Unparalleled Concubine

The emperor of the court often called the prince and grand teacher into the palace to drink.

This is a veritable thigh. Even if it is not a thigh in this dynasty, Xiao Li Shangshu is only in his 20s. In the future, he will become the emperor's teacher, and he will still be the one with the most say.

More importantly, it was somewhat inappropriate for other government officials to come over to give gifts to Li Xin, and even seemed to be following others, but the officials of the Ministry of War had a natural advantage. There is nothing more sensible than gift giving.

So, headed by the two servants of the Ministry of War, almost all the officials of the Ministry of War arrived the next day, obediently queuing up at the gate of Jing'an Hou Mansion to hand over the gift list.

Li Xin was accompanying the eldest princess by the bed. He frowned when he heard Chen Shiliu come over and say that all the members of the military department had arrived. meet them."

The eldest princess nodded and said with a smile: "Since I'm your subordinate, please come in and have a glass of wine."

Li Xin blinked at his wife, smiled and said: "You can't be too nice to them, or you will get your nose in the face, what prestige will you have in the yamen for your husband in the future?"

The eldest princess gave Li Xin a white look.

"You, it's not bad if you can go to the Yamen of the Ministry of War for ten days, and you still think about the prestige!"

Li Xin left the inner courtyard with a smile on his face, and walked towards the main hall.

In the main hall of the Jing'an Marquis Mansion, more than a dozen senior officials of the military department, ministers, doctors, Yuanwai Lang, etc., all stood in two rows in the main hall in an orderly manner.

The two servants of the Ministry of War today, the left servant is still the Xie Jun seven years ago. When Li trusted the right servant of the Ministry of War, this Xie servant was in the Ministry of War as the left servant. The old man's hair is almost white, and he is still the left servant.

In fact, this is not a shameful thing. The position of the servant of the six departments is already a high-level person in the court. If you want to go further, you can't rely on your qualifications and ability, but on luck and holy family. Unfortunately, , this Xie Shilang is very unlucky. The former Minister of War was Li Shen, the Marquis of Pingnan. Li Shen was finally gone, and Li Xin became the Minister of War again.

And the other servant of the Ministry of War was Qian Sheng, a member of the Ministry of War who was quite flattering to Li Xin when Li Xin was in the Ministry of War.

Qian Sheng was originally unknown among the members of the Ministry of War, but after Li Xin took office as Minister of the Ministry of War, this member of the Ministry of War went to the Jing'an Hou Mansion every three days, and then rose all the way in the next few years, and sat in the position of the right servant. superior.

Although there was no shadow of Li Xin's involvement in Qian Sheng's promotion process, anyone with a discerning eye can see that it must be this young Shangshu Lord behind the scenes who promoted Fatty Qian, so that he can improve his backgammon in three or four years. Lift.

This is also the reason why all the officials from the Ministry of War came to Jing'an Hou Mansion to congratulate them.

After Li Xin came to the main hall, the officials of the Ministry of War, headed by Xie Jun and Qian Sheng, bowed to Li Xin to salute.

"Subordinates, I have seen Li Shangshu."

"Congratulations to Li Shangshu for getting Lin'er, the family is prosperous."

Li Xin walked in front of these people with his hands behind his back, and then sighed helplessly: "Everyone who wants to come to congratulate him, just send a representative, or let Xie Shilang and Qian Shilang come over, how can we come to me together?" When the government comes, you all come, and the office of the Ministry of War is empty, if so many official duties are delayed, it will be me, the minister, who will suffer in the end."

People in the Ministry of War commanding the generals of the country, as well as armaments, food, maps, etc., the departments inside the yamen are chaotic, and the affairs are overwhelming. Li Xin once wanted to go to the Ministry of War to work seriously, but after six or seven days, he insisted. I gave up completely and went back to Houfu to make salted fish.

The depth of the copybook can really bury a person completely.

The grey-haired servant Xie, who has the most seniority in the Ministry of War, smiled wryly at Li Xin: "Li Shangshu, the old man also tried to dissuade them, but they didn't listen. I'm afraid that if you come a step late, you will miss the big opportunity." Chance."

Qian Sheng, Qian Shilang, who was close to Li Xin, had a big belly, and smiled at Li Xin, "Don't be offended by Li Shangshu, everyone just wanted to say hello to Li Shangshu, and I'll be back in a while. Although there are many, if you delay for an hour or two, there won't be any major problems."

Li Xin glared at the fat man.

"You said it lightly. Now there may be generals and military officers from other places who are waiting for approval documents, job reports, and ordnance in the yamen of the Ministry of War. I was told that you all came to give gifts to my minister!"

Qian Shilang rolled his eyes in his heart, and said in his heart that you also know that the Ministry of War has heavy errands, and you, Li Shangshu, have never been in the office of the Ministry of War...

Speaking of this, Li Xin coughed and said: "Forget it, the two servants are not in charge of specific errands. If they stay, they will stay and have lunch together. The rest of the colleagues should go back to work. I am alone. It doesn't matter, for delaying the court's errand, His Majesty will punish our Ministry of War."

His Shangshu's words are still useful, and this is his Marquis Mansion. After hearing these words, these people left the gift list one after another, and then turned around and bid farewell to Li Xin.

Li Xin was also polite, and ordered Chen Shiliu to accept all these gift lists.

If the water is clear, there will be no fish. If he does not accept gifts, these subordinates will not be happy, and the person sitting in that position will not be at ease. Even if I am killing harm for the people in disguise.

After the officials from the Ministry of War left, the main hall suddenly became more spacious. Li Xin asked the elderly Qian Shilang to serve tea on the other side, leaving only Fatty Qian by his side.

"Qian Shilang, have you finished what I want?"

Fatty Qian lowered his head immediately, took out a thick envelope from his sleeve, bent over and handed it to Li Xin.

"Master Hou, this is a summary of the maps of the Northern Zhou Dynasty collected by the staff department in the past few years. There is also a new map of the northern border drawn by the staff department. I sent it to Lord Hou immediately,"

Qian Sheng took over Li Xin's position and was in charge of the Department of Treasury and the Department of Staff in the Ministry of War.

Li Xin nodded, put the envelope into his sleeve, then patted the fat man on the shoulder and smiled.

"I have nothing to give you, so I will show you a way to get a reward."

Li Xin lowered his voice and said slowly.

"You send another copy of these things to His Majesty. If you don't dare to say that you will get promoted and get rich, Your Majesty will definitely reward you with some good things."

Chapter 644 The beginning is the fifth grade!

With the passage of time, the emperor's posture of looking north has become more and more obvious. At this time, with such a detailed map of the northern border, the emperor will definitely be delighted. Although Qian Sheng is already the Minister of the Ministry of War, it is not easy to give him To be promoted, but to reward something, which means that the reward is inevitable.

The emperor’s gift of things is not just as simple as rewarding things, but the representative of the holy family. Qian Sheng has only been a servant for a year or two. He has the emperor’s things. When you start, you will also be afraid.

When Fatty Qian heard this, his eyes widened immediately, and he said, "Master Hou, what you said...really?"

Li Xin looked calm.

"Have I lied to you?"

Qian Sheng rolled his eyes, then bowed his head to Li Xin and said, "Master Hou, you are a minister, even if His Majesty likes this, you should hand it over, and your subordinates dare not leapfrog."

Li Xin gave this guy a white look.

"Where are you so thoughtful? If I tell you to go, you can go. If your majesty asks why you don't pass by me, you can say that I asked you to go."

"If your majesty didn't ask, don't tell me."

Fatty Qian was overjoyed and bowed to Li Xin again and again.

"Thank you, Lord Hou, my subordinates must not forget the kindness of Lord Hou for supporting me!"

Li Xin ignored him and turned to entertain other guests.

After a while, around noon, another guest came to congratulate Jing'an Hou Mansion. This young guest was only about ten years old and had a handsome face. After he entered the gate of Jing'an Hou Mansion, Feeling familiar, he walked all the way to the inner courtyard, stood behind Li Xin with a smile, and bowed to Li Xin to salute.

"The student has met the master."

Li Xin was talking to Xie Jun at first, when he heard this, he immediately turned his head, glanced at the child, and sighed helplessly: "Your Highness, why are you here?"

In the past five years, the crown prince came to Jing'an Hou's mansion every now and then to study, and he was already quite familiar with Li Xin's family. All the children bowed their heads politely.

Li Xin's voice was calm and calm, but Old Man Xie was terrified. The old Shangshu took a trembling look at the child, and knelt down with a plop.

"Old minister, I have seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."