How to choose the official residence given by the Son of Heaven is a science.

First of all, we must recognize our own position, and then clearly realize our position in the heart of the Son of Heaven, and the size of the house is closely related to our position. If the greed is not enough to pick a big house, the household department is naturally willing to give it, but when it reaches Li Longji's ears, how will he take care of Gu Qing?

It's just an eight-rank official, pick a house closest to the palace and Suzaku Street, and let those courtiers of the principality and the prince of the country think of him?

If you know how to advance and retreat, and know how to measure, you will definitely live a long life.

Du Zhi Langzhong politely led Gu Qing to Pingkangfang, where there was a mansion that used to be a prisoner of a certain Ministry of Rites, which had been vacant for several years, and Gu Qing immediately refused when he saw the position.

Pingkangfang is close to Xingqing Palace and Shengyefang, which is the place where the top magnates of the Tang Dynasty live, Li Longji's brothers live in Shengyefang, and Li Linfu, the prime minister of the dynasty, lives in Pingkangfang.

If Gu Qingruo chooses to settle in Pingkangfang, he doesn't know how many enemies he will make.

After taking a turn in Pingkangfang, Gu Qing left immediately, and then told Du Zhilangzhong that he needed a remote location, and the house didn't need to be too big, just enough to live.

Du Zhilangzhong suddenly understood Gu Qing's thoughts, and smiled at him admiringly.

The young man has seen a lot of proud people, Gu Qing is the only special case, he can still maintain such a calm and sober mind when the Son of Heaven is gradually rising, this young man's future is definitely more than this.

So Du Zhilang took Gu Qing to Changle Fang, not far from Dongshi, two squares away from Xingqing Palace, and the location was also in the east of Chang'an City, which was relatively remote.

Changle Fang also has several official residences, Gu Qing looked at them separately, and finally settled on one of them.

This is a three-way small courtyard style house, the yard is not big, but the decoration is quite exquisite, there is a small pond in the middle courtyard, a pavilion in the middle of the pond, the water surface is spread with lotus leaves and lotus flowers, there are four or five wing rooms in the backyard, enough to live.

Du Zhilang told Gu Qing with a smile that this is the smallest official residence in Changle Fang, and it used to be the mansion of a seven-grade Xuanyilang, and later this Xuanyilang committed an accident, and the whole family was exiled to Qiannan, and this house was taken over by the household department, and it has been vacant for more than two years.

Gu Qing thought about it and felt that this mansion should be considered suitable, so he happily settled down.

After sending Du Zhilangzhong away, Gu Qing called Hao Donglai and Shi Daxing over, showed them around their houses, and then asked them to find someone to redecorate again.

"Shaolang-kun is amazing! How old is this, I have earned a property in Chang'an empty-handed, the housing prices in Chang'an are precious, Rao is a wealthy businessman like me, I have to think left and right if I want to buy a house in Chang'an, these days I gritted my teeth and hesitated for a long time, or reluctant to settle in the long-term housing ......" Hao Donglai looked envious.

Gu Qing glanced at him, today's Hao Donglai and Shi Daxing had colors on their faces again, no need to ask, it must have been a violent conflict between the two yesterday, a few days ago, they swore in front of him that they would love each other from now on, the oath was still in their ears, and the two of them moved again, and the mountain alliance and the sea swore that it was like eating cabbage, scumbag.

"How expensive is the house price in Chang'an?" Gu Qing asked curiously.

Shi Daxing sighed: "Look at the location, look at the size, ordinary people can't afford it, even the wealthy businessmen may not be able to afford it, let's just say that Shaolangjun's house, the location is biased, the size is also appropriate, if you buy it in Chang'an, it will take about a middle-class family to buy it without eating or drinking for decades, which is equivalent to about one hundred and fifty taels of silver cakes." ”

Gu Qing's eyes flashed, if he united with some businessmen in Chang'an and started a real estate speculation group, he would definitely make a lot of money.

It's a pity that this method of making money is too lacking in morality, and in the end, it is the people who suffer, Gu Qing just flashed a thought and gave up.

"The middle courtyard will leave you two wings, choose for yourself, you won't need to live in a guest house in the future, this place will barely be your own home." Gu Qing said briskly.

The two were overjoyed and hurriedly saluted and thanked them.

"The money for the renovation of the house is coming out!" Shi Daxing took the lead.

Hao Donglai was not to be outdone: "I paid for hiring a housekeeper and a handyman!" ”

Shi Daxing's face changed instantly, and he glared at him viciously: "I'm double!" ”

Hao Donglai was furious: "I'll give four times!" I hired two hundred people to wait for Shao Langjun! ”

"I ...... I invited your most beautiful concubine from Qingcheng County to be a wet nurse for Shaolangjun! Shi Daxing blushed and said.

Hao Donglai's brain was suddenly congested, and he was just about to turn his face, when he saw Gu Qing's shocked expression, he immediately changed his words: "Why did my concubine ask you to invite it?" If Shaolangjun doesn't dislike it, he will take her to Chang'an and give it to Shaolangjun immediately, and he will not ask for a pillow to recommend a pillow, and he will be barely competent to rub Shaolangjun's back and wash his feet. ”

Gu Qing looked at them in astonishment, the businessman really had no discipline and no bottom line, and the concubine was also a wife, so he actually said that he would give it away.

But are they not talking more than their brains? Sending a second-hand wife to a young man who is in the middle of his young official fortune, aren't you afraid of offending people? A peerless beauty in one hand, I said that I would worship the handle, and I would worship the handle, what is the appearance of your concubine, don't you count it in your heart?

The most beautiful concubine is obviously Hao Donglai's treasure, although the words were out, but still a little reluctant, so he looked at Gu Qing nervously, and said in a trembling voice: "Shaolangjun, you send a word, and you will immediately bring her to Chang'an." ”

Gu Qing pondered for a moment, smiled and politely refused: "You two, get out of here." ”

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The concubine can not be wanted, but the two shopkeepers patted their chests and contracted the house to repair and hire a housekeeper, so there is no need to refuse this.

Early the next morning, Gu Qing entered Zuowei's Mansion on an errand as usual, and Zhou Cangcao greeted him with a bright smile.

A few days after Gu Qing was taken out of prison, Zhou Cangcao also went to prison, and later a decree came out in the palace, Lu Chengping was imprisoned for three days, and Zhou Cangcao and Gu Qing were released at the same time. After being released from prison, Zhou Cangcao didn't know where to find out the reason for the turn of the storm, so he became more and more polite and respectful to Gu Qing.

In the eyes of high-level officials in the court, Gu Qing is of course an insignificant role, Li Longji's disposal of Lu Chengping has nothing to do with Gu Qing at all, but in the eyes of a low-level official like Zhou Cangcao, this is Gu Qing's holy favor, the Son of Heaven personally avenged Gu Qing's shame, and Gu Qing's future may be limitless, so Zhou Cangcao made up his mind after he was released from prison and hugged Gu Qing's thigh.

Seeing that Gu Qing was almost dying, Zhou Cangcao invited Gu Qing to the side, and told him mysteriously that Lu Xuan, the palace attendant, had a sudden illness last night, and the Lu family invited several famous doctors from Chang'an City to see the illness, and after tossing for half the night, Lu Xuan's illness was still not good, and he sent his servants to send the leave letter to the Yushitai early in the morning, Lu Xuan asked for sick leave, and the sick leave date was undecided, I don't know when it will be better.

Coincidentally, the right minister Li Linfu's condition happened to be aggravated last night, and the famous doctor of Chang'an City was not seen in the Lu family, and was immediately invited into Li Xiang's house.

Gu Qing smiled and listened to Zhou Cangcao talk about the court gossip, but in his heart he admired the Li Linfu who had never met.

After all, the traitorous minister who has left his name for thousands of years has some ability, from the fact that he decisively decided to be seriously ill after judging the situation, and then handed over the power in his hands, but he retained the most important personnel rights and supervision rights, which shows that Li Linfu is clever in his calculations, with the Ministry of Officials and the Imperial History Platform in hand, no matter how much power Chen Xilie has in his hands, it is useless, and he still has to ask Li Linfu for instructions on everything.

Zhou Cangcao also told Gu Qing that less than an hour after Li Linfu's recital entered the palace, the Son of Heaven's reply came down.

Allowed Li Linfu to be invited.

It means to agree to all the requests of Li Linfu on the song, including the transfer of power, including the retention of the Ministry of Officials and the Imperial Historical Tower.

At the same time as approving Li Linfu's recital, Li Longji also gave a reprimand to Li Heng, the prince of the East Palace, saying that he was playful and did not want to learn, and that the East Palace was overly spending, and that he was beautiful and intellectual, so he ordered the East Palace to cut expenses and expel and cut twenty beautiful palace maids.

This will can be described as meaningful, while Li Linfu was suppressed, he timely reminded the East Palace not to be too complacent, and suppressed it on both sides, and the court forces formed a situation of balance between left and right.

Gu Qing secretly sighed, they are all thousand-year-old foxes, and in the future, they must walk on thin ice in the court, and the slightest carelessness will end up being shattered.

A small turmoil arose because of the dispute between Gu Qing and Lu Chengping, and in the end it became an excuse for Li Longji to check and balance the power of the court.

Who said that the elderly Li Longji was dumb and confused? This emperor is about to become a refiner, where is the old fool? He just used his mind in the wrong place, his heart has ignored the suffering of the people in the world, and he only sees the princes of the court, he only wants to balance the court, and he doesn't care whether the world is bitter or not.

There are too many courtiers who boast of the prosperous age, and the emperor can't hear the truth, he really thinks that it is still a prosperous age, and as for the crisis hidden under the ice, no one can see it.

After listening to the gossip, Gu Qing entered the room with satisfaction.

After sitting stupidly all morning, Gu Qing didn't do anything, he still didn't understand what he should do when he ran an errand, the official who joined the army seemed to be able to manage everything, and he could directly give advice to the general, but in fact, there were specific people in the Zuo Wei family's mansion who were in charge of specific errands, and the record of joining the army was probably a character who was pointing fingers at the side.

Of course, Gu Qing doesn't have any career ambitions, he is more willing to be idle, if he doesn't take the initiative to find him on errands, he will definitely not take the initiative to find something to do.

sat stupidly until noon, a eunuch came to the Xingqing Palace, under the gaze of countless generals and officials of the Zuowei Prince's Mansion, the eunuch walked into Gu Qing's errand room with a whisk, and told Gu Qing with a sharp voice that tomorrow the concubine Niangniang Qujiang Pondside Garden will hold a banquet, and order the Zuowei Princess's Mansion to join the army Gu Qing will go to the banquet tomorrow.

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