Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 643 The Map

The addition of a child to the family is naturally a big happy event. After the young master Ye Mao, I don’t know how many people came to Jing’an Hou’s mansion to welcome Li Xin. Some of them were Li Xin’s former department in Yulinwei. Most of the others are his subordinates in the Ministry of War.

Li Xin is a master of the military, but no matter what, he is a serious minister of the Ministry of War, and when he has nothing to do, he will go to the Ministry of War for a while, so the officials of the Ministry of War will naturally not give up this opportunity to flatter. , On the morning of the second day after the birth of the child in the Marquis of Jing'an, these military officials lined up to come to the Marquis of Jing'an to give gifts.

Although Lord Shangshu is not very responsible, and I haven't heard of anyone he has promoted in the Ministry of War in the past few years, this Li Shangshu, in addition to his errands in the Ministry of War, also has a prominent position as a prince and a teacher. How to go to court, but almost everyone in the capital knows about the officials.

  The emperor of the dynasty often called the prince and the master to the palace to drink.

   This is a veritable thigh. Even if it is not a thigh in this dynasty, Xiao Li Shangshu is only in his twenties. In the future, he will become an imperial teacher, and he will still be the one with the most voice.

More importantly, other yamen officials came over to give gifts to Li Xin, which was somewhat inappropriate, and even had the taste of being inflamed, but the officials of the Ministry of War had a natural advantage. Gift-giving is the most logical thing to do.

   So the two servants of the Ministry of War were headed. The next day, the officials of the Ministry of War were almost all there, and they obediently lined up at the gate of the Marquis of Jing'an to hand in the gift list.

Li Xin was originally accompanying the eldest princess by the bed, when he heard Chen Shiliu coming to say that all the soldiers had arrived, he frowned, and lightly held the eldest princess' palm: "Madam, rest here for a while, I'll go see someone. see them."

Princess    nodded and smiled: "Since it is your subordinate, please come in for a drink."

  Li Xin blinked at his wife and smiled, "You can't be too kind to them, otherwise, if you slap your nose and face, what prestige will you have in the yamen as a husband in the future?"

   The eldest princess rolled her eyes at Li Xin.

   "You, it's not bad to be able to go to the Ministry of War Yamen for one day in ten days, but also think about the prestige!"

  Li Xin left the inner courtyard with a wide-eyed smile and walked towards the main hall.

   In the main hall of the Marquis of Jing'an, more than a dozen senior officials of the Ministry of War, Shi Lang, Lang Zhong, Yuan Wai Lang, etc., all stood in two rows in the main hall.

The two servants of the Ministry of War today, the left servant is still the same Xie Jun seven years ago. When Li trusted the right servant of the Ministry of War, this Xie servant was in the Ministry of War as the left servant. Seven years later, this The old man's hair is almost white, and he is still the left servant.

In fact, this is not a shameful thing. The position of the six servants is already a high-level in the court. If you want to go further, you can't all look at the qualifications and abilities, but depends on the luck and the holy family. Unfortunately, , This Xie Shilang is very unlucky. The former Minister of War was Li Shen, the Marquis of Pingnan. After a while, Li Shen disappeared, and Li Xin became the Minister of War again.

   The other soldier in the Ministry of War was Qian Sheng, a military officer who was quite flattering to Li Xin when Li Xin was in the Ministry of War.

Qian Sheng was originally unknown among the officers of the Ministry of War, but after Li Xin took office as Minister of the Ministry of War, the officer officer ran to the Marquis of Jing'an's house every three days. After a few years, he rose all the way up and took the position of the right servant. superior.

Qian Sheng's promotion process, although there is no shadow of Li Xin's involvement, but a discerning person can see that it must be this young Shangshu behind the scenes. Lift.

   This is also the reason why all these military officials came to Jing'an Houfu to congratulate him.

   After Li Xin came to the main hall, the officials of the Ministry of War, led by Xie Jun and Qian Sheng, all bowed to Li Xin and saluted.

   "My subordinates, I have seen Li Shangshu."

   "Congratulations to Li Shangshu for winning Lin'er and his family is prosperous."

Li Xin put his hands on his back, walked in front of these people, and then sighed helplessly: "If you want to come to congratulations, just send a representative, or let Xie Shilang and Qian Shilang come over, how can you come to me together? Come to the palace, all of you are here, and the yamen of the Ministry of War will be empty, and if so many official duties are delayed, I will be the one who will suffer in the end."

People from the Ministry of War in charge of military generals across the country, as well as ordnance, food and grass, maps, etc., the internal departments of the yamen are chaotic, and things are overwhelming. Li Xin once wanted to go to work in the Ministry of War, but after six or seven days, He gave up completely and went back to Houfu to make salted fish.

  The depth of the case can really bury a person completely.

The gray-haired Xie Shilang, who has the most seniority in the Ministry of War, heard Li Xin with a wry smile: "Li Shangshu, the old man also discouraged them, but they didn't listen, for fear of being a step late, they would miss the big one. chance."

Qian Sheng, Qian Shilang, who is close to Li Xin, had a big belly and smiled at Li Xin: "Don't take offense at Li Shangshu, everyone just wants to say congratulations to Li Shangshu, and will go back in a while, the errand of the Ministry of War. Although it is a lot, but if it is delayed for an hour or two, it will not cause any major problems."

  Li Xin glared at the fat man.

   "You said it lightly. Now maybe there are generals and military attaches from other places, waiting for approvals, debriefings, and weapons in the yamen of the Ministry of War. I was told that you all came to give me a gift for this minister!"

   Qian Shilang rolled his eyes in his heart, thinking that you also know that the Ministry of War has heavy errands, and you Li Shangshu have never been involved in the yamen of the Ministry of War...

Having said this, Li Xin coughed and said, "Forget it, the two servants are not responsible for specific errands, so they will stay and have lunch together, and the rest of the colleagues will go back to work, I am alone. It doesn't matter, delaying the errand of the court, Your Majesty is going to convict our military department."

  It is still useful for him to speak as a minister. Besides, this is his mansion. After hearing this, these people kept the gift list, and then turned around to say goodbye to Li Xin.

   Li Xin was not polite, and ordered Chen Shiliu to accept all these gift slips.

When the water is clear, there will be no fish. If he does not accept gifts, these subordinates will not be happy, and the people sitting in that position will not be relieved. In this case, if you charge some money, you will pay some money. Anyway, few of these guys are clean. Even if he is in disguise to kill the people.

  After the officials of the Military Department left, the main hall suddenly became much more spacious. Li Xin asked the elderly Qian Shilang to serve tea on the other side, leaving only Fatty Qian by his side.

   "Qian Shilang, have you done what I want?"

   Fatty Qian immediately lowered his head, took out a thick envelope from his sleeve, bent over and handed it to Li Xin.

   "Master Hou, this is a summary of the maps of the Northern Zhou Dynasty that my subordinates have collected by the Staff Fang Division in the past few years. There is also a map of the northern region drawn by the Staff Fang Division. I sent it to Master Hou immediately."

  Qian Sheng took over Li Xin's position and led the Treasury Department and the Staff Department in the Ministry of War. The Staff Department was in charge of the world, and drawing maps was one of their responsibilities.

  Li Xin nodded, tucked the envelope into his sleeve, then patted the fat man on the shoulder and smiled.

   "I have nothing to give you, just show you a way to be rewarded."

  Li Xin lowered his voice and said slowly.

   "You can send another copy of these things to Your Majesty. You won't dare to say that you will get rich. Your Majesty will definitely reward you with some good things."

   (end of this chapter)