The Qu family had received accurate information and could be completely relieved about it. They thought that they would wait for Liang to arrive in the capital and then carry out the specific marriage negotiation process, which would take a lot of time.
Someone in the family also needs to be in charge, and the blank paper business originally discussed needs to be prepared in advance to be implemented, so Qu Taigong asked Qu Enlin to rush back to Yanzhou while he stayed in the capital to prepare for the matter.
While waiting for the Liang family to arrive in the capital, the edicts finally came down, instructing Li Hao to be Yilang and canonizing Lord Qu Leng as Lord Chang'an.
What makes Li Hao a little unhappy is that he, the Yilang, doesn't even have a seal, that is, there is no official official seal, only the identity talisman issued by the censor to prove his identity.
Of course, Li Hao also went to find out. This was not directed at Li Hao alone, but at officials such as doctors, doctors, censors, eunuchs, and magistrates who did not hold power and only acted as advisors, responses, and opinions. , regardless of rank, there is no seal or ribbon.
But the truth is the truth. Li Hao can understand it, but he is still not happy. He always feels that there is something wrong with this official position.
Li Hao could only comfort himself. Anyway, he didn't have to do anything serious now. Even the techniques of siege equipment had been taught to the young master. So he had to endure it for two years. When he takes up actual duties in the future, he would naturally have this seal and ribbon. .
So Li Hao spent his days leisurely with more peace of mind. Apart from going to see Qu Lengjun when he had nothing to do, he just wandered between the capital and the manor outside the city.
It was just that after Li Hao's leisurely talk spread to the palace, it aroused Emperor Wen's dissatisfaction. He himself was very busy correcting memorials and dealing with government affairs all day long. Naturally, he was dissatisfied with Li Hao, who had a salary from the court but did not do practical things. People are not happy.
So another decree summoned Li Hao into the palace. When Li Hao received it, he looked confused, wondering what Emperor Wen wanted to do when he suddenly wanted to see him.
However, Li Hao thought carefully about what he had done these days and determined that he had not violated any taboos, so he went to the palace with peace of mind.
As a result, after meeting Emperor Wen, he was first put aside to dry for half an hour, and Li Hao began to feel shaken, wondering whether he had done something unintentionally to offend Emperor Wen.
Of course, this would definitely not be a big problem, otherwise Emperor Wen would not have just announced his entry into the palace. No matter how much Li Hao thought about it, he never thought where the problem would be.
Until Emperor Wen said: "I heard that you have been living a very leisurely life recently. From time to time, you have to travel to the capital with your beauty. Aren't you living a very happy life?"
When Li Hao heard this, he immediately reacted. The boss specially called you here and said that you had a very leisurely life. Isn't this obvious? He just thought you were getting paid and not working.
But then Li Hao had something to say. The position of Yilang was a casual official with no real power, and his main job was to provide opinions and suggestions to the emperor.
When Emperor Wen did not summon him for questioning, even if Li Hao wanted to take charge of the matter, no yamen could intervene, so how could he be blamed for this matter.
Of course, when actually facing Emperor Wen, we definitely couldn’t give such a direct answer: “I originally planned to return to Jiaodong as soon as possible to supervise the improvement of the white paper manufacturing process.
Isn't it thanks to His Majesty's wrong love that he helped me decide on a good marriage? After my mother learned the news, she was already on her way to the capital.
I have to wait until my mother arrives and complete the marriage negotiations before returning to Jiaodong. "
After hearing what Li Hao said, Emperor Wen's anger immediately dissipated a lot. After all, this marriage was facilitated by him under pressure, and he did not ask their opinions beforehand. After all, Emperor Wen was not like his ancestors. He is so thick-skinned and can feel completely at ease.
Li Hao spoke to catch his mentality before answering. Otherwise, if he had to face that thick-faced guy with a black heart, Li Hao would never say these words and apologize directly. He only hopes that his sincerity can be less Suffer something.
Emperor Wen replied: "That being said, now that you have become an official, it is not good for you to remain so undisciplined and let others look like you.
Since you like tinkering with these ingenious things, I plan to order you to go to the Shaofu to assist Shang Fang Ling until you leave the capital. I wonder if you are willing. "
Li Hao was familiar with the work of the Shaofu. After all, in terms of authority, the Shaofu at this time had many similarities with the three divisions of the Song Dynasty, except that the Shaofu served more of the emperor.
As for Shang Fanling, he was in charge of manufacturing swords, crossbows and other weapons, which was Li Hao's specialty. It was not difficult for Li Hao.
Moreover, Emperor Wen, the boss, has spoken. Li Hao is not the cheater of Ling Buyi, so of course he cannot refuse: "Wei Chen accepts the order. I will go to Shang Fanling tomorrow to see if there is anything I can do."
Seeing Li Hao's attitude, Emperor Wen was quite satisfied and said: "Okay, I will also say hello to the young master about this. You can retreat."
After hearing this, Li Hao resigned to Emperor Wen. After leaving the palace, Li Hao went directly to Qu Mansion and informed Qu Taigong and Qu Lengjun that he had a new job, emphasizing that he probably didn't have much time during this period. Came to visit.
Qu Lengjun naturally had no objection to this. After all, Li Hao had not been with her for too long, and the relationship had not been fully developed, so he only expressed concern for a few words and said nothing more.
On the contrary, Qu Taigong was more active and deliberately kept Li Hao here, and introduced Li Hao in detail about the life of the current Shaofu Qing Ding Gong and Monk Fang Ling Wang Fang.
I saw Qu Taigong saying: "The current Minister of the Shaofu, Ding Gong, is from Shanyang County, Yanzhou. He studied Gongyang Yan's Spring and Autumn Period and was a great scholar in the world. You must not offend him after you go to the Shaofu."
Of course, as long as you do your job well, you don't have to worry too much. After all, we are both in Yanzhou, and he has a long history with my family, so he won't deliberately embarrass you.
As for the current Shang Fangling Wang Ping, he is a eunuch in the palace and has little friendship with us. However, for the sake of the Yuan and Qu families, he will not embarrass you.
But you need to remember that no matter what his attitude is, you should not get too close to him. After all, internal and external intrigues can easily lead to suspicion. "
Li Hao replied: "Don't worry, I know how to do this."
After receiving the guidance from Taigong Qu, Li Hao had some ideas on how to get along with these two temporary bosses.
Li Hao rushed to the Shaofu early the next morning. Ding Gong, the minister of the Shaofu, did express his goodwill towards Li Hao's arrival and specially left Li Hao to say a few words.
Although these words were not nutritious, they at least showed his attitude. Maybe it was because of this. Anyway, when Li Hao went to see Prince Shang Fangli, he welcomed Li Hao very much.
He said directly: "Yesterday I learned from His Majesty that Yuan Yilang was coming, which made me extremely happy.
After all, the manufacturing of siege equipment last time was all due to your help, otherwise my men would not have learned it so easily. For this, I have received praise from your majesty, and I have to thank you for it! "
When Li Hao heard this, he quickly replied: "Shang Fanling is too polite. This is what I should do, so there is no need to express thanks.
Your Majesty asked me to come here to assist you this time. However, I didn't know much about the position of the young master. I just hope that you won't dislike me for getting in the way. "
Wang Ping replied: "Yuan Yilang's words are too modest. In the final analysis, our Shang Fanling is an yamen that makes ordnance. With your ability to train the craftsmen under you, you are very good at doing this."
Li Hao smiled when he heard this, and then complimented each other with Wang Ping for a while. Then someone came to report to Wang Ping, and Li Hao suggested: "If you have something serious to do here, just go ahead and I won't disturb you.
Please also send someone to take me to various workshops. After all, since Your Majesty has asked me to come, no matter whether it is useful or not, I must do things carefully. "
After hearing this, Wang Ping summoned someone and asked him to take Li Hao to look at several arsenals and workshops under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu. To be honest, Li Hao felt a little emotional after seeing it.
When the professor made the siege equipment, Li Hao did not come in person. Instead, he sent his subordinates to teach him one-on-one. Therefore, Li Hao did not know the situation of the Shaofu at that time.
But after looking at it this time, Li Hao found that the ordnance production capabilities of this Shaofu were not only better than those of the Song Dynasty, but probably even those of the pre-Qin Dynasty had regressed. This regress did not refer to the manufacturing process, but to the regress in standardization.
Li Hao has seen the ordnance left over from the pre-Qin period. Take the crossbow as an example. Its crossbow machine and crossbow arm can basically be interchanged. That is to say, once a crossbow is damaged, it will be damaged very quickly. You can find the corresponding parts and install them to continue using it.
But now Shaofu's workshop cannot meet this standard. In addition to the loss of technical standards, another important reason is probably the failure of supervision, which makes the craftsmen feel lazy, so some things are treated harshly. Also a good thing.
However, Li Hao did not ask for rectification immediately. First, Li Hao wanted to test Wang Ping's attitude. If he was unwilling to do this or had other intentions, then Li Hao would not move.
Because Li Hao is only here for a few days to help, and will not stay in the capital permanently for the next few years, there is no need to offend anyone for this, especially the eunuchs in the palace.
So Li Hao found an opportunity one day and used an excuse to talk to Wang Ping about standardized operations, and used his own team of craftsmen as an example to talk about the benefits.
When Wang Ping heard this, he also sighed with emotion: "That's true. When your craftsmen came to teach how to make instruments, I also watched it.
The craftsmen in your house can make the exact same thing faster than the people in Shang Fang Ling, even now.
I didn't quite understand it at first, but now it sounds like it must be a problem with this standardized operation. I just don't know if this method can be taught to Shaofu craftsmen. When it works, I will ask the officials for your credit. "
Hearing this, Li Hao immediately understood that Wang Ping was interested in this, so he said: "This method has existed since ancient times, and I am just borrowing the wisdom of my predecessors. There is nothing I can't teach.
Since Shang Fanling wants it, then I will transfer some people over and let them designate a unified system and supervise its implementation. However, I am afraid that it will be harder to control the craftsmen. "
Wang Ping disagreed with this. After all, in his eyes, the lives of these craftsmen were probably not as important as a compliment from Emperor Wen. As long as there were no large-scale casualties, he probably didn't care about the rest.
Therefore, Wang Ping responded lightly and only said: "Just send someone over. I will order someone to manage the craftsmen and ensure that the business will not be delayed."
Faced with Wang Ping's behavior, Li Hao was wary, thinking that when he chose people, he must give them good instructions so that they would keep an eye on them and not cause any trouble due to his good intentions.
Li Hao was thinking in his heart, but he replied: "Okay, I will select people when I get back, and I will arrange them in the next two days."
Li Hao quickly made the follow-up arrangements. After the personnel were in place, Shang Fanling began a standardization campaign.
Of course, this is indeed a bit awkward for Shang Fanling’s original craftsmen. After all, it will affect efficiency and increase the burden in the early adaptation stage.
But fortunately, the Shaofu's control force was strong. Even if these craftsmen complained, they did not dare to really mess around. Therefore, the resistance that Li Hao was worried about did not happen, which made Li Hao relieved.
Just at this time, a messenger came to report that Liang had entered Hanoi County and would arrive in the capital in two days.
So Li Hao and Wang Ping took a few days off and went to greet him in advance. Wang Ping naturally had no objection to this, and asked Li Hao to accompany him, saying that if something happened, he would send someone to inform him, so there was no need to come over often.
Li Hao naturally accepted it happily. He happened to be busy with business some time ago and came a little frequently. This time, he took the opportunity to cool down the relationship.
So Li Hao deliberately left the capital and rushed to Hanoi County to greet Liang. By the way, if Liang had any problems, he could explain it to her in advance so that she could be aware of it.
Along the official road, Li Hao met Liang in Pinggao County. However, when she saw Li Hao, she didn't show much expression on her face and was as calm as before.
But in action, he still called Li Hao into the carriage and asked: "As for your marriage to the girl from the Qu family, your letter was vague, but I don't want to know the specific situation.
It's just that you know the past history between me and your father. I have been hoping that you and your brother can choose who to marry for these years.
So I just want to ask you, do you really want to marry her? If you don't want to, your father and I can help you find a way. After all, His Majesty has not issued an explicit decree, so there is still room for change. "
After hearing this, Li Hao felt warm in his heart. Although Mrs. Liang usually seemed quite cold, her love for her son was not less.
Then Li Hao replied: "Mom, don't worry. My son has spent a lot of time with Leng Jun during this period. She is a good match for her son. So my son is sincerely willing. Mom doesn't have to worry about it."
"A good match. In this world, most well-matched people are considered a good match in the eyes of the world, but only the person involved can know what it feels like, so I hope you can think more clearly on your own." Mrs. Liang said.
"Mom, what I said is indeed the truth. Mr. Leng is an open-minded and open-minded person. He is not someone who dwells on the past. As for me, I am not as stubborn as my father... I am affectionate and dedicated. My son believes that I will be with Leng in the future. You will surely be able to play the harp, harp and chords and spend your whole life together."
Well, Li Hao realized that he seemed to have accidentally revealed his true feelings and said what was on his mind, so he immediately made up for it.
When Mrs. Liang heard these words, she couldn't help but look at the rebellious son in front of her, but she felt a little more at ease in her heart. After all, she didn't want her son to make the same mistake again. If this could be done, it would be a good thing.
And what Li Hao said was true. In fact, he had no goal of marrying him. In addition, Qu Lengjun's temperament and appearance were not bad, so he naturally had nothing to resist.
If it were the two unreliable princesses of Emperor Wen, Li Hao would have to find a way to escape.
