In the imperial court, most of the officials were in trouble because of the addition of the official position of Wang Zhong's heir.

After Li Linfu proposed to confer on Wang Zhonghe's third grade of Jin Ziguanglu and the rank of Doctor Sanguan, although many people were reluctant, they were helpless. However, after these officials reacted, they all sincerely praised Li Linfu in their hearts, "Gao Ming." ”

The old foxes of these officialdom soon knew the secret.

It turned out that although he had the rank of a loose official of the Zheng Sanpin Jin Zi Guanglu Doctor, he could justifiably serve as the official of the Zheng Sanpin. But there are many kinds of ministers:

There are governors of Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province such as the right minister and the left minister. Both of these positions are one of the governors of the three provinces, and they have the power to make decisions and debate the country, and are the de facto prime ministers. It belongs to the top of state power with the Shangshu from the second grade. In addition, there are also high-ranking officials with real power such as the Six Shangshu and the Sixteen Wei Generals, but there are also princely guests, Taichangqing, Prince Zhan Shi, Zhongdu Governor, and Shangdu Hu, which are not fictitious positions in name only.

Therefore, whether it is the Xiangguo Party, the original Left Xiangguo Party, or the Donggong Party and other small parties or officials of neutral parties, they can't help but sigh at Li Linfu, the genius of the Xiangguo in the current dynasty, and sure enough, Jiang is still old and spicy. Take the first step to seize the opportunity to award the rank of a loose official like Dr. Zheng Sanpin Jin Ziguanglu to Wang Zhonghe, so as to prevent the emperor from directly granting Wang Zhongsi the position of real power in the Zhengsanpin ministry because of his successive military exploits.

In fact, Li Linfu was also helpless, if he went too far, and the emperor felt that he owed Wang Zhonghei too much, it would be even worse if he was directly promoted to a third-grade minister.

Moreover, Li Linfu thought far more far-reaching than other officials. Wang Zhongsi was already the envoy of the four towns at this time, more than half of the army of the Tang Empire was controlled by him, and the four towns of Hedong, Shuofang, Longyou, and Hexi were not comparable to the remote Fanyang, Anxi and other places, these four towns were all on the verge of being in the middle of the dangerous town, and the elite town was in the hands of one person.

Although Li Linfu knew that Tang Xuanzong still trusted Wang Zhonghe, a fake son, such an important military town and elite soldiers were gathered in the hands of one person, and he looked at the problem with the emperor's mental skills, it was impossible to say that there was no trace of suspicion and defense. The emperor will definitely prevent the four towns of Guanlong from being in the hands of one person for a long time, not only for the sake of national security just in case, but also for the need for checks and balances of the emperor's power.

Therefore, Wang Zhonghe, the envoy of the four towns, will not be able to do it for a few years, unless he dies young or the emperor lets him die, otherwise in a few years, Wang Zhongsi will inevitably be like himself and the envoys of the Kaiyuan Dynasty.

Since the Kaiyuan Dynasty, it has been a practice that famous writers often become prime ministers. But he wants to be able to put it off. At this juncture, Li Shizhi, a real prime minister, and Wei Jian, who is about to become the prime minister, have just taken away, how can there be another Wang Zhonghe? You must know that the position of the provincial governor under the door, that is, the position of the left minister, is still vacant after Li Shizhi left office!

Although this position is impossible with Wang Zhonghe's current qualifications. But among the six Shangshu, it originally belonged to Wei Jian and other Donggong parties and Li Shiyi's party, but they still accounted for half. At present, Li Linfu is trying to squeeze them out, how can he let a Wang Zhonghei who belongs to the Donggong Party intervene at this time, even if he does not hold a real position, but only as a part-time official, he must put an end to all disasters.

Although Li Linfu knew that Wang Zhongsi was unlikely to enter the dynasty as prime minister at present, he also knew that Wang Zhongsi would inevitably enter the dynasty as prime minister in a few years. The current plan is to delay as long as he can, and wait for the old man to squeeze all the officials who do not belong to my faction out of the center, but even if Wang Zhonghei comes in, he is just a puppet.

Therefore, at this time, it is better to push the boat to help Wang Zhongsi to the official rank of the third grade. If the emperor still feels that it is not enough, he must confer the ministry of the third grade. That can also deal with it easily, there are also a lot of high-ranking officials in the third grade, and important positions such as Zuo Xiang and Liubu Shangshu are naturally not allowed to be obtained by Wang Zhonghe, but it is not enough to give him the false title of Zhongdu Governor or Shangdu Hu, who is also a third-grade official. Everyone knows that now the Governor's Mansion and the Protector's Mansion of the Tang Dynasty are basically in name only. Li Linfu himself does not have the official title of the protector of the Anxi Metropolitan Protector Mansion on his head, and he is just a vain name.

As for the rank of the Sixteen Guards General, now that the government military system has declined, the power of the Sixteen Guards Generals is not as good as before, and now many of them have become the envoys of the festival or the royal family and nobles. As for Taichang Siqing, who is known as the head of the "Nine Temples", he is just an honorary official in charge of sacrifices.

Li Linfu thought to himself that if the emperor must add Wang Zhonghe's official to the third rank of the ministry at that time, then it would be good to add a prince guest or prince Zhan Shi, who belongs to the official of the East Palace. Anyway, isn't he Wang Zhonghe, also a party in the East Palace, and he deserves to be an official of the East Palace.

"It's just that Li Heng's kid has been living in the Daming Palace with the emperor since he became the crown prince in the twenty-sixth year of Kaiyuan, and he doesn't even have the de facto East Palace. What is the use of the so-called East Palace officials? Li Fudao, the servant of the ministry, showed a mocking smile: "To be honest, our prince is really pitiful compared to his second brother, Li Ying, the abolished prince." Where does he look like a prince, he is clearly a prisoner. ”

"Not really!" Li Fugong, the waiter of the Criminal Department, also sneered when he heard this: "The emperor is afraid that Li Heng will repeat his mistakes, so he is stricter, but what is the difference between him and a high-ranking prisoner?" ”

Li Linfu and the crown prince Li Heng are in the same boat, and the Li family brothers, as Li Linfu's brothers and henchmen, naturally have no good feelings, and they don't even have any respect for the imperial prince before and after.

Under the planning of Li Linfu and the Xiangguo Party, and with the consent of Li Longji, the Political Affairs Hall and the Ministry of Officials officially drafted a charter for rewarding Wang Zhonghei and the officers and men of the Longyou Army and the Hexi Army:

Wang Zhongsi conferred the rank of ministry from the Sanpin Honglu Temple, and then awarded the rank of the Sanpin Golden Purple Guanglu Doctor, with a reward of 200,000 yuan, 10,000 silk horses, 2,000 households plus food, and 150 households. In the end, Enyin and his son were promoted from the rank of five-rank official.

In the battle between Wang Zhongsi and Tubo, the deputy envoy of the Great Dou Army was invincible, and the deputy envoy of the Great Dou Army was invincible, and the brother Shuhan was the envoy of the right soldiers and horses of Longyou, and the military envoy of Heyuan under the jurisdiction of the right section of Long. The officers and men of the Longyou Army have their own rewards.

In the battle between Wang Zhongsi and Tuyuhun led by Wang Zhongsi, his subordinate general Shuo Fang was the first to wait for Li Guangbi's military exploits, and Li Guangbi was the envoy of Hexi soldiers and horses, and served as the Chishui military envoy under the jurisdiction of Hexi Jiedu. The officers and men of the Hexi Army each have their own rewards.

In addition, the people captured in the Battle of Tubo were led by Ge Shuhan, the new envoy of Longyou's soldiers and horses, and led 100 representatives of the Longyou Army into Beijing to offer prisoners. In the Battle of Tuyuhun, the Hexi Army's prisoner dedication ceremony was led by Li Guangbi, the new Hexi soldier and horse envoy, and 100 representatives of the Hexi Army entered Beijing.

"Our Wang Jieshuai, Doctor Wang has really caused us a lot of trouble." After receiving the will of the political affairs hall, Pei Kuan, the head of the household department and the imperial historian, shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"yes." Zheng Zhang, a warehouse member who belongs to one of the four divisions of the household department, also shook his head and said: "The autumn tax has not yet arrived, and the money for the Longyou Army and the Hexi Army is worrying."

Although both of them shook their heads and sighed, they could see a trace of sadness in their faces and tones, but they laughed excitedly.

It is no wonder that Zheng Zhang, a member of the warehouse department, belongs to Wei Jian's party, that is, the East Palace party. And Pei Kuan, the head of the household department and the imperial historian, was originally a cadre of the East Palace Party and a friend of the former left minister Li Shizhi. After Wei Jian's demotion and Li Shizhi's resignation, this senior member who controls the world's money bags and the imperial history of the Taitai Division has faintly become the first cadre of the Donggong Party and the successor leader of the "Left Prime Minister's Party". Therefore, Wang Zhonghe, who is also from the East Palace, has made great contributions, which is tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow for the East Palace Party, which is now in a difficult situation.

What's more, as a hot-blooded Tang Dynasty man, meritorious service on the battlefield is originally something that can only be congratulated and joyed. Today's Hubu Shangshu is not only a horse archer, but also a literary man, which can be described as both civil and military. In fact, in the early years of Tianbao, after Li Shizhi entered the dynasty as the left minister from Fanyang Jiedu to Tianbao's three years, that is, the two years before last, when An Lushan, the Pinglu Jiedu envoy, concurrently served as the Fanyang Jiedu envoy and the Hebei interview envoy, which was quite prestigious. It's just that he is currently on the same path as his predecessors in this dynasty, and after two years of seniority and performance in the Jiedu envoyship, he was also transferred to the center to take charge of the government. At present, he is already the head of the household, and soon after adding the title of "Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi", he will be the official prime minister, and he will be able to enter the political hall to rule the world.

Therefore, he is also Li Linfu's third place in the court's hostile list after Li Shizhi and Wei Jian.

"Our Doctor Wang really solved the urgent need for us and the prince this time." Zheng Zhang sighed with emotion.

"Not bad." Pei Kuan nodded and smiled: "It is said that the crown prince has been sad and depressed since the case of Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming, and it is rare to be happy when he hears the news of Dr. Wang this time." ”

Both of them let out a long sigh of relief.

It's just that not long after the court's will to reward was issued, Wang Zhonghe, who was far away in Hexi to deal with the aftermath of the war, sent another twist.

Surprisingly, however, this third step was not another famous feat.

The memora reads: "I request to resign from the concurrently held positions of Shuofang Jiedu envoy and Hedong Jiedu envoy." ”

Yes, the four towns of Longyou, Hexi, Shuofang, and Hedong asked Wang Zhongsi to resign from the two towns of Shuofang and Hedong.

As soon as this third path entered Chang'an, everyone was shocked. It turned out that the Xiangguo Party, which was helpless because of Wang Zhonghe's two military exploits, and the Donggong Party, which was happy because of this, were both unbelievable.

As soon as this song was reported to the government and the opposition, it was like a boulder penetrating into a pond, and the court struggle, which had temporarily died down due to the resignation of Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming, began a new round of storms.

With the arrival of this twist and turn, in the invisible sword and sword shadow, the Xiangguo Party, the Donggong Party, the Guanlong system, the Heshuo system, and the Hebei system in the imperial court, the Guanlong system, the Heshuo system, and the Hebei system also launched a series of life-and-death struggles.