"Name?"

"Zhou Bin."

"Which village is the head of the village?"

"The first village of Xihe Jiazi in Heyin County, Zhengzhou..."

On the last day of February, in front of the third gate on the west side of Xuande Building, many people turned their heads because of the appearance of a special serial number, including a middle-aged official in scarlet robe who was passing by, but they quickly turned their heads again.

, after all, there must be this first village, and it should be located in Heyin.

This is because after the government recaptured Tokyo, they held military parades and gatherings in Heyin.

"When did you settle down?" The official responsible for recording immediately returned to normal. "Where is your place of origin?"

"In March of the third year of Jianyan, I was originally from Ruzhou." The head of the village named Zhou Bin responded carefully.

"The time is right." The official said, finally putting down his pen again, and then frowned. "But Ruzhou is so close, why don't you go home?"

This question caused the scarlet-robed official next to him to look over curiously again.

"So that the chief officer knows that there are two reasons for this matter." The head of the village, named Zhou Bin, saw the senior official next to him and looked at him. Although he flinched, he answered fluently, as if he had read a book. "One is me.

At that time, he was kidnapped into the rebel Zhang Yu's army. He was pardoned and resettled, and he had no choice but to go anywhere. The other was that he returned to his hometown in the fourth year of Jianyan. After asking about it, he found out that the entire town in his hometown had been kidnapped by Zhang Yu.

, there were not a few men and women left, so they simply settled down nearby and started a family on the spot..."

The clerk in charge of registration sighed slightly after hearing this, then lowered his head and recorded: "It has been like this for several years. It is said to be quite far away, but in fact it is only three, four or five years... It looks like you have studied and married.

He joined the Hun family in Hebei, so he was promoted to the head of the village?"

"Yes." Zhuangtou surnamed Zhou answered simply.

"I actually know that people like you, after going through those things, have lost all thoughts and just want to settle down well." The clerk from the Ministry of Household Affairs continued to lower his head to record, but he sneered in response. "Yes or no?"

"Yes." The dealer still said simply.

"Okay, that's how it is now." The official from the Ministry of Household Affairs put away his smile and said seriously. "We previously took out an interest-free real estate loan in Kaifeng Prefecture, so we know more or less about it. Now we are building villages along the river, like you.

There are only a few of them. Most of them are soldiers who have retired from the imperial camp and are not easy to talk to. And you have read books and know their deep feelings, and you stay here to negotiate for us for two days... I won’t delay you for three days.

In the future, you will get a loan and pay for food and accommodation. In your county, there is a kind of errand work. One person is responsible for ten villages, and he is dedicated to giving instructions and summarizing to the village heads of the military and civilian villages. The money is not much, but the things are done.

It’s not much, it’s more or less an errand, and there’s also free house registration… Do you want to come?”

"Why don't you come if you have the honor to do so?" Zhou Zhuangtou responded quickly.

It was at this time that the middle-aged scarlet-robed official who had been watching for a while finally turned around. After walking through the bustling Royal Street and entering the diagonally opposite Dibao Courtyard, he forgot about the scene just now.

This scarlet-robed official is none other than Shi Censor Li Jing.

Moreover, since ancient times, it has been said that officials avoid the censor. What's more, in the Song Dynasty, the censor's position with the ability to suppress the governor was very important, and Li Jing was already the highest-ranking censor in Taichung?

Therefore, as soon as he entered the residence and reported to the courtyard, many officials gathered in the courtyard bowed their hands, but they also tried to avoid him.

Li Jing, who was only in his thirties, was quite embarrassed, but he had no choice but to follow the path that everyone had taken, until someone called him from afar:

"Is this Shu Yi (characterized by Li Jing)? Come and sit here."

Li Jing took a closer look and saw Chen Gongfu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, sitting alone on a long bench in the corner of the courtyard. He couldn't help but be overjoyed and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him... Opposite Chen Gongfu, an official in scarlet robes also stood up with a smile.

, naturally gave up his seat to Li Jing.

In other words, although Chen Gongfu was the one who opposed Taoism most vigorously, he opposed it from the beginning, rather than adapting to the trend later. This caused Chen Gongfu to still remain separated from many minority groups in the court, including the Li Gang brothers.

posture.

And no matter what, both parties are still fellows from the southeast (Li Gang and Li Jing brothers are from Shaowu, Fujian, and Chen Gongfu is from Linhai, Taizhou), and they both have a political affinity. In addition, Chen Gongfu is now an official in the Ministry of Personnel,

His position is prominent and important, and although he has a free and upright temperament, he is a bit older. Therefore, the relationship between the two parties has always been relatively respectable.

"Does the chief minister also deign to come and wait for the report?" After sitting down, Li Jing immediately changed his southeastern accent, asked with a wry smile, and was extremely polite in his words... This politeness was more for Chen Gongfu's age than his official position.

"If the imperial censor can come and wait in person, why can't I, a court official, come?" Chen Gongfu responded casually, still with the same free and easy temperament. "Besides, look at the crimson green courtyard, why are you and me missing?"

"That's right." Li Jing also looked at the officials in the courtyard and sighed slightly. "It's not so much that so many people are condescending, but it's more that the weight of Di Bao nowadays is no longer comparable to that of a subordinate of Honglu Temple... The chief minister

,Didn’t the officials say something?”

"Of course there are opinions." Chen Gongfu responded frankly. "But they were all refuted by the provincial government. It seems that the officials were tight and did not interfere, and they decided that Hu Quan was easy to use."

"If that's the case." Li Jing held his knees and thought thoughtfully. "It should be two years later, when Hu Quan's qualifications are up, he will gradually turn Di Bao into a director, and then be promoted to a prison... He will not be a subordinate...

It's just that having such a crucial position in the hands of one person all year round will inevitably lead to some personal tendencies being mixed into it."

"The officials want to use Hu Quan's personal tendencies to control the newspaper." Chen Gongfu still said one thing, and his words were unbelievable. "Before the Northern Expedition succeeds, there should be no changes, just like the few prime ministers

Generally speaking, after Zhao Xianggong has consolidated his wings, Zhang Xianggong will move forward without hesitation..."

Li Jing finally fell silent for a moment, and then couldn't help but smile bitterly in response: "Does the chief minister also know these two sentences?"

"Although I don't know what the newspaper will say today, these two sentences have already spread throughout the world." Chen Gongfu also laughed and said. "Xianggong Zhang is not a person who can keep his temper. Even Uncle Yi did what he did because of Zhang Shuxiang.

Did you come here early to see what happened?"

Li Jing was silent for a moment and did not respond.

Chen Gongfu smiled and turned to look at the courtyard.

By the way, as the time is getting closer and closer to the evening, more and more officials are pouring into the Di newspaper courtyard, waiting for today's impressive Di newspaper edition to be printed... Different from the past, today's Di newspaper has already

We have our own block printing workshop. Except for some specific supplements, there will be a special summary block printing every ten days. We neatly arrange sixteen pieces of paper to collect the information for one ten days and carry out large-scale printing to reduce costs.

.

However, due to the existence of proofreading, typesetting, and engraving before this type of printing, various information was inevitably leaked in advance, so it is unlikely that this phenomenon will occur today.

But this time, there is actually a reason:

First of all, of course, Zhang Jun and Zhang Deyuan's big mouth... After this guy told Zhao Guan's family his review of "Water Margin" that day, he got an indomitable comment. He really couldn't help it, so throughout February,

Mr. Zhang has revealed this comment given to him by the officials dozens of times through various formal and informal occasions.

Correspondingly, everyone probably knows that Xianggong Zhang seems to have made a great match between the emperor and his ministers, and made a big news, but the officials have words and it is difficult to disclose it at the moment.

Immediately, the other ministers present, as well as Yushi Zhongcheng Li Guang, Kaifeng Prefecture Yin Yan Xiaozhong, and many close ministers present at the time roughly verified the news... and almost everyone also said that the official family should have a

It was clearly instructed that Xianggong Zhang’s memorial would not be published through Di Bao until the promotion of mulberry fish ponds as village public property was on track.

Finally, at the end of February, when the imperial newspaper on the first day of March was about to come out, not only were the imperial students who participated in the proofreading were not allowed to leave privately for interrogation, but the palace also sent an imperial squad to guard the printing room directly, and these actions also had the opposite effect.

I came here to verify those previous statements - Mr. Zhang really made big news!

"It should have been printed a long time ago." His eyes swept over several well-armed imperial guards, and the gray-bearded Chen Gongfu turned back to face Li Jing in front of him. "It's just that Hu Quan is deliberately stalling for time..."

"How long can he delay?" Li Jing, who was only in his thirties, looked at the sky and sneered.

When Chen Gongfu heard this, he was slightly moved, but suddenly changed the topic: "Shu Yi is also wearing a scarlet robe now."

Li Jing was startled for a moment, then smiled again: "It's all thanks to the official's grace."

"That's true." Chen Gongfu nodded, and then suddenly asked, "In that case, do you have any plans to let the state capital go?"

Li Jing was startled and opened his mouth to reply, but his mind kept changing and he could only say nothing.

When Chen Gongfu saw the other party's reaction, he woke up, but did not ask further questions. He just waited for the newspaper to be released.

By the way, these last few sentences between the two of them seemed very few, but they really touched upon Li Jing's current pain point.

It should be noted that before the restructuring of the Yushitai, there was only one purple robe and one scarlet robe, namely Yushi Zhongcheng and Shiyu Shizhizashi... The former is the de facto director of the platform, and the latter is the de facto deputy director, but they are not permanent.

That's all...the rest are all green robes.

However, as we all know, the currently reigning Emperor Jianyan has always been generous in some aspects. Since he moved to Nanyang, the Song Dynasty court has been carrying out intermittent reforms in the official system in the direction of matching the name and reality. It is natural to put it here at Yushitai

It is no exception. Not only did the censor Zhongcheng mention the third rank, the previous position of serving the censor and knowing the miscellaneous affairs was also directly cancelled, and became the serious censor Tai Shaocheng. He was the third rank and also wore a purple robe.

As the saying goes, a rising tide lifts all boats, and what followed was that Shi Yushi was directly promoted to the fifth rank, wearing a scarlet robe.

So Li Jing's statement that it was the grace of the officials was absolutely correct.

However, the key to the problem is not what kind of robe, but that since Li Jing has now become the censor, there is still a vacant position of deputy director in front of him, but from the fifth grade to the third grade, from the scarlet robe directly to the purple robe.

It makes no sense. Generally speaking, at this time, there is no reason why a senior official like Li Jing should not seek a job.

Especially Li Jing, who reached the prestigious position of serving as censor in his early thirties, and has a bright future ahead of him:

If you are lucky, you can follow the path of Ma Shen, the Minister of Punishment. If something goes wrong, he will ask you to go out to oversee the affairs, take advantage of the situation and use your merits to stay as an economic envoy, and then come back as a minister.

And if Ma Shen has caught up with the special period of three years as minister and five years as prime minister, then no matter how bad it is, considering Li Jing's current situation, if he just invites himself to serve for a while, he will definitely be a top state capital. When he comes back

You can also be a minister, and then ascend to the secret pavilion calmly.

Of course, the official robes and other things will definitely be purple by then.

At that time, roughly speaking, Li Shuyi was probably not even forty years old... What did a purple-robed secret pavilion official who was not forty years old want to do in this life?

But who gave Li Jing another identity?

Everyone knows that he is the third brother of Li Gang and Li Boji! And everyone also knows that there is a huge age difference between the two. They are not so much brothers as they are father and son.

At the same time, everyone still knows that although Li Jing won the Jinshi title more than ten years ago, his rapid rise to success is essentially because he is Li Gang's third brother.

Whether it was Zhao Guan's family or Li Gang who was far away in the southeast, they just regarded Li Jing as a tool, a mouthpiece for Li Gang to stay in the court.
To be continued...