"It's coming!"

The two noises at the entrance of the yamen suddenly diverted the attention of Cui Geng and the others, and everyone looked in the direction of Dongmen Avenue with their eyes.

Che Gong Gong, Ma Xiao Xiao!

The gongs and drums are noisy, the flag is displayed, the leader is six officials of the Quanzhou government, the two officials who walk in the front carry a huge gong, every short walk, they beat nine gongs in a row, with a strong voice. The four officials who followed each had their own duties, two of them each carried a "quiet" and "avoidance" card, two of them each carried an official title card, and the left and right sides of the official title card each wrote "long history" and "record the official position of joining the army", which shows that the long history of the Quanzhou government and the two officials who recorded the army must be in the team.

Six yacha opened the way in front, followed by officials on horseback and chariots and imperial honor guards, and at the end of the line were sergeants in armor, about forty or fifty people, who should be the Quanzhou garrison responsible for the safety of this trip.

Hu Zeyi looked at the approaching long queue, looked at it carefully, and secretly pondered: "This gong opens with nine sounds, this is the specification of the state capital Yamen Sima Bei's tolerance travel, it seems that the eunuchs sent by the imperial court this time are only six grades!" ”

There are strict regulations on the sound of gongs in the official travel honor guard, and the difference in the number of gongs represents the different ranks of the traveling officials, and the easiest way to distinguish them is to listen to the sound of the gong. In order from high to low, the number of gongs is also divided into thirteen, eleven, nine and seven, each with its own meaning.

Compared with this, the highest official in the honor guard is only the long history of the Quanzhou Mansion, and the status in the Quanzhou Mansion is second only to the Quanzhou Thorn History, and the rank is the sixth rank of the court. According to the etiquette system, the travel specifications of the long history stabbing history can only sound the gong nine times. Walk on a section of the road and strike a gong, this gong can only be struck nine times, one more is a trespass, and one less is a joke.

Another example is Hu Zeyi himself, if he wants to go to the townships under the jurisdiction of Qingyuan County to inspect and travel in a very formulaic way, then his specifications can only sound seven gongs. It's not good to have one more time, it's one less time, it's not a joke.

According to the administrative level of later officials, it is understood that provincial, municipal, and county-level leaders travel with different specifications.

The sound of the gong gradually approached, and after a while, the procession arrived at the gate of the county government.

The six officials in front of them gave way one after another, and the first carriage stopped in front of the gate of the county government, and a middle-aged official who looked a little old but had a clean face came out of the car. Although this person was wearing the light green official robe worn by the seven-rank officials, he was not wearing the goose-winged black gauze hat worn by ordinary officials, but a seven-inch-high Qiaoshi crown.

At first glance, it's a bit nondescript.

"This is the legendary too... Eunuch? Cui Geng muttered softly.

happened to be heard by Hu Zeyi, but he didn't care, but lowered his head solemnly, and reminded him lightly: "The court is in front, Cui Erlang is silent!" ”

In the Tang Dynasty, eunuchs were not a scolding title, but eunuchs with rank and status in the palace, who were qualified to be called eunuchs, usually collectively referred to as eunuchs.

At this time, two officials also came down from the other two carriages, the older one was about fifty miles away, dressed in a dark green round-necked robe, it was Shi Songlian, the governor of Quanzhou; The young appearance Zhou Zheng is the former Shen Tuo who joined the army in the mouths of Lin Sanlang, Xu Hu and others mentioned before. Shen Tuonian is only thirty years old, but he is quite proficient in the art of war, proficient in sticks, and is the first batch of martial artists who have been lifted since the martial arts queen created the martial arts system. At the age of twenty-five, in less than five years, he became the dignified Quanzhou Mansion Ya's Qipin Record to join the army, and over the years, the Wuju people have become more and more popular in the state capital and county government. Especially in the past two years, no matter how poor the ability of Wuju people is, they can still be a county lieutenant. It can be seen that the thirty-year-old Shen Tuoduan has a great future.

When Song Lian and Shen Tuo came to the eunuch's side, the eunuch did not think highly of himself because he was from Chang'an, on the contrary, he first smiled at Shen Tuo, and then turned his head to Song Lian and said: "Song Changshi, it stands to reason that the journey is tiring, and the county government should take a rest." However, according to the etiquette system, the slave and maid must first read the holy decree at the gate of this county office, so that the people of the rural and remote counties can know that the emperor of the Son of Heaven is magnificent! ”

Cui Geng peeked down and found that this eunuch seemed to respect a magistrate like Song Lian very much, and Song Lian also seemed to be very useful to this eunuch's performance, and he didn't mean to look down on him, he got along very happily, and he didn't hear anyone say that 'Wenchen and the eunuch will always be mortal enemies'.

In fact, it is no wonder that Cui Geng has this kind of cognition, whether it is the wild history jokes he heard among the people, or the court and the opposition court of later generations that he saw in his dreams, the eunuchs and the ministers are indeed endless. In history, there are Zhao Gao fingering the deer as a horse at the end of the Qin Dynasty, as well as the rebellion of the ten permanent servants at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and there are eunuchs such as Wang Zhen, Liu Jin, and Wei Zhongxian in the Ming Dynasty in a dream, and there are Andehai and Li Lianying in the Manchu Dynasty. Which of these eunuch eunuchs is a fuel-efficient lamp?

The Tang Dynasty also can't avoid this historical curse, after the Anshi Rebellion, the eunuchs and eunuchs of the Tang Empire are also like smoking marijuana and knocking drugs, one by one, they don't want to be the prime minister but want to be the emperor's father. The most famous eunuch is Li Fuguo, who not only drove Tang Xuanzong out of the palace, but also killed Empress Zhang to support Daizong, and finally let Daizong respect him as his father, and named him the Great Sikong and Zhongshu Order, and wanted to sit in the world with Daizong. This Nima is a typical drug addict who is stupid.

Of course, with the idol of Li Fuguo in front, the eunuchs at the end of the Tang Dynasty also entered the craziest stage, because they not only played the game of abolishing the emperor and then establishing the emperor, but also played the game of killing the emperor. Seven emperors in the late Tang Dynasty were established by eunuchs, and two emperors were killed by eunuchs.

However, there are exceptions in history, at least before the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, the eunuchs and eunuchs seemed to be in harmony with the military generals. First, because the Tang Empire in this period was the most powerful, and the military generals of the Tang Dynasty were also very powerful, and the eunuchs in this period were like chickens in their eyes, not enough to play. Secondly, the literacy of those who sit on the dragon chair is very important, whether it is Tang Gaozu Li Yuan or His Majesty Li Er, Li Zhi, the third generation of the emperor, even if it is Wu Zetian, none of these people is a fuel-efficient lamp. Therefore, during the reign of Tang Xuanzong, no matter how favored the eunuch Gao Lishi was, no matter how powerful he was to the government and the opposition, he absolutely did not dare to dictate power, and he had to serve honestly by Tang Xuanzong's side, and be a quiet and caring chicken-free warm man.

So Cui Geng looked at the two masters at the bottom of the stairs as if they were mixing oil in honey, and couldn't help but look a little fresh.

I only heard Song Lian squinting his eyes slightly, shook his head with a smile and said: "The introduction of the internal canon is heavy, you are a poor person in the imperial court, and you have a holy decree, and you have come thousands of miles to Qingyuan." This time, the official came here to be a companion, and you are the host and guest! Haha, state affairs are important, you should declare the decree first! ”

Neidian is the official name of the Inner Servant Province (an institution specializing in the management of eunuchs and eunuchs), with a rank of seven grades, and is in charge of proclamation and edicts. There are people in the Inner Servant Province, so they naturally run around Chang'an City, not far away. Nowadays, the transportation is underdeveloped, and the medical conditions are poor, so it will be really unjust if you die half of the road after a long journey. The eunuch in front of him is obviously the master who has no backing in the Inner Servant Province.

Today's eunuchs are not as popular as in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and they say that they can earn a lot of silver by going to other places. In today's environment where the status of eunuchs and eunuchs is obviously inferior to that of civil servants and military generals, it is drudgery to go to other places to read the holy decree, and it is impossible to make extra money.

Therefore, it is said that the seven-grade eunuch, to put it bluntly, is pretending to be a big-tailed wolf in the eunuch system, unless he can climb the pyramid of the eunuch eunuch system and speak beside the emperor at any time, otherwise, no local official will bird him at all. Even the county magistrate of a small county like Hu Zeyi can completely ignore him.

If it weren't for the fact that he came here this time, and it was also related to the personnel transfer of local officials, Song Lian, the second-in-command of the dignified Quanzhou Mansion, would not have accompanied him at all! The civil official is very arrogant, you don't have a reputation, you don't even have a cock, why do you stand with me? This is the arrogant spirit of the literati!

Seeing Song Lian respecting himself like this, the eunuch was almost moved to cry, nodded his head again and again, and then turned around and asked for the holy decree from the carriage, respectfully held his hands together, and said aloud to Hu Zeyi and others, who were still standing collectively on the gate of the county government: "The slave maid is Guo Gui, the official of the provincial canon, and he was ordered to come and read the holy decree. ”

Hu Zeyi pulled Cui Geng's sleeve, then stepped forward slightly, and said, "Here!" ”

"You two, kneel down and take the order!" Eunuch Guo Guidao.

Hu Zeyi didn't say a word and knelt down.

Cui Geng was in a trance for a moment, and then slowly knelt down.

The eunuch Guo Gui sighed, and then glanced at everyone in front of and behind the scene with his eyes, and shouted in a sharp voice: "Anyone who hears the holy decree within fifty steps will kneel!" ”

Boy!

There was an uproar, whether it was the secretary Cao in the county office, or the officials on both sides, or the sergeants and officials who came with him in this honor guard, they all knelt down.

Even Shen Tuo and Song Lian didn't dare to hold up in front of the holy decree, and they knelt down according to the rules.

Even if Guo Gui, a little eunuch, is insignificant in the eyes of Song Lian and others, he will not be in Song Lian's eyes at all. But in front of the holy decree, Song Lian also had to kneel down. He knelt not as a eunuch, but as a holy decree of the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty.

This is imperial power!

Next, Guo Gui began to read out the holy decree: "In the second year of Zaiyuan, I was glad to hear that Qingyuan had a famous cultivator of the Cui family, who developed the secret recipe of ancient wine to brew Mulan spring wine. There is Aiqing who dedicated this wine to the palace, and I tasted it ......"

At the beginning, this holy decree did not start with the legendary "Fengtian Carrying the Emperor's Edict", but a narrative, which means that there is a good man named Cui Geng in Qingyuan County who brewed a new wine through the ancient secret method, called Mulan Spring Wine, and then a minister dedicated the wine to the palace, and the emperor praised it after tasting it, which was definitely the best wine he had ever drunk in his life. And this good man named Cui Geng is very loyal, and he actually dedicated this secret recipe to the emperor, and the emperor asked the imperial wine division in the palace to brew according to this secret recipe, which is really first-class. Therefore, I decided, in order to praise the patriotism of this loyal monarch named Cui Geng, I named Mulan Spring Wine as the imperial wine, and gave the words 'Imperial Wine Workshop' to Cui's Wine Workshop......

After the holy decree was recited, Guo Gui asked everyone to get up on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and in front of everyone, he not only gave Cui Geng the plaque he brought from Chang'an, but also handed the holy decree to Cui Geng, and asked him to remember that he must give the holy decree three incense sticks in the morning, noon and evening, expressing his request to the emperor for good morning, good afternoon, and good night......

Cui Geng got his wish, and he got both the holy decree and the imperial plaque, which means that Cui's wine shop and Mulan spring wine are considered to have talismans, and no one will come to fight his wine shop anymore.

After reading the holy decree, the next thing is naturally to entertain the officials of Quanzhou Prefecture and the errands, this kind of thing is the responsibility of Qingyuan County, and Hu Zeyi will not give him this kind of opportunity to pat himself on the back.

Just when he felt that this matter should come to an end, and then these people should start to enter the county government one after another, he saw the eunuch Guo Gui conjure up another holy decree as if he was doing a trick, and said: "Qingyuan County ordered Hu Zeyi to take the order!" ”

Although Hu Zeyi knew about his promotion from Chen Ziang's mouth yesterday, he was still quite excited when he saw the holy decree, and said: "Minister... Obey the order! ”

Poof!

Get on your knees again!

Sure enough, the content of this holy decree is to say that Qingyuan County has produced imperial wine, and from now on, it will be upgraded to a first-class county, that is, a county. As the commander of Qingyuan County, Hu Zeyi was well governed, so he continued to stay in Qingyuan County, benefited one party, and was promoted to Fengyilang from Liupin, and served as the county commander of Qingyuan County, and then rewarded a hundred silk cloth as a reward.

After Hu Zeyi received the holy decree very excitedly and happily, Guo Gui finished his work and flashed to the side.

At this time, Song Lian came over and said, "Hu County Order, congratulations!" Qingyuan can produce imperial wine, you have merit under your rule! ”

Don't look at Song Lianzheng's six products, Hu Zeyi follows the six products, it seems to be the same, but in fact, it is far from it. The difference between the two is not only the qualifications of officials, but also the difference in that little bit of rank, and some people may be insurmountable in their lifetime. Therefore, Song Lian, the chief of Quanzhou Prefecture, is still his boss in Qingyuan County.

Therefore, Hu Zeyi still returned the salute very respectfully, and said humbly: "Lord Changshi has praised it falsely, and it is a fluke to go down to the official!" ”

Cui Geng listened disgusting next to him, Nima's, of course you are really lucky, this matter has nothing to do with you, okay? If there is no Lao Tzu and no Dong Xiancheng, where will you be promoted?

Hey?

Suddenly, Cui Geng reacted, what about Dong Yanren? Why didn't it show up today?

Just when he opened his mouth to ask, he heard Song Lian say again: "Yes, this time Mulan Spring Wine is the name of the imperial wine, Qingyuan County can be promoted to Shangxian County, and the Quanzhou Mansion has also been rewarded by the imperial court, all of which are inseparable from the meritorious work of you and Dong Yan!" Now that the imperial court has recited Dong Yan's work of recommending wine for thousands of miles, the officials have other important responsibilities for him, and it can be regarded as worthy of his hard work. No, he hurried to his post early this morning. ”

Dong Yan has another important task?

Cui Geng was stunned when he heard this, damn, he was transferred out of Qingyuan County? Where did it go? Why didn't this guy even give me a letter? Rely on, isn't that buddy's backer in Qingyuan County gone?

Just when he was secretly thinking for a while, he heard Song Lian continue: "This official and Lord Shen came to Qingyuan this time, in addition to accompanying the imperial court, mainly because of the vacancy in the position of the Qingyuan County Ya after this change. Now that the Ministry has sent Ziang, a talented man, to serve as the Cheng of Qingyuan County, Lord Assassin Shi is also very relieved! Haha, Ziang, you and I are acquaintances, right? ”

Hearing this, Chen Ziang came down the steps, arched his hand, and said lightly as always: "I have seen Song Changshi, at the Chang'an Poetry Conference, Ziang and Song Changshi also drank and wrote poems together!" ”

"Hahaha, Ziang still remembers!" Song Lian said with a smile.

What the?

Chen Ziang succeeded Dong Yan as the governor of Qingyuan County?

Not only were the people present who didn't know Chen Ziang's details surprised, but even Song Wen was a little surprised, why didn't he say anything at dinner in Drunken Immortal Building yesterday?

Song Wen looked at Hu Zeyi again, and found that Hu Zeyi had a look of understanding, and there was no surprise, it seemed that he had known about it for a long time.

However, when he thought that Chen Ziang was Hu Zeyi's friend in the same year, Song Wen was glad again, this time the vacancy of the county lieutenant was guaranteed by Hu Zeyi, coupled with the recommendation of the new county governor Chen Ziang, haha, he was definitely nine out of ten.

Among these people, Cui Geng is the most depressed.

You think, the county order is Hu Zeyi, and the county has become Chen Ziang, this guy himself was offended just now, and I am afraid that I will be a little sad in the future in Qingyuan.

Suddenly, Shen Tuo, who had been silent and joined the army, stepped forward and said, "Everyone, let's go to the county government and talk about it." Hurry up and circle the candidates for the county lieutenant, so that Guo Neidian can be brought back to the official department. ”

"Yes, yes~"

Song Lian stroked his forehead and smiled: "Look at my memory, since Qingyuan County has been promoted to the upper county, it is natural to set up the post of county lieutenant." As far as our candidate for the county lieutenant of Xiaoqingyuan County is concerned, there are people in Chang'an who have asked Guo Gonggong to bring his opinions. Last night, I listened to the opinions of several parties brought by Guo Gonggong, but I really stumped the old man! ”

Hearing that he was about to start delineating the candidates for the county lieutenant, Song Wen's little heart jumped violently, and his eyes were full of longing.

Hu Zeyi made a gesture of invitation and said, "Okay, okay, go to the county office, and discuss inside." Xiaguan had people cook the best tea soup early for all Shangguan who came from afar to taste! ”

Cui Geng saw that others looked festive, and then saw that although he also took the imperial plaque and the holy decree, he was not happy.

Without him, it will be difficult to mix in the future!

Just when everyone entered the gate of the county government one after another, and Cui Geng was about to leave secretly, he suddenly heard Song Lian turn his head and shout: "Cui Erlang, don't go, you will also wait with me to come in." Belch... This matter of Qingyuan County Lieutenant also has something to do with you! You are indispensable! ”

What?

You have circled the county lieutenant of Qingyuan, has something to do with me? Is it indispensable for me?

Cui Geng stopped and froze, slowly turned around, and looked at Song Lian in a daze......

This book is derived from Kanshu.com