Two hundred and fifty-seven chapters get close to Lord Tianguan
The three newly added posthumous officials in Mr. Li's name can only be said to have great symbolic significance in terms of honor and status. It allows others to know that this person is favored in the palace, but actually has no real power.
Although the auxiliary ministers in the cabinet theoretically have the duty to persuade the emperor to "close to virtuous ministers and stay away from villains", they also have the power to resist edicts, which is called "execution". But in fact, they cannot stop the emperor from getting closer to whomever he wants.
Yes, what's more, this matter is ultimately a matter of etiquette and position, and does not involve sensitive matters such as the etiquette of government and state affairs, so it is not worth being a villain.
All in all, although Li Gui vaguely felt that something was wrong, Shangshu declined and did not resign. The cabinet bachelors looked on coldly with their own thoughts, and could not risk playing the trick of "hanging the crown to Dumen" again, so the three ministerial assignments were finally made.
He fell firmly on the head of Li Zhongshu. The Empress Dowager appreciated him and promoted him to an official position, and later he was appointed by the Emperor to serve. He was also young, and his popularity was unparalleled for a while. If Li Gu's gender is female, then in the eyes of outsiders who don't know the truth,
I can only use the word "favorite crown six palaces" to describe it.
His Royal Highness, a thousand years old, really has ulterior motives. How is it different from killing him first and showing off later? Lord Li thought melancholy.
Behind the superficial glory is not without hidden worries.
First of all, the biggest advantage of a subordinate minister without real power is that the emperor has a sense of recognition. If a certain eldest princess imposes such a thing, will the emperor feel resentful in his heart? It seems that I have also pretended to be a loyal minister and contradicted the emperor once.
Secondly, what he did in the Wuying Palace last time was actually beyond Xu Tianguan's control, and his status was further improved. Who knows if he has a grudge? In addition, this time he was shown favor by the palace, Xu Shangshu and others will not
Will it further deepen doubts?
If one person is not good, the other person is not a human being. Faced with this situation, before going outside, one must first calm down at home, Li You decided. Regardless of whether Xu Shangshu has wrinkles in his heart, he must smooth them out first, so that he can avoid future troubles.
Go all out to deal with palace affairs.
Is there any way to accurately and implicitly express that he still maintains closeness? Li Gui thought hard about this. But because time is still short, he doesn’t know much about Xu Tianguan’s behavior.
Self-defeating.
However, Li Zhongshu thought again, although his understanding of Xu Tianguan was limited, he knew Chen Xundao very well. Chen Xundao was taught by Xu Tianguan from a young age, and he was deeply appreciated by Xu Tianguan. Regardless of his differences in temperament, he acted in a certain way
Fang Ken was influenced by Xu Shangshu intentionally or unintentionally, and there may be some similarities.
In the afternoon, Mr. Li quickly finished the work at hand and took Wang Shi, the former chief clerk of Xujiang County, to the Ministry of Personnel. The term of the former chief clerk Wang expired last month, so he went to Beijing to register with the Ministry of Personnel for assessment and reassignment.
Of course, Li Gui took him to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to help him make connections and try to find a good position in this month's official election.
Wang Shi was only in his early thirties. When Li Gui was hanging around in Xujiang County, he got along quite well with Mr. Wang, especially on the topic of women. Moreover, when Mr. Wang came to Beijing, he brought Li Gui's
Letters from home, so Li probably had to lend a helping hand due to emotions and reasons.
Going to work in other departments might give Li Estimation, who has no deep foundation in the capital, a headache. However, going to the Ministry of Personnel to discuss matters like this is difficult in the eyes of others, but it is easier for Li Estimation.
Not to mention Xu Tianguan, the man in charge of the anthology business and known as the most outstanding fifth-rank official besides the bachelor, the doctor of the anthology department also knew Li Gui.
When the appointment of the secretariat of the sub-ticket had not yet been approved by the palace, Li Gui relied on Xu Tianguan's face.
He waited in the staff department every day. Mr. Zuo, the director of the Wenxuan Department, was also Xu Tianguan's confidant. Although he despised Li Gui as a miscellaneous official at the time, he couldn't resist Li Gui's constant harassment and the incestuous love of the same backstage.
After a few visits, you can be considered acquainted. I may not be able to help you, but it should be very simple to arrange the lowest level ninth grade.
In fact, this kind of thing is really trivial to the officials, and Li Gui doesn't have to go there in person. He just needs to write a letter praising Mr. Wang's bones and his extraordinary talents, and then ask Chief Wang to visit Zuo Bulang with the letter.
Okay, this is a relatively common practice in official circles. Bringing people to your door in person to ask for benefits is really not subtle enough and undermines the scholarly demeanor.
What's more, the Ministry of Personnel in charge of officials and nobility is different from other yamen. For a serving official like Li who has no business relationship with the Ministry of Personnel, it is easy to cause criticism if he goes to the Ministry of Personnel to hang out.
He wrote a book in the name of "speculating and exploiting the camp". It was precisely because of this taboo that in the past, Li Guo always went to the Tianguan Mansion at night when he saw Xu Shangshu.
But having said it all, Li Gui was still fearless and took Wang Shi to the Ministry of Personnel personally.
This made Mr. Wang burst into tears, and he secretly praised Li Gui for becoming so kind after entering the capital. Could it be that Feng Shui in the capital can change a person's character?
Arriving at the official department south of Chengtian Gate, Li Gua walked through the front hall with a familiar path and walked toward the inner courtyard under the eyes of a group of old officials. Wang Shi followed cautiously.
When he was selecting officials for the first time, he had been to the staff hall, but the world inside was very mysterious to him. The future of 80% of the officials in the dynasty was decided here.
After passing through the Yimen, Li Gui pointed to a certain room on the right and said to Mr. Wang: "That's where Zuobu Lang of the Department of Literary and Selected Works sits."
But he didn't stop and continued walking inside.
Wang Shi asked very strangely: "Where are we going? Shouldn't we go to the Literature and Selection Department?"
Li Gui wrote lightly: "Go to see Xu Tianguan and ask him to say something."
Immediately, Mr. Wang's waist ached, his back ached, his legs cramped, and he felt even less energetic when walking. He was trembling from the inside out and could hardly move.
Even the Literary and Selected Affairs Department thinks this is a trivial matter, but you lead the ninth-rank official into the palace to intercede with the head of the six departments. Isn't this too disrespectful to take the official of the official department seriously? How could you, Mr. Li, be friendly with the official of the official department?
You can't act like this, it's not in line with official science.
"This, isn't this appropriate?" Wang Shi stuttered on his tongue.
Li Gui said indifferently: "It doesn't matter! Xu Shangshu is easy to talk to!"
Mr. Wang almost jumped up and lectured Mr. Li. Mr. Wang can appear to be easy to talk to, but you can’t really think that he is easy to talk to! God has eyes, how did you get the winning ticket!
But Wang Shi had no one to blame for not following Master Li, so he had no choice but to be led by Li Gui to the door of the minister's public room in the deep courtyard.
Li Gui informed the clerk guarding the door and went in first after being informed.
Xu Shangshu sat firmly after the public case and watched Li Gui come in with a calm expression. To be honest, his feelings towards Li Gui were a bit complicated at this time, which can be compared to the feeling of "picking up girls and becoming wives".
Originally a small chess piece under his control, the important thing was that he had no background and no knowledge and was easy to control. However, it gradually became a matter of misunderstanding. Unexpected events again and again made him dumbfounded. This is
What was unexpected at first...,
Li Gui stepped forward to pay his respects, but Xu Shangshu sat down and returned the courtesy. This made Mr. Li's little heart jump a few times. Normally Mr. Tianguan would never return the favor!
It was said that Wang Shi stayed outside the door. After a while, he heard a sharp scolding from inside: "Officials and titles are public weapons of the state, how can we allow you to abuse them! The matter of interpretation and selection, Wenxuan Zuo Bulang will make it impartially, and there will be no further disputes."
My official words!" Imagining Master Tianguan's harsh words, Wang Shi was very uneasy. This is just a mistake... Is it a mistake to ask Li Guan to help open the joint? A very smart person in Xujiang, arrived here
Why is the capital so reckless? Could it be that Feng Shui in the capital can really change people's nature?
In the blink of an eye, Master Li came out happily...,
"That's it! Let's go to the Literary Selection Department." Li Shiran said.
With Wang Shi's knowledge, he really couldn't understand the secret, and he was somewhat suspicious and refused to go with Li Gui.
Li Gui chuckled and said: "When I was in Xujiang, I often asked Chen Zhixian to scold and punish me." These words brought back the memory of the former chief secretary of the king. The former Li Dianshi and Li Xinping were often scolded by Chen Zhixian.
I didn't even receive a penny of Dai salary as a fine, so I felt a little enlightened.
Li Gui's thoughts are indeed more than that. No matter how ignorant he is, he will not be stupid enough to lead a ninth-grade sesame officer to disturb Xu Shangshu. He is just taking this opportunity to pretend to be crazy.
You must know that showing one's ugliness appropriately at delicate moments is also a gesture of intimacy. You can think of it this way, why did Li Zhongshu never show his ugliness in front of the first three bachelors? I believe that with Xu Shangshu's political wisdom, he can understand what Li Zhongshu said.
Unrequited painstaking efforts.
Therefore, Li Gui went to show off his humiliation and said to Xu Shangshu carelessly, I have brought a ninth-rank official here to ask you to take care of him. It was both a sign of intimacy and a test.
If Xu Tianguan was being polite, then Li Ai's heart would continue to beat. But after receiving a warning, he did not say anything, which made Li Ai feel at ease for the first time.
This method may not be feasible everywhere, and it may not be very accurate, but at least it can show some signs, at least indicating that Xu Shangshu has not had too bad thoughts. Even if he has some strange thoughts, it is at a level that can be redeemed.
Li Gui led Wang Shi, who was in a state of confusion, back to the original route and broke into Zuo Langzhong, the back hall of the Literature and Selection Department.
Li Zhongshu's situation is really different these days. Zuo Langzhong, who has the real power of Shuanzheng and never shows off easily, saw Li Gui and stood up and bowed his hands. In government affairs procedures, the minister is only responsible for signing and sealing, but a magistrate like him is responsible for
For specific dealings, you have to deal directly with the inner court, and you may also ask Li Gui for help.
Li Gui pointed at Wang Shi and said: "This is my old friend, the former chief registrar of Xujiang County. I would like to ask Mr. Zuobu to take care of this month's election of officials. I just went to Mr. Shangshu to order it."
Zuo Langzhong pretended to be displeased and said: "There is no point in alarming Mr. Boss with such a trivial matter. Li Zhongshu underestimates his own authority." "This is the first time I have done anything like asking for an official position on behalf of someone. I have no bottom in my heart.
I couldn't let go after being reprimanded by the boss, but I finally came to beg you. If I can get to the eighth rank, I'll give him an eighth rank. If I can't, I'll just choose a customs and salt transportation job. It's best to stay in Jiangnan." Zuo Langzhong.
He agreed wholeheartedly, but put forward one thing: "I have agreed with you, but Li Zhongshu should also solve my problems for me."
"What's the matter?"
"Wang Qinian, the former supervisory censor of Henan Province, was dismissed from his post, but he shamelessly refused to resign. He made a lot of noise at my place every day and was very annoying. Li Zhongshu, you can't just ignore the things you caused." It turned out that Wang Qinian was because of the Cheng family.
He was removed from the post of censor due to negligence in the case, but removal does not mean dismissal. The grade is still there, and he can be demoted and appointed.
And although he was heavily condemned by public opinion for betraying his teacher, there was no provision in the law to deal with it.
In fact, over the years, there has been a method. According to the convention, after such a person is scolded to the point that he cannot bear it, he should resign on his own initiative. This is the effect of replacing the law with public opinion.
But Wang Qinian allowed himself to be reviled in all kinds of ways, which was beyond everyone's expectation, and he still refuses to resign. This point has simply surpassed Li Zhongshu.
As a result, the number of people in the Literary Selection Department, Zhongzuo, is huge. How should Wang Qinian be arranged?!