readx; The side hall is very quiet, everyone did not understand the key point of this temporary meeting until this moment, sending troops, sending troops is the focus of the meeting, all the votes just now are just foreshadowing, Li Qing'an's real purpose is to Guo Ziyi to send troops to Hedong, in that way, Guo Ziyi's power in Guannei Dao will be uprooted, and the entire west of the Yellow River will become Li Qing'an's sphere of influence, although everyone understands the real reason for Li Qing'an's troop transfer, but no one has anything to say, Li Qing'an's troop transfer is completely reasonable, Dealing with An Lushan is not only the business of the Anxi Army, but also the Shuo Fangjun is duty-bound, at this time, all eyes are on Guo Ziyi, can he withstand Li Qing'an's pressure?

Guo Ziyi didn't answer immediately, he seemed to be thinking about something, bowed his head and said nothing, Guo Ziyi really didn't expect Li Qing'an to use this matter to make trouble, but he couldn't refuse, and even defending Hui Hui was not a reason for him to refuse, Hui Hui had moved far to Mobei, without the support of the Tang Dynasty, it was difficult for Hui Hui to recover the glory of the year, and there was no way back, Guo Ziyi finally had to say slowly: "Shuo Fang's army is the Tang army, and I am willing to obey the dispatch of the imperial court." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

He sighed secretly, at the last moment, he was still defeated in the hands of Li Qing'an, at this time, the ministers in the side hall applauded, they applauded for the combination of the Anxi army and the Shuofang army, so that even if An Lushan really had an army of 500,000, they would have an army to resist.

Pei Min, the right minister, was infinitely depressed in his heart, he also knew that this was Li Qing'an's counterattack, and he himself said that the political affairs hall is only in charge of government affairs, regardless of military affairs, so the transfer of troops is military affairs, not government affairs, and the political affairs hall cannot interfere, Pei Min sighed in his heart, but he was helpless, so he had to stand up and said: "Since His Royal Highness King Zhao has a plan to send troops to Hedong, then as a political affairs hall, we should make logistical preparations for sending troops as soon as possible. ”

"Wait a minute!" Li Qingan stood up again and said to everyone: "I have one more thing to discuss with you, please don't be impatient!" ”

The hundred officials in the main hall suddenly whispered, apart from sending troops, what else did Li Qingan do?

Li Qingan slowly walked to the middle of the side hall and smiled at everyone: "Everyone, I invited officials above the fifth grade today, and there is one more thing to discuss with you, which is about the authority of the political hall. ”

The side hall was so quiet that he could hear even a needle on the ground, 'the authority of the political affairs hall', what a sensitive word, Li Qingan actually proposed it at this moment, several ministers of the political affairs hall looked at each other, no one knew what authority Li Qingan wanted to restrict, only Pei Min's face turned dark, he knew in his heart, this must be Li Qing'an was going to attack him.

Li Qingan saw that everyone was surprised, so he smiled again: "You don't have to worry, I don't want to limit the power of the political hall, but to rationalize the power of the political hall, as we all know, the earliest political hall of the ruling pen is not in the hands of a prime minister, but to the right minister, the prime minister takes turns, but since Li Linfu became the right minister, he has monopolized the ruling pen for a long time, after Yang Guozhong succeeded to office, he also monopolized the ruling pen like Li Linfu, I personally think that this is easy to cause a single person to have sole power, which is not conducive to the collective decision-making of the ministersI hope that everyone can decide on this matter together, and the old system will be restored, and the ministers will take turns to take charge. ”

Generally speaking, the rules of the ruling pen are generally formulated by the emperor, but because the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was young, Li Qing'an and Li Heng set the rules, and the government hall was elected by the ministers above the fifth rank, and the change of the power structure within the political affairs hall was also decided by the officials above the fifth rank.

Today, more than 100 officials gathered in one hall because Li Qingan asked them to change the rules of power in the political hall.

Li Qing'an's proposal far exceeded the impact of Guo Ziyi's dispatch of troops, and this proposal shocked the seven members of the political hall.

Even Zhang Yun's eyes lit up, although he hoped to replace Pei Min as the right minister, but when he calmed down, he also knew that this wish was difficult to achieve, his brother Zhang Yan followed Li Heng south, and it was impossible for Li Qingan to appoint him as the right minister.

If the right is not enough, then it is like Li Qing'an's proposal at this time, and all the prime ministers take turns to be in charge of the ruling pen, then he also has the opportunity to take charge of the prime minister's power.

Zhang Yun couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, got up and said: "In the past, Emperor Taizong also said: Shun the face of one person is the deep trouble of the people, and this is the government of the country!" The prosperity of the Kaiyuan Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline, the people's grievances were boiling, and the disadvantages were profound, which was also caused by a person's reading talent, and the general proposed to take turns to govern the pen, which was to restore the old system, which was conducive to fairness, and the expectations of the people were returned, and we will fully support it. ”

Zhang Yun's statement won a round of applause in the hall, Li Qingan nodded, and said: "The words of the left minister can be said to represent the voice of the majority of the courtiers, if the resolution is passed, I propose again, with a limit of ten years, each phase will take turns to hold the ten 'ruling pen', I don't know what the monarchs think?" ”

The applause became more intense, and Zhang Hao also smiled: "His Royal Highness King Zhao's suggestion is the desire of the people, and we resolutely support it." ”

At this time, Li Qingan smiled at Pei Min again: "I don't know what Right Xiangguo thinks?" ”

At this time, Pei Min's heart was like ashes, he never thought that Li Qing'an's counterattack was so tough, so ruthless, it made him feel painful, his face was pale, his lips trembled slightly, he was just about to speak, suddenly his eyes were dark, and he fell to the ground.

"Not good! Bae Sang-kook fainted. ”

．．．．．．． Although the afternoon meeting of the political hall was not long, only half an hour, two major decisions were made in a row, sending troops to Hedong Province and Henan Province to revise the power structure of the political hall, these two things suddenly caused a sensation in the government and the opposition, especially the right Xiangguo Pei Min fainted on the spot in the political hall, and the news spread all over Chang'an City, and the streets and alleys of Chang'an City were full of all kinds of gossip.

In Pei Min's mansion, an imperial doctor from the palace came out of the ward and said to Pei Min's family who were waiting at the door: "The problem is not very big, it is mainly caused by long-term hard work and anger, you can recover after a few days of rest, but you must be careful, you can no longer be overworked." ”

The imperial doctor prescribed a prescription and left, Pei Min lay quietly on the bed in the room, his wife sat aside, carefully wiped his forehead with a hot towel, at this time, Pei Min's eyes slowly opened, in fact, he had already woken up, and the huge pain in his heart still made it difficult for him to face reality, he didn't really appreciate Li Qing'an's vicious side until today, although Li Qing'an didn't mention his Pei Min's name from beginning to end, nor did he attack him, but Li Qing'an put him and Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong and others in the same category.

Li Qing'an instilled a prejudice in everyone, the rotation system of the ruling pen was not implemented because of his Pei Min's obstruction, and he Pei Min was also a talent reader, which made Pei Min feel deeply sad, he advocated that the political hall accept Shuo Fangjun this time, in order to limit Li Qing'an's power, that is, he didn't want Li Qing'an to read talent, but the final outcome was that Li Qing'an advocated sharing power, and he Pei Min was a talent reader.

It was only at this time that Pei Min slowly felt the cruelty of the political struggle, and realized how naïve he was, the idealization of a scholar, and he actually wanted to use military power to fight against Li Qing'an, stupid!

Pei Min sighed secretly, and at this moment, a frightened report from his family came from outside the door, "Old lady, His Royal Highness King Zhao has come down to visit the master!" ”

"Nope!" Mrs. Pei Min immediately said angrily: "Tell him that the master hasn't woken up yet, and we don't welcome him in our family." ”

"Madame!" Pei Min stopped his wife's rudeness in a low voice, and said to his family: "Go and invite him in!" Let's just say that I was sick in bed and couldn't go out to meet him personally. ”

"Master, you .....," Mrs. Pei Min said in astonishment.

Pei Min waved his hand lightly and said, "Madam, you should step back first!" Things are not what you think. ”

Mrs. Pei Min had no choice but to retreat, and after a while, Pei Min's son Pei Zhili led Li Qingan into the ward.

As soon as Li Qingan entered the ward, he was concerned and said, "Pei Xiangguo, is your condition better now?" ”

Pei Min smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you for your concern, I'm a little better." ”

Li Qingan walked to his bed and sat down, and also sighed and said: "This time the matter of the ruling affairs being controlled by the ministers in turn is actually my idea for a long time, I launched it without consulting with the political affairs hall in advance, and I want to apologize to Pei Xiangguo for this matter." ”

Although Pei Min also knew that this was Li Qing'an's means to fight first and then pull, after all, the word 'apology' came out of Li Qing'an's mouth, which made him feel a little better in his heart, so he smiled and said: "It's just that I didn't expect the general to launch a war against Hedong Province and Henan Province so soon, I thought that the general would also carry out some internal political changes, such as following the example of Anxi to abolish slavery, abolish land annexation, etc., doesn't the general have this plan?" ”

Li Qing'an shook his head and said: "The abolition of land annexation can follow the will of Emperor Jingzong, but it is not the time to abolish slavery, the abolition of slavery in Anxi is because of the shortage of Han people, and we urgently need to increase the number of Han households in the west of the Green Ridge, so we use military means to force the abolition of slavery, but in the Central Plains, it can not be too radical, that involves the interests of too many people, and the final result can only be to force the big families in the world to the Southern Tang Dynasty, so we can only take our time, wait until the Southern Tang Dynasty is swept away, and then gradually introduce the abolition system, and at the same time vigorously encourage industry and commerce, Let more people have an errand that can support their families, as long as Datang is strong to a certain moment, slaves will naturally disappear in our lives. ”

Pei Min smiled and said with emotion: "I am relieved that the general can say this, I am afraid that the general is too radical and uses military means to implement Anxi's approach, but I don't know that the situation in Anxi and the Central Plains is completely different, it can work on that side, but it may not work on this side." ”

Li Qingan patted the back of Pei Min's hand, signaling him to rest assured, and the two sat for a while, at this time, Li Qingan smiled again: "I came today, first, to visit Pei Xiangguo's condition, and in addition, I want to discuss one thing with Pei Xiangguo." ”

"Say it! What's up? ”

Li Qingan hesitated for a moment before he slowly said the words that made Pei Min almost faint again.

"I hope you will take the initiative to resign from the political hall."

Pei Min's mind was dizzy, and for a while, he froze his mind and looked at Li Qingan's eyes as light as water with angry eyes, "I want to know why?" Why should I quit!"

Pei Min was a little angry, he knew that Li Qingan was continuing to take revenge on him, just because he had violated his bottom line, he didn't put himself to death, he would never give up, and even went to his house to persecute him, this was too much!

Li Qingan seemed to know his anger, but said with a slight smile: "Pei Xiangguo, please calm down, things are not what you think." ”

After all, Pei Min was a dignified right minister, although he was also angry, he still forced himself to calm down, and asked word by word: "Then you can say it!" Why should I resign? ”

"It's simple, because I also support your principle of checks and balances!"

Looking at Pei Min's suddenly widened eyes, Li Qingan smiled lightly again: "You will become a famous Tang Dynasty face for future generations, but not now!" ”

Pei Min only felt a burst of spiciness, tears almost gushed out of his nose, he completely understood what Li Qing'an meant, he nodded lightly, "I understand, I will go to the book early tomorrow morning to resign from the political hall." ”

"Then you don't want to ask, who will take your place?"

"General, please!"

Li Qingan pondered for a while, then said with a smile: "I will not harm the interests of the Pei family, so the successor to you is still a member of the Pei family." ”

"Pei Yu?"

"Nope! It's Pei Zunqing...."

．．．．．．．． Early the next morning, Pei Min officially submitted his resignation to the political hall on the grounds that he needed to recuperate, and the political hall quickly accepted his resignation and reappointed him as the young master of the crown prince and the secretary of the East Palace.

At the same time, the political hall passed the candidate proposed by Zhang Yun and appointed Pei Zunqing, the servant of the door, to take over the post of Zhongshu Ling, and at the same time, the political hall passed a formal resolution to take over the vacant post of the servant of Pei Zunqing by Sima Cui Ping of Hexi.

The much-anticipated power change of the seven-phase rotating ruling pen was also officially implemented from the same day, and Zhang Yun was the first to take over the political affairs pen for a period of ten days.

After Pei Min's resignation, another major issue proposed by Li Qing'an, the war preparations for the Eastern Expedition to Hedong and Henan Province also kicked off at the same time, and the household department approved 800,000 stone grain as the military rations for the Eastern Expedition, and at the same time allocated 1.2 million yuan, 150,000 sets of armor, nearly 200,000 pieces of various weapons, tents and other materials, and Li Qing'an transferred 300,000 war horses from Hexi for the Eastern Expedition.

In terms of the army, Li Qing'an, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, served as the commander of the Eastern Expedition, and at the same time appointed Guo Ziyi, the envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, as the right deputy marshal, and appointed Li Guangbi, the deputy envoy of Longyou Jiedu, who had just led 20,000 elite troops to Chang'an, as the left deputy marshal, with a total of 160,000 troops, including 80,000 Shuofang troops and 80,000 Anxi troops.

On the second day of the seventh month of the first year of Qingping, the political affairs hall led a hundred officials to bid farewell to the army of the Eastern Expedition at the Baqiao in Chang'an, and the 80,000 Anxi army sailed towards Tongguan, and on the fourth day of the seventh month, Guo Ziyi ordered Cheng Qianli to be the forward, and he also personally led the 80,000 troops to the Yellow River in Yanzhou.

The two armies, one in the south and one in the north, officially opened the prelude to the Eastern Expedition of the Northern Tang Army.

(To be continued)