"The two laws of equal loss and city change need to be implemented in the central government, but why does the emperor not even let his ministers try the law of protecting the armor and protecting the horse?" Lu Yunhai expressed his doubts.

Li Guanqi said in his heart: "The imperial court has raised four million troops, and the labor force itself is already insufficient. But he knew that with Lu Yunhai's character, he would definitely have to argue on this issue, and he didn't have the heart to have a debate with Lu Yunhai.

So he said in a deep voice: "I think that the law of protecting armor and protecting horses are still to be discussed, and they are not feasible for the time being, and without my will, these two methods must not be tried out without authorization." Even with the other four laws, you should always go deep among the people, understand them in detail, and deal with them properly as soon as something disturbs them. Remember, I'm not in a hurry, and you don't have to be in a hurry. ”

"Obey."

Li Guanqi saw Lu Yunhai's order, and said with satisfaction: "I have deep expectations for you, and I hope you can hand over a satisfactory answer to me when you go." I have given you the right to play the secret fold, and the situation below must be played in a timely and truthful manner, you know? ”

"Minister's savings."

"Okay, I won't say anything else, you go back and get ready and go."

After Lu Yunhai left, Li Guanqi instructed Tang Mao to go to the household department to call Zhao Pu into the imperial garden to see the driver, and then did not ask others to follow, only took Yue'er to walk towards the imperial garden alone.

Zhao Pu was also surprised after receiving the order, he is now just a small six-grade master, and it stands to reason that he has no chance to enter the Imperial Garden, but after thinking about it, since he can have the opportunity to enter the cloth, this glory is nothing now.

When Zhao Pu arrived at the Imperial Garden with Tang Mao, it was already about five o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun shadow was obliquely shining in the west, and Qiushushan Lake was green and bright. Autumn wind together, the lake shakes the trees, ups and downs, the polar eyes look around, the mountains and waterscapes, ten thousand trees are green, and the danlou is like a point...... It's really a Qingfen miscellaneous, extremely pounding.

But in the face of such a beautiful scenery, Zhao Pu didn't dare to look around, for fear of losing his manners and making people look down on him. It's just that he looked at it level, followed Tang Mao step by step, and walked for half an hour before he saw Tang Mao stop, and it turned out that he had arrived in front of a Xuan Pavilion. Zhao Pu looked up, and a vertical plaque read the three big characters "Tiren Pavilion", knowing that it had arrived.

Tang Mao asked Zhao Pu to wait outside, and then went in to report. It didn't take much effort to see a very beautiful palace lady come out, it was Yue'er, walked up to Zhao Pu and said, "Lord Zhao, the emperor asked you to go in." ”

Zhao Pu didn't dare to look at Yue'er carefully, so he hurriedly straightened his clothes, climbed the stairs, entered the palace, and bowed again: "Zhao Pu, the director of the Huainan Qing Officials Division of the Ministry of Households, knock to see the emperor." ”

After the salute, Fang dared to raise his head, but saw that Li Guanqi was only wearing a pale yellow plain robe, and was smiling at him and said, "Get up." There's no one else here, and I still want to talk to you like last time, which is interesting. ”

Zhao Pu hurriedly replied: "The vulgar people of the ministers, the emperor will not give up, and he is already grateful, how dare he mess up the etiquette again." ”

Li Guanqi shook his head and said a little angrily: "I use you because I like your insight and courage to speak out. Li Guanqi said angrily.

Only then did Zhao Pu get up and said, "In this case, the minister will obey the order." ”

Li Guanqi smiled: "That's right. This is the Zhao Pu I want to see. I have called you today because I have something to ask you, and I hope you will tell me the truth. ”

Zhao Pu bowed and said: "But what the ministers know, they must know everything." ”

Li Guanqi also knew that it was impossible for Zhao Pu to be as relaxed as when he first saw him, so he no longer dwelled on Zhao Pu's courtesy, and said: "The last time you said that I didn't know the current situation, the implication is that you are very clear about the current situation. ”

Seeing that Zhao Pu was about to ask for guilt again, he hurriedly waved his hand to stop him: "You don't need to panic, I don't mean to blame you, I sincerely asked you for advice today, I hope you can explain the current situation to me." ”

Hearing Li Guanqi say this, Zhao Pu's heart couldn't help but churn, because he was facing a big choice in front of him, if he made the right choice, then he would definitely soar in the future, and his wish to glorify his ancestors would be realized in one fell swoop; And if you make the wrong choice, you will face a catastrophe from which you will never recover.

Li Guanqi knew very well that since Zhao Pu already knew his identity, he naturally had to have scruples when he spoke, and now seeing Zhao Pu's hesitation, he didn't force him, but turned around and walked to the bookshelf by the wall, took a book and read it fakely. He was very sure in his heart that Zhao Pu would eventually stand on his side, because if he didn't choose himself, he would immediately take his life.

After a long while, Zhao Pucai breathed a sigh of relief, took two steps closer, knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said, "The minister swears allegiance to the emperor." ”

Li Guanqi put down the book in his hand and said with a smile: "Get up." Didn't I say I didn't need to kneel? ”

Zhao Pu kowtowed again and said: "The minister deserves to die, the minister had selfish intentions before, this is the crime of bullying the king, please ask the emperor to punish him severely." ”

Li Guanqi said: "I don't blame you. Really, get up. ”

Zhao Pu slowly stood up, eased his nerves, and said: "The minister is ignorant, he didn't know Long Yan before, so he had the nonsense last time. Today, I know that the emperor is a holy lord who has not met in a hundred years, how can I not know the reason for the current situation? All the minister can do is to fill in the gaps for the emperor. ”

When Li Guanqi heard Zhao Pu say this, he knew that he had subdued this person, so he asked: "In your opinion, how many forces are there in the court today?" ”

Zhao Pu said in a deep voice: "Three shares." ”

"Which three?" Li Guanqi asked.

Zhao Pu said decisively: "Zu Donglai is a party, He Zhuguo is a group, and there are a very small number of neutrals. ”

"What about my forces?" Li Guanqi listened to Zhao Pu's words and was a little depressed.

Zhao Puyi lowered his head and said, "With all due respect, the emperor only has a name at present, and has no power at all. ”

Li Guanqi touched his chin and said, "If you don't have power, you don't have power." You first tell me about this group of people from Zu Donglai, why do you call them the party? ”

Zhao Pu replied: "Zu Donglai is the left servant of Shangshu and the servant of Menxia Province, in charge of Shangshu and Menxia Province, and is a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and his protégés are all over the world, and most of the officials in the court are his henchmen, but his horse is Zhan, and even Yao Biguang, who is in charge of the Zhongshu She's human rights judgment, is his person. It can be said that the three provinces are his sphere of influence.

When Emperor Muzong reigned before, he was still a little afraid, but now that Muzong has passed away, the emperor is young, and it is estimated that there is no one to restrain him in Zu Donglai's mind. Moreover, Zu Donglai's son is a soldier of the Ministry of War, and his in-laws are the general of Yulinwei, and the soldiers and horses in the imperial city are in his hands. The minister thought that for the sake of today's plan, Zu Dong should be dealt with quickly. ”