Wen Yanbo was very interested in Pei Qingsong, who accompanied him, only twenty years old, and actually served as the secretary of the Chu Palace's office to join the army, you must know that this is an extremely important position in charge of confidential information, not only to deal with confidential documents, but also to put forward his own views on some major affairs, it is difficult for people without qualifications to hold this position, his brother Wen Dayou was more than forty years old before serving as Li Yuan's secretary to join the army.

"Pei joined the army, but he was born in the Pei family?"

In the carriage, Wen Yanbo finally couldn't help but ask, he thought about it and felt that this was the crux of the problem.

Pei Qingsong was very disgusted with this Wen Yanbo, as soon as he saw him, he kept looking him up and down, that kind of gaze was full of surprise and distrust, of course he knew that this Wen Yanbo was not a habit of breaking sleeves, but he was surprised that he was holding this position.

In fact, Pei Qingsong has encountered this kind of questioning not once or twice, since he took this position, he has been in constant questioning, and the court officials are talking behind his back, saying that he is not qualified enough and is too young, especially Wang Xu, who is extremely dissatisfied with him, and every time he sees him, he has to raise his tone and teach him a lesson.

Wang Xu hoped that his brother Wang Ji would take over the post of joining the army, but the final result was that he Pei Qingsong took this position, and Wang Ji became Sima of Xihe County, which made Wang Xu always linger, and now this Wen Yanbo from Youzhou also began to question himself, which made Pei Qingsong unbearable, but in the end Pei Qingsong still endured it, and the chief manager took care of him, and he had to be polite to this Wen Yanbo.

"I'm really from the Wenxi Pei family."

Pei Qingsong replied lukewarmly, after speaking. He added, "I am also the third place in the imperial examination this autumn." ”

Wen Yanbo smiled, he was also born in the imperial examination, in the ninth year of the great cause, he passed Yang Guang's examination and became a world-famous scribe, he can understand the meaning of the imperial examination. It is very good that this young man in front of him can take the third place in the exam, but this does not become a reason for him to join the army in the clerk's office.

"Pei joined the army and came from a famous family. He has taken on a confidential position again, and his future is immeasurable! ”

Although Pei Qingsong vigorously denied it, Wen Yanbo had roughly understood. Pei Qingsong joined the army as a secretary, or Yang Yuanqing's bonus to the Pei family, of course, it is not as simple as enveloping, there should be a very complicated distribution of power here, Pei Ju is already very old, what he always thinks about is the interests of the Pei family behind him, and the next generation of the Pei family has no outstanding figures, although Pei Shiqing is good, but it is not enough to become a Xiangguo. The anxiety in Pei Ju's heart can be imagined, Yang Yuanqing must give him a reassurance, and let Pei Ju understand that he will continue to reuse the Pei family.

That's why Pei Qingsong has such a young seniority as he took on such an important position as joining the army in the office. Pei Qingsong himself may not understand, but Yang Yuanqing and Pei Ju should be tacit.

Pei Qingsong was silent, he didn't answer Wen Yanbo's compliment, in fact, he had also asked the head of the family if the head of the family appointed him to join the army as the secretary in charge of secrets because he was a disciple of the Pei family. The head of the family smiled but did not answer, the doubts of other ministers in the DPRK and China, he can be regarded as a kind of jealousy, and Wen Yanbo is an outsider, he also has the same doubts, which makes Pei Qingsong's own confidence also shaken a little, is it true that he took this position because he is a child of the Pei family?

Wen Yanbo smiled, it is said that Yang Yuanqing is not yet thirty years old, and he has such a clever political skill, grasps the priorities, and firmly controls the Pei family, which impresses him.

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Ziwei Pavilion Shangshu Ling Official, Wen Yanbo saw Yang Yuanqing for the first time, and it was slightly different from what he imagined, although the tall and burly appearance was not wrong, the masculine and sharp gaze on his face showed his background as a military general, but there was an indescribable wisdom and calmness in his eyes, which made Wen Yanbo feel the unique confidence of the superior.

In Luo Yi's eyes, he couldn't see this kind of wisdom and calmness, it was more of a businessman's cunning, and this kind of first-glance comparison made Wen Yanbo sigh deeply, and he took a wrong step.

"Wen Sima, please feel free to sit!"

Yang Yuanqing invited him to sit down, ordered the guards to pour two cups of tea, and asked with a slight smile: "Wen Sima came all the way, did our officials not receive him well?" ”

"It's good to come all the way, Li Taishou of Shanggu County is a rare capable official, and what I have seen and heard makes me feel a lot."

Yang Yuanqing showed an unsmiling look on his face, and after a deep groan, he said, "Do you believe it? Li Taishou was impeached by the imperial history in the ninth year of the Great Cause, when he was the Taishou of Jiyin County, impeached him for arbitrarily pointing out some big households as bandits, raiding homes and seizing money, and a lot of money was in his pocket. ”

Wen Yanbo was stunned, and after a while, he said slowly: "At that time, this situation seemed to be very common. ”

"It is indeed very common, because the Holy Lord issued a decree at that time to strictly investigate the big families who colluded with the bandits, which gave the local government uncontrolled power, Li Hanzhi admitted what he did at the beginning of my appointment, and he also admitted that he had privately detained the moldy rotten rice that should have been destroyed, and took it out and sold it at a low price for a profit, these are things I don't know, and he frankly admits it."

Wen Yanbo was silent, he knew that Yang Yuanqing must have said this for a reason, Yang Yuanqing smiled briefly, and said: "The reason why I finally decided to use him as the Taishou of Shanggu County is because he has done a good job in helping the victims in Jiyin County, and he can frankly admit that he was greedy in the past, in the past few years, under the kind of chaotic situation in the world, no one can be spotlessly clean, including my master Zhang Xutuo, such a self-disciplined and noble person, he has also indiscriminately killed innocents, so I believe that Li Huanzhi can govern Shanggu County well, in fact, He didn't disappoint me. ”

"I understand what His Highness means, the orange from Huaibei to Huainan is orange, and the water and soil are different."

Yang Yuanqing looked at him deeply, and said unhurriedly: "Wen Sima lived in the Gui Sui Pavilion last night, you know, there are many officials in the Gui Sui Pavilion who have lived for a month, because the people I sent to investigate them have not come back, not all the Sui officials who came to defect We will use them, there is no matter if there is a mistake, the key is to be honest, to be able to cut off from the past, to have a job, I would rather have a tainted capable official, than a mediocre official who does nothing, in our place, as long as he has the ability to do something, even if he was born as a slave, He can also do the same thing. ”

Wen Yanbo already understood in his heart what Yang Yuanqing meant by saying so much to himself, although he didn't say a word to let him stay, but his attitude, his sincerity, was clearly to tell himself that he hoped that he could stay in Hedong as an official.

Wen Yanbo sighed in his heart, in fact, why didn't he move? From what he saw and heard along the way, from Li Huanzhi's exclamation of ambition, from Xu Wenyuan's sharp and thorough analysis, and from Yang Yuanqing's Dundun persuasion at this time, Wen Yanbo deeply felt that Hedong was the place where he displayed his talents and the destination of his life.

For a long time, he looked at Yang Yuanqing with clear eyes, and he said very sincerely: "I understand the sincerity of His Royal Highness, and I am deeply moved in my heart, but I can't agree to anything now, I have a mission, if one day, I can choose my career again, then I will definitely choose Taiyuan, definitely!" ”

Yang Yuanqing also laughed, "I'm looking forward to Mr. Wen's choice!" ”

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Wen Yanbo left, for a whole day, Pei Qingsong was busy in a kind of silence, at dusk, the melodious bell came from afar, this is the signal to end the day's affairs, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military In addition to some high-ranking officials who need to leave later, middle and low-level officials have packed up their paperwork and are ready to leave Jinyang Palace.

Xiao Jin stepped forward and patted Pei Qingsong on the shoulder, "Let's go have a drink together!" ”

He saw that Pei Qingsong's mood was a little low today, he had a good impression of Pei Qingsong, smart and capable, and although he was born in Pei's family, he was very low-key, very modest, and he would take the initiative to ask himself if he didn't understand, today he went to pick up Wen Yanbo, and his mood began to be low, what is the reason?

Pei Qingsong nodded silently, he also wanted to drink a few glasses of wine happily, so that he could get drunk and forget his troubles.

At this time, Yang Yuanqing was still discussing the details of the envoy to the Turks with Pei Ju and Cui Junsu, and their deliberations would not end until at least the evening.

The two packed up the paperwork and left Jinyang Palace, Xiao Jin was familiar with the road, and took Pei Qingsong to a relatively remote alley, there was a small wine shop at the entrance of the alley, this is where Xiao Jin often comes, but Pei Qingsong is the first time to come.

"I don't have to worry about meeting other colleagues here, I can talk with confidence, and the taste of the food and drinks is relatively light, I like it very much."

Xiao Jin lifted the curtain and walked into the wine shop with Pei Qingsong, and when the shopkeeper saw him, he immediately greeted him with a smile on his face, "Xiao joined the army, so early today?" ”

Xiao Jin smiled, "Bring a brother to drink, it's still the old rule, for two!" ”

"Got it, Xiao joins the army, please!"

They walked into a small room with a mat on the floor, which could accommodate three or four people to drink, and a brazier was lit in the corner, and the charcoal fire was burning, making the room warm as spring.

"Sit down! Feel free, let's have a drink and relax, don't be too nervous! ”

Xiao Jin took off his coat and hung it on the hook, Pei Qingsong also took off his coat, at this time, the door was pushed open, and two young wine women walked in, although they were not very beautiful, but they were also delicate and lovely, holding a wine jug in their hands, a woman hurriedly put down the wine jug, stepped forward to take off Pei Qingsong's coat, and smiled softly: "Let me serve the son tonight." ”

Pei Qingsong's face turned red, he took a step back, refusing to let the woman touch her, the woman was stunned for a moment, she had never met such a guest, couldn't she even take off her coat? When you stay for a while, it's even more impossible to cuddle and hug.

Xiao Jin saw that Pei Qingsong was very restrained, he thought about it for a while, and immediately understood, so he smiled and said: "I don't accompany the wine today, you go and sing with the pipa!" ”

"Yes!"

The two girls turned around and went out, Pei Qingsong blushed and said embarrassedly: "The family rules are strict, please forgive Brother Xiao!" ”

Xiao Jin smiled, "I forgot, I should be sorry, let them sing a song, and we will drink by ourselves." ”

The two sat down, and at this time, the two women came back with the pipa, sat opposite them, gently pulled the pipa, opened their lips, and sang euphemistically.

'The twilight river is not moving, and the spring flowers are blooming. The waves will go to the moon, and the tide will bring the stars to ......'