On the second day of Jiannan's victory in Beijing, Chang'an was boiling, and at this time when the whole country was jubilant, the prime ministers were unprecedentedly busy.

Busy with what?

Procedure!

How to reward meritorious officials, where to get money and grain, whether to ease the relationship with Nanzhao, whether to take advantage of this victory to start cutting the domain, in short, there are many and cumbersome issues for the prime ministers to consider.

Although the emperor is the one who makes the decision, the emperor will not personally consider everything, and he can't think about it, and in general, the prime ministers still have to discuss it, and then submit it to the emperor for review.

Today, there are five prime ministers who participate in politics in the provincial government hall in Zhongshu.

Zhongshu Ling Guo Ziyi.

Zhongshu Shilang Tongping Zhangshi Cui Youfu.

Yang Yan, the servant under the door, and Yang Yan under the door of the same book.

The prince and the prince, and Zhu Zhu of the same level.

Inspect the school Sikong, and Li Zhongchen under the door of the same book.

"Li Sheng is calm and brave, and he can make a decision, since he reported the news of Jiannan's victory to the center, then there will be no falsehood, you think that how to reward his merits?"

The first to speak was Yang Yan, the prime minister recommended for Cui Youfu in August, who was dressed in a cuì crown, a three-beam Jinxian crown, a goldfish bag on his waist, thick eyebrows, and full of spirit, highlighting a high-spirited person.

Indeed, he has a reason to be high-spirited, after the death of the late lord Yuanzai, he actually regained the new monarch because of his outstanding talent, and he is just over fifty, and he has at least ten years of political career.

He had plenty of time to put his political ideas into practice and to realize his grand ambitions.

Yang Yan has the least seniority and the thinnest merits among the prime ministers, and it stands to reason that it will not be his turn to throw bricks and lead the jade and preside over the court meeting, but who will make him prosperous.

What's more, when the Tubo Nanzhao invaded and Li Shi had no master, it was he who insisted on not letting Cui Ning return to Zhenxichuan, but let the imperial court send troops to quell the rebellion, which not only saved the crisis of Sichuan and Shu, but also avoided the situation of Sichuan and Shu returning to Cui Ning's secession.

Now that the army has won, Yang Yan thought that he had three points of credit anyway, so he took the opportunity to seize the power.

Guo Ziyi is indeed old, and he has always been respectful to villains and gentlemen, and he will not care about anything with him, and Cui Youfu is seriously ill, and even entering the provincial hall is carried in by domestic servants, where is there any spare strength to compete with him for power and profit.

Although Zhu Zhu has a reputation for loyalty and righteousness, he is quite valued by the emperor, but because his younger brother Zhu Tao led Youzhou Town to rebel repeatedly, the new emperor Li Shi could not fully trust him.

As for Li Zhongchen......

Hehe, a bereaved dog who drove his wife and daughter out of town by his adopted son because of adultery, it is already a grace to let him attend the court meeting, how dare he expect to preside over the court meeting.

Yang Yan's gaze swept over the tall and burly Li Zhongchen, and the corners of his mouth were slightly curved, revealing a hint of sarcasm.

I think Lu Feng has the courage of a tiger first, and he is still captured by his generals because he loves the generals' wives, not to mention that you Li Zhongchen is a contemptuous man in the border field?

It's a pity that the great Huaixi Town has fallen into the hands of Li Xilie, this person is young and strong, and he is ambitious, and he will definitely be the second An Lushan one day.

However, if he is interested, it is fine, if he dares to make a difference......

Yang Yan's eyes narrowed slightly, and a cold light flashed.

Li Zhongchen saw that Yang Yan was not looking at him well, and hurriedly replied according to his meaning: "Li Du has reached the third grade, and then there is Shang Shufu and the third young level, why don't you add a school inspector?" ”

"Li General is only fifty years old, and the battle for the country and dynasty will still be long, that is, the school officer will be added, and there will be a time when the addition will be completed, what should I do when the time comes, is it unsealable?"

Yang Yanpi laughed and mocked.

Li Zhongchen's face changed when he heard this, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "What Yang Xianggong said is very true, Li has been taught. ”

I can't help but keep his head down, after all, the phoenix that fell on the shelf is not as good as a chicken, not to mention that he is just a vulture.

The words shocked Li Zhongchen, and the corners of Yang Yan's mouth outlined a faint arc, and continued: "In my opinion, it is better to seal the actual household, and then give his wife a decree, and promote one of his sons to be the general of the Sixth Army." ”

"So Yang Xianggong thinks that how many households are appropriate?"

Cui Youfu, who was sick, opened his cloudy eyes and said slowly.

Cui Youfu was sixty years old, and he ruled leniently and simply as prime minister, with a kind political voice, and quite a chaste style, and most of the emperor, Guo Ziyi, Zhu Zhu and others would obey his advice in major affairs in the court.

On the contrary, Yang Yan is the opposite, although he was recommended by Cui Youfu, but in terms of governing philosophy, he is different from Xiao He and Cao Shen Wu Zhi who Cui Youfu imitated, and is more like a combination of Chao Cuo and Sang Hongyang, who advocates the reform of the feudal domain in order to become stronger.

The differences between the two on political views have never been resolved.

Hearing Cui Youfu's inquiry, Yang Yan groaned slightly, and said slowly: "According to common sense, to break a Guotai and a half soldiers, it is necessary to add five to eight hundred households, but the country has withered since the Anshi Rebellion, and the financial resources are tight, so I can only be wronged by Li Du, just two hundred households." ”

"What about Guo Ying, the son of Ling Gong, this son has the merit of making plans and cutting generals and pulling out flags, what should he do?"

"Rank officer, loose officer, lord, and lord each carry one level."

"With such a great achievement, how can you convince people by one level?" Cui Youfu frowned: "In the Kwantung Domain, there are countless officials who are three generals, and with Guo Lang's merits, how can you enter the rank of General Yunlu and General Guide, even if you are the champion general and Feng Tai Changqing." ”

"Those ten generals and three-rank officials are all traitors, how can they be the same as the towns under the rule of the imperial court?"

Yang Yan's attitude was very resolute, and there was almost no room for turn, but Cui Youfu, who was lying in the hall, sighed when he heard this.

The big thing hasn't been done yet.

The emperor and Yang Yan in the Daming Palace were already thinking about suppressing Xungui.

Alas, this majesty, everything is good, but the spirit is too anxious and cannot be tolerated, and Jiangshan Sheji is only afraid that it will be as Hanlin waits for the edict and the old Taoist priest Sang Daomao said, and will go through another calamity.

Thinking of this, Cui Youfu couldn't help but shake his head bitterly, closed his eyes, and didn't want to say much.

As soon as Cui Youfu was silent, this discussion turned into Yang Yan's words in an instant.

However, when discussing how to deal with the Tibetan prisoners, Zhu Jun made a rare voice: "The Tibetan jackals are by nature, and they have repeatedly violated our borders, and now they have been captured, and they must not be released, which is also the meaning of Li General and Shu soldiers and Shu generals." ”

"When is it the turn of the imperial court to call the shots? But since you said what the generals meant, I might as well tell you what the saints mean.

The meaning of the saint is that if Rong Di commits a crime, he will be hit, and if he obeys, he will return to him. Strike to demonstrate, return to show faith. If the prestige is not established, how can it be far away! ”

Yang Yan said loudly.

In a word, when the Tibetans invaded the frontier, we attacked them, they obeyed the court, and we returned the prisoners.

Striking them is to show the majesty of the court; The return of the captives is a demonstration of the righteousness of the imperial court, if the majesty and faithfulness cannot be established, how can the remote tribes be appeased!

Well, that's.

But since the emperor said so, what else can Zhu Jun say.

……

Not long after, Guo Ying, who was on the way to the class, also heard the idea that the Son of Heaven wanted to release all the Tibetan prisoners again, and the original good mood of receiving meritorious service and reward suddenly dissipated, and the whole person was so depressed that he was about to vomit blood.

Of course.

Li Shi's political purpose for releasing the prisoners this time was not exactly the same as the last time.

Last time, I took the initiative to show goodwill.

This time, after the failure of the Tubo Chisong Dezan to attack the Tang with the Nanzhao army, he deliberately eased the relationship with the Tang Dynasty and made every effort to capture the Anbei Court.

According to the handwritten letter sent back by Wei Lun, when the Tibetans first heard that he had sent the captives back, they did not believe it, and when the captives returned to Tibet, they returned to their tribes, claiming that "the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty released the palace maids from the palace and released the birds and beasts. ”

When the Tibetans heard this, they were very happy, so they cleaned the road and greeted him.

When Tubo Zampu met him, he cried and said that he had three major hatreds.

First, I didn't know that the Tang Emperor (Li Yu) died, and I didn't have time to mourn.

Second, I didn't have time to pay tribute to the mountain tomb of the Tang Emperor.

The third is that he didn't know that the emperor's uncle had succeeded to the throne, and he also sent troops to attack Shu.

Tri Song Detsen's superficial work was done very well, and he overthrew it by opposing the peace talks between the two countries by the great minister, and temporarily replaced the prime minister with Ma Chongying, paving the way for his maternal relative Shang Jiezan to ascend to the throne.

This made Wei Lun mistakenly believe that it was the main peace faction in his country that took the initiative.

And Li Shi could not sit still after hearing that he was famous in Tubo and that Zampu, who was the same age as him, called him uncle?

So, this seemingly absurd decision was decided logically.