Chapter 168: Sick
However, in the end, the messenger was not chosen by Li Xiangxuan. Because after Lin Xiang proposed to send an envoy, he quickly became "ill" and pushed the matter of selecting the envoy back to Lin Xiang.
The person is not selected by Li Xiang, if Rong Di does not have a good result this time, it naturally has nothing to do with him who is "sick".
Li Xiang is not Zhou Shangshu who is weak and short of breath, An Guogong passed on this matter through Xie Xiang, Li Xiang is actually very careful.
Li Xiang thinks that he and Xie Xiang are both one of the three phases, and he is the one who is really in charge of the military department, even if An Guogong finds someone to deliver the song, he should find him, and he should not go to Xie Xiang anyway.
But for Li Xiang, when it comes to the Mu family, in fact, An Guogong is too stubborn in his affairs, and he directly tore his face with the Ministry of War, so that he, the prime minister in charge of the Ministry of War, can't even get off the stage.
But Li Xiang is so shrewd, he understands that An Guogong is not rushing at him to make such a fuss, and this fire can't burn him, in fact, there is not much mistake, it is not worth worrying, and he can't afford to deal with the Mu family. What Li Xiang really cares about is actually Xie Xiang.
Xie Xiang stretched out his hand so long, and he actually wanted to meddle in the affairs of the northern border, which was what Li Xiang really cared about. The Ministry of War is his territory, why should Xiang Xie make a fuss about the affairs of the Ministry of War.
Li Xiang didn't think there was anything wrong with Old Madam Mu sending her granddaughter to Xie Xiang's mansion. He felt that Xie Fu intended to make friends with the Mu family, and Xie Xiang's granddaughter had always been flattering to An Guogong's daughter, which was known all over Beijing. Since the two families are on good terms, it is normal for the Mu family to find the Xie family if there is something.
But Li Xiang felt that Xie Xiangqian should not have helped to present the performance himself. Thank you? He is in charge of the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Engineering, and the Ministry of War has nothing to do with him. Even if he gets it, Xie Shouying, the old man, should give it to him! He is the master in charge of the military department!
Even if it was enough to help submit the notes of the military department, Xie Shouying actually expressed his opinions on the affairs of the northern border at will in front of the saint, saying that the situation in the northern border could not be delayed any longer, and asked the emperor to consider increasing the troops.
He also said that the city defense of the three border states has been repaired for a year, but it has not yet been completed, and if there is any difficulty, the military department can open its mouth, and the other ministry will give full support to all the materials that can be called up in the country and quickly send them to the northern border pass.
This is almost a direct reference to the disadvantage of the Ministry of War, and he, the minister in charge of the Ministry of War, is derelict in his duties! Li Xiang felt that Xie Shouying, this old guy, was simply punishable. He felt that he had seen through Xie Xiang's mind.
Xie Shouying, this old guy is not satisfied! Lin Xiang is not in good health, maybe he may be old one day, Xie Xiang started wiring in advance to seize power, first thinking about biting him down as a left, and then holding the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites into his own hands, so that with the four departments in hand, even if he is a scholar of Gu, he will not be able to compete with Xie Xiang for the position of the first and auxiliary prime minister!
What made Li Xiang most angry was that Xie Xiang had already stretched out his hand to the military department, obviously coming at him, but Prince Yi's attitude was ambiguous. This made Li Xiang a little uneasy, and he couldn't help but think of the rumors in recent days. It is rumored that King Yi fell in love with the fourth lady of the Xie family at first sight and had no regrets.
Do you have no regrets? Joke! Li Xiang understood in his heart that this was Prince Yi's intention to let the Xie family see his sincerity! Therefore, on the first day he heard this rumor, Li Xiang knew that Concubine Wen, a woman, was really a waste.
Concubine Wen's brain is just slightly smarter than the queen's stupid woman, and occasionally when the emperor opens and closes her eyes, she tries to manipulate the queen to help her Wen family seek some personal interests, and wants to meddle in the marriage of the princes, that is really delusional!
Lord Yi is not like his stupid mother, this lord has completely inherited the emperor's shrewdness, and to cooperate with him, you need to be careful every step of the way.
For example, right now, Xie Xiang is so blatantly interfering in the affairs of the Ministry of War, and Prince Yi has not said anything, which makes Li Xiang have to wonder if Prince Yi has made an agreement with Xie Xiang in private, but he is just hiding it from them.
If the Xie family gives up on King Xin and decides to support King Yi, it will naturally be a good thing for King Yi. With the support of the Xie family, the Li family and the Wen family, the future crown prince of Prince Yi is undoubtedly very stable. However, in this way, in the eyes of the future Son of Heaven, it is self-evident who is the most important hero......
Wang Ye's current attitude is obviously to use the power of the left minister in his hands in exchange for the trust and support of the Xie family! Is he going to sit back and die? Watching Xie Shouying overpower him everywhere? If this continues, even if he waits for Prince Yi to ascend the throne, he will not wait for the opportunity to turn over!
Scold...... What a loving and promise-keeping prince. It's a pity that his Li family was tied to the boat of King Yi early, and now it's too late to turn back......
But! Even if he can't turn back, it's impossible to let him, the left minister, sit still.
After Xie Xiang's recital was handed over, Li Xiang was "sick" at home for two days and did not go to court. Two days later, he recovered and made his decision.
To a certain extent, Li Xiang and Zhou Shangshu are really similar. He felt that Xie Shouying's calculations were good, and if he said pretty, things would be done by the Ministry of War, and if he didn't do it well, he would be the left minister. In this case, it is better for him to fully support Lin Xiang now, what does Lin Xiang say, he just obeys orders.
The matter in the north is so complicated, Li Xiang feels that Xie Xiang is afraid that he has been waiting for a long time to use the north border as an excuse to pull his pigtails! It's not just Xie Xiang, Lin Xiang, an old fox, I'm afraid I'm waiting to pick up the leak! Since this is the case, it is better for him to be "sick" for two more days and avoid the cusp.
If you are sick, you naturally don't have to do things, and if you don't do things, you won't be wrong.
Therefore, Li Xiang's illness was sick for half a month, and the envoys sent to the north by Lin Xiang as the main choice all set off, and he gradually recovered.
On the day Li Xiang recovered from his illness, Xie Xiang saw Li Xiang, who had a ruddy face and was slightly blessed at home, and snorted slightly coldly in his heart.
Therefore, after An Guogong's song was delivered to Beijing, he looked forward to it for two months, and he did not look forward to the edict of conscription, but waited for a messenger to envoy Rong Di.
Fortunately, the emperor is still very worried about the situation in the north. Along with the envoys who set off for the north, there was also a messenger personally appointed by the emperor. Although the conscription was suspended, the emperor personally ordered the household department to allocate five million taels of silver to repair the city in the north.
This time, the emperor selected a man who was very familiar with the city dredging, civil engineering, and craftsman programs from the Ministry of Industry to be the Qin Messenger, and the Qin Messenger personally escorted the people's materials to the north to supervise the northern city defense repair project. This messenger will stay in the north until the city defenses of the three border states are all repaired, and then return to Beijing to resume his life.
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