Great Tang Broom Star

Pingkangfang became more and more prosperous.

Today, the ban on doing business in the workshops has long been abolished, and business in the workshops in Chang'an is booming.

Although there are more businesses, the consumption power of the people has also increased, so it is still a prosperous scene.

Li Jingye walked along the long street with a group of bad people.

The old bustard stood outside and waved, "Li Changshi, come and rest your feet, I have good tea here, take a sip?"

A few prostitutes stood behind the bustard and smiled charmingly at Li Jingye.

Today, Li Jingye is not only a customer, but also a manager.

"Yeah, how can you guard yourself and steal?"

Li Jingye still has professional ethics.

"good."

On the second floor to the side, Li Ji smiled.

"Dedication will not make mistakes in major right and wrong."

Jia Pingan looked at the wine glass a little worried.

Li Jizi drank a sip of wine, feeling very comfortable.

Seeing Jia Pingan taking a sip like poison, Li Ji smiled, "You still don't like drinking all these years?"

"It's okay to drink once in a while, but I drink it often, and I can't stand it especially in the morning."

In Jia Ping'an's view, alcohol is just a fun thing, how can he afford to drink every day?

Li Ji smiled, "There are a lot of political affairs in the court, the old man has retired, Dou Dexuan is busy with the household affairs all day long, and there is only Liu Rengui left to assist him, the old man is thinking about how he is burnt out."

No!

If outsiders have no objections, Liu Rengui would rather die of exhaustion than have another prime minister.

Jia Pingan put down his wine glass, glanced at Li Ji, and found that he looked relaxed, which is rare.

It seems that retirement life is very new to Li Ji, but Jia Pingan is sure that he will not be fresh for long, and then loneliness will make him feel at a loss.

People have something to do, regardless of whether it is serious or not, reliable or not, you can't be too idle.

Jia Pingan said: "I think His Majesty has a comprehensive consideration.

"

"That's right!" Li Ji didn't eat any food, so he drank a glass of wine and let out a sigh of relief, "Zaifu Zaifu, the meaning of assistant, there are only a dozen or so people in the court who can take over, and now there are undercurrents among these ten or so people. Move, there are quite a few people looking for this old man."

"Would you like to invite the British public to speak?" Jia Pingan smiled, thinking that those people rushed to the doctor in a hurry.

Who is Lao Li? It is impossible for him to intervene in matters related to Zaifu.

There was a smile in Li Ji's slightly cloudy eyes, "The old man recommended someone."

Jia Pingan laughed dryly.

"who?"

Jia Pingan thought about many people and felt that Dai Zhide was more likely.

Lao Dai has always been an important minister, and he also shoulders the important task of assisting the prince, and he has done a good job.

Li Ji said lightly: "You."

"I?"

Jia Pingan pointed to himself, feeling his heart beat faster for a moment, but then calmed down again.

"The old man please see Your Majesty. Your Majesty asked who can be the prime minister in the court, and the old man recommended you."

Seeing that he had calmed down, Li Ji praised: "If other people hear about this, they will definitely be overjoyed, even people in the deep city can't help it. But you are just overjoyed, and then calm down, this is The prime minister's city."

Jia Pingan smiled wryly, "I just don't want to go to court every day."

"Why?" Li Ji didn't think it was a problem.

"Habit."

Waking up sleepily every day, then hastily eating breakfast, going straight to the Daming Palace... Afterwards, a bunch of big and small things are waiting for you to argue with your colleagues, and if you fail to do so, you may even vomit blood...

I eat too much to do this?

"Don't want to be prime minister?"

Li Ji felt that being a prime minister was the pinnacle of his life, and no one could refuse such a temptation.

"Your Majesty is silent, Moran is just thinking about it. There is a lot of hope in this matter." Li Ji thought he had concerns, "There is no need to worry that His Majesty will suspect the collusion between you and the Queen...Your Majesty was very pleased when you last traveled for more than a year .”

Li Ji was also very relieved, "A courtier can't interfere with the affairs of the harem, even if the courtier is a relative of the queen. Once outsiders interfere, things will change. Only when you understand this, the old man dares to recommend you to the court."

"I know that you can't interfere in the affairs of the palace. Interfering will only make things worse, not better."

How would the emperor react if he intervened in the power struggle in the palace?

——You siblings want to join forces to suppress me?

Things will quickly evolve from a power struggle between husband and wife to the queen joining forces with important ministers to prepare for rebellion.

Li Ji nodded, "Power is the supreme treasure to the emperor, whoever dares to touch the power of the emperor, some clues can make them think of getting angry..."

Lenovo has a lot to do!

After Jia Ping'an had a morning drink with Li Ji, he went to the Ministry of War.

"Any news about Dashi?"

The weather was cold, so Chen Jinfa lit a pot of charcoal fire in the duty room and squatted beside it to add charcoal.

"Yes, Tocharo received an inquiry from Dashi, asking that they are the territory of Datang."

"Interesting." Jia Pingan sat down and picked up the intelligence briefing.

"Persia said that there were frequent rebellions, and Dashi dispatched reinforcements."

"Reinforcements?" Jia Pingan saw it, "The number is unclear, about tens of thousands."

"Including the reinforcements from last time, and the original army of the Eastern Route Army... the big cannibal should have an army of more than 100,000 at the moment. If the servant army is added, 200,000..."

Jia Pingan was thinking.

...

Liu Rengui went to the memorial again in response, begging the emperor to consider increasing the number of prime ministers.

"Two more are fine."

One cannot do things alone.

The qualified courtiers of the Manchu Dynasty are all watching.

"It used to be six, but now it's four."

Dai Zhide felt that he was very confident.

Zhang Wenguan looked at him with complicated eyes, "This matter depends on His Majesty's will."

Zhang Wenguan is also one of the candidates.

"His Royal Highness is coming."

The prince led the people into the hall, and Dai Zhide and the two stood up to salute.

"I just want to rest today."

The prince nodded and went out immediately.

strike.

Dai Zhide and Zhang Wenguan looked at each other.

The prince went all the way outside the queen's bedroom.

He stood there with calm eyes.

"Wow woof!"

Xun Xun rushed out and circled around the prince's feet.

"I have seen His Highness."

Shaopeng came out to welcome him.

"Auntie is there?"

Shaopeng nodded.

Li Hong walked up the steps slowly, Xun Xun took the lead and ran outside the palace gate, turned back and waited.

Empress Wu sat in the hall, surrounded by memorials.

"Auntie."

Empress Wu raised her eyes, "Goro!"

"yes."

Li Hong sat down and Xun Xun was lying beside him.

"Mother, I want to go out for a walk."

"Where are you going?"

"Mount Zhongnan."

Empress Wu looked up with calm eyes, "Ask the emperor."

Li Hong got up and left.

Xun Xun sent him to the door, seeing that he was not patting the top of his head as usual, he was a little puzzled.

"Your Majesty, the prince wants to visit Zhongnan Mountain."

"It's too cold...forget it, look, something happened..."

If something goes wrong, there is a high probability that the accompanying party will all be finished.

The prince is out of town.

"Your Highness has gone to Mount Zhongnan."

Bao Dong brought news.

Jia Pingan nodded, "Understood."

Bao Dong hesitated to speak, but finally said: "Duke, Your Highness doesn't want to get involved..."

"It's the best."

Jia Ping'an said long ago that the prince should not get involved in the war between the emperor and empress, otherwise he would be cannon fodder easily.

The prince went to Zhongnan Mountain.

There is snow on Zhongnan Mountain in winter, and when the weather is fine, you can see it when you climb up in Chang'an City.

The prince trekked hard in Zhongnan Mountain.

He walked in the snow step by step, looking blankly at the snow-covered world.

"Slow down, Your Highness." Zeng Xianglin caught up panting.

"Everything is under the snow and dead."

The prince grabbed a handful of snow and threw it out.

The snowflakes are scattered and flying.

"Why do people live?" the prince suddenly asked.

Zeng Xianglin said: "The servant's family is poor, and he entered the palace just to have enough food."

This is the most basic survival requirement.

"Later, the slave was promoted, and the slave was thinking...whether she could be promoted again...until she came to His Highness's side."

Li Hong said, "Do you want to be Wang Zhongliang's second?"

Well!

Zeng Xianglin panicked, "Slaves dare not?"

The prerequisite for him to become Wang Zhongliang's second is Li Hong's succession to the throne.

Li Hong glanced at him, "Everyone has the desire to make progress..."

The prince looked a little distressed.

Standing in the mountains, he looked back at the way he came, and could only see the footprints of a group of people.

"Birds fly away in a thousand mountains, and people disappear in thousands of miles. A lone boat and hat, fishing alone in the cold river and snow."

This is Jia Pingan's poem.

Zeng Xianglin just wanted to praise, but when he looked up, he saw the prince burst into tears.

"Your Highness!"

...

"Aye!"

Jia Pingan likes to sleep in when the weather is cold.

Hiding in the quilt in the morning, the cold wind is howling outside, and the quilt is as warm as spring, so cozy!

But since having a child, his good days are over.

"Aye!"

Jia Hong called out unrelentingly.

"This is trying to kill me!"

Jia Pingan got up angrily.

After getting dressed, Jia Ping'an shivered as soon as he opened the door.

Jia Hong stood outside the door and said aggrievedly, "Aye, the old turtle is dead."

What?

Jia Pingan was taken aback.

"Look and go."

The old turtle was lying in a piece of sand by the pool, motionless.

"This is hibernation!"

Jia Ping covered his forehead, and then taught Jia Hong a lesson.

Jia Pingan didn't see Jia Hong at breakfast, so Jia Pingan asked, "Where's Erlang?"

"I gonna go see."

Doudou volunteered to check.

"Aye!"

Doudou hurried back, "Erlang lay on the bed without moving."

The whole family hurried to see it.

"Erro!"

Jia Hong was lying on the bed with his limbs stretched out.

Wei Wushuang's eyes turned red, and his feet went limp.

Jia Pingan went over to pick him up, Jia Hong opened his eyes, "Aye, I'm hibernating."

Immediately, Jia Hong was rewarded with fifty cents by his own mother, crying and saying that he was wronged.

"Aye said that hibernation can save food. I thought about saving food for my family. I'm so wronged..."

The whole family is full of black lines.

When he arrived at the Ministry of War, Jia Ping'an still paid attention to the Dashi information first.

But today there is news from Tubo.

After Lu Dongzan left, Qinling led the remnants out of Luoxie City. Zanpu first reorganized the army, and then ordered the army to pursue and kill them.

Qinling won the first battle, and Qinling still won the second battle...

The Tubo god of war was really superb, and Zanpu couldn't win in the military, so he started a public opinion war.

At this moment, there are rumors of Qin Ling everywhere in Tubo, saying that he is ambitious and wants to kill the king...

Tubo was originally in bulk, but later Lao Zanpu, Lu Dongzan and others squeezed this loose plateau into a ball through war and other means. For this reason, those bulk forces are quite loyal to the Zanpu family.

So Qinling was faced with a situation where he continued to win, but hit a wall everywhere.

"So much the better."

If the public opinion environment in Tubo is tilted towards Qinling, Datang must take action, whether it is spreading rumors or lying, in a word, let Qinling become a traitor.

"Tubo must keep an eye on it and stay vigilant at all times. Tell those secret spies that Qinling can only be a traitor."

Jia Pingan confessed.

Wu Kui quietly came to look for him.

"Duke, it is said that His Majesty is considering the candidate for prime minister."

He looked at Jia Pingan with burning eyes, "The lower official feels that the Duke of the country can enter the court of course."

When Jia Ping entered the court, Wu Kui, who had acted as Minister of the Ministry of War for a long time, was naturally the best candidate to succeed him.

Everyone is self-motivated, so Jia Pingan doesn't think Wu Kui's idea is wrong.

He didn't explain.

...

"Your Majesty, the chancellor's affairs must be urgent."

Liu Rengui was going crazy. The outside world said that he wanted to be a powerful minister, so he tried his best to confuse the emperor not to add a prime minister. His ugly face made people sick.

But the old man really didn't!

Liu Rengui wanted to cry but had no choice but to go to the palace to see the emperor.

The emperor nodded, "I know."

Liu Rengui left.

"Let Shen Qiu come."

Recently, the emperor talked less and less.

Shen Qiu entered the hall cautiously.

"Is there any speculation about the candidate for prime minister? Who is most determined to win?"

How to ask this question?

Shen Qiu said: "Yuan Gongyu."

The emperor looked calm, "I know."

...

In the queen's bedroom.

"Queen, please see Yuan Gongyu."

Shao Peng lowered his head in fear.

The secret war between the emperor and empress has lasted for almost two years, during which the emperor tried to suppress the empress several times in the palace, but the empress' counterattack was so sharp that the emperor could not resist.

Yuan Gongyu was one of Empress Wu's confidantes.

This became the prime minister, and the queen's power became more and more powerful.

But Shao Peng always felt that such a situation was too dangerous, and he would be overturned if he was not careful.

"Yuan Gongyu... frivolous!"

Empress Wu's calm voice made Shao Peng's heart tremble.

Is the queen dissatisfied with Yuan Gongyu? But this is the most powerful prime minister candidate!

"The emperor is waiting to see my joke. It would be better if Yuan Gongyu kept a low profile. How would the outside world see her being so aggressive? Stupid!"

Shao Peng said cautiously: "Queen, but after Yuan Gongyu... there are not many people."

After Yuan Gongyu, there were not many confidantes of Empress Wu who could serve as prime ministers.

Wu Mei said indifferently: "I have my own opinion."

She stood up and said, "Go to His Majesty."

The empress closed the door and had an intense conversation for more than an hour.

The servants waiting outside looked pale and moved away from the gate one after another.

No one dared to listen to those words.

Even Wang Zhongliang went far away.

After a long time, the door of the main hall opened, and Empress Wu came out.

She stood on the steps and looked up at the sky slightly.

Those eyes were full of majesty.

"I'm Wu Mei!"

Inside the palace, the emperor's eyes were dark, and he said lightly: "Look at the prince!"

...

The prince is back.

Then the prime minister was announced.

"Jiang Ke, Yang Wu, Dai Zhide, Li Anqi, Zhang Wenguan, Yan Liben."

Jia Pingan was also a little confused.

"Including Dou Dexuan and Liu Rengui, there are eight?"

Eight prime ministers.

what the hell is this?

There was a hot pot in front of him, and Li Jingye ate so much, he picked up five or six slices of mutton with one chopstick, dipped it in water, rolled it, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it, and sent it down with a sip of wine.

"Ah Weng said this is the empress..."

"compromise."

The eight prime ministers...

Jia Pingan felt that the war between the emperor and empress would continue for several years.

"Brother, don't you want to persuade the queen?" Li Jingye said: "The queen is a woman after all, so how can she compete with her majesty for power?"

"I can't persuade you."

"The queen will suffer."

hehe

Sister will suffer?

Think too much.

At this moment, she is holding a group of confidantes in her hand. Through Jianguo, Ajie has made these confidantes gradually occupy high positions. Once she exerts her strength at this moment...

Are you tired?

Jia Pingan felt that such a day was too tiring, but he also knew that Sister Ah liked such a day. She hopes to face all kinds of challenges every day. If the life is smooth and ordinary, she will feel extremely boring.

This is a natural superior.

"The prince returned to the palace quietly." Li Jingye sighed a little, "Tell me, the prince of the Tang Dynasty may still be good?"

"There will be."

The lessons learned from the past are not far away, and the princes of Datang have always been high-risk.

Especially the first prince.

On the second day, Jia Ping'an entered the palace to see the prince.

The East Palace remains the same.

"Where are Dai Zhide and others?"

"President Dai is now the prime minister."

There was some resentment in Zeng Xianglin's words.

"People go and the tea is cold."

This is the norm.

The East Palace was good as a springboard, but now that Dai Zhide, Zhang Wenguan and others had ascended to the court hall, their attention naturally shifted to the court.

"What is the prince doing recently?"

"Your Highness likes to read books recently."

"Also."

Read a book, have some fun, and then come out and bubbly after the dust settles.

Jia Pingan thinks this is not bad.

When I saw the prince, he was reading a book.

"What book are you reading?"

"Travel notes."

Jia Pingan flipped through a few pages, raised his eyes and asked, "Are you worried?"

Li Hong nodded, "I'm worried about Aye and Aniang."

"You are a kind-hearted child." Jia Pingan said: "That is not something you can interfere with. Now you can read books and go out for a walk. It's not bad. Take advantage of the past few years to relax, and in the future... I'm afraid Can't relax anymore."

Li Hong hesitated to speak.

"worry about what?"

Jia Pingan asked.

"No worries."

Jia Pingan thought of Ajie.

If sister-in-law's desire for power expands to the extreme, will she attack her nephew?

Many things cannot be guessed.

For example, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty killed his prince because of jealousy. The downfall of Li Chengqian during the first emperor's time was also a little unreasonable to outsiders.

There is no family affection under power. At that moment, even a real father would be ruthless... The first emperor is such an example.

Jia Pingan stood up, "Don't worry."

He is outside the palace, but he keeps an eye on the movements in the palace all the time.

Once there is a major deviation in the situation, he...

"I'm watching you."

Jia Ping patted him on the shoulder.

Li Hong looked up, "Uncle..."

Why!

It is difficult for this child to be a man between his parents, and this is not an ordinary dispute, this is power.

In such a situation, what can you let him do?

Jia Pingan said softly: "You have done a good job, it can't be better."

If there is no Li Hong, and a prince like Li Xian comes up, the battle between the emperor and empress will most likely sweep everything away.

At least now the emperor and empress still have scruples about the existence of the prince, and the means of fighting are quite subtle.

This is a good trend.

When Jia Ping left the Daming Palace, he saw Li Xian who was waiting outside the palace.

"Mr. Zhao."

Li Xian smiled.

Jia Pingan nodded, "I have seen the king."

The two passed by.

When he turned around, Jia Pingan felt a chill, as if a knife was hanging on his neck.