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On the first and fifteenth day of the new year, it is the day when hundreds of civil and military officials below the three grades of Chang'an come to see the Son of Heaven. This day is December 15, which is the last pilgrimage of the previous year. Last time, in addition to changing the Yuan and Kaiyuan, Li Longji also gave amnesty to the world, and both internal and external officials were awarded first-class honors.

At this time, Li Longji was already the "Kaiyuan Shenwu Emperor". At first, Li Longji was embarrassed to accept it and refused a few times, but when he saw that the hundred officials insisted, he responded to it, after all, this title is like the "emperor and queen" of his grandfather and grandmother, and it is indeed much more majestic to call it out.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, it is time for lunch, and the hundred officials sit down under the corridor of the main hall in turn, waiting for the eunuch palace people to bring the food up. The cold wind under the corridor in winter is the most test of the demeanor of the hundred officials, and the hundred officials sit upright, while using the afterglow to observe where the supervision of the imperial history has been inspected, for fear that if one does not pay attention, he will be impeached mercilessly.

Qi Huan also started from supervising the imperial history. In his opinion, although the supervision of the hundred officials is majestic and the official rank is small, no one dares to offend themselves easily, but it is actually not interesting. Seeing that something is wrong, you impeach, people think you are too talkative, don't impeach, other imperial histories see you release water, and they want to impeach you. The worst thing is that you can't eat when the hundred officials are eating, you have to patrol around, and you are always ready to arrest people. Thankless, not human inside and out.

At this time, he was a member of the Zhongshu House and became the object of supervision, which was much more comfortable. The food had already begun, but his eyes wandered a few times, and he didn't see Yao Chong's figure. I think it was based on the news I told him, and I gave a message to the saint. But for half a day, he didn't mention it, and only after he dispersed did he say, why bother?

Qi Huan guessed well. When the hundred officials came out, Yao Chong deliberately slowed down, and even limped. Li Longji was most concerned about Yao Chong, and when he saw this, he hurriedly walked down to His Majesty, supported Yao Chong, and asked, "When did Yao Gong have a foot disease, can you find a doctor?" ”

Yao Chong arched his hand and said: "The old minister is a heart disease, not a foot disease. ”

Li Longji is such a smart person, when he hears it, he knows that lame leg is pretending, but in fact he has something to say. He didn't say it at the court meeting, and he didn't take the initiative to find himself, which probably has a deep meaning. When Li Longji thought of this, he immediately retreated, leaving only one Xiao Jiangyuan, and asked Yao Chong: "Where did Yao Gong's heart disease start?" ”

Yao Chong said: "The old minister saw the Zhongshu order go to King Qi's house a few days ago. ”

Li Longji looked at Yao Chong, always smiling, and when he heard this, his expression was solemn: "Yao Xianggong is not mistaken? ”

Yao Chongdao: "Lao Chen has been in business with Zhang Xiang for many years, and he won't even be unrecognizable. King Qi is the younger brother of the saint, Zhang Xianggong is the prime minister of the dynasty, but he took a car to see King Qi in private, and the old minister was worried that King Qi's elegant person was too simple and would be mistaken by Zhang Xianggong, so he was very worried. ”

Xiao Jiangyuan heard a little bit of the doorway. Yao Chong said that he was worried about King Qi, but he was actually worried about Li Longji. Li Fan, the king of Qi, is Li Longji's younger brother, and he has also made great contributions to Li Longji, and his identity is quite sensitive. I think that back then, Li Longji also started from an invisible clan, and only ascended to the throne by carrying out a coup d'état with the heroes. At present, the hero was unhappy in the court, so he turned his head to find another prince of the clan, which had to make Li Longji doubt his intentions.

If you want to say that Zhang Shuo really deserves something, since he went to see King Qi in private, he knew that he couldn't do it. He knowingly committed a crime, and he was the first to do it, so he didn't blame Yao Chong for telling the truth, and he didn't do it for a gentleman. King Qi is not innocent, even if her family Ah Lang can be trusted, she shouldn't be so self-aware - looking at this alone, King Xue is much stronger than King Qi.

It is impossible to convict any crime based on these personal acts alone, and it is indeed not suitable to say it directly at the court meeting. Li Longji nodded after listening: "I know, Yao Gong go to dinner." ”

Yao Chong's goal had been achieved, and he walked out of the main hall without a single limp. Li Longji took Xiao Jiangyuan back to the Wude Hall directly, and saw that Princess Yuzhen Li Zhiying was sitting in the hall, concentrating on cooking tea: "Xuan Xuan? ”

As soon as she heard her nickname, Li Zhiying came back to her senses, got up and bowed slightly to Li Longji: "Yuzhen, a person who has turned into an outsider, has given a salute to the saint." ”

"You don't come." Li Longji waved his hand, "Why did you remember to see me today?" ”

"I came to see you when I wanted to, but I forgot that today is the fifteenth, and there are a lot of people at the gate of the palace early in the morning, and I am not afraid of squeezing people to death." Li Zhiying didn't wait for Li Longji to give him a seat, so he sat down, "Come and taste?" ”

Li Longji took the opportunity to sit opposite his sister, picked up a cup of tea, remembered what Yao Chong said, and fell into deep thought. Li Chiying quickly noticed Li Longji's stunnedness, but did not bother, but turned his head and waved at Xiao Jiangyuan and asked her what happened. Li Longji has always confessed to this sister, and Xiao Jiangyuan asked Li Zhiying to come over.

After Li Zhiying listened, she lowered her eyes and smiled: "Coincidentally, I came to find San Lang today for the same thing." ”

Li Longji raised his eyebrows to inquire, and then listened to Li Zhiying continue: "The difference is that I am not here to denounce Zhang Xianggong, but to say a favor to Shiro." What kind of person Siniang has been since she was a child, San Lang knows that he did not mean to do this, and he never dared to have other thoughts. ”

Li Longji said: "I naturally know this, and I don't want to do anything to Shiro because of this matter, after all, he is a brother, and in the end, Shiro didn't do anything." It's just that Zhang Xianggong is here, but it's not easy to deal with, if you directly dismiss the prime minister, will this blow be heavier, if not, just verbally admonish, continue to keep him in the court, I can never rest assured - what does Xuan Xuan think? ”

Li Zhiying was stunned, and said with a smile: "I don't understand political affairs, what do you ask me to do?" ”

Li Longji gave Xiao Jiangyuan a look a little helplessly, as if to say: You see, even if my sister is just a princess who has become a monk, she also knows how to clean herself up in political affairs, and then look at my fourth brother?

Sighing, Li Longji said again: "It's okay, you can say it casually, and I will listen to it casually." ”

Li Zhiying thought for a while and said, "I don't understand anything else, but I've seen ordinary people, even when there is no rain for a long time, they will add several layers of thatch to the roof of the granary to resist the unpredictable heavy rain." Since Saburo already has doubts in his heart, he must find a way to dispel his doubts, and he can't wait until the doubts become reality, and then regret them - Ah Yuan, what do you think? ”

Seeing that Li Longji and Li Zhiying's eyes suddenly pointed to him, Xiao Jiangyuan was also slightly stunned. Hearing Li Longji let herself talk about it with a smile, she said: "The minister thinks that the important thing is not how to deal with Zhang Xianggong, but how to place Yao Xianggong." ”

Li Zhiying was confused, but saw that the smile on Li Longji's lips deepened.

Xiao Jiangyuan continued: "Now everyone knows that everyone worships Yao Xianggong as a prime minister, and it can be said that they have lofty ambitions. If Zhang Xianggong is dismissed, who are you going to give the vacant post of Zhongshu Ling? If Zhang Xianggong is not dismissed, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and how do you plan to let Yao Xianggong fully display those ten national policies? dispose of a prime minister, easy; How to arrange it afterwards is difficult. ”

Li Zhiying suddenly realized, seeing that Li Longji was not surprised at all, he couldn't help but snort lightly, and said: "It turns out that San Lang already has the answer in his heart, why did he ask me, isn't this the brick in front of Ah Yuan?" ”

Li Zhiying was not angry. Throwing bricks and attracting jade, Xiao Jiangyuan deserves the name of beautiful jade.

Li Longji sighed: "Zhang Xianggong has been my teacher after all, although I had plans to let him leave the political hall and make way for Yao Gong, I didn't want it so early, and I didn't think that it would be after this kind of thing happened. I originally wanted to be promoted and demoted, and give him a second-class idle position, at least he can get by on face, but now it's not like this. After a pause, he added, "Since you want to deal with it, let's deal with it." ”

Ten days later, Li Longji demoted Zhang Shuo to Xiangzhou Assassin History, and Shangshu's right servant shot and Liu Youqiu in the servant were demoted to the crown prince Shaobao, exempted from political affairs. The next day, Bai Yao Chong was appointed as the Zhongshu Order, and at the same time appointed Lu Huaishen, who had always been very famous and had average ability to do things, as the subordinate of the Tongzhongshu Sect.

From then on, the political hall was Yao Chong's world.