County lieutenant?

Li Kui screamed in surprise, and he couldn't help but be surprised. What about the magistrate who had agreed to be?

How did you change it to a county lieutenant?

"The county magistrate of Ganquan County has not received the order to thank him!"

"Li Kui is here to receive the order!"

"The destiny official Li Kui!"

...

Li Kui gritted his teeth and glared at the eunuch who came to proclaim the imperial edict. He said that he had never thought that he had already made plans to go to a difficult place in the border areas, but his plan was to be a magistrate, not a county lieutenant. Although Li Kui said that he didn't care about being an official in his career, he was still an official in his bones! No matter how bad the Zhi Secret Pavilion was, he was also an official in the Secretariat who worked in the imperial city. It would be fine if he didn't give him an official position as a magistrate, but he was not intentionally humiliated by the county lieutenant?

If he didn't accept it, he would not accept the imperial edict. Li Kui was full of evil fire and had no place to vent.

What is the position of a county lieutenant?

From the ninth rank, who was in charge of a county to arrest thieves, the small official in Xing Prison was already a small official position that could not be even smaller. What’s even more annoying is that this is not a serious civil servant, but a miscellaneous official, which seems to be stronger than a dictionary. The Jinshi of the Song Dynasty had never heard of the precedent of being such a small official. Even in the county, there were county magistrates and county magistrates, and there were also chief clerks with similar ranks. The key was that the chief clerk was the civil servant, and the county magistrate was not a serious civil servant. This was no longer a demotion, but a humiliation.

Wouldn't this take his official position to the end? This order cannot be accepted, especially when he sees the other party's eyes getting more and more excited, he wishes Li Kui's unlucky appearance. Can he be so angry?

He was so stubborn that he refused to accept the order, and Li Kui said, "I don't agree, I want to see the emperor."

"The official family has no time to take care of you, a poor minor official."

Seeing Li Kui’s humiliation, the other party was satisfied and even sarcastically said: “The Queen Mother Qiansui asked you to be sick. It is already a great grace to not take away your official position and to reduce your official position to the people.”

"But that was the will of the Empress Dowager, so what's wrong with me?"

The eunuch said with a gloomy look: "I didn't say you were wrong, but the Queen Mother Qiansui wanted to deal with you, can't it be possible?"

The authenticity of the will was useless to others, but it only hurt the face of Empress Dowager Xiang. In addition, the Xiang family could no longer regard themselves as the emperor's uncle, and the status of the national uncle was in danger. But he was not afraid of any matter to Li Kui, wherever he went. This was the will of the Holy Lord. In terms of emotion and reason, Empress Dowager Xiang could only swallow the bitter fruit.

If Xiang's family hadn't been too greedy and forced the emperor to give it to him, and even the title of the prince was granted, it wouldn't have been satisfied, so there would have been no such thing.

Li Kui can say about the will, but Empress Dowager Xiang cannot say it. The Holy Lord ruled that the Queen Mother-in-law still said that the Queen Mother-in-law's mother-in-law meant, and her daughter-in-law dared not say anything.

Li Kui brought out the will to talk about it, which immediately aroused great dissatisfaction and clearance from the other party: "The will is the meaning of the Holy Lord. It's too late for the empress dowager to be happy? Li Kui, keep your mouth shut and don't talk nonsense everywhere."

"Since that's the case, why demote me?"

"You disturbed the Queen Mother's birthday party and made the Queen Mother sick. Shouldn't you be demoted to you? Do you have to be promoted?"

At first glance, the other party was the eunuch around the empress dowager and defended the empress dowager everywhere. Of course, Empress Dowager Xiang could only use Li Kui to stir up Empress Dowager Xiang's birthday party, making the old man sick and ill. He used filial piety to force the emperor to make a choice. If he changed to a good-character and talented study seed, the prime minister Zhang Dun would definitely fight, and he would not watch Li Kui be demoted to the position of county magistrate.

Even a team trainer... is more than a county magistrate.

After all, even if you are a deputy, you are an eighth-rank official.

A little better than the county magistrate.

The key is that although the deputy envoy of the group training is a dispersed official, he does not do anything. What's wrong with Li Kui being happy and carefree?

Just like when Su Shi was in Huangzhou, he was unlucky and his official salary was a little low, but the problem was that as long as he didn't go out on the ground of Huangzhou, he would serve the court. After all, the deputy envoy of the League Training Training was not in charge and he would get a salary for nothing. When Su Shi was a member of the League Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Training Services, he went to Lushan and visited Chibi... He was just a little short of money and was a little poor.

But the county magistrate is different. The county magistrate and county magistrate are in charge. Li Kui has a personality like this. He is sent to the frontier from the Beijing official. If he gets a full position, he will be the third in command. Li Kui said he would not accept the order.

"Li Kui, do you dare to resist the order and refuse to obey it?"

Li Kui simply sat in the cell and said to the eunuch who came to proclaim the imperial edict: "So what if I don't accept it? Anyway, I've been in jail. Can you still impose me?"

This really can't be done.

Although Li Kui was a little reckless, if he was exiled because he did the right thing, it would be Li Kui who was embarrassed, but the entire civil servant system of the Song Dynasty. Civil servants knelt down when facing the imperial power. The civil servants' faces were trampled on by the harem. No matter how unreliable the officials were in their work or too dark, but being an official and being a human being the same principle, if the face is gone, it would be like a broken spine. The Jinshi of the Song Dynasty had never been tattooed on his face. If Li Kui was caught up, it would not be as simple as causing trouble. At that time, it would be the opposition between the harem and the literati class, which would directly challenge the imperial power.

Even if Empress Dowager Xiang wanted to do this, she would not dare to do it. If she couldn't make a good deal, the whole court would have to attack him.

At that time, even the prime minister will have to make his position. Others can watch Li Kui jokes, but Zhang Dun really can't. Even if he sacrifices his life to protect Li Kui, if the prime minister and civil officials are not protected, who will recognize the prime minister as the leader of all officials?

The eunuch who announced the imperial edict left in shame. He wanted to bite Li Kui to death, but there was no way. Who told Li Kui to be a civil servant? He was a civil servant who passed the imperial examination?

Peng Hu was eager to hope that Li Kui could go out. If Li Kui went out, he would not have to die. Even if a dying person had a glimmer of hope, almost everyone would choose to live. Besides, Peng Hu felt that Li Kui could make the empress dowager so angry and still be a prison to continue to be an official, which was a great benefit. This was not satisfied. This civil servant was too bad. In his heart, Peng Hu deeply envied the civil servant's behavior. This was an official? He was not like a military general, very humble. He said that he would go to a prison and he had no room for negotiation.

Seeing that Li Kui was angry at the eunuch who announced the edict again, Peng Hu said calmly: "Sir, why do you deliberately let the angels be shamed? What should you do?"

"Nonsense, wouldn't he be fine if he asked me to be a judge?"

Peng Hu looked at Li Kui in amazement, shook his head, and said to himself: "He didn't say that, he offended the Empress Dowager, and he still wanted to be promoted and made a fortune like nothing happened? He dared not write the story like this!"

Ruan Xiaoer glanced at Peng Hu who was invisible and said contemptuously: "You thief, a military man, knows nothing. My young master shows the integrity of a civil servant. Do you understand!"

"Soldiers can be killed but not humiliated!"

"This is obviously because the Empress Dowager has no choice but to use the position of demoting my young master to humiliate people. How could a man admit defeat at this time?"

Li Kui nodded and said, "That's the truth, but waiter! You can't say it all. I might be really unlucky this time. Oh, I met a group of people who are unfaithful, and I was wrong! I was wrong!"

Li Kui had done a good job in the Secret Pavilion, but suddenly he had a whim to make great contributions, so he was in prison. Fortunately, since he was demoted, it means that Li Kui's work was not in vain. At least the empress dowager was cowardly, and he swallowed his anger and accepted a woman with the identity of a palace maid, and relied on his son to climb to the same identity and status as her.

What's even more annoying is that this woman has a son, but she doesn't.

In the future, Empress Dowager Xiang will be in a one-on-two, or even one-on-three situation in the harem, and the ending will probably be sad.

The exiled Li Kui is actually a signal. The emperor's biological mother, Concubine Zhu, should be the Empress Dowager Zhu now. Otherwise, Li Kui would have to continue eating the prison meals of the Ministry of Justice. Although he had a good meal, he was delivered to the restaurant for three meals a day. But the question is, how can he feel comfortable to go to jail than to be outside?

Not long after, the eunuch who announced the edict came back. When he saw Li Kui, he ignored Li Kui, but gave in, giving up Hao Sui and Gao Qiu behind him, and stood outside the prison gate with a cold snorted.

Hao Sui won't say that this guy has already decided to go to the northwest, but the emperor also has to choose a capable man. He is still working in the palace and will set off soon. After Gao Qiu selected the imperial guards, he faced a group of imperial guards who were difficult to control, and his heart became more and more and more frustrated.

Hao Suilai met Li Kui and was very understanding, representing the emperor. As for Gao Qiu, it was probably because the emperor thought that Gao Qiu was Li Kui's friend, so he asked him to come and help persuade him.

Gao Qiu was also in a dilemma, and he had no choice in Li Kui's situation. First of all, the empress dowager was sick, no matter whether it was a real illness or a false illness, the emperor had no way to threaten the emperor with illness. Secondly, Zhang Dun and others had achieved their goal when they saw that the emperor had achieved their goal, and Concubine Zhu became the empress dowager, so they simply forgot about Li Kui.

Li Kui had the shadow of Su Jun, and he participated in an imperial examination. He was disgusted by the examiner, and even made trouble with the emperor all day long. They seemed to be happy to see Li Kui going out of Beijing. Anyway, Li Kui was not in front of them, so it didn't matter.

The eunuch who announced the edict still took the imperial edict and walked out of the prison cell, leaving a sentence: "Our family is waiting for a stick of incense. If you can't persuade him, our family will go to the Chuigong Hall to pretend to be dead on the pillar. Anyway, the empress dowager was angry with Li Kui for half her life. Could it be that Li Kui will be promoted? The world of the Song Dynasty is the world of the Zhao family, so this person cannot make trouble."

After the eunuchs announced the eunuch left, Li Kui whispered to the cell: "Who is this guy?"

"The people around the Empress Dowager are Hong Tao, the official in Neixitou."

Gao Qiu was helpless. Before he could go far, Li Kui was deliberately annoyed. But it was not a big deal for Li Kui to accept the order. If the emperor was forced by the empress dowager to remove Li Kui from his post as the people, he would never be hired. Li Kui would be ruined in this life.

"No wonder I was labeled as disrespectful as I came." Li Kui could naturally feel Hong Tao's hatred for him, but he had not offended the eunuch, except Hao Sui. It was not that he didn't want to, but that he had no chance. The only explanation was that he offended the eunuch's master.

Either it is the person next to Empress Meng or the person who listens to Empress Dowager Xiang, which shows that the possibility of the latter is greater.

Before Gao Qiu could speak, Hao Sui rushed up and blinked at Li Kui again and squeezed his nose, reminding Li Kui not to offend others. Are you still a prisoner?

Hao Sui hurriedly said to Li Kui like a cannon: "Li Kui, you don't look at what you have done. Choose a different opportunity to deliver the will. Maybe you can still make merits and rewards? But you think you have to choose the Empress Dowager's birthday to disturb her. If you are angry, you will not be punished. You are already kind-hearted in the Empress Dowager. You are exempted from punishment because you are a scholar of the Song Dynasty. You are also for your own good. Your hot personality will cause trouble everywhere. If you go to the Northwest, at least you can calm down..."

"The Empress Dowager is sick." Li Kui pretended to be surprised and said worriedly: "What should I do? No, I have to ask her to forgive me."

A cold snorted outside the prison gate, and Gao Qiu whispered to Li Kui at the door: "The person is leaving!"

Hao Sui finally breathed a sigh of relief and complained to Li Kui: "Renjie, you are not in vain this trip. My husbands don't care about your good things, but how can your Majesty and his son not care about your good things? The more you fall, the more successful your career in the future. You are a scholar, don't you understand this principle?"

"The reason is that, but the question is, what county lieutenant is called?"

"Ganquan County, the county magistrate. The officer is a little smaller, but Your Majesty has tried his best. Empress Dowager Xiang has his life to fight against His Majesty. What can Your Majesty do? Of course, Your Majesty also knows that Empress Dowager Xiang will not seek death. If she can't figure it out, she will probably be angry with you on the birthday party. But if you don't think about yourself, you should also think about Your Majesty, right?"

“There is no chance of easing at all.”

Hao Sui shook his head helplessly and sighed: "Li Kui, your life is better than me. Look at me, I have been serving in the palace for most of my life. Isn't it going to the northwest to eat loess when I am here?"

"Can I compare with you?" Li Kui stared at him and said dissatisfiedly: "You are the military supervisor of Fuyan Road. What am I? I am the county lieutenant."

Hao Sui comforted her with kind words: "Great man, don't dislike the county magistrate. Your Majesty has instructed Yang Wei, Minister of Personnel, that Ganquan County will not send the county magistrate, nor will it send the county magistrate. Although you are the third-in-commander, you are the county magistrate. You are the biggest in the county, and you are no different from the county magistrate. Besides, when the Empress Dowager Xiang is relieved, the reinstatement of the official position is just an imperial edict. Don't think about it, accept the edict, don't embarrass Your Majesty. In the end, you will not even be in a state of love, and you will not cry at that time!"

Speaking of which, the emperor is quite difficult. When he met a legitimate mother who pretended to be sick for him. Empress Dowager Xiang was from a scholarly family and could not do anything to cry, make a fuss or hang himself, but pretending to be sick was enough to bother the emperor.

If he bears a stigma of being unfilial, the emperor will probably be furious.

Li Kui is also a person who can understand the good words. The reason why he was angry was because the gap with his expectations was too big, which made him difficult for a while.

Li Kui reluctantly received the imperial edict, and Hong Tao was arrogant and looked like a general who returned to the court, and left the prison of the Ministry of Justice in a swagger.

Afterwards, Li Kui took Ruan Xiaoer and Peng Hu to leave the Ministry of Justice prison one after another.

As soon as I left the prison, I saw a gorgeous carriage parked on the street. The servants next to me were neither humble nor arrogant, and were full of energy. At first glance, they were slaves from the great mansion.

Peng Hu thought it was Xing Shu, the Minister of Justice, who was going to come to a banquet for Li Kui again, and said with emotion: "Shu Xing is really a good person."

"Impossible." Others don't know Xing Shu, can Li Kui not know Xing Shu? This guy is a lord who turns against others. Now Li Kui has obviously lost his value, and Xing Shu will not come to make friends with Li Kui at all. Besides, he has achieved his goal of getting close to the emperor. Li Kui even speculated that Xing Shu was thinking about how to get Zhang Dun off the stage, and he forgot about Li Kui, who was called brother a few days ago.

"It's Mr. Li! My master is invited."

When Li Kui walked past the carriage, the slave waiting beside the carriage bowed and asked.

Li Kui nodded and said, "Who is Zun Mansion?"

"My master and Mr. Li have had a cooperative friendship, so please don't refuse."

Li Kui knew who it was when he heard it, Su Song said that officials wanted to be in love and righteous, and that only when they were not in charge of things, they could regard friendship as more important than others.

Sure enough, Su Song invited Li Kui in his mansion. Peng Hu was surprised to find that Li Kui was demoted but could still be invited by a second-rank official, which shows that Li Kui still has a chance to turn things around.

After the dishes and the wine has been three rounds. Su Song said earnestly to Li Kui: "Nephew, now I'm going to the northwest, I hope you will be delayed."

"Drag and hold on, and don't leave? I'm afraid I can't stay. What the old man means is to let my nephew do enough acting?" Li Kui thought about it and felt that being driven away was quite shameful, but Su Song had a deep meaning. It was to make people watch it. Obviously, Li Kui played it a little miserable and acted like he was abandoned by his husbands, so that he could earn some sympathy.

Su Song smiled and said, "I will not say much when I think about it. I will not leave and cannot stay in the capital, but it can eliminate the resentment of the palace towards the nephew. What's wrong with being a little wronged! A real man can bend and stretch, and now he deliberately makes it for others to show it, so that the officials can know the nephew's efforts."

This is the experience of being an official and being a human being. Li Kui sincerely thanked: "Mr. Thank you, please remind me, and I will follow the old man's idea."

Three days later.

As a Jinshi of Shaosheng Jiaxu, Li Kui surpassed the top scholar Ma Yu, and walked ahead of more than 600 Jinshi in the same subject, becoming the first unlucky person to be demoted.
Chapter completed!