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Li Ye returned to the official room and sat down on his large chair. His desk was different from others. Most officials had low desks with couches, which required kneeling. Kneeling continued. Two thousand years ago, despite the prevalence of Hu Feng in the Tang Dynasty, lower-class people had long sat on stools. Many restaurants also made fake couches and dug holes in the couches for guests to rest their legs.

However, in the upper-level imperial court and even in various government offices, there were still couches and desks, which had not changed.

Until Li Ye, an alternative, appeared, Li Ye's current tables and chairs were no different from those of later generations. The table was about three feet high, with a wide table top. The chairs were also tall wooden chairs with backrests, armrests on both sides, and thick cushion.

In fact, Li Ye's set of tables and chairs already existed in Longyou, and gradually became popular in Helong Jiedu Mansion. Li Ye never forced officials to be like him, but politics has a tradition of taking sides since ancient times. Taking sides is a sign of loyalty. It is also imitating that what kind of desks and chairs one's lord sits on, the subordinates will naturally follow suit. In just two years, the desks and chairs of Li Ye's officials are basically the same, the only difference is size.

It is said that tables and chairs also appeared in the imperial court. Of course, the imperial court was too sensitive to imitate them openly, but the local government offices in various states and counties popularized the King of Qi style tables and chairs without any scruples.

Li Ye sat down, and on the table was Guo Xin's appointment letter. It was drafted by the Privy Council, reviewed and stamped by the Department of Civil Affairs, and approved by the Chief Secretary Liu Yan and the Prime Minister Li Mi. Finally, it had to be signed by Li Ye before it could take effect.

Guo Xin is hereby appointed as deputy governor of the Hezhong Dudu Mansion, granted the title of General Zhongwu, and appointed as the left soldier and horse envoy and garrison envoy in Hezhong.

Among them, the deputy governor of the Hezhong Dudu Mansion is an official position, General Zhongwu is a fourth-grade official, and military envoy and field envoy are specific positions. The combination of the three is a complete mission.

Li Ye took up the pen and signed Guo Xin's appointment letter, and then discovered that there was another appointment letter underneath, which was Wei Ping's appointment letter, appointing him as the county magistrate of Yuechi County, Guozhou. It was not bad. He was admitted to the Jinshi exam last year. In the first term, he is usually the chief registrar or the county captain, and only in the second term, he may be the county magistrate.

Now Wei Ping is serving as county magistrate in his first term, which has accelerated his official career by four years. This is also because he is a descendant of the Wei family.

Wei Ping's appointment does not need Li Ye's approval. A small county captain will take effect after Li Mi's approval. Li Ye only approves officials of fifth rank or above. Because Wei Ping was recommended by Li Ye, Li Mi had to show it to him. one look.

At this time, Wei Yingwu walked in and placed several documents on Li Ye's table. Li Ye pointed to the appointment book and asked with a smile: "Do you know this Wei Ping?"

Wei Yingwu nodded, "I know he is a tribesman, but I am not familiar with him!"

"Is it because the family is too big?"

Wei Yingwu smiled bitterly and said: "That's not entirely true. The main reason is that we don't get along with each other. We are not the same people and we can't play together. He is a typical scholar. He doesn't hear anything outside the window. He only reads the books of sages. He is a humble young man. When he was not doing his job, he spent all day fighting cocks and horses, wielding swords and swords. After working as a guard, he also drank, gambled and visited brothels.

"Do you know Wei Gao?"

Wei Yingwu laughed, "That's my little brother. He used to admire me very much. Could it be that he's here too?"

Li Ye nodded, "He came with Wei Ping, but he has no merit, so he is preparing to take the imperial examination in March. It seems that he is staying at the Pingan Inn in West City. You can go and see him and encourage him to take the exam well."

"I understand the humble position!"

At this time, Li Ye saw Li Chenghua at the door and handed the two letters of appointment to Wei Yingwu. Wei Yingwu bowed and left.

Li Chenghua walked in quickly and saluted: "See you, Your Highness!"

Li Ye smiled slightly and said, "Has Hanlin Restaurant checked it out?"

Li Chenghua nodded, "Basically, we found out that they are Tian Chengsi's people. They are currently collecting public information and have not bribed anyone yet. However, according to the experience of humble positions, they will soon be dissatisfied with public information and start to bribe them." Our people."

"Is there any pattern?" Li Ye asked with a smile.

"Actually, it's very simple. Disclosure of information is often like guessing. We send an army out, and the other party finds out, but they don't know where the army went? What did it do? They just want to find out, so the only way is to bribe us. Only officials can know, so it’s natural to spend money to bribe officials.”

"That makes sense. What are you going to do with them?"

"The humble position is monitoring them, understanding them, and then mastering and controlling them. In this way, the information Tian Chengsi gets is specially given to him by us, and we are not worried that Tian Chengsi will send another intelligence scout."

Li Ye nodded. Li Chenghua was indeed very organized. He pondered for a moment and said, "If I killed Zhu Tao in Luoyang, Zhu Si would definitely be furious and send assassins to kill me or my family, so I want the Neiwei faction." An elite group of warriors went to Chang'an to protect my parents, both light and dark."

"I understand, I will make arrangements now. In addition, Your Highness' side must also strengthen its defense."

Li Chenghua bowed and retreated.

Although the New Year has not yet arrived, many scholars have arrived in Chang'an who are preparing to take the imperial examination. This is the largest examination since King Li Ye of Qi held the imperial examination to recruit talents from all over the world.

From Jiangnan in the east, Jiangnan West Road in the south, Hebei in the north, and Longyou in the west, almost all scholars have received the news, and it is said that there are food subsidies.

It is still the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, and many children from rich families have come to Chang'an from all over the world. Of course, coming at this time is mainly an excuse to study for homework and have fun in Chang'an. Anyway, they have money at home, so they can afford it.

Scholars were staying in all the major inns in Chang'an one after another, and the Ping'an Inn in the West City was no exception. Wei Gao lived in the upper room on the westmost side of the second floor.

Wei Gao is obviously from Chang'an, why doesn't he live in his own home?

The reason is that this time Wei Gao also brought two long-time friends to participate in the imperial examination. One was Su Hui, a descendant of the famous Su family in Chang'an and the grand-nephew of Su Zhen, the governor of Jiangxia. The other was Guo Jun, the grandson of Guo Ziyi. The three were princes. They were classmates and lived in the same dormitory. Like Wei Gao, they all got the title of Tailing Wanyan and were regarded as alternate officials.

In the room, the three of them were drinking and chatting.

Su Hui held the wine glass and said, "I heard that King Qi's imperial examination has a special admission quota. Do you know?"

"What's going on? Tell me!" Wei Gao and Guo Jun hurriedly approached.

"I just heard that in order to win over the emperor's famous family, His Highness King Qi specially allocated a part of the quota. Of course, it is also conditional. It cannot be too far away from the admission ranking, as an exceptional admission."

"I see, will it happen that time?" Wei Gao and Guo Jun's eyes lit up.

Su Hui shook her head, "I don't know this time!"

At this time, the waiter outside the door shouted: "Chang'an Wei Gao, your brother is looking for you!"