Beijing, Liu Jinshan's house.

The cabinet adopts a rotation system, and in the absence of major events, the cabinet only needs one prime minister on duty, and the whole class of prime ministers does not need to be present.

Not long after Liu Jinshan returned, the old housekeeper came in lightly and whispered, "Master of the family, Yang Jiong is here." ”

"Oh, let him wait." Liu Jinshan thought about it for a while, and then decided to cold Yang Jiong first.

According to Li Zhongyi's secret deployment, Liu Jinshan fully accepted the Wenchen of the Fan Zhen line, including Yang Jiong.

It's just that Yang Jiong's nature is different from that of other Wenchen in the Fan family, after all, he participated in the struggle against Li Zhongyi.

Once upon a time, when Li Zhongyi was still the governor of the political affairs hall, Yang Jiong, as Fan Qian's henchman, did not take Li Zhongyi in his eyes at all.

How arrogant is that?

However, the situation is stronger than people, thirty years in Hedong, forty years in Hexi.

The once word-worthy quality has collapsed. In the cabinet, Liu Jinshan's voice is getting bigger and bigger.

Li Qiong is old, and he is a soy sauce player, and he is too lazy to take care of things, and Liu Jinshan, who is in the prime of life, is particularly prominent.

In today's cabinet, there are only three ministers, namely Li Qiong, Zhe Congruan and Liu Jinshan.

According to the convention, the ministers should be even numbers, but Li Zhongyi has already sat firmly in the country, and he does not intend to stuff individuals into the cabinet indiscriminately, but needs to observe slowly and ponder carefully.

To put it in my heart, serving a powerful monarch like Li Zhongyi, the three ministers of the cabinet, feel very tired every day.

It's just that Li Zhongyi still respects the opinions of the cabinet, and on non-principled issues, he will generally follow them.

However, there are only three ministers in the cabinet, and the ministers who think they are qualified to be elected to the cabinet are all secretly carrying out activities.

After all, no matter how much the cabinet has lost the prestige of the former political hall, it is also the administrative center of the whole world, and the super high treatment of the ministers is enough to make people blush.

Yang Jiong came to see Liu Jinshan at this juncture, and it was obvious that he must have some kind of purpose.

Liu Jinshan finished processing the official documents at hand, pondered it carefully, and then ordered someone to invite Yang Jiong to the inner study.

"Meet Liu Xianggong." Yang Jiong knew that he had lost his big backer, so he didn't dare to make a mistake in front of Liu Jinshan, so he saluted respectfully.

Liu Jinshan smiled slightly, waved his hand and said, "Boyogong, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Facing Liu Jinshan's jokes, Yang Jiong's face couldn't help but blush, and he lowered his head and said, "Yes, I haven't listened to your teachings for a while." ”

Liu Jinshan has been a relative for many years, and he has long developed a sense of joy and anger, but in the face of Yang Jiong's sycophancy, he is still somewhat useful.

Yang Jiong, who used to have his eyes above the top, actually has today's low profile, which is really unpredictable!

"Beauyo, is Su Gong's body and bones good?" Liu Jinshan knew that Yang Jiong must have something to do when he came to the door, but he deliberately took care of other things.

Fan quality, character and text, because he is the elder of the four dynasties, he is respected by the important ministers of the court as Su Gong.

"Thank you Liu Xianggong for your concern, Su Gong's body is still tough, and he can eat three bowls of rice per meal." Yang Jiong wanted to be sloppy and fool the past.

However, Liu Jinshan already knew the inside story. After Beom fell from the prime minister's throne, perhaps because of his bad mood, the amount of food became smaller and smaller.

Power, like opium, once addicted, and trying to quit it, it will be even more difficult.

Although Fan Zhen saw the general trend clearly, he still regretted that he did not act decisively before Li Zhongyi's rise.

Liu Jinshan has been going around in circles, but he doesn't ask Yang Jiong why he is here?

Since Yang Jiong pulled down his face and came to the door to ask for help, he had to bite the bullet, gritted his teeth, and arched his hand: "Don't hide it from Liu Xianggong, I came here to ask for something." ”

Liu Jinshan pretended to look at Yang Jiong in surprise, he was actually already laughing in his heart, Yang Jiong was thin after all, and he couldn't hold his breath after only playing Tai Chi pushing hands for a quarter of an hour.

"Oh?" Liu Jinshan put away his smile and asked Yang Jiong lightly, "What's the matter?" ”

Yang Jiong hurriedly clenched his fists and sighed: "It's not for the dog's business......

It turned out that not only Yang Jiong participated in the action against Li Zhongyi, but even his two sons also participated.

At first, when Li Zhongyi purged Confucianism, because of the consideration of co-opting Fan Zhen and his ministers, he temporarily let go of Yang Jiong's father and son.

However, what Yang Jiong didn't expect was that instead of reining in, his two sons intensified their efforts to promote anti-Li ideology everywhere.

As a result, the people from the Police Temple did not eat dry rice, and immediately arrested Yang Jiong's two sons.

Yang Jiong and Li Yanqing couldn't talk at all, he thought left and right, so he had to come to ask Liu Jinshan to help ease his cheeks.

When Liu Jinshan heard this, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, he didn't want to live a good life, he let it go lightly last time, and this time he came again?

As the saying goes, the mud bodhisattva still has a bit of earthiness!

What's more, who is Li Yanqing? It was one of the two vicious dogs raised by Li Zhongyi, except for Li Zhongyi's greeting, no one was a bird.

Of course, if the matter is not big, Liu Jinshan will help say something, and Li Yanqing will more or less give some face.

After all, Liu Jinshan is the current cabinet counselor and the best candidate for the future prime minister, even if Li Yanqing doesn't look at the monk's face, he always has to look at the Buddha's face, right?

"Xianggong, if you can save the life of the dog, I am willing to serve the dogs and horses."

To Liu Jinshan's surprise, Yang Jiong, an arrogant person, would actually kneel on the ground and beg bitterly.

For a while, Liu Jinshan's heart was filled with great pleasure almost instantly.

Of course, Liu Jinshan couldn't agree to Yang Jiong immediately, what kind of joke was there, Li Yanqing's kid only listened to Li Zhongyi's call, and whether he gave him this face or not was still between the two.

However, from the bottom of his heart, Liu Jinshan really wanted to accept Yang Jiong's disciple.

Think about how many stumbling blocks Fan Zhen gave Li Zhongyi with the cooperation of Yang Jiong?

Therefore, the resolution of this matter, in the final analysis, requires Li Zhongyi's nod.

Liu Jinshan is a smart man, after appeasing Yang Jiong, he took advantage of the opportunity of his duty in the cabinet on the second day to meet Li Zhongyi alone and tell the story completely.

After Li Zhongyi listened, he couldn't help but smile slightly, and said: "Yang Jiong has a little cleverness, but no great wisdom, since you want to use him, then I will fulfill him." Someone came, called Li Yanqing to see me. ”

With little effort, Li Yanqing gasped and rushed to Li Zhongyi.

Hearing that it was Yang Jiong's two sons, Li Yanqing couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and said respectfully: "Yang Jiong's son is just talking publicly, but he hasn't taken actual action yet. ”

Li Zhongyi understood as soon as he heard it, Yang Jiong's two sons belonged to the fighters in the mouth cannon, and they only dared to move their mouths, but they didn't dare to do anything.

After all, Liu Jinshan is Li Zhongyi's optimistic candidate for future prime minister, and since he came forward to speak for Yang Jiong's two sons, Li Zhongyi also raised his noble hand and let those two boys go.

However, capital sins can be avoided, living sins are unforgivable, and fines are indispensable to atone for sins!

Unlike ordinary rulers, Li Zhongyi is quite interested in raiding his house and fining money.

Since Li Zhongyi spoke, Li Yanqing naturally didn't dare to slack off, so he immediately let him go.

It's just that when he was released, Li Yanqing played a trick and handed over Yang Jiong's two sons to Liu Jinshan.

However, Liu Jinshan knew that if he hadn't found Li Zhongyi and asked Li Zhongyi to speak, Li Yanqing would definitely not sell his face, so he let him go so smoothly.

Li Zhongyi takes a fancy to Liu Jinshan, mainly because Liu Jinshan is very smart, and he will not hide anything from Li Zhongyi.

This is called being honest and sincere, and there is no monarch who does not like such a courtier!

In popular terms, this is the most valued pure minister by the monarch, no matter which emperor comes to power, he needs such loyal courtiers.

After Li Zhongyi finished reading the recital, he walked out of the hall with his hands behind his back, and thought while walking.

The outside world was covered in snow, and the snow was shoveled up and piled up into hills.

Turning the corridor, Li Zhongyi coldly saw Li Anguo standing under the corridor with a knife, and he couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Zhengqing, I see that your hands are frozen red, cold, right?" Li Zhongyi walked up to Li Anguo and asked him mockingly.

"Back to the emperor, my subordinates have the old problem of freezing their hands, but their bodies are not cold." Li Anguo had already seen Li Zhongyi coming towards him in the past hundred years, but because of the rules in the palace, he didn't dare to take the initiative to come up.

According to the rules of the palace guards, the guards with knives on duty, if they leave their posts without authorization, must have at least thirty rods.

What are you kidding, if you are beaten with thirty military sticks, someone with slightly worse physical fitness may be killed on the spot.

Li Zhongyi looked at Li Anguo's upright posture, and couldn't help nodding secretly, thinking that at the beginning, he shoehorned this gentleman into the camp of the new army, and that move was really right.

Soldiers, they must look like soldiers, and if they are as obscene as before, their butts will have been opened a long time ago.

In the army's regulations, there are not many punishments for killing heads. Under normal circumstances, when a soldier makes a mistake, he makes a small mistake with a small cane, he makes a mistake with a cane, and after a big mistake, he closes the small black room.

"Zhengqing, why haven't you visited your sister recently?" Li Zhongyi raised his feet and wanted to leave, but suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen Li Anguo in Li Qiniang's palace recently, so he asked him in lieu of words.

Li Anguo lowered his head and whispered: "Back to the emperor, recently, my father forced his subordinates to study at home, and he didn't let him go out. ”

Li Zhongyi thought about it for a while, and then understood that Li Anguo, this kid, was not afraid of anyone, but he was afraid that his father Li Hu would be rude.

Li Hu was born as a military general, and he especially believes in the logic of filial piety under the stick, and greets Li Anguo with family law at every turn.

Lao Tzu disciplined his son, Li Zhongyi was not easy to intervene even if he was an emperor, he smiled and said, "I have time to visit your sister and your nephew, they all miss you." ”

According to the usual practice, Li Zhongyi has to go to Empress Dowager Xue's side every day to show his face, say hello, and say a few words of homely gossip with him.

Today, when Li Zhongyi arrived, he saw that his concubines were all standing around the Empress Dowager Xue.

"Yo ho, it's so lively today, what are you talking about?" Li Zhongyi visited the Empress Dowager Xue, and after sitting down, he asked Li Qiniang.

Li Qiniang pursed her lips and smiled, squatting down to salute, and whispered: "The Queen Mother is really lucky today, she killed three families and won a lot of money." ”

The women in the palace are actually very pitiful, they can neither go out of the palace to play, nor interfere in government affairs. They can only get together, play mahjong and have fun.

Generally speaking, only concubines with heads and faces in the palace are qualified to play cards with Empress Dowager Xue at the table.

How can there be a reason to win money every day? Empress Dowager Xue is an understanding person, and she knows that the women in the palace want to make her happy.

"Hehe, today's luck is really good, and I won another thirty yuan." Empress Dowager Xue saw very clearly that since Li Zhongyi came, the thoughts of these women in front of her were scattered.

However, if she is not stupid or stupid, she will not be a grandmother, as if she didn't see it.

"Sit down and talk to me." Empress Dowager Xue beckoned the concubines to sit down, and then said to Li Zhongyi with a smile, "You came by chance, there is ginseng and black chicken soup on the stove, and you can taste a bowl of it?" ”

Li Zhongyi naturally couldn't miss the things that made the elders happy, he touched his stomach and said, "I happen to be a little hungry, so I can ask my mother for a bowl of chicken soup to drink." ”

In the entire palace, except for the Empress Dowager Xue, the rest of the concubines also have their own small stoves. After all, the food in the imperial kitchen can't be everyone's taste.

As for the women below the concubine, they are not eligible to enjoy the treatment of Xiaozao, they can only pay their own money and find the imperial dining room to order food.

Although Li Zhongyi has ascended the throne and become the emperor, the women in the backyard of the palace still continue the previous rules.

In other words, according to each person's grade, a fixed amount of money is given every month as living expenses. If you spend less, it can be regarded as your own private money, you can save it yourself, or you can ask someone to take it out of the palace to subsidize your mother's family, anyway, Li Zhongyi no longer cares about its use.

This system of monthly silver purse drying, judging from the current practice, not only reduces extravagance and waste, but also reduces the contradictions between each other.

As the saying goes, three women in one play.

With so many women in the palace getting mixed together, even if there is only a little trouble every day, after a small amount accumulates, it is inevitable that there will be a dispute of will.

No conflict of interest, no contradiction!

If, big and small affairs in the palace, others have the final say, after a long time, it is inevitable that there will be contradictions.

Therefore, Li Zhongyi also saw through the mystery and deliberately adopted the system of contracting each expense, so as not to make the chickens and dogs in the palace restless because of trivial matters.

After drinking the chicken soup, Li Zhongyi noticed that Empress Dowager Xue was really in a good mood, so he smiled and proposed: "Why don't you rub a few more rounds?" ”

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Xue couldn't help laughing, Li Zhongyi was usually too busy to play with her.

It is rare that Li Zhongyi took the initiative to participate in mahjong activities today, and Empress Dowager Xue has no reason to disallow it. It's just that, except for Empress Dowager Xue and Li Zhongyi, who should play in the other two families has become a problem in the blink of an eye.

Li Zhongyi thought for a moment, and then smiled: "Except for the queen mother, including me, everyone takes turns to play, and we must win all the money of the queen mother." ”

After listening to Li Zhongyi's proposal, Empress Dowager Xue became more and more happy, she was already a little worried, who to let play, who not to play, it was not very suitable.