After a moment of silence, the two people's eyes met again and they smiled again. Liu Hongji shook his head and said self-deprecatingly: "Actually, there are some words that I am not sure I am right about, but I still can't help but use them to persuade you. People's feelings
The trouble lies in being a teacher, and what the sage said seems to be true!"
"Brother Hongji is taking care of me, he is afraid that I will suffer a loss." Li Xu responded with a smile.
Liu Hongji shook his head and sighed. After thinking about it, he finally didn't want to create any estrangement in Li Xu's heart, so he whispered: "You are kind-hearted, outstanding in martial arts, and open-minded and eager to learn. Your future future may not be limited to this. It's just some
You need to pay more attention to common sense in officialdom. If no one tells you, you may suffer from this in the future!"
"Brother Hongji, please give me some advice!" Li Xu responded seriously. He felt very sorry that his relationship with Liu Hongji suddenly changed from friends to colleagues with mutual interests. He wanted to do something to make up for it, but for a while he couldn't find a way to make up for it.
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Liu Hongji shook his head and smiled bitterly, as if he had a thousand words to say and didn't know where to start. After pondering for a moment, he asked in a low voice: "Do you know that since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the political affairs of the past dynasties have been controlled by some aristocratic families. There is no root.
Is it always extremely difficult for a person with no credentials to get ahead?"
"I know that many people have a family behind them. Just like Brother Yuantong was born in the Wang family in Huainan, Lao Qi was born in the Qi family in Hejian, Ziying..." Li Xu smiled and expressed his understanding of the family. He had not yet
By the time he finished speaking, Liu Hongji was laughing so hard that he couldn't breathe.
"You said Lao Wang, Lao Qi and the others, haha, brother, haha, I really belong to you!" Liu Hongji leaned back and forth, pounding the table while saying.
After Li Xu's stupidity, the atmosphere in the military tent became warmer. Liu Hongji had laughed enough, and ordered someone to come in and wipe away the tea spilled on the table, then shook his head and continued: "They are nothing.
The family, including my Liu family, is not really a wealthy family. They are just pretending to be rich in order to make themselves look good! How can the children of a real aristocratic family serve in the military camp like us? They were born with
If you are a true believer and join the army, you should at least start as a fifth-grade general!"
Li Xu remembered that Xu Maogong once said that his family had always hoped to join a wealthy family. Therefore, he had been raised as the family's hope since he was a child. However, those truly wealthy families looked down on the Xu family and disdained to associate with him. If he were treated in the same way
Judging from the standard, if Xu Maogong is not considered a wealthy family, those companions in the military camp are indeed 'big men in disguise'. Thinking of this, he smiled and agreed with Liu Hongji's remarks.
"Those who work in the grain protection army have more connections in their families than ordinary people. Some of them may be county guards or nephews of the county magistrate. This is a fact. But everyone's family is far from a wealthy family.
Yes. The so-called wealthy families refer to those whose family members have served as top officials and whose disciples are from the Manchu Dynasty. In Shandong, there are five surnames: Wang, Cui, Lu, Li, and Zheng. In Guanzhong, Wei, Pei, Liu, Xue, Yang, and Du
The six major surnames. Including the current Yuwen family, the remaining Xie family, Wang family, Chen family, etc. in Jiangnan, there are only about twenty in total. Everyone in the world is proud to associate with them, and these families often collude with each other and have overwhelming power.
Both the government and the public. Emperors of all dynasties knew that ruling aristocratic families was not a blessing to the country, but they could not solve the problem. In this dynasty, the previous emperors instituted civil service examinations, so that all people, regardless of rank, could pass the examination and be appointed officials, just to break this tradition.
But after all, the imperial examination period is short, and the aristocratic family is still in power right now!"
"And those who are elected as officials are either the sons of this family or the nephews of that family. These guys are not good at governing the place, and they cause harm to the people, but one can do more than the other two. But you can't do anything about them, and they often get involved.
With one move, the whole body is affected." Liu Hongji shook his head, very dissatisfied with the current situation.
If you want to change this situation, you have to reach a certain position. In this upward process, some prices have to be paid.
"The Great Sui Dynasty is about to be wiped out by these guys, but the emperor doesn't know it yet. His Majesty the Emperor likes to listen to people's praises and likes to show off his unparalleled martial arts. Just like this time to conquer Liao, the Huagons of the Manchu Dynasty planned two
For many years, we have been arguing about whether to fight or not. But no one opened their eyes and paid attention to the terrain of Liaodong, and no one thought about what consequences it would bring to the Sui Dynasty if they were defeated."
"Brother Hongji said that meat eaters are despicable, right?" Li Xu interjected in a low voice.
"It's not that meat-eaters are contemptible, but that the wealthy and aristocratic families are all thinking about how to benefit the family. They don't care about the people and the country at all, and they don't pay attention to morality in their actions. No matter who accidentally offends them, the result is usually broken into pieces.
!" Liu Hongji shook his head with helplessness on his face.
"All the big families are rotten to the core!" Qin Ziying's angrily words echoed in Li Xu's heart. General Luo Yi once said, "People are not animals, and they don't need blood and race!" This sentence sounds amazing.
The blood is boiling, and when you taste it carefully, it may not contain the meaning of anger.
"So, in the future, you should try not to offend people from these families in the officialdom. If you can avoid it, avoid it. If you can't avoid it, tolerate it. We, the descendants of poor families, always have to go through a lot of experience if we want to achieve something.
What a hardship!" Liu Hongji thought for a while and finally concluded.
Li Xu's biggest ambition at the time was just to be a household clerk in the county, and he never knew anything about being an official. His mentor, Master Yang, only worked as a staff member for Yang Su and never officially entered the officialdom.
Moreover, he was very enthusiastic about book business, and of course he would not give advice to his disciples on how to make a fortune in the officialdom. Liu Hongji's words today were like opening another door in front of Li Xu, allowing him to see clearly what was inside.
Dirty. Although he could not contact the real situation inside the door for the time being, he had some precautions in his heart.
Li Xu couldn't help but be moved by this heartfelt advice. After thinking about it, he handed over to Liu Hongji again and said, "Thank you, Brother Hongji, for your advice. I will be careful in the future and try not to cause trouble for myself!"
"Actually, the Li family in Longyou, where Mr. Tang lives, can be considered a wealthy family!" Liu Hongji waved his hand, indicating to Li Xu not to be too polite. "But Mr. Tang is currently unlucky, so we have to be careful everywhere!"
"Tang Gong is unlucky? Didn't Tang Gong just be promoted to Shaoqing yesterday?" Li Xu asked in confusion. Since yesterday, people have been telling him that Tang Gong has lost power. But if a fourth-rank official still loses power, what will it look like?
What counts as lucky?
"Tang Gong's family has been in the family for generations, and his predecessors once served as the governor of Shangzhu Kingdom and Anzhou. When the late emperor was still alive, Tang Gong was originally a local official. He and the current emperor were cousins, and they had a very close relationship with each other. Later,
The Holy Emperor listened to other people's lies and demoted him to a sixth-grade petty official. After two or three years, Mr. Tang slowly climbed up to his current position bit by bit!" Liu Hongji explained to Li Xu in a low voice. 2
Nowadays, people are considered to be dependent on the generals of the Li family. Of course, he must carefully explain the details of the Li family to Li Xu. There are two advantages to doing this. First, it prevents Li Xu from accidentally hitting him and inadvertently causing damage.
Self-interest. Secondly, it can also make Li Xu, the new dependent, feel at ease and not easily attracted by others.
"Who is so bad that he actually caused a stumbling block for Mr. Tang?" Li Xu didn't understand Liu Hongji's good intentions and blurted out his questioning words out of curiosity.
"It wasn't anyone who stumbled. It was someone who made up a folk song, saying, 'Peach plums, floods surround Yangshan.' As a result, Long live thought that the man named Li was a threat to the Sui Dynasty, so he wanted to kill Duke Tang. Thank you
After being persuaded by the courtiers, he was demoted several levels and was placed in the position of a young prisoner in the palace to observe his future actions. Later, he was demoted to Huaiyuan Town as a treasurer and governor!" Liu Hongji smiled bitterly. (Note 1)
"How could the emperor believe this? There are so many people named Li in the world. If we kill them all, there will be rivers of blood!" Li Xu said in surprise. After he finished speaking, he realized that he was rebellious and dared to criticize the current emperor. Think about it.
The wise emperor who ignited the fighting spirit of his soldiers in a few words on the general stage yesterday could not connect a superstitious and confused guy with the current emperor.
"The emperor may not believe it, but he is afraid that others will believe it and support Tang Gong to rebel!" Liu Hongji sighed, as if he was avenging the injustice suffered by the Li family. "However, the storm is finally over now. Judging from the words of Long Live yesterday,
, he no longer wants to pursue this matter!"
"I think Tang Gong has regained His Majesty's trust!" Li Xu nodded in agreement. He thought of the words of Yu Wenshiji and Qin Ziying again. If he had not considered himself Li Yuan's junior at that time, he might have been awarded a higher position.
But he couldn't mention this to Liu Hongji, and it wouldn't have any positive effect. He was no longer the thief who pointed at his nose and scolded others when they first met, and taught him how to get along with friends, and he was no longer
He's that ignorant, silly boy.
Almost overnight, everything changed. Maybe the changes had already started, but Li Xu was just too stupid to notice it.
After recounting Tang Gong's twists and turns in the officialdom, Liu Hongji looked outside and saw that it was still early, and gave Li Xu very serious instructions on how to interact with his superiors, subordinates and colleagues. He was nearly a year older than Li Xu.
Even though he laughs at himself as a boy from a poor family, he is more than a little bit ahead of Li Xu in terms of experience and understanding of human affairs. Li Xu feels that he has benefited a lot from some of the advice, and even though Li Xu cannot understand it for a while, he still treats it as an elder.
He kept his teachings in mind. The two of them talked, and before they knew it, it was late in the afternoon. The soldiers came in and asked the cavalry general if he had passed the meal. Li Xu quickly stood up and prepared to leave.
"Why don't we drink together? I'll ask Lao Qi to get some fine wine, and we can hide in the military camp and drink secretly!" Liu Hongji thought for a while and suggested with a smile.
"The army is about to cross the Liao Dynasty, so we should be careful. If we are caught by the patrol, we will be impeached. It will not look good on everyone!" Li Xu smiled and rejected Liu Hongji's kindness. Everyone already had it.
Tang Gong Li Yuan turned a blind eye to the habit of drinking secretly in the military camp. But at this moment, millions of troops were gathered nearby, and the emperor's guards patrolled the camp every day to monitor military discipline. Drinking secretly in the camp,
Now it has become a very dangerous business.
"Okay, after they all cross the river to fight, we brothers who don't have to go to the battlefield can have a good drink!" Liu Hongji nodded and said with a smile.
"Well, I hope the army will conquer Pyongyang as soon as possible!" Li Xu sincerely wished.
Although he was not optimistic about the outcome of this war, he still hoped that the Sui Dynasty could successfully sweep Goguryeo's plowing holes. Not so that he could share some of the credit, but because of what Su Chuo said to him when he was in Su Chuo's tribe.
"Will a coward who is unwilling to fight for his own tribe bleed for someone else's tribe?" After a long time, Li Xu had forgotten the pain that these words had brought to him. In his heart, he recognized it.
He said that the Central Plains is his own tribe. Although, this tribe is too big, and the tribal elders are not unified.
While walking, he was thinking about his thoughts. Unknowingly, he had walked back to his tent. Just as he was about to open the door, there were suddenly several annoying "crows" calling from behind: "Haha, someone is starting to worry.
.I saw two children digging in the sand today, and they dug out a corpse!"
No need to guess, Li Xu also knew who was speaking. Except for people from the Yuwen family, no one else came to the door to make people dislike him. He turned around and glanced at the other person before he wanted to find an excuse and walked away.
Listening to Yu Wenshiji continue to whisper: "The two children tried their best to bury the body, but they didn't see anything from each other. But the body is there, in their hearts every day!"
"Does the Prince Consort have anything to do with me?" Li Xu frowned and asked unhappily. Liu Hongji once warned him and told him to be as patient as possible. So, no matter how troubled he was, he didn't want to deal with the Yuwen family directly.
Fall out.
"I came here to look for you very early, but I saw you going to General Liu's camp. I waited outside for more than two hours before I finally waited for you to come out!" Yu Wenshiji knew that he was not welcome.
, still came over and tried their best to squeeze towards the door of Li Xu's tent.
"Brother Hongji and I are good friends, so naturally we talk to each other more!" Li Xu smiled and replied. "The military camp will serve dinner soon. The food that we big-headed soldiers eat is probably not something the Prince Consort is used to!"
"When there is no conflict of interest, anyone can be friends!" Yu Wenshiji pushed open the door of Li Xu's tent and sat in. (To be continued)
