Chapter 536: Emperor's Technique
readx; Not long after the secret meeting of the political affairs hall ended, a carriage quickly drove out of the Daming Palace, and in the carriage sat Zuo Xiang Zhang Yun, who squinted out of the car window, thoughtfully, no one knew what he was thinking?
After the carriage left the Daming Palace, it slowed down, like a walk, slowly walking on the street, Zhang Yun was still a little undecided. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
He is like an extremely shrewd businessman, capturing business opportunities anytime and anywhere, the morning meeting of the political hall made him unexpectedly discover Pei Min's secret, it turned out that there was also a discord between Pei Min and Li Qing'an, Pei Min actually wanted Guo Ziyi to take refuge in the political hall instead of Li Qing'an, which surprised Zhang Yun too much.
He immediately realized that this was an opportunity, a chance to bring down Pei Min, and he could replace him as the right minister.
Over the years, the promotion to the right has always been Zhang Yun's greatest expectation, since the era of Li Linfu, he has been looking forward to replacing Li Linfu, but in the end it was Yang Guozhong who replaced Li Linfu, not him Zhang Yun, which made Zhang Yun disappointed, with the continuous change of the situation, he also kept adjusting his position and position, and finally he chose Li Qing'an, he has realized that Li Qing'an will dominate the Tang Dynasty regime for a long time.
Zhang Yun and Pei Min have never been allies, including now, compared with Pei Min, Zhang Yun is more like a politician, in fact, he is a politician, speculation, seizure of power, and launching power struggles, which are what he is good at, and it is his speculative means that make Zhang Yun a tumbler in the political arena of the Tang Dynasty, as for maintaining the power of the prime minister and limiting the power of the monarch, he is not interested.
The carriage had slowly walked to Suzaku Street, and at this time, Zhang Yun's heart had gradually made up his mind, and he must not let go of this opportunity.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yun made a move, and a henchman stepped forward and said, "Please give orders to Xiangguo!" ”
"You go to the camp outside the city, find Li Qing'an, and tell him ......"
....... There is no impermeable wall in the world, and the news that the political hall held a secret meeting about Shuo Fangjun was still transmitted to Li Qing'an's ears by someone with a heart, although Li Qingan did not know the specific content of the meeting, but he thought that the secret meeting itself was very problematic, what did the political hall want to do? Want to incorporate Guo Ziyi's army?
If Guo Ziyi's unwillingness to give in made Li Qingan still admire him, then the ambiguous attitude of the political affairs hall on this matter made Li Qingan feel a little vigilant.
Perhaps because Li Qing'an was in the frontier, he was not very clear about the various government affairs processes of the political affairs hall, but there was one principle that he had always firmly grasped, that is, military power, and he could temporarily put any power to the political affairs hall, but the military power was firmly in his hands.
Li Qingan slowly paced in the big tent with his hands behind his back, Guo Ziyi's entry into Beijing was in his expectation, but the attitude of the political hall was beyond his expectations, he thought that Pei Min was going to discuss with him first! The result was not, Pei Min actually wanted to bypass him Li Qing'an and directly command the army.
Li Qingan couldn't help sneering, Pei Min couldn't help but be a little too anxious! Prematurely revealed his intentions.
A Guo Ziyi incident unexpectedly exposed a certain incongruity between him and the political affairs hall, I wonder if he wants to thank Guo Ziyi for entering Beijing?
At this time, a soldier's report came from outside the big tent: "General, the right Xiangguo is here, and I want to see the general." ”
Li Qingan nodded and said, "Let him in!" ”
Although Li Qingxin was full of dissatisfaction with Pei Min at this time, he also didn't believe Zhang Yun, Zhang Yun's trick of hurting people with secret arrows made him more vigilant, he needed to ask things clearly, who did this mean?
After a while, Pei Min walked in with a nervous mood under the guidance of the two personal soldiers, Li Qingan's attitude towards him has always been very respectful, and he will personally greet him every time, and now he not only does not greet him, but he doesn't even have a 'please' word, Pei Min has been sensitively aware that Li Qingan is likely to have known that the political hall is holding a meeting to discuss the affairs of Shuo Fangjun.
As soon as he entered the big tent, he saw Li Qingan sitting behind the handsome seat of the big tent, looking at him coldly, his heart trembled, and he hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said: "I have something to discuss with the general, so I am here to visit!" ”
"Sit down!"
Li Qing'an pointed to the chair next to him, his attitude was very cold, Pei Min tidied up his clothes and sat down, at this time his mood had calmed down, he came to see Li Qing'an in a dignified manner, he was worthy of his heart, so why be afraid?
"Pei Xiangguo, I heard that the matter of Shuo Fangjun was discussed in the political hall in the morning, is that so?"
Pei Min sighed secretly in his heart, how difficult it is for the hundred officials of the court to twist into a rope, there will always be dissidents, I don't know who told Li Qingan this time?
Li Qing'an's eyes were cold, so that he had no time to think about it, so Pei Min straightened his waist and said: "The general is right, the political hall did discuss the matter of Shuo Fangjun in the morning. ”
"Humph!" Li Qingan snorted lightly and said, "Doesn't Pei Xiangguo think that the political hall is overstepping its authority?" ”
Pei Min knew that Li Qing'an would ask like this, and he said with a straight face: "If the general thinks so, then the general is wrong, the political hall is not discussing Shuofang's military affairs, but discussing Guo Ziyi's application to move 20,000 households in the Guannei to Lingzhou, I think we did not exceed our authority, this is indeed under the jurisdiction of the political hall, just like the general wants to move 300,000 households from the Central Plains to Anxi, it was also discussed and decided by the political hall at that time." ”
Pei Min's conclusive words did not change Li Qingan's conclusion, he said slowly: "Pei Xiangguo, I hope you can understand the concessions I made, I entered the main Guanzhong with the state of heavenly authority, and did not set foot on the Hanyuan Palace, nor did I proclaim myself as a prisoner, let alone monopolize the political hall, the seven ministers of the political hall are all expected, on the contrary, I did not use military power to suppress the regime, did not interfere with the exercise of power in the political hall, I hope that my concessions can keep the political situation in the Tang Dynasty stable, this is a balance, It is a tacit agreement reached between our military and the government, if the political hall wants to break this balance and destroy this tacit understanding, then Pei Xiangguo, I will regret to tell you, I want to dissolve the political hall and let the hundred officials recommend the new prime minister, is Pei Xiangguo willing to do this? ”
Li Qing'an's words carried an aggressive threat, which made Pei Min very helpless in his heart, but he didn't want to give in, so he said: "The general's open-mindedness of not doing political affairs makes us admire it very much, and we don't mean to be disrespectful to the general, but the relocation of the people in the customs is indeed the duty of the political hall, of course, the relocation of the people will also involve the military, so we did not make any decision in the morning, but agreed that we should listen to the general's opinion, this is the purpose of visiting the general now." ”
After speaking, Pei Min took out Guo Ziyi's fold and handed it to the pro-soldier next to him, and the pro-soldier transferred it to Li Qing'an, Li Qing'an picked up the fold and flipped it over, which was indeed similar to what Pei Min said, but there were still some details related to him, such as Guo Ziyi's hope to extend the beacon tower located on the west bank of the Yellow River in Yanzhou all the way to Shuofang to prevent An Lushan from attacking Guannei Road again, which is the military affairs under his Li Qing'an's jurisdiction.
But Li Qingan didn't say anything, he pushed the fold on the table and gave it back to Pei Min, he still said calmly: "Since Guo Ziyi is bent on reporting to the political affairs hall, then I can't help it, he is Shuo Fangjun, I can't ask about him, I don't want to know about this matter, Pei Xiangguo doesn't need to discuss it with me anymore, okay, there's nothing to do, Pei Xiangguo, please go back!" I still have military affairs in my body, so I won't leave Pei Xiangguo to sit longer. ”
Pei Min sighed secretly, although Li Qing'an had a tough attitude, he didn't want to back down in principle, he saw that he couldn't talk anymore, so he had to get up and say, "Okay then!" I'll take my leave. ”
Li Qing'an didn't say a word, and when Pei Yuan said goodbye and left, he slowly walked to the front of the tent, looking at Pei Min's back and walking away, he sighed softly, "Liangchen Gaoshi, it's a pity that it's out of place!" ”
....... What happened in the next two days was in Guo Ziyi's plan to meet the new emperor and the empress dowager, formally report to the political hall, and visit some retired veterans in Beijing, but he never came to see Li Qing'an, and there was no arrangement to meet Li Qing'an in his plan to meet Li Qing'an.
But Li Qing'an didn't ask Guo Ziyi anything, as if Guo Ziyi's entry into Beijing had nothing to do with him, but strange things also happened, the next morning, the political hall appointed Shi Cuiping, the governor of Hexi Jiedu, was appointed as the subordinate servant, and Anxi minted money so that Liu Yan was appointed as the household servant and judged the Zhilangzhong.
Just when everyone thought that this was the political affairs hall making concessions to Li Qing'an, another more interesting lace news came out: Originally, Li Qing'an was supposed to marry Pei Wan'er the next day and officially marry the Pei family, but Li Qing'an put it on hold indefinitely on the grounds of waiting for Ji Yue, and if he didn't say it, no one knew when his Ji Yue was?
In Pei's mansion, Pei Yang, the Taishou of Ningzhou, relayed to his father the news he got from Lu Huan, the son of Pei Yang, who married Lu Huan's daughter, and Lu Huan told him that his brother Pei Min, the right Xiangguo, led the political affairs hall to confront Li Qing'an in the matter of Guo Ziyi.
"Father, Lu Shilang said that this matter seems to be windless and turbulent on the surface, but in fact, the undercurrent is turbulent, Li Qingan is very annoyed by this matter, and it is said that he and Pei Min have turned their faces."
"I knew that he was doing bad things for the Pei family!"
Pei Zunqing was so angry that he slapped the table hard, 'Bang! There was a loud bang on the ground, and the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone on the table also jumped up, and he hated it so much that his teeth itched, and he gritted his teeth and said: "This person is pretentious, does he really think that the power of the political hall is supreme?" Hum! Sooner or later, our Pei family will die at his hands. ”
Pei Yang is Pei Wan'er's father, and he returned to Beijing to participate in his uncle Pei Kuan's Ninety-Nine Festival. happened to encounter this matter, although his father Pei Zunqing hated Pei Min deeply, Pei Yang agreed with Pei Min's approach to a certain extent, and he was quite dismissive of his father's practice of only considering the interests of the family and not considering the overall situation of the court.
He persuaded his father: "Father, Pei Min is actually doing this for a certain reason, since Li Longji used the cabinet scholars to issue an edict from the palace to weaken the power of the Zhongshu Sect, the prime minister has been in a weak state, Li Qingan has entered the Central Plains with the posture of a warlord, if he ascends the throne in the future, he will definitely restrict the power of the prime minister more severely, and now that the emperor is young, it is the time for the political hall to re-establish the system, if you really wait for Li Qingan to sweep the world and ascend the throne, then to strengthen the power of the minister, I am afraid it will be too late, so at this critical juncture, Pei Min and the political hall must not back down. ”
"You know!"
Pei Zunqing's face was swollen red, and he straightened his neck and roared, "What is the re-establishment of the prime minister's power, when has the political hall ever been in charge of military power?" He Pei Min is a scholar, does he think that he can confront Li Qingan by encircling Guo Ziyi? Did he think everyone would support him? Stupid! Who is that Zhang Yun, and will he support Pei Min? After so many years of dealing with each other, there is no lesson yet, Zhang Yun is pushing the boat down the river and pushing that idiot into the abyss, he just wants to enter the abyss, but he still has to affect the Pei family and my granddaughter, stupid! I've never seen such a stupid person. ”
"Then my father said, what shall we do now?"
Pei Zunqing sighed heavily, forced himself to calm down, and then slowly said to his son: "If I guessed correctly, Zhang Yun has betrayed Pei Min, and now it seems to be calm, but I have already smelled the precursor before the storm, I estimate that Pei Min will not be able to protect this time, even if he does not fall for the time being, I am afraid that his right phase position will not last long." ”
"Is it really that serious?"
Pei Yang was still a little disbelieving: "Does my father think too highly of Li Qing'an?" ”
Pei Zunqing looked at his son in a daze, he didn't expect his son to say such a thing, he wanted to be angry but couldn't be angry, so he had to endure the surname and say to his son: "You are the same as Pei Min, you have the kind of arrogance of the children of the family in your bones, you all look down on Li Qingan, thinking that he is just a warlord, relying on military strength to get today's status, you are too self-righteous, I only tell you one thing, do you know why Cui Jian was obviously overthrown by Li Qingan, but why did he re-enter the political hall later?" Do you know the inside scoop? ”
Pei Yang frowned and said, "Isn't it the result of Li Qingan's later compromise with Li Heng?" ”
"Compromise? Hum! ”
Pei Zunqing snorted coldly and said, "If it is what Li Heng meant, then why did Cui Lian later become the Zhao Wang Party, have you thought about it?" ”
Pei Yang somewhat understood, "Father means ......"
"You get the idea! In fact, after Li Qingan brought down Cui Lian, he privately enveloped this person, first taught him a hard lesson, and then gave him benefits, so that the Cui family was caught in his own hands, and then agreed to marry the Pei family, and played the Cui and Pei families in the palm of his hand, think about it again, why did he suddenly transfer Cui Ping to Beijing and serve as a servant, who is Cui Ping? ”
Pei Yang suddenly reacted, Cui Ping is the son of Cui Yu, the descendant of the Cui family, because of the bad relationship with the head of the family, Cui Lian, and he was not allowed to worship his ancestors for three years, he blurted out, "I understand, Li Qingan wants Cui Ping to replace Cui Lian!" ”
"You get the idea! What is this, this is the art of the emperor. ”
"What about our Pei family?" Pei Yang asked in surprise.
At this time, a trace of imperceptible joy appeared on Pei Zunqing's face, and he said with a smile: "I thought that Li Qing'an would transfer Pei Mian to Beijing, but he transferred Liu Yan, which shows that he already has a candidate for the Pei family in his heart." ”
"Could it be Pei Yu?"
Pei Zunqing glanced at his son, he shook his head, and said lightly: "Pei Yu is too young, he may be available in twenty years, and now, he needs an old, spicy, and sophisticated one, do I understand?" ”
....... Guo Ziyi's various activities in Beijing have finally come to an end, and he will return to Lingzhou in two days, this afternoon, he suddenly received a notice from the political affairs hall, asking him to come to the Zichen Hall to attend the meeting, and continue to discuss the relocation of military households, Guo Ziyi is very happy in his heart, this matter has not been concluded, and the political affairs hall should give him an answer today.
He immediately came to the Zichen Hall in a hurry, the Shang Council Hall was set up in the side hall, and there were already nearly a hundred ministers sitting in the hall, and the officials above the fifth rank had arrived, and all the officials were gathered together, and even the Empress Dowager Shen appeared behind the curtain on the hall.
Guo Ziyi was a little late, an official led him to sit in an empty seat, Guo Ziyi nodded modestly to everyone, sat down, he was directly opposite Pei Min, I saw that his face was sinking like water, his face was displeased, Guo Ziyi was stunned, he found that Li Qingan was also here, he sat in the first place, with a flat smile in his eyes.
Pei Min was very helpless in his heart, originally discussed and passed the relocation of 20,000 households in Guannei Road to Lingzhou today, but Li Qingan finally said that because a large number of people in Guannei Road are participating in the construction of Tang Zhidao, and there are still 50,000 people in Guannei Road to move to Anxi, these things have not been completed, if 20,000 households are moved north now, it will inevitably affect the construction of Tang Zhidao, and it will also affect the sinicization of Anxi, Li Qingan proposed that the relocation can be agreed in principle, but it must wait for the completion of the construction of Tang Zhidao before it can be officially implementedIn addition, priority should be given to the satisfaction of Anzai's immigrants, that is, at least three years later.
Pei Min knew that this was Li Qing'an's delaying tactic, but he had nothing to say, after all, Tang Zhidao and Anxi immigration were approved first, and he could only accept it silently.
At this time, a crisp bell rang in the hall, and the meeting began, and Lu Yi, who presided over today's meeting, stood up and saluted the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, then we will officially start." ”
Shen Zhuzhu, who was behind the curtain, said softly: "The mourning family is just here to observe, not to interfere in politics, ministers, please continue." ”
Lu Yi nodded to Li Qing'an again, and then said loudly: "Today's meeting was proposed by His Royal Highness King Zhao, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, to discuss the war against the Central Plains, and the following meeting officially began." ”
Hearing this, Guo Ziyi's mind was 'buzzing! 'Instead of discussing immigration, we are discussing the war against the Central Plains, what is going on? He looked at Pei Min, who smiled bitterly and said that he had no choice.
At this time, Li Qing'an stood up, he took out a copy of the book and said to everyone: "This is an urgent report sent by Yan Zhenqing, the Taishou of Yizhou, Hebei Province, this morning, An Lushan has recruited 300,000 Hu soldiers, together with the troops of Fan Yang and Lu Long, known as 500,000 troops, are already making final preparations, An Lushan's rebellion will break out at any time, and now the imperial court only has 200,000 troops, and at the same time, we must also defend the Southern Tang army to the north, so that we will face a serious shortage of troops to resist the rebellion of An Lushan, in order to solve the problem of insufficient troops, At the same time, in order to block An Lushan in Hebei, I proposed that the imperial court immediately send troops to the Central Plains and incorporate Li Heng's more than 100,000 troops left in the Central Plains. ”
Shen Zhu's face was a little unnatural, in fact, she had no right to interfere in this kind of military affairs, but Li Qing'an must play her banner, and she was helpless, so she said loudly: "An Lushan's wolf ambition, everyone knows it, if we don't go out of the pass, then Hedong Road and Henan Road will be handed over to An Lushan, where the population is dense and the land is fertile, which is bound to greatly strengthen the strength of An Lushan, and also bring endless disasters to the Li people in the two places, so the mourning family agrees with His Royal Highness King Zhao's proposal to block An Lushan in Hebei, To protect the people of the world as much as possible, this matter is not decided, and the government hall can vote. ”
As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yun was the first to raise his hand, "The minister praises the Empress Dowager's opinion and agrees with His Royal Highness King Zhao's proposal." ”
Immediately afterwards, Lu Huan and Wei Tao also raised their hands, "Approve!" ”
Zhang Hao and Wang Jin pondered for a moment, and raised their hands almost at the same time, at this time, the five people in the political hall had agreed, and even if Pei Min and Cui Jian disagreed, it was meaningless, the support votes were already half, and at this time, Cui Jian also raised his hand, and Pei Min had to nod and said: "I also support the enemy." ”
"Good!"
Li Qingan continued: "Since the political affairs hall has passed, then as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, I need to make military deployments, and I will personally lead 100,000 troops out of Tongguan to Luoyang to recover Henan Province, and although there are some of our troops north of Taiyuan in Hedong Province, the troops are thin, not enough to recover the entire territory of Hedong, let alone resist the invasion of An Lushan Shandong." ”
Speaking of this, Li Qing'an looked back at Guo Ziyi and said, "I propose that General Guo can also be the marshal of Hedong and lead the Shuofang army to recover Hedong and resist the invasion of An Lu Shandong!" ”
(To be continued)