readx; Early the next morning, Li Qing'an came to Daming Palace, he came to meet the Queen Mother, and the two eunuchs led him to the front of the Linde Palace, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, please wait a while, the old slave went to report to the Queen Mother." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Li Qing'an nodded, staring at the majestic palace of Daming Palace with his hands, he didn't know how many times he had been to Daming Palace, but every time he came and went in a hurry, he had never appreciated this magnificent palace, even if it was the Green Palace in Baghdad, even if it was the Golden Palace in Constantinople, they were difficult to compare with the most magnificent palace in the Tang Empire.

He gently patted the white jade railing beside him, he never noticed that the railing was actually engraved with a white jade lion cub with a stone ball in his mouth, lifelike.

"His Royal Highness King Zhao, the Queen Mother has summoned you!" Behind him, a eunuch reminded him in a whisper.

Li Qing'an smiled, turned around and followed the eunuch into the Qilin Palace, in the side hall, the Queen Mother Shen Pearl sat on a cold high seat, her pale face and thin shoulders made her extremely lonely, only when Li Qing'an's burly figure appeared at the door of the hall, a trace of brilliance flashed in her eyes, and then she was covered by long eyelashes.

Li Qingan stepped forward, knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Minister Li Qing'an sees the Queen Mother, I wish the Queen Mother a thousand years old!" ”

"King Zhao is flat, give a seat!"

"Empress Dowager Xie!"

Shen Zhu's voice was very soft, and her eyes gradually became clear, and she finally mustered up the courage to look at Li Qing'an, the caring smile on Li Qing'an's face made her feel a trace of warmth in her heart, and her nervous mood calmed down.

She smiled slightly, "When did King Zhao return to Beijing?" ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, the minister returned to Beijing the evening before yesterday, and rested at home yesterday."

Shen Pearl nodded, "King Zhao has been fighting abroad for many years, and he has too little time to accompany his family, since he has returned to Beijing, he will try to accompany his wife and children, and you must be very tired when you come back from a long journey, in fact, you should also rest at home today, you shouldn't enter the palace so quickly." ”

"It is the duty of the minister to meet the queen mother, and the minister should have come to see him yesterday, but yesterday the minister was a little sick and inconvenient to enter the palace, I hope the queen mother will forgive me!"

"That.... Is Aiqing's health better? Shen Pearl tried her best to restrain her emotions and asked in a calm tone.

"Thank you for the Queen Mother's concern, the minister's health has been much better, but the minister saw that the Queen Mother's complexion was not too good, I hope the Queen Mother can take good care of it, yesterday the minister's wife also told the minister, the Queen Mother's health has not been very good recently, if the Queen Mother has any needs, you can give the minister at any time."

Shen Pearl sighed secretly and said in a low voice: "Thank you Aiqing, it's just that the mourning family has no needs for the time being, if Aiqing doesn't object, the mourning family wants to invite the princess to sit in the palace and talk to the mourning family." ”

"The minister has no opinion!"

There was silence in the side hall for a while, the atmosphere was slightly awkward, Shen Zhu's heart was only understood by herself, the powerful man in front of her, the three words 'strong' were her own feelings, that feeling she would never forget for the rest of her life, originally it was just a deal with him, a deal between her son and her husband who died for her, but then ......

Shen Zhu's heart was tormented by an invisible flame, if it was possible, she would rather smash the throne under her and smash the golden crown on her head, but it was not possible, she was the queen mother of the Tang Empire, and this identity was like a heavy shackle that she could not change or take off for the rest of her life.

What's more, she herself doesn't want to betray this identity, this is a tacit understanding that the two of them have reached at some point.

When he was so silent that he couldn't be silent anymore, Li Qingan finally spoke, "The minister came today, first, to greet the Queen Mother, and in addition, the minister wanted to tell the Queen Mother about the Southern Tang Dynasty." ”

If there is anything more unforgettable than Li Qingan's powerful feeling, it is only Nan Tang, her enemy, the enemy who killed his husband and son, still sitting on a high throne and calling herself lonely, still drunk on the life of gold fans, hatred has precipitated in her heart, and has solidified into a piece of iron.

Shen Pearl sat up straight all of a sudden, her pale face had a ruddy color due to excitement, and she hurriedly asked, "Is King Zhao preparing to march south?" ”

Li Qingan nodded slowly, "The minister has found out, the Southern Tang Dynasty colluded with the court officials to frame the ministers, the means are bad, it is unbearable, the minister has decided to go south, and today I came to see the queen mother, and I also want to ask the queen mother to give an order and order the minister to go south." ”

"The mourning family can make an order!"

Shen Pearl agreed without hesitation, "I don't know when King Zhao needs to make an order from the mourning family?" ”

"Wait for two more days, and when the truth is revealed, there will be a series of decrees that need to be promulgated by the Queen Mother."

"Could it be that there is any other will besides Nantang?" Shen Pearl suddenly understood the meaning of Li Qing'an's words.

Li Qingan nodded, "When it comes to the safety of the ministers, it involves the long-term peace and stability of the Tang Dynasty, I hope the Queen Mother can understand the difficulties of the ministers." ”

Shen Pearl stared at Li Qing'an for a long time, Li Qing'an also stared at her with blazing eyes, Shen Pearl understood what Li Qing'an wanted her to do, it was what she didn't want to do, but she had to do it, her gaze finally softened, and she sighed lowly and said: "Then you promise the mourning family, don't violate the bottom line of the mourning family." ”

"The minister assured the queen mother that he would not hurt the women, children and the elderly, and the minister would not kill the old ministers in vain, the minister just wanted to make some official position adjustments."

"Don't deceive the mourners."

"The minister promises with his reputation that he will never deceive the queen mother."

Shen Zhu's face gradually softened, "Okay! The mourners promise you. ”

"Thank you Queen Mother, Weichen retired."

Li Qingan slowly retreated, Shen Pearl seemed to want to stop him, but her lips moved, but she couldn't say anything, and her eyes dimmed suddenly.

Li Qingan walked a few steps, but stopped, looked back at her, his eyes were full of smiles, he seemed to understand Shen Zhu's thoughts.

"King Zhao.... Anything else? Shen Pearl asked in a trembling voice.

"The minister still wants to ask the queen mother for something, the minister will pay more attention to the government in the future, will set up a court room in the Daming Palace, and will often stay in the Daming Palace, in that way, the guards in the palace will be greatly increased, I don't know if the queen mother will allow it?"

"Mourning home.... No Comments! ”

"The minister has retired."

Li Qing'an withdrew from the side hall, Shen Pearl looked at his back, her eyes gradually lit up, but she was full of a deep contradiction and helplessness.

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The sequelae brought about by Pei Zunqing's death have not been eliminated until now, the original seven phases of the political hall became six phases because of Pei Zunqing's death, and soon Cui Ping became the observer of Hedong Province, and then became the five phases, Cui Ning went to Jianghuai to dredge Caoyun after making up the left phase, plus Zhang Hao served as the observation envoy of Longyou Province and the governor of Anxi Jiedu Prefecture, and became the highest administrator of Anxi, so that there were actually only four phases left in the political affairs hall, Zhang Yun, Wei Tao, Lu Huan and Wang Jin.

Among the four phases, Wei Tao and Lu Huan are allies of the Wei Party, Wang Jin is a centrist, and Zhang Yun is a party of his own, so in the political hall, the Wei Party obviously occupies an advantage, among the six departments of Shangshu Province, the Wei Party controls the three ministries of work, rites, and soldiers, Zhang Yun controls the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households, and Wang Jin controls the Ministry of Punishment.

Although Li Qing'an once hinted that Zhang Yun could eradicate Wei Tao, but in the absence of the emperor, there is no conclusive evidence, Zhang Yun can't move Wei Tao at all, even if Li Qing'an ascends the throne, at the beginning of his ascension, Li Qing'an can not easily change his appearance, the supreme ruler of all dynasties, only when he sits firmly on the throne, he can change the state one after another according to his own wishes.

Therefore, if Li Qingan wants to rebuild the power structure according to his wishes, then he must arrange everything before he ascends to power, and now is the time for him to start the reorganization of power.

Zhang Yun is a very stable chess piece, he still wants to stay for a year or two, Wang Jin's ability is good, he has the vigor of reform, he also wants to stay, in addition to these two people, Cui Ning, Yan Zhenqing, Pei Min, Liu Yan, Guo Ziyi and other five people are also capable ministers who he wants to arrange into the political hall.

Then Wei Tao and Lu Huan are two superfluous people, these two people are not only two Xiangguo, they are also two huge baskets, all the ministers who oppose him Li Qing'an, all the people who become obstacles to his accession, can put them together in these two big baskets and dispose of them together.

Zhang Yun was still worried that he couldn't find an excuse to eradicate Wei Tao, but he Li Qingan found it, isn't the sudden Ruizhao case the best excuse?

Qi Xun sent by the Southern Tang Dynasty is the best net, which can catch them all, as for the bait, Li Qingan has already arranged a delicious small shrimp, and he believes that Wei Tao and Lu Huan, the two big fish, will definitely compete to swallow this small shrimp.

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After Zhang Bingguo came back from Gaoling County, there was nothing abnormal, after inspecting the Zhongbai Canal, Zhang Yun decided to start the reinforcement and repair of the Guanzhong River Canal as soon as possible, so that the work pressure of the water supervisor was significantly increased, plus half of the officials were seconded to Jianghuai to dredge the water transport, and the remaining officials could only work day and night, prepare the river canal repair plan, estimate the repair cost, Zhang Bingguo himself was too busy to touch the ground, and he did not be able to go home at night, and lived directly in the court.

Although Zhang Bingguo was very busy, he was still called by Wei Tao when he had lunch the next day.

Zhang Bingguo is a member of the Wei Party, and because he is in charge of the water superintendent, he has become the target of Wei Tao's key wooing, and gradually became the backbone of the Wei Party, Wei Tao is also very normal to come to him, the day before yesterday Zhang Bingguo accompanied Zhang Yun to Gaoling County, without reporting to him in advance, Wei Tao felt a little uncomfortable.

Wei Tao's court room is in the Imperial City Rite Department, the room is spacious and bright, Wei Tao is bowing his head and writing something, Wei Tao is sixty years old this year, but he is still energetic and sharp-minded, especially for the ** of power, not only has it weakened a little, but it has become more intense with his age.

Just like Zhang Yun wants to eradicate him, he is also thinking about how to get rid of Zhang Yun all the time, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, he and Zhang Yun are sworn enemies in the power field, one Wei Party, one Zhang Party, almost the entire court pattern of the Northern Tang Dynasty revolves around the two of them.

In fact, Zhang Yun has many weaknesses, such as his brother Zhang Yan is now a member of the Southern Tang Political Affairs Hall, just with this, he can create evidence of Zhang Yun's fornication with the Southern Tang Dynasty, so as to bring him down, but unfortunately Zhang Yun has the support of Li Qingan, and it is difficult to bring him down.

Wei Tao actually entered the political hall because Li Qingan wanted to overthrow Cui Jian at that time, but as his wings gradually plumped, he didn't want to be controlled by Li Qing'an anymore, especially Li Qing'an's support for Zhang Yun, which made him very dissatisfied, only to see that Li Qing'an's strength was too strong, so that he was afraid and did not dare to oppose it openly, but not daring to openly oppose it did not mean that he did not oppose it, he carried out a series of tricks in secret, and some clans or ministers who resolutely opposed Li Qing'an also gradually joined his banner, which strengthened the strength of the Wei party.

Wei Tao knows very well in his heart that if his family wants to prosper for a long time, there are only two ways to go, one is to hug Li Qing'an's thigh, and the second is to strengthen his own strength, it is not easy to get Li Qingan's favor, the Wei family has been hit repeatedly, and he no longer has the strong strength of the Cui and Pei families, and he himself can be mediocre, not as good as Yan Zhenqing, Liu Yan and others.

With these people, Li Qingan can't pay attention to him anymore, the first road obviously can't go, he can only consider taking the second road, strengthening his own strength, and making the Wei Party a pivotal force in the imperial court, so that even if Li Qingan takes the throne, he doesn't dare to move himself easily, and when he wants to move himself, the children of the Wei family are already all over the Tang Dynasty officialdom, and it is difficult to take root.

It is precisely with this idea that Wei Tao neither cooperates nor opposes Li Qing'an, and even in order to appease those who oppose Li Qing'an in Wei's party, such as Li Kaifu, a waiter in the Ministry of Works, Miao Jinqing, etc., he knows that these people are secretly colluding with the Southern Tang Dynasty to carry out activities against Li Qing'an, and he also turns a blind eye.

Just when Wei Tao was writing hard, his clerk came in to report: "Wei Shangshu, Zhang Zuo's envoy is here, waiting outside the door!" ”

"Let him in!"

Wei Tao put down the pen, as soon as Li Qingan returned to Chang'an, Zhang Yun began to be active, which made him vigilant, especially the day before yesterday Zhang Yun went to Gaoling County to inspect water conservancy, and called Zhang Bingguo, the left envoy of Dushui, to accompany him, but did not call Li Kaifu, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, which was very unreasonable, and it made him full of doubts.

Recently, the imperial court attaches great importance to water transportation and water conservancy, and the water supervisor has begun to be taken seriously, and Zhang Yun even proposed to upgrade the water supervisor to the third grade, Zhang Yun should not want to win over Zhang Bingguo!

After a while, Zhang Bingguo walked into the court room quickly, bowed and saluted, "See Wei Shangshu for humble duties!" ”

Wei Tao laughed and said, "It's really embarrassing to find Zhang Zuo from his busy schedule. ”

As he spoke, Wei Tao gave Wenlang a look, and Wenlang understood, closed the door and went out, leaving only the two of them in the room.

At this time, Wei Tao's face began to be a little gloomy, and he asked lightly: "Go to Gaoling County, why didn't you tell me in advance." ”

Zhang Bingguo's heart jumped, he knew that Wei Tao was starting to settle the accounts, so he hurriedly said: "It was very sudden to go to Gaoling County, and I had to prepare a lot of materials for my humble position, I originally wanted to tell Shangshu at lunch, but Zhang Xiangguo suddenly advanced again, and we set off without even eating lunch." ”

"Hmm!"

Wei Tao nodded, what Zhang Bingguo said was true, he could barely accept it, but there was one more thing he had to ask clearly.

"I heard that Zhang Yun summoned you alone at night, what did you say?"

This matter is what Wei Tao is most worried about, if it is to talk about the governance of Baiqu, then Wu County Ling should also go with him, but Wu County Ling did not go, only the two of them, what did Zhang Yun talk to him?

Zhang Bingguo hurriedly said: "The main thing is to talk about the governance of the Guanzhong River and Canal, as well as the consumption of money and grain, Zhang Xiangguo is reading my report, but there are some places that I don't understand, so I called the lowly position." ”

"Nothing but river canal management?"

Zhang Bingguo hesitated and said: "In addition to talking about the management of the river and canal, he also asked about the family situation of the lowly position, and he seems to know the family situation of the lowly position very well. ”

Sure enough, he wants to win over Zhang Bingguo, Wei Tao knows Zhang Yun's methods very well, if he wants to win over someone, he will first investigate the other party's family situation in advance, if he is not interested in Zhang Bingguo, he will not care about the life or death of the Zhang family.

Wei Tao looked into Zhang Bingguo's eyes and said slowly, "Then how did you answer?" ”

"The humble post said that Wei Shangshu was very concerned about the humble position, thanked him for his kindness, and then the humble post resigned."

"Is that what you said?"

"Yes!" Zhang Bingguo replied without hesitation.

Wei Tao looked at him, nodded after a while, and then pondered for a moment and said: "Tonight, it is my youngest grandson who turns one year old, and I am going to invite some colleagues with better relationships to participate, I know you are very busy, but I still hope you can come." ”

Wei Tao's hospitality is a secret known to the imperial court, in fact, it is a gathering of the backbone of the Wei Party, he uses various excuses to entertain, that is, to firmly grasp the Wei Party in his own hands, if Zhang Bingguo is willing to come at night, it means that he has not betrayed himself, if he finds an excuse not to come, it means that he has been co-opted by Zhang Yun.

Wei Tao's eyes were blazing, and any change in expression on Zhang Bingguo's face couldn't hide from him, he saw a little hesitation on Zhang Bingguo's face, so he immediately said unhappily: "Why, don't you give me this face?" ”

"Nope! No," Zhang Bingguo hurriedly waved his hand.

"What's that?"

Zhang Bingguo hesitated for a moment and said: "Don't hide it from Wei Shangshu, my cousin Zhang Bingqian arrived in Beijing yesterday to deal with housework, and he will return to Changzhou early tomorrow morning, and we will make an appointment to have dinner together tonight." ”

Zhang Bingqian is the governor of Changzhou, his qualifications and abilities are very good, Wei Tao has long wanted to win over, as soon as he heard Zhang Bingguo say, he immediately smiled and said: "You might as well, invite Zhang Changshi together, and I'll ask my family to make up a formal invitation later." ”

Zhang Bingguo sighed secretly, and had to say: "Thank you, Lord is kind, you don't need the invitation, my cousin has something at home, it's not easy to accept the invitation, I'll just bring him in the evening." ”

"Alright! I will wait for you in the evening. ”

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It was getting dark and dusk, Jingzhao Shaoyin Su Zhen finished reading the last few documents, and then prepared to go back to the house, he just got up to leave, but Jingzhao Yin Li Gan slowly walked in with his hands behind his back, "Su Shaoyin, we may have something important tonight, tell everyone not to go home." ”

Su Zhen was stunned, Li Gan was called by Zhang Xiangguo in the afternoon, could it be that Zhang Xiangguo handed him something?

The relationship between Su Zhen and Li Gan is very good, Li Gan usually does not hide things from him, Su Zhen saw that Li Gan was a little worried, so he asked cautiously: "Envoy, what happened?" ”

Li Gan shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Tonight, we are going to arrest Qi Xun, the pseudo-Dali Temple Qing of the Southern Tang Dynasty, who is the mastermind of this Ruizhao incident. ”

Su Zhen was a little confused, "Envoy, I really don't understand, this should be a matter of the internal guard or the intelligence hall, how can we arrest people?" ”

"You don't understand, tonight's arrest, the internal guard and the intelligence hall will definitely not come forward, we can only do it, who made us the yamen of the imperial court?"

Su Zhen was even more confused, he wanted to ask again, but Li Gan waved his hand, "Don't ask again, time is running out, you immediately go to contact Chang'an County and Wannian County, and order all their officials to dispatch, everything is under our command, and after an hour, gather outside the Fuxia Gate, go quickly!" ”

Su Zhen left in a daze, Li Gan looked at the clouds that were gradually gathering outside the window with his hands behind his back, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Hey! Starting tonight, the imperial court will set off stormy waves. ”

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(To be continued)