Chapter 245 is here again!

Since the martial arts conference ended, eating breakfast has become a luxury for Li Nuo.

Fortunately, his body is no longer what it used to be. He has made rapid progress since he officially started practicing.

Judging from the increase in strength in the past few days, the martial arts talent he acquired from so many masters and martial arts geniuses is already comparable to his wife and his beloved.

However, no matter how strong one's talent in martial arts is, there is a limit.

With the talents of my wife and my beloved, and their hard work, it took them more than ten years to reach the fourth level.

Before the fourth level, there is no shortcut at all in martial arts practice.

Li Nuo's talent in martial arts was completely accidental, and he never intended to become a martial arts master.

He was already very satisfied with the physical improvement brought about by the Body Shaping Realm alone.

After a few days, the lady's body recovered completely.

Although the improved Jade Purity Heart Technique no longer has an additional bonus in terms of cultivation speed, it is not inferior to the Shangqing and Taiqing Heart Techniques. It completely eliminates the influence of the Jade Purity Heart Technique and does not affect her path of martial arts. This is already the best result.

Early in the morning, Li Nuo walked out of the room.

In the small pavilion in the courtyard, Fenghuang was teaching Jia Ren and An Ning how to embroider.

Except for its inability to fight, the Phoenix can be called perfect.

The woman is proficient in all kinds of skills, whether it is talent or craft, she is impeccable.

In the hearts of her wife and An Ning, she is like a god.

Of course, this is also the case in Li Nuo’s heart.

With Phoenix around, he has much less worries.

He looked at the harmonious scene before him and felt an indescribable sense of comfort.

It has been more than a year since I came into this world, but only today does everything seem to be on track.

Yiren did not follow them, and Li Nuo had not seen her in the past few days.

When he was around, Li Nuo felt it was noisy, but when she was gone, he felt like something was missing.

After saying something to them, Li Nuo walked out of the house.

His marriage leave has expired and he has to go back to work at the government office.

Although Li Nuo arrested a lot of people in the past month, they were all trivial matters. He did not solve any major cases and his life span did not increase.

A lot of energy had been expended before in order to deduce the technique.

Every time your cultivation reaches a bottleneck, your lifespan will decrease instead of increase.

With his current lifespan, although he can withstand the consumption in the short term, it is definitely not possible in the long term.

I stayed in the Ministry of Rites before to facilitate the preparations for the martial arts conference.

Now that the martial arts conference is over, staying in the Ministry of Rites would just be a waste of time.

"Master Li."

"Greetings, Lord Li!"

After saying hello to the officials from the Ministry of Rites he met on the way, Li Nuo returned to his own yamen and started to get busy.

After a moment, he walked to the door and stopped a passing clerk.

The clerk immediately trotted over and asked, "Master Li, what do you want me to do?"

Li Nuo said, "I don't have enough blank memorials in my office. I'll have someone send some new ones over."

…

Secretariat.

After Du Yu finished reviewing the last memorial, he stretched his body.

Although the job of Zhongshu Sheren is tiring, he deals with state secrets and can decide on policies that affect countless people alone. This feeling of holding power cannot be experienced by officials in other departments.

Several other secretaries also completed their work.

A figure walked into the yamen and said, "Master Du, do you have any plans for tonight? If not, let's go to Lelai Tower to listen to music together?"

Du Yu stood up, rubbed his sore brows, and said, "Okay."

After a busy day, I feel dizzy from reviewing documents. It would be nice to go out and relax in the evening.

Lelai Tower was the property of the King of Han. Any girl in the tower would be a top courtesan if placed in any other brothel or music hall.

Of course, this is because their girls are all courtesans recruited from other places.

He was just thinking about which musician to order tonight when a clerk walked in from outside, holding a thick stack of memorials.

Du Yu was stunned when he heard this and said, "This is..."

The clerk said, "Your Excellency, this is a memorial from the Ministry of Rites."

Du Yu looked at the thick pile of petitions, picked up the top one and flipped through it. When he saw the name at the end, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart.

It’s over, here it comes again!

Seeing this, another Zhongshu Sheren shook his head and said regretfully: "It seems that Lord Du can't go tonight. Let's make an appointment another day."

There was also a hint of gloating in his tone.

Fortunately, Lord Du was in charge of the memorial from the Ministry of Rites, otherwise, he might be the one in trouble.

Du Yu saw the gloating look on his colleague's face, shook his head and said, "Master Zheng, don't be too happy too soon. You can't go to Lelai Building tonight..."

The secretary was slightly stunned and asked, "Why?"

As if he had thought of something, he looked at the pile of memorials, shook his head repeatedly, and said, "I have already made an appointment with several colleagues and will be leaving soon. I will not help you review the memorials. You should deal with your own memorials yourself..."

Du Yu pulled the corner of his mouth and said, "If you are not afraid of being suspended tomorrow, then go ahead..."

The secretary was stunned again and asked, "What do you mean?"

Du Yu handed him the memorial and said, "The Ministry of Rites reported that Tianyinyuan and Lelailou violated the imperial ban and allowed court officials to have sex with prostitutes. They requested a thorough investigation. If you have the courage, go ahead..."

The secretary looked at Du Yu and asked, "It's him again?"

Du Yu nodded, sighed, and said, "I'm afraid my good days are coming to an end..."

…

night.

When many dignitaries in Chang'an were preparing to go to Tianyinyuan Lelailou to have fun, they found that they had put up a sign saying they were temporarily closed.

It is a rare thing that Tianyinyuan and Lelailou have closed down.

I don't know how much money a place like this would lose if it closed for one night.

In desperation, they could only settle for the next best thing and move to other brothels.

But they soon discovered that all the large brothels in Chang'an were closed tonight.

It is understandable if one or two brothels closed down, but it is definitely abnormal for so many brothels to close down.

Tonight, I don’t know how many people went out with high hopes and returned disappointed.

Soon, those who were well-informed got the exact news.

Not long ago, the Secretariat issued an imperial edict.

The Chang'an County Government and Jingzhao Prefecture were required to conduct a thorough investigation into the issue of brothels allowing officials to have sex with prostitutes.

In order to avoid being caught as an example, the large brothels in Chang'an chose to close tonight.

As a court official, there are many things that you cannot do.

For example, corruption, abuse of power, and disregard for human life are absolute prohibitions. If you violate these, you will be sent to the Ministry of Justice or the Dali Temple.

However, things like not going to and from the government office on time, and visiting prostitutes are relatively unacceptable.

No one cares, so it’s done. But this kind of thing cannot be brought out into the open.

Unless the imperial court abolished the law and completely allowed officials to seek pleasure, no one else would have any right to interfere, but this was impossible.

The officials in the court were all from Confucian backgrounds. Confucianism emphasizes self-cultivation and governing the country, and attaches great importance to personal virtues.

If we really let this kind of thing go, we will have no face at all.

This time, the reason why the Secretariat issued such an edict was because it was reported by the Ministry of Rites.

Speaking of the Ministry of Rites, everyone knew what was going on.

After all, this wasn't the first time he had done this.

He had previously caused unrest in the imperial court, and it was only after the Secretariat gave him trouble that he was able to keep quiet for a few months.

That martial arts conference just ended, we can't let him hold another one, right?

Many officials are full of complaints against their superiors.

I don't know what those big shots were thinking, they insisted on sending him to the Ministry of Rites, so now they can't go to brothels, their wives don't dare to offend them, and their parents have to obey them. If they are not careful, they will be suspended from work and fined...

Secretariat.

Several secretaries of the Secretariat were very troubled.

Entertainment venues in Chang'an have been closed for three days.

The King of Han, the King of You, and some powerful and influential people with vested interests have already exerted enough pressure on the Secretariat.

They can't afford to offend these people.

If the matter of officials visiting prostitutes is investigated seriously, wouldn't the entire court be turned upside down?

But if they don't investigate seriously, they won't be able to give an explanation to the Ministry of Rites, and soon it will be Li Xuanjing's turn to investigate them.

Being accused of being passive and inactive is enough to make them suffer.

Neither side can be offended, and the Secretariat is caught in the middle.

Before appointing Li Nuo as the Deputy Minister of Rites, they had not imagined that he could cause such a big disturbance in such a small Ministry of Rites.

The best way is to transfer him from the Ministry of Rites and arrange for him to work in a government office that cannot cause any trouble.

That's what they used to think.

But who could have thought that he would start to act up as soon as the martial arts conference ended.

There are certain rules for the transfer of officials. Daxia officials cannot be transferred to other positions within six months of taking office unless they have committed serious faults.

He has only been working here for two months, so there is no way to transfer him even if we want to.

Du Yu felt like he had no desire to live when he thought about having to endure his torture for another four months.

At this time, a voice said: "I have a solution."

Du Yu immediately looked over and said, "Master Zhang, what can you do?"

Last time, it was Zhang Sheren who came up with the idea of ​​letting Li Nuo organize a martial arts conference to divert his attention.

His method brought stability to the Secretariat for several months.

When he spoke again this time, Du Yu immediately placed all his hopes on him.

Zhang Sheren stroked his beard while saying, "Although he cannot be transferred horizontally within half a year, he can be promoted. Why not give him a half-level promotion and let him go..."

Du Yu withdrew his gaze, thinking that he had come up with some good idea. If an official had outstanding political achievements or made great contributions during his tenure, he could indeed break the six-month limit and be promoted.

But has he accomplished anything?

Besides, as the top scholar in the imperial examination, he was promoted to the sixth rank when he first joined the company. After only two months, he was going to be promoted...

It is easy to be promoted, but difficult to be demoted. In the future, as long as he does not commit any serious mistakes, he can only be transferred horizontally or further promoted. Wouldn't he have more power in his hands this way?

Du Yu shook his head and said, "He has only been employed for two months and has no achievements. How can he be promoted?"

Zhang Sheren said, "No, no, the martial arts world has always been an unstable factor. He has been in office for two months and has strengthened the relationship between the court and the martial arts world. For the first time, he has made the martial arts world and the court sign an agreement to jointly maintain local public security. This is a groundbreaking event. Isn't it a great achievement?"

He looked at everyone and continued, "As for merit, it all depends on what the Ministry of Personnel says. Just find a reason to give him a half-level promotion and transfer him to a marginal government office where he can't cause any trouble for ten or eight years. Wouldn't that make the court peaceful..."

(End of this chapter)