"Mr. Cen?" Not only did Liu Qi puzzle himself, but Li Quan was even more puzzled. He couldn't help but say softly.

"This is related to things in the officialdom, and I am not convenient for me to say. Li Quan, after you go home, you can tell the elders of the clan what happened today and listen to how the elders comment." Cen Shen said after hearing Li Quan's words.

"Yes, Mr. Cen, I know." Since Cen Shen said this, Li Quan could not ask questions anymore; and he also felt that Cen Shen was indeed inconvenient to explain to him about official affairs, and would not ask questions anymore.

'But I have no elders to ask! Who will I go and ask Zhang Hu?' Liu Qi complained in his heart. But he just complained, and he actually didn't care. He was just a little soldier, and when he became an official, he just went from being a small official above the eighth rank and could not get involved in the struggles of the upper class.

After such a struggle, Cen Shen and Li Quan had no intention of drinking again. Although Liu Qi was happy, he still wanted to drink, but how could he force them to stay with him to eat together? He had to settle the bill and walk out of the restaurant with them. Li Quan and Cen Shen wanted to go back to the government office. The Jiancao Yamen in Suoye Town was eastward to the northeast of the city. Gao Xianzhi's current residence was near the military camp in the west north of the city. So Li Quan and Cen Shen and Liu Qi said goodbye to each other in front of the restaurant, and walked eastward.

When saying goodbye, Liu Qi was thinking about how to say goodbye to Cen Shen and go to another place to have a drink. But as soon as he said goodbye to Li Quan, Cen Shen took him to an alley and said to him: "Liu Qi, when you return to Yuluzhou, you must pay attention to one thing: make friends with people from local backgrounds, you must be cautious."

"Mr. Cen, what is this?" Liu Qi was puzzled.

"The local tribes are more concerned about the interests of the family and may not completely obey the orders of the yamen; the governors and the town generals are naturally aware of this, but to govern one party, one must rely on the local tribes, and only local people can be hired as officials."

"There were few scholars in the Central Plains, and even fewer scholars in the Central Plains who were eighty or nine ranks or even less than aristocratic officials. Each of them must be valued by the yamen. However, if you have had a close relationship with people from local families, you may be suspicious of the Shangguan, and you may not be promoted or even deposed after an opportunity. Therefore, you must not have a close relationship with them, and remember it."

"If you make friends with people from ordinary local families, it depends on whether the person tends to be local tribes. If you tend to be, you cannot make friends; if you tend to be yamen or have no tendencies, it doesn't matter if you make friends." Cen Shen said.

‘Mr. Cen should mean: First of all, the yamen have both cooperation and struggle with the local tribes; secondly, there are few people in the Central Plains, so as a person in the Central Plains, they are automatically counted as the yamen camp and must stand on the yamen’s side; thirdly, since they belong to the yamen camp, they cannot have a good relationship with the people in the opposite camp, otherwise they will be suspected of being rebelled and killed by the bosses of the camp.’ After hearing what Cen Shen said, Liu Qi repeated it in his own words in his heart.

‘Thinking of this, it’s self-evident why this passage is not said before Li Quan. Although Li Quan is not from Luzhou, he is also from the Anxi family. When Cen Shen said this in front of him, Li Quan was embarrassed, and Li Quan could not help but be embarrassed.’

"I can also explain that Tang Zhen General and Zhang Biejia's "robbing" me. There are very few scholars in the Central Plains who come to Anxi; even if there are, they will not be small officials like military or saviors, and there are not many like me. Tang Zhen General and Zhang Biejia's "robbing" me because of this. But I still feel that the reasons are not sufficient." Liu Qi thought.

In fact, Tang Zhen generals 'robbed' him with Zhang Biejia, and there was another reason for acting in front of Wang Zheng. Wang Zhengjian had no qualifications and prestige enough. Even if he became a governor, he would have doubts about people whose qualifications and prestige were no less than him. Suoye Town general Tang Feng and the Governor of the Luzhou and several other Governors were like this. In order to avoid being suppressed, they would better show conflicts between each other and reassure Wang Zhengjian.

It just so happened that Tang Feng and the Governor of the Luzhou were really not in good relationship before, so Tang Feng then jumped out to fight with Zhang Biejia, the Governor of the Luzhou, in person. Zhang Biejia also understood the move.

If Liu Qi could know this, he would definitely sigh: "Sure enough, those who can become high-ranking officials are all good screenwriters and good actors. Tang Zhen General immediately came up with this short script and started the show without any flaws. Zhang Biejia understood and cooperated with tacit understanding without any prompts. Really, I, a person who has been to college, don't know how to evaluate it, so I can only give three words: I am exhausted!"

"Mr. Cen, can't the yamen and the local tribe work together and work together?" Liu Qi thought for a while and said.

"The interests are different, how can we work together and work together?" Cen Shen smiled. However, he paused and said, "If there is an enemy that is very powerful, no matter whether the yamen or the local tribe alone, the enemy is very rude to the yamen and the local tribe, so that the yamen and the local tribe can unite and work together."

"Where will there be such an enemy?" Liu Qi laughed. Even in the Anshi Rebellion, An Lushan and Shi Siming did not push the aristocratic clan opposite, and he tried his best to fight for it; the big clan in Anxi would not have encountered it.

Cen Shen said a few more words to him and said goodbye to Liu Qi to go to the mansion. Liu Qi hurriedly said, "Mr. Cen, there is still a same route from here to the military camp and the mansion of Gao Jiedu. Qi will send Mr. Cen for another period."

"No." Cen Shen smiled and said, "You don't go back to the military camp, so you don't have to walk a little longer."

"Mr. Cen, how did you say this?" Liu Qi said awkwardly.

"You just got the position of military officer. You were happy to want to drink, how could you go back to the military camp? Go, don't be with me anymore." Cen Shen said with a smile, and turned around and left without waiting for Liu Qi to respond. Liu Qi caught up with him a few more steps, and Cen Shen waved his hand, and he could only stop.

"Mr. Cen is really considerate to others' thoughts. He is so considerate to me, a junior." Liu Qi couldn't help but sigh. "Mr. Cen is still going to Luzhou and give him a gift before leaving to express his respect."

While thinking about what gift to Cen Shen, Liu Qi went to find Zhang Hu. Although he was not with Zhang Hu during the day, he knew where he was. He soon found him and other comrades and had a drink with them, and told them why he was so happy. Zhang Hu and others were happy for him when they heard that Liu Qi was promoted again, and they drank with him. They soon drank and returned to the military camp to sleep.

When they woke up, they went out to celebrate Liu Qi together. Since they were about to set off to return to their garrison tomorrow, all the generals ordered that they were not allowed to drink tonight, and they had to return to the camp before the start of the day. Since they could not drink, Zhang Hu took them to find a affordable restaurant, ordered a few hard dishes, and another one served a bowl of cheese, and started eating.
Chapter completed!