In Ji Wen's eyes, Yang Guozhong is a selfish person with a weak head. Many of us like to talk about the pattern, saying that whoever has the bigger pattern is more likely to succeed. But associating people like Yang Guozhong with the pattern is a humiliation of the word pattern.

He had forgotten the content of Li Linfu's conversation with him before he died, and even if he remembered, he scoffed at it. He couldn't understand why the emperor wanted Li Siye to rule the three towns of Longyou, even if he wanted to check and balance An Lushan, he should take the lead, so that Li Siye, Ge Shuhan and An Sishun formed a small military alliance headed by him.

This is the unconscious misconception that people can bring together three contradictory generals and make them obedient. Who does he think he is? He has half the ability of Li Linfu, and it is no problem to control Li Siye, An Sishun, and Ge Shuhan. But he didn't even have half of it.

If we follow the development of history, we can completely find out the limitations of Yang Guozhong's ability, not to mention that because he could not convince An Lushan, he developed his personal contradictions with An Lushan into the fuse of An Lushan's rebellion. Just after An Lushan's rebellion, he could not handle the contradictions of the Northwest Military Group well, which led to Ge Shuhan's false murder of An Sishun, which aroused the anger of the majority of officers and soldiers of the Shuofang Army.

At the same time, he and Ge Shuhan also developed to the point of mutual suspicion, and once thought that Ge Shuhan wanted to use pressure to force the emperor to kill him, so in the Battle of Tongguan, Ge Shuhan's insistence on holding out was mistaken as a kind of political oppression. Therefore, he offered a slander to the emperor and asked Ge Shuhan to lead the low-strength Gyeonggi garrison to take the initiative to attack, resulting in a crushing defeat in the Battle of Tongguan.

Time returned to the present, Ji Wen sat quietly indoors, the lights outside the window lattice were flickering, and the sound of the steward sending off the guests sounded, and the steward of Fan Yang Jinju Yuan had just left Ji Mansion.

He is still hesitating at the moment, hesitating to choose between Yang Guozhong and An Lushan, this is not only a choice of friends that needs to be measured by feelings, but also a kind of force. If he chooses to favor An Lushan, then he must help him sow discord between Yang Guozhong and Li Siye, so that he can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight and profit. If he chooses to favor Yang Guozhong, then he must help him see through An Lushan's conspiracy, and use the contradictions between the northwest feudal towns and An Lushan to maximize Yang Guozhong's interests.

But the problem now is that although Yang Guozhong is in a high position, this person is not easy to get along with, and his ability is limited, so it is more thankless to be his little brother. It's more comfortable to get along with An Lushan, this person is comfortable with his commitment to morality, even if he is used, but you can always feel the feeling of being valued.

Now there is another option, and that is Li Siye, although he started late, but the momentum is also very strong. Now he has faintly become the number one boss in the northwest domain. But he is not very familiar with Li Siye, and he doesn't know what his temperament is, so he won't consider it for the time being.

In fact, he really hopes to put his foundation in Chang'an, after all, he has lived in Chang'an for a long time, and there is a lot of room for improvement. An Lushan and Li Siye will be human again, and they will not be able to quench their thirst. But Yang Guozhong is a ...... He still shouldn't be in a hurry to stand in line, wait a little longer and see who is more helpful to him.

Thinking of this, he walked to the door of the room and opened the door, poked his head out and shouted to the side room: "Ji Asan, prepare a gift tomorrow, I want to visit Yang Xiang's mansion." ”

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At the entrance of Yangjia Alley in Kaihuafang, Ji Wen turned over from the jujube red horse, and the steward Ji Asan followed behind, carrying a red wooden brocade box in his hand.

There are already many people at the gate of Yang's mansion who have asked to see them, and most of these are officials who have returned to Beijing from other places, and there are also some Lang officials from various ministries of the DPRK and the central government, who have a relationship with the newly appointed right.

The steward of the Yang Mansion was more familiar with Ji Wen, so he smiled and said, "The old birthday star is not resting at home, why did he run out and walk around?" ”

Ji Wen always felt that this old word was a bit of a mouthful, but he still smiled: "There are some things in my heart, so I came to Yang Xiang." ”

After saying that, he was about to stride into the side door, but the steward hurriedly chased after him, bent down and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, Ji Zhongcheng, you have to hand over the post first." ”

Jiwen couldn't help but laugh and cry: "How many times have I been in and out of this door, and I still need to pay homage?" ”

The porter smiled reluctantly: "In the past, our Ah Lang was only Yang Yushi, Yang Zhongcheng, Yang Zhengqing, and now he has become Yang Xiang, and the rules at the door of the house will naturally change, to tell you the truth, even when Zuo Prime Minister Chen Xilie came to visit Yang's mansion, he had to hand over the greeting post." ”

Ha, look at the other people's scores, they are bigger than Li Linfu when he was alive, and when I Ji Wen entered and exited the right prime minister's mansion in Pingkangfang, I didn't hand over the post.

"What should I do if the official is in a hurry and doesn't bring a post?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't bring it, as long as Ji Zhongcheng takes out an object that can prove your identity."

Ji Wen had no choice but to grin and untie the fish charm fish bag from his waist, handed it to the steward, and said in a weird manner: "Go and report to Yang Xiang, just say that Ji Wen wants to see him." ”

"Okay, please wait."

A moment later, the Yang family's chief steward came out to greet Ji Wen, which made him feel a little more comfortable. He still has some privileges compared to these officials who wait like frozen dogs under the eaves after sending them in to pay their respects.

At the invitation of the chief steward, he crossed the two courtyards and crossed the waterhole covered bridge. Behind a piece of green shade and willow dark flowers, the eaves of the pavilion are picked out from the thick green, the four corridors on the roof are suspended in the air, the hollow gauze tent is flying, and the sound of silk and bamboo is melodious. Yang Guozhong can be vaguely seen sitting on the Hu bed in the corridor, two maidservants kneeling beside him pinching their legs and beating their backs, and two maidservants standing behind him and feeding them on their shoulders. Opposite, two women sat on the ground, plucking the pipa and gonghou.

Ji Wen stood in front of the building, raised his hands above his head, and said loudly: "In the imperial history, Ji Wen asks to see Yang Xiang. ”

Yang Guozhong straightened up from the Hu bed and glanced down from the gap in the railing: "It turned out to be Ji Wen, come up and speak." ”

Ji Wen walked into the bottom floor of the attic, went up the stairs against the wall, turned two corners, and came to Yang Guozhong along the corridor outside the building.

He bowed slightly and smiled and crossed his hands: "Yang Xiang." ”

Yang Guozhong frowned and said, "Don't you think this title is very ugly?" Yang Xiang, foreign appearance, dare to love you want to see my foreign appearance. ”

Giwin had no such intention. I just don't know what to call you other than that. ”

"Right phase, right phase! Am I not the right minister?"

Ji Wen was a little reluctant in his heart, because the title of Right Prime Minister used to belong to only one person, and that was the deceased Li Linfu.

Yang Guozhong lay back, clapped his hands at the two prostitutes who stopped plucking, and said, "Why did you stop?" Keep playing and finish playing this song. ”

Giwin stood awkwardly and pretended to enjoy the music.

After the last note of the pipa plucked was over, Yang Guozhong waved his hand to the two prostitutes, who held their instruments and bowed down before hurriedly retreating.

It's just that the four women who were waiting on his left and right were still kneeling in front of him, gently kneading Yang Guozhong's knees and shoulders with their soft hands, he turned his face sideways to open his mouth gently, and the maid picked out a grape from the plate, gently bit off the thin skin with her teeth, and then fed it to Yang Guozhong's mouth with a spoon. The Yang Xiang squirmed his chin to swallow the grapes, and gently spit out two seeds, and the woman hurriedly caught them with a towel with both hands.

This look of enjoyment looks very unbeatable.

If Giwin was still hesitating about his position last night, after a series of witnesses from just entering the door to now, he has now made a decision.

Ji Wen bent down respectfully and smiled, "Yang ...... The right minister, the subordinates heard that the sage had ordered Li Siye to concurrently serve as the envoy of the Hexi Festival, but I don't know what the decision of the right minister is. ”

Yang Guozhong asked him rhetorically: "Ji Wen, what do you think?" ”

"In Jiwen's humble opinion, it is completely unnecessary to grant Li Siye the three towns of Jiedu, Longyou is different from the east of the Youyan River, the territory is vast and longitudinal, and the three towns of Anxi Xiting and Hexi are awarded to one person, then he is equivalent to controlling the entire west of the Tang Dynasty, which is not a good thing for the imperial court and for you."

Yang Guozhong nodded approvingly: "You're right, but now that Your Majesty's will has been issued, there is no reason to take it back, so let him Li Siye sit in this position first." If he is honest, then fine, but if he is not honest, the true appearance has a way to deal with him. ”

"Right Minister, if you wait for Li Siye to sit on the buttocks, it will be difficult to deal with him if he has a stable foundation......"