Chapter 5: Xiao Quai's Enemies
"Dogs! How dare so! ”
In the temporary official office of Jing Zhaoyin outside the Huaqing Palace, the household servant and the imperial historian, Jingguang Yin Wang Ji was furious. The room was in shambles, and several precious Yue kiln celadon pieces were smashed to pieces.
He hadn't seen Emperor Li Longji for five days, and as one of the most favored ministers by the emperor's side, Wang Ji was very angry.
Li Longji is rarely in charge of the government anymore, and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are now counted with two hands and two feet that he still knows and is familiar with, and most of the ministers have not even seen the emperor for more than ten months, and have not spoken to the emperor for several years.
But he is different, he is the top three favored ministers, the first minister, and the limelight completely overshadows Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong.
Wang Jie's official position is the head of the household department, who actually manages the country's finances; The Imperial Historian supervises all the officials of the world; Jing Zhaoyin, the mayor of Chang'an City, the capital. He also served as 20 envoys, such as Gyeonggi Interview (Disposal) Envoy to supervise the prison near the capital and supervise the state and county officials; The city of Jinghe and the envoy are responsible for managing all market activities in the capital; Hukou sex service enables the inspection of the hukou and management of sex service.
The so-called color service is the service and conscription in charge of the nobles, civilians and special occupations, such as arranging good jobs such as the emperor's guards for the children of the nobles, such as arranging conscription for the commoners, he alone has the final say. In addition to the three main positions, there are 20 important positions in which Wang Ji holds actual power. It is conceivable that in the entire Chang'an, Wang Ji is a real snake covering the sky with one hand!
The reason why Wang Ji is powerful is that, on the one hand, he is accustomed to looting the people's money for Li Longji to squander and enjoy, so he is favored. On the other hand, Li Linfu saw that Yang Guozhong had risen too fast, and he had the relationship with Yang Guifei, so in order to contain Yang Guozhong, he deliberately promoted and connived at Wang Jie. Even Wang Jie's son often insulted and bullied Li Linfu's son Li Xiu, and Li Linfu endured it.
In this way, Yang Guozhong was completely suppressed by himself, and even Li Linfu shy away from him, and Wang Jie's inner smugness and indescribability can be imagined. Just when he thought that the entire Chang'an Li Longji was the eldest and his second, and their family could walk sideways, he never imagined that a person named Xiao Qu would suddenly appear and make him deflated.
Wang Jie's heart was about to die of grievance.
This time, the Anxi army returned with a great victory, and it is roughly estimated that at least forty percent of the booty of the Tang Dynasty was captured in a year. In addition to the emperor's use to reward meritorious generals and reward the soldiers of the whole army, as well as to enter the emperor's treasury with a large surplus. At least seven million of the remaining troops were to fall into the hands of Wang Jie, who was to preside over the reinforcement of Anxi's troops and the migration of the river, which was also within his responsibility.
Wang Ji calculates everything, and he can embezzle at least three million yuan of wealth. Wang Ji doesn't know what Le Cheng is like these days, how can he know that Xiao Qu is sick when he arrives in Chang'an, and he doesn't know what he said to the emperor, so this matter will be handed over to him with full authority!
Of course, as one of Li Longji's favorite ministers, Li Longji promised this errand to Wang Ji in advance, and later gave Xiao to get sick, and afterwards Li Longji also sent a lieutenant to send him some rewards and warm words to comfort him.
But what is this reward worth compared to three million copper coins? After Li Longji returned to the Huaqing Palace, Wang Ji repeatedly asked to meet the emperor to snatch this errand back from Xiao Quai's hands, but he was blocked by Gao Lishi.
What made Wang Ji even more annoyed was that after many inquiries, he now learned that the emperor and the concubine had been sick with that Xiao Qu in the past few days! This made him even more angry, this Xiao Qubing not only robbed him of his errand, but also coaxed the emperor not to let the emperor see me, which is really unbearable!
"Shechen!"
"Pig dog!"
"Demons! I will kill you! ”
Breaking a few precious porcelain, kicking over a few tables and beds, Wang Ji was still angry, and his mouth kept breaking thoughts.
Wang Ji was very angry, the consequences were very serious, all of Jing Zhaoyin's subordinates and Wang Jie's house slaves were trembling at the moment, and they didn't even dare to gasp, for fear of accidentally attracting Wang Jie's attention and becoming an unlucky ghost.
His son Wei Wei Shaoqing Wang Zhun persuaded: "Daddy, why should you be angry with that pig and dog, he is hiding in the Huaqing Palace every day and can't come out, we really can't do anything about him." But he can't hide for the rest of his life and wait for him to come out, when the time comes, he will be alone, and it will not be as easy for us to kill him as it is to pinch an ant to death! ”
"That's it! The little doctor dared to promise that as long as the kid dared to go to Chang'an, the little one would immediately arrest him and hand him over to the doctor. "Wang Jie's dog legs, the first thug Chang An Wei (equivalent to the director of the Capital Public Security Bureau) Jia Jilin patted his chest and packed the ticket.
Wang Ji said: "It's not that simple, there is no order from so-and-so, don't touch him for the time being." Did you find out why Your Majesty changed his mind? And why is he favored? ”
Wang Zhun said: "I don't know why Your Majesty changed his mind, but according to some palace maids and eunuchs, that kid was favored probably because he could tell jokes and stories to make his mother happy; Also, I heard a palace maid say that he seems to be teaching His Majesty to fight with his mother. ”
Wang Ji suddenly realized that Xiao Quai's identity was not an immortal disciple. The Tang Dynasty attached equal importance to Confucianism, Taoism and Shakya, and Chang'an was even more prevalent in Taoism. The royal family and many nobles advocate Taoism, and over the years, Wang Ji has seen a lot of various Taoist priests swaggering and deceiving. For example, Zhang Guolao, more than ten years ago, claimed to have lived for more than 3,000 years. But in Wang Jie's opinion, he is actually a liar, and he can only refine dansha, but fortunately, Emperor Shengming refuses to take it.
Thinking of this, Wang Ji had a plan in his heart, but he was not so angry. What is so difficult for a liar to deal with, can he be deceived for a lifetime? When people calm down, many things will be figured out at once. When the time comes, as long as the flaws are exposed, he can let him die without a place to be buried.
Besides, even if he is not a liar, he is alone, and without the cooperation of his own household department and Jing Zhaoyin's supervisor in recruiting troops and immigrating to the river for the Anxi Army, can he do it?
If nothing else, let's talk about immigration, how many households are there in Gyeonggi, Kannai, Dugi, Henan Province and Longyou Province, who should be relocated, the supply of grain and grass along the way, and the cooperation of local state and county officials.
The emperor was indeed confused, such a big thing should be entrusted to a twenty-year-old person without any foundation. Wang Ji thought for a while and said, "Ji Lin, don't you have a few first-class killers under your command?" If he wants to test His Majesty's attitude towards him, if he values it very much, he will find someone to beat him when he leaves Huaqing Palace and returns to Chang'an; If you don't value it very much, just kill it! ”
"Well, I promise to do it without anyone knowing, and no one can find out."
In Huaqing Palace, in Furong Garden, Xiao Qubing didn't know that someone was plotting against him. He had just finished instructing Yang Guifei to play a set of Tai Chi, and was about to tell her a little joke at the moment.
Strictly speaking, what he taught Li Longji and Yang Guifei should actually be regarded as simplified Tai Chi exercises, which are the kind played by the old man and old lady in the park.
After Li Longji sealed his official position that day, Xiao Qubing suddenly thought that Taijiquan, which really has actual combat power, is not suitable for Li Longji and Yang Guifei to practice, but this kind of Taiji, which recuperates the body and mind, strengthens the body and cures diseases, can still be taught to them.
Although this kind of Tai Chi exercise has been practiced for a hundred years, it cannot reach the current realm of Xiao Qu's disease, as long as it is well maintained, it can easily live to be more than 100 years old without disease and disaster. But it is not without benefits to the body, on the one hand, it can maintain health, and on the other hand, it can also cultivate self-cultivation. When you are stressed, when you are irritable, you can do a set of tai chi to calm your mood immediately.
Li Longji is almost sixty-seven, this set of Tai Chi exercises is suitable for him to practice, Yang Guifei is a dancer, practice this should learn a new dance, anyway, the movements of Tai Chi exercises are also extremely stretching and beautiful.
Sure enough, after practicing Tai Chi exercises for a few days, Li Longji felt much more relaxed and his mood was much more relaxed. In addition, Xiao Quzhi did some small hands and feet, every time Li Longji finished practicing boxing, Xiao Quzhi calmed down and listened carefully to the blood flow of his whole body. found out where the qi and blood were not very smooth, and took the opportunity to help him massage and loosen his muscles and bones with dark and vigorous techniques to straighten out his qi and blood.
It is equivalent to Xiao Quzhi unknowingly helping Li Longji do a systemic treatment in the past few days, on the one hand, it can be regarded as repaying his credit to himself, and on the other hand, it is also a solid pet. After all, he is going to show his strength in Chang'an next, and everything is inseparable from Li Longji's support.
Of course, Xiao Qubing knew that in the later period of Tianbao, the entire court was either a thousand horses or a traitorous minister. Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, Wang Ji and others do not have a good bird, he estimates that except for Li Linfu, he will not do anything to him for the time being, and other traitors will definitely regard him as an enemy. But you can't do nothing just because the Manchu Dynasty is an enemy, right?
However, Xiao Quzhi also knew that it would be difficult to open the situation by himself now, so he simply waited for Gu Xiaojun and Li Ergou to come. After the Battle of Mulu, Xiao Quzhi asked Gao Xianzhi for dozens of people, such as Zhang Xiaogou and more than a dozen elite scouts. These people will be of great use when the time comes, well, after a while, I will find an opportunity to tell Li Longji and ask him to transfer Li Sheng to himself from Ge Shuhan!
Due to Xiao Qu's secret conditioning, Li Longji, who had practiced Tai Chi exercises for a few days, felt that his body had never been so comfortable and so brisk. In this way, he has become more and more attached to Xiao Quai's illness, and he has to accompany Xiao Qu's illness almost every day these days.
Yang Guifei didn't feel this way, she thought it was quite novel two days ago, but then she felt that it was not interesting. So in order to make her feel interesting, she was idle anyway, and when she was resting, Xiao Qu was sick and began to tell the story to the two, this time telling the story of One Thousand and One Nights.
"Niangniang, after telling the story of Aladdin's magic lamp earlier, now can I tell you a joke about the magic lamp?"
"Of course, you can talk about it quickly."
"It is said that there was a Tang Dynasty, a Japanese people, and a Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms who were hurrying in the desert, and at this time they found a magic lamp. After rubbing it, a lamp god appeared from it, and he said: Thank you for letting me out, I am willing to help each of you fulfill three wishes...... The Tang Dynasty man said his third wish: to call those two people back to accompany me to drink and recite poetry! So the three of them came together again, and the people of the Wa Kingdom and the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms were very angry with the Tang people, but they had no choice but to continue walking. ”
Yang Guifei laughed and said, "Yes, I think the people of the Japanese Kingdom and the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu must be crazy!" ”
Xiao Quzhi also smiled: "Niangniang, it's not over yet, they haven't been gone for long, and they found another magic lamp!" ”
"This time, those two people from the Japanese Kingdom and the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu should learn to be smart, I think they will definitely let this Datang make a wish first!"
"Niang Niang is really smart!"
"Then what wishes did you say about the three Datang people?"
"The Tang Dynasty man first told me three jars of wine, and then said to give me three kinds of snacks......
"Isn't that different? And what about later? ”
"Later, when he thought about it, and felt that he didn't need anything anymore, he said to the lamp god, 'It's all right, you can go.'" Then the god of lights was gone. ”
"Hahaha......" Yang Guifei laughed so hard that her stomach hurt.