Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

Xiao Yu got up, took Li Xin to meet the colleagues of the Household Department, and briefly explained the matter that His Majesty Li Er specially set up the post of "Household Department Consultant". Li Xin made a brief self-introduction in accordance with the standards for new recruits in the future, and humbly asked for your advice. Everyone even said they dare not.

Although the atmosphere seemed to be good on the surface, Li Xin knew that most of the people present at the moment saw him as very unhappy, and it was just because of Xiao Yu that he didn't show up. After all, he is not blind. He clearly captured the subtle expression changes on many people's faces, and even the slightest movement in their eyes.

It seems that no matter in ancient times or now, newcomers airborne in the workplace are always easy to arouse hostility from colleagues. I also want to know that the opportunities for promotion are limited, and any one more competitor is equivalent to diluting one's own opportunities. What's more, Li Xin is also the "consultant" hand-picked by Li Shimin, which shows that Li Shimin attaches great importance to Li Xin's talent. Regardless of the fact that the post of "consultant" that was added for no reason has neither rank nor salary, as long as the emperor appreciates it, it is not surprising what changes will happen later.

Abandoning such a guy who is deeply affirmed by the emperor among a group of officials who are waiting for promotion will of course cause strong hostility and a sense of crisis. If it wasn't for Xiao Yu's presence on the sidelines to keep these people from making mistakes, Li Xin might have endured a lot of sarcasm.

Xiao Yu smiled and said: "Today is a bit hasty, forget it. The old man suggested that, in a few days, let Consultant Li tell you some business experience here, how about it?" Now that Li Xin has been introduced to everyone, of course he would not Li Xin will be called "His Royal Highness the King of Chu" again, but will be called by his official position.

Li Xin was slightly surprised. But this is actually within reason. The specific responsibilities of the consultants are not clear, and Li Shimin only said that officials of the household department should learn more about business. Therefore, asking Li Xin to give lectures is the most effective and convenient way, and it is also in line with Li Shimin's intentions.

Therefore, when Xiao Yu's eyes fell on him, Li Xin immediately replied: "I obey."

The faces of the others froze for a moment, and the air in the room seemed to freeze for a moment.

You know, Li Xin is only seventeen years old. If the group of people in front of me, most of whom are in their thirties, listened to his lectures honestly, who would readily accept it? But this displeasure cannot be expressed. Firstly, this is Xiao Yu's suggestion, and his real self is standing here, and no one dares to deny Xiao Yu's face in public; secondly, the last group of censors who like to talk about their age were taken by Li Xin. "Shi Shuo" was played badly, and they had to go to Chu Palace to apologize in groups. The matter was passed down as a laughing stock, and is still occasionally brought up to this day.

With such a precedent, no matter how young Li Xin was, everyone present had to endure it.

"Okay, okay, I just want to hear His Royal Highness Chu's high opinion!"

"I heard that His Royal Highness King Chu is very talented in business, and it is indeed worth learning."

Everyone had to smile and respond.

Li Xin also smiled calmly, as if he couldn't hear the perfunctory meaning in these words, nor could he see the unnaturalness behind these smiling faces.

Xiao Yu nodded in satisfaction and said, "Then it's settled."

Two days later, Li Xin came to the lobby of the Ministry of Household Yamen as scheduled. Sure enough, there were not many people present, less than ten. Without changing his expression, he walked to the front table, put down the carefully prepared pages of handouts, and casually asked the person beside him, "Where are the others? It should be past the hour now, right?"

Dianmao is the roll call, because it is usually carried out at Mao time, that is, from five to seven in the morning, so it is also called Dianmao. It is equivalent to clocking in at work in later generations. If this hour has not arrived, it is considered absenteeism. In case the censor finds out, write down two strokes, and maybe you will be demoted in the evaluation.

The person who was pointed to replied with a wry smile: "They all took leave and said they were not feeling well."

Expected nonsense. Since you can't make it clear that you won't come, then finding an excuse is the only choice. And the more clumsy the excuse, the more unhappy these household officials were. The strange event of collective illness is exactly what they embarrass Li Xin.

However, Li Xin's expression didn't change at all, and he didn't seem to be angry at all about such a thing. He glanced briefly, and found that the people present were generally relatively young, and most of them were newcomers who had just been assigned to the household department for a few years. Those old fritters can find excuses to ask for leave, but they can't. They can only come here honestly to attend lectures to gather the number of people, and by the way, they have to finish today's work.

Xiao Yu didn't show up today.

Li Xin understood what this elder meant: he had obviously expected that the officials below would not cooperate with Li Xin honestly, but he did not take any measures in advance, but let things develop. After all, although he supports Li Xin, he cannot help Li Xin solve all problems around the clock. Some things are destined to depend only on Li Xin himself.

This is a little test.