Li Zhang looked at Xu Ping's appearance and said with a smile: "Why isn't it him?" In another person, who would make this kind of bug? ”

Xu Ping shook his head, still a little puzzled.

"Brother, you don't take yourself seriously too much to understand. Now that the prisoner sacrifice ceremony is imminent, you are the person in charge of breaking the Jiaozhi, the military exploits are here, which one of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military can compare? Under this kind of note, if the price of the capital teacher fluctuates a little after the ceremony, can you still stay in the political hall? Which one is willing to do it! There is only Wang Suixianggong, who is old, and has long been in the book to ask for a master, and dares to fight like this. That's right, to make a name for yourself is to miscalculate, it's nothing more than a Zhishi! ”

Listening to Li Zhang's words, Xu Ping gradually understood. After all, there is still a Lu Yijian behind the matter, he once showed kindness to himself, but the favor is to be repaid, and he will do it with him soon after he comes back, and he must always have a response. Let Wang Sui come forward, if he fails, the loss is not big, and he and Xu Ping did not tear their faces. According to Lu Yijian's personality, he will not admit that he instructed this kind of thing no matter what, and afterwards everything is just pushed on Wang Sui, so he will be treated as an old fool.

Who in the court didn't know that Lu Yijian had formed a party to plant private feathers, and even had a lot of personal relations with Yan Wenying, a big celebrity in the palace, but no one ever caught his handle. Being an official is also a rare ability.

Xu Ping figured things out and shook his head with a smile. Maybe Lu Yijian has been in power for too long, and he forgot why the queen mother and the emperor are missing him, so he can sit in the seat of Zaifu for a long time. Not because he planted more henchmen, but because he was shrewd and tactful, and he was able to ensure that the government would not be in a big mess at any time. Doing so now is a matter of sacrificing the basics, and sooner or later it will fall because of this kind of thing.

On the way back to Beijing, Xu Ping met Ding Wei and knew what would happen to a minister with outstanding ability and outstanding political achievements when he couldn't recognize himself clearly. It is a remote and small state, and it is not even possible to live and connect a step close to the capital. I also saw Hu Dan in Xiangzhou, who was born as a champion and was very talented, because of the formation of a party and camp, how desolate his later years were.

is in a high position, and after a long time, it is inevitable that he will despise the people of the world, thinking that the world will give me no one. But in the long river of history, it is actually just a wave, which will be swept down by the rolling torrent.

Thinking about it, Xu Ping's mood was completely relaxed. What really made Xu Ping haunted was not that he was hit, but that his music was really incomprehensible, and so many years of hard work had no effect. If it's just a political beating, then why bother to put it in your heart, what's the use of these little hands and feet in the face of the tide of history? He returned to the dynasty with his military exploits, and his political achievements in Yongzhou were all real, would he affect his career because of such a trivial matter?

After touching the wine with Li Zhang, Xu Ping never mentioned the matter again, but only gossiped.

"The day after tomorrow, Daddy returned to the capital from the party and has sent his servants back. Alas, speaking of the errand of the imperial court is troublesome, obviously he has already arrived in Guancheng County, and he will come back in one day if he walks faster, but he has to stay with the party envoys for one more day. ”

Li Zhang sighed as he drank his wine.

When Li Yonghe came back this time, he would definitely be promoted, and Zhao Zhen originally sent him for this purpose. Li Zhang also wants to follow the stain, be promoted, and find a job outside. Although the gate is close to the emperor in the palace and is a noble ministry, there are too many rules, which makes people constrained. Moreover, there is no special preferential treatment for the promotion of gate officials in this era, and the promotion is really not fast compared with the military ministers outside, which is not a very nostalgic place.

But the people around the emperor were promoted to official positions as soon as they were released, which is the attraction of the gate.

Dang Xiang Yuanhao, oh, it's still called Zhao Yuanhao, Xu Pingke still remembers it. However, the history of his previous life is average, and he only remembers that the war with Western Xia was in the Qingli period, and Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi presided over the war in Haoyuan. Now Fan Zhongyan is still in charge of the court, Han Qi is in charge of the Zuozang Treasury with the Zhiji Xianyuan, and he is his colleague in the Third Division, and he doesn't know which year of the Western Xia. Speaking of people who have military exploits, I don't know if they will be thrown there when the time comes.

After drinking two glasses of wine, he no longer thought about these troubles, and his heart moved, and he asked Li Zhang: "By the way, I remember that you said a few days ago that there was something going on in the old house, and the neighbor wanted to pawn it, right?" ”

"yes, annoying individuals. I heard that he was a businessman from Liangzhejiang who made some money in business and wanted to buy a house in Beijing to live in. He couldn't afford a good place in the city, so he took a fancy to it, the price was not expensive, and it was close to the Bianhe River, so it was easy to take care of his business. I haven't decided whether to stay or not, so where will I draw a charge for him? After changing to such a family, our house will not be easy to sell again. You also know that this kind of out-of-town businessman is very annoying, and many people do not want to be neighbors with them. ”

Xu Ping nodded, pondering in his heart.

At this time, when pawning the house, the neighbors have priority. If you want to sell a house, you first ask your relatives if you want to buy it, and then ask your neighbors, but they are not willing to put a pledge on the deed before you can sell it. Of course, the biggest drawback of this policy is that sometimes the government will force the government to buy and sell, especially the houses that belong to the official family, sometimes they want to transfer, and they don't bother to find any undertakers, so they forcibly designate neighbors to buy them.

After thinking for a while, Xu Ping said to Li Zhang: "If your family decides not to live in that house, it is better to resell it to my family." Zhongmu is still too far away from the capital, and it will take a day to come and go, and I am also looking for another place near the capital. Your house is outside the city gate, it is convenient to go back and forth, I bought it to repair it, and I can go over to breathe when I am free. ”

Li Zhang asked, "It's too small, isn't it?" Now that your official position is in Langzhong, you are reluctant to live in such a small house. ”

"Didn't you say that the neighbors also wanted to sell their houses? Wouldn't it be a big place if you buy it first and then resell it to my family together? There are many officials and colleagues in the capital, and there are houses outside the city that often gather to save some contacts. I can't always ask you to tell me about things like today. ”

"Also, brother, you have a lot of money in your family, and you don't care about buying the neighbors' houses together, and if you rectify it, it's a good business. You readers, what kind of poetry club or something is popular in Beijing now, there is also a place. ”

"That's right, as an official in the capital in the future, it's always good to know more people."

Xu Pingxin said, saying that my family has a lot of money, which is not bad, but today is not comparable to the past, and my brother's family has a lot of money. The key is that there is such a large treasury, and the emperor sees that in front of his biological mother, he has rewarded the Li family from time to time, and even the new home in the capital is bought by the inner treasury, and then allocated money to renovate it. This is still Li Yonghe's cautious and humble, otherwise the Li family would have become a rich and noble family in the capital now inside and out.

Speaking of the Poetry Society, this time was the prosperous era, and most of the literati and doctors participated in one or two. It has not been many years since the rise of poetry societies in the real sense, and most of them in the pre-Tang Dynasty were literati period collections, with no fixed time, no fixed place, and no fixed funds. After entering the Song Dynasty, the poetry society flourished, and they all had fixed members, and paid membership fees and held regularly. It's a good way to connect with people in Beijing. (To be continued.) )