In the ninth year of Jinghe, the emperor's southern tour was "visiting the ancestors' tombs, inspecting the river work, and observing the customs of the people." In a sense, it was also a momentum before the emperor took power.

So during this southern tour, Empress Dowager Cisheng, who was in charge, did not travel with him, but sent her daughter Princess Guide and her younger brother to visit relatives in Suzhou instead.

On April 20, Li You, who was in Yangzhou, received news that the imperial guard had arrived at Huai'an Prefecture. The emperor would inspect Qingkou Tangba at the intersection of Huang, Huai and Yun in Huai'an Prefecture, and then set off from Huai'an Prefecture to Sizhou's ancestral tomb. After returning to Huai'an Prefecture, he continued south along the canal.

On the same day, the guide arrived in Yangzhou City, investigated the palaces and roads, and taught the local governments the etiquette for receiving the rituals.

According to the instruction of the guide, the qualifications for the welcome drivers vary according to the grade. Officials above the third rank can go to the prefecture or provincial rank to welcome drivers to show their special encounters; officials below the third rank and the people are only allowed to go to the county rank to welcome drivers.

As one of the five key places in the southern tour, Yangzhou should be welcomed by someone. Lord Li was filled with joy and pretended to be helpless: "I have had many troubles in Yangzhou recently, and there is no senior official above the third rank in the city, so what can I do?"

The guide glanced at Li You a few times, "Prince Li has also been an attendant, and he has the same old age as the emperor and his ministers as the emperor, so he should be a special case. Then work hard to go to Baoying County to welcome the lord."

Lord Li sighed and said, "In order to avoid my rudeness in Yangzhou, I have to slander it.

Immediately, Li You set out to Baoying County overnight. This Baoying County is connected to Huai'an Prefecture, which is the northernmost county at Yangzhou Prefecture. You must go to Baoying County to pick up the road from the prefecture.

When passing by Gaoyouzhou, he also brought in an old minister named Wei. The old man retired as a third-rank minister and was naturally qualified to go to the palace to welcome him.

A few days later, Li You and Wei Shilang arrived in Baoying County, and the magistrate welcomed the wait and arranged for a rest.

But at midnight, Li You was half asleep and half awake and suddenly heard a military soldier coming to report that an imperial boat was coming!

He hurriedly dressed his court uniforms neatly, and with the old minister, Baoying magistrate, county magistrate, chief clerk and other non-idlers, left the county town Beiguan and went to the waiting pavilion along the river.

There are several seats on the pavilion. Since there are seats, there are tops and bottoms. The leader of the group, Mr. Li, spoke up and said humbly, "I am young and knowledgeable..."

Before he could speak, a fiery red figure swayed beside him and sat in the main seat first. Li You looked at him and was the old minister of Wei, and only he was wearing a third-rank official robe and his figure was red. However, this agility was actually not commensurate with his age, and it was impossible to tell that he was the skill of a sixty-nine-year-old man.

The old minister smiled boldly and said, "I am old and weak, and I can't support it. I'll sit down first. Don't blame me, please sit down!"

This old man who relies on his seniority! Li You frowned. He really didn't expect that there would be someone who came out to steal the limelight. Although Mr. Wei is a third-ranked minister, he has already retired, and having a second position is enough. Da Lala's residence in the upper class is too disrespectful. How can he handle the situation as the chief official?

But Li You had no choice but to do anything for a while, and he couldn't really attack the old seniors in the officialdom, and he was even more reluctant to sit down. He could only say in disappointment: "I am not sleepy yet, so go down the river and walk."

After saying that, he left with his sleeves and heard the old man Wei say to the Baoying County officials: "More than ten years ago, I was so proud of Zuo Chunfang. At that time, I was in charge of the Eastern Palace. Meng Xianhuang valued it. I once taught to learn to read today..."

Zuo Chunfang Grand Secretary, a fifth-rank official, and an official under the Zhanshi Mansion of the Prince's Eastern Palace, is actually a special relocated official for Hanlin, and is the most noble one of the most noble Ci Lin officials. In the officialdom, the Hanlin Fang Bureau is often the case, and this yard refers to the left and right Chunfang.

Judging from what he meant, wasn’t it just that he taught hundreds of surnames and thousands of characters today? Li You complained deeply that he was the most noble official of the Ci Lin, and he was a third-rank rank until he retired. It was really not embarrassing.

There was a house by the river. Li You sent someone to borrow a chair and sat under the eaves facing the river bank.

When the sky was just dawn, someone heard someone shouting: "Here! Here!"

Li You quickly stood up and walked to the pier to look north. Sure enough, a boat came along the water, with dozens of ships faintly.

When we got closer, we saw a yellow giant boat about ten feet long and two or three feet wide. There were two small boats in front, back and left and right to accompany us to guard it. Li You knew that this giant boat was the imperial boat.

When the imperial boat was moored, there were warriors guards on the shore, and then issued an edict from the imperial boat, ordering everyone to come forward to meet.

But he saw a throne placed on the deck of the imperial boat, and the emperor was standing on it, and the nearby servants were holding various ceremonial guards around him, while Li You and others kowtowed three times and nine times on the shore.

Lord Li was about to speak, but he heard that the Minister of Wei beside him robbed the first one again, "My minister Wei Tong and others bow to the Holy Lord!"

Li You was immediately furious. This old man was too ungrateful and didn't look at the occasion. If he hadn't been worried about Jun Qian's misbehavior, he really wanted to get up and kick him into the river.

At this time, I heard the emperor questioning on it: "Are you the magistrate of Yangzhou? Could it be that the mother has chosen the new position?"

Mr. Wei's face was flushed with embarrassment. He never expected that the emperor would have no impression of him.

Li You laughed and broke his stomach. Do you really think that the emperor is a god who came to earth and never forgets it? When you were Zuo Chunfang, the emperor was just a four or five-year-old child. If you can remember it clearly in more than ten years, it would be a ghost.

At this time, Lord Li shut up and said nothing, and the Minister of State Wei was still embarrassed. However, an internal supervisor in his thirties was whispering to the emperor, and the emperor had just realized that it was Mr. Wei..."

Li You immediately said loudly: "I am Li You from Yangzhou to see the Holy Lord!"

Emperor Jinghe had to turn to Li You again and said, "I remember that you have been to Yangzhou for a year, and where is your current position?"

The officials below were secretly shocked in their ears. There were more than tens of thousands of officials in the world, and the emperor could remember that Li You had been to Yangzhou for a year.

"The Tongzhi of Yangzhou Prefecture is the acting official, in charge of Jiangdu County, and in charge of the garrison department of the government, and rectify the salt rituals."

The emperor smiled and said, "It's still as long as ever."

The 30-year-old in his custody next to him coughed heavily, and the emperor curled his smile and asked according to the serious routine: "What is the year of Yangzhou this year?"

Li You replied: "There is a drought in spring, and the harvest will be bad for this year."

The emperor looked slightly and said, "Last year, my ancestors were almost in trouble. I sacrificed my life to save me. I thanked him."

Li Youqian said: "It is the duty of a minister. How can you not repay the kindness of the country?"

After finishing the conversation with Li You, the emperor asked the other officials one by one.

He issued an order to take out a plate of pastries and gave them to everyone, saying, "There is nothing else in the boat and carriage, so I can only comfort you and other labor."

He also said, "Send Li You to Houzhou and follow him to Yangzhou."

In the envious eyes of everyone, two guards took Li You to the back of the fleet and sent another large ship. The guard explained to Li You: "The ministers with the troops gathered here in the daytime to prepare for summons."

The little insulator who was waiting outside the door carefully pushed the door open and asked Li You to enter the cabin. Before he could see the scene in the cabin, Li You felt endless air conditioning and murderous aura coming towards him, and it seemed that there were two completely different places inside and outside the cabin.

After taking a closer look at the people chatting in the cabin, even Li You, who is skilled and brave, has the urge to turn around and escape.

Among them, there are Yuan Ge Lao, a scholar of Wenhua Palace who has scolded him countless times, Qian Guojiu, who was sent to the ministry for some unknown result, former disciple of Suzhou Prefecture, Lord Qin, Minister of Works, and Mr. Guide's son-in-law Duwei Lin...

He recognized other people, such as the Minister of Rites and the Bachelor of Hanlin Academy, and what was more strange was that there was also a young seventh-rank official in his twenties whom he didn't know, and he also stared at him fiercely. (To be continued.


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