Since when Zhang Jingzhi and Guo Cunxin came, the Li Mansion prepared a plain banquet, it is impossible that when Da Xi came, there would be a banquet?
Da Xi, a shameless person, actually said that he wanted to go to a female village?
Li Chengzhi almost slapped him in the face.
You definitely can’t go to a brothel.
It’s not that there’s any hindrance.
During the twenty-four dynasties, Zhu Yuanzhang was not the only emperor who advocated and encouraged the development of prostitution in order to stimulate domestic demand and raise taxes.
It was not just the Li and Tang dynasties where it was common for officials and scholars to have sex with prostitutes, and it was rumored to be a good talk.
Compared with Li and Tang Dynasties, the atmosphere of the Northern Wei Dynasty was more open. What’s the point of visiting a brothel?
Besides, places like this in this era are actually similar to star-rated hotels in later generations, so we don’t necessarily have to worry about that.
But if you really dare to go to a brothel, I don’t know whether Li Shixian’s legs will be broken, but Li Chengzhi’s legs will most likely be broken by Guo Yuzhi.
The main reason is that not only does Li Chengzhi have no heirs, but he also doesn’t even have half a wife or concubine. He is afraid that he will get stuck in the marrow and know the taste...
Furthermore, even if others dared to take him there, Li Chengzhi would not go there even if he was killed.
I don’t even look at the relationship between him and these people: father and son, son-in-law, uncle and nephew...
When Li Chengzhi thought of visiting a brothel with these people, his scalp went numb.
If he wants to go, he will only go with Da Xi... Of course, they will only go to drink, and at most they will sing songs and recite poems...
Under Li Chengzhi's suggestion, the five men finally went to the posthouse, and did not invite any singers. They just ordered the good food and wine on the table. Zhang Jingzhi and Guo Cunxin accompanied Da Xi, and drank from noon to midnight... p>
……
Noticing that there seemed to be movement around him, Da Xi opened his eyes in a daze, and when he saw it was Xi Kangsheng, he turned over in shock: "Follow your father?"
Xi Kangsheng opened his mouth and scolded: "You bastard, I asked you to visit and make friends, not to get drunk... If you miss the morning meeting, do you want Congfu to punish you or not?"
Da Xi kept admitting his mistake, and scolded Li Chengzhi in his heart: Didn't you even remind yourself?
I didn’t expect that the wine would be so strong. I remember that after only drinking seven or eight glasses, I became drunk and didn’t know what happened?
No wonder Zhang Jingzhi and Guo Cunxin only took small sips?
Cursing in his heart, Xi Kangsheng pointed to something beside him and asked Da Xi angrily: "Where did it come from?"
Da Xi took a closer look and saw that it was a meteorite knife.
Yes, where did it come from?
Oh, I remembered...
Da Xi responded respectfully: "It was from Li Chengzhi... He said it was a return gift..."
Xi Kangsheng’s face was full of weirdness.
Return gift?
Does this mean it’s over?
It’s not that he thought the sword was too rude.
To be honest, in terms of value, the things that Daxi sent yesterday are completely enough.
Another thing, at his level, this is not what matters...
Is he surprised that Li Chengzhi is really unruly and willful, and he was born in a scholar's family, but he doesn't regard etiquette as a gift in return, and he doesn't even pretend to do so?
Also, didn’t Li Chengzhi say that the one he gave to him would be the last one?
Where did this one come from?
"It's Zhang Sima's... It's Li Chengzhi who said that he can't come up with a suitable return gift for the time being. Can I give him a break for two days..."
Da Xi replied with a strange expression on his face, as if he was wondering why he couldn't meet such a Yue family:
"Then... then I saw Li Chengzhi and Zhang Sima murmuring for a few words, and Zhang Sima untied the knife, and Li Chengzhi gave it to his nephew... Well, Zhang Sima must have been drunk at the time..." p>
Does this mean that Li Chengzhi deceived Zhang Fengzhi into getting the knife back while he was drunk?
The meat on Xi Kangsheng's face was twitching, and he didn't know what to say.
After holding it in for a long time, he cursed angrily: "Asshole...ridiculous...unbridled..."
Can’t come up with a return gift?
Is it so direct?
Even the Yuan clan (Xianbei), who are famous for their forthrightness and straightforwardness, would never speak so frankly!
And this knife... How can I give it to my father-in-law as a gift, and why should I ask for it back?
How shameless does this have to be?
He is not afraid of spreading the news and being laughed out of his mouth?
"Two bastards who don't know their importance...Li Chengzhi dared to give them away, but you dared to accept them?" Xi Kangsheng cursed and stretched out his hand again, "Bring them here?"
Da Xi was surprised: "Ah?"
Unexpectedly, Da Xi was unwilling. The more Xi Kangsheng thought about it, the angrier he became, and he was about to take action: "It's so stupid... If this is spread, everyone will think that you used your power to control others and took it by force. Your reputation
Do you want it?"
Unable to resist Xi pestering and begging for mercy, Xi Kangsheng grabbed the knife and left before he finished scolding him.
Da Xi was crying, as if his wife had been snatched away, and he looked as if he was worse off than dead.
It’s over, grandpa’s peerless sword...
……
Not long after dawn, before the sun had even risen, the government office was filled with officials. There were thirty or forty people in total.
Most of them are civil and military bureaucrats from Jingzhou Governor's Office, and the remaining small number are Xi Kangsheng's officials and subordinates, such as Zhang Jingzhi.
Some were in groups, chatting in low voices, while others were leaning against walls and pillars, closing their eyes and meditating. As soon as the morning drum sounded, the mountains would shout "Guard" to greet Xi Kangsheng.
To put it bluntly, the "morning meeting" of local prefectures and counties is no different from the court meeting of the capital officials. As soon as the chief official arrives, each subordinate officer should give presentations and discuss matters. After the morning meeting is completed, the retreat drum sounds,
Then you will get off work.
Yes, this is the origin of the retreat in later generations.
It was not until the Ming Dynasty that Zhu Yuanzhang changed the tradition of beating drums before and after classes and raising and lowering the government flag to beating the cloud board.
Of course, getting off work does not mean getting off work. If it is early, each official will go back to his own department and office to take care of his own business.
As for whether to take care of meals, whether to take care of morning meals or lunch, it will depend on the situation, such as whether the imperial court or the local economy is relatively prosperous.
This custom started in the Spring and Autumn Period, but it was not until the Tang Dynasty that it became a regular rule. If the court meeting is early, then the morning meal is in charge, and if the court meeting is late, then the lunch meal is in charge.
But no matter which meal is in charge, in most dynasties and most eras, it is usually Shenshi, which means going to the Yamen around three o'clock. Therefore, a meeting, plus this meal, can take up to half a day at least.
Most of the day, or even the whole day, just passed by.
And there are so many holidays.
Since the Han Dynasty, all dynasties and generations have basically continued to take a bath every five days, that is, if you work for four days, you can take one day off, and there are roughly six days of holidays in January.
Including Southern Dynasties and Northern Wei.
In addition, there are holidays on New Year's Day, Lantern Festival, Qingming Festival, Four Seasons Solstice and other festivals. As for whether it is one day or three days, it varies in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
There are also differences in the remaining holidays between the two dynasties: for example, in the Yuan and Wei Dynasties at this stage, Lao Tzu's birthday and the Buddha's birthday are both a day off, but Nanliang only has a day off on the Buddha's birthday.
Because Emperor Liang only believed in Buddhism.
When it comes to the birthdays of Yuan Ke, his biological mother and Emperor Xiaowen, the Yuan and Wei Dynasties will also have a day off, but Nanliang will not, only the day of Xiao Yansheng's birthday.
Just because Xiao Yan was the founding emperor, his parents were just posthumous gifts...
Li Chengzhi calculated that if he took the leave, officials in the Yuan and Wei dynasties would be able to take almost ninety days of leave a year, and they would soon catch up with the Song Dynasty, which treated officials the most kindly.
And there is no need to be like before the Jin Dynasty. You can't leave the government office until you have a rest. You have to live in the government office. There is no need for "night duty", only "rotation".
As long as you get off work at 3:11, when you should go home and hug your mother-in-law, when you should visit brothels, when you should listen to music, when you should drink, no one will care about you...
Thinking about it this way, this official position is actually quite comfortable...
According to the practice of the Yuan and Wei dynasties, the meeting was originally held in the morning every five days. However, Jingzhou was devastated and was in need of revitalization. Naturally, we could not follow the old rules.
Therefore, after Xi Kangsheng entered the city, he not only changed the meeting once every five days to the morning meeting every day, but also changed the time of the lower office from Chenshichu (7 a.m.) to Maoshizheng (6 a.m.), making it a real
"Dianmao".
Moreover, the time of the lower office was changed from Shen Shizheng (3 p.m.) to Xu Shichu (7 p.m.), which is not only one hour earlier, but also four hours later.
They even canceled the five-day holiday for officials.
As for overtime pay...what good thing are you thinking about?
Most of those officials who gathered in small groups and muttered in low voices were talking about this.
Li Chengzhi has no official position and only has the title of "Captain", so naturally he can only stand at the back.
He was leaning against a pillar and squinting while listening to the nearby officials scolding Liu Huiwang and occasionally complaining about Xi Kangsheng.
Even the emperor was scolded by people, so Li Chengzhi was not surprised at all, just to relieve his boredom.
As he listened, he noticed that the voices around him suddenly became quieter, as if someone was coming. Li Chengzhi opened his eyelids and saw Da Xi walking from outside the hall with a sad face.
Got scolded?
Li Chengzhi was suspicious, and Da Xi quickly came to his side and muttered anxiously and distressedly: "The knife was taken away from my father?"
Li Chengzhi's eyes bulged: "Why?"
No matter how you look at it, Xi Kangsheng is not so stingy that he even robs his own son’s things?
"My father called us two bastards..."
Just after he finished speaking, he suddenly heard the sound of a drum outside the hall. Da Xi looked up and saw that Xi Kangsheng had already entered the main hall.
He didn't dare to be verbose, so he tried his best to keep his voice down: "Anyway, you should handle it carefully..."
As he said this, Da Xi quickly pushed forward.
He is a fifth-rank general, only one level lower than the governor, Bijia. Therefore, he cannot stand at the end like Li Chengzhi, but in the second row.
A pair of bastards?
Li Chengzhi rolled his eyes and felt relieved.
Xi Kangsheng must have felt that it was inappropriate for him to take back the knife he gave to Zhang Jingzhi and then give it to Da Xi...
My father also said it was inappropriate. Now that I think about it, it is indeed inappropriate.
Then you can only owe it first.
As for dealing with it carefully...at most, you will get scolded.
Thinking about it in his mind, he followed the officials on the left and right and clasped his fists in the hall, calling him "Guardian".
After I straightened up, I felt a sudden silence around me. There was no sound. Those officials who were still complaining just now seemed like they didn't even dare to express their anger, let alone muttering.
Li Chengzhi couldn't help but be a little surprised: Is Xi Kangsheng so majestic?
He subconsciously turned around and saw that the officials next to him were looking at him in horror, with their faces turning pale with fright, and then he suddenly realized.
These few people were just gossiping about Xi Kangsheng, and they thought they were standing next to little shrimps with the same low official position as them. Who would have thought that this young man with only a few beards would actually be with Xi Kangsheng?
So close to the guarding servant?
If we sue them for orchestrating Xi Kangsheng's story, these people will have to shed their skin even if they don't die.
Seeing him raise his head, several officials bowed in panic, looking like they were in imminent disaster.
Li Chengzhi just smiled, didn't say much, and returned the greeting.
Seeing that his appearance was extraordinary and his power didn't seem to be that great, an official bravely asked: "Your Excellency looks strange, do you dare to ask your name?"
"My surname is Li!" Li Chengzhi smiled slightly, "My father, Li Shixian..."
"Li Shixian...Li Chengzhi?"
The official exclaimed.
Following his call, at least a dozen of them, front, back, left and right, all turned their heads as if they were equipped with switches.
Li Chengzhi?
Isn’t it the same Li Chengzhi who single-handedly put an end to the Jingzhou Rebellion?
It was not bright before, and there were not many lights in the hall, so it was not very clear. But now, looking at Li Chengzhi's appearance, how could anyone else find him in Jingzhou?
?
Good guy, he didn't even care about Xi Kangsheng in the hall. It was like the Chinese people in later generations saw giant pandas. The people in the back rows stretched out their necks, wishing they could stick to Li Chengzhi's face to see clearly. Their faces were filled with envy and confusion.
I admire it, my eyes are shining.
Li Chengzhi was not happy but was surprised: Is it going to be bad?
Sure enough, there was a roar in the hall: "You bastard... why don't you get up here?"
I'm going to be killed by you...
Li Chengzhi sighed helplessly and cupped his hands to the left and right.
After only a few breaths, he heard a rustling sound. There was a distance of five or six feet from the door to the Yamen, but as if he had been struck by a knife, dozens of officials all made way for him. Xi Kangsheng was in the hall, and no one dared to make any noise, so they didn't dare to make a sound. But as long as Li Chengzhi passed by, no one was standing.
Those with lower official positions and younger people are doing the bow, while those with higher official positions and older people, even if they don’t know how to salute because of their status, they will nod.
These are all subordinate officials and staff of the Governor's Office. To put it bluntly, their lives, as well as the lives of their families, were all saved by Li Chengzhi...
Li Chengzhi held his fists in his arms all the way, smiling so shyly, as gentle as he wanted, as sunny as he wanted.
Many people were surprised: Is this really the Li Chengzhi who suppressed nearly 100,000 thieves, killing heads everywhere in Jingzhou City, and leaving corpses everywhere?
There are also those who react quickly, and naturally think of those rumors: insidious and cunning, the city is deep...
If he really was a good person, how could he accomplish such feats?
When he walked to the front of the hall, Li Chengzhi saw Zhang Jingzhi standing beside Xi Kangsheng, and the knife was slung on his waist.
Taking a closer look, Zhang Jingzhi's face looked a little dazed, probably because he had been scolded.
Can giving gifts bring success?
Li Chengzhi muttered to himself and bowed down with his hands raised: "I've seen the guard..."
"Bastard thing..."
Xi Kangsheng cursed and threw something into his arms, "I'll let you remember today's matters first. If you can't handle the errand, the old and new accounts will be settled together..."
Errands?
Li Chengzhi's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously took the object thrown by Xi Kangsheng. When he lowered his head, he saw that it was an official order.
It's only two fingers wide, and the words on it are so small that they are almost invisible: Cang Cao joins the military!
Just give yourself such an official title?
Li Chengzhi raised his head and looked at Xi Kangsheng blankly.