Late at night, at the edge of the lake where Xiao He had just emerged, the fat merchant Wei Xianwu had placed high hopes on was blinded in an extremely miserable manner, his soul power wasted, and he was thrown on the grass like a straw bag.

Compared with the empire's great pillars, the Yu Hua family, the generals of the Three Towns Company, Wei Xianwu and his ilk are just mantises standing in the way of the wheel.

But these people were not the only ones who wanted to deal with Lin Xi.

As early as the night before, Bai Yulou and Hong Shenwu broke up because of the reward and punishment of Lin Xi at night. After the night passed and at sunrise, the news had already spread to many people.

Among these people, Liu Ziyu was included.

Because people's hearts are different and they want different things, even if they are students from the same college or the same department, many of them will become equal opponents in the court.

This has been the case for decades since the founding of Yunqin.

Even though there were just some minor disputes in the academy, Lin Xi had become Liu Ziyu's destined opponent.

Because neither party likes the other, this stance based on the most direct emotional factors in the heart makes it almost impossible to turn back once this path is taken.

The news came before that Lin Xi was about to be dismissed from his post and investigated. However, in just one night, his opponent completely turned around. Instead, he made a great contribution and was promoted to the ninth rank. Dai Yan came to supervise the government.

I will also be awarded a Medal of Glory!

What does this mean?

In addition to being appointed by the Holy Emperor, Yun Qin also has nine levels and sixteen medals including Tianyao, General Star, Divine Mandarin Duck, Thorns, Falling Star, Fearlessness, Selflessness, Righteousness, and Loyal Heart.

This "brilliance" is already a righteousness-level medal above the loyalty level!

This kind of glorious medal is used to reward officials who are upright, aboveboard, speak up, make prompt decisions and have made major meritorious services.

The military merit represented by a badge of this level is enough to advance from the ninth rank to the eighth rank.

Liu Ziyu is a golden spoon, and his father will soon be promoted to provincial governor and become a powerful local official, so he knows better than anyone else that the reason why such a medal is awarded is because Lin Xi's contribution this time is too great.

Now, Zhilu County’s original intention was enough for Lin Xi to be directly promoted from the ninth grade to the eighth grade. However, because Lin Xi had just been promoted to one level under the exception, this kind of promotion was against the rules in Yunqin. There was no precedent, so we could only follow the rules.

A common method used by officials is to first record the merits, and then convert the merits into formal promotions during the evaluation of the officials in the next year.

This means that if there are no accidents, even if Lin Xi does not have any outstanding performance in the future, he will be promoted to the eighth rank during the official assessment a year later.

He was promoted from the tenth rank to the eighth rank in one year. What kind of promotion speed is this?!

And even though Lin Xi is only the ninth rank now, he is the acting town governor! It is equivalent to having already taken the position of the eighth rank! Moreover, all the officials who were hostile to him in Yanlai Town were cleared out by the flood. Who else is left in Yanlai Town?

Are you dissatisfied with him? It’s abnormal if he can’t do anything next.

Where is he Liu Ziyu?

He is still just a small tax officer of the tenth grade of the Household Division, and there is probably no possibility of promotion within this year.

Liu Ziyu's loss and anger could not be resolved, so he tore up the small scroll he had just received and smashed the tea cup on the table.

"Why?"

His handsome face twisted as he looked at Su Zhongwen who handed him the small scroll with these messages, and growled in a low voice: "Why did my father let me choose this official position of Husi? Why didn't he let me go to Zhengwusi Border Gate!

"

Su Zhongwen is a slender scholar in his forties with a white face and long beard.

For a country bag, a golden spoon has many resources at home that can be used. Su Zhongwen was the teacher sent by Liu Ziyu's father who was about to be promoted to provincial governor.

Looking at the young man in front of him whose face was distorted due to loss, jealousy and other reasons, he smiled calmly and said: "If I don't take the initiative to mention it these days, you won't take the initiative to think about Qingluan Academy sending you here, and

In my opinion, your father's real purpose for asking you to come here is something you should figure out on your own, but you asked me today instead."

He originally had another sentence in his mind, if you can't even do this, you may never be able to catch up with Lin Xi in this life, but thinking that his words may cause the young man's rebound and rebellious psychology, he still did not say it out loud, but

He looked into Liu Ziyu's eyes calmly and directly.

Liu Ziyu was stunned for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Students are stupid, please tell the teacher."

Su Zhongwen didn't want to waste any time and said calmly: "Any practitioner has to face a huge empire, especially for you, in the final analysis, you have to fight against others under the Yunqin system. Qingluan Academy will let you go

The purpose of coming out is to let you learn various abilities to fight with others. Your father has always believed that power is more important than pure cultivation, because there has never been a practitioner in this world who can resist an army of Yunqin with one person.

Existence, even when Dean Zhang fought against Falling Star Lake, he still had those strong opponents from Qingluan Academy and three thousand sergeants. Only with natural dangers could he win. In the court, no matter how powerful one person is, he is still insignificant.

, so the most important thing is to know how to use momentum and how to take advantage of it."

Looking at Liu Ziyu who fell silent, he continued to state calmly: "Although the tax officer of Husi is inconspicuous, there is no opportunity to accumulate credit and be promoted quickly, but you have to understand that this is the most opportunity to contact a business and give people

Favor, win over these business houses, and establish friendship with the official position. The reason why your father was able to rise from behind and have remarkable achievements in office is not because he wanted to have a few more supporters in the army like other competitors. In many cases, he relied on

Support from business friends.”

Liu Ziyu was slightly stunned, as if he had some realization.

Su Zhongwen smiled calmly and said: "Everyone wants to have more military power and cultivate more support in the Zhengwu Division and the Li Division, but the pie is only so big and there are so many people watching, so it is better to grab more low-level people who are easy to grab.

.”

"Father, it turns out that you have such a deep intention." Liu Ziyu took a deep breath to calm down as much as possible. He thought about it with a gloomy face, then looked up at Su Zhongwen and asked: "Bai Yulou has always been gentle, Hong Shenwu is here

The military has a lot of support, so why did Bai Yulou dare to break with Hong Shenwu like this this time, and finally win the fight?"

"It's good if you can calm down and think about these things. Neither I nor my father will stop you from fighting with others, because the more difficult the opponent is, the more he will try to use many things, which will be very important to you in the future.

The more beneficial it is, the more willing you will be to fight with others in this court dispute." Liu Ziyu smiled, said this first, and then slowly explained and taught: "There is indeed no problem with your previous views on the two of them.

. Many times the fights in the court will eventually lead to disputes between cliques and schools. Bai Yulou is a tolerant and tolerant sect of Taoguang. These people are headed by the Leng family, but they have always been in conflict between the military and the Yanguan sect.

Both sides are unhappy. Therefore, there is no advantage in the dispute between Bai Yulou and Hong Shenwu. Even if the same thing happened a few years ago and Bai Yulou broke out, they would not be able to win, let alone Hong Shenwu.

Go to the border army."

"But Bai Yulou, the secretive faction, knows how to seize the opportunity and take advantage of the situation. When a good opportunity comes and bites you, it will be difficult for you to resist. He has waited for such a trend... Now the dragon and snake border officials

The war was tense, shaking the imperial city, and many practitioners were about to be sent over. This time, the two major trading houses in Xizijiang were Heng Rongchang and Lu Fuji. If he commended Lin Xi, he would definitely get some support from the two major trading houses. And ordinary officials

I don’t know yet, but the official, Liu Xueqing, has been appreciated by the people above. After next year’s performance examination, he will definitely be transferred to the Department of Justice, and he will be a famous official again! Liu Xueqing and Hong Shenwu are incompatible with each other this time, and Bai Yulou and Hong Shenwu broke up.

We can also get the support of the Yanguan faction in the imperial city who would rather break than bend."

Su Zhongwen stroked his beard and looked at Liu Ziyu and sneered: "This is the general trend. No matter how strong Hong Shenwu is, how can he stop Bai Yulou's punch that he has endured for several years and accumulated so much power? And if I know the news

Yes, when the dam broke that day, one of Baiyulou's favorite nephews and retainers happened to be playing in Xizijiang, and his life was saved by Lin Xi himself. Because of the dispute between some officials of the Zhengwu Division and Lin Xi, the

His nephew and advisors and disciples almost died. This breath completely wiped away any hesitation and doubt in his heart. He attacked so decisively, it's strange that he couldn't win."

"Powerful tactics..." Liu Ziyu frowned and thought. After a moment, he looked at Su Zhongwen seriously and said: "Thank you sir for your advice. In your opinion, how can we take advantage of the situation to deal with Lin Xi most feasiblely now?"

"As long as you are willing to think and learn, I will teach you, and there is hope that you can inherit your father's position in the future." Su Zhongwen smiled lightly and said: "We can also wait like Bai Yulou... It is not difficult for Lin Xi to be promoted again, and she can even do it.

Create some promotion opportunities for him. He is on the dragon-snake side, and try to promote him to the dragon-snake side when the time comes."

Liu Ziyu's eyes suddenly lit up, "Sir, he's a good strategist. There are many people in the academy who don't like him... I can also use some of their power to know which positions are the most dangerous."

"Practitioners who sacrificed their lives for the country are the most deserving of those medals." Su Zhongwen nodded, looked at Liu Ziyu, and said meaningfully: "It is said that the case of Xu Chengfeng in Yingoufang will be sentenced soon.

Already."

Liu Ziyu was slightly startled.

Su Zhongwen said calmly: "If nothing else happens, he should be sentenced to being a leader in public, but if he is sentenced to a thousand swords and cut off Xu Ningshen's three town company generals, I don't know if this military tycoon will be able to bear it."

Liu Ziyu's eyes suddenly lit up again, and he laughed, "Sir, you really have a plan. If that's the case, let Xu Chengfeng be executed in front of everyone and be executed in Donggang Town to see if Xu Ningshen will go crazy."
Chapter completed!