The mutton soup is delicious, but Ye An is depressed...
His attitude is clearer than the mutton soup in his hand. He does not intend to participate in the disputes in the court, nor does he want to choose sides, but sometimes people just can't help themselves.
Yesterday's meeting with Fan Ziyuan explained everything. Fan Yong represents the people in the court who do not want Ye An to take sides. There are still people in the court who hope that he will side with the civil servants, and some even hope that he will side with Liu E.
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It is ridiculous to say that from the time he entered the court of the Song Dynasty to serving as the Shaoqing of Sinong Temple, his status in the court has always been dispensable, except for Liu E's sudden question during the Huanzhou Rebellion and Ye An's temporary
Except for the subversive plan he had just proposed, he had almost no involvement in the affairs of the court.
Ye An was lucky. He succeeded in the battle in Huanzhou. Many courtiers in the court knew that this was the result of his vigorous request for war, but not many people knew that the great defeat of the party members was also due to his plan.
But the fact that few people know about it does not mean that no one knows about it. Liu E naturally knows about it, and as prime ministers Wang Qinruo, Wang Zeng, and Lu Yijian are also aware of Ye An's bold plan.
As for the privy envoy Cao Liang, it goes without saying that the troop deployment document of Yongxing Military Road requires his signature.
Fortunately, although everyone in the court had their own selfish interests, they gave Ye An the greatest support in the matter of Huanzhou. This is why Ye An could still retain a trace of respect when he hated the Song Dynasty court.
reason.
It is very rare that people in the Song Dynasty can still think in one place, use their wisdom in one place, and use their strength in one place on something.
Ye An, who was on the front line, knew that if it weren't for the concerted efforts of the civil servants in the court, the supplies would not have reached the front line so quickly. When he was clearing Ping Pass, the supplies and people from Tongyuan City had not been interrupted.
Therefore, every courtier in the current court has meritorious service, and can even be remembered in history. But after the glorious victory in Huanzhou, things began to change differently.
Everyone hopes to maximize the interests of themselves or the forces they represent. Even Lu Yijian, who supported and restricted Liu E's rights, defected at the critical moment.
Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian came hand in hand, naturally to get Ye An to support the civil servants, and more importantly, in the hope that Liu E could return power to Zhao Zhen.
That's right, Ping Zhangshi, a disciple of Zhongshu of the Song Dynasty who was originally an important member of the Houdang, actually became the emperor's confidant, striving for the younger emperor's ascendance.
The trajectory of history has begun to deviate. Ye An believes that it was precisely because of the defeat of the party members in the Huanzhou Rebellion that Lu Yijian felt fear.
He himself probably knew that Liu E's power was about to begin to expand, and it might even reach the point where he could not restrain it, and then his position was threatened by Liu E's various previous actions against Liu E.
This was considered a desperate move by him. As a bystander, Ye An could clearly see clearly. Lu Yijian was sitting on a chair and saw Ye An quickly put down the bowl and smiled: "No need to be polite, I and Wang Xianggong came here just to meet each other."
Meet the Yunzhong Commandery and Marquis with great military exploits!"
Ye An took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped his mouth. He was stunned for a moment, then folded his hands and bowed and said: "Ms. Lu, Mr. Wang is showing his love. Changsheng is just a body to appease the deputy envoy. Everything is in charge of Mr. Fan...
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"You don't need to be modest. Chen Lin has reported the truth about the battle at Qingpingguan. As for intercepting Dangxiang's pursuers in the Qinggang Gorge, it is also a wise move to lead the Western Qiang people away from Xiamo Village, together with generals like Cao Yi.
After defeating five thousand of the party's elite cavalry, I will be regarded as a civil servant and Ye Houhe!"
Wang Zeng spoke slowly on the side, which was regarded as a link with Lu Yi Jian. As for the next step, it depends on Ye An's statement. Ye An feels that this is more laborious than planning and making decisions on the battlefield.
"Longevity is nothing more than eating the emperor's salary and dividing the emperor's worries. The two husbands love each other. Ye An is young. In the words of Duke Fan, he is like a piece of jade that has not yet been polished in the court. He should be humble.
If you don’t make progress in doing things and benefit the world at the same time, you can only be a lonely minister who takes care of yourself..."
Ye An used the excellent skills he had mastered from college in his previous life. He talked in a long way and avoided the most important things to do Tai Chi with the two husbands in front of him.
The meaning is also very simple. I am young, so what! I am a lonely minister, so what! I have no experience, so what!
They are all people who hang out in the officialdom. How could Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng not know Ye An's little tricks, but they can't say it too openly in public. They can only smile on the surface, but in their hearts they are criticizing...
"I wonder what the two husbands are looking for Ye An?"
Ye An ended this simple and boring conversation with a knowing question. Now he is not afraid of offending people, and he is even about to offend them!
After Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng walked away with slightly "threatening" smiles on their faces, Li Zunxu finally appeared, looked at the backs of the two old men and said worriedly to Ye An: "What happened to you? Just now."
Going back to Tokyo and offending the two husbands? This is not a wise move. Don't you always say that we want a win-win situation?"
"Sometimes you can compromise for the sake of a win-win situation, but when others treat you as a chess piece, or even a chess piece that can be discarded at any time, it is a big joke to talk about compromise and win-win situation. I don't want to be a wallflower in the court, let alone one.
A big joke in the eyes of others!"
Li Zunxu looked at Ye An strangely and said, "Don't you always think of yourself as a civil servant? This is true even in Huanzhou. How come you are no longer in the company of civil servants when you come back?"
"Brother Li, do you think civil servants will regard me as one of them?"
Ye An's words made Li Zunxu shake his head in embarrassment: "It seems that the civil servants have accepted you, but in fact you are still a civil servant. At least you are different from those civil servants who entered the official career through the competition."
Ye An nodded: "I am the imperial examiner. To put it nicely, I am Enke, and to put it unfavorably, I am the official of Zhongzhi. Just like Xia Song, although he is a civil servant, he is still outside the civil servants after all! Same thing.
I'm not a general, let alone a relative, so what do you think I should do?"
Li Zunxu sighed helplessly, but did not answer Ye An's words. Instead, he patted him on the shoulder and said: "I came home for dinner in the evening, and your sister-in-law made cheese for you! Eh? That's not right! You didn't care about me before.
How come someone called uncle suddenly became a big brother?!"
Only then did Li Zunxu react. Ye An said with a smile: "Because my younger brother is in the same generation as Brother Cao, and Brother Cao doesn't want to become your nephew for no reason, so Ye An had no choice but to go beyond it."
Li Zunxu's face suddenly turned as black as the bottom of a pot, and he didn't know what he was mumbling. He was probably "greeting" Cao Yi's family, right?
It's just that this morning is destined to never stop. After Li Zunxu left, the person Ye An didn't dare to face and didn't want to face appeared, Lan Jizong!
To be honest, Ye An didn't even worry about Chen Lin, because the spy chief of the Imperial City Division already had a good relationship with him. At least he could try his best to protect Liu E after he rejected Liu E's proposal.
As for Lan Jizong, he must have come after Liu E's instructions. From the helpless expression on his face, Ye An could tell that he came well prepared.