Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

In the evening of that day, Li Xu really called Lei Yang over for dinner, and only after the meal did he tell Lei Yang about the business.

Lei Yang has lost a lot of weight during this period, Doctor Yan told him to eat less meat and more vegetables, and to exercise regularly every day, Lei Yang will only start a career when he is old, how could he be willing to see Lord Yan too early?Therefore, he carried out the doctor's orders very seriously, and took the prescriptions prescribed for him to maintain his health every day.

After hearing Li Xu's proposal, Lei Yang was very surprised, "Your Majesty, you want Lei to be an official in the County Guard's Mansion? This...isn't it appropriate?" Their Lei family, Lei Ming and Lei Zhan all withdrew, Wouldn't it be a mess to push him up at this time?

Li Xu waved his hand: "There is nothing inappropriate. The king knows what kind of person is suitable for what kind of work. With your business talents, you should have expanded the territory for the king outside, but you are not in good health, so it is not suitable to go out for the time being." , I will go to the county guard's mansion to do some practical things for the king, Mr. Ji is young and doesn't understand business, and he lacks someone who understands economics, so you can help him."

"Then this official position?" Lei Yang didn't serve as an official when the Lei family controlled the power before. Now that most of the Lei family has withdrawn from the officialdom, he doesn't want to get involved anymore. He suggested: "It's okay for me to help you. The official will be dismissed? At this age, I don’t know how many days I can help.”

"This is impossible. What you have to do is not trivial. It is related to people's livelihood. It is justifiable to have an official position and change your name. Moreover, with your reputation in South Vietnam, no one will question your talent."

Lei Yang said weakly: "It's not that I'm worried about other people's doubts, it's just... I just feel ashamed, and I don't know anything except business."

Li Xu patted him on the shoulder and laughed loudly: "This king is interested in your business talent, otherwise why would you be hired for this important position? You work hard and take good care of your body. I will still want to do business in the future." Make you Chancellor of the Exchequer."

Lei Yang blushed instantly with excitement. He used to think that he might be able to become a petty official with his connections, but what's the point of that?He doesn't understand farming or government affairs, and he also eats nothing when he becomes an official, so it's better not to be an official.

But the chancellor of the exchequer... this position is beyond the reach of many people, can I really have that day?It has to be said that Lei Yang was completely moved at this moment.

No one doesn't want power, no one doesn't want fame, Lei Yang is no exception, "Thank you for your appreciation, I am determined to live up to my expectations!"

Li Xu and him didn't have too much politeness. After the matter was settled, we talked about the printing factory. "Although the printing factory also needs to make profits, it mainly serves schools, libraries and bookstores. I want to find someone In charge of education, do you have anyone to recommend?"

Lei Yang thought about it carefully, and said pertinently: "If Mr. Zhong is ten years younger, this position must be him, but his body... If my fourth cousin is still in Fujian, it would be suitable, but he I’ve been traveling abroad, and I really don’t know who is suitable for the time being.”

Ji Hanyu has someone to choose, "My lord, there is a big brother in the lower official, he is 38 years old this year, and he once served as Yushi Zhongcheng in the court, but he was dismissed from office a few years ago because he offended Mr. Wei Xiangye. He used to be the most proud of the master. The disciple, who is also the one who is most likely to be promoted to the position of the Three Dukes, was discouraged for a few years after being struck by the strike. Later, he was called back by his master to teach in the academy. However, he and his master had political disagreements, and the two couldn't get along. He felt bored and left. By the way, before Xiaguan left Cangzhou, he should still be living in seclusion in a certain mountainous place."

Li Xu didn't know this person well, but based on his experience, he might not look down on the small fiefdom of Nanyue, "What is his personality, what is his character, please tell me carefully."

Lei Yang interjected, and asked in surprise: "Master Ji is talking about the Mr. Song who was famous for his honesty?"

Li Xu looked around in his memory and found a corresponding name, "Censor Zhongcheng Song Wang?"

"Yes, my lord still remembers him?"

"I have a little impression, he is... a special person." It is rare to see people who can remember the original owner for so long. This Song Wang is indeed famous for his honesty, even a bit pedantic, but not the kind of pedantic who dropped the book bag, but It is very reasonable. As Yushi Zhongcheng, he is in charge of books and secret books, and at the same time has the right to supervise all officials. During the years when he was an official, he impeached many officials. Therefore, no one will replace him after he was stepped down. plead.

Ji Hanyu hastily defended the elder brother with a few words: "Although I have not been with the elder brother for a long time, he is upright and abides by the law. Although he only recognizes reason and does not recognize people, I think education should be like this. , People who are too tactful tend to be distorted."

"Yes, you are right!" Even if Li Xu likes to use clever officials, he does not deny that he should be strict in teaching and be able to be the censor Zhongcheng. Song Wang's knowledge does not have to worry, and his personality is rigid, which does not mean that he cannot be flexible. , but what he was most worried about was that this person would not be easy to please.

"Are you sure you can invite someone here? South Vietnam is remote, it is recognized as poor, and it is far away from Cangzhou. Can he come?"

In fact, Ji Hanyu didn't have the confidence to call someone over, "Your official should write a letter to senior brother first. During our previous conversations, I heard him mention some views on Dayan's students, and some views coincided with those of the prince. "Ji Hanyu smiled wryly: "But if he can come, he should sit down as an official. How about educating the prince?"

Li Xu glanced at him sideways, looked down at Ji Hanyu, and said softly, "How dare I let senior brother be your subordinate?"

"Then change someone else. The temple here is small, so I don't need someone too powerful."

Ji Hanyu privately thinks that senior brother is suitable for this position, but he can't let go of his face and let senior senior brother be inferior to him. This matter is because he is not thoughtful enough, "Then I will go back and think about who is suitable for this position."

Kou Xiao personally came to pick him up at the restaurant. When he came, Li Xu and the others had already finished their business talk. When he saw Kou Xiao, someone popped up in Li Xu's mind, but he didn't say what he said. He squeezed towards Kou Xiao. Winking, someone sent Lei Yang back, and he followed Kou Xiao.

When he was about to arrive at the palace, Kou Xiao pulled Li Xu onto the horse and sat down, leaning against him and asking, "What did the lord want to say to me just now?"

Li Xu turned his mind several times along the way, hesitated for a while before speaking, and said, "Is your grandfather in good health?"

"Why did you suddenly ask him? He is very strong, so don't worry."

Li Xu told Kou Xiao that he was going to set up a Ministry of Education, and then asked: "If this king recommends your grandfather to be the head of education, would he be willing?"

Kou Xiao was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing, his trembling chest almost knocked Li Xu off his horse, he poked Kou Xiao with his elbow, "Don't laugh, what's so funny?"

Kou Xiao held back a smile and replied: "Stop making trouble, has the lord forgotten that the Kou family was born as a military general? My grandfather... Although he was born as a military general, he is actually a general. Otherwise, it would not have been my father who died in battle. .”

It can be said that Kou Xiao is now able to take over the Kou family army thanks to his grandfather's incompetence, otherwise where would it be his turn?

"Is that so? On weekdays, I heard from people outside that Mr. Kou was quite popular when he was young."

"He is popular, no one can compare to him in terms of pretentiousness, and he is not lacking in knowledge, but he is definitely not as good as the civil servants who are full of ink. Don't look at him with a terrible temper now. When he was young, he was still very knowledgeable outside. It's interesting, no one can match the ability to be right and wrong, and thanks to the fact that the king at that time was an idiot, otherwise the Kou family's military power would have been lost."

Li Xu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, Kou Xiao didn't have any feelings for his grandfather, even if he had no ability, he could find good points and praise him.

"Then do you think he is suitable for this position? The educator doesn't need to be very talented, and he is not asked to teach and educate people, as long as he can manage the students clearly, the main thing is to resolve conflicts."

"If you really want to use him, you might as well ask him. He may not be willing to serve as a small official in the Sheriff's Mansion. The Kou family used to be the uncrowned king of South Vietnam."

Li Xu corrected: "Education is not a small official, it is under the county magistrate and above all officials, but this king plans to reorganize the official position structure of the county magistrate's mansion, and will add the Ministry of Industry to it, and Lei Yang will also be in charge. Treasurer."

Kou Xiao took a deep breath and rested his chin on Li Xu's shoulder. He knew that the Nanyue regime had completely belonged to King Shun at this moment. Lost, but more proud.

The person he likes is so good, to shield him from the wind and rain, to withstand the sky for him, all he can do is to assist him well.

"Okay, I'll go back tomorrow and call the old man to the palace, so you can have a good chat with him."

Li Xu thought it was feasible, so he sent someone to pass a message to Ji Hanyu, lest he had already decided on a candidate, and he sent a letter to the senior brother, and it would be ugly if there was an oolong.

Although he didn't think that senior brother would be willing to come to South Vietnam.

Ji Hanyu was shocked for a long time after receiving the news. He had only met the old man of the Kou family a few times, and he was a stubborn old man in his impression.

Why did the prince suddenly think of using the old man of the Kou family?

Ji Hanyu thought for a whole night but couldn't come up with a reason. He wrote a letter to the elder brother as usual. The letter didn't mention the matter of letting him come to South Vietnam to be an official, but he picked a few things about King Shun's actions and told him , and sincerely invited him to stay in South Vietnam for a few days.

Now that Ji Hanyu is the governor of the county, he is also considered a great official in the frontier. His reputation in the court has gradually increased, and everyone knows that he is a young disciple of Lu Shanzhang. .

But he is young, he has never been in the grassroots, and he soared into the sky. Many people think that King Shun is too hasty. In order to consolidate the regime, he even ignores the people. What does a brat know?

However, Nanyue is the fiefdom of King Shun, and they can only talk about it in private if they have complaints, and they will never interfere.

The next day, Mrs. Kou was invited to come. He didn't want to come at first, even if it was an appointment with King Shun, he just lay down on the bed and pretended to be sick, but he finally came because he had a bellyful of anger to vent. I have to ask King Shun, what is the crime of cutting off a family's survival!

Li Xu personally greeted him at the door, and seeing Kou's sedan chair arrived, he tidied up his appearance and waited for Mrs. Kou to come down.

Kou Xiao jumped off the horse and personally helped his grandfather down, doing the old man a lot of face in front of others.

Mrs. Kou didn't look very old, he was well maintained and looked energetic, but his face was tense, as if someone owed him 100 million.

Li Xu always felt a little guilty when facing him. Although Kou Xiao was pursuing him, it was a fact that they were together. This was a very heavy blow to the old man.

"Your Majesty, Ankang!" Old Master Kou slowly walked up to Li Xu and knelt down, Li Xu stepped forward to stop him, and said kindly, "You don't need to be too polite, Old Master, you have a high status, and you are also a veteran of South Vietnam, so there is no need to be so. "

The old man stood up, leaning on crutches, originally thinking that if King Shun accepted his gift, he would make a gesture and sit on the ground, kneeling was impossible.

"Please, old lady, I invite you to visit the mansion today because I have business to discuss."

The old man felt very sad in his heart. He knew that there would be a day, so he finally wanted to make it public?Then will he beat them to death with a cane later?

The old man thought that Li Xu called him to come out of the closet, Kou Xiao went back to deliver a message, but the old man interrupted him before he finished speaking, and then rushed over without stopping, without giving him a chance to speak.

Li Xu welcomed them into the study, and Liu Shu brought the servants to serve tea and snacks, and set up a table full of them. The standard of hospitality was quite high, obviously he regarded the old man very seriously.

Although Liu Shu was very upset to see the old man's unlovable face at this time, he could still squeeze out a smile on his face to entertain him.

"I take the liberty to invite the old lady here today because I want to ask for your opinion on something..."

Mrs. Kou immediately stood up and shouted loudly: "No, I don't agree, absolutely not! Death is impossible!"

His outburst startled everyone, Li Xu looked at Kou Xiao inexplicably, wondering what he told the old man when he went back.

Kou Xiao shook his head at him, expressing that he didn't say anything, Li Xu immediately understood that the old man had misunderstood, thinking that what he was asking for was about Kou Xiao's affairs.

He was suddenly embarrassed. He originally thought that the public is public and private is private, but at this moment, he is not sure. With the relationship between them, it is not appropriate to put someone in the sheriff's mansion, especially when the other party is extremely dissatisfied .

Li Xu immediately stopped his original thoughts, and followed the old man's way of thinking, "Why don't you agree?"

Liu Shu hurriedly led his servants out, drove the people around him far away, and guarded the door by himself. When he saw He Zun standing on the other side, he whispered: "You should go in and guard, in case there is a fight gone?"

He Zun glanced at him expressionlessly, "It's impossible for the prince to suffer in a fight. Do you want me to help that old guy?"

Liu Shu choked for a moment, but was still not at ease, "If the old guy wants to hit the prince, as a junior, the prince will not be able to fight back. There must be an outsider, at least to deter people and remind him of the prince's identity."

He Zun felt that this was reasonable, but he was not suitable to go in, and it would easily intensify the conflict, so he let Liu Shu go, and said in a good name: "You are a personal servant, there is nothing you don't know, if he really dares to do it, you can do it." Go forward and take a few sticks for the prince, and let him vent his anger."

Liu Shu glared at him angrily, "I'm so small, you're willing to let me be beaten? Where's my conscience?"

He Zun said indifferently: "If you get hit three times, call me, and I'll stop it."

These words were barely audible, so Liu Shu knocked on the door and went in, standing next to Li Xu with low eyebrows, ready to shield him from the stick.

The atmosphere inside was very tense, Kou Xiao knelt in front of the old man, Li Xu stood beside him anxiously, but he didn't kneel down, no one asked him to kneel because of his identity.

The old man glared at Kou Xiao angrily, and said angrily: "You really lost your head, I thought it was your temporary obsession, but I didn't expect you... You, how do you make the world think of you like this? What about your face? I don't want it anymore. ?"

Kneeling straight, Kou Xiao retorted: "The world is in the hands of a few people. As long as this group of people is intimidated, who would dare to look down on us? And how do you know they can't accept it? Have you heard the rumors outside? Everyone in Nanyue knows that this general has an affair with the prince, have you ever seen someone stand up and oppose it?"

"Fart! That's because it's just a rumor and it hasn't been confirmed. Everyone will say a few words about nonsense, but once the news is confirmed, see if they can still laugh."

Kou Xiao believes in his own judgment, and even more believes that what Li Xu has done in the past two years is enough to make the people bow to him, so what if he cuts off his sleeves?Will they lose a grain of salt and a grain of rice?

Li Xu also argued: "This king understands the old lady's concerns, but we are also very helpless in matters of love. We can only strive for the most satisfactory result. We will not announce it to the outside world. No matter who asks, this king is interested in the Kou family. Miss."

The old man choked back and said: "The most satisfactory result is that you will make a clean break, and the bridge will return to the bridge, or the prince will leave South Vietnam at his own request. After a long time, Xiao'er will naturally return to the right path."

Li Xu felt that he was too naive, "You have to believe that in order to make Sun's friendship with this king, no matter where this king goes, he will chase after him. If you don't believe me, you can ask him."

Li Xu thought about it, with a flat expression on his face, and his tone became calm, "Actually, this king is not a general Kou, I will tell you that I will return to the capital in the future, marry a wife and have children." It’s the right way, if it wasn’t for having feelings for Kou Xiao, why would he confuse the royal family’s blood for him? This is a serious crime of beheading.”

Kou Xiao heard the sound and knew what he meant, and immediately jumped up against the case, "Don't even think about getting rid of me, it's impossible in this life! If you marry a wife, I'll kill the other if you don't believe me, try it."

Li Xu knew that he was bluffing, but Mrs. Kou felt that Kou Xiao did such a thing. In terms of understanding of Kou Xiao, Mrs. Kou was not as clear as Li Xu.

He always knew that it was Kou Xiao who was pestering King Shun, and he also knew that King Shun was not happy at first. From this point of view, it was the Kou family's fault. If it was really investigated, Kou Xiao was the one who deserved to die.

After all, he is the only grandson, how could the old man be willing to let him die? If there is really no room for change in this matter, he would want to save Kou Xiao's life, and he remembered that Kou Xiao had told him that the only chance to work closely with King Shun was This time, whether their Kou family will be the Yue family of King Shun or the stone in the way of King Shun depends on his choice.

Li Xu saw that he was loose, sighed, and said sadly: "This king is also very reluctant to part with Kou Xiao, but compared with this king's great cause, Kou Xiao is not the most important."

The old man asked puzzledly: "You... can't you handle this matter in a low-key manner? You are married each other, have a wife in the first wife, and no one stops you from being together. A problem that can be solved by only one woman, why did you choose? Such a difficult road? And you can also have a son, isn't it great?"

The old man questioned Li Xu: "I, Xiao'er, don't want to have a son, so don't you want him too? Since you care about your great cause, how can you not have an heir?"

Li Xu smiled, and confidently refuted him: "Why not, isn't Kou Sanniang pregnant?"

The old man was stunned. Whether Sanniang was dead or alive was another matter, but it was definitely impossible to have the prince's flesh and blood. Could it be that they had already found another woman to have a baby?Just to let him be brought up by Kou Xiao justifiably, that he was born by Kou Sanniang?

Li Xu added: "Don't be anxious, old man. If this king has a son, he must be half of Kou Xiao's. The future heirs of this king must also be his heirs. You don't have to worry about the Kou family having no successors."

These words are the cornerstone of resolving all contradictions. What is Mrs. Kou worried about?One is face, and the other is heirs. The former party doesn’t care about himself, so what else can he say? The latter party said: There will be children, and you will be half of me and half of me. Handed over to the heir of the Kou family, the Kou family...

The old man trembled all over, he didn't dare to think about it anymore, he felt that he was really old, his mind was far less flexible than that of young people, Kou Xiao was the best when it came to drilling camps!

He looked at Kou Xiao differently, thinking that all of this was planned by Kou Xiao, and if the end result was like this, he felt that a compromise might not be unacceptable.

He called Kou Xiao to get up, and said with a tangled expression: "You are all men, what is it proper if you are not married? It is best to marry your own wives, at least give the world an explanation, if you are afraid that your wives will affect you, marry them and leave them alone." , or take a break after three or five years, why bother?"

Li Xu could never make sense to him on this issue, so he didn't explain it anymore. He looked at him with a smile, brought him a cup of tea himself, and passed a step to him, "This matter has not been finalized yet, we will talk about the specifics later. Well, how about the old man having lunch at the palace today?"

Sure enough, the old man was not angry anymore, and reluctantly agreed, but Li Xu knew that he would no longer object to the matter between himself and Kou Xiao.

This is probably called a mistake!