Poor Family Chapter 451

  Chapter 451 A new official takes office

Leaving the Cao Mansion, Li Yanqing couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. Although he didn't like this kind of gathering for blind date, the Cao Mansion, which occupies an area of ​​300 mu, left a deep impression on him. When will Li Yanqing How about such a big mansion?

  Li Yanqing rested his hands on the back of the back, looking at the colorful sunset outside the car window, he was thinking about it for a while, and completely forgot all the unpleasant things he encountered in Cao's residence.

  The bullock cart drove out of Xinzheng Gate, and soon arrived at Hongqiao, "Stop!" Li Yanqing shouted hastily.

  The ox cart stopped, Li Yanqing got out of the ox cart, took out a piece of broken silver and handed it to the driver, "Thank you very much!"

   "Thank you for the reward!" The coachman was overjoyed. This piece of silver is worth one or two taels, and he has made a lot of money today.

   "Take that box of wine to Baoyanzhai, and then you can go back!"

  Li Yanqing walked into the Hongqiao Tavern with a word of explanation. He hadn't eaten anything in the Cao Mansion today. His stomach was already so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back. When he walked up to the second floor, he saw Mo Jun unexpectedly.

   "Sir, why are you only having dinner now?" Li Yanqing went to sit down opposite Mo Jun.

   "Isn't it about renting a house for you? I ran three times today, and I'm exhausted." Mo Jun glared at him.

   "Ah! I'm sorry, Mr. Hard Work."

  Mo Jun took out a bunch of keys and a lease from his bag and put them on the table, "According to the official's instructions, it has been completed and you can move there at any time."

   "Thank you! Thank you!"

  Mo Jun grinned, "By the way, that house is very nice."

   "Sir and Yang Guang also live in together."

"Then you don't have to. Today your father and I made a deal. If the little officials don't need me for the time being, I'm going to take over as the deputy manager of Baoyanzhai. Yang Guang and the others can also join Baoyanzhai. Their seats are very well paid, but they can arrange them as you please."

   "There should be a seat for Mr. Yushitai."

Mo Jun smiled and said: "I know that each censor has several assistant officials, but I suggest that the small officials should not change easily when they first arrive at the censor's platform, and observe for a few months before they understand. Who should I change, I will do things for your father first, and I can also help you make suggestions behind the scenes."

  Li Yanqing was silent for a moment, and finally nodded. Mo Jun was right, it is wise to make a decision before acting.

At this time, the waiter brought a plate of steamed buns and a pot of hot wine, and served some delicious dishes. Li Yanqing ate a few steamed buns to fill his stomach, and then poured Mo Jun a glass of wine from the jug , "Will Mr.'s wife and children be brought to the capital?"

Mo Jun nodded, "Your father rented me a yard near here in his name, with five houses. I guess I will stay in the capital for a few years, and of course I will bring my wife and children along with me. "

  The two drank a few glasses of wine, and Mo Jun suddenly said: "The imperial court is going to recruit the Liangshan Army."

   "How does sir know?"

   "Today Hangzhou Baoyanzhai sent an urgent pigeon letter. Fang La's tens of thousands of troops captured Hangzhou, Zhizhou Zhao Ting escaped, Lianfang envoy Zhao Yue was killed by Fang La, and Hangzhou was captured. The court must end the war in Liangshan as soon as possible."

Li Yanqing drank the wine in his glass. He recalled the letter written by Tang Huai yesterday, recalled the contents of the letter, and the scene of the Liangshan battle seemed to appear in his mind again. Under the fierce offensive of dozens of thunderbolts, The Sound Arrow City collapsed, and Tong Guan finally led an army of tens of thousands to attack Liangshan. Flames soared into the sky, and the fire was so fierce that the Zhongyi Hall and other villages in Liangshan were engulfed by the fire.

  But apart from the thousands of Liangshan Army soldiers who died in battle, the officers and soldiers could no longer find the body of a Liangshan Army soldier, and Song Jiang and other Liangshan generals disappeared without a trace.

  Tong Guan's maniacal laughter froze. In his eyes, there was an endless 800-mile water pool, and tens of thousands of Liangshan troops had disappeared into the vast water pool.

  Back when Tong Guanwei was extremely proud of the dozens of thunderbolts he had accidentally obtained in Yuncheng County, Li Yanqing knew that this was the inevitable result of the Battle of Liangshan.

Before dawn the next day, Li Yanqing got up early. Today was his first day officially taking office. Yesterday, Yushi Zhongcheng Wang Anzhong sent someone to inform him that the official procedures had been completed for him, and he was asked to go to Yushi early in the morning. Take office.

   "Husband, who is Cao Yun?" Sisi asked her husband with a low laugh in his ear while brushing his hair.

  'Cao Yun? ' Li Yanqing was stunned for a moment, is this the name of an official? But the name seemed familiar to him, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

   "Where did you see that name?"

   "In the bag you brought back yesterday, there is a painting and a book with her name on it. Are they the books and paintings she gave you?"

  Li Yanqing suddenly laughed, it turned out to be 'Cao Yun', he was thinking about Liangshan, but he heard Cao Yun.

   Isn't Cao Yun that little girl nerd? Li Yanqing smiled, and briefly explained the matter of writing the couplets yesterday, "She is a young lady of about ten years old. Painting is her thank you."

   "Is she only ten years old?"

   "Eleven at most!"

  Sisi covered her mouth with a smile and said, "I don't feel so young! Fulang won't be coaxed by the Cao family, right?"

  Li Yanqing turned around and gently pinched her smooth pink cheeks, and said with a smile: "You are the one who is thinking wildly, please help me comb my hair! Today is the first day of my appointment, so don't be late."

After packing up, Li Yanqing set off on horseback, but Sisi was full of interest in this matter, she walked back to the room quickly, took out the painting and the book, the book was "Wang Youcheng Collection", which is Wang Wei's Turning to the first page of the collection of poems, a line of elegant small characters appeared in front of my eyes, "Little sister Cao Yun thanks Brother Yanqing for the gift of friendship".

   I have never known each other in my life, and I actually call them brothers and sisters. I should write "Tokyo Cao Yungan Li Guanren presented a couplet, and I thank you with a book." This is a normal thank you!

   It can be seen that the meaning of this sentence is not simple!

There is also this picture of traveling in the mountains and rivers, the distant mountains are faint, the river flows eastward, a thatched hut is hidden in the mountain road, and the word "wine" is floating on the flag at the door. There is no one in the whole picture, but it makes people feel a long distance. The joy of trekking travelers seeing the tavern is not something a ten-year-old girl can draw.

  Sisi had a smile on her lips, could it be that Fulang's luck is really coming?

  Suddenly, she was very interested in this Cao Yun. Maybe this Cao Yun would become the wife of her husband, but it was very inconvenient for her to go out. How could she find out the details of this Cao Yun?

  At this moment, a magpie's voice came from the door, "Sister Sisi, I'm leaving too!"

  Guo Sisi hurried out of the room, "Sister Magpie, are you busy today?"

   "It's about the same every day! It's not very busy, what's the matter with Sister Sisi?"

   "Can you do me a favor?"

   "What do you want me to do?"

   "If you have time these few days, I would like to ask you to find someone for me."

   Magpie suddenly became interested, "Who do you want me to ask?"

  Sisi hesitated and said, "A little lady from the Cao family."

The layout of the imperial government offices of the Great Song Dynasty is a bit strange. Not all the imperial government departments are located in the imperial city. Quite a number of imperial government offices are built outside the imperial city, mixed with various shops, such as the five temples and three prisons, the Taicheng Mansion, the Tai Changsi, Zuozangku, etc. In addition, Yushitai is not in the imperial city, but on the south side of Xijiaolou Street, close to Kaifeng Mansion, and next door on the other side is a teahouse.

Yushitai covers an area of ​​about 120 mu. A high platform is built of bluestone. On the high platform, three identical pavilions are distributed in the shape of a character. These three pavilions are the three courtyards of Yushitai. court and procuratorate.

  During the Song Dynasty for a long time, the censor was only an official who sent a salary, had no real power, and ignored the affairs of the censor.

After Yuanfeng restructured, Yushitai regained its due power. The current chief official of Yushitai is Doctor Yushi. This position has been vacant. Even if there is an appointment, it is a virtual official that has nothing to do with Yushitai. .

  The real chief official of Yushitai is Yushi Zhongcheng, a high-ranking official from the third rank, and currently served concurrently by Wang Anzhong, the servant of the Ministry of officials.

  Below Yushi Zhongcheng, there are three departments: Taiyuan, Dianyuan and Chayuan. Among them, Taiyuan has six censors, Dianyuan has nine censors in the palace, and the Procuratorate has fifteen supervisors.

  In addition, each court also has a number of positions such as master bookkeeper, recorder, chief officer, order envoy, book order history, pavilion chief, etc., forming a huge bureaucratic supervision and review system.

Among the three courts, the censors have the highest rank and the greatest power. They are responsible for correcting and reviewing hundreds of officials. The censors each perform their duties.

On the second floor of the Taiyuan, Yushi Zhongcheng Wang Anzhong held a small welcome ceremony for Li Yanqing. More than fifty officials from the Taiyuan lined up in the lobby. Wang Anzhong introduced Li Yanqing to everyone with a smile on his face, "Li The censor is the pillar of our Song Dynasty. Although he is very young, his outstanding talent has been recognized by the emperor and he has been promoted in an extraordinary way. I believe he is fully qualified for the post of censor, to share the worries of the emperor, and to become our model and role model. Please welcome Li Yu Shi officially joined Yushitai."

There was warm applause in the hall, and Wang Anzhong introduced five other censors to Li Yanqing, "This is Du Yushi, who has been an official in the censor for 20 years and is the oldest. This is Wang Yushi, who is in charge of entering the He Chengzhao, and this is Zhao Yushi, who is in charge of impeachment."

   All the censors were very polite, and they bowed their hands to Li Yanqing one by one to salute. Not long after, the welcoming ceremony ended and everyone returned to the official room.

Wang Anzhong laughed again: "Although I am the Yushi Zhongcheng, I only serve part-time. The main position is still with the official department. I don't know much about the Yushitai. I may not have time to give you advice. What do you don't understand? You can ask other colleagues more, in fact, your ministries are very independent and have a lot of power, even I can't interfere too much, at most I can only give suggestions, you will be fine if you are more cautious."

  After some evasions, Li Yanqing was speechless. After pondering for a while, Li Yanqing asked, "I don't know which department the subordinate is in charge of?"

   "Did no one tell you?"

  Li Yanqing shook his head, Wang Anzhong smiled and said: "I thought you already knew that Liu Lin, who was in charge of the interrogation before, has been transferred away, and you will take over his position and be in charge of the interrogation."

  Wang Anzhong beckoned, and an official in his thirties came up, "This is Zhang Xun, the director of the Taiwan Academy. He is in charge of the daily affairs of the Taiwan Academy. If Li Yushi needs anything, just go to him."

   After finishing speaking, Wang Anzhong nodded and left in a hurry. He handed Li Yanqing over to Zhang Xun, the chief bookkeeper, to make specific arrangements.

Zhang Xun is from Huzhou. He is of medium stature and very smart and capable. He was born as a Jinshi in the fourth year of Zhenghe, and he has been working in Yushitai. He has been promoted step by step from the ninth rank to the seventh rank. The internal affairs of the Taiyuan and the Procuratorate, and another master book is in charge of the internal affairs of the palace.

  Zhang Xun cupped his hands and said lightly to Li Yanqing: "I've heard about Li Tanhua's name for a long time!"

  (end of this chapter)

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