Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 706

   As time went by, more than a month had passed since the death of my husband Ye Sheng, and it was the end of June in the eighth year of Taikang, when the weather was sultry.

Most of the white flags hanging in the house have been removed. After all, no matter how respectful Ye Guogong is, it is not very auspicious to hang such a thing at home, but the white flags in Jing'an Hou's mansion have not been removed. A little nostalgia.

   Ye Lin, Ye Mao's uncle and nephew returned to Ningling's hometown and have not returned to Beijing. Li Xin did not go out much this month, so he stayed at home with his wife and children, or played chess with Zhao Jia.

It was already summer, and the weather was hot and dry. The eldest princess had never experienced hardship since she was a child, so she took her son and daughter to hide in the house and used ice to cool down. Li Xin had to resist the heat. Zhao Jia drinks together.

   "Brother You'an, you promised to get an official position for you earlier. You can't be unbelievable. I'm going to run for you in the past few days."

  The Marquis of Jing'an took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "Brother You'an, is he going to be a Beijing official in the capital, or is he going to be a local official?"

   Zhao Jia looked solemn.

After thinking about it for a long time, he finally said slowly: "Master Hou, the errands in the Sixth Division are too high, and the personal connections in the capital are not easy for me to manage. I can be a county magistrate in a local area. ."

   Li Xin said with a smile: "Brother You'an's talent and learning, only being a county magistrate is too inferior. I will work hard to give Brother You'an a position as a mansion honoree, how about it?"

   Zhao Youan lowered his head and said, "Zhao Jia has been studying since he was a child, and he hopes to keep the land and the people safe when he grows up. No matter the prefecture or county, it doesn't matter."

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

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

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

"No."

  Chen Shiliu lowered his head and said, "It's Zhou Shaojian, the inner guard, who has come to invite Lord Hou into the palace."

  After Xiao Zheng, the eunuch, became an eunuch, two more junior eunuchs were promoted in the past few years. On weekdays, the chores of the inner **** were handed over to the two young eunuchs, and the **** Xiao was mainly responsible for serving the emperor.

  Li Xin nodded and said, "Tell Zhou Shaojian, just say I change my clothes and go to the palace with him."

  Chen Shiliu nodded, turned around and went to spread the word.

  Li Xin turned his head and smiled at Zhao Jia: "It just happened that I was going to have a relationship with Brother You'an. Since Your Majesty called me into the palace, then I don't have to go to the official department, I just go directly to your Majesty's relationship."

Ordinary people who run for office are usually from fellow villagers or teachers, or because of the relationship between the household department. Sending some money to send some other things may be able to get a half-official position, but Li Xin did not go to these commonplaces. The way, but to go directly to the relationship of the emperor.

   Zhao Jia stood up from the chair and gave Li Xin a deep bow.

   "Zhao Jia thank you Hou Ye for making it happen."

   "Everyone has their own aspirations."

Li Xin patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Brother You'an, Wang Zuozhicai, I really put you in this small Jing'anhou mansion. It's also a Qucai. I have to rely on Brother You'an for support."

   Zhao Jia shook his head and said in a low voice, "I don't seek high-ranking officials in this life, and I'll be satisfied if I can rule a whole country before I become an official."

  Li Xin smiled and left without speaking.

   Before entering the officialdom, many scholars followed Zhao Jia in the same mind, thinking about being able to do something for the people, but when they really entered the officialdom, they would find that they couldn’t help themselves and wanted to climb up.

   And if the court situation is unclear, you can only really do things if you climb to a high place.

   Zhao Jia does have enough talent to enter the center, but there are too many people with potential, and it depends on how he chooses what he can look like in the officialdom.

   After saying goodbye to Zhao Jia, Li Xin changed into his regular clothes and went to the palace.

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

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

This is not a strange thing. In fact, a young **** who can be the head of the eight prisons in the inner court in his 40s is already a prosperous official. For eunuchs like Xiao Zheng who came out of the emperor's hidden residence, the promotion is It cannot be calculated by common sense.

   This Eunuch Zhou was very humble in front of Li Xin, and when he spoke, he bowed slightly and did not dare to speak too loudly.

   Although he was very arrogant in the palace on weekdays, he knew very well that even Eunuch Xiao would not be able to provoke the Marquis of Jing'an in front of him.

  The people in the palace are best at observing words and expressions, 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 these palaces. 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 bowed his head in front of Li Xin and said respectfully, "Master Hou is here later, and the servants will pass the news."

  Li Xin smiled and nodded: "Eunuch Zhou has worked."

   Soon, the forty-year-old Zhou Shaojian walked out with small steps, bent over in front of Li Xin and said, "Master Hou, Your Majesty, please come in."

  Li Xin followed behind him, all the way into Weiyang Palace, and finally into the Emperor's study.

   After seeing the Son of Heaven, Li Xin was about to kneel down, but before he could kneel down, the Son of Heaven waved to him.

   "Don't kneel, don't kneel."

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

   Eunuch Xiao immediately brought a chair to Li Xin, Li Xin hesitated for a moment, then sat down, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty called a minister 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, "Chong Heng has arrived in Yunzhou City."

   It has been almost two months since Zhongheng left the capital. Although the capital is far from Yunzhou City, if it is a well-trained Imperial Army, it is not a problem to arrive at Yunzhou City in two months.

  Li Xin nodded and asked, "What does your majesty mean... are you going to fight?"

   "Another reason is needed, but it should be soon."

  The emperor looked a little serious.

"It is very easy for the frontier army to find trouble with Yuwen's ministries. It is stated in the memorial book handed over by Chong Xuantong that in a month or two at most, the northern side will be able to fight, and it will be taken over by the Great Jin. 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 smiled bitterly and said, "Why do you also learn from those civil servants and say such flattering words."

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

  The emperor looked at Li Xin and said, "Changan, you have experience in pacifying the southwest. This time, you must help me."

   Li Xin frowned and said, "Your Majesty, my minister is thousands of miles away, how can we help Northern Xinjiang?"

   (end of this chapter)