Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 84

Doctor Zhong, from the fourth rank, is also called Doctor Guanglu. Once you see the word "palm discussion", you know that this official is an incumbent. For discussion, the best rebuttal to ignorance is to be silent and smile. What a fart to talk about.However, this "inner palace discussion" is a power that Cheng Yaojin does not have. Although Cheng Yaojin sleeps even in the court, the inner palace is useless to him, but this honor is not great.

In the Ming Dynasty there was the cabinet, in the Qing Dynasty there was the South Study Room and the Military Aircraft Office.These institutions are called "inner courts". Compared with those court officials who are outside, these people are the real "companions".These people are the real cronies of the emperor, and they are "simple in the emperor's heart".Compared with high-ranking officials and rich salary, having great power is the safest and most rewarding good thing.

I don't know why I was promoted to Xu Qing's official position. Is it really because of the horses?Xu Qing doesn't think so simply.

Xu Qing entered the inner hall to discuss matters, facing inside and outside, an undercurrent began to surge.

And Xu Qing was secretly called by Li Yuan to have a conversation, which eliminated Xu Qing's whispers.

Because Li Yuan told Xu Qing that Xu Qing would be appointed as the governor of Cangzhou in a few days.Xu Qing was shocked, the governor, that is the mayor, and the mayor in the early Tang Dynasty also had certain military power, so to speak, he can be regarded as half of a feudal official!Although Xu Qing wanted it in his heart, he still repeatedly refused to accept it.

Who would have expected Li Yuan to say, who said you could be the governor?I also heard from Li Yuan that you, Xu Qing, have a small official position and low prestige, so you can only use this method to show that you are favored by Xu Qing, so that others will not dare to harm you, so that the governor of Cangzhou can sit firmly.
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Xu Qing groaned slightly in his heart, this is not protecting me, this is shooting the first bird, and the first rafters will rot first.However, Li Yuan instructed Xu Qing that he could go to the court once every six days, and after the court was over, he had to discuss matters in the Shangshufang.

Well, let’s just be the first bird, now it’s hard to ride a tiger, so I can only bite the bullet and go, Xu Qing began to wonder if Li Yuan was playing him on purpose, why did he pull out "I" to encourage him?

Or to say that intuition is the most accurate, after Xu Qing left, Yuan Tiangang appeared in the Shang study, smiled at Li Yuan, and looked thoughtfully at the direction Xu Qing left.
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Xu Qing rode home and saw a crowd of people blocking the door of his house from a distance. This must be the scene of a crowd.Turn around and go in through the back door.

"Brother Xu, Brother Xu, you are finally back..." Xun Xueer ran over anxiously: "Brother Xu, the people outside the door have been blocked for an hour!"

"It's okay, I'm here..." Xu Qing held Xun Xue'er's hand with both hands, and found that it was very cold, only to realize that there are no gloves in this era.

"Then let them in?" Xun Xueer raised her head and asked, this girl only got bigger in front after getting married, but her height didn't grow.

"Is there a post?" Xu Qing asked Xun Xueer into the inner room.

"Yes, there are a lot..." Xun Xueer opened the door and pointed to a pile of paper folds on the table.Xu Qing saw it, and immediately took a beautiful and elegant book, and when he opened it, a piece of paper fell out.The post said, so and so official so and so, and so and so, but what was written on the paper was a lot of gifts.

"Minister of the Household Department, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Foreign Minister of the Ministry of Rites..." Xu Qing whispered softly, this is terrible, these are all first-class officials, why did they visit me?When Xun Xueer heard this, her eyes narrowed into slits. Her men dated with these high officials, which meant that her men were great, not the lollipop.

"The cow ate grass, took out the gift list inside and returned it, closed the door to thank the guests, and said, "I'm not feeling well, I don't see any guests, and I took my heart."

"Hey, brother Xu, it's okay if you don't want gifts, I want to see the list." Xun Xueer asked while looking at the gift lists.

"Why, Xue'er likes that? You can't get it as a gift from someone else, I'll buy it for you another day..." Xu Qing thought that Xun Xue'er fell in love with something.

"No, brother Xu, I just want to see what kind of gifts are given by their rich families. Our family can also give gifts like this in the future, and there will always be favors?"

"Oh, Xue'er is awesome..." Xu Qing couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard that, he scratched Xun Xue'er's little nose, and made the cow next to him graze without embarrassment or embarrassment.

But looking at it this way, it’s unbelievable, all pearls and agates can only be regarded as inferior products, corals and precious jades are still a foil, and the beautiful maids in the fields are still a fraction, and the gift is impressively written "Nine Turns Golden Pill"!The Tang Dynasty emphasized Taoism, and after Taoism became Taoism, the road of cultivating immortals has been explored repeatedly.After the two Jin Dynasties, to the four generations of the Southern Dynasties, there were only three things for the aristocratic family - "taking drugs, drinking, and light".All the medicines you take are expensive. The general nobles can only eat grass and eat insects, but only the real nobles can get pills.Nine-turn golden elixir, only one was given away, which shows that it is really precious.

Xu Qing and Xun Xueer stared at the gift list, regretting it, why did they open it, isn't this playing with fire?Xu Qing gritted his teeth and threw it away, saying:
"The cow eats grass, take it away..."

"Brother Xu, you can keep that elixir. I heard that if you eat it, you can become a god..." Xun Xueer looked at Xu Qing pleadingly.

"Xue'er, so many people eat elixir, have you ever seen someone who is truly enlightened? Those are all lies, and all elixirs are poisonous..."

"Oh, then I don't want it." Xun Xueer didn't doubt him.

There was more than half an hour before the gate of Guanfang, the sky was already very dark, another guest posted a post, this person claimed to be Du Ruhui, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Xu Qing asked who it was from Du Ruhui, Niu Chicao said that it was Du Ruhui.

This is terrible, a big celebrity, Fang Mou Du Juan, this is a person who has been passed down through the ages.Xu Qing straightened his clothes and came out to greet him in person.

When Du Ruhui saw Xu Qing, he cupped his hands with a long smile and said, "The lights in Wanjia are bright, and it's a beautiful day. I, Du Ruhui, came to the door suddenly, am I here to be a bad guest?"

Xu Qing smiled and said: "Brother Nian, what are you talking about, I just happened to sweep the couch when you came."

Du Ruhui laughed a few times and said: "I used to hear you say this, but now you are in front of the emperor all day long to discuss matters in the inner palace, and what you say is in the ear of the emperor, I don't dare to accept your courtesy anymore gone."

Du Ruhui entered the door and said: "Xu Qing, this time you entered the inner hall to discuss matters, several prime ministers in the court hall praised you, they asked me to congratulate you."

Xu Qing came to a sudden, is it so powerful to enter the inner hall? Even the senior officials of the second and third ranks and even the prime minister asked Du Ruhui to make friends with him, which made Xu Qing feel a little swollen.

Suppressing his inflated mood, he still said modestly: "How dare you ask the Zongbos, I only enter the inner hall to discuss matters, there is nothing to make decisions, it's no big deal."

Du Ruhui was taken aback for a moment, squinted his eyes, and asked suspiciously: "Brother Xu, do you really know or not? Even if you enter the inner hall, even Xiangna Pei and others have to report in advance, and the emperor will allow you to enter. You can go in directly, but how many people in Chang'an City will look at your face in the future, you actually..."

After hearing this, Xu Qing continued pretending not to understand and asked: "What do you mean that how many people depend on your face? I'm just discussing matters, so why don't you ask Brother Nian what's in it?"

After hearing this, Du Ruhui said: "It's inconvenient for me to tell you, anyway, you will know it as soon as you take office. By the way, this is a congratulatory ceremony entrusted to me by several prime ministers. Just accept it first."

Du Ruhui took out a gift list from his sleeve, and pushed it from the table to Xu Qing's side with two fingers.

Xu Qing opened the gift list and saw that the deal was really not small, and the price was 2000 taels of silver.
2000 taels are in front of you.

Xu Qing felt a little hot, Xu Qing was not short of money at all, the salary fief and the winery added up to more than 20 taels a day, which was tens of thousands of soft girl coins a day.It's just that the money was all in Xun Xueer's hands, and she kept it well, and she didn't know where it was used, so Xu Qing couldn't hold it.

Xu Qing was about to refuse, but Du Ruhui seemed to know what he meant, and immediately said: "This money is a department fee from the Ministry of Households, it has been approved by the three provinces, and there are still receipts in my yamen, so this matter is considered to be brought before the emperor. There's nothing else to say."

Xu Qing couldn't help saying, I accept this, even if I pay a bribe, I can issue an invoice!Xu Qingdao: "Brother Nian, I don't mean anything else, I'm stupid, I'm afraid I won't be able to help much, I'm afraid I'll be ashamed of taking this money."

Du Ruhui smiled and said: "So you are worried about this. You are underestimating the prime ministers by saying that. To them, 2000 taels of silver are just a slit in their fingers, not worth mentioning. Besides, your Bing respect Tan Jing is gone this year, it’s really nothing to take such a small amount..."

Xu Qing knew that the rules were like this, and the prime ministers were more at ease in accepting the money, so he sighed and said: "I will be disrespectful if this is the case."

Seeing that Xu Qing took the money, Du Ruhui smiled, turned around to look around Xu Qing's house and the furnishings in it, and said, "Where is it, a table? Why is the table so high, it's not easy to use... "

After hearing this, Xu Qing introduced the chairs and tables to Du Ruhui. Du Ruhui tried it out, and was delighted and refreshed. When he finally left, he still reluctantly left.Seeing this, Xu Qing gave a set as a gift in return.But the second-hand Xu Qing felt a little shabby, so he went to the vegetable garden and picked two catties of amaranth and gave it to Du Ruhui. Du Ruhui's eyes turned green when he saw the amaranth.

"This is green vegetables, what kind of cellar did you use, why are they so fresh?"

"No, no, this is what I planted..."

"I heard that the Emperor has a warm soup supervisor who can grow some green vegetables in winter. I didn't expect you to grow them here too..."

"Brother Nian, can you give me some advice?"

Xu Qing invited Du Ruhui into the vegetable garden to take a look. Du Ruhui exclaimed the miracle, and praised Xu Qing, saying that Xu Qing is a talent from heaven and earth, and such a thing that can change the world can be done.After the horses were photographed, Du Ruhui was not polite, and stretched his hand into the vegetable garden, saying that he wanted to try the feeling of picking vegetables in winter.

After this attempt, I pinched out a handful of purslane.As for the fact that tables and chairs became popular among the aristocratic class in Chang'an later, and that Du Ruhui often came to pick vegetables in winter, these are all later.

(End of this chapter)