readx; In the night, a group of hundreds of cavalry galloped on the wide new official road, here is the vast Guanzhong Plain, a newly built official road stretches straight to the west, on both sides of the official road, the endless wheat fields have begun to harvest, although it is late at night, but the wheat fields can still be seen in the wheat harvesting figures. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This cavalry team roared past the busy peasants, and in a moment, it disappeared into the distance, Guo Ziyi rode on a black horse of a divine horse, he looked solemnly at the vague outline of the city in the distance, and finally arrived in Chang'an.

Guo Ziyi's heart was full of worries about his fate, and when he arrived in Gyeongju, he happened to meet the official of the political affairs hall, ordering him to return to the court to report on his work and meet the new emperor. They are going to really bargain, and if the negotiations break down, then he Guo Ziyi will never be able to leave the capital.

Guo Ziyi sighed secretly, and the road ahead of him seemed to become blurred.

"Speed up!"

Guo Ziyi snorted and whipped the war horse fiercely, the war horse sped up again, and a team of people galloped in the black rumbling world, when the morning dawn first appeared, they saw the first faint golden light, and the majestic city wall of Chang'an City appeared in front of them.

At this time, the city gate has been opened, Guo Ziyi's cavalry team arrived at the Jinguang Gate, outside the Jinguang Gate is the Caoqu Wharf, just dawn, the city gate is crowded with merchants who want to enter the city, the soldiers guarding the city are checked one by one, most of them just ask a word or two and then put into the city, only suspicious people will be carefully examined.

At this time, Guo Ziyi's army arrived at the city gate, and the soldiers guarding the city saw that it was not the Anxi army, so they immediately became nervous, opened their bows and arrows, closed the city gate, and watched them vigilantly.

A captain of Guo Ziyi's personal army stepped forward and said loudly: "We are the Shuofang Army, and General Guo Lao went to Beijing to report on his work at the behest of the Political Affairs Hall. ”

After speaking, he unfolded the will of the political hall, a soldier rushed forward to check the seal, and then went back to report, and the captain of the city guard soon found out the arrangements for entering Beijing, and sure enough, there was Guo Ziyi's entry into Beijing, and allowed five hundred followers to enter Beijing.

"Open the city gate and let General Guo enter Beijing."

The city gate opened, the merchants dodged to make way, Guo Ziyi led five hundred men into Chang'an City slowly, Guo Ziyi did not go back to his home in Qinrenfang, Chang'an, but went directly to the imperial city, reported to the Ministry of War, and submitted his own arrangements.

Half an hour later, the Chang'an Internal Affairs Office sent the information about Guo Ziyi's entry into Beijing to Li Qing'an's desk, and soon, the Ministry of War also sent someone to arrange Guo Ziyi's journey.

In fact, not long after Guo Ziyi entered the customs from Danzheng Gorge, Li Qingan got the news that Guo Ziyi's entry into Beijing was not only expected by him, but also made him feel a little surprised.

The reason why it is expected is because Guo Ziyi must go to Beijing to report to the political affairs hall and meet the new emperor at the same time, otherwise he is suspected of supporting the army and standing on his own.

However, Guo Ziyi's rapid arrival in Beijing surprised Li Qingan, and he arrived in Beijing after only three days of leaving Beijing, which shows that Guo Ziyi met the official who went to Lingzhou on the road.

Guo Ziyi did not enter Beijing because of the will of the political affairs hall, but some kind of change prompted him to enter Beijing, Li Qingan keenly deduced that this change that prompted him to enter Beijing should be the Jingzhou bandits, Guo Ziyi understood his intentions.

The contest between Li Qingan and Guo Ziyi is a mild and indirect surname, and the venue of the contest is in Guannei Road, one retreats and one advances, one retreats silently, and the other advances tactfully and implicitly, and few people can understand the art of the contest between them, but as the parties concerned, Li Qingan and Guo Ziyi both clearly feel it.

Although Guo Ziyi retreated, he did not admit defeat, and on his itinerary for entering Beijing, there was no plan to visit Li Qing'an, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, alone, and although Li Qing'an's 5,000 troops entered the Guannei Road in the name of suppressing bandits, he did not occupy the Guannei Road, and Guo Ziyi's army would make a comeback at any time.

Although Guo Ziyi entered Beijing quickly, it did not mean that he had backed down, on the contrary, from the time he entered Beijing, he submitted the schedule to the Ministry of War, which was Guo Ziyi's tough challenge to Li Qingan, which gradually turned into a face-to-face direct confrontation.

Li Qingan learned Guo Ziyi's Mianli Needle Method, and he couldn't help admiring the tenacity of this veteran, of course, Guo Ziyi is different from An Lushan, and it is also different from Li Longji's hostility, he is an object that can be fought for, even if he is unwilling to take refuge in himself, then he can become an ally, on the contrary, he and Guo Ziyi are fighting, which many people are happy to see.

At this time, Li Qingan suddenly thought of a story, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, one of the three conditions for Guan Yunchang's surrender was to surrender to Han and not Cao.

．．．．．．． Guo Ziyi's performance after entering Beijing was indeed unexpected by many people, the first person he visited after entering Beijing was neither the Queen Mother, nor Wang Jin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, nor Li Qing'an, but Pei Min, the right minister, but everyone can be relieved if you think about it, although Pei Min is not a high-level military official, but after all, he is the right minister, the head of a hundred officials, and his status is noble, and it is reasonable for Guo Ziyi to visit him first.

Pei Min just took a leave of absence today and said that he did not go to the court, he felt a little sick, his mind has been groggy for the past few days, and he really can't support it today, so he asked for leave to rest at home, originally planned to rest for a day, but in the morning he got the news temporarily, and in the afternoon the political hall was going to discuss the official operation of Sikuang, so he could only rest at home for half a day.

But in the middle of the day, he happened to meet Guo Ziyi who came to Beijing to visit him, and although he was unwell, Pei Min still met Guo Ziyi in the noble living room of the mansion.

As soon as Guo Ziyi entered the living room, he hugged his fists and said apologetically: "I don't know that Right Xiangguo is unwell, and he came to disturb him recklessly, please forgive Xiangguo!" ”

Pei Min smiled and waved his hand and said: "The old general doesn't have to apologize, I'm a person who can't be idle, even if I am at home, I can't rest, either I am writing a recital, or I am thinking about the affairs of the DPRK and China, in short, I don't have my own private time, the old general didn't bother me, come!" Please be seated. ”

Pei Min invited Guo Ziyi to sit down, a maid served them tea, Pei Min picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said with a slight smile: "I want to ask the Shuofang army about the supply first, does the old general really need food from the imperial court?" ”

"This is also what I want to discuss with the political hall when I go to Beijing this time."

Guo Ziyi took out a book and put it on the table, pushed it to Pei Min, and said: "In recent years, I have continued to encourage soldiers to reclaim land, and I have accumulated 5,000 hectares of military grain fields. ”

Pei Min picked up the fold and looked at it, this is a copy, the original should have been handed to the Ministry of War, but the head of the fold is to the political hall, generally speaking, the festival is responsible to the emperor, when the emperor is only two years old, the political hall is the highest authority, Guo Ziyi reports to the political hall is beyond reproach, but now in addition to the political hall, there is also a generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, this is actually the division of civil and military, the text is under the jurisdiction of the political hall, and the generalissimo is asked.

Therefore, strictly speaking, as the envoy of Shuofang, Guo Ziyi should report to Generalissimo Li Qing'an on the affairs of the military, not to the political affairs hall.

As for the Ministry of War, it is only in charge of the promotion of officers and the soldiers of the inland government, and when the soldiers of the inland government are completely corrupted, the military department will become an ornament, and the promotion of officers through meritorious service is also the final word of the various localities, and the military department is just to make up the registration.

Pei Min didn't know Guo Ziyi's true intentions, before discussing with Li Qing'an in advance, he was very cautious, worried that he would overstep his authority, so he returned the fold to Guo Ziyi, and said with a smile: "The old general attaches great importance to Tuntian and reduces the burden on the imperial court, which is admirable, and a few days ago, His Royal Highness the Generalissimo King Zhao also told me that he was worried about the supply of the Shuofang army, and asked the imperial court to prepare military rations. ”

Pei Min said very implicitly, he was hinting at Guo Ziyi, Li Qing'an is the generalissimo, he should add Li Qing'an's name to the fold, Guo Ziyi understood Pei Min's meaning, he smiled faintly and said: "Xiangguo has some misunderstanding, in fact, there are also civil and military divisions in the army, Wen refers to logistics grain and grass, soldier recruitment, and promotion, while Wu refers to the transfer of troops to fight and army deployment, if it involves war, I should indeed report to the generalissimo, but I entered Beijing this time, one is to meet the Queen Mother and the new emperor, The second is to discuss with the government hall about the placement of materials, grain, grass and military households, so as long as you consult with the government hall, it will not involve the military affairs of the generalissimo for the time being. ”

"I see, it looks like I'm overthinking, okay! I will arrange for the government hall and the old general to discuss the affairs of the Shuo army. ”

At this point, Pei Min has understood Guo Ziyi's intention to enter Beijing, he is loyal to the political affairs hall, and maintains a non-hostile relationship with Li Qingan.

．．．．．．．．． Guo Ziyi said goodbye and left, Pei Min had no intention of resting, he immediately got up and went to the Zhongshu Province of Daming Palace.

Although the political hall was actually appointed by Li Qing'an, this does not mean that the political hall is Li Qing'an's private staff group, in fact, the political hall still maintains a considerable reading power surname, which is a characteristic of the traditional civil official system of the Han and Tang dynasties and even the Song Dynasty, and the literati political group has never been a vassal of the emperor.

The situation where the minister is willing to be a slave can only appear in the Qing court drama, Pei Min led more than 700 officials to oppose Li Heng's ascension to the throne, and it has nothing to do with Li Qing'an, if Li Qing'an also kills his son and grandson and forcibly ascends the throne, Pei Min will also lead his ministers to oppose him.

The reason why Pei Min and other ministers have always supported Li Qing'an is because Li Qing'an is consistent with their political views in opening up territory and safeguarding national interests, especially Li Qing'an's restriction on slave storage and land annexation in Anxi, which is completely in line with the political ideal of scholars and doctors to have their own land, and on the other hand, Li Qing'an is also a powerful barrier to prevent An Lushan from rebelling.

It is precisely the combination of these various reasons that Li Qing'an has won the support of the political affairs hall, but support does not mean loyalty, and the ministers of the political affairs hall also hope to curb Li Qing'an's monstrous power to a certain extent, even if Li Qing'an ascends the throne in the future, they must resolutely uphold the principle of checks and balances between the monarch and the prime minister.

It is based on these considerations that Pei Min also realized that Guo Ziyi's desire to be loyal to the political hall is not a bad thing, and perhaps Guo Ziyi's allegiance can make the political hall have a greater reading power.

Many things seem to be very contradictory, but in fact, they are not, for example, Pei Min used to be the backbone of Zhao Wang's party and Li Qingan's confidant, but now he hopes to suppress Li Qingan's excessive power to a certain extent.

Is this a contradiction? Not at all, just like a woman who sees a mouse as a wife will hide behind her husband, and when she sees a mouse as a mother, she will stand up and protect her child.

Depending on the role played, the position will be different, and the world is never black or white, but more gray.

As for Pei Min being Li Qingan's brother-in-law, it is the selfishness of the family's interests that is at work, but that does not represent the mainstream.

This is also the reason why Guo Ziyi is willing to be loyal to the Political Affairs Hall, he knows that the Tang Political Affairs Hall is not Li Qingan's private institution.

But Pei Min is a scholar after all, and he didn't realize that his ideas had violated Li Qingan's bottom line, that is, Li Qingan could tolerate anything in the political hall, but he couldn't tolerate it in the army.

．．．．．．．．．． In the province of Zhongshu in the Daming Palace, an urgent and secret meeting was being held in the political hall, and the seven ministers of the political hall were all present at the meeting under the convening of the right minister Pei Min.

"Everyone, this is Guo Ziyi's recital to our political hall, I hope we can approve the relocation of the families of the 20,000 Shuofang soldiers in Guannei Province to Lingzhou, let's discuss it! See if it's possible? ”

Pei Min ordered the scholar to copy six copies of Guo Ziyi's recital, and gave everyone a copy, although Wang Jin, the secretary of the military department, had the original, but the original had not yet reached him.

Zhang Yun frowned, and said: "Lingzhou is not a sparsely populated land like Anxi, the land is fertile, as far as I know, many of the Yellow River tidal flats are saline-alkali land, even if they can farm, the yield is very low, Guo Ziyi hopes to move 20,000 households of Guannei Dao people to Lingzhou, then I have to ask, how much land he can resettle these immigrants, and how much surplus grain to ensure the life of the immigrants within a year, and the party people, what is their attitude towards immigrants?" None of these details are mentioned in the recital, just one sentence, I want to emigrate, I think General Guo's plan is lacking, and I hope to hear more detailed explanations from him. ”

Zhang Yun is an old fritter in the officialdom, he never talks about things, he seems to point out that Guo Ziyi's performance is incomplete, but in fact, he is playing a trick of Tai Chi, slow things down, and see what Li Qingan's attitude is.

Pei Min knew Zhang Yun very well, he understood what Zhang Yun meant, so he smiled: "I'm not saying that we should immediately approve Guo Ziyi's implementation of immigration matters, but I hope that the political affairs hall can express a positive attitude in this matter, and then let Guo Ziyi come up with a detailed plan, and then we will be jointly inspected by the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Imperial Historical Tower. ”

At this time, Wang Jin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said slowly: "I think it's best to communicate with His Royal Highness King Zhao on this matter, after all, he is the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and he has the right to know the request of the Shuo Fang Army. ”

Pei Min nodded, he could understand everyone's caution, and he also realized that he was a little too hasty in dealing with Guo Ziyi's allegiance, which would easily lead to the confrontation between Li Qingan and the political affairs hall, and he should indeed communicate with Li Qingan first and explain the situation to him, so that it is reasonable and well-founded, otherwise it will be sneaky, but it will make people feel that the political affairs hall is overstepping its authority.

Thinking of this, Pei Min said: "That afternoon, the discussion of Sikuang will be paused, I will go and talk to His Royal Highness King Zhao first, and then we will discuss it formally after Guo Ziyi reports on his work." ”

(To be continued)