Chapter 719: The Emperor Sends Someone to Investigate the Bottom
"If there is nothing important to do today, let it be dispersed."
Li Longji leaned back against the palace fan and drooped his eyelids, although his skin was well maintained, his spirit was already old.
Yang Guozhong, the right minister, put his hands in his sleeves, his eyes lowered and stared at the ground, making it impossible to see his thoughts.
Wei Jiansu turned his head and glanced at Yang Guozhong, held half a breath in his chest, stepped forward and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the minister has a strategy, which can eliminate the counterplot of An Lushan's great difficulty, An Lushan should be appointed as the Pingzhang matter, and he should be summoned to the court, and Jia Xun should be appointed as the envoy of the Fanyang Festival, Lu Zhizhi as the envoy of the Pinglu Festival, and Yang Guangxiang as the envoy of the Hedong Festival. ”
Li Longji was silent for a moment, frowned and said: "If An Lushan's forces dissolve into three shares, then Li Siye is in charge of the three towns of Longyou, isn't it a monopoly, how can it be controlled?" ”
"Your Majesty also summoned him to the court, and also appointed him as the right servant of Shangshu to shoot the supervisor of Pingzhang, so that Feng Changqing can be the envoy of the Anxi Festival, Cheng Qianli is the envoy of the Beiting Festival, and Li Guangbi is exceptionally promoted to the envoy of the Hexi Festival."
Li Longji asked sarcastically: "If the two of them enter the court as prime ministers, how should the two prime ministers deal with themselves?" ”
Wei Jiansu was open-minded, raised his head and said loudly: "If the two of them have the talent to govern the country and can be qualified for the post of prime minister, a certain subordinate can retire to make way for the virtuous." ”
He said that he would set his eyes on Yang Guozhong, hoping that he would also be able to make a statement. Unexpectedly, Yang Guozhong lowered his head and his eyes flickered, and it took a while to raise half of his face to face the emperor, and his tone of voice was already intermittent: "An Lushan entered the court...... That's it, if Li Siye also enters the court...... The two of them have always been not on good terms, and it is easy to cause party disputes, and the border generals are all old subordinates of the two of them, and if the prime minister of military merit gains power in the DPRK, it is not easy for us to compete with each other......"
As soon as the emperor heard this? Then I dismissed the idea again? He waved his hand indifferently at everyone and said, "Since you don't worry about the two of them, can I send someone close to me to reward the precious preserved fruit?" Take the opportunity to observe the situation. And if they are really difficult to control? Summoning them into the court according to your plan, if it is just for nothing? You can put away your mouth. ”
Wei Jiansu had a lot of objections to the emperor's words, but he couldn't find a reason to object? He has always looked down on eunuchs? They think that when they hold authority, they are more corrupt than others. But if the palace said it, it would be tantamount to offending Gao Lishi and Yuan Siyi, who were standing on both sides of the imperial steps.
"Retreat!"
Coming out of the palace, Yang Guozhong walked on the Longwei Road? Wei Jiansu caught up from behind and asked in a low voice, "Why didn't the right minister dare to express his position just now?" Is the power of the right minister more important than the safety of the country? ”
Yang Guozhong saw Wei Jiansu's attitude, he was quite unhappy, he dared to talk to me like this, if it wasn't for Lao Tzu recommending you in front of the emperor, would you be able to be this servant?
Do you know that your tone is too heavy? Then changed the topic: "The West Market Bureau ordered Mu Yi to be dismissed and imprisoned for accepting high bribes, and now Xiao Hua is dismissed at home?" He has always been honest and honest, and I would like to recommend him as the Commander of the West City. ”
Yang Guozhong heard the name Xiao Hua? is even more angry: "This person is upright and doesn't know how to be flexible? How can it be used? Speaking of which, Mu Yi? Is this person also involved in the bribery case of Jiwen? Ji Wen took bribes of 7,000 horses during his appointment as a five-square? The crime is not forgivable, and he should first be demoted to the rank of lieutenant of Duanzhou Gaoyao County, and then interrogated in the future. ”
The relationship between Jiwen and An Lushan is unusual, and Yang Guozhong grabbed Jiwen at this time, which can easily be regarded as targeting An Lushan.
Wei Jiansu sighed unconsciously, since ancient times, the Spring and Autumn Period has been righteous, and the best way to be afraid of the powerful ministers is to stabilize him, like Zheng Zhuanggong, he will continue to tolerate and let go of power, and then give a thunderous blow when he gets carried away. Like Yang Guozhong, he grabbed small things aggressively, but An Lushan continued to restrain and forbear, and in the end, who was the fish and who was the fisherman turned the cart before the horse.
He almost forgot that the man in front of him hadn't read anything and was good at nothing but calculating gambling odds.
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It's not that Li Longji doesn't take this matter to heart, it is related to whether his small life is comfortable, and he naturally has to be cautious. He knew that the contradictions between Yang Guozhong and An Lushan and Li Siye had been going for a long time, so he was not worried that Yang Guozhong would send someone for fear that he would take the opportunity to seek revenge.
He thought that the right candidates were two eunuchs, one was Yu Chaoen, the inner attendant, and the other was the lieutenant envoy Fu Xuanlin. Yu Chaoen was responsible for going to Liangzhou, where the envoy of Hexi Jiedu was located, and Xuan Lin went to Youzhou, where the envoy of Fanyang Jiedu was located, and said that His Majesty had given them preserved fruits and sent them to taste.
After arriving in Youzhou, Xuan Lin was warmly received by An Lushan. Living on the top of the high-rise cloud platform, there are several beautiful maidservants serving every day. Although he has lost his roots as a man, he is pleasing to the eye when he looks at it and touches it in his hand.
He didn't go to the barracks to inspect at all, and even turned a deaf ear to the rumors of the people of Youzhou, just because An Lushan had already gagged him with thirty catties of gold.
Yu Chaoen was treated similarly, because the last time he came, he lived in the annex of the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion, and this time he still lives there. There was a lotus pond in the courtyard, and there were a lot of fish, so he simply didn't go out in the garden, and fished with a few maids.
Li Siye did not regard himself as the benevolent father of Yu Chaoen, and he had all the treatment he should have after receiving the preserved fruit. He also knew what the other party was doing in Hexi, and in order to avoid the superficial limelight, he ordered the Qingliang Guan Guan to stop the cast iron cannon and stop the trade of buying Turkic horses in the mutual market.
Yu Chaoen will soon resign and return to Chang'an, Li Siye specially held a banquet for him in the house, invited Kangju girls to dance Hu Xuan dance in front of the hall, and ordered the musicians to play the most original "Ganzhou Song" and "Yangguan Three Stacks". The sound of silk and bamboo was faint in his ears, Li Siye was drunk with a lamp, and the official high-level officials of Liangzhou, Hexi, were all sitting on the side and laughing.
Father-in-law Yu gained great psychological satisfaction, he was just a eunuch in the end, and there were many people in the court who looked down on eunuchs. In the past, the leader of the Longwu Army, Wang Maozhong, the general of the auxiliary state, didn't he plant a big heel and die because he looked down on Gao Lishi. Now that Li Siye treats him so politely, even if he has a little overstepping, it is not a problem at all.
Li Siye sent him to the gate of Wuwei City, specially took a small copper box from the hands of others, and handed it to Yu Chaoen with both hands: "These things are a little gift for me, so that Father-in-law Yu can go back to take care of the family and reward the servants." ”
Yu Chaoen hurriedly pushed and said: "Engong, by all means, I didn't dare to forget your great favor in the past, how dare I accept your money now." ”
Li Siye pushed the copper box into his arms again and said: "The kindness of the past is kindness, the rules are the rules, you can not forget your kindness, but I can't fail to abide by my rules." You have this thing, don't be presumptuous. ”
Father-in-law Yu thanked Li Siye and led his entourage to hit the road on horseback, thinking that he was fortunate to be sent to Li Siye's side, if he went to Yingzhou, he might not know what kind of treatment it would be. It doesn't seem to be right, it is rumored that An Lushan is better than Li Siye, otherwise he would not have been favored for thirteen years.
After twenty days of marching, he led his entourage to finally cross the Wei River and approach Chang'an City. Before he entered the city, he only felt his eyelids jump wildly, and when he came to the Jinguang Gate Tower, he saw crows nesting on the bucket arch under the eaves of the top of the mountain. These two bad omens made him vigilant, and he took the copper box from the hands of the attendants around him and asked in a low voice, "Are there any mass graves around here?" ”
"Mass graves?" The attendant didn't understand why he asked such a question, and replied casually: "The hill on the side of the Wei River just now is on the Longlong, if you want to go, you can do it for you." ”
"Not necessarily." He led his entourage back, came to the edge of the mass grave, turned over and dismounted, with a box under his left armpit, and a knife in his right hand, and said to the people behind him: "You are waiting outside." ”
He went to the hill, found a clearing and began to dig, digging a long pit and burying the box in it. He found a random wooden stake, split it in half with a barrier knife, and engraved the words on it with a blade: "Obvious reason, the tomb of the thirteenth ancestor Huangyu Gong." ”
After carving these words, he was completely relieved, walked out of the mass grave, and led everyone to return to Chang'an City.