The thirteenth day of the winter month, Lishan, Huaqing Palace, and the Palace of Eternal Life.

Yang Qing and Guo Xihou were outside the hall, looking solemn.

Xiao Huangmen, who was standing on the side, saw the appearance of the chief and deputy generals of the Praetorian Guard New Army Jian Yuwei as if he was facing a great enemy, and he didn't dare to guess what was going on, but he just put his posture more humble, and he didn't dare to come out.

"Xuan! Guo Xi and Yang Qing are here! Lin Zhaoyin's duck-like voice sounded, Yang Qing and Guo Xi quickly sorted out their appearance, and walked towards the hall.

Yang Qing walked in a hurry, and as soon as he crossed the threshold, he almost bumped into the person who had just come out of the hall.

"Ziyin?"

"Lord Yang?"

Yang Qing couldn't help but be stunned, wasn't it Yang Zhao who was smiling in front of him? Oh, no, people have changed their names now, a good name given by the Holy Father - Yang Guozhong.

"The last general is in a hurry, and he is rude!" Yang Qing immediately remembered that the person in front of him was his nominal official, and hurriedly bowed down to apologize.

"It's okay, Ziyin and Xilie must have an urgent matter, right? The Holy One is waiting for you inside, so go! ”

"Yes! Greetings to Lord Yang! Adults walk slowly. ”

"Okay, let's go." Yang Guozhong was in a good mood, and took the initiative to step aside and let the two of them go in first.

Looking at the backs of the two young talents, Yang Guozhong remembered the answer between Fang Cai and Xuanzong. The so-called sacred heart is unfathomable, Li Linfu, Li Linfu, if you know what the Holy Lord summoned Yang to inquire about today, you must have a deeper feeling for this sentence. Hmph, I still want to insert someone in my military department, what does Chang Yuan know besides looking at your face and slapping your ass? Such a stunned young man who has not dried up, not to mention that the saint is asking me, what difference can it be if he asks other people? It would be nice to let him enter the military weapons prison!

"Weichen Guo Xi and Yang Qing see the saint!"

"Well, get up and talk." Xuanzong sat in front of the desk, printed the jade seal on the letter he had just written, examined it again, and then handed it to Gao Lishi who was waiting next to him.

"Send it to the Ministry of Officials immediately, let Chang Yuan come to Lishan immediately, and I want to have an interview with him!"

"The old slave obeys!" Gao Lishi took the letter, responded respectfully, and glanced at Guo Yang and the others with a smile when he stepped back.

Yang Qing and Guo Xi glanced at each other, nodded slightly, and were about to speak, but unexpectedly, Xuanzong spoke first.

"Ziyin, I have selected the personnel of the Ordnance Supervisor to be responsible for the development of gunpowder, and I will soon be in the monitoring matter. I asked him to come and see you first, and then I thought that the development of this gunpowder was not trivial, and now I was working under the ordnance superintendent, and once the various systems were perfected and the manpower was sufficient, sooner or later I would have to become a separate prisoner. I want you to take on the position of the left young eunuch of the firearms supervisor, what do you think? ”

"Yes. Wechen obeys! I don't know who this leader is as the Holy One speaks...... ”

Xuanzong smiled slightly: "I thought about it in many ways, and I got the recommendation of the right minister and the suggestion of Guozhong, so I selected Chang Yuan, the young secretary of Weiwei Temple, and let him enter the arsenal supervisor as the first young eunuch, and be fully responsible for the research and development of gunpowder. If he can take on the great task, let him be the chief supervisor of firearms in the future. How? ”

"Holy Wisdom! If you are from Weiwei Temple, you have rich experience in military affairs and will definitely be feasible. "Yang Qing was very worried that the person in charge of the development of gunpowder was just using it as a springboard for advancement, but he didn't have any understanding of marching and fighting, but now when he heard that Chang Yuan came out of Weiwei Temple, he didn't need to worry about it.

Xuanzong knew what Yang Qing was thinking, and he didn't think about him boldly overstepping his authority to ask about the appointment of officials, but he thought of the conversation with Yang Guozhong before, and felt a little funny. Xuanzong knew very well that Chang Yuan was the so-called Li Linfu's person, and he could also guess that the scheming Li Linfu strongly recommended Chang Yuan to him to join the military department was actually a pretense, and his purpose was to be the weapons supervisor. Of course, if Chang Yuan can make achievements in the Ordnance Prison, it will be much less difficult to re-enter the military department, but that is a later story. Guozhong is younger in the end, these officialdom tricks are not so thorough, and he really hit the plan, strongly opposing Chang Yuan to join the military department, and pretending to be generous to suggest Chang Yuan to be the advanced weapons supervisor, which is just as Li Linfu wanted. Xuanzong also pushed the boat along the water, and of course he had his own plans to do so. Li Linfu must fall, but if Li Linfu is overthrown, Yang Guozhong must not be allowed to become the second Li Youxiang. High-ranking officials can be given, but the real power positions that really do practical things cannot be given, otherwise it will inevitably be a situation where the tail will not be lost.

The world says that Li Longji was mediocre in his later years, blindly appointing power and traitors, first Li Linfu, who was a honey-bellied sword, and then Yang Guozhong, an incompetent national relative. But it seems that everyone has forgotten that he is also the founder of the prosperous era of Kaiyuan, and it is he who causes the supreme glory of all nations. To say that he doesn't know people ignores the orderly development of the Tang Empire under Li Linfu, ignores that Yang Guozhong saw An Lushan's antipathy early, and ignores that Li Bai actually doesn't have much political talent and can't be reused by Xuanzong...... Xuanzong certainly has the responsibility for the Anshi Rebellion, but it is by no means all. There are many reasons for the growth of feudal towns, and perhaps the earliest seeds were buried in the formulation and implementation of foreign policy during the Taizong period.

Yang Wang of the Ministry of Officials, Duan Hong of the Ministry of Industry, Yin An of Zhongshu Province, Mu Liang of Menxia Province, including Chang Yuan today, Guo Xi and Yang Qing standing in front of him, these are all chess pieces put down by Xuanzong, and they are chess pieces put down by Prince Li Heng.

Perhaps, Xuanzong's biggest mistake was that he cared too much about the composition of the power structure in the court, and ignored the hidden danger that the border passes were growing day by day......

Of course, for these personnel arrangements and his own painstaking efforts, Xuanzong didn't need to tell Yang Qing and the others at all.

"Ziyin and the series are here today, but what's the matter?" Xuanzong yawned lightly, after all, when he was old, his energy was always difficult to last.

"Yes. Although this matter is some speculation by Weichen and others, there is no conclusive evidence. But the stakes are so high that I have to tell the Holy One. Guo Xi straightened his waist and said, "Saint, the ministers and others suspect that someone wants to assassinate in the near future!" ”

"Huh? Is there such a thing? Xuanzong was obviously stunned, and then his face sank.

"Shengshang, yesterday someone sneaked into the back mountain, peeped into the palace forbidden, and stabbed one of Weichen's subordinates. There's a lot going on here! Yang Qing hurriedly said what happened yesterday briefly.

"How do you know that this man's purpose is to assassinate me?" Xuanzong frowned when he heard this, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"First, the holy drive is here, the world knows, our army has guarded all the large and small intersections, if we can still enter the back mountain without knowing it, it must be quietly from the roadless place to avoid surveillance and sneak in, the mountain road is rugged, the roadless place is dangerous, non-skilled people can not cross, it is not to take the wrong road, but to sneak in; Second, Weichen's stabbed subordinates were strong in martial arts, but they were still stabbed in the same situation, all because of this, they were skilled and ruthless, and they were both defeated and injured to death, and the weapons were also highly poisonous; 3. In such a heavily defended place, this person is still not afraid of hardships and dangers to sneak in, only to snoop, there must be a major plan, yesterday was just an observation, I am afraid that in the next few days there will be action! ”