Chapter 42 The direct minister has entered the palm
Looking at Wei Zheng's disappearing back, Li Zhiyun suddenly wanted to laugh, and had the feeling of "unintentionally inserting a willow into the shadow".
When Li Mi returned to the Tang Dynasty, he not only looked for the old general of Wagang, but also Wei Zheng. But before he could recruit him, Wei Zheng went to Hebei by himself, so both parties missed it. But because of Li Zhiyun's appearance, history changed, and Wei Zheng was not in Hebei.
Captured by Dou Jiande.
Going round and round, everything comes back again.
"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Du Ruhui looked at Li Zhiyun in confusion.
"Keming, this Wei Zheng is a great talent."
Wei Zheng?
Du Ruhui suddenly came to his senses, "The Wei Zheng your Highness is talking about is Wei Zheng of Wagang." He had been ordered to investigate the surrender of Wagang who followed Li Mi, so he naturally knew this.
"good."
Du Ruhui guessed that Li Zhiyun might want to recruit Wei Zheng, so he said: "Your Highness, don't be anxious, leave this matter to your subordinates..."
"Leave it to me." Xue Ting walked out with a smile.
"You?" Du Ruhui was confused.
Xue Shou nodded, cupped his hands towards Li Zhiyun and said: "Your Highness does not know something. In his early years, Wei Zheng once became a monk and became a Taoist. When he traveled to Hedong, he visited his teacher. At that time, he was penniless, but his subordinates helped him and asked me to go
Bar."
"It's fate." Li Zhiyun nodded, "Then I'll leave it to my brother."
"I will live up to His Highness's high expectations."
Wei Zheng was very important to Li Zhiyun. He could not give such a famous official to the East Palace under any circumstances.
After Wei Zheng expressed his condolences, he was approached by Xue Shougang and taken directly to the restaurant's wing for dinner.
The two sides exchanged brief greetings, and Xue Shou said directly: "Xuancheng, life in Liyang must be difficult."
"It's hard, but it's better than staying in Chang'an and being miserable. You can't even cry." He raised his glass and drank.
"What do you mean?" Xue Shou said with a puzzled smile: "Who doesn't want you to cry?"
Wei Zheng chuckled, "The late master died in an unknown manner. Tell me, do I dare to cry casually in Chang'an?"
In his heart, he did not believe that Li Mi had defected.
Hearing this, Xue Shou knew that he was talking about Li Mi's matter, and immediately said: "Xuancheng, it's not like you didn't advise Li Mi back then, but he didn't take your advice himself. Li Mi was defeated in the end, and the responsibility is not yours. You again
Why should you blame yourself?"
Wei Zheng chuckled and drank another drink.
Xue Shou frowned and said, "Drink slowly. No matter how much my salary is, I won't have enough money for you to drink a glass of wine with just one word."
In fact, he was quite rich. Although the share of soap given to him by the King of Chu was small, he still had enough money to drink every day.
"Then I won't drink anymore and say goodbye." Wei Zheng stood up and was about to leave, but Xue Shou quickly held him back.
"What's wrong with you? You can't tell me. Sit down!" Xue Shou pulled him to sit down.
Then, Xue Shou asked: "When you came back from Liyang, where did the Ministry of Personnel ask you to take up a post?"
"It's not decided yet." Wei Zheng grimaced. Although he didn't have to return to Chang'an for a long time and didn't have to rush to become an official, his own background was a bit embarrassing and he would definitely not end up in a good place.
There was no way, Li Mi surrendered and rebelled again, which resulted in them, the old people of Wagang, being given a "bad label".
If Qin Qiong and others had not served under Li Zhiyun, they would have had little chance of getting ahead.
Looking at the court, few of Wagang's surrendered ministers hold high positions.
He can't just stay at home and have no money to support his wife and children.
Seeing this, Xue Shou suddenly knew that as long as Wei Zheng had not decided on his direction, he could recruit people, so he asked: "Do you intend to come to the Prince of Chu's Mansion?"
"Are you willing to introduce me?" Wei Zheng suddenly looked forward to it.
During these days, he had sent greetings in Chang'an, but no one responded. No one in the court gave him a chance. The people in the East Palace were all descendants of the Shandong family, so he had no chance. The people in the Qin Palace were all descendants of the Guanlong family.
, look down upon him at all. As for Prince Qi’s Mansion
, he never thought about it. If he was asked to serve the King of Qi, he might as well go home and make wine. He had wanted to visit the King of Chu before, but the King of Chu was always busy, and he didn't know about Xue Shou and the King of Chu.
There was no connection with him, so he did not consider the Prince of Chu's Palace.
"That's why I'm here today." Xue Shou said: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu is currently short of manpower to take care of important affairs in the army. If you are willing to come, you will be put to good use."
Hearing this, Wei Zheng cupped his fists and said, "Thank you so much, Brother Xue."
"No thanks, no thanks, between you and me, why should we do this?" Xue Shou waved his hand. He was so happy that it was so easy to deal with Wei Zheng so easily.
Wei Zheng sighed: "You don't know that the imperial court does not use children from aristocratic families, so a poor man like me has no chance. If you hadn't come to me today, I'm afraid the officials would have sent me to a borderland in the future, and I would have wasted my life."
When he rebelled with Li Mi, he just wanted to try his best to gain a better future, but unfortunately, he failed.
Time has not smoothed out his edges, but he has not had the opportunity to display his ambition. Now that the opportunity has come, how could he let it go.
Xue Chou said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu is a man of merit. As long as Xuancheng is talented, he will be reused by His Highness."
Hearing this, Wei Zheng took a sip of wine and nodded heavily.
"Brother Xue, I know that I sometimes have a bad temper. If I can serve under King Chu in the future, I would like to ask Brother Xue for your support."
There is no way, the reality is too cruel, he is a grown man who has to shoulder the burden of the family, and can no longer travel around the world like he did when he was young.
Now that the Tang Dynasty was prospering, he also wanted to make a career.
Xue Shou said: "Don't worry, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has a good temper. As long as what you say is reasonable, I will stand on your side even if His Highness doesn't listen."
"Oh, you admire the King of Chu so much?" Wei Zheng asked curiously.
Xue Shou asked back: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu is good at fighting and has never done anything inappropriate. Why can't I praise him?"
After hearing this, Wei Zheng thought about it and it was really like this.
Although the King of Chu is not as dazzling as the Prince and King of Qin, if you look closely, you will find that everything the emperor entrusts to the King of Chu can be completed properly. Moreover, the King of Chu is not as unscrupulous and inhumane as the King of Qi.
The king of Chu wanted meritorious deeds and status. Wei Zheng found that his life was like another village with darkness and bright flowers!
"You're right, I respect you." Wei Zheng drank another drink.
Xue Shou said: "When you receive your salary in the future, remember to pay it back."
"Stingy." Wei Zheng rolled his eyes and drank another glass of wine. After finishing the drink, he opened the door to the side room and groaned, "The celery and vinegar I wanted are not here yet!"
"Guest, wait a moment, we'll be here soon!" the waiter responded loudly from below.
Xue Shou laughed so hard that he could spit out wine and joked: "After all these years, you still have such a good taste."
Wei Zheng said: "This is what I will do for the rest of my life, and I can't change it."
Prince Chu's Mansion, Study Room.
Li Zhiyun patted Xue Yuanjing on the shoulder and said with emotion: "Yuanjing, forgive me for hiding this from you before, because I was worried that I would implicate you. I am really sorry."
Xue Yuanjing had just expressed his loyalty to Li Zhiyun and told Li Zhiyun what Wang Tong said to Xue Shou and him before his death. At the same time, Xue Yuanjing also told everything about his conversation with Xue Shou.
"This matter is of great concern. Your Highness should be cautious, and I understand." Xue Yuanjing said.
Li Zhiyun nodded and said: "With Yuan Jing's help, there is no need to worry about failure. When I am confused in the future, Yuan Jing will definitely show me the way."
"I don't dare, I just have to die." Xue Yuanjing bowed his hands.
Li Zhiyun felt quite emotional that Xue Yuanjing's expression of loyalty had actually been planned for a long time. With Xue Shou as an example to him, as long as he did it properly, Xue Yuanjing would discuss important matters with him sooner or later.