readx; Yang Guozhong's habit of going to bed late, he is a very powerful person, especially when he controls the post of secretary of the ministry, and the power that originally belonged to the ministry of servants has also been taken over, and he has to look at the evaluations of officials at all levels, political performance, etc., and he has to look at them one by one, and he also holds nearly forty positions, he has to listen to and ask about big and small things, and if he can't complete government affairs during the day, he will take them home at night and continue to work at home, which is generally not allowed, some powerful officials, such as Wang Hui, he can't take official business home, bought a house next to Jingzhao Yin's Mansion and played a side game. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

But Yang Guozhong didn't care so much, he took it home directly, worked at home, and many courtiers had to go to his house to report their work, integrating public and private, for which he was also impeached by Yushitai, but Li Longji's reply was only two words: diligent government.

This is equivalent to recognizing Yang Guozhong and allowing him to bring the court affairs back to the palace, which makes Yang Guozhong even more unscrupulous, and some major decisions, such as the list of new officials admitted to the final circle of the Spring Officials Examination, are all completed by Yang Guozhong at home.

Tonight, Yang Guozhong is not a lot of things, he has dealt with all the government affairs early, tomorrow will be the court meeting, and many important things will be announced, such as the reward of the Anxi army, Li Cong's sitting in Anxi, Gao Xianzhi's reward for pacifying Nanzhao, and the possibility of Wang Heng entering the prime minister, etc., are all things that give Yang Guozhong a headache.

Especially Wang Heng into the prime minister, according to the news in the palace, Wang Heng is very likely to be appointed as the secretary of the criminal department, this will undoubtedly be his first political enemy Yang Guozhong, Yang Guozhong has been worried about this matter these days, Li Linfu's health is getting worse and worse, I thought that Li Linfu is dead, and the Tang Dynasty is controlled by him Yang Guozhong alone, but Wang Heng actually inherited Li Linfu's Xiangguo Party and became his counterbalance, Yang Guozhong was annoyed, but he was helpless, this was Li Longji's decision, the purpose was to give him an opponent.

He can't move Wang Jue, but he can move other people, such as Li Qing'an, this is also one of his great rivals, a few days ago he ruined his plan and beat him to the ground, tomorrow is Li Qing'an's canonization, how can he make Li Qing'an so comfortable?

In his study, Linghu Fei, the squire of the Ministry of War, put the promotion and reward plan of the Anxi Army on Yang Guozhong's table, which is actually the merit book written by Sima of the Anxi Army, which was proposed by Li Qing'an to be an official, handed over to the Ministry of War for review, and finally approved by Li Longji, Yang Guozhong can't interfere in the affairs of the army, in fact, the Ministry of War can't ask about the promotion of the border army, they just symbolize the review of the surname, and put forward some of their own opinions, such as a person who wants to be promoted has committed a crime, and it is not appropriate to be promoted to an important position, etc., but the Ministry of War has no right otherwise, After putting forward his own opinions, he handed them over to the right minister, and some slightly lower-level officers could be dismissed by the right minister, but the officers above the lieutenant general could only be vetoed by Li Longji.

'There are four deputy envoys of Jiedu, 34 generals, 415 Zhonglang generals, 1,200 Lang generals, more than 300 civilian officers such as Changshi, judges, and military officers, and the rest of the Guoyi lieutenants, school captains, and military lords are countless. ’

Yang Guozhong's eyes widened, Li Qingan actually wanted to promote so many people, this, is this an officer shop?

Ling Hufei sighed and said: "To be honest, I also think that Li Qing'an's promotion is a bit excessive, he is buying people's hearts, but there is no way, the military department has no control over the border army, so it can only fabricate official records for these people and register them in the record, I just show it to Shangshu, I hope Shangshu will not raise any objections tomorrow." ”

"Why?" Yang Guozhong asked with great displeasure.

"Because the saint has agreed to this plan, in fact, Li Qingan directly gave the promotion plan to the saint, which was transferred to us by the saint, Chen Xiangguo said, the saint has agreed, Shang Shu's opposition tomorrow is not only suspected of overstepping his authority, but also there is no sufficient reason, these people are clearly and meritorious."

"Then what's the point of you showing me this?"

"I just want Shang Shu to understand one thing, now that Li Qing'an is very favored by the saint, Shang Shu should not be his enemy for the time being."

"Grace?"

The corners of Yang Guozhong's mouth showed a sarcastic smile, "His fiancée almost entered the palace, I don't know if this is also a kind of grace?" ”

Linghu Fei was stunned, Li Qingan's fiancée entered the palace? He had never heard of this, and he hurriedly asked, "What the hell is going on?" ”

"I heard the people in the palace talk about this, do you remember the last time the concubine's birthday banquet was held? Li Qing'an's fiancée was publicly named the county lady. ”

Ling Hufei nodded and said, "I still remember that the country is beautiful and fragrant, no less than the concubine Niangniang." ”

"That's the time, the saint also took a fancy to her, this time Dugu Haoran returned to Beijing, I heard that today the saint hinted at Dugu Haoran and asked him to regret his marriage with Li Qingan."

Ling Hu Fei's expression became serious, and he asked, "And then?" Is there any latest news on Shangshu, has Dugu Haoran repented of his marriage? ”

Yang Guozhong shook his head and said, "I don't know yet, I don't care very much." ”

He had a mocking expression on his face, and said: "It's best to regret the success of the marriage, let Li Qingan suffer this strange humiliation, and then he rebels in anger, doesn't this prove that I, Yang Guozhong, have already seen through this person?" ”

Ling Hufei was just about to speak, when the voice of Yang Guozhong's son Yang Xuan came from outside the door: "Father, Father-in-law Yu has news here, saying that it is very urgent!" ”

Yang Guozhong was stunned, and hurriedly said, "Take it in!" ”

Yang Xuan walked into the study quickly and handed a note to Yang Guozhong, Yang Guozhong opened it and was taken aback, he hurriedly said to Ling Hufei: "The saint is going to favor Concubine Mei again." ”

Ling Hu Fei was also surprised in his heart, the saint hadn't asked Concubine Mei for many years, why did he suddenly think of Concubine Mei, something must have happened here.

"Yang Shangshu, what happened specifically, did the note say?"

Yang Guozhong looked at the note again, and said with some trepidation: "Father-in-law Yu said that the saint was angry with the concubine, so he remembered Concubine Mei." ”

Speaking of this, Yang Guozhong slapped his forehead, and suddenly said: "I understand, it must be the concubine who helped Li Qing'an, which made the saint angry, this mother!" Why are you so confused. ”

As soon as his words fell, a voice came from the outer courtyard in the distance, "There is a decree in the saint, Xuan Yang Shangshu will enter the palace immediately!" ”

Yang Guozhong was so frightened that he panicked, and shouted repeatedly: "Linghu Envoy, what can I do?" It must be that the saint is going to abolish the concubine, and our Yang family is going to be finished! Finished! ”

"Yang Shangshu, calm down."

Ling Hufei took the outer robe, put it on and said, "Let's go together!" I'll tell you on the way, things are not what you think. ”

Yang Guozhong hurriedly changed his clothes, got into the carriage, and headed for Xingqing Palace.

In the carriage, Ling Hufei said slowly: "Shangshu, in fact, it is not terrible for the Holy Lord to favor Concubine Mei, if Dugu Mingyue really enters the palace, it will be terrible, do you understand?" ”

Yang Guozhong had calmed down a little, he nodded and said: "Although I am very gloating about Li Qingan's bad luck, I also know that Dugu Mingyue is young and beautiful, and she has an advantage over the concubine, and she will be a strong competitor for the concubine, so I don't want Dugu Mingyue to enter the palace." ”

"It's not just that simple, in fact, Concubine Mei is not terrible, she has no background background, and the family is also a small family, her regain favor can't affect the Yang family, but if Dugu Mingyue enters the palace, the consequences will be serious, with the background of the Dugu family, as well as the relationship with the royal family, I dare to assert that the Dugu family will soon replace the Yang family and become the new favorite of Chang'an, and the Yang family will wither quickly, so the concubine will do everything possible to obstruct this matter, which is a very wise move, Shangshu, although you and Li Qing'an have a personal vendetta, but you must stand on Li Qing'an's side in this matter, must not let Dugu Mingyue enter the palace. ”

Yang Guozhong sighed slightly: "The envoy is right, my Yang family is a small person in the market, and it all depends on the concubine to have today, if she falls out of favor, that is, the fall of my Yang family, my Yang Guozhong's career is over, I know it in my heart!" ”

He smiled bitterly, and said to Linghu Fei: "Yesterday, Niangniang sent someone to bring me a message, asking me to find a way to let Dugu Mingyue and Li Qingan go to Anxi, I didn't understand what Niangniang meant, but now I understand, Dugu Mingyue is actually related to the rise and fall of my Yang family, I didn't expect Li Qingan to owe me a favor." ”

"Did Shangshu think of a way?"

"The idea is that I have a little bit, but I want to talk to Li Qingan face to face about this matter."

Yang Guozhong was a little proud, his wife nagged about his brother-in-law in his ear every night, and now he could seize the opportunity.

．．．．．．．． Yang Guozhong has just arrived at Xingqing Palace, Concubine Mei has already entered the palace first, in a small sedan chair, Concubine Mei Jiang Caiping silently looked at the scenery outside the sedan chair, she actually came to Yang Guifei's palace, the palace lights are bright and dark, reflecting her pretty and handsome face, although she is over thirty years old, but still clear eyes are looking forward to it, if the autumn water is a person.

Jiang Caiping is still the first time to come to Xingqing Palace, in her past ten years, she has spent in Daming Palace and Taiji Palace, Daming Palace left her literary style, left her joy and sorrow, and Taiji Palace is only lonely, she takes Mei as a daughter, a crane as a son, and a pine and cypress as a close friend, not happy or sad, calm as water, just spent eight years of time, she would like to think that her life ended so coldly, but she didn't expect the saint to remember her again, yes, there are too many people he should remember, Wu Xianyi, Zheng Cairen, Lu Meiren, Gao Jieyu, Liu Jieyu, these women who dedicated their bodies and minds to him, were all forgotten by him one by one, and only favored the daughter of the Yang family, how unfair was he to these women?

"Concubine Mei, it's here!"

The sedan chair fell, Yu Chaoen lifted the sedan curtain, and the two palace maids helped Jiang Caiping out, Jiang Caiping looked around, the surroundings were deserted, and there were no palace people.

"Where's the Holy One?"

"Niangniang, this is the Datong Palace, and the saint is waiting for Niangniang in the hall."

Yu Chao smiled and carried the lantern, "Please come with me!" ”

Jiang Caiping's heart is like ice and snow, it stands to reason that they should park the sedan chair on the palace platform, but now they want her to walk up such a high step, she is wearing a long mopping skirt, how can she go, this eunuch is secretly wearing small shoes for herself!

Jiang Caiping didn't say anything, she didn't want to be helped, she picked up her skirt and slowly walked up the steps more than ten zhang long, just when she walked up the steps, Yang Yuhuan was in a pavilion opposite the Datong Palace, silently watching Jiang Caiping's arrival, there was a faint sadness in her eyes, the flowers bloomed and thanked, spring went and autumn came, life and things are changeable, and she can know clearly?

She sighed softly, "Let's go!" ”

Yang Yuhuan turned around and left, and his lonely back gradually disappeared into the darkness.

....... "The concubine knocks to your majesty!" ”

In the side hall of the Datong Palace, Jiang Caiping knelt down in front of Li Longji, "Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!" ”

"Hurry up and excuse me!"

As soon as the husband and wife were happy, looking at the concubine Mei he had once loved, Li Longji's eyes were a little red, he hurriedly helped Jiang Caiping up, looked her up and down, her beauty was as fresh and elegant as a plum blossom, Li Longji remembered the old years again, he sighed loudly: "My beloved concubine, we haven't seen each other for seven or eight years!" ”

Tears also poured into Jiang Caiping's eyes, was it the former Li Sanlang in front of her? He was so elegant and handsome, he became so old, she said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, it is eight years, three months and five days, at noon that day, Your Majesty was going to meet the king of Bohai County, so he told me to come to see me in the evening, but this farewell is eight years, these eight years, the concubines are looking forward to waiting every day, and finally see my husband again." ”

Li Longjiting heard that she even remembered the specific time and things so clearly, he was moved and guilty in his heart, and hurriedly wiped away the tears on her face, and comforted her: "I know, I am sorry for you, and I will definitely compensate you heavily." ”

Jiang Caiping shook her head and said in a low voice: "Just because I feel that Jun Yi looks back, I think about the Jun Dynasty and the twilight, and the concubines don't want any compensation, just want to be able to make another cup of tea for Your Majesty." ”

"Good! I must come to drink your tea often, and I must speak my words. ”

At this time, Yu Chaoen whispered at the door of the hall: "Your Majesty, Yang Shangshu is here." ”

"I know!"

Li Longji stretched out his voice unhappily, Yu Chaoen, a minion, dared to interrupt his interest, and he said softly to Jiang Caiping: "I still have some court affairs to deal with, Concubine Ai will go to the apse to rest first, and we will have a long talk tonight." ”

"The concubine didn't dare to disturb His Majesty's state affairs, and the concubine retired!"

Jiang Caiping followed the palace maid to the apse, and Li Longji glared at Yu Chaoen fiercely and said, "Let him go to my imperial study!" ”

After a while, Yang Guozhong hurriedly walked into the imperial study, and seeing that Li Longji was already in place, he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Minister Yang Guozhong see Your Majesty!" ”

"Get up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Yang Guozhong stood up and stood aside with his hands down, he already knew that Jiang Caiping had entered the palace, but he didn't dare to mention it at all, so he smiled and said: "Your Majesty summoned the ministers into the palace for tomorrow's court meeting!" ”

"It's this matter, you are the secretary of the ministry, I want to discuss with you about tomorrow's reward."

"Is it Li Qingan's reward?" Yang Guozhong said tentatively.

Li Longji nodded, "Not only Li Qing'an, but also Gao Xianzhi and Ge Shuhan, Gao Xianzhi pacified Nanzhao, I only rewarded the Jiannan Army, but not Gao Xianzhi himself, Ge Shuhan is the same, he captured Tubo Shudun City and was rewarded, and I will also be rewarded tomorrow." ”

Speaking of this, Li Longji took out a thick book on the table, this is a copy of Li Qing'an's reward list for the Anxi Army, the original has been transferred to the Ministry of War, he opened the book and looked at it, and said: "Li Qing'an asked for a reward for the heroes of the Anxi Army, although the number of people is a little more, but I still decided to promise him, and I will announce it in the morning, so don't obstruct it, you know?" ”

Yang Guozhong had already received Ling Hufei's ventilation in advance about this matter, and he knew it in his heart, so he bowed down and said, "The minister does not dare to overstep his authority!" ”

"Hmm!"

Yang Guozhong's words made Li Longji satisfied, and understood that advancing and retreating is a manifestation of political maturity, he folded the song together, and said: "The year before last, I named An Lushan as the king of Dongping County, this matter has been criticized a lot, and I also have pressure, of course, I can't cut his county king anymore, so I consider adding two more county kings with different surnames as appropriate, you talk about it, how should I allocate these two places among the three tomorrow?" ”

Yang Guozhong figured out what Li Longji meant, it stands to reason that it is not his turn to discuss the matter of sealing the county king, Li Longji himself can be sure, he must have thought about it, but now he has changed his mind, so he asked himself to discuss, he must want to cancel Li Qing'an's qualification as the county king, and let himself come forward to oppose it, it must be so, he didn't get Dugu Mingyue tonight, and he was angry in his heart.

Thinking of this, Yang Guozhong shook his head and said: "Canonized as the king of the county, the minister thinks that he must not only have military merits, but also qualifications, although Li Qingan has outstanding military achievements, but after all, his qualifications are a little shallow, so the minister thinks that Ge Shuhan and Gao Xianzhi can be crowned the king of the county, and Li Qingan can consider it in a few years." ”

Yang Guozhong thought that his guess was good, and he was a little proud, although he couldn't move the reward of the Anxi Army, but Li Qingan couldn't get his wish, and he was also very happy in his heart.

Unexpectedly, Li Longji shook his head and said: "What I mean is to choose one person from Gao Xianzhi and Ge Shuhan, and the other Li Qingan does not need to dispute. ”

Yang Guozhong was stunned, he actually figured out the wrong holy will, Li Longji actually wanted to seal Li Qing'an, he couldn't help showing embarrassment on his face, and said with a dry smile: "If this is the case, the minister thinks that Ge Shuhan has more merit and can be the king of the county." ”

Li Longji still shook his head, "Actually, my idea is to seal Gao Xianzhi, Ge Shuhan Chi Feng, and call you here, I want you to give Ge Shuhan a breath before tomorrow morning, as long as he wins this year's battle on the east and west fronts, I will definitely crown him the king of Xiping County, remember?" Be sure to ventilate him beforehand so that he doesn't feel unconvinced. ”

Only then did Yang Guozhong understand what Li Longji meant, he wanted to appease Ge Shuhan by himself, he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Chen Ming said that he would go to find Ge Shuhan in the morning!" ”

"Okay!"

Li Longji was worried about Concubine Mei in his heart, so he was about to get up, and at this time, Yang Guozhong smiled again: "The minister has another suggestion to ensure that Geshuhan's two-front battle has enough money and food supply. ”

This is something that Li Longji is very concerned about, launching a two-front campaign he is most worried about the shortage of money and grain, the problem of money can be solved through the circulation of silver money, the key is grain, he calculated, this battle must prepare at least 1 million and 50 stone of grain, but in the past two years Guanzhong, Hedong, Henan area tax grain has become less and less, of course he knows that this is the serious reason for the land annexation, resulting in a year to make ends meet, the dependence on Jianghuai's grain is getting bigger and bigger, last year to put down the rebellion against Nanzhao, almost exhausted the grain of the Tai storehouse, he is worried about where the grain comes from? Yang Guozhong put forward a suggestion.

He perked up and hurriedly said, "Say it quickly, what's the solution?" ”

Yang Guozhong saw that Li Longji attached great importance to it, so he said proudly: "The minister is also the transshipment envoy, and he has been thinking about how to increase the amount of rice transferred from Jianghuai, and the minister believes that there are two plans to increase the amount of grain and rice. ”

"Keep talking!"

"The first is to increase the Cao transport line, now a year Cao transport grain is only three million stones, mainly limited by the Cao transport capacity, the minister considers whether to add a Yangtze River transport line, from the Yangtze River to the Han River north to Hanzhong, and finally land transport to Chang'an, the minister thinks that at least two million stone of grain can be increased every year; The second is the supervision, the minister thinks that the Jianghuai magistrates are not effective is also a reason, they always complain about difficulties, the minister thinks this is an excuse, so it is recommended to send the prince to sit in the Jianghuai and urge the local officials to transport grain! ”

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(To be continued)