"Thank you, Master, for your plan. The child will definitely work hard, and only the Master will obey." Dugu Sheng saluted Dugu Zhen with a smile on his face.
Beside him, Dugu Huaien and Dugu Xiude looked envious.
In terms of seniority, Dugu Huaien and Dugu Sheng are of the same generation, but now Dugu Sheng has become the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, but he is still an order of Chang'an.
As for Dugu Xiude, the situation is even worse. He is now just an assistant official in the Ministry of Rites.
There is a reason why Dugu Huaien is miserable. After all, he was plotted by Li Yuan before, and his career will basically not improve much. Dugu is miserable in cultivating virtue. It is because of his own incompetence.
Dugu Zhen glanced at him and said, "Sit down."
"yes."
When the three of them were seated, Dugu Zhen said slowly: "The fact that you can serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs this time is actually Li Yuan's appeasement to us Guanlong people. He suppressed the Dou family and appeased our Dugu family, which was conducive to pacifying the Guanlong people."
Anger, so don’t get carried away.”
Of course, he also made preparations in private.
"My child understands." Dugu Sheng said hurriedly.
Dugu Zhen nodded and continued: "You can go up this time because of Pei Ji's contribution. Next time you meet him, you can say hello to him."
"yes."
Dugu Huaien asked in confusion: "Master, isn't Pei Ji from Li Yuan? How could he help us?"
"It's true that he is Li Yuan's eagle dog, but he is also a human being, and he also knows how to be afraid. This time when dealing with the Dou family, he made arrogant remarks and wanted to eradicate Dou Wei and Dou Kang at once. He has completely offended the Dou family.
Do you think he is afraid?"
Dugu Xiude said: "I don't think he is afraid. He relies on Li Yuan and is domineering. How can he be afraid of the Dou family?"
"Humph." Dugu Zhen snorted coldly: "Stupid, Li Yuan is already old, how many more years can he stay in the imperial court? Even if Pei Ji can survive, his son will not end well. He helped us this time, I mean.
Before the relationship with us is reconciled."
Dugu Xiude thought for a while and said, "That's right. He is neither close to the prince nor the King of Qin, so he should be afraid."
Dugu Huaien smiled and said: "I don't think the King of Chu is afraid. Pei Ji just wants to drive Dou Wei and Dou Kang out of the court, but the King of Chu wants to investigate all the Dou family's children."
Dugu Sheng muttered: "I know something about this matter. At that time, the King of Chu did not want to get involved in this matter, but later the King of Qin recommended him to investigate the case, so he said so."
"Li Yuanji leans towards the prince. How can it be possible for Li Zhiyun to be alone?" Dugu Xiude said coldly.
Li Yuan's three sons are fighting, and he is happy to see the outcome. It would be best for Li Zhiyun to support Li Shimin, so that it will be more lively.
Speaking of Li Zhiyun, Dugu Zhen suddenly fell silent for a while.
Dugu Sheng noticed the abnormality of the family master and asked: "Master, what's wrong?"
Dugu Zhen shook his head and said: "In this battle for prime minister, Yang Gongren was the one who got the advantage in the end, but I always feel that this matter is not simple."
"What do you mean?" Dugu Huaien asked.
Dugu Zhen thought for a moment, closed his eyes and said: "Li Yuan suppressed the Dou family, and Li Shimin must have known about it. He found someone to deal with Li Liyan and prevent Li Gang from ascending to power. This makes sense. But the rumors that appeared in Chang'an were a bit strange. Even at that time
Li Gang has no hope of becoming prime minister, and Li Jiancheng is not so stupid. It is strange to use rumors to threaten the court and Li Yuan."
"Master, after the rumors emerged, Li Jiancheng still supported Li Gang to become the prime minister. Doesn't this mean that he was the one who spread the rumors?" Dugu Huaien said.
Dugu Zhen secretly cursed an idiot and explained: "Did you know that the rumors this time were so weird that you knew it was the prince without even thinking about it? Do you think the prince would be so stupid to use the court to ostracize his predecessor?
Do Sui ministers threaten Li Yuan with these words?"
Hearing this, Dugu Sheng, Dugu Huaien, and Dugu Xiude fell silent immediately.
"What do you mean by the head of the family, the prince did not do this?" Dugu Sheng asked.
Dugu Zhen said: "I don't know. It might have been done by the prince, or it might have been King Qin's desperate counterattack. Of course, it might have been done by another person."
He couldn't figure it out, mainly because he didn't know that when Li Zhiyun and Yang Gongren were already on a regular basis, Li Zhiyun and Yang Gongren had no contact with each other. Only when Princess Chu went home to visit relatives, Li Zhiyun would 'encounter' Yang Gongren by chance.
So, who would know that Li Zhiyun and Yang Christine have a good relationship.
Of course, the close relationship between Li Zhiyun and Yang Gongren began to heat up rapidly when Li Zhiyun proposed that Yang Gongren go to Hexi.
From that moment on, Yang Gongren suddenly realized that King Chu's niece-in-law should not be underestimated.
Double Ninth Festival, the ninth day of September.
Lao Li held sacrifices to heaven and ancestors in the southern suburbs to thank the Emperor of Heaven and his ancestors for blessing the harvest of the Tang Dynasty.
After finishing the work, Lao Li held a running feast and gave the officials two days off to go home and sort out the harvest.
Shengdaofang, Yangfu.
Princess Chu took her daughter Baoniang home to visit relatives, and King Chu came with her. This was very reasonable. Similarly, as Yang Gongren's third uncle, Yang Shigui, and Yang Gongren came to visit Yang Shigui, was also very reasonable.
Therefore, it was reasonable for Li Zhiyun and Yang Gongren to meet.
This time, the Yang family's descendants gathered together for a rare occasion because Yang Gongren was in the prime minister's position.
Among Yang Xiong's sons, none are more talented than Yang Gongren and Yang Shidao. Yang Xu is also good. He is now the magistrate of Yi County in Qizhou, and he will have a grandson who will become the prime minister in the future.
The son of Yang Xiong's second brother Yang Da was killed by Wang Shichong. One of the two remaining daughters was married off, and there was still an older leftover daughter, Yang Mudan.
One of Yang Shigui's sons died, and the other was not well-known.
In the back garden, everyone talked for a while, and then Yang Gongren dismissed the Yang family's children and prepared to have a secret talk with Li Zhiyun.
"Without Your Highness's help this time, I would not be here today. Thank you very much, Your Highness." Yang Gongren clasped his fists and saluted Li Zhiyun.
He is naturally clearer than others about the details of his plan this time.
Li Zhiyun said hurriedly: "Mr. Yang, please don't do this. Zhiyun is planning for the court, and it is his duty. Please don't take it to heart, Mr. Yang."
Yang Gongren smiled and didn't say much. There were many things that would be meaningless to say out loud, so just know them in your heart.
There were so many virtuous people in the court, but the King of Chu chose to recommend him. If he said that there was no relationship by marriage, he would not believe it.
"Your Highness, please rest assured that if I need my help in the future, I will definitely not refuse."
Li Zhiyun showed a satisfied smile.
Smart people talk to smart people easily, and they can understand each other with just a few clicks.
"Mr. Yang must remember that when entering the political affairs hall as prime minister, you must be fair and impartial, and do not be partial." Li Zhiyun reminded.
Yang Gongren nodded and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, I have also heard about the matter between the Crown Prince and the King of Qin, and I will definitely be careful."
"That's very good." Li Zhiyun said.
Then, the two of them had another discussion about government affairs.
When talking about Yang Shidao, Li Zhiyun also lamented that he should have married his elder sister, Princess Changguang. However, Yao Junsu was killed by him, and Zhao Cijing did not die, so Yang Shidao naturally did not become the consort. But Lao Li treated him
Not bad, he has been appointed as the general manager of Lingzhou to guard against Turks.
Now that Yang Gongren has become prime minister, he will no longer be alone in the political affairs hall in the future. This is a very good start.
And Yang Gongren is also a smart man. Although he doesn't know Li Zhiyun's desire to seize the heir, he has consciously regarded himself as a person of the King of Chu.