readx; At night, in front of Pei Min's mansion, a carriage drove quickly and stopped in front of the mansion, Li Yan, the secretary of the criminal department, walked out of the carriage, Pei Min's eldest son Pei Mingyi was already waiting in front of the mansion, and when he saw Li Yan coming out of the carriage, he hurriedly greeted him, "Uncle Shi, my father is already waiting in the study." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Li Yan seemed a little worried, and he didn't say hello, so he went into the house with Pei Mingyi.

"Virtuous nephew, do you have a letter from your general?" Walking to the door of the study, Li Yan suddenly asked Pei Mingyi.

Pei Mingyi is engaged in the march of the Anxi Army, and he is currently staying in Chang'an, responsible for the letters sent by Anxi, he shook his head and said: "There is no official letter from the Anxi Army, but my father received a quick letter from the general, which was sent from Longyou. ”

Li Yan wanted to ask this, he nodded and went directly into the study.

In the study, Pei Min was reading a quick letter written by Li Qing'an, the letter was written by Li Qing'an from Huangcheng, and it had just been delivered in the afternoon, this was the third time he had read it, and the reason why he had to ponder it repeatedly was because he didn't quite understand some of the contents of the letter, to be precise, he didn't quite understand why Li Qing'an told him to do this.

'All proposals put forward by the National Prison Party will be passed. ’

At this time, the most critical sentence in the letter, this sentence has no antecedents and no consequences, so it is written at the beginning of the letter for no reason, how can he understand that all the bills have passed? Pei Min felt that this sentence was a bit too arbitrary, because the situation was changing, and Li Qingan couldn't understand everything, for example, he didn't know if An Lushan entered Beijing, could the proposal against An Lushan also be passed?

After pondering for a long time, he put down the letter and walked to the window with his hands behind his back, the slightly cool night breeze of the Mid-Autumn Festival blowing on his face, making his thoughts clearer.

Pei Min sighed secretly, in fact, he understood what Li Qing'an meant, understood what Li Qing'an didn't say behind his back, Li Qing'an's words behind him were very simple, that is, they wanted them to fulfill Li Heng's madness, maybe this was the real reason why Li Qing'an left Chang'an.

He also knew very well what Li Qing'an's ultimate goal was, he wanted to ascend the throne as the king of Zhao, but in fact, Li Heng was not his obstacle, and Li Shi, who existed legally and orthodoxically, was his biggest obstacle.

But he can't make a move to overthrow Li Shi's throne, on the contrary, he has to support Li Shi, so that everyone feels that he, Li Qing'an, is also supporting a legitimate and reasonable existence, just like Cao Ying in the late Han Dynasty always has to support the Han family, but Li Qing'an is different from Cao Ying, he is also a Li clan, so while he supports Li Shi, he has to use Li Heng's hand to overthrow Li Shi.

Pei Min felt that his heart had also become dark, these Li Qing'an's ulterior thoughts had been penetrated by him, and he Pei Min was also confused and hesitant, supporting Li Shi was for the interests of the country and Datang, for the long-term stability of Datang, and for the sake of his Pei family, which is more important than the family and the country?

In fact, Pei Min has been thinking about this problem for a long time, he is not as goal-oriented as Pei Zunqing, the interests of the family are above all else, and he still has the consciousness of the country more or less in his heart, his father Pei Yaoqing once participated in the opening of the prosperous era of Kaiyuan, and his father only told him one sentence before he died: 'To maintain the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty', this sentence has made him remember it to this day, and he understands what his father means, that is, he must do his best for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, so Li Qingan can't bring the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty? This conclusion is obviously absurd, and the complex situation of the division of feudal towns in front of him can actually only be solved by Li Qingan, and only he has the ability to unify the Tang Dynasty.

But he felt that Li Qingan was a little bit worse, maybe what he lacked was an orthodox legal surname! He is not a descendant of Li Shimin.

Pei Min let out a long sigh, how difficult is it for the family and the country to really face a choice?

"Father, Li Shangshu is here."

The sound of his son's report outside the door interrupted Pei Min's train of thought, and he turned around and said, "Please let him in!" ”

Pei Min put away his feelings, returned to his seat, and specially sent someone to invite Li Yan to come over, just to discuss Li Qingan's letter with him.

The door opened, Li Yan walked in, Pei Min immediately got up and smiled: "I'm really sorry to disturb Li Shangshu's rest!" ”

Li Yan's face was ugly, he didn't smile at all, and he didn't say anything polite to Pei Min, so he sat down directly.

"What's the matter, Xiangguo, please tell me first!"

Pei Min saw that his face was not good, so he cautiously asked, "What happened?" Is it for An Lushan? ”

"What is An Lushan, will I be angry with him?"

"So what the hell is going on?"

Li Yan is a person who can't hide his words in his heart, and under Pei Min's several urgings, he said hatefully: "In the afternoon, there was news from the Zichen Palace, Li Heng issued a decree to supervise the country, ordering our Land Department to freeze the division of land in Huangzhuang in Weinan County indefinitely, which is actually a disguised veto of the will of the first emperor to divide the land and Huangzhuang. ”

"But hasn't the government hall already passed a resolution?"

Li Yan glanced at Pei Min, sighed and said: "The problem is here, Li Heng said that in the resolution passed by our political affairs hall, it is written that the land is limited to the clan, and the clan land does not include the imperial village, so he seized this point and asked our land division to withdraw from the imperial village, and the land that has been divided must be handed back, and his attitude is very tough." ”

Pei Min was silent for a moment, then asked him again, "Then what are you going to do?" ”

Li Yan bit his lip tightly and said, "I'm worried that the Guanzhong Army will be unfavorable to the officials of the Tianmu Division in Huangzhuang, I want to go to Weinan County tomorrow to see the specific situation, and if the conditions allow, I will surprise and distribute the land to the people." ”

"Then Brother Qiming has considered making a move?"

"Concessions?"

Li Yan snorted heavily, "I can make concessions in other things, but I will never give in to the land reform, this is the result of the first emperor's life, if I retreat, how can I face the first emperor, whether it is the land of the clan or the imperial village, only I Li Yan in one day, I will resolutely distribute the land to the end, if Pei Xiangguo does not support me, then good, I will do this alone!" ”

"Rest your anger! Brother Qiming, please stop your anger! ”

Pei Min hurriedly reassured him and said, "It's not that I don't support you, it's that His Royal Highness King Zhao has an order to obey the arrangement of the prison country during this time." ”

Li Yan was stunned, the anger in his heart quickly subsided, and he asked, "Where is the letter?" Show me. ”

Pei Min handed him Li Qing'an's letter, and Li Yan opened the letter and read it carefully.

Although Li Yan is also a member of the Zhao Wang Party, he is very different from Pei Min, Pei Min is Li Qing'an's brother-in-law, and his two sons are civilian officers in Li Qing'an's army, he is very loyal to Li Qing'an, although he has some views that are slightly different from Li Qing'an, he will eventually carry out Li Qing'an's orders.

Li Yan is different, he is loyal to Li Yu, one of the two people Li Yu trusts the most, and has become the vanguard of Li Yu's land reform.

Out of loyalty to Li Yu, Li Yan also resolutely supports the current saint Li Shi, if strictly distinguished, he should belong to the royalist faction, and Guo Ziyi, Wang Sili and others are the same faction, but out of hostility and opposition to Li Heng, he naturally became a member of the Zhao Wang Party, and Li Qing'an, Pei Min and others stood on the front line, and became a diehard against Li Heng, and the factional division of the imperial court naturally classified him into the Zhao Wang Party.

It is precisely because he has a royalist background that Li Qingan is more polite to him, and similarly, many core matters will not be discussed with him, such as letting Cui Lian become the prime minister again, Li Yan didn't know that Li Qingan had reached a secret agreement with the Cui family.

Li Qing'an wrote to Pei Min from Longyou this time, in fact, he hoped that Pei Min could persuade Li Yan, Pei Min smiled bitterly and said: "His Royal Highness King Zhao means that during his absence, we will try not to conflict with the Prison Party, which will be unfavorable to us, in addition, His Royal Highness King Zhao also said that if you feel that your personal safety is threatened, you can go to General Nan Jiyun, and he will arrange guards to protect us, Brother Qiming, I myself also hope that you can calm down, and the matter of Huangzhuang will be delayed for the time being, and after His Royal Highness King Zhao returns to the court, We will launch a counteroffensive again. ”

Although Li Yan is an upright person, he is not stupid, Pei Min's advice is very reasonable, and it is not too late to counterattack after Li Qing'an returns, and Li Heng does not dare to make it clear that he will take back the imperial village, but if they want to freeze it for a long time, then freeze it temporarily.

Thinking of this, Li Yan said: "Then tomorrow I won't go to Weinan County, I will send someone to call back the officials of Huangzhuang, tomorrow I will go to Xinfeng County, where there is a Baishui Manor, which turned out to be the Yang family's land, and it is also dividing the fields these days, I like Li Heng will not even oppose it there!" ”

"Then does Li Shangshu want to be guarded by the army? I'll go and tell Nan Jiyun. ”

Li Yan smiled and waved his hand and said: "The army is not needed, I have dozens of family members, enough to deal with the little thieves, and Xinfeng County is the territory of the Guanzhong Army, and the Anxi Army will be caught by them in the past, so I won't embarrass them." ”

．．．．．．．． Early the next morning, Li Yan went to Xinfeng County under the escort of dozens of soldiers with knives and two officials from the Tianmu Division.

Tian Mu Division is also the land Tian Mu Division, is Li Yu in order to seize the clan land and temporarily set up a department, from the Sinong Temple, Taifu Temple, Yushitai and the Criminal Department of the transfer of dozens of officials, Li Yan served as the land and acres of the envoy, Sinong Temple Shaoqing Shen Yue served as the deputy envoy, Shen Yue is the younger brother of the queen Shen Zhu, so this land and acres of the division is actually directly controlled by Li Yu, after Li Yu died, the division of the land and acres of the division of the field was temporarily stopped, until the beginning of August, after the five major dynasties determined the strategy of continuing to divide the land, The land and acres are up and running again.

Although Li Yan is the secretary of the criminal department, but in fact he does not ask about the affairs of the criminal department, his whole body and mind are basically on the redistribution of land, he has a belief, to complete the unfinished will of the emperor as soon as possible, the tens of thousands of acres of land confiscated back to the landless peasants in Guanzhong, to alleviate the land annexation in Guanzhong, it is precisely because Li Yan is Li Yu's urgent pioneer in recovering the field, put away the field with a black face and a cold heart, do not miss the slightest clan friendship, so there are many people who hate Li Yan in the clan.

Li Yan also understood this in his heart, he would take dozens of armed guards with him when he went out, and he was going to Huangzhuang today, but after Pei Min's persuasion, he gave up his plan to go to Huangzhuang and went to Baishui Manor in Xinfeng County instead.

Baishui Manor is a very broad manor, covering an area of more than 1,000 hectares, the earliest is An Lushan's grange, Tianbao six years of the wife of the country Yang Huahua birthday, An Lushan will be this manor as a birthday gift to Yang Huahua.

Baishui Manor is located in the southeast of Xinfeng County, about fifteen miles away from Lishan, surrounded by beautiful mountains and rivers, excellent scenery, in the west of the manor, there is a small river called Baishui, so the name Baishui Manor, a few months ago a battle broke out here to seize the field, one of the main members of the Yang family Yang Xuan was killed by an arrow, nearly half a year has passed, the Grange has become the property to be distributed, the tenants of the Grange are also particularly excited, they will become the first beneficiaries of the field.

The time has come to the beginning of September, the autumn is high and cool, the autumn rice is almost ripe, the rice fields are golden, and the villages are full of laughter and laughter, full of the joy of harvest.

At noon, Li Yan was about to arrive at the Grange, less than ten miles away from the Grange, and could already see the Baishui Mountain behind the Grange, they got off the official road and continued along a small road, with dense rice fields on both sides, the wind blew and rustled.

Li Yan was in high spirits, and smiled at Tian Yunqing, a subordinate official who went to the Grange with him: "It will take three days to divide the land of Baishui Grange at the earliest, and you can't go home in three days, will the lady say you?" ”

Tian Yunqing was transferred from Sinong Temple, Tianbao nine years of Jinshi, young and promising, only three months after marriage, he rode on a horse, followed Li Yan's carriage, listened to Xiangguo ask himself, he hurriedly replied respectfully: "Back to Xiangguo, I have often been out of the country in the past few months, and my wife is used to it, but the official is too low, and she often complains." ”

"Hmmm! Do more things while you are young, in order to accumulate qualifications for the future, you work hard, tomorrow the assessment, I will give you the exam, in this way, you are on the exam for four years, you can be promoted to a level, and the income will also increase, in addition, Anxi's special allowance, I allow you to take it, so that you can also subsidize a little family. ”

Tian Yunqing was overjoyed, Li Yan has always been strict and upright, and he has been extremely strict with his subordinates, as his subordinates, none of them dare to collect Anxi's special allowance, Li Yan is relieved now, and their words are much more relaxed.

At this time, they arrived at the Baishui River and needed to cross a small bridge, and one of the housekeepers suddenly shouted: "Master! Why did the bridge break? ”

Tian Yunqing leaned over and saw that the bridge was really broken, "It's strange, it was fine last time, why did it break?" ”

He muttered a few words to himself, and said to Li Yan: "Xiangguo, I know that there is an old bridge in the west, but it is also a dangerous bridge, I will go and take a look, if it doesn't work, I will think of other ways." ”

"Then you can go quickly!"

Tian Yunqing hit the horse and ran along the field path to the west, but he had just run less than a hundred steps, and suddenly heard a few screams behind him, he turned around, frightened his scalp numb, only to see hundreds of Guanzhong soldiers rushing out of the rice field, all holding knives and spears, surrounded the carriage, slashed and killed Li Yan's family, one of the slightly familiar officers opened his bow and arrows, aimed at him, the bowstring sounded, an arrow came to the front in the blink of an eye, he screamed in fright, instinctively turned to the side, the arrow hit his shoulder, A sharp pain came, he sat unsteadily on the horse, and was about to overturn and dismount, but in the moment between life and death, the ** of survival made him cling to the horse's neck and ran westward lifelessly.

There were several assassins chasing after him behind him, Tian Yunqing panicked, and rushed to the small river, he couldn't collect the horse, he shouted, and even the people and horses rushed into the river, the river was very urgent, Tian Yunqing choked a few mouthfuls of water, hit his head heavily on a big rock, and fainted all of a sudden.

．．．．．．．． The news of the assassination of Li Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, reached Chang'an in the evening, and the whole Chang'an was shocked, Xiangguo was assassinated, this is the first time since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, for a time the city was full of wind and rain, Li Heng issued a prison order at the first time, ordered a strict investigation of the murderer, and said that no matter who was involved, he would be severely punished, but the news found was depressing, Li Yan and all his entourage were all killed, and none of them lived.

Whether he was killed by the Guan Zhongjun or by the clan that hated him deeply, Chang'an City was full of discussions, and Pei Min urgently sent someone to report this unfortunate news to Li Qing'an.

At this time, the political situation in Chang'an changed again, and there was one less person in the political hall, so who would fill this gap became the most concerned thing for the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

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(To be continued)