"Your Highness, you don't know, today in the court, the breath in our chests is really smooth!" Dou Huaizhen said with a red face, he couldn't wait to rush to the Taiping Princess Mansion of Zhenguo as soon as he was on duty, and described the situation in the court in detail.

Although Princess Taiping had already gotten the news, she still listened to Dou Huaizhen repeat it with great interest, because Dou Huaizhen imitated her facial expressions in a playful way, which was very ornamental, and Princess Taiping was also very willing to have fun again.

Dou Huaizhen said with a smile: "A few of their old brothers, their faces were so red, I almost laughed out loud at the time, and I didn't try to hold back to maintain my demeanor of honor and disgrace." ”

Xiao Zhizhong, who was on the side, also smiled rarely, and interjected: "You still say endure it, I obviously saw you write everything on your face, didn't you see Zhang Xianggong (Zhang Shuo) always looking at you?" At that time, I was really worried that you would fight. ”

Dou Huaizhen shook his head and said, "How dare he beat me?" In the afternoon, in the council hall to discuss the 'Three Rivers Law', didn't Zhang Xianggong also agree? Even if he has a hundred unhappy feelings in his heart, but Li'er is on our side, he only has one breath to swallow in his stomach. ”

Xiao Zhizhong said: "This time we won completely, and the biggest credit is naturally Xue Lang, Sanhe Fa...... Admiration, admiration; Secondly, the credit should be regarded as Lu Xianggong (Lu Xiangxian), and the Sanhe Law came out of Lu Xianggong's mouth, which was loud and justified. ”

Taiping listened to others praising Xue Chongxun, and the smile on his face remained unchanged, but his heart was still relatively smooth. She didn't speak just now, and when she mentioned Xue Chongxun, she immediately spoke, of course, her tone was not as smug as Dou Huaizhen, she just said lightly: "Chongxun still needs to be experienced, don't praise him too much, lest he be arrogant...... In fact, I used to value Liu An very much, but I thought that he couldn't come up with a charter for a long time, and he couldn't compare to Chongxun. ”

The bureaucrats next to them pondered in their hearts this sentence of Taiping, aren't they praising their sons? Xiao Zhi said loyally: Where did Liu An get the courage to cut off the Taiping family's wealth? Xue Chongxun has that courage, but by virtue of his identity, of course he is not afraid, if he changes to Liu An's position, even if he sorts out the Three Rivers Law, does he really not have to worry about the interests above?

However, Xiao Zhizhong is much more cautious than Dou Huaizhen in dealing with things, although he thinks so much in his heart, he says in a peaceful mood: "Xue Lang is brave and strategic, and he is decisive, and he is definitely not comparable to others; But His Royal Highness's trust has saved Xue Lang from his worries, which is also very important. ”

Taiping said again: "Lu Xiangxian didn't refuse me to push him into the picture, I know that his attitude is still towards me...... This person is too high, and he didn't say anything about coming over on a day like today. ”

Dou Huaizhen smiled: "Isn't it just a name?" ”

Xiao Zhizhong frowned and said, "How can you say that? Could it be that entering and leaving the princess's mansion will affect the reputation? ”

From the first is Dou Huaizhen's cousin, this word is really ironic, Dou Huaizhen not only did not end up from the beginning, but attached several powerful people before and after......

He heard Xiao Zhizhong's words, his face turned pale, and he said a little unhappily: "Do you have to raise the bar with me?" His Royal Highness is the sister of today, with a high status, a person like Lu Xiangxian is so virtuous, the more powerful you are, the more lukewarm he is, if I explain it like this, you can understand! ”

Taiping smiled: "Don't care about Lu Xianggong, he has always been that kind of person." If he didn't pay so much attention to the honor, the effect of facing up today would not be so good, right...... By the way, what do you think of Zhang Shuo's person? ”

Now the six prime ministers in the court (originally seven, Liu Youqiu was exiled to Lingnan, only six remained), five of them are people who are inclined to Taiping, and finally one is confiscated by Zhang Shuo, so Taiping has this question.

Xiao Zhizhong groaned: "I usually don't see Zhang Shuo or his cronies entering and leaving the prince's mansion, he may be looking towards the prince's side in his heart, but it is different from Liu Youqiu's people." ”

Taiping nodded and said: "Zhang said that such a person has a foundation and talent, and is both literary and martial arts, if you can win him over, it will be a good thing." ”

Xiao Zhizhong said: "I'm afraid it's difficult, he is now the prime minister, His Royal Highness can't win him over like he recommended Lu Xiang." This person is not greedy for money and lustful, he acts well, he has a backbone, and it is difficult to ......"

"People always have weaknesses." Taiping said lightly.

Dou Huaizhen was looking down for something just now, and then suddenly realized: "I know what Zhang said valued!" ”

"Tell me about it." Taiping asked with interest.

"Position." Dou Huaizhen said confidently, "I can guarantee that he cares very much about power!" I have heard that he used to take bribes a lot, but now he is able to restrain himself and has a reputation for not being greedy for money, because he values power more than money; There is another thing, I said that His Royal Highness will know that Zhang Shuo used to be a squire in the military department, and later he was promoted to the secretary of the military department and the subordinate of the same middle book, and his grade was one level higher than that of the previous military department Shangshu, but he was suspected that people did not respect themselves enough to rely on the old and sell the old, so he tried to force him to become a scholar. ”

Princess Taiping was quite happy when she heard this, "Since this is easy, as long as you try to exert pressure, let him know that if he doesn't comply, he will be demoted from Chang'an, if he really values power so much, he will naturally know what to do." ”

Xiao Zhizhong hurriedly persuaded: "This method may not work, Zhang said that the city is very deep, and it can bend and stretch, if he is optimistic about the prince, I am afraid that even if he is demoted, he will not give in." ”

Princess Taiping said coldly: "Of course, it's good to be able to win him over, if not, try to demote him out of Chang'an, lest he gather a group of imperial historians to make trouble for me like this time." ”

…… Zhang Shuo, which Taiping and others talked about, is indeed a person who can bend and stretch. The layout of the impeachment of the oblique seal official was actually from him, Zhang said that it was the highest-ranking boss among the people directly involved in this matter, and his personal relationship with Yao Chong and others was not harmonious, but he successfully completed three steps by grasping the public heart, but he was unexpectedly defeated by Xue Chongxun.

The failure did not make Zhang Shuo angry, but he quickly adjusted his mentality, not only strongly supporting the "Three Rivers Law" in the Prime Minister's Hall, but also writing an article praising innovation in a few days. Zhang said that he was originally very literate, and the articles he wrote spread quickly...... In this way, Zhang Shuo's public heart is well known to both the government and the opposition, which is a good expression of his principle of putting the country and the people first in everything. Mikawa is good, and he doesn't belittle it just because it was proposed by his opponent.

"The dispute between law and endowment" Zhang said that he lost, but the loss was not ugly. If it weren't for Xue Chongxun's surprise, Zhang said that it would be impossible to lose with a rigorous layout; And the last stroke of his praise of the Three Rivers Law is simply a wonderful pen and a flower to turn the tide.

Zhang said to his nephew Zhang Jishi with confidence: "Respecting the opponent is the minimum cultivation; Being able to bend and stretch is the minimum ability. The 'Three Rivers Method' proposed by Xue Chongxun can definitely be regarded as a stroke of genius, and if you lose, you will lose, and you will not be wronged. ”G