Wei Xuan's reaction was so fast that everyone was stunned.

At noon on the twentieth day of December, Wei Min was taken away by the law of Jingzhao Mansion, and on the morning of the second day, just before all kinds of discussions in Chang'an City were about to flood, he had already gathered some of the elders and stalwarts of the Wei clan to open the ancestral hall, which was to announce that Wei Min would be expelled from the Wei family, and he would no longer have anything to do with himself and the Wei family.

Under the deliberate spread of well-intentioned people, the news spread all over Chang'an City in one afternoon.

The discussion did not stop, but it suddenly became hot, but the direction of everyone's discussion has changed.

Previously, everyone unanimously despised and angered Wei Shi and Wei Min, but as soon as this news came out, public opinion immediately turned and began to divide into two directions, a large part of the people believed that this Lord Wei Qian was really a good official, once he found that his son was so unbearable, he would immediately expel him from the house, so as to avoid affecting Jing Zhaoyin's handling because of himself and Wei Shi.

Of course, it is inevitable that a considerable number of people will be extremely disdainful of Wei Juan's approach in private, and they all think that Wei Juan's plan is simply a gecko's tail cutoff, and they would rather lose a son out than protect their reputation. Tiger poison does not eat children, and his approach is worse than that of animals. If you really have the heart not to affect Jingzhao Mansion's judgment of the case, why don't you just sue the sick and cause the official?

When the Spring Festival was approaching, although everyone was busy preparing for the New Year, there were more idlers, so the entire Chang'an City soon became in an uproar. Although there are also people who are quite disdainful of Wei Juan's approach, the wind direction is generally good after all, so Wei Min's arrest not only did not have any bad impact on Wei Juan, but made his reputation in Chang'an City more and more famous.

Combined with the recent issue of the selection of the new prime minister of the DPRK and China, among the several heavyweight ministers of the DPRK, it seems that he is the most popular.

"No wonder he can become the first arm of the crown prince and step by step to the position of Tai Changqing, this Wei Qian is really not an ordinary person, just with this ruthlessness and decisiveness, it is really not something that ordinary people can do!"

Sitting opposite Su Jin, holding the tea soup ordered by Su Jin himself, Li Xi couldn't help but sigh.

As early as October, Shuzhou was already busy preparing New Year's gifts, etc., originally planned to send someone to Chang'an to let Li Xi give gifts, all of them were held by Wu Lan and Yang Huahua themselves, and later the official documents of the Ministry arrived in Shuzhou, and these gifts happened to set off with Liu Rong and them, but from the letter he sent, Liu Rong probably guessed that he was in urgent need of manpower, so he thought that the convoy was too slow, and they still separated halfway.

Liu Rong and the others had been there for several days, and on December 21, the convoy finally arrived in Chang'an. So Li Xi went door-to-door to pick up the gifts that needed to be given and prepared them, and from the next day, he personally took people to give gifts.

On the morning of the 22nd, I first went to Zhang Jiuling's house, with the family letter of the teacher Zhou Qiong who came with the convoy, Li Xi was let into the house, and because it was in the name of Zhou Qiong, it was a New Year's gift from his daughter and son-in-law, so he also accepted the things over there, but he came out to see Li Xi, or Zhang Jiuling's son Zhang Zheng, as for Zhang Jiuling, he still didn't see it, according to Zhang Zheng, his father was sad about the death of his grandmother, and he has been so sad that his body is haggard, and it is really inconvenient to see guests.

Li Xi also understood in his heart, whether it was an excuse or not, it seemed that because of that recital, Zhang Jiuling really didn't like him very much, otherwise, just with that letter and his identity as the only disciple under the throne this week, even if he was mourning his mother, he should have seen him a long time ago.

However, he did give you an excuse during his mother's funeral. It is estimated that it is still for the sake of these gifts and the letter, so Li Xi also knew about it, and chatted with Zhang Zheng for a few words, greetings, and then quickly said goodbye.

In the afternoon, I went to Li Shizhi's house to give gifts, and naturally I had to hold on to it, and everyone drank it until they were drunk, and then they were carried into the carriage and went home by the people.

And on the twenty-third day, Li Xi came to Su Jin's house first.

Not to mention that the relationship between the teacher Zhou Qiong and him is extraordinary, that is, after he came to Chang'an, he also owed much of his help, and although Su Jin is low-key, he is very solid in his work and speech, and he is more close to Li Xi, so in Chang'an City, except for Li Shizhi, he is probably closer to himself.

Just chatted for a few words, but Su Jin took the initiative to bring the topic to Wei Qian as usual.

When it comes to his grasp of current affairs and his understanding of Wei Jin, Li Xi is naturally inferior to Su Jin, especially Su Jin, who sees people very thoroughly, and is also a refined character, many things about Wei Jin, Li Xi has also heard from others, but at this time, Su Jin is called to say, the left and right are even in simple terms, often pointing directly to the hearts of the people, and quite incisive in listening to thunder in a silent place. After he said that, Li Xi had to sigh like that.

And when the person sitting opposite him became his new mentor Zhang Guolao, and when he commented on Wei Qian again, he had a different feeling - "Wei Qian is a good person, but don't worry, he doesn't have that life in this life!" ”

is such a simple and simple evaluation, but it is so direct that Li Xi can't comment. Regarding Zhang Guolao's ability, Li Xi definitely didn't dare to underestimate it. Whether it was his own deduction with immortal magic, or what information he had stumbled upon from Emperor Xuanzong, his judgment was undoubtedly an extremely important parameter. So he couldn't help but ask, "So, is it already certain that there will be no Wei Qian among the prime ministers this time?" ”

But this time, in exchange, Zhang Guolao closed his eyes and was silent.

Li Xi had no choice but to talk about his marriage instead. Liu Rong and his letter have been sent to Shuzhou, if nothing else, a teacher Zhou Qiong said in the middle that it should not be a problem to take Wan'er's girl to Chang'an to get married. Because both parents died, and it was impossible for the third uncle to completely leave the matter in Shuzhou for a month or two, Li Xi hoped that Zhang Guo, the teacher in Chang'an, would come forward to marry him. For this, Zhang Guo agreed very happily.

However, after hesitating, he said: "I'm afraid that your wedding will be held in Luoyang!" ”

"Your Majesty is going to the Eastern Capital? ”

After returning from the Taoist temple where Zhang Guo lived, when he talked to Li Yifeng and Liu Rong about Zhang Guolao's words, both of them frowned a little.

Because of the lack of food in Chang'an, Emperor Xuanzong will go to Luoyang to live for a period of time every few years, which is also a common thing, naturally there is nothing to be curious about, but the problem is that once Emperor Xuanzong goes east, then, in addition to sending some left-behind officials, almost all the main officials of the yamen have to accompany them to the eastern capital. I'm afraid that the matter of rebuilding the Guangtong Canal will be a little difficult.

After thinking about it carefully, Li Xi said: "It's okay, if someone wants to find fault, they must jump out at the beginning, as long as the project starts, with Wei Yue's ability, I don't worry about what big basket will come out in the middle, so when the time comes, I will leave a period of time late, and when the gang jumps out by themselves, I will help Wei Yue beat it first, and then go to Luoyang." ”

The rebuilding of the Guangtong Canal has won the full support of Emperor Xuanzong, with his support in the back, Li Xi is naturally not afraid of anyone, not to mention that Wei Qian can't go up, even if Zhang Guolao's prediction is not accurate, he finally became the prime minister, with the combination of him and the prince, if he dares to obstruct this matter, he must not have to take action himself, Emperor Xuanzong will give them enough warnings.

Compared with this, it was the few words he got from Zhang Guolao today, which made him feel a little helpless.

After agreeing that as long as Zhang Guolao was not summoned into the palace by Xuanzong every five and ten every month, then he would go over to him in the afternoon to learn art, Li Xi was about to get up and say goodbye, but the old man said something meaningful: "Xi'er, if you act like this, although it will be okay for the time being, it can make you soar all the way and come back in a few years, but in this way, even if your life is hard, you can't stand such a toss, so try not to do it in the future, at least do less of this kind of thing." ”

He didn't make it clear what he was referring to, but Li Xi naturally knew that what he said was that he was talking about marrying Princess Xianyi Li Fuer and Song Guonu at the same time, according to him, this was not just arrogant, but a little against the sky. Fortunately, it seems that his life is relatively hard, so this can be held, otherwise, there are not many things that forcibly speed up the trajectory of life, and one time is enough to break life.

Of course, Li Xi knew why he was in such a hurry, he knew that he was not in a hurry, the key thing was that there was a woman in Luoyang who had been worried for thousands of years and was very anxious.

In the face of such an old immortal, it seems that you don't need to have any contact with you, you can see you up and down, Li Xi is really under pressure, and I don't know if the other party has deduced the reason why he did this, so in the face of his words at that time, Li Xi could only be silent.

Li Xi didn't know many people in Chang'an, and even fewer were worth giving gifts, so after about a few runs, Li Xi was idle again.

Every day, I got up and went to the yamen to go around, ran to find Yuzhen to drink tea and chat, or else to see Yang Zhao Gengxin's New Year's goods they bought, etc., and when I was twenty-five, I also went to Zhang Guolao to learn the first lesson.

In this way, day by day, the end of the year is approaching.

On December 26, the yamen in Chang'an officially took annual leave, and until this time, although Wei Qian had announced that Wei Min would be expelled from Wei's family, there was still no news about Wei Min's case in Jingzhao Mansion.

On the evening of the twenty-ninth day of the New Year, Li Xi took Jing Nu, who was already his concubine at this time, as well as Lianlian and Miaomiao to keep the New Year together, there were no firecrackers at this time, but there were firecrackers, and at the time of the third watch, the family lit a fire, Li Xi took Jing Nu to throw the specially bought bamboo on the fire, and then you could hear the huge popping sound after the bamboo burned.

This is Li Xi's first Spring Festival after coming to the Tang Dynasty, although Wulan and Hua Nu are not around, and Wan'er is not around, but there is also a quiet girl by his side, which makes him not too lonely.

As soon as the four drums were handed over, Li Xi had already dressed up according to the grade under the service of Jingnu and the two maids, and then joined Liu Rong and Li Yifeng, and several people rode horses, took Yang Zhao Gengxin and others, and went to Xingqing Palace to congratulate the New Year.

On the morning of the first day of the first lunar month, all officials in Chang'an had to go to congratulate the emperor on the New Year, which was also the only opportunity for officials below the fifth rank to meet the emperor. Therefore, although Li Xicai is only from the sixth grade, and Li Yifeng and Liu Rong are of lower grade, they still have to go to Xingqing Palace together.

Of course, there are so many people, maybe thousands of people will go to the court together, and there are no binoculars, so it's strange to see it!

Along the way to the direction of Xingqing Palace, the sky is still dark, but the carriages and horses are endless, several people accompanied each other all the way, first discussed about Li Yifeng and Liu Rong to buy a house in Chang'an, and then unconsciously, they talked about the hundred officials who are talking about today.

Everyone feels in their hearts that this is a rare juncture, and the new prime minister, who has been pending since December, will be officially unveiled today.

This is a suspense that has touched the hearts of countless people.

A few people arrived outside the Xingqing Palace, but when they saw the crowd, they were all officials.

However, although there are many people, it is not chaotic.

This is the system of the imperial court, the practice of the year, not only the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Taichangqing who are responsible for guiding are very familiar, but even most of the officials are already very familiar with this set of processes, so everyone quickly gathered into a pile according to their respective yamen and subordinates, and then, naturally, they lined up according to their grades.

The team gathered into a big team, the big team gathered into a long dragon, the five drums of the heavens, the yellow gate in the palace sang the promise, and the hundred officials slowly entered, paid homage to His Majesty the emperor, and congratulated the New Year in unison.

This set is all formulaic, although Li Xi and Liu Rong and others are not familiar with it, but there are Wei Yue and a few others next to them, and the other is ...... Mixed in with so many people, in fact, as long as you see how others do it, you can do it yourself.

In normal times, for the sake of convenience, even when the ministers meet the emperor, the etiquette has been simplified, and only once in the year is the truly complete worship ceremony - to be honest, it is extremely cumbersome!

After the worship of the hundred officials, Li Xi secretly stood on tiptoe and looked into the hall twice, with his position as a six-rank official in the team, he couldn't even see whether there was Emperor Xuanzong in the brightly lit hall.

Chang'an, as the capital of the Son of Heaven, was originally the place with the most officials, the Tang Dynasty has been peaceful for a hundred years, and the central institutions are more and more bloated than the next, plus those who have titles and ranks but do not do anything, so the officials who want to come to pay homage in Chang'an City are afraid that there will be at least nearly 10,000 people!

Finally, the visit was over, and the sky was already dawning.

Then, as everyone expected, just after a eunuch announced the routine reward for the hundred officials of the court in a sharp voice, another eunuch stood up and officially announced the personnel changes in the court.

The decree is very long, but there are only two names that can really arouse everyone's attention.

The first one is Zhang Jiuling.

When this name was pronounced, some of the officials around Li Xi sighed, but more of them had a calm face and did not react.

Although Zhang Jiuling is still mourning at the moment, there has always been a rule that the Son of Heaven "grabs affection" for the sake of state affairs, so for Zhang Jiuling's ascendancy, everyone has already made sufficient mental preparations, so when this result comes out, everyone's reaction is a matter of course. There are even some officials, Xu has some relationship with Zhang Jiuling's side, and when they heard this name at this time, their faces couldn't help but show a touch of triumph and excitement.

This is not surprising at all, the so-called once a son of heaven and a courtier, in fact, is not only the son of heaven, but also a group of ministers must be replaced by a prime minister. A prime minister wants to come to power, in order to ensure that his decrees can be smoothly designated and smoothly implemented, it is natural to recommend to the emperor to a certain extent and introduce a group of ministers who are in line with his political views, although the scale of this kind of transfer on the surface cannot be large, but this is a common practice, and it has also been tacitly approved by the emperors of the Tang Dynasty.

Compared with this, the influence of a prime minister and a courtier on a larger scale on the hundreds of officials in the court is still in the shadows, and the official position may not move, but the reuse and non-reuse of the prime minister will directly lead to the tilt of power unconsciously, and as the prime minister reigns longer and longer, this secret influence will gradually expand and surface. In this process, there will be people who are gloomy, and there will be people who will soar and even ascend to the sky.

But judging from the treatment he received when he visited Zhang's Mansion a few years ago, this appointment should have been the most reassuring and happy for Li Xi, but it didn't sound like much joy at this time.

However, when the second name was pronounced, it made almost everyone on the scene gasp, and Li Xi was stunned.

Then, he clenched his fist fiercely.

It's actually ...... Pei Yaoqing.

For Li Xi, this is an unexpected joy!

(To be continued)