Hearing Ye Xiaotian's words, Lin Shilang couldn't help showing a little surprise, he never expected Ye Xiaotian to answer like this. After being stunned for a moment, Lin Shilang said slowly, "Ambassador Ye, do you know that your life in Jinling will not be easy in the future."
Ye Xiaotian said: "Your official understands that this is a classic history of Hu County, Guizhou, where various ethnic groups live together, and the culture and education are backward. It is my blessing to be transferred to Jinling. But I think that everyone has their own Only by finding the position that suits you best can you play your role and develop your lifelong ambitions. As the saying goes, do it with virtue and do what you can. Being a small official in Huxian County is the most suitable for an official. If my lord loves you, please help me and transfer me back to Hu County, I will remember my great kindness and virtue."
Lin Shilang was silent for a moment, then smiled: "Okay, I know what you want."
Ye Xiaotian got up from his seat, bowed again and said: "Then, I will take my leave!"
Lin Shilang nodded, watching Ye Xiaotian bow and retreat. When Ye Xiaotian stood still under the car, Lin Shilang stomped his feet lightly, and the coachman whipped his horse and drove away.
Lin Shilang leaned back on the chair lightly, narrowing his eyes slightly. For Ye Xiaotian's rejection, he was not angry, on the contrary, he admired Ye Xiaotian even more. As a human being, the most difficult thing is to be able to clearly recognize one's own shortcomings, and to be able to resist the temptation that one cannot resist, and Ye Xiaotian has achieved both of these points.
After Zhang Juzheng's death, the anti-Zhang faction who had endured for a long time found out the emperor's intentions and launched a full-scale counterattack. The Zhang faction was liquidated and the court's political forces were reshuffled. It was in this environment that Lin Siyan became the minister of the Ministry of Rites.
When he first took up an important position, Lin Shilang lacked a few capable people, so after noticing Ye Xiaotian, he started to love talents. But in his heart, Ye Xiaotian's positioning is just a capable lackey. Ye Xiaotian's qualifications are his natural weakness. In the capital, even if he was born as a Jinshi, he may not be able to make it to the top, let alone a Juren, even if he is willing to cultivate with all his strength, Ye Xiaotian will not be able to make great achievements.
Faced with his solicitation and the difficult situation in Jinling, Ye Xiaotian was still clearly aware of this, and instead set his foothold in Hu County. Regardless of Niu Hou's ambition, Lin Shilang gave him a high look.
"This person, let me help him, maybe... he can really make a breakthrough in the future and give me a surprise, haha..." Lin Shilang stroked his beard, with a faint smile on his face.
Ye Xiaotian stood at the door of the Huitong Hall, watching the servant Lin's car drive away.
Lin Shilang's noncommittal attitude made it difficult for him to determine whether Lin Shilang would go to the Ministry of Officials for a small man like him. If Lin Shilang refused to help, he still had a backup, and Zhang Hongyan had already agreed to speak for him.
In short, even if Lin Shilang was dissatisfied because of this, he would not return to the capital. If he is content with the status quo and only wants to have an official status and live his whole life, then returning to the capital is his best choice. But if he wanted to make further progress in his official career, he would have no choice but to return to the capital forever.
In the capital where seniority is considered, it is difficult for a person like him to move forward. He thinks that the only way to get ahead is to take the slant of the sword, either to fight in the battlefield and worship the general with his military exploits; or to become a lucky minister, gain the trust of the emperor and make his way to the top. Otherwise, only places like Yunnan and Guizhou, where the emperor is far away and the civil servants are weak, have a chance.
He has never read military books and war strategies, and he is not a fierce general who can be defeated by thousands of people. If he wants to follow the route of a general, he will most likely become an unknown bone by the Wuding River. The hope of being a lucky minister is even slimmer, not to mention that he doesn't have that plan, even if he does, the emperor is so close? Unless he eunuchs himself to be a eunuch, he might not even have the chance to touch the emperor. If he really gets to the emperor's side, he will definitely be favored? There is no one around the emperor who is exquisite, and how many people are favored.
In this way, returning to Hu County became his best choice. Only in a place where the civil servants are weak, and heroes are judged only by success or failure, and no one cares about background and qualifications, can he be like a fish in water and have a bright future.
Furthermore, doesn't Guan Shangshu have any friends of the same age in the capital? When he arrived in the capital, he might not be able to escape his revenge. Only when he returned to Hu County would he return to the sea, and Guan Shangshu would be useless. but…
Ye Xiaotian suddenly thought of that personable, refined and noble uncle Guo, who appeared to be a modest gentleman, but in fact had hidden scheming and a soft temperament. Although Guan Shangshu's hand could not be stretched that far, this uncle Guo was not. If he From time to time, make a little move behind your back...
"Looks like I'll have to get a gold mask to put on..."
Ye Xiaotian thought: "Only by letting Uncle Li Guo run away from me as soon as he sees me, can he avoid his constant schemes!"
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Guan Xiaokun's legs were broken by his father, and he was sent back to his hometown in Chenzhou. When he was leaving, he was lying on the car, looking very miserable. Uncle Li Guo sent him off, but Guan Xiaokun never told him that he had recruited him under his father's reprimand.
At the beginning, Guan Xiaokun had vowed that he would never implicate Uncle Li Guo, but he didn't feel that telling his father about it was a breach of his promise. As for what kind of person Guan Shangshu is, a person who has been in the ups and downs of the officialdom all his life, how could Uncle Li Guo's tricks be fooled by his old eyes.
After Guan Xiaokun was scolded by his father, he also began to suspect that he was being used by Uncle Li Guo, so when he saw Uncle Li Guo, his expression was very cold, and Uncle Li Guo only said that it was because his legs were broken I was in a bad mood, so I didn't think much about it.
Immediately afterwards, two close friends, Xu Qiyun and Rui Qingxing, also disappeared one after another. It is said that the Imperial College will have a big exam, and both of them were ordered by their father to study hard at home and not to move around. Although Li Guojiu always felt a bit superior when he was with them and didn't take them seriously, but now without these few playmates of the same age, he was bored facing that old man Gu Sanye all day long. very.
At this moment, Empress Dowager Li sent another letter from her family. The empress dowager, who loves her younger brother, brought some private money to her younger brother, and at the same time tried her best to persuade him to return to Beijing as soon as possible. Ken gave up at this point, he took his sister's words as a deaf ear, and when he was bored alone, he went to the jade play store to kill time.
Li Xuancheng is good at jade carving, and he learned from Lu Zigang, a master jade cutter. This Lu Zigang was once called into the palace to carve jade for the royal family, and he is the Taishan Big Dipper of the Suzhou jade industry. During the Ming Dynasty, Suzhou, Beijing, and Yangzhou were the three major centers of jade cutting in the country. The best craftsmen gathered in the capital, and the ingenious craftsmen came from Su County. Li Xuancheng learned the superb jade carving technique from Lu Zigang, and he seems to be a master of jade carving in the world.
On this day, Li Xuancheng came to a jade shop by the Qinhuai River again. The shop owner didn't know his identity, but he came here often. On the contrary, it is difficult to do his business, so he is not enthusiastic, just chatting with a regular customer.
Li Xuancheng didn't care about it either, he wandered around for a while, and suddenly saw a pile of jade wool in the corner of the store, the small ones were like hydrangea balls, and the big ones were as tall as a person, Li Xuancheng walked around a piece of jade wool that was as tall as a person and observed After a while, he patted the stone lightly, and raised his voice to ask: "Shopkeeper, do you also sell this woolen material?"
The shop owner was chatting happily with someone, when he heard his question, he paused the topic, rushed over and said with great interest: "Why, young master wants to gamble with stones?"
Li Xuancheng said indifferently: "Gambling? I never rely on luck to win wealth! I just like this stone. Tell me, what is the price?"
Only a small piece of stone skin has been peeled off from the piece of wool that is as tall as a person, revealing a piece of white jade that is crystal clear, warm and delicate inside. Large chunks of jade.
The shopkeeper looked at it and said, "My lord, this stone is not small, so the price is not cheap. If you open the stone and there is only this piece of jade in it, you will be at a loss. Why don't you choose a smaller one? The right is for fun, even if you lose money, you won’t hurt yourself.”
Li Xuancheng smiled slightly, and said: "I understand the rules, there is no need to say more, let's make a price."
The shop owner hesitated for a moment, and then offered a relatively high price. Li Xuancheng was very depressed recently. He didn't want to gamble with stones, but just to vent his anger. He immediately agreed without hesitation, and gave the queen mother's sister to his private house. The money came out.
Hearing that Li Xuancheng actually agreed, the shopkeeper became very excited. If the stone was cut open, it would really be a large piece of beautiful jade inside, let alone as tall as a person, even if only one-third of it was jade, then Mr. Li would Big bucks.
The owner of the store was worried about gains and losses, and said: "Young master, do you want the craftsman in our shop to open this stone for you?"
Li Xuancheng shook his head and said: "No need, please send the stone back to my residence, I will open it myself."
The shopkeeper was very disappointed when he heard that, and when Li Xuancheng told the name and address of Zhenyuanhou's mansion, the shopkeeper heard that he was from Zhenyuanhou, but he didn't dare to complain anymore, so he hurriedly asked the assistant to prepare a car, and was ready to transport the huge piece of stone to Zhenyuanhou. government.
While the clerk was preparing the car, the shopkeeper took the money, invited Li Xuancheng to sit down, asked someone to make him a cup of tea, and went back behind the counter to chat with the regular customer again. Li Xuancheng sat at the table, sipping tea slowly, and the conversation between the owner and the customer came to his ears.
"The uncle of the Three Kingdoms looks like a humble son, but he is actually a beast with a human face..."
Li Xuancheng almost spit out his nostrils with a sip of tea. He opened his eyes wide and stared at the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper was chatting cheerfully with the customers and didn't notice his strangeness at all.
"I heard that this uncle of the country has a very violent temperament. If the servants disagree with him, he will order them to be executed with a staff. He is too cruel. I also heard that this uncle of the country has some very special hobbies... "
The customer was very interested, and quickly asked: "What are your hobbies?"
The shopkeeper said mysteriously: "This uncle of the country is both feminine and masculine, so it can be said that he is not shy. I heard that he and the son of the Minister of Rites are Qi brothers. It's shameless. Not long ago, Minister of the Ministry of Rites accidentally ran into their affair. In a fit of anger, he broke his precious son's legs. Now he has rushed back to his hometown in Chenzhou in order to get rid of this uncle. Lord's claws."
Sitting on the sidelines and listening, Li Xuancheng understood, and for a moment he was so angry that his hands and feet were cold: "Why... why did such unbearable rumors spread?"