Li Jing finally fell silent for a moment, then couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Does Mr. Chen also know these two sentences?"

"Although I don't know what the court report will say today, these two sentences have already spread everywhere." Chen Gongfu also laughed. "Prime Minister Zhang is not a man who can keep his composure. Didn't Shuyi come here early to wait and see what was going on because of Prime Minister Zhang's hint?"

Li Jing was silent for a moment and did not respond.

Chen Gongfu smiled and turned to look at the courtyard.

As time was getting closer to evening, more and more officials flocked into the court gazette, waiting for today's impressive court gazette to be printed... Unlike in the past, the court gazette now had its own printing workshop. Except for some specific supplements, there would be a special summary printing every ten days, with sixteen neat sheets of paper, which would collect all the information of the ten days and be printed on a large scale to reduce costs.

However, because of the proofreading, typesetting, and engraving before printing, various information is bound to be leaked in advance, so it is unlikely that the phenomenon today will occur.

This time, there is a reason:

First of all, of course, there is Zhang Jun and Zhang Deyuan's big mouth... After this guy told Emperor Zhao about his impressions after reading "Water Margin" that day, he received an overwhelming comment, and he really couldn't help it, so throughout February, Zhang Xianggong had revealed the comment given to him by the emperor dozens of times in various formal and informal occasions.

Correspondingly, everyone probably knows that Prime Minister Zhang seems to have made an extraordinary conversation between the emperor and his ministers and made a big news, but the emperor has something to say and it is not easy to disclose it for the time being.

Immediately, several other ministers present, as well as Chief Censor Li Guang, Prefect of Kaifeng Yan Xiaozhong, and many close ministers present at the time, all verified the news... and almost all of them also said that the emperor should have given clear instructions that Prime Minister Zhang's memorial would only be published in the official gazette after the implementation of the mulberry-based fish pond as a public property of the villages and towns was on track.

Finally, it was the end of February, and the court bulletin of March 1st was about to come out. Not only were the students involved in the proofreading not allowed to leave without permission to receive news, but the palace also sent out the imperial guards to guard the printing room. These actions also verified the previous statements - Prime Minister Zhang really made a big news!

"It should have been printed long ago." His eyes swept over several fully armed imperial guards, and the gray-haired Chen Gongfu turned back to Li Jing in front of him. "It's just that Hu Quan is deliberately stalling for time..."

"How long can he drag it out?" Li Jing, who was no more than thirty years old, looked at the sky and sneered.

When Chen Gongfu heard this, he was slightly moved, but suddenly changed the subject: "Shu Yi is also wearing a red robe now."

Li Jing was slightly startled, then smiled again: "It's all thanks to the grace of the government."

"That's true." Chen Gongfu nodded, and then suddenly asked again. "In this case, do you have any plans to be sent to a provincial governor?"

Li Jing was shocked and opened his mouth to respond, but his mind was in turmoil and he could only remain speechless.

When Chen Gongfu saw the other party's reaction, he realized what was going on, but he did not ask any further questions. He just waited for the official report to be released.

Speaking of which, the last few words from the two, although seemingly few, truly hit the nail on the head where Li Jing was feeling the most pain.

You must know that before the reform of the Censorate, there was only one person in purple robe and one in red robe, namely the Chief Censor and the Assistant Censor in charge of miscellaneous affairs... The former was the de facto director and the latter was the de facto deputy director, but the position was not permanent... The rest were all in green robes.

However, as everyone knows, the reigning Emperor Jianyan has always been generous in some aspects. Ever since he moved to Nanyang, the Song Dynasty court has been carrying out intermittent official system reforms in the direction of matching name with reality, and the Censorate is naturally no exception. Not only has the Chief Censor been promoted to the third rank, the previous position of Assistant Censor in charge of miscellaneous affairs has also been directly abolished and turned into a formal Junior Censorate, which is the third rank and also wears a purple robe.

As the saying goes, rising water lifts all boats, and as a result, the Imperial Censor was directly promoted to the fifth rank and wore a scarlet robe.

So what Li Jing said was the grace of the government was absolutely correct.

However, the key to the problem is not the robe, but that since Li Jing has become the Imperial Censor, there is still a vacant position of Deputy Director in front of him, but it is unreasonable to go from the fifth rank to the third rank, from the scarlet robe to the purple robe. So generally speaking, at this time, there is no reason for an Imperial Censor like Li Jing not to ask for a post outside the capital.

Especially Li Jing, who has achieved the prestigious position of Imperial Censor at the age of just over 30. He has a bright future ahead of him:

If you are lucky, you can follow the path of Ma Shen, the Minister of Justice. If there is some trouble somewhere, you can ask to go out to pacify and supervise, and take advantage of the opportunity to stay and become a governor based on your merits, and then come back to be a minister.

And if Ma Shen happened to catch up with the special period of three years as Shangshu and five years as Prime Minister, then at worst, considering Li Jing's current situation, if he asked for an ordinary post outside the capital, it would definitely be to a top prefecture, and when he came back he could also be a Shilang, and then easily ascend to the Secret Council.

Of course, official robes and other items will definitely be purple by then.

At that time, Li Shuyi was probably less than 40 years old... What else could a Purple Robe Secret Council official under 40 want in his life?

But who made Li Jing have another identity?

Everyone knows that he is Li Gang and Li Boji's third brother! And everyone also knows that the two are very different in age, and the relationship between them is more like that of father and son than brothers.

At the same time, everyone knew that although Li Jing had passed the imperial examination more than ten years ago, the reason he was able to rise to prominence and fame was essentially because he was Li Gang's third brother.

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