Ma Ma was bright, a touch of purple red appeared in the far sky, and the purple red seemed to be dyed layer by layer of pouring sauce, and suddenly, the sun in the red fire robe jumped out of the clouds, bursting out of ten thousand golden threads, shooting through the clouds, and a new day finally came.

Li Qing, as usual, got up before dawn, under the service of the curtain, washed and combed, changed clothes, and went to the imperial city after breakfast, the pain turned into juice, overflowing through the layers of hearts, flowing low, accumulating in an unknown corner, mature men will put the pain behind him, and put the responsibility in front of him, he has become a father, a husband, a minister, and a master, after all, love is not the whole of life.

The day after tomorrow, he will go to Yangzhou, or a few months or half a year, and there are still many things that need to be arranged by him, and he has no time to savor the pain.

Walking to the door of the household deployment ya, Li Qing got out of the carriage, and happened to meet Wei Jiansu who walked into the door quickly, the two bowed their hands, Li Qingxian smiled and said: "Brother Wei, this time to Yangzhou, I will take away dozens of household backbones, which will make you embarrassed." ”

Wei Jiansu stepped forward and patted Li Qing on the back, and sighed: "Originally, I went to Yangzhou, maybe the emperor knew that I was not capable, so he replaced you, there are many cows, ghosts, snakes and gods, and various forces are intertwined, you have to be careful." ”

Li Qing heard what he said, and hurriedly pulled him into the door, and the two walked into the inner hall, Li Qing hurriedly asked: "Brother Wei must know it, you might as well say it to Li Qingming." ”

"This. Said: "Yangzhou's commerce is extremely prosperous, more than half of the world's cloth, oil, salt, and tea are gathered there, and all the forces, magnates, and interest groups in Beijing have influence there; Xiangguo Party, Taidang, King Qing, King Yong, and King Shou also have henchmen and retainers in Yangzhou, so although you are in Yangzhou, there is actually no difference between you and Chang'an. ”

"Thank you Brother Wei for reminding me!"

Li Qing gave him a deep salute and asked, "I don't know who is the governor of Yangzhou now, and who is the history of Yangzhou and the long history now?" Do you have a background? ”

Wei Jiansu smiled bitterly, "This is the most important thing I want to remind you, the governor of Yangzhou is led by Li Qiyao, the king of Sheng, he is in Beijing all the year round, and the specific miscellaneous affairs of the governor's mansion are handled by Liu Hui, the chief of history, which can not be considered, but the history of Yangzhou assassination is Li Chengshi, and it is also a clan, and he is the confidant of King Qing, and the governor of Yangzhou is Li Linfu's eldest son-in-law Zhang Boji." ”

'Li Linfu's eldest son-in-law! Li Qing touched his nose and said with a smile: "Why is Brother Wei bitter, isn't it quite interesting?" ”

As he was talking, a small official ran to report urgently, "Zhang Qiu Xiangguo is here, please ask the two waiters to meet quickly." ”

Li Qing and Wei Jiansu glanced at each other and shouted in unison: "Hurry up and invite Xiangguo in!" ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong since entering the main door of the province, with the acquiescence of Li Longji, drastic rectification, purge, he gathered the old people of the Tai Party, promoted cronies, old officials, deposed Li Linfu's forces, in just one month, he firmly sat firmly in the position of the left minister, Zhang Yun, Pei Dunfu, Yang Shenjin, Li Lin, Li Qing, Wei Jiansu and other members are willing to respect him as the head, Zhang Qiu Party structure has been faintly formed.

Li Qing is his protégé, and the new salt law now implemented is also the first step in the reform implemented by Zhang Qiu and Qiong.

Zhang Qiu and Qiong sat down, and said to Li Qing urgently: "The old man also just knew that you have been promoted to Jianghuai transfer envoy, so he hurried to come, you go to Yangzhou, not only to implement the salt law, but also to dredge the Cao Yun, since the emperor ordered you to be the Jianghuai transfer envoy, he has his own deep meaning, in the twelfth year of Kaiyuan, Pei Yaoqing rectified the Cao Yun, so that the rice of Jianghuai can be transported to Jingzhao in large quantities, so that the capital of the rice is only a few money, the prosperity of the Kaiyuan Dynasty is thus prosperous, the Yang, Run, Chang, and Su areas in the south of the Yangtze River have always been the richest places in my Tang Dynasty, especially Bashu, If a large number of its materials can be transported into Beijing, it can alleviate the shortage of materials in the capital, this is the emperor's deep meaning of ordering you to be the Jianghuai transfer envoy, do you understand? ”

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At the same time when Zhang Qiu and Qiong carefully told Li Qing, Li Linfu was also giving a careful explanation to his son-in-law, Yangzhou Governor Shi Zhang Boji.

"Li Qing looks young, but his methods are quite old-fashioned, this time Yang Shenjin fell to Zhang Qiu and Qiong is his connection, this time he went to Yangzhou, you must not look at people and ignore them."

Li Linfu in the chapter of the party after the sudden rise, he maintained a low profile, in the new salt law he looked coldly, did not interfere, the power of the trick, although he is not as good as Li Longji as perfect, but is also a master, judging the situation is his strength, he has been in the Tang Dynasty for many years, the financial crisis of the imperial court is also well known, from Li Longji's dismissal of Jing Zhaoyin, sent seven ministers to the world to supervise the implementation of the salt law, Li Longji has great hopes for the implementation of the salt law, if he himself from the obstruction, miss the big thing, I am afraid that the emperor will never spare himself, but it is by no means his wish to watch Zhang Qiu's party take the opportunity of this new salt law to grow.

Things seem to be a bit of a dilemma, but Li Linfu's best power trick is to borrow the hands of others to get rid of dissidents quietly, Li Qing went to Yangzhou to implement the salt government, and he will inevitably have a bad relationship with the Li clan represented by King Qing, so why didn't he Li Linfu make good use of it? When the competition between cranes and mussels is fierce, the cheapest one is the fisherman who guards the side.

Zhang Boji is about forty years old, Jinshi during the Kaiyuan period, born with a long body and erect, dashing, he is excited, and he has a good reputation for officials, and is an emerging political star of the Tang Dynasty

But the population of nearly one million, especially Shengxiongzhou, and the capital of Huainan Province, second only to Chang'an in commerce, in this place for a long history, in the future transferred to Beijing, more than others a little more capital.

Although he was also full of jealousy of Li Qing and looked down on him, he didn't dare not listen to his father-in-law's words, so he lowered his eyebrows and replied: "Please rest assured, father-in-law, the son-in-law will definitely deal with Li Qing carefully, and there will be no mistakes." ”

"Wrong!" Li Linfu raised his hand to interrupt his words, he had a gloomy face, stared at Zhang Boji and said: "Who wants you to deal with Li Qing, dealing with him is Li Chengshi's business, on the contrary, you have to cooperate with Li Qing to implement the salt policy, remember?" ”

"But"

With a 'bang', Li Linfu slapped the table and said angrily: "Stupid! I still want to promote you, don't you understand that cranes and mussels compete and fishermen profit? I repeat, you have to implement the salt policy well, but you also want to make the contradiction between the crane and the mussel white-hot, it is better to let them lose both, you go! ”

Zhang Boji was scared and sweated, he didn't dare to argue anymore, he agreed, slowly withdrew from Li Linfu's study, looked at the back of his son-in-law, Li Linfu shook his head gently, whether his son-in-law can deal with Li Qing, he is really skeptical, but he is helpless, his most powerful general Wang Zai Nanzhao did not return, Cui Qiao went to Shannan East Road to inspect, Dali Temple was replaced by Shaoqing Jiwen, and Yang Guozhong was Jingzhao Yin, Li Linfu suddenly became alert, this is obviously Li Longji's move, where is his sword pointing, He couldn't see it for a moment.

Li Linfu couldn't help but be upset, Yang Guozhong could still let it go, but it was an imminent matter to clean up Yang Shenjin, the servant of the ministry, if he didn't kill him, how could his face remain?

'How dare you betray the old man!' Li Linfu sneered, he had already thought of a way to deal with Yang Shenjin, so he reached out and gently pulled the rope beside him, and a personal guard entered in response.

"Go, bring me the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Da Xixun!" In two months' time, the day of the expedition was to be completed, and at that time, he was to completely purge the officials.

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The time has passed Shen Shi (three o'clock in the afternoon), one after another officials left the imperial city to return to the house, Li Qing also got into the carriage and drove out of Hanguang Gate, but he did not go back to the house, but went in the direction of Li Lin's mansion, yesterday's Awan incident made him deeply sad, but also made him deeply reflect, he has lost a woman because of a thought, and now he must not lose another woman because of his indecision.

He has never been able to open his mouth to Li Lin about Li Jingyan, and it is a bit ridiculous to let a dignified Tang County Lord be his second wife, but the ugly daughter-in-law wants to see her in-laws sooner or later, can she let Li Jingyan wait for him for a lifetime?

The carriage slowly stopped in front of the palace of Si Ning, Li Qing got out of the door, and saw Du Fu coming out of Li Lin's mansion in high spirits, only to see that he was wearing a straight long shirt, a leather belt around his waist, and a champion scarf on his head.

"Brother Mei, why don't you come to my house to talk?"

Du Fu was walking with his head down, when he suddenly heard someone calling him, looked left and right, and saw Li Qing at once, and stepped forward in a panic to salute, "I've been busy preparing for the exam, and I really don't have time to visit Li Shilang, please forgive me." ”

"Do you really want to take the provincial exam?"

Du Fu nodded, "It has always been my wish to enter the imperial examination, the provincial examination is scheduled for April 20, there are still more than two months, today I came to find the prince, I want to ask for leave to prepare for the exam." ”

"It seems that Brother Mei is already determined to win."

Li Qing patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "If you are high, I will transfer you to my household department to do things, are you willing?" ”

"Then thank you Li Shilang." Du Fu bowed to Li Qing and left.

Li Qing looked at his back, and suddenly had a strange feeling, in history, Du Fu was not admitted to the Jinshi, could it be that there would be any accidents in this imperial examination?

The porter of Li Lin's mansion already knew Li Qing, and before he could get close to the gate, someone rushed to report the news, and after a while, Li Lin smiled and came out to greet him personally, "I heard that the virtuous nephew has been promoted to the imperial doctor, this is from the title of the third grade, hehe!" Congratulations. ”

"It's just temporary, and when I come back, I'll be my fourth-grade waiter." Li Qing smiled in return, but his eyes glanced inside, Li Lin understood, so he smiled and said: "That girl is in her room, I have already asked someone to tell her, what!" When a virtuous nephew comes to my house, can't he come to see me, an old man? ”

"Uncle Shi's words made Li Qing ashamed!"

Li Qing saw that Li Jingyan's eldest brother Li Zhao also came out of it, so he arched his hand to him, and then turned back to Li Lin and said solemnly: "I am going to Yangzhou on business the day after tomorrow, and I came here today to talk to Uncle Shi about Jingyan." ”

Li Lin was overjoyed, he had been waiting for this day for a long time, and the biggest regret in his life was that he couldn't get Li Qing as his son-in-law, seeing him rising day by day, with his experience and experience, after Zhang Qiu and Qiong, it was inevitable that Li Qing would take over, if he could get him as a son-in-law, the future of the two children would not be worried.

"Come on! Let's go to the study and talk. Li Lin grabbed Li Qing's arm and affectionately took him to the house.

At this time, Li Zhao on the side glanced at Li Qing vigilantly, and suddenly said, "Father, the child also wants to participate." ”

Li Lin was slightly surprised, he thought about it and said, "It's okay!" Come along! ”

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"So, are you determined to marry Shocking Goose?" Li Lin came to the room with his hands behind his back and paced slowly, and Li Qing had officially proposed to him.

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I have a worry, I heard that the law of the Tang Dynasty stipulates that the same surname is not allowed to marry, and I am very worried. ”

"That's not a problem." Li Lin shook his head and said with a smile: "You are not the same sect, this is not very strict, I ask the emperor for special approval, the key is that the wild goose herself is willing, she has always been above the top, but now she is willing to marry you, such a good thing, how can I not allow it." ”

"I disagree!"

Li Zhao next to him suddenly stood up and said loudly: "Li Shilang, my sister is the dignified county lord of Pingyang, if you marry him as your wife, I still think you are Gao Pan, but you actually want to marry her as a second wife, to put it bluntly, you just accept her as a concubine, I never expected that you would be able to open this mouth?" Li Shilang, although you are a saint, you can't bully people like this! ”

"Big brother!" The door was suddenly pushed open, and Li Jingyan, who had been eavesdropping outside the door, rushed in, her face flushed, and she complained to Li Zhao: "I said a long time ago, I don't want any name, Li Lang is willing to come to the door to propose, but you indiscriminately reprimand others, it's really rude." ”

"You, you ran out to speak, what kind of system!" Li Zhao saw that his sister was also helping Li Qing to speak, and he couldn't help but be furious, he pointed at Li Jingyan and roared: "The last time you went to the Western Regions with him, you have lost all the face of our family, and now you actually say that you want to be someone's concubine, and you have no shame at all, you go back to me!" There's no room for you to speak here. ”

Li Jingyan had never been so reprimanded by her eldest brother, her eyes were also red, and she stood there, looking at her eldest brother sadly.

Li Qing first saw that he was Li Jingyan's eldest brother, and didn't care about his rudeness, but at this time, seeing that he was too much, he couldn't help but say coldly: "Li Zhao, you still boast that you have read the book of sages, and your father doesn't say anything, don't you even understand this?" Your sister is willing to marry, your father is willing to promise, this is a consensual thing, but you are obstructing it here, I come to ask you, what qualifications do you have. ”

"Zhao'er!" Li Lin sighed and persuaded: "Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it has long been common for the daughter of the clan to marry into a famous family as a side room, speaking of which, you may not know that Li Xian's nephew's wife is actually surnamed Cui, and it is the daughter of your uncle Cui Qiao, so I have no objection to Jingyan marrying a second wife, as long as your sister is willing, what does it matter if the main wife and the second wife do?" ”

Li Zhao heard that Lian'er was actually the daughter of his uncle, he couldn't help but stay for a long time, but he still didn't want his sister to marry low, he glared at Li Qing fiercely, and then sighed to his father: "Father, you are too spoiled, this will hurt her, since you don't listen to my advice, then I have nothing to say, when you regret it, don't blame me for not saying it at the beginning." ”

With that, he strode out of the door, and then slammed the door shut, slamming it down! There was a loud bang on the ground.

Li Lin couldn't help but sigh secretly when he saw his son leave in a bad mood, how could he not know the importance of this title? But her precious daughter, apart from Li Qing, is she willing to marry someone else?

"Yan'er, you go down first! Daddy agreed to the marriage proposal, and let me talk to Li Qing about the details. ”

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Let's say that Li Zhao came out of the house full of anger, and today he had made an appointment to have a small gathering with a few colleagues in Taibai Building, but he was disturbed by Li Qing's matter, and he was in a very bad mood, and he didn't want to go, and when he arrived at Chunming Street, he ordered the coachman to turn around and go home.

"Brother Yifu, stop!" Li Zhao suddenly heard someone calling him to watch the word, and hurriedly asked the driver to stop, he looked out of the car window, and saw a person running out of the teaching workshop across the road, it was his best friend Zhao Yue, so he opened the car door and let Zhao Yue get into the car.

"Where are you going? I'll give you a ride. ”

Zhao Yue was originally going to see Li Linfu to report Yang Guozhong's matter, but the Qinglou teaching workshop in the Pingkangfang area was dense, so he couldn't help but enter the teaching workshop to be happy, and when he came out to see that it was late, when he was in a hurry, he suddenly saw Li Zhao's carriage, and couldn't help but stop him, but Zhao Yue didn't dare to say that he was going to see Li Linfu, and only smiled vaguely, "Ask a few friends to eat at Pingkangfang Siming Restaurant, and now it's a little late, so I want to hitchhike with Brother Yifu." ”

"I originally planned to go back to the house, but since my brother wants to go to Siming Restaurant, I will send you there." Li Zhao ordered the carriage to turn around and drive towards the gate of Pingkangfang.

The carriage was shaking slightly, and the two were sitting facing each other, Zhao Yue saw that Li Zhao was in a low mood, so he asked with concern: "Brother Yifu seems to be in a bad mood, I don't know why?" ”

Li Zhao shook his head and didn't speak, Zhao Yue's lips moved, and he swallowed back the words he was about to speak.

After a while, Zhao Yue finally couldn't help but ask, "I don't know if I, do I still have a chance?" ”

He had just been promoted by Li Linfu to be the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and his career was in full swing, so he once again hit Li Jingyan's idea.

Li Zhao glanced at him apologetically, and couldn't help but feel sorry for his sister secretly, he was a dignified champion, and he had been pursuing her, and he had been frustrated several times, but he still didn't change his mind, and he hadn't married yet, I really don't know what she thought, and she actually fell in love with a person who was born as a businessman, and she didn't even have a reputation for raising people, and she even had to be a concubine.

Such a stark contrast really made Li Zhao angry, 'God has no eyes! He looked up and sighed, and said, "I advise you to marry another brother!" My sister is going to marry that merchant squire. ”

Unintentionally, he actually slipped out of his mouth.