readx; "Dang!" A dull bell rang, the Danfeng Gate of the Daming Palace slowly opened, hundreds of officials who arrived early poured in like a tide, the Hanyuan Hall where the Great Dynasty was held today has not yet been opened, most of the officials gathered in the Danfeng Gate Square to talk about it in twos and threes, this has formed an early dynasty culture, is an important way of communication outside the courtiers' palace, which is of great benefit to communicate consensus, eliminate differences and find political resources, although Li Longji has not been on the early dynasty for a long time, but the tradition is still difficult to disappear, A large number of officials arrived early. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yang Guozhong also arrived at Danfengmen Square very early, he went to Ge Shuhan's house first, but learned that Ge Shuhan had left, he hurried to Daming Palace, Daming Palace Square courtiers in groups of three or five, each whispering about something, Yang Guozhong looked around, and finally found Ge Shuhan near Longwei Road, he was talking about the lack of military spending with Sun Qiyi, the general of the Left Guard, and Wang Sizhong, the general of the Right Guard.

"In the final analysis, the imperial court does not pay enough attention to our border army, especially the upper class of the family and the royal nobles despise the army, they respect the literature and depreciate the military, saying that those who work hard govern people, and those who work hard govern people, which is clearly belittling the soldiers, and it is just to look down on them, and they also make more difficulties in food, money, and materials, and every time I have to urge them several times, only to barely allocate a little, don't they know that there are no soldiers who fight bloodily, and if the Tubo people enter Beijing, they will be the first to be unlucky?"

Ge Shuhan's voice was very loud, he was actually talking to a few household officials next to him, these many Beijing officials were complaining that the imperial court paid too much money and grain to the border army, so that it affected their rice and annual salary, Ge Shuhan was angry in his heart, the food of the Longyou army was not enough to eat at all, and he had to rely on his own army to solve the problem of military rations. In essence, the imperial court did not want to bear the military expenses, and Ge Shuhan was full of resentment for this, just like Gao Lishi said, the civilian officials complained that the border army took away all the money and grain, so that their income was halved and their lives were difficult, while the border army complained about the lack of military spending and complained that the civilian officials despised them, which formed a dead knot of civil and military lightness, and in the final analysis, it was the reason for the reduction of the imperial court's taxes.

Ge Shuhan's slightly extreme duties aroused the displeasure of several household officials, who snorted heavily and walked away.

"Brother Shu is handsome!"

Yang Guozhong shouted from afar, and walked towards him quickly, and the two generals who were talking to Ge Shuhan next to him saw Yang Guozhong coming, and they all left with interest, Yang Guozhong stepped forward and said with a smile: "General Geshu, I went to your house early in the morning, but I learned that you were gone, so I chased me so hard." ”

To be precise, the relationship between Ge Shuhan and Yang Guozhong is not bad, he belongs to the Conglong faction, and he is also Li Longji's descendant, in several factions of the imperial court, Ge Shuhan is not touched, and has always been deeply trusted by Li Longji, so he can serve as the envoy of the Longyou Festival closest to Chang'an, although the relationship with Yang Guozhong is not bad, but it is not much better, the key is Ge Shuhan's political enemies, the An brothers are Yang Guozhong's supporters, the two sides are very close, the relationship is close, which makes Ge Shuhan unhappy, The relationship with Yang Guozhong also invisibly maintained a distance.

Ge Shuhan has been in Beijing for more than a month, and he has never spoken to Yang Guozhong alone, and now Yang Guozhong suddenly found him, and kept saying that he went to his house, Ge Shuhan's heart couldn't help but have a trace of doubt, what did Yang Guozhong do with him?

"Isn't Yang Shangshu going to invite me to drink?"

Ge Shuhan used his unique laughter to express his inner openness, and his close relationship with Yang Guozhong, this laughter is mostly similar to a kind of diplomatic rhetoric, gorgeous and impractical, neither deterrent nor can have an impact on the parties on both sides, but can only play a small role on the bystanders, making people believe that they have a close relationship, like a gorgeous shield, covering up all kinds of cosmetic dissociation between Ge Shuhan and Yang Guozhong.

However, Ge Shuhan's laughter still played a role as a little lubricant, which made Yang Guozhong relax a little nervous, how should he talk to Ge Shuhan about the matter of the county king? In fact, Yang Guozhong has already comprehended the spirit of Li Longji's instructions, that is, to provoke the relationship between Ge Shuhan and Li Qing'an, and not let the two get too close, just imagine, the two major festivals in charge of Anxi Court and Longyou Hexi join forces, and half of the Tang Dynasty will be in an extreme danger, no matter what, Li Qing'an and Ge Shuhan can't be too close, so that even if Li Qing'an really rebels, he can't come to Longyou and Guanzhong through Hexi, in addition, letting subordinates discord is also an art of leadership, Appropriately mixing a little sand into the alliance between the two major knots to make the upcoming two-front battle also something that Li Longji is willing to do.

Li Longji means that it is appropriate to add a little contradiction between Li Qingan and Ge Shuhan, but it can't be too much, but the executor is Yang Guozhong, how to implement the spirit of Li Longji, this spoon is in the hands of Yang Guozhong, if Li Longji is the maker of the recipe, then Yang Guozhong is the chef in charge, the same dragon and tiger dish, in the hands of different chefs, the taste will be completely different, Yang Guozhong, the chef, has a heavy taste, he feels that it is necessary to add more salt in the dish of the relationship between Li Qingan and Ge Shuhan, Moreover, it is necessary to add more spicy flavor to provoke the contradiction between Li Qingan and Ge Shuhan to the greatest extent, so as to conform to his interests Yang Guozhong.

"Dashuai, please take a step here, and the Holy Lord will let me bring a message to Dashuai."

The smile on Ge Shuhan's face disappeared, is there anything that the Holy Lord can't say directly to himself? I have to let this Yang Guozhong speak, Yang Guozhong hasn't opened his mouth yet, Ge Shuhan is a little uncomfortable in his heart, he and Yang Guozhong are important ministers at the same level, let Yang Guozhong bring the words to Yang Guozhong invisibly mentioned Yang Guozhong on his head, he didn't move, and said with a cold face: "If Yang Shangshu has anything to say, just say it!" My brother Shuhan doesn't like to do sneaky things. ”

His lukewarm attitude made Yang Guozhong hit a nail, Yang Guozhong's face was a little embarrassed, he laughed dryly and said: "It's about canonizing the county king, the saint wants me to tell the marshal." ”

He wanted to speak and stopped, or wanted to attract Ge Shuhan's attention, Ge Shuhan's eyes slowly narrowed, this is indeed something he is very concerned about, before, he has heard that he will be named the king of Xiping County, this county king he has been looking forward to for a long time, An Lushan was sealed two years ago, and he has not heard for a long time, he is most unconvinced is An Lushan, using the Khitan people to play with power, when the court wants to mobilize him, he let the Khitan rebel, the last time the court wanted to transfer him to Beijing, he provoked the Khitan and Xi to rebel, and killed the two princesses of the Tang Dynasty, and then he came out to suppress the Khitan, so that the imperial court's plan to transfer him to Beijing failed, and also made the saint believe that he could not suppress the Khitan, in fact, this person is mediocre and incompetent, and has no outstanding talent, let alone any immortal military achievements, this kind of person was actually named the king of Dongping County, it can be seen that God has no eyes, Ge Shuhan has been dissatisfied with An Lushan for a long time, and this time he can finally have the opportunity to be crowned the king of the county, which can make him breathe a sigh of relief, but Yang Guozhong with a regretful tone made Ge Shuhan's heart hang again.

"What did the Holy One tell you to bring? Are you not going to be crowned the king of the county today? ”

"Nope! The king of the county still wants to be canonized today, but the saint said that it is not appropriate to seal three people at a time, so he is only going to canonize two people. ”

"Which two, Li Qingan and Gao Xianzhi?"

Ge Shuhan's face was already difficult to hide the displeasure in his heart, he understood what Yang Guozhong meant, that is, the king of the county did not have his share, and his brother Shuhan was not qualified, it was as simple as that, anger burned in Ge Shuhan's heart, he was dissatisfied and dissatisfied, his brother Shuhan was fighting against Tubo, that was the first rival of the Tang Dynasty, not the barbaric and backward Khitans, nor the Nanzhao of a small country and widows, he seized Shibao City from the Tubo people, which was something that even Wang Zhonghei thought could not do, but he did it, but such a great achievement, In the end, when assessing the king of the county, he didn't have his share, and he kept saying that he was a saint's descendant, could this be the fate of the descendant!

The anger in Ge Shuhan's chest became more and more intense, and the Yang Guozhong in front of him, who climbed up by nepotism, made him extremely disgusted, and the kind of smugness in Yang Guozhong's eyes reminded him of An Lushan's smug mockery, and he wanted to punch Yang Guozhong's face.

"My brother Shu Han's merits are low, how can he be qualified to be the king of the county, he is out of company!"

Ge Shuhan snorted angrily, turned around and left, Yang Guozhong looked at his back and smiled proudly, what he wanted was this effect, which made Ge Shuhan angry, so that he and Li Qingan were incompatible, as for Li Longji, he asked him to make it clear to Ge Shuhan, after the two-front battle this autumn....... Li Qing'an arrived at the Daming Palace neither early nor late, the carriage could not enter the palace gate, and he would wait outside the palace gate with his personal guards, he got off the carriage and strode into the Danfeng Gate.

Li Qingan looked around, wanting to look for Li Linfu, but after looking around, he didn't see Li Linfu's shadow, could it be that he hadn't come yet? He walked quickly to the front of Danfeng Gate, and a Jinwu Weilang general saw him coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Is there anything wrong with the general?" ”

"Is Lee Sang-kook here?"

"Sangkook has arrived, and I saw him just now."

"I see him!" Li Qingan saw Li Linfu from a distance, standing and chatting with several courtiers.

He walked up quickly, and suddenly a figure flashed, and Geshuhan passed in front of him.

"Brother Geshu!" , Li Qingan called him with a smile, he wanted to thank Ge Shuhan for the carriage, it was very comfortable, but Ge Shuhan glanced back at him, smiled reluctantly, and walked outside the palace gate, without even saying hello.

Li Qingan was stunned, Ge Shuhan shouldn't have this attitude towards himself! Last night he still begged himself, in order to make himself cooperate with him in the battle, he even gave him the carriage, but now what happened? There was a clear resentment and dissatisfaction in those eyes, what the hell was going on?

"General Lee!" Li Linfu saw him and called him.

Li Qingan turned around blankly, he suddenly turned back to look at Ge Shuhan, Ge Shuhan had already walked out of the Danfeng Gate, Li Qingan walked in front of Li Linfu with doubts, bowed down and saluted: "See Xiangguo!" ”

"General Li, what's the matter with General Geshu?"

Li Linfu also discovered Ge Shuhan's abnormality, and he was also a little surprised in his heart, Ge Shuhan seemed to be stimulated by something?

Li Qingan shook his head, "I don't know, I was fine last night, how did it suddenly become like this?" ”

"I seem to have seen what Yang Shangshu and Ge Shu said just now? Ge Shu seemed to be angry. An officer next to him added cautiously.

"Yang Guozhong?"

Li Linfu knew that Li Longji had suddenly summoned Yang Guozhong last night, he pondered for a moment, and said to himself: "Could it be the canonization of the county king?" ”

Li Qingan was also stunned, "Xiangguo means that Ge Shuhan's canonization of the county king has made waves?" ”

"That's how it should be! Otherwise, Ge Shuhan would not have lost his temper like this, but what does the Holy One mean by doing this? ”

Li Linfu glanced at Li Qing'an, thoughtful.

Li Qingxin also understood a little, but he suppressed the matter and said to Li Linfu: "Xiangguo, there is something, I want to ask Xiangguo for help!" ”

"Come on! Let's talk here. ”

Li Linfu took Li Qingan to a secluded place on the side and said, "Say it!" What's up? ”

"I just got the news that Mansur, the envoy of the prince of Da Shi, has arrived in Xianyang, and it is estimated that he will enter Chang'an this afternoon, if I guess correctly, he came to Chang'an to exchange for prisoners of war for Da Shi."

"And how many prisoners of war do you have?"

"About 22,000 people, these prisoners of war I plan to use to open mines for me, the big cannibal knows that I want to leave in my hands, so he ran to Chang'an, this Mansur is no more than ordinary people, he is very likely to be the next Great Food Caliph, I hope Xiangguo will persuade the Holy Lord for me to let me be fully responsible for the negotiation with the Great Food."

"I'm afraid it's not realistic to let you be fully responsible, if you are in Anxi, this is no problem, but now in Chang'an, the final decision is still in the hands of the saint, and you will not be the only one to negotiate with him, but I can promise you to let you participate in the negotiations, and I will prevent Yang Guozhong from participating in this matter."

Li Qing'an also knew that since Mansur had come to Chang'an, many factors were not his own control, and it was not for him to be in charge of the disposal of prisoners of war, it would be Li Longji who would make the decision, so he nodded, "Thank you Xiangguo for your support!" ”

At this moment, there was a thick bell from Hanyuan Palace, and when the time of the last dynasty came, the civil and military officials on Danfengmen Square gathered in front of Longwei Road and lined up in two long lines.

Li Linfu patted Li Qing'an's shoulder and said with a smile: "The court meeting has begun, let's go over!" ”

．．．．．．． Today's official presiding over the court meeting is the young eunuch Cui Ping in the palace, that is, the nephew of Cui Qiao who invited Li Qingan to dinner, after the Yangzhou salt case, he was promoted to Sizhou Taishou, did three years of Taishou, and was transferred back to Chang'an in November last year to be a young eunuch in the palace, although in terms of rank, he also lowered by half a level, but the power of the Beijing official is far more than that of the magistrate, and he has been an official in the local government for four years, and he also made a sum of money, bought a mansion covering an area of ten acres in the capital, and married a concubine, bought more than a dozen maids, and can be regarded as an official.

And Cui Ping's appointment as the young eunuch in the palace is also a temporary move, in April this year, the Ministry of Labor's left waiter Lang Luo Chengxuan is about to retire, at that time, Cui Ping will take over the post of the Ministry of Labor's left waiter, officially entered the ranks of senior officials in the imperial court, he is the first year of Tianbao's Jinshi, out of the office for eleven years, to be able to do the post of waiter, it is not simple, of course, this is inseparable from his Cui family background.

"The hour has come, and the hundred officials will enter the palace!"

Cui Ping shouted, and thousands of civil and military officials walked towards the Hanyuan Hall along the Longwei Road.

Hanyuan hall is unusually open, thousands of people stand up and do not feel crowded, civil and military officials stand according to their respective ranks, there are seats from the third grade and above, the prince, the county king, the three divisions and three dukes, the three provinces, six departments, nine temples, five supervisors, and twelve guards, the East Palace Divisions, Jingzhao Mansion, the civil and military officials in Beijing from all over the country, the scattered officials without authority, etc., are arranged on both sides of the Hanyuan Palace.

The seven major festivals of the Tang Dynasty made four people present today, Fan Yang and Pinglu Jiedu envoys An Lushan; Anxi, Beiting Festival envoy Li Qing'an; Longyou, Hexi Jiedu envoy Ge Shuhan; Jiannan Jiedu envoy and Annan both protect Gao Xianzhi, the four of them stand two on the left and one on the right, and the interesting thing is that Ge Shuhan and Gao Xianzhi stand together, while Li Qingan and An Lushan stand together.

Li Longji had not yet arrived, and there was a whisper in the hall.

"General Li, congratulations this time!" An Lushan sat aside and laughed quietly.

This time Li Qingan returned to Chang'an, it was the first time he met An Lushan, he hadn't seen him for a few years, he had almost no change, he still had that pumpkin-like face and fat body, his eyes were smaller, and there was a hint of bright color in the slits of his eyes.

Li Qingan smiled slightly: "An Shuai was promoted to the king of Dongping County the year before last, Qing'an didn't have time to congratulate, I also congratulate An Shuai here!" ”

"Where! Where! That's the Holy Long'en, how can I be An Lushan, how can I compare with the great general's defeat of the Great Food Army, ashamed! ”

The two exchanged a few words, and talked about the polo tournament that year, they all felt that time was like a white horse passing by, and four years passed in a blink of an eye, An Lushan sighed: "General Li made great contributions in the battle of Xiaobolu, and was awarded the title of Zhonglang General, only a few years, he was promoted to the envoy of the Anxi Festival, and it was really a young man's ambition, and I often used General Li to inspire my dogs." ”

"Actually, An Shuai is not bad, I remember that An Shuai joined the Tang Army in the twentieth year of Kaiyuan, and he served as the envoy of the festival in only eight years, which is not simple! And I have heard that the imperial court will transfer An Shuai to Beijing as the prime minister, and the general will worship the prime minister, and the life of the eldest husband should be like this! ”

An Lushan's narrowed eyes suddenly widened, and he was taken aback and said, "What are you talking about!" I want to enter Beijing as a minister, who are you listening to? ”

An Lushan's surprise was seen by Li Qing'an, and he smiled quietly: "An Shuai doesn't care who said it to me, in short, this is a good thing, I don't know who will take over the post of Fan Yang and Ping Lu Jiedu after An Shuai enters Beijing as the prime minister, I estimate that it is very likely to be Fu Meng Lingcha and Cheng Qianli, what does An Shuai think?" ”

An Lushan's face changed drastically, he was a little skeptical that what Li Qingan said was true, but he didn't get the news at all, but Li Qing'an said it very well, which made him play a small drum in his heart, he had recruited 30,000 troops privately, once he was transferred out of Fanyang, the secret of his private recruitment would be exposed, and he An Lushan would definitely die.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

There was a long shout in the hall, and Li Longji walked into the Hanyuan Hall surrounded by hundreds of guards, palace maids and eunuchs.

(To be continued)