In the bureaucratic system of the Tang Dynasty, Changshi was the adjutant of a state.

The Metropolitan Governor of the Prefecture Metropolitan Governor's Office is generally held by a close relative of the royal family, but he generally does not serve in office.

Then Changshi became the de facto supreme governor.

Sima, in the Tang Dynasty, was nominally an official in charge of the military affairs of a state.

But in fact, he is an idle official.

Many Beijing officials who were demoted from Luoyang after losing power.

All were appointed as Sima of Yuanzhou.

There is no real power for giving some money, only to eat and wait for death.

However, Sima of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was different, and once there was a war in the north.

And the state Sima has to take on a lot of ministries and hold a lot of power!

Cui Ye, the word Xuanwei, Boling Anping.

Of course, it is the same as Li Xingzhou's maternal family, the Qinghe Cui family.

Successively served as a member of the Treasury Department of the Ministry of War, Wailang, and Langzhong of the Ministry of Officials, who was selected by the Prime Minister Di Renjie, and was awarded the title of Zhongshu Sheren, the Waiter of the Ministry of Relocation, and the Waiter of the Turnsman, and was promoted to the Zhongshu Waiter and Tongping Zhangshi, and became the Prime Minister.

Historically.

In 704, Song Jing impeached Zhang Changzong for plotting against him, and Cui Ye also spoke out many times.

Soon, Wu Zetian fell ill and lived in the deep palace, refusing to summon the prime minister, and was only served by Zhang Yizhi's brother.

Cui Yejin said: "The prince and the king are enough to serve the decoction, and the palace is forbidden, and it is not appropriate for people with different surnames to come and go at will." ”

Wu Zetian said: "I am very grateful for your kindness. ”

But he refused to take it.

In 705, Cui Ye, Huan Yanfan, Jinghui, Zhang Cambodia, Yuan Shuji and others took advantage of Wu Zetian's serious illness to launch a mutiny and support the crown prince Li Xian to ascend the throne.

Wu Zetian said to Cui Ye: "Everyone else is recommended, only you are hand-picked by me, why do you do this?" ”

Cui Ye said.

"This is precisely to repay Your Majesty."

In April of the same year, Tang Zhongzong appointed the warlock Zheng Pusi as the secretary and supervisor, and Cui Ye tried his best to persuade him, but he was not accepted.

Later, Wu Sansi slandered in front of Zhongzong many times.

Zhongzong adopted the strategy of rising and descending secretly, named Cui Ye as the king of Boling County, removed him from the post of prime minister, and only let him face the king on the fifteenth day of the first month of the month.

Soon, Cui Ye served as the governor of Yiyi and acted as the governor.

In 706, Tang Zhongzong listened to Wu Sansi's slander and belittled Cui Ye as the assassin of Junzhou.

Later, Wu Sansi framed Cui Ye and others for conspiring with the king of horses.

Cui Ye was demoted to Baizhou Sima and was knighted.

In July, Wu Sansi secretly publicized Empress Wei's fornication in the harem, and blamed Cui Ye and others.

Tang Zhongzong was furious and exiled Cui Ye to Guzhou.

Cui Ye died of illness during exile at the age of 69.

In 710, Cui Ye was posthumously reinstated and given literature.

In 718, Tang Xuanzong put Cui Ye's spiritual seat into the temple of Tang Zhongzong.

In 782, Tang Dezong posthumously presented Cui Ye as the crown prince and prince.

And in this time and space of Li Xingzhou.

Cui Ye was known for his learning and practice when he was young, and he was deeply valued by his uncle's secretary Cui Xinggong.

In 662, Cui Ye took the Zhongming Classics Examination, and moved to the Treasury Department Wailang, and later awarded Tianguan Langzhong and Fengge Sheren.

In 701, Cui Ye was promoted to the rank of Heavenly Official Squire.

He had an upright temperament and never accepted requests from officials in private, so he was jealous of the powerful and reappointed as Wenchang Zuocheng.

Soon, Wu Zetian said to Cui Ye.

"When you are transferred, the officials celebrate with fasting, which will indulge their greed. So now I'm going to reinstate you. ”

So Cui Ye was reappointed as the heavenly official squire.

In 703, Cui Ye served as the waiter of Luantai, the Pingzhang of Luantai of Tongfeng Pavilion, and the son of the prince's left concubine.

The following year, he was reappointed as the Fengge squire, and the doctor of Qingguanglu was added to the silver.

Previously, Lai Junchen, Zhou Xing and other cool officials coveted rewards, framed goodness, and confiscated hundreds of families.

After Cui Ye paid homage to the prime minister, he went to the emperor and stated his grievances for them.

Wu Zetian realized that he would pardon all these people.

Cui Ye's mother, Lu Shi, once admonished him.

"I once heard my aunt Xin Xuanyu say: 'My son has become an official, and some people say that he will no longer be poor, which is indeed a happy event; But he has plenty of money, which is another worry. ’

I think that's the right thing to say.

Recently, I have seen that among my relatives, who are officials, they mostly use money and goods to support their parents, but the parents do not ask where the money and goods come from.

If it's your own money, that's a good thing; If not, then what's the difference with a thief?

If you are not loyal and honest as an official now, how can you stand on heaven and earth? ”

Therefore, Cui Ye is an official and is known for his innocence.

In fact, Li Xingzhou knew that a figure like Cui Ye who was the face of the Cui family had a clan to support.

How can such a yellow and white thing be rare.

At this time, the Wu clan was in charge. Cui Ye had to serve as the Sima of Bingzhou.

And Cui Ye's brother, Cui Sheng, and his sons Cui Xuan, Cui Qi, and Cui Xuan.

All occupy the main positions in the state.

Generally speaking, foreign officials are of course inferior to Beijing officials, not to mention "Sima".

But Cui Ye is really a bit far-sighted, and he has long been thinking about once there is a war in the north.

"Bingzhou Sima" is no longer an idle official who eats idle meals, so the time will come.

Facts have proved that Cui Ye's political speculation was right.

Park Kyung-tae told Lee Hang-ju that after Lee Hun-yong fell ill, although he had some control over major matters, most of the things were handed over to Cui Ye.

Wu Youyi first came to Chadao, although he got a job in the Governor's Mansion of Bingzhou, but his foothold was unstable and his connections were not extensive.

In addition, Li Hunying fell ill, and Wang Wu Youyi of Jian'an was even more difficult.

So Jian'an Wang Wu Youyi began to think of a way to make a fuss about Cui Ye.

Cui Ye has a daughter, who is mediocre in appearance, domineering in temperament, and not simple in morality, and has not yet married at the age of twenty.

Jian'an Wang Wu Youyi gave his wife a retirement, and took the initiative to propose to marry Wei's daughter and marry her as the main room.

Of course, Cui Ye was very happy, plus Jian'an Wang Wu Youyi was born in Qianniu.

Appearance, posture, style, and speech are very pleasing to women.

As soon as the Webster girl met, she fell in love with him.

hit it off, and Jian'an Wang Wu Youyi quickly married Wei's daughter and became Cui Ye's son-in-law.

In this way, Wu Youyi quickly gained a firm foothold in Bingzhou.

Cui Ye is a little clever, but he is far inferior to Jian'an Wang Wu Youyi in terms of strategy, and he is almost led by his nose.

In addition, with the fanning of Wei's daughter, Cui Ye is even more obedient to Jian'an Wang Wu Youyi, the "fast son-in-law who rides the dragon".

This led to the later Park Kyung-tae being in distress and being detained.

Wu Youyi detained Huan Yanfan and hundreds of soldiers, and sent troops to rescue Shuozhou.

Wu Youyi went to Shuozhou to capture Li Xingzhou.

Many of these things were planned by Wu Youyi.

and then partnered with Cui Ye to deceive Li Hunyang's trust.

It was ordered in the name of Li Hunyang.

As a member of the Li Tang clan, Li Hunyang is known for his virtuous name and high prestige.

This time, he was unexpectedly used by his most trusted deputies, Cui Ye and Jian'an Wang Wu Youyi, and fell into a lot of infamy.

After hearing this, Li Xingzhou was really a little surprised and shocked.

He was born in the Qinghe Cui family, but he didn't get any help.

On the contrary, Cui Chiji and Cui Yu are now Cui Ye.

have become the big bosses on their own growth path.

If Li Hunyang can still have a bottom line in doing things.

Then Cui Ye, who is bent on power, and Wang Wu of Jian'an, who is scheming, will definitely not have these scruples.

It's no wonder that the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the Prefecture can do so many things that "self-destruct the Great Wall"!

It's no wonder that the black tooth Changzhi felt incredible and extremely disappointed by Li Hunyang's actions.

It turned out that Li Hun Ying was all overhead and used!

Xiu Yuan matched, trapped his grandfather, and did everything he could.

Wu Youyi is really vicious!

Li Xingzhou felt that the previous strategy might have to be changed temporarily.

In order to take care of the overall situation, Li Xingzhou didn't want to tear his face with Jian'an Wang Wu Youyi at this time.

But now, Li Hunying, who is lying ill, has become a puppet.

Everything is under the control of Cui Ye and Wu Youyi.

This pair of Weng sons-in-law are embarrassed, God knows what other outrageous actions they will do?

If they make another break in the future war, it will be really fatal!

"Lao Pu, is there a way for me to see Li Hunyang in person?"

Li Xingzhou said.

"Difficult!"

Park Kyung-tae frowned and pondered, and said.

"Jian'an Wang Wu Youyi personally took on the responsibility of taking care of Li Hunyang, and outsiders have nothing to say."

"The people who take care of the dormitory at Li Hunying's sickbed are all the henchmen and maidservants of Jian'an Wang Wu Youyi."

"The sergeants guarding outside are all Cui Ye's diehards.

"These people surrounded Li Hun Xuan like an iron bucket."

"I can only sneak in in the dark of night and listen quietly to some of their conversations."

"It's impossible to get close to Li Hunyang's side."

Li Xingzhou twisted his eyebrows and pondered for a long time.

"If there is a major matter, must Li Hunyang personally preside over it?"

Li Xingzhou said.

Park Kyung-tae shook his head,

"Generally speaking, big and small entertainments will be done by Cui Ye or Jian'an Wang Wuyi."

Li Xingzhou smiled slightly,

"There's one thing that may not be up to them!"

"What?"

"We'll find out then!" Li Xingzhou raised his hand,

"Let's go, go to Taiyuan!"

Li Xingzhou, Park Jingtai, and Li Baishi left the forest separately.

Li Xingzhou disguised himself again, and disguised himself as those eyeliner henchmen who avoided Kai Jian'an, Wang Wuyi, and Yiyi.

Pretending to be an ordinary passer-by, he entered Taiyuan City, the seat of the state administration.

This is the land of Li Tang's Longxing and the northern capital of the Tang Dynasty.

It has always been the northern political, economic, cultural and military center of the Tang Dynasty, and the city is quite prosperous.

Li Xingzhou has no intention of appreciating any customs.

Mixed in the flow of people, he found the meeting place agreed between Park Kyung-tae and him, in an inconspicuous house.

Li Xingzhou first steadied himself and made sure that he had not been discovered by the sergeants of the state.

This is the territory of Cui Ye and Wu Youyi.

No one knows how many henchmen they have planted in the city to inquire about all suspicious people and suspicious things.

Then, Li Xingzhou decided to secretly go to see Zhang Jiuling once.

Tell him about these important clues that you have just learned.

Zhang Jiuling was already a student of Guozi Jian Tai before he was weakly crowned, and he was famous.

That day, it was Li Xingzhou who made a big fuss in Luoyang that he was able to explore the flowers.

Later, he was also very friendly with Li Xingzhou.

Emperor Zetian was quite amazed by his military talent.

So he made an exception to promote Zhang Jiuling as the secretary of the provincial orthography, which is equivalent to the private think tank of Emperor Zetian.

Soon after, Emperor Zetian discovered that Zhang Jiuling was loyal, upright, and proficient in the law.

So he promoted him to be the superintendent of the imperial history.

After the merger of states fought, the Emperor of Heaven got him to merge states again.

It can be seen that he is very important.

Zhang Jiuling is now just a marching Sima who supervises the army's discipline and checks various military cases, but his own job is to supervise the imperial history of the Imperial History Observatory.

Although he is only an eight-rank petty official, he has the right to impeach hundreds of officials in the world, and the prime minister will be stunned when he sees the imperial history!

During the extraordinary period of the war, after nightfall, the city was forbidden.

Every house is closed and the lights are out, and the soldiers who patrol back and forth are endless, and the guard is very strict.

The three of them are like ghosts in three dark nights.

Quietly touched the official pavilion under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the Prefecture.

Zhang Jiuling came to serve as a public servant and lived in the official post as usual.

I handed over the official document first, and I just waited for tomorrow's errand.

When the three of them arrived at the official post, they found that the security here was very tight.

It didn't look like an ordinary guard at all, it was like a "mutiny", Zhang Jiuling was surrounded like an iron bucket.

Even in places like the eaves of the vault roof, there is a hidden eyeliner that is stalking.

Seeing such a situation, Li Xingzhou's heart became more and more tight, and the situation was far more tense and complicated than I imagined.

And the state, is loose on the outside and tight on the inside.

Cui Ye and Jian'an Wang Wu are very wary and extremely strict with external problems.

God knows what other plans the two of them have in secret.

Do you still want to raise troops to rebel and become an independent country?!

Look for death!

The three of them observed inside and outside the official post for a while, and finally saw a gap in the guards.

Li Xingzhou jumped into Zhang Jiuling's room from the window like a raccoon cat.

Zhang Jiuling didn't sleep, just lay on the bed with clothes.

Hearing the slight noise, he neither panicked nor attacked, but sat up and looked at Li Xingzhou fixedly.

Li Xingzhou couldn't help but marvel, no wonder everyone praised Zhang Jiuling as "young and old". 、

In the darkness of the night, I saw a thief in the room.

He didn't say a word, he was so calm!

"I'm Li Xingzhou!"

Li Xingzhou's concise words made Zhang Jiuling breathe a sigh of relief.

"Good.

Zhang Jiuling hurriedly got out of bed, asked Li Xingzhou to walk with him to a relatively hidden corner, and whispered,

"I knew you were coming!"

Li Xingzhou was slightly shocked,

"You know?"

"Marquis Shan, after entering the city, I realized that the situation in Bingzhou was far more complicated than I imagined."

Zhang Jiuling said in a very low voice,

"On the surface, everything is fine."

"But the actual situation is probably quite complicated and dangerous."

"Look inside and outside my pavilion, there are several layers of ironclad soldiers inside and out."

"Bingzhou is so strict about marching Sima and the imperial history of the imperial court, obviously there is a ghost in his heart!"

"I'll tell you, what the hell do they have!"

So, Li Xingzhou told Zhang Jiuling about what he learned from Park Jingtai.

Zhang Jiuling was taken aback after hearing this.

"Jian'an Wang Wu Youyi is too inhuman......

A big event really happened in Bingzhou, which even Yan Guogong didn't expect.

Zhang, as the imperial history of the imperial court, how could he stand by and watch! ”

......

Because of the special environment and the tight time, Li Xingzhou could not have a detailed and long talk with Zhang Jiuling.

The two agreed that tomorrow Zhang Jiuling would go to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to investigate the case of Huan Yanfan's imprisonment.

Cui Ye and Jian'an Wang Wu Youyi would stop Zhang Jiuling and prevent him from seeing Li Hunyang himself.

Now Li Xingzhou and Zhang Jiuling have to wonder whether Li Hunyang is dead or alive?

Moreover, even if the situation is not so bad.

Has Lee Hun-yong, who had been seriously ill, now been controlled and placed under house arrest?

At such a major juncture as the Northern Expedition of the Tang Dynasty, he is the master of the long history of army logistics.

Li Hunyang must have known how great his responsibility was.

If he was only short of illness for a day or two, and temporarily let Cui Ye take care of the big and small affairs on his behalf, it would be reasonable

If his health is really not good, Li Hun Ying has the obligation to explain to the imperial court as soon as possible, even if the imperial court will not immediately send someone to replace his official position as the governor of the metropolitan government of Bingzhou, Shi, at least temporarily send a capable minister who can take full responsibility to take over his current work.

And by no means it is up to Li Hunyang to decide, and his deputy Cui Ye is in charge of it with full authority.

Li Xingzhou and Zhang Jiuling talked in a few words and grasped the core of the matter......

At present, Cui Ye has taken over the work of the Metropolitan Governor's Office.

It does not conform to the law or the political charter, it is an unauthorized seizure of power!