In March of the sixth year of Datang Tianbao, the spring flowers bloomed, and Luoyang peony ushered in the peak time.

There is also a peony garden in the Grand View Garden, which is where Li Ye likes to stay the most, and she has now fully organized the Grand View Garden, not just limited to one of the four districts in the past.

In Luoyang City, she is also a legend, and it is very difficult to meet her. Naturally, Luoyang ordered Yang Shenming to be not among them, so when Yang Shenming set up a banquet here to invite the officials, Li Ye personally came forward to persuade everyone to drink.

Although she was drunk, this Li lady also had a lot of charm between her eyebrows, but the officials present did not dare to laugh. Anyone knows that this woman is a person who is respected by Ye Chang, and offending Ye Chang, Wei Jian, Li Yong, Huangfu Weiming, etc. are lessons from the past.

What's more, their top boss, Luoyang Ling Yang Shenming, has an extraordinary relationship with Ye Chang, and both parties are Li Linfu's generals. Yang Shenming's brother Yang Shenjin, who was recommended by Li Linfu in the old years, became the head of the household and the middle of the imperial history.

Therefore, everyone was itching, but one by one they made the appearance of being in danger. When Li Ye saw their situation, he was both proud and a little disdainful in his heart.

Only when she was in front of one of them did she raise her glass from the bottom of her heart: "Liu Gong, the slave is not strong enough to drink, but when Liu Gong is in front of him, he has to drink it all." ”

Just now, she toasted others' wine, and she tasted it lightly, even respecting Yang Shenjin, but only for this Liu Yan, she won after a full cup.

Those officials originally had some ill intentions towards this amorous female shopkeeper, but they were afraid of the prestige of Ye Chang and Yang Shenming, so they didn't dare to attack. But at this time, they can start to coax, even if they can't eat, it's good to get over their mouths. Therefore, someone suddenly shouted: "Li everyone, you are not right, although Liu Gong is the captain of Luoyang, but Yang Gong is the Luoyang Order, and the rank is above Liu Gong, when you respect Yang Gong, you only taste it, but when you respect Liu Gong, it is a deep swallow, is it to bully Yang Gonghu?" ”

Taste it shallowly, swallow it deeply, and there is an ambiguous meaning in it, and everyone laughed, including Yang Shenming and Liu Yan, the Luoyang lieutenant who was known as Liu Gong, and they were not angry, just waiting for this strange woman with long sleeves and good dancing to explain.

Li Ye smiled and groaned, and the sparkle in his eyes flowed: "This Lang Jun's words are wrong, Yang Gong has just said it, today only talks about the friendship of colleagues, not about the rank of official position, so there are only Yang Gong and Liu Gong in the eyes of the slave, and there is no Yang Ming Mansion and Liu Shaofu." Lang Jun's inappropriate remarks should be punished with a glass of wine. ”

The official laughed and raised his glass and drank it all: "Okay, so-and-so punished this cup but, Mr. Li, you haven't responded to a certain party's words."

"Yang Gong is handsome, beautiful, and majestic, and the slave has a secret admiration in his heart, but in the end, he can't compare to Liu Gong's young man, and his talent will become early." Li Ye praised the two of them in one sentence, and then the tone changed, but he said: "But the slave respects Liu Gong to drink and win, but not for this, just because the slave runs this Grand View Garden, although all the princes are guests, but only Liu Gong has given two plans, so that the guests of the Grand View Garden are more and more fond of spending money." All the princes have great talents, but the slave is a vulgar thing with only a blockage in his eyes, so naturally he has to treat Liu Gong even more differently. ”

Everyone laughed at her when they heard her, and the coaxing official shook his head and said: "If you are a vulgar thing, the world is full of copper smells."

This is the truth, over the years, Li Ye has been in charge of the Grand View Garden, with an annual income of no less than 100,000 yuan, and Li Ye often donates a considerable part of it to build bridges and pave roads, especially to adopt those abandoned children and orphans who have lost their parents. Everyone knows that she has good money, and they also know that behind her good money, she has used the money to do good deeds. Although behind it was the order of Ye Chang, who was in Liaodong's marching governor's mansion to record the army, but it was Li Ye who handled it, and Ye Chang did not even reveal his name.

There are also mean people who secretly mutter, behind this seemingly merciful measure, it is actually a human trafficking - every month or two, those children will disappear from Luoyang City, it is said that they were sent to Liaodong, but who knows if Lu Dao was trafficked into slavery and slavery.

Liu Yan himself knew that the reason why Li Ye treated him differently was not because of his own suggestions, but because of Ye Chang.

Because of Wang Changling, he had correspondence with Ye Chang and discussed some views on wealth and financial management. Li Ye is the person who handles these letters, and whether this woman has read the contents of these letters or not, she knows that Ye Chang's attitude towards Liu Yan is different from that of ordinary bureaucrats.

Liu Yan drank all the wine in the cup, and a faint bitter taste swirled on the tip of his tongue.

This is wine, not a high-grade liquor made by Ye Chang. High-grade liquor is a very enjoyable good thing for drunkards, but because it is too easy to get drunk, in real banquet occasions, in order to prevent loss of manners, everyone would rather go to drink wine. Seeing that Liu Yan finished drinking, Li Yeying smiled and was about to speak, but saw a figure dangling in front of the door.

She was watching and listening to all directions, and when she saw the figure, she was stunned, and then she bowed down and confessed, and went out.

This move was a bit rude, and everyone followed to look at the door, but all they saw was Li Ye's back.

"This Li family is not formal, let's feast here, but she left like this." Someone muttered.

"If you have hundreds of thousands of dollars of business in your hands every year, I'm afraid it will be the same." Someone else replied.

"Don't talk about this, everyone drinks, drinks"

Liu Yan did not participate in this discussion, but thoughtfully. There are not many people or things that can make Li Ye leave the table, could it be that Ye Sima from Liaodong has returned to the Central Plains?

The matter of Ye Chang's return to the Central Plains has been rumored for a long time, and the reason is because of his previous military exploits. Recovering Jian'an Prefecture and killing and capturing more than 10,000 Khitan and other rebels, such a great victory is definitely worth capturing to His Majesty Chang'an. But what is surprising is that the reaction of Chang'an City to this matter is thunder and rain, although everyone thinks that Li Linfu, who has always supported Ye Chang, will take the opportunity to give Ye Chang a credit and let him sit in the position of the head of the Liaodong Marching Army's office, at least the deputy director, but in fact, until now, there is no news.

Some people also said that Ye Chang's merit was high this time, so it was difficult to appreciate, and there was still some controversy in the court.

On the contrary, it was An Lushan, who took advantage of Ye Chang's defeat of the main force of the Khitans to "recover" Anshi Prefecture, and the reward of the imperial court had already been awarded.

After the banquet was dispersed, Liu Yan was about to leave, but saw Li Ye coming in a hurry, bidding farewell to everyone, and at the same time giving him a look.

Liu Yan understood and deliberately stayed until the last of the day, and after everyone left, he saw Li Yeyan and smiled: "The slave is rude, Liu Gong, Ye Sima has returned to Luoyang, and I want to invite Liu Gong to meet." ”

"I deserve to pay a visit." Liu Yan was prepared in his heart and responded with a smile.

But deep down in his heart, he had some doubts, Ye Chang and Yang Shenming had a very good relationship, the two sides belonged to Li Linfu's camp in the DPRK and China, and the two sides cooperated very happily in the resettlement of the disaster victims back then, until now, Yang Shenming is still full of praise for Ye Chang. Since Ye Chang arrived in Luoyang and Yang Shenming was present again, why didn't he see Yang Shenming, but came to see him?

Following Li Ye around a small courtyard, he entered a room, which was simple and unpretentious on the outside, but after entering, Liu Yan felt that the decorations and furnishings carried a comfortable feeling.

Then he saw Ye Chang smiling and smiling at him: "Come secretly, it's not good to greet you outside, and please forgive Liu Gong." ”

Liu Yan hurriedly returned the salute, shook his head and said: "Ye Sima He said this, although you and I are the first meeting, but we have been friends for a long time, Ye Sima's economic talent, I am very admired, and Ye Sima's work in recovering Xinjiang has made me throw myself to the ground, I only hate myself for being a useless scholar, and I can't follow Ye Sima and go to the frontier to serve the country."

Liu Yannai is a prodigy who became an official at the age of seven, and he doesn't know that Ye Chang's intention to show favor to him is nothing more than to recruit him. But his prestige and qualifications are destined for him to have a good future in the past, not like Wang Changling, who is more than half a hundred years old and has nothing to do, nor is it like a young scholar like Cen Shen who lacks fame.

Therefore, this sentence is not only to pay tribute to Ye Chang, but also to make a clear position.

Ye Chang said with a smile: "Duke Liu has a bright future, and he is in the frontier and in the Eastern Capital, and he is all serving the country...... I invited Liu Gong to come, because I know that Liu Gong has a good eye and can recommend people, I don't know if Liu Gong has the right talent to recommend me? ”

The so-called "like gathers people and divides people into groups", Ye Chang firmly believes that around Liu Yan, there must be some characters who are as good at managing financial management as him. Liu Yan can't dig up, it's good to be able to dig up these characters.

Hearing him ask like this, Liu Yan's heart moved, and his expression was a little strange.

"The land of the two states of Liaodong is in ruins, and talents are urgently needed. Ye Chang looked at his face and said.

After a little hesitation, Liu Yan looked at Ye Chang: "There is one person who is very suitable, but he is ...... But it's a bit of a hassle. ”

"Oh, I don't know who it is, what's the trouble?" When Ye Chang heard this, he smiled.

He is not afraid of trouble, but of no one. Jili Prefecture and Jian'an Prefecture, to a certain extent, are his independent kingdoms, and the decrees of the imperial court are here, and none of them are as effective as his words. If there is any trouble, bringing people to Liaodong, who can still reach out?

Even Concubine Mei's troublesome identity, isn't she living well in Lushun?

"This person's surname is fifth, his name is Qi, his name is Yuqi, and he is a person from Jingzhao." Liu Yan smiled, stared at Ye Chang and said, "I used to work for the Taishou of Shaanxi County, and then I was demoted and returned home, but recently I heard that he is in a bad situation." If Ye Sima wants to use this person, this is the right time. ”

"Bad situation?" Ye Chang asked, "How is it a bad method?" ”

"Speaking of which, it also has something to do with Ye Sima." Liu Yan said calmly: "He was originally engaged in Wei Jian's post in Shaanxi County, and he was implicated in Wei Jian's affairs and was dismissed, and now it is rumored that someone in Chang'an is complaining about Wei Jian and others, and he is implicated by him." Although he has not yet entered the Dali Temple Prison, he is also a little dangerous. ”

No wonder his expression was a little strange, this person turned out to be Wei Jian's party. Ye Chang may be one of the most hated people in Wei Jian's party, Liu Yan recommended this Fifth Qi to Ye Chang, firstly, he wanted to use Ye Chang's power to help Fifth Qi get out of his current situation; Second, I also have the heart to test and see what Ye Chang's strength is.

Ye Chang heard that Wei Jian's case was involved, and he knew that there was something wrong with Lu Dao, this was a case that Li Linfu was staring at closely, he stretched out his hand in the middle, would it cause Li Linfu to be suspicious?

However, although he hesitated in his heart, Ye Chang smiled on his face.

"I don't ask him what trouble he has, I just ask him if he is worthy of Liu Gong's recommendation." Ye Chang stared at Liu Yan.

"Naturally, he deserves it, his financial and economic ability is not under Liu"

"That being the case, please ask Liu Gong to write a letter to win his trust." Ye Chang said again.

Liu Yan laughed and tapped Ye Chang with his finger: "Where is Ye Sima young, he is clearly an old fox spirit."

This is half praise and half irony, he gave Ye Chang a problem, and Ye Chang also gave him a problem. This letter is not easy to write, if the fifth Qi is really convicted because of Wei Jian's involvement, then this letter can also implicate Liu Yan.

Ye Chang just smiled, Li Ye looked at his face, presented pen, ink, paper and inkstone, Liu Yan waved it, and after finishing, he arched his hand to Ye Chang: "But Ye Sima's will is done." ”

"Please also rest assured that at least the life of this fifth gentleman, I will try to save it." Ye Chang also said.

"I see that Ye Sima is so secretive, this time he returns to the customs, there must be a lot of trouble, right?" Liu Yan heard Ye Chang say this, and his heart was slightly moved, Ye Chang really attached great importance to his opinion, so he hesitated slightly, and then said: "If you don't think Liu is stupid, if there is anything you need my help with, please command." ”

Ye Chang smiled bitterly, the vision of a smart person is accurate, just by virtue of the fact that his whereabouts are secret, he will perceive the embarrassment of his trip.

Unlike the last time he got the edict to return to Chang'an, this time, he can be said to have left Liaodong without permission and returned to the Central Plains. The reason why this is so is because there is a big problem with the secret agreement with Li Linfu.

Originally, Li Linfu promised to replenish the population for him from the Central Plains, but after six years in Tianbao, the matter was stopped. Not only now, Dengzhou Sima Yuan Highway has also received news that his position is quite unstable, and it seems that some people feel that this position is a beauty difference and is ready to replace it.

Yuan Highway and Ye Chang can be regarded as an alliance of interests, and Dengzhou, which he governs, is the throat of communication between Liaodong and the Tang Dynasty, and in this position, Ye Chang certainly hopes to arrange people close to him. If Yuan Highway really wants to be transferred, he should also fight for his successor.

"It's just a little trouble, and Lao Liu Gong asked." The root causes of these two problems are above the court, and it may even be in Li Linfu, but it is not something that Liu Yan can solve. And there are some things that Liu Yan should not know, so Ye Chang thanked Liu Yan, but did not say it directly, but moved on to others: "Liu Gong once said in his reply that he would use salt tax to support the country, but he had other ideas and was willing to discuss with Liu Gong."

Seeing that he didn't want to speak out, Liu Yan naturally didn't force it, and after the two discussed and argued, Ye Chang said again: "The art of economy, scholars often despise it for their financial management, but I think that the so-called economy, the meaning of the use of the world, for the official in power does not understand the art of economy, that is, not through the study of the world." Today, although there are many people who claim to be famous ministers, they are just mediocre people, and there are very few people who are familiar with the economy. I discussed with Liu Gong, I want to put it into a book and print it in all directions, I don't know what Liu Gong's intentions are? ”