Sheng Hong listened to Li Zhan's Versailles speech with envy on his face, stopped his chopsticks, and persuaded.

"You are so lucky that you don't know how lucky you are. The officials in the capital are noble and noble. They are one level higher than the officials in other places. Now His Majesty intends to let you take charge of the Secretariat Department. You must seize the opportunity!"

Li Zhan knew that Sheng Hong was an official politician and did not have any lofty ambitions. He did not talk to him about his own ambition to seal the wolf and live in Xu, so he just smiled and nodded.

Sheng Minglan saw a flash of arrogance and helplessness in Li Zhan's eyes, as if his ambition was hard to achieve. She felt something in her heart and realized that the eldest brother-in-law in front of her, who had risen to prominence, was not an official fan like her father. He had great ambitions in his heart and was unwilling to do so.

In the officialdom, people are like flies and dogs, blindly trying to make ends meet.

Li Zhan seemed to have noticed Sheng Minglan's attention, smiled gently at him, and said.

"You can have more contact with your eldest sister in the future. She has been with me in Bianjing all these years and has no relatives around her. She is very depressed!"

When Mrs. Sheng saw this, she understood that it was Li Zhan who took good care of Minglan for her own sake. Otherwise, Hualan had her biological sister Rulan, so there would be no need for Minglan to accompany her, so she quickly agreed for Minglan.

Minglan also knew about Li Zhan's good intentions. Although she had made up her mind to be cautious in the Sheng Mansion and was willing to be a little transparent and would not interact with Hualan more, she still replied respectfully.

"Minglan thanks my eldest brother-in-law for taking care of me!"

Li Zhan saw at a glance that Sheng Minglan didn't take it seriously at all, so he had to say it again.

"If you encounter any difficulties in the future and need help from your elder brother-in-law, just ask. After all, grandma is old and it is not convenient for you to solve some things!"

Minglan nodded obediently. She understood Li Zhan's kindness. If she really encountered difficulties, she would not trouble Li Zhan.

Mrs. Sheng also noticed Minglan's unfamiliarity with Li Zhan, and secretly kept it in mind, planning to mention Minglan again after Li Zhan returned.

The night was like water and the silver light was pouring. After having dinner at Wei Ruixuan, Li Zhan and his wife drove out of Sheng Mansion and returned to their home.

Three months have passed in a flash, and now Li Zhan has taken up the post of Secretary Superintendent. Although he is already the chief official of the Secretariat Department, the Secretary Department is not a busy yamen, so it is quite quiet. Every day, Li Zhan is idle

There is nothing to do but read. The three libraries of Chongwen Academy have a total of more than 80,000 volumes of original and duplicate books. They also selected the rare collections to build a secret pavilion and set up the "Inner Tibetan Treasury" to further expand the collection of books.

Most of these 80,000 volumes of books were read by Li Zhan in his previous lives. There were only some lost classics that Li Zhan had never seen, but they were quickly read by him.

Today, Li Zhan can confidently say that he knows every volume of Chongwenyuan's books by heart and knows them by heart. He is like a walking library.

Every time an official wanted to look up the contents of a classic, Li Zhan opened his mouth and recited it, which surprised the official. They admired his knowledge even more and took him with him everywhere, almost treating him as their own.

His secretary was the envy of the courtiers outside.

Because he had read the entire collection of Chongwen Academy, Li Zhan had nothing to do and wrote to the officials to sort out Chongwen's books, compile the "General Catalog of Chongwen", and record four series of books, namely "Taiping Yulan" and "Taiping Guang".

"Taiping Yulan" is a comprehensive series; "Taiping Guangji" is a novel series, mainly covering myths and legends of past dynasties; "Wenyuan Yinghua" is a literature series

, covering hundreds of years of poetry and prose; "Cefu Yuangui" is a political series, the first five hundred volumes are the deeds of emperors, and the last five hundred volumes are the deeds of ministers.

Officials attach great importance to this. Since ancient times, emperors have pursued martial arts and martial arts. In the Song Dynasty, there was no martial arts and could only pursue martial arts. What Li Zhan proposed was exactly the kind of martial arts that would make the official family famous in history. Therefore, the official family convened.

A group of erudite people were recruited to assist Chongwen Academy in compiling four series of books, and Li Zhan naturally became the person in charge of the compilation.

In this regard, the princes of the court are also extremely supportive. This is a major event in the literary world. They are all scholars, so naturally they will not object. Moreover, "Cefu Yuangui" contains the deeds of ancient and modern officials, which is also very tempting to them. Scholars

What he pursues is not to leave his name in history, so for a while, Li Zhan became a favorite, and ministers continued to express their closeness to him.

On this day, Li Zhan was about to return to the palace from the palace, but he was suddenly stopped by someone. Li Zhan turned around and saw that it was Gu Yankai, the commander of the palace in front of the palace, his nominal master.

Because Li Zhan's status was very different from that of Ningyuan Marquis Gu Yankai at the beginning, he did not have any contact with him. Later, when he became famous, Gu Yankai could not save his face, and he did not want to be called master and disciple anymore.

, so the two of them were just acquaintances, without any interaction, and they were considered strangers.

Even so, Li Zhan finally learned the martial arts inheritance from Gu Yankai's family, and the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion was kind to him. Li Zhan quickly turned back and trotted up to Gu Yankai, looking at him eagerly with a polite expression.

asked.

"I don't know if Gu Hou needs Li's help for anything, but it doesn't matter!"

Li Zhan was worried that he would not have a chance to repay the favor to Ningyuan Houfu. When he saw Gu Yankai taking the initiative to speak, he was so active that even Ningyuan Hou was startled.

Gu Yankai happened to be returning home at this time, and the two of them talked while walking.

"Master Li, I heard that the Sheng Mansion invited Mr. Zhuang. This is true!"

Mr. Zhuang is a famous teacher in the world. He has taught no less than a hundred Jinshi. He is very famous in the official circles and has some connections with the Sheng Mansion. Therefore, Sheng Hong went through great hardships to invite Mr. Zhuang to teach his children in the middle school.

Li Zhan rolled his eyes and understood what Gu Yankai was asking for. Gu Tingyu from the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion had a serious illness and was likely to die young, and only Gu Tingye and Gu Tingwei were left. Gu Tingye had a notorious reputation in his early years.

He went to the streets, but for some reason he suddenly changed his ways, made progress in his studies, and passed the imperial examination. Now he is studying hard for the imperial examination, and there is a lack of famous teachers, so Gu Yankai heard that the Sheng Mansion invited Mr. Zhuang, and wanted Gu Tingye to study at the Sheng Family Academy.

, I will have a bright future in the future.

"It's true at this time, Mr. Zhuang has already settled in Sheng Mansion!"

A hint of joy flashed between Gu Yan's eyebrows, and then he said to Li Zhan with a wry smile.

"You have also heard about the traitor in my family. Now that he is willing to make progress, I always have to take care of him, so I want to send him to Sheng Mansion to study. I wonder if Mr. Li is willing to help?"

Li Zhan didn't care, this little thing was just a piece of cake for him, and Gu Tingye and Sheng Changbai were also good friends. When Gu Tingye went to Yangzhou to inherit his grandfather's property, there was a dispute, but Sheng Hong became a notary and helped him regain it.

As a result, he got acquainted with Sheng Changbai and became close friends.
Chapter completed!