The smile on Xu Jingzong's face froze and said to himself, "Didn't mention a word? ”

Li Xiaogong's face was somewhat unconvinced, but he was also very helpless. ”

Asking for power from the emperor and sharing power with Zhongshu is like jumping in a minefield.

"You kid looks calm." Li Xiaogong snorted coldly.

"King Hejian County, what did we come to the Ministry of Rites for, if we don't succeed, we will become benevolent."

"Good boy, our Ministry of Rites should have such momentum, our Ministry of Rites has been counted down for so long, and we have already endured enough." Li Xiaogong patted the case and shouted, "The eldest grandson and the old fox still want to hold on to the power!" The old man scolded him for the rest of his life! ”

"Why do you want to scold the old man for the rest of your life?" The voice of the eldest grandson Wuji appeared in the sunlight.

Standing beside the eldest grandson Wuji, there were two eunuchs and three or four civil officials.

Walking into the Ministry of Rites, the eldest grandson Wuji smiled and said, "Your Majesty has always rewarded and punished fairly, so why rush for a while." ”

Li Xiaogong snorted coldly, "Eldest grandson Wuji, the old man has been polite enough to you, don't blame the old man for being polite." ”

In some ways, Lee Hyo-kung is a bastard.

I don't know how His Majesty would let this guy be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, no matter how you look at it, it is the material of a civil official.

The eldest grandson Wuji first Li Xiaogong bowed slightly, "Please listen to the will." ”

The eunuch opened his mouth and read, "Li Xiaogong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Xu Jingzong, the squire of the Ministry of Rites, have made meritorious contributions to the envoys of various countries, and their annual income has increased to 400 stones. Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian County, gave Chang'an the right to ride a horse, and gave Xu Jingzong the right to play directly, the Turkic situation was undecided, and the situation outside the customs was changeable, and he also asked Zhuqing to be diligent. ”

The meaning of this sentence is obvious, and even Li Shimin feels that the Ministry of Rites is too idle.

Xu Jingzong has the right to play directly, which means that in the future, if Xu Jingzong wants to submit the recital, he does not need to go through Zhongshu Province, and he can directly say to His Majesty that this is the power that only officials in Zhongshu Province have.

did not give Xu Jingzong a promotion, but gave a small right to play directly.

Li Xiaogong listened to the will and came back to his senses, "What about Zhang Yang!" This kid also made a lot of efforts. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yang couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart, the king of Hejian County was still very righteous.

Of the three people in the Ministry of Rites, only Zhang Yang was the only one who did not mention the will.

The eldest grandson Wuji bowed his head and said, "Only you, Zhang Yang, talk to Your Majesty alone." ”

The eunuch on the side smiled, "Zhang Shilang, do you want to go with the old slave to see Your Majesty?" ”

glanced at the eldest grandson Wuji, who was still standing in the Ministry of Rites, and then looked at Xu Jingzong and Li Xiaogong.

Zhang Yang took a deep breath and followed the eunuch out of the Ministry of Rites.

Walking in the sun, the two eunuchs were speechless all the way.

In the palace, turn left and right to come to Xingqing Palace, and Li Shimin is standing in the dim hall.

Zhang Yang watched as he lit a candle, and the flame jumped like a living thing.

"Come in." Li Shimin's voice came from inside the hall.

After sorting out his thoughts, Zhang Yang walked into the hall, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty." ”

Li Shimin's eyes looked at the candle flame, "This is the first time you have met with me." ”

"See you every morning, every day." Zhang Yang replied.

"This is the fifth time." Li Shimin muttered to himself.

Aren't we meeting every day in the Taiji Palace? Is he listening to himself, Zhang Yang looked embarrassed.

The emperors in the world are not easy to mess with, especially people like Li Shimin, if he has hatred, he is the real revenge, and if he has a knife, he is the real supplement.

The vicious Heavenly Khan will not be soft on the enemy.

Pursue and fight the enemy fiercely, and ruthlessly trample on the dignity of the enemy.

Whether it is the expansion of territory or the issue of social development, Li Shimin has a cold and perverted temperament.

Li Shimin sat down again, "I still remember what you said at the beginning, if I don't agree, what should you do?" ”

The hall was quiet for a long time, and Zhang Yang said, "I can only scold for being unreasonable, and then leave the court and live a good life as an ordinary person from now on." ”

Li Shimin shook his head and sighed, "That's it? Unpromising. ”

Unpromising...... I want to have a chance, I think about the emperor, Zhang Yang stood with his hands in his hands, thinking to himself.

"Tell me, what requirements do you have, I never criticize the heroes, and I keep your merits in my heart."

Zhang Yang bowed down and said, "Can you give me Lishan?" ”

Hearing this, Li Shimin was stunned for a long time, and then said with a smile, "Don't even think about it." ”

Knowing such a result for a long time, Zhang Yang could only laugh at it.

"Don't you want to fight for power over the Ministry of Rites? Tell me what power you want. Li Shimin took a sip of tea, "It's just a conversation between Weng and his son-in-law, you don't have to be too restrained, just say it." ”

You Li Shimin will take revenge if you have revenge, and Jieli's fate is just around the corner.

Let people say their thoughts, can they really say their ideas?

The emperor likes to give people thinking questions or what.

Seeing that Zhang Yang didn't speak, Li Shimin sighed, "Xue Yantuo's matter I have discussed it with Fang Xuanling and Li Jing, and now Xue Yantuo has indeed withdrawn his troops, but Datang and Xue Yantuo must have a battle, and this battle may not be soon, or it may be a few years later, or more than ten years later." ”

"Shocking the Mobei Kingdoms, right?" Zhang Yang asked in a low voice.

Li Shimin nodded slowly, "Right now, Datang needs to recuperate, and now is not the time to make a big move." ”

"The chaos in the world at the end of the Sui Dynasty is about to defeat the Central Plains, I need to be in solidarity with the people and accumulate national strength, some people say that the national strength of the former Sui has not been restored until now, I know that this is not a lie, the Tang Dynasty needs to recuperate too much."

"As you said, the function of the Ministry of Rites is not only to be in charge of etiquette, what I want is time to recuperate from the national strength, and the Ministry of Rites can still work with the envoys of various countries, so you tell me now, I give you the power of the Ministry of Rites can give me time to recuperate from the national strength."

You are an emperor who has already said it so bluntly, and the boss gives his subordinates thinking questions, which is true, a little too pretending and a little too torturous.

said that it was to give the Ministry of Rites the power and the Ministry of Rites a reward, and you Li Shimin could give a reward, but this reward still had to be used in the end and returned to you as the emperor.

"First I want people."

Li Shimin looked at Zhang Yang standing straight, neither humble nor arrogant, and smiled, "What person?" ”

"The three brothers of the teacher's family, Zhang Daxiang, Zhang Dasu, and Zhang Da'an."

"Zhang Daxiang and Zhang Dasu are okay, as for this Zhang Da'an, he still needs to stay in the East Palace to do things for the prince, I can only give you two."

In fact, Zhang Da'an is not important, the important thing is Zhang Gongjin.

put one of his sons in the East Palace, Li Shimin did it for Zhang Gongjin to show it, to appease the heroes and take care of his son.

"Any more requirements?" Li Shimin observed the change in Zhang Yang's expression.

"Then give the Ministry of Rites the right to autonomously, the Ministry of Rites can decide how to deal with other countries, and the Ministry of Rites can intervene, but it cannot interfere too much, if it is necessary to cooperate with the ministries of the DPRK and China, I hope that the Ministry of Rites can play a role in communication, so that the ministries of the DPRK and China can assist the Ministry of Rites."

"It's a bit of a hassle, but it's not difficult, and I can promise you." Li Shimin nodded.

"I have one more request, which Your Majesty needs to agree to."

"Speak." Li Shimin changed his sitting posture and smiled with interest.

"All our actions can be kept secret from the DPRK, and the Ministry of Rites needs to be kept secret when doing things, I don't know how many people in the DPRK and China are spies from Tibet or Turks, in order to prevent information from leaking, the Ministry of Rites can keep it secret in this regard, and can refuse inquiries from various ministries."

"Yes."

He said yes.

Zhang Yang then spoke, "In order to give Datang time to recuperate from the national strength, the Ministry of Rites may make some outrageous moves, and please believe that we are all for the sake of the society." ”

Li Shimin smiled, "How out of line? ”

"Originally, the Ministry of Rites was in charge of the rites and religions, but in the future, we will focus on the exchanges with the nations, and our officials can arrange their own daily affairs."

From the beginning, I thought that Zhang Yang wanted power, and now I think that this kid is not untargeted, but he is right-hearted, and there is an idea of changing the Ministry of Rites to a new look.

Let's not talk about whether these ideas are right or not, you can give them a try.

If you do a good job and cultivate a more different etiquette department, the fruits of success will still be in the court.

Even if it is done badly, it is just a change of people from the Ministry of Rites and a return to the original state, without any loss.

Instead of raising the Ministry of Rites in the court, it is better to let the Ministry of Rites play some role.

Zhang Yang asked tentatively, "What does Your Majesty think?" ”

"As long as it's not too out of line, I can agree, and if necessary, you still have to report to me in advance."

"Understood." Zhang Yang spoke again, "And then give the Ministry of Rites the right to transfer soldiers and horses, not too much, you can arrest people in Chang'an City, if there is an accident, if it is too late to mobilize manpower, it will delay things, and the Ministry of Rites needs a manpower that can be mobilized at any time." ”

Li Shimin looked outside the hall, "Let Li Junxian come over." ”

The little eunuch immediately went to report, and Li Junxian walked into the hall and saluted, "Your Majesty." ”

"If the Ministry of Rites needs to be transferred, Li Junxian can cooperate, and he can mobilize the leading guards of Chang'an City."

Zhang Yang glanced at Li Junxian.

Li Junxian bowed down and replied, "Huh." ”

Li Shimin said again, "There are 1,000 soldiers in the leading guards, and they can cooperate with you." ”

Zhang Yang asked again, "Then can you catch spies for us?" ”

Li Shimin looked at Li Junxian, he knelt down on one knee and said loudly, "If there is any order from the Ministry of Rites, the general will definitely go all out." ”

Looking at his expression, Zhang Yang faced Li Shimin again, but if he wanted to mobilize soldiers and horses, he had to go to Li Junxian, and gave the Ministry of Rites the right to mobilize some soldiers and horses, and the power of soldiers and horses was still in the hands of Li Junxian, not in the hands of the Ministry of Rites.

It's okay to do that, so everyone can rest assured.

"What else do you want?"

"Please give 10,000 to the Ministry of Rites."

10,000! These words made the tea in Li Shimin's mouth almost squirt out, and said in his heart that I have a tight life, and I want to give you money, and as soon as I open my mouth, it will be 10,000 yuan, does this kid think that I am very rich.

Now the days in the palace are all based on the business of Li Tai, a kid, and every amount of money must be carefully calculated.

"I'll think about it." Li Shimin coped.

"Can a minister resign?"

"No way!" The smile on Li Shimin's face disappeared, and he replied with a straight face.

"Can the minister ask for leave?"

"Leave?"

"Long vacation."

Knowing the virtue of the Ministry of Rites, what kind of virtue Li Xiaogong is, what kind of virtue his subordinates are.

All day long, I either ate tea eggs in the government or played chess.

It's not like it's getting down to business at all.

"How long?" Li Shimin took another sip of tea.

"It's as short as a few months, or as long as a year or two."

"Why?"

"Back to Your Majesty, this is also for the sake of Sheji."

"Yes, I promise you."

Hearing Li Shimin's reply so decisively, Zhang Yang was speechless for a while, so he agreed?

"What else do you want?"

"No more."

"I'll arrange everything after that, so you can step back first."

Zhang Yang walked out of the Xingqing Hall with a slight salute.

After Zhang Yang and Li Junxian left, Fang Xuanling walked out from behind the bookshelf, and the conversation just now was heard from beginning to end.

Looking outside the hall, Li Shimin smiled meaningfully, "I have already agreed to him according to the arrangement of the two of you." ”

Fang Xuanling bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise. ”

Li Shimin was puzzled, "Why did you and Zhao Guogong take a fancy to him, is this kid really worth it?" ”

Fang Xuanling replied, "Your Majesty, what the minister and Zhao Guogong value is his design of the Tibetans and the Turks. ”

Li Shimin smiled, "Speaking of which, the matter of Tubo and Tuyuhun was designed by him, and of course this matter is also indispensable to your credit." ”

Fang Xuanling said in a low voice, "If this matter is not a contribution to the central government, if Zhang Yang makes a plan alone and takes the Hexi Corridor, it is not too much for Your Majesty to make him a marquis, but Your Majesty just didn't do it, didn't you?" ”

Li Shimin smiled, and the sound of laughter echoed in the hall.

The monarch and the ministers know that if this Zhang Yang really has the ability, he might as well use him, if this person has no ability, there is no loss in the court, whether it is a good knife to try to know.

If this kid really has a gap in his heart and outstanding talents, Li Shimin also wants to make full use of the value of this kid, and then pick the rites he cultivated with his hard work and use them to make the fruits of the court.

After the incident of Xuanwumen, Li Shimin felt that everything was in his own control and was the safest.

Fang Xuanling said again, "At first, no one knew that the Hexi Corridor could be recovered like this, and this kid looked at the Ministry of Rites differently than many people. ”

"I think so, too."

After a while, the eldest grandson Wuji also returned.

Li Shimin looked at the eldest grandson Wuji, "What do you mean by filial piety?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the king of Hejian County scolded the minister, and the minister came back with a disgraced face."

Li Shimin laughed, he had expected this result for a long time.

The eldest grandson Wuji bowed and saluted, "Using Zhang Yang to cultivate the Ministry of Rites, Your Majesty must want this fruit very much." ”

"It's all for the community." Li Shimin smiled, and this sentence also seemed to be mocking Zhang Yang.

"Your Majesty, a few days ago, the spies from Tubo sent news that both Songtsen Gampo and Lu Dongzan had noticed Zhang Yang, and if Songtsen Gampo had enough wisdom, he should also understand that Zhang Yang was also using Lu Dongzan."

Fang Xuanling took the words and said, "Your Majesty, this is the reason why the minister and Zhao Guogong take a fancy to Zhang Yang together, not because of how capable this kid is, but because of this to release a message to Tubo, so that Songtsan Gampo knows that Zhang Yang is a threat to them." ”

"Strategizing, I'm counting on you." Li Shimin had a smile on his face.

(End of chapter)