As time goes by, more than a month has passed since my husband Ye Sheng passed away. It is the end of June of the eighth year of Taikang, and the weather is hot and hot.

The white banners that most people often hang in the house have been removed. After all, no matter how much they respect Duke Ye, it is not auspicious to hang such a thing at home. However, the white banners in the Marquis of Jing'an have not been removed, which is Li Xin's little remembrance of the old man.

Ye Lin and Ye Mao’s uncle and nephew returned to their hometown in Ningling and had not yet returned to Beijing. Li Xin didn’t go out much this month, so he just stayed at home with his wife and children, or they would play chess with Zhao Jia.

It is already summer and the weather is hot. The eldest princess has never suffered since childhood, so she hid in the house with her son and daughter, using ice to cool down. Li Xin had to resist the heat, sit under the pavilion in her backyard, and drink with Zhao Jia.

"Brother You'an, I've agreed to find you an official position, so people should not be untrustworthy. I'll be going to run through your relationship these days."

Marquis Jing'an took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Does Brother You'an want to be a Beijing official in the capital or be a local official?"

Zhao Jia's face was solemn.

After he lowered his head and thought for a long time, he finally said slowly: "Marty, the errands in the six ministries are too high, and I don't have the connections in the capital. I am satisfied if I can be a county magistrate in the local area."

Li Xin smiled and said, "Brother You'an is too talented to be a county magistrate. I work hard to give Brother You'an a position as a magistrate. How about it?"

Zhao Youan lowered his head and said, "Zhao Jia has been studying since he was a child, so he hopes to defend the people when he grows up. No matter the prefectures and counties, it doesn't matter."

Li Xin smiled and was about to say something, but Chen Shiliu ran over from the front yard, walked to Li Xin, lowered his head and said, "Marty, someone is coming from the palace."

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

If there is an imperial edict, the whole family will go out to receive the imperial edict, but without the imperial edict, there will be no such a big battle.

"No."

Chen Shiliu lowered his head and said, "It's Zhou Shaojian, the eunuch, who is here to invite the marquis to the palace."

After Xiao Zheng, the eunuch, became an eunuch, he promoted two young prisons in recent years. He handed over the miscellaneous work of the eunuch to the two young prisons on weekdays, and eunuch Xiao was mainly responsible for serving the emperor.

Li Xin nodded and said, "Tell Zhou Shaojian that I will change my clothes and go into the palace with him."

Chen Shiliu nodded and turned around to pass the message.

Li Xin turned around and smiled at Zhao Jia: "It happened to be about to go to Brother You'an to have a relationship. Since Your Majesty summoned me to the palace, I don't have to go to the Ministry of Personnel. I will go directly to your Majesty's relationship."

Ordinary people usually go to work as fellow townsmen or teacher, or as a member of the Ministry of Revenue. They give some money and other things, and may be able to get a job, but Li Xin did not go through these ordinary ways, but instead went directly to the emperor's relationship.

Zhao Jia stood up from the chair and bowed deeply to Li Xin.

"Zhao Jia thanks the Marquis for his success."

"Everyone has aspirations."

Li Xin patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother You'an Wang Zuozhi, it's also a talent to press you into my small Jing'an Marquis' Mansion. If Brother You'an becomes the Minister of the Three Provinces in the future, I will rely on Brother You'an to support you."

Zhao Jia shook his head and whispered: "I won't ask for high-ranking officials in this life. I'll be satisfied if I can manage a place in the palace before resigning."

Li Xin left with a smile and said nothing.

Many scholars before entering the officialdom were the same as Zhao Jia, thinking about doing something for the people, but when they really entered the officialdom, they would find that they could not help themselves and wanted to climb up.

Moreover, if the court is unclear, you can only do things by climbing to a high place.

Zhao Jia is indeed capable of entering the center, but there are too many people with potential. What he can do in the officialdom depends on how he chooses.

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

Regular clothes and casual clothes are different things. Regular clothes are also a type of official clothes. The court clothes are worn during large court meetings or larger scenes, so there is no problem in wearing regular clothes to enter the palace.

Because the family is close to the palace, Li Xin soon followed the young prisoner named Zhou to Yong'anmen. The young prisoner seemed to be in his forties, much older than his chief Xiao Zheng.

This is not a strange thing. In fact, being able to become the young eunuch in his forties, the head of the eighth prison in his inner court has already had a prosperous official career. Eunuchs like Xiao Zheng who came out of the emperor's residence cannot be promoted based on common sense.

This Eunuch Zhou was very humble in front of Li Xin, and he always bent over his words, and did not dare to make too loud noises.

Although he was very arrogant in the palace on weekdays, he knew very well that even Eunuch Xiao could not afford to offend the Marquis of Jing'an in front of him.

People in the palace know how to observe words and expressions best, so he tried to lower his posture in front of Li Xin.

Li Xin was also quite polite to these eunuchs in the palace. 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 lowered his head in front of Li Xin and said respectfully: "The Marquis is here later, I will go and spread it."

Li Xin smiled and nodded: "It's a blessing for Eunuch Zhou."

Soon, Zhou Shaojian, who was in his forties, walked out in small steps, bent down in front of Li Xin and said, "Marty, Your Majesty invites you in."

Only then did Li Xin follow him, enter the Weiyang Palace all the way, and finally enter the emperor's study.

After seeing the emperor, Li Xin was about to kneel down, but before he could kneel down, the emperor waved his hand to him.

"No need to kneel, no need to 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 smiled and said, "Your Majesty called me 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 slowly said, "Zhongheng has arrived in Yunzhou City."

Almost two months have passed since Zhongheng left Beijing. Although the capital is far away from Yunzhou City, if it is a well-trained imperial guard, it is not a problem to arrive at Yunzhou City in two months.

Li Xin nodded and asked, "Your Majesty means...Is it going to be beaten?"

"A more reason is needed, but it should be soon."

The emperor's face was a little serious.

"It is very easy for the border troops to find trouble for the Yuwen tribes. The memorial handed over by Zhong Xuantong states that at most one or two months, the fight in the north will be possible, and it will be the reason why I, the Great Jin, occupy it."

"This is a good thing."

Li Xin smiled and said, "As soon as the war broke out in the north, His Majesty's imperial career has taken another big step forward."

Emperor Taikang smiled bitterly and said, "Why are you learning from those civil officials and saying such flattery?"

"The current problem is not whether you can fight or not, nor whether you can win if you fight or not. But what should the court do next after the fight this time?"

The emperor looked at Li Xin and said, "Chang'an, you have the experience of pacifying the southwest. This time, you must help me."
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