At the beginning of November, Chang'an was also a little chilly, the cold wind pulled the last few pieces of yellow fallen leaves flying in the air, the pace of pedestrians also became hurried, there was little one on the street, at this time, a carriage came to Xuanyi Fang, more than a dozen guards with knives, the carriage soon stopped in the house of Zhang Yun, the head of the household, and immediately came down a middle-aged man, fair skin, slightly fat, with a pinch of goat short beard, this person is Zhang Yun's younger brother, too Changqing Zhang Yan.

As the son of Zhang Shuo, the famous minister of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Zhang Yun and Zhang Yan are both in high positions and are deeply trusted by Li Longji, especially Zhang Yan is also the leader of the Chang'an literary circle.

In the early years of Tianbao, Li Bai's name shook Chang'an, because he couldn't get used to seeing Zhang Yan's powerful face, and was framed by Zhang Yan, and was finally sent out of Chang'an. This powerful person is referring to Zhang Yan.

Today, Zhang Yan came to the eldest brother worriedly, because Yang Guozhong won the battle of Yunnan, and was officially named the military department of Shangshu, Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, Yang Guozhong's strong entry into the prime minister affected the hearts of every powerful person in Chang'an, if the Yang family was favored only because of the concubine in the past, although Yang Qi and Yang Quan and others can be in high positions, but they are just courtiers, but Yang Guozhong's entry into the prime means the real rise of the Yang family's power.

Zhang Yan entered the door directly without notice, and the housekeeper stepped forward and said, "The master is fishing in the back garden." ”

"I see, I'll go find him."

Zhang Yun's house covers an area of nearly 100 acres, pavilions and pavilions, lush trees, there is a pool of 20 acres of small lake in the back garden, this house is left by their father Zhang Shuo, Zhang Yan grew up here, he is very familiar with every grass and tree here, no need to lead, he soon came to the lake in the back garden.

From a distance, several dressed maids stood in a small pavilion carved with a whole piece of white jade with a jade plate, and Zhang Yun, the head of the Tang Dynasty, was sitting in the pavilion, a fishing rod was fishing for the west wind, he was wearing a robe, wearing a bamboo hat, like an old farmer fishing alone in the cold river and snow.

Zhang Yan slowly walked into the pavilion, and several maids saw him come in and hurriedly wanted to give a salute, but Zhang Yan waved his hand so that they would not disturb his brother.

"Is it the second brother?" Zhang Yun didn't look back, so he directly guessed who was coming.

Zhang Yan was very surprised, and hurriedly asked with a smile: "How did the eldest brother guess that it was mine?" ”

"Is this still a guess? Except for you, who would dare to enter my backyard without a report? ”

Zhang Yun glanced back at his brother, pointed to the side and smiled, "Sit down!" ”

Zhang Yan sat down cross-legged, waved his hand and ordered the maids to go down, and in a moment, there were only the two of them left in the pavilion, he sighed and said, "What does the eldest brother think of Yang Zhao's appearance?" ”

"He's not Yang Zhao now, he's changed his name to Yang Guozhong, hum! Loyal ministers of the country, what else can I think. ”

In front of his brothers, Zhang Yun did not hide it, his displeasure appeared in Yan Biao, he knew Li Longji very well, this time Li Longji strongly opposed the opinion that the prime minister did not accept the surrender of Nanzhao, and insisted on agreeing with Yang Guozhong's Nanzhao plan, and Yang Guozhong's great contribution to the society, promoted him to Xiangguo in one fell swoop, so many eager performances, Zhang Yun saw through Li Longji's thoughts, and asked Yang Guozhong to pick up Li Linfu's right minister.

Whether it is his family background or literary ability, he is fully qualified to be promoted to the right minister of the Tang Dynasty, and Yang Guozhong is just a clown, he can actually become a candidate for the right minister, which really makes Zhang Yun dissatisfied with Li Longji.

He snorted again and said: "He is now in the phase does not mean anything, it is not known who will die in the end, Li Linfu estimates that he can do it for a few years, the past few years are our opportunities, we must seize it." ”

Listening to the eldest brother's tone, it seemed that there was a countermeasure, Zhang Yan perked up, and hurriedly asked, "What is the plan for the eldest brother?" ”

"Plan?" Zhang Yun sneered, "Of course there is, but the key is the power, as long as the power is enough, the position of the right minister will not be able to run out of my palm." ”

"But big brother, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for us to reach out into the army!"

Zhang Yun glanced at him and said with a hint of mockery: "Second brother, the forces I am talking about are not referring to the army. ”

Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment, this time he suddenly realized, he patted his head and smiled: "Look at me confused, there is really an army, don't talk about Xiangguo, even ......"

He laughed dryly, he couldn't go on, at this time, the water waves rippled, Zhang Yun lifted the fishing rod, a one-foot-long carp jumped out of the water, Zhang Yun smiled and took off the fish, put it into the fish basket, and then said to his brother: "This expansion of power is the same as fishing, you can't be reckless, you have to use roundabout means to make their wishers take the bait, the famous family has always been the focus of the imperial court's suppression, the saint doesn't say it, but he is taboo in his heart, watching him cultivate Cui Qiao, is to use Cui Qiao to divide the Cui family, which is the same as when he used Pei Zunqing to divide the Pei family, So whether it's the Pei family or the Cui family, it's not good for me to come forward directly, you are the leader of the Chang'an literary circle, you can use this identity to make friends with the family for me, understand? ”

"Yes! I understand, please rest assured, eldest brother, but in addition to the famous family, the Guanlong family is extremely important, the eldest grandson family, the Dugu family, these are all relatives of the royal family, if the eldest brother can get their support, the impact on the saint will not be the slightest bit. ”

"I know this, I don't need you to remind me, Dugu Shi passed away last month, you are too Changqing, you have to be a little more serious about Dugu Shi's reputation after his death, and also, I am going to go to Dugu's house in the afternoon, I estimate that I can take this Dugu family."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yun threw out the unbaited hook and said with a faint smile: "I want you to see how Jiang Taigong fishes." ”

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Dugu Shi's death shrouded the Dugu family in a gloomy mist, several sons in the field have asked for leave to return to Beijing, to do funerals, the eldest son Dugu Haoran is to take half a year of funeral leave, stay in Chang'an to treat his father's funeral, yesterday after forty-nine days, Dugu's family rituals were finally removed, although the mood is still sad, but at least everyone from the heavy pressure of the funeral a little breather.

In the room, Dugu Haoran is talking about the marriage of his two daughters with his wife Pei, although the youngest daughter Mingzhu is sixteen years old, but she was five years old because of a serious illness, in order to avoid the sheep blade jealousy and deliberately changed to a year older, her age is actually only fifteen years old, and her surname is lively, always like a little lady who does not grow up, Dugu and his wife did not really take her marriage seriously, but the eldest daughter Mingyue, next year will be eighteen years old, Dugu Haoran is usually busy with government affairs, no time to ask about this matter, but Mrs. Pei has been worried about this matter.

"Master, I know that my father died, not the time to talk about this matter, but Mingyue is not young after all, and she has missed these few years, and if she wants to marry a good husband again, I'm afraid it will not be easy, master, while you are at home during this time, it is better to settle the marriage as soon as possible, even if it is not suitable to do a happy event now, but at least the name must be decided, and the marriage can be done later."

At the beginning of the year, Zhang Xiangguo specially came to propose to the proud protégé Zhao Xuming, Zhao Xuming is also her future son-in-law, handsome and chic, brilliant, and is a Longyou family, and Dugu's family is right, and he is also a Tanhualang, who has been promoted to a member of the household in April this year, which can be described as a promising future, and the father refuses to agree, and finds all kinds of reasons to postpone the prevarication, in fact, the real reason Pei knows, Didn't you just take a fancy to that Li Qingan?

In all fairness, Li Qing'an's conditions are also very good, he did it at a young age, I don't know how many people want to marry their daughter to him, but Mrs. Pei just doesn't like it, on the one hand, of course, her first impression of Li Qing'an is not good, that year Li Qing'an came to Dugu Mansion on a blind date, she has seen it once, she looks black and strong, talks vulgarly, is really a rough man born in a soldier, and more importantly, Li Qing'an's life experience, born in a humble background, this is for Mrs. Pei, who was born in a famous family and has a deep-rooted concept of family, It's unacceptable no matter what, now that Dugushi is dead, Mrs. Pei has no shackles, and her daughter's marriage will be decided by her.

She glanced at her and saw that her husband was still looking down at the book, as if he hadn't heard her, she couldn't help but feel a little unhappy in her heart, so she said frankly: "If the master doesn't object, then Mingyue's marriage will be decided by the concubine, so it's decided!" ”

Dugu Haoran is the head of the family in other things, saying the same, but he has no say in his daughter's marriage, the reason is that four years ago, the eldest daughter Ming Jing was selected by the Holy Lord and pro-Khitan, his attitude at that time was strongly approved, but less than a year, the eldest daughter was killed by the Khitans, which made him extremely ashamed of his wife, and he promised his wife in the marriage of the two daughters, he would not interfere, at this moment he saw that he could no longer prevaricate with reading, Dugu Haoran had to sigh and said: "There is only one, the daughter likes it herself, I don't have any other comments on. ”

If you want your daughter to like it, this marriage will be yellow, Pei Shi smiled and said: "What do they know, the cave room is a concubine, it has been a long time, how can there be a husband and wife who are not in love, and they like it now, it is nothing more than a fancy to the appearance of the merry, but they don't understand the surname Bing, they will live together for decades in the future, if the spleen and surname are not in harmony, what should I do if there is a conflict, the lord is a person who has come over, I don't need to say more about this!" ”

Dugu Haoran couldn't find the words to refute for a long time, and at this moment, a maid suddenly reported outside the door: "Master, the housekeeper said that a guest is coming, it is Zhang Xiangguo." ”

"Ahh Dugu stood up and said to his wife anxiously: "Madam, I'll go to meet the guests, and Mingyue's marriage will be talked about later." ”

After speaking, he left in a hurry, Mrs. Pei was also stunned for a long time, her eyes suddenly lit up, she suddenly understood, turned around, and walked to the front yard.

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(To be continued)