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"Lord Li, Your Majesty has announced your visit."

Chen Gongfu listened to the words of the servant, and said to Li Guang with a smile: "You go to see Your Majesty first, and then we will discuss how to build the Imperial History Terrace later." ”

Chen Gongfu turned out to be a Song official.

Moreover, Chen Gongfu and Li Guang are both good friends with Li Gang.

Therefore, Li Gang and Chen Gongfu have known each other since then, and are even familiar with each other, so it can also be said that they are friends and confidants.

Therefore, Li Guang naturally knew that Chen Gongfu was extraordinary, upright and daring, and not afraid of the powerful, and he was the world's leading counselor.

Just from Li Yan's appointment of Chen Gongfu as the imperial historian, Li Guang's affirmation of Li Yan has increased by three points - in Li Guang's view, with Chen Gongfu presiding over the central supervision body, no one will be afraid to obey.

Li Guang bowed slightly and said, "Li Guang will go back when he goes." Then he went with the chamberlain to the vertical arch hall where Li Yan was currently located......

The vertical arch hall is also called the Chang Dynasty Palace, it is not as grand as the Daqing Palace, nor is it as empty and majestic as the Chongzheng Palace, it is the place where the emperor handles government affairs on weekdays and summons the ministers, in the south of the Funing Palace, it is the place where the emperor "Inner Dynasty" receives the ministers to discuss national affairs on a daily basis.

Li Yan placed all the female officials who helped him with government affairs here.

When Li Guang entered and saw so many female officials, his brows furrowed, and he said in his heart: "I will admonish him." ”

Li Guang bowed and said, "Minister Li Guang, please see Your Majesty." ”

Li Yan, who was reviewing the folds, listened to the words, put down the pen and folds in his hand, then raised his head to look at Li Guang, and said, "It's good that I saw your name in the list of people who support me as the king. ”

Li Guangdao: "The country cannot be without a king for a day, Your Majesty is the most suitable person to be the king at present." ”

Li Yan asked, "That's all your reason?" ”

Li Guang replied, "Yes." ”

Li Yan asked: "You don't miss Zhao Song?" ”

Li Guang replied: "The country is not a country with one person and one surname, but a country of people in the world, the Zhao family is kind to the ministers, it is private morality, and it is public virtue to choose a clear monarch for the country, Li Guang does not dare to abolish the public because of private interests." ”

Li Yan couldn't tell whether what Li Guang said was true or false.

The key is that Li Yan can't compete with a dynasty that has passed, so it won't do any good except to appear that he is too unbearing.

Therefore, Li Yan did not delve into this matter, but said: "I heard that you and Li Gang are good friends, and he is a rare talent, can you write him a letter and ask him to serve as Shangshu Youcheng?" ”

Li Guangdao: "It is the minister's duty to introduce talents for His Majesty and the country, and the minister will write a letter to Li Gang when he returns." ”

Li Yan nodded and said, "Except for Li Gang, who do you think is useful, who is useful, what is the use, write a note to me." ”

Li Guang suddenly realized, and finally understood why Li Yan called him!

That's right, it's a recommendation.

Now, Li Yan has entered the imperial court and is about to ascend the throne as emperor.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the most important thing at the moment should be to prepare for Li Yan's enthronement ceremony.

In the eyes of the truly wise people, the top priority should be to absorb the talents of the original Song Dynasty, so as not to lose talents, and more importantly, to avoid the talents being taken away by the enemy.

Thinking about this, Li Guang sighed in his heart: "No wonder Your Majesty can have today!" ”

Li Guangying said: "No! ”

But—

There is also one thing that Li Guang doesn't understand, that is, why did Li Yan ask him to recommend talents?

As if he had seen through Li Guang's thoughts, Li Yan smiled and said, "I don't understand why I asked you to recommend talents?" ”

Li Guangdao: "The minister is stupid. ”

Li Yan said: "Actually, I noticed you a long time ago, in the second year of Xuanhe, I made a deal with Zhao Ji, and I asked Zhao Ji for you at that time, but Zhao Ji refused. ”

Hearing Li Yan mention that transaction, Li Guang couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion!

That time, Li Yan used less than 20 million copper and iron coins plus more than 30 million pieces of glass and soap to exchange a large number of strategic materials from Zhao Ji, and more importantly, a large number of talents.

Among those talents, including Han Shizhong, Wu Jue, and Yang Yizhong, the three of Li Yan's five tiger generals, there are also a large number of outstanding generals of the Liangshan Army, such as Wang Yan, Wu Lan, Yang Zheng, Guo Hao, Yang Congyi, Wang Jun, Cheng Min, Xie Yuan, Wang Sheng, Yue Chao, Chen Ju, and Hu Yantong, all of whom are fierce generals in the world.

Many people say that the reason why the army of the Great Song Dynasty is vulnerable is because Li Yan replaced all the outstanding generals of the Great Song Dynasty through that transaction.

Of course, this is a joke, you must know that when Li Yan replaced Han Shizhong and others, the highest-ranking of them was only the deputy commander, and many of them were even just junior officers such as the captain and the chief, and even ordinary non-commissioned officers.

Therefore, more people think that Zhao Ji has eyes and does not know real talents, while Li Yan is as wise as a torch and can select real talents from a large number of mediocre talents, and then cultivate and use them.

At the beginning, in addition to Han Shizhong and other low-level generals, Li Yan also asked Zhao Kai, Liu Tao, Zong Ze, Li Gang, Zhang Xiaochun, Wang Yu, Zhang Shuye, Zhan Du, Chen Yu, Li Ruobing and others.

None of these people were prominent at that time.

Let's take a look at it now.

Zhao Kai became the head of the household department and issued banknotes for Li Yan, which became famous all over the world.

Liu Tao defeated the Jin army several times in Zhending Mansion, and finally died loyal to the country.

Zong Ze is now the most capable general in the remnant Song Dynasty, and has fought thirteen battles with the Jin army, all of which have been won.

Li Gang once turned the tide and saved the Great Song Dynasty when the Song Dynasty was in the most difficult situation.

Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Yu held Taiyuan Mansion for more than 250 days, until the ammunition ran out of food, one was captured, and the other threw himself into the river and died.

Zhang Shuye was the only army to come to King Qin during the second siege of the Jin army, and he also defeated the Jin army several times.

Zhan Du and Chen Yu stubbornly defended the two mansions of Zhongshan and Hejian, so that the land of Hebei was lost, and the two mansions are still in the hands of the Han people.

Li Ruobing changed his name to Li Ruoshui, desperately protected the emperor from letting the Jin people take off the emperor's dragon robe, scolded the Jin people for losing their trust, and was victimized by the Jin people.

Looking at it now, many of the people Li Yan wanted at the beginning were loyal ministers, capable ministers, and good generals, and giving three or five was already a huge loss to the country, but Zhao Ji only left a few who were in high positions and famous at the beginning, and they had not been reused, and he made the most loss-making transaction in history.

If Zhao Ji can reuse these people, how can Da Song die?

Then again, Li Yan saw six or seven years ago that these people were loyal ministers, capable ministers, and good generals, and how vicious their eyes were?

Compare the two phases and make a judgment.

And Li Guangzhi's name also happens to be in that list, and it is one of the few people in that list who still serves in the Song court.

In this way, he Li Guang was exceptionally promoted and reused by Li Yan, and it all makes sense.

Seeing that Li Guang seemed to have figured it out, Li Yan said: "In order to get some real talents from Zhao Ji, I took a lot of effort to investigate the officials and generals under Zhao Ji at that time, and personally circled the officials and generals I was optimistic about, and you were one of them. ”

Speaking of this, Li Yan smiled slightly and said, "The world says that I look at people accurately, but who knows how much effort I have put in and how much homework I have done behind this?" Take you, Li Guang, for example, I have seen all the files about you, including some of the little things that happened to you, such as when you did not play pranks in your childhood, and your father praised you and said, "My son is a crane in the clouds, and he will make my family prosperous." For example, after your father's death, you are like an adult at the funeral, and when someone sends you money, you refuse, and when you are buried, the etiquette is very in accordance with the law. I have personally assessed you and believe that you have the potential to become a wise man through the ages. Therefore, I believe that you will be able to introduce a group of good people for me to govern the country very fairly. ”

The reason why he vigorously promoted Li Guang was because Li Guang was known as the "Four Famous Ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty" together with Li Gang, Zhao Ding, and Hu Quan, and left his name in the annals of history as "brilliant and intelligent" and "gentleman of the world".

What else could Li Guang say, except for secretly admiring Li Yan's wisdom, he could only bow and say: "The minister must recommend some talents for Your Majesty and the country!" ”

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