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Tokyo Kaifeng Mansion, Prime Minister's Mansion of Fan Qian, in the study. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yang Jiong, the official of the five-room official hall, stood in front of Fan Zhen and said, "Xianggong, someone is coming from the north." ”

Fan Qian, who was reviewing the official document, did not look up, until the last word was approved, then he picked up the teacup and asked Yang Jiong lightly: "Which north?" ”

Yang Jiong has followed Fan Zhen for many years, not only is he loyal, but he is also very good at doing things, but the fly in the ointment is: he is not mediocre, and he is arrogant when he gets power.

Therefore, although Fan Zhen promoted Yang Jiong's official to the fifth grade, he still did not let him out to take charge of himself.

Mention the officials of the five-room public affairs hall, and compare them with the officialdom powers of later generations, which is actually equivalent to the director of the General Office of the State Council.

It's just that although Yang Jiong's power is heavy, his official level is very low, far from reaching the level of a minister.

Fan Zhen can be like a finger in the political hall, thanks to Yang Jiong's great efforts in it, and because of this, the prime minister's mansion study is completely unguarded against Yang Jiong and allows him to come and go freely.

This is also the cleverness of Fan Qian's officials, for flawed henchmen, since they are given heavy power, they are not given too high ranks, and they are extremely close in private.

Yang Jiong is not without complaints in private, but Fan Qian's attention to him, no one knows inside and out, and who doesn't know?

"Xianggong, it was Yelu Huge, the privy envoy of the Khitan Kingdom, who sent someone to Kaifeng Mansion, and I don't know where to get the news, but I actually found the student's disciple." Yang Jiong has always spoken very straight to Fan Zhen and never hid it.

If it were someone else, Fan Zhen would definitely suspect that he had been bribed by the Khitans.

Yang Jiong himself is a post-official of the Wufang Public Affairs Hall, and he is also a well-known confidant of the prime minister, so many years, he has already owned a lot of shops inside and outside Kaifeng City, as well as at least more than 50,000 acres of fertile land.

The Great Zhou court couldn't help but annex land, as long as Yang Jiong didn't take improper means to oppress the people and take advantage of it, let alone 50,000 mu of fertile land, even if it was 500,000 mu, no one would dare to talk more.

Let Yang Jiongxian get rich, in fact, Fan Zhen has always connived and acquiesced, and many times he turned a blind eye.

Yang Jiong is in such an important position, if he accepts bribes or takes cards, it is not only his reputation that will be ruined.

In addition to his good observation of the will and his abundant experience in political struggles, the good reputation he gained because of his self-cleanliness has actually helped a lot.

"Beauyo, what can't you and me say to each other, as for such a slurry?" Fan Zhen knew in his heart that something must have happened, so he deliberately pretended to be displeased, and glanced at Yang Jiong, who was a little hesitant.

"The person sent by Yelu Hugo told the students that the king of Wei and the prince were not dead, and they were all in his hands. Not only that, but the secret envoy sent by Yelu Hugo also brought a personal token from the King of Wei. Yang Jiong took out a jade pendant from his arms and respectfully handed it to Fan Qian's hand.

Although Fan Zhen was extremely shocked in his heart, he quietly took the jade pendant, looked at it carefully, and immediately concluded that this was obviously a gift from the palace.

If Fan Zhen is not mistaken, this jade pendant should be a token given to Fu Yanqing, the king of Wei, when the first emperor Chai Rong married the current empress dowager.

If you insist on tracing back to the source, this jade pendant is actually the main palace of the Taizu of this dynasty - the belongings of Empress Shengmu, who is also the aunt of the first emperor Chai Rong.

Empress Shengmu Chai was originally a concubine next to Zhuangzong in the Later Tang Dynasty, and after Zhuangzong died and Mingzong succeeded to the throne, he sent all the women around Chai and other emperors home.

At that time, Guo Wei, the Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty, because of his humble background, even if he wanted to buy an official with no money in his pocket, he didn't want to be favored by the Chai family, who had a rich family, and gave him all his money to help Guo Wei buy a real official position.

Guo Wei is indeed a lover, and the first thing he did after ascending the throne was to establish the Chai clan as the queen. Later, because of his love for the house and Wu, he made Chai Rong, the nephew of the Chai family, the prince, and strongly arranged for Chai Rong to ascend the throne before his death.

Therefore, after the death of Queen Shengmu, Guo Wei has always carried this jade pendant with him, and never leaves him day and night.

After Chai Rong ascended the throne and became emperor, because he was grateful for the kindness of his adoptive mother, he kept this jade pendant with him all the time, seeing things and thinking about people.

It wasn't until Chai Rong married the second daughter of the Fu family that it was given to the Fu family.

Coincidentally, the wedding envoy who went to the Fu family that time was not a bystander, but the deputy prime minister at that time.

"What does Brother Jeruxiu want to do?" Fan Zhen knew very well in his heart that the insatiable Khitan people suddenly took the initiative to come to the door, and it was definitely a weasel who entered the chicken coop and was not at ease.

"Yelu Huge's envoy said that if you want to welcome your father-in-law and uncle, you must send Li Wuji to Shangjing of the Khitan Kingdom to greet him in person." Yang Jiong spit out word by word, and finally said the true purpose of Brother Yelu Xiu.

"Hmph, the Khitan Tartars are a good wishful thinking." Fan Zhen said this, but he was secretly frightened, Yelu Hugo deserved to be an old treacherous and slippery Tartar.

If Chai Rong is still in power, Yelu Huge's ghost idea will definitely not succeed.

Fools know that in today's Great Zhou Dynasty, apart from Li Zhongyi, there is really no second famous commander who can resist the Khitans.

After Li Zhongyi led his army north, although the road traffic along the way was cut off by the Khitans, the news was not smooth.

However, Fan Zhen knew in his heart that if Li Zhongyi had been defeated and died, it would be impossible for Brother Yelu Xiu to secretly send someone to Kaifeng to sow discord.

More importantly, through the matter of Yelu Hugo's secret envoy, Fan Zhen was keenly aware that Li Zhongyi was likely to turn the world upside down in the Khitan country, and the results were quite great.

"What do you think, Beaujo?" Fan Zhen picked up the teacup and looked at Yang Jiong thoughtfully.

Yang Jiong sighed and said, "If the first emperor is still here, this matter will not need to be discussed at all. It's just that the queen mother is a female stream after all, and her biological father and brother are ...... by the Khitans You are the prime minister of the DPRK, and no one can afford to take advantage of this! ”

I have to say that Yang Jiong is an extremely smart person, and his short words just hit Fan Zhen's biggest heart disease.

In fact, Fan Zhen has long thought of the danger, when he was in power, if the Empress Dowager Fu's father and brother were not smoothly replaced, resulting in a tragic death at the hands of the Khitans, hehe, his position as prime minister, it is difficult to sit safely.

"Xianggong, in recent times, Wang Pu has been summoned by the Queen Mother alone, and the omen is not good!" Yang Jiong is very familiar with Fan Zhi's temper, and his words happened to hit another taboo of Fan Xianggong.

Among the eight phases in the court, except for Li Zhongyi, who led the army to the battle, among the remaining ones, Li Gu and Wang Pu were the most unruly, and the two of them were above the court and repeatedly contradicted Fan quality in public.

Several prime ministers in the political hall, except for Wang Pu and Li Gu, who are old political enemies, Li Yun recently used the excuse of border unrest to make a fuss about returning to his lair.

The second minister, Wei Renpu, was obviously enthusiastic about the position of prime minister, but he pretended to be a good man, and sat back and watched Wang Pu and Li Gu join forces to attack Fan Zhen.

Wei Renpu's thoughts, Fan Zhen has long been insightful, he wants to be the fisherman who has the last laugh.

The reason is obvious, even if Li Gu and Wang Pu defeat Fan Zhen, it will be a lose-lose situation. Li Qiong had completely fallen out of favor because of the defeat in the south before Chai Rong died.

Although Wu Tingzuo is also an old man by Chai Rong's side, it is a pity that this duke's temper is very stinky and cannot be trusted by the Queen Mother.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, if Li Gu, Wang Pu and Fan Zhen are out together, and finally come forward to clean up the mess, it is very likely that Wei will become a serious person.

Yang Jiong has a very good memory, and there have been several times when in the face of Li Gu and Wang Pu's crazy attacks, without the full support of Empress Dowager Fu, Fan Zhen's prime minister throne has shown signs of shaking.

"Enxiang, please forgive the students for saying bluntly, if you oppose the national uncle and uncle who Li Wuyi went to welcome back, or if you have an unclear attitude, you will lose the trust of the queen mother sooner or later." There is actually no selfish grudge between Yang Jiong and Li Zhongyi, but Li, who is much younger than Yang Jiong, actually sat in a high position in a grand manner, which really made Yang Jiong envious and jealous.

The inferior nature of Confucian disciples, pink eye, was completely displayed in Yang Jiong's body.

The time and number of times Li Zhongyi and Yang Jiong have dealt with each other head-on is actually not much, and many times they contact Yang Jiong through the officials of the Deputy Prime Minister's Office.

Because of this, Yang Jiong thought that Li Zhongyi was looking at people in the cracks of the door and looked down on him.

Therefore, Yang Jiong seized the opportunity to give Li Zhongyi eye medicine in front of Fan Zhen, and said bad things around the corner.

To be honest, the situation that Yang Jiong can see, Fan Zhen has no reason not to see clearly. However, unlike Yang Jiong's envy, jealousy and hatred, Fan Zhen is the prime minister of the dynasty after all, what he has to consider is that if Li Zhongyi is sent to the Khitan country and dies at the hands of Yelu Xiuge, will the iron army under his command that can fight and habitually fight?

To put it mildly, if Yang Jiong, who is a civil minister, is beheaded with a knife, at most he will have someone close to him, chanting a few sour poems and a few eulogies to express his nostalgia.

However, if Li Zhongyi, who has a strong force at hand, is betrayed to the Khitans by the imperial court, God knows what kind of lawless things those tiger-wolf-like arrogant generals of Yulin's right guard will do?

The society is very realistic, the politics is very cruel, the powerful Li Zhongyi, and the only Yang Jiong, who only has a mouth cannon, which is more important, it is self-evident!

"Boyo, let me ask you, if you are ordered to be handsome, can Li Zhongyi's Yulin right guard be controlled with confidence?" Fan Zhen didn't wait for Yang Jiong, whose face had changed greatly, to answer, and then asked him, "Don't forget, there is still a Guo Huai in Lingzhou, and there is a folding family in Fuzhou, how will the Yang family in Linzhou view the imperial court?" ”

"This ......" Yang Jiong was speechless for a while, the reason is obvious, although he claims to be both civil and military, he has never led soldiers to fight, everything is just talk on paper.

"Okay, boyo, there are no outsiders here today, I'll give you a real answer, the Hanlin Academy still lacks a knowledgeable system." Fan Zhen has already said it very plainly, it depends on whether Yang Jiong can understand.

Although the officials in the Hanlin Courtyard are relatively idle, the Hanlin officials who have added the title of Zhizhi are often writing edicts for the emperor, and their relationship is not ordinary.

With Yang Jiong's knowledge, most of the ministers who have added the title of intellectual system are rising to the top, soaring to the sky, and they are in a good position.

"Thank you for the cultivation of Enxiang, the students are inscribed, but they can't repay it, it's really ashamed!" Yang Jiong is not stupid either, Fan Zhen obviously agrees with his proposal to kill people with a knife.

This person, no matter how smart a wise man is, as long as he is in the game, it is difficult to avoid being unclear and unclean, and Yang Jiong is no exception.

Now, after getting a clear promotion commitment, Yang Jiong has gotten rid of the shackles of interests, but his thinking has become clear.

"Enxiang, the student is worried, then it is impossible for Brother Yelu Xiu to send only one secret envoy to open the seal, right?" As soon as Yang Jiong's question came out, he immediately won Fan Qian's approval, and he nodded and asked Yang Jiong, "Do you mean Wang, Li's side, or Jiuqing's family?" ”

Yang Jiong raised his thumb and slapped his ass: "Enxiang Mingrui, what students are most worried about is Wang and Li Erthief." ”

Fan Zhen smiled slightly, and Yang Jiong compared Li Gu and Wang Pu to thieves in front of him, which happened to hit his cool point.

People are not grass and trees, Fan quality has been attacked again and again, and has been unscrupulously attacked by Li Gu and Wang Pu again and again, even if it is a mud bodhisattva, it is still a bit earthy, not to mention him, the prime minister of the court?

"Beaujo, what do you have to do, just tell me." Fan Zhen has been unable to calm down since he heard that Yelu Hugo had sent people to engage in conspiracy.

Although Fan Zhen pretended to be the same as no one, he always had a hidden worry: if Li Gu or Wang Pu came forward and suggested that Li Zhongyi be exchanged for the Fu family's father-in-law and uncle, it was completely unknown what kind of decision the Empress Dowager Fu would make.

In business, in the temple, we must talk about political or military strength!

Empress Dowager Fu was able to hold the highest decision-making power in the court, in addition to being Chai Rong's concubine, she was also the aunt of the little emperor, and more importantly, the Fu family was the largest warlord in Hebei.

Although it is said that the little lady who marries out is like water spilled out, the problem is that if all the men in charge of the Fu family die, the Empress Dowager Fu will lose the full support of her mother's family, and it is likely that she will lose the foundation for controlling the court situation.

Others may not be clear, but as the prime minister, Fan Zhen is a clear man, and the situation in the DPRK and China seems to be stable, but in fact, this depends on the balance of power between the three giants, Han Tong, Zhao Kuangyin and Li Zhongyi.

As we all know, the forbidden army directly under the imperial court has been divided into four, which is an irrefutable fact.

Han Tong has nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses in charge of the Guards and Pro-Military Division, and he can be regarded as the most powerful military leader on the surface.

Zhao Kuangyin held nearly 70,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and his strength was slightly inferior to Han Tong.

The most incomprehensible thing for Fan is that Li Zhongyi, who has only about 20,000 people at best, is actually a special existence with the most victories and the most prominent military achievements in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty in foreign wars.

Fan Zhen once secretly sent someone to investigate Li Zhongyi, and he was surprised to find that since the rise of the Hechi army, Li Wuyi has never been defeated, and he can be described as a victorious general.

The current situation is that Han Tong and Zhao Kuangyin are seriously at odds, and in addition, the relationship between Han Tong and Li Zhongyi is also extremely cold, and there is almost no personal relationship between the two.

Interestingly, Zhao Kuangyin has always been very enthusiastic about Li Zhongyi, Li Zhongyi seems to have a good friendship on the surface, but in private, the two families are not close.

According to the informant, Tang Shuyi, the favorite concubine of the Li Mansion who used to often visit the Zhao family, has not been in the past for a while.

Others may not know, but Fan Zhen can see it clearly, Li Zhongyi and Zhao Kuangyin are both generals who are in charge of the army, and no matter how good the personal relationship between them is, they must avoid suspicion at this juncture.

Although Fan Zhen vetoed the conspiracy to kill people with a knife on the spot, Yang Jiong was much calmer because of Fan Zhen's promise to reuse, he pondered carefully, arched his hands and said: "Since Brother Yelu Xiu sent a secret envoy, Enxiang, we can pretend to be confused." ”

"Oh, what do you mean by that?" Fan Zhen likes Yang Jiong's ability to afford to put it down, and his brain is extremely flexible, and after listening to Yang Jiong's opening remarks, Prime Minister Fan immediately became interested.

"Enxiang, although Yelu Hugo is a barbarian, he is also proficient in the internal affairs of our country. If the Khitans openly sent an envoy to make such an impudent request, the empress dowager would not dare to risk the world's condemnation and issue an edict to betray the famous generals who were born and died for the country. In the study, and there were no outsiders, Yang Jiong was very open in front of Fan Qian.

Under Fan Zhen's wave of his hand, Yang Jiong sat on the brocade stool and talked eloquently: "The cunning of the Khitans lies in secretly sending people to contact the important ministers of the court, hoping to send Li Wuji into the tiger's mouth because of internal strife. ”

After listening to Yang Jiong's analysis, Fan Zhen thought about it for a while, it was really like that, and it was very in line with the current situation of power in the Great Zhou court.

Many ignorant people have rumored that the Khitan Tatars are uncivilized barbarians who like to eat human flesh, cough, whoever believes this kind of nonsense is a stupid fool.

"Enxiang, if Li Zhongyi is betrayed to the Khitans, then the military generals who originally basically reached a balance between the DPRK and China are likely to be completely broken because of this." Yang Jiong narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and sighed, "The student almost made a big mistake because of jealousy. ”

Fan Zhen nodded frequently, sure enough, he was a teachable son, he didn't mistake Yang Jiong's personality!

Dare to act, and dare to admit jealous pink eye in front of his benefactor, this alone is enough for Yang Jiong to gain Fan Zhen's trust.

"Since the Khitans want to play yin, let's brake quietly, and wait for Li Gu or Wang Pu and the two thieves to be hot, and then ...... like this" Yang Jiong got up and came to Fan Zhen's side, muttering quietly for a while.

Fan Zhen listened to Yang Jiong's plan, and with his extremely deep city government, he still couldn't help but exclaim, "Good, good, good, Boyo is worthy of my Zhang Zifang, this strategy is very good." ”

Yang Jiong won the appreciation of the benefactor, and his mood became more and more good, he said with a smile: Enxiang, at that time, we can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and we have not offended the Queen Mother and the Fu family. ”

"That makes sense!" Fan Zhen nodded frequently, Yang Jiong does have capital worth reusing, if this person corrects some bad problems, he will be the best candidate to inherit the mantle in the future!

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