Jingzhou, the mountain is long and the road is long, and it is the New Year, so I will prepare a send-off banquet tonight...... Although the old man is old, he still has to drink a few glasses of this send-off wine tonight. ”

There is an edict in the imperial court, Liu Zirou served as the assassin of Jingzhou, set off on a certain day, and before the Lantern Festival, he arrived in Jingzhou to take up his post, and the time was quite tight, so Liu Boying took care of all aspects.

Li Xuan nodded slightly in his heart, before coming to Honglu Temple, he had already checked everyone's information.

Liu Boying, born in the first year of Wude, a native of Hongnong County, Yuzhou, a brave general, successively served as the governor of Shanzhou, the governor of Guizhou, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, the governor of Pyongyang Province, the governor of Jizhou, the governor of Yuezhou, and the governor of Honglu Temple.

The qualifications are old, and he is even above Duan Baoxuan, and he himself is the governor of Yuezhou before Duan Baoxuan.

Although Liu Boying was born in the Hongnong Liu family, the ancestor of the Hongnong Liu family was Liu Kuan, a native of Huayin, and Liu Kuan's ancestor was Liu Bo, the eldest brother of the Han Gaozu Liu.

Liu Zhirou was born in the Liu family of Pei County, and his ancestor was Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, so Liu Boying and Liu Zhirou still have some kinship.

Liu Boying looked at Li Xuan and Yang Shan, and said, "King Nanchang and Yang Xian's nephew, also drink a few more cups." ”

"The subordinate obeys the order!" Li Xuan and Yang Shan both looked relaxed.

Although Liu Zhirou was removed from the post of Shaoqing of Honglu Temple by Li Xuan, he was about to be transferred to Jingzhou Assassin History, not to mention his promotion, this step out of the road, the road ahead immediately widened, and even Yang Shan felt envious.

Yang Shan is also a native of Hongnong, although he is a fellow villager with Liu Boying, he was born in Hongnong Yang.

Although the Yang family is a former Sui clan, it is not deeply related to Yang Jian and Yang Guang's father and son, but has a close relationship with Li Tang.

There are several women in the Yang family who married into the Li Tang royal family as concubines.

Gaozu and Taizong all have several imperial concubines who are daughters of the Yang clan, and even Princess Qi, who is the mother of Li Ming, the king of Cao, is also from the Hongnong Yang family.

In addition, there is the mother of the Empress Wu, Mrs. Rongguo, who was also born in the Hongnong Yang family.

Mrs. Rongguo and the Wu family are not close, but take good care of the Yang family.

……

Li Xuan's expression was calm, it seemed that Liu Boying's control of Honglu Temple was all under control, but Liu Zirou was about to be transferred to Jingzhou immediately, although Yang Shan was the same, he might not have listened to Liu Boying's words.

After a few casual words, Liu Boying's face became solemn: "Let's get down to business." ”

"Listen to the Great Hung Lu's order." Li Xuan, Yang Shan, and Liu Zhirou stood up at the same time.

Liu Boying nodded and said, "Zi Rouxian's nephew is about to go south, but before that, all official duties need to be handed over to the king of Nanchang for disposal, and they must be delivered properly." ”

"Subordinates obey orders." Li Xuan and Liu Zhirou surrendered at the same time.

Liu Boying turned his head to look at Yang Shan and said, "After Zi Rouxian's nephew went south, the king of Nanchang asked if he asked, but he asked Sirouxian's nephew. ”

"Whoa!" Li Xuan, Liu Zhirou, and Yang Shan all agreed at the same time.

Liu Boying took a deep breath, and then said: "The most urgent matter at the moment is to negotiate with Silla and the Wa Kingdom on vassals and tribute, and His Majesty has a decree in this matter, all of which are in charge of the King of Nanchang, with the assistance of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, and the Provincial Divisions of Menxia." ”

Speaking of this, Liu Boying looked at Li Xuan and asked in a deep voice, "I don't know if the prince has anything else to ask for?" ”

Li Xuan arched his hand and said: "Back to Dahonglu, in addition to the subordinates and Silla and the envoys of the Japanese State to discuss various matters, they also need to discuss some affairs with the envoys of the Tubo State. ”

Li Xuan said the king of the East China Sea, and Liu Zhirou and Yang Shan's faces couldn't help but change slightly.

Liu Zhirou was okay, he was about to get out of the center of the storm, but Yang Shan was more nervous.

Yang Shidao, the former captain of the horse, was his own uncle, and Yang Shidao was married to Princess Changguang, the fifth daughter of Gaozu.

Not only that, Yang Shan's grandfather is the former Sui Guan King Yang Xiong, Yang Xiong has another son, Yang Xuan, married the eleventh daughter of Emperor Gaozu Princess Anping, and has a daughter, married Taizong as a concubine, and gave birth to Li Zhen, the king of Yue, who is Concubine Yande and the cousin of Empress Wu.

Cao Wang Li Ming, Yue Wang Li Zhen, Emperor Taizong, Emperor Gaozu are all related to the Yang family, plus the relationship between the Empress Wu, the top relatives at that time were just like this, the only one who can compare, only the Dou family.

Even the samurai are inferior by three points.

"King of the East Sea?" Liu Boying considered it carefully, then nodded silently and said, "This matter is fully responsible for the king of Nanchang." ”

"Thank you, Dahonglu." Li Xuan immediately surrendered.

Liu Boying waved his hand and said directly: "In this way, let's get here here today, the prince and Zi Rouxian's nephew will go to handle the handover first, and other matters will be dealt with later." ”

"Subordinates obey orders." Li Xuan, Yang Shan and Liu Zhirou immediately surrendered.

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Standing in the courtyard, Li Xuan and Liu Zhirou bowed their hands to Yang Shan at the same time, and Yang Shan returned the salute gently.

Liu Zhirou took Li Xuan to Shaoqing's room, and at the same time introduced: "Honglu is in charge of the court, guests, and auspicious ceremonies. All national ceremonies, suburban temples, sacrifices, court meetings, banquets, feasts, canonizations, calendars, springs, transmissions, performances, and other things. Foreign officials make pilgrimages, pay tribute, and those who have words, and play a concert. All the great dynasties praised the hundred officials and saluted. ”

Honglu Temple's subordinate pawn and master of ceremonies.

The Pawn Bureau, which is in charge of the affairs of the Tang Dynasty's exchanges with the subject countries, belongs to Li Xuan.

The master of ceremonies is in charge of the national ceremonies, sacrifices and other affairs in the court, and belongs to Yang Shan.

Entering Zuo Shaoqing's duty room, after Liu Zhirou asked Li Xuan to sit down, he asked his subordinates to call the pawn office to come over, and then said to Li Xuan: "Da Honglu doesn't care about things on weekdays, and all affairs are handled by the subordinate officials and Yang Shaoqing. ”

"That's fine." Li Xuan smiled gently, but he knew in his heart that although Liu Zhirou said so, he couldn't really take it seriously.

The reason why Liu Boying didn't do anything before was because Liu Zhirou was half of his fellow clan, and Yang Shan was his fellow villager, although the two had their own backgrounds, they both sold him this face, so Liu Boying had a very heavy control over Honglu Temple.

Now that Liu Zhirou has been transferred to Jingzhou, Liu Boying's control of Honglu Temple will immediately collapse by one-third, and if there is a chain reaction, even Yang Shan will start to treat him immediately, then he will be in trouble.

However, Li Xuan believes that with Liu Boying's old spiciness, he can naturally find a way to deal with it.

Li Xuan also respects him, an old minister, as long as his rights are not eroded, the two sides can naturally live in harmony.

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"There are rumors in the Ministry of Rites that the prince will take over as the king of Longxi County as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites in a few years?" The master of ceremonies seemed to be drunk, sitting in the depths of the restaurant, looking at Li Xuan with a naïve face.

However, as soon as the voice of the master of ceremonies fell, all the Honglu Temple ministers on the entire wine table suddenly fell silent.

Pingkangfang, Jiangshan Building.

Honglu Temple and the rest of the people waited to say goodbye to Liu Zhirou, the former Shaoqing, and after six rounds of drinking, some people still asked what they shouldn't ask by getting drunk.

Honglu Temple has a Qing, Shaoqing two, a pawn, two emcees, each with two people, each with a master book.

Right now, the nine people were at the same table, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Now Li Boyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is nearly eighty years old, and he doesn't know how old he can live, let alone properly handle the government affairs of the Ministry of Rites.

Today's government affairs of the Ministry of Rites have always been handled by two servants of the Ministry of Rites, but it is difficult to say how long it can last.

Earlier, the head of the household department has been concurrently served by the right servant of the book Dai Zhide, and now Dou Xuande is directly appointed as the head of the household department, but the book of the Ministry of Rites is still vacant.

There are many discerning people in the court, and many people have already seen through the emperor's plans, so when Li Xuan took office as the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, the rumors that he would take over as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites in the future have already spread among the six ministries and nine temples.

All of a sudden, everyone present looked at Li Xuan to see how he responded.

This is really difficult to answer, if one does not say it well, Li Xuan will offend countless colleagues in the six departments and nine temples who are staring at the position of Shangshu.

"Master Lu, you've drunk too much." Yang Shan stood up suddenly, pressed his hand on the wine glass and looked at it heavily, and suddenly, his face was already iron-blue.

The master of ceremonies is all his subordinates, and now that Master Lu is making such a fuss, it is difficult not to think that it was his instructions.

You must know that the king of Nanchang himself is not easy to mess with, not to mention the clan, he is trusted by the emperor, and at the same time he is also the grandson-in-law of Liu Renliang, the grandson-in-law of Ouyang Tong, the nephew of Ouyang Tong, the secretary of the household department, and Duan Baoxuan, the secretary of the Dali Temple, are all his elders, Li Jingxuan, the secretary of the ministry, and Liu Xianli, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, have a good relationship with him, Qianniuwei and Jin Wuwei are his former colleagues.

You say it's not good for you to mess with anyone, but you provoke him.

Do you think you are Pei Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, or are you Pei Xingjian, the secretary of the Ministry of War?

Seeing Yang Shan's expression, Li Xuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Sirou doesn't have to be like this, what Master Lu asks is human nature. ”

After a slight pause, seeing that everyone was looking at him, Li Xuan continued: "Actually, what Master Lu said is right, Xuan really wants to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, in fact, any other position of Shangshu is what Xuan Zhi wants, if you can one day, ascend to Lingyan Pavilion, then it is the best of the people, you say, whether what Li Xuan said is right." ”

Please go to Lingyan Pavilion temporarily, if you are a scholar and a marquis.

The poem that Li Xuan made at the beginning was spread throughout Chang'an, how could everyone here not know.

After a slight pause, Li Xuan continued: "Xuan Chu Honglu Temple, he is still young, and he has to stay in this position for four or five years, and after that, he has to go out to practice, and he has to spend nearly ten years in the position of assassin history in more than two states, and then even if he is lucky to return to the dynasty, he has to stay in the position of the Nine Temples for a few years, so that twenty or thirty years have passed." ”

Everyone's faces were at a loss, why did they just say that Li Xuan was going to take over as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, why did they pull it out for twenty or thirty years all at once.

In twenty or thirty years, these people may all be gone.

Then whether the king of Nanchang is appointed or not is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, what does it have to do with them.

With a wry smile on his face, Li Xuan looked at everyone and said: "With Xuanzhi's background, he is over half a hundred years old, and he is the first time to come to the great uncle, but he has too much, perhaps, Xuan's life will eventually stop at the great uncle." ”

Li Xuan said one sentence, and at the same time, there was a sense of general sigh in everyone's hearts.

Born in the clan, after all, it is too restricted.

Suddenly, the atmosphere on the banquet suddenly eased.

Staggered.

No one paid any attention to the drunken Master Lu anymore.

(End of chapter)