In the fifth year of Taihe, September has not been, and the first three quarters of the year.

Jingzhao Mansion, Chang'an, Jing'an Fang, Li Mansion.

Not long after entering the Li Mansion, Yang Yuqing had already exchanged a few words with the owner of the house, and sat silently across the sea of tea.

Even though his back is usually a little rickety, Yang Yuqing is trying to straighten his waist at this moment.

The owner of this house is the same age as Yang Yuqing, and they are not confused. Although the two of them also have mottled hair and wrinkled faces, people with discerning eyes can faintly see that the person sitting opposite Yang Yuqing has more confidence in his gestures and the viciousness hidden in his eyes than Yang Yuqing himself.

The middle-aged man wore a scarf on his head, an elegant half-arm dress with plain lapels, a silk cloak embroidered with emerald bamboo and silk, a gold ribbon around his waist, and a thumb-sized jade inlaid in the center. The slight wrinkles on the middle-aged man's face did not stop him from radiant.

The person in front of Yang Yuqing is none other than Li Zongmin, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, the head of the Tang Dynasty, the head of the Tang Dynasty, the head of the Tang Dynasty, who is the head of the court, the squire of the Zhongshu department, the squire of the court, the squire of the Zhongshu squire, the Tongping Zhangshi, and the scholar of the Jixian Palace, under one person, and above ten thousand people!

There were already two steaming, good teas in front of them, but neither of them bothered to taste the tea. Yang Yuqing was quietly watching Li Zongmin carefully study the manuscript sent by Li Zhi, and seeing that his complexion was unwavering, he couldn't help but feel a little drumming in his heart.

Yang Yuqing vaguely heard the voices of people in Jing'an Fang outside the mansion, as well as the drumbeat in the distance in the direction of the East Market, which symbolized the opening of the market. The shouts and shouts gradually began to come from afar. However, there was a scream from nowhere, and the dull sound of a wooden staff hitting the flesh, but it sank in a moment.

After a long silence, Yang Yuqing finally opened her mouth to break the silence.

"Loss," since the two had already known each other, Yang Yuqing habitually called Li Zongmin's words, looked at the several pages of documents in the prime minister's hand with concern, and cautiously asked: "Li Zhi sent someone to gallop to send a letter at this moment, Xichuan must have an urgent matter, the letter is ...... What are you writing about? ”

Li Zongmin's face did not change, his tone was calm, with a trace of undeniable majesty in his eyes, and after glancing at Yang Yuqing, he handed him back the paperwork.

Yang Yuqing hurriedly took the document, raised her eyes and quietly glanced at Li Zongmin's expression, it was still as inconspicuous as ever, and it was difficult to judge whether this document was written as a good thing or a bad thing.

said that it was a document, but it was actually a good silk paper, although Yang Yuqing had seen Li Zhi's regular script handwriting, but it was the first time he had seen it so carefully and neatly.

And when he saw the first sentence, Yang Yuqing was shocked, because the first sentence read: "Li Mouzhi, deputy envoy of the Nanxichuan Jiedu of the Chenjian, impeached the envoy of the Xichuan Jiedu and the envoy of the Chengdu Yin Li Moude Yulitong foreign conspiratorial rebellion......"

This is not an ordinary document at all, it is actually an impeachment petition submitted to the Son of Heaven!

I don't know why Li Zongmin can be so calm and composed, Yang Yuqing, who has not read carefully, has already felt a cold sweat running down his spine at this time, and the note that should have been handed over to the Son of Heaven was written to Prime Minister Li Zongmin.

The content of the recital impeached Li Deyu for a number of crimes, colluding with the Tibetan defenders, abandoning the alliance and breaking the treaty, levying money extensively, expanding armaments, recruiting northern soldiers, and being suspected of conspiracy to secede the country, and the memo also mentioned the rebellion of Liu Pi in Xichuan more than 20 years ago with ulterior motives. Yang Yuqing knew in her heart that if this impeachment sheet was handed over to the Son of Heaven, it would presumably force Li Deyu to the death penalty.

But...... Yang Yuqing thought about it for a while, and was secretly happy in her heart.

If Li Deyu is eliminated, the people who are good friends with the DPRK and China will inevitably be implicated, and the Chang'an court will presumably have a big shock, and countless officials will be exiled and demoted. And Yang Yuqing is a good friend, and he is an old friend with Li Zongmin, so presumably in order to fill the vacancy, he will definitely be promoted Yang Yuqing.

"I have to say, it's really good that Li Zhi grasped the opportunity...... Yang Yuqing said with a smile: "The surrender of Victoria can be called a great achievement." If there was no confession from Li Zhi, Li Deyu would have done it...... At that time, if the sage praises Li Deyu and allows him to enter the court as an official with the honor of meritorious service, the situation of you and Niu Xiang will not be good. ”

However, I didn't expect that this word, which was originally intended to compliment Li Zongmin's nephew Li Zhi, actually cast a layer of gloom on Li Zongmin's expression.

"He, Li Deyu, entered the court as an official, how could he threaten the status of me and Niu Xianggong? You just look down on it like that? ”

"Uh...... Of course not, don't misunderstand," Yang Yuqing hurriedly explained, and in a panic, he respectfully changed his name to "Xianggong", "Shi Gao means ......"

Li Zongmin raised his hand to interrupt him, but he didn't care very much, just slowly picked up the teacup, blew off the foam on the surface, and took a small sip.

"This Rokuro...... It's just that I've been in Xichuan for a long time and wants to be an official in Beijing. But it's not that I don't want to use him...... Unfortunately, a few years ago, Du Yuanying was the envoy of the Xichuan Festival, and he was good friends with Li Deyu. Later, Guo Zhao was appointed as the envoy of the Xichuan Festival, Guo Gong was old and faint, and he didn't let it go, and Liulang couldn't leave at all; Now it's Li Deyu again, it is estimated that Liulang can't stay still, and in order to enter Beijing, he began to write nonsense! ”

Yang Yuqing was confused for a moment, then carefully looked at the content of the recital, and asked cautiously: "Xianggong is saying that the recital is not convincing enough?" ”

"That's not it," Li Zongmin stroked his chin leisurely, and his words were extremely relaxed, "Look at who has paid in the end, there must be persuasiveness." ”

Yang Yuqing flipped the note to the end, and found that in addition to Li Zhi's own signature and seal, there were also the signatures and handprints of more than a dozen officials of Xichuan Chengdu Prefecture.

Nishikawa ...... Tooth soldier Zhonglang general Yang Zong? Yang Yuqing said in a low voice, as if he was guessing whether this person was the same clan as himself.

"Exactly," Li Zongmin sneered coldly, "Li Deyu, Li Deyu, I have been cautious all my life, but I didn't expect to be hit by my own teeth." Presumably, in order to win over this person, Liulang gave a lot of benefits, and it is estimated that after this incident, we will be able to see this person in Chang'an......"

Indeed, without this person's handprint and signature, it is very likely that the whole petition would have been considered by the Son of Heaven as part of the party's mutual attack. However, if there is a confession from the Ya General, considering the special role of the Tooth General in the feudal town, the persuasiveness of this note is completely different.

"That'...... Xianggong's meaning, Shi Gao is still a little unclear, what's wrong with this performance? ”

"You, we've known each other for so long, don't you still know how to be an official?" Li Zongmin took a sip of tea, did not directly answer Yang Yuqing's question, pointed to the silverfish bag on Yang Yuqing's waist, and asked: "If you want this son to sit firmly, what do you think is the most important thing?" ”

Yang Yuqing was silent. Although Li Zongmin and Yang Yuqing are of the same age, at this moment Yang Yuqing only feels like a student who has just entered the officialdom.

"Plea for the people? First in the world? That's all for scholars in the sage books, even if the people of Victoria die later, you and me...... What's the point? Li Zongmin didn't wait for Yang Yuqing to reply, patted the palm of his right hand with the back of his left hand, and then pointed up with the index finger of his right hand, and then said: "The most important thing is ...... It's to know what you want! ”

"Last year, Li Deyu first entered Xichuan, and soon after Nanzhao entered the Kou, Chengdu was in ruins, he wrote to the sage, asking for the repair of the fortress, extensive collection of wealth, and recruitment of northern soldiers to replenish armaments, Shigao, do you remember?"

Yang Yuqing remembered that there was indeed such a thing last year, and the Son of Heaven also sent this performance to the Zhongshu Province and handed it over to the ministers for discussion, and many courtiers from the Niu Xiang faction suggested against it, but in the end, the Son of Heaven made a decision.

"How did he Li Deyu write?" …… His courtiers suggested that those who objected should not be blamed for the trouble, and they should be kept in the court, and if he was defeated, he should not let the ministers be the constitution of the country alone. Li Zongmin said slowly.

Yang Yuqing knew that this was the last paragraph of Li Deyu's original recital. Li Deyu has always acted cautiously, and he was afraid that if the court opposed the request of the court, he would definitely be the one who carried the black pot in the end, so he deliberately added this sentence, which was regarded as leaving a way back. Yang Yuqing couldn't help but begin to admire Li Zongmin, and couldn't imagine that after a year, he could still clearly remember the original words written by his political opponent.

"Think about it again, what did the saint say in the first place?" Li Zongmin said coldly, not giving Yang Yuqing time to think about it at all.

"All from it......"

"Then Shi Gao, take a look at it again, what are the charges against Li Deyu in this report?"

Yang Yuqing had an epiphany that Li Zhi had indeed listed Li Deyu's extensive collection of wealth and expansion of armaments as one of the crimes.

"Here's the problem, if this recital is presented to the emperor as it is, what will the saint think?" Li Zongmin's voice, with a hint of coldness, continued to come: "Li Zhilie's two charges, are they Li Deyu, the envoy of Xichuan Jiedu, or a saint?" ”

P.S: Here is a little popular science, in the Tang Dynasty, I like to use the residence with the official position to call others, such as the prime minister Li Zongmin in the article, because he lives in Jing'an Fang, the prime minister's honorific title is Xianggong, so colleagues will call Jing'an Xianggong on behalf of him. In the same way, Li Deyu was the envoy of the Xichuan Festival at this time, so there will be a situation where the word "Xichuan" will be used to refer to Li Deyu in the future.

P.S.S: The prime ministers of the middle and late Tang Dynasty were different from those of the early Tang Dynasty, and they often found the four words "Tongping Zhangshi" in their official positions, which is the abbreviation of "Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi". The two provinces of Zhongshu and Menxia are the center of government affairs, and the Pingzhang matter under the Zhongshu Door is to negotiate with Zhongshu and Menxia to deal with government affairs, in short, it is the same as the prime minister. For example, Li Zongmin is a Zhongshu Shilang (on the fourth grade), plus the same Ping Zhangshi (similar to the prime minister, above the third grade), so his clothes are not just the crimson robe of the fourth grade, but the purple robe that can only be worn by officials above the third grade.