Li Hao could actually guess the reason why Mrs. Wei disliked him, and most likely it was because of Minglan.
Mrs. Wei might not be able to see what she had done, but Mrs. Sheng's shrewdness couldn't hide it.
I just don't know what the old lady said to Mr. Wei during his absence.
Anyway, in the next few days, Li Hao did not dare to fool around in front of the Wei family, and he did not dare to mention the Sheng family's affairs again.
At the same time, because of this reason, the two of them did not go to Chenghui Ninghou Mansion, and the time was approaching the Great Court Meeting.
So this matter was left to be handled after the main court meeting, but it was just after the first day of the year, and there were quite a few people going to pay New Year's greetings.
The first person to visit is the British in-laws' family. After all, they just got engaged this year, so it wouldn't look like the first person to visit their parents-in-law.
Moreover, this father-in-law can still help at critical moments, if not for his prestige last time.
Even if I have the edicts and military symbols, it is not that easy to mobilize local troops.
So it was decided to let Li Jian stay in the house and be responsible for receiving guests if they arrived, while Li Hao set off with the Wei family.
However, when Li Hao and the others arrived near the British Duke's mansion, they clearly sensed how distinguished the British Duke's family was.
There was an endless stream of people coming to pay New Year's greetings, and the carriages piled up outside the house had already blocked the road.
They blocked Li Hao and the others out of the street. Finally, the servants of the British government recognized the Li family's carriage.
Then he stepped forward to help clear a way out, allowing Li Hao and the others to successfully enter the house.
By this time, the British princess had received the news and came to the backyard to wait.
After Li Hao saluted and said hello, she told Li Hao where the British Duke was, and asked the servants to take Li Hao there, while she took Wei to the backyard to talk.
When Li Hao followed his servants into the front hall, he suddenly found that the place was really crowded. Many people present were the backbone of the army in the western suburbs camp, and many of them had dealt with Li Hao.
It's just that the impression left behind may not be a good one. After all, Li Hao forced them to take a stand in the first place.
Of course, now, this impression is no longer important, because the British father-in-law personally stood up.
Help Li Hao introduce them one by one, and tell the wedding date of Li Hao and Zhang Guifen in public, so that everyone can come and participate when they have time.
Everyone naturally agreed with the British Duke's words, and at the same time understood what the British Duke wanted to express.
As for Li Hao, through his status as the British father-in-law and son-in-law, he was completely integrated into the noble system of Bianjing.
After that, everyone's attitude towards Li Hao became obviously much closer, and they all started talking around Li Hao.
However, the conversation hadn't lasted long before the British minister called Li Hao out for an excuse to talk alone.
The British father first praised: "Zhang Fu also told me the specific details of this salt tax after he came back. It was indeed done very well."
Li Hao said modestly: "Speaking of which, it's all thanks to my father-in-law's help, otherwise I wouldn't be able to dispatch the Xingzhou garrison so easily."
The British Duke said: "That's your plan for a rainy day. Without the military symbols and edicts you requested in advance, I wouldn't be able to help you even if I went to Yangzhou in person.
But I came to you today just to ask you how you plan to go in the future.
After all, you are now in charge of the affairs of the Third Division and also hold the position of the Front Division.
In addition, since you have made great achievements this time, the officials will certainly be generous with rewards. When the time comes, you must have a sense of importance when moving forward. "
Li Hao replied directly: "The officials have already said this. When the government opens after the new year, I will be asked to take over the post of Salt and Iron Envoy and be responsible for continuing to investigate the salt tax.
As for the position of the Chief of Staff, His Majesty did not say anything about it. However, the position of Chief of the Front was originally retained because I was only temporarily transferred to the Third Department at that time. It is unlikely that I will continue to retain it now.
As for myself, I don’t think too much about it for the time being. I just want to finish the errands on hand first. "
The British Duke said: "That's fine.
, you can go according to your own ideas first. If you need my help, you can tell me. "
Li Hao naturally thanked her profusely for this, but it could also be seen from this that the British father-in-law really loved his daughter.
In order for him to treat Zhang Guifen well, he was preparing to pave the way for him.
After that, the British father said nothing more, and the two of them continued back to the front hall.
After lunch later, Li Hao and Wei left the British government residence together.
On the carriage back, Li Hao looked at Wei's face too much and was curious about the reason.
As a result, Mrs. Wei directly praised the Zhang girl, saying that she was a lady of the family, and asked Li Hao to treat others well in the future.
Li Hao was stunned by these words, thinking about what happened in the backyard, how could Wei family change his attitude all of a sudden.
However, Mrs. Wei didn't say anything about this, so Li Hao didn't bother to ask. Anyway, if they could really maintain a good relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, then he would have peace of mind.
In the next few days, Li Hao and Wei went to visit the Sheng family, Ouyang Xiu family, Huining Hou Mansion and other close families.
After finishing this work, Li Hao sent someone to Yangzhou to invite Master Qin to attend Li Hao's wedding.
Then when Li Hao thought he would finally have a few days of leisure, people came looking for him one after another.
Gu Tingye came first. His purpose was to ask the Wei family for help and help him go to the Sheng family to formally discuss the marriage.
Mrs. Wei had already discussed this with Mrs. Sheng, so she didn't refuse. They agreed on a time and went to Sheng's house together.
Of course, Li Hao would not participate in this matter, so as not to remind Mr. Wei of his own problems.
After Gu Tingye left, Li Hao ushered in Zhao Ceying's attack again.
Li Hao was still a little surprised at first, until Zhao Ceying talked about Gu Tingye and Xiao Shen.
Li Haocai suddenly realized that Zhao Ceying had asked him to match up Gu Tingye and Xiao Shen, but he didn't take it to heart at that time.
I talked to Gu Tingye later, and then I was busy with the salt tax, so I completely forgot about it.
I saw Zhao Ceying saying: "What you did was not honest. I asked you to tell Gu Tingye to marry my aunt.
Why did you turn around and introduce your cousin to Gu Tingye? Do you think this is appropriate? "
Li Hao explained: "You have wrongfully accused me to death. This matter really has nothing to do with me."
Zhao Ceying naturally didn't believe this. "Then, is the sixth girl from the Sheng family your cousin? Did you introduce them to each other? Why does it have nothing to do with you?"
Li Hao further explained: "It is true that the sixth girl from the Sheng family is my cousin, but I did not introduce them to each other.
Gu Tingye has always been on good terms with Sheng Changbai, the eldest son of the Sheng family. They used to study at the Sheng family school. They met at that time. I didn't even know Gu Tingye at that time.
And I really didn't want to match them up. After all, the family backgrounds of the two families are too different, but who knew that they would take a liking to me, and it really has nothing to do with me. "
But how could Zhao Ceying believe this and said, "Just mess with me. Are the other two girls of the Sheng family the same as those of Huining Houfu and Yongchang Bofu?"
Why don't you still bring them together? If you explain it this way, I think it's you who did it. "
Upon hearing this, Li Hao was really speechless. It was reasonable for Gu Tingye to say that he had done something in this matter.
But the first two, especially the incident involving Mo Lan, had nothing to do with him, so why were they used as evidence? This was too unfair.
Realizing that this was really unreasonable, Li Hao stopped struggling and simply let Zhao Ceying do it.
But it was obvious that Zhao Ceying came here not only to complain about herself, but then got down to business.
But after hearing this serious matter, Li Hao decided that he might as well be nagged a little more.
Because Zhao Ceying was talking about the canonization of the crown prince, he wanted to ask Li Hao to come forward and ask Zhao Zhen to formally canonize Zhao Zongquan as the crown prince.
But Li Hao was unwilling to get involved in this matter, so he said: "Actually, your father has
He is already the only prince, and now the official family has no idea of recruiting any more clan members to the capital.
It doesn't matter whether Jin is promoted to Crown Prince or not. Why do you need to go to war over this? "
Zhao Ceying explained: "Of course I understand this truth, but now it is unfair and unfair.
Moreover, it has been more than a year since my father ascended to the throne of prince.
But my father's real power is probably not comparable to yours. Do you really think this is reasonable? "
After hearing this, Li Hao was a little unconvinced. You used to take the fifth-grade official lightly, but now you don't even look down on your fourth-grade official.
However, after thinking about it, Li Hao still said: "But you should understand that before a prince is established, all the officials can work together to persuade the officials to establish a prince.
Now that the official family has established a prince and the throne has a legal inheritance, most officials will not take the initiative to persuade the official family for the position of prince.
And in the court, after all, I am a person of low opinion, and the officials will not listen to me.
It is best to go to the grand ministers for this matter. If they have great prestige in the court, many officials will agree with them. "
Zhao Ceying explained: "How could I not know what you said.
But there is no way that my family can talk to the great ministers. On the contrary, you are more familiar with the great ministers, and you are also the son-in-law of the British prince.
You have support from both the civil and military sides, and you are deeply trusted by the officials. The officials will also listen to what you say.
As long as you can help our father and son, no matter whether this matter is successful or not, father and son will remember this kindness. "
When Li Hao heard this, he was really helpless and had to say: "Then let me see if there is a chance. If it is possible, I will make suggestions to the officials."
Seeing that Li Hao agreed, Zhao Ceying thanked him repeatedly, then chatted about some situations before saying goodbye and leaving.
But Li Hao still had doubts about whether to advise Zhao Zhen on this matter.
The promise just made was just because I didn't want to affect the relationship with Zhao Zongquan's family.
And Li Hao always felt that it was a bit strange that Zhao Ceying suddenly mentioned this matter this time.
Since he couldn't figure it out, Li Hao planned to ask foreign aid to help.
So that afternoon, Li Hao went straight to Ouyang Xiuna and told him everything Zhao Ceying said.
After hearing this, Ouyang Xiu did not ask a direct question, but said to Li Hao: "Do you know which officials in Bianjing are friends with Zhao Zongquan?"
Li Hao replied: "I really don't know about this. Although I have a lot of contact with Zhao Ceying, I have never met Zhao Zongquan a few times. Besides, it wasn't you, uncle, who asked me to keep a distance from Zhao Zongquan!"
Ouyang Xiu saw that Li Hao also found his own problems, and said angrily: "Then take a guess!"
Li Hao said: "I really can't guess this. Logically speaking, as the only prince, Zhao Zongquan should have no shortage of officials in the court.
However, due to the previous rebellion of King Yan and the unwillingness of the officials to support him as the crown prince, most of the important officials in the court sat on the sidelines.
Except for a few people who can't get on the stage, I really haven't heard of anyone turning to Zhao Zongquan. "
Seeing that Li Hao didn't want to guess, Ouyang Xiu revealed the answer: "Then let me tell you, Han Qi is very close to Zhao Zongquan in private. Is he considered an important minister in the court?"
When Li Hao heard this, he really couldn't believe it. No matter how he looked at it, the two people didn't seem to be related.
And if Zhao Zongquan and Han Qi were familiar with each other, then why did he ask for this matter to him, and why did Zhao Ceying not tell the truth to him.
But Li Hao didn't doubt Ouyang Xiu's words, and Ouyang Xiu suddenly mentioned Han Qi's name, which also alerted Li Hao.
Then he said directly: "You mean, this time Zhao Ceying came to me, it was because of the intention of Mr. Han, but is this necessary?
Could it be that he wanted to use me to take the lead and test the official's attitude? "
Ouyang Xiu did not explain, but talked about another thing: "That day after you left the palace, the officials said that they would return the power of cargo management to the Third Division.
, and Han Qi did not agree with this at the time.
As for you, you still have some weight in the hearts of the officials, and you are the new salt and iron envoy, so you can kill two birds with one stone by doing this.
If it succeeds, it will naturally be Han Qi's credit. If it fails, maybe the merger will be abandoned. What a good thing. "
Hearing this, Li Hao thought of Chu Dongyang's existence and said, "Xiangong Han wants to interfere with financial power, but this is not right.
Mr. Han is the privy envoy and does not control the political affairs hall. This will not be of any benefit to Mr. Han.
Moreover, when I deal with the salt tax issue, I am also contributing to the New Deal. Doesn’t Mr. Han also want the New Deal to be implemented smoothly? "
Ouyang Xiu said: "You are still too young. Han Qi naturally wants the New Deal to be implemented smoothly, but he does not necessarily have to use you.
Okay, I've told you the cause and effect of this matter, and you have to think about the rest. "
Hearing this, Li Hao also understood that Ouyang Xiu was posing a question for him, so he took it.
In just a few days, Li Hao had one more trouble, so he simply stayed at home and waited for his official appointment.
The days of leisure always pass quickly, and the day of opening the office comes in no time.
What followed was a decree of reward. In the decree, Li Hao's official rank was raised to the fourth rank of Zhengfeng Dafu, and his official position was changed to Quan Zhi Salt and Iron Envoy.
In addition, there is an additional reward, which is to confer a fourth-level imperial edict to the Wei family. Although it is far inferior to Minglan's first-level imperial edict in the drama, it is still different after all.
So the most pitiful person in the Li family is Li Jian, who has nothing on his head.
As for the other people who went south with Li Hao, they also had their own rewards issued.
For example, Sheng Hong was promoted from the fifth grade to the fourth grade, one step closer to his goal of being retired from the third grade. By the way, he was transferred to the third division to serve, which made people extremely happy.
For Li Hao, the only regret about this reward was that he had removed the post of Marquis Yu, the former capital of the palace.
In this way, it would not be that easy for Li Hao to enter the palace in the future. He could only follow the process and submit the application, and he could only enter the palace after getting permission. In addition, it was a pity that he received less salary because of it.
