Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 229 Candidates for the Minister of Officials

Since solving Dou's matter, Li Yuan has encountered more and more good things.First came the news from the Turkic side that Pei Ju had completed the peace talks with Chu Luo, and the Turkic will maintain a certain degree of restraint in a short period of time and will not go south again.As for the attack by a small group of sudden cavalry, Chu Luo did not guarantee the Tang Dynasty, because the Turks are a multi-tribal collection in a broad sense, and even he cannot completely restrain the people under him.

Moreover, he did not want Tang Chao to live comfortably.

But for Lao Li, as long as Turkic is a little more peaceful, his goal has been achieved.

Secondly, Yang Gongren has been effective in appeasing Hexi, and he has already set off to return to Beijing.

"Okay, okay, Pei Ju is really talented, hahaha." Li Yuan put down the good news from Pei Ju, his old face turned into a flower with a smile.

Opposite him, Pei Ji forced a smile on his face.He didn't like hearing words of praise for Pei Ju from Li Yuan's mouth.He didn't have any grudges with Pei Ju, but his background and his ambition meant that he couldn't get along with Pei Ju peacefully.

Sang Quan Pei's family is too weak in front of Wen Xi Pei's family. He can become the favored minister of Tang Emperor today not because of Sang Quan Pei's family reputation, but because of his own investment.At this point, he seemed both happy and depressed.

What makes him happy is his vision, what makes him sad is his background.

Pei Ji knew very well that in today's world where aristocratic families run rampant, he is the only one in the Sangquan Pei family who holds a high position, and sooner or later the curtain will come to an end.Moreover, this day will not be far away, as long as he leaves the position of Xiangguo, Sangquan Pei will be beaten back to his original form.

If you want to change all this, the only way is to merge the two Peis and become the master of the Wenxi Pei clan.

In this way, the Sangquan Pei family can be regarded as one of the most aristocratic families in the world.

Only a family can survive for thousands of years.

In Pei Ji's position, apart from the words of fame and fortune, he thinks more about the aftermath.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, old minister."

Li Yuan took a sip of his wine, greatly appreciated the congratulations from his old friend, and continued: "Yang Gongren has also done a good job, it is not in vain to let him go to Hexi."

With that said, he handed over Hexi's success report to Pei Ji.

After reading it, Pei Ji smiled and said, "Yang Gongren is an important minister of the former court after all, he still has this ability."

"Hahaha." Li Yuan laughed. He remembered that Yang Gongren was actually recommended by Zhiyun.

"By the way, Your Majesty, now that Dou Wei is old, there is a vacancy in the Political Affairs Hall, and the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials is also vacant. I don't know what your Majesty is going to do?" Pei Ji asked.

Li Yuan looked at him with a half-smile, "Why, you are already the Prime Minister, and you are also interested in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials?"

"The old minister doesn't know when his old bones will fall apart. He is already trembling in the political affairs hall, how dare he take another job for himself." Pei Ji said with a smile: "The people below are very concerned about the position of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. But the heart is very moved. If His Majesty does not make a decision, the people below will make a fuss for a day, and the old minister does not want to pay attention to these trivial matters every day. Therefore, if you mention this matter before Your Majesty, if Your Majesty thinks that the old minister is talkative, then the old minister will not say anything."

Li Yuan pointed at him and scolded with a smile, "You old dog, you come to complain about me even though you find it troublesome, it's really hateful!"

"Hey hey." Pei Ji smiled modestly.

Li Yuan thought for a while and asked, "Who do you think can take up the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials?"

Hearing this, Pei Ji immediately understood that if he didn't mention the position of prime minister, the sage must have already had some calculations in his heart.

He thought for a while, then pondered: "Your Majesty, the veteran thinks that the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials cannot be easily granted to others. In the past two years, Your Majesty first suppressed the Dugu family, and then suppressed the Dou family. People in Guanlong have complaints in their hearts. But today is still undecided, Your Majesty cannot act too hastily."

"You mean to leave the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials to the people of Guanlong?"

"Yes."

Li Yuan thought for a moment, then sighed: "You're right, you can't act too hastily, it's a great victory to force Dou Wei away this time, and you can't make further progress, otherwise it will be counterproductive, it's time to appease them."

The reason why he valued Pei Ji so much was because of their basic friendship, and because Pei Ji did have some brains, and he was his indispensable minion and dog.

Speaking of this, he began to think about the six officials in the court, the assistant officials of the three provinces, and some Guanlong officials from the third rank and above.

There are quite a few Guanlong people who are qualified to take over the post of Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but many of them are not within his consideration.

For example, Dou Jing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Dou Cong, General of Youtunwei, these two people were born in the Dou family, so it is not appropriate to use them to take over the Ministry of Officials.After all, Dou Wei has been running the Ministry of Officials before, and there are many party members among them. If the Dou family is allowed to take care of it, the Ministry of Officials will probably become the Ministry of Officials of the Dou family.

"Pei Ji, is there anyone in your mind?" Li Yuan asked.

Pei Ji rolled his eyes and said, "There is a person."

"Who?"

"The prison supervisor Dugu Sheng."

Dugu Sheng?
Li Yuan's face was slightly startled, Dugu Sheng was also his cousin.

"Why did you recommend him?" Li Yuan sipped the fine wine.

Facing Li Yuan's light questioning, Pei Ji's expression remained unmoved, and he said calmly: "Your Majesty, Dugu Sheng has never had a sense of presence in the court, and he doesn't have much ability, so it is most suitable for him to be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. He Born in the Dugu family of Guanlong, if His Majesty promotes him, even if the Guanlong people were dissatisfied with His Majesty's forcing Dou Wei away, they would still choose to give up because of the Dugu family."

Hearing this, Li Yuan fell into deep thought.He had to admit that what Pei Ji said was a bit reasonable. Using Dugu Sheng to kill two birds with one stone was not only appeasing the Guanlong people, but also appeasing the Dugu clan.After all, since Dugu's resignation, the power of the Dugu family in the court has weakened a lot.

Moreover, let Dugu Sheng replace Dou Wei, what would Dou think?

Thinking of this, the corner of Li Yuan's mouth twitched.

"I'll think about it again."

"Yes."

Pei Ji didn't ask Li Yuan to agree immediately, he was just entrusted by others to mention it.

Returning to the mansion from the palace, Pei Ji called his son, lawyer Pei.

"Go and reply to that person, and just say what they asked, the old man has already done it, as for whether it will be done or not, it depends on God's will."

Lawyer Pei hesitated slightly.

"What's wrong?" Pei Ji asked strangely.

Lawyer Pei whispered: "Yeah, you are His Majesty's man, why do you want to contact Dugu's family? Is there any hidden danger?"

"If you don't contact them, there will be hidden dangers." Pei Ji sighed: "Do you think that the old man's position as a prime minister is easy to do? There is a prince inside, and King Qin outside. How can I sit safely if I only rely on saints? Even if I can Sell ​​your life to a saint, and let the saint protect you. But what about you? The saint can't protect your future. It's good that the old man is alive now, but once he dies, you will suffer disaster."

Forcing Dou Wei away this time, his speech at the court meeting can be said to be unkind, and he has basically offended the dead Dou family and the King of Qin.

The king of Chu also said a more vicious method than him, but he is the king of Chu, and he has never been involved in the struggle between the crown prince and the king of Qin. The two cannot be compared at all.

Offending the Dou family is fine, but if you offend the Dugu family again, it is tantamount to making an enemy of the entire Guanlong people.

He wasn't that stupid, he would cut his own way for the sake of the saint's plan.

"My child understands." Lawyer Pei nodded.

Pei Jiyu said earnestly: "The struggle in the imperial court is very complicated. You still can't understand it, so it's hard to understand. When you reach the level of the old man, you will understand."

If Wenxi Pei was behind him, he would naturally not love Guanlong people, but unfortunately not.And with Pei Ju's contributions, the merger of the two Peis may be in the foreseeable future.

If one path is blocked, he can only open up other paths.

"Yes." Lawyer Pei replied.

"Okay, you go."

"As ordered."

Lawyer Pei got up and left.

(End of this chapter)