The crown prince Li Heng has lived in the East Palace for a whole year, in June, he married Liangdi Zhang, Zhang's empathetic, charming and delicate, under her careful service, Li Heng's body is also like a word, plus after Wang Zhonghei was deposed, Li Longji was also a little tolerant of him, Li Heng can also occasionally participate in the decision-making of military affairs, taste the sweetness of power, he gradually gave birth to a trace of urgency to control the world.

Although Li Heng's situation has been greatly improved, there is still one thing that makes him very frustrated, that is, his father still does not allow him to meet with foreign ministers privately, and the ten places given to him to meet foreign ministers are still not relaxed, of course, Li Heng is not allowed to see foreign ministers, but that can only be in Xingqing Palace.

Since July, Li Linfu, with the acquiescence of Li Longji, has copied a copy of the foreign edict promulgated by Zhongshu Province every day and sent someone to Li Heng, although he has no decision-making power, but Li Heng can also understand the world's major events.

The layout of the study is simple and simple, the lighting is soft, a big copper tripod in the corner of the house is burning with sandalwood, the study is very quiet, in addition to Li Heng, there is also Li Heng's personal eunuch Li Jingzhong standing next to the wall, in addition, there is a small case in a corner, behind the case sits a secretary of the Chongwen Museum, is an old man who is about fifty years old, not smiling, they have a total of three people, take turns on duty, the job is responsible for recording the prince's words and deeds in the East Palace, make the prince's living record, and finally hand it over to the history museum for preservation, which will be the basis for compiling the history of the Tang Dynasty in the future.

The prince's living record is a kind of top-secret information, the prince himself can't see it, except for the historian, only the prince Sanshao, who is responsible for the prince's education, can see it, according to the timely point out the prince's shortcomings, in addition, the emperor also has the right to look at the living record, therefore, the secretary Lang has to copy a copy every day and hand it to Li Longji, so that Li Longji can always grasp the prince's words and deeds.

This is actually a kind of glossy surveillance, so that Li Heng has to rely on the eunuch Li Jingzhong to complete many secret things, and later, Li Heng will also concoct the same method to monitor his son, and the son will monitor his grandson, and so on, the princes rely on the eunuchs one by one, and to some extent become a driving force for the eunuch dictatorship in the Middle and Tang Dynasty, of course, there are many causes of the eunuch dictatorship, so I will not repeat them here.

At this moment, Li Heng is reading a book sent by Yunnan Taishou Zhang Qiantuo, last year Nanzhao King Pi Luo Ge died of illness, the eldest son Ge Luofeng took over as the king of Yunnan, and the old king is different, Ge Luofeng succeeded to the throne after the military rectification, determined to reform, repeatedly broke through the bottom line of the Tang Dynasty, Nanzhao sat on the big trend has become, Zhang Qiantuo pointed out in the twists and turns, if the Nanzhao is not strictly controlled, once the Tubo Nanzhao alliance, Jiannan is in danger!

Li Heng shook his head gently, since his father transferred Yang Zhao to be the governor of Yaozhou and the governor of Jiannan Jiedu last year, Li Heng understood that his father wanted to use Yang Zhao to solve the problem of Nanzhao, he was really a little worried, did Yang Zhao have this ability?

At this time, a guard came in and said, "Your Highness, Anxi Zhonglang will ask Li Qing'an to see you!" ”

Li Heng was overjoyed, "Hurry up and announce him in." ”

Li Qing'an just came back to see himself, which shows his loyalty to himself, so far, Li Heng is still quite satisfied with Qing'an, young and promising, and has made great achievements, especially in this Longyou campaign, he has been in a high position has been pointed out, this person will become his right-hand man sooner or later.

After a while, Li Qing'an walked in, he half-knelt and saluted: "See His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"General Li, please get up quickly, your injuries have not healed, so you don't need to be polite."

Li Heng hurriedly helped Li Qing'an up, looked him up and down, and said with a smile: "It's a lot haggard, you performed really well in this Longyou Battle." ”

Li Qing'an sat down, he looked at Li Heng and said with a smile: "Your Highness's complexion is much better, and he is full of energy." ”

"I recuperated well last year, and I got up early every day to practice swords, and my body slowly improved."

The two exchanged a few words, and a palace lady stepped forward with two bowls of ginseng tea, and Li Heng picked up a bowl and said with a smile: "Come!" You also drink a bowl, this is the high-grade ginseng that Silla tribute, and I will order someone to send you a little bit later, so that you can take care of your body. ”

"Thank you for your concern."

Li Qingan picked up the bowl and sucked it slowly, but out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the secretary Lang who was sitting in the corner, Li Heng understood, so he gave Li Jingzhong a look, Li Jingzhong immediately went out and brought a bowl of ginseng tea, stepped forward and handed it to the secretary Lang and said: "Mr. Wang, please use ginseng tea!" ”

The secretary Lang Zheng picked up the pen and wrote: 'Anxi Li Qing'an visited the prince and cared about the prince's body,' and suddenly saw a cup of ginseng tea delivered, he quickly got up and thanked: "Don't dare!" Can't! Grandpa Li was too polite. ”

He stretched out his hand to take it, but the ginseng tea was too hot, his hand trembled, and it happened that Li Jingzhong let go, "Bang! With a bang, the ginseng tea turned over, soaking the entire table, and the secretary Lang was so frightened that he shouted again and again: "Weichen should die!" Damn it! ”

"Hurry up and clean up, don't ruin the manuscript."

Li Jingzhong hurriedly beckoned to a few eunuchs, "Damn it, why don't you come over and help, carry the table out and clean it up!" ”

Several eunuchs immediately stepped forward and carried the table out, and the secretary Lang remembered his manuscript and couldn't care about listening to the short statements of the prince and Li Qing'an, and followed out.

At this time, only Li Heng and Li Qing'an were left in the study, Li Qing'an took out the invitation card given to him by King Qing from his arms, put it on the table and said: "This is the invitation sent by Li Li just now, saying that it was written by King Qing himself, and invited the minister to go to King Qing's mansion for a banquet. ”

Li Heng opened it and looked at it, he immediately understood what Li Cong meant, and couldn't help but snort, with ill intentions, he smiled at Li Qingan and said: "You did a good job, but you don't have to be so cautious and careful in the future, even if you go to the banquet, I know what you are, and I believe in you." ”

As he spoke, he quickly wrote down an address again, handed it to Li Qing'an, and said: "Knocking over the teacup can only be done by chance, it is inconvenient for the East Palace to speak, and there will be secret things in the future, but go to this address, the gold medal I gave you is a token, and the people there will naturally transfer the letter to me." ”

"My subordinates understood."

Li Qing'an put away the letter, and Li Heng said to him again: "At noon today, the Holy Lord and several Xiangguo held a formal meeting on the reward of the Longyou Army, and I also participated, I might as well reveal it to you first, you may have to leave Anxi." ”

"What!" Li Qingan was taken aback, and he hurriedly asked, "I don't know where I was resealed?" ”

Li Heng smiled slightly, "You don't have to worry, the court meeting will be officially held early the day after tomorrow, and the court will officially announce it when the time comes, I think you will be satisfied." ”

At this time, Secretary Wang Lang hurriedly walked in, holding a stack of manuscripts in his hand, followed by several eunuchs carrying tables, and he bowed to Li Heng and apologized.

Li Heng smiled and said to Li Qing'an: "General Li, just now you said that there are few Han people in Anxi, transportation is difficult, and the management of the imperial court is inconvenient, I have written them down, and I will go and talk to the saint about your thoughts, okay!" General Li, I know that you are injured, so I will not leave you, you go! ”

"Retire!"

Li Qing'an gave a salute and slowly retreated, Wang Secretary Lang sat down, and immediately wrote with a pen: 'Anxi Li Qing'an visited the prince, and the two sides talked about Anxi affairs, Anxi Han people are few, transportation is difficult, etc., the conversation is brief, and then retreated. ’

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Since Yang Zhao was dissatisfied with Li Longji at the welcome ceremony that day, Yang Zhao has been silent in the past few days, and he has not dared to say more about Longyou in the court.

Yang Zhao is now serving as the governor of Jiannan Jiedu and the governor of Yaozhou, but at the end of last year, Guo Xu, the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu, was transferred to the capital of Annan Metropolitan Protector and has gone to Jiaozhou to take office.

In the past two days, his mind is also on this matter, he returned to Beijing this time to report on his work, just to implement the post of Jiannan Jiedu envoy, Longyou's victory is not important to him, at least not in the moment.

At this moment, he was discussing with his staff member Ling Hufei in the mansion about the possible surname of Jiannan.

"Envoy, Jiannan's matter is nothing more than Tubo Nanzhao, the battle of Longyou Tubo was defeated, and they were at a disadvantage in the battle situation in Hehuang, they should have no time to attack Jiannan, so they belong to the think, Jiannan's top priority lies in Nanzhao, especially last year's Nanzhao changed the king, the new king was ambitious, so that the saint worried, so Guo Xu has been transferred to protect Annan, which shows that the saint transferred the king to Bashu, the purpose is also this, so that the envoy can make achievements in the affairs of Nanzhao, and lay the foundation for the future worship of the prime minister, as for the Jiannan Jiedu envoy, the subordinates think that it is already in the bag of the envoy."

Yang Zhao nodded, "Mr. is very right, but it is not easy to deal with the affairs of Nanzhao, where should I start?" Tomorrow the Holy One will ask me about this, how should I deal with it? ”

Linghu Fei smiled and said: "Envoy, dealing with foreign races has been four words since ancient times, 'grace and power are combined,'

If you are obedient, you will give a little sweetness, and if you are disobedient, you will knock it well, as long as you make Jun Ming say these four words to the saint, the post of Jiannan Jiedu envoy will be the only one. ”

"I understand, I'll say this to the saint."

At this time, a report from a guard came from outside the door, "Envoy, Jingzhao Mansion Shaoyin Xian Yu Shuming has something important to see." ”

Xian Yu Shuming is the second son of Xian Yu Jian of the Bashu Hao family, when Yang Zhao was down, his brother Xian Yu Zhongtong had a great kindness to Yang Zhao, and now Yang Zhao is developed, so he promoted Xian Yu Zhongtong to participate in the military for the Jiannan Jiedu Mansion and became his confidant.

Yang Zhao was slightly stunned, what important thing would Xian Yu Shuming do to find himself? He immediately ordered, "Let him in!" ”

Ling Hufei hurriedly said: "That subordinate avoids it." ”

"Nope! Sir, you may be seated. ”

In the past two days, things in the DPRK and China have been very strange, and Yang Zhao has not dared to be careless.

After a while, Xian Yu Shuming hurriedly walked in, this was a purple-faced middle-aged man, born in the Ming Jing Kejin Scholar, and he was tired of becoming a young Yin of Jingzhao Mansion.

When he entered the door, he bowed his hand to Yang Zhao and smiled: "Disturb Yang Envoy." ”

"Where! Where! Xian Yu Shaoyin, I can't even invite you, come! Hurry up, please take a seat. ”

Xian Yu Shuming sat down and glanced at Ling Hufei, Yang Zhao smiled: "Mr. Ling Hu is my confidant, Shao Yin is okay to talk about it." ”

Xian Yu Shuming was helpless, so he had to say: "I have a friend who entrusts me with a matter and wants to ask Yang Yuanjun to do a favor, if the matter is successful, he is willing to give a thank you gift of 10,000 yuan, as well as a thousand acres of Shangtian in Guanzhong." ”

Yang Zhao's eyes lit up, ten thousand, he almost didn't laugh out loud, Ling Hu Fei hurriedly glanced at him, Yang Zhao woke up, and said with a dry laugh: "You tell me first, who wants to ask me for help?" What's up? ”

"It's Dong Yanguang, he wants to ask the envoy to intercede with the saint and exempt him from the sin of Longyou this time."

Yang Zhao was startled, and he hurriedly waved his hand, "No!" No! I can't help with that. ”

Li Longji glared at him that day, he still can't forget it, although the 10,000 yuan made him covet, but now when he saw that he was going to be promoted to the sword south jiedu envoy, he didn't want to make any more extraneous branches, which was more important, he still had a clear distinction on this point.

Xian Yu Shuming saw that Yang Zhao clearly refused, and his eyes couldn't help showing disappointment, he and Dong Yanguang are old friends, and the relationship between the two is very good, today Dong Yanguang came to ask him to pull the strings, and he accepted it in one bite, but Yang Zhao refused, how can he reply to Dong Yanguang now?

Xian Yu Shuming sighed, and was about to get up to say goodbye, but Ling Hufei next to him smiled and said: "Xian Yu Shaoyin, what my family envoy means is to let him think about this matter and give you an answer early tomorrow morning." ”

Yang Zhao was stunned for a moment, he looked back at Ling Hufei, and saw that there was a hint of weirdness in his smile, so he said in passing: "That's what I mean, the stakes are very high, I have to think about it." ”

Xian Yu Shuming was overjoyed, he was afraid that Yang Zhao would regret it, so he hurriedly got up and said, "Okay, I'll come back tomorrow morning to hear the good news." ”

Xian Yu Shuming left, Yang Zhao's face sank, and he asked Linghu Fei: "Doesn't Mr. know about Longyou, can't I ask anymore?" Why give him a little more leeway? ”

"Don't worry, of course I know which is more important, I'm thinking about how to turn this matter into a favor for you."

Yang Zhao was stunned, he realized that Ling Hufei meant this, and couldn't help but say: "I had a bad breath just now, please don't blame Mr.!" ”

"I won't take it to heart!"

Ling Hufei smiled and waved his hand, and suddenly lowered his voice and said: "Envoy, that day, because Li Qingan did not participate in the celebration, the saint reprimanded the envoy, which shows that the saint's determination to punish Dong Yanguang has been decided, this is not only his explanation to the Anxi army, but also to buy Ge Shuhan's heart, tomorrow morning, the envoy might as well pretend to agree, let Dong Yanguang send the money, and then, make the king report to the saint again, and show his determination to punish Dong Yanguang with great righteousness, I think in this way, the saint will think that the envoy is a non-favoritism, The person who rewards and punishes clearly not only washes the loss of points in the matter of Longyou, but also makes the possibility of the king serving as the envoy of the Jiannan Festival greater. ”

Yang Zhao nodded slowly, and he said to himself: "No poison, no husband, ask for the surname Yang Xuan to collect this money, as long as it is unfavorable to Li Qingan, he will enthusiastically do it." ”

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(To be continued)