Fifth Qi stepped forward and grabbed the knocker of Ye Mansion, knocked it a few times, and after a while, he saw a person open the door.

"What is Lang Jun more valuable?" The man was very polite, and when he saw the appearance of the Fifth Qi scribe, he said.

"When I came here yesterday, I saw that there was still a forbidden army in front of your mansion, why did it disappear today?" Fifth Qi asked.

"Oh, I withdrew last night."

"I withdrew last night......" Fifth Qi was a little dumbfounded.

He discussed with Cen Shen Ke for half the night last night, and when how to solve the crisis in front of Ye Chang, the two of them made three different plans according to Cen Shen's insistence, and deduced all kinds of possible situations. But no matter how much they thought about it, they didn't expect that overnight, the forbidden army that had originally surrounded Ye Mansion would suddenly withdraw.

"What's going on?" Fifth Qi came back and asked Cen Shen, and there was some reproach in his words: "He left overnight, and Ye Sima looked like he was holding a wisdom bead, he should know that Lu Dao would be like this, right?" ”

"I don't know......" Cen Shen scratched his head.

"Ye Sima sent you to my side, and who else did you instruct to do what?"

"This ...... Just asked Ye An to arrange the affairs of the Andong Chamber of Commerce......"

"Andong Chamber of Commerce...... I see."

Fifth Qi suddenly realized, but Cen Shen himself was still a little puzzled. Fifth Qi muttered something, his eyes shining, because he suddenly felt that he seemed to understand what Cen Shen had relayed about Ye Chang.

The economy determines the power in the court

Economy is the broad meaning of financial management, in other words, Ye Chang is saying that whoever can make the most money will have the greatest influence on the court.

Why can the emperor of the Tang Dynasty become the supreme, because the whole world has to pay taxes to him, and if he has money and food in his hands, he can raise troops and accumulate generals, and settle on the throne of the emperor.

Ye Chang has the Andong Chamber of Commerce, and with the Andong Chamber of Commerce, he has integrated a large number of forces in Chang'an City that seem to be scattered. Although these forces do not yet have a common goal of governance, they already have a common political interest, that is, the Andong Chamber of Commerce must continue to make money. At present, the only one who can ensure that the Anton Chamber of Commerce continues to make money is Ye Chang.

If Li Linfu goes all out to get rid of Ye Chang, these shareholders of the Anton Chamber of Commerce weigh the pros and cons, and they will feel that it is not worth fighting against Li Linfu's power for hundreds or thousands of dollars of income every year, and everyone will only think of squeezing the most important value of the Anton Chamber of Commerce.

But yesterday afternoon's situation made everyone realize that Li Linfu's methods against Ye Chang this time were still mostly beaten, and it was not as if they would turn their faces immediately, even so, of course they would be active, especially in the face of Ye An's new fundraising plan of the Anton Chamber of Commerce, which was even more coveted.

Under such circumstances, everyone would naturally lend a helping hand, and it was only a matter of an eye to transfer Long Wujun away.

But after Ye Chang withdrew from the Long Wu Army, he still went out early in the morning, where would he go?

After listening to the fifth Qi analyze the connection, Cen Shen sighed and said: "A character like me doesn't want to serve in Beijing, there are too many twists and turns, I can't play it." It's not just that I can't play, even Wang Dalang can't play either, but Zhang Gong and the fifth prince may not be afraid of the sinister turmoil. ”

Fifth Qi also shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I'm not much better than you, and I usually realize it later...... But just now I asked Ye Sima where he went, but the people inside didn't tell me, you are Ye Sima's help, I don't think I will hide it from you, why don't you go in and ask? If there is a treatise by Ye Sima in this mansion, please bring out a volume so that I can have a sneak peek. ”

"Since you're here, I'll go in and wait, books, yes." Cen saw a false alarm, so he greeted the fifth Qi and said: "I was entertained by the fifth prince yesterday, and today let me entertain the fifth prince."

Fifth Qi returned to the door with him, knocked on the door, and after the door opened, the person who had just received him came out, and when he saw Cen Shen, he immediately said happily: "Cen Gong is back"

"Exactly, Sima...... This fifth duke was ordered by Sima to invite me. ”

"Oh, Fifth Gong, I was rude, Sima went to Li Xianggong's house."

"Went to Li Xianggong's Mansion again?" Cen Shen was taken aback: "Go to Li Xianggong's Mansion at this time...... It's a little inappropriate, isn't it? ”

Fifth Qi is also a fog, and he feels a little incredible.

Regardless of whether Li Linfu really wanted to turn his face or not, all the pressures he exerted yesterday were all lacking in confidence with the withdrawal of the Long Wu Army. Ye Chang can be said to have recovered the situation, and what he should do next seems to be to act in secret, and go straight to Li Linfu's mansion again, which is a bit like he is going to demonstrate to Li Linfu.

With Ye Chang's current situation, he has the power to protect himself, but if he wants to fight back against Li Linfu, he is a little beyond his strength.

At this time, Ye Chang was indeed above Li Linfu's moon hall, Li Linfu was talking to him with a smile, still like yesterday, only talking about some gossip, as soon as Ye Chang talked about business, Li Linfu would inevitably change the topic.

Ye Chang didn't have the time and energy to play these tricks with Li Linfu, an old politician, so he got up and said: "Li Xianggong, Dengzhou Sima Yuan Highway can be the history of Dengzhou." ”

"Dengzhou is close to the sea, but it is a good place, I heard that Emperor Wu of Wei is ...... in the east of Jieshi" Li Linfu was talking nonsense, and wanted to talk about idle things, but found that Ye Chang's eyes were firm, and after saying that, he stared at him without saying a word, Li Linfu's eyebrows trembled slightly.

The young man in front of him, two years ago, was still at his mercy, he wanted to let him carry the black cauldron, he had to betray Wei Jian, Huangfu Weiming and Wang Zhonghei infamy, just a year ago, any of his thoughts and thoughts, he had to report to himself and get his own approval.

But now, in such a short time, he has grown up, although it is not enough to compete with himself, but it is difficult to imagine that he was used as a pawn like he was at the beginning.

"The official position of the imperial court is bound by its own system, you say that the Yuan Highway can be a thorn in history, could it be that the imperial court jue Lu has become your family?" Li Linfu's voice was very soft, with a smile on his face, but his words were extremely sharp: "Eleven Lang, I have been a border general for a long time, and it seems that my body has been contaminated with the dominance of the border generals." ”

Ye Chang was still silent, just staring at Li Linfu.

Li Linfu suppressed the smile on his face, and was stared at so aggressively by a young man who was dozens of years younger than himself, which made him extremely unhappy in his heart. Mo said that now his mind to recruit Ye Chang as his son-in-law has faded, even if Ye Chang is really his son-in-law, such arrogance will make him feel guilty.

"The post of the head of the Liaodong Marching Army's office will be granted." Li Linfu said slowly: "Fumeng Lingcha will be transferred from Anxi Jiedu to Liaodong. ”

He saw Ye Chang's pupils shrink suddenly, and he secretly felt happy in his heart. His judgment is not wrong, Liaodong is Ye Chang's foundation, and only here is the key point in his throat

As for what Ye Chang said before, he went to sea to seek immortals in Lushun Shipbuilding, but now Li Linfu doesn't believe it at all.

"Fumeng Lingcha is the general of the border pass, with him as the governor of Liaodong, the saint can rest assured, and I am also at ease." Li Linfu didn't wait for Ye Chang to speak, and said lightly: "The Liaodong Governor's Mansion is located in Beisha City. ”

"Dengzhou is too guarded, succeeded by Yuan Xian, Yuan Highway is talented, the imperial court will not treat it badly, and it is to choose Shangzhou as the assassin in the Guannei."

Compared with the use of Long Wujun yesterday, the two personnel appointments and dismissals that Li Linfu said today are the real threats to Ye Chang

Fumeng Lingcha is a frontier general, he has served in Hexi and Anxi, and he has a group of generals in his hands. Transfer him to Liaodong, and then allocate ordnance, clothing, and food, and it won't be long before he can build up a force in Liaodong that is far superior to the Jili Zhou army. Moreover, nominally speaking from the imperial court, the Jili Prefecture Army, the Jian'an Prefecture Army, the Xiangyang Guard, the Jili Prefecture Regiment and other troops controlled by Ye Chang all belonged to the jurisdiction of the Liaodong Marching Army, which means that Ye Chang was deprived of his military power

With Yuan Xian replacing Yuan Highway as the chief official of Dengzhou, it is to control the traffic arteries to Liaodong, so that the goods returned to the Central Plains from Liaodong and the people who moved to Liaodong from the Central Plains will be closely watched, and Ye Chang's immigration and dumping will no longer be as smooth as now. And this Yuan Xian, Ye Changzhi is a person, he is one of Li Linfu's cronies, and he is friendly with Wang Wei, he was originally Li Linfu's secretary, worshipping the Chinese scholars, but because his brother violated the law, he was implicated by him and was demoted to Handong Sihu. This person is a hardcore Li Linfu cronie, and he is placed in Dengzhou, and the intention of surveillance is extremely obvious.

This is an exchange, and Ye Chang understands this very well. If he wanted to retain his position in Liaodong, or even if he wanted to return to Liaodong safely, he would have to agree to these conditions—even Li Linfu did not need him to agree to them

Ye Chang took a breath and narrowed his eyes.

"Fu Meng Lingcha is familiar with the affairs of the Western Regions, and now Anxi is fighting fiercely with Xiao Bolu, and he is transferring his husband Meng Lingcha to Liaodong, how should the Anxi war situation be handled?"

Ye Chang's first question made Li Linfu very surprised, what he said was not bargaining, but considering the situation in the Western Regions. Li Linfu couldn't help but squint his eyes, and looked at Ye Chang carefully.

This junior really has a little bit of his own appearance, no matter how selfish he is, he will put national affairs first.

Li Linfu himself sees himself like this, although he is ridiculed for not learning and not being able to use a honey-belly sword, but he himself thinks that his selfishness is also for the sake of the country. At that time, King Ning, who was most respected by Li Longji, directly named ten people when appointing and dismissing officials in the imperial court, and asked the court to confer official positions, but everyone else was silent because this was an old practice, but he was the only one who felt inappropriate and reprimanded one of them to show justice. He himself rose from the ranks, so he was very displeased with the so-called "man of articles" who could ascend to heaven in one step by one or two poems.

"Gao Xianzhi can be a substitute for the husband of Meng Lingcha." Li Linfu said.

Ye Chang was a little silent, indeed, Gao Xianzhi, a Goguryeo man, may be more suitable than Fumeng Lingcha to be the envoy of the Anxi Festival. Although Li Linfu is selfish, he appointed Hu Ren and Han Shi as border generals to plug out the way for generals to enter the phase, but his vision of appointing people is still very accurate. An Sishun, An Lushan, Gao Xianzhi, Ge Shuhan and other generations are all quite meritorious.

However, because this generation is a Hu person, they often don't care about the lives of Tang Army soldiers, An Fatzi is like this, in fact, Gao Xianzhi and Ge Shuhan are also like this. Li Linfu's vision was only limited to military talent, and his selfishness made it impossible for him to appoint Wang Zhongsi and others who were more suitable than his generation.

"Fumeng Lingcha can't go to Liaodong, and Yuanxian can't go to Dengzhou." After a while, Ye Chang said slowly.

"How can you stop it?" Li Linfu smiled and said.

"An Lushan will prevent the husband from being inspected, why do you need to do it?" Ye Chang looked at Li Linfu squarely and said: "Isolated by land, Fu Meng Lingcha has no ability to govern the government and appease the people, only relying on the hundred and ten cronies he brought from Anxi, how can he govern Liaodong?" ”

Ye Changzhi said that Li Linfu was a smart person and saw the problem thoroughly, so he didn't hide it, and said it very directly. An Lushan now controls the two armies of Fanyang and Pinglu, and it is Ye Changcai who controls the two states of Jili and Jian'an, and he has to rush to compete with Ye Chang, not to mention that if Fumeng Lingcha becomes the governor of Liaodong, he may have to divide the Pinglu army to him. He will definitely exert all his strength to obstruct this appointment.

There is An Lushan obstructing outside, and Ye Chang is not cooperating inside, and Fumeng Lingcha is in Liaodong, and he is not stable.

"As soon as Yuan Xian arrives, the income of the Andong Chamber of Commerce will be lost, and now I will send a report of the income of the Chamber of Commerce to Chang'an every quarter. If the three months are not enough, it will be more others, and the victim will not be me, and the name of the truth will be public."

Ye Chang's second sentence made Li Linfu smile a little bitterly.

He once again carefully looked at the young man who was favored by himself.

Unconsciously, this young man, with his ability to make money, actually formed a group in the court with him as a bond. At first, Li Linfu did not notice the formation of this interest group, but when he realized it, he found that this group seemed to have lost control.

At least if he doesn't use all his resources and is prepared to kill a thousand people and lose eight hundred, he will not be able to really oppose this group.

"If that's the case, then we don't have to talk about it anymore." Li Linfu said: "You are now very powerful, the saint will meet you soon, I want to come to Liaodong and Dengzhou, the saint also has arrangements, and there is no need for the old man to worry about it." ”

This time it was Ye Chang's turn to smile bitterly.

He can rely on the interest group of the Andong Chamber of Commerce to balance Li Linfu, but he cannot use this to counter Li Longji's intentions.

"According to Li Xianggong's opinion, what should I do?"

"Don't ask me how I should be, ask me how you can be." Li Linfu said.

Ye Chang lowered his eyelids slightly, thinking about what kind of concessions he could make. For Li Linfu, it doesn't make much sense to send more money every year, so what kind of concessions does he want to make?

"You don't have to rush, you can go back and think slowly." Li Linfu occupied Mr. again, and said with a smile: "Eleven Lang, as long as you think about it before the sage sees you......"

"I will stay in Chang'an from now on." Ye Chang raised his head and said suddenly.

As soon as these words came out, Li Linfu was so shocked that he used some strength in his hands, and his beard was torn off a few times, so painful that he almost screamed.

Ye Chang's meaning is obviously not to stay in Chang'an for a few days, but to stay in Chang'an for a long time, doesn't this mean that he is willing to leave Liaodong temporarily?

This choice was completely unexpected by Li Linfu, and he suddenly felt that he couldn't see through the young man in front of him.