Chapter 313: The Case of Selling Officials
readx; "Say it quickly, what kill two birds with one stone?"
Yan Zhuang narrowed his eyes and smiled: "It's very simple, isn't Fugu Huaien a Huifu?" In order to retaliate against the general, he will inevitably lead the Hui army back to attack Beiting, at that time, wouldn't the general's excuse for attacking the Hui be more sufficient? ”
Li Qingan smiled happily: "Sure enough, it's a poisonous plan, I can consider it." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Yan Zhuang continued: "I heard that his daughter is beautiful, it is better to release her back to Hui, so that Fugu Huaien also has a step of advancement." ”
"Sir is very thoughtful, yes! I can arrange it. ”
Li Qing'an walked a few more steps with his hands behind his back, he pondered for a moment, and then said: "Just now Mr. talked about my biggest concern, I also feel that the Holy Lord may do something to me after the Battle of Tubo, Mr. thinks, how should I deal with this crisis?" ”
Yan Zhuang didn't speak for a long time, he suddenly knelt down, kowtowed to Li Qingan and said, "My subordinates have a sentence that has been hidden in my heart for a long time, can the general allow me to say it?" ”
"Say it! Whatever you say, I don't blame you. ”
"General, my subordinates want to say that there is actually only one way for the general to go."
"Go on!"
"The general controls Anxi, recovers Hezhong, expands the territory of the Tang Dynasty, the land under control is not lost to the Central Plains, with 200,000 soldiers, Guanzhong can not be compared, to put it farther, it is famous, it can be said to be closer, it is the master of high merit, anyone with a little brain knows that whether it is the current saint or the emperor in the future, can not tolerate the general dominating the Western Regions, the end of the general is only one, Wang Zhonghei is the second, there is no doubt, so if the general wants to stay in Anxi for a long time, he can only support the army and stand on his own, in addition, There is no other way. ”
Li Qing'an also thought that Yan Zhuang would say bold words that he could replace, but he just persuaded himself to read his strength, if he knew about Prince Yin, I don't know if he would persuade An Lushan to rebel in history, and persuade himself to join Chang'an.
Li Qingan smiled and said, "What if my ambitions are even more ambitious? ”
Yan Zhuang's eyes widened violently, his eyeballs almost fell, his legs were weak, and he sat on the ground, he understood what Li Qing'an meant, he actually wanted to ascend to the Ninth Five-Year Honor, he knew that An Lushan also had this kind of thought, but he didn't expect Li Qing'an to have this kind of ambition, his lips moved, and he couldn't say a word.
"I'm just kidding, don't take it seriously, sir." Li Qingan smiled lightly.
"Nope! No! ”
Yan Zhuang sat up like a spring, his head shook like a rattle, "General, this is exactly what I think in my heart, but I haven't dared to say it, so I turned around and persuaded the general to stand on his own." ”
Li Qing'an's purpose was just to wake up Yan Zhuang, and he didn't want to talk about it deeply, he saw that Yan Zhuang had understood, so he changed the topic and said: "Mr. will go back to Qiuzi tomorrow!" I'm going to talk to Pei Yu in the morning, and we'll walk together in the afternoon. ”
........ Yan Zhuang came out of the yamen, it was already dark, he got into the carriage and returned home, the carriage drove quickly in the dark, Yan Zhuang's heart fluctuated, and he couldn't calm down for a long time, today he finally knew, it turned out that Li Qingan also had ambitions, which was something he had been looking forward to for a long, long time.
........ After the main force of the Han Navy followed Cui Qianyou's Northern Expedition, there were less than 2,000 people left, led by the deputy envoy Gu Huaien, these days, Fu Gu Huaien has been in fear, he heard a news, the team is Zhao Yu's wife has been suing him in broken leaves, the thing he was most afraid of finally happened, Fu Gu Huaien did not expect things to come to this point, originally the army to collect money and promote is a common rule in the army, Fu Gu Huaien has long been accustomed to it, he thought that Anxi is the same, after the beginning of the year after the start of the promotion, instructed his henchman Han Navy Sima Yao to collect money from officials, and obtained more than 40,000 yuan before and after, which filled his pocket.
Fugu Huaien himself could not be promoted, and he only relied on making a fortune to satisfy the loss in his heart, but this time he made a fortune, he knew that money would be so hot, he didn't know that when Gao Xianzhi was in office, he strictly forbade the Anxi army to buy and sell officials, and when he came to Li Qing'an, he listed Gao Xianzhi's article as the first ban in Anxi.
Fugu Huaien later understood this, but the money had already arrived, and it was impossible for him to return it again, so he could only cover up this matter desperately, seeing that more than a month had passed, and the matter gradually subsided, but the sudden complaint of Zhao Yu's wife revealed the matter.
For a few days, Fugu Huaien was in a panic, this afternoon, Fugu Huaien went out to inspect and returned to the camp, as soon as he entered the camp, he felt a strangeness, at this time, a personal soldier rushed to the end, and said in a low voice: "General, the Broken Leaf Inspector is here." ”
'Buzz! With a bang, what he was worried about finally came, and he hurriedly asked, "Is Li Qing'an here?" ”
"Didn't come!"
Fugu Huaien's heart was slightly relaxed, as long as Li Qing'an didn't come, things wouldn't be so bad, he walked quickly towards the camp, and asked as he walked, "How many people are here?" ”
"There are five people here, all civilian officers."
As he spoke, he came to the door of a large tent that had just been erected, the curtain was not lowered, and through the tent door he could see the scene inside, and saw that there were five low tables inside, and the tables were full of a large number of files, and Sima Yao Guang was facing away from the outside, explaining something to a seated person.
Fugu Huaien coughed heavily, walked into the big tent, several people stood up together, Yao Guang saw him come in, and asked him for help with a frightened look, Fugu Huaien ignored it, he had already made up his mind, it was a big deal to let this Yao Guang go to the guilt, didn't he also get two thousand yuan?
"Five, may I ask from which yamen are you from?"
Among the five inspectors, the leader was a middle-aged man, and he arched his hand and said: "In Xia Jiang Yong, it is the head of the Anxi Military Supervision Office, and on the order of the general, the cause of death of Zhao Yu of the Han Navy Investigation Team is here, and I ask Deputy Envoy Fugu to cooperate." ”
As he spoke, the five of them took out their respective silver medals and put them on the table, and Jiang Yong also handed Li Qing'an's warrant to Fugu Huaien.
Fugu Huaien sneered in his heart, Zhao Yu's body had already been destroyed, and what his wife brought to Anxi was just an empty coffin, what cause of death could be found? He looked at the warrant and said: "I don't think there is any need to investigate this matter, I can prove that Zhao Yu was drunk and fell to his death, and the human and physical evidence are conclusive, if you don't believe it, find a few of his teammates to ask, you don't need to read any files, come here!" Take these files back. ”
More than a dozen soldiers came up to move the file, but Jiang Yong hurriedly stopped: "Wait! ”
He stepped forward and bowed to Fugu Huaien, "General Fugu, there are regulations in the Anxi army that the Inspector has the right to decide the necessary investigation method, and no one is allowed to interfere and obstruct it!" ”
Although he was polite for several weeks, his tone was very tough, and in the end, his tone became stern, "This person, including General Fugu and this Yao Sima, he is suspected of being involved in the case, and I will also conduct a key investigation against him, without our permission, no one in the Han Navy is allowed to contact him, and this person also includes General Fugu." ”
Fugu Huaien looked very impatient, he waved his hand and said, "How you want to check, whatever you want!" ”
After speaking, he turned around and walked out of the tent, and when he walked out of the big tent, he faintly heard Jiang Yong say: "Yao Sima, let's continue, I want to know what is the basis for you to formulate the list of promoted personnel?" ”
Fugu Huaien returned to his big tent, he was very depressed, although Li Qingan did not come, but the matter has reached the worst step, these supervisors are obviously here to sell their officials, will Yao Guang admit that he did it in order to protect his Fugu Huaien? It is obviously impossible, that is, sooner or later he will confess himself.
At this time, a personal soldier rushed into the tent and said anxiously: "General, they have begun to look for people according to the list!" ”
"What!"
Fugu Huaien was taken aback, did it start so soon? He asked anxiously, "How many people have you found?" ”
"It seems that more than two dozen people have already entered!"
At this time, another personal soldier came to report: "General, an army from Broken Leaf has reached the east of Jinman County, about 3,000 people. ”
"General, the second batch of ten investigators has arrived, and three hundred soldiers have been brought in, and they have already entered the camp."
One bad news after another stunned Fugu Huaien, especially the arrival of the army, which cut off all his hopes, what should he do? What should he do?
Fugu Huaien was like an ant on a hot pot, walking back and forth in the big tent with his hands behind his back, sweat rolling down his forehead, he knew the seriousness of this matter, Li Qingan must have known that he did it, so he sent troops, he also knew that Li Qingan would never spare him, Li Qing'an would definitely take the opportunity to kill him in order to seize the Shuo army, go! The only way out is to escape, but where can he escape?
At this time, an inspector appeared at the door of the tent, followed by more than twenty soldiers who had just arrived, and the inspector arched his hand to him and said, "General Fugu, please come with me, it's your turn." ”
"I see, I'll be right over."
"No, please come with me immediately!"
A soldier who had been eavesdropping outside the tent walked forward quickly and whispered in his ear: "Yao Guang has been fully recruited, and I heard him say that the general has collected 50,000 yuan. ”
"That's it!"
Fugu Huaien's heart was horizontal, he suddenly pulled out his sword, rushed forward and slashed at the inspector, the inspector couldn't hide, was cut off by a sword, fell to the ground with a scream, and his soldiers were taken aback, they drew their swords, Fugu Huaien roared, pulled out the lance and swept towards the soldiers, Fugu Huaien was strong in martial arts, the soldiers couldn't resist, dragged up the inspector on the ground and fled to the supervision tent, shouting while running: "Fugu Huaien rebelled!" ”
There was a sudden chaos in the barracks, and Fugu Huaien turned over his horse and shouted to the soldiers: "Li Qing arranged to crowd the Shuo Fang army, I don't want to do it anymore, I am willing to go with me!" ”
He shouted three times in a row, but except for his hundred personal guards, no one was willing to go with him, and Jiang Yong, the inspector, shouted: "Fugu Huai'en colluded with the Hui people, and those who captured this person alive will be rewarded with a thousand dollars!" ”
The barracks were even more chaotic, and people began to surround them, and when they saw that the big thing had gone, they sighed in their hearts, and had to wave their iron lances and shout: "Follow me!" ”
He led a hundred guards to rush out of the gate of the back camp, fled to the east, only escaped more than 20 miles, he was sent by Li Qing'an sent by the general Murong Sheng led 3,000 people to intercept him, Fugu Huaien could not rush over, his own soldiers were almost killed and wounded, Fugu Huaien knew that the front was heavily intercepted, he could not escape back to Chang'an, so helpless, he had to turn his horse's head to the north, and fled in the direction of Huifu.
........ Ten days later, the news that Fugu Huaien colluded with Hui Hui and betrayed the Tang Dynasty and fled to Hui Hui was sent back to Chang'an by the prison army Bian Lingcheng in the form of an emergency military situation.
At this time, the imperial court is no longer as complicated as when Li Qing'an left, as Li Yu gained a firm foothold in the East Palace, with his official supervision of the country, the imperial court appeared a clear pattern, one faction was headed by Li Yu, including Wei Jian and Pei Min of the former Donggong Party, and Wang Heng of the Xiangguo Party supported against the other faction Yang Guozhong, Wei Jiansu, Chen Xilie and other Yang parties, while Zhang Yun supported Yang Guozhong in the dark, and the two sides were evenly matched.
Li Longji, who single-handedly concocted two camps, was even more reluctant to think about the government, he moved back to Daming Palace, and he was very fond of Concubine Mei, and he was fortunate to love Wu Xianyi, although he was not cold to Yang Guifei, but the degree of favor was obviously not as good as before, but this did not affect his trust in Yang Guozhong, in April, Li Linfu resigned from the post of Zhongshu Ling, and no longer asked about court affairs, Li Longji appointed Yang Guozhong as the right minister of Zhongshu Ling, and officially replaced Li Linfu, but he was promoted to Wang Heng as a subordinate servant, appointed as the left minister, and Chen Xilie was reappointed as the secretary of the Criminal Department, In this way, the confrontation between the two provinces under the Zhongshu Gate was completed.
Li Longji is quite satisfied with his masterpiece, as for what kind of impact the confrontation between the two factions will have on political affairs, whether it will make it impossible to implement the decree, etc., he doesn't care, he only cares about the balance of power, only cares about the power of the East Palace can not surpass the imperial power, after arranging these, Li Longji will go to enjoy the bliss of the world with peace of mind, the only thing he cares about and waits for is the Battle of Tubo, only this matter can pull him out of pleasure, in addition, some major events happen, he will also listen to them occasionally, and the person responsible for reminding him, But it was his personal eunuch Yu Chaoen.
Although Yu Chaoen did not get the power of Gao Lishi, he became Li Longji's only eyes and ears to the outside world, and many major things reported by Li Yu, such as the beginning of the flood of bad money, the strike of merchants in the two cities, the merger of Jianghuai land caused by the rebellion of the people, and other major events, were suppressed by him, on the contrary, Yang Guozhong reported good news, such as An Lushan's victory, Gao Xianzhi's repulsion of the Tubo army's invasion, the abundance of local treasury, the appearance of Ruizhao in a certain place, etc., but he transferred it to Li Longji in time, making Li Longji happy.
In the afternoon of this day, Yang Guozhong hurried to Daming Palace, he waited for a while in the Lin De Palace, only to hear a cough, Yu Chaoen walked slowly surrounded by several little eunuchs.
"Is there anything Yang Xiangguo looking for our family?"
Yu Chaoen is obviously fatter than before, and the shelves are also set up, seeing Yang Guozhong, he is not as respectful as before, and now he needs others to be respectful to him.
Yang Guozhong scolded secretly in his heart, but he didn't dare to offend this person, so he had to smile respectfully: "The troubled fish Zhongling is mastered, I have something I want to ask Zhongling to tell the saint." ”
Yu Chaoen now hates that others call him Yu Gonggong, he wants to learn from Gao Lishi and let others call him Yu Weng, but he feels a little awkward, a little eunuch is a good fart, and he wants to give him the title of 'Zhongling', which makes him very satisfied, and since then all the courtiers have been called Yu Zhongling when they see him, and even Li Yu has to follow the crowd.
Yu Chaoen sat down and took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "Yang Xiangguo, what our family told you last time, the hundred hectares of salt fields in Yangzhou, how is it now?" ”
"Please rest assured, I sent it to Yangzhou with a flying pigeon on the same day, it has been done, and the deed is on the way to it, and it is estimated that it will arrive in three or five days."
Yu Chaoen's eyes narrowed with a smile, and then he asked, "Yang Xiangguo said something just now, what is the matter?" ”
Yang Guozhong took out a booklet, handed it to Yu Chaoen and said, "Please give this book to the saint for a look." ”
"What's the matter?" Yu Chaoen asked in a long voice.
Yang Guozhong came to his senses and hurriedly said: "It was the Hui Hui who sent an envoy to question, saying that our Tang Anxi Army attacked the Hui without authorization and killed their clansmen, and asked us to explain." ”
"Is it Li Qing'an?" Yu Chaoen's face sank.
Yu Chaoen had no good impression of Li Qing'an, the reason was that he wanted Li Qing'an to report Anxi Supervisor Bian Lingcheng, but Li Qing'an ignored him, Bian Lingcheng had a deep vendetta with him, he wanted to kill this person more than once to relieve the hatred in his heart, but he just couldn't get involved in the prison army, Li Longji always refused to give him this power, a few months ago, Li Longji appointed an old eunuch named Liang Chaoyi to send and receive news of the prison army for him, and Liang Chaoyi was a person from Gao Lishi, and he never bought Yu Chaoen, This made Yu Chaoen hate but helpless, and wanted to overthrow Bian Lingcheng, only Li Qing'an's impeachment would have an effect, and Li Qing'an refused to do so, so he offended Yu Chaoen.
The eunuch's grudge is far stronger than that of ordinary people, Yu Chaoen snorted and said: "Yang Xiangguo, don't worry, our family will hand the fold to the saint." ”
At this time, Yang Guozhong clapped his hands, and a little eunuch stepped forward with a red lacquer plate, and on the plate was a pillow. ”
Yang Guozhong stroked his beard and smiled: "Exactly, I heard that Zhongling is not sleeping well, so I found it out from the library and lent it to Zhongling!" ”
Yu Chaoen was overjoyed, he took this pillow, and stroked it lovingly, he knew that this was the country of Qiuzi, its color was like agate, warm as jade, if the pillow was ten continents, three islands, four seas, five lakes, what I saw in my dream, the saint was therefore named Youxian Pillow, and it was given to Yang Guozhong the year before last.
This pillow was handed over to Yang Guozhong by himself, and he touched it all the way, he loved it in his heart, but unfortunately he couldn't think about it, he didn't expect Yang Guozhong to be so knowledgeable and gave it to himself, of course he knew that the so-called borrowing was just a pretext, and it didn't lie with him, so he didn't have to be caught.
"Yang Xiangguo won't have something to ask me for!" Yu Chaoen smiled.
"Actually, it's nothing, I just want to ask, how is the concubine Niangniang now?"
(To be continued)