Chapter 31: Across the ocean to see you

Fang Chongyong took an ox cart to Zheng County, Huazhou to find a future wife, and his life was not too bad.

The house was found, although it was not too spacious, but fortunately, the location was good, in the downtown area of Chang'an, separated by a wall from Li Longji's residence, which was okay.

The ticket is 3,000 yuan, although this money is nothing, and it is not ranked at all in Chang'an, but at least there is no worry about food and clothing.

Ma Zi also found it, although it will take many years to marry home, but basically it is ironclad and can't run away. is not like many young people in the previous life, who can only wait until they have to get married to take over a little fairy who is "tired of playing".

And although there are many problems in Datang now, none of them have fallen on Fang Chongyong himself, so he still feels that he can get by.

However, some people in high positions in Chang'an City feel as if they can't live anymore.

In the diligent administration building of Xingqing Palace, Li Longji was discussing important matters with several important ministers. One of the most important things is that the vacant phase is better to sit in the phase.

During the Kaiyuan period, the high-level of the Tang court had basically formed some kind of customary customization, and the prime minister was 2-3 people, not more, not less. Basically, every three or four years, you have to change the stubble.

Now that Pei Yaoqing has been dismissed, it is natural to choose another person to take his place.

Why did the prime ministers in the Kaiyuan period have to change a batch every few years?

Many courtiers thought that Li Longji was afraid that the power would be too big, but some courtiers believed that although the Tang Dynasty was strong during the Kaiyuan period, there were many problems. Every time something goes wrong, the prime minister needs to come out and take the blame and resign.

You can't say that all this is the fault of the Son of Heaven and the fault of the saints, right? Wouldn't it be better to change the prime minister and the emperor?

Therefore, changing the prime minister is equivalent to unloading some black pots, and then the Tang Dynasty will always be the saint who never makes mistakes, which seems to be more in line with the logic of reality.

Today, Li Longji didn't want to delay any longer, he asked Li Linfu and Zhang Jiuling to come up with their own plans, and each nominated a favorite person as the new prime minister, that is, to whom should the position of Sanpin under the Tongzhong Book be awarded.

Although the group system is a son of heaven with several prime ministers, these prime ministers are actually divided into large and small according to the default rules. Zhongshu Ling is the largest, referred to as "Right Phase"; ranked second in the waiter, referred to as "Zuo Xiang"; The three products under the door of the same Zhongshu are that the emperor needs his favorite officials to be promoted exceptionally to check and balance the left and right ministers, so he can only rank third.

Now that Zhang Jiuling and Li Linfu occupy two positions, the person they nominated has become pivotal, and his weight is enough to affect the court situation.

By analogy, the weight of this candidate can be compared with Han Xin after winning Hebei during the Chu-Han dispute.

Weichen recommended Yan Tingzhi to enter the phase. He is a Chinese scholar, familiar with government affairs, and can quickly take over the vacancy after Pei Yaoqing's resignation. ”

Zhang Jiuling bowed deeply to Li Longji and said.

"What do you think, brother?"

Li Longji frowned slightly, looked at Li Linfu and asked. Obviously, Yan Tingzhi is not the first choice in Li Longji's mind, and the reason is very simple.

At the beginning, Zhang Jiuling, Pei Yaoqing, and Li Linfu partnered, Zhang Jiuling was responsible for overseeing the military affairs in the north and related matters in Tuntian, while Pei Yaoqing was responsible for reforming Caoyun, and Li Linfu was responsible for making money, as well as streamlining the imperial court institutions, and opening up sources and reducing expenditure.

Now that Pei Yaoqing is gone, and the other two are still there, then the DPRK and China actually lack a minister to manage economic operations.

And Yan Tingzhi and Zhang Jiuling came out of the same yamen, and the government affairs they are good at are also highly overlapping with Zhang Jiuling. So if Yan Tingzhi enters the phase, Zhang Jiuling must get out, because Yan Tingzhi is a weakened version of Zhang Jiuling.

"Weichen thinks that Yan Ting is frivolous and can't be a face."

Li Linfu's serious nonsense aroused Li Longji's interest.

It is not unusual for Li Linfu to oppose this suggestion, but the reason he found is very speechless. What is the reason for "frivolity"?

"Why?"

Li Longji looked at Li Linfu and asked. Obviously, if the other party doesn't give him a satisfactory answer, then the matter is not over at all.

"Back to the saint, Yan Tingzhi had a wife Pei first, and he was separated from him. Later, he had a wife, Zhou, and divorced. After that, there was a wife, Wu, who also ended up with a divorce. Now Yan Ting's wife is Cui's.

In addition, his eight-year-old son killed his concubine A-Ying, which caused a stir for a while.

Governing the country first governs the family, Yan Tingzhi has left the four wives, and his son killed the concubine, which shows that he has no way to govern the family. Such a person, no matter how talented he is, cannot be a match.

How can a person who has no way to govern the country govern the country? ”

After Li Linfu finished speaking, he also bowed down to Li Longji and said deeply.

This angle is so tricky!

Zhang Jiuling was speechless for a while. Needless to say, Li Linfu has already done his homework, and Yan Tingzhi's things must be true. Of course, this bit of dirty water is not enough to say that Yan Tingzhi can't be an official, but it's probably enough to prevent him from entering the picture.

You change wives so diligently, and you are still changing in your fifties, isn't there something wrong with your life style? The eight-year-old son dares to kill the concubine, isn't it good to be a father without education?

Zhang Jiuling also had to admit that Yan Tingzhi's family style was indeed problematic.

Li Linfu's malicious complaint may not be effective, but at the very least, Li Longji's current impression of Yan Tingzhi is only afraid that it will not be too good!

"These things are insignificant, the central affairs are complicated, and the brother slave should not care about him."

Li Longji impatiently scolded Li Linfu.

Although he said this, he had actually listened to Li Linfu's words for seven or eight points, and asked someone to inquire a little afterwards, and Yan Tingzhi's marital status and family status were easy to inquire about.

It's not uncommon to get divorced, but if you divorce and remarry, marry and divorce, and toss like this again and again, there must be something wrong with this person.

In some public institutions in Fang Chongyong's previous life, when the management personnel were promoted, they also had to do background checks, and the kind of people who divorced and married and divorced again in a short period of time will definitely be investigated.

As for the underage son who dares to kill his father's concubine, it can even more show that there is a problem with family education, the so-called "son is not the fault of the father".

Self-cultivation and Qi family rule the country and level the world, the front can't be done, and the back must not be good. Li Linfu's attack on Yan Tingzhi is true, but he is not talking nonsense without scruples, at least the whole thing still falls within the reasonable scope of "narrative distortion", rather than fabricating facts out of thin air.

In this wave, Zhang Jiuling was beaten by Li Linfu, which can be described as a surprise!

"Back to the saint, if Yan Tingzhi is just because of some things at home, then Weichen will not take it out and preach. But in addition, Yan Tingzhi also bent the law for personal gain, and asked the saint to learn clearly, such a person not only cannot enter the picture, but also has to degrade the official and punish the crime. ”

Hearing this, cold sweat broke out on Zhang Jiuling's forehead. He thought left and right, and he didn't know what was wrong with Yan Tingzhi, so he could only wait patiently for Li Linfu to finish speaking.

"Although Brother Nu is the left minister, he can't talk about it!"

Li Longji said with a straight face, making it clear that he didn't believe Li Linfu's side.

"Wang Yuanyan, the history of the Ulzhou assassination, was picketed for corruption and perverted the law, and now he is guilty of a crime and is being examined by the imperial court.

Wang Yuanyan's ex-wife Pei Shi is Yan Ting's ex-wife. This woman pleaded with Yan Tingzhi for Wang Yuanyan, and Yan Tingzhi used his power to pardon Wang Yuanyan.

Such a big thing, the saint was completely unaware. Yan Tingzhi deceived his superiors and subordinates, shielded favoritism, and was not talking nonsense.

And Wang Yuanyan used to join the army as a loyal prince (Li Heng), Yan Tingzhi returned to protect Wang Yuanyan like this, if it wasn't for his ex-wife's plea, could it be for some other reason? ”

Li Linfu asked rhetorically word by word.

Cold sweat oozed from Zhang Jiuling's forehead, and he hurriedly said to Li Longji: "Sage Mingjian, Yan Ting's ex-wife, has now divorced and remarried Wang Yuanyan, this matter is probably not as Zuo Xiang said." ”

"I will send someone to check Yan Tingzhi to see if the words of the brother slave are exaggerated."

Li Longji instructed Gao Lishi beside him.

"Does Gonu have any recommendations?"

Although Yan Tingzhi had already been sentenced to death in his heart, Li Longji still showed an appearance of "humbly accepting advice" on the surface.

"Hexi Jiedu makes Niu Xianke, proficient in government affairs, and is also from the grassroots step by step to the position of the Jiedu envoy, and his people are widely praised in Hexi. During the years when Niu Xianke was the envoy of the Hexi Festival, the Hexi Domain Town was full of grain and grass, the treasury was full, and the armaments were neat.

The new Hexi Jiedu made Cui Xiyi on the table, and he also praised Niu Xianke for his talent as a prime minister. Therefore, Weichen recommended Niu Xianke as the prime minister, and asked the sage to decide. ”

Hearing this, Li Longji nodded slightly, Li Linfu is the prime minister who knows the general situation.

Yan Tingzhi is Zhang Jiuling's person, and he is still working in the same yamen, and he knows that these two people are wearing a pair of pants with his nostrils. What does it mean to be cronyistic?

Zhang Jiuling is like this!

And Niu Xianke, far away in Hexi, obviously cannot be Li Linfu's cronies. Moreover, Cui Xiyi also praised the talent of Niu Xianke, which is enough to see that Li Linfu is a major matter.

As long as you check afterwards, you will understand what kind of people Yan Tingzhi and Niu Cyclamen are.

Thinking of this, Li Longji already had a conclusion in his heart.

"Let's go back and rest, and I'll think about it again."

Hearing Li Longji say this, Zhang Jiuling wanted to say a few more words, but in the end he was speechless and bowed and retired. He was going to Yan Tingzhi to ask what was going on over there with Wang Yuanyan.

After the two of them left, Li Longji turned his head and asked Gao Lishi, "What does Lux think?" ”

"The slave thinks that Zhang Xianggong is very selfish, but Niu Xianke is not a prime minister."

Colliers said cautiously.

"Of course, I know that. Niu cyclamen has done well in Hexi, but it is still undecided whether he will be able to handle the affairs of the DPRK and China.

It's just that Yan Tingzhi has lost hope, and he must not be a minister, you have to check carefully, what is the relationship between him and Wang Yuanyan's case.

By the way, Wang Yuanyan is greedy, is it related to Zhongwangfu, and what is the relationship between Yan Tingzhi and Zhongwangfu, you can also check by the way. ”

Li Longji said a lot, and only then did he recover from his fright, and he felt that he was making a big fuss.

For him, his sons are all scum, even if it is his favorite Shouwang Li Xuan, what else does he have besides having Concubine Wu Hui as his mother?

Only the loyal king Li Heng has amazing power and great energy in secret, so that Li Longji has to deal with it carefully.

Wei Jian, Huangfu Weiming, Wang Zhonghe...... These people are Li Heng's cronies and even brothers-in-law, who among his princes can recruit so many capable courtiers?

Wang Yuanyan, who fell because of corruption this time, is also a person loyal to the king.

The question to be clarified now is, how many "Wang Yuanyan" are there on Li Heng's side? Where are they? How much power can be rebelled.

Li Linfu's sentence "Wang Yuanyan once joined the army for the Zhongwang Mansion" directly poked Li Longji's lung tube.

……

If Wang Zhongsi's house in Chang'an looks shabby, then the house in Huaxian's hometown fully explains what the word "forced ge" means.

Visual inspection covers an area of no less than a few hundred square meters, not only that, Zhumen white walls and green tiles, a noble style.

It is worthy of the combination of Taiyuan Wang and Longxi Li to live together. When I went to Chang'an, the high prices over there only looked at the wealth, and it didn't reflect the true strength of the family at all.

Hometown land, tenants, property, homes, etc. These are the strengths of the family.

If you really want to calculate it, Fang Youde, who is now known as "Fang Jieshuai" in Youzhou, is afraid that he can only be regarded as a nouveau riche who is rich for no more than three generations on the Wang family's side.

Call the door, enter the hall, explain the intention, after a set of processes, Fang Chongyong didn't even see the shadow of the legendary one, the cute sister Wang Yunxiu of his childhood sweetheart.

On the contrary, although he was middle-aged, he was repeatedly scrutinized by the Li family, who was still beautiful, and the atmosphere fell into an awkward silence for a while.

"It's easy to put the icing on the cake, but it's hard to send charcoal in the snow. Now Fang Jieshuai can be said to be a high authority in Youzhou, and he has won the trust of the saints. And my family Ah Lang was demoted to Dongyang, and I don't know when he will come out.

Lang Jun is already a person who remembers his promise if he doesn't come to regret his marriage, and it is rare to send a letter thousands of miles away, please accept my worship. ”

After reading the letter, Li bowed deeply to Fang Chongyong.

"You're welcome, you're welcome."

Fang Chongyong hurriedly said politely, can't you really let your mother-in-law kneel and bow to her. Also, I ran thousands of miles to get here, what about my cute sister's wife?

Fang Chongyong wanted to mention this stubble, but he didn't know where to start.

"The matter of the marriage contract, written in black and white, is naturally logical. But Lang Jun is still young, so he doesn't have to think too much about such things.

As for the recovery of my family's Ah Lang, the concubine might as well have something to say. King Zhong has already sent someone to mention this matter to his concubine, and he will send someone to mediate the operation, and when the saint's popularity is gone, Ah Lang will naturally recover and resume his former official position.

Although Lang Jun is very intelligent, he ...... It is not yet appropriate to interfere in this matter. ”

Li declined Fang Chongyong's suggestion, even though Wang Zhongsi told her in the letter that everything was arranged by Fang Chongyong. Li is a woman from a family, not a person who does not understand politics at all.

Fang Chongyong is just Fang Youde's son, less than ten years old. He came to operate the promotion of Wang Zhonghe, how to operate?

Do you want to ask for an official?

Do you want to give a gift?

Do you want to find a way?

Can Fang Chongyong handle these things?

And Li Heng is different, he is the prince, and he has a good relationship with Wang Zhonghe, and they have been playing together since they were children. Li Heng not only has the resources to do this, but also can do it well.

As for this marriage, the Li family made two plans.

Either marry with the Chung Wangfu and become a princess in the future. If it doesn't work, it's not too late to let Fang Chongyong be his son-in-law. Who knows how long Fang Youde can be beautiful? It's never too late to drag it out.

In Li's opinion, Fang Youde was just a person who had mixed up the dragon's skills. has no family background, no foundation, and just relies on Li Longji's favor, maybe one day he will fall from the sky to mortal dust.

Li felt that Fang Chongyong was not a good match, even if this kid seemed too smart to speak. Since Wang Zhongsi wants to be a good person, let her, the "mother-in-law", be a "wicked person".

"In that case, I would like to take the liberty of bothering you."

Fang Chongyong handed the red paper with Wang Yunxiu's birthday written on it to the Li family, and after bowing deeply, he turned around and left. Li hesitated for a moment and did not send anyone to stop him.

After Fang Chongyong came out, Zhang Xun, who was feeding the cattle and grazing outside the door, asked suspiciously, "Did Lang Jun come out so soon?" ”

"Yes, go back to Chang'an!"

Fang Chongyong said calmly.

Still counting on Li Heng to save his life?

Laugh a little more now, and see if your tears will dry up!

There are definitely people crying!

Fang Chongyong scolded fiercely in his heart.