The little twists and turns quickly subsided, and the behemoth of Datang moved forward in an orderly manner. Whether it is to appease the people's livelihood or the turmoil in the officialdom, they have been suppressed by an invisible hand.

Li Zhi was not executed in the end, and was exiled to Jingzhou and confined in the courtyard. This made the knots in Chu Yao's heart unable to calm down for a long time, but the wood was already in the boat, and she could only endure it no matter how unhappy she was.

Two months later, Xu Jingzong and Ma Zhou entered Beijing, and the secretary of the ministry and the secretary of the household department told the old man early to make room for them.

Along with them came the Tibetan blood letter of declaration of war, which is said to be a war book written in blood by Songtsen Gampo who cut his palm in grief and anger.

This tragic blood letter symbolizes that the two countries will never die, and Songtsen Gampo wrote it very solemnly, and there is no lack of words in it that a son still has a truce.

After reading it, Li Chengqian commented on it, and joked in public that the word Songtsan Gampo was not well written, and the dignified face of the hundred officials immediately smiled.

Datang has been ready early, no matter whether you die or not, Datang will step on Tubo, so the blood book can't bluff people.

Ma went to the ministry to hand over when he entered Beijing on Monday, and then began to check the files of the past years, which made Fang Xuanling very happy, such a person is also a single husband in the end.

And Xu Jingzong was different, he took over the household department and did nothing, pulling a cart of specialties and going straight to the Zhenwang Mansion.

When Wei Zheng heard this, he scolded and bluntly said that dog meat couldn't be on the table, while Fang Xuanling smiled and enlightened Wei Zheng to look away.

This guy has hugged such a thigh all his life, and it is expected that he wants to hug him tighter, so why be angry about such a person?

And Wei Zheng was still indignant, and wanted to beat Xu Jingzong back to the place several times, but was stopped by Fang Xuanling.

Just kidding, you think this court is your family's business? Whoever you want to come, whoever you want to go?

And Xu Jingzong didn't know all this, at the moment at the gate of the palace and sighed with Xiao Liuzi to reminisce about the past, these years have not been easy! As Cai Cong's descendant, he was suppressed everywhere in the officialdom, and the people sent by the eldest grandson Wuji even almost put him in the air for a while.

Xiao Liuzi was a little impatient, and he was not stupid, so he naturally knew that Xu Jingzong was using him to pass the time.

"If you want to drink tea, drink tea, and if you don't drink tea, find a book to read by yourself. I said that I haven't seen Lao Xu all these years, why did you become a chatter? ”

Xiao Liuzi glanced sideways at Xu Jingzong, in addition to groveling to Cai Cong before, everyone was cold and arrogant, how did it become like this today?

"You think about it! In the past seven years, I have not even had a person to speak, and I can't find anyone to talk to when I am full of grievances. ”

Xu Jingzong said sadly, he is not like Xiao Liuzi who follows Cai Cong to play in the mountains and rivers, he is rooted in the officialdom, he must abide by the rules, and he is isolated and helpless when he is suppressed, so he can only endure it silently.

At the lowest ebb, even an official dared to laugh at him, and any grand event in the literary world would definitely turn out the fact that he had no eyes to find the wrong master as a joke.

At the time when he was elevated, the dignified assassin of the history of the assassin, he couldn't even call the clerks in the yamen, and the huge mental pressure did not force him into schizophrenia has shown his tenacity.

Xiao Liuzi patted him on the shoulder silently, and he couldn't describe the pressure of officialdom at that time in a few words, but Xiao Liuzi could probably feel it.

"You can talk as long as you want, I'll go out today, as long as you don't talk about the Four Books and Five Classics, I'll accompany you as long as you want."

Xiao Liuzi looked like I was very righteous, but Xu Jingzong said lightly: "You say that, I suddenly don't want to chat again." ”

These words almost didn't make Xiao Liuzi angry, this guy is a cheap, and he deserves such a disease.

"Get out! Go and go to the prince, and then come to me and hang around, I will slap you to death. ”

Xiao Liuzi was furious, and drove Xu Jingzong out with a bang. What kind of people are these! Kindness is regarded as a donkey's liver and lungs.

Xu Jingzong stood in place with an embarrassed face, this little problem made him offend a lot of his own people, but he was really helpless, and it was really uncomfortable.

"Xu Shangshu, the prince is invited."

After waiting for a while, Cai Cong finally had time to see him, Xu Jingzong hurriedly carried the gift box and followed the guards into Cai Cong's study.

"Xu Jingzong, see the prince!"

Xu Jingzong choked up and said hello when he saw the handsome Cai Cong, he had been too bitter in the past seven or eight years, and ordinary officials could still drink some stuffy wine and go crazy. But he didn't dare! At his official level, I don't know how many people are staring at his words and deeds, and if something goes wrong, it will be a catastrophe.

And it is Cai Cong who supports him through this period of time, and he firmly believes that Cai Cong will definitely be able to make a comeback, and he will be more beautiful at that time.

His persistence has finally paid off, and the man in front of him is already above and above ten thousand people under one person, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is in power.

"I've wronged you all these years. Sit down and talk. ”

Cai Cong's plain words made this old man who was over half a hundred years old burst into tears, wiping his tears and sitting on the chair waiting for Cai Cong's lecture.

"Do you know who transferred you to Chang'an?"

"Xia Guan knows that it is the gift of the prince, and Xia Guan and Ma Zhou are both supporters of the prince, so there is such an opportunity."

Xu Jingzong heard Cai Cong's greeting and hurriedly replied.

"You're wrong, it's hard for me to install key officers in the six departments right now, and those old guys won't let me have more power."

Cai Cong said with a smile, and Xu Jingzong hesitated.

"Could it be Your Majesty? It shouldn't be! I heard that His Majesty transferred Feng Daizhi to Longyou to take charge of the frontier soldiers and horses. It stands to reason that there will be no frequent changes in the positions of key officers. ”

"You man! The most important name, people are looking at you, and they want to transfer you to oppose me! ”

Cai Cong said with a smile, Xu Jingzong was willing to be a lackey of one of his children in order to stay in Beijing, and his reputation for greedy power from that day on.

"The lower officials will never dare to betray the prince, please let the prince know!"

Xu Jingzong suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, slipped off the chair and knelt on the ground with a thud.

"Get up, get up. Who said that going against this king is a betrayal? Cai Cong said with a smile, raising his hand to signal Xu Jingzong not to kneel.

"What does the prince mean to let the subordinate pretend to be under someone else's door, waiting for an opportunity to find out?"

Xu Jingzong half-sat on the chair and asked cautiously, the world said that Cai Cong was decisive in killing, a fierce general, and a handsome talent. But he Xu Jingzong has seen too much of Cai Cong's dark side, and he knows that when Cai Cong laughs, he may not be smiling at you, he may be thinking about how to kill you.

"Don't be cranky. Let's be straight with you. It was Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng who transferred you to Beijing, and these two were afraid that I would rebel one day, so they would do whatever it took to curb my rights. You are greedy for power, Ma Zhou is greedy for fame, and in their eyes, they are both objects that can be rebelled. ”

"The lower officials are loyal to the prince, and the heavens and the earth can learn from it!"

Before Cai Cong finished speaking, Xu Jingzong raised his finger to swear to the sky, Cai Cong waved his hand and said, "Am I so terrible?" The idea that they let you enter Beijing coincides with my idea, and then the king and His Majesty will have a lot of big moves, I am afraid that the big step will hurt the foundation of the country. Sometimes this king can't control himself once he goes crazy, so he needs you to wake up. In many ways, Fang Xuanling's thoughts coincide. ”

"But I don't know what big moves the prince and His Majesty have, and they actually need to be stopped by Xia Guan and others plus Fang Xiang and others."

Xu Jingzong asked cautiously, his heart pounding nervously. Cai Cong got up and walked to the map hanging on the wall and asked, "Do you see this map?" ”

Xu Jingzong nodded hurriedly, this map has been hanging in Cai Cong's study for I don't know how many years, how could he not see it.

"Your Majesty and this king want to conquer this piece and this territory."

Cai Cong's hand drew two circles on the map, Xu Jingzong's eyes suddenly protruded and became larger, and he said tremblingly, "This, how is this possible?" ”

I can't help but let Jingzong tremble, and the two circles drawn by Cai Cong casually drew all the countries near Datang into it, and the sea area larger than the land area was also drawn, and it was densely covered with large and small islands.

If it weren't for Cai Cong, he would have called the doctor to see if the other party had lost his mind and gone crazy.

"Tubo is just the beginning, followed by the Turks, then the Hundred Kingdoms of the Western Regions, then the countries of Nanyue, and then the precept of the sun, the Great Eclipse, these are the meat on the lips of His Majesty and the king.

What you have to do is to ring the alarm bell to this king when this king is arrogant and loses himself, and don't want this king to go his own way and destroy the country. ”

Cai Cong said feverishly, he was most afraid that he would be as radical as Yang Guang in the later stage, and at that time, let alone conquer the stars and seas, the people would be able to scold him to death.

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