Chapter 045: The Mountain Rain is Coming, the Wind is Full of Buildings (2)

Yang Yuhuan covered his mouth and chuckled, "San Lang, although the cousin of the slave is not strong, but he is loyal to San Lang and the court, the so-called diligence can make up for clumsiness, as long as he is careful in doing things, he can still share his worries for San Lang." ”

Yang Guozhong started because Yang Yuhuan was favored and is the backbone of the Yang family system. Although the three sisters of Mrs. Qiu Guo also enjoy glory and wealth, they are women's generation after all, and it is Yang Guozhong who can really support the Yang family in the capital. Therefore, although Yang Yuhuan disliked Yang Guozhong a little, he still unswervingly supported him.

Yang Guozhong's ability is not strong, and his scheming methods are not at the same level as Li Linfu. Moreover, this person is small, insidious and cunning, and short-sighted. But he is not without strengths, his biggest strength is that he is good at speculation and drilling, and he is very good at winning people's hearts.

Li Longji, as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty who is not mediocre, what kind of person Yang Guozhong is, he knows and knows Yang Guozhong's temperament better than anyone else. It's just that he doesn't have too good options now. On the one hand, he recommended Yang Guozhong to please Yang Yuhuan, and on the other hand, it was also to secretly balance Li Linfu. Now that Li Linfu is about to finish, only Yang Guozhong can replace Li Linfu to stabilize the situation in the Tang Dynasty.

Ten years of Tianbao, Nanzhao rebelled. Yang Guozhong recommended Jiannan Jiedu to envoy Xian Yu Zhongtong to lead troops to defeat Nanzhao. As a result, Xian Yu Zhongtong's army was defeated, and the Tang sergeants were killed as many as 60,000 people, and Xian Yu Zhongtong escaped alone. Nanzhao took refuge in Tubo, Li Longji was furious, and this year he sent troops to recruit Nanzhao again, and Li Linfu repeatedly recommended Yang Guozhong to lead the army.

This was originally a strategy of Li Linfu to "rectify" the Yang family. Yang Guozhong is incompetent and incompetent, and the army will definitely return with a crushing defeat, so Li Linfu can take action to suppress Yang Guozhong, and at the same time weaken the power of the Yang clan that is thriving in Chang'an.

His thoughts almost coincide with Li Longji's. Although Li Longji favored the Yang family, now the Yang family's power is too great and intertwined, and it has a faint posture that overwhelms the Li Tang royal family, which makes Li Longji secretly jealous in his heart.

Therefore, despite Yang Guozhong's repeated resignation, Li Longji still agreed to Li Linfu's request and gave Yang Guozhong an official and led the army to the Southern Zhao. Li Longji was in his heart, as long as Yang Guozhong was defeated, Li Linfu would definitely make a big fuss, so he would take the opportunity to cut Yang Guozhong's power and suppress the arrogance of the Yang family at the same time.

It's a pity that Li Linfu's sudden illness and uncontrollable disrupted Li Longji's plan, causing his hidden scheming to come to naught.

Between stabilizing the situation in the court and suppressing the Yang family, he could only choose the former. Therefore, with an edict, he summoned Yang Guozhong, who was leading the army halfway, back.

Li Longji's mind flashed, and it was naturally inconvenient for the emperor's scheming methods and imperial tricks to explain it to Yang Yuhuan.

He was groaning, but he heard Yang Yuhuan smile softly and said, "The faint monarch needs capable ministers and virtuous ministers, and as a Ming monarch, San Lang's subordinates still have loyalty as the most important thing." ”

Yang Yuhuan's words really spoke to Li Longji's heart.

He is too conceited, and he thinks that he is a generation of masters, whether it is a traitor or a minister, he dares to use it, because he feels that he can control them. Therefore, he first looks at loyalty when employing people, and then looks at ability and morality.

This is also the key factor that famous ministers such as Zhang Jiuling are capable and virtuous, and they are not as good as Li Linfu and others in this dynasty. A virtuous minister can do things but is disobedient, a traitor has mediocre ability but is easy to control, and the strong Li Longji will of course choose the latter.

Li Longji laughed out loud and waved his hand, "I love to hear what the lady says-come here, Xuan Yang Guozhong will meet you." ”

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Although a group of scholars came to pay their respects, there was still an endless stream of people who came to the door to ask to see Zhang Xuan.

According to Zhang Xuan's instructions, the people of Zhang's house refused politely. In the afternoon, Pei Hui came by car and brought a cart of gifts, the so-called meeting gift for the apprentice, which is said to have been arranged by Mrs. Qiu.

Pei Hui passed the house, and Zhang Xuan couldn't be gone. Fortunately, he met Pei Hui once, and from Pei Hui, Zhang Xuan got a very key information: Yang Guozhong, who led the army to fight against Nanzhao, was recalled halfway by an edict from the emperor, and had just returned home from the palace to see the emperor, and was now having a banquet with the descendants of the Yang family.

This news made Zhang Xuan's heart move, although his face was very calm, but there were a lot of waves in his heart.

Yang Guozhong is recalled, Li Linfu may return to heaven at any time, as long as Li Linfu dies, Yang Guozhong will immediately replace Li Linfu. However, this kind of power transition and handover involving the two major power groups, the old clique is unwilling to let go, and the new clique is eager to take power, which is bound to cause turmoil and even bloody conflicts between swords and swords.

At present, Chang'an City seems to be calm and prosperous as usual, but in fact, it has long been full of mountains and rains. At this time, for himself and the Zhang family, only by sticking to the original can they be safe and sound, and will not be implicated in political struggles.

That's still a second thing. The trajectory of history has accelerated forward, and Li Linfu perished ahead of schedule, so will the Anshi Rebellion be staged in advance in the future?

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Zhang Xuan raised his head to the sky, and only after a long time did he breathe a sigh of relief, lowered his head to look at Pei Hui, who was respectful, and said in a harmonious voice, "Pei Hui, when you go back, tell your wife that I am slightly unwell, so I will not participate in the Yang family's party." Please also ask Mrs. and Yang Shilang to forgive me. ”

Pei Hui came to send the apprenticeship ceremony, and at the same time was ordered to invite Zhang Xuan to attend the Yang family's party.

When Yang Guozhong returned to Beijing and heard about Zhang Xuan's talent and fame, as well as Zhang Xuan's shocking act of insulting Li Linfu in public, he couldn't help but feel very happy. He and Li Linfu have been fighting openly and secretly for many years, treating each other as if they were thorns in their hearts, Li Linfu was scolded by a scholar to the point of incompleteness, how could he be unfortunate and gloating.

At the same time, there are repeated introductions by Mrs. Qiuguo. Therefore, the name Zhang Xuan has some weight in Yang Guozhong's heart. He summoned the Yang family to a banquet, and then remembered Zhang Xuan, so he ordered Pei Hui to invite Zhang Xuan.

The person who scolded Li Linfu - the enemy of the enemy is the friend. Yang Guozhong's mind is as simple as that. He is good at winning people's hearts and cultivating his own power, as long as he can't get along with Li Linfu and puts himself under his command, he welcomes and reuses.

Whether Zhang Xuan goes to the Yang family's party or not is irrelevant to Pei Hui. He was only slightly worried, would Zhang Xuan not give Yang Guozhong face like this......

Although he is weak and indifferent, he was born in a rich family, so he can't understand these twists and turns. After hesitating for a moment, he bowed down and whispered, "Mr. is unwell, Pei Hui should have ...... But the third uncle warmly invited, if the gentleman ......"

Pei Hui's words were rambling, but the meaning was that Zhang Xuan understood, and he was just worried about himself.

Looking at Pei Hui's weak figure and his clear eyes, Zhang Xuan was slightly moved in his heart. With Pei Hui's temperament, if he didn't really take himself as a teacher, he would definitely not say such a thing.

Zhang Xuan smiled, and suddenly reached out and patted Pei Hui's shoulder, "Pei Hui, Yang Shilang is in a high position, where can he see me as a scholar who has no background...... Besides, this is a clan gathering of the Yang family, and it is not appropriate for me to attend. Annoyed to worship Mrs. Shang, Zhang Xuan will definitely come to the door to thank Mrs. Xie for rescuing her brother. ”

Pei Hui's eyes flickered, but he didn't say anything more, and bowed again, "Yes." Sir, Pei Hui retired. ”