Yang Zhirou, the minister of household affairs, walked into the banquet in front of Doulu Qinwang.
The two sat down. Yang Zhirou looked at Doulu Qinwang and sighed: "Siqi, you have lost a lot of weight. You must take care of yourself!"
Doulu Qinwang said bitterly: "To be honest with Taichu, my life has been like a year lately. Worrying about one thing after another makes me extremely annoyed!"
Doulu Qinwang's father was Rui Guogong Doulu Renye, and Yang Zhirou's uncle was Guan Guogong Yang Gongren. The two families were family friends. They had known each other since they were young and called each other by their names.
Yang Zhirou pretended to blame: "If something happened to you, you should have come to see me long ago, unless you don't regard me as a friend!"
Doulu looked at him and said, "Didn't I come today? After arriving in Luoyang, the first person I visited was you. Only you can help me get through this difficult time!"
Yang Zhirou said seriously: "Please tell me."
Doulu Qinwang's eyes flashed sharply: "Cui Xiuye has set his sights on the position of Minister of Justice, did you know?"
Yang Zhirou showed understanding and nodded: "I know."
Doulu Qinwang said bitterly: "If Cui Shouye hadn't protected Dou Decheng and Li Sichong, how could the Dou thief return to Chang'an to sell poison pills, causing my father to linger on his sick bed and suffer extreme pain before his death?"
"Even if Cui Shouye is killed, my hatred will not be relieved. Cui Xiuye still wants to be the Minister of Punishment. I will never let him get his wish!"
Some people in the Yang family had also been poisoned by cloud pills and were addicted to it. Yang Zhirou knew very well how terrifying the poisonous pills were. Doulu Qinwang's father must have been miserable, but he also understood that this was mainly an excuse for the two families to turn against each other.
Cui said that Doulu Qinwang stabbed him in the back in order to seek superiority. Doulu Qinwang said that Cui harbored evil thieves and sold pills to harm his father. In the eyes of both parties, they were both the victimized and righteous party, and both were justified.
Cause the other person to die.
Yang Zhirou naturally sided with Doulu Qinwang: "Siqi, don't worry, I have made peace with Dr. Yin, and the imperial censor has given me advice. Cui Xiuye cannot be the minister of punishment."
It would have been very safe to have Yin Zhongyan, the imperial censor, as a helper, but Doulu Qinwang shook his head: "I wasn't worried at all, but the situation is different today. Li Yuanfang is actually prepared to support Cui Xiuye!"
Yang Zhirou's face suddenly darkened: "Is this true?"
Doulu Qinwang said coldly: "I inquired carefully and found that the news came from Huang Zhen's mouth. The words were ambiguous, but since Li Yuanfang did not deny it, it proves that there is indeed a relationship between them."
"Li Yuanfang is very majestic now. When I first came to Luoyang, I heard rumors that this General Li was promoting the power of the Tang Dynasty in Tubo, and how he could conquer Tuyuhun and return to the vassal state..."
"I heard that he also appointed a Silla man as the official doctor of the Ministry of Punishment, which has disturbed the peace of Bei City in the past few days?"
Yang Zhirou said slowly: "I don't know about it at the moment, but it is true that the governor has this matter. How will you treat it?"
Doulu Qinwang sighed: "I originally admired Li Yuanfang for daring to speak up and scold the Queen, but now that he is collaborating with the Cui family, he is nothing more than the same person!"
Yang Zhirou thought that what you said was hypocritical. Li Yuanfang's scolding of Empress Wu was the direct cause of Empress Wu's downfall. Doulu Qinwang, as Empress Wu's confidant, was miserably involved at that time, and she probably already hated him deeply.
It's just that Empress Wu has a bad reputation, and everyone uses it to step on her to show her morality.
Seeing Yang Zhirou's lack of response, Doulu Qinwang was shocked: "Is Taichu also afraid of that young boy?"
Yang Zhirou straightened his back, stroked his beard and said, "Of course I'm not afraid of this guy, but it's not easy to deal with him."
"This Li Yuanfang usually doesn't care about things, but he always performs meritorious deeds at critical moments. Saints and princes rely on him as their confidants, and the internal guards are not under the management of the three provinces and six ministries. Even if I want to take action, I have no chance..."
"Siqi, on the other hand, you are the leader of the Internal Guard Pavilion and Li Yuanfang's immediate boss. Why don't you use this status to suppress him?"
Doulu Qinwang shook his head: "As the leader of the pavilion, I have lost all my prestige a long time ago. In comparison, Li Yuanfang only keeps his word in the internal defense."
"What's more, when Cui Shouye was so domineering, how could Li Yuanfang ever be afraid of him? This boy is young, frivolous, and very bold. I will definitely not be able to suppress him with my position as the cabinet leader..."
Yang Zhirou was just talking. After hearing this, he immediately said: "Then this matter is indeed difficult. Not to mention that we can't grasp his handle, even if we do, His Highness the Crown Prince will suppress it."
Doulu Qinwang's eyes flashed slightly: "Because His Highness the Crown Prince believes in him so much, the ministers in the East Palace may not feel comfortable, right?"
Yang Zhirou's brows moved slightly: "Do you mean to mobilize the ministers of the East Palace?"
Doulu Qinwang sneered: "The prince's supervision of the country is a great opportunity for the officials of the East Palace. Now that Li Yuanfang has stolen the limelight, how can they be willing to do so?"
In order to facilitate the prince to take over the power in the smoothest manner after he succeeds to the throne, the prince's East Palace was set up as a small court.
For example, Prince Zhan Shi of the third rank corresponds to the Shangshu order, and officials such as the third order, fourth rate, middle concubine, concubine, Xi Ma, Sheren and so on can also find roughly corresponding positions in the court.
However, in fact, the position of Prince Zhan Shi in the past dynasties was often given to senior ministers to retire and retire. It can be seen that although the system is well set up, due to the natural opposition between the prince and the emperor, the emperor will not give it to the East Palace.
So much power.
Needless to say, Li Shimin conquered the country immediately. With his confidence and prestige, he had the confidence to give Li Chengqian a hard time. Later, the emperors of the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhi and Li Hong, who grew up in the deep palace, really trusted each other.
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Li Zhi knew that his son had a kind personality and was in poor health, so he could not take over his position, so he did not impose too strong a restraint on his attitude. Even though he had been imprisoned several times, he had no real power, but at least Dai Zhide was the crown prince in the prime minister's team.
One party.
However, other East Palace officials still do not have much real power, until now the prince supervises the country.
Yang Zhirou understood Doulu Qinwang's meaning, but was not optimistic about it: "The prince's methods are mild. Except for forcing each family to release food for disaster relief, he has no intention of major war. Now the three provinces, six ministries and the East Palace are each responsible for their respective duties. With the newly promulgated "Jianyan"
"Eight Matters" was taken as the core, disaster relief was carried out step by step, and the situation in the court was very stable."
"It's not that the ministers in the East Palace have nothing to do, they are just extremely busy. But Li Yuanfang, I heard, leaves the palace on time every afternoon and is very leisurely."
"On one side are the ministers of the Eastern Palace who are busy every day, just trying to gain credit for their future while serving as the crown prince's superintendent of the country, and on the other hand are Li Yuanfang who have already earned enough credit and are waiting to be promoted. Do you think these two parties can compete with each other?"
Doulu Qinwang felt that the East Palace was miserable when he heard this. He frowned and said: "Then Li Yuanfang promoted the doctor to the official before, so he couldn't help it and started to cultivate party members?"
Yang Zhirou shook his head: "Since coming to Luoyang, apart from the court meeting, the only time Li Yuanfang went to the palace to see the prince was to recommend the Silla man to be the official doctor in the capital. The official position was not a high-ranking one, and the officials were only dissatisfied.
The identity of Jin Liangtu."
"Not only Jin Liangtu, but also Li Yuanfang who likes to belong to a poor family and has little contact with the Li family in Longxi. Nowadays, the noble children in Guan Nei have quite some objections to him. Perhaps it is because of this that the saint and the prince trust him.
, the point of cultivating party members on a large scale is really not considered..."
Doulu Qinwang gritted his teeth: "There are always some contradictions, so I don't want to overthrow Li Yuanfang so that he has no time to worry about other things! In the beginning, if I can become the minister of the Ministry of punishment, I will definitely help you become the prime minister!"
Yang Zhirou was noncommittal: "With the friendship between you and me, why should we make this promise? I will definitely do my best to help you!"
Doulu Qinwang couldn't help but feel a little strange. This good friend didn't seem to be keen on the position of prime minister, but he had already reached the position of minister. How could he not want to become the prime minister?
It was normal for Cui Shouye to try every possible means at that time. Even Pei Xingjian, who was a low-key family man, really wanted to become the prime minister and leave his name in history.
In desperation, Doulu Qinwang had no choice but to settle for the next best thing: "No matter what, we can't let Cui Xiuye take over. Can Taichu help me?"
Yang Zhirou nodded: "Don't worry, I don't want Cui Xiuye to be satisfied either. I will visit Dr. Yin tomorrow and ask the Yushitai to keep a close eye on Cui Shouye's past crimes. As for Li Yuanfang..."
Having said this, he paused and suddenly said: "I heard about something recently. He was running for a sinful woman to wash away her sinful body."
Doulu Qinwang was overjoyed: "Who is that woman?"
Yang Zhiju said: "She is the granddaughter of Shangguan Shilang."
Doulu Qinwang was immediately discouraged: "Is she the young lady who was admitted to Ye Ting back then?"
Yang Zhirou's eyes flashed slightly: "It's Ye Ting, this matter can be used to make a fuss."
Doulu Qinwang pursed his lips: "Shangguan Shilang has a very high status in the literary world. I'm afraid it's inappropriate to hinder this matter, right?"
Yang Zhijudao: "This is probably the only thing that can hold Li Yuanfang back. Siqi, I'm here to help you!"
Doulu Qinwang squinted his eyes, and he was keenly aware that the reason was not like this, but after thinking about it, he couldn't think about it anymore. He immediately stood up and bowed: "Thank you Taichu!"
Yang Zhirou hurriedly helped him up: "Does the relationship between you and me still need to be so different? Sit down, sit down!"
The two of them sat down and after going over the details, they also talked about their youthful and frivolous days in the past, getting closer to each other.
As he spoke, Yang Zhirou showed a look of reminiscence and murmured: "It would be great if I could return to Yonghui..."
At this moment, an attendant suddenly came into the hall and whispered a few words to him.
Yang Zhirou's expression changed slightly, and he stood up immediately: "Siqi, something happened in my house, so I have to excuse you!"
Yang Zhirou just sent him to the front yard, parted ways, and walked quickly to the back yard.
When he arrived in the backyard, under the guidance of his confidants, he saw Jin Zhizhao and Yang Zaiwei standing in the shadows, and his expression suddenly changed: "Are you crazy? You actually came to my house?"
Yang Zaiwei stared at this direct descendant of the Hongnong Yang family's Guanwangfang, his eyes flashing.
Jin Zhizhao said without conscience: "Master trusts Yang Shilang so much that he allowed us brothers and sisters to come and seek refuge at the critical moment. Please rest assured, Shilang, that we will be safe along the way..."