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

Chapter 1208 How can Xuan have so many plans?

Sitting opposite Pei Yan, Li Xuan put one hand on the teacup and rubbed it gently, doubts already rising in her heart.

It's not surprising that Pei Yan wants to be the Minister of the Tang Dynasty, Zuopushe. Everyone wants to be the Left Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, but it is not easy.

Not to mention that it is even more difficult to achieve the position of Minister Zuopushe in a short period of time, or in five to ten years.

Another question, why is he so anxious?

"Uncle." Li Xuan raised his head, looked at Pei Yan, and said softly: "Your Majesty is in the prime of life. Maybe everything is just my nephew's unfounded worries."

"Is it true? If that's the case, why would my nephew prepare so early?" Pei Yan looked deeply at Li Xuan.

The emperor's physical condition is the basis for all Li Xuan's current actions.

Judging from Li Xuan's current layout, it will take at most one year to capture Tanggula Mountain, another year to capture Luocheng, and then two years to pacify the four sides.

Among them, the Wei family was the last to take action, four years later.

As early as two years later.

In today's world, apart from the imperial doctors who help the emperor diagnose his pulse every day, the one who knows the emperor's physical condition best is Li Xuan.

Pei Yan could see this clearly.

So the emperor...

Thinking of this, Pei Yan couldn't help but lower his head.

"Many things are just prepared in advance, and no one can always be right." Li Xuan said softly, "Maybe my nephew can find some better medicine in Tubo, so that His Majesty can live longer and longer, even in the Spring and Autumn Period. For eternity, it is unknown.”

"Maybe, but it doesn't affect the relationship between you and me, does it?" Pei Yan's eyes were slightly cold, but he still insisted on his opinion.

As for Pei Yan himself, even if he won the fight with Pei Xingjian this time, he was no more than a servant, and Zhongshu Ling and Shangshu Zuopshe had no share in him at all.

In the future, even if you want to go beyond Zhongshu Ling to Shangshu Zuopushe, it will take more than ten years, which requires other means.

For Li Xuan, if Pei Yan could sit in the position of Shangshu Zuopushe, it would indeed help him a lot.

But in the same way, Pei Yan, the minister Zuopushe, will become Li Xuan's biggest enemy at any time.

Li Xuan closed her eyes for a moment, and then said: "My nephew has already mentioned the uncle's matter to the prince. Now it's just that the prince has no chance to deal with politics, so it is difficult to contact him. But it won't be long before the prince has the opportunity to supervise the affairs of the country." When the time comes, my uncle will be able to leave on his own. I believe that with my uncle’s ability, it will not be difficult to gain the prince’s trust, especially now.”

At the moment, Pei Yan is just the Minister of Punishment, not the prime minister.

Once you become prime minister, you immediately have the qualifications to play chess on the chessboard. At that time, even the prince may not have much weight in front of them.

Just like Liu Shenli.

Liu Shenli was still very close to the East Palace back then, but after he was granted the title of Prime Minister due to his military exploits, he gradually distanced himself from the East Palace.

Even in the end, even when Li Xian was deposed, Liu Shenli didn't say much.

In addition to the fact that Li Xian was deposed because of his own fault, Liu Shenli's different position was also one of the reasons.

The closest relationship between Liu Shenli and Li Xian was when Liu Shenli was the minister of the Ministry of Works and had not yet become prime minister.

Just like Pei Yan now, when he is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, he has not yet become the prime minister.

At this time, he and Li Xian will be the closest.

After a slight pause, Li Xuan lowered her eyebrows and said, "Not to mention the incident in Qingtian, Henan. There are many things that do not require my uncle to do much. He only needs to find out the truth, which is enough for the prince."

Pei Yan's mind suddenly became awe-inspiring, and he almost forgot that the Li Xuan in front of him was no ordinary person.

The people from the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Beimen bachelors are doing the cleaning up of the hidden fields in Henan Province.

Although it seems peaceful right now, that's just because it's winter.

Everything is unobstructed and unobstructed among the fields.

But spring is coming soon, and farmers want to plant in spring. There will be wheat fields everywhere in the fields. When the fields are covered, it will be difficult to do anything.

Beimen bachelors are all human beings, so they naturally know that they should take a breath at this time.

But they are not the only smart people.

It would be strange for the wealthy families in Hebei Province not to take advantage of this moment and try their best to regain everything.

At that time, if the North Gate bachelor retreats one foot, they will immediately advance three inches, or even more, so that the North Gate bachelor will reach a point where there is no way to retreat.

Then the conflict broke out.

Then the Ministry of Justice intervened.

What Pei Yan needs to do is to use the Ministry of Punishment to find out the fundamental contradictions here, and then report the Beimen bachelor's mishandling to the emperor.

That's it.

It was enough to disappoint the emperor.

This is Li Xuan's method. This method, coupled with other methods, is enough to stabilize the prince's status for several years.

During this period, Pei Yan also had the opportunity to gain Li Xian's trust.

Taking into account Li Xuan's previous recommendation, this seems to be enough.

"No, it's not enough." Pei Yan shook his head calmly, stared at Li Xuan, and said softly: "This is too long." Li Xuan lowered his head, and finally raised his head and said, "My nephew can't do anything."

The two faced each other, their eyes colliding with each other. While the atmosphere was tense and solemn, they could also see the caution in each other's eyes.

……

Finally, Pei Yan leaned back slightly and said, "I heard that the wise nephew has approached Duke Zhou and asked him to be the best groomsman at the prince's wedding to the prince's concubine?"

Li Xuan's eyes were solemn, she nodded slightly and said, "That's the case."

"The good nephew is very calculating. If Duke Zhou really goes that day, he will definitely offend the Crown Princess. And I heard that Duke Zhou has already offended the Crown Princess in some previous matters. In this way, the two families are afraid that We are going to turn against each other completely." Pei Yan looked at Li Xuan with some appreciation.

Li Xuan smiled and said calmly: "Uncle made a mistake. My nephew is looking for Duke Zhou just to make up for the rift between the East Palace and Duke Zhou. How can Xuan have so many schemes."

Pei Yan smiled, shook his head and said: "Maybe Zhou Guogong can't see through this scheme, but as for the Queen, the Queen will definitely be able to see through it. When the time comes, Zhou Guogong can't find any reason to go...such as freezing outside all night, or by himself Take a cold bath or something.”

Looking at Pei Yan's half-smiling eyes, Li Xuan said with a faint smile: "So, it's actually not bad."

Pei Yan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, and said: "My wise nephew is very clever. If Duke Zhou really doesn't go, then I'm afraid everyone in the government and the public will have thoughts about him."

After a slight pause, Pei Yan shook his head and said: "Although this method is brilliant, my nephew has forgotten that the Duke of Zhou has no good reputation in the court, let alone the nephew who wants him to revise the "Book of Han". He The relationship with Donggong cannot be eased no matter what."

"What does uncle mean?" Li Xuan looked at Pei Yan with some confusion and said, "If uncle wants to go, he can take the place of Duke Zhou as long as he is there on the same day. Why..."

"If the news of Xiaguan's departure was spread in advance and the two of them came together to welcome him, then Zhou Guogong would definitely not be there anyway." After a slight pause, Pei Yan sneered: "Xiaguan also wants to see Zhou Guogong and Prime Minister Wei. The drama of fighting.”

"But my uncle also got involved. Between the British concubine and the British princess, my uncle chose to support..." Li Xuan paused for a moment, looked at Pei Yan and said, "Uncle doesn't care about Webster?"

"Westerly can't do anything to the lower official." Pei Yan looked at Li Xuan and shook his head with some pity: "Unlike the nephew who is from the clan, the lower official is from the Pei family. Once he becomes the prime minister, Weishi can't do anything he wants. , On the contrary, it is precisely because of this that perhaps Your Majesty and the Queen..."

Pei Yan stopped talking, but Li Xuan fully understood.

Pei Yan still placed his treasure on the emperor and Empress Wu.

Li Xian is the prince now and will be the emperor in the future. It is his responsibility to spread the branches and continue the family line.

Presumably the emperor and Empress Wu also wanted to see more people in Li Xian's harem.

By balancing Gao and Wei, Pei Yan has the power to balance yin and yang.

Pei Yan coming to power, at least temporarily, will be good for Li Xuan, because...

"Let's leave it at that." Li Xuan agreed decisively, and then he said again: "There is one more thing."

"My dear nephew, please speak." Pei Yan nodded calmly.

Li Xuan pondered and spoke carefully, saying: "If there may be a conflict between the Wei family and the clan, then between Zhou Guogong and Shishu, I am afraid that in the future..."

"That's why we want him to fight with Wei Shi." Pei Yan's eyes flashed coldly.

Li Xuan's biggest enemy is Webster, and Pei Yan's biggest enemy is Wu Chengsi.

Once Pei Yan becomes prime minister, Wu Chengsi will become his trouble.

Because no matter what, Empress Wu was pushing Wu Chengsi to become prime minister.

Once Pei Yan becomes the head of the Political Affairs Hall, it will be very troublesome for Wu Chengsi who wants to enter the Political Affairs Hall.

Because he will become Empress Wu's true spokesperson in the political hall.

Everyone knows what Li Xian's character is. At that time, the Prime Minister of the Political Affairs Hall will become the actual power controller of the Tang Dynasty. However, once Wu Chengsi enters the Political Affairs Hall, the role of this position will be greatly weakened. .

Pei Yan's rights will be greatly weakened.

Pei Yan's real enemy was not Webster or Li Xuan who was unable to enter the political hall, but Wu Chengsi.

"I just hope they don't fight too hard." Li Xuan raised his head, looked at Pei Yan, and said thoughtfully: "After today, the Cui family will have a prime minister, a household secretary, and a brother in the court; Xue The Wei family has a prime minister and probably a consort; the Wei family has a princess, which is enough; the Xue family..."

"My dear nephew, please speak directly if you have anything to say." Pei Yan sat up straight and looked at Li Xuan solemnly.

"My uncle will retire in a few years, and the Duke of Wenxi County may have to stay away for a few years. During this period, it is best for my uncle to find younger people to train among the Pei family, so that they can work together in harmony." Li Xuan He gave it a slight nod.

"Thank you, nephew, for reminding me." Pei Yan smiled, looked at Li Xuan, shook his head, and said, "There is something that nephew may know. The servant Liu Shenli married a cousin of a lower official. But there is one thing, the prince Maybe you don’t know, and many people in the court may not know, Wang Dezhen, the Minister of Household Affairs, is the uncle of the lower official, his biological uncle.”

"Ah!" Li Xuan was stunned.

……

With a "squeak" sound, the courtyard door closed.

Li Xuan stood in the courtyard and couldn't help but sigh.

Pei Yan did a good job of keeping it secret.

Li Xuan never knew that Wang De, the Minister of Household Affairs, was Pei Yan's uncle. What a trick.

Li Xuan lowered his head, and then he smiled.

Pei Yan wants to be the left prime minister, but no matter what, this will take time.

But will Empress Wu give him this time?

(End of this chapter)