After listening to His Majesty Li Er's seemingly atmospheric rhetoric, Guo Ye secretly said in his heart that he was lucky!

If you really let yourself guess correctly, His Majesty Li Er didn't plan to let himself take the position of Imperial Doctor at all, and whoever the flowers fell to, it would also fall to our family.

And Yu Shinan and Kong Yingda's eyes were also full of shock, they didn't think that they were old, they were old, and they had been mixed with officialdom all their lives, but they were not as good as Guo Ye, a kid, who could see through it, and was guessed by this kid His Majesty's thoughts.

At this time, they only woke up, and only then did they believe what Guo Ye said before, His Majesty would never let Guo Ye stay in the court, otherwise the power of the three systems that had been finally balanced would be unbalanced again.

If you insist on screening one of the three people of Wen Yanbo, Guo Ye and Deshui, then the most ideal choice of the emperor's eldest lady is neither Guo Ye nor Wen Yanbo, but Yin Yu Deshui of Chang'an Mansion.

Because among the three systems, the old ministers of Tiance Mansion are flourishing, and the Shilin Qingliu system is vigorous and slowly rising, but it is the establishment of Wei Zheng and others who are half dead like a pond of stagnant water. His Majesty Li Er, who is good at balancing the arts, would rather let the Imperial Doctor choose from Wei Zheng and the others, rather than from the other two lines.

Guo Ye's move is really wonderful!

Yu Shinan smashed his mouth slightly, looked at Guo Ye with a smile, and secretly praised, this kid retreated and gave way to recommend Yu Deshui, which not only made Wei Zheng owe them a favor, but also made the emperor feel guilty, just so that he could open his mouth.

Tsk, every step is in his calculations, is this kid really a demon?

At this time, Guo Ye had no time to flirt with Yu Shinan, the old fox, but said bluntly: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to go to Yangzhou!" ”

"Yangzhou?"

His Majesty Li Er was slightly stunned, and subconsciously asked, "Tell me why you want to go to Yangzhou." ”

Guo Ye smiled and said: "Weichen has an old friend who is from Yangzhou, quite a poetic talent, and the minister has repeatedly mentioned the land of Yangzhou from his mouth, saying 'Wrap 100,000 yuan around your waist and ride a crane down to Yangzhou'." Therefore, the minister yearns for the prosperous place of Yangzhou. ”

Guo Ye shamelessly had a flash of inspiration, and plagiarized a poem from later generations.

"Wrap 100,000 yuan around your waist and ride a crane down to Yangzhou?"

His Majesty Li Er repeated in a low voice, and said: "This friend of yours is a talented poet, and that's right, I have forgotten that you still have the nickname of Guo Quanjiu, and you have drunk and composed nearly 100 poems, so it is not surprising that there are one or two friends who chant poetry and make the moon." But do you really think that the main political place is to go to the mountains and rivers? Still wrapped around 100,000 yuan, see the prosperity of Yangzhou? Hehe, tell me what you really mean? ”

Guo Ye waited for a long time, and glanced at the eldest grandson queen and Concubine Yang who had been listening with relish with his eyes.

His Majesty Li Er was instantly relieved, and waved his hand at the two of them: "Queen, Concubine Yang, I and Guo Qing want to talk about some political affairs, so let's retreat to the Imperial Garden to have some fun first." Concubine Yang, take care of the queen, she is now pregnant, and she can't fall. ”

Empress Changsun consciously got up, whispered a sentence to the concubine to retire, and was about to turn around and leave.

On the contrary, Concubine Yang glanced at Guo Ye with some hatred before leaving with a little anger.

Guo Ye saw that the queen and Concubine Yang were gone, so he said boldly and reassuringly: "Your Majesty, do you still remember those bold words when you were supporting the Shilin Qingliu system? ”

His Majesty Li Er didn't know why, and his eyes were puzzled.

Guo Ye explained: "Among the forces of the Guanlong clan, there are eight major families, namely Cui Luqian, Zheng Wang, Zhang Zhaozhou. The tentacles of these eight great families are almost all over my Datang ten and hundreds of states. Among them, Zhang's entrenchment is in Yangzhou. Wei Chen was thinking that if Li Tang wanted to get rid of the constraints of the Guan Long clan, he had to find the roots. In the court, they wrestled with the eldest grandson, and in the final analysis, it was still a symptom rather than a root cause, and it must be solved from the root. First, of course, it is a large-scale cultivation of the children of the poor family, so that they can be used by His Majesty in the future; This second is to weaken the power of the eight great families one by one. ”

"I see!"

His Majesty Li Er suddenly realized and asked, "If you want me to send you to govern Yangzhou, you are going to Yangzhou Zhang." I didn't expect you to start putting it into action so soon, which was unexpected. ”

At first, he thought that Guo Ye had penetrated his mind, but in fact, he was going to Yangzhou Zhang, preparing to gradually weaken the power of the eight great families of Guanlong from the root.

It seems that he is really a bit of a villain as an emperor.

To put it bluntly, Li Shimin, as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, thinks about maintaining stability and weakening and suppressing the Guanlong clan, which can be described as both hatred and love.

And what about the forces of Shilin Qingliu and the world's cold men? He didn't trust them from the beginning, and he just wanted to sharpen them into a sharp blade in his hand, so as to prepare for dealing with the Guanlong clan and even contain each other in the future.

In the final analysis, apart from himself, except for the Tang Li family, he can't believe anyone.

Even among the royal family, there are very few people who can really win his trust.

This is the suspicion and suspicion that dooms the emperor to be lonely all his life.

But now that Guo Ye said this, it is time to take appropriate action against the eight major families of the Guanlong clan. Taking advantage of Guo Ye's opportunity, you can also try the depth of the strength of the Guan Long clan, even if Guo Ye makes a big move in Yangzhou, it is just a Zhang family, and there will be no trouble.

was really troubled by Guo Ye to the point of being out of control, it's a big deal......

Soon, he made up his mind and nodded in agreement: "Okay, I will let you go to Yangzhou, and I will issue a decree tomorrow to give you the background of Jinshi, so that you can truly go to the post of Yangzhou Assassin." But I really want to know, you have made such a great contribution in Tuyuhun, but in the end you only got a four-grade Yangzhou Thorn History, don't you feel panicked? ”

was guessed by Yu Shinan again, and His Majesty Li Er felt a little unhappy with Guo Ye.

Guo Ye naturally also had a mirror in his heart, and immediately beat the snake and begged on the ground with a stick: "Your Majesty, if the minister goes to Yangzhou alone, how can he make achievements in Yangzhou, where he is not familiar with life?" Therefore, the minister wanted to ask the emperor for a reward, and let the minister decide for himself who would be the governor of Yangzhou. Hehe, you also know that although the boundary of Yangzhou is full of flowers, but the head snake of the Zhang family will definitely not be able to tolerate my dragon crossing the river, and if the soldiers of the Duwei Mansion cannot be mobilized, the ministers will not know how to die. ”

The implication is that Guo Ye wants to hold both military and political power in Yangzhou.

His Majesty Li Er groaned slightly, but did not refuse, just to make up for the debt to Guo Ye Tuguhun's great achievements, and said: "Okay, I promise you this matter." ”

Guo Ye was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

His Majesty Li Er sighed, and said to himself again: "A few days ago, there was news from Tubo, saying that Songtsan Gampo came in to indulge in women's sex, and there was constant friction between Tubo and other vassal states. In this way, when do you want to go to Yangzhou? ”

"Wait, Your Majesty, the minister still has a request!"

Guo Ye suddenly interrupted and shouted: "Your Majesty, the minister still wants to ask you for something!" ”

His Majesty Li Er was stunned, and couldn't help but wonder: "The military and political powers of Yangzhou are in your hands, what else do you want?" ”

Guo Ye smiled and said: "Your Majesty, there is such a saying among the people that the salt tax in the world is out of Yangzhou. Although it is biased, at least half of my Datang salt tax is from Yangzhou. If the minister remembers correctly, the position of Yangzhou Salt Transport Envoy seems to be directly under the orders of the household department, and is not subject to the control of Yangzhou Assassin History. Therefore, the minister thought, since the emperor has put the military and political powers of Yangzhou in the hands of the minister, it is better to let the minister designate the post of salt transportation envoy, how about it? The three powers of the military, government and finance are in the hands of the ministers, and the ministers must do a good job in Yangzhou, and will never embarrass the emperor. ”

"What ???"

His Majesty Li Er was suddenly shocked, and shouted with dissatisfaction: "You even want to get involved in the salt tax? Guo Ye, what are you going to do? ”

Guo Yedao: "The emperor is clear, but the minister has no bad intentions. It's just that if you can shake the power of the salt tax in your hands, at least you can do it handy, and you won't be dragged back. ”

"Ahem......"

Yu Shinan coughed twice and reminded softly: "Your Majesty, as far as the old minister knows, Yangzhou's salt tax has always been hidden. I heard that Yangzhou's annual salt tax is at least six million taels, but at the end of the year, only one million taels are left when it is escorted to the household department of Chang'an. It's just that this matter has always been tightly covered, and there are people in the court who help cheat, so the emperor has never heard of it. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty," Kong Yingda also reminded, "According to the investigation of the old minister's performance of duties as an official in the Ministry of Officials, although the post of Yangzhou Salt Transport Envoy is changed every three years as a rule. But since the first year of Emperor Taishang's martial arts, to now, it has always been a change of soup without changing the medicine, and the salt envoy is constantly changing, and it will be changed when it expires, but it has always been surnamed Zhang. Your Majesty, there are millions of taels less in a year, how much is ten or twenty years? ”

Boom~!!!

His Majesty Li Er took the case and scolded three times: "Shuo Mouse, Shuo Mouse, Shuo Mouse, the Great Mouse of the Country!" ”

After Yu Shinan and Kong Yingda said this, he had already guessed the problem, and the surname was Zhang, who was nothing more than the people of the Zhang family in Yangzhou who were controlling the salt tax in Yangzhou.

As for the people in the court who Yu Shinan just mentioned are cheating, it must be the representative power of the Guan Long clan in the court, Changsun Wuji and others.

A year of salt tax alone has been leaked and peeled for millions of taels, these bastards are simply the country's rats and the country's moths!

Angry, he yelled at Guo Ye: "Okay, I will make an order, and the Yangzhou salt tax will also be controlled by the Yangzhou Assassin Mansion in the future." Guo Ye, you must make some achievements for me in Yangzhou, and it is not in vain that I trust and cultivate you so much. ”

The three powers of military, political and financial affairs in Yangzhou are all in the hands of Guo Ye, which is really unique since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

Guo Ye was secretly happy in his heart, and naturally promised and patted his chest in every possible way.

His Majesty Li Er then reminded Yu Shinan and Kong Yingda: "Okay, today's matter is limited to a few people present, and it is not allowed to be passed on." As for tomorrow's early dynasty, about Guo Ye's appointment as the assassin of Yangzhou, as well as the control of Yangzhou's salt tax, Yu Aiqing and Kong Shangshu, what should I say, you should know it in your hearts, right? ”

Yu Kong and the two of them clasped their fists together, and replied in unison: "The ministers understand, and the ministers will definitely cooperate with the emperor and work together to promote this matter." ”

Guo Ye didn't forget to whisper in Yu Shinan's ear: "Old man Yu, don't forget to tell Wei Zheng about the water in advance tomorrow morning, so that they can support you two and return our favor first." ”

After saying this, Guo Ye breathed a long sigh of relief, as if all of this was in his own step-by-step calculations, and there was roughly nothing missing.

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