Li Jian didn't say anything, and let Lin Fengjin digest the meaning of this information, and then said calmly:
"What are your plans for the future?"
Lin Fengjin smiled bitterly and said:
"Before I came to the palace today, I had already thought about it. Now the things in my hands are on track. As long as Xiao follows Cao's rules and appoints someone who is not innovative but capable of execution.
, then it should be no different from me doing it myself, so it’s time to hand over.”
Li Jian said calmly:
"Then what?"
Lin Fengjin said aggrievedly:
"Then of course I have to say goodbye! I'm here to celebrate the New Year. If I can't catch up when I go back to celebrate the New Year, I can't delay my college examination."
When Lin Fengjin said these words, almost no one around him jumped up, and they even had to pick their ears to see if they heard correctly - the college examination!! This guy is still a child in love, not even a scholar?!
Li Jian took a deep breath, and finally suppressed his smile back into his belly. Maintaining the majesty of a king, he couldn't help but say:
"Where are you going to take the college exam?"
Lin Fengjin said honestly:
"Fuling County in Nanzheng."
Li Jian smiled and said:
"I have thought about it, and there are two positions that are more suitable for you. Chen Kan, the governor of Xijing Prefecture, said that he has a vacancy for an eighth-grade assistant historian, and wants you to be in charge of business affairs. Zhu Mo, the Minister of Household Affairs, also said that there is a vacancy.
There is no position for the eighth-grade sihu, so you can choose one yourself."
Lin Fengjin was silent for a while and said:
"Your Majesty, you dare to use me without asking about my origins?"
Li Jian said calmly:
"Your origins will be sent to me soon. As long as you are not a rebellious minister and traitor who plots regicide, there is nothing I dare not use."
Lin Fengjin smiled bitterly and said:
"Although I have nothing to do with the rebellious ministers and traitors who conspired to treason and kill the king, I am probably not much better. I guess if Mr. Dongyang knew my identity, he would probably laugh and cry. I have a feeling of helplessness."
Li Jian suddenly became interested and said curiously:
"What is your identity? You can't be a member of the other four kingdoms, right?"
Lin Fengjin rolled his eyes and said:
"That's not all. My father is just a businessman."
Next, Lin Fengjin knelt down with a bitter face and said:
"Actually, my name is not Fang Senyan, but my real name is Lin Fengjin. I am still studying at Donglin Academy at this time. I am a disciple of Mr. Yangming and a registered disciple of Mr. Jiuyuan. Unfortunately, I am with Wude Academy outside the Great Wall.
The seniors had a big conflict and almost ruined all their plans."
Listening to Lin Fengjin's confession of his "crime", Li Jian was stunned for a long time, and then he came to his senses and said, dumbfounded:
"You, you, why did you come to Zhongtang? You must be avoiding this place, right?"
Lin Fengjin said with increasing embarrassment:
"I came here to prepare medicine."
"Preparing medicine?" Li Jian was even more surprised.
Lin Fengjin glanced at the maids around him and said with great embarrassment:
"I, when I was a child, I was sick and my vitality was damaged. I finally found two monster whips! I had to combine the medicine to make up for it, so as not to lose the yang energy to the future generations, but I wanted to, Long Zifeng
I wanted to use Sun's hair to neutralize the evil spirit in it, so I came to Xijing to find a way to buy some hair of the unmarried princess to be used as a guide for the palace to be shaved."
"——It seems that among the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains, His Majesty is the only one who has an unmarried daughter. That's why I had to come. As a result, by some strange combination of circumstances, I met Dongyang Gong and was assassinated. Frankly speaking, if I had known the true identity of Dongyang Gong at that time,
, you can definitely go as far as you want.”
Lin Fengjin secretly glanced at Li Jian's hard-working look, who could hardly help laughing, and couldn't help but murmured and begged:
"I know that it is a serious crime to deceive the emperor, but, I still don't want to die. I haven't even married my wife yet. I have three generations of single-sect members in my family, please forgive me!"
Li Jian waited for a while before snorting coldly:
"Now I really think they were right. If you can't be used, you must be killed!"
Lin Fengjin said with a sad face:
"Am I already working for Zhongtang? I just paid you 3.7 million taels of silver into the national treasury. If the land is good, it will be no problem to get more money."
Li Jian snorted coldly and said:
"Then you're going to take the exam for Nanzheng's talents?"
Lin Fengjin said fiercely:
"For someone like me who will be the chief minister of the cabinet in the future, of course I cannot leave a stain in such a key place. Not only do I have to be a scholar, but I also have to be promoted, and I have to pass the imperial examination step by step! What if?
If you want to be a scholar in the middle Tang Dynasty, what will people think of me in the future? In the history books of the future, maybe only the word "Xingjin" will be written!"
If it were other young people who had said in such a positive tone, "I will be the chief minister of the cabinet in the future," the comments would only be contempt and ridicule. But when Lin Fengjin said this at this time, it was not only
Li Jian, not even the palace maids, eunuchs, and guards next to him, found anything offensive.
Because they have to admit in their own hearts that in terms of talent, Lin Fengjin is more than enough to be a minister of the household department, and he can also make people around him agree. How old is he now? Give him another few decades of experience
, you really have the ability to say such things!
The reason why Lin Fengjin dared to reveal his identity was that he had figured out Li Jian's temperament. He also conducted a careful investigation and found that most of the people who said that Li Jian was violent and easy to kill were accusing him of being involved with Li Jian fifteen years ago.
Eight years ago, there were two purges of the court, and a total of nearly 78 officials were killed. This sounds very horrifying.
However, these seventy-eight people are either guilty of huge corruption and perversion of the law, or they are very serious in their favoritism. If they are not stopped, they will endanger the national strength! They all have ways to die.
More importantly, these seventy-eight people are all of mediocre quality without exception, and there are even some people who have corpses to eat. It can be said that this cleansing of the court is a benign elimination process for the entire country. On the contrary, there are some capital crimes.
But people who are talented in certain areas are spared death.
On the other hand, Li Jian's usual behavior is very generous and he is very tolerant of talented people. Under him, as long as he can do things and is willing to do things, he will definitely be reused.
The most famous one is Wugutu, one of the four generals of the Middle Tang Dynasty. This man was originally a powerful general of Xirong. He even designed to kill Li Jian's most beloved son Li Kuang during the war between the two countries! If this son was
If he is not dead, he must be the prince at this time, but later Li Jian still used counterintuitive tactics, and then found a way to recruit him to surrender, and he did not hesitate to put him on the front line against Xirong at Liuhe Pass.
The reward for Li Jian's trust in Wugutu was that the Xirong were not allowed to advance even an inch for twenty years, and instead were deprived of thousands of miles of land outside Liuhe Pass!
There was also a minister named Shen Hu. This man was talented, but he had one bad thing, that is, he liked women. As a result, he finally met a woman who was attracted to him, but he ran into a iron plate. However, the woman had already been selected by the palace, and the portrait she presented was also very popular with Li Jian. She had been given the title of a talented person in advance and was only waiting for the queen's approval to enter the palace.
As a result, Shen Hu's sperm got into his head and he had sex with this girl. In the end, Li Jian gave him the punishment of dismissal from his post, but still allowed him to commit crimes and perform meritorious service while in office. However, the talented man was rewarded by Li Jian conveniently. he.
Shen Hu finally died on the battlefield for the Zhongtang Dynasty. Others tried to surrender him four times, but all of them killed the envoys and drove them out.
It can be seen from this that Li Jian is violent and easy to kill, and even those who kill are useless. Lin Fengjin is also very accurate. No matter how deep the feud between himself and Zhongtang is, it will never be as deep as a black bone. Su's hatred of killing his son is never greater than Shen Hu's hatred of seizing beauty! What's more, at this time in the Middle Tang Dynasty, the country could be said to be quite militaristic. It was precisely because of the lack of high-end internal affairs talents like himself?
Li Jian suddenly laughed out loud after hearing Lin Fengjin's arrogance:
"Chief Minister of the Cabinet, hahahaha! Do you really dare to say that?"
Lin Fengjin snorted coldly and said:
"Uncle Fuqing (Li Jian's grandfather) died without illness at the age of seventy-five. King Xianzhao (Li Jian's father) died at the age of eighty-two. Your Majesty is only fifty-one this year. He can at least conquer the world for fifty years. The things I have done for Zhongtang in the past two months are worthy of the achievements of a minister of household affairs, right? Give me fifty years to develop strategies, and let’s see if I can use the achievements in my hands to find the emperor to replace him with a minister. Assistant’s position?”
Li Jian didn't know why, but he felt happy and laughed loudly:
"Okay, I will give you fifty years to make meritorious deeds. I have clear rewards and punishments. If you can really achieve the corresponding merits, what if I give you the position of chief assistant?"
The chief eunuch who was accompanying him secretly thought in his heart that he must not offend this scholar in the future. Flattery is just like being superior to others!
On the surface, Lin Fengjin was expressing his feelings, but in fact, he was quietly complimenting Li Jian for being able to live to be a hundred years old! The chief eunuch secretly said that this person's flattery skills were really unnoticed, saying But it is even more smooth and natural. More importantly, this guy is already known as a "great talent", and his work is still flawless. Only people say he is good, no one says he is bad. Of course, in the end, The most important thing is that he is less than twenty!!
"You have a lot of fallacies." Li Jian pondered for a while and then said: "But there is still some truth in it."
"In the Tang Dynasty, there were many talents from Donglin Academy. For example, Dang He, the Minister of Justice, and Yang Heng, the meritorious officer of the Ministry of War, were all your classmates. The disputes between academies were entirely between the imperial court and the academy. The entanglements are different, not to mention that as a mere disciple, your struggle for survival is not a big deal. In the end, part of the dragon energy belongs to me, Zhongtang. If you serve me honestly in the future, I will be responsible for you. The conflict with Wude Academy has been wiped out." (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)