The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

The next day, Li Wen went back to work in the household department, and Zhao Xiangyi went to the Daying Office in the suburbs of Beijing. One of them was in the city, and the other was outside the city. They were not working in the same place. The two were busy with their own affairs.However, since Li Wen came to the household department, the monthly salary of the Imperial Academy and Daying has not been owed again, and it has been paid on time every month.

Military Master Xie shook the feather fan in his hand, squinted his eyes and smiled, "Sure enough, there are people in the court who are easy to handle." There are people in the household department who are really different. I haven't seen that the household department has not defaulted on their camp in the past few months. The monthly money of the soldiers.

Especially after knowing the relationship between Li Liuyuan and their boss, knowing that that one is their "quasi-sister-in-law", no wonder they will protect their brothers.It doesn't seem like a bad thing for their boss to be with Li Liuyuan?Ordinary women don't have such abilities, and only Li Liuyuan has this ability.

Since returning to the capital, Zhao Xiangyi has been working here at Daying in the outskirts of Beijing, and is responsible for training the soldiers under him every day.When he first returned to the capital, Zhao Xiangyi was very unaccustomed to being here in the capital. Now that he has been back in the capital for a few years, he has gradually gotten used to the life in the capital. Of course, getting used to it does not mean that he likes it here.

It's just that now that there is someone he wants to protect here, the restlessness in his heart has unexpectedly calmed down, and he is no longer like before, wanting to leave the capital and go back to the border all day long.

Standing on a high place, Zhao Xiangyi looked at the soldiers under his hands who were practicing.

"grown ups."

"Well, you can find some people to come over and put all these boxes back where they were, and be careful not to break them.

"Li Wen ordered.

"Yes, my lord."

Not long after, all the boxes in the room where he worked were carried out, and the half-person-high ledger on the desk was gone, and the desk was clean and tidy.It took nearly three months to finally read the ledgers of this house, and Li Wen was still satisfied with it.

Li Liuyuan asked someone to carry the account book back here, and Zhu Guangquan knew it there, "He just asked someone to carry the account book back, did he do anything else?"

"Go back to your lord, yes."

"Well, you go down."

After a while, Zhu Guangquan got up from his chair, walked back and forth in the room, and asked the people waiting outside to call his two officials to come over to discuss matters.The people outside got the order and left quickly.Not long after, two officials came to the Household Minister and entered the house.

Li asked whether he was afraid of being known when he was doing his business.

From the first day he entered the household department, Li Wen knew that his every move in the household department was being watched.

There are many people here in the household department, and there are people who come in and out. It is difficult to hide everything from everyone if you want to do something, so he simply instructs people to do it openly, which is better than covering up. , On the contrary, it will be more eye-catching and eye-catching.

On the contrary, he acts aboveboard, and some people are not sure what his purpose is for doing this. This is the purpose of his actions. It is convenient to act with confusion.

He was sent by the emperor to the Ministry of Household Affairs, so it was obvious that he belonged to the emperor. To move him is no different from picking on the imperial power, so as long as he is not a fool, he will not be moved clearly.Zhu Guangquan just stared at him without seeing Zhu Guangquan. Zhu Guangquan didn't dare to stop him from doing what he was going to do in the household department.If Zhu Guangquan wanted to stop him, wouldn't he tell the emperor that there was something tricky about it?So as long as Zhu Guangquan and some officials here are not stupid, they can't stop him from checking the accounts.

Of course, Li Wen did not forget that he was in the household department. Zhu Guangquan has been operating here for more than ten years. It is full of Zhu Guangquan's influence and connections. The other party is the real boss in the household department. He still understands the truth of going against Zhu Guangquan.

He is the emperor's man, and Zhu Guangquan is also the emperor's man. The two of them are in peace in this household.

The accounts that Zhu Guangquan asked Li Liuyuan to check were all on the open side, and he thought there was nothing wrong with them.But Zhu Guangquan seemed to have forgotten that this Li Liuyuan was not an ordinary person.

"congratulations."

"Congratulations, Master Guo"

On this day, there was a happy event in the house of an official of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and he invited people to drink at his house, and he was also invited, and Li Wen greeted him with joy.

There are many officials in this household department, and there are always a few people who have a happy event at home every month and invite colleagues to have a drink at home

.Or sometimes after leaving the government office, some officials invite everyone to drink. These entertainment matters are inevitable, and this is the case in this circle. These are some interpersonal matters.

Li Wen didn't completely reject these invitations from others, and would occasionally go for a walk and come back.Or if someone is hosting a wedding, if he doesn't attend in person, he will send people from his family to send gifts there, doing his best.

There are many aristocratic and responsible families in the capital that have been rooted for hundreds of years. Naturally, there are old-fashioned and old-fashioned elders and the children of the responsible family who look down on the common people's children.There is no poor family in the upper class, and no family in the lower class. This saying has been passed down for hundreds of years. The status of the family is getting higher and higher, and it is difficult for the children of the poor family to have a bright future.The same people from these big families think they are superior to others, and have always looked down on the children of poor families.

Most of the officials in the imperial court came from big aristocratic families and big responsible families, and there were few children from poor families who climbed up.But that’s not all. There are many outstanding young talents among the children from poor families. These people have worked hard to take the scientific examination and become officials in the court. It’s just that most of the children from poor families have been severely suppressed. What they lack is an opportunity.

Officials in the imperial court formed two factions. One was people from aristocratic families who came together, and the other was children from poor families who came together. These people had great differences in political views.

Of course, among these disadvantaged children, Li Liuyuan seems to be an exception. He is a young talent, and even the middle and small three yuan and the big three yuan have become the first six yuan in the Dacheng Kingdom.Entering the court as an official was highly valued by the emperor, and he was promoted twice in less than half a year.

In some years, these big nobles were on the head of the royal family, and even the emperor couldn't touch these big responsible families.

Now seeing the emperor promoting a commoner's son, the elders of these big responsible clans gathered together, guessing: What is the emperor's purpose for doing this?Do you want to reuse the poor family's children and suppress them, these big responsible families?

Speaking of Li Wen, some of these great nobles are far-sighted and want to send someone to win over such a person, "This Li Wen is a talent, if we can win him over for our use, it's not a bad thing .”

But it seems that this Li Liuyuan is not so easy to win over, he doesn't like gold and silver, and he doesn't like jewelry.This Li Liuyuan is still young, and he doesn't seem to understand beauty, and it seems that the beauty trick doesn't work.

When Li Liuyuan went to Xiangzhou, some things were naturally passed back to the capital and to the ears of these big families. Didn’t I see that Li Wen accepted the 10 taels of silver notes from the former Xiangzhou officials, and turned around and handed them over to him? the emperor.So even if they wanted to pull Li Wen, they had to be careful, don't just take out the banknotes in their pockets and go out, only to be stabbed in front of the emperor by Li Wen when they turned around.

"But I heard that this Li Liuyuan is not engaged yet, and there is an unmarried girl in the house..."''Oh. "

This is an opportunity.

It's just that all the matchmakers sent by these people to Liuyuan Mansion were blocked from the door, and none of them could enter Liuyuan Mansion, let alone kiss.

Of course, these people don't know that the masters of the Liuyuan Mansion are all out during the day, and there are only maids and servants in the mansion. Even if the matchmaker can enter, there is no one who can make decisions, so these people It must have been a waste of time.

Behind what Li Wen didn't know, many people were thinking about him.

Walking in the capital, Li Wen has also seen many people from these so-called big families. These people usually have a big problem, that is, pride and self-importance, but often some people are themselves. It's just an idiot, without half the ability.It's not that he looks down on this kind of person, it's that he doesn't bother to walk with this kind of person at all.

But if they are as easy to use and simple as Xiao Shizi, Li Wen doesn't mind making friends with him.

In the past few months in the Ministry of Finance, the relationship between Li Wen and his colleagues was not bad, at least on the surface.The emperor reused him and promoted him, and all the officials here knew about it, so there were many people who liked him.

When interacting with people, Li Wen never deliberately tried to please others.Similarly, he always tactfully refuses some people's intentional flattery and generous gifts, and does not accept them.

As for the subordinates around him, which ones were inserted by others, and which ones could really be used by him, Li Wen knew in his heart.After getting along for this period of time, the group of people under him are convinced by him.

There were few who disobeyed him as a superior, and some who looked at him as a young man and didn't take him seriously. Li Wen also tried to get these subordinates who didn't take him seriously to be convinced by him as a superior.

When it comes to the art of manipulating people, he still has a little superficial knowledge, which is enough.

During the time in the household department, Li Wen did not forget the mission assigned to him by the emperor.

What he asked his subordinates to count was only the data on the surface, and those were all for others to see.but for the emperor

From what I saw, Li Wen used the people sent to him by the emperor, and the emperor sent him another team of people. These secret people were at his disposal. He used the emperor's people to do things for the emperor, and there was nothing wrong with that.

But I have to admit that the emperor's people are very useful.

"Your Majesty, this is what I have been able to find so far. Please take a look at it." Li Wen handed over a thin booklet to the Emperor, which contained some evidence he had investigated, and presented them together. before the emperor

The reason why the emperor asked him to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs was nothing more than that.

The household department is the place in charge of Dacheng's money, and it is also a department that controls the lifeline of Dacheng.The emperor now paid more attention to this department, transferred him to the household department, and ordered him to secretly investigate the accounts in the household department.

If you don't check, you don't know, and if you check, you will be scared to death.

Time was limited, Li Wen didn't dig deep down, he knew that once he dug deep down, the officials of the entire Dacheng would be implicated, fearing that it would cause turmoil in the entire Dacheng.Just accept it as soon as you see it, presumably this is also the emperor's purpose.

But as far as what I have found so far, it is enough.

He, a small fifth-rank official, can't make decisions about these things. Naturally, after getting the things, he presented them to the emperor without hesitation, and let the emperor make the final decision.

"emperor."

Eunuch Sun took what was in Li Liuyuan's hand and presented it to the emperor.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Emperor Zhaozong looked through the brochure submitted by Li Liuyuan, and saw some criminal evidence in it, his complexion became more and more ugly.

The imperial study room was so quiet that one could hear the sound of a needle being adjusted to the ground.

"Bam—"

The emperor waved his hand and smashed the teacup in his hand, his face was extremely ugly, "Okay, these people are so courageous. I dare to love that this country is not mine, it is almost becoming these people's."

"Please appease the emperor."

The eunuchs and maids serving in the imperial study all knelt down one after another, and Li Wen knelt on the ground, but he didn't have much fear in his heart.