People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1166 The King of Nanchang is indeed very calculating.

Standing in the middle of the long street, Li Xuan turned around, looked at Pei Yan, and said seriously: "Uncle, you should know that the battle on the grassland will not end so easily.

Even if Wenxi County Duke repulses the Tibetan attack this year, if Ashina Wenfu cannot be captured in one day, the battle will not be over in one day. "

Pei Yan immediately asked: "What does the prince mean, that Ashina Wenfu cannot be caught this time?"

"Unless Ashina Wenfu rushes up on his own, the grassland is so vast that no one can be captured in this current battle."

Li Xuan turned back to look in the direction of the palace and said solemnly: "Everything depends on Your Majesty and the military rations of the Central Government. If the Central Government can endure it, then this war should be over by next autumn, but..."

"Your Majesty, please speak." Pei Yan stared at Li Xuan carefully.

Li Xuan nodded and said: "But Ashina Wenfu is actually just a chess piece pushed on the stage. If he is manipulated again, it will take time to end the war. One year, two years." Year……"

Li Xuan sighed softly. He didn't know what went wrong in the Tang Dynasty, which caused the court with Pei Xingjian to fail to completely clean up the post-Turkic people.

Finally, Post-Turkicism finally gained a foothold.

Looking across Pei Yan, Li Xuan sighed softly in his heart, maybe he could see a clue from Pei Yan's body.

Someone once said that whoever is dedicated to serving the public will have flaws...

"Now that the minister's right servant is vacant, who do you think is more suitable to fill the vacancy?" Pei Yan asked with a faint look in his eyes.

Now that Pei Xingjian cannot end the Turkic War for a while, the next step is Pei Yan's chance.

Before Pei Xingjian's Turkic War ended, if Pei Yan could become prime minister first, then it would be Pei Xingjian who was blocked.

Li Xuan shook her head slightly and said: "This is the decision of Your Majesty and the Queen. As ministers, we should not speculate in private, but..."

"how?"

"Besides the order, the most important thing for promotion to prime minister in the court is merit. If you have enough merit, you can be directly promoted to the rank of servant, and the minister will be ordered to serve as a servant." Li Xuan glanced at Pei Yan and said softly: "Uncle, if If you want to be promoted, you should still think about how to make meritorious deeds.”

Pei Yan fell silent.

What he originally thought was to become a third-level disciple of Tong Zhongshu first and block the road first, but now it seems that it may not be safe.

"I wonder if the prince has any suggestions?" Pei Yan raised his head, his eyes solemn, but he looked at Li Xuan secretly.

Li Xuan smiled in her heart, but she still said with an extremely sincere expression: "The inventory of the hidden fields in Henan Province is progressing slowly. Now that the autumn harvest is over, why not let the Prime Minister lead people to conduct the inventory?"

"Prince Xiang?" Pei Yan couldn't understand Li Xuan's plan for a moment.

Li Xuan's expression calmed down, and she looked at the open street in front of her, and said calmly: "A few days ago, on Zhou Guogong's birthday, Yuan Wanqing said that the Prime Minister wanted to be transferred to Luozhou Mu, wouldn't it be just right!"

Pei Yan's eyes suddenly jumped, what a powerful calculation.

Li Dan wanted to be transferred to Luozhou Mu because he wanted to follow Li Xian's path.

He was first appointed as the shepherd of Luozhou, then as the shepherd of Yongzhou, and then directly as the crown prince.

But no matter what, Li Dan needs to do something.

Of course, Li Dan cannot do these things himself, so the person who can really do it is the North Gate Bachelor of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The Beimen bachelor seems to have a lot of tricks, but the investigation of hidden fields on Henan Road is not easy.

Even Li Xian, together with Huangfu Zhengyi and others, spent several months advancing only 20%.

Now that Li Xian has been deposed, it's hard to say how much progress is left with the hard-fought progress.

Now let the North Gate bachelor's people push forward, then it may be difficult to achieve results for a while.

You know, it was Li Xian who advanced as the prince, and there were countless children of the East Palace from aristocratic families around him, and he only advanced by 20 to 30%.

Most of the North Gate bachelors came from poor families and had great conflicts with local aristocratic families, so they had to force their way forward.

Something will "inevitably" happen by then.

Once a major incident occurs, the imperial court will naturally send people to deal with it, or even directly replace those from the Prime Minister's Palace to deal with the matter of cleaning up the hidden fields.

The best candidate for this person is undoubtedly Pei Yan.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your teaching." Pei Yan earnestly handed over his hand to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan returned the gift and said seriously: "Xuan doesn't remember what my uncle said to teach me, but if something happens to my family in the future, I hope my uncle can help."

"Your Majesty, you're welcome." Pei Yan said slowly, with doubts in his eyes.

At this time, shouldn't Li Xuan be seeking his own support for Donggong? Why did he only talk about his own family?

Pei Yan suddenly realized that this was because Li Xuan was certain that he did not need his help in matters concerning the East Palace.

In other words, Donggong will never go as far as Li Xian.

Pei Yan was confused, no matter how close Li Xuan was to the prince, he would always leave the capital in the future. Once he was no longer with the prince, could he guarantee that the prince would not make mistakes?

"Then that's it for today, uncle, Xuan will leave." Li Xuan slightly cupped her hands.

"My lord, go slowly." Pei Yan returned the greeting, then watched Li Xuan get into the carriage and then slowly left.

It wasn't until Li Xuan left that Pei Yan returned to his carriage.

The carriage continued to drive, and Pei Yan closed his eyes slightly.

When he came to see Li Xuan today, his original intention was just to inquire about Donggong's attitude on this matter.

Who knew that Li Xuan only mentioned himself from beginning to end and did not involve Dong Gong.

This is not important, what is important is Dong Palace's attitude towards Pei Xingjian.

No attitude.

The East Palace does not directly intervene in any court disputes, and everything is handled in accordance with the holy orders.

As for the cleanup of hidden fields in Henan Province... Pei Yan couldn't help but sigh. The King of Nanchang is indeed very calculating.

This is a piece of bait that you have to swallow.

……

Li Xuan just put on his coat and sat down, looked at the maid beside him, and said, "You all, please step aside."

"Here!" The maids retreated slowly.

Liu Jinyu, who was half lying on the soft couch, couldn't help but get up when she saw Li Xuan's appearance: "Is there something wrong, husband?"

"Lie down." Li Xuan came over, resettled Liu Jinyu to lie down, and then said: "The birth is just in these few days, so be careful."

"Husband?" Liu Jinyu raised her head and looked at Li Xuan. Ever since Li Xuan inspected Prince Shao Zhan's affairs, she had rarely seen him like this.

Li Xuan sighed softly, sat aside and said, "When I returned home today, I met Pei Shangshu."

"Pei Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment?" Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan in surprise, and then said, "Did he deliberately block his husband?"

"Yeah!" Li Xuan nodded, then sighed softly and said, "He wants to be prime minister?"

"Pei Shangshu doesn't want to be prime minister in a day or two... Husband is saying that he wants to be prime minister as soon as possible?" Liu Jinyu suddenly came to his senses.

Li Xuan nodded and said: "Although the Turkic rebellion has disturbed the country too much, it is a great opportunity for individuals to make contributions. Especially the Duke of Wenxi County has been the Minister of the Ministry of War for many years. His qualifications are sufficient and he also has many military achievements. Now as long as the Turks are pacified, they will be able to achieve an unparalleled success and then go to the palace to worship the prime minister."

"Turks." Liu Jinyu nodded slowly. Indeed, Turks behave completely differently today.

Many people have not reacted until now.

Today's Turks are no longer the twenty-four states of the Tang Dynasty, but a complete post-Turkic Khanate.

Once the Turks are defeated, Pei Xingjian will immediately be on par with gods of war such as Li Jing and Li Ji.

Even better than his master Su Dingfang.

"Once the Turks are exterminated in Wenxi County, it is inevitable to worship the prime minister. Once he worships the prime minister, Pei Shangshu will be blocked." Li Xuan sighed softly, with a sigh on his face.

Pei Yan and Pei Xingjian are the two most outstanding people among the Pei family.

One is the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, the other is the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the General Youwei of the Ministry of Justice,

If calculated in order, Pei Xingjian should have become prime minister earlier, but once he became prime minister, Pei Yan's path was completely blocked.

The emperor would never let two people named Pei become prime ministers at the same time.

Otherwise, once two of the three provinces are controlled by the Pei family, it will immediately be an unexpected disaster.

Li Zhi knew this very well.

So once Pei Xingjian becomes prime minister, Pei Yan will have no chance.

If Pei Yan and Pei Xingjian are brothers and sisters, there is no need to worry.

But these two people, starting from their early days in the Imperial College, had to look down upon each other. They argued and competed with each other, and their hatred ended early.

Otherwise, the emperor would not be able to let two children of the Pei family serve as ministers at the same time.

It is precisely because of this that Pei Yan will never be willing to succumb to Pei Xingjian.

……

Hearing what Li Xuan said in detail, Liu Jinyu immediately understood and whispered: "He is looking for his husband today just because he wants to ask him, between him and Wenxi County Duke, husband, and Dong Gong, which one should I choose?" who?"

Li Xuan nodded gently. This was the fundamental reason why Pei Yan blocked him today.

Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan worriedly and asked, "How do you answer my husband? This one is inappropriate..."

One mistake will immediately offend Pei Yan.

And he was deeply offended.

Li Xuan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "He is already blocking the street. What can I say to my husband... But my husband didn't say it clearly. He just told him to check out the hidden fields. As long as he has merit in checking out the hidden fields, he will do better than the Duke of Wenxi County." Come on, then the position of prime minister will naturally belong to him."

"So, will this be unfair to Mr. Wenxi County?" Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan with a worried expression.

Li Xuan gently hugged Liu Jinyu and said in a low voice: "Madam knows that there is no vacancy for Minister Zuopushe now."

"Huh?" Liu Jinyu was extremely smart. Li Xuan just started, and she immediately understood what Li Xuan meant: "Husband, you are saying that this minister, Zuopushe, was left by your majesty to the Duke of Wenxi County?"

"Well!" Li Xuan lay down gently, and then said: "Pei Yan is so actively seeking the position of prime minister. The most difficult thing to hide is His Majesty... If he really completes Qingtian before Wenxi County Duke, Your Majesty will let him They worship the prime minister, but most of them are Huangmen's ministers, Zhongshu's ministers, the same as the third rank of Zhongshu's sect.

As for the Duke of Wenxi County, if he is really successful, I am afraid he will only be in the third rank of Zhongshu's family... Two people in the Pei family can worship the prime minister, but one of them is in the third province of Zhongshu's family and the other is not. "

"Where is that?" Liu Jinyu asked subconsciously.

"Donggong." Li Xuan said softly with a faint look in his eyes: "Donggong's concubine, or the prince's young master, the prince's young master, or the prince's young guardian."

"It turns out that my husband is here for His Highness the Crown Prince." Liu Jinyu immediately understood that this matter had been taken advantage of by Li Xuan again.

……

In the darkness, Li Xuan spoke softly: "Sanniang, you have to pay attention to Pei Yan. This time he comes to see my husband. My husband promised not to interfere, but what if my husband does?"

"Husband, do you think Pei Yan is still targeting the Duke of Wenxi County, or even your husband?" Liu Jinyu's eyes were sharp.

"Yes." Li Xuan nodded slightly in the darkness, and then said: "Keep an eye on him more, I want to know how many tricks his men have left?"

(End of this chapter)