It must be said that this result was something Li Jie did not expect.
Although Li Shiheng in history would also ask for an official position in the second half of the year, the situation in the government at that time was completely different from now.
Now, because of Li Jie's deep involvement, the flooding of Zhenzong's mausoleum has been settled.
Not long ago, Lei Yungong's military rank was promoted to Imperial City Envoy (seventh rank), and at the same time he was appointed Puzhou Governor (Yao Ling).
The imperial city envoy is the highest rank among all official envoys. Eunuchs who move to the imperial city envoy can move to the rank of official (sixth rank).
It can be said that there are very few eunuchs who can reach this stage.
Lei Yungong's original purpose of building the imperial mausoleum was nothing more than this.
Now, his goal has been achieved, and he has become more loyal.
The news of Li Shiheng's resignation came from Lei Yungong, and along with it came another piece of news.
Before leaving, Li Shiheng also recommended candidates for the new third envoy, and he recommended Zhang Shixun.
Li Jie knew Zhang Shixun very well. After all, he was his former minister and one of the earliest ones.
Perhaps it has something to do with his background. As his official position rose higher, Zhang Shixun's way of dealing with things became more and more diplomatic.
A good old man.
No one can be offended, no one can be approached.
In his early years, Zhang Shixun had good personal relationships with Yang Yi, Wang Dan, Kou Zhun and others. However, as Wang Dan and Yang Yi passed away, he gradually withdrew from the Northern Group.
Or rather cutting.
Otherwise, Liu E would not have let Zhang Shixun take charge of the two mansions and serve as deputy privy envoy.
(PS: Zhang Shixun’s family is relatively ordinary, probably at the level of a rural rich man, and he has no connections in his ancestors)
Although Li Jie is familiar with Zhang Shixun, he himself does not approve of this appointment.
In the eyes of others, Zhang Shixun can offend no one. Serving as the third envoy may be a good thing, at least it can maintain the status quo.
But in Li Jie's view, maintaining the status quo is the worst outcome.
Whether it's getting worse or better, it's still better than it is now.
In the former, Li Jie can get more involved and expand his voice step by step.
The latter can adjust the existing structure and increase the revenue of the national treasury.
In the evening, Li Jie rushed to Baoci Hall to pay his respects to Liu E as usual.
Two requests a day, the frequency is not too high.
In fact, according to tradition, one invitation a day is enough. The reason why Li Jie did not change this frequency is that it is not easy to change.
On the other hand, it was because he could take the opportunity to pay his respects and observe Liu E's condition.
"The officials are here."
When Li Jie walked into the inner hall, Liu E put down the note in her hand and walked to the living room nearby. However, her tone now was a little tired compared to that in the morning.
Hearing this, Li Jie asked in time.
"The eldest lady looks bad, but she is busy with state affairs?"
"fine."
Liu E smiled reluctantly, she was indeed tired.
The third commander gave up his job, which disrupted many of her plans.
After Liu Mei passed away, Liu E felt increasingly deserted. When something happened, there was no one around to discuss it.
I really became a loner.
Logically speaking, the people closest to her now are the officials.
However, there is an irreconcilable conflict between her and the officials. She wants to continue to be in power, but the officials have not revealed anything yet.
But who knows what will happen in the future?
The older an official becomes, the more he will understand the beauty of power.
Suddenly, an idea appeared in Liu E's mind.
Men are only interested in a few things. Officials are rich all over the world, and worldly things such as money will definitely not impress them.
Liu E was reluctant to give up power.
All that's left is beauty.
After the official's mourning is over, he immediately marries the official's wife and temporarily charms the official's wife with her beauty.
When a young man is young, he admires his parents; when he is a lustful man, he admires Shaoai. When the mourning period is over, the official will be fifteen, which is the age to marry a wife.
After thinking about it, Liu E felt that this matter had great potential.
Here, Li Jie was still analyzing Liu E's inner thoughts at this moment. He never expected that Liu E would actually have the idea of marrying him, and she also wanted to charm him with her beauty.
Immediately afterwards, Liu E's heart moved again, and then she gave instructions to Mrs. Lin beside her.
"Go and get the envelope from the table."
Not long after, Mrs. Lin brought the zazi over, Liu E took it, and then handed it to Li Jie's hand.
"Guan Jia, take a look at this letter."
Li Jie opened the document and found that it was a document from eight years ago.
Eight years ago, Zhang Shixun and Li Shiheng were both transport envoys to Hebei Province. As we all know, floods in the Yellow River are a topic that all dynasties and generations cannot avoid.
At that time, there were serious floods in Hebei, among which the floods in Dizhou (now Huimin, Shandong) were the most serious.
Considering the actual situation and the cost of governance, Zhang Shixun and Li Shiheng jointly submitted a letter requesting to move to the city.
After quickly browsing the papers, Li Jie deliberately frowned and thought for a moment, then raised his head again and looked at Liu E with confusion.
"Lady?"
Liu E did not directly answer Li Jie's doubts, but changed her tone.
"Today, Li Shiheng requested an official appointment from the imperial court, and at the same time recommended Zhang Shixun to take over the post of Third Secretary. What do the officials think of this?"
Hearing this, Li Jie looked surprised on the surface, but he was thinking secretly in his heart.
Could it be that the person placed by Lei Yungong had an accident?
What a coincidence.
As soon as he received the news, Liu E told him the matter in person in the blink of an eye.
After a while, Li Jie put away his surprise, frowned and thought for a moment.
"Mr. Zhang has outstanding talents and good conduct. He is indeed a good candidate."
"It's just that Mr. Zhang has no experience in serving in the third department. Wouldn't it be bad to let Mr. Zhang take over rashly?"
Liu E said dumbly: "I listen to the official's wishes, but there is someone else in mind?"
"How about Master Li from the Academy?"
Li Jie smiled slightly and threw out a candidate.
"Li Shen?"
There are currently two bachelors named Li in the Bachelor's College, namely Li Wei, a Hanlin bachelor, and Li Shen, a Hanlin bachelor.
(The Hanlin bachelors have decreed that the Hanlin bachelor who has been admitted to the hospital for the longest time will be ranked above all the Hanlin bachelors. He is not always placed, but only one person.)
However, Li Wei, like Zhang Shixun, had no experience of serving in the third department, so Liu E naturally thought of Li Shen.
Li Zhen was a Jinshi in the second year of Jingde (1005). In that list, he ranked third and was Tanhua Lang.
After becoming an official, Li Zhen successively served as local people-friendly officials (prefecture magistrate, general magistrate, county magistrate, chief registrar and other parent officials), household magistrate of the third division, Kaifeng prefecture magistrate, Huainan transit envoy, Jiangdong transit envoy and other positions.
Although in terms of qualifications, Li Zhen is a bit inferior, in terms of experience, Li Zhen is indeed qualified for the position of Third Secretary.
If you have poor qualifications, it doesn't matter. The worst thing you can do is add the word "quan" in front of the "three ministers".
Most importantly, be politically correct.
The relationship between Li Shen and Kou Zhun is not very good, which is very good and important.