Chapter 58
After hearing Ye Xiaotian's words, Mr. Lin couldn't help but look surprised. He didn't expect Ye Xiaotian to answer like this. After a moment of stunnedness, Mr. Lin slowly said: "Ambassador Ye, do you know that you will not have a good life in Jinling."
Ye Xiaotian said: "The officials understand that the officials are originally a history of Huxian, Guizhou. Where all the tribes live together and have backward culture and education, it is a blessing for the officials to be transferred to Jinling. But the officials think that everyone has a place that suits them. Only by finding the right position that suits them can they play their role and realize their lifelong ambitions. As the saying goes, to save virtue and act according to their ability. Being a minor official in Huxian is the most suitable position for the officials. If an adult is polite, he will ask the adult to help him and transfer the officials back to Huxian. He will remember the great kindness and virtue in his heart."
Minister Lin was silent for a moment and smiled: "Okay, I know your intention."
Ye Xiaotian stood up from his seat, bowed again and said, "Then, the official will leave!"
Mr. Lin nodded and watched Ye Xiaotian bow and retreat. When Ye Xiaotian stood down under the car, Mr. Lin stomped his feet gently, and the driver whipped the horse and drove away.
Mr. Lin leaned gently on the back of the chair and narrowed his eyes slightly. He did not get angry about Ye Xiaotian's rejection. On the contrary, he admired Ye Xiaotian more. The most difficult thing for people is to be able to clearly recognize their own shortcomings and resist temptations that they cannot resist. Ye Xiaotian did both of these points.
After Zhang Juzheng passed away, the Zhang faction forces who had endured for a long time discovered the emperor's will and launched a comprehensive counterattack. The Zhang faction forces were liquidated and the court's political forces were reshuffled. Lin Siyan became the Minister of Rites in this environment.
When he first performed his important position, Mr. Lin lacked several capable personnel. Therefore, he noticed that Queen Ye Xiaotian had a desire for talent. However, in his heart, his positioning of Ye Xiaotian was just a capable lackey. Ye Xiaotian's qualifications were his natural shortcomings. In the capital, even if he was a Jinshi, he might not be able to stand out. Besides, he was a juren. Even if he was willing to cultivate it with all his might, Ye Xiaotian would not have a great prospect.
Ye Xiaotian was able to clearly realize this when facing his recruitment and the difficult situation in Jinling. Instead, he put his focus on Huxian. This sober understanding and long-term vision, as well as his ambition to be a chicken head rather than a cow, made Mr. Lin look up to him.
"I'll help him with this person. Maybe... he can really make a breakthrough in the future and give me a surprise, haha..." Mr. Lin stroked his beard and showed a faint smile on his face.
Ye Xiaotian stood at the entrance of the Huitong Hall, and saw the car of Minister Suilin leaving.
Mr. Lin's undisputed attitude made it difficult for him to determine whether Mr. Lin would talk to the Ministry of Personnel for a small person like him. If Mr. Lin refused to help, he would have a backup plan. Zhang Hongxian had already agreed to speak for him.
In short, even if it made Minister Lin dissatisfied, he would not return to the capital. If he was content with the status quo and only wanted to have an official position and live his life, then returning to the capital was his best choice. But if he wanted to go further in his career, he would have to never make a breakthrough when he returned to the capital.
In the capital city where seniority is seniority, people like him who are innately deficient are simply unable to move forward. He wants to stand out and take a different approach, either fight on the battlefield and be appointed as a general for his military achievements; or become a lucky minister, gain the trust of the emperor and rise to the top. Otherwise, only those who are in Yunnan and Guizhou, who are far away from the sky and have weak civil servants will have a chance.
He has never read military books and battle strategies, nor is he a powerful general with thousands of enemies. If he wants to take the route of a military general, he will most likely become the nameless bones by the Wuding River. The hope of being a lucky minister is even slim. Not to mention that he has no plan, even if there is, the emperor is so close to him? Unless he castrated himself as a eunuch, he may not even have the chance to contact the emperor. If he really comes to the emperor, he will definitely be favored? No one around the emperor is versatile, and how many people are favored?
In this way, returning to Huxian became his best choice. Only in places where civil officials have weak power and only judge heroes by success or failure, and no one cares about their background and qualifications, can he be like a fish in water and have a day to stand out.
Furthermore, did Guan Shangshu not have friends of the same year in the capital? When he arrived in the capital, he would probably not escape his revenge. Only by returning to Huxian can he be the Longgui Sea, and Guan Shangshu has no place to use his skills. However...
Ye Xiaotian suddenly thought of the elegant, elegant and noble, seemingly a humble gentleman, but actually has a hidden intention and a flirtatious personality. Although Guan Shangshu's hand cannot stretch out that far, this uncle is not like this. If he makes some small moves behind his back from time to time...
"It seems I have to put a golden light cover on my body..."
Ye Xiaotian thought: "Only by letting him avoid him from hiding when he sees me from now on!"
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Guan Xiaokun was broken by his father and sent back to his hometown in Chenzhou. When he left, he lay on the car and looked very miserable. Li Guojiu went to see him off for a while, but Guan Xiaokun never told him from beginning to end, and he had already called him under the pain of his father.
At the beginning, Guan Xiaokun promised to never implicate Li Guojiu, but he did not think that telling his father about this was a violation of his promise. What kind of person Guan Shangshu is, a person who has been ups and downs in the officialdom for a lifetime, how could Li Guojiu's tricks be hidden from his experienced eyes?
After Guan Xiaokun was scolded by his father, he began to suspect that he had been used by Li Guojiu. Therefore, when he saw Li Guojiu, he looked very cold. Li Guojiu only said that he was in a bad mood because his legs were broken, so he didn't think much about it.
Immediately afterwards, Xu Qiyun and Rui Qingxing, two friends disappeared one after another. It is said that the Imperial College general had a big exam. Both of them were ordered by their father to study hard at home and not be able to move around. Although Li Guojiu always felt a little arrogant when he was with them and didn't take them seriously, he now lacked these playmates of the same age and looked at the old man Gu San's man all day long, but he was also very bored.
At this time, Empress Dowager Li wrote another letter from home. The queen mother, who was eager to love her brother, brought some private money to her brother. At the same time, she tried her best to persuade him to return to Beijing as soon as possible. The more Li Xuancheng asked Xia Yingying, the deeper the obsession in her heart, how could she give up? He treated her sister's words as a wind in her ears. When she was bored, she went to Yuwan Shop to spend time.
Li Xuancheng was good at jade carving and learned from the jade carving master Lu Zigang. Lu Zigang was summoned to the palace to carve jade for the royal family. It was the Taishan Beidou of Suzhou jade industry. During the Ming Dynasty, Suzhou, Beijing and Yangzhou were the three largest jade carving centers in the country. All the good craftsmen gathered in the capital, and the skillful craftsmanship promoted Su County. Li Xuancheng learned the skill of jade carving from Lu Zigang, and he was also a master of jade carving in the world.
On this day, Li Xuancheng came to a jade shop on the banks of the Qinhuai River again. The owner did not know his identity, but he often came around. The owner had known that he was a master of jade carving, and most of the jade shops in his store were not favored. It was difficult to do his business, so he was not enthusiastic and just chatted with an old customer.
Li Xuancheng didn't care. He wandered around for a while and suddenly saw a pile of jade wool materials on the corner of the store. The small ones were as big as hydrangeas, and the large ones were as high as one. Li Xuancheng carefully observed a piece of jade wool materials that were more than one person tall, patted the stone gently, and asked loudly: "Shopkeeper, can you sell this wool materials?"
The shop owner was chatting with someone and was so excited that he heard him ask that he paused the topic and rushed over and said happily: "Why, the young master wants to bet on stones?"
Li Xuancheng said lightly: "Gambling? I never rely on gambling luck to win wealth! I just like this stone, tell me, what price?"
Only a small piece of stone was peeled off from the wool that was more than one person tall, revealing a crystal clear, warm and delicate piece of white jade inside. It has a very good texture, but only a small window was opened for the stone, and no one can guarantee that there would be large pieces of jade inside the stone.
When the shop owner saw it, he said, "Young Master, this stone is not small, and the price is naturally not cheap. If you open a stone and only have this piece of jade inside, you will lose a lot. It's better to choose a smaller one, just play it. If you lose money, you won't hurt your bones."
Li Xuancheng smiled slightly and said, "I understand the rules, there is no need to say much, just offer the price."
The owner hesitated for a moment and offered a relatively high price. Li Xuancheng has been very depressed recently. He didn't want to bet on stones, but just to vent his anger. He agreed without hesitation and took out the private money given to him by the Empress Dowager's sister.
When Li Xuancheng actually agreed, the shop owner was excited. If the stone was cut open, there would be a big piece of beautiful jade inside. Not to mention that one person was too tall, even if only one-third of it was jade, then Mr. Li would make a fortune.
The owner was worried about gains and losses and said, "Young Master, do you want the craftsman in our store to open this stone for your master's army?"
Li Xuancheng shook his head and said, "No, please send the stone back to my mansion and I will open it myself."
The shopkeeper was disappointed when he heard this. When Li Xuancheng mentioned the name and address of Zhenyuan Hou Mansion, the shop owner heard that it was a Zhenyuan Hou mansion, so he did not dare to complain anymore. He quickly called the guy to prepare a car and prepared a huge piece of stone to Zhenyuan Hou mansion.
As the guy prepared the car, the shop owner collected the money and asked Li Xuancheng to sit down. He asked someone to make a cup of tea for him. Then he went back to the counter and started chatting with the old customer again. Li Xuancheng sat at the table and slowly savored the fragrant tea. The conversation between the shop owner and the customer came into his ears.
"The Three Kingdoms uncle looks like a humble young master, but in fact he is a beast with a personal face and a beastly heart..."
Li Xuancheng almost spurted out his nostrils with a mouthful of tea. He opened his eyes suddenly and stared at the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper was talking to the customer, but he didn't notice his strangeness.
"I heard that this uncle is very cruel. If the servant doesn't like it, he will ask someone to stand up and kill him. It's too cruel. I also heard that this uncle has some special hobbies..."
The customer was excited and asked, "What are the hobbies?"
The shopkeeper said mysteriously: "This uncle likes women and men's style, which is very cold. I heard that he and the son of the Minister of Rites are brothers Qi. The two of them often stay together and do that shameless thing. Not long ago, the Minister of Rites accidentally encountered their affair. In anger, he broke the legs of his precious son. Now he has returned to his hometown in Chenzhou to get rid of the clutches of this uncle."
Li Xuancheng sat aside and understood, and for a moment he was so angry that his hands and feet were cold: "Why... why did such an unbearable rumor spread?"
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