Chapter 134 Can't be regarded as ordinary miscellaneous officials
Chapter 134: Can’t be treated like an ordinary official
The next day, when Li You was sitting in the office, he continued to think about his future. At this time, the Fucheng garrison department came to report to the government office that a canal boat was robbed last night, and dozens of thieves, each with his own rice, ran away in Fucheng.
scattered.
Li You was shocked when he heard the news! The poor people were just robbing the rice from the rice shop. At most, it was an ordinary robbery case. This time they actually robbed the bow of the canal. What is the difference between this and robbing officials of silver? The nature is extremely bad.
From grain robbers to canal robbers, it seems that the turmoil in Fucheng is getting worse.
Although in this special period, Li You was the second-largest person in the yamen, he was only a governor in name. He had no power to handle the matter, so he reported the case to Wang Tongzhi.
Wang Tongzhi was equally shocked when he heard the news! However, he was just a Tongzhi, and his authority was not in charge of criminal names, and he had not been authorized. He had to report the case to the imperial envoy Xie Zhongcheng. Then he sighed to Li You: "The chaos in the mansion is getting worse.
When we need to work hard, we can't help ourselves because of the limitations of our authority."
Xie Zhongcheng was still shocked when he heard the news! Then there was nothing more to say. After all, the focus of the imperial envoy's duties is to conduct inspections, not to interfere in politics through rough and shaky means.
Li You put down the case and continued to think about his personal development. Wang Tongzhi's intentional emotion inspired him, and he also made up a few more arguments that the court needed to promote and reuse him, and he lived up to Wang Tongzhi's praise of his good understanding.
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However, the promotion of a small person, especially the promotion by leapfrog, is destined to be difficult and tortuous. With high-sounding rhetoric, new problems arise and block him when he needs to take action.
If you want to get an exceptional promotion this time, the first prerequisite is to thank the imperial envoy. The imperial envoy's role is equivalent to the eyes and ears of the imperial court, and what the imperial envoy sees is what the imperial envoy sees. If you can allow the imperial envoy to return to the court with a memorial, please state a few things
The reason for an exceptional promotion is the first step in the entire promotion process.
Otherwise, there is no basis for legality, so why does the court think that Li You should be promoted? Forcibly promoting him is tantamount to tampering with his life.
But it was this first hurdle that stumped Governor Li. Some people may ask, if there is any difficulty, why not just come to him and try to build a relationship? This is a big mistake. Things cannot be done like this.
There is a rule of etiquette in the official circles of this dynasty: between a junior official and a senior official who are not familiar with each other, they are not allowed to see each other unless they are summoned. In other words, between two officials whose status is too different, the junior official can only go to see him if he is summoned.
That senior official cannot take the initiative to harass and ask for an audience, otherwise it would be rude. Otherwise, those powerful senior officials would be annoyed to death by all kinds of strangers. Of course, this rule is for personal relationships and does not apply to official dealings.
This one.
Therefore, the status difference between the ninth-grade governor and the third-grade imperial envoy is too far, and Li You is not qualified to take the initiative to associate with Xie Zhongcheng. There is also a difficulty. Even if the opportunity is good, there is a chance to meet the imperial envoy, but what will Li You do to meet the imperial envoy?
Building connections? Li You can't afford a few thousand taels of silver. The imperial envoys probably have everything else Li You can give, so why should they help Li You?
In addition, although some big shots like to pick up young talents for whatever reason, with Li You's background, it seems that he has no potential worthy of investment.
All in all, if Li You wanted to find Xie Zhongcheng to open up the joints on his own, it would be basically impossible to succeed, and he would end up with the reputation of being overestimated or a toad trying to eat swan meat.
However, after thinking hard for a long time, Li You, who is good at resourcefulness, finally came up with an idea. His weight is too light, but he can find a way to get some heavyweights to advocate together. His idea is similar to the practice of bundled sales in later generations. Li You
It’s the add-ons or gifts that can be promoted together with the main product.
Just when I had some ideas, I heard a report from my disciple: "Mr. Zhao Liangli came to visit you."
After defeating Magistrate Mao who came from the Zhao family, Li You couldn't think of an excuse, so he never went to see Zhao Liangli. He didn't expect that he would come to visit him today. He really didn't know what would happen.
When Li You came out of the room to greet him, Zhao Liangli held up his hand and sneered: "Congratulations to Mr. Li on your bright future and your bright future!"
Li You returned the courtesy and said, "When I arrived at your mansion that day, I wanted to tell you about the matter with Magistrate Mao. Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened and I didn't have the chance to tell you. Please forgive me."
"Is there really no chance to say it? Or is it because Mr. Li is afraid that I will leak the secret and ruin your important event?" Zhao Liangli said.
"How dare I think like this?" Li You said helplessly. In fact, he did have this idea.
Zhao Liangli snorted: "In your eyes, I'm probably a person you can't trust. I have nothing to say and say goodbye!"
Watching Zhao Liangli walk away, Li You shook his head. It was the first time since they met that he saw the third master of the Zhao family lose his temper so fiercely. He thought it would be better to wait a few days until his anger subsided and then write a letter to explain and fix it.
, with Brother Jie as a clue, I am not afraid of not being able to connect with the Zhao family.
In the blink of an eye, Zhao Liangli's figure appeared at the door again, and he said very dissatisfied: "I'm not worthy of you to stay? You are so insolent!"
Li You didn't know whether to laugh or cry. What on earth did this old man do here? Did he use him for entertainment when he had nothing to do?
"Let's go, my second brother is looking for you." Zhao Liangli explained the purpose of his visit, as if the previous spat had never happened.
Li You said happily: "Why do you want to see me, Sir?" Someone brought a pillow to him when he was dozing off, and he was worried about how to go to see Mr. Zhao Er.
Zhao Liangli looked down upon Li You's expression of joy when he heard about Zhao Liangyi, and sighed: "You have only been in the officialdom for a few months, but you are becoming more vulgar. Where is Mr. Li Tanhua and Mr. Li, who was able to treat me calmly and neither be humble nor overbearing, now? Look at you.
Now I work hard for five buckets of rice all day long, and I don’t even write poems seriously anymore. I finally got a serious poem recently because I flattered my second brother."
Li You couldn't stand being ridiculed by Zhao Liangli, even though what Zhao Liangli said was true. Back then, Li You was in Xujiang, and Zhao Liangli was in Fucheng, and distance brings beauty. Now that they have met in Fucheng more often, Li You doesn't have the energy to maintain that kind of attitude again and again.
The image of a celebrity was regarded by Zhao Liangli as someone who was close to the ink, and the dye vat of officialdom had ruined Mr. Li's life.
Li You had nothing to say, so he could only defend himself: "I'm not flattering you as you think. I really have something important to do and want to see the boss."
"I'm not looking down on you, but how important can a ninth-level official be?" Zhao Liangli seized every opportunity to undermine Li You's confidence in officialdom, trying to bring Li You back to what he believed to be the right path.
Li You retorted: "The ninth-grade governor can overthrow the prefect. Doesn't the third master think so?"
Zhao Liangli was speechless for a moment and walked away again. Li You quickly followed.
There was no words all the way, and after passing two archways and entering the Zhao Mansion, Li You was led to an elegant and quiet study in the deep courtyard. Mr. Zhao Liangyi, the former minister of the Ministry of Rites of Nanjing, who still enjoyed the political treatment of the third rank after his resignation, received him here.
Zhao Liangyi invited Li You here mainly to ask about the affairs of Magistrate Mao. It was really difficult to find someone else. Zhao Liangyi had always been an official outside and did not know Wang Tongzhi. Going to visit the imperial envoy seemed too loud and arousing people's imagination, so he asked
It was just right for Li You to ask.
Li You told the story in detail and honestly, without hiding anything.
But Zhao Liangli, who was listening with the guests, slapped the table and said: "You really have no sense of being a friend and did it secretly without telling me. I am deeply disappointed!"
If you are not a member of the officialdom, then you should not speak layman's language... Li You just thought in his heart without refuting. He wanted to see what Mr. Zhao Er said, which was a further investigation of his character.
Zhao Liangyi first turned to his younger brother and shouted: "Don't be rude." Then he turned back and said: "A gentleman does what he does and what he doesn't do. Senior Mao's thoughts are not used for the right path, and it is his own fault. Sooner or later, he will be in trouble. I can't blame Mr. Li. I can't blame Mr. Li.
It’s a pity that my grandfather ordered this protégé in his later years, and he was now publicly humiliated.”
After a pause, he continued with a somewhat appreciative tone: "In this important matter, Mr. Li can be careful in his words and deeds to keep confidentiality. He is a man of perseverance and perseverance. Putting himself in his shoes, he should not disclose it to my brother."
Li You felt relieved and secretly praised that his judgment last time was good. Zhao Liangyi was indeed a rational and broad-minded official, and from the point of view of knowing how to understand other people's situations, he was not extremely narrow-minded and selfish, and he was worthy of cooperation.
My heart turned again, and I stood up decisively, bowed seriously and said, "I have something I would like to discuss with you, sir, and I hope you will listen to me."
Zhao Liangyi did not expect that the little ninth-grade official in front of him would seriously take the initiative to discuss something with him. He was surprised and said: "You might as well explain it."
"It's too early for me, the pillar of our country, to return to health at this time. Have you ever thought about leaving the mountain?"
Zhao Liangyi's expression immediately became serious, and he sat upright slightly. The reason for his resignation was that although the position of Minister of Rites in Nanjing was too boring, it was mainly because he was attacked by Yan Guan, so he took the approach of retreating to advance.
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Retreat is the way to advance, but you still have to advance after all. Zhao Liangyi is only forty-two years old. He is in the prime of life and does not really want to take care of himself at home. During this time, he has also been thinking about his own recovery, including the timing.
Position, etc. However, I did not expect that the important issue of the rise of a third-rank official was discussed openly by a small official. At first I felt it was funny and absurd.
However, Zhao Liangyi has dealt with Li You twice, and he knows that Li You is not a boastful or absurd person. For example, the last time he wrote a poem to criticize Magistrate Mao, everyone agreed that Li You was out of his mind, but it turns out that
There is another profound meaning.
Dare to mention it in front of me, does he really have any outstanding insights? He can write so many colorful poems, and can bear to fight against the prefect. He is definitely not a fool. Maybe he really has something extraordinary and cannot be regarded as an ordinary official.
Looking at it, Zhao Liangyi thought. At the same time, he asked: "Master Li, what do you have to say?"
Li You replied: "This matter is confidential, please stay away to avoid leakage."
As the saying goes, there is only one person on the left and right... Zhao Liangli puffed his beard and glared.
Zhao Liangyi couldn't help but burst into laughter. He felt that Li You and his underachieving brother had a really good relationship, and they could still make fun of each other at this time.