After returning from Shouyang Mountain, Xue Bai was slightly infected with the wind and cold, and his voice was a little buzzing when he talked to the Du family sisters.

"It didn't cost much to buy Luhun Villa, Song Ruosi is not stupid, instead of sharing it with his brothers, it is better for him to take it all alone. In this way, we can also do it, divert the contradictions, and let them chase them to Yuzhou to make trouble. ”

Du Yan said: "The people of Fan Prison can already arrange to go to Luhun Villa to mint copper coins, which is not difficult. Instead, the effort is to use the copper coins and set up the stalls of the 'flying money'. ”

Xue Bai sniffed and said, "There is a simple way, on the one hand, lend the money to collect interest, and on the other hand, let people deposit the money, and we will give interest." ”

Du Yan's eyes lit up.

In the past, it was really hard for her to imagine that there was a man in the world who constantly inspired her, and the longer she knew each other, the more she couldn't understand him, and the more she admired him.

Although she always likes to press Xue Bai when the two are together, trying to imagine a sister, she actually knows very well in her heart that he is far stronger than her.

Behind this young man's handsome face is a deep city government and insight.

"Qian Zhuang takes 'faith' as the first priority, so the name of the Yang family is very important. Other than that, let's take the stall slowly......"

Du Cheng had poured a cup of hot water and said softly: "Okay, we know how to do it, since you are sick, let's rest." ”

"One more thing." Xue Bai said: "Wang Ji should be about to contact us, now that he threatens Li Linfu and has become the target of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion with all his might, I shouldn't have realized that I can concoct evidence to frame him." ”

"Can a saint believe in you?"

"The saint annoys me a little, but he should still think that I am honest. This is my value, Wang Ji should be aware of it, and he didn't even send people? ”

Du Yan nodded and muttered, "Or is it because Yang Qixuan is in Yanshi?" ”

"Probably."

"Grandpa is in Luoyang, and he is the deputy envoy for land and water transfer, Wang Ji may contact Grandpa?"

"I'll write a letter to my uncle, if Wang Ji sends someone to make a request, let Gorou go to Luoyang."

~~

"Me again?"

Du Wulang was quite reluctant to see Du Youlin, and he was only a few months a month as a staff member, and he even had to be scolded.

"Xue Lang is sick, so I have to let you run." Du Cheng encouraged: "By the way, I didn't expect to do a good job of persuading Song Ruosi." ”

"Right? I mainly caught his mind, not only did not want to make a big fuss and offend people, but also wanted to take some benefits. Back and forth, the supervision of the imperial history was also moved by me. ”

Du Wulang still had a sense of accomplishment, and he was the last part of the whole thing to complete, so he agreed to go to Luoyang again.

After the beginning of spring, there are many fewer squatting on the dock and waiting for work, which must have something to do with the weaving of fields.

There are a little more ways to live, and Caofu can earn an extra thirty dollars by going to Luoyang for a trip.

Du Wulang took Wang Yi with him this time.

As a loyal servant left by Wang Yanxian, who is both wise and brave, and understands Yanshi, Wang Yi was reused by Xue Bai and cultivated as the chief steward in Yanshi.

The boat was sailing against the current, he looked at the farmland on both sides of the Luo River, and sighed: "Yanshi is getting better." ”

"Of course, we do so much to get better."

"But if Shaofu leaves, how long can these last." Wang Yi pointed to the slender man in front of him and said, "I just said that their wages are more than one penny per two miles, and many officials are already staring at them." ”

"Don't worry, we'll prepare sooner." Du Wulang is optimistic by nature, so he responded.

When he arrived in Luoyang, he was really taught a lesson by Du Youlin again, but when he finished the training, he still didn't know what the specific reason was.

"Grandpa, Xue Bai asked me to ask you, Wang Ji has sent someone to contact you."

"No, I don't have a relationship with those people." Du Youlin didn't look down on Wang Ji in his heart, and he said it very hard.

The next day, he learned that Xing Xuan, the new household servant, had arrived in Luoyang and hurriedly greeted him.

Xing Xuan is a famous Confucian in the world, the author of "Zhou Yi Slightly Rules", highly respected, and was Du Youlin's old boss, so Du Youlin has heard some secrets about him.

In the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan, they were all in the East Palace Zuochunfang, Xing Xuan served as Zanseon's doctor, when the king of Silla died, the sage ordered Xing Xuan to send Silla to the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple.

On the return trip, Xing Xuan anchored the ship in Tanshan, met more than 100 overseas merchants, carrying several ships, all pearls, jade, agarwood, ivory, rhinoceros horn and other valuables, worth tens of millions of dollars, while they were defenseless, Xing Xuan ordered people to kill them all, throw their corpses into the sea, after returning to Chang'an, he said that the king of Silla offered gifts to the saints, and the saints gave him a part of them.

The people of Chang'an did not believe this matter, thinking that it was impossible for a famous Confucian to act like this, or that someone was secretly spreading rumors.

Du Youlin knew that Xing Xuan was very greedy for money in private, and he couldn't see it on the surface, but there were some clues, for example, Xing Xuan's son Xing Xuan and Wang Xuan's son Wang Zhun were very close.

"Gong Xing, I haven't seen you for many years." Du Youlin behaved very respectfully.

Xing Xuan just nodded lightly and said, "I didn't expect you to be able to serve as a deputy envoy for transfer now." ”

"Yes."

"In the past few months, there has been a lot of chaos in Henan Province." Xing Xuan said, "I heard that some young officials have a strong style. ”

Du Youlin lowered his head and didn't dare to answer.

Xing Xuan seemed to have just remembered, and said, "Oh, it's Xue Bai, the champion Lang, he has handled several big cases one after another." ”

"Yes."

"He has a good relationship with you, and you have nothing to say about it?"

Facing his old boss, Du Youlin was very embarrassed, and finally simply pushed things out.

"After all, he is a young man, and he doesn't know what to think about the lower officials. However, the dog and Xue Bai are brothers and sisters, if Xing Gong has any questions, do you want to ask him? ”

……

Du Wulang was pushed in front of Xing Xuan like this.

Walking into the yamen of the transfer department, he looked and saw a white-haired old man sitting on the top, wearing a purple robe, and the official was threatening.

In other eighteen-year-old boys, he was afraid that he would be so frightened that he couldn't speak, but he had developed his courage in the past two years, scratched his head, and said, "I've seen Xing Gong, but Wang Jiao...... Oh, Dr. Wang asked Gong Xing to come? ”

He was so nervous that he accidentally called Wang Jiao's name.

Xing Xuan's face sank, and he was about to snort fiercely when he opened his mouth, but he saw Du Wulang digging here and there, and finally took out a letter.

Just as he was about to hand over the letter, Du Wulang remembered that Xing Xuan hadn't answered yet, so he asked, "Is it?" Xing Gong. ”

"Ahem, bring it."

"Okay, this is the fact that Xue Bai found out after he arrived at Yanshi. The displaced people of Henan Province can go to Lishan to stab, and the back should be related to An Lushan. ”

When Xing Xuan heard this, he nodded slightly.

Du Wulang didn't care about the rhythm of the conversation, and threw out all the words that Xue Bai had explained.

"However, Xue Bai's official position is low, and the Right Prime Minister's Mansion has also sent someone to investigate, and the results found are completely different......"

This chaotic fist came directly, which was really different from the euphemistic style in the officialdom, Xing Xuan had a straight face, thought about it, and had nothing to hide, and said, "Let Xue Bai come to see the old man." ”

"Gong Xing, forgive me, Xue Bai is sick, I'm afraid I won't be able to come to Luoyang."

Xing Xuan's old eyes narrowed, looking at the various evidences written on Xue Baixin, and more intuitively felt the influence of this young county lieutenant on the next situation in the court.

Wang Ji invited him to come to Henan Mansion this time, he thought it was not worth it, but at this time he found that he was old and a little slow to react, Xue Bai was indeed worth wooing.

"Goro, huh? You go back and tell Xue Bai that the old man admires him very much and wants to recommend him as the county lieutenant of Wannian. ”

No, Du Wulang was actually prepared, and said in a weak tone: "Gong Xing forgive me, but Xue Bai actually wants to know, who will be the candidate for Yanshi County?" It's been more than half a year, and there has been no news. ”

The picture is poor.

Xue Bai's restlessness was fully reflected at this moment, he should have wanted to take advantage of the dispute between Li Linfu and Wang Jie, sit on the ground and raise the price, ask for official positions on both sides, and take the opportunity to strengthen the Yang Party.

Shafts are abominable!

~~

Xue Bai occasionally felt a cold, but it was actually nothing to himself, but he was anxious about the few women around him.

Among them, Du Erniang was the calmest, but she came over a lot more in private; Du Cheng and Li Jilan even cited it as a big event, which made him feel that it was really not enough.

As for Li Tengkong, the matter was even more complicated, after all, Xue Bai accompanied her to the top of the mountain to blow the wind and untied her clothes to cover her before she caught a cold.

She didn't visit him often, and she didn't even say anything about it, just silently caught and decocted medicine for him.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

A small fan fanned the fire, the smoke was blazing, Li Tengkong stretched his face, stared at the fire, and was so smoked that tears were about to fall.

Finally, seeing that the fire was coming, she turned her head and saw that Mian'er was already asleep on the small bench, so she went to serve the casserole with her own hands.

"Sss

was scalded, and she hurriedly went to get a wet cloth.

Fortunately, when I opened the casserole, I saw that the medicine had been boiled, and although she was the daughter of the Prime Minister's house, she would still do these things.

It's a pity that she didn't know how to extinguish the fire, so she simply took a basin of water and poured it directly, and couldn't wait to send the medicine to Xue Bai's house.

Walking through the corridor cautiously with the medicine, Du Yan was talking to Li Jilan outside the house.

"Don't worry, it's a little sick, and it'll be fine in two days."

"But I'm worried about turning into a serious illness."

"It's okay, by the way, Ji Lanzi has written two dramas for Xue Lang, right?"

"It's my pleasure......"

Li Jilan was simple-minded, and she didn't realize that there was anything wrong with the relationship between Du Yan and Xue Bai, and she didn't hide her worries, so she naturally dealt with it.

Li Tengkong was a little envious of her, and after going over, he silently handed the decoction in Li Jilan's hand and asked her to help bring it in.

"Vacate the air, and your face is stained with ashes." Du Yan stretched out her hand and wanted to wipe Li Tengkong clean.

Li Tengkong avoided it for a moment, stretched out his hand to erase it, and responded: "I am a doctor, I should do it." ”

"Let's go inside."

"No, please tell County Lieutenant Xue for me, I'm sorry."

With that, Li Tengkong turned around and walked away, went to the courtyard, and sat on the swing to think about his thoughts.

After a while, Du Cheng came over and gently whispered a few words to let her go to see Xue Bai.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

Xue Bai was wrapped in a blanket and looking at Yang Guozhong's letter in the study, and was so angry that he choked and coughed at a few of the words.

As soon as he coughed, Qinglan beside him immediately became nervous, eager to immediately stick all the cracks in the windows in the room to prevent a trace of wind from coming in.

was tinkering with the crack in the door, and when Li Tengkong came over, Qinglan called: "Vacate the air." ”

Xue Bai turned his head when he heard this, and couldn't help but smile.

Qinglan knew that they had something to say, so she excused herself by sending the medicine bowl and walked away first.

After the two people in the room were silent for a while, Xue Bai spoke first and said, "The medicine is still bitter." ”

"Then I'll give you more sugar next time."

"Not really."

Xue Bai clearly wanted to say something along with this sentence, but he couldn't say anything at the end of the sentence, so he only said dryly: "No need to add sugar." ”

Li Tengkong lowered his head, pinched his fingers, and said, "It's me who is too willful and makes you sick." ”

"You're still weird, we won't feel sorry for this little thing."

Li Tengkong secretly pursed his lips, complaining in his heart that he didn't belong to her alone, which made so many little ladies anxious, of course he would be surprised.

Xue Bai asked, "Are you planning to leave tomorrow?" ”

"Hmm."

"I'm sick, can I stay longer?" Xue Bai said, "Well, I'm afraid that the condition will recur, after all, you have superb medical skills." ”

Li Tengkong was still thinking about it a moment ago, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Obviously, he is very sick, and he has no fever." ”

As she spoke, she looked up and accidentally met his eyes, and her eyes were shining.

This little gesture of joy was actually an answer to Xue Bai's question, but he still asked, "Can you stay for a few more days?" ”

"I want to think about it......" Li Tengkong hesitated for a moment and responded, "Okay then." ”

After that, she remembered to put on the posture of the fairy wind bone, and added: "Although the wind chill is small, it is not appropriate if it is aggravated, after all, my medical skills are not bad." ”

"Thank you."

Xue Bai then laughed, Li Tengkong was a little embarrassed, pretended to tidy up his sleeves, and finally couldn't hold back, pursed his lips and laughed.

Although they didn't do more, they both felt happy.

……

When the happy time passed, Xue Bai looked at Yang Guozhong's letter again, and his face became serious again.

Now Yang Guozhong still regards Xue Bai as the think tank of the Yang Party and relies on him very much, and there are many contents on the letter.

He first mentioned that he had handed the evidence he had received to the sage, but the sage did not believe that An Lushan had anything to do with it...... This was expected by Xue Bai, after all, eye medicine was not useful once, it was nothing more than putting pressure on Li Linfu.

The focus is on the content after that, Yang Guozhong once again mentioned that he is now in charge of Taifu, and seeing that the granary in Guanzhong has sufficient grain, it is recommended to change the rent of the world to light freight to Taifu.

The so-called "sufficient grain stock in Guanzhong" is based on peace, which was originally a policy to benefit the people, but it has been used to such a point that it has brought disaster to the country and the people. What made Xue Bai even more angry was that Yang Guozhong also had a huge conflict of interest with Wang Ji in the process.

Yang Guozhong asked Xue Bai in the letter, did he simply tie Wang Ji up and get rid of it together with An Lushan's handles?

At first glance, this letter is stupid.

Although he was still stupid after taking a closer look, Xue Bai tried to analyze some reasons from it.

On the one hand, it is indeed Wang Ji who blocks Yang Guozhong's future; On the other hand, I am afraid that it was Li Linfu who promised Yang Guozhong some benefits, this person is short-sighted and greedy, and he is already unworthy of this position.

After pondering for a long time, Xue Bai began to write a reply letter to Yang Guozhong, and the wording was much more serious.

"Now the situation between the DPRK and China, if you help Li Linfu get rid of Wang Jie, your lips will be cold, and if you attack An Lushan, you will reap the benefits of the fisherman, and there is no reason to hesitate......

After that, he also wrote another letter to Yang Chen.

Fortunately, now he can still suppress Yang Guozhong's imminent thoughts, and Chang'an still has Yang Chen, so he should be able to calm the situation.

After dealing with these things, Xue Bai wrapped the thin blanket around his body and laughed at himself slightly.

He laughed at himself and couldn't help but get close to Li Tengkong, but he was still intriguing with Li Linfu here.

Having said that, he is at least able to distinguish between public and private, and will never change his choice when doing things because of a little personal matter.

~~

The next day, Xue Bai and Yin Liang went to the outskirts of the city to inspect water conservancy.

"Since Shaofu is sick, why not rest for a few more days?" Yin Liang joked: "Or is it because I'm not at ease when I do things?" ”

"A little wind chill, it doesn't matter." Xue Bai said: "It's not that I don't worry about Mr. Yin, but there haven't been a few rains since the beginning of spring, and I'm afraid there will be some drought this year, so these canals must be kept an eye on." ”

"yes." Yin Liang said, "Fortunately, Shaofu cares about agricultural affairs and has been prepared for a long time." ”

Everything has been done, and they have never slackened, although the two of them are worried, they are still sure in their hearts.

After chatting for a while, Yin Liang opened his mouth and asked another question.

"Shaofu is about to be promoted?"

"How did Mr. Yin find out?"

"Today, Yanshi has nothing to do, and the correspondence between Shaofu and Chang'an and Luoyang has become frequent." Yin Liang said: "What's more, the previous cases have results, Shaofu has made contributions, and with a wide network of contacts, it is not difficult to guess about the promotion." ”

Xue Bai was not happy, but was slightly worried.

He only had some achievements when he arrived at Yanshi, and he hoped to stay and continue to consolidate for about a year, and arrange the affairs of his successor properly.

Yin Liang twisted his long beard and waited for a while, but he didn't see him answer, so he continued: "Can the Shaofu consider the candidate for the county prince?" ”

Xue Bai himself was only a county lieutenant, but this question seemed as if he could decide on the county leader, but he did not deny it and nodded.

"I have recommended Mr. Yin to the imperial court as an official, but the starting official will definitely not be a county official, and he will not come out so soon."

Although he didn't say it explicitly, Xue Bai wanted to train Yin Liang to take over his position as county lieutenant when the time came.

Yin Liang is also from a famous family, and he is a typical scholarly family and a family of eunuchs. His ancestor Yin Zhongrong was a famous calligrapher in the Wu Zhou Dynasty, and the official was the history of assassination. Yin Liang himself has the qualifications to be awarded an official, and he doesn't need to be admitted to the Jinshi like Xue Bai, but he has not been able to hold an official position, if he gets Xue Bai's recommendation, this matter should not be a problem.

"Shaofu misunderstood, I definitely didn't want to seek a county for myself."

Xue Bai said: "Is there a suitable person?" ”

Yin Liang nodded, and said that someone was selected for Xue Bai to consider.

This person's name is Yan Chunqing, and he is Yan Zhenqing's cousin. Because the Yin and Yan families have been good for generations, Yan Zhenqing's mother is from the Yin family, so Yin Liang is very familiar with this person.

Yan Chunqing is already very old, but his official career is not very smooth. At the age of fifteen, he was the head of a county, and he lost his register when escorting exiled prisoners, but he had an excellent memory, and he went to the place to carry out thousands of people, and none of them made a mistake, but it can be seen that there is some arrogant and arrogant part of his character. His subsequent experience can also be imagined, he offended many people, and he is still a county lieutenant, but he has the qualifications to move to the county governor.

If Yan Chunqing is used for this, with the relationship between the Yan family and Yin Liang, even if Xue Bai is transferred in the future, with them joining forces, they will be able to control Yanshi.

The only concern is whether Yan Chunqing can understand and tolerate some of his things? Although "An Lushan wants to rebel, we have to prepare early" can be used as an excuse, but we also have to see that there is no tolerance for sand in this person's eyes.

Xue Bai originally considered Yuan Jie, but Yuan Jie would not actually support his ambitions...... Right now, except for Du Yan, a madman, there is no one to go crazy with Xue Bai.

In other words, there are no officials in the Xue Party who have the qualifications to serve as county officials, so instead of using the Yang Party candidate, it is better to win over a frustrated official.

"Mr. Yin also knows that in order to compile the fields and households, I have some tough methods, which are not allowed by Tang Lu."

"There should be some means to do things."

"Can Yan Gong understand?"

"Shaofu rest assured, I dare to recommend, I am sure of ......"

While they had talked about this, they had reached the edge of the farmland, and began to inquire about the peasants' fields, carrying buckets of water to water the fields, and seeing the location of the canals.

By April, the noon sun was already a little sunburning, and Xue Bai was not well yet, and he was very uncomfortable.

Although he hoped to stay in Yanshi for another year, he already had a faint premonition that he might leave, and he could do more things in the fields.

~~

Three days later, Xue Bai's typhoid fever was finally cured.

Even if he pretended to sniff, he could tell that he was in good spirits...... Excuses are running out.

Li Shiniang couldn't wait to go to Wangwu Mountain as soon as possible, so Ren Li Tengkong and Li Jilan were reluctant to leave.

"When will you go back to Chang'an?"

"Winter Moon." Li Tengkong responded and asked, "What about you?" ”

After experiencing this incident, she and Xue Bai clearly felt different when they spoke, and it seemed that they were no longer pure friends as before.

"It's not good, it's probably later than you." Xue Bai said.

"There is still more than half a year, well, don't get caught in the wind and cold anymore, don't easily give your clothes to others ......"

The time that can be used to say goodbye is actually very short, and the sentence left in the end is very confusing, and Li Tengkong must be annoyed for a long time.

The next time we meet, we will probably be in Chang'an.

Xue Bai watched the ship go away by the dock, and then thought about it for a long time...... Until I heard Togoro's voice.

"Hey, are you here to pick me up?"

Du Wulang and Wang Yi got down from a boat, and they were quite surprised to see Xue Bai, so they couldn't wait to talk about it.

"It's not in vain that I worked hard to be a lobbyist for you. By the way, I've found that I'm very talented as a lobbyist......"

Xue Bai said: "Let's go back to the county office." ”

Du Wulang was a little excited, and was about to say the result of his trip, but he didn't expect him to be so calm, so he had to hold it down and go back to the county office first.

"Xing Xuan agreed?"

"Promised." Du Wulang said: "The candidates for Yanshi County, and the candidates for the county lieutenant after you leave office, are all proposed by you, and Wang Ji promises to do it." ”

"What conditions do they have?"

"It's said that it's to help him deal with Li Linfu, but I think that as long as we tell the truth about noble and noble things and bite An Lushan, they can accept it."

"On the basis?"

"I feel so."

Du Wulang is still figuring it out alone.

Of course, he is not unfounded.

"Also, the county lieutenant of Wannian has already come out, Wang Ji and Xing Xuan plan to nominate you, they say, there are many faint people in the Yang Party, but you must be able to see the situation clearly, and I don't need to repeat it more, in short, let you go back to Chang'an......"

Judging from this reply, the struggle in the court has become increasingly fierce, and Wang Ji and Xing Xuan are also urgently striving for the help of the Yang Party.

Taking this opportunity, Xue Bai could already easily arrange a candidate to take over the position of Yanshi, and he was promoted back to Chang'an.

If he wants more power, he will inevitably take this path of promotion.

I didn't expect it to be so soon.

From September of the seventh year of Tianbao to April of the eighth year of Tianbao, for most of the year, he eliminated some enemies and competed for power in the county.

If you're just here to mix up qualifications, you've been here long enough and you've done enough.

But in terms of how much he has done for the people of a county, he has not even waited for a harvest.

There will be little rain at the beginning of spring this year, how to spend the summer drying up? Will the tax reduction and exemption that was promised at the time of the establishment of the land and household be realized?

The power struggle in Chang'an intensified, and the post of county lieutenant of Wannian was placed there waiting for him to go back; The people of Yanshi were silent, facing the loess with their backs to the sky.

It's time to make a choice again......

Let's talk about it again, more than 6,000 words a day is the normal upper limit of my ability, and I said it before, it is impossible to be overdrawn all the time like the previous two months~~ Under this premise, there will also be busy times, for example, I recently studied at Lu Xun Academy of Literature, and there are classes during the day, I will try my best to keep it updated, and there are about three days, these three days may not be so punctual ~~

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