The Son of Heaven wants to have fun with his courtiers, but the courtiers' intentions are not so simple. This son of heaven of theirs was very calm, going back and forth all the way, allowing the courtiers from all over the country to take turns to behave, and the accompanying ministers were not to be outdone, and the rewards and punishments were clear, just not to say a word. Since it is the last night, it is enough for those who are punished to be criticized no more, and those who are rewarded should be boasted, right?

With so many colleagues here, Prime Minister Zhang Shuo is also there, if anyone can be personally appreciated by the Son of Heaven, he can be special and impressive, and he will be beneficial and harmless in his career.

As if he knew the intentions of the courtiers, Li Longji really praised a few people at the banquet.

"In the past, I often sent envoys to inspect local officials, and at that time, I really felt that my Tang Dynasty was full of talents, so why worry about the prosperity of the world? But after going out for a while this time, I realized that they had deceived me so hard. ”

Li Longji said this lightly and happily, and he didn't see any dissatisfaction at all, but the music in the banquet stopped, and the actions of the ministers were all a meal, but Zhang Shuo looked around at the ministers, and said with a chuckle: "Please rest assured, if there are really envoys who dare to bully the king, the ministers must be strictly investigated." I wonder what the saint saw and felt this way? ”

"Whatever I see, what should be punished has already been punished, and it will be written off from now on to see the aftermath. Fortunately, not everyone is like this, at least four people have both ability and political integrity, and I must praise them, and you must learn from them, and if you have them, you will change them, and if you don't, you will be encouraged. ”

The ministers immediately bowed their hands and said in unison: "Listen to the teachings of the saints. ”

Seeing that Zhang Shuo neither gave up his hands with the ministers, nor did he have any words, and he looked like he had nothing to do with himself, Li Longji smiled slightly, and he was already maturing, but he suddenly regained the spirit of his youth, and said deliberately: "Including you, Zhang Xianggong." ”

Zhang said that he felt that he was above 10,000 people alone, and he should be different from the ministers, so Li Longji's intentional roll call surprised him a little. His body had reacted instinctively, so he listened to Li Longji point out four people in turn: one was the Huaizhou Thorn History, except for the supply of basic supplies, there was no other filial piety; Second, the tents provided by Weizhou are unpretentious and rarely decorated; Third, Pei Yaoqing, the assassin of Jeju, gave a recital for Li Longji and wrote many good advices, which emphasized not to disturb the people; The fourth is the current history of Songzhou.

Li Longji smiled at Song Zhou and raised his glass: "Do you know why I want to praise you?" Because in the past two days, the people around me have always complained to me, saying that the meals you have prepared for everyone are too simple and simple. I know you're not willing to befriend the people around me to pave the way for your career. The three good ministers before were either honest or frugal, or insightful, but you are even more respectable. Come, I'll toast you. ”

Seeing that the Son of Heaven personally toasted, Zhang Shuo hurriedly led the ministers and gave a toast to the Song Zhou Thorn History, and then saw Li Longji, who was seated, hooked the corners of his lips.

As early as a few years ago, Li Longji and Xiao Jiangyuan tacitly agreed that whenever there was a drinking banquet, the wine on his table would be replaced by Xiao Jiangyuan with water. It's not to escape drinking, if it's only with his own brothers, then it's better to drink whatever he wants, but if it's with civil and military officials, he won't either.

Not to mention that drinking too much may cause mistakes, before he can rule the arch, he must always be sober in the face of civil and military officials. Therefore, after the banquet, when many officials were vain, although Li Longji leaned on Xiao Jiangyuan's body and left, he was still deaf and clear-sighted.

It was the 19th of December, and although the moon in the night sky was no longer the same as before, it was a little brighter. Li Longji could see from one side of his head that behind his Son of Heaven's honor guard, there was an unsurprising figure not far away. But it wasn't until he walked to the door of the palace that he reluctantly raised his head from Xiao Jiangyuan's shoulders and pushed her away a little: "The general stays." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan tilted her head all the way to avoid Li Longji's warm breathing, and finally straightened her neck, and when Li Longji opened her mouth, there was a crisp sound of bones coming from her neck. She was slightly stunned for a moment, and said helplessly: "...... Why don't you talk to him in person if you have something to say? ”

Apparently she saw it too.

"He's not coming for me." Li Longji pursed his lips, and as he spoke, he raised his hand and waited for someone to help. Bian Lingcheng just wanted to step forward, Jing Zhong had already understood Xiao Jiangyuan's eyes, and took the lead in raising his arm to bear Li Longji's weight.

Li Longji glanced at Jing Zhong's respectful appearance of bowing his head, and then looked at Xiao Jiangyuan, who was still smiling, and stepped into the dormitory.

Jing Zhong is unwilling, but he will not go against the master's will. When he came into contact with Li Longji's body, he couldn't help but tense up, and when he left the master's line of sight, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then heard a cold voice coming from above his head: "Get out." ”

Jing Zhong immediately stopped fighting. Dare to love this is also acting in front of the master. He had never obediently obeyed Li Longji's intentions so obediently, not only let go, but also took several steps back - you don't want to, I don't want to.

At the same time, Xiao Jiangyuan outside the dormitory had already ushered in Zhang Shuo's visit. She still has to pretend to be there, she smiled and said: "The saint is drunk and doesn't want to see people, so let's talk about it tomorrow." ”

Sure enough, seeing Zhang Shuo, he looked around unnaturally, and pulled Xiao Jiangyuan to the side of the shade under the tree: "Don't hide it from the general, Zhang's trip is not to ask to see a saint, but to ask the general for advice." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan hurriedly said: "Don't dare to be, the minister has something to say, and the slave and maid do their best." ”

Caring for and spying on the Son of Heaven is often only one step away, Zhang said no matter how arrogant and complacent he is, he also knows how important it is to take care of it, and this behavior has long been integrated into his blood and has become his instinct. Where could he really have something to say, so he said, "...... I don't know, the saint is still satisfied with the practice of Feng Zen? ”

Xiao Jiangyuan couldn't help but cry and laugh a little: "Xianggong asked knowingly." ”

"That'...... Along the way, what is the saint's disappointment? This range is large, but the good thing about this problem is that the scope is too large, how to explain it is right, Zhang said that what he wanted to ask was naturally the part related to him, he didn't believe that Xiao Jiangyuan didn't think about it, but he saw that Xiao Jiangyuan didn't want to say it:

"Wenshui has changed too much."

Zhang said: "??? ”

Xiao Jiangyuan is still the first time to see it, and he will be stunned if he is as shrewd as Zhang said. This contrast made her a little more pleasant, and she couldn't help but smile: "But the sage also said that it was already like this anyway, and there was no point in deliberately changing Wenshui back to its original appearance for the sake of remembrance." ”

Zhang Shuo came back to his senses and nodded stiffly: "It should be...... It's not the only place, is it? ”

"Of course." Xiao Jiangyuan smiled a little and said lightly, "Some officials have done some bad things, big or small, in order to please the saints. What a good thing it was to seal Zen, so that the saint was only slightly disappointed and not angry, but after all, it had already passed. ”

Zhang Shuo's expression was a little more cautious: "Yes, I'm afraid there is no bigger event than Feng Chan......"

Hearing that Zhang's mouth was full of regret, Xiao Jiangyuan realized that he didn't understand her hints and tips at all. She knows Li Longji too well as the attitude that Li Longji should have towards Zhang Shuo, who tends to be a powerful minister, and as a close minister of the Son of Heaven, she naturally depends on Li Longji's wishes, so when it comes to this, there is no more.

But she looked at Zhang Shuo's little sluggishness due to her trust in Li Longji, and she couldn't bear it.

She thought for a while, and finally spoke: "As the saint said tonight, the past write-off will not be pursued, but if there is a recurrence in the future, it will not be spared. Thinking about this grand event, the greatest credit is none other than Xianggong, but you can look for tonight's banquet, can the saint praise Xianggong? ”

Zhang said that it was because of this that he came to find Xiao Jiangyuan, hoping that through her, he could understand the specific intentions of the Son of Heaven, and he could act in time to consolidate the intimate relationship between him and the Son of Heaven. Hearing Xiao Jiangyuan take the initiative to talk about the theme, he hurriedly stepped forward: "I hope the general will teach me." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan sighed heavily: "When the water is full, it overflows, Zhang Xianggong." ”

Seeing that Xiao Jiangyuan's attitude towards himself had changed, he was vaguely a little more solemn, and the distance between them seemed to have narrowed a little because of this, Zhang Shuo was a little flattered. Thinking about Xiao Jiangyuan's words again, he finally understood why the saint treated him like that tonight.

It seems that he has been in the limelight too much recently, and he has offended some people for a while, which has caused dissatisfaction among the officials, and the saint has praised the four people, treating and even beating himself coldly on the surface, but in fact he is diverting the jealousy of the officials and calming their anger - the saint is helping him!

Li Longji does have this idea, but not all.

Zhang said that he got the answer he wanted, so he let Xiao Jiangyuan go back. After saying what he had to say, Xiao Jiangyuan didn't want to stay longer, and after returning to the dormitory, he repeated Fang Cai's conversation to Li Longji.

Li Longji bent one leg and one leg straight, leaning on the circle chair very leisurely, one arm resting on the long table in front of him, and his fingers kept tapping on the tabletop: "...... You've been talking a lot. ”

"Yes?"

"Don't play dumb with me!" Li Longji laughed angrily, "I'm not blind, I can see how reluctant those officials laughed when they raised their glasses; I'm not deaf either, and I can hear the private complaints of the soldiers. A good Feng Zen, a major event celebrated by the whole world, he only took his cronies up the mountain, and also exalted his son-in-law, who was already a party, and then sold his reputation and reputation, and only rewarded the soldiers with false titles, which was called saving money for the treasury, which caused everyone to complain!

"Yuan Xianggong has always had a kind temperament, and from the very beginning, he felt that the people were hurting the money, and he did not agree to Feng Zen, which is good, and he is even more discordant! He offended everyone in one fell swoop, and asked me to balance the end?! At the banquet that night, you persuaded me to save some face for him, so as not to follow my attitude and affect political affairs, I agreed, and treated Zheng Yi lightly without harshness, but what about him, relying on my good mood and respecting him, knowing that I was beating him, he still didn't move like a mountain, testing my tolerance for him? He's so capable!

"I demoted Zheng Yi, he didn't react, he looked like that tonight, I really thought that with the political achievement of Feng Chan, he was above 10,000 people under one person, I can't move him?"