A month ago, the leader of the Quze tribe Asmith sent an envoy to Beijing to pay tribute to the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty and a statue of Hetian jade elephant, and at the same time asked the new emperor to send an angel to inspect Quze to discuss the reopening of the market, Asmi sent an envoy to Chang'an at the same time, sent his brother to lead a group of men and horses, south near Wuguan, the banner was to send the envoy into Beijing, the emperor handed over the matter to the court, the courtiers were divided into two sides, one faction was headed by Xu Lian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, advocated to agree to Amy's request, and asked the emperor to order Shuofang Town to open three border markets, and implement the policy of restraint, By the hand of Asmith to contain Hexi Tubo,

The other faction is headed by Qiu Shiliang's protégé, Liu Yanfeng, a bachelor, who believes that the Quze Department has reorganized the army in recent years, rapidly expanded its armed forces, and secretly communicated with the Tuyuhun and other departments in the northwest, and has a heart of disobedience, and advocates that an order be issued by Shuofang Town to send troops to expel them, so as not to give Tubo a tongue and renew the war.

The two factions were at loggerheads, refusing to give in to each other, from morning to night, there was no dispute, Li Yan ordered the internal servants to pass the meal, and let the ministers have dinner and then discuss,

Li Yan took this opportunity to lie down in the apse for a while, and said to Li Haogu with a sigh: "When the first emperor was here, these ministers often quarreled over a trivial matter. Li Haogu didn't dare to say yes, nor did he say no, he was hesitant, Li Yan became annoyed, waved his hand, and said: "Go and go, useless things, please Lieutenant Qiu, oh, go and invite Gong Qiu." ”

When Qiu Shiliang heard Li Yan's invitation, he frowned and asked the eunuchs beside him: "Today, has there been any major incident in the court?" ”

The eunuch replied: "If there is a major matter, how dare you not report it, because the ministers in the south quarrel endlessly about the Uighur Quze tribe's envoy to Beijing, and from morning till night, they have no opinion, and they all look loyal to the affairs of the state, but in fact they are all fools who are tired to death of Your Majesty." ”

Qiu Shiliang snorted, he already had a plan in his heart, so when Li Yan complained to him and said that there was no one in the court who could share his worries, Qiu Shiliang immediately recommended several available talents to him, and commented on the characteristics of these available talents one by one, Li Yan nodded again and again, and said with great satisfaction: "Qiu Gong is the minister of the country, and I will hire all the people you have raised, and immediately issue an edict to entrust him with important tasks." ”

After speaking, he said in a deliberative tone: "I heard that Huainan Jiedu has made Li Deyu quite virtuous, and I want to use him as the prime minister. Qiu Shiliang kowtowed in fear and said: "The name of the country is in the hands of the Son of Heaven, who the country uses as the prime minister, Your Majesty can discuss with the princes of Nanya, how dare the ministers hear about it." ”

Li Yan laughed, personally helped Qiu Shiliang, and said: "Qiu Gong has been diligent in state affairs for 30 years, assisted the third monarch, and has worked hard. ”

Qiu Shiliang bowed down and bowed again: "It is the duty of the ministers to be loyal to the affairs of the state, how dare you accept this great position, and I implore Your Majesty to take back the order." ”

Li Yan said loudly: "Duke Qiu, please don't shirk, you can hand over military affairs with someone as soon as possible, and when the Queen Mother has a birthday, I will announce this matter in front of the people of the world, and then ask Duke Qiu to observe the military appearance of the world on my behalf, and I will also give Qing a monument of merit, oh, let the talented Li Cheng write for you." ”

Qiu Shiliang said: "The ministers are afraid, the ministers thank Your Majesty Longen, but if the old ministers go, who can be in charge of the left army, please make it clear to Your Majesty." ”

Li Yan groaned: "This, I have to search carefully, Qiu Gong has a suitable candidate, you can also recommend it to me, before that, the left army still has to take care of Qiu Gong." ”

Qiu Shiliang kowtowed and said, "The ministers obey the order." ”

After dinner, Li Yan came to the front hall and said to the ministers: "Ladies and gentlemen, you can have a good intention. ”

Xu Lian and Liu Yanfeng said in unison: "The ministers have no intentions, please judge Your Majesty." ”

Li Yan changed color and said: "A small Quze Ministry makes it difficult for the Manchu courtiers to make a decision, what is the use of me raising you, Liu Yanfeng drafted a decree, and Asmi came to Beijing to meet him, I want to see his sincerity, and then make a decision." After speaking, he waved his hand and said, "If there is something to discuss early, there is nothing to retreat, please go back." ”

The courtiers dispersed, Liu Yanfeng and the others refused to leave, and came to see Qiu Shiliang together, and the little eunuch guarding the door told them that Qiu Shiliang was having dinner, and the group was afraid to raise their voices, so they all stood quietly in the courtyard and waited, until the eunuch came out and said, "Lieutenant, please Master Liu." ”

Liu Yanfeng dressed neatly, stepped in, looked at an old eunuch sitting under the palace lamp and kowtowed, the eunuch sneered: "Yo, Master Liu, if you want to worship the Buddha, you also have to worship the true Buddha, you can see clearly, our family is a mud tire, not a Buddha." ”

Liu Yanfeng looked up, it was really not Qiu Shiliang, he was shocked, frightened and ashamed for a while, and he was sweating profusely, the eunuch led him into the inner room of the duty room, he looked at Qiu Shiliang who was sitting crookedly on the Hu chair, and then kowtowed: "I saw the old man in my later life." ”

Qiu Shiliang waved his hand, motioned for him to get up, and pointed to a stool diagonally opposite, motioning for him to sit down, Liu Yanfeng thanked him and sat down tremblingly.

Only then did Qiu Shiliang ask: "How did the emperor over there judge Qu Ze." ”

Liu Yanfeng answered truthfully, and without waiting for Qiu Shiliang to ask, he expressed his opinion: "As soon as this case is opened, I am afraid that he will take the opportunity of the Wanshou Festival to summon unscrupulous ministers into Beijing, which will be unfavorable to Qiu Gong." ”

Qiu Shiliang asked, "Did you hear anything?" ”

Liu Yanfeng said: "Recently, it has been rumored that many feudal towns have asked for recognition of Qiu Gong's meritorious service, and the students are afraid that he will take advantage of the problem to play, and in the name of glossy face, he secretly uses the villain's strategy, and makes a trick of rising and descending to harm the old man."

Qiu Shiliang said: "You can see this, it shows that you are not a foolish person, I tell you the truth, Your Majesty has decided to appoint me as the Twelfth Army's military envoy, the inspector of the school, and the general of the left guard." ”

Liu Yanfeng was shocked when he heard this, and said repeatedly: "Old man, you must not obey your fate, watching the army and allowing the envoys, and the position is high-level, I am only afraid of ...... I'm afraid he will be bad for the old man. ”

Qiu Shiliang: "The border marshal asked for credit for me, Your Majesty is blessed with heaven and earth, if I resign, I won't be ignorant." ”

Liu Yanfeng said: "Hateful, hateful, who is so vicious and wants to harm the old gentleman." ”

Qiu Shiliang said: "I just praised you for not being confused, you are confused, the old man has been in the palace for thirty years, and he will not be on the cusp of the storm one day, just see the move." "Privately told him something,

Liu Yanfeng came out and said to everyone, and everyone was happy: "The old gentleman is so calm, I will be at ease." ”

Among them, there is only one named Yu Chenwan, the hereditary county prince, Princess Shang Yiyang, serving as the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, Princess Yiyang is the sister of Emperor Wenzong Li Ang's mother, only because she accidentally fell into the Taiye pool when she was seven years old and suffered frostbite, and her brain has not been very flexible since then.

Emperor Wenzong was really sad for his sister, he chose left and right, and chose Yu Chenwan as the concubine, Yu Chenwan was born in a family, and all the disgusting children of the family were amazingly reflected in him, but Li Ang still took a fancy to his little goodness, that is, he was sincerely good to Princess Yiyang.

Yu Chenwan once served as a young eunuch in the province, an official of the Ministry of Industry, and the head of the county order and criminal department of Chang'an County, and had a nickname called "Urging Ghost", saying that he killed people like hemp, and was the iron core that Qiu Shiliang focused on cultivating in the court, because he killed too many people and had a bad official reputation, although he was born illustrious and had Qiu Shiliang's big backer, the official was getting worse and worse, and finally went to Honglu Temple and sat up on a cold bench.

After sitting on the cold bench, Yu Chenwan's arrogance was greatly restrained, and he became the famous "Yu Confused" in Chang'an City.

On this day, after he left the palace, he did not go back to Anxingfang's home, but called friends to go to Pingkangfang, illegally climbed over the wall, went to the Qushe to get drunk, staggered home, at this time the door was not opened, he kicked the door, while scolding endlessly, for a while alarmed the Luo pawn, came to lock him, he pointed to the Luo pawn's nose and scolded: "Do you know who Lao Tzu is, Lao Tzu is the protégé of the county prince and the Qiu Observer, you dare to take me." ”

The soldier was also frightened when he heard this, and he was even more proud when he saw it, and on a whim he actually picked up a green brick to break the head of a soldier and bleed, and this time, the soldiers stopped doing it, and rushed him to take him to the yamen.

When Princess Yiyang saw her husband violating the rules overnight, she cried and made trouble at home, and the chief manager sent someone to inquire, okay, she was taken by Jing Zhaoluo, and the chief manager did not dare to tell the princess, for fear that she would be crazy again, so she quietly discussed with the family order and the army, and discussed and discussed, but did not make a plan, the princess did not know where to learn that her horse was taken, and immediately put it on, holding a water and fire stick, called a house slave, and angrily killed Jing Zhao Mansion, Jing Zhao Yin was in trouble for this matter, and heard that the princess was killed, In a panic, he ran out of the back door with his head in his hands and his hat in a smoke, leaving Shao Yin to top the cylinder.

Shaoyin accompanied the princess, respectfully sent Yu Chenwan back to the house, as soon as he entered the mansion, Yu Chenwan knelt down for the princess with a smiling face, and everyone saw that the couple was going to fight, and they hid cleanly.

The princess sneered with a stick in her hand: "You still know that you are afraid, you are really good, you don't return, you don't return after drinking, and you still fight a pawn, you really think that the official offices of the Tang Dynasty are all opened by our family." Yu Chenwan said with a hippie smile: "The princess is angry, I am doing this to protect the wealth of our family." ”

The princess sneered: "Oh, yes, I won't hit you first, you say, carefully explain the reasons, I can't say why, my stick will not agree." ”

Yu Chenwan said: "It's not convenient here, let's go back to the house." ”

The hippie smiled and pushed the princess to look into the room, and the minions exchanged their heads: "The horse is a good means, this reason doesn't make sense outside, it's easy to say in the house." ”

The princess was plump, Yu Chenwan was thin, and it took a lot of effort to invite the princess into the inner room, and when the door was closed, Yu Chenwan knelt on the ground and said, "It's not good, and there will be a big thing in the palace again." ”

The princess tugged at his ears and said, "Hugh is going to bluff me, it's time to move." ”

Yu Chenwan said: "I didn't lie to you this time, Qiu Shiliang is about to fall, we have to get out of hiding quickly." ”

The princess also panicked, jumped to her feet and asked: "How is it good, how is it good, my emperor's brother is not here again, I will ask who to save my life, I will ask who to save my life." ”

After saying a few words, his eyes were full of tears, and Yu Chenwan said: "Princess, you have forgotten that the current Son of Heaven is also your younger brother." The princess rejoiced and said, "Yes, yes, he is also my emperor's brother, but he is not good to me." ”

Yu Chenwan said: "Kiss or not, break the bones and tendons, come on, you listen to me,"

Yu Chenwan helped the princess sit down, took out a handkerchief to wipe away her tears, and then said: "Your Majesty wants to promote Qiu Gong to be the envoy of the army, Qiu Gong is calm on the surface, but he is panicked in his heart, it seems that he is exhausted, and he has no way to recruit him." ”

The princess stared at a pair of big eyes, and asked in a smuzen voice: "Didn't you say that he covered the sky with one hand, and his power was greater than that of the emperor's younger brother, why can't it be done, what is going on, you said one by one." ”

Yu Chenwan said everything he heard yesterday, and finally said: "Princess, please think about it, what a calm person Qiu Gong is, Mount Tai collapsed in front and did not change color, but last night he said such a thing, which shows that his mind is completely confused, Your Majesty's trick to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle is to kill him." ”

The princess nodded, and suddenly pulled his ear again and said: "So you ran to drink flower wine, and beat the pawn, you are not looking for death yourself, I will pull your ears and go to the palace to plead guilty, and dismiss you, and do not give the emperor's family an errand, just live at home, and avoid this disaster." ”

Yu Chenwan grinned and said, "It hurts, it hurts, let go, let go." Even coaxing, Princess Yiyang finally gave up, and Yu Chenwan said: "Don't you hear that there are no eggs under the nest." ”

The princess said, "Huh, you have to sleep." ”

Yu Chenwan was still not angry, he beat the princess's wife on the back and pinched her shoulders, and said with a fierce look in his eyes: "Aiding the abuse has long been a heinous crime, only by making immortal merits can we turn danger into relief, Your Highness, whether you Yu Lang and I can turn evil into good fortune this time is all up to God's will." ”

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