Li Rizhi followed Yan Liben and entered the gate. He didn't dare to ride a horse anymore. Yan Liben didn't ride a horse either. He walked in slowly with his hands behind his back. He followed behind. This time no one stopped him.

There are many yamen in the imperial city. The Ministry of Works belongs to the subordinate yamen of the Secretariat, and only occupies a very small area. From the outside, it looks very inconspicuous, making people feel like "Oh, is this the Ministry of Works? It's far worse than the Ministry of Rites!"

However, after entering the Ministry of Works, the situation inside was completely different from that in the Ministry of Rites. The people in the Ministry of Rites were all organized and they were very particular about demeanor when speaking and doing things. They also drank tea while doing things. The people in the Ministry of Works were all in a hurry. I didn’t see anyone drinking tea slowly and were all busy with their own affairs.

Li Rizhi didn’t need to understand the differences between these two departments carefully. Just by looking at the performance of the officials, he felt that the officials of the Ministry of Rites were too comfortable. No wonder everyone liked to gather in the Ministry of Rites. Compared with the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Rites is a place for retirement!

Yan Liben entered the office room and waved to let Li Rizhi come in, and said with a smile: "I have read the official documents sent by Zhengzhou some time ago. Your name is mentioned above. Cui Dongsheng and Zheng Gangling both praised you for your ability to solve the case and are proficient in criminal laws. Your performance in Huayin County this time can be confirmed that neither of them brag too much!"

What he said was that he didn't brag too much. In fact, he still thought that Cui Dongsheng and Zheng Gangling were exaggerating. Li Rizhi was so young, even if he knew it, he would not have such great ability to solve cases!

Li Rizhi didn't make any excuses, and he didn't blush and was worried. He was boasting whether he had the opportunity to get along with him in the future, then he would naturally know. If he didn't have the opportunity to get along with him in the future, it would be useless to defend himself!

Yan Liben said again: "Now tell me, how did you catch Deng Ou in Huayin County?"

Li Rizhi thought about it, organized the language, and then said: "The student was not going to capture Deng Wei. Before that, the student didn't even know that there was this person. When the student just arrived in Huayin County, he met an old woman crying on the street..."

He told the strange things he encountered in Huayin County in detail. When he described the matter, he did not add personal feelings, but just told the case very casually. As for the wit, thrilling, etc. in the process of solving the case, he did not add it. In short, his description was very boring and without any twists and turns.

For those who don’t know how to solve cases, it’s not lively enough and boring to listen to it. It’s better to go to a temple fair. It’s not too interesting to listen to it at the temple fair without spending money, which is more interesting than what Li Rizhi said.

But for those who know how to solve cases, Li Rizhi's description is very consistent with their habits. Only such a description without personal feelings can they judge the strangeness in the case. Otherwise, if I think I think, then the case cannot be solved.

After listening to this, Yan Liben was silent for a while before saying, "Although you caught Deng Ou accidentally, Zheng Changshe should still thank you, and your friends."

Li Rizhi was determined to submit the case to Yan Liben, but hesitated for a moment, thinking that this was a good opportunity and he should seize it. Just as he was about to speak, someone came outside to report that the county magistrate of Chang'an County has arrived.

Yan Liben hurriedly said, "Hurry up and invite me!" He knew Li Ri again: "Mr. Peng is here. I have something to talk to him. Please sit down. Well, I can also introduce you to Magistrate Peng."

While speaking, an official wearing a light-scarlet official uniform walked in. The official was about 48 or 9, and was about to be fifty years old. He had a beautiful beard, handsome face, and had the style of an old handsome guy. He walked in with all directions and bowed to him after seeing Yan Liben.

This handsome guy is Peng Ji, the county magistrate of Chang'an County. Don't underestimate that he is just a county magistrate. Chang'an County is Jing County. The county magistrate of Jing County is the fifth rank, but not a seventh rank county magistrate. If he is not an official in the Beijing area and is placed in the local area, he will immediately be a Shangzhou person and may even become the governor of Xiazhou. If the location of Xiazhou is not very good, people are not willing to go there!

Peng Ji was very particular about appearance. After bowing to Yan Liben in the office, he coughed and sat on a wooden pier, saying, "The Xiaguan came this time to ask Shangshu Yan how to repair the embankment on the Qingshui River? After all, there are thousands of acres of good fields there!"

There are several major rivers around Chang'an. Qingshui River is a tributary of the river and is specially used to irrigate farmland. However, many of the farmlands there are made of temples, that is, fields belonging to temples or Taoist temples.

Peng Jiting was unwilling to practice it. He believed that since the land belonged to monks and Taoists, the monks and Taoists should spend money to repair it, rather than Chang'an County paid for them to repair it. Because of this, he told Yan Liben twice, and this was the third time, and no one convinced anyone.

Yan Liben laughed twice, touched his beard and said, "I understand what Magistrate Peng means, but you have to know that if you ask those monks and Taoists to pay, they will definitely pay. After all, their fields are the most, but the river embankment they pay for is only enough to irrigate their own fields. Even if they have an extra penny, they won't pay!"

Li Rizhi nodded repeatedly while listening, yes, no matter who builds a river embankment or canal, of course, it is for the convenience of his own use. It is impossible to spend money on others to build a river embankment or canal for others!

Yan Liben said again: "But as officials of the court, we cannot just want to build a small section of river embankments. The entire Qingshui River embankment must be within the planning. We cannot change the entire embankment construction plan because of that small section of river embankments!"

Li Rizhi didn't understand what it meant. He could vaguely guessed that it might be that the monks and Taoists looked for Peng Ji and said that they paid for the repair of the river embankment, and that this section of the river embankment might have to be changed, or what. Peng Ji felt that since the monks and Taoists were willing to pay, they should repair it according to their wishes. However, this conflicted with Yan Liben's overall plan, so the two started to have a quarrel!

Peng Ji said, "Shangshu Yan, the officials are also trying to save money for the court. It is not good to do anything that has been saved. It is rare for those monks and Taoists to pay for money. Isn't this a good thing? The officials are really kind-hearted!"

Yan Liben smiled and said, "Sometimes, kind-heartedness can do bad things. You are the county magistrate of Chang'an County, so you just need to just take care of the affairs in Chang'an County. But I am the Minister of Works of the Tang Dynasty. Not to mention it, just say that outside Chang'an City, you have repaired the embankment of Chang'an County. According to your statement, you have saved money for the court and facilitated monks and Taoists. Have you ever thought that the river will change its route and affect the irrigation of the fields in Wannian County downstream, and the people in Wannian County will not fight for you!"

Yan Liben said something that was not polite. He criticized Peng Ji for only caring about his own jurisdiction and ignoring the overall situation. However, because he said it with a smile, his attitude was not fierce, and he could not hear that he was criticizing or taking good care of Peng Ji's face.

When Peng Ji heard this, he realized that it must be that Wannian County people had also come to Yan Liben and firmly opposed the revision of the original dike repair plan. Wannian County and Chang'an County have never been dealt with. The two county magistrates in the same city and Beijing County often meet, but they are not dealt with. At most, they can maintain a superficial harmony!

Peng Ji knew that things were not done, so in order to find a step for himself, he turned to look at Li Rizhi. Seeing that Li Rizhi was dressed in a gorgeous manner, he was obviously a rich young man, and there was a seat in the room. Of course, Li Rizhi's seat was actually a small square stool, and a short-legged one!

Peng Ji pointed at Li Ri and learned: "Whose family's son is this young man?"

Li Rizhi quickly stood up, bowed to Peng Ji, and said, "Student Li Rizhi, a person from Xingyang, is a student who went to Beijing to take the exam this time. Today I was fortunate to see the magistrate of Peng County, and the students were extremely happy."

Peng Ji smiled and said, "I am not a beautiful woman. What's the point of being happy when you see me?"

After saying this, even Yan Liben was happy. Peng Ji said again: "The county magistrate of Xingyang knows that his name is Zheng Gangling, right? He and I passed the exam in the same year, but the exam was a Jinshi, and he seemed to be the Mingjing!"

When he said this, he felt quite superior. Those who passed the Jinshi could stay in Chang'an and become the county magistrate of Jing County. Zheng Gangling, who only passed the Ming Jing exam, could only go to Xingyang to become a county magistrate. In terms of official career, Peng Ji was much better than Zheng Gangling.

Li Ri knew: "The Zheng Gangling mentioned by the magistrate of the County, is the student's uncle. It turns out that the magistrate of the County, and the student's uncle passed the exam in the same year. Then the student should call you "Peng Shibo!"

Peng Ji said oh, looked up and down at Li Rizhi, and said, "So you are Zheng Gangling's nephew. In this way, you are going to Beijing to file with Shangshu Yan's investment bank?" His attitude immediately became intimate.

In fact, although Peng Ji passed the exam in the same year as Zheng Gangling, they were not familiar with each other in different subjects and could only be considered as a nod. However, it was considered a meeting, so Peng Ji was able to show some enthusiasm for Li Rizhi.

Yan Liben was a kind old man. He touched his beard and smiled: "Li Rizhi, don't go to me to invest in the bank..."

When Li Rizhi heard this, his heart sank. Weng Yan actually didn't want his own business papers. He just now really wanted to give him an investment bank paper. If Peng Ji had not come in and interrupted his thinking, he would have already expressed the investment bank papers at this time.

Yan Liben continued: "Li Rizhi is a capable young man. I will naturally not fall behind in the country. So even if Li Rizhi does not invest in the banking papers with me, I will make him famous. Li Rizhi what you are going to do now is how to become famous in the palace. Since you can get to know Tong Guinu, you might as well give him the poems and let him find an opportunity to present them to the emperor to appreciate and spread his reputation into the emperor's ears. This is the real investment banking paper!"

Li Rizhi was instantly overjoyed. It turned out that Weng Yan was the one who meant this. He almost blamed Weng Yan just now. He quickly stood up and thanked Yan Liben again and again!

Peng Ji said again. This time he looked at Li Rizhi again. His eyes were not only intimate, but also nine and a half points, which was quite enthusiastic!

Peng Ji said: "Nephew Li Xian, do you recognize Deputy General Manager Tong?"

Li Rizhi didn't know what Tong Guinu was. He shook his head and said, "When I say to Mr. Peng, my nephew doesn't recognize Deputy Chief Tong. Well, I haven't known him yet. I have a letter to him, so I want to hand him over!"

Peng Ji smiled and said, "I didn't expect that Nephew Li Xian is not simple. He even knew the deacon in the palace. The Deputy Chief Tong was Empress Wu's confidant. If he was willing to present your poems and essays, he would not only be the emperor, but also the queen would know your name. It would be difficult for you to fail to win the imperial examination today. Who asked you to submit your investment bank to the emperor's case!"

Li Rizhi was a little surprised. It seemed that although Tong Guinu was a eunu, his reputation should be very good. Not only did Yan Weng not dislike this eunuch, but Peng Ji also had no expression of disgust. This itself shows that Tong Guinu had a good reputation.

Li Ri knew: "My nephew is not particularly good at poetry and prose. When he was studying in his hometown, he specialized in criminal law. When solving cases, his nephew had some tricks." He deliberately said it less modestly, so that Peng Ji could ask him.

Sure enough, Peng Ji said again and said with a smile: "You will solve the case?"
Chapter completed!