It is said that the Tang Dynasty was a dirty man, but compared with the Northern and Southern Dynasties, these two dynasties can only be regarded as younger brothers.
Even if the empress steals someone, and the empress dowager openly makes love to the capital, it is commonplace. There is also a empress dowager like Hu Chonghua who works as a minister, so what does it mean for a royal princess to steal someone?
It's no wonder that Li Chengzhi remembered it clearly. It's true that this kind of sexy news is so eye-catching. Once you hear it, you won't forget it easily...
Yuan Yuan is the great-great-grandson of Emperor Taiwu, and Yuan Hui is the great-great-grandson of Emperor Taiwu. They haven't even released the fifth server yet, so aren't they just uncles and nephews?
Calculating the years, Yuanyuan is about twenty-six, which is the time when the dragon is strong and the tiger is fierce.
Yuan Hui was even younger, only nineteen, about the same size as Li Chengzhi. But she got married early, as if three or four years ago, and she married Yu Zhong's cousin's niece as his concubine.
In the second year of their marriage, Yuan Hui was promoted to an official position and later moved to the post of governor of Hanoi. He left his beloved wife alone in the capital. Due to the long absence, he and Yuan Yuan fell in love for some reason...
It seems that it was not until Yuan Ke died, Yuan Xu succeeded to the throne, and Yuan Hui was summoned to serve in Beijing that Yuan Hui accidentally discovered that Yu had not only been pregnant but also had a miscarriage while he was away in Beijing, and the adultery was exposed.
Just like Yuan Qian's concubine stealing a monk, such a scandal that greatly damages the royal family's face will naturally not be made public. In the end, they can only settle the matter with Xini.
Yuan Hui was originally ordered to divorce the Yu family and order her to become a monk, but when the Yu family came to pick her up, the princess had been soaking in the pond for three days and was already covered with maggots...
Yuan Hui was quite talented in politics, but after this incident, his temperament changed drastically. He specialized in sycophantic acts. Empress Dowager Hu was promoted to flatter Empress Dowager Hu, and Yuan Yi was promoted to flatter Yuan Yi, just for revenge.
Whenever there is an opportunity to slander and frame Yuan Yuan, Yuan Hui will not let it go. Unfortunately, Yuan Yuan is also a good warrior. When he was ordered to conquer the uprising in the six towns, he was framed by Yuan Hui as "the country is in crisis, Yuan Yuan will die"
"Yizhi...", and finally became inhumane, and his eldest son was beheaded by Ge Rong (one of the leaders of the Six Towns Uprising).
Therefore, men should still take care of their crotch, otherwise God knows whether it will cause trouble...
Li Chengzhi sighed secretly and rolled his eyes involuntarily.
Maybe we can make a fuss out of this matter.
But I have to meet Yuanyuan first...
He flew onto his horse and smiled sinisterly: "Let's go!"
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I thought that Yuan Yuan must have been instructed by Yuan Ji or Hou Gang not to treat him well. In all likelihood, he would have been rejected. Otherwise, the eldest grandson would not have been appointed as Sima, and Yuan Wei would have been appointed as Huben Lang.
But Li Chengzhi didn't expect that when Yuan Yuan heard that he was visiting, he not only opened the middle door, but also invited him into the middle hall?
Based on Li Chengzhi's family background with the surname Ding, and in terms of his fifth-grade rank, he is a standard polite and virtuous corporal, and the etiquette is not unimportant.
Could it be that he is schizophrenic?
Or is it that Yuan Yuan doesn’t know anything about what happened in Huben Camp today?
It was all explained and arranged by him personally, how could Yuan Yuan not know?
He deduced from the emperor's actions that Yuan Ke was clearly training Li Chengzhi. Given time, he would be entrusted with important tasks...
They are both charming and exquisite characters. Even if they respect their status and cannot do such flattering behavior as lighting up the cold stove in advance, they will not completely form a deadly feud.
As for temporarily embarrassing him... isn't this because of His Majesty's orders?
Yuan Yuan didn't believe it either. Li Chengzhi was really like the stupid young man who came to question him as a superior officer as soon as he suffered some grievances?
As expected...
Li Chengzhi has always believed that people should respect me a foot, and I should respect others a foot. Seeing Yuan Yuan being so polite, although he was suspicious in his heart, his attitude immediately became more respectful.
I touched my hand inside my sleeve and found a round, colorful glass bead in my palm.
"It has been many days since I moved to my post, but I have been delayed again and again due to trivial matters. I did not go to my post until today. It is really disrespectful and derelict in my duties... I rushed to the Yamen in the morning. I was going to apologize to the Zhonglang, but it happened to be the Zhonglang.
Xiu Mu, the lower official, took the liberty to come to the door, hoping that Zhonglang would forgive me..."
Yuan Yuan's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but click his tongue.
Look, who said that Li Chengzhi, relying on His Majesty's favor, has always been domineering and unscrupulous, and that no one takes him seriously?
What you say is beautiful, what you do is even more beautiful...
Yuan Yuan stared at the glass bead for several times, but he didn't recognize it as a strange treasure?
Come to think of it, even if it's not the Xuanli Pearl, it's definitely worth a lot...
Although there was joy in his eyes, Yuan Yuan shook his head with a smile: "If it were in the future, you would accept this gift, but now... it is really not the time..."
Li Chengzhi looked weird when he heard this.
If Yuan Yuan said something like "You're late", he would naturally understand that it was Yuan Ji and others who said hello. But what he said was "in the future" and "now is not the time"?
"My humble official is stupid, can I ask the lieutenant to show me?"
How could I tell you clearly, otherwise the emperor wouldn't have skinned me?
Yuan Yuan just smiled and shook his head: "You can't say... Including if you have any difficulties recently, it's best not to come looking for me. Even if you come, 90% of the time I won't let you make the decision..."
How strange is this to say?
Ren Li Chengzhi is extremely smart, but he can't figure out why Yuan Yuan is so strange.
It's okay if he makes sarcastic remarks, but his face is very kind, and it doesn't seem like he's being hypocritical.
However, it is certain that Yuan Yuan is really prepared to turn a blind eye and pretend to be a fool for the time being.
As for whose intention it was given, it’s hard to guess...
Having said this, even if he was suspicious in his heart, it was hard to ask further questions. Li Chengzhi naturally put away the beads, took out the book from his sleeve, and asked tentatively: "I don't have any difficulties for the time being, but I am."
I have a trivial matter to ask Zhonglang...
Zhonglang, let’s take a look. For some reason, the official’s register of tiger soldiers that he found from his eldest grandson, Sima, contains a lot of errors, so he would like to ask Zhonglang for his convenience. Can he borrow the records prepared by the Yazhong for the lower official to have a look at, so that he can correct them...
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Yuan Yuan just glanced at it, and like Liu Teng, he misunderstood. He thought it was Changsun or Yuan Wei who was deliberately using this unflattering method to disgust Li Chengzhi.
The emperor just asked him to assign his eldest grandson and Yuan Wei to serve as Li Chengzhi's superiors, allowing them to fight with each other. At most, when Li Chengzhi gained the upper hand, he would be sidelined. He did not let him embarrass Li Chengzhi everywhere, so Yuan Yuan did not refuse.
Pointing to the servants in the hall: "Remember to send the prepared book to Minister Li tomorrow..."
Li Chengzhi was overjoyed and immediately bowed down: "I thank you, the gentleman!"
Yuan Yuan nodded with a smile and asked again: "Why don't you stay for a banquet?"
Li Chengzhi knew clearly that what he said was just polite words, so how could Li Chengzhi be so indifferent and quickly decline.
After sending him out of the main hall in person, Yuan Yuan sighed softly as he looked at Li Chengzhi's retreating figure.
When I met him today, I realized that most of the rumors in the market were fallacies. Li Chengzhi was also able to bend his waist and speak the truth.
Nor is it like the "rebellious minister" whom the emperor always scolded.
If you think about it deeply, Li Chengzhi must have understood the emperor's background and guessed that His Majesty was getting tired of being complimented for a long time, so he deliberately pretended to be a "critic" or "reckless minister".
Sure enough, among those who are lucky enough to advance, there is no one who can give it well...
Touching the two books in his arms, Li Chengzhi smiled happily.
I just have to wait until tomorrow to find the copy of Huben Zhongya, and I will be fine. After that, the show will naturally begin...
Li Liang still didn't understand, why did Lang Jun ask for all the travel documents?
These are not ordinary soldiers, but the emperor's personal army. Even the lowest-ranking pawns are from the ninth rank. Not only the guards, but also the palace have registers, the military department and the selection department also have records.
Even if these three books are soiled or destroyed, it is the official body, others are still the official body...
"You don't understand! This brigade of mine is a new one, and all the soldiers and generals under my command were 'carefully selected' only in the past two or three days. The fact that Huben Zhongya was able to compile these three brigade books on the same day can be regarded as the beginning of the Yuanyuan Dynasty.
Supervise the policies at dusk, and control the subordinates well.
Moreover, the superiors and subordinates have not yet been decided, and subordinates have not been divided. If you want to come to the Ministry of War, you will not be given the portion of the selection department... Just give it away. If the old trick repeats itself, it will come out..."
Li Chengzhi smiled sadly, "Of course, even without these three travel books, the official status of his generation will naturally still be the official status, and the tiger and Ben will naturally still be the tiger and Ben. But if it is not the tiger and Ben under my account, Li Chengzhi, there is no telling...
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Li Liang's eyelids twitched slightly.
At this point, Li Chengzhi's intention has become clear: he clearly wants to destroy all these travel books.
But this is a serious crime...
"What are you panicking about?"
Li Chengzhi sneered: "The gentleman has his own clever plan..."
While the master and servant were talking, they entered the inner city and walked to the outside of Gao Zhao's mansion.
Gao Zhao was surprised when he heard the report from the concierge: "Who did you say was outside the house asking to see you?"
"It's the martial arts minister, Huben general Li Chengzhi and Li Shilang..."
"Haha...are you really a rare visitor?"
Gao Zhao threw the pen barrel on the case and said with a cold smile, "Please come in!"
Although the two of them would see each other once every three or two days at most, this visit to the house was really the second time.
Even Li Chengzhi himself felt it was a bit excessive, so he prepared so many gifts that two large cars came.
Although the Gao family dare not say that he is richer than Yuan Yong or Yuan Shen, Gao Zhaoquan has invaded the government and the public for nearly ten years and has accumulated so much wealth that he will not be short of such a small thing.
Furthermore, whether it is silk or silk, whole pigs or live sheep, Li Chengzhi can just take out a bead and exchange it for more than a dozen carts.
Such a big fanfare is only for outsiders to see...
Since the three bows outside the palace that day, Gao Zhao's depression has completely dissipated. Although he sometimes cares about it, he knows it is not Li Chengzhi's fault, so he really doesn't blame him much.
Seeing the two carts of gifts and seeing Li Chengzhi giving him the gift of persistence, Gao Zhao was relieved, but his face was still tense.
"I thought that before you get married, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to come to the door of my Gao family again..."
The matchmaker is getting married, and she wants to be a big woman to call it a big wedding!
You only came to the Gao Mansion after you were married, so you have nothing to do without Gao Wenjun...
Li Chengzhi was very embarrassed, but not only did he get it wrong, it also made him scratch his head. Therefore, even if Gao Zhao pointed at his nose and scolded him, he couldn't make any sense.
"It's all the juniors' fault..."
"That's it!"
Gao Zhao waved his sleeves and sighed sadly, "Come to the study..."
Shencai saw Li Chengzhi enter the palace to meet the emperor, and was scolded. It was not dark yet, but he came to his house again. He must have something to discuss.
After being led to the study and dismissed, Li Chengzhi explained his purpose.
"Sikong, please see, this is what I came to the palace to explain to your majesty today: There are five hundred Hu soldiers in Long, and the clan, more than three hundred of them are descendants of the Yuan clan.
It’s from the fifth level, how to give orders?
And when the official arrived at the camp, he found out that Sima Changsun and General Yuan Wei had been put on leave for God knows how many days. I don't want to know that even if the official went to the door to look for him, he might not be able to find one... I originally wanted to find a backer, like Wang Yuanyue of Ruyang, but His Majesty didn’t allow it, so that’s all, but he scolded me all over the place?”
Yuan Wei, eldest grandson?
Due to Li Chengzhi's sudden promotion, the Huben Guard personnel changed a lot. These two people must have recently taken office. But how did they happen to become Li Chengzhi's boss?
Yuan Yuan has no grudge against Li Chengzhi, or even Gao, so there should be no inducement to deliberately embarrass Li Chengzhi?
As soon as he thought about it, the figure of the emperor appeared in Gao Zhao's mind.
Just being suspicious and afraid of misleading Li Chengzhi, Gao Zhao did not mention it. He asked solemnly: "Then how are you going to break the situation?"
"What else can I do? Sikong is in the palace and should have heard: Your Majesty has given me the power to make military decisions! Since I have the power, why don't I use it?"
A sneer appeared on Li Chengzhi's face, "Anyone who disobeys orders will be dismissed... But a subordinate can't bring no soldiers at all, otherwise he will become a bare general? So I came to ask Sikong, can I
Can you lend me some soldiers and generals from the Ministry of War..."
Gao Zhao was so angry that he laughed.
I thought Li Chengzhi had some great plan, but in the end, he still had the courage to take this rash move?
"Li Chengzhi, do you know what a tiger and a warrior are? Not to mention that you are a mere tiger and warrior general. Without His Majesty's approval, even Yuanyuan, the commander of the tiger and warrior, has no right to add or remove tiger soldiers... If you say to fire, you will fire. If you say to appoint, you will appoint.
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Furthermore, since you know that these five hundred soldiers and generals are all members of the clan, with the surname of the Yuan clan, and after the five surnames of the high-ranking families, there are some common sons who cannot be used in the family, but they are also the children of nobles. To be able to hold an official position, there is one
It’s so hard to get settled. You can get away with it just by saying a word, so you’re not afraid that your ancestors will come to settle accounts with you?”
"It's just a matter of expelling the subordinates. At worst, everyone will return to their original places and assume their original positions! Anyway, the subordinates will not let go of anyone who disobeys orders... I don't believe it. If the trouble reaches the imperial court, your majesty will still be able to stop it.
Is it wrong for me to practice military discipline and understand the law?"
Li Chengzhi curled his lips, showing a rogue look, "As for borrowing troops from Sikong, we are prepared for any danger. The emperor must also know that if they are all the children of powerful people or the old troops, it will not be conducive to the subordinates. If the subordinates are too troublesome,
If you keep grinding, your Majesty might agree..."
Gao Zhao raised his eyebrows: Unfavorable to the subordinates?
Li Chengzhi should be trying to balance the virtual and the real, divide and conquer, right?
The emperor likes this way best, can you really say for sure?
After pondering for a while, Gao Zhao said again: "Since you are prepared for any trouble, I will prepare it for you first, and you can choose a good person tomorrow. As long as your majesty gives permission, you can transfer him at any time... But remember, don't act on impulse..." p>
Li Chengzhi stood up and bowed his head: "Thank you Sikong for the pointer, I will take this into consideration!"
After the business was finished, Gao Zhao's eyes moved slightly: "Now that I'm here, let's stay for the banquet... and let the princess see you..."
Without waiting for Li Chengzhi to respond, he raised his head and shouted outside the door: "Prepare a banquet, and let Zhan'er know again and ask him to enter the palace as soon as possible and call Sanniang back..."
Then he turned back and stared at Li Chengzhi closely, "Just in time, I have a few things on my mind that you need to clear up..."
Li Chengzhi sighed secretly.
Today it was delivered to my door by myself, how could Gao Zhao let it go?