Li Dai has some entertainment today and will come back after dark.
He sat down in the study and breathed a long sigh of relief. More than a year of being a minister of household affairs had tortured him to the point of turning gray on his temples. He worked hard to balance the financial balance, but the results were visible. This year they
Just by selling the land, I gained a lot of wealth and filled up the holes that had been created over the past few years.
Especially in winter, the food supply in Guanzhong was extremely severe. If he hadn't shipped millions of dan of food in advance, I don't know how many people would have starved to death.
Li Dai's far-sightedness won unanimous praise from both the government and the public. Everyone understood why he spent a lot of money to build roads, warehouses, and dredge rivers.
But what Li Ye was worried about finally happened. He worked hard for a year, reversed the financial crisis, plugged the financial hole, and found a way to make money for the court.
As soon as the household department started to improve, people began to pick peaches. The person picking peaches was none other than Yang Guozhong.
There were footsteps at the door, and his wife Pei Sanniang walked into the study carrying a cup of hot tea.
Li Dai smiled and asked: "How is the little guy?"
When Li Dai mentioned his granddaughter, his heart was filled with joy.
"The little one can eat and sleep. He is white and fat. You should take time to see him some other time. Don't work so hard all the time. You should see more of your offspring."
Li Dai smiled bitterly, "There will be time in the future!"
"What do you mean?" Pei Sanniang heard something behind her husband's words.
"Didn't I tell you a few days ago? Yang Guozhong praised me for doing well and wanted to promote me."
"I remember, what's wrong?"
Li Dai sighed and said: "This afternoon, Gao Lishi came to talk to me and said that I had been too hard this year and needed a break. The emperor had decided to promote me to Prince Zhan Shi, from the third rank to the silver green Guanglu doctor.
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Pei Sanniang said happily: "Isn't it a good thing to be promoted?"
"I worked hard to turn around the crisis in the Household Department. I made some achievements, and then I was picked off. Early next year, the Household Department will be ranked first this year, but it is not me who will be commended."
"who is it?"
"Yang Guozhong's son Yang Xuan!"
"Him? What qualifications does he have to be the Minister of Household Affairs? It's just random!"
"There are so many random things! He is not only the minister of household affairs, but also the minister of Honglu Temple. He only entered the official career the year before last year. In less than two years, he was promoted to a third-rank official. Isn't he the Yang family?"
Pei Sanniang waved her hand, "Don't worry about him. Why don't you take it easy? You are only in your early forties and your temples are gray. I have long advised you not to do it."
Li Dai sighed, "I'm just a little unwilling! Prince Zhan Shi is the head of the hundred officials in the East Palace. It sounds nice, but in fact he is just an idle official. He has nothing to do all day long."
"Then take a two-year break. Your fate is in your son's hands!"
Pei Sanniang hit the nail on the head and pointed out the essence of the problem. It's useless for you to sigh here, and it's useless no matter how good you are at it. Your son will decide what official you want to be.
Li Dai suddenly became a little worried. His rise and fall was not a good thing. Could it be that the emperor was beginning to be dissatisfied with Ye'er?
Pei Sanniang didn't care so much. She only saw that her husband's gray hair was getting more and more day by day. It would be better for him to have a good rest for two years than to be the prime minister.
"Let me tell you something! I came back from Xinyue today. Guess who I met at the door of the house?"
"Who did you meet?"
Pei Sanniang said lightly: "I met Li Huai!"
"ah!"
Li Dai was taken aback and said quickly: "He didn't say anything unpleasant, did he?"
"No, he was very polite today. I asked him to come in and sit in the house, but he refused. He even saluted me before leaving."
"What is he here for?" Li Dai asked.
Pei Sanniang glanced at her husband and said, "You don't know anything about his situation?"
Li Dai hesitated and said: "I only know a little bit, but not much. He did not participate in the Li family's ancestor worship at the beginning of the year. This is the second consecutive year that he did not participate in the ancestor worship, and he did not participate without any reason. This time
Li Xiu was so angry that he took his name off the family list, and then his mother gave birth to a son in May this year. Li Wei told me all of this, and I don’t know anything else."
Pei Sanniang nodded, "He is wearing a military uniform today. He said he joined the army and came to say goodbye to you. He also said he was appointed as a general."
"General?"
Li Dai was startled, "The lowest level for a general is the sixth rank. Li Huai has just joined the army, how can he be appointed as a general? Is it because of the Yuwen family?"
"Then it must be that, besides the Yuwen family, who would help him? You didn't help him, right?"
Li Dai shook his head, "I don't have the ability to let him join the army and become a general. If it were me, I would definitely let him start as a fire chief. Just like Ye'er back then, I would never let him become a general.
General, but where did he join the army? Why does he need to say goodbye?"
"He said he was in Fan Yangjun!"
Li Dai was stunned and fell down, "How could he go to Fan Yangjun?"
The night was getting deeper and Li Dai couldn't sleep, so he was pacing back and forth in the study outside with his hands behind his hands.
Today he was promoted overtly and covertly, from the extremely powerful Minister of Household Affairs to the head of Qingshui Yamen. Although the blow was a bit severe, he was not anxious or worried.
His anxiety and worry came from the fact that his other son, Li Huai, was going to Fan Yang to join the army.
An Lushan had already supported his own troops, and everyone knew that An Lushan would rebel sooner or later. Even Yang Guozhong used An Lushan's rebellion as a mantra. Although it was a bit disgusting, everyone also knew that what he said was the truth.
At this critical moment, his son Li Huai actually joined Fan Yang's army. Will he follow An Lushan in rebellion?
Li Dai was simply upset. He knew that this must be arranged by the Yuwen family. By letting Li Huai join the army, he could become a general. He joined the army on behalf of the Yuwen family. This was pushing his son into a pit of fire!
At this time, footsteps were heard in the yard. It was Liu Wutong who had returned. Li Dai quickly walked out and asked, "Have you found the person?"
He asked Liu Wutong to deliver a letter to his son Li Huai, firmly opposing his going to Fan Yangjun, and telling him that An Lushan was going to rebel.
Liu Wutong returned the letter to Li Dai, shook his head and said, "He has already left. He left with more than a dozen Yuwen family members. He left the city before the city gate closed. There was no one in the entire Yuwen Mansion. Their housekeeper said
, more than 80% of the Yuwen family have gone to Youzhou."
Li Dai's heart was as sharp as a knife, and he punched the wall hard. At this moment, he hated the Yuwen family deeply.
The next day was a holiday, and early in the morning, Dugulie and his wife came to their daughter's house to see their granddaughter.
By coincidence, Li Dai also came with his wife.
After looking at the child, the two of them exited, leaving the women to chat in the room.
Dugu Lie and Li Dai were walking in the back garden.
"This house is nice!"
Dugu Lie praised: "There is actually a spring, and the pond has turned into living water. In the whole Chang'an, there are no more than twenty houses with springs."
Li Dai smiled and said, "I didn't think of this spring at first, just because it is also in Xuanpingfang, so it is easy to take care of. Otherwise, it would be very inconvenient when the gate is closed after dark."
"That's true!"
Dugu Lie pondered for a moment and said, "My dear brother must have heard about the emperor's edict to summon the Jiedushi envoys to return to the capital!"
"I heard about it. This seems to be the first time!"
"This is not the first time. It was called frequently during the Kaiyuan period, but it is indeed the first time since Tianbao. Don't you feel something is abnormal, my dear brother?"
Li Dai shook his head, "I don't think it's abnormal. It's normal for Jiedu to return to Beijing to report on his duties, but An Lushan will definitely not come."
"It is true that he will not come back, but this time the Jiedu Envoy was summoned, it was not because of him, but because of Cheng Qianli."
Dugu Lie looked to both sides and lowered his voice: "Brother, please remind the prince! His secret message with Cheng Qianli was obtained by the emperor. The emperor wants to attack Cheng Qianli, but the real target of the planner is the prince."
Li Dai was stunned. How could Dugu Lie know about such a secret thing?
Dugu Lie smiled and said: "The Dugu family has eyes and ears in the palace. It's enough for my dear brother to know. Don't tell the prince."
"Will Ye'er be implicated?" Li Dai was more concerned about his son.
Dugu Lie pondered for a moment and said: "I have sent people to Anxi quickly to deliver a message to my third brother and Ye'er. They must come back, but I hope they are prepared. I feel like something big will happen this time."