The registration is very simple, that is, the officials of the Ministry Department make a record of the record, and it will soon be over, Guo Song immediately followed Liu Ji to his official room, Liu Ji poured a cup of tea for Guo Song and said: "There have been a lot of rumors about you recently, most of them are unfavorable to you, you have to understand what it means to be three people into a tiger, all kinds of unfavorable remarks are piled up, which is enough to influence the opinion of the superiors about you." ”

"If you have any unfavorable remarks, Brother Liu might as well tell me!" Guo Song said calmly.

"There are many, for example, some people say that you have no court, no son of heaven, and reach major decisions on behalf of the court and the Sijie Department without authorization, and some people say that you embezzle the spoils of war and take a large amount of gold and jewelry for yourself, and some people say that you openly violate the laws of the court and grant land to the people without authorization, and some people say that you are flying high and domineering, and oppressing the local gentry, these are nothing, the most important thing is two, one is that you are too ambitious, and you have installed henchmen to control the army, and there are signs of becoming a feudal town, and there are also people who say that you secretly dragged the Shuofang army back, resulting in the defeat of the Shuo army."

Guo Song was furious, who was spreading his rumors in the court.

He restrained his anger and said, "This kind of baseless nonsense, the imperial court also believes it? ”

Liu Ji sighed, "That's why I said that the three of them became tigers, in fact, the imperial court is already verifying these rumors one by one, Guo Yuanjun, have you offended anyone?" As a result, some people spared no effort to attack you, and even Chang Xiangguo decided that you had a problem, so he persuaded the Son of Heaven to summon you back to investigate. ”

Liu Ji mentioned Xiangguo Chang Gon, Guo Song immediately understood, I am afraid that this matter is related to the Zhang family, it seems that he really underestimated the relationship between Chang Gon and the Zhang family.

After pondering for a moment, Guo Song asked, "What is the relationship between Li Huaiguang and Chang Xiangguo?" ”

"I heard that Li Huaiguang was recommended by Chang Xiangguo."

Liu Ji suddenly understood what Guo Song meant, and he asked in a low voice: "You mean, it was Chang Xiangguo who stabbed you in the back?" ”

Guo Song said lightly: "I didn't say that he stabbed me in the back, but I was answering your question, you asked me who I offended, I did offend Chang Xiangguo." ”

........

Guo Song came out of the military department, and then went to the East Palace, but was told that His Royal Highness the Prince went to Fengxiang Mansion, and it would take a few days to return, so he had to go back to the Taoist Temple unhappily, and at noon, Guo Song's Ministry saw Yan Zhenqing.

Yan Zhenqing took him to a newly opened teahouse, and the two sat down in a box on the second floor, Yan Zhenqing said with a smile: "I'm not used to boiling tea, but I still like to drink sencha." ”

There are two ways to drink tea in the Tang Dynasty, ordinary people drink boiled tea, put a little salt and other seasonings, and finally eat it together with the tea powder, and the literati Yashi thought that this drinking method was crude, so they changed to the sencha method, used spring water to sencha, and finally went to the end of the tea to drink tea, this way of drinking tea has high requirements for tea and water, so Lu Yu introduced the benefits of various teas and spring water in detail in the Book of Tea.

This newly opened teahouse is famous for its good water, which is quite popular with officials and literati, and its business is good.

"How does Toyosu drink tea?" Yan Zhenqing asked with a smile again.

Guo Song shook his head and smiled: "I mainly drink milk tea in Fengzhou, also because every household has cheese, everyone will put a little when making tea, I will drink some sencha myself, the water is good, but unfortunately the tea is not very good, this time I am also going to buy some good tea cakes to go back." ”

Yan Zhenqing smiled, "I'll give you two catties of Mengding tea when I go back, a real tribute tea, so that you can taste good tea." ”

At this time, the maid came in and served them tea, Yan Zhenqing waved his hand and asked the maid to stand back, he poured Guo Song a full cup of tea, and said lightly: "The court has changed a lot this year, you know!" ”

Guo Song nodded, "I just heard today that the Zhizheng Hall has disappeared." ”

"The Zhizheng Hall is still there, to be precise, the multi-phase voting system has disappeared, I am now qualified to be a minister, but I do not have the real power of the country, and now I have the real power of the country, only the right minister Chang Gon and the left minister Han Rong, the other three ministers are all imaginary, each in charge of a piece, like I am in charge of the Ministry of Officials, Duan Xiushi is in charge of the Criminal Department, Li Mian is in charge of the Central Plains, only when the Son of Heaven holds a small court meeting, we will attend."

"But in this way, is Chang Gon too powerful, will he become the second Yuanzai?"

Yan Zhenqing sighed and said: "It stands to reason that as a check and balance on the monarchy, the right minister should indeed hold great power, and the left minister as a subordinate servant, his existence is to check and balance the right minister, the system itself is good, but the key is to look at the people."

What does Changgon say? It is true that he hates corruption and attaches great importance to imperial examinations and education, but he is stubborn and does not listen to persuasion, and he has a serious factional mentality, reusing alliances and suppressing dissidents, which is indeed no different from Yuan Zai. ”

Guo Song nodded, what he was concerned about now was not how the system was, but the troubles he was facing, and he said to Yan Zhenqing: "Li Huaiguang failed miserably in the grassland, I don't know what the imperial court will do with him?" ”

Yan Zhenqing smiled and said, "You are actually concerned about whether you will be implicated in Li Huaiguang's fiasco!" ”

"Yes!"

Guo Song did not deny it, he said frankly: "I only learned today that there are all kinds of rumors about me in the imperial court, and I actually said that I negotiated with the Sijie Department on behalf of the Tang Dynasty without authorization, and that I caused Sijie to send troops to attack the Tang Army, which is obviously trying to put the responsibility for the fiasco of the Shuofang Army on my head, and I must not accept it." ”

"But Li Huaiguang's report said that he sent troops to exterminate Xue Yantuo's troops because you instigated him, so he rashly sent troops, is this a fact?"

Guo Song was speechless, he shook his head and said: "I didn't expect him to be shameless to this point, I suggested that I join forces with him to exterminate Xue Yantuo's department, he rejected my suggestion, and as a result, he sent troops himself, but now he is beating a rake, and he actually said that I instigated him to send troops, he is a dignified temperance envoy, will he be instigated by others?" ”

Yan Zhenqing was silent for a moment and said, "As a person, I am willing to believe you, but the imperial court did get some evidence against you, so you have to be mentally prepared." ”

"What evidence do you have for me, embezzling gold loot?" Guo Song sneered.

"It's not this, but the Sijie envoy admitted that last autumn, you sent someone to the Sijie Department to send a letter to the Sijie Khan, and the Sijie Khan sent troops to Xue Yantuo at your request, you don't deny this matter!"

"But there is such a thing, but I wrote a letter to Sijie Khan in my personal name, not on behalf of the Tang Dynasty, and I can't talk about representing the imperial court without authorization."

Yan Zhenqing sighed slightly, "In fact, it is more troublesome in the name of a person, the imperial court is the most taboo for border generals and grassland nomadic tribes to collude in private, and the Son of Heaven has not expressed his position on the matter, which shows that he is also dissatisfied in his heart, you must not do this kind of thing again, unless you are authorized by the Son of Heaven, you have to remember." ”

Guo Song was speechless for a while.

........

Two days passed in a flash, and this morning, Guo Song was sitting in the dining hall eating breakfast, when he saw Qingfeng hurriedly running, "Uncle Shi, someone is looking for you outside!" ”

"Who is looking for me?"

"I don't know, it seems to be from the palace."

Guo Song put down his chopsticks, got up and walked out quickly, only to see two white-faced bearded men standing outside the Taoist temple, wearing the official uniforms of the chamberlain, each leading a horse.

"Are you looking for me?" Guo Song stepped forward and asked.

"Are you Guo Song?"

As soon as the chamberlain spoke, his voice was sharp and thin, obviously a eunuch.

Guo Song nodded, "I am!" ”

"We are the chamberlain of the East Palace, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince summoned you, you clean up a little and go over as soon as possible!"

After the two of them finished explaining, they turned over and left.

It turned out that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had returned, and Guo Song hurriedly went back to change into an official uniform, and rode to the imperial city with a few people everywhere.

Not long after, he came to the Taiji Palace Changle Gate, the east of the Taiji Palace is the East Palace, that is, the place where the prince lives, reads and deals with court affairs, and the north of the East Palace is connected to the Daming Palace through the Xuande Gate.

Guo Song turned over and dismounted, handed the horses to Kang Bao, and instructed them: "You can wait outside the palace, I should come out soon." ”

"Make your own beware!"

Guo Song nodded, entered the Changle Gate with the fish card, and came to the Qinzheng Hall where the Son of Heaven dealt with court affairs, and the two eunuchs who went to the Taoist Temple to summon him had been waiting here for a long time.

"Guo Envoy, please come with us, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been waiting for a long time."

"When did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince return to Beijing?" Guo Song asked as he walked.

"When I returned to Beijing yesterday evening, I summoned Guo Yuanjun when I came back, indicating that the weight of the envoy in the heart of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not light!"

Guo Song smiled slightly, "The two fathers-in-law have won the award!" ”

After a while, the three of them came to the prince's study, and a eunuch went in to report, and soon came out and said: "Guo Yuanjun, Your Highness invites you in, please!" ”

Guo Song tidied up his clothes a little and walked quickly into the prince's study.