Li Siye didn't understand what he meant, but shrugged his shoulders, thinking that this was a means for the prince to win him over and resolve his embarrassment. For the tea delivered by the woman, he tried to be careful not to touch the other party's fingers, and said politely: "Thank you." ”

The maid's fingers trembled, and she knelt upright, holding her knees with her hands on her knees, her head slightly bowed, and the clean sea of water hung lightly on her forehead.

The crown prince asked innorantly: "I heard that General Li gave a couch of incense to the concubine yesterday, and the saint and the concubine liked it very much, I don't know what official position the saint gave General Li." ”

Li Siye didn't need to hide this kind of thing, because the crown prince also gave a gift to the concubine, and Li Heng's performance was no different from that of a hundred officials, but it was impossible for the emperor to promote his son again.

"I was awarded the title of the prince of Gaoling County, and the official was added as the deputy protector of Anxi."

"That's right," Li Heng congratulated insincerely, "The saint hasn't knighted people for three years, and he can make this exception, which shows that he likes your gift very much and likes you very much." After all, there are fewer and fewer official fields in the world, and 800 acres of Yongye fertile land and 500 food towns are also particularly valuable. ”

Li Mi, who was sitting next to him, casually lowered his head to drink tea, but said abruptly: "I can't get through this pass from the fourth to the third grade." ”

Li Siye suddenly raised his head and glanced at Li Mi, the little fox accurately said the hidden worries in his heart, but he didn't answer, so as not to fall into the topic created by the other party.

However, Li Mi did not stop, and continued to speak: "General Li has made outstanding achievements, whether in terms of military exploits or official resumes, he has met the conditions for entering the third grade, and this time he spent a lot of money to send a sandalwood couch, but he is still one step away from the third grade." Didn't General Lee dissect what the hell was going on? ”

Li Heng seemed to bow his head and drink tea quietly, but his eyes were closely focused on Li Siye's expression.

Si Ye put down the teacup, and the maidservant next to him filled the tea with a spoon, and he replied unhurriedly: "Of course I know that the purple robe is not so easy to wear, although the promotion is a reward, it is not just a reward, and the indiscriminate addition of rewards will destroy the balance between officialdom, and the sage intends to control the number of third-grade officials, also because of its dignity and the weight of his duties." ”

"No," Li Mi's speed of speech accelerated, because the circle he circled was too big, and if he didn't speed up his speech to strengthen his tone, it was easy for Li Siye to find a loophole and cut it off: "General Li knows very well in his heart that you are a general of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and the circle of the Anxi Army restricts you." As long as Li Linfu still leads the capital of Anxi and still occupies the position of the right minister, Anxi and even the entire Western Regions will be his one-third of an acre. ”

"It's not that the saint is unwilling to promote you to the third rank, whether it is a loose official, a senior official, or an honored official, he can do it. He just didn't want to break the planning arrangement of the right relative to the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate. He is not a choice between you and the threshold of the three grades, but between you and the right phase, unless your holy family can surpass Li Linfu, it is difficult for you to bypass him to become the envoy of the Xijie Festival. ”

"There are certain steps that you don't have to give as many gifts as you give. Maybe you will be able to climb a certain step in the future with the favor of the noble concubine, but it will never be the envoy of the Anxi Festival. ”

Li Mi's mouth is very powerful, and it hit Li Siye's soft underbelly quickly and effectively, and even the prince consciously half-lowered his head, hiding the smile overflowing from the corner of his mouth, and maybe secretly praised in his heart, my little secretion's mouth is getting more and more neat.

Li Siye picked up the tea bowl with both hands, drank it with both hands, and then nodded and said, "The tea is good, you are right." ”

He put down the tea bowl and looked at the prince and Li Yu without any waves: "The right minister is unwilling to let the Han people be the envoys of Fangzhen Festival, because of the practice of the Tang Dynasty officialdom, and the fate of the generals must be to enter the phase." An Lushan, Fumeng Lingcha and other Hu people only know how to use knives and guns, and they don't know how to write and ink. The bottom line of the saint's tolerance for the illiterate prime minister is to make roe deer and ambush hunting. Therefore, these Hu people control the border and guard the border, so that Li Linfu can sit back and relax. ”

Li Mi pretended to be angry and raised his hand to slap the case: "It's too much!" Li Linfu is narrow-minded, puts his self-interest above the society, plays with power, and suppresses talents. Could it be that a few years later, all the envoys of the Tang Dynasty will be replaced by Hu people? ”

Li Mi's sentence is a divine prophecy, and in two years, Huangfu Weiming and Wang Zhonghei will be uprooted by Li Linfu. The envoys of the ten sections will all be served by the Hu people, Gao Xianzhi in the northwest court of Anxi, An Sishun in Hexi, Ge Shuhan in Longyou Shuofang, and An Lushan in Pinglu and Fanyang in Hedong. Although the rebellion in the future was not a national contradiction, Li Linfu's actions did make the system rigid, and there was no step to enter the dynasty as a prime minister, and the emperor could only continue to feed the official position and the power of the border towns, and raised An Lushan into a glutton.

"Li Linfu is dictatorial and colludes with each other for personal gain, so that loyal people have no way to serve the country. General Lee, if you are still as unconcerned as before, you will be blocked from promotion like them. ”

This is a bit sensational, Li Siye is not without reliance, he has his back to the Yang family, as long as he puts in a little effort, it will not be a problem to become a festival envoy in other places. It's just that he doesn't want to use this blunt method to get to the top, and he doesn't want to completely offend Li Linfu, so he calmly wanders between the three forces of the Yang family, Li Linfu, and the prince, and dancing on the three eggs is the ideal state he wants to reach, only in this way can he go smoothly and go far.

"I see what you mean, there's a mountain standing between me and my goal, and your suggestion is to dig it up first. But why should I put my limited energy on digging mountains, can't I go around it? Maybe when I reach my goal, I'll go back and dig the mountain, and I'll get more results with half the effort. ”

Li Mi stared at him and asked, "Of course you can bypass the mountain made of stones, but can you get by with the mountain made of people?" Li Linfu is like an iron wall in the DPRK and China, where are you going? The prince hopes that you will be able to rule in the future and not go anywhere else, and your foundation is in Anxi. ”

Starting from the present, Li Siye is reluctant to join the prince's camp, even if he joins secretly, it will definitely not be safe. Due to Li Longji's vigilance against the prince, Li Heng only had a little self-protection ability in the face of Li Linfu's attack. The people around him, Wei Jian, Huangfu Weiming, Wang Zhonghei, and his crown princess Wei Shi, he can't keep it, and taking refuge in him is tantamount to putting himself in danger.

But the crown prince is going to be the emperor after all, and Li Heng can endure humiliation and bear the burden and survive crises again and again. This is a long-term stock, and when he has completed the crisis in the future, he will run over to take refuge, how can it be his turn to stand in line.

Therefore, he can neither refuse the prince at the moment, but also ensure his own safety, and this distance needs to be grasped by himself.

He hesitated and said: "I'm still in Anxi's camp, and I am soft-spoken, but I am afraid that before I can contribute, I will be found out and become the target of their attack, and it will implicate His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Li Mi curled the corners of his mouth and smiled: "You don't have to worry about this, your relationship with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, your relationship with us, will never be made public, and today's meeting in Jinglongguan will be the last." In the next few years, I will be in Taiyi Mountain's Wutai Guan Bamboo Cottage to renovate, I hope that General Li can visit more, if you can't spare time, you can also send a maid to contact my maid Miaozhi. ”

"Miaozhi, maidservant?"

The maid beside Li Mi nodded lightly, her eyebrows were slender and slender, her eyes were gentle and kind, although she was very beautiful, she was not as spiritual as the maid she saw last time.

Li Siye suddenly turned to look at the woman beside him. She also knelt up, straightened her waist and crossed her hands in front of her chest: "Slave Daorou to see Ah Lang, only Ah Lang's orders are obeyed." ”

He looked at the crown prince and Li Yu in surprise, and the two of them held the tea bowl and nodded slightly, which already explained everything.

Li Siye suddenly felt that he couldn't accept it: "That, I still need to think about this matter for a few days, I'm afraid my wife won't be able to pass this hurdle." Besides, I came to Chang'an, with only four attendants with me, and a servant girl of unknown origin suddenly appeared next to me, how can I not arouse suspicion? ”

(ps: Thank you but only say that the original intention lives up to the red reward.) ）