"Queen Mother, how can you agree to Cui Yu's suggestion, he will definitely not have any good intentions!" In Cui Xiaofu's imperial study of Zichen Pavilion, Li Mian said with some concern: "I'm worried, we finally fought for Zuo Shangshu of the Ministry of War, if something happens, won't all our previous efforts be wasted?" ”

The court meeting has been dispersed for half an hour, Cui Xiaofu still feels tired, she wants to go back to the palace to rest, but there are still many things that cannot be delayed, she has to come to the imperial study with a strong spirit.

At this moment, Cui Xiaofu relaxed, half-lying behind the imperial case with her eyes closed, a eunuch stood behind her, carefully rubbing her temples, Li Mian's inexplicable worry made her feel funny, she didn't open her eyes, only smiled slightly: "Aiqing, you are too worried, Cui Yu's mind I know, he just hopes that Cui Qinggong will snatch the boat, and then impeach him for Li Huai's dereliction of duty, but he didn't expect that if the boat can arrive in Beijing smoothly, we can let Li Huai take charge of the regiment's training in the name of justice, everything is a double-edged sword, He only thinks about hurting us, but isn't he afraid to cut his own hands? ”

"The Queen Mother is high!" Li Mian exclaimed, and asked tentatively: "The Queen Mother is so sure, she must have already made arrangements on Cui Qinggong's side!" ”

"Not really, but I'll warn him."

As soon as Cui Xiaofu finished speaking, Lu Taiyi's voice came from the door, "Queen Mother, Cui Qinggong is here, and he is waiting outside the palace!" ”

Li Mian was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Queen Mother, the minister will retire first." ”

Cui Xiaofu opened her eyes and glanced at him, and smiled lightly, "Okay! You can retire. ”

"The minister retired." Li Mian slowly retreated, and when he left, Cui Xiaofu sat up, she waved her hand, and ordered the eunuchs to go down, she was the only one left in the room, she let out a long sigh, today's court meeting can be described as a mixed blessing. The joy is that she took half of the military department, but the worry is that the emperor showed his edge. This is a side she has never seen before, he is ten years old this year, eight years before independence from power, will he have nothing after eight years?

A sense of oppression that has never been felt before made Cui Xiaofu a little breathless. She couldn't help but think of Qin Wangzheng.

"Queen Mother, Cui Qinggong is here." Lu Taiyi's voice interrupted her train of thought.

"Announce him in!" Cui Xiaofu temporarily put down Li Miao's matter and straightened her waist. The corners of his mouth smiled and waited for Cui Qinggong's audience.

After a while, Cui Qinggong strode in, his face was still stunned, just now he met Li Mian at the gate of the hall, Li Mian actually warned him in a tone of lesson to focus on the overall situation, what is the importance of the overall situation? Does he Cui Qinggong still need a lesson?

"The minister sees the Queen Mother!" Cui Qinggong arched his hand, his face extremely unhappy. Li Mian's words must have been instigated by Cui Xiaofu.

"Second brother, please take a seat!" Cui Xiaofu looked at his face, and when he sat down, he smiled slightly and said, "What's the matter, do you feel left out in the court today?" ”

Cui Qinggong stretched his face and said: "I can't talk about being cold, I'm just a martial artist, and intrigue is not what I'm good at." ”

"Second brother, don't say that, intrigue is not a skill, strength is the first, and the second brother has an army of 200,000 in his hands. This is more important than anything else. Cui Xiaofu comforted him softly, and after a pause, she smiled again: "Second brother, have you heard about the new cabinet?" ”

When it came to the cabinet, Cui Qinggong's attention was diverted, he also heard a little bit in the morning, three first cabinets, six auxiliary cabinets, I don't know if there is any other status in this?

Cui Xiaofu seemed to know his thoughts. He smiled and told him: "Li Mian is the head of the cabinet." One of the two auxiliary pavilions is Wei Ge, and the other is the second brother. Actually, you're all the same, it's up to me to decide. ”

"Li Mian?" Cui Qinggong's fire rose, and his face sank: "Let me ask you, since you keep saying that strength is the most important, why don't you let me be the first pavilion, but let a white-faced scholar ride on my neck, why is this?" ”

Cui Xiaofu saw that he was aggressive, and he didn't abide by the courtesy of the monarch and ministers, but he still spoke to herself in this tone, and her heart was slightly angry, she tried her best to restrain herself and said: "Let Li Mian be the minister of the first cabinet, first, his qualifications are older than yours, and secondly, he is often in Beijing, but you are outside."

Before he finished speaking, he was rudely interrupted by Cui Qinggong, "Your reason is really unreasonable, what does it mean that you are older than me, if you talk about seniority, can he compare to Wei Ge?" Then why don't you let Wee be the first minister? It is even more nonsense to be in Beijing, Zhang Huan is the minister of the first cabinet, but is he often in Beijing? It's clear that you don't take me seriously. ”

"Enough!" Cui Xiaofu couldn't bear it anymore, she stood up and scolded him angrily: "Are you so presumptuous in front of the mourning family? ”

Her chest rose and fell violently, and she was so angry that tears were about to come out, "You're right, I didn't put you in my eyes, I didn't dare to put you in my eyes, you look at what you did, how many people you killed in the attack on Xiangyang, in Zaoyang you almost slaughtered the whole city, even a few years old Di Xiaoniang didn't let go, I still can't do this for you, just with your virtue, you still want to be the minister of the first cabinet, do you know how far you are from Zhang Huan?" Just because people gave up Jiangxia and saved the people of Xiangyang instead, let him win the hearts of the people in the world, and how many ministers defected to him, do you know who he is? He is the son of Prince Yu, and he is the enemy who wants to compete with me for the world! Have you thought of all this for me? ”

In the end, Cui Xiaofu was almost hoarse, she was so excited that she hit the royal case with a paperweight, tears surging out of her eyes, at this moment, the weak side of the woman was vividly shown in her.

Cui Qinggong was a little stunned, he had never seen his sister get so angry, his lips moved, he suffocated into his heart in one breath, and only gritted his teeth and bowed his head silently.

The room was quiet, as if the storm had dissipated, and after a while, Cui Qinggong stood up, turned around and walked out.

"Stop!" Cui Xiaofu stopped him, "Where are you going?" ”

"I'll go back to Ruyang." Cui Qinggong said coldly: "Since you can't do Zaoyang for me, then I'll go back and kill a group of people and let you have an explanation." ”

"You can go back, but I want to warn you, you are not allowed to worry about luck, this matter is very important, you must focus on the overall situation."

"Focus on the big picture." Cui Qinggong snorted and walked quickly.

When Cui Xiaofu saw him go, she collapsed limply. She had never been so tired as she was today.

After retreating, Cui Yu hurriedly got into the carriage. Rushed to Xuanyangfang non-stop, today is the day when the eldest brother Cui Yuan returns to Shandong, and he wants to meet him before the eldest brother leaves.

The courtyard was already full of luggage, and the eldest grandson Cui Yao was directing the people to load the carriage, and he saw Cui Yu come in. hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, "Grandson Cui Yao will give the second grandfather a salute." ”

Looking at this smart and courteous grandson, Cui Yu suddenly remembered the little emperor Li Miao in the court today. The two of them are a little similar, and as soon as his heart moved, he beckoned to him, "Come here, the second grandfather has something to ask you." ”

Cui Yu found a suitcase and sat down, and asked Cui Yao with a smile: "Have you seen the current emperor?" ”

Cui Yao nodded, "I have studied with him. He's a year younger than me. ”

"I'm not talking about that." Cui Yu was a little confused about how to express himself, "I mean, what kind of person do you think he is?" Judge him by how you feel. ”

"How do I feel?" Cui Yao pondered for a while, and then said: "I think he is very smart and thinks about problems very well, but he has a weakness, maybe ordinary people are not weak, but as his status as the emperor, I think it is very problematic." ”

"What weakness?" Cui Yu's interest increased.

"He's a bit emotional. Especially when it is not good for him, he always can't control his emotions. ”

How so? You can give an example. ”

"Hmm." Cui Yao sighed slightly and said: "Last summer, the master gave us a question to test the Zhuangzidi "Autumn Water Chapter", he was a moment later than me, and he also made a few mistakes, and the master praised me a few words. And he was furious. Tear my silent book to shreds and throw it in my face. After that, I never entered the palace again. ”

"I see!" Cui Yu smiled and said, "Does your grandfather know about this?" ”

Cui Yao shook his head, "No, I didn't tell my grandfather, for fear of affecting his mood, I only told my aunt." ”

"You're sensible." Cui Yu stood up and touched his grandson's head lovingly, "Is Grandpa here?" ”

"In! My grandfather was in the study, and I took my second grandfather there. ”

"No need, I'll go by myself, you go get busy!"

Cui Yu looked at the calm little figure of the eldest grandson, he nodded lightly, Cui Jiadi hoped, I'm afraid it will be on this place.

Cui Yu walked through a long corridor to the eldest brother's study, and a guard went in to report for him, and came out after a while: "Master, please Xiangguo go in." ”

Cui Yu walked into the study, but saw that his nephew Cui Xian was also there, Cui Xian saw him come in, and quickly stood up and saluted him, and then said to Cui Yuan: "Father, the child is a little worried Yao'er, I'll take a look." ”

"Don't worry, your son can do it better than anyone else, and you don't have to worry about it at all." Cui Yu smiled, and then he sat down.

Cui Yuan glanced at him, but said to Cui Xian: "Go!" Let Yao'er stay with his mother for a while, and we'll leave in the evening. ”

"The boy went."

After his son retreated, Cui Yuan looked at Cui Yu and said with a slight smile: "Xian'er has already told me about the court meeting just now, and the second brother is a good finishing touch." ”

Cui Yu sighed and said: "I just came to find my eldest brother for this matter, I vaguely felt something at that time, but I was not sure, I felt that I was a little impulsive at that time." ”

Cui Yuan squinted his eyes and smiled, "I just understood Zhang Huan's layout, and it was really clever, if I guessed correctly, Zhang Huan originally arranged for Zhang Yansheng in the imperial history to make your suggestion, but you preempted it." ”

After listening to the eldest brother's words, Cui Yu finally felt relieved, he hesitated, and then asked: "I just don't understand, since he doesn't want to give up the post of squire in the military department, he can just start directly, but why do you want to go around such a big ***?" ”

Cui Yuan couldn't help laughing, "Second brother, you might as well think a little deeper, why did Cui Xiaofu appoint Li Huai as the squire of the military department?" ”

"You mean the King of Heirs." Cui Yuanyu was stunned for a moment, and he finally came to his senses.

At night, the sky is dripping with rain, the rain in April is warm, the rain is very fine and fine, fluttering with the wind, quietly and silently moistening the earth and people's hearts, in this misty rain, a light reveals a soft and beautiful fusion of the local atmosphere.

In Zhang Huan's study, the master who had been tired for a day was writing something on his desk, and tomorrow morning, he would get up and go to Jiangling and Changsha, and before leaving, he needed to arrange many trivial things.

In the afternoon, in Zhongshu Province, at the temporary meeting of dozens of senior officials of Shangshu, Shilang and Qingjian, Pei Jun officially announced the implementation of the new cabinet system, Pei Jun, Zhang Huan, and Li Mian were the chief cabinet ministers, and Pei You, Lu Qi, Cui Yu, Chu Xingshui, Wei Ge, and Cui Qinggong were the six cabinet auxiliary ministers, and the right to review the matter was canceled, and the secretary Lang was responsible for sorting out documents and convening meetings.

In principle, a cabinet meeting will be convened once a month to discuss and decide on major military affairs and major personnel changes, and if you are sick or absent from Chang'an, you can authorize others to attend on your behalf.

This is the most significant change in the political system of the Tang Dynasty since the implementation of the family cabinet system in the first year of Qingzhi, which is actually the distribution of interests of the three major forces in the imperial court in the system, and the Tang Dynasty has entered the era of three powers. Zhang Huan wrote a letter to Hu Yong in Longyou, informing him of this major change in the structure of the imperial court and the plan of the new militia in Longyou.

"Master, Miss Yun is here." The butler's low voice came from the door.

"Let her in."

Zhang Huan hurried to finish writing the last line, with the rustle! He finished writing the last word and put the pen down.

"Brother, do you have something to do with me?" Li Chuanyun walked in with a smile.

"Big sister, please take a seat." Zhang Huan hurriedly took out a soft cushion and handed it over with a smile.

"Say it! What's up? Li Chuanyun didn't say hello, she sat down and asked straight to the point, there must be something big about my brother coming to me so late.

The smile on Zhang Huan's face gradually disappeared, and he said after a deep sigh: "This matter is very important, I hope that the eldest sister will go there herself." ”

He stood up, walked quickly to the bookshelf and found a map of Huaibei, spread it on the table, and pointed to the eight-hundred-mile-long Cao Canal Road, "About half a month later, one million guan money will pass through the Huaibei Canal to the north of the Central Plains, and the envoy is Li Huai, the squire of the new army, if I guess correctly, Cui Qinggong and Wei Deqing will start to seize this boat."

Zhang Huan described the task in detail, and finally asked her, "Do you have any questions?" ”

Li Fanyun thought for a while and asked, "I'm only worried that Cui Qinggong listened to Cui Xiaofu's persuasion, if he gave up the idea of seizing the boat, then what should I do?" ”

"You don't have to worry, no matter who persuades him, he will never give up." Zhang Huan smiled coldly and said: "He is a wolf, and wolves can never change their nature of eating meat." ”