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The Jingshi Reform Army entered the east wing of the Academy, the room was pitch black, and there was a loud knock on the door outside. "Master!" Someone shouted.

"Wait!" Xin Yan sat up from the bed, wearing only a white middle coat, and casually draped a robe through the dark room. When he was about to open the door, he saw his nephew mountain monk knocking on the door with his fist raised, and the patriarch holding the candlestick, and between the two of them was a smiling eunuch.

The eunuch smiled at him and said, "Envoy Xin, His Majesty the Emperor has announced that you will enter the palace immediately!" ”

Xin Yan hesitated, it was already midnight, and at this time, it seemed that the emperor should give a banquet to the generals of the three tribes in the eight towns in the palace. "Father-in-law, please wait a moment, I'll change my clothes." Xin Yan asked the eunuch to wait outside the door, and he returned to the house and asked his two nephews to serve him to change his clothes. He put on a purple official robe, put on the Jinxian crown, put on a jade belt, and held the goldfish bag around his waist. The long sword that never left his body was also taken by him.

The Daming Palace was brilliant but silent, when the mountain monks and the elders escorted him all the way to the gate of the imperial city. A crescent moon has hung low over a high wall. On the top of the city. The fiery red cloaks of Jin Wuwei and the Shence Army loomed. Guarding the Imperial City.

Following the eunuchs, he passed through the imperial city, passed through the Taiji Palace, and finally arrived at the Daming Palace.

On the way, Xin Yan kept guessing the reason why the Son of Heaven announced his audience at this time, and there was no result after thinking about it. He asked the eunuch beside him, but the eunuch just smiled, "It's inconvenient for us to reveal." However, it can be told that Xin Yuanjun is a good thing. ”

Tonight's banquet is in the Lin De Palace, the Lin De Hall has a magnificent regulation and a special structure, which can be called a classic work of Tang Dynasty architecture. It is located on a high ground in the west of the Taiye Pond of Daming Palace, and is formed by the close connection of four halls before and after.

During the feast of the Lin De Palace, 3,000 people can sit in front of the hall and under the corridor, and perform a hundred operas, and can also play polo in front of the palace, and the front of the hall is an open square.

The Tang Dynasty once feasted more than 3,500 soldiers of the Shence Army here. The officials of the Tang Dynasty were proud to attend the banquet of the Lin De Palace.

Outside the gate of the Lin De Temple. The eunuch said in a loud voice: "General Zuo Xiaowei is coming to see you!" ”

A moment later, a eunuch inside said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty has a decree. Xuanzuo Xiaowei General Xin Yan to see you! ”

The emperor's banquet today is in the middle hall of the three halls of the Lin De Palace, and Xin Yan has been searched before entering the palace, and the long sword has long been left outside the palace. At this time, someone came up and searched again before letting him go. All the way in, there are guards of the Shence Army everywhere, and near the middle hall, there are all Qianniuwei generals with a thousand cattle swords on their waists.

Although it was already a March night, the temple was still burning with silver charcoal, and as soon as you entered the temple, a heat wave came to your face. The countless palace lamps in the hall illuminate the entire hall as if it were day, and the Son of Heaven sits at the top, and below are the left and right two rows of desks. On the left sits an important official in Beijing, with the prime minister as the prime minister. Behind the seat on the right, there are Zheng Congyan, Li Jing and other generals who are rewarded.

His hard gaze quickly swept across the hall, and the young emperor was smiling, as if he was very excited. And Tian Lingzi and other eunuchs were also smiling slightly, on the other hand, on the right side, from Zheng Congyan to Yu Xuan, Li Jing, Cui Anqian and others were all wooden, not half happy.

When Xin Yan was still guessing what was going on, the Son of Heaven who listened to it said: "Okay, General Xin recommended by Li Zhenguo has also arrived, so this matter is settled." Tomorrow morning, in front of the Lin De Palace, the general of the Zuo Shence Army recommended by Lieutenant Tian and General Xin recommended by Li Zhenguo will have a competition to decide who will be the deputy ambassador of the Datong Army and the Lu Long Army and the deputy envoy of the Jiedu, the deputy envoy of the Jiedu, the Sima of the Jiedu March, and the judge of the Jiedu. Now, Zhu Qing and I drink together! ”

The emperor gave Xin Yan a banquet, and until he sat down, he was still a little confused. Just next to him, sitting was Sima Li Zhen, the marching soldier of the Zhenguo Army.

"What's going on?" Xin Yan asked.

Li Zhen sat there, holding a wine glass in his hand, his eyes full of depression. Hearing Xin Yan ask, he immediately put the wine glass in front of him, and sighed a few times before saying: "Xin Envoy Jun doesn't know, just now His Majesty added my family's festival marshal Situ, Zhongshu Ling, Tongping Zhangshi in the Xuanzheng Palace, and also figured Lingyan Pavilion, and concurrently served as the envoy of the two towns of Lulong and Datong. ”

Xin Yan was a little surprised when he heard the addition of Situ, and was about to say a few words of congratulations, but when he heard the long list of official positions behind him, he couldn't help but be shocked, and the whole person was shocked on the spot.

Li Zhen smiled bitterly: "Xin Envoy Jundang also saw that something was wrong, this is all the trick of Tian Lingzi's eunuch, this is to kill the festival commander." ”

"You should not refuse!" Xin Yan expressed his opinion very directly, although he and Li Jing have known each other for a short time, but after Gao Ling's encounter, they have already had some feelings that they have forgotten their friendship. In his opinion, Li Jing is indeed a very rare young general, and with time, he will definitely become a famous general like Li Jing, Li Ji, and Li Sheng. It's not going to be a good thing to be a great minister all of a sudden.

"The marshal did refuse, but the emperor refused, so now there is another incident." Li Zhenchang sighed, he was also a cavalry member in the Shence Army before, and naturally he was still interested in the Tang Dynasty, but the emperor's performance really disappointed him. "His Majesty refused to resign from the post of the second town, and Tian Lingzi's traitor took the opportunity to propose that the commander still serve as the commander of the second town, but he had to arrange for the deputy ambassador to serve as the envoy of the second town, as well as the positions of marching Sima, judge of the festival, and envoy of the festival."

The official position of the deputy ambassador of Jiedu and the envoy of Jiedu is not the deputy envoy of Jiedu, and there is a big difference between the two. The deputy ambassador of the festival and the envoy of the festival are generally the de facto first governor of the feudal town when the prince leads the envoy of the festival. Except for the difference in name, he is the actual festival envoy. However, the deputy envoy of Jiedu has much less power, and even many times is not as good as the marching Sima. As soon as this deputy ambassador and envoy of Jiedu was appointed, Li Jing was actually in name only, and he would not have any real rights over the two towns.

Xin Yan finally understood, "That's fine." ”

"It's very good, but the key thing is that Li Zhen couldn't help but sigh again, "Alas, there are some things that I don't know how to say." Just now, Natian Lingzi recommended to the Son of Heaven four generals of the Zuo Shence Army to serve in these positions, and the other three were just that, after all, they were the generals of the Shence Army, and they could be regarded as many years in the army. But the fuck actually recommended his brother who was still selling cakes in Xuzhou a year ago. Damn, a cake seller, is going to be a town marshal now, what is this? ”

Xin Yan was stunned again, and he simply didn't believe it.

"Such a ridiculous thing, Your Majesty can also agree to it?"

Li Zhen smiled, his smile was full of complexity, and it was the greatest misfortune for all scholars to meet a king like Li Yi.

Li Shuai couldn't stand it, so he proposed four names to His Majesty, and asked Xin Envoy Jun and the chiefs of the three tribes to compete for these positions. However, what our marshal really wants in his heart is Xin Zhijun. ”

"Qi Guogong recommended so?" Xin Yan was a little surprised.

Li Zhen chuckled, "Actually, I also think that Xin Envoy Jun is the most suitable for this position, Xin Envoy Jun is brave and loyal, if you can take over as the envoy of the Acting Beidatong Army, it would be great." It's a pity that there are even more ridiculous things to come. ”

"More ridiculous things?" Xin Yan couldn't think of it. What could be more absurd than having a vendor who was selling flatbread a year ago be the deputy ambassador and envoy of the festival in a town?

"Xin Yuanjun just heard His Majesty say that tomorrow morning, let the people recommended by Tian Lingzi and the few of you recommended by Li Shuai have a competition to decide the position of the most reluctant. Xin Zhijun thinks, what is this competition to be like? Li Zhen said in a low voice.

Xin Yan asked strangely: "This competition should be the same as the assessment of officials in the ministry, it is nothing more than the previous official reputation and political achievements, and if you take office after the governance plan and so on, or you also have to consider the ability to command the army, immediately ride and shoot or something." ”

Li Zhen sneered: "Wrong, there is only one content in the competition, playing polo, the two teams hit the ball on the same field, and which team wins the last team will be held by the people of each team." Among them, the post of deputy ambassador of the acting Peking University Tongjun and envoy of Jiedu will be held by the general who has scored the most goals. ”

"Hitting the ball bet on the festival?" Xin Yan suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, and he almost couldn't breathe. His eyes were wide open, and his big hand that had been holding the sword for many years was clenched tightly into a fist, and he couldn't believe such a ridiculous thing.

Li Zhen was about to stand up when he saw Xin Yan, and hurriedly pulled his clothes: "Xin envoy Jun sit down quickly, just now Zheng Shuai, Duke of Wei, Duke Yu Shuai, Duke Cui Yu of Xu, Duke Li Zhenguo of Qi, and Marshal Li Zhuo of Shang all advised the emperor, but unfortunately the emperor was not moved at all. At this time, if you persuade again, not only will it not have an effect, but it may make the Son of Heaven angry. ”

"Could it be that the palace minister, just let such a ridiculous thing happen, in the future history books, we will be scolded for future generations and poke the backbone." Xin Yan said bitterly.

Li Zhen persuaded: "If the general insists on going to admonish, Zhen naturally can't stop him." But the general has not thought about it, at this time the general does this, it is useless, if the general is blamed by His Majesty because of the general's advice, and finally let the bread seller be the marshal of a town, wouldn't it be even more misleading the country and the people? In the current situation, I think that the general might as well be patient for the time being, and wait for tomorrow to take the position of the commander, and when the time comes, wouldn't it be better to do something that is beneficial to the people and loyal to the king? ”

Xin Yan couldn't swallow it in one breath.

"Could it be that the general cherishes the name behind him more, but ignores the real overall situation? Are you willing to look at Chen Jingxuan and his ilk, and sit on the position of the marshal of a town at the end? ”

Hearing these words, Xin Yan finally let out a long sigh and stopped getting up, his eyes closed, and he was in pain. (To be continued......)