Liangzhou, An Sishun paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, his mood was very heavy, he had just received the news that Qianghu was defeated in Guazhou, was chased and killed by the Shatuo people, and was almost wiped out.

An Sishun was also a little annoyed, in fact, his decision to attack Li Qing'an's convoy was made just the day before Li Qing'an arrived in Liangzhou, and he received a letter of request from An Lushan, asking him to intercept and kill Li Qing'an halfway, of course, it was impossible to kill Li Qing'an, but at least to give Li Qing'an a heavy blow.

An Sishun would not refuse An Lushan's request, but this time he was a little hesitant, after all, attacking the new Beiting Jiedu envoy was not a trivial matter, but An Sishun did not discuss it with anyone, he made a decision after thinking about it all night.

If he can successfully plant the blame on the Shatuo people, then after Li Qing'an takes charge of Beiting, it will be a nightmare for the Shatuo people, so will the Shatuo people move to Hexi Guazhou?

The answer is yes, with the Hui people accustomed to conquest and assimilation, the Shatuo people will not go to the Hui people, they can only choose to move east, if he is good at inducing, coupled with the influence of the imperial court, the Shatuo people will definitely stay in Hexi, so that he can get a sharp cavalry.

Only he failed in the end, the failure is that he underestimated Li Qingan's acumen, that is, he can't control the actual combat from a distance, if he knows that it will eventually evolve into a siege war, then maybe he won't take this risk, the matter is irreparable, An Sishun can only swallow this bitter fruit into his stomach, and from then on, Beiting Hexi is not harmonious, but Beiting is more in Hexi, he is not afraid that Li Qingan will complain to the imperial court, all the dead are Qianghu, what does he have to do with the Hexi army? But how to appease Qiang Hu is the headache for him.

An Sishun stood at the table and pondered, he was very interested in the heavenly thunder used by Li Qing'an, as far as he knew, in the battle of Yinglong City, Li Qing'an used this powerful fire thunder, of course, it would not be a god thunder, so what this kind of fire thunder is, it is still a mystery.

"What the hell is this?"

An Sishun tapped lightly on the table, and he immediately walked behind the table, sat down cross-legged, spread out a piece of paper, and picked up a pen to write a letter.

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Li Qing'an has been in Beiting for three days, inspecting the warehouses, training the army, and listening to reports on the expenditure of money and grain, but more often than not, he has met with officials, civilian officials, and military generals, and there are nearly 100 people in total, so busy that he has not even had time to take a breath.

But there was one person he didn't see from beginning to end, that is, Cheng Qianli, the deputy capital, Cheng Qianli still used the excuse of recuperating at home, and Li Qingan did not visit him at home, both of them seemed to be waiting for each other's concessions, but neither of them took the crucial first step.

In the past three days, he has met with nearly 100 civil and military officials in Anxi, and they are all official and scene-like, but he still can't see through the officialdom of Beiting, which seems to be shrouded in a faint mist.

That night, Li Qing'an returned to Jinman County from Beiting City, Beiting City is very close to Jinman County, only three miles apart, Beiting City is the concentration of the Beiting Military and Political Administration, life is very inconvenient, so the officials of Beiting basically settled in Jinman County, and some live in nearby villages.

Jinman county is not big or small, according to the population size of the interior, it can be regarded as an upper county, the circumference of the city is more than 20 miles, there are about 20,000 residents, most of them are Han people, half of the Han people are military households, the whole county has four streets, it is arranged in the shape of 'well', the street is planted with poplar trees, all kinds of large shops and warehouses, as well as inns, wine shops, green buildings, gambling halls and other commercial shops abound, business is very prosperous, unlike the inland cities, there is no east and west market here, there is no square wall, There are no time limits, and all shops are open along the street, mostly until late at night.

Li Qing'an's mansion is located in the northeast corner of Jinman County, where the scenery of the whole city is the most beautiful place, there is a lake of hundreds of acres, the lake water will become milky white several times a year, because it is called the White Lake, the Jinman River passes through the lake, the weeping willows and green poplars on both sides of the lake, the scenery is beautiful, there are dozens of mansions distributed along the lake, most of them are the mansions of high-ranking officials and giants, Li Qing'an's mansion is one of them, it was originally the home of Lu Fengyuan, the former deputy envoy of Jiedu, he has been transferred, and this huge mansion is naturally inhabited by Li Qing'an.

However, Li Qing'an did not go home directly today, but went to the home of Yang Fengche, the deputy capital of Yang Fengche, Yang Fengche's house is located in the west of the lake, and Li Qing'an's mansion across the lake, the house covers an area of 30 acres, it is the most beautiful residence in the entire Jinman County, living Yang Fengche's wife and three concubines, a son and a daughter, and more than a dozen servants, in addition to Yang Fengche has ten hectares of fields outside the city, and there is a shop in the city, it can be said that his roots have been rooted in the north garden.

Li Qing'an came to Yang Fengche's mansion, and after a while, Yang Fengche greeted him, he and Li Qing'an's office were less than twenty steps apart, and they stayed for a day, and the two didn't know how many times they had met, but when they met at home at night, the meaning was very different.

Yang Fengche smiled with a hint of humor, ran down the steps and bowed his hand: "Welcome General Li to the mansion." ”

"I'm sorry to disturb Yang Duhu's rest at night." Li Qingan smiled slightly.

"What did General Li say, I wanted to invite General Li here, but I have been embarrassed to speak, General Li came by himself, it was the best."

Yang Fengche bowed and waved his hand, and said: "The night breeze is quite cool, please come into the house and say." ”

The two greeted and walked into the door, Li Qing'an saw the carved beams and paintings of his house, the house was elegant, the door was a pond, the pond was full of lotus flowers, surrounded by weeping willows, a covered bridge such as a flying rainbow, straight to the lobby, the design was original, amazing, Li Qing'an walked on the bridge, only felt the cool breeze blowing on his face, which was refreshing, he couldn't help but nod and smiled: "It is said that Yang Du protects the family, now I understand, if I have such a house, I will always think about it." ”

Walking across the covered bridge, the two came to the front of the lobby, and a young man about twenty years old stepped forward to salute, "See General Li." ”

Li Qingan saw that he and Yang Fengche looked quite similar, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and he could be regarded as a talent, so he smiled and said, "This is Ling Lang!" ”

"Huh! This is my son Yang Ji, who is going to Beijing this autumn to participate in next year's Spring Festival. ”

"I also heard that Ling Lang is going to participate in the imperial examination, this is a grand event for the Yang family! It just so happens that my newly appointed Tuntian envoy Wang Changling, as well as the judge Cen Shen, are all from Jinshi and have outstanding literary talents, so Yang Gongzi might as well ask them for advice or two. ”

Yang Ji was overjoyed, but he still hesitated a little and said, "It's just that I think it's a little abrupt." ”

His father, Yang Fengche, said with a smile: "My son is not familiar with current affairs, since General Li has already spoken, he will greet them, what are you worried about?" ”

Yang Ji suddenly realized, and hurriedly gave a deep salute to Li Qingan, "Thank you General Li for arranging, I will go to worship Mr. Yuhu as a teacher tomorrow." ”

Li Qingan glanced at Yang Fengche, and said that this person is a good person, but now it seems that this person is actually an old fritter in officialdom, so things are easy to do.

"Yang Duhu, let's sit down and talk!"

Yang Fengche patted his head and said apologetically: "Look at me, I only care about talking, but I have forgotten the most basic etiquette, General Li, please!" ”

"Please!"

The two came to the lobby and sat down, the north courtyard was deeply influenced by the habits of the Hu people, many people have chairs, Yang Fengche's family is not kneeling, but sitting on a circle chair, and later this kind of chair gradually flowed into the Central Plains, and slowly became popular in the late Tang Dynasty.

Yang Fengche invited Li Qingan to sit down, and ordered left and right: "Come to the next table of wine and food." ”

Li Qingan hurriedly stopped and said with a smile: "I have already eaten with a few subordinates just now, just have a cup of tea." ”

"Oh well! Serve a bowl of mare's milk tea. ”

After a while, a maid brought up a bowl of hot milk tea and put it in front of Li Qing'an, the tea leaves of the Tang Dynasty had not been fried, they were all boiled with water and put with various condiments, while Beiting Anxi mostly followed Hu Feng and liked to drink milk tea, Yang Fengche had lived in Beiting for a long time and was also used to it.

Li Qing'an has never been accustomed to the fishy smell of milk tea, took a sip, shook his head and smiled: "I brought the best Mengding tea, and I will ask the soldiers to escort Yang Du a few catties later." ”

"Thank you so much, come on! Change to a cup of fragrant tea. ”

Yang Fengche saw that Li Qingan was not used to it, so he hurriedly ordered someone to change a cup of ordinary tea, Li Qingan took a sip, and then said with a smile: "Today I looked at the resumes of the officials, Yang Duhu will be in office for ten years this year!" ”

"Exactly! I've been in Beiting for ten years, and I'm getting old, and I'm forty-eight this year, and it's time to retire in a few years. ”

Although Yang Fengche sighed that his youth was no longer there, a trace of nervousness flashed in his eyes, he could hear that Li Qingan had an extraneous meaning, hinting at him, his deputy capital protector has been done for too long, indeed, Datang has not done a precedent of ten years of deputy capital protection, even Yang Fengche doesn't know why he can do it for so long, maybe he behaves normally, no merit or fault, plus he has no real power in this position, it is just a false position, and no one pays attention to it, so the court neither promotes nor demotes, so he is consumed year by year.

Yang Fengche is not an ambitious person, and he doesn't like to do things, his biggest hope is to have another son, so in Beiting, he is a well-known lover, and Beiting Deputy Du Hu Qingxian is the most suitable for him, he hopes that he can retire from the position of Beiting Deputy Capital Protector, earn a lot of family property, and find a good job for his son, this is his biggest life ideal.

The previous bosses knew that he had no ambitions and were happy not to interfere with him, but when it came to Li Qingan's term, he felt that his crisis was coming.

This kind of crisis is not what Li Qing'an wants to do to him, but the current situation in the Beiting officialdom is different from a few years ago, there is actually a situation of two heroes competing in the Beiting, one Li Qing'an, one Cheng Qianli, Li Qing'an is the tide file, and Cheng Qianli is the Qingwang Party, that is to say, the Beiting is actually a contest between the Tide file and the Qingwang Party, I really don't know who arranged this bureau?

He was caught in the middle, Yang Fengche sighed secretly, he knew that Li Qingan came to the door tonight, but it was not for any leisure.

"General Li has been in office for three days, how does it feel?" Yang Fengche asked with a reluctant smile.

"It's alright! I feel that Beiting is vibrant, it is a place to do business, and life is also very good, I came today to thank Yang Duhu for arranging a house for me in advance, so that my family has a place to live. ”

Yang Fengche hurriedly said modestly: "Where! Where! This is just a small effort, and it is not worthy of General Li's personal thanks. ”

Li Qing'an smiled, he changed the topic and asked, "I don't know if Ling Lang entered Beijing to take the exam, but he is prepared?" ”

Yang Fengche was stunned for a moment, "What do you want to prepare?" ”

Li Qingan smiled, "Although I have not participated in the imperial examination, I also know one or two, candidates from all over the world enter Beijing early to participate in the provincial examination, not to temporarily review the scriptures, but to post and worship the door, I have seen with my own eyes that the front of the prime minister's mansion is crowded with scholars, and they all break their heads to be the protégé of Xiangguo, does Yang Duhu know why?" ”

Yang Fengche nodded, he also knew something about this, Jinman County ordered Chen Zhonghe to tell him that the Tang Imperial Examination is not famous, and the examiner should not only look at the knowledge when marking the papers, but also look at the candidate's morality, in fact, it is to look at the candidate's background, and the examiner's tightness has a lot to do with this, but the provincial examination is only the first step.

In the provincial examination, whether it is in the Jinshi examination or the Ming Jing examination, it is just a qualification to be an official, and if you want to be an official, you have to go through the official examination, which is the key, the official examination is equivalent to an interview, mainly depending on the appearance and character, in fact, this is also a background relationship, there is a background background, or a famous family is easy to be admitted, only a few people can pass this level, but the official examination is still the second step.

The third step is to release the official, which is even more to the background background, the background can get a good position, stay in Beijing or go to a wealthy county, the political performance is easy, the promotion is easy, the official luck is smooth, like the Jinman County Commander Chen Zhonghe, because of the poor family background, the twenty-seventh year of Kaiyuan was only able to be awarded the official because of the examination of the Jinshi Tanhua, but there is no background and no background, and he was put to Beiting, and he has been an official for ten years, with outstanding ability, because there is no one in Beijing, it is still a small county order.

Yang Fengche smiled bitterly, he was just about to say that there was no one in the capital, but suddenly his mind changed, and he suddenly understood that Li Qingan was hinting at him!

He immediately asked tentatively, "What does General Li mean?" ”

Li Qingan smiled faintly and said, "If Yang Duhu doesn't dislike it, I can recommend Ling Lang to Gao Lishi's sect." ”

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Li Qing'an drank a cup of tea, said a few words of homely things lightly, and then said goodbye, but Yang Fengche stared at the teacup on the table, his mood couldn't calm down for a long time, Li Qing'an's meaning of wooing was too obvious, but it also made him very excited, although he was eager to have another son, so he married three concubines, but after tossing for more than ten years, the concubines didn't even have an egg, and he knew that he was afraid that something was wrong with his own planting.

He is forty-eight years old this year, only a son on his knees, his son is all his hope, if his son can worship under the first eunuch Gao Lishi, with Gao Lishi as the backstage, even if he fails to pass the imperial examination, take the road of entering the office, his son's career will also be bright, Yang Fengche of course knows that Li Qing'an's backstage is Gao Lishi, but if he takes refuge in Li Qing'an, he will inevitably offend Cheng Qianli, which makes him very difficult.

Yang Fengche sat at the table and lamented against his temples, "What can I do!" ”

At this moment, a family member came quickly and reported in front of the lobby, "Master, Cheng Du is guarding the door and asking to see you!" ”

"Who?"

"Cheng Duhu, Cheng Qianli."

"Ahh With a bang, Yang Fengche stood up in shock, dumbfounded.

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Li Qing'an's mansion is located in the east of the white lake, is a large mansion covering an area of more than 20 acres, is the second house in Jinman County second only to Yang Fengche's mansion, the house was renovated the year before last, most of the houses are newly built, divided into five courtyards in the front and back, left and right, all kinds of houses and pavilions are more than 100 rooms, although the mansion is not as elegant and chic as the Yang mansion, but also has its own characteristics, one is the shade of the trees, the whole mansion is hidden in the green trees; The second is that the courtyard walls are tall and sturdy, like a castle, which is extremely difficult to climb, and there are military camps stationed around it, which ensures the safety of the mansion.

Li Qing'an just arrived in the north courtyard, before he had time to purchase domestic servants, he only had a few picturesque people living in his house, most of the rooms were vacant, there was no light in the dark, except for the dozens of soldiers who lived in Li Qing'an's west courtyard, only three or four rooms in the backyard of the entire mansion were inhabited, he had already ordered someone to go to Gaochang to purchase some maids and maids, and Yan Zhuang would also live in the east courtyard at that time.

As Li Qing'an went home, the mansion suddenly became lively, and Xiaolian greeted her with a smile, "Big brother, the meals are ready, let's eat together!" ”

"It's so late, we've all eaten." He looked behind him and asked with a smile, "How many of them are?" ”

"They're learning the six-stringed piano! I didn't call them. ”

"Hmmm! Just don't disturb them. ”

Li Qingan turned around and smiled at the soldiers: "Everyone disperses!" If you're hungry, go to the kitchen to eat first, and if you want to go out for a drink, don't get me into trouble. ”

The soldiers dispersed, Li Qingan returned to the inner house, he came to his study, he changed into a loose Zen robe, and sat down comfortably.

The light in the study is soft and bright, the copper furnace in the corner of the room is lit with lily incense, the room is filled with a faint fragrance, the study has two rooms inside and outside, the inner room is for him to rest, there is only a bed, covered with a thick mattress, he is going to change it into a sand table room in the future, and the outer room is surrounded by bookshelves, all kinds of books and pictures are piled up on the shelves, and there is a wide table against the north wall.

There was a thick stack of miscellaneous newspapers on the table, all of which were sent from Beijing, but the time was a month late, Li Qingan sat down and took a miscellaneous newspaper that had just been delivered today from the table.

This is the earliest newspaper in history, but the content is very boring, recording all the major events that happened in the imperial court, Li Longji's various court and political activities, such as Li Longji personally going to the field to plow the fields to persuade the peasants, and so on.

However, there are two things that have attracted his attention today, both of which are related to Jiannan, one is that he was promoted to the judge of Jiannan Jiedu Mansion Xian Yu Zhongtong as the governor of Jiannan Jiedu Mansion, which is Yang Zhao's original position, and the other is that Li Longji approved Yang Zhao to change his name to Yang Guozhong and confer the title of Taifu Siqing.

'Yang Guozhong! Li Qingan sneered, Yang Guozhong finally stepped onto the stage of history, I don't know if he will handle the Nanzhao issue badly like in history.

At this time, the door opened, Rushi walked in quickly with a cup of tea, Li Qingan's study is also a forbidden place, and Rushi tidied it up for him, and no one else was allowed to come in except her.

"Brother, let's have a cup of tea first!"

Rushi smiled slightly, the pear vortex on her peach blossom-like cheeks loomed, she put the tea on the table in front of him, knelt behind him, and gently massaged his head and neck, Li Qingan patted her hand gently to show her gratitude.

"Why don't you go to practice?"

"Picturesque in learning! I'm here to serve Brother, I was sore here yesterday, are you feeling better today? Rushi asked gently rubbing the back of his neck.

"It's a little better today, thanks to you for applying hot water for me last night."

"Hmmm! I'll boil some boiling water later, and I'll put another compress on my brother. ”

Li Qingan suddenly remembered something, so he smiled and said: "Tomorrow, you take five catties of Mengding tea and let my soldiers send it to Yang Duhufu, I promised him today." ”

"Okay."

Rushi also remembered something, and hurriedly said: "By the way, this afternoon, a team of Anxi soldiers escorted a batch of boxes, saying that you ordered them to send them, it seems that they are all bronze Buddha statues." ”

"Ahh Where are the Buddha statues? ”

"I'll put them in the East Courtyard!"

Li Qing'an was overjoyed, he had been worried about this batch of bronze Buddha statues, and they were really sent, so he quickly stood up and said with a smile: "I'm going to take a look." ”

He walked out of the study quickly, but met Xiaolian running hurriedly, "Big brother, there is a guest who wants to see you." ”

"Who is it?"

"It's Yang Duhu, he said there is an emergency!"

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(To be continued)