As time slowly passed, more than a month had passed since the death of her husband Ye Sheng in a blink of an eye, and the time had reached the end of June of the eighth year of Taikang, and the weather was hot.

After all, no matter how much you respect Ye Guogong, it is not very auspicious to hang such a thing at home, but the white flags in the Jing'an Hou Mansion have not been removed, which can be regarded as Li Xin's little remembrance of the old man.

Ye Luan and Ye Mao's uncle and nephew have returned to Ningling's hometown and have not returned to Beijing, and Li Xin has not gone out much in the past month, so he accompanies his wife and children at home, or he is playing chess with Zhao Jia.

At this time, it was already summer, the weather was hot and dry, and the eldest princess had not suffered since she was a child, so she took her son and daughter to hide in the house and use ice to cool down, Li Xin had to resist the heat, sat under the pavilion in his backyard, and drank with Zhao Jia.

"Brother You'an, I said before that I would find you an official position, people can't be untrustworthy, I'm going to run away with you in the next few days."

The Marquis of Jing'an took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Brother You'an, is he going to be a Beijing official in the capital, or is he going to be a magistrate?" ”

Zhao Jia's face was solemn.

He lowered his head and thought for a long time, and finally said slowly: "Master Hou, the errand in the six departments is too high, and the connections in the capital, I can't handle it smoothly, I can be a county magistrate in the local area, and I will be satisfied." ”

Li Xin said with a smile: "Brother You'an's talent, it's too condescending to be a county magistrate, I work hard to give Brother You'an a position in the palace, how about it?" ”

Zhao Youan bowed his head and said: "Zhao Jia has been studying since he was a child, and he hopes to be able to guard the land and the people when he grows up, no matter the prefecture or county, it doesn't matter. ”

Li Xin smiled, and just wanted to say something, but saw Chen Sixteen running over from the front yard, walking in front of Li Xin, bowing his head and saying, "Master Hou, someone is in the palace." ”

Li Xin nodded and said, "Is there a holy decree?" ”

If there is a holy decree, it means that the whole family goes out to receive the decree, but without the holy decree, there is no need for such a big battle.

"Nope."

Chen Sixteen bowed his head and said, "It's Young Eunuch Zhou from the inner chamberlain, who came to invite the Hou Ye into the palace." ”

After Xiao Zheng became a eunuch, two young eunuchs have been promoted in recent years, and the chores of the inner eunuchs are handed over to the two young eunuchs on weekdays, and Eunuch Xiao is mainly responsible for serving the emperor.

Li Xin nodded and said, "Tell Young Eunuch Zhou, just say that I will change my clothes and go into the palace with him." ”

Chen Sixteen nodded, turned around and went to pass the word.

Li Xin turned around and smiled at Zhao Jia: "It just so happens that I am going to run for Brother You'an, since Your Majesty has summoned me to the palace, then I don't have to go to the Ministry of Officials, I will go directly to His Majesty's relationship." ”

Ordinary people run for officials, usually go to fellow villagers or teachers, or go to the relationship of the household department, send some money and send some other things, maybe they can get an official and a half position, but Li Xin did not go to these ordinary ways, but directly went to the relationship of the emperor.

Zhao Jia stood up from his chair and looked at Li Xin deeply.

"Zhao Jiaduo, thank you Master Hou for your success."

"Everyone has his own ambitions."

Li Xin patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother You'an, Wang Zuozhicai, it's also Qu Cai to really press you in my small Jing'an Hou Mansion, if he goes to the three provinces to pay homage to the prime minister, I still have to rely on Brother You'an's support." ”

Zhao Jia shook his head and said in a low voice: "I don't want high-ranking officials in this life, and I will be satisfied if I can govern a place before Zhishi." ”

Li Xin smiled and walked away, without speaking.

Before many scholars entered the office, many of them had the same idea as Zhao Jia, thinking that they could do something for the people, but when they really entered the officialdom, they would find that they couldn't help themselves, and they couldn't help but want to climb up.

And if the situation is unclear, you can only really do things by climbing to a high place.

Zhao Jia does have enough talent to enter the center, but there are too many potential people, and what kind of appearance he can mix in the officialdom depends on how he chooses.

After saying goodbye to Zhao Jia, Li Xin changed into his regular clothes and went to the palace.

Regular clothes and civilian clothes are two different things, regular clothes are also a kind of official clothes, and court clothes are worn during the court meeting or a larger scene, so there is no problem with wearing regular clothes into the palace.

Because the house was relatively close to the palace, Li Xin soon followed the young eunuch surnamed Zhou into Yong'anmen, this young eunuch Zhou looked to be in his forties, much older than his chief official Xiao Zheng.

This is not a strange thing, in fact, the young eunuch who can become the head of the eight eunuchs of the inner court in his forties is already a prosperous official, and a eunuch like Xiao Zheng who came out of the Son of Heaven's hidden mansion cannot be promoted according to common sense.

This father-in-law Zhou was very humble in front of Li Xin, he bent slightly when he spoke, and he didn't dare to make too much noise.

Although he is very arrogant in the palace on weekdays, he knows very well that the Marquis of Jing'an in front of him cannot be provoked even by Gonggong Xiao.

The people in the palace know how to observe words and emotions best, so he tried to lower his posture in front of Li Xin.

Li Xin was also quite polite to the eunuchs in these palaces, after all, there was no need to offend the emperor's side.

Soon, the two of them arrived at the gate of Weiyang Palace, and Young Eunuch Zhou lowered his head in front of Li Xin and said respectfully: "Master Hou is here later, the slave and maid will go and pass it on." ”

Li Xin smiled and nodded: "There is Lao Zhou's father-in-law." ”

Soon, this young eunuch Zhou, who was in his forties, walked out with small steps, bent down in front of Li Xin and said, "Master Hou, Your Majesty invites you in." ”

Li Xin followed behind him, all the way into Weiyang Palace, and finally entered the study of the Son of Heaven.

After seeing the Son of Heaven, Li Xin was about to kneel, but before he knelt down, the Son of Heaven waved his hand to him.

"No need to kneel, no need to kneel."

He spoke: "Xiao Zheng, bring a chair for Chang'an." ”

Gonggong Xiao immediately brought a chair to Li Xin, Li Xin hesitated, then sat down, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty summoned the ministers to come, I don't know if it's ......"

The Son of Heaven picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

"Naturally, there is something to discuss."

After he finished drinking the tea, he said slowly: "Chong Heng has arrived in Yunzhou City. ”

It has been almost two months since Chong Heng left Beijing, although the capital is far away from Yunzhou City, but if it is a well-trained forbidden army, it is not a problem to rush to Yunzhou City in two months.

Li Xin nodded and asked, "What does Your Majesty mean...... Going to fight? ”

"One more reason, but it should be soon."

Tianzi's face was a little serious.

"It's still very easy for the border army to find trouble with the Yuwen tribes, and it is written in the recital book handed over by Chong Xuantong that at most, in a month or two, the north will be able to fight, and it will be my Great Jin to occupy the reason."

"That's a good thing."

Li Xin said with a smile: "With the war in the north, Your Majesty's imperial industry has taken a big step forward. ”

Taikang Tianzi smiled bitterly: "Why do you also learn from those Wenchen and say such sycophants." ”

"The question now is not whether to fight or not, nor whether to win or not, but what should the court do next after this fight?"

The Son of Heaven looked at Li Xin and said, "Chang'an, you have experience in pacifying the southwest, this time, you have to help me." ”

Li Xin frowned and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is thousands of miles away, how can he help the northern frontier?" ”