Yingqiumen to Jiebei Lane, this journey Li Wenge walked quite a bit of a disappointment, although the Chinese capital of the era, although in terms of population density and the prosperity of merchants and transactions were much better than other places, but that's all. Coming in all the way from outside the West Gate, the place that was supposed to be the training site of the sailors of Jinmingchi is now not even a muddy pond, but is full of ridges and hills. The block where Cai Xiangzhai is located is still a shop at the moment, and the rice selling cloth is not lively. Wu Qi Temple is still the same Wu Qi Temple, but it is also gray and dilapidated. Accompanied by the reception staff of Honglu Temple, Li Wenge and his entourage passed through Yushitai and Shangshu Province along Zhulu Street, passed through the outer edge of the imperial city along the Hengdao, passed Sinong Temple, Taifu Temple, Shaofu Temple, Honglu Temple and a row of rustic palace walls, and finally came to the Jiebei Lane Wai Fan Pavilion Station on Gaotou Street.

Lu Duan left halfway and went back to Taifu Temple directly with a hundred tribute horses, while Li Wenge, accompanied by Qi, came to Jiebei Lane Pavilion with emotion.

"Has the general ever been to Bianjing before?" Qi asked.

"Nope!" Li Wenge touched his nose and said against his will.

Kaifeng in this era is really unseemly, no wonder the first thing Chai Boss did not long after he took the throne was to repair the capital. To be honest, if you don't consider the traffic conditions, this place is not as good as Luoyang in any way. Although the population is larger and the business is more developed, the philistine atmosphere is also heavy, and it also seems to be much more earthy. As the capital of a country, the Bianliang City in front of him still lacks the thickness and culture it should have.

The ancient capital of Daliang is nothing more than this in this era......

Li Wenge sighed.

Finally settled down at the pavilion. Qi took out a piece of silk silk, looked at it and began to tell Li Wenge about the itinerary of the past few days: "Although the general and his entourage will rest in peace tomorrow, considering that the general is tired of saddle horses, there will be no arrangements for tomorrow." The day after tomorrow is the Shangyuan Festival, as usual, His Majesty will give a banquet in the palace, drink and admire the moon in the imperial garden, and all the generals of the envoys will be accompanied by the martial arts, and the humble post will be reported to Fan Xianggong. The general was ranked behind Guo Shuai of the Dingwu Army and Li Shuai of the Zhaoyi Army. Before the generals. When the time comes, the lower official accompanies the general to the banquet, the general doesn't know each other, and the lower official will guide you to stand, you will never be wrong! ”

Dingwu Army...... Zhaoyi Army...... There are so many feudal town marshals in the country, only Guo Chong and Li Yun are in front of them, and these "ministers" in the political hall are really face-saving.

Li Wenge smiled, but did not say no.

"On the 15th, a meeting between Wang Shumi's and the general was originally arranged. The Privy Council is in charge of the affairs of the domain, and the meeting between the general and the envoy is essentially the meaning of the report, but the status of the festival is noble, and the reasoning can only be reported to the Son of Heaven, so the Privy Council can only be regarded as a meeting. Wang Shumi's also serves as a minister. Therefore on the fifteenth day the whole day was to be devoted to the feast. Therefore, the meeting was postponed to the sixteenth, and if the general did not mind, he could go to the privy mansion by himself the morning after tomorrow. Making an appointment to meet Deputy Zheng Shu can be regarded as a debriefing! The general should remember that when meeting with Deputy Zheng Shu, the deputy should bow to the general and not be confused. ”

“…… After the Shangyuan Festival banquet, the sixteenth arranged for the general to pay homage to the ministers of the book, the general officials belong to the court staff, and the general is the commander of the festival, as long as the Son of Heaven does not take back the festival, he only needs to bow when he sees the prime minister. On the 16th, the original arrangement was for the general to go to the privy council in the morning to see the king's privy, and then to pay a visit to the Zhongshu in the afternoon. If the day after tomorrow the general had seen Deputy Zheng Shu, he would only need to go directly to the political hall in the afternoon of the sixteenth. The ministers in the political affairs hall, Fan Xiang and Wang Shumi are single-day straight pens, Li Xiang and Wang Xiang are double-day straight pens, but they have made an appointment with the general to worship, and the lower officials think that the four prime ministers will be on the ground when the time comes...... Only Feng Linggong is ordered to visit once every three days, and the general may not be able to see it! ”

Li Wenge's brows furrowed when he heard this, and he asked, "Aren't the Wang Xiang and Wang Shumi, the two days straight?" ”

Qi bowed to him and said with a smile: "So that the general knows that this prince is the king of the Duanming Palace who went to Yanzhou last year to confer the festival on the general, and as soon as he returned to Beijing, he worshiped Tongping Zhangshi, and now he is in the political hall to write straight, and when the general meets again, he must change his name to the minister!" ”

Did the king pay his respects?

Li Wenge was taken aback, if history was still developing according to a normal trajectory, Wang should have paid homage to the prime minister after Wang Jun's fall more than two months later. Guo Wei hurriedly worshiped the king as the prime minister at this time, and the number of prime ministers on duty in the political hall has increased to four, and the situation seems to be even more unfavorable to Wang Jun.

Although it is said that its own factors have been added to it, there must be some more fundamental reason that has caused such a big deviation in history. Li Wenge pondered nervously, and asked slowly: "Lord Qi, has Kaifeng Mansion changed Da Yin in December?" ”

"The general is really well-informed, Kaifeng Mansion has indeed just changed Da Yin, and he is also an old acquaintance of the general! However, it was not last month, but at the beginning of this month, on the fourth day after Yuan Zheng, His Majesty personally issued an edict to the left guard general Zhang Juma Duwei Quan Zhi Kaifeng Mansion. ”

Li Wenge suddenly became dizzy again, Yan Yan did not know Jing Yin, but replaced Zhang Yongde, who did not rely on all sides, even a fool can see that he is targeting Wang Jun, what is the reason why Guo Wei is so eager to make a move on Wang Jun? Could it be that this close comrade-in-arms deputy commander really did something that endangered Guo Wei's own interests?

Li Wenge has always believed that Wang Jundi's failure can only be regarded as a failure of a powerful minister, and he does not believe that Wang Jun has the ambition to usurp the throne

As soon as people came up, they went against Chai Rong, which led to Guo Wei finally selecting Chai Rong as the candidate and had to move his stone, which was not only to protect Chai Rong but also to protect Wang Jun himself, otherwise once Chai Rong succeeded to the throne, the person who lost would have absolutely no way to live.

It's just that Wang Jun's own heart is too narrow, and the first vice chairman of the Military Commission and the executive vice premier of the State Council were suddenly demoted to the secretary of the Shangzhou Regional Political and Legal Committee, and he couldn't swallow this breath, and he died depressed in less than a year.

Originally, reading the history of the Five Dynasties, Li Wenge had always regarded Wang Jun's departure to Chai Rong as Jing Yin and the title of king as a major symbol of Guo Wei's final determination of the heir. But now Chai Rong hasn't had time to come back. Zhang Yongde already knows Kaifeng Mansion, what does Guo Wei mean? Zhang Yongde is certainly a containment to Wang Jun, but the threat to Chai Rongdi seems to be a little bigger, right?

Before he could figure it out, Qi had already babbled and said, Honglu Temple had arranged for Li Wenge to be really satisfactory, and on the 17th, it was scheduled that Emperor Guo Wei would summon Li Wenge in the Chongzheng Palace, and the monarchs and ministers would routinely play the right and give a luncheon. The whole process takes about an hour and a half. Then Li Wenge returned to the pavilion. In the evening, he participated in the banquet hosted by Guo Chongtao for the generals of the forbidden army to catch the wind for the Yanzhou Domain.

The schedule of Honglu Temple was arranged quite carefully, and the schedule of ten days was arranged in a row, and Li Wenge had a big head, and Qi Qian explained for a while before he stopped, bowed down and said: "If the general is not satisfied, the lower officials and temple officials should try their best to be considerate and coordinated, except for the part involving His Majesty, Zhongshu and the Privy Land." All of them can be changed and adjusted at any time. ”

Li Wenge thanked the host, and Qi got up and resigned.

After sending Qi away, Li Wenge returned to the room, and said to Han Wei with a wry smile: "The water in this pool in the capital is really not ordinarily deep, and it is difficult to distinguish friend from foe when you first arrive, what good ideas does Qiren have?" ”

Han smiled: "Since the general knows that it is difficult to distinguish friend from foe, he will just watch from the wall for the time being." You are a vassal of the Outer Domain. There are many things in the DPRK and China, and those things that are fighting for power and profit are not the general's strengths, so it is better to remain silent. Just do your own thing. ”

Li Wenge nodded again and again when he heard this, and while he was talking, Kang Shishi came to report that Zhan Nan, the envoy of Yanzhou's residence in Beijing, came to worship.

This is Li Bin's representative stationed in Bianjing, director of the Yanzhou Jiedu Beijing Office, Li Wenge entered Beijing this time, if he hadn't brought too many people, it stands to reason that he should have stayed in the mansion presided over by this person. However, this person did not go with his relatives to welcome Li Wenge into the city, but it is very strange, according to the reason, he was the envoy of the house until the envoy of the feudal festival entered the city to pay respects, which was already quite rude, but fortunately, Li Wenge did not care about these false courtesies, and immediately called in.

Zhan Nan is a middle-aged man in his forties, and his appearance is still Zhouzheng, but he is a little thin, and when he saw Li Wenge, he bowed and said: "Jie Shuai, the lower official failed to go out of the city today to meet the festival driver, it is very disrespectful, I hope the festival commander will forgive me!" ”

Li Wenge hurriedly said humbly: "Zhan Gong is serious, you are an old friend of Observation, when the Cultural Revolution came, the Observation had been instructed by 10 million to consult with Zhan Gong when he entered Beijing, and the Cultural Revolution was preparing to visit Zhan Gong at night at the mansion!" ”

Zhan Nan wiped the sweat on his head and said "Don't dare", and then went straight to the ground: "Don't hide it, Xia Guan was originally going to follow Qi Daqing out of the city, but he was temporarily called by Wang Xiufeng, and he was interrogated for nearly two hours, and then it was delayed......"

Li Wenge and Han Wei glanced at each other and asked almost at the same time, "What did he ask?" ”

Zhan Nan smiled bitterly: "I asked too much...... From the year before last when Li Shuai followed Brother Wen to quell the chaos on the street to the Battle of Yinzhou last autumn, Xianggong Xiufeng asked all over again, and some things were only known to the officials, and it was inevitable that they would not be clear, so they asked several times before and after. Li Shuai knows that Xiufeng Xianggong is the most picky, and when the lower officials see what this means, he seems to be quite hostile to Li Shuai, Li Shuai is in Beijing this time, everything should be more careful! Now that the undercurrent of the capital division is surging, the situation is unpredictable, and if you are accidentally involved, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get out! ”

Li Wenge looked at Han Wei, and then said: "If Gong Zhan doesn't say it, I am also wondering to myself, Zhang Zuowei took over Jingyin, who is the landlord?" Was it the emperor's dictatorship or Feng Xiangfan's idea? ”

Zhan Nan was stunned, and glanced at Li Wenge with admiration: "Li Shuai is really powerful, and he asked the key point of the current situation in one sentence, Zhang Yongde knew Kaifeng Mansion, and Feng Linggong and Fan Wensu Xianggong didn't know in advance. ”

Li Wenge's mouth was wide open and he froze, but he heard Zhan Nan say to himself: "Last year, the emperor personally conquered Yanzhou, and Li Weizhen stayed behind for Tokyo, waiting for the lord to return to Luan, and changed it to Kaifeng Mansion. Li Xiang because of the three envoys at the same time, money, grain, salt and iron finances and national planning are a big mess, originally too busy, so in November last year, Wang Xiufeng recommended Yan Yanquan, who had just been promoted to the Duanming Palace, to know the affairs of Kaifeng Mansion, the Lord sent it to the Zhongshu Court, Li Weizhen Xianggong was noncommittal, Fan Wensu Xianggong opposed, the above table recommended the Marquis of Taiyuan in Lanzhou to return to the dynasty to replace Li Xiangquan to know Kaifeng Mansion, the lord hesitated for more than a month, the twenty-second day of the lunar month, the day before the small year, the inner court suddenly issued an edict, crossed the privy and went directly to the door of the Chinese book, He ordered Zhang Ju Ma Du Wei Quan to know Kaifeng Mansion and ask the ministers to draw edicts. At that time, Li was quite valuable, and his own family was under suspicion, so he naturally couldn't hesitate, and used the seal to draw the decree at the moment, and waited until Wang Xiang and Fan Xiang knew that the holy decree had been sent to the capital province, and it was difficult to turn around. ”

Zhan Nan is worthy of being a house envoy for many years, and it is quite complicated. Let him speak concisely in chronological order. Immediately, the situation between the DPRK and China was explained very clearly. In this matter, on the surface, Wang Jun and Fan Zhen are on the table. Secretly, it was a political struggle between the faction representing Wang Jun and the team behind Fan Qian, and it seems that this fight ended up in the empty place, and the emperor did not support anyone, but appointed Zhang Yongde, who was outside the forces of the two factions, as Jingyin, which was barely a tie.

Li Wenge's head was a little messy, and even if he was familiar with the history of the five dynasties for a while, he couldn't understand the situation in front of him for the time being.

Could it be that Guo Wei has other ideas about the arrangement of the heir?

God. Chai Rong won't be inexplicably out of this fight, right? If he instigated the butterfly effect in the Great Northwest and inadvertently changed the historical trend of Chai Rong's succession, it would be really ridiculous.

He asked: "Zhang Zuowei, as the Marquis of Yu in front of the palace, is in charge of the inner guard, and now he is Jingyin, is the army in front of the palace no longer on duty in the inner city?" ”

When he asked, Zhan Nan was also taken aback, looked left and right uneasily, and said cautiously: "Now the Imperial City of Da Nei belongs to the guards and guards. In the palace castle, there are still military guards in front of the palace. This is the rule that has been set since the current throne. Although Zhang Juma has the right to know Kaifeng Mansion, the dispatch of the front division of the palace has not been withdrawn, and now the guards of the inner city are still dominated by him. ”

"What about Li Chongjin? Doesn't he have the right to stay on guard? ”

Now Li Wenge is no longer taboo. If he doesn't ask about the situation of Jingshi, he can't live here with peace of mind, anyway, he has to ask left and right, it's better to ask at one time to understand, this Zhannan people are all in Yanzhou, and they are not afraid that he will harm himself.

Zhan Nan looked at Li Wenge and replied more and more carefully: "Li Chongjin is still the head of the guards and pro-army, and according to this position, he can only inspect the Imperial City, not the palace." However, he is also sent by the inspection of the inner capital, and he has the qualifications of the emperor of the guard, but he needs to obey the unified arrangement and dispatch of Zhang Yuma when he guards the guard! ”

Li Wenge gently wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said: "Zhan Gong has lived in Beijing for a long time, and his knowledge and judgment are naturally not comparable to ours, what are the analysis and opinions, but it is okay to talk about it, all of them here are from his own family, and they will never leak out!" ”

Zhan Nan thought for a while and said, "Since the conquest of Murong Yanchao last year, Wang Xiufeng's holy family has been getting worse day by day, which is something that everyone with a discerning eye in the capital can see very clearly. Zheng Renzhi of the Privy Council has become a cardinal deputy, and he may take his position at any time, and Zheng's vacant position as the envoy of the guest province has been topped by Xiang Xun, which is a member of the military, and it comes from the current lineage, although it belongs to the meritorious heroes, but the foundation is shallow, and the Qingzhou faction is also widespread, and there is no relationship with Fan Wensu and other civil officials. The cardinal system is now dominated by people with a weaker faction, except for Chen Guan, a privy councilor. Although Wang Jun is still powerful, he has actually lost power! ”

"The book over there...... Fan Xiang is a red banner that supports the Marquis of Taiyuan, which is well known to the government and the opposition, Li Xiang's attitude is ambiguous, and he has never been able to govern things in the court but never talk much, but strictly speaking, although this person is sleek, he is also a figure brought up by Feng Linggong after all, and it is absolutely impossible for him to stand on Wang Jun's side. Only the newly worshiped king of the land, even if he was the prime minister personally selected by the emperor, this person has not yet expressed his position, and the lower officials estimate that the situation is unclear, and he is unlikely to express his position. In the end, I am afraid that no matter who the emperor chooses to become the heir, he will swear allegiance. It is rumored that the government and the opposition have Taiyuan Hou, Zhang Juma, and Li ...... Li Dianshuai, one of these three people must be the prince. Originally, the Marquis of Taiyuan was firmly in the first place in terms of popularity and talent, although Wang Xiufeng's face has been condescending to the town for two years, but many people in the court are counting on him to be able to take over, Zhang Yuma's reputation is not bad, his temperament is cautious and quiet, he is also a very smart person, and there are also some forces in the army, not to mention that he holds the power of the Great Inner Forbidden Army, and it is not impossible for him to get the moon first near the water, but from the court, the power is a little more like, but this time he takes over the power of Jingyin, and the wind direction in the court is only afraid that it will change ......"

Zhan Nan said that he almost didn't mention Li Chongjin a word, obviously he was not optimistic about this person, and in his opinion, Li Chongjin was not even qualified to participate in the next competition in this battle for the crown prince.

Li Wenge understood very well, he groaned and turned his head to look at Han Wei, Han Wei said thoughtfully: "Although the matter of Kaifeng Mansion and the prince cannot be said to be unrelated, it may not be as we think!" ”

"Oh?" Li Wenge's heart moved, "Qiren might as well explain it!" ”

Han Wei froze, looked at Li Wenge with his eyes squarely and said: "If the Son of Heaven directly appoints Zhang Juma as the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, it can indeed show that the Sacred Heart has made up his mind to be the prince, but now he only has the right to know Kaifeng Mansion, which is two words!" Don't forget, whether it is a title, ministry or dispatch, the Marquis of Taiyuan has pressed Zhang Yongde everywhere so far. Although Zhang Yongde's power has expanded, his influence is still limited to the forbidden army after all, and even in the forbidden army, only the palace front division is directly controlled by him, and the guards and pro-army do not listen to him. At this time, let him know Kaifeng Mansion, no matter how you look at it, he feels that the taste of stabilizing the situation in Jingshi is stronger than the taste of Lichu......"

Han Wei picked up the teacup, took a sip lightly, his eyes were slightly distracted, and he said slowly: "I'm thinking about ......"

"Qiren can say wherever he wants, don't be taboo!" Li Wenge had gradually heard some doorways, and couldn't help urging.

"I'm thinking...... It is recommended that Zhang Ju Ma Quan know Kaifeng Mansion, will it be the recommendation seal of Taiyuan Hou secretly......" Han Wei's eyes were deep and his tone was complicated.