Song Daobi was still unwilling to offend Xuanwu too much. It was also a way to make a comeback by Wang Chuzhi as the governor of the Yiwu Army. Jing Wuxiu was not good at saying anything. After all, Xuanwu was the number one vassal in the world, and no one dared to make things too difficult. He said: "It's good, but Li Chengzhong's contribution was only paid by the Yingzhou military envoy and General Ningyuan, which might be too light."
Song Daobi was stunned: "Does Lao Jing know this Li Chengzhong?"
Jing Wu Xiu Dao: "I know a little bit about one or two. This person rose to Lu Long's army, and later showed his talents in the war outside the pass. Until Yingzhou was recovered, this person actually worked hard for him... His ability to manage military affairs and policies are unique." As he said that, he took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Song Daobi.
Song Daobi took it and saw that the letter came from Zhang Juhan, the military supervisor of the Lulong Jiedu Prefecture, specifically told the Escort Provincial Escort. From the beginning of his leadership of the army to the end of the Yingzhou, it was written in great detail. Based on this, Li Chengzhong will soon become the most famous figure in the entire Lulong Army Town. I hope the Escort Provincial Escort Provincial Escort will pay close attention to this person.
After reading Song Daobi, Jing Wuxiu explained: "Deqing is the son of Zhangyeting. Old Song also knew that our family was under Zhangyeting. Mr. Zhang treated me well, and our family had a very common relationship with Deqing. After Lu Long, the general of Deqing, he often contacted our family. To be honest, Old Song, Deqing has always had a wise understanding of others. This time, he sent a letter to our family. I hope to recommend this from Li Chengzhong."
Zhangyeting was Zhang Congmei, who was the Minister of Eunuchs, and Song Daobi was also very familiar with him. After hearing Jing Wuxiu's explanation, he understood the relationship between the two. After all, Zhang Juhan was also a middle-aged official and a member of his own, so he became more curious about Li Chengzhong whom he recommended, and opened the letter and read it carefully again.
If when he read it for the first time, Song Daobi only knew that Li Chengzhong had a unique talent, but when he read it for the second time, he gradually figured out the three-point true flavor in the letter. The information Zhang Juhan wanted to reveal between the lines had already leapt on the paper - Li Chengzhong did not have the prejudice unique to the military generals and civil officials of this era, but on the contrary, he also had the intention of showing kindness!
In fact, this judgment of Li Chengzhong basically comes from Zhang Maoan. In addition to Zhang Maoan's lack of advice to Li Chengzhong, Zhang Juhan saw two very important information through Zhang Maoan's mouth: First, Li Chengzhong does not oppose the Zhongguan supervising the army, and second, Li Chengzhong's role of Zhongguan in the court is not a negative evaluation.
In Zhang Maoan's narrative, Li Chengzhong did not despise this group because of the physical shortcomings of the middle-aged officials. He believed that the middle-aged officials were not all people who harmed the country and the people. In other words, there were good people and bad people in the middle-aged officials. Just as there were loyal ministers and treacherous ministers in the court, the middle-aged officials and the court officials had their own roles in the stability of the Tang Dynasty. They could not be denied. The key is to look at their personal talents.
Moreover, Li Chengzhong believes that it is very one-sided and narrow to measure people by using simple good and bad, loyalty and treacherous. He prefers to use capable ministers and mediocre ministers as the criteria for evaluation, that is, whether you are beneficial to the government and whether you can show your ability to govern the world. Li Chengzhong gave an example for this. Cheng Yuanzhen and Yu Chaoen were both capable ministers among the middle officials. If it weren't for them, the Tang Dynasty would have been no longer the Li family's world. In the Niu Li party struggle decades ago, Niu Sengru's group was more of a destructive effect than a positive construction effort among Li Deyu, so Niu Sengru should step down, and Li Deyu, who has a good relationship with the middle officials, should be in charge of the government, and it cannot be generalized.
Therefore, it is not impossible for the middle-level officials to supervise the army, and it is no big deal to take charge of the government. As long as there is a complete mechanism to ensure the smooth operation of the court, the capable will rise to power, and the mediocre will be demoted, so that the country can be protected and the world will be peaceful.
These views are the truths that Li Chengzhong and Feng Dao slowly summarized when they were talking about each other. When they made friends with Zhang Maoan in Youzhou, they said it casually. It is difficult to say whether there are subjective factors for deliberately making friends. However, these words made Zhang Maoan burst into tears on the spot. While touching Zhang Juhan's heart, they also deeply touched the two highest-level officials in the Escort Province at this moment.
Song Daobi suddenly felt moved by being understood. He took a deep breath and didn't know what to say for a moment, but in his heart he had already led General Lu Longjun, whom he had never met, as his confidant.
Jing Wuxiu smiled and waited for Song Daobi to finish reading the letter, and interjected in time: "Old Song, how about it?"
Song Daobi nodded: "Okay! Very good!" The three words express his mood at this time.
Jing Wuxiu said, "Our family thought about it and although this person was thousands of miles away, he might help us anytime. Not to mention his ability to recover Yingzhou, just by virtue of this knowledge, he can be called a great talent."
Song Daobi nodded again: "It's right, it's right." He said for a moment: "I just want to approve this memorial?"
According to the rules, the approval of the memorial is under the responsibility of the Zhengshi Hall. After receiving the memorial, the Privy Council will submit the memorial according to the emperor's instruction, or issue it after approval, or refute it. Since this memorial from the Zhengshi Hall is to be rejected, a certain husband needs to re-release the bill and propose a new handling opinion.
Jing Wuxiudao: "These three memorials from the Zhengshi Hall were submitted separately by Cui Yin's son. This person is now in power, but why did Mr. Xu and another prime minister Cui not discuss it? There must be articles in this."
Song Daobi said: "Why did Mr. Xu and Cui Xiang agree with Lao Jing's meaning?"
Jing Wuxiu said: "What a great achievement in regaining Yingzhou, but Cui Yin's son denounced it as an act of engaging in border provocations. A sensible person can tell the clues at a glance. Cui Yuan is a turtle, and he is very slippery and doesn't even agree with him... Our family guesses that Mr. Xu may be able to draft a new document on his behalf."
Although Xu Yanruo pursued the strategy of protecting himself and rarely spoke in the court, he was a Zhongzheng elder, which was well known to all the court, so Jing Wuxiu's speculation was not separated. Song Daobi said, "Old Jing, please talk to Mr. Xu."
Jing Wuxiu's vision was very vicious. Xu Yanruo did not refuse after receiving the instructions from the middle officials. He immediately re-approved the new document and submitted it to the Privy Council. Song Daobi and Jing Wuxiu did not delay after receiving the new memorial and immediately went to find the emperor.
Since Huang Chao invaded Chang'an, the three inner palace has gradually declined. After experiencing the Zhonghe Incident and the Qianning Rebellion, the Daming Palace and Xingqing Palace in the Three inner palaces were burned into ruins. Even the Tai Chi Palace had most of the palaces destroyed, and they looked all over the place.
Emperor Li Ye lives in the Shaoyang Courtyard of Tai Chi Palace, which is one of the few well-preserved palaces in the entire Tai Chi Palace. The emperor once wanted to repair the Tai Chi Palace, but he couldn't make any money. Even the palace servants reduced their expenses and there was no spare time, so he had to accept his fate.
After returning to Chang'an from Huazhou three years ago, the once ambitious emperor also felt sad and helpless. The vow of hard work to govern was already wiped out. Now he is just depressed and drinking all day long to relieve his sorrow, which makes him in his early thirties covered with white hair and wrinkles that only aged 50 or 60 years old.
"Everyone, wake up, everyone, wake up." The eunuch Xue Qixiu called out several times, and saw that the emperor was still lying on the table and was still awake, so he pushed his arm. The emperor looked up and opened his eyes in a daze, and asked, "Ah?" A smell of alcohol rushed towards Xue Qixiu's nostrils, which made him frown: "Everyone, Privy Councilor Song Daobi, Deputy Commissioner Jing Wuxiu asked for a visit."
Before he finished speaking, Song Daobi and Jing Wuxiu had already broken into the room directly. When they saw the wine pots and leftovers of cold dishes scattered on the table, they were even more displeased. Song Daobi was better, but he was not good to criticize him on the surface, but Jing Wuxiu couldn't help it and said angrily: "Xiao Xue, how do you make everyone drunk in the daytime? How do you serve you? Now the country is in a difficult situation, but everyone is always like this. How do you deal with the government affairs of the court? Hurry up and clean up these messy things and go to the eunuchs and provincial punishment to receive punishment. If you don't hit you ten sticks, you won't remember!"
Xue Qixi secretly called unlucky, and hurriedly packed the table in a hurry and left Shaoyang Courtyard in shame. Since he went to receive the punishment, the emperor was already so shocked that he woke up. He stood up and sat down hesitantly after Xue Qixi packed the table. In the blink of an eye, he could see that the attitudes of the two people in front of him had changed greatly compared to before. He was shocked, but he did not show any expression on his face and said with apologies: "Song Shumi, Jing Shumi, why are you here today? I have nothing to do, so I drank more, so please understand."
Song Daobi and Jing Wuxiu were not polite, so they found two embroidery poles to sit down. Song Daobi had always been respectful of the emperor. After discussing with Jing Wuxiu secretly today, he had already thought of abolishing the other party, and now he looked down on him. However, he was still a little uncomfortable with this role change, so he didn't know how to speak. Jing Wuxiu, who was beside him, said: "Everyone should be responsible for the country, so he should be more restrained, otherwise how can he be the emperor."
The emperor's heart was thunderous, and he felt the threat of the naked words in his words, and his attitude was even more respectful: "What the two Privy Councillors said is, it is my fault. They will definitely change in the future, and they will definitely change."
Jing Wuxiu hummed with satisfaction, looked at Song Daobi beside him, and thought to himself, "What? As long as we were a little tougher, our lives would not be so difficult."
Song Daobi nodded and said, Jing Wuxiu took out three memorials from his sleeve and handed them to the emperor's desk, saying, "Everyone, there are three chapters of the Political Affairs Hall here. Our family has discussed with Song Shumi, so we can make a comment based on this."
The emperor quickly opened the three memorials and looked at them one by one. He immediately discovered the clues: the three memorials were all written by Xu Yanruo, and there was no support from Cui Yin and Cui Yuan. He looked up at Jing Wuxiu, who was sitting on the embroidered slogan, staring at him. He thought in his heart like lightning, and said tentatively: "Why didn't you see Cui Xiang's comment?"
Jing Wuxiu certainly knew that the emperor said "Cui Xiang" refers to Cui Yin, not Cui Yuan, and said in a voice: "If there is a minister in the Zhengshi Hall, you can just sign a proposal, why do you need three people?"
The emperor was very smart and immediately understood the clues behind him. He didn't say much. He summoned the seal supervisor to take the jade seal and used the seal on the spot. Seeing Song Daobi and Jing Wuxiu swayingly put away the memorial and turned around and left, the emperor leaned on the back of the chair dejectedly, and was already covered in cold sweat.
After sitting for a long time, the emperor suddenly closed his eyes, walked down from the back of the chair, and lay down on the floor. He was so shocked that the seal commander and eunuch who were serving beside him were in a panic.
The news that the emperor fainted on the ground was spreading, and the entire Tai Chi Palace was in chaos. The empress dowager, the concubines and ministers of the inner court all came to visit. The emperor only groaned on the bed, showing that he was weak and powerless. The imperial physicians could not diagnose the specific condition. They only gave some prescriptions to make up for it because they drank too much and were in autumn cold.
That night, the eunuch Xue Qixi came to serve the emperor with the injury on his back, but the emperor grabbed the sleeve of his sleeve. Xue Qixi was shocked and asked, "Everyone?"
Under the dim light with only a candlelight, the emperor opened his eyes and stared at Xue Qixi: "Go and find Cui Xiang quickly and let him visit me, remember, be more secret." (To be continued. (..),)
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