On the banks of the Luoshui River, the sails are like shuttles.

Li Xuan was wearing a gold silk robe on a black background, with a black-sheathed eight-sided Han sword hanging from his waist, calm and solemn, and his eyes were indifferent.

The coolies, stewards, and even officials on the dock were far away and did not dare to approach at all.

More than a dozen black-robed guards directly separated the inside and outside.

Farther away, a group of Jinwu Guard cavalry patrolled back and forth.

To the east, an official ship came slowly, and a large flag with the character Pei was hung high on it.

Dozens of officials of the Criminal Department stood on it, holding the hilt of their knives to guard the four directions.

The official ship slowly stopped at the dock, the wooden plank was lowered, and Li Xuan walked directly onto the deck.

Pei Yan was already standing on the deck at this moment, and when he saw Li Xuan, he took the lead in arching his hand: "Pei Yan has seen the prince." ”

"Uncle is ashamed of the little nephew." Li Xuan returned the salute seriously, and then looked at Pei Yan, who was tired: "I shouldn't have bothered my uncle, but in fact, someone entrusted me, and my little nephew had to come up and bother a few words." ”

"The prince is polite, please inside." Pei Yan asked Li Xuan to enter the inner cabin.

"Good!" Li Xuan nodded, and then entered the inner cabin in full view of everyone.

……

The furnishings in the inner cabin were not luxurious, Li Xuan took the initiative to walk to the table on the left, and arched his hand: "Uncle, please take a seat." ”

"The prince is polite, then Pei is not polite." Pei Yan nodded, then walked to the short couch above and sat down, and then looked at Li Xuan, who sat down with him, and said, "Pei thought that someone would come, but he never thought that it would be the prince." ”

Li Xuan smiled and said, "The little nephew has just returned to Chang'an, and he didn't want to get involved in these things, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked for it, so he had to come." ”

Pei Yan immediately felt Li Xuan's embarrassment, indeed, with Li Xian there, Li Xuan was not easy to refuse.

"Specifically, please tell me." Pei Yan looked straight at Li Xuan, waiting for him to speak.

Li Xuan sat down, and then said seriously: "What the East Palace said, what Uncle Shi did in Xuzhou this time, the means are a little heavier, I don't know if it can be slightly restrained, now that the New Year is coming, many people don't want Chang'an to have a turmoil." ”

The people of the Liu family in Pengcheng have found Chang'an, and it is even likely that they have found Liu Xianli, and then, the two said that there would be a quarrel in the court.

The New Year is approaching, and many people want to spend the New Year peacefully and do not want to cause more turmoil

"I can't hide this excuse from the prince." Pei Yan raised his eyes to look at Li Xuan, his gaze was deep.

Li Xuan nodded calmly: "Uncle's actions in Xuzhou this time, I am afraid that it is deeply in line with His Majesty's wishes, it is not difficult to enter the political hall in this way, and even the chief officials of the three provinces are also a matter of deserved, now it depends on whether my uncle is going to enter the door, which province of Zhongshu and Shangshu." ”

"It seems that the prince has seen it clearly, Xue Yuanchao doesn't want Pei to enter Zhongshu Province." A sneer flashed at the corner of Pei Yan's mouth.

When Li Xuan first sent a message to meet with him, Pei Yan had already guessed whose idea was behind this.

When he entered the political hall this time, it was not Liu Renliang Hao Chujun who threatened their group of old ministers, nor Li Yiyan, Cui Zhiwen, and their group of Tongzhongshu Sanpin, not to mention Liu Xianli and Li Jingxuan, who had already gained a firm foothold, and only one Xue Yuanchao he really threatened.

"Uncle is in Xuzhou this time, Donggong thinks that uncle's actions will inevitably be bad with Pengcheng County, plus your kinship, will make the situation in Menxia Province more complicated, so, Uncle can only enter Zhongshu Province after this time, and Xue Xiang doesn't know why, he doesn't want to be with his uncle's colleagues, so he asked Xuan to persuade his uncle to stop a little in Xuzhou, ease the relationship with Pengcheng County, and then enter the next office."

Li Xuan said these words flatly, how smart Pei Yan was, he had already grasped the subtext in Li Xuan's words.

"East Palace?" Pei Yan smiled, squinted at Li Xuan and said, "The prince seems to have other ideas. ”

Li Xuan said that he used words like Donggong, Xue Xiang, and Prince, and he never used himself, so he naturally had other ideas.

"Xuan thinks that there is no need for my uncle to stop in Xuzhou." Li Xuan's expression calmed down, and said lightly: "Not only Xuzhou, but also to Huaizhou and Yangzhou to the east, my uncle might as well be ruthless, kill those who should be killed, and exile those who should be exiled, there is no need to stop." ”

Pei Yan's expression suddenly became solemn, he thought that Li Xuan would also persuade him, but he didn't expect Li Xuan to directly let him kill him.

……

The official boat is slowly moving forward, along the Luo River in Luoyang City.

Pei Yan's eyes lowered slightly, and after a long time, he seemed to understand: "If Pei remembers well, the matter of investigating Yintian was originally proposed by the prince." ”

Li Xuan smiled and said lightly: "Checking the hidden fields and increasing taxes, this is what Your Majesty is willing to see, since it is what Your Majesty is willing to see, then no one can stop it." ”

Pei Yan was silent for a moment, he had heard that Li Xuan was extremely loyal to the emperor, and now it seems that this is true.

With a slight sigh, Pei Yan continued to ask: "Isn't the prince worried that Pei Mou's transfer to Zhongshu Province this time will compete with Xue Xiang." ”

Li Xuan raised his head, looked at Pei Yan calmly, and said, "Uncle can't go to Zhongshu Province." ”

"Why?" Pei Yan was immediately surprised, before Xue Yuanchao and everyone in the East Palace believed that Pei Yan was likely to be transferred to Zhongshu Ling, why did Li Xuan insist that Pei Yan would definitely not be able to transfer to Zhongshu Ling.

"Those things about Uncle and Pengcheng County Duke are insignificant in the eyes of Your Majesty, if Your Majesty wants your uncle to go to Zhongshu Province, then even Xue Xiang can't stop it, but Your Majesty probably just wants your uncle to go to Menxia Province, that's all." Li Xuan's voice was calm and steady, but it was extremely firm.

Although the emperor would consult the ministers and other prime ministers on the appointment of the prime minister, if the emperor made a decision, then everyone had to accept it.

Pei Yan fell silent, clasped his hands together, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

Li Xuan was suddenly surprised and asked, "Uncle doesn't really want to go to the Zhongshu Order, right?" ”

Pei Yan smiled slightly, but his smile was a little reluctant.

Li Xuan was suddenly a little surprised, he looked at Pei Yan deeply, and after a little thought in his mind, he had suddenly understood.

Pei Yan, Xue Yuanchao.

Li Xuan himself was almost to the point just now, but he himself diverted the conversation again and did not pierce this layer of window paper.

Xue Yuanchao was reluctant to allow Pei Yan to enter Zhongshu Province, Li Xuan once thought about the reason, maybe Xue Yuanchao was afraid that Pei Yan's methods were too ruthless, maybe someone from Xuzhou or somewhere asked Pei Yan for him, but now it seems that Pei Yan really intends to enter Zhongshu Province.

The comparison between the two is self-explanatory.

Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty.

Liu Renliang said last year that he is very likely to be a servant, so after Liu Renliang is a servant, who will shoot Shangshu's left servant?

In today's situation, there may basically be two people, Li Jingxuan and Liu Xianli, and the two of them are the same group of people who entered the political hall.

Then after the two of them, there are Xue Yuanchao and Pei Yan.

Although Xue Yuanchao is a close confidant of the emperor and has a great reputation in the literary world, he is actually inferior to Pei Yan in politics.

Therefore, this time Pei Yan was decisive and resolute in dealing with the Xuzhou matter, which won the emperor's please.

If Pei Yan can seize the opportunity this time and carry the Zhongshu Order, then in the future, he can also compete with Xue Yuanchao in the position of Shangshu's left servant.

Xue Yuanchao naturally didn't dare to let Pei Yan surpass him, once Pei Yan was allowed to sit in the position of Shangshu's left servant, then at least within ten years, Xue Yuanchao would not have to think about it.

As for the future, it is inevitable that there will be new people coming out, and Xue Yuanchao may never have a chance.

Look at the present, Liu Renliang is a scholar and a servant, Hao Chujun, Dai Zhide, and Zhao Renben have been pressed to death.

Xue Yuanchao understood Pei Yan's purpose better than Li Xuan, so when Pei Yan wanted to enter Zhongshu Province, Xue Yuanchao tried every possible means to stop him.

……

Li Xuan couldn't help but feel a little funny, and then, he shook his head lightly and said, "What my uncle said is indeed reasonable, but I'm afraid that Your Majesty really wants your uncle to go to Menxia Province, not for anything else, just for the prince." ”

Pei Yan raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Xuan in surprise.

Li Xuan said softly: "No matter what, uncle has to give the prince a chance to promote uncle." ”

When Pei Yan heard this, a figure instantly flashed in his mind.

Li Quan.

In the twenty-third year of Zhenguan, the first emperor Taizong was seriously ill, and Li Quan, who was originally the crown prince Zhan Shi and the third grade of the same Zhongshu Sect, was suddenly demoted to the governor of Diezhou.

In the same year, Emperor Taizong died of illness, Li Zhi ascended the throne, summoned Li Wei into the court, and then served as the assassin of Luozhou, and was promoted to the left servant of Shangshu the following year.

Pei Yan immediately understood that if this time, he insisted on fighting with Xue Yuanchao, then in the future, Li Zhi was seriously ill, and if he didn't do well, he would follow the example of the first emperor, first demote him from the court, and then transfer him back.

Pei Yan didn't dare to guarantee that he had the ability of Li Quan, and he was demoted to the Assassin of Diezhou, and he could also be transferred back to Renluozhou Assassin History, and he was also promoted to the left servant of Shangshu in the following year.

This kind of thing, he didn't dare to bet.

If the emperor really did this, Pei Yan could only accept it, as for the future, once he left the center, how to develop in the future was not in his hands.

In this way, it is better for Pei Yan to be an honest servant and give the prince a chance to promote him.

"Thank you, Lord Wang." Pei Yan raised his head and arched his hand at Li Xuan: "Thank you for the reminder." ”

"Uncle is polite." Li Xuan returned the salute, and then said: "Uncle's affairs in Xuzhou have little to do with the DPRK and China, but for the sake of the overall situation, I also ask my uncle to temporarily accept honor and disgrace, and this matter needs to be dealt with more seriously. ”

Looking at Li Xuan's cold face, Pei Yan immediately knew that Li Xuan definitely did not mean to let go of this matter easily.

The investigation of Yintian was originally proposed by him, and the fundamental purpose was to pay taxes in the court, how could he really ask Pei Yan to stop because of Xue Yuanchao's matter.

"Pei knows what to do." Pei Yan nodded slightly.

Li Xuan stood up and arched his hand: "If this is the case, then Xuan will leave, today Tong'er is still visiting the princess in the palace of Linzi County, and Xuan just takes Tong'er back to the house." ”

Pei Yan immediately laughed, Pei Shitong is still Li Xuan's side concubine, and he and Li Xuan themselves are not outsiders.

Not to mention, there is also the relationship between the king of Linzi County and Concubine Pei.

"In this way, Pei will not send the prince." Pei Yan stood up and arched his hand: "In this way, please also ask the prince to apologize to the acting princess on behalf of Pei, the court matter is important, Pei will come to visit the acting princess in a certain year." ”

"Farewell." Li Xuan gave up his hand and was just about to leave.

At this time, Pei Yan suddenly spoke: "There is one thing, the prince needs to be careful, if the prince really persuades Pei to stop in the Xuzhou matter this time, then I am afraid that the reputation of the prince will be damaged." ”

Li Xuan turned around and looked at Pei Yan deeply.

(End of chapter)