After Zhang said that he returned to the private residence, Zhang Jiuling specially came to the door to admonish. When he said that Yu Wenrong "has a suspicious appearance, and his intentions are probably not limited to this", he heard Zhang Shuo snort coldly and said: "It's just a rat, what can you do?" ”

Zhang Jiuling sighed and said, "The embankment of thousands of miles can be destroyed in an anthill, even if it is a rat, it cannot be underestimated." It doesn't matter if you listen to the public or not, that's all the officials say. ”

What can be said and what can't be said, Zhang Jiuling poured out a clean article because of the old friendship. As for what Zhang said he was going to do, although he could imagine it, he was powerless to return to the sky.

As Zhang Jiuling expected, the selection of officials was very smooth and amiable at first, and the ten envoys, even Yu Wenrong, were all honest and fair, and indeed selected many talents, but when the list was handed over to Zhang Shuo for review, those talents became unpopular.

After Zhang Shuo's pointing and picking, the election of officials that should have ended in February was delayed until March, and the list of officials was also a mess, Li Longji was furious about this, if it weren't for Xiao Jiangyuan's persuasion, I was afraid that Zhang Shuo would be dismissed as the prime minister!

Zhang said that he didn't know about this, he had been restrained by another thing - Concubine Wu Xian courted him, hoping that he could help him rise to the throne.

It's not easy. In terms of pampering, Concubine Wuxian does favor the harem, but in terms of fame, although she is a first-class concubine, she is not as good as Zhaoyi Zhao's name - Zhao Zhaoyi is the prince's biological mother, although she is seriously ill and has been bedridden for many years, but as long as she does not die for a day, if the saint wants to stand up, she cannot bypass her, otherwise it will make the storage position unstable, at least at the moment, the civil and military officials will not agree.

He is not very sure whether this Concubine Wuxian can have the courage and demeanor of Empress Zetian more than 70 years ago, if so, then it is not impossible for him to take a risk and support the future queen. The prince can be established or abolished, and when the time is ripe in the future, he will change the Shouwang of Concubine Wuxian as the prince, and from then on, the two dynasties will be rich and noble, and they will be at their fingertips.

The stakes are high, and he has to think about it carefully. He didn't know that before he could think about the results, he no longer had the ability to make a queen.

As soon as the election of officials was over, Li Longji planned to find another person to fill the vacancy of the Imperial Doctor.

Li Longji had a good impression of Li Linfu, Xiao Jiangyuan saw it in his eyes, and tried to recommend it, but was immediately denied by Li Longji: "He has just become the middle of the imperial history, and Yu Wenrong has not yet been promoted, where can he get his turn?" Speaking of this Li Shilang, didn't you go to Ah Jiang's funeral back then, you saw him, what is your impression? ”

Xiao Jiangyuan nodded and said, "Naturally, I have seen it." At that time, Chu Guogong fell out of favor with everyone, the court was cold, and there were only his wife and little lady in the family, so Li Zhongcheng presided over the funeral of Chu Guogong as a nephew. In Chen's opinion, he is a very interesting person. ”

"Interesting?" Li Longji carefully tasted Xiao Jiangyuan's evaluation of Li Linfu, "...... Nothing good or bad? ”

"In the world, there is probably no one who is completely good or bad. For example, a minister is not a good person at all. Xiao Jiangyuan was originally sitting next to Li Longji, and while talking, he placed the music sheets she had screened one by one on the imperial case, but at this time, his movements stopped, and he raised his eyes and looked at Li Longji steadily, "Everyone looks at courtiers and has never been based on the distinction between good and bad, right?" ”

Li Longji looked Xiao Jiangyuan up and down, and sneered: "That's right." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan thought for a while and said: "But after all, the Imperial Historian is the head of the Imperial History Observatory, and he is going to lead a group of Imperial Historians to supervise hundreds of officials, if he lacks virtue, I am afraid that he will not be able to convince the public." If you really can't think of a candidate, it's better to call Zhang Xianggong to ask and see if Zhang Xianggong can have a candidate to recommend. ”

Li Longji smiled slightly: "If you ask him, you can't ask like this......"

The next day, in front of all the permanent staff officers, Li Longji said: "Now there is still a vacancy in the imperial doctor, I plan to let Henan Yin Cui Yinfu enter the court, what does Zhang Xianggong think?" ”

"Saints are not." Zhang Shuo immediately objected, "This person has no ink on his chest, instead of being a doctor of imperial history, it is better to let him be reappointed as General Jinwu." As for the Imperial Doctor, there are more suitable candidates. ”

Li Longji's smile did not change, but he raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Let's talk about it. ”

"Cui Rizhi, the prince of Zhongshan County." Zhang Shuo recalled, "This person is quite literate and capable, and the minister has worked with him, and I feel that this person should be more qualified for the position of imperial historian." ”

Cui Rizhi knew that this person was the cousin of Cui Riyong, who was a dragon hero at the beginning, and he was indeed brilliant and capable, but Li Longji remembered him vividly, but not because of this, but when he was demoted a few years ago, he was accused of corruption and bribery.

Li Longji didn't say anything more and retreated. A few days later, he directly appointed Cui Yinfu as the imperial historian, and Cui Rizhi as the general of Yulin.

At this moment, Zhang said that he seemed to have woken up from a big dream, and finally realized that he had completely lost the favor and trust of the Son of Heaven, and his status was in jeopardy.

However, it was too late.

Yu Wenrong is the happiest, but the top boss Cui Yinfu automatically became Zhang Shuo's opponent as soon as he entered the court, and he succeeded with a little wooing, but only the two of them were not enough. The impeachment of officials in the imperial history is convincing, he and Cui Yinfu are not at odds with Zhang Shuo, and they are only impeached by them, for fear that they will be said to be unfair.

So, Yu Wenrong also brought Li Linfu over. After all, in the eyes of everyone, Li Linfu and Zhang Shuo have never had anything to do with each other, let alone have much intersection, who would have thought that he would harm Zhang Shuo? Even if he knew that he had a role in causing harm, he couldn't figure out the motive - Zhang said that since he stepped down, it would not be Li Linfu's turn to succeed him as prime minister. Li Linfu and Zhang Shuo have no hatred or grudges, and they are even more unprofitable, and they are their own people, so they are really the best candidates.

Li Linfu naturally won't refuse, even if it's not his turn now, who knows what will happen in the future? As long as Zhang says that he is in phase one day, the next prime minister will not be able to ascend, right?

There is a doctor of the imperial history who went down in person, supplemented by the two imperial historians to collect evidence and impeach together, plus Zhang said that he was not clean, this battle, Zhang Shuo lost very badly.

Yao Chong took the initiative to resign, although Song Jing was dismissed, he was promoted to honor, and when Zhang said it, he was arrested and imprisoned by Li Longji's order, and the three divisions were tried.

Because the evidence of Zhang's guilt was not fabricated, even Zhang Jiuling could not intercede for him. Previously, because of the sealing of Zen, Zhang said that he had offended all the civil and military officials, and now it is like a building falling down, and there is no room for salvation.

At this moment, Baiguan noticed that the sage's mind seemed to have changed—General Xiao was sent by him to visit Zhang Shuo in prison.

The prison is dark and damp, Xiao Jiangyuan has never been there, and the appearance of Zhang Shuo at the moment is something she has never seen before.

In just a few days, Zhang said that he seemed to be ten years old, with gray sideburns and a widening belt.

is accustomed to seeing Zhang Shuo or conceited or sycophant, or proud or complacent, but now seeing his chaotic hair, Xiao Jiangyuan, who has always been like water, can't help but feel shocked. The high spirits on the top of Mount Tai seemed to be just yesterday, and Li Longji's oath of "May you and my monarchs and ministers never be today" was still ringing in his ears, and Xiao Jiangyuan was a little cold for a while, and his steps were a little unsteady.

She was struggling to hold on to the bars of the prison to keep herself on her feet, and she happened to touch the chain on the door, and there was a clang.

Zhang Shuo's eyes were immediately attracted. Seeing that it was Xiao Jiangyuan, his slightly cloudy eyes immediately became clear, he stood up tremblingly, stumbled over, his hand stretched out from the gap in the railing, and tightly pulled the corner of Xiao Jiangyuan's robe, leaving one dark fingerprint after another.

Xiao Jiangyuan squatted down, wrapped Zhang Shuo's hand in his palm, and tried to make his smile look less polite and more humane: "You don't have to say anything, I won't let you have anything to do." ”

At the beginning, there were not many heroes left, Ge Fushun and Chen Xuanli led the troops honestly and never interfered in political affairs. At this moment, in addition to her, who seems to be a high and powerful person but is actually walking on thin ice, only Zhang Shuo is still active in the court.

Xiao Jiangyuan understands that the way of the emperor is always a bird, but he still wants to change something. Although her family Ah Lang is ruthless and affectionate, he should always be different from the previous emperor.

Hearing Xiao Jiangyuan's description of Zhang's tragic situation, Li Longji was also embarrassed. Zhang said that he was credited to Sheji, which is beyond doubt, and he was an old minister of the Four Dynasties, and Li Longji didn't want to kill him, but there was one point, he was very curious: "Ah Yuan, you should know that as the closest eunuch around me, you should not be too close to the courtiers, and even be emotionally biased." You can't hide from him on weekdays, why do you help him again and again in recent days and intercede for him? It's not like you, at least not like you. ”

Xiao Jiangyuan was silent for a while, as if he was reminiscing, and as if he was hesitating. It wasn't until she saw Li Longji walking in front of her, looking at herself quietly with her head down, that she took a deep breath and smiled indifferently: "Because the minister is worried that his today will become the minister's tomorrow." ”

The tenderness between Li Longji's eyebrows and eyes suddenly froze, and he didn't feel a little funny: "I...... Does it make you feel that way? ”

"The minister just thinks that if the minister is really just a minister, I'm afraid it is no exception."

"Who made you only a courtier again?"

"If it weren't for the courtiers, I'm afraid this tomorrow would come sooner."

"Why are you so sure, just how I treat Ah Jun? Then why don't you look at how I treat Yueniang? ”

Xiao Jiangyuan didn't want to stay on this topic for long, so he immediately knelt down and said, "The minister's words are wrong, please forgive the sage." As for Zhang Xianggong, although he is indeed guilty, but the crime is not like this, I hope that everyone will think that he has meritorious service to the country and deal with it as appropriate. ”

As soon as Li Longji wanted to speak, he heard a report from a eunuch outside the palace, saying that Concubine Wuxian had been invited.

He didn't want to say anything to her for a moment, and walked away.

Xiao Jiangyuan turned his head to look at Li Longji's departing back, but he lowered his eyes and smiled, his eyes were tender like water, with a little apology that had succeeded in his calculations - if you don't want me to feel this way, or if I am really an exception to you, then prove it with actions.