In mid-June, it is already the hottest time of the year. Although Daozhou is located in Lingbei, the weather is no less than that of Yongzhou during this season.

Xu Ping sat on a bamboo chair under the shade of the inn yard, holding a book called "Mencius" and reading it casually. Mencius was popular this year. As a scholar who was born in Jinshi, Xu Ping had to enrich himself at any time, otherwise it would be embarrassing to talk to others.

A few days ago, he visited Ding Wei once, and after half a day of leisure, he completed a courteous return visit. Unless it was necessary, Xu Ping would not meet the former prime minister again. Meeting him would be harmful to him without any benefit. Gong Ding offended too many people, and most of the nobles in the court now have deep hatred with him. Prime Minister Lu Yijian was originally promoted by Wang Dan to restrain Ding Wei, and the second prime minister Li Di hated Ding Wei even more. When the two of them were in power, they had to fight with him in life and death.

The governor Xin Ruoji still did not come back in Guiyang Supervisory. The magistrate inspected Ningyuan County. There happened to be a case in Yongzhou nearby that he asked him to review it, and he would not come back for a while. Yu Xi, the head of the military in charge of the state, came to visit Xu Ping once. The two had a far-reaching status and could not discuss the government affairs. They just talked about some poetry, literature, and general discussions, but did not leave any deep impression on the other party.

Not far behind Xu Ping, Ren Shouzhong held a bowl of bayberry soup in both hands, stood upright, without looking sideways, waiting for Xu Ping's call at any time. If you want to talk about this eunuch, you have to accept it. If you have a certain status, you may not have other abilities. You will be the first-class person to serve, otherwise how could the empress dowager and the emperor like it?

Since he learned about the death of the empress dowager, the emperor took power. Ren Shouzhong seemed to have changed his personal life. He wandered around in front of Xu Ping every day, handing him food and drink, laughing and relieved his boredom, which annoyed Xu Ping.

"You are so attentive, what do you want me to help you?" Xu Ping asked Ren Shouzhong.

"How dare the Labor Department be bothered? As long as you do nothing, you will be the blessing you have cultivated in your previous life!" Ren Shouzhong replied carefully at Xu Ping's face.

The emperor is a kind-hearted person. Even if he hates people like him, he is just driving him out of the palace and finding a remote place to arrange a idle job. Ren Shouzhong has been in the palace for many years, but he is still sure of this. However, he offended Xu Ping too much before, because he was afraid that he would hold a grudge in his heart, and a memorial might ruin his life. Now Xu Ping has made great contributions and has a close relationship with his uncle Li Yong, so Ren Shouzhong naturally has to be careful to curry favor with him.

Xu Ping has always dealt with either an official or a gentleman. The first time he met such a shameless villain, he had no choice but to let him go.

Originally, Xu Ping had also thought of sending memorials to discuss Ren Shouzhong's illegal behavior, or using the help of Li Yonghe's relationship to put Ren Shouzhong to death. But after thinking about it, he became a rising star in the officialdom that everyone in the court was paying attention to. Just when he wanted to hide his strength, he would forget it. It would be inevitable that he would be mean in the eyes of others, which would be unfavorable to make a lot of people in the court in the future.

By chance, Ren Shouzhong became the young follower next to Xu Ping, and was diligent and could not even make Xiuxiu in, so he had to let him go.

Xu Ping's identity has not changed, so it is difficult to walk around. Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang couldn't stay in the inn. They went out early and came back late every day, enjoyed the scenery, sucked fish and caught turtles, and had a lot of fun.

The days passed day by day, and before I knew it, June twelve.

The empress dowager died at the end of March, and Li Chenfei changed her burial. She basically held funerals throughout April, and the government was only on the right track in May. Then there were a series of personnel changes. A few years ago, because the empress dowager asked the empress dowager to return to power, the demoted people were summoned again. The most typical example was Fan Zhongyan, who recalled the right censor to the capital. Some Empress Dowagers, who were promoted to high positions, had to deal with it. The entire court was complicated and unclear.

Xu Ping reads the newspapers every day, and although there is a general context, some specific court affairs are confused. He has always been an official in Lingnan, far away from the center, and is not clear about many major affairs of the court.

The official newspaper at this time was different from the previous Tang Dynasty or even the early Song Dynasty. It was collected and organized by each road Jinzou Academy and changed it to the courts under the Central Secretariat that were all subordinate to the Central Secretariat issued the Jinzou Academy. It was already a move, and a lot of news was blocked, so what could a small official see?

Furthermore, the dibao of this era was hand-written, and the circulation was very limited, which means that Xu Ping spent every day in the inn to see it. It was not easy for ordinary officials to see it in time. I remembered that I did not get the news of the death of the empress dowager in Quanzhou in time, and it was not Ma Zhongfang who was careless, but that the dibao was just right there, and the dibao had been taken away by someone else.

A lot of things happened between April and May, and Xu Ping couldn't figure it out in the remote area of ​​Daozhou. Anyway, on the afternoon of June 12, he had nothing to do and read "Mencius" alone in the inn, and Ren Shouzhong was serving carefully behind him.

While Xu Ping was bored and half asleep, the postmaster, who didn't know what to do, ran back from outside, went to Xu Ping, bowed and shouted: "Congratulations to the officials, the imperial edict has arrived in the court, and the envoy has reached not far ahead!"

Xu Ping opened his eyes, looked at the postmaster, and said in a daze: "What edict?"

The postmaster said: "Aren't the officials here to wait for the imperial edict? Of course, they have been waiting for the imperial edict to arrive!"

Xu Ping woke up and set out in early May. After more than a month, has the will I finally come down?

Standing up from the bamboo chair, Xu Ping said, "Let me go back and wash my face and change to the public uniform."

The official secretary hurriedly led the way and led Xu Ping to his residence. The official secretary welcomed and saw him off all year round, and he was most eye-catching. He had already known that Xu Ping was going to be of great use to return to Beijing. He was flattered and naturally attentive.

Ren Shouzhong held a big bowl of bayberry soup, rushed forward step by step, squeezed the postmaster away, glared at him and said, "Since the envoy is coming to announce the edict, you haven't prepared the incense table yet, you just asked if you missed the time!"

After saying that, he turned around and smiled, "I am serving the Ministry of Works to change my clothes."

Xu Ping looked at him and shook his head, saying casually: "No need, I don't need anyone else to change my clothes. You are familiar with all kinds of rules, so prepare everything with the postmaster."

After saying that, he raised his foot and walked towards his residence.

The Yicheng looked at Ren Shouzhong and smiled secretly. He looked down on this eunuch with a prominent status from the bottom of his heart. When he first came, he treated Xu Ping like a wolf or a tiger. Once he got the news of the death of the empress dowager, he was as sad as a bitch.

Xu Ping returned to his residence, washed his face, and changed into public uniforms.

Poor, he was a Jinshi high school senior, and he worked as an official for six years. He made great contributions to the country and was promoted in a special order. His speed of promotion was overwhelming with his colleagues. He was only promoted from the eighth rank to the seventh rank, or wearing a green robe. According to the seventh rank sesame official in his previous life, he is still a sesame mung bean official, and he doesn't know when he will reach the level of purplish and purple.

Back in the yard, Ren Shouzhong had already set up a table of incense with the postmaster and was waiting for Xu Ping. In fact, there were countless officials receiving orders in the postmaster and the postmaster was also well-informed, so why did Ren Shouzhong need guidance?

Hearing the sound of horse hooves outside, Xu Ping walked out.

When the empress dowager passed away, many changes have happened in the palace. The eunuch sent down now should be the ones around the emperor and cannot be neglected at all. Besides, the person who came here represents the emperor, so he naturally had to welcome him outside.

After leaving the gate of the inn, a group of people and horses came from the official road in front of the door. There were 10 or 20 soldiers escorting them. Just looking at the tall and tall people and the extraordinary demeanor, you know that they were all elite soldiers selected from the imperial guards. Among these soldiers were a high-quality eunuch and two small yellow gates, like stars holding the moon.

It was unclear in the smoke and dust, so Xu Ping had to wait quietly by the side of the Tao.

In a moment, the horse team arrived in front of the inn. The high-quality eunuch stopped the horse, looked at Xu Ping on the side of the road, and shouted: "Yunxing, are you anxious to wait for the imperial edict? Brother has delivered it to you!"

Xu Ping looked up and saw who was not Shi Quanbin?

He immediately went forward to greet him, helped Shi Quanbin get off the horse, looked up and down and asked, "President Shi Pavilion, why are you here? I thought about it for a long time, but I didn't expect it!"

"Why isn't it me? Besides me, which one is suitable now!"

Shi Quanbin was happily happy and took Xu Ping's hand to walk into the inn.

Since entering the palace, he has been serving the emperor and has been suppressed by the people around the empress dowager for more than ten years. Shi Quanbin finally welcomed his success. He was full of joy and was about to find someone to talk to, and Xu Ping was his best object of congratulation.

Since Xu Ping was still white, the two met and friendship was cultivated bit by bit. When they first made friends, Shi Quanbin took a fancy to the relationship between the Xu family and Li Yonghe and knew that one day this young man would grow up. But as time went by, Xu Ping's growth far exceeded Shi Quanbin's expectations, and he cherished this friendship more and more.

As an eunuch, if you want to be successful, you must not only be liked by the emperor, but also support from ministers from the outside court, so that you can not live in the deep palace in obscurity. Shi Quanbin's grandfather Shi Zhiyong almost took office as the governor. Although Shi Zhiyong himself was open-minded and did not think about it, Shi Quanbin felt deeply regretful and was determined to achieve the position that his grandfather had not reached.

After entering the yard, he saw that the incense table had already been set up, Shi Quanbin asked Xu Ping to take the order and do the important matter first.

Ren Shouzhong, who was on the side, jogging over to Shi Quanbin, bowed and bowed: "I would like to congratulate the leader of the Pavilion for his promotion and gaining the trust of the official family, to do such a big thing! If you have any questions in the future, please give me some advice to me, and I will give you more support!"

Shi Quanbin glanced at Ren Shouzhong and said disdainfully: "It turns out that you are also well-behaved. When you saw me in the palace, your nostrils were all facing the sky!"

"One time and another time, that's a small ignorant person. Let the head of the palace laugh, don't take it to your heart!"

Shi Quanbin snorted coldly: "You are smart, tell me, the official family has just given imperial medicine and imperial medicine to worship. Everyone else has a place to go, but you will listen to the order when you go back this time!"
Chapter completed!