Crown Tang emperor

This person stepped forward to pay respects, which was different from the previous few people, he directly bowed down and bowed again, saying that he was a servant, not the humble job that the Fuzuo claimed to be.This is because Yan Yanfan has long had an old friendship with Li Tong's family, and it's not shallow.

To be honest, when Li Tong received the official selection list provided by Siwei Temple and saw Yan Yanfan's resume, he was also a little surprised for a while.

At first, I was naturally pleasantly surprised to find a descendant of the Five Kings of the Dragon. Then I looked at the background of Yan Yanfan's family, and there was actually a lot of relationship with my own family.Yan Yanfan's grandfather once served as Li Tong's father, Li Xianyong, and his father's counselor, and joined the army.

Now that Yan Yanfan re-enters the palace, that is the relationship between the ancestors and grandchildren, and it is not too much to call himself a door servant.

Seeing Yan Yanfan's tall and round physique, Li Tong was delighted, but couldn't help but glared at Li Shouli with dissatisfaction, and asked, "Did you spend all your life hiding your power and biding your time?"At least our father left behind some lingering sympathy, but in the end it was all divided up and used by others.

Of course, he also understands that Li Shouli cannot be blamed for this incident, because Yan Yanfan only reached the rank of lieutenant in Yiwei Mansion in his late forties, if there is no chance in the future, he is basically useless.

In addition to the few people Li Tong was concerned about, the rest of the government officials also stepped forward to salute.Li Tong also knew that there would definitely be someone else's eyes and ears inside, and this situation was inevitable.

Not to mention the people who were malicious towards his family, I'm afraid his grandma would occasionally wonder what the three grandsons who were kicked out were busy with.

But generally speaking, Li Tong is basically satisfied with this team.This is already within his ability, and he can do his best at this stage. To summarize the characteristics of this team, it is basically the characteristic of "unwilling".

Chapter 0104

Li Tong is a small team, although the sparrow is small, he has all five internal organs, which can basically be said to cover civil and military affairs.

For example, Wang Renjiao, even if he doesn't talk about the somewhat imaginary Taiyuan Wang family background, he is still a Guanzhong veteran of several generations of soldiers.Yan Yanfan was an official at the bottom of the Forbidden Army who had been in the Nanya Guard Department for a long time.

Shi Sizhen is not only a representative of the Sinicized Hu people, but also a noble and high-ranking official. She has a reigning father and has many connections.

Zhang Jiazhen and Liu Youqiu, one Ming Jing and one Jinshi, are both poor scholars with academic backgrounds.Zhang Jiazhen was a famous prime minister and had the potential to be a prime minister.Liu Youqiu successively planned and participated in the Tang Long coup and the Xiantian coup, and he was full of dangerous schemes.

As for the appointed Wang Hewang, it means that the three kings have a channel and bridge directly to Fengge, which is of great symbolic significance.As for the reason why Zhang Jiazhen, Liu Youqiu, and the Huren Shi Sizhen were willing to commit themselves to the palace, Li Tong felt that it had a lot to do with it.

If it is deduced according to the ideal state, the team carefully selected by Li Tong can basically extend, cover and absorb all aspects of manpower.

From this point of view, the brothers' departure from the cabinet is also a crisis. Although they are completely exposed to the eyes, ears and minions of their old enemies, the social level they can come into contact with has also been greatly expanded.

If they are still in the ban, it will be very difficult for Li Tong to have any contact and substantial development among any of them.This point can be seen from the case of Zhong Shaojing in the Internal Literature Museum earlier.

You can't provide people with a tangible and visible possibility of progress, so why ask them to treat you with courtesy?Even if you are loyal to the Great Tang, it is not your turn to pick and choose, the three weak young kings!

But now, more than half of Li Tang's clan has withered, the emperor Li Dan's family is detained, the deposed emperor Li Xian is far away in Fangzhou, and the rest of Gaozong's sons are in danger.The three of their brothers were promised to leave the cabinet, just in time for such a vacant period, I am the most beautiful boy in the Li family, who would object?

Now that the team is established, the next step is team building.

After the worship, after getting acquainted with each other, the family will offer food and gifts.Li Tong is very interested in this etiquette. If you come to work for me, you must first give me gifts and invite me to dinner. This arrangement is very good.

It's no wonder that there will be a system like burning tail banquets in the future. If human favors can't be done, why should you be promoted and your salary raised?

There are more than ten assistants in the hall, and even if there are only three or five kinds of offerings from each person, it still fills half the hall.

Among them, Shi Sizhen, the second generation of the official, was the most conspicuous. There were more than 500 staple foods such as Hubing, Biluo, and steamed cakes, which were piled up in cages and baskets and carried by his own servants.There are also five roasted whole sheep, three roasted deer, steamed goose, duck breast, fish sticks, etc., or large plates, or urn boxes.

Seeing this posture, everyone in the room, including Li Tong, looked at Shi Sizhen with different eyes. I regard you as my subordinate, so you come to my house to show off your wealth?Continue to offer, and I will lose if I say convincing!

"The food in the wild is far less delicious than the forbidden Chinese food, and it is only favored by the quantity, which shows that the officials are eager for the king's teaching."

Shi Sizhen really didn't look like a barbarian, although he showed off his wealth, he showed no arrogance at all, and was still respectful and courteous, which also made other officials who had secret prejudices against him feel better.

Compared with Shi Sizhen, the meals presented by the other Fufus are much poorer.

Liu Youqiu in particular offered only two jars of pickles, one jar of celery leaf sauce, and one jar of garlic sauce, packed in two dusty earthen jars the size of a human head.

It can be seen from this that it is not easy to be Luo Piao, and Li Tong does not think that Liu Youqiu deliberately put his face down, a majestic Jinshi, if the economic situation is better, he will seek a better way out and will not commit himself to the palace, probably he is really hungry If it doesn't work, I will come as soon as I call.

For example, Chen Ziang, a local tycoon in Sichuan, was also unknown and unappreciated back then. He spent 100 million yuan to buy a huqin and smashed it in public, and clamored that my articles were so good that no one appreciated them.Only by virtue of this strange behavior did Shiliu get Shiliu's attention.

Even Zhang Jiazhen was called into the palace because he was recommended by Li Qiao because of his acquaintance with Li Qiao.

As for Liu Youqiu, he was just an inconspicuous member of the selection list sent by the Ministry of Officials. If Li Tong hadn't recognized this name, he knew that this guy had a sense of death. It will take a few years to float in Luoyang, the capital of God.

In order to avoid Liu Youqiu's embarrassment, Li Tong got up again and said with a smile: "You all donate your talents to me, and you don't abandon each other because of Xiao Wang's shallowness, which is enough to remember. Gather together, congratulate this romantic relationship, and give gifts from others, just to add to the fun!"

Hearing what King Hedong said, the expressions of all the people in the hall improved, especially Liu Youqiu's embarrassment.These people are committed to the palace, and they are also worried that the owner of the palace is greedy and stingy, he only knows how to ask for nothing in return, and the King of Hedong does not treat each other high or low because of the amount of foreign things, which also makes them feel at ease.

In addition to offering food, everyone's gifts also have their own characteristics, which are quite in line with their respective backgrounds.

For example, Wang Renjiao offered ten pieces of white fox skins, which shows that these soldiers in the government did not make a lot of troubles for the wild beasts in the mountains and forests.Zhang Jiazhen presented the five volumes of "East View of the Han Dynasty" that he tried to annotate, which is in line with the correct way for scholars to make friends with dignitaries.What Yan Yanfan presented was an ancient bow with unstringed strings, which is said to have been a gift from his father Donggong back then.

Shi Sizhen presented three pairs of high-quality saddles, but this is certainly not the whole of the gift.His father served as Secretary of State, and one of the most important tasks in his job was the country's horse administration.Li Tong never forgot his career as a soldier with bows and swords. The reason why he chose this second generation official was also to hope that Sipu Temple would choose good horses for his family in the future.

However, after seeing Liu Youqiu's gift, Li Tong understood why this old boy had been admitted to Jinshi for several years but was still unable to become an official. This temperament is really unpleasant.The author presented a collection of policies and essays, with a grand name, called "Ten Strategies of Longshi", which discusses views on current affairs in Longxi.

Li Tong glanced at the content of the article casually, then rolled it up calmly, sighing secretly that it is not unreasonable for the keyboard man to attract people's hatred, let alone you, a bastard who has not even been an official. Does it make sense? The key is why are you showing this to me, King Salted Fish?

Obviously, this is the idea of ​​using the palace as a springboard, hoping to present these strategies to the prime minister under the guise of the young king.

Although Li Tong can understand this idea, the question is, can you stop being so eager?I just came out of the cabinet and entered the house, and my ass is not fucking warm, so you are eager to use me as a bridge, are you using me as a springboard or a spring?

Although he was already a little displeased, Li Tong smiled and handed over his volume of national plans to Wang Hewang, who was in charge of Fengge, in front of Liu Youqiu.

But he has already made up his mind, among this group of assistants, let alone others, Liu You begs an old boy to get on the thief boat, and he will never let you jump off the car halfway, and honestly squat in the palace to plot schemes for me Bar.You are my small chamber pot, and I will arrange a few dirty things for you, so that you can't even wash it clean!

Wang Hewang took Liu Youqiu's guide to the long matter, glanced at it casually, and rolled it up.He was in charge of the Fengge Pavilion, and he didn't know how many times a day he passed such letters of enthusiasm to show his superiority, and he was willing to read them a few times to save the young king's face.

Sensing Liu Youqiu's eager gaze, Wang Hewang smiled lightly and said, "Ambition is laudable, but talent still needs to be considered. Although government affairs are simple, they are also in state affairs. If you can surpass this, you don't have to worry about accumulating things and making progress. If you can win A famous king with blue eyes has no future."

After Wang Hewang slapped a few words without embarrassment, Liu Youqiu was silent for a while, and after a while he had an aftertaste. He turned his head to look at the young king who was chatting and laughing with other fufus, he opened his mouth not knowing what to say, but silently retreated to the side.

The offerings from the assistants are not for nothing, and the palace lord will also give rewards, basically based on one month's salary of their respective ranks, even if you want to reward more, because these rewards need to be recorded and left to the public. Suzhengtai and other departments searched and investigated the case.

Officials in these prefectures do not have the basic treatment of job fields and Lumi. Although the state provides salary and miscellaneous money, it is still far behind the formal official treatment.

This part of the gap needs to be made up by their respective palace masters, so whether the palace masters are generous or not directly affects the income and treatment of these palace assistants.

Regarding this point, Li Tong has nothing to worry about. He found a lot of goods from the big house, and how much he can use, naturally spread out to invite people's hearts. give a gift.

After such a dispersal, more than 200 strings of money and more than 600 pieces of silk were distributed.One thread is consistent, one thousand coins, and nowadays silk coins should be between three and four hundred coins, this is the knowledge that Li Tong only made up for before leaving the palace.Calculated in this way, this time, more than 400 coins will be rewarded.

So alone, the number is not too big.However, Li Tong, as the king of a first-rank county, is expected to receive more than 500 yuan a year in salary. Even if hand money, miscellaneous supplies and land are added, the annual harvest should be estimated to be between three and five thousand yuan. between.

The main reason why the fluctuations are so large is that the harvest of the land depends on the sky, and most of the income from Yongye Tian and Tiantian is provided by the government and the market, and cannot be sold privately.In other words, if you are not pleasing to the eye, you will be forced to recruit directly, and you will not dare to stare.

Calculated in this way, if the salary is fully paid every month, Li Tong will have nothing left throughout the year, and if he is unlucky, he will be at a loss of several million dollars.No wonder Li Qiao suggested that he should be a false official but not a slave, and let the state help support people. He really couldn't afford to support himself. Now that the size of the Fufu has been reduced several times, it is too much to bear.

Of course, the account can't be calculated like this.Not to mention that each of the three kings has food, and the income from the feudal state is the big one. Such a large amount of rewards alone is not the norm. Normally, only about one-third of the payment is required, and the rest is given by the state.

Therefore, as long as the three kings are not used to spending money lavishly, their financial status can also be operated well.But it's impossible not to spend money. After all, Li Tong's leaving the cabinet is still doing things, not for the sake of living in peace.

With such a calculation in mind, he felt that it was very necessary for the three governments to coordinate and manage the finances. As for Li Shouli, it would be difficult to spend the money to the right place, so he might as well stay and recruit troops by himself.

Although brothers sometimes need to settle accounts clearly, sometimes they still have to sacrifice their ego for the overall situation. Anyway, the right to explain is mine.

Chapter 0105

It was not too early for the three kings to enter the workshop, and after such a ceremony, the sky was completely dark.

Right now, the house is full of meals, and the next process is naturally to have fun up and down.Previously, it was a ceremony in the mansion, Xue Huaiyi, an outsider, should not be in the hall, and stayed in the mansion across the street for now.Now that the ceremony is over, it is natural to invite to the banquet.

Li Tong left his two elder brothers and his assistant to wait, and he returned to his residence to invite Xue Huaiyi himself.When stepping out of the gate of the palace, a crescent moon was already in the sky, and the street drums were rumbling.

There are no pedestrians on the street, and the doors of the square have been closed. The night is not lacking in silence, but the atmosphere of human fireworks created by various details gives people a completely different feeling from Ouchi.

In front of the gate of the palace, besides the guards under the palace, there were more than 20 Jinwu guards present. As for the street envoy, Chen Mingzhen, there was nowhere to be seen, as if he had gone to report to Qiu Shenji.

Qiu Shenji sent people to stop the demonstration today, Li Tong was not surprised.

The Jinwu Guard is in charge of city defense, and the entire Shendu City can be said to be Qiu Shenji's home field. However, judging from the painstaking efforts of the opponent to urge the three kings to leave the cabinet, Qiu Shenji should still be inclined to deal with them within the rules, and he is not yet vicious. A third-rate method that does not talk about routines.

As long as it's still within the rules, Li Tong doesn't worry about catastrophe coming soon.Because the current misfortune and fortune of their three kings will directly implicate Prime Minister Ge Fuyuan.His grandma did not follow the routine and sent Ge Fuyuan back to Chang'an to pay homage to the prime minister. Before she achieved her goal, she would definitely not allow the arrangement to be destroyed.

So no matter how ferocious Qiu Shenji is at the moment, it will only put more pressure on their family. Even if there is any substantive frame-up, they will be temporarily suppressed by the higher-ups.

Thinking of this, Li Tong entered the mansion to meet Xue Huaiyi.Right now, Xue Huaiyi is their brother's most reliable support, and Li Tong is very grateful for his enthusiastic support and even staying overnight in the workshop.

"The mansion here is spacious and livable, but it's remote and not beautiful. If it is in Luoyang County, Wang and I can move around frequently."

Xue Huaiyi had nothing to do, he had already strolled around King Yong's mansion, and commented as he walked.

Shendu City is divided into two counties, Luoyang and Henan, which are basically bounded by Luoshui River. At the beginning of this year, the two counties were divided into Yongchang County, and Henan County was changed to Hegong County. It is under the jurisdiction of Hegong County.Xue Huaiyi's White Horse Temple is in the northeast of the city, far away from each other.

"The orphan has been in the palace for a long time, and there is no support outside the palace. If Master Xue hadn't taken advantage of the situation today, Shouyi might not be able to return to the mansion safely. I have no words to express how much I have been blessed!"

Li Tong stamped his feet and saluted Xue Huaiyi deeply.

Xue Huaiyi laughed, and patted Li Tong on the shoulder: "There is no need to gossip, Wang Ying is clever, and if the holy family gets involved again, there is really no need to worry about personnel disturbances."

Li Tong smiled slightly after hearing the words, and said nothing more.With the passage of time, his understanding of Xue Huaiyi has also deepened.Like before, it was his grandma who instructed their brothers to attend the ceremony, but Xue Huaiyi looked loyal.

Instead, he became more humble today, which made Li Tong more certain that his grandma should be indifferent to the three of them leaving the cabinet.It's just that Xue Huaiyi's enthusiasm for supporting him has exceeded the standard of friendship, which made Li Tong somewhat puzzled by the monk's intentions.

All the family members of the palace were waiting in front of the door to welcome Xue Huaiyi into the hall, and there was no need to elaborate on the feast.Xue Huaiyi still looked upright in the hall, looking at all the fufus, he said: "You wait for everyone, don't think that the king can be negligent and perfunctory when he is immature, and refuses to give things with his heart. The three kings and I are the door Friends who go around on a daily basis, if I know that you and others are lacking in offerings, even if the national law does not punish, I will not let the treachery go!"

Everyone in the palace had different expressions when they heard this.Some people might be somewhat dissatisfied with Xue Huaiyi's beating on behalf of Xue Huaiyi, but most of them still pretended to be taught, and they couldn't help being surprised that the three kings had such a good friendship with Xue Huaiyi.

Li Tong really had nothing to say about Xue Huaiyi's righteousness.Their brothers have been in prison for a long time, even if Yuanyue Dajiu's reputation spread a little, Shiliu's impression of them is still unfamiliar to them.

Establishing the first impression is very important. Xue Huaiyi can make such a close expression without the public opinion in the mansion, which makes it more convenient for Li Tong to convince his subordinates in the future.

The banquet lasted for more than an hour, and because Xue Huaiyi was present, Li Tong did not engage in those impromptu poetry activities, but only heard the voice of the inner teaching workshop in the mansion, and performed a few refurbished works by him in the inner teaching workshop.

The tunes that can be copied and refurbished by Li Tongwen are naturally high-quality goods, coupled with the skilled performance of the Neijiaofang voice, this is definitely not the usual vocal enjoyment.

Therefore, everyone in the hall belongs to everyone, and they are all intoxicated for a while, especially Shi Sizhen, the second generation of officials, who is the most exaggerated.

His bearded face can express a limited amount of subtle expressions, but sitting in the mat, his body writhing restlessly with the rhythm, his whole body exudes a taste of obsession, looking at the King of Hedong His eyes were also full of fiery admiration, which made Li Tongyin feel creepy.

"How fortunate is my humble job to be able to enter this elegant and extremely elegant hall! Today I know that the sound is infinitely wonderful, and the king's talent has already been written in "Vientiane".

Hearing Shi Sizhen's ecstasy and praise, Li Tong was also quite emotional for a moment, who said that Hu Lu was contemptuous, look at this rainbow fart boasting, and the image is so specific, I don't know who is so polite and raises such a good boy.

Zhang Jiazhen, who was originally elegant and dignified, was also full of spirits, cupped her hands and said: "The old news of "Xiaoyao Wang" is already quite interesting and moving. I will listen to new songs today. The poems are more than miscellaneous words, and the work is beyond the feet. Your Majesty With a wonderful pen, it turned out to be a strange world! I am fortunate enough to enter the mansion to take a seat in the mansion. If the world is passed on for a long time, I am afraid that there will be no place for this hall to stand!"

"In the realm of leisure, people outside the world, although they have heard about it, it is a pity that they have not seen it. The king is free and unrestrained, and the only thing that is interesting is the wings, the talent is the boat, and you can swim freely. !"

Even Liu Youqiu, who was not well received by Li Tong, couldn't help clapping his hands in admiration after hearing these exquisite voice performances.

As for the other people in the hall, although they also feel that their voices are extremely beautiful, they feel sorry for their clumsy words.

Of course, Li Tong was also happy to be praised so much by his subordinates.For cultural and entertainment activities such as text copying, it is still necessary to have a group of people with strong language expression skills to support the copying.

For example, in the Inner Jiaofang of the Forbidden City before, although Shen Quanqi also said that his refurbished "Xiaoyaowang" and other words had already spread to half of the gods and became popular for a while, he didn't feel anything at all.You can't praise people face to face, so why waste that tongue.

Of course, Li Tong also understands that the reason why the crowd is full of praise is mainly because of a freshness, coupled with the support of the superb music skills of the inner teaching workshop.

The current development of poetry and regulated poems are still in the groping stage. Long and short sentences such as melodies and words, as Zhang Jiazhen said, are just poems with leisure time and work other than rulers, and are full of vulgar words, and these songs refurbished by Li Tong The words have reached a very high artistic level, such as mansions in the wilderness, and decorations in thatched cottages. If they are not talented and idle, who would do such a thing?

The three kings had just left the pavilion and entered the mansion, so it was not appropriate to skip the night and have a feast and revelry. Although everyone still felt that they were not satisfied, they still stopped the banquet in good time.

After the banquet was over, all the assistants of the palace lived directly in the palace. As for how to distribute the houses, it was arranged by the three palace chiefs, and there was no need for the three kings to intervene.

At this moment, the gate of the square had already been closed, Xue Huaiyi naturally had no choice but to stay and return to King Yong's mansion with the three kings.It was getting late, so Li Guangshun and Li Tong simply stayed in Li Shouli's mansion.

The door servant led Xue Huaiyi to the guest house, and when the three kings were about to leave, Xue Huaiyi pointed at Li Tong and said with a smile: "There is still more fun, can the king accompany you for a while?"

Li Tong naturally had no reason to refuse, he waved his hands to let the two elder brothers go to rest first, and then ordered the servants to prepare wine and food to bring them over. Great meal."

When the doorman heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, and after Li Tong pondered for a while, he ordered Yang Sixuan to go to the palace to fetch the two urns of sauce that Liu Youqiu had offered.

The food and drink were brought into the hall, Xue Huaiyi's eyes lit up when he saw the sauce brought by Yang Sixuan, he picked up a knife and cut open the mustard cake, dug out a large lump of black sauce from the urn, spread it on the mustard cake, and gulped Swallowing it, half of the mustache disappeared between his lips and teeth in a short while, and then he let out a sigh of relief, patted his stomach and smiled, "It's been a long time since I tasted the vulgar taste, I really miss it."

Seeing that Xue Huaiyi was eating deliciously, Li Tong was a little curious for a while, and motioned to Yang Sixuan to take a piece of pastry with sauce. When he saw that the sauce was dark and mixed with yellow-green turbidity, he felt a little hesitant in his heart. He raised it to his mouth and took a bite, an indescribable taste immediately exploded between his mouth and tongue, it was bitter, sour, salty and bitter, and there was also an indescribable rancid smell.

His face contorted immediately, he opened his mouth and was about to spit out, but felt impolite, raised his hand to cover his mouth and nose, finally couldn't help but spit it out.

"Haha, the king was born rich and honored, so naturally he can't bear the smell of the countryside."

Seeing this, Xue Huaiyi laughed loudly, then picked up another piece of Hubing, smeared it with thick sauce, and tsk-tsked while eating: "When I was young, my family was poor, and the coarse millet and rotten rice were tasteless, and my mother was the best at soaking them." I don’t make much sauce, but I don’t know why? One is that I can’t afford ginger and garlic, and the other is that I’m afraid I’ll waste food. In the past, I was a three-foot child, and I could eat two big pancakes by stealing the sauce!”

When Li Tong heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised, but he didn't expect Xue Huaiyi to have such a delicate side of recalling bitterness and thinking sweet, returning to basics.

He handed the sauced beard cake to Yang Sixu, and then smiled again: "The five flavors of a stranger, you really can't force it. Master Xue is now a dignified person in the world, and he is worthy of Gao Tang's kindness."

Xue Huaiyi also nodded after hearing the words, as if to prove that what he said was true, he actually ate two full sheets of Hubing with the rich sauce.Li Tong tasted that taste, but he really couldn't understand it, but people's tastes are inherently strange, like the Hu spicy tea he likes to drink, many people around him are not sensitive to it.

After Xue Huaiyi washed his hands, he took a sip of rice wine, and then looked at Li Tong and sighed: "Wang really has ghost eyes, he saw my forehead turn red earlier, and then I also searched for divination, and what I said was empty boasting." .Recently, I was on the verge of death, only to realize that Wang Guanwang is miraculous and different from the vulgar!"

Chapter 0106

Li Tong was shocked when he heard this, and hastily raised his hand to apologize: "Recently I have been busy with all the affairs in the sect, and I have no time to be distracted. I didn't know that Master Xue was in trouble. This is really, really a loss of friendship. I don't know. What disturbs each other, can Shouyi help Weili?"

As he said this, he already had a guess in his heart: it was already the end of April, and according to the historical process he knew, it was not far away that Xue Huaiyi was ordered to go out.

But he didn't dare to be sure that what Xue Huaiyi said was true. After all, he had been in this world for a long time, and even their family left the cabinet early because of their troubles.Whether Xue Huaiyi was affected or not is really hard to judge.

"The matter has passed, but thinking of the danger at that time, it is inevitable to be frightened now."