Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 151
Fragrant and cold, Jin Yan was turned into a red wave.

In the curtain, Yang Yuyao rested before she could talk about something serious.

"You seemed to say just now, let brother pay homage to you?"

"It's possible." Xue Bai said, "When I left the palace, the sage had just summoned my elder brother to see him, so I guess he might add a title of 'Tong Ping Zhang Zheng Shi' first."

"Calling 'brother' makes us really look like siblings." Yang Yuyao felt more interesting and asked, "How did you guess?"

"The case of Xiao Jiong and Yuan Chong could have been used to continue to investigate taxes and rectify the administration of officials, but the sage was lazy and raised it high and put it down gently. One or two people died, and there were fewer people involved than the Liu Ji case. It's just a joke, the only effect is to make Li Linfu and Li Heng lose some trust. Lazy administration means that they are afraid of trouble, and the saint is unwilling to abolish the prince and the right minister. The most convenient way is to promote a third party to balance the situation. "

When Xue Bai first opened his mouth, he was a little bit critical, but later he lost his interest, and finally said: "With my current energy, no matter how much I make trouble, there will be no disturbance on a large scale."

Killing a Hucao with a stick and dismissing a Jingzhaoyin seems very powerful, but what he hopes to see more is the change of the official administration of the Tang Dynasty, and even the reform of the tax system.

However, he already knew that this matter was absolutely impossible. The current emperor and prime minister would never touch the crux of bloat and corruption until their death, that is, in the prosperous age of singing and dancing, they would just play some games of grandiose feats and power struggles.

"The third party, is that us?"

Yang Yuyao didn't feel any dissatisfaction, she leaned close to Xue Bai, and said with a smile: "You are really a good brother, with great abilities, you can push me and the Yang family to the top."

"The Yang family hasn't reached the top yet."

"Then what else do you want? A seat? It's a pity that Yuhuan doesn't live up to it, and doesn't even have a son. Otherwise, your uncle will be a Duke of Zhou."

"There's no rush, take your time." Xue Bai said, "I'll get to the bottom of this matter with you, and you can talk to brother about it."

"Well, you said."

"This fire is bound to burn to the East Palace, but the sage doesn't want to toss the reserve right now, so it doesn't make much sense to stare at Li Heng. The key is—Wang Zhongsi."

"How could it involve him?"

"All cases, to put it bluntly, are just a 'reason' for the sage to choose the wrong place to balance the situation. So we quarreled and quarreled, and the result was always a mess. In the final analysis, the sage hoped so. Li Heng is the 'state' Ben', Li Linfu is a 'capable minister', An Lushan is a 'loyal minister', I am a happy child, everyone plays with the saint every day, and they will not be easily eliminated. There is only one person who is really in danger, Wang Zhongsi Do you understand? Continuing to deal with the East Palace will not dethrone Li Heng. It is never Li Heng himself who is afraid of the saint, but the expectations of the subjects for the prince. Wang Zhongsi is the first to bear the brunt. Today I deal with brother slaves and eliminate the saint. The killing intent towards him, tomorrow when I deal with Li Heng, the killing intent will increase again."

Xue Bai has already said it very straightforwardly, even a little too straightforwardly.

Yang Yuyao didn't bother to listen to this long passage, she just closed her beautiful eyes, leaned her head on his shoulder, and acted coquettishly.

"Just say, how do we do it?"

"Win Wang Zhongsi."

"Okay." Yang Yuyao said, "Let my elder brother smash him to death with money?"

"That's not the case." Xue Bai said: "Right now the sage doesn't trust the East Palace and the Prime Minister, but the one who trusts the most is brother."

"Brother's talent is stronger, but he must be loyal to the saint."

"Yes, the sage must feel that...brother has a good personality and doesn't want Wang Zhongsi to be implicated by Li Heng, so he gets close to Wang Zhongsi and advises Wang Zhongsi to stay away from the East Palace."

"In this way, we can win over one general? The other party is unwilling?"

"How should I put it?" Xue Bai mused, "To use an inappropriate analogy, it's like a powerful man snatching his wife from a poor family. No matter how unwilling the wife is, she can't let her do it."

Yang Yuyao heard it funny, and asked, "My Yang family is more powerful than Donggong?"

"During the Tianbao Years, the Holy Family is the greatest power..."

Why did Xue Bai remind Zhang Ting to blame An Lushan?If not, the Right Prime Minister's Mansion would only deal with Donggong with all its strength, and would not investigate him to clear Hu'er of suspicion.

The reason why he suffered this was to protect the king's loyal heir.But what needs to be protected is not the righteous brother of the prince, but Wang Zhongsi who is loyal to the country and has a good relationship with Yang Dang.

Harmful is just a means, not an end, gaining benefits is the end.

Borrow a case to shake mountains and shake tigers, pave the way for the advent of bamboo paper, let those who dare to think about it think about the end of Yuan Kang; then step on Li Linfu, push Yang Dang up a step; At this time, Wang Zhongsi was drawn in.

If Xue Bai's previous plan was for himself, accumulating fame and contacts to seek a future, this time it was for his faction.

The popularization of bamboo paper will be a major achievement not inferior to Li Linfu's "throttling expenditure", and the support of some border town generals from Li Heng is the foundation of the faction's strength.

The trial implementation of the salt tax can only lead to the formation of the Yang Party, and now it has opened up the way for the rise of the Yang Party, and the Xue Party will slowly grow under the wings of the Yang Party.

This is Xue Bai's plan hidden under the conspiracy. He is no longer the pawn played by the right minister. He is manipulating the Yang party behind the scenes to accumulate his own strength.

~~
In Yanyue Hall, Li Linfu stood in front of the window and thought for a long time, then said: "We must win over Xue Bai."

There was a piece of white rattan paper on the table, which was the news that Xue Bai had gone to Mrs. Guo's mansion, which actually made Li Linfu feel a little jealous.

Li Xiu knelt on the ground with a gloomy expression, and said, "Grandpa, I'm afraid this matter... will be very difficult."

"It's really difficult." Li Linfu said, walked to the door, pushed the door open himself, and told the maid: "Go to Yuzhen Temple and bring Shiqi Niang back."

"Grandpa wants to get married?"

Li Xiu understood it as soon as he heard it, but he only felt bitter when this old matter was brought up again.

At the beginning, he was the one who advocated marrying Shi Qi Niang to Xue Bai. From recruiting a son-in-law to personally arranging Xue Bai's life experience, his sincerity is not lacking.But in the end, Li Linfu completely ruined the marriage on the grounds of "the son of the enemy".

I regret it now, but the situation is no longer the same.

"Grandpa, Seventeen Niang has become a monk to practice Taoism, Xue Bai has joined the Yang family, and the holy family is prosperous, I'm afraid they may not be willing?"

"You think I'm willing to accept this poisonous snake?" Li Linfu scolded and asked back, angrily said: "Yang Li is just a fool, and he is about to worship the prime minister soon. How capable is he? It's just a flag, who put him in it?" up?!"

His jealous nature and his concern for aspects drove him a little crazy.

He was so jealous of Yang Zhen that he often forgot that Xue Bai was Xue Ru's son, which was also due to the fact that Xue Bai never showed any hatred.

Therefore, Li Linfu's deeper feeling is that a talented and prospective son-in-law of the right minister's mansion was robbed by the Yang family.

He can't get rid of it, he has personally tried it twice, the first time he failed to frame him, and the second time he tried to accuse him of the truth but also failed.Then, besides sending assassins, there is only one last way.

"Xue Bai is the key to Yang's party, we must win over this son right now."

Li Xiu said: "My child understands."

He said it clearly, but he thought to himself, Grandpa has been the prime minister for too long, and he only cares about what is best for everything, but it is too easy to ignore the wishes of others.

However, being really pushed, Li Linfu's attitude changed a bit. After talking about the interests of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, he heaved a sigh, and actually considered it from Xue Bai's point of view.

"The old man knew that he didn't want to, so he begged the sage to grant him a marriage. He didn't hesitate to admit that he framed Xue Bai out of personal grievances. He was willing to marry a daughter as a way to clear up the previous suspicions and play a reconciliation between the general and the prime minister in front of the emperor. I thought the sage would give the prime minister this face, no Thinking about it, the sage still has to think about it... You said, what is there to think about about a white marriage?"

Li Xiu asked suspiciously: "Is it Xue Bai's family who is in the thick of it? Or is the Yang family wanting to marry him?"

"It's all possible." Li Linfu pondered: "But the worst situation is that the East Palace also wants to marry a daughter to him."

"This?" Li Xiu asked in surprise, "Is he so popular?"

"That's why you are an idiot. You didn't get the marriage done! Now you don't know the seriousness of the situation?"

"Boy... I know I was wrong."

"You do this matter, show sincerity, the right minister's mansion is willing to recognize this son-in-law."

Li Xiu has a lot of bitterness to pour out, but Li Linfu has made such a statement, so he can only follow through.

Even grandpa can tolerate people, what else is impossible in the world?
……

In the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, Li Shiniang is the one who is most enthusiastic about his brothers and sisters. Obviously, this matter cannot be separated from her help.

Sure enough, when Li Xiu invited her to talk, she immediately became excited.

"Am I right? At that time, I advised Grandpa to ignore the grudges and let Shi Qi marry Xue Bai. It was just for fun. Unfortunately, Grandpa didn't listen to me, and Shi Qi couldn't let go..."

Sitting there, Li Xiu kept rubbing her forehead, finally waited for Li Shiniang to finish speaking, and then said: "Shi Qi Niang is a bit reluctant, you can persuade her."

"Why don't you want to? Don't like it anymore?"

"That's right, it's been hard to cultivate the Tao and build a foundation, and I don't want to be disturbed by mundane things. But I can see that she has feelings for Xue Bai. It must be that the daughter's family is thin-skinned, and she feels ashamed to turn around and ask for marriage, and she is worried that this matter will not work. , about my daughter's family, I don't want to persuade you much."

"She just can't wipe her face off." Li Shiniang said, "If you listened to me, you would have tied Xue Bai tightly."

Li Xiu frowned, and wanted to scold the younger sister a few words, not too vulgar, but it was groundless.

"Ahem, I want people to listen to you all day long, how about you come to rule the world?"

"Now grandpa is in charge of the world, and in the future, grandpa will become an official, brother and lord will continue to pay respects." Li Shiniang covered her mouth and smiled, "I am satisfied."

Li Xiu was too lazy to talk to her, and said: "Shall I invite him to the house for a banquet first?"

"Should I invite you to Mrs. Guo's mansion?" Li Shiniang just thought it was funny, "Brother and Shi Qi are too decent to do anything."

~~
There is a copper stove in the room, on which is cast a suanni handle, and the incense inside has been completely cold.

Li Shiniang just walked into the room and said with a smile: "Why don't you burn incense? Grandpa gave you a lot of wisteria incense. This incense is also called 'Jiangzhen Incense'. It is most suitable for you who practice Taoism."

She may not be very talented, but she is familiar with these precious things, and she can know the types of incense in the house just by smelling them.

Turning around the screen, I saw six boxes on the desk. When I opened it, it was clearly full of wisteria incense.

"Hey, why don't you order?"

"Wisteria is warm in nature and non-toxic, regulates qi and stops bleeding, relieves pain by promoting blood stasis, and treats angina pectoris." Li Tengkong said, "Such a precious medicinal material can be kept for treatment."

"Who can't thank you? Stupid." Li Shiniang shook her head and teased, "Do you know why Grandpa called you back?"

Li Tengkong didn't answer, but looked at the clouds outside the window.

"Hey, you look so fairy-like, if you really don't want to, why are you still at home?" Li Shiniang sat down beside her, and said softly: "People live in the world and should be honest whatever your heart desires."

"Grandfather said that he would like to reconcile with him." Li Tengkong said, "That's why I stayed."

"Then do you know how to reconcile?"

"Sincerely."

"Stupid girl." Li Shiniang just felt it was funny, and said, "Do you know what he is doing in Sanyi Yang's house right now?"

"I……"

"I'm afraid you don't know, let me show you."

Hearing her speak mysteriously, Li Tengkong couldn't help but wonder how she let him see Xue Bai,

Looking up, Li Shiniang took out a scroll and spread it triumphantly.

"ah."

Li Tengkong was startled when the red-faced picture came into his eyes, and he turned his head away quickly.

"Take it away."

"Why are you ashamed? This painting is so delicate."

Seeing that Li Tengkong really didn't want to look at it, Li Shiniang took the scroll and said, "I heard that Grandpa suffered a loss in Yang Dang's hands. The bad thing is that you failed to trap Xue Bai at that time."

"I?"

"If you hadn't been so cautious, how could Xue Bai have entered San Aunt Yang's way?"

As she said that, Li Shiniang deliberately broke Li Tengkong's Taoist heart, staring until Li Tengkong's cheeks flushed a little, knowing that she understood, she continued: "Anyway, this time you will listen to me and absorb him. come over."

"Don't say it, I am a person of Qingxiu."

"What a pure cultivator." Li Shiniang had many ways to persuade her, and smiled maliciously: "If you don't want to, I will do it for you."

~~
A day later, Xue Bai woke up, only to see Mingzhu standing beside the couch, bowing down and praying for blessings.

"Xue Lang is awake, Uncle Guo is waiting in the hall."

Mingzhu would not refer to Yang Zhao as "uncle of the country", obviously referring to Yang Zhen.

Xue Bai then said: "Brother, you are still waiting, why don't you wake me up?"

"Uncle Guo told me not to disturb Xue Lang to rest."

Such considerate and caring words, no matter whether they are sincere or not, are enough to show some attitudes.

Xue Bai got up and went to the hall, only to see Yang Li in the purple robe and official uniform, sitting there waiting boredly, but his face was still full of joy.

"I kept my brother waiting for a long time, forgive my sin." Xue Bai stepped forward, and without waiting for Yang Li to reply, he said immediately: "I think it's time to call 'Yang Xiangguo'?"

"Hahaha."

Yang Li was still reaching out to support Xue Bai, but he was already smiling when he heard the last sentence.

"Abaimo is going to make fun of me as a brother. The sage gave me the title 'Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi'. Actually, I don't know what official position it is. I just left the palace, and I was the first one to come to you."

Of course he got it. Although Xue Bai was not a secret agent who could explain the meaning of the imperial title, he was the noble person who single-handedly promoted him to the position.

To put it simply, the two provinces of Zhongshu and Menxia are located in the palace. With this official title, Yang Li has the qualifications to participate in the deliberation of government secrets, and he can be regarded as entering the ranks of ministers.Although Chen Xilie and Li Linfu have not been replaced for the time being, they can be interfered with.

The two exchanged warm greetings and sat down holding hands.

"Ge Nu has been in charge of state affairs for more than ten years. Once he is replaced, the sage will have to go to war. He must be too lazy to do so. I use my brother today because I am angry and think that I should cultivate my brother in case of future changes. This 'cultivation' two The meaning of the word, the seven words 'make less trouble and do more'."

Yang Teng was a little puzzled, and asked, "Brother, I don't know something. I think you often cause trouble, Abai?"

"No, I never trouble the saints, I only cause trouble for Ge Nu and Li Heng. Brother, if you think about it carefully, you will find that I only do one thing every time. When they want to deal with me, I will offer treasures to the saints. Others don't have so many treasures, so they will die naturally."

"I see!"

Yang Teng didn't understand, he knew how much he was worth, so he immediately asked about the general plan for his future actions.

In fact, Xue Bai had asked Yang Yuyao to convey it, but Yang Li still wanted to listen to him in person to explain the details.This kind of admiration generated through several incidents is not something that others can easily have.

At the end, Xue Bai said: "All in all, brother, just do the two things I mentioned well, and you can sit back and relax."

"But I'm still worried." That's why Yang Teng came here, and said, "I've suddenly gained a high position, and I'm bound to make my brothers jealous. When I win over Wang Zhongsi again, Donggong will not be happy. If they deal with me, What should I do?"

"It's okay, I'll deal with it."

"Then how do I get along with brother slaves in Zhengshitang?"

"You can do whatever you want." Xue Bai said, "We are no longer what we used to be, and their attitude has to change."

~~
After spending another two days in Mrs. Guo's residence like this, Xue Bai returned to Xue's house in Changshoufang.

Now although the saint wants to give him a mansion, he is actually still looking for it, and it must take a while to repair it. After all, the saint is very generous.

"Lang Jun can be counted back."

Xue Gengbo is now used to Xue Bai being locked up for a few days at any time, and he is not as worried as before.And I don't know when, even the steward of the Xue family subconsciously called him "Lang Jun" instead of "Liu Lang".

"There are two greeting cards at home, sir, please have a look. The other party is very attentive, and I hope to come to invite you to a banquet tomorrow."

Xue Bai took it and saw that it was Li Xiu and Zhang Quyi who invited him to the banquet respectively.

The Right Prime Minister’s Mansion and the Eastern Palace used to be aloof, but how can the figures in the power field have any persistence?Once she found out that she was not his opponent, she actually scrambled to submit to him, and scrambled to get close to him.

Because pleasing Xue Bai has become as beneficial to advancement as pleasing Concubine Yang and General Gao.

Today, who would dare to bury and frame Gao Lishi alive?

This is what Xue Bai said "it is not what it used to be", and the situation has changed.

(End of this chapter)