“…… There is nothing to be discouraged about. ”

"If you say no, you don't." Li Longji disagreed.

In fact, what Xiao Jiangyuan said is true.

"The saint has become wary and even disobedient to Wang Maozhong, which is enough for me, but it is just a loss to Qi Di, and he is not to blame. As long as Wang Maozhong keeps up his efforts, it is only a matter of time before he is brought down. After returning home, I heard Lu Yunniang ask the same question as Li Longji, Xiao Jiangyuan explained.

Lu Yunniang was puzzled: "As soon as this incident comes out, won't Wang Maozhong notice that the saint's heart has changed in treating him, and he will be honest from now on?" ”

Xiao Jiangyuan took off his round-necked shirt, revealing his autumnally green corset inside. I don't know if it was helpless because of Lu Yunniang's obsession with this colorful chest binding, or Wang Maozhong, she sighed deeply: "He didn't become more presumptuous because of this, but his heart and eyes brightened." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"The sage did that in order to appease Wang Mao Zhong and the army behind him and give them an explanation. Wang Maozhong is not such a sensitive person, not only will he not think that the saint is suspicious of him, but will regard this matter as the saint's protection of him, and he will not take others in his eyes from now on. ”

“…… You know him very well. ”

"After all, no matter how discordant we are, we have worked together for many years."

At this time, they were in a bathroom built by Lu Yunniang, and there was a ten-foot-square stone bath that was full of water and steaming. The stone walls of the bath are smooth and uncarved, simple and snow-white, which is exactly the style that Xiao Jiangyuan likes.

"You've had people tinkering at home for more than half a year, and that's what it's all about?" Xiao Jiangyuan asked.

Lu Yunniang had already gone into the water: "Didn't you say it, although the hot spring pool in Lishan is good, there are always some superfluous carvings, which may not be very good-looking, but it is very ugly?" The water quality at home is naturally not as good as the hot springs in Lishan, but it is better than nothing. ”

Li Longji almost every winter has to go to Lishan Tangquan Palace for half a month. In the first few years, Xiao Jiangyuan planned to find a chance to enjoy herself every time she accompanied her, but her identity itself was an obstacle, if she had another business in Lishan, it would be fine, but she thought that she had stayed in Lishan for half a month, and she had to accompany her every day, so there was really no need to buy a house and idle there.

In this way, she always takes advantage of the excitement and returns with the defeat. After a few years, she was not so interested in going to Lishan, and even felt that those exquisitely carved pools were becoming more and more unpleasant.

I never thought that she had no intention, but Lu Yunniang had a heart.

It seems that she really wants to buy a house in Lishan and take Lu Yunniang to it once.

Xiao Jiangyuan was planning to do this, while taking off his corset and pants, stepping into the pool, and burying himself all in the warm hot water.

"You're not afraid of drowning, aren't you?" Lu Yunniang's screams came from the water, and it sounded noisy, but Xiao Jiangyuan felt that his mind had never been quieter, and his body was extremely relaxed, as if he could fall asleep in the next moment.

Since then, she has developed the habit of falling asleep in the bath, and every time Lu Yunniang regrets it incomparably, regretting why she did so much to get such a bathroom out.

But it wasn't without benefit - she finally had a chance to carefully measure Xiao Jiangyuan's size.

At the end of the year, Xiao Jiangyuan really took Lu Yunniang to Lishan Tangquan Palace.

Xiao Jiangyuan thought that under the cover of Lu Yunniang this time, she could finally soak in the hot springs, but she didn't want Li Longji not only to not allow her to buy another business near Lishan, but also directly sent Lu Yunniang to Princess Yuzhen.

Xiao Jiangyuan's voice couldn't help but become heavier when he flipped through the songs.

"Angry?" Li Longji snorted lightly, "Then you exclude dissidents, what can I say?" ”

"I don't dare to be angry with everyone." Xiao Jiangyuan said lightly.

"I won't let you buy another business because I don't think it's necessary. You have no other business, Lu Yunniang is homeless in Lishan, I asked her to go to Yuzhen, thinking that Yuzhen never discriminates against others and will give her the best care. As for you...... Have you forgotten that in the early years I took you to find a wild hot spring? Li Longji sighed aggrievedly, and his eyes kept drifting to Xiao Jiangyuan.

I saw Xiao Jiangyuan slightly stunned - it turned out that he knew what she was thinking in her heart, but ......

Xiao Jiangyuan also sighed lowly: "There...... It has long been flattened. ”

If it weren't for Li Longji mentioning it, Xiao Jiangyuan wouldn't want to think about it. She thought she wouldn't care, but the more time passed, the more indescribable the feeling became.

Li Longji felt embarrassed, thought about it, but the corners of his lips hooked: "That...... It's simple, there's a pool with houses on it, and it's so big that if you really don't have anywhere to go, you can go there......"

“…… Are you talking about lotus soup? ”

Lotus soup is Li Longji's exclusive hot spring.

Li Longji, who was pierced by his thoughts, coughed lightly and said, "Don't think I'm such a frivolous disciple, I mean, you can borrow my pool, I didn't say I want to soak with you." ”

"The minister does not dare to trespass."

"Grandmother's star soup, you dare to soak your feet in it......"

“……”

After Xiao Jiangyuan entered the lotus soup, Li Longji sat behind the screen with his back to him. He wanted to take advantage of this time to deal with political affairs again, but he didn't want Xiao Jiangyuan's water to be loud, but it could clearly reach his ears and disturb his mind.

He thought about it, and finally got involved in the song, and simply said: "Yuwenrong, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Since the Qi Di incident, Yu Wenrong has also had an accident. Originally, he did a good job in the position of prime minister, and at the same time served as a number of envoys, and planned a lot of money for Li Longji, which made Li Longji very happy. But I don't think it didn't take long for Yu Wenrong to be impeached by Pei Guangting and others.

They said that as a special envoy, he took away the power of many court officials, and also exceeded taxes and miscellaneous taxes to compete with the people for profit, causing resentment among the people, and his crime was unforgivable.

In Li Longji's view, the so-called public grievances are exaggerated, mainly because the envoys interfered with the exercise of the legitimate power of the courtiers, and Yu Wenrong was favored by him because of his accumulation of wealth, whether it was for power or for the sake of the sacred heart, they couldn't stand Yu Wenrong, so there was this impeachment. Li Longji understood very well, so he neither dealt with Yu Wenrong nor blamed those courtiers.

But later, Yu Wenrong took the old road that Zhang said in the past, in order to block the road that others might have to enter the picture, he tried in vain to convict people, and was arrested by others.

But not long after Yu Wenrong left, the money was not enough to spend.

Li Longji became bored, and it was not so pleasing to the eye when he looked at Pei Guangting: "You always find fault with Yuwen's assassination history, and now that he is gone, you have someone to help me solve the problem of insufficient national use?" ”

As for the other prime minister, Xiao Song, with his handsome appearance, he escaped such a catastrophe.

And now, as soon as Li Longji hesitated to recall Yu Wenrong again, someone reported that Yu Wenrong embezzled millions of public funds when he was the assassin of Bianzhou, and the evidence was conclusive.

Therefore, Xiao Jiangyuan replied without the slightest hesitation: "Since the evidence is conclusive, it will be dealt with according to law." ”

"Those things about him...... Li Shilang didn't get involved, right? ”

"I heard that after Yuwen returned to Beijing to pay homage to the prime minister again, he went to the door several times to find Li Zhongcheng without success."

“…… Then I hope that there will be a financial minister who is even more powerful than Yu Wenrong in the DPRK and China as soon as possible. ”

A generation of capable ministers Yu Wenrong died on the road to exile. And the financial ministers that Li Longji hoped for would appear one after another in the next ten years to help him send the prosperous world to the top, and also lost everything he had with a big gamble.

- That's for later.

Wang Maozhong was indeed as Xiao Jiangyuan expected, not only did he not have any restraint, but became more and more rampant. This time, not only Xiao Jiangyuan refused to let him go, but Li Longji also couldn't bear it anymore.

At the end of the year, Wang Maozhong added a new Lin'er, but Li Longji still followed the old practice, not only rewarded a lot of wine and meat gold silk, but also awarded Wang Maozhong's son the official position of five grades.

Xiao Jiangyuan knew that Li Longji was still hesitating, and at this time he needed her to make up his mind for him.

She took over the work of passing the decree: "The minister went in person, so that everyone was serious, if other small eunuchs were replaced, I am afraid that the king would be suspicious of the palace." ”

Li Longji was immediately a little displeased: "What does he dare to suspect?" If he dares to be disrespectful to you, tell me when you come back!" ”

Xiao Jiangyuan smiled lightly and said: "The minister and Wang Kaifu are not in harmony, what the minister said, will everyone believe it?" ”

“…… Did you lie to me? ”

“…… I don't remember. ”

"Then from now on, you can't lie to me anymore."

"Minister, obey the order."

In less than two hours, Xiao Jiangyuan returned. Without waiting for Xiao Jiangyuan to speak, Li Longji asked first: "He has another son who is still an infant and a fifth-grade official, are he still happy?" ”

Xiao Jiangyuan shook his head and said, "Wang Kaifu hugged the new fifth-grade official, and only asked the minister: 'Isn't it enough to be a third-grade official here?'" ’”

In fact, Wang Maozhong also said that if Xiao Jiangyuan had a son, he would be far richer and richer than his child. Although Xiao Jiangyuan knew that this was insulting and sarcastic, she was not angry at all, and even felt a little funny.

He's already lost, isn't he?

Sure enough, Li Longji was furious: "What does he mean by this?" Is he complaining about me? What kind of goods was this Goryeo barbarian in the past, I didn't blame him, but now he has become the Kaifu, and he is also the palace eunuch, Huo Guogong, and the envoy of the internal and external idle stables, and he also colluded with the Northern Ya Forbidden Army such as Wan Qi, so he dared to dislike the low official position I gave for the sake of a yellow-mouthed child? His son was born to be a third-rank official, so what does he want to do?! ”

After two months of preparation, in the first month of the 19th year of Kaiyuan, Li Longji not only relegated Wang Maozhong to the remote south on charges of "disloyalty" and "resentment", but also demoted Ge Fushun, Li Shoude, and other generals of the forbidden army who were friends with him or had in-laws, to local commanders. Wang Maozhong had four eldest sons, all of whom were relegated to the border wasteland to join the army, and dozens of courtiers who had a very good relationship with Wang Maozhong were also linked.

The Northern Ya Forbidden Army, which had lost its generals, was quickly pacified by Li Longji, and made it temporarily subordinate to the guards under the names of Yang Siqiao and Xiao Jiangyuan. Xiao Jiangyuan simply fused Yang Simiao's righteous son and grandson who remained in the palace with the Beiya Forbidden Army and established the Inner Flying Dragon Soldier.

Since then, the only favored minister of the Son of Heaven has been Xiao Jiangyuan*, and the special group of eunuchs has finally been contaminated with military power, thus embarking on the road of becoming more and more powerful.

A few days later, Li Longji still felt that it was not enough, and made another decree to give Wang Mao Zhong to death.

Xiao Jiangyuan thought about it, and then handed over this will to Jingzhong: "You have a fellowship with him, and you will send him on his last journey." ”