Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 105
Imperial City.

Internal guard station.

Li Yan in scarlet robe is working.

I haven't been able to catch fish lately.

Because the five cabinet leaders of the inner guards have been appointed.

They are Qiu Ying, Pei Xingjian, An Yuanshou, Cui Shouye, and Li Yiyan.

The fourth Cui Shouye is the son of Cui Dunli.

Cui Dunli was born in the Cui family of Boling. He was familiar with the situation of various tribes in his early years. He sent envoys to Turks, Huihe, Tiele and other northern tribes many times, and followed Li Ji to defeat Xue Yantuo.

Later, Li Zhi succeeded to the throne, worshiped him as his prime minister, and presented him to An Guogong after his illness. Cui Shouye was his son and served as the minister of the Ministry of punishment.

Like Pei Xingjian, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the transfer of the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment to the leader of the Neiwei Pavilion is a flat transfer.

After Cui Shouye entered the inner guard, he was in charge of internal supervision and had a lot of power.

The last Li Yiyan, who was born as a Jinshi, has always been known for his uprightness and fearlessness of power.

This old man also served under Li Ji. When Li Ji was governor of Bingzhou, his subordinates were afraid of Li Ji's power. He was the only one who dared to argue with him. Li Ji respected him very much.

Later, Li Yiyan was slowly promoted, and now he is the Minister of Zhongshu, an alternate prime minister, and he will be promoted to prime minister just around the corner.

Li Yan felt that the transfer to the inner guard seemed like demoting an official.

I don't know what kind of political battle happened behind it.

In any case, the leader of the Cabinet of Defense returned to his position.

Qiu Ying was in charge of espionage, Pei Xingjian and An Yuanshou were in charge of military affairs, Cui Shouye and Li Yiyan were in charge of internal affairs and logistics.

However, the differences between the five are not particularly clear. At the moment of unanimity, many things can be done cheaply.

This is also the characteristic of the inner guard, and it is also the reason why this department was able to toss and tear the mighty Turks apart in the past, and bowed their heads and obeyed their ears.

"Foreign wars are imminent!"

After working for an entire hour, Li Yan got up to move around, feeling that he had worked too hard today.

Looking down at the busy crowd coming in and out from the window, he also had expectations in his heart.

The Tubo envoys met the empress twice in the Hanyuan Hall, but nothing happened. Li Zhi almost completely denied Tubo's request.

Because of the Battle of Dafeichuan, Tubo was originally the invading side, destroying the vassal state Tuyuhun for no reason, and then aggressively invaded the Western Regions, approaching the four towns of Anxi, which provoked Li Zhi to send Xue Rengui, an army to Tibet.

Datang lost once, but still full of confidence, Li Zhi's attitude is clear, if Tubo doesn't retreat to the plateau obediently, just wait for the war!

Li Yan knew the direction of history. Next, Datang did take back the four towns of Anxi, but there was no direct conflict with Tubo.

After measuring the strength of the two sides, Qin Ling retreated decisively, allowing Datang to gather enough strength, clenched his fists, and then punched the air.

This is not the end, Tubo is ready, and will lead the army to attack again.

Next, Tubo always took the initiative. Needless to say, Datang lost, even if it won, it would not gain much.

It's quite a bit like the later Song Dynasty.

Did you say it won the battle? Why is it still so weak?
Because when you win, you can't see the benefits, and once you lose, you will suffer heavy losses.

Who can bear this?
But there is no way, the war losses of the farming dynasty are really no better than that of the grassland nomads.

Every time a war is waged, we can’t just look at the casualties of soldiers and the consumption of food. We have to calculate it this way. If there is no war, these soldiers should have been farming and producing. As a result, they went to the front line without production. Every day they marched, they had to open their mouths to consume food and grass. Come and go, the loss is too great.

This is also the reason why the Central Plains dynasty often rested for a long time, but was able to exhaust their savings during the war frenzy of more than ten years.

This is true of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty after the rule of Wenjing, this is true of Yang Guang after Yang Jian, and the same is true of Li Zhi after the rule of Zhenguan.

Conquering east and west, expanding the territory, destroying Goguryeo was a joy, but in addition to the reputation, there were not many real benefits.

In comparison, Li Shimin failed to destroy Goguryeo back then, but captured more than [-] Goguryeo sergeants, and lost less than [-] himself. Half useless, he has gained a lot, so fighting in this way is victory.

Not to mention Datang, the same is true of Tubo, and the next battle with Datang, obviously winning again and again, but the people in the country are also fighting hard, and there are many complaints.

We must know that during this period of time, Tubo still has to be blessed by God, and the weather conditions are good.

In the case of a big victory, they are all made like this, which shows how traumatic the war is.

But there is no way, the ancient war is inevitable, since the price is so high, the only thing we can pursue is victory!
What's more, Tubo was determined to fight against Tang, how could Li Yan want Qinling to kill one hundred thousand Tang troops, and then retreat easily?
So, during this period of time, he often went to Pei Mansion and An Mansion to communicate with Pei Sijian, Pei Xingjian, and An Yuanshou.

In the past, apart from purely personal friendship, Li Yan, who is a Wu Dewei, is not qualified to discuss military affairs with these big shots.

But at this time, he was dressed in a scarlet robe, and in terms of official position, he was already a guerrilla general from the fifth rank.

Coupled with the opportunity of the internal guards, they are fully qualified to discuss the matter of Tubo.

I have to say that this official uniform is much more comfortable than the green one, and the bright red one is festive and noble.

So much so that he dances and dances with true passion.

Do as the locals do.

Once he has passed this hurdle psychologically, he will be a beautiful landscape in the dance world of the Tang Dynasty!
Showdown, I'm the king of dancing!

"Rokuro! Rokuro!"

Just as he was thinking, a skinny young man walked in with a jumping voice.

This person has sharp jaws and raised forehead, slightly sunken cheeks, and his face is not very good-looking. Fortunately, he has a pair of sword-shaped eyebrows that fly obliquely into the temples.

Coupled with the slender arms, flexible and agile, the whole person looks heroic.

It's just that he dresses like a quack, without the poise of an official.

Li Yan didn't turn his head back, and said angrily: "Guo Yuanzhen! Are you itchy again?"

Guo Yuanzhen raised his hands: "Don't, don't, Li Jiyi, don't let Wang Xiaojie practice duel with me again, he didn't know how to put in some effort, he beat me badly, I'm a scholar who came to Beijing to rush for the exam, how can I compete with me?" Compared with a sergeant from Zhechong Mansion?"

Li Yan said with a smile: "You are still rushing to take the exam, I really don't know how you got Wenjie..."

Guo Yuanzhen curled his lips: "There are no talents in the county. No matter what I say, I have read many great Confucian articles!"

As he said that, he showed a flattering smile again: "Of course, with Li Jiyi, I'm going to do great things. The imperial examinations have long been discontinued, and I don't even want a Jinshi!"

"That's what you said. In history, you were admitted to Jinshi the year after next. Eighteen-year-old Jinshi, the great poets of the Great Tang Dynasty, although they are probably parallel importers..."

Li Yan laughed heartily, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly: "Okay, what's going on with Jia Sibo?"

Guo Yuanzhen immediately laughed gloatingly: "The Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice have transferred Jia Sibo three or four times. I don't know how many interrogations have taken place, but they haven't even asked for any useful information. Now that the inner guards are about to mention him, they're probably jumping their feet in a hurry. Woolen cloth!"

Li Yan shook his head: "Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice are also full of talents, but this person is indeed different from ordinary prisoners. I don't have much confidence in trying to pry things out of his mouth. How is the investigation of County Magistrate Cui? Who transferred him to Liangzhou?"

Guo Yuanzhen said: "It's still the same. The secret hands behind the scenes can't find out. If they really want to be investigated, Pei Shilang will be held accountable instead."

Li Yan let out a breath: "That is to say, the key criminals in the Liangzhou case have been imprisoned in Chang'an for more than three months, and there is still no decent progress?"

Guo Yuanzhen said sincerely: "It's still up to Li Jiyi to step in!"

"I don't want to show off this kind of limelight..."

Li Yan shook his head.

He used to only know that he was young, but he didn't know how exaggerated he was as a fifth-rank official until he went to the court meeting.

All were in their forties and above, and those in their thirties were rare.

Li Hong, Li Xian, and Li Xian were the only ones who were his age. Li Dan was still young, so he didn't go to court if he had nothing to do.

Those are the three princes!
Li Yan deeply realized how talented Wang Bo was in history.

Sixteen-year-old Wang Bo also stood at the court meeting and was ranked with all officials.

Of course, Wang Bo's literature was in the palace, and he was studying with the prince, and there was a huge gap between him and Li Yan, a fifth-rank dignitary.

In the hall, Li Yan's position is always in the front of the middle.

He has no part in the discussion in the court.

But one after another gaze, intentionally or unintentionally cast towards him.

Even Li Zhi, who was the emperor, and Empress Wu, who was sitting behind the curtain, looked at him several times.

He didn't say a word the whole time, but he stole the limelight.

Li Yan knew that he had to keep a low profile.

As a young man in a high position, the dangers encountered must be several times that of ordinary fifth-rank officials.

And under the rule of the couple after Li Zhiwu, being an official is a high-risk occupation, and it will be several times more...

If he dared to cultivate party members wantonly, he might be dismissed for a reason within a year, or even worse, he might have to flee to the end of the world.

Of course, you can't just not train any subordinates. What's the use of using it as an opportunity? Is it purely for display?
So Li Yan took the elite route.

Everyone he trains must be capable, at least in a certain field.

There is no need to make false claims with those massive noble children, just pick out those who can leave their names in history.

As a traveler, he has a natural advantage in this regard.

Ever since, Guo Yuanzhen, who went to Beijing to rush for the exam, had a whim and wanted to join the inner guard, was singled out and became Li Yan's personal follower.

Qinling, the Tubo god of war, will die indirectly in the hands of this person in the future, and he is also a favorite general selected by Wu Zetian himself.

Li Yan thought about the report of Kangxian Lieutenant just now, and said to Guo Yuanzhen: "I transferred two Fa Caos to Beijing a while ago, you go to the post house to see, those small officials always look down on officials from other places, if you still look down on people, go to the post Arrange a good place for Kang County Wei's family."

Guo Yuanzhen was very concerned about running errands for the leader: "Okay, what about the other Fa Cao, I will also arrange it!"

Li Yandao: "The other is Di Renjie, whose name is Huaiying, and is from Jinyang, Bingzhou."

He looked into the distance, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

What kind of person will Di Renjie be now?
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(End of this chapter)