Before dawn the next day, Cao Wen took a carriage to Changge County, Xu. As for whether his wife sells wine shops or businessmen, he didn't care at all, and he just wanted to think about how to be his county magistrate.

Looking at her husband's carriage away, Li Quan felt miserable. She didn't expect that her husband would change his face to herself when she became an official. She used to be so honest and obedient, but now she doesn't even say goodbye, just...

Li Quan also thought that perhaps her husband was dissatisfied with her adoption of Xiu'er, and she knew that she was a little hasty in this matter. She adopted Xiu'er without asking her husband for advice.

But... Li Quan looked down at the child who was sleeping sweetly in his arms. Looking at her pink face and long eyelashes, how could he not like such a cute child?

Li Quan sighed. Now that she wants her to give Xiu'er away again, it is impossible. She couldn't help but hug her daughter a little tightly and turn back to the room.

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Just as the sky was dawn, the court dispersed. Shangguan Wan'er returned to her official room. As soon as she arrived at the door, she saw Li Zhen standing aside, standing with her hands down, like a guard who took office on the first day.

Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help but feel angry and funny, and pushed open the door and said to him: "Come in! There are no tigers in this room."

Li Zhen and she entered the room, Shangguan Wan'er sat in her seat, looked at him for a while and said, "I heard that Miss Di is back?"

Li Zhen nodded, and Shangguan Wan'er smiled faintly again, "Then you should stay with her. Yesterday Qiu Niang said that you refused to come to deliver a report. I was shocked and thought you had secretly met Princess Taiping. It turned out to be Miss Di. It was a good thing for her to come back. What are you afraid of?"

Li Zhen said for a while: "Bizhi will not go to see Princess Taiping."

"What if she comes to see you?" Shangguan Wan'er looked at him with a smile.

Li Zhen sighed and said, "Who can be ruthless? How could I betray Samantha again? I believe Princess Taiping understands this, she will not come to me."

Shangguan Wan'er had a bright smile on her pretty face, and she said softly: "Don't think I am an ordinary woman. You must possess what I get. You are wrong. I am grateful for your life-saving grace and like your loyalty and courage. But - I know my identity and what I want. Don't think too much in the future. I don't want us to beware of each other because we are too close."

Li Zhen nodded silently, "I understand!"

"Okay, I won't talk about this anymore. Let's talk about the Fangzhou report yesterday. What do you think of King Luling?"

At this time, Li Zhen moved a big stone in his heart, and his mind immediately became agile, but he didn't look at the report carefully, so he asked him to give suggestions.

Li Zhen smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "Can the servant give the report to his subordinates again?"

"you--"

Shangguan Wan'er glared at him so much that she was so angry that she glared at him, then found the report and slapped it in his hand, "I'm not allowed to be so absent-minded next time."

Li Zhen read the report quickly. He thought about it, then read it carefully, and finally said: "Princess Wei is not a fool. She would not know the consequences of being so arrogant. Even if we did not send someone to monitor it, there would be someone secretly reporting to Luoyang among the Fangzhou nobles."

Shangguan Wan'er fell into deep thought. Li Zhen's words gave her new inspiration. She knew Wei very well. She was an extremely sinister and cunning woman. Li Zhen was right. She could not make such a low-level mistake.

"You mean, she did it intentionally?"

Li Zhen nodded, "I think she is testing, and she must have received some news."

Shangguan Wan'er also felt that Li Zhen's explanation was reasonable. It must be that Li Xian or Wei had received the news and began to get ready.

At this time, Li Zhen asked in confusion: "Why do the shepherd care about the affairs of King Luling?"

"It's not that I care about King Luling, but that the Emperor mentioned him twice a few days ago, so I became interested and wanted to know what he was doing recently?"

"Does the emperor want to make King Luling the crown prince?"

"I don't know this, the Lord is also asking about the King of Prefecture."

Shangguan Wan'er did not mention King Luling, changed the topic and said with a smile: "You have a lot of things recently! You want to participate in the imperial examination, and there is also a polo competition this month. By the way, you have to expand hundreds of inner guard warriors. Do you have any ideas?"

"I want to select from the martial arts scholars!"

Shangguan Wan'er nodded in praise, "This idea is very innovative, you can give it a try."

Li Zhen asked again: "Has the Lord never thought of combining inner guards into one?"

Shangguan Wan'er understood Li Zhen's meaning. She walked to the window with her hands behind her back and looked out the window. After a long time, she slowly said: "Since Princess Taiping called the inner guard to siege Mingxiu Villa, the emperor told me that Princess Taiping has no distinction between public and private, and is not suitable for the power of the inner guard. The emperor already has this intention, but what to do is still up to us."

Shangguan Wan'er turned around and looked at Li Zhen, "If you want to be promoted to the commander of the inner guard, then you have to show your skills to make the emperor feel that this position is yours. Otherwise, if you remove a deputy commander of the inner guard and a new commander of the inner guard, it is better to maintain the status quo."

Li Zhen pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "I understand."

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Compared with the massive spring imperial examination, the scale of the martial arts examination was much smaller and much lower-key. The imperial examinations were often more than 100,000 people participated in the imperial examinations, while the martial arts examinations were only more than 3,000. However, this does not mean that the Tang Dynasty promoted literature and suppressed martial arts. On the contrary, the Tang Dynasty inherited the martial arts spirit of the Han Dynasty. Men practiced martial arts and became popular. Most of the pawns and vendors wore long swords.

The scale of the martial arts ceremony is relatively small. On the one hand, the martial arts ceremony has just been held, which is far from being as mature as the imperial examinations and is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. On the other hand, there are restrictions on the quota of the quota in each state. For example, in the huge Shazhou, there are only three quotas and there are no quotas. Of course, there will not be many scholars who come to Beijing to participate in the martial arts ceremony.

Another important reason is that passing the Martial Arts exam does not mean that you can become an official. To a large extent, after passing the Martial Arts exam, you usually join the army and guard the border, which discourages many people. Therefore, there are three scholars who come to the capital to participate in the Martial Arts exam, with more people in the military system, more scholars on the frontiers, and more guards who use martial arts exams to giltly.

It is not a secret that Li Zhen is participating in the martial arts ceremony now to gilt, which is completely different from his mood last year. Last year, he tried hard to win a place to get a chance to make a name for himself. Now, he has served as the deputy commander of the inner guard, equivalent to the level of a general Lang. Even if he passes the martial arts exam now, it will have no impact on his current career.

Therefore, the Wu Ju has become much weaker in Li Zhen's heart, but for Di Yan, the Wu Ju is an opportunity to help Li Zhen get out of the guard system. She has always disapproved of Li Zhen's entry into the palace as a guard. Although the inner guard is actually not a guard, in Di Yan's opinion, the two are almost the same.

"Old Li, don't you have a letter of recommendation from Wang Xiaojie? Have you given it to the Ministry of War?"

Di Yan wore men's clothes today and turned into a handsome young man. Because she was dissatisfied with her, her name for Li Zhen was also changed to "Old Li".

The title is the barometer of her mood, and Li Zhen has already figured out this point, so when Di Yan proposed to accompany him to participate in the martial arts ceremony, he did not dare to refuse, for fear that the young lady's temper would become more and more difficult for him to end.

"This—" Li Zhen replied vaguely: "Of course I have given the letter, but I don't know if it works."

"Did you really give it?" Di Yan looked at him suspiciously.

"Of course I gave it, what should I keep it for?"

"What does the Ministry of War mean? Have you considered transferring you to Wang Xiaojie?"

Li Zhen could no longer help but raised his head and laughed. Di Yan understood what he was laughing. He was so angry that his pretty face turned slightly red, and punched him twice in the back. "You ungrateful guy, I hope you leave the inner guard. You laughed at me, go by yourself! I won't be with you anymore."

Di Yan turned his horse's head and left. Li Zhen quickly grabbed the reins of her mount and said apologetically: "I understand your kindness, but I can't help myself now. If I don't want to work in the inner guard, I will be transferred to Qianniu Guard. Last time I defeated Xue Huaiyi, the emperor wanted to promote me to Qianniu Guard General, and Shangguan Sheren helped me to be promoted to the first level of the title."

"Oh--you are the county viscount now?"

Di Yan's anger calmed down a little, glanced at him, and asked again: "Is it a real seal or a virtual seal?"

Li Zhen asked in confusion: "What real seal is false seal, I don't know!"

"Idiot! The real title means having a real fief. Viscount is a fifth-ranked rank. Five hundred fiefs, that is, five hundred households are given all the taxes from them. Of course, it is not really a tax for households, but converted into salary. Have you received this money every month?"

Li Zhen scratched his head, "It seems that there is no!"

"That's the Void!" Di Yan gave him a angrily glance, "It's just a Void Qualifier. Look at you, I don't know how many Void Qualifiers there are in the Tang Dynasty. You still treat it as a treasure. If I were you, I would rather be a JIUL General. At least there are a lot more Yongye Fields. Hello! Have you been assigned to Yongye Fields?"

Li Zhen blinked his eyes. He seemed to have never realized this question. After a while, he asked Ai Ai, "I have Yongyetian too?"

"My God!"

Di Yan patted his forehead and looked at him in disbelief, "I have never seen you become an official like this. Don't tell me, you don't even have a monthly salary of rice!"

"The monthly salary is here, 12 jin per month, plus internal health allowances, field subsidies, etc., about 50 jin per month, and Lumi will not be available until the end of the year, but I really haven't heard of me being divided into Yongyetian."

Di Yan sighed a long time and looked at him helplessly, "This is bullying you! You are a fifth-rank general. Although you are only a guardian and cannot be compared with a ministry official, you should have at least five hectares of Yongye land, and there are five hectares of vocational land, which adds up to one thousand acres of land.

Yongyetian can be passed on to your descendants. After resigning from the official position, Yongyetian must be given. Even if you cannot give it for a while, you must be converted into rice for two buckets per mu every year to compensate you. Only nouveau riche like you would not take it seriously. If other officials did not give it to Yongyetian, they would have been so angry that they would have been too angry."

When Li Zhen heard that he actually had 1,000 acres of land, he was a little moved. Even if he didn’t have any vocational land, he should have 500 acres of Yongye land!

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Chapter completed!