readx; When Li Qingan saw Pei Kuan again, he couldn't help but be surprised by how much he had changed, Pei Kuan was tall and burly, although he was old, he was not too old, and he walked with a lively pace, but Pei Kuan at this time was thin and small, almost unrecognizable. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Li Qing'an sighed secretly, he could also see that Pei Kuan's time was running out, so he hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, "Li Qing'an see Pei Ge Lao!" ”

Pei Kuan met Li Qing'an in his Buddhist hall, he sat on a wide soft chair, surrounded by dozens of grandchildren, Pei Kuan values his grandchildren very much, these children and grandchildren will be the pillars of the Pei family's prosperity, Mingzhu is also among the descendants of the Pei family, beside her, Li Qing'an saw Pei Wan'er, the girl in the green dress just now, she smiled lightly at Li Qing'an, and lowered her head.

Although Pei Kuan's body was extremely weak, his mind was still clear, with a kind of kindness and wisdom unique to an old man on his face, he waved his hand at Li Qing'an, and smiled faintly: "It's General Li who is here, please sit down!" ”

Pei Yu took a pomp and put it down, and said in a low voice: "General, please take a seat!" ”

"Then thank you Pei Ge for being old."

Li Qingan sat down and said with a smile: "The elder of the pavilion is seventy-five years old, and I have come to make a birthday for the elder of the pavilion, and I will do my best to do my best." ”

"How many Han Chinese are there in Anxi?" Pei Kuan didn't seem to hear Li Qing'an's words, and his words had nothing to do with what Li Qing'an meant just now.

Li Qingan smiled and followed his words: "There are 295,400 households, and we are ready to move another 50,000 households this year, and we have already started to do it." ”

"I remember saying to the Holy Lord in the twenty-fourth year of Kaiyuan that if you want to control it for a long time, the best way is to relocate the Han people to ensure the supply of soldiers.

Pei Kuan sighed, turned back to his grandchildren and said: "Have you seen it, General Li is not a few years older than you, and he can open up territory for my Tang Dynasty and lead hundreds of thousands of troops, you should take him as an example, and my Pei family can really prosper." ”

．．．．．．．． In the drizzle, Li Qing'an's carriage drove into Tongyifang and slowly stopped in front of a large mansion, which was the mansion of Lu Huan, the right man of Shangshu.

According to the division of labor of Pei Kuan's birthday ceremony planning group, Li Qingan took the initiative to take over the task of sending invitations to senior officials above the third grade in Chang'an, Pei Yu was his assistant, in fact, the number was not much, there were forty or fifty people, but not every Li Qingan had to send it in person, and some people he sent Pei Yu to send it, and attached a copy of his name post, which was even his face.

But some people Li Qingan wanted to come to the door in person, such as the Lu family, although Shangshu Youcheng was only the fourth grade, Li Qingan still came to the door in person.

The Lu family is the wang family of Fanyang, Hebei, and one of the seven famous families in the early Tang Dynasty, Shangshu right Cheng Lu Huan is not Li Qing'an in Yangzhou when he met Yangzhou Taishou Lu Huan, this Lu Huan is the eldest son of Lu Huaishen in the early years of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Tianbao was once the Taishou of Shaanzhou, transferred back to the imperial court last year, and served as the post of Shangshu Youcheng, although the rank of Shangshu Youcheng is not very high, but the power is very great, Zuo Cheng is responsible for the officials, households, and rites, and the right Cheng is responsible for the soldiers, criminals, and workers. Fang went down to the nine temples and five supervisors and other specific executive departments to implement.

Because Shangshu Zuo Cheng Cui Qiao defected to Li Longji, Zuo Cheng's authority was temporarily performed by Lu Huan, the relationship between the Lu family and the Dugu family and the Pei family was very good, and Pei Min's wife was Lu Han's sister, so Li Qing'an's arrival was courteously received by the Lu family.

It is also a coincidence, Lu Huan's brother, Lu Yi in the imperial history is also at his brother's house, he brought his wife and children to his brother's house as a guest, heard that Li Qing'an arrived, Lu Huan ordered his family to open the door to greet him, in order to show his sincerity, this is the first time in several years that the Lu family has opened the door, and the Lu brothers have come out of the gate together.

"His Royal Highness King Zhao came to the Humble House in person, making the Humble House shine, and the Lu family welcomed it!"

Li Qingan arched his hand and smiled: "It came abruptly, I didn't notify you in advance, and I disturbed the rest of the two." ”

"Where! Where! I can't invite such a distinguished guest as His Royal Highness King Zhao, so what bother me to talk about. ”

The two brothers hurriedly invited Li Qing'an to enter the door, Li Qing'an followed them into the door, and as soon as they entered the door, suddenly a young man came forward from behind the door and bowed, "Boy, please ask the general!" ”

Lu Yi's face sank, and he shouted: "Qi'er must not be rude!" ”

Li Qing'an saw the appearance of the young man in front of him clearly, but he was twelve or thirteen years old, but he had long chicken breasts and hunchback, a blue face and a ghost appearance, and his appearance was extremely ugly.

Lu Yi hurriedly apologized and said: "This is the dog Lu Qi, the tutor is not strict, and it is rude." ”

He shouted again, "Don't go back yet!" ”

Li Qing'an knew that although Lu Qi was later called the Annihilation Minister, all those who annihilated the great evil would also have something extraordinary, so he smiled slightly: "Okay, just ask if the virtuous nephew has something." ”

Although Lu Qi was young, he was diligent and studious, well-read at home, and recently suddenly became interested in Anxi, and has been studying the strategic topography of Anxi, but unfortunately he could not go to check it in person, and just heard that Li Qing'an was coming, so he had the courage to ask.

When he saw that Li Qing'an allowed him to ask, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "The kid saw the map of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty a few days ago, saying that Gaochang is rich in grain, and it can be used for the entire army of Anxi, but I saw Gaochang in other books that it was hot and windy, so I wondered, where does the water source for irrigating farmland come from in such a hot place?" How can food be abundant without water? ”

Li Qing'an saw that he was very interested in Anxi, and couldn't help liking it, so he smiled and said: "Since the study of geography, the most important thing is to conduct field surveys, even if the road is far away and cannot go, then you should ask the local businessmen in Gaochang, you can get first-hand detailed information, although Gaochang is hot, the water evaporates quickly, but the underground is not hot, plus there is Bogda Mountain in the north of Gaochang, and there is Karawucheng Mountain in the west, whenever a large amount of snowmelt and rainwater flows to the basin in summer, infiltrates into the Gobi, and merges into an undercurrent, so the local wells and canals are dug and criss-crossed, about thousands of miles long, Even in the hot summer, there is a murmuring of clear water, water and plenty of sunshine and fertile land, so Gaochang is a place where Anxi is rich in grain, now, you understand! ”

Lu Qi slapped his head, and then suddenly realized: "It turned out to be a well canal, and there are also in Guanzhong, why didn't I think of it?" ”

He saw that Li Qing'an was tall and mighty, and he couldn't help but feel inferior in his heart, so he gave Li Qing'an a deep salute and said gloomily: "The general is high and powerful, but he is broad-minded, and he doesn't think the kid is ugly. ”

Li Qingan nodded and said: "The male husband should be proud of his achievements and serve the country, you don't have to consider your appearance, if you have great ambitions, you can go to Anxi, travel thousands of miles, read thousands of books, you come back after walking around, you will no longer be arrogant." ”

Lu Qi's heart was excited, and his eyes also showed a look of yearning, Anxi, he must take a look.

Seeing Li Qing'an's few words, the Lu brothers aroused the lofty ambition of the Lu family, a young man who had always been inferior and silent, and both of them couldn't help but be secretly moved in their hearts.

Lu Huan hurriedly said: "General, please come to the study for a while." ”

Li Qing'an smiled and nodded to Lu Qi, and then followed the Lu brothers, Lu Qi looked at Li Qing'an's back, and suddenly blurted out: "Men should learn from Li Qing'an, ride a horse and bring a sword into the Tianshan Mountain!" ”

After saying that, he resolutely turned around and left.

．．．．．．．． In the study, the Lu brothers and Li Qingan sat down separately, and a maid served them tea, Li Qingan took out Pei Kuan's birthday invitation, handed them the two brothers, and apologized to Lu Yi: "I didn't expect Lu Zhongcheng to be here today, and Lu Zhongcheng's invitation card is also there, I will send someone to the door tomorrow and invite the two of them to Pei's house with their wives and children." ”

Lu Huan looked at the invitation, it was the invitation for Pei Kuan's seventy-fifth birthday, but what attracted him was the inviter under the invitation, with the names of the seven core figures of the Pei family written below, and Li Qingan was actually among the seven, ranking second after Pei Zunqing and before Pei Min, he couldn't help but be frightened, what does this mean?

His sister is Pei Min's wife, of course he knows the relationship between Li Qingan and the Pei family, Li Qing'an participated in the preparation of Pei Kuan's birthday ceremony, this is not impossible, and it is completely reasonable from the perspective of human feelings, but things can't be thought of so simply, I don't know how many people this invitation will be given to, everyone will see the names of these seven people, this is actually to show the world that Li Qingan and the Pei family are officially allied.

He slowly handed the invitation to his brother, thinking about the impact of this incident on the Lu family, in fact, Cui, Pei, Wei, Lu, and Zhang, these famous families all have marriages with each other, although the Cui and Pei families have a competitive trend, but they are not incompatible, everyone is an emperor, under the same roof, there is harmony in the competition, there is a marriage between the two families.

But now the situation has changed greatly, the Tang Dynasty has a situation of the two emperors of the north and the south, to a certain extent, the two emperors of the north and the south have also torn the relationship between the family, not only that, Li Qing'an, An Lushan and King Wu, King Jing These local forces have signs of separating the towns and towns, and the Tang Dynasty is facing a chaos that has never been seen in the past hundred years since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Of course, Lu Huan also knew that Li Qing'an came to the door in person, not as simple as sending invitations, he was actually wooing the Lu family, Lu Huan belonged to Li Linfu's Xiangguo Party in the factional struggle that year, after Li Linfu's death, the Xiangguo Party was dissolved, some people took refuge in Wang Heng, and some people belonged to the centrists, and the Lu family belonged to one of the centrists, and was the key object of competition among various factions, and now Li Qingan also came to woo them.

At this time, Lu Yi also finished reading the invitation, he and the eldest brother exchanged a look, the two needed to discuss, Lu Huan smiled and said: "Thank you His Royal Highness King Zhao for coming to send the invitation in person, I have received this favor, we will definitely go to Pei Ge Lao's birthday on time, in addition, I still have something I want to discuss with His Royal Highness." ”

"Lu Youcheng, please speak!"

"That's the case, Cui Qiao abandoned Zuo Cheng and went to Chengdu, the seat has been empty for half a month, everything he left behind is handled by me, the day before yesterday Pei Xiangguo found me, ready to appoint me as Zuo Cheng, and asked me if I had a suitable candidate, recommended as the right Cheng, I recommended Wang Wei, the brother of Wang Jin, the servant of the Criminal Department, as the right Cheng, but Wang Zuoxiang was resolutely opposed, so I hope His Royal Highness can support my recommendation."

Li Qing'an was slightly stunned, and then asked: "But that Wang Maha who wrote down every festival at the age of seventeen?" ”

"That's the man!"

"But isn't he living in seclusion in Lantian? Is he willing to come out as an official? ”

Lu Huan smiled and said: "That is, His Royal Highness doesn't understand Wang Maha, he can only be said to be half-hidden and half-official now, he also holds the position of the ministry of the door, because of the bad relationship with Wang Zuoxiang, so he lives in seclusion in Lantian, he and I are close friends, a few days ago I wrote a letter to ask me to help him transfer out of the province, it can be seen that his heart is still there, although this person is famous for writing poetry, but when he was young, he had great ambitions and good ability, I hope His Royal Highness can give him a chance." ”

Li Qingan nodded and said, "I will discuss this matter with Pei Xiangguo, and if he agrees, I will fully support it." ”

Li Qingan was about to go elsewhere to deliver invitations, so he got up and said with a smile: "Okay, I won't bother Kunzhong, I'll leave first, and I'll visit you next time." ”

The Lu brothers hurriedly stood up and said, "Your Highness personally came to deliver the invitation, we are grateful, and we will definitely attend Elder Pei Ge's birthday on time." ”

They sent Li Qing'an out of the door, and the two went back to the study and closed the door, at which time Lu Huan said to his brother: "You should understand Li Qing'an's true intention of sending us an invitation!" ”

Lu Yi nodded, "His intention is obvious, that is, to win over our Lu family." ”

Lu Huan sighed slightly: "Li Qingan has always been a strong warlord, there are many people who are afraid of him, and few people who respect him, but looking at what he has done in the past two years, it is not simple!" Issued Anxi silver dollars, controlled the coins of the Tang Dynasty, and privately helped the low-level officials, bought people's hearts, and then sent troops to Guanzhong, defeated An Lushan, and even ascended to the position of the right minister with a strong posture of entering the city to kill people, in fact, I also understand his intentions, he is the king of Zhao, after the prince is built, he should also want to complete the unfinished business of the ancestors! ”

"What does the eldest brother mean is that he also wants to ascend the throne?"

Lu Huan nodded silently and said: "Although he has been hiding his ambitions, I think many people still see it, including the Pei family, you see how much the Pei family bets on him, if it is just an ordinary magnatate, with the power background of the Pei family, may he slap him like this?" ”

Lu Yi heard his brother use the slightly derogatory words of 'ambition and stuttering', and couldn't help but be a little worried: "Doesn't the eldest brother want to take refuge in him?" ”

"What do you say? I'd like to hear your opinion first? ”

Lu Yi pondered for a while and said: "Actually, I had a general feeling about Li Qing'an at the beginning, and I always felt that he was just a martial artist, but since Anxi launched the slave restriction order and the field restriction order, I feel that this person is not simple, especially the slave restriction order, which is also what I advocate, he has done it very thoroughly in Anxi, including himself, I heard that there is not a single slave in his house, only more than 30 domestic servants, and he pays monthly money every month, just by virtue of this, I admire him very much, especially today, he is lenient to Qi'er, it is by no means deliberately pretentious in front of us, It is a kind of sincerity from the heart, to be honest, I am willing to take refuge in him and support his upward efforts. ”

Lu Huan smiled slightly: "Actually, I also support him, but we can't be in a hurry, we can't just because he visits him once, it's too easy to get, he won't cherish it, I need him to show sincerity, I want to know, if my Lu family supports him, what benefits will I get?" ”

(To be continued)