Volume 1 Chang'an Chapter 70 Taking Office (1)
"In the autumn and winter, the imperial court will hold a performance appraisal of the feudal town, in order to promote the talents of the officials of the shogunate of the feudal town, for the use of the imperial court, the current situation in Hebei is so unbearable, and I don't know what will happen when the officials of the feudal town pour into Chang'an. Li Ye did not answer Song Jiao's words, but let out a sentence of emotion.
Song Jiao hesitated slightly, and suddenly asked: "Now that you have become an official of the imperial dynasty, the situation in the world has reached this point, and it is not far from the chaos, as a child of the clan, and you are in the Huan Sea, what are your plans for the future?"
Li Ye had thought about this question a long time ago, and when he saw Song Jiao asking, he didn't hide it: "In the current dynasty, the corruption of the officials has been deep, and the roots of the society have been broken, and it can be reversed by a few capable ministers, I am useless in the center, not to mention, after all, there is a father's business, and it is easy to dream a lot at night if you stay for a long time." The only way out is to release the feudal town, serve as the envoy of the festival, accumulate strength, and then watch the changes in the world and take advantage of the trend. ”
Song Jiao pondered: "I am afraid it will not be easy for the children of the clan to release the feudal town. ”
Li Ye smiled: "That's why I want to support Li Yan to ascend to the throne, if I get my wish at that time, with my friendship with him, it should not be difficult to ask for an official position as a temperance envoy." ”
What he didn't say clearly was that when Li Yan ascended the throne, Huang Chao would do something in a few years, and when the time came, it would be logical for him to go out of the town in the name of preparing for Huang Chao.
When Huangchao attacked Chang'an, the situation in the world was similar to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the princes of the Eighteenth Road crusaded against Dong Zhuo, and then there was a great battle in the world, and that was when Li Ye showed his strength.
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After returning to Anwang's Mansion was already ugly, in the past few days since Li Ye left, Shangguan Chengcheng has been guarding the gatehouse, sitting at the gate of the palace, and seeing Li Ye and Song Jiao walking directly into the palace from the corner gate, Shangguan Chengcheng was stunned at first, and then reacted, and the gray-clothed guy in front of him and the elderly man with a smoking gun hanging on his waist were Li Ye and Song Jiao, and hurriedly greeted him.
After Song Jiao entered the door, she went to the residence by herself, Shangguan Chengcheng followed behind Li Ye, and Li Ye asked her: "What is the important thing in the house these days?"
"There are many officials who have come to visit, and according to His Highness's intentions, he announced to the outside world that His Highness has been in retreat for a few days, but nothing worth saying has happened, and most of those officials have left with congratulatory gifts. Shangguan Chengcheng replied with a fifteen-ten, "The prince has been here, and Prince Gong has also sent someone to send congratulatory gifts." ”
Li Ye nodded: "I've worked hard for you these past few days." ”
Because the hour was not early, Li Ye did not rest, after taking off the disguise of his appearance, he washed up and ate some porridge and vegetables a little.
Get on the carriage, drive out of the Anwang Mansion, arrive at the Chang'an Mansion, there is still a little time from the hour, the light will wake up, there are many carriages at the gate from time to time, more are ox carts and donkey carts, officials at all levels walked down the carriage, they saw Li Ye, some were slightly stunned, some of them were bright, all of them came over to congratulate and greet, some were polite, some pretended to be cordial, some shouted and asked for warmth, all of them were very warm.
All of a sudden, the stars and the moon arched.
Some low-ranking officials or scribes without rank, seeing the heavyweight figures of Chang'an Mansion, all gathered around a young man, and they were all surprised to talk about it from a distance, and a scribe in his early twenties asked the person next to him: "Who is that, why have you never seen it before?" ”
An elderly scribe beside him said: "Look carefully, the other party is wearing a four-grade official uniform, in our Chang'an Mansion, how many people can wear a four-grade official uniform? There is no need to think about it, this is the newly appointed Li Shaoyin, that is, His Royal Highness King An!"
"It's His Royal Highness King An?!" the young scribe was shocked.
"You have only been in Chang'an for a short time, and you also know His Royal Highness King An?" said the elder scribe strangely.
The young scribe became excited: "The prestige of His Royal Highness King An has long been spread all over Chang'an, and now the market is full of rumors about His Royal Highness, how can I not know it?" It is said that he has not been able to practice for twenty years, but in one day, he has cultivated to practice qi, and it is rumored that he has just returned from Shenyun Mountain, and he defeated Pang Xunyu who came to assassinate...... Moreover, some time ago, Niu Shoushan went out for an assessment, and His Royal Highness saw through Li Guanshu at a glance and framed Sanqingguan as a thief's conspiracy, which is really both wise and brave! Now, the people of Chang'an City say that the tiger father has no dogs, and His Royal Highness has the demeanor of the old King An......
"Be quiet!Xing Guogong died to save the children of the sect, and any framing of Sanqingguan is just a rumor, no matter how careless it is, beware of your little life!" The elder scribe's face changed, and he hurriedly warned, and then he showed admiration again, looked at Shaoyin in the crowd, and said with emotion: "There is a way that has not been a blockbuster for three years, and Li Shaoyin has been dormant for twenty years, isn't it really going to soar into the sky?"
After saying that, the elder scribe shook his head and sighed: "They are all big people who are high up, which can be judged by us and other small people." ”
Li Ye was surrounded by everyone, entered the official office, and after the order, Chang'an Mansion Yin met him alone.
For this three-rank member of the dynasty, Li Ye went to visit after learning that he was about to become the young minister of Chang'an Mansion, so they were no strangers to each other.
The three rank members in the court, there are so many in total, and the first and second grade members on the court, such as the three divisions and three dukes, are mostly honorary titles in this dynasty, with fame but no power, Chang'an Mansion Yin is a real power official position, and the grade is from the third grade, which is only a little worse than the three grades of the middle book and the six books, and the weight is needless to say.
Xu Shaomu, Yin of Chang'an Mansion, was originally Wei Baoheng's henchman, but Li Ye served as Shaoyin of Chang'an Mansion, and it is said that he was appointed by the emperor, so Xu Shaomu did not dare to embarrass Li Ye, and immediately explained some of Li Ye's supervisors.
Among them, the most important is the matter of monks in the territory under the jurisdiction of Chang'an Mansion.
The two Shao Yin are both adjutant of Fu Yin, and they are nominally in charge, but in fact, how much authority is there, Fu Yin is very manipulative, and if Fu Yin wants not to give Shao Yin real power, it is easy to suppress Shao Yin and let him do an idle job, of course, if the two Shao Yin are extraordinary, theoretically there is also the possibility of overthrowing Fu Yin, but it is extremely difficult.
Although Li Ye did not specifically manage the military and political affairs of the six Caos, such as merit, household, law, warehouse, soldier, soldier, etc., the power of the dynasty was in the hands of the monks, and the chief officials of the yamen at all levels were monks, and the secular financial power was also occupied by monks, but it was an indisputable fact, and whenever there was a dispute everywhere, it would often involve monks, so his power was not small.
In a word, Li Ye's affairs are destined to not be an idle job, but whether he is a dispensable echo worm or a pivotal role depends on himself.
I have to say that this may also be Wei Baoheng's obstruction, leaving room for Fu Yin to suppress Li Ye on the premise of not disobeying the emperor's will.
Li Ye was quite satisfied with this, he really wanted him to be in charge of Liucao, he was busy with the case all day, and he didn't have the energy. After all, for him, the most important thing at the moment is to help Li Yan ascend to the throne, and the second is to avenge Li Xian and hate his previous life, so he doesn't have so much time to spend on the case.
Under Shaoyin, there were two records of the seventh rank to join the army, and four records from the ninth grade, Li Ye saw that Xu Shaomu was dismissed, and accompanied by a list of officials to join the army, he began to familiarize himself with the yamen.
This list of people who joined the army is named Wang Li, and he has passed the age of not being confused, but he is still only a seven-rank petty official, and under normal circumstances, it is impossible to do anything big in this life. Of course, the people sent by Du Shaomu to Li Ye and brought Li Ye to familiarize himself with the yamen were naturally the people in the yamen who were not treated by him.
For the rest of the day, Li Ye basically spent his time in "visiting the door" and getting to know the officials at all levels in Chang'an Mansion, which was the need for etiquette, and also in order to get a familiar face and do things better in the future.
"What else does Shao Yin have to order?" After coming back, Wang Li personally brought tea to Li Ye and asked with a smile on his face.
"It's okay, you can rest too. Li Ye sat down and took the tea and took a sip.
Wang Li stood in front of Li Ye, rubbing his hands uncomfortably, while laughing dryly: "Today's Shao Yin takes office, it is a great joy, after the next duty, the official will be the east, and please Shao Yin to appreciate his face." ”
Li Ye glanced up at Wang Li, this is a man who looks to be in his fifties, his face is wrinkled, he looks extremely old, and life must not be easy. In Chang'an, a place where every inch of land is valuable, a petty official with no ambition, if he has no means to collect money, it is basically impossible to live a nourishing life.
Li Ye motioned for Wang Li to sit down, gossiped with him, and got closer: "How many years has Wang joined the army and been in Chang'an Mansion?
Wang Li didn't dare to sit down, but he couldn't resist Li Ye, so he reluctantly sat down, and only touched the corner of the chair, looking extremely respectful: "It has been sixteen years since the official Jinshi and the second came to Chang'an Mansion. Speaking of this, he was a little ashamed, sixteen years later, he was only a seven-grade petty official, which was simply unreasonable, "There is an old wife in the family, and he raises two unsuccessful boys." ”
Li Ye bowed slightly, he basically understood Wang Li's situation, and he had outlined Wang Li's life trajectory in his heart.
In his twenties, he was undoubtedly a handsome person, but it is likely that because of this, he was arrogant, and when he first came to Chang'an Mansion, he offended Shangguan, so he has been excluded, and he does not know how to flatter and flatter, so he has been down.
Looking at Wang Li's appearance again, his face is older than his actual age, and he has no valuable accessories on his body, the jade pendant on his waist, Li Ye can see at a glance, it is just a big road, it can be seen that even if Wang Li's life is not smooth, he has never been greedy and bent the law to receive ill-gotten gains.
However, there has been no promotion in the past 16 years, and it is inevitable that he will be nagged by his old wife, and now, he may have lost his ambition for a long time, and he just wants his life to be better, and he can't suffer his old wife and children.
Now seeing Li Ye coming to Chang'an Mansion to take up a post, for Wang Li, it is tantamount to a heavenly general and a lucky star, so he naturally has to stammer in every way, but looking at his stammering behavior, he is quite rusty, it can be seen that he has basically never done this kind of thing before.
In short, this Wang Li, who is young and old, is sad and good-natured, but he doesn't know how much talent he has left.
Li Ye planned to study Wang Li, after all, this Chang'an Mansion was the Chang'an Mansion of Du Shaomu and Wei Baoheng, and if he wanted to mix here, he had to gather some people who were not close to Du Shaomu and cultivate them into his own forces, but at this moment, someone outside hurriedly came to report: "There are monks in Kangfufang making trouble!"
There are many green buildings in Kangfufang, this kind of place has always been disputed, and it is normal for monks to make trouble, Li Ye did not say much, took Wang Li, called a few officials, and rushed to Kangfufang.
When he arrived at Kangfufang, in front of a green building called Xiangling Pavilion, Li Ye was slightly stunned when he saw the troublemakers surrounded by the crowd.
Isn't that son-in-law, who looks arrogant and domineering, pointing at other people's noses and scolding endlessly, is it Li Yao, the son of Xing Guogong?