Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 240 September Ninth Double Ninth Festival
Solitary House.

"Thank you for the Patriarch's plan, the child must be conscientious, and the Patriarch is the only one who will follow." Dugu Sheng saluted Dugu Zhen with a smile all over his face.

Beside him, Dugu Huai'en and Dugu Xiude looked envious.

In terms of seniority, Dugu Huai'en and Dugu Sheng are of the same generation, but now Dugu Sheng has become Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but he is still a Chang'an order.

As for Dugu Xiude, it's even worse, and now he's just an assistant official of the Ministry of Rites.

There was a reason why Dugu Huai'en was miserable. After all, he was tricked by Li Yuan before, and his official career would basically not improve much.Dugu's cultivation of virtue is miserable, it's because of his own incompetence.

Dugu cast a glance at him and said, "Sit down."

"Yes."

When the three of them were seated, Dugu Zhen said slowly: "This time you can serve as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, in fact, it is Li Yuan's appeasement to our Guanlong people. He suppressed the Dou family and appeased our Dugu family, which is conducive to calming down the Guanlong people's anger." Anger, so don't get carried away."

Of course, he did not make less preparations in private.

"My child understands." Dugu Sheng said hastily.

Duguzhen nodded, and continued: "You can go up this time, and Pei Ji has some credit. Next time we meet, you can say hello to him."

"Yes."

Dugu Huai'en asked puzzledly: "Patriarch, isn't Pei Ji from Li Yuan? How could he help us?"

"It's true that he is Li Yuan's eagle dog, but he is also a human being, and he knows how to be afraid. This time, he uttered wild words against Dou Shi, and he wanted to eradicate Dou Wei and Dou Kang at once. He has completely offended Dou Shi. You said he was afraid."

Dugu Xiude said: "I don't think he is afraid. He relies on Li Yuan and is domineering. How could he be afraid of Dou Shi?"

"Hmph." Dugu Zhen snorted coldly: "Stupid, Li Yuan is old, how many years can he survive? Even if Pei Ji can survive, his son will not end well. This time he helped us, meaning Before reconciling the relationship with us."

Dugu Xiude thought for a while, and said: "Yes, he is neither close to the crown prince nor the king of Qin, so he must be afraid."

Dugu Huai'en said with a smile: "I don't think the King of Chu is afraid. Pei Ji just wants to drive Dou Wei and Dou Kang out of the court, but the King of Chu wants to investigate all Dou's children."

Dugu Sheng murmured: "I know something about this matter. At that time, King Chu didn't want to get involved in this matter, but later King Qin recommended him to investigate the case, so he said so."

"Li Yuanji leaned towards the prince, how could it be possible for Li Zhiyun to be alone." Dugu Xiude said coldly.

Li Yuan's three sons are fighting, and he is happy to see it succeed. It is best for Li Zhiyun to support Li Shimin, so that it will be more lively.

Speaking of Li Zhiyun, Duguzhen was silent for a while.

Dugu Sheng noticed the abnormality of the Patriarch, and asked, "Patriarch, what's wrong?"

Dugu shook his head, and said, "In this contest of ministers and states, Yang Gongren is the last one to take advantage, but I always feel that this is not an easy matter."

"What do you mean?" Dugu Wynn asked.

Duguzhen thought for a moment, closed his eyes and said: "Li Yuan must have known about Li Yuan's suppression of the Dou family. He found someone to deal with Li Liyan and prevent Li Gang from ascending the throne. Li Gang has no hope of becoming a prime minister, and Li Jiancheng is not so stupid, it is strange to use rumors to threaten the court and threaten Li Yuan."

"Patriarch, after the rumors emerged, Li Jiancheng still supported Li Gang's entry into the prime minister. Doesn't this just mean that he was the one who released the rumors?" Dugu Huai'en said.

Duguzhen scolded an idiot inwardly, and explained: "Do you know that the rumors are so weird this time, basically you don't even have to think about it, you know that the prince did it, you think the prince would be so stupid, use the court to reject the former Is Sui Chenzi threatening Li Yuan with such words?"

Hearing this, Dugu Sheng, Dugu Huai'en, and Dugu Xiude fell silent immediately.

"Patriarch means that the crown prince did not do this?" Dugu Sheng asked.

Dugu Zhen said: "I don't know, it may be done by the prince, or it may be the King of Qin's counterattack. Of course, it may be done by another person."

He couldn't figure it out, mainly because he didn't know that Li Zhiyun and Yang Gongren were already together.

Normally, Li Zhiyun and Yang Gongren never had any contact, only when Princess Chu went back to her natal family to visit relatives, Li Zhiyun and Yang Gongren would 'encounter' by chance.

So, who would know that Li Zhiyun and Yang Gongren have a good relationship.

Of course, the close relationship between Li Zhiyun and Yang Gongren began to heat up rapidly when Li Zhiyun suggested that Yang Gongren go to Hexi.

From that moment, Yang Gongren suddenly realized that the niece and son-in-law of King Chu should not be underestimated.

The ninth day of September is the Double Ninth Festival.

Lao Li held sacrifices to heaven and ancestors in the southern suburbs, thanking the emperor and ancestors for blessing the great harvest of the Tang Dynasty.

After finishing it, Lao Li held a banquet and gave the officials a two-day holiday to go home and organize the harvested grain.

Shengdaofang, Yang Mansion.

Princess Chu took her daughter Baoniang home to visit relatives, and King Chu followed, which is very reasonable.Similarly, Yang Shigui was the third uncle of Yang Gongren, and it was also very reasonable for Yang Gongren to visit Yang Shigui.

Therefore, it was reasonable for Li Zhiyun and Yang Gongren to meet.

This time, because of Yang Gongren's residence in Xiangguo, the disciples of the Yang family gathered together rarely.

Of Yang Xiong's sons, none are more talented than Yang Gongren and Yang Shidao.Yang Xu is also good. He is now the magistrate of Mei County in Qizhou, and he will have a grandson who will become a prime minister in the future.

The son of Yang Da, the second younger brother of Yang Xiong, was killed by Wang Shichong. One of the remaining two daughters was married off, and one leftover, Yang Mudan, was left over.

One of Yang Shigui's sons died, and the other was not well-known.

In the back garden, after everyone talked for a while, Yang Gongren dismissed the Yang family's children and prepared to have a secret talk with Li Zhiyun.

"If there is no help from His Royal Highness this time, there will be no old minister today. Thank you, Your Highness." Yang Gongren saluted Li Zhiyun with his fists clasped.

He is naturally a little clearer than others about the details of his own planning this time.

Li Zhiyun hurriedly said: "Mr. Yang, don't do this. Zhiyun is planning for the court's virtuous people. Please don't take it to heart."

Yang Gongren smiled, and didn't say much. It would be boring to say a lot of things, as long as you know it in your heart.

There are so many virtuous people in the court, and the king of Chu chose him. If it was said that he was not related by marriage, he would not believe it.

"Your Highness, please rest assured that if there is a need for the help of the veteran in the future, the veteran will definitely not refuse."

Li Zhiyun showed a satisfied smile.

It is easy for smart people to talk to smart people, and it is easy to understand.

"Mr. Yang, please remember that when you become a prime minister in the political affairs hall, you must be fair, and don't favor sides." Li Zhiyun reminded.

Yang Gongren nodded, and said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I have also heard about the matter between the crown prince and King Qin, so I will definitely be careful."

"It's so good." Li Zhiyun said.

Then, the two had another discussion on the affairs of the government.

When talking about Yang Shidao, Li Zhiyun also sighed. Originally, he should have married his elder sister, Princess Changguang.But Yao Junsu was killed by him, Zhao Cijing was not dead, Yang Shidao naturally did not become a son-in-law.But Lao Li treated him well and had already appointed him as the governor of Lingzhou to guard against the Turks.

Now that Yang Gongren has become a prime minister, he will no longer be alone and helpless in the Zhengshitang in the future. This is a very good start.

And Yang Gongren is also a smart person. Although he doesn't know Li Zhiyun's desire to seize the heir apparent, he already consciously regards himself as the king of Chu.

(End of this chapter)