One of the three inner palaces, Xingqing Palace, was originally the residence of Xuanzong before he ascended the throne, and the palace began to expand in the fourteenth year of Kaiyuan, and in the sixteenth year of Kaiyuan, the palace was not completed, and Xuanzong moved in. Since then, Xuanzong has lived most of his time in the Xingqing Palace, which is known as 'Nannei'.

I don't know what kind of psychology it is, Xuanzong has never restrained the expansion and repair of Xingqing Palace, and always wants to make it more exquisite and huge. Perhaps although Xuanzong is rich from all over the world, he has a real sense of belonging to the place where he was born and raised, and this will build this place without restraint.

In recent years, Xuanzong of the Taiji Palace in the west has almost never go, and the Daming Palace in the north will occasionally come, because most of the government offices and imperial court institutions are in the Daming Palace, and for many years, the upper dynasty has also been in the Hanyuan Hall of the Daming Palace. Although the status of Nannai has risen, it will not be able to replace the status of Daming Palace for a while.

It is worth mentioning that almost all the concubines in the harem of the harem live in the harem of Daming Palace, and in Xingqing Palace, in addition to Yang Yuhuan, there are only a dozen low-level Jieyu, beauties and talented people who serve here. In fact, everyone understands that Xingqing Palace is actually a palace dedicated to the noble concubine, and one of the reasons why His Majesty has lived here for a long time is because of the exclusive favor of the noble concubine.

Some of the courtiers complained about Xuanzong's expansion of Xingqing Palace, and they thought that Xuanzong was wasting money and taxes, because there were two palaces of Taiji Palace and Daming Palace, and Xingqing Palace did not need to be expanded on a huge scale. In such a back. Under the scene, some courtiers played desperately and chattered, and finally forced Xuanzong to agree and no longer let the household department allocate funds to build the palace in Xingqing Palace. If His Majesty wants to expand, he will have to squeeze money out of the palace.

As a result, some of the temples that were under construction were immediately in danger of being dismounted. A self-named diligent government building and the calyx Xianghui building named after the concubine had just started, and they had to face the fate of stopping work, Xuanzong was very annoyed by this, but there was nothing to be done.

At this time, Yang Zhao's ability reversed the situation, first proposed a strategy to deal with the slave trade, so that the imperial court could earn tens of millions of dollars a year, and Yang Zhao was able to confidently ask for millions of money to continue the construction of the two buildings. Now, I don't know how to get the remaining millions of dollars, so that the two buildings will definitely be completed according to the original plan.

Xuanzong is very satisfied with Yang Zhao, this person's ability to make money is really not small, and it is rare that he will not make a lot of trouble in the city when he makes money, and he makes a lot of money without making a noise, and he does not make a complaint, which is the most important thing.

Of course, Xuanzong knew that Yang Zhao must have used the power of the imperial court when he did these things, and even played his own banner in some places. But Xuanzong was not interested in this at all. If the time is set back twenty years, when the young and vigorous Xuanzong is still working hard, he may not allow some things to happen. But now, Xuanzong, who has passed the sixtieth year, cares more about enjoyment and casualness, especially to be able to make the woman around him happy who can't love enough. So he needs Yang Zhao, and even thanks him a little.

"By the way, Yang Zhao, I heard that Taifuqing Sun Qian is sick in bed, and no one has anyone to do his errands, if you are free, you will take care of Taifuqing's affairs." Xuanzong said seemingly lightly.

Yang Zhao's heart blossomed, Your Majesty is like this, obviously rewarding himself with the official position of Taifu Qing, but he likes to say it so lightly. Taifuqing is an official in charge of gold and silk money, and his power is not big, but it is not small. And Yang Zhao's current main position is just a member of the household department, and there are more than a dozen other positions on his body, most of which are in this situation, after Xuanzong casually rewarded, he became a part of the shining brilliance on Yang Zhao's body.

"The minister knows that tomorrow the minister will personally visit Sun Qian and bring His Majesty's condolences." Yang Zhao said.

In a few simple words, Yang Zhao won the official position of Taifu Qing, and Mrs. Qiu Guo said coquettishly: "Didn't Your Majesty say that you don't talk about government affairs?" Why, as soon as Brother came, you talked about these things, and your words didn't count. ”

Xuanzong smiled and said, "Okay, okay, the third aunt is annoyed, this is amazing." Don't talk about it, let's talk about government affairs anymore. By the way, Yang Zhao, I heard that you are friends with that new celebrity Wang Yuan? ”

Yang Zhao said: "Your Majesty, you can't talk about friends, the minister has not been friends with him for a long time, but he gets along well." ”

Xuanzong smiled: "Are you afraid that you will not tell the truth when you associate with these celebrities who like to be sarcastic and sarcastic, right?" You can take him to the third aunt's spring party, obviously the relationship is very good. Soon you will see him, and Lux has sent someone to summon him into the palace, and before he comes, tell me what kind of person he is. ”

Of course, Yang Zhao knew that Wang Yuan was going to be recommended today, in fact, everything was arranged by Yang Zhao. He knew that he was going to enjoy the flowers by the Agarwood Pavilion today, so he specially asked several ladies to prepare to enter the palace.

Originally, the concubine Niangniang proposed to invite Li Guinian to sing songs from the north to the south, but Gao Lishi arranged it in advance, which saved a lot of effort. As for Li Guinian, he had already said hello and asked Li Guinian to sing the music composed by Wang Yuan, and under the pretext that he had to cooperate with Wang Yuan to play the Qingping tune, he asked Mrs. Qin Guo or Mrs. Qiu Guo to propose to summon Wang Yuan. All this is in Yang Zhao's arrangement, and it is going very smoothly.

"Your Majesty, Wang Yuan, this person, the minister thinks it's a little strange."

"Oh? What's the weird way? Xuanzong said.

"The minister has never seen a person like him, what the minister means is that a person who works as a shopkeeper in Yong'an Fang is actually a peerless talent, and before that, his name was unheard of in Chang'an City. Your Majesty, are you exaggerating and strange about this? ”

Xuanzong smiled: "What's so strange about this, even I know that there are many hermit masters who are buried in the recklessness and are not known." If this Wang Yuan is really a capable person, he can be regarded as showing his edge, and since I have found out, I will not let him fall into the dust. ”

Yang Zhao said: "Your Majesty Mingjian, but as far as I know, this Wang Yuan said that he would never participate in the imperial examination, and would rather be reckless than participate in the scientific examination." ”

Xuanzong was surprised: "Why is that? He doesn't want to work for me? ”

Yang Zhao said: "No, I remember he told the minister that Li Taibai couldn't pass the imperial examination, so it doesn't matter if he doesn't participate in this imperial examination." Your Majesty, don't you say this person is a stunned young man? And there are some suspicions of contempt for the imperial examination. ”

Xuanzong laughed and said: "This kind of temper is a little similar to Li Bai." I don't know why, why Li Bai failed in the imperial examination that year, but it is also surprising. ”

Gao Lishi, who was on the side, suddenly interjected: "Li Bai's crazy life, falling into the first place may not be the blessing of the community. His Majesty treated him with kindness and summoned him to the palace, but he did nothing. It can be seen that the selection of talents in the imperial examination is not only a matter of good poetry. And it takes the ability to govern things. ”

Xuanzong nodded and said, "In what Lux said, this is the key. The imperial court has its own focus on selecting talents, this Wang Yuan doesn't know how to talk nonsense, Yang Zhao, don't follow nonsense. ”

Yang Zhao hurriedly said: "The minister dares to talk nonsense, but His Majesty asked, and the minister told the truth." According to the minister, this Wang Yuan and Taibai are different, this person knows the importance very well, and also knows how to advance and retreat, which Mrs. Qiuguo and Mrs. Qin Guo have seen this person in the Spring Festival that day, and they all know that I am right. ”

Xuanzong raised his eyebrows and was about to speak, when he heard Gao Lishi laugh on the side: "Your Majesty, this old slave Wang Yuan has also heard of him, maybe the poems are written well, and the talent can be learned, but he is not the Anfen person in Du Zhilang's mouth." As far as the old slave knows, when this person was swimming in the garden of Mrs. Qiu Guo the day before yesterday, he had a big fight with Wei Xiaohou and used a knife. This matter can not be called knowing the importance of advancing and retreating. ”

Xuanzong was surprised: "There is such a thing? ”

Gao Lishi said: "The old slave can still talk nonsense, one of my nieces outside the palace was fortunate to be invited, and she told me about it when she came back." Originally, the old slave didn't want to chew the root of his tongue, but he saw that His Majesty was very interested in this person, so he just said it and taught His Majesty what he knew. ”

Xuanzong frowned and looked at Yang Zhao and said, "Is there such a thing?" ”

Yang Zhao said with a smile: "Master Gao didn't say it, I really forgot to mention it, it is true." ”

Xuanzong sighed: "It seems that he was born in a reckless manner, and he can't be on the stage after all." Isn't it a joke that he actually fought with the descendants of the Wei family at the third aunt's party? ”

Mrs. Qin Guo said: "Your Majesty, the concubine thinks that what you said is wrong, Master Gao is not on the spot, and I don't know what happened. In fact, Wang Yuan was not to blame for this matter, but Wei Xiaohou Ye did not respect him first, and as a result, Wang Gongzi fought back. Afterwards, the two also eliminated each other's mustard and admitted that it was a misunderstanding. Master Gao, what did that niece of yours tell you? ”

Colliers laughed, "That's what I said." So-and-so is indeed not present, and this matter is too much. ”

Xuanzong laughed and said: "This is even more interesting, he is obviously a literati, but he dares to fight with others and use force, what kind of person is this, I can't wait to see him." Come on, go and see if Wang Chengen has arrived? ”