Chapter 864: Li Yifu successfully pulls the tiger skin

Wang Ping'an entered the lobby and called his deputy official to briefly explain the matter. Because the hunting matter was too hasty, he asked the official to arrange this first. The official who accompanied him was a servant consultant. He was very light in his work and could show his face in front of the emperor. He was very beautiful.

Then arrange the officials who do the rituals. The officials who do the rituals are just running around and handling some chores, and they do not do business in front of the emperor. They are basically thankless work.

Just as he was about to wait, Li Yifu brought the tray into the lobby and delivered tea to Wang Ping'an. When Wang Ping'an saw this, he casually said, "It's just for the servants to do these things, and you don't have to do it yourself." After that, he said thank you for your hard work.

Li Yifu hurriedly whispered: "It should be, it should be." He bent and retreated out of the lobby, looking very well-behaved.

After explaining the matter, Wang Ping'an went out to the province and went to Lingyan Temple. As soon as he left, the official immediately thought about the two things that Mr. Wang just explained were two extremes. One was a favorable person and took advantage of the situation, and the other was thankless. If he asked him to distribute, he had to think about it carefully. He could sell a group of favors and offend a group of people a little.

Of course, offending people is inevitable, and officials are good enough as long as they can do errands, who dares to be picky? The key is how to sell favors. Those who can win favors are those who are expected to be promoted, and those who are expected to be promoted will be those who can borrow their power in the future. If you grasp these people, you will be the long-term help in the officialdom in the future.

The ministry officer left the lobby, went to his house, sat behind the table, and began to think about the officials in the yamen one by one, who should be sent to do what. Just as he was thinking, he saw Li Yi Mansion coming over outside. Li Yi Mansion looked very proud and looked very proud. I don’t know what a happy thing happened.

The official frowned. He had always hated the villain's complacentness, but sometimes he would stop if he was not successful. Once he succeeded, it would be really difficult to deal with, because villains might not be able to remember how others treat him, but they would definitely remember how others treat him badly. The Li Yi Mansion outside happened to be a villain. All officials in the entire province of the country knew about this, because they were afraid that he would become a demon.

But looking at the "hot spirit" of Li Yifu and Wang Ping'an, it is probably because he has flattered Wang Xiangye, not far from being popular. The official was not very proud of Li Yifu after all. Seeing him wandering outside the door, he wanted to pretend that he didn't see him and didn't want to greet him.

Li Yifu didn't need anyone to greet him. He laughed outside and asked, "Sir Liu, are you busy?"

The official in charge was named Liu, who was from the third rank, but Li Yifu was a minor official under the eighth rank. The two were too far apart from the official positions. Although they usually worked in the same yamen, they rarely spoke and had nothing to say. The official in charge thought to himself: "Why did he take the initiative to talk to me? Could it be that he had said something to Wang Xiangye just now? It's a shame to show off?"

The official said, "Isn't this Mr. Li? Please come in, is there anything wrong?" He was very polite. He was like this. No matter how much he looked down on someone, he was polite in his mouth. He was even more polite and called Lord Li directly, without showing his actual thoughts in his heart.

Seeing him answer, Li Yifu immediately stepped into the door and said with a smile: "Mr. Liu, are you busy? The official has nothing else to do, he just wants to ask you for a leave and can't come to pay duty in the afternoon. Unfortunately, the official's boss is not here today, so the official came to you to disturb your work. I'm sorry, I'll charge you!"

The official said, thinking: "It's just a leave. Even if your boss is not there, your boss's boss, or your boss's boss, is always there. Why did you jump over several levels and go to me to ask for leave? Well, this is something to hint to me. Very good, just listen to what you want to hint!"

The official said: "But there is something wrong at home?"

Li Yifu stood at the door and said, "It's not that Xiaguan's family has something to do, but that Wang Xiangye has something to do, so he asked Xiaguan to help him. It's nothing big, it's just running errands, and doing things for Mr. Wang and Mrs. Wang."

He spoke in a very loud voice, just as soon as the officials in the house could hear it, but the officials in the yard outside could also know it. Li Yifu clearly puts the tiger skin into a big banner, but he just pulled the tiger skin very well, which could easily make people believe, at least not make people feel that he was lying.

The official was slightly stunned and said, "Why, what's wrong with Mr. Wang's family? Then why did you ask me to go?"

Li Yifu smiled and said, "Hehe, if there is something wrong in the yamen, of course, the Prime Minister Wang doesn't have to ask the Prime Minister to do it. The Prime Minister has a low position and cannot do too much for Prince Wang. However, Grandpa Wang and Mrs. Wang are very good to the Prime Minister. Last time they picked up their two elders into Beijing, they accompanied Prince Wang and drove for the two old men and helped pack their luggage. The two old men asked the Prime Minister to have dinner in the mansion, so they let the Prime Minister leave!"

He said a lot about it, and said that his official position was too young, and he clearly stated that he had a good relationship with the two elders of the Wang family. To put it bluntly, he showed that he had some status in the eyes of Wang Xiangye's family.

The official was stunned and thought to himself: "Why, Wang Ping'an took his parents to Beijing and actually called Li Yi Mansion to help? When did this Li Yi Mansion flatter Wang Ping'an? If I had known this, I would have to show more concern to him. This guy is going to be promoted!"

The official immediately smiled on his face and said politely: "Come on, Lord Li, please sit down, don't stand at the door, it's too inconvenient to speak."

Li Yifu quickly pretended to be polite, but he was only polite, then walked up and found a bench to sit down, still with a flattering smile on his face.

But when he sat down like this, the officials outside were surprised to see him. Li Yi Mansion was doing well and could talk to Wang Xiangye, and now he has become a guest of honor for officials. Should he be developed?

The official asked: "I have something to do at Wang Xiangye's family today, so I'll ask you to help you. What's the matter? Can you go alone? Should you ask a few more people to help? Wang Xiangye's daily work is already hard, so he can't let him care about the trivial matters of the family anymore. We subordinates must take the initiative to share the burden."

"Who said no!" Li Yifu continued, and said, "But it is probably not a very important thing. Mr. Wang and Mrs. Wang can only run errands or something. Even if it is too important, it cannot be allowed to do the things that are too important, that is, family affairs. Last time they saw that the officials were serving them well and were quite diligent, so they remembered the officials again. The officials had no other skills, but they were very good at running errands and doing trivial things." After saying that, he laughed dryly with self-deprecating.

Li Yifu tried hard to speak out, as if he was just a errand-running servant, and kept saying that he was incompetent. But the more he said this, the more surprised the audience would be, and he felt that he had a close relationship with Wang Ping'an.

The official again said: "So, Lord Li often goes to Master Wang's house, otherwise the two elders of the Wang family would not remember you. As for Lord Li, he can only run errands... he is joking!"

He laughed twice, and the official thought to himself: "The Wang family has as many people as they want. How can the two elders of the Wang family remember you? You are still flattering to get the position, so they take you seriously!"

Li Yifu said: "I don't go often, but the officials are strict and never talk nonsense. So if you have anything to do to the officials, you can rest assured. The officials really don't have much ability and will serve others!"

If you serve others well, you have the ability. If you talk about it, no one in this yamen is serving others. The smaller ones serve the bigger ones, and the older ones serve the bigger ones. The eldest ones serve the emperor, and everyone serves the others!

Li Yifu said: "Mr. Liu, if there is nothing else, the official will take his leave now and he will have to rush to the Prime Minister's Mansion!"

The official said hurriedly: "You are busy, you are busy, you have something to say!" He owed his body, and he pretended to be giving it to him. Li Yifu could not make him stand up and quickly quit the door.

The official put his butt on the chair again and thought to himself: "It seems that Li Yi's mansion has indeed become the confidant of Wang Xiangye. Otherwise, how could he come to me to 'clear's words'? This is because he is polite. Well, he said that he is strict in his work. Isn't it just that he went to deal with Wang Xiangye? It seems that he is indeed going to develop. It is better to burn a cold stove than to burn a hot stove. While he is not really developed, I have to make a statement."

Spreading white paper on the table, the official started writing the list, and the first name he was hunting with him, he wrote down the Li Yi Mansion. But after writing it, he remembered that the emperor was going to leave the city tonight, and Li Yi Mansion went to help Mr. Wang do things. Mr. Wang didn't know about hunting, so he asked him to go. He had to remind him that he should not blame him in the future.

He quickly called a servant, and the official said, "Hurry up, go and call Lord Li, and ask him to come back early in the evening, go directly to Xuanwu Gate to wait for the order and accompany the emperor out of the city to hunt."

The servant ran out quickly.

As soon as Li Yifu went out to the province, he breathed a long sigh and thought to himself: "I wonder if the officials said what I said could make the officials pay attention to me. Wang Ping'an could not count on him. It would be better to borrow a chicken to lay eggs and use Wang Ping'an's reputation to gain more benefits. Maybe I can change my official career!"

But as soon as he left the house, he became confused. Where was he going? Of course, Wang Ping'an's prime minister's mansion cannot go. He can't lie to him. He took it seriously. But where are you going now? Find a place to drink?

Before he could take a few steps, he had not even decided on the place, and heard someone from behind calling him. A servant chased him out and shouted, "Sir Li, stay, Lord Liu, please let the villain inform you if you have something to do."

Li Yifu stopped suddenly, surprised in his heart. Could it be that Liu Junshi found out that he was lying? It’s impossible, his lies cannot be confirmed, and he could not ask Wang Ping'an for this.

The servant ran to the front and said, "Mr. Li, Lord Liu asked you to come back early in the evening, go directly to Xuanwu Gate to wait for the emperor and accompany the emperor out of the city to hunt!"
Chapter completed!