Unparalleled Concubine

Oftentimes, the white banners hung by most people have already been withdrawn. After all, no matter how respectful Ye Guogong is, it is not auspicious to have such a thing in the house, but the white banners of Jing'an Hou Mansion have not been removed, which is Li Xin's gift to the old man A little nostalgia.

Ye Lin and Ye Mao's uncle and nephew returned to their hometown in Ningling and haven't returned to Beijing yet, and Li Xin didn't go out much for a month, just staying at home with his wife and children, or playing chess with Zhao Jia.

It is already summer, and the weather is scorching hot. The Eldest Princess has never experienced hardship since she was a child, so she hid in the house with her son and daughter and cooled the temperature with ice. Li Xin needed to resist the heat, and sat under the pavilion in his backyard, Zhao Jia drank together.

"Brother You'an, I agreed earlier that I will find you an official position. You can't be untrustworthy. In the past few days, I'm going to make connections for you."

Lord Jing'an took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Brother You'an, do you want to be a capital official in the capital, or a local official outside?"

Zhao Jia looked serious.

After he bowed his head and thought for a long time, he finally said slowly: "Master Hou, the errands in the six departments are too high-ranking, and I can't manage the connections in the capital smoothly. I am satisfied to be a county magistrate in the local area." .”

Li Xin said with a smile: "Brother You'an's talent and learning, just being a county magistrate is too inferior. I will work hard and give Brother You'an a position as a government official. How about it?"

Zhao You'an lowered his head and said: "Zhao Jia studied since he was a child, and he hoped that when he grows up, he can keep the land and the people safe, no matter the prefecture or county, it doesn't matter."

Li Xin smiled and was about to say something when Chen Shiliu ran over from the front yard, walked up to Li Xin, lowered his head and said, "Master Hou, someone is coming from the palace."

Li Xin nodded and said, "Is there an imperial decree?"

If there is an imperial edict, the whole family will go out to receive the edict, but if there is no imperial edict, there will be no need for such a big battle.

"No."

Chen Shiliu lowered his head and said, "It's Zhou Shaojian, the internal servant, who came to invite Lord Hou into the palace."

After Xiao Zheng, the internal servant, became an eunuch, two young eunuchs have been promoted in recent years. On weekdays, the internal servant's chores are handed over to the two young eunuchs, and the eunuch Xiao is mainly responsible for serving the emperor.

Li Xin nodded and said, "Tell Zhou Shaojian that I will change clothes and go into the palace with him."

Chen Shiliu nodded, turned around and went to send a message.

Li Xin turned his head and smiled at Zhao Jia: "It just so happened that I was going to make a relationship with Brother Youan. Since His Majesty called me into the palace, I don't need to go to the Ministry of Officials anymore, I just went directly to get a relationship with His Majesty."

Ordinary people who run for official positions usually go to their fellow countrymen or teachers, or they go to the relationship with the household department, give some money and other things, and maybe they can find a job as an official, but Li Xin did not go to these ordinary jobs. Instead, he is going directly to the emperor's relationship.

Zhao Jia stood up from the chair and bowed deeply to Li Xin.

"Zhao Jia thank you, Lord Hou, for your success."

"Everyone has their own aspirations."

Li Xin patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Brother You'an, Wang Zuozhi, it's really Qu Cai who put you in my little Jing'an Hou's mansion. I still have to rely on Brother Youan to support me."

Zhao Jia shook his head, and said in a low voice, "I don't want to be a high official in this life, and I will be satisfied if I can manage a whole family before I become an official."

Li Xin walked away with a smile on his face, without saying a word.

Before entering the officialdom, many scholars had the same thoughts as Zhao Jia, thinking that they could do something for the people, but when they really entered the officialdom, they would find that they couldn't help themselves, and they couldn't help but want to climb up.

And if the court situation is unclear, only by climbing to a high place can we really do things.

Zhao Jia is indeed talented enough to enter the center, but there are too many people with potential, what he can become in the officialdom depends on how he chooses.

After bidding farewell to Zhao Jia, Li Xin changed into ordinary clothes and went into the palace.

Regular clothes and casual clothes are two different things. Regular clothes are also a kind of official clothes, while court clothes are worn during grand ceremonies or larger occasions, so there is no problem in wearing regular clothes to enter the palace.

Because his home was relatively close to the palace, Li Xin soon followed this young prisoner surnamed Zhou into Yonganmen. This young prisoner Zhou looked to be in his 40s, much older than his chief officer Xiao Zheng.

This is not a strange thing. In fact, in his 40s, he was able to become the head of the eight eunuchs in the inner court. The young eunuch is already a prosperous official. An eunuch like Xiao Zheng who came out of the emperor's hidden residence cannot be promoted. By common sense.

This Eunuch Zhou was very humble in front of Li Xin, he bowed slightly when speaking, and he didn't dare to speak too loudly.

Although he was usually very arrogant in the palace, he knew very well that the Marquis of Jing'an in front of him could not be provoked even by Eunuch Xiao.

People in the palace know how to read words and expressions best, so he tried to keep his posture as low as possible in front of Li Xin.

Li Xin was also quite polite to the eunuchs in the palace, after all there was no need to offend the people around the emperor.

Soon, the two arrived at the gate of Weiyang Palace, Zhou Shaojian lowered his head in front of Li Xin, and said respectfully: "Master Hou will be here later, and this servant will pass it on."

Li Xin smiled and nodded: "Thank you, Mr. Zhou."

Soon, Zhou Shaojian, who was in his 40s, walked out with small steps, bent down in front of Li Xin and said, "Master Hou, Your Majesty invites you in."

Only then did Li Xin follow behind him, all the way into Weiyang Palace, and finally into the emperor's study.

After seeing the emperor, Li Xin was about to kneel down, but before he knelt down, the emperor waved to him.

"Don't kneel, don't kneel."

He said, "Xiao Zheng, bring a chair to Chang'an."

Eunuch Xiao immediately moved a chair for Li Xin. Li Xin hesitated for a moment, then sat down, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty summoned the ministers to come, I don't know if it is..."

The emperor picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

"Of course there is something to discuss."

After drinking the tea, he said slowly, "Zhongheng has already arrived in Yunzhou City."

It has been almost two months since Zhongheng left Beijing. Although the capital is far away from Yunzhou City, if it is a well-trained imperial army, it is not a problem to rush to Yunzhou City in two months.

Li Xin nodded, and asked, "Your Majesty means... you are going to fight?"

"It still needs a reason, but it should be soon."

The emperor looked a little serious.

"It's still very easy for the frontier army to find trouble with the various tribes of Yuwen. It is stated in the memorandum handed over by Zhong Xuantong that at most one or two months, the north will be able to fight, and it will be occupied by me, Dajin. reason."

"That's a good thing."

Li Xin said with a smile: "With the war in the north, His Majesty's imperial career has taken a big step forward."

Emperor Taikang said with a wry smile: "Why do you follow the example of those civil servants and say such flattering words."

"The question now is not whether we can fight, nor whether we can win the fight, but what should the court do next after this fight is over?"

The Son of Heaven looked at Li Xin and said, "Chang'an, you have experience in pacifying the Southwest. This time, you have to help me."

Li Xin frowned and said: "Your Majesty, I am thousands of miles away, how can I help Beijiang?"

Chapter 707 The Emperor's Three-Year Plan

After hearing Li Xin's words, the Son of Heaven remained silent for a while, then took out another memorial from the table, and handed it to Xiao Zheng beside him.