"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being humble and clumsy."

If the followers around Su Che had called him, Liu Baosheng would not be so nervous at all. But if it were Su Che who called him, he could not help but feel frightened.

Before that, Liu Baosheng was almost a minor figure in the court who could be called upon by everyone.

Don't think that the third-grade general is very powerful. In the Chui Gong Hall of the court meeting, the place where Liu Baosheng stood was almost at the entrance of the hall. Who would pay him any attention?

Even though many families in the Wang family, Cao family, and Gao family make a lot of money from snowflake salt, these family heads look at him like a low-class servant. The family never comes forward when talking about business, but is the steward of the family.

.Although the stewards of a big family are usually brothers of the head of the family, a big family controls an extremely large amount of industry. If they are not close people, it is difficult to gain enough trust.

In the past two years, apart from thinking about his daughter in the palace and asking eunuchs to send some tributes from the palace from time to time, Liu Baosheng did not feel the slightest warmth in Bianliang, Tokyo.

Suddenly he went from a third-grade general to a grand master.

Liu Baosheng hadn't changed his identity yet, so he hurried up to Su Zhe and bowed to salute.

Su Zhe was also shocked. Civil servants looked down on generals, but if the other party was already a highly respected minister, even if he had no real power, he would not deliberately use his status to ask him to pay homage.

To put it bluntly, both civil servants and generals are the face of the court. Anyone who loses face will not look good to the court. Su Che is also a rigid person, and he abides by these rules very strictly.

Su Che hurriedly stopped Liu Baosheng, who was already used to it, and said hurriedly: "Grand Master, please consider the dignity of the court."

Taishi is the grandmaster of the imperial court and the royal family.

Even though Su Che was the Minister of the Secretariat, he was not as good as the Grand Master in terms of rank. The Grand Master, the Grand Tutor, and the Grand Protector, also known as the "Three Dukes", are the most noble special officials.

Only then did Liu Baosheng remember that he was a Grand Master.

Did you become a Grand Master out of nowhere?

It's a pity that he is not a lieutenant.

But the Grand Master is also very good. At least the most important minister facing him, Su Zhe, the Minister of Guan Ming appointed by the Empress Dowager before her death, already wants to give him face. Counting it all, there will be no one in the court who can deny him face in the future.

too much.

A bold thought suddenly came to my mind. Should I still be afraid when I see Zhang Dun in the future?

Fortunately, although Liu Baosheng was appointed as the Grand Master, he had not yet floated. Instead, he said with sincerity and fear: "Liu was frightened when he was promoted by the envoy. He was always trembling for fear of offending his superior. After nearly two years in the capital, he thought he would be able to get close to his daughter.

, I didn’t expect that as soon as I entered the palace, I would be separated from heaven and man, and it would be extremely difficult to meet each other. Come to think of it, it would be better to be a rich man in my hometown."

It's strange to say that conservatives don't like war and are known as bears to the outside world. However, the conservative bosses are pretty good towards military generals, at least they maintain a superficial respect.

The reformists were radical and always started a war. However, both Wang Anshi and Zhang Dun showed a very contemptuous attitude towards generals. Zhang Dun, in particular, was even more bossy and would hold his chin to look at others. Moreover, regardless of

Whether it was Wang Anshi or Zhang Dun, the main military dependence was still on civilian officials, one was Wang Shao and the other was Zhang Kai.

Hearing Su Che's friendly greetings made Liu Baosheng feel happy that all the hardships had been overcome. At the same time, he felt even more grateful to Li Kui.

If it hadn't been for Li Kui's plan, it would have been difficult for his daughter to gain a firm foothold in the palace, let alone his current position as Grand Master. By being arrogant and perverse, he could avoid being bullied in the palace. As long as he had the emperor's favor.

If you are favored, you don't have to worry too much about your life. But it will also make you live as a loner in the palace.

If no one follows you, you will naturally have no good reputation.

Facing Su Che's persuasion, Liu Baosheng finally had the consciousness to become a grand master and said gratefully: "What the Prime Minister said is absolutely true. Liu will definitely pay attention to his words and deeds in the future."

"You and I, let's go for a walk?" Su Che suddenly invited.

"Is the envoy inviting you?" Liu Baosheng hurriedly extended his hand and bowed, signaling Su Zhe to go first.

However, Su Che held Liu Baosheng's arm, preventing him from deliberately taking a step back. The two of them just started walking in front of Yu Street, talking as if they were chatting.

Su Che asked: "The Grand Master is from Yizhou. I don't know when the Grand Master met Li Renjie. Can you tell me about my junior's preferences?"

Ask, like.

In fact, I don’t want to ask about Li Kui’s hobbies. I want to ask about Li Kui’s advantages. For example: he is good at reading, good at discussing, and has the style of an ancient gentleman, etc.

Fortunately, Liu Baosheng had been an official for many years and naturally understood what Su Zhe was asking.

But Li Kui?

It’s hard to evaluate!

Su Che seemed to sense Liu Baosheng's embarrassment and asked in confusion: "Is the Grand Master confused?"

"No, please allow Liu to think about it." Liu Baosheng was very panicked. He suddenly realized that he had known Li Kui for so long, but he seemed to have not discovered the advantages of Li Kui.

Can you make money?

Make friends with eunuchs?

If Liu Baosheng said this, he was sure that Su Che would immediately look down on him, and the scholars would turn their backs on him faster than the sky in June. In his opinion, these are some aspects, but in Su Che's eyes they are not.

How could he say it out loud? As for other aspects... He suddenly remembered that Li Kui should be very good at studying, otherwise how could he study with Su Che's brother? Su Shi's literary reputation is better than that of his younger brother Su

Zhe is much louder.

Besides, didn't Li Kui win the first place in Yizhou's examination and participate in next year's provincial examination as Jie Yuan? This is not a talent, what is a talent? Such a person has never been born in the old Liu family. Thinking of this, Liu Baosheng

He immediately calmed down the panic in his heart, and his eyes showed the admiration of a warrior for a scholar, solemnly and confidently: "Talented man, great talented man, I am the greatest talented man in Yishui County, and even in Yizhou."

After hearing this, Su Zhe said that he was not angry, but that would be a lie.

There are talented people in Yizhou, and the Yan family is in Linyi. There are also endless celebrities in history. The family has a history of more than a thousand years, and naturally has a profound heritage. Yan Zhenqing and Yan Tuizhi were both outstanding people at that time. However, the descendants of the Yan family were all in Taizhou.

While studying in the school, the descendants of the Yan family are not very famous in the capital. They are already the best talents in Yizhou. Like most civil servants, when Su Che considers a person's talent, he first starts to evaluate the person's articles.

, it would be even better if he could be sensitive to things, cautious in speaking, and eager to learn and believe. As for the reputation of Li Kui, the most talented man in Yizhou... In Su Che's view, it is simply because there are no tigers in the mountains, and the monkey is the king.

Besides, his brother Su Shi often corresponded with him. When it came to Li Kui's studies, Su Shi was quite helpless. His evaluation was fair. He had the intelligence to study, but his mind was not on studying. Fortunately, there was a touchingly stupid Li Yun.

In front of you, you can show Li Kui's excellence.

Even if Li Kui and Li Yun are not as bad as Su Shi said, in Su Che's eyes, Li Kui's academic performance may not be much better. Of course, if Su Shi really praises those who have achieved academic success, basically eight out of ten people have already won the exam.

Jinshi. Su Shi's vision in this regard was almost as good as that of the Song Dynasty.

Just because he passed the Jieyuan exam in Yizhou, it is probably a joke to say that Li Kui is a great talent, even to the point where he has no rivals in Yizhou.

Su Che waved his hands with a wry smile and said, "Grand Master is joking. My brother said that outstanding people are not able to concentrate enough on their studies and will be dragged down by chores, and their studies may not be successful."

"Huh!"

Liu Baosheng felt that it was very difficult for him. His status as a talented scholar was probably Li Kui's greatest advantage. Besides, if Li Kui hadn't been a talented man, would he have been able to obtain the status of Yizhou Jie Yuan?

Immediately, Liu Baosheng wanted to rectify Li Kui's name and said: "The minister is joking. His teacher knows Li Kui's talent and learning. County Magistrate Zhou is a scholar with a Jinshi background. If he hadn't seen that Li Kui had the intelligence to study, otherwise Li Kui wouldn't have been able to do it back then.

When he was a villager in the mountains, he wouldn't accept him as his disciple? The ambassador, Liu, had to say that the Su family's literary style is famous all over the world, but its requirements for disciples are too high."

"Of course, Li Kui is not only a talented man. He is both civil and military." Liu Baosheng said, feeling that Li Kui had many shining points, and began to praise him: "When my third son-in-law was ordered to kill tigers in the mountains and forests, Li Kui

That's when I met my son-in-law. Something unexpected happened when I was killing tigers."

"oh!"

"Yes, it was an accident. Li Kui's brother went to help, but accidentally bumped into the tiger. Li Kui was also brave at that time, and he and his brothers worked together to pin the tiger to the ground. Li Kui raised his hand and beat the tiger to death.

.It can be said that Li Kui is also the number one master in Yizhou in terms of his skills. Later, there was the bandit suppression in Niubei Mountain. Li Kui single-handedly destroyed the bandit village that had plagued Yizhou for many years. His bravery was unparalleled. Even if he did not study,

You can also become a general by joining the army."

Liu Baosheng spoke smoothly, but he didn't expect that Su Zhe's face turned darker and darker.

Originally!

The Su clan has a hero who can fight tigers with his bare hands. This is not something worth showing off at all.

In particular, Liu Baosheng's understanding of Li Kui was not even as good as his own. The main reason why Su Zhe wanted to know Li Kui was because Fan Chunren sent the policy essay written by Li Kui during his examination to the Shangshu Province.

Caused a moderate controversy.

Only then did Su Che realize that it was necessary to know more about this cheap disciple.

When Li Kui arrives in the capital, I'm afraid there won't be many opportunities for him to get to know him.

The reason why I want to understand Li Kui is to understand Li Kui's shortcomings, such as impulsiveness, vision, etc., and finally to make up for Li Kui's shortcomings. But after listening to Liu Baosheng's ramble for a long time, I didn't hear any useful news.

Su Che snorted angrily and left. Liu Baosheng watched Su Che get in the car blankly. It wasn't until Su Che got in the car and left for a long time that he realized what he was doing and muttered to himself: "The temper of scholars is too weird.

A few."

Of course Liu Baosheng can talk about some of Li Kui's foresight. For example, Liu Qingjing had a very hard time in the palace and needed a lot of money to win over the people in the palace. He was running around like a headless fly, and the seller spent tens of thousands of money preparing for it.

, but almost sent it to the wrong person. But what about Li Kui? He got to the point right away and asked him to give all the money to the most powerful eunuch in the palace, Feng Shining, the deputy capital official who had served four emperors.

Ordinary people would never think this way.

When I think of the palace, the first most important person is naturally the emperor. The second most important person is probably the queen mother or the empress. The situation at that time was that the young emperor did not personally govern, but he had grown up and had his own opinions. At that time, the number of people in the palace was

Among them, the most powerful one is naturally the Empress Dowager. After all, she presides over the government and has power over the entire government. But the Liu family cannot please her.

Next is Empress Dowager Xiang, a woman deeply resentful in the palace. Furthermore, Empress Dowager Xiang comes from the Xiang family and is the granddaughter of the prime minister. She can't win over even a low-ranking general.

Finally, there was the Meng family. This woman, who was the same age as the emperor, had been recognized by the Empress Dowager as a candidate for the queen. At that time, Liu Baosheng thought that joining the Meng family might be a way out.

But he didn't know at all that the emperor was Meng's husband, and Liu Qingjing shared most of her husband's favors in the palace. Can she help her husband's concubine gain a foothold in the palace?

If you don't kill her with medicine, she is already kind-hearted!

After Li Kui's plan, Liu Qingjing's position in the palace was preserved and she also had a backer.
To be continued...