On the afternoon of April 24, Xu Ping made a pot of tea in the small courtyard in his city, sat on a rattan chair, and leisurely watched the red sunset in the sky.

This is the time when the flowers are red and the willows are green. The white catkins are flying in the air, and the unknown petals are falling into mud. The weather is neither cold nor hot, which is the best time of the year.

Today is the day of the Qionglin Banquet. Xu Ping, as the Longtu Pavilion, naturally had to participate. However, for them, today is not a particularly comfortable day.

Wang once recited the doctrine of the mean in front of the new Jinshi, repeatedly advised him, and then presented a letter to the Jinshi on behalf of the emperor. Then the prime minister gave the emperor a banquet, and officials who were in charge of the system watched the ceremony together, mainly to go through the motions.

After the breakup is over, the new Jinshi can leave with all their joys. Xu Ping, who are watching the ceremony, are only part of the breakup, and they will come back early. If they are there, the new Jinshi will not be able to let go and cannot enjoy it. This is the day for the new Jinshi.

It was not until the red sun was drooping that Li Wei blushed and walked into the courtyard with some shaking steps.

Seeing Xu Ping sitting in the yard, Li Wei hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "I have met Mr.

Xu Ping said: "From today, you should not be called a sir, just be called an official."

Li Wei was stunned and asked, "How do you say this by sir? But what did I do wrong?"

Xu Ping smiled and said, "You are not wrong. It's just an old example in the country. The new Jinshi is the disciple of the emperor. How can you be called a gentleman at will! Although the court only strictly prohibits the ministers from calling him disciples to the prime minister and officials who teach tribute, in fact, other ministers are the same. From now on, you and me will be colleagues, so just call him officials."

"Then I call it a sir?"

"This is the best. There is cold water by the well. You go wash your face first and we will talk."

Li Xu said goodbye and went to wash his face by himself. He was still a little confused about Xu Ping's words.

There was a very strict avoidance law for officials in the Song Dynasty, and their relatives, relatives, relatives, and even teachers and friends were avoiding it. Except for the fact that they were outside officials, their relatives and friends could not have industries under their rule, and they should also avoid these related officials when recommending. Even those with relatives and friends could not work in the same yamen until they developed to have business relationships. For example, Xu Ping is now the deputy envoy of Yan and Iron, so his relatives and friends could not work in the third department, and even the Treasury Department and the External Transportation Envoy.

Xu Ping and Li Wei cannot tell you a real teacher-student relationship. There is no need to greed for a false reputation to put this shackle on himself and him. Otherwise, with Xu Ping's own official position promotion, Li Wei's career will be greatly affected and many official positions cannot be held.

In the law of avoidance, the most typical example is the Censorate, and the Censor must be avoided. Not to mention relatives and friends, even if the new Censor has a good personal relationship with the Censor Zhongcheng, he must resign and replace him. It was not until the new and old party disputes during the reign of Emperor Shenzong that Wang Anshi broke this rule and replaced all the censors with his own people, and that something changed. Later, Qin Hui, the censors became completely a tool for the prime minister to control the government, and the role of restraining the censors disappeared.

After Li Wei washed his face, Xu Ping pointed to the chair beside him and said, "Sit down and talk."

"Where is there a place I do in front of me?"

"I told you just now that we are just colleagues in the future, so don't mention the words of the teacher and the student. You are the one who works hard by yourself when you pass the Jinshi exam, and I didn't teach you anything. You can't call it a teacher. The national government's legal system, don't take it seriously. Students and disciples must strictly abide by the law. If you call yourself a student, you will waste your career in the future."

At this time, Li Wei understood Xu Ping's meaning. If he regarded himself as Xu Ping's disciple, then with Xu Ping's current official position and promotion prospects, he would probably never get an important official position in his life.

Now the ministers in the court, even Lu Yijian, who is the most selfish, actually have many restrictions on his son becoming an official. The eldest son Lu Gongchuo was sentenced to the third rank and opened the office of the third rank. This position is very important and can get a lot of news. But in fact, it is the mailroom of the third rank and does not have any decision-making power. Moreover, as long as Lu Yijian is in the Political Affairs Hall for one day, Lu Gongchuo will not be able to get any important position. The official can be promoted, but the dispatch can only be transferred to some idle positions.

Although he knew in his heart that Li Lu could not make any mistakes in his relationship, he had to sit in the chair.

"The Court of Justice has already missed the magistrate of Fangcheng County. Although it is located in the mountains and is vast and sparsely populated, it is still located in the heart of the Central Plains, not far from the two capitals, and it is still easy to pass."

Li Wei wanted to get up and answer, but as soon as he raised his fart, Xu Ping waved his hand and signaled to sit down. He had to bow on the chair and said, "I don't know how many years of the same year envied me, thank you for waiting."

The first two new Jinshi are the principles of one near and one far, but it is not easy to be between the two capitals. Most of them still work farther away. The north of Jingxi Road and the east of Jingdong Road are basically places where the children of powerful people have their own ways to work.

The top scholar Zhang Tangqing was appointed as the magistrate of Shanzhou and had already gone to Shaanxi Road. However, it was close to Jingxi Road, which belonged to Henan in Xu Ping's memory in his previous life, and was not bad. Wen Yan, except for the judge of the Pingding Army, was not far from his hometown Jiexiu County, Fenzhou, which was a satisfactory mission.

Relatively speaking, Li Wei was born into a poor family and had no roots in the court. He was able to obtain the position of the magistrate of Fangcheng. Those who knew the details knew it was due to Xu Ping's relationship. Those who didn't know only thought it was because of his good fortune. Some people were even a little jealous.

Xu Ping signaled Li Xu not to be restrained and said to him: "Before taking office, you have to go back to your hometown to bring your mother. I wonder when will you set a date?"

"The judges' court ordered to take office in May, and there will be a penalty for violating the period. There is not much time, so the faster the better."

"Well, then let's leave tomorrow. I'll ask someone to prepare a horse for you to celebrate the wedding, so you don't have to worry about it. If you go home to visit the Jinshi, you have a post ticket. It doesn't matter how much money you save. Staying at the post station will be safe all the way."

"The waiting system, the subordinate remembers it."

Xu Ping looked at Li Xu and sighed: "Since I was in Yongzhou, you have traveled thousands of miles to visit. After so many years, I have really not taught you anything or helped you anything. I think I feel a little ashamed."

"How do you say this in the Waiting System? My current future is entirely thanks to Waiting System. Furthermore, the ancients often said that teaching by words and deeds is more important than teaching by words. In the past few years, I have learned enough."

"I hope that in the future, as an official outside, in addition to doing things seriously, remember to be kind to others at all times and not be a villain accidentally. Fangcheng is close to Jinghu Road. If you pick up your mother, you don't have to go back to the capital. Just go directly to take office. In the future, we will have a good time and we will meet again. You just need to work in Fangcheng with peace of mind."

"The subordinates should follow their teachings!"

Xu Ping nodded, and suddenly realized that he didn't actually have much to say to Li Xu that he still had to make a breakthrough by himself. All he could do was push him when the right time was right.

And the sun had just set off the mountain, and the sky was full of sunset, as bright as blood. To be continued.

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