The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

Back at the household department, Li Wen could also find that the household department suddenly lost a lot of staff.From the first day he entered the household department, he got rid of the Shangguan who was always on guard against him, and he is now locked in a cell.Many officials were also arrested and arrested, waiting for the investigation by the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple.

It's just that among these people, many of them found a lot of gold and silver property from their homes. It may be difficult for these people to be innocent.

Li Wen didn't deliberately target anyone in this matter, let alone Zhu Guangquan, he was acting on the emperor's order.If Zhu Guangquan and the officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs hadn't done these things, and he couldn't find any clues, what could he do with these people?

It's just that now that they've done it, they can't run away.

"Master Li."

"Yes, Mr. Zhang."

On the way, he encountered a colleague who greeted him, and Li Wen nodded in response.

After this incident, when he came back to the household department, Li Wen found that the officials of the household department looked at him differently. Everyone's attitude towards him was both flattering and fearful, wishing to stay away from him.But every one of them had to come up to him when they saw him, so no matter how he looked at it, he felt awkward.

When others greeted him, he also responded.

The emperor asked him to do something, and he had to do it.And the people he arrested this time are the ones who should be arrested. Keeping them here in the household department is the biggest moth, so in this matter, if you ask him if you don’t regret it, Li Wen naturally has no regrets. .

However, after this incident, Li Wen felt a little confused in his heart. He knew that the Ministry of Households was not a suitable place for him to stay. It seemed that it was difficult for him to get along well with his colleagues in the household department, so he thought that it might be time for him to leave the household department.

But if he leaves the household department, which department can he go to?

Among the six departments, I am afraid that no department would dare to ask him for such a person, so this made Li Wen feel a little headache.

And because he still holds a position in the Ministry of Accounts, he has to deal with the affairs of the Ministry of Accounts.

Fortunately, all these subordinates brought out by his subordinates can act according to his orders, and their attitude towards him as a superior is not much different from before.If there is a difference, it is probably that he is more obedient to the orders of his superior, and he is not so procrastinated in doing things. The things he ordered are quickly handled and handed over to him, which relieves him a lot.

However, because Zhu Guangquan, the Minister of the Household Department, is no longer here, the position of the Minister of the Household Department is vacant, and there is no decision-making person above him. He has no authority as the Minister of the Household Department for some matters, so he has to report to the emperor and get the emperor's approval before he can act. .

As for who the emperor wants to be the secretary of the household department, it is naturally not up to him, a little Liuyuan, to decide.

The post of Hubu Shangshu was vacant, and Emperor Zhaozong was also worried about the candidate for Hubu Shangshu.Li Wen didn't expect the emperor to ask his opinion, he thought about it in his heart, and said, "Back to the emperor, I have not been an official in the court for a long time, and I am not as good as the emperor and the ministers in the court. I know a lot. If you are unable to decide on the candidate for the post of Minister of the Household Department, your majesty, you might as well ask the ministers in the court for their opinions and suggestions."

He is a small household doctor, although he has been promoted twice in a row, it is true that he has been in the court for less than a year, and it is true that he knows more about the officials in the court than the emperor himself. Know about these courtiers.

So the emperor asked his opinion here, Li Wen really couldn't give a good opinion.

There was a flash in his mind, and he felt that there was a suitable person, but he couldn't say this person, it still depends on the emperor's own opinion. The emperor must know more about his sons than he, a courtier.

"You, you speak with sincerity." Emperor Zhaozong didn't get angry when he heard Xiao Liuyuan's words.

"Lying to the emperor is a crime of deceiving the emperor. I dare not." Li Wen looked up at the emperor and found that the emperor was staring at him. He gave the emperor a reserved smile.

Emperor Zhaozong laughed, "How is the investigation of this case, please tell me."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Wen knew that the emperor sent him to assist His Royal Highness in the trial, and he was sent by the emperor to be an undercover agent, able to bring the actual situation to the emperor.The emperor is the most noble person in the world. As a subject, he must respect the emperor and obey the emperor's orders. But at the same time, he has not forgotten the saying that accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger.

So when the emperor asked, what to say and how to say it all depended on him.

However, after spending so many times with the emperor, Li Wen also found out the emperor's temper.

What to say, he also has a limit in his heart.

When he came out from the emperor, he met a little eunuch on the road, who was obviously waiting for him here, saying that Concubine Dong Gui had invited him over.

Concubine Dong Gui is the emperor's concubine, as a courtier, it is naturally not easy for him to meet Concubine Dong in private, Li Wen is not stupid about this.Moreover, he didn't have much communication with Concubine Dong Gui in the past, so why would Concubine Dong Gui come to him?

Li Wen figured it out after thinking about it for a while, he just wanted to win him into their camp.But I'm sorry, he doesn't have much interest in joining Dong Xiang and Dong Guifei's faction.His brain was in a twitch, so he let the good prince not support him, and ran to support a little prince born by a noble concubine, who was underage.

Although Concubine Dong Gui and the Seventh Prince are supported by Dong Xiang, but to be honest, with so many elder brothers above, and the eldest prince and the prince are all grown-ups, the prince is now the legitimate prince, and the others Unless a prince has strong personal abilities or a strong background, he still needs to work hard if he wants to get His Royal Highness down.

So when the little eunuch said that Concubine Dong Gui had an invitation, Li Wen refused without thinking, "I'm really sorry, the emperor just sent me to deal with it, it's a bit urgent, I can't delay it, I need it immediately Let’s deal with it, so I would like to trouble my father-in-law to speak to the noble concubine on my behalf.”

He just came out from the emperor, nothing is better than using the emperor as an excuse, besides, he really has something to do.

Before the little eunuch sent by Concubine Dong Gui could speak, Li Wen followed the little Eunuch Su who was leading the way.

The little eunuch went back to report and told their mother what Mr. Li had said.

"You can't do such a trivial matter well, what use are you for!" Concubine Dong Gui had obvious anger on her face, and waved the little eunuch out.

The little eunuch Nuonuo answered "yes", fearing that his master would punish him, he hurried away.

After the little eunuch went out, Concubine Dong Gui lost her temper in the room.The waiter saw that Li Wen was a petite person, and they sent people to invite him three times, but they were unwilling to come. The old man suggested in their mother's ear, "Mother, this Li Wen is just a Little officials, I don’t take you seriously, my lady, and don’t give my mother any face. This person, we have to teach him a lesson, my lady, it’s better for us..."

When Concubine Dong Shi heard what Lao Mo said, her red lips curled up, and she snorted, "That's it!"

"Go, send someone to deliver a letter to Xiangye."

"Yes, empress, servant girl is going now."

Naturally, Li Wen didn't know about these things.

When he came out of the palace and saw the carriage waiting outside the palace gate, Li Wen recognized this familiar carriage at a glance, and he knew who was sitting in the carriage without even thinking about it.

"Master Li." The chief follower standing outside the carriage saw Master Li approaching, and saluted respectfully.

One hand lifted the curtain of the carriage, revealing half of the man's face, and the other reached out to him.Li Wen showed a smile on his face, reached out his hand to catch Zhao Xiangyi's hand, got into the carriage, sat inside, the coachman outside drove the carriage, and left the palace gate.

There were only the two of them in the carriage, Li Wen asked, "How did you come here to pick me up? Is there something wrong?"

"There is something, I'll take you to see it." Zhao Xiangyi kissed the young man's forehead and asked, "Did you just go to see the emperor?"

"Well, yes. Didn't you just pick me up at the gate of the palace? I'm not going to see the emperor, but who are I going to see?" Li asked, "Aren't you talking nonsense?" The little eunuch came to him, but he refused.

"You are right to refuse. From now on, in the palace, except the emperor and the empress, you should not go to anyone who sends someone to look for you." Zhao Xiangyi didn't know that Concubine Dong Gui sent someone to find Li Wen. Don't refuse when the queen sends someone to you, because after all, she is the queen and the master of the harem, so it's not easy to refuse.

"I know." Li Wen nodded, and said, "But the queen has nothing to do with me, so she probably won't let anyone come to me." The few times he saw the queen before, it was when there were many people, in private. I really haven't seen the empress, and the empress didn't ask anyone to come to him.

But he thought about his relationship with His Highness the Crown Prince, His Highness the Crown Prince should have told the Empress in private.

He is still the emperor's man on the surface, presumably the empress should also know this, so unless there is something special, she will not send anyone to look for him in the first place.

"You haven't said yet, where are you taking me?" Li Wen found out that this man came to pick him up, and he left after picking him up, without telling him where to take him, to do it what.

"You'll know when you arrive." Zhao Xiangyi said with a smile in his eyes, "It won't be too far. Not too far away.

Tricked you into selling it. "

"Are you willing to sell me?" Li Wen stretched out his hand and poked the man's chest. It was too hard to poke his fingers in. He touched his own chest. It was the same chest. Why is there such a big gap?

Zhao Xiangyi reached out and grabbed the flailing hand, and warned, "Don't touch it."

During this time, both of them were busy. Considering that the young man had too many things to do recently, he was busy until midnight when he came back every day, so he couldn't bear to toss the young man when he went to bed at night. In addition, there has been no further communication.

"Hehe..." Li Wen met the man's eyes and gave a dry laugh. A man who is ascetic can't resist being teased, he understands...

He didn't want to have a carriage ride with a man on this busy street at all, so it's better to be honest and not to tease this old man.