There is a set of mansions in the mansion of the right guard general that is specially allocated to him and his family to live in, but this is the mansion of the public family, if he is discharged, transferred or dismissed, the mansion has to be vacated and returned to the public house, Zhao Ziliang just usually rests here for an hour at noon, and usually goes home for the night, and only when there is a major event when His Majesty is in charge of the mansion, he spends the night here.

Zhao Ziliang led Li Longji to the front hall of the inner house and sat down, and ordered someone to prepare wine and food and a room, and a family member brought boiling water, tea sets and tea leaves. Incense was lit again, and after the incense was lit, the mosquitoes were quickly fumigated.

Tea brewing has not yet appeared in this period of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty still drinks tea at this time, boils tea, sencha, and drinks tea soup, and the tea saint Lu Yu is only seven years old now!

Zhao Ziliang's series of processes and steps to make tea with boiling water made Li Longji stunned and surprised. After brewing two cups of tea, Zhao Ziliang took a cup and sent it to Li Longji: "Your Majesty, taste it, this is Weichen's newly created tea making method, smell its fragrance first, and then take a small sip between your lips and teeth, and then swallow it in your throat."

Li Longji picked up the teacup and sniffed it under his nostrils according to the steps Zhao Ziliang said, only to feel a rich fragrance coming to his nose, and the whole person was immersed in this aroma, which was intoxicating.

Then taste a small sip between the lips and teeth, there is no astringency, only a mouth full of aroma, refreshing people's spleen, a sip of tea swallowed, the whole person is refreshed, and the thinking has never had a clear feeling.

Li Longji was stunned, "This ・・・・・・."

Zhao Ziliang smiled: "Your Majesty, how do you feel?" ”

"Wonderful, wonderful!" Li Longji was completely intoxicated by the afterglow of the fragrance of tea.

After the wine and food came up, the tea was withdrawn, a few plates of side dishes, two small wine cups and two pairs of chopsticks, and the side dishes were very delicious. Li Longji was full of praise, and Zhao Ziliang and Zhao Ziliang clinked glasses from time to time like old friends for many years.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Ziliang escorted Li Longji and his twelve guards with knives to the gate of the imperial city, and was relieved to see them enter the Suzaku Gate, but poor Gao Lishi was beaten with 20 boards and had to be locked up in a temporary detention center for three days before he could be released. This time, I offended this old eunuch ruthlessly, but if I can solve this matter perfectly, even if I offend Gao Lishi, it is worth it, is it possible to really beat Li Longji to the 20th board? You can only put the blame on Colliers.

On the first day of October, the Zichen Hall of Daming Palace, a small court.

"If you have something to do, you can retreat from the dynasty if you have nothing to do!" Gao Lishi, who had just been released from the temporary detention center of the Zuojin Wuwei Right Guard General's Mansion, endured the pain in his back and buttocks and insisted on accompanying Xuanzong to the court.

Cui Liechong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said out of the class: "Your Majesty, Cui Liechong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, has something to do!" ”

Xuanzong spit out two words: "Quasi-play!" ”

Cui Lie said: "Your Majesty, Jingzhou Mansion is playing." Zhang Jiuling, the former Zaifu and current governor of Jingzhou, has died of illness in early May! ”

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Although Li Linfu was so hateful that he didn't jump up to celebrate, he didn't dare to mess around in the court at this time, and he shouted excitedly in his heart: "Hahaha・・・・・・ this old thing is finally dead!" ”

Zhang Jiuling can be said to be Li Linfu's biggest opponent in politics, and when Zhang Jiuling was the prime minister, he saw that Li Linfu was a traitor, so he suppressed him everywhere and prevented him from obtaining a high position. Li Linfu was able to know Xuanzong's movements and thoughts at all times by bribing the eunuchs and palace maids around Xuanzong, and understood his thoughts. Therefore, every act and words are very appreciated by Xuanzong, Xuanzong said to Zhang Jiuling several times that he wanted to promote Li Linfu, Zhang Jiuling blocked him, and so many times, Xuanzong thought that Zhang Jiuling was jealous of Xian and jealous, so he was very unhappy. Finally, once again, I couldn't help but remove him from the post of prime minister, and demoted him to Jingzhou as the governor, Zhang Jiuling was hit physically and mentally after this incident, and his health was not as good as before, at the end of April and the beginning of May. Zhao Ziliang visited him when he went back, and he soon went back to his hometown to visit relatives, but he fell ill in his hometown, never got up again, and died in a few days.

Xuanzong listened to the report of Cui Liechong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and was silent for a long time, he knew Zhang Jiuling's talent very well, and he was also angry when he demoted Zhang Jiuling to Jingzhou as the governor, and he regretted it a little after the incident, but as a generation of emperors, he naturally couldn't admit that he had done wrong, and after a long time, he almost forgot Zhang Jiuling, if it weren't for Cui Liechong's report today, he really didn't think about it.

Thinking of Zhang Jiuling's past merits, Xuanzong was very sorry, and said to His Majesty Dan's ministers: "Zhang Jiuling's official is the best in Zaifu, and he has made great contributions, you Aiqing, think about what kind of nickname to give him to reflect his merits, and discuss it in detail at the next court meeting!" Anything else? ”

At this time, another voice sounded, and this voice was very young: "Your Majesty, the imperial Shi Yan Zhenqing in the courtiers has something to play!" ”

Xuanzong looked at Yan Zhenqing, who had walked to the middle of the hall, nodded and raised his hand: "Yan Qing, something is coming!" ”

Yan Zhenqing held the board and bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to impeach one person today, and this person is the new general Zhao Ziliang of the Left Jin Wuwei and the Right Guard!" ”

Xuanzong panicked when he heard this, thinking that this person had learned the news about the arrest of the curfew at night a few days ago, right? If this matter is stabbed out, then how can I save face?

Although he kept beating the drum in his heart, Xuanzong still had to let Yan Zhenqing speak, he made up his mind, if it was related to the events of that night, he would immediately interrupt this person's speech, and after thinking clearly, he said in a deep voice: "Zhao Ziliang has only been promoted to the general of the Left Jin Wuwei Right Guard for less than a month, what are you impeaching him?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister impeached him for blatantly instructing his patrol soldiers to collect money from the surnames of street merchants, and anyone who was caught in the Zuojin Wuwei prison would be fined a fine of money, so he filled his own pockets, and the amount was huge, ruining the reputation of the court, and it was really insulting! Please put him in prison and be dismissed for investigation! ”

The imperial history has the power to supervise and impeach hundreds of officials, and it is normal for him to impeach an official in the court, and he has not exceeded his authority, he is really doing his own work, but he finally said that he wanted to see Zhao Ziliang go to the prison and be dismissed from his post for investigation, which is a bit overstepping, after Zhao Ziliang refuted the nosy affairs of the military department in the court last time, did not abide by his duties, and made decisions on behalf of the emperor, Li Longji also realized that he had been swayed by the courtiers' thoughts and thoughts in the court, so he was very sensitive. When ministers want to impeach someone, they often state a number of charges against someone before suggesting how the emperor should deal with them, a habit that has long been cultivated and cannot be changed for a while.

I saw Li Longji frowning, and said unhappily: "Even if Zhao Ziliang is guilty, how to deal with it is my business, and it is not your turn to point fingers!" ”

Yan Zhenqing realized that he had made a big mistake at this time, and he fell to his knees with a frightened plop, and said repeatedly: "Your Majesty, the minister has no intention, please forgive Your Majesty!" ”

At this time, another imperial historian stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, the minister impeached Zhao Ziliang, the general of the Left Jin Wuwei and the Right Guard, has wantonly excluded dissidents, appointed private individuals, arbitrarily and domineeringly, and made a big deal out of words, and the entire Zuo Jin Wuwei and the Right Guard General's Mansion has become his own, and others can't speak at all, and the general Ma Zhenyuan has been overshadowed by him, and he can't interfere in the affairs of the Right Guard General's Mansion at all!" ”

Li Longji was silent for a moment and asked, "Do you two have any evidence?" ”

"Yes! Your Majesty, this is the testimony of the relevant personnel" The two of them respectively took out a scroll of silk silk with handwriting written on their sleeves and presented it, Gao Lishi saw that someone had impeached Zhao Ziliang, and he was very happy in his heart, and hurriedly walked down to His Majesty Dan and took two rolls of silk silk and sent them to the emperor's imperial case.

Li Longji picked up the two testimonies and read them one after another, and after putting them down, he ordered: "Xuan Zhao Ziliang will meet him immediately!" ”

One by one, the sound of summoning Zhao Ziliang to enter the palace immediately came out of the Zichen Palace, from the inside of the hall to the outside of the hall, from the outside of the hall to the Xuanzheng Palace, and then from the Xuanzheng Hall to the Hanyuan Palace, and then to the Danfeng Gate.

Soon, Zhao Ziliang came to the Zichen Hall to meet the emperor with his whole body draped: "Weichen Zhao Ziliang see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

"Zhao Ziliang, some people have impeached you, saying that after you became the general of the Left Jin Wuwei and the Right Guard, you brazenly instructed the patrol soldiers to collect money from merchants along the street, and also extorted money from prisoners to enrich themselves; In addition, there are people who impeach you for wantonly excluding dissidents, appointing private individuals, tyrannical and domineering, and engaging in a big deal after you took office. ”

Oh yes, here we go again! Zhao Zi scolded in his conscience, and immediately arched his hand: "Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't admit any of these charges!" The soldiers collect money from the merchants who set up the stalls for management fees and cleaning fees, one penny per person per day, and do not charge money for not setting up stalls, which is used to hire people to clean up and maintain order among the soldiers, as for collecting money from prisoners, it is mainly for punishment, some people are not afraid of being beaten, especially for those who commit minor crimes, and do not reach the level of imprisonment, fines are the best means of punishment, these money is not put into my pocket by Zhao Ziliang alone, nor is it the rest of the Zuojin Wuwei Right Guard General's Mansion to go, Instead, it is like the accounts of the general's mansion, which are used to distribute rewards to soldiers and various expenses of the government during the New Year's holidays. It is pure nonsense to say that a certain person excludes dissidents, those people are disobedient to orders, do not abide by rules and military discipline, do not strictly enforce the law, and do not act, what is the use of keeping these people? Keeping them will only make them waste their money, occupy the pit and not, for such corpses and vegetarians, the sooner they are removed, the better; Saying that I appoint a private person, this statement is not right or not, I transferred two people from the left prison guard, both are talented people, as the saying goes, the virtuous do not avoid relatives, a certain call two talented people, what is the matter? What do you say about being domineering, how can I be domineering? The law enforcement is stricter, and for those subordinates who do not obey the order, the school officials are tyrannical and domineering? What else is there to make a big fuss, is this considered a sin? If there are more than one person in this court who can call the shots at the same time, who will they listen to? Isn't this court going to be messed up? Therefore, Your Majesty, we do not recognize any of these reasons for impeachment." (To be continued.) )