Li Yanqing was indeed very famous in the court, not because he was both civil and military, and had made many great contributions on the battlefield, so these imperial officials generally would not care about it.

As for his first exam in Tanhua last year, it might have attracted attention at that time, but after all, almost two years have passed and everyone has long forgotten it.

The reason why Li Yanqing was famous in the court was that he was promoted to two ranks and fifth ranks in less than two years, which caused a sensation in the court and made countless officials jealous of them.

This is what officials are staring at the tightest. Why is Li Yanqing promoted? What kind of backstage does he have? This period has always been the most concerned thing for the officials of the court. Promotion and backstage will always be eternal topics in the officialdom.

However, Zhang Xun was very smart. Seeing that Li Yanqing's reaction was very plain, he immediately refused to nominate the matter and smiled at Li Yanqing and said, "Please come with me!"

The two went up to the third floor and came to a room on the east side. Zhang Xun smiled and said, "This is the official room of Censor Li. Censor Liu left some things before, so don't worry about it. I will take it away in the afternoon. Please come in!"

Li Yanqing pushed the door and walked into his official room. It was a very spacious room, with at least hundreds of square meters, divided into two rooms inside and outside. Outside was the room of the assistant official, with one official, one person in charge of the commander and one person in Shulingshi, and a little tea boy, who was responsible for cleaning, ordering tea for everyone, running errands and other chores.

The chief officer was a ninth rank small official, and he was the assistant of the censor. The Lingzhi and Shulingshi did not have official titles, but were just civil officials. One of them was in charge of the outside and the other was in charge of the inside. The Lingzhi was in charge of the external department, while Shulingshi was in charge of the internal department, responsible for sorting out the documents. When several people saw Li Yanqing coming in, they quickly stood up, nodded and greeted him.

When Li Yanqing saw Zhang Xun walking directly into the inner official room, he nodded to everyone and followed him into the inner room.

There are about fifty square meters in the inner room, and the light is very bright. In the middle is a wide bookcase, with a row of bookcases against the walls on both sides, and a bronze beast incense burner in the corner, emitting green smoke, making the room filled with a faint fragrance.

Behind the table were two large windows. The wind was a little loud, making the documents on the table rustling. Zhang Xun hurriedly stepped forward and put down the curtain. The light in the room was a little dimmer.

Zhang Xun put a wooden box on the table, "This is the seal of Censor Li, including the official seal and Censor's seal. It is very important. Please be careful to keep it. In addition, I will arrange someone to deliver the other items that Censor Li needs in the afternoon. I wonder what Censor Li needs me to do?"

The implication is that if nothing else is done, he will leave. Li Yanqing thought for a while and asked, "What official business is there currently that I need to deal with?"

"This chief committee told Censor Li that I would not ask about the specific official matters, but in fact I am just the equivalent of the logistics officer of the army."

Zhang Xun smiled, "Nothing else, I'll leave first!"

Li Yanqing bowed with fists and said, "Thank you, Director Zhang for his guidance!"

Zhang Xun turned around and left. When he walked through the outer room, he exchanged a meaningful look with the head.

Soon, several officials from the outer room walked into the room and bowed together, "See Jingshi Li!"

"We'll do things together in the future, please take care of you!"

After all, Li Yanqing led tens of thousands of troops, and served as the head of the Hedong Army as the Records and the Intelligence Department. He was not a young man who had just become an official, and his army was very hierarchical. His military orders were as strong as a mountain, which made him invisibly have the majesty of a leader.

He glanced at everyone and said slowly: "Everyone knows me first, I don't need to introduce myself. Please introduce myself and start with the head."

Li Yanqing soon became familiar with several of his subordinates. The head was Tao Ye, a native of Kaifeng Prefecture, and was from the Imperial Academy. He was less than 30 years old. He served as the head for three years. He felt mediocre in terms of appearance and conversation.

The envoy was named Wang Jiao. Because the previous envoy was taken away by Liu Lin, the former censor, Wang Jiao was transferred from the prison, but he was no longer young, at least forty years old, and was tall and lean.

Shuling Shi is named Liu Fang, who is over thirty years old, taciturn, low-key, short and fat, like a winter melon, but has a very kind smile. This makes Li Yanqing have an illusion that this person has sold cooked cakes before?

There is also a little tea boy named Ying Ge'er, who is about eleven or twelve years old. He is responsible for errands for everyone. He is very clever.

"Please use tea!"

Ying Ge'er respectfully placed a black-glazed tea cup fired in Jiande County on Li Yanqing's table. Li Yanqing drank a sip of tea. The tea powder was grinded very delicately. The brewed tea foam was fresh and even white, and the taste was very pure.

“Good refreshments!”

"Thank you for your praise from the little official."

"Where did tea come from?" Li Yanqing asked again.

"It is served with tea. Each censor has five kilograms of tea cakes per month. They are all the best Huizhou tea. Other tea sets are ready-made. If there is nothing to do, you can go to the inner room to collect it."

"Where is Brother Ying from? How long have you been here?"

"I am a native of the capital, and my family is poor. Three years ago, the Censorate recruited tea boys, so I came in."

"It must have been read!"

"After reading a year, I know hundreds of words. When a tea boy is a child, he must be able to read, otherwise he will not be able to run errands and send documents."

Li Yanqing also had tea boys when he was a record-keeping officer in the Hedong Army Office. The court would not pay the tea boys. Their income was generally expensed from the daily funds of various departments. If he was smart, he would still give some rewards.

Li Yanqing grabbed a handful of money from the drawer and gave it to him, "There is a good refreshment, and you should give me a reward!"

"Thank you, official!"

Ying Ge'er took the money with both hands and left happily. Li Yanqing found an iron box in the drawer, filled with a box of copper coins, which was probably about two jin of money. It should have been left by his ex, and he happened to give rewards to the tea boy.

Li Yanqing also knew one thing about the court's rules: officials have the salary and benefits of the court, so he didn't have to worry about it, but the salary of civil servants was small and there was no welfare. Generally, the chief officials gave some welfare subsidies.

Therefore, the chief official must have a little extra income. It cannot be afforded by paying out of his own pocket. If it happens to be a Qingshui yamen without power or profit, the life of the civil servants below will be more difficult.

The Censorate is better, but it also depends on the ability of each chief official. Fortunately, Li Yanqing has Baoyanzhai as his backing, so of course he doesn't have to engage in exchanges of interests or accepting bribes or other despicable things. He is now concerned about his power, and he is not here to live in the Censorate.

At this time, the head Tao Ye walked in, holding a thick stack of document files in his hand. The Song Dynasty already had a paper bag made of kraft paper, and the information on each case was concentrated in a bag.

"These are three cases left by Censor Liu. He was transferred before he could finish the trial. All cases are clear. If the Censor has any questions, Censor will explain it."

"You put the case here first. Let me ask you another thing. Will all the cases I handle will be tried by the Three Divisions?"

"No! No! The three departments have not tried many cases, no more than ten cases a year. It is still the Censor's own case. For example, the Censor impeached an official must have a basis. This basis is to investigate. Generally, the Censor will investigate and then send it to the Taiwan Court for review, that is, we will send it to us. We will not find any problems in the review, and then print it to the impeachment Censor, and they will provide evidence to the impeachment Censor."

"It must be investigated by the Censor?" Li Yanqing asked again.

"Not necessarily, the censor generally only cares about the local area. If Kaifeng Prefecture directly transfers the case to the Taiyuan, the Taiyuan will handle the case directly. If you think the case is serious, you need to go to Emperor Chen. After the emperor approves, the Censorate will initiate the three departments' trial. Another situation is that when you encounter reports, such as inviting a car frame, posting a confession, and hitting the Dengwen drum. In this case, you should be careful and you cannot take the case at will."

"Why?"

Tao Ye explained with a smile: "The Censorate is responsible for supervising all officials, but ordinary people do not care about it. They will come to play the Dengwen Drum of the Censorate, especially Kaifeng Prefecture next door, and there are often cases of playing the wrong Drum."

"Can you do?" Li Yanqing burst into laughter.

"This is the most common thing to encounter. Yesterday an old man came to play drums and complained that his son was unfilial. They were anxious. Whether it was the Censorate or Kaifeng Mansion, they rushed up when they saw a big drum."

Li Yanqing laughed, "I understand. I will check the file first and ask you if you have any questions."

"Retire yourself!"

Tao Ye stepped down. Li Yanqing picked up three thick file bags. He found that one of the bags had a seal of "Sanshi Judgment", so he took it over and looked carefully. The cover of the bag contained the case, "Lin Lingsu's assassination case". The ink traces faded a little. When he looked at the time below, it turned out to be a case that happened a year ago.

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Chapter completed!