A few days ago, I felt sick, I was quite sick, and I didn't go to court, and I have been in bed a little better, but the illness is like a thread, and my body is still a little heavy, and I have to recuperate at home.

The study room is well lit, cool breeze, after the midsummer of July, to the early autumn of August, the weather no longer feels hot, Li Linfu sat on his yellowed old rattan chair idly drinking ginseng tea, which is soaked with the thousand-year-old ginseng of the Bohai King Qin Mao's filial piety, the East Palace case has passed more than two months, Li Linfu seems to have changed his sex, no longer ask too much about things, every day is just busy, transfer money and goods, transfer officials, Henan >Transferring grain for disaster relief, these are all things that are within his prime minister's responsibility, but more importantly, the emperor decided to canonize Taizhen Concubine Yang Niangniang as a concubine, the emperor has no queen and concubine, and the concubine is actually the queen.

The emperor conferred the title of concubine, and the whole country paid attention, but Li Linfu was not, he took another sip of tea, and there was a faint glimmer in his slender eyes.

He is concerned about Yang Yuhuan's family, as a favored imperial concubine, she must need a strong relative as support, and the emperor will inevitably consider it this way, otherwise the concubine will be attacked on all sides in the palace, 'Yang Guozhong', Li Linfu's mind jumped out of this name, this is the name that the emperor changed for him when he named Yang Zhao as the imperial historian yesterday.

"Good and prosperous official luck!"

Li Linfu couldn't help but sneer, a few months ago, he was still a Jinwu guard Cao who joined the army, but in just a few months, he became a five-grade imperial historian, without merit. Obviously, relying on nepotism, it is really disgraceful, and he can't help but think of another Li Qing, who was promoted quickly, and he has also made great contributions in Nanzhao.

But what Li Linfu is thinking about is how to receive the emerging Yang family under his banner, Yang Zhao, no! It should be called Yang Guozhong now, he doesn't have to worry. In the case of the East Palace, he is his own vanguard, the key is to have the emperor's attitude, his relatives are different from ordinary officials, and in the end, Li Longji must agree.

There was a string of hurried footsteps outside, and when I got to the door, I stopped again, "Father." The child has something important to report! ”

It is his eight Li Yin, after the East Palace case, Li Linfu in order to test whether Li Longji's attitude towards him has changed, specially begged the emperor to shadow his other official, according to the Tang system, only the emperor or the queen's immediate family, a family can shade two children as officials, and the rest of the officials can only shade one person, and the rank is also exquisite, such as the first grade (Taishi, Taifu, Taiwei) officials can only be shaded by the seventh grade officials, and most of them are military positions. However, Li Linfu's recital was unusually approved, and he was not only treated by the emperor's immediate family. Moreover, he also got the shortage of the provincial member of Shangshu Province, and he was appointed as a member of the Ministry of War. It can be seen that the emperor is still kind to him, which also makes him feel a little relieved.

Li Yin's sudden arrival made Li Linfu slightly angry, he went home privately within two months of being an official, and passed it out to let the hundred officials comment, no matter how big the world is, can't you say it after the next dynasty? Still can't hold my breath like that.

He slammed the cup on the table, stretched his face and said, "Come in!" ”

Li Yin heard his father's displeasure, and he slowly walked into the room. Feeling uneasy, he bowed his head and said, "Father." I have something important to report. ”

Li Linfu glanced at it and said coldly: "I heard that you went out with those royal heirs last night to mess around, but really?" ”

Li Yin hurriedly said: "Father has taught the child, the child has changed a lot, the child met them on the way to Cui Yuanfu last night, and had to entertain for an hour, which is really not the child's original intention." ”

When Li Linfu heard this, his anger subsided slightly, but he still said coldly: "You don't have to go to Cui Yuan's daughter, she is too weak, she is not a prosperous husband, for his father decided to marry Cui Qiao's daughter for you, although he refused last time, but his wife agreed, in his family it was his wife who was in charge, don't think about it, I will invite the media in a few days." ”

Li Yin has never seen Cui Liuliu's mother, but two months ago when he went to his house for dinner, he was frightened by her mother's tiger threat and fled, and never dared to go to Cui Liuliu again, and set his eyes on Cui Yuan's daughter, although she was a little thin, but also gentle and lovely, never out of the house, and that Cui Liuliu is very different, the man's heart is so strange, he himself spends all day drinking and playing with women outside, but when he marries a wife, he wants the other party to strictly abide by women's morals, it is best that this generation has never spoken to other men, from ancient times to the present, it is the same.

But his father's intention was to let him marry Cui Liuliu, but he didn't dare to say the word 'no' with a bitter face, so he had to respond in a low voice, Li Linfu naturally knew his son's thoughts, although Cui Qiao's daughter had a bad reputation, but marrying her could not only pull Cui Qiao over, but Cui Qiao's wife was the sister of Li Lin, the king of Ning, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone, marriage! It was originally a political transaction, and it was a big deal that he was allowed to marry a few more concubines to compensate for it.

Thinking of this, Li Linfu's tone also softened a lot, and he nodded and said, "Say it!" What's important? ”

Li Yin hurriedly said anxiously: "The child just received the battle report from Shazhou, Li Qing defeated the Tubo army in Shazhou, killing more than 7,000 enemies, and Pei Shangshu has already entered the palace." ”

"This is a good thing, what are you anxious about?"

Li Linfu saw that his face was full of anxiety, and he was slightly dissatisfied: "I already know about this matter, and the emperor has long known about it, although I don't like Li Qing, but this is a state affair, how can I arbitrarily erase his credit because of my likes and dislikes for individuals?" It's you, Li Qing is as old as you, he is fighting for the country, and you are drunk and dreaming of death, you are more than a little short of him! ”

Li Yinnuo agreed, but his heart secretly scolded his father for being shameless, but when Wang Zhonghei defeated the Turkic Usumishh Khan last year, he did not see him so 'upright', and behind his back played Wang Zhonghei to rebel, but now he pretended to teach himself a lesson.

Although he was resentful, he didn't dare to show it on his face, so he only said in a low voice: "But the child received the battle map sent by the Shazhou soldier Cao Shi today, only to find that this battle was not fought in Shazhou, but about 80 miles away from the territory of Tubo, in other words, it was my Tang Dynasty who was invading Tubo." ”

Speaking of this, Li Yin peeked at his father, and saw that his expression began to be solemn, and his heart was secretly happy, he came for this matter, for some reason, he was deeply jealous of Li Qing, jealous of this opponent who was the same age as himself but was in a high position.

"Cross-border combat, is that really the case?"

Li Linfu's eyes narrowed, his nose groove lengthened again, just now he was still praising Li Qing for the country's defense, but now he suddenly found his handle, his heart began to be active again, he got up and paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and said slowly: "You go back now, give Yang Guozhong a copy of the map you got, don't say anything, you know?" ”

"Yang Guozhong?" Li Yin was stunned.

"That is, Yang Zhao, what, don't you have anything to do with him now?"

Li Linfu's eyes suddenly sharpened, like a sharp sword, piercing Er's heart, and he repeatedly told him to maintain a close relationship with Yang Guozhong, but now he found that Er'er didn't seem to listen to his own words too much.

"Do you forget all the things that your father has told you?

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Li Linfu's voice suddenly raised, and he stared at him coldly and said, "What about the Yongwangzhi?" Are you not doing what your father tells you to do? ”

"The child just thinks.

Li Yin couldn't go on, he suddenly found that his father's gaze staring at him was extremely cold, and his legs began to tremble, "Plop! He fell on his knees and could not utter a word.

After a long time, Li Linfu slowly walked to the window, looked up to the sky and sighed: "It's a pity that Li Qing is not my son, otherwise he would definitely understand my intentions." ”

He just felt bored and waved his hand back, "Go ahead!" Give the map to Yang Guozhong, nothing else is your business, remember, you will be honest in the future, and you must not leave your job at will. ”

Li Yin saw that his father was really angry, and he didn't dare to explain anymore, so he said 'yes', and then lowered his head and retreated.

Seeing that Er'er was far away, Li Linfu returned to the chair and sat down gloomily, but his relaxed and leisurely mood was destroyed by Er's conceit and stupidity.

Two months ago, Li Qing was sealed to Shazhou, Li Linfu in order to monitor him, specially appointed a protégé of his own to do Shouchang County Order, but unintentionally got an information, Shazhou Doulu army is seriously insufficient, Li Linfu was taken aback, but he did not say anything, secretly investigated the truth of the matter, and finally found that this was related to Longyou, Hexi Jiedu Huangfu Weiming, with the investigation deepened step by step, Huangfu Weiming's recruitment of private troops was also investigated by him before coming out.

From sending Li Qing to Shazhou. Li Linfu judged that Li Longji knew about these things, but he was pretending to be stupid, and he must have some intention in sending Li Qing.

In the past two months, Li Linfu gradually guessed Li Longji's thoughts, he wanted to abolish Tai, but he was slowly trying to cut off the big generals who supported Tai one by one, so that he could abolish Tai without risk. In this way, I'm afraid that the first thing he has to deal with is Huangfu Weiming, so isn't Li Qing an important one in this game of chess?

Thinking about this, Li Linfu couldn't help but feel excited, and he immediately changed his strategy, in the past, he was actively looking for every opportunity to fight too. And now, he only needs to relieve Li Longji's worries about abolishing Taitai, for example, let Li Longji find a suitable new Tai, and Li Cong, the king of Tan, is greedy and hypocritical, and he has not been established as Tai before, and he will not have a chance for him in the future.

Li Linfu decisively gave up on him, and his eyes slowly turned to the body of Yongwang Li Lan, who had always been low-key, and almost everyone forgot about him. But it was his low profile that was discovered by Li Longji.

It was quiet in the study. All I heard was 'Sand! Sand! The sound of the pen, Li Linfu is struggling to write. He was writing a diary, a habit he had developed over the years, but he didn't write it every day, only when he felt something in his heart, or planned something big, he would take a note, but despite this, he had accumulated a box of notes.

Suddenly. There was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and the chief butler shouted at the door, "Master." Someone in the palace came to deliver the decree, and the emperor ordered you to enter the palace quickly. ”

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Yang Zhao, no! From now on, he will be called Yang Guozhong, although there is still a little regret, not called Yang Dizhong, he wants to make his position clear, he is loyal to not the country, but the emperor, however, he is still very satisfied, this is not, he gave birth to an official, has his own official office, and gave 50 million dollars, 1,000 horses of silk, 15 acres of Fengfeng Tiantian and Yongye Tian, not only that, the emperor also rewarded him with the original Taiping Princess's house, which has nearly 100 slaves and maids, it is said that this is Li Linfu's beautiful house that has been repeatedly sought, that night, Yang Guozhong chose two beautiful slaves and maids to accompany him, and he was really good, of course, his wife and children also had to send someone to pick him up and work for Li Qing, which was really not what he wanted.

The Tang Dynasty Imperial History Terrace is not of high rank, but the power is extremely heavy, divided into three courts, the palace and the procuratorate, or handling big cases, or picketing etiquette, or supervising hundreds of officials and places, the functions are different, the imperial historian is the highest official, but the imperial historian is often just a virtual official, with a name but no real power, so that the real power of the imperial history platform is actually in the hands of the deputy official Yu Shicheng, although it is only the fifth grade, but the third grade of the important person also has to give him face, this is Li Linfu's first fierce general Wang:.

Yang Guozhong is in charge of the palace, the palace is responsible for picketing various ceremonies of the imperial court, including the order of the court, the ceremonial costumes, the sacrifice and the emperor's provincial drive, etc., although he doesn't understand bullshit, but slapping the table and scolding the mother is indispensable, and the report handed by the subordinates is not satisfactory and will be thrown in the other party's face, in short, the frame is to put the foot.

Today is his second day of work, the Yushitai is located in the east of Chengtianmen Street, the left is the Taishi Supervisor, the right is the Zongzheng Temple, Yang Guozhong is surrounded by several subordinates, riding a high-headed horse with a spring breeze from the door into the imperial city, as if the champion of the street, he is almost carrying a ribbon, it stands to reason, he only needs to pass through in front of the Taifu Temple, not far from the Yushitai, but he is not, he wants to go around a big ***, all the way to receive compliments from officials in various ministries, if the conditions permit, he can't wait to tour around the country.

"Lord Yang's lucky stars shine brightly, and his official fortune is prosperous!"

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"Lord Yang is a promising young man, no! That year was promising, and it was a late bloomer! ”

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"After I look at Li Xiang, the head of Taiwan Province is none other than Lord Yang"

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He was proud all the way, and his tail was going to the sky, especially when he walked to the capital water prison, a few clever petty officials even grabbed him to lead the reins of the horse, which made his blood run high, as if he had reached the apex of life, when he was without food and clothing, looking at people's faces, he didn't think that he had today, Yang Guozhong only felt that his chest was full of pride, wait a minute! The heroic spirit has now become a heroic spirit, because there is a carriage in front of him blocking his way, blocking the channel of his heroic catharsis, Yang Guozhong's face immediately gloomy, I saw a person coming down from the carriage, slender and handsome, temperament and graceful, he was dressed in a four-grade court dress, it was Yang Shenjin, the servant of the ministry, although it was a family five hundred years ago, and he couldn't write two Yang characters in one stroke, but Yang Guozhong didn't think so, he was a descendant of the emperor, he was just a scoundrel in the market, his ears couldn't help but echo in Li Linfu's study, Yang Shenjin's ridicule of himself:

"Yang joins the army witty and lively, good at drinking, gambling and lustful but not easy to learn, officialdom will be able to play with ease, why do we need to take care of it, but there is a backer of Concubine Taizhen, and we have to ask Lord Yang to take care of us more in the future."

It has been two months, but Yang Guozhong has not forgotten a word, at this moment he dared to block his own way, the old hatred and new hatred broke out at this moment, Yang Guozhong stared at him viciously, trying to find his fork, but the new official took office, the business is not proficient, after watching for a long time, he only found that Yang Shenjin did not find anything except for the hat that seemed to be worn crookedly.

A subordinate estimated that Yang Guozhong was the reincarnation of the worm in his stomach, and immediately guessed the boss's thoughts, and whispered a few words to him in an anxious ear, Yang Guozhong smiled and patted him on the shoulder

He urged him to step forward, and said with a yin smile: "Yang Shilang, don't come to be harmless?" ”

Yang Shenjin saw the arrogant Yang Guozhong from afar, he was the emperor, he was tasteful and elegant, and he was really disgusted by Yang Guozhong's vulgar villain's face, at the moment, he couldn't help sneering and said: "Lord Yang must not be able to find his own official office when walking around the imperial city, why don't I send someone to send you there, okay?" ”

Yang Shenjin's ridicule made Yang Guozhong indignant, he looked up to the sky and laughed dryly, and pointed to Yang Shenjin's carriage: "According to the etiquette system, Yang Shilang's carriage should be parked on the left side of the road, but now it is parked on the right side, occupying the position of Shangshu, this official, as the imperial historian, has the responsibility to correct the mistake, and he will also impeach you." ”

Speaking of this, Yang Guozhong's eyelids rolled upward, just waiting for Yang Shenjin to bow his head to admit his mistake, and then taunt him, but there was no movement for a long time, he looked at it, but saw that Yang Shenjin had already gone up the steps, and ignored himself at all, Yang Guozhong lost face, and suddenly became angry, he jumped off the horse and shouted, "Stop!" If you don't apologize to the old man, you won't blame the old man! ”

Yang Shenjin laughed, turned around with his hands behind his back, looked at Yang Guozhong and sneered, "What should I call you?" Yang Zhai is still Uncle Yang, if I were you, I would have run back to the street to gamble and drink, and I am still embarrassed here, I have a word to send you, all as a congratulatory gift for your ascension, you must always pay attention to your waist, that skirt must be fastened, otherwise, you may not even have the qualification to lead the horse for me. ”

"Dog thing! How dare you amuse the old? ”

Yang Guozhong pulled his arm, clenched his old fist and rushed forward, don't look at him when he was scared like a chicken in front of Wang Bing, but he was unequivocal about dealing with a weak scholar like Yang Shenjin, at this moment, he picked up his old fist and really became the master of Yang Zhai.

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beat Yang Shenjin hard. No! Ming's statement should be called a physical conflict, Yang Guozhong returned to the official office triumphantly, and saw a person standing at the door from afar, who seemed to be a little familiar, he rubbed his scratched eyes, and immediately recognized it. It is the son of Lord Xiangguo, the new member of the military department, Li Yin, the owner of Yang Zhai just now immediately became Yang Xiaodi, smiled Mimi ran forward, took his hand and said affectionately: "Does Li Gong really look down on me?" It's so hard to ask you for a drink. ”

Li Yin was taken aback when he saw Yang Guozhong, only to see that there were traces of being arrested on his face and eyes, and the official uniform on his body was also torn, and he couldn't help but secretly wonder: "Could it be that this Yang Zhao is also afraid of guilt?" ”

I thought to myself, but I couldn't say it, I just didn't see it. He only arched his hand and smiled: "Where do I dare to look down on Lord Yang, it's just that I usually have too many bad deeds." I'm afraid that Lord Yu Shicheng will see it and impeach me. That's why I didn't dare to look for you, I didn't expect Lord Yang to be promoted, but his true colors did not change, needless to say, I will knock on Lord Yang's bamboo pole tonight. ”

Yang Guozhong immediately danced with his eyebrows and said: "It's better to go to Qianbi Building tonight, I'll have a treat, I'll get the top brand there tonight." ”

Li Yin laughed, patted Yang Guozhong on the shoulder and said, "My father has a high opinion of you. Sure enough, good for my appetite. Don't call you Lord Yang, call you Brother Yang! ”

He saw that there were a lot of idlers on the left and right, so he pulled Yang Guozhong aside and said in a low voice: "Brother Yang Gaosheng may be jealous of many people, my father asked me to tell you, if you want not to be underestimated, you can quickly do a few practical things to come out, and you can block everyone's mouth." ”

Yang Guozhong hesitated and frowned: "I want to find something to do, but the world is peaceful, but there is nothing to do." ”

Li Yin saw that the time had come, so he took out the copy of the map from his arms and stuffed it to Yang Guozhong and said: "This is one thing, Li Qing, the governor of Shazhou, attacked the Tubo army across the border without the permission of the imperial court, this map is the evidence, my father pointed out that he wanted Brother Yang to handle this case, you don't let him down." ”

Yang Guozhong was taken aback, how could it be his brother's business, how could he do it, Li Yin saw that he hesitated, so he sneered and said: "I repeat, this is the first case that my father has specially taken care of you, if you do it well, my father will recommend you to the ministry and the real lack of officials, if you don't want to do it, you don't have to go to my house in the future." ”

Yang Guozhong's face was swollen red, he was a smart man, although the emperor valued him, but the prime minister must not be offended, otherwise there will be small shoes to wear in the future, in front of vital interests, the brotherhood has gradually disappeared, Li Qing's appearance was once again left behind by him, "In front of official affairs, it is not in vain!" Yang Guozhong admonished himself, then slowly reached out and took the map, put it in his arms, and said in a low voice: "Please tell Lord Xiangguo, his old man's words Guozhong dare not disobey." ”

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If Li Qing is allowed to see Li Longji now, he will definitely be frightened, only two months, Li Longji is like ten years old, night and night sheng song makes him physiological adjustment begin to keep up, fatigue, he has not been to the morning court for three days, every morning he can't get up at all, until the sun is three poles before slowly getting up and combing, and then come to the imperial study to sit for a long time, listen to some big things, small things will be thrown directly to Gao Lishi to deal with.

But today there are two major events, first of all, Pei Kuan, the secretary of the military department, rushed to report the good news, Shazhou victory, the governor Li Qing led 3,000 people to annihilate more than 7,000 people of the Tubo army, and asked the emperor to commend him, this matter was known ten days ago Li Longji in Li Qing's report on the third day, and all the details were reported to him word for word, because the city wall of Dunhuang City was repaired, and the city could not be defended, so it could only cross the border to meet the attack, and the timely support of the horse bandits saved the war, Li Qing asked the emperor to pardon the sins of the two brothers.

He was very satisfied with Li Qingdi's frankness and Li Longji, and he was even more impressed by his ability to win more with less, keep Shazhou, and defeat the Tubo army that came to attack him, and he immediately wrote a letter back, praising him and all the soldiers who participated in the battlefield, and agreeing to some reasonable requests he made.

But after a while, another major event came, Tubo Zanpu sent an envoy to warn the Tang Dynasty that the matter of Shazhou was the Tang Dynasty's initiative to provoke, and asked it to severely punish Li Qing, the governor of Shazhou, otherwise, all the consequences would be borne by the Tang Dynasty.

The words were extremely unkind, and the implication was that he was going to send troops to attack the Tang Dynasty, although Li Longji did not want to punish Li Qing, but it can be seen from this letter that Tubo was going to use troops against the Tang Dynasty, and he was now anxious to know the preparations for war in Longyoudi.

'Zhao Li Linfu hurried into the palace! ’

But almost at the same moment, Yang Guozhong's impeachment of Li Qing was also handed over to Li Longji's imperial case.

Note: Yang Guozhong's name change should be Tianbao Nian, and Lao Gao advanced him due to the needs of the plot; In addition, there is a big mistake, Lao Gao has always confused Taizhen and Yuzhen, and wrote Yang Yuhuan's Taizhen Concubine as Princess Yuzhen in the front, the mistake is huge, and the crime is unforgivable, please criticize and fight! The top hat used for criticism has been folded and put on with newspaper, and four big words are written on it: Happy New Year!