Civil officials are a very strange group, when they are in politics, they sharpen their heads and drill up, and they want to stand on the political arena at all costs, but when they really climb to the top, sometimes they can let go of the power in their hands with relief, turn around and go back to their hometown to farm.

Although most civil officials have grabbed a lot of wealth and social resources in the more than ten years and decades they have been officials, there are really people who can put down this kind of power and hang up the seal in a chic way.

For example, the former Huan Xiang, and now Zhang Xiang.

Of course, their respective families have a lot of family business, especially a scholar like Zhang Qu, after returning to his hometown, maybe he will be more popular than in the capital, at least he will not worry about economic problems.

It stands to reason that Zhang Qu has basically reached the peak of his life and has reached the peak of his fame and status, and his fame and status have reached the extreme, he is chic at this time, and he can return to his hometown to enjoy his old age with peace of mind, but this Zaifu, who has been in the Dajin Dynasty for more than ten years, is still somewhat worried about the subsequent direction of the court.

Otherwise, he would not have invited Li Xin to come over.

Seeing Li Xin's appearance, Zhang Qu already had a number in his heart, he frowned and thought for a long time, and finally shook his head helplessly: "When Emperor Wu hit Jimen Pass, he no longer went north, the first emperor reigned for nineteen years, and he didn't take a step out of Jimen Pass, the northern Xinjiang has always been on the defensive, and besides, the Yuwen tribes have not made much moves to provoke my Great Jin, why did Your Majesty ........."

That's all he had to say, and he didn't say any more.

Li Xin stood up from his seat and arched his hand at Zhang Qu and said, "If Haoran Gong wants to leave Beijing, remember to inform Li Xin, and Li Xin will send one to Hao Ran Gong." ”

In this era, the transportation is extremely backward, and Zhang Qu's hometown is far away from the capital, if nothing else, this time the separation is basically goodbye, and Li Xin naturally wants to send him off.

Zhang Qu nodded happily and said, "When the time comes, you must inform Hou Ye Li." ”

"There are still a lot of things to do at home, and if Haoran Gong doesn't have anything else to do, Li Xin will leave first."

Zhang Qu nodded and said, "The old man will send Hou Ye Li." ”

Saying that, the two of them walked towards the gate of Zhang's mansion together, and when they walked on the road, Zhang Qu confessed to Li Xin: "Hou Ye Li, you are the best person in the court to talk on His Majesty's side, this time the Northern Expedition is unstoppable, but if Hou Ye Li senses that something is wrong, please also ask Hou Ye Li to stop His Majesty on behalf of the people of the Great Jin." ”

Li Xin's face was solemn.

"Don't worry, I can save it."

Zhang's mansion is far from being as big as Li Xin's Jing'an Hou Mansion, and the two of them have already arrived at the door when they are talking, and when they are leaving, Li Xin cautiously glanced at the left servant and said: "Haoran Gong, after you are the ...... of your office?" ”

Zhang Qu was stunned, and then smiled bitterly: "This all depends on the holy will, you and I should not speculate." ”

In fact, the candidate is still very easy to guess, five Zaifu in three provinces, there are still four left after Zhang Qu is removed, and there will be one person who will be added to the phase after Zhang Qu leaves, but this person cannot become a left servant, that is to say, the position vacated by Zhang Qu must be replaced by one of the current four Zaifu.

Maybe Old Man Zhang already has points in his heart, but it's inconvenient to say it to Li Xin.

Li Xin narrowed his eyes, and he was not annoyed, but continued to ask: "Then who is the one who fills the vacancy and enters the three provinces to pay homage to the prime minister?" ”

Zhang Qu blinked his eyes and said with a wry smile: "The old man guesses that it should be the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites." ”

Shanyin Xie's great Confucianism has come out in large numbers, and a few years ago, there was a Shilin famous Xie who moved into Beijing, although it was only a side branch of Shanyin Xie's family, but it had already achieved the position of the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

Li Xin's complexion changed slightly.

The power of the Shanyin Xie clan in the court has become more and more huge, and if there is another Xie family to worship the prime minister, then the power of this descendant clan is already unprecedentedly huge.

It can even be said that it is the first descendant since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Li Xin muttered a little, he couldn't understand what the intention of the current Son of Heaven was to use the Xie family so excessively.

However, these things are not something that he should ask about as a military secretary, Li Xin arched his hand at Zhang Qu, and said in a deep voice: "Haoran Gong stays, Li Xin will go back first." ”

Zhang Qu raised his hand to call Li Xin, opened his mouth and said with a smile: "Since the old man entered the office, he has always heard of Ye Guogong's prestige, but he can't see it, Li Houye is a disciple of Ye Guogong, can you recommend it on his behalf, the old man wants to see Ye Guogong before leaving Beijing." ”

Chen Guogong Ye Sheng can be said to be the national idol of Dajin.

Forty years ago, when Ye Sheng returned triumphantly from the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Zhang Qu had just entered the ranks as a jinshi, and he couldn't see Ye Sheng at all.

Later, when this Haoran Gong successfully paid homage to the prime minister, Ye Sheng had been closed for many years, and there was no special reason, and he was not too embarrassed to meet Ye Sheng.

When Li Xin heard this, he glanced at Zhang Qu's sincere face and said in a low voice: "Haoran Gong...... The tutor is not very comfortable, I'm afraid it's not very convenient. ”

Zhang Qu's face was solemn.

"Then it's all the more time to visit."

"The old man is going to prepare these days, so he will bring some things to visit Ye Guogong, and he will see his old man no matter what."

This old man is still the left minister, he wants to see Ye Sheng, in fact, he went directly to Ye's house to deliver the post, most of them can also be seen, the reason why he said to Li Xin is purely because of politeness.

In desperation, Li Xin could only bow his head and say: "Haoran Gong is arbitrary." ”

Finally, he left Zhang's mansion.

When riding on the ink horse, Li Xinli was still thinking about the influence of Zhang Quzhishi.

The departure of this Haoran Duke will vacate a large part of the power map for the court and ministers, and Li Xin is powerless to fight for this territory, but he must watch with wide eyes and keep everything in mind.

When he returned to the Jing'an Hou Mansion, Zhao Jian Zheng of the Ordnance Supervisor had been waiting for Li Xin in the study for a long time, and when he saw Li Xin coming back, he immediately stood up and hugged his fist deeply at Li Xin.

"Xiaguan has seen Marquis Li."

Li Xin glanced at him lightly.

"Settle the score?"

"That's it."

Supervisor Zhao bowed his head and said: "The treasury has a total of 10,000 pairs of armor, 20,000 standard long knives, and 50,000 arrows, according to the low bottom of the weapons supervisor, it will cost 1,377,600 yuan." ”

Speaking of this, he handed out a list from his sleeve and said respectfully: "This is a colleague of the Ordnance Supervisor, who didn't sleep all night last night, please take a look at it." ”

Li Xin stretched out his hand to take the list, only glanced at it lazily, then casually threw it aside, and said, "Just do it." The ordnance supervisor was ready to load the car and hand it over to Yu Linwei to escort to the northern frontier. ”

"In addition to these, we have to make so many more things, and escort them to northern Xinjiang one by one."

Anyway, the money is not his Li Xin's, but the expenses of the imperial court, and he is not distressed at all when he spends it.

The voice of the Marquis of Jing'an was lazy.

"As for the money, go to the warehouse in the backyard and move it yourself, remember not to move too much, the money in the warehouse is counted, and if you miss a point, you will have to pay for it."

Zhao De had a smile on his face, and his tone was respectful.

"The subordinate obeys."