Tiantang

Chapter 168 Yang Guozhong Recommends Zhang Xuan
Chapter 175 Yang Guozhong Recommends Zhang Xuan
"What I mean by this palace is that Yan Zhenqing will serve as the governor of Henan Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. I recommend Changqing to be the governor of Longshuo Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and the military and horse transfer envoy. Zi Zhan will also serve as the deputy governor."

Li Heng smiled, "Do the three have different opinions?"

This was already decided long ago, how could Yang Guozhong and Chen Xilie disagree.Therefore, they all nodded in agreement.

Li Heng was about to make a decision when he suddenly heard Zhang Xuan's voice say, "Your Highness, I think it's inappropriate."

Li Heng frowned, and thought to himself what do you think, this is the candidate that you and Ben Gong had decided on before, why did you stand up and oppose it.

But thinking this way in his heart, Li Heng said with a smile on the surface, "What's wrong, Zizhan, but it's okay to say it."

"Your Highness, there is no problem for Yan Zhenqing to be the governor of Henan Province. It's just that Feng Chang's prestige and qualifications in the Qing army are slightly inferior. If he is suddenly recommended to the post of governor, I am worried that the Longshuo army may be dissatisfied. If not, appoint Feng Chang first. Qing is the deputy governor and Longshuo military transport envoy, as for the post of governor of Longshuo, Xiang Yang or Xiangyao Chen can lead it."

Zhang Xuan smiled, looking at Chen Xilie and Yang Guozhong.

The corner of Yang Guozhong's mouth twitched secretly, and he said with a smile, "Guozhong has already commanded the governor of Bohai, and it is not appropriate to serve as a military officer. Chen Xiang is the head of civil servants, and he has not enough energy to manage state affairs. If you let Zi Zhan do both."

Chen Xilie stared deeply at Zhang Xuan, hesitated for a moment, and echoed with a smile, "Of course, Your Highness, the veteran is old, but a civil servant. It is acceptable to assist His Highness in state affairs, but he is indeed incompetent to serve as a military officer in a feudal town. Your Majesty General Wen Tao and Wu Lue are all outstanding people, and they are young and vigorous..."

Li Heng pondered.

Zhang Xuan remained silent, but exchanged a knowing look with Yang Guozhong the moment he raised his head.

Both Yang Guozhong and Chen Xilie recommended Zhang Xuan, but Li Heng was not happy, because Zhang Xuan had already controlled the military power in Gyeonggi, and if he were to lead the governor of Longshuo, in the future... he might become the second Anlu Mountain.

I don't know how long ago, Li Heng's mentality has quietly changed.He began to subconsciously consider Zhang Xuan's "ambition" and "threat" in the future, which means that his awareness of imperial power is gradually being established, and it also means that the pure monarch-subject relationship between the two has also begun to occur due to the penetration of various external forces. Essence of change.

But in front of Zhang Xuan, Li Heng couldn't say anything, so he forced a smile, "Zizhan works in Jingji, and is also the governor of Jingzhao Prefecture. If he is also in Longshuo, can he take care of him mentally?"

Yang Guozhong immediately followed up and said, "His Royal Highness, Zizhan is full of strategy in his prime, and no one in the court can use Tubo to invade the border. Why don't you let Zizhan go to Longshuo to stay for three or two years, one is for experience, and the other is to frighten and resist Tubo. As for the defense of the capital, I believe that General Longwu Yang Lian can be transferred to take over."

As soon as Yang Guozhong said this, Li Heng was stunned for a while.

Of course he understood that Yang Guozhong wanted to push Zhang Xuan out of the capital and hand over the defense of the capital to the hands of the Yang family.As for Li Heng, at this moment, he felt a little jealous and defensive towards Zhang Xuan, but he still wanted to rely on Zhang Xuan to check and balance Yang Guozhong.

Once Zhang Xuan leaves Chang'an and releases the vassal, who in Chang'an can check and balance Yang Guozhong?

This Yang Lian is also a member of the Yang family. If Yang Lian succeeds Zhang Xuan——Yang Guozhong controls the power of government and Yang Lian controls the power of military affairs. Wouldn't he be the meat on the Yang family's chopping board as the supervising prince?
Li Heng pondered for a long time, then glanced at Zhang Xuan.

Seeing Zhang Xuan's calm and calm expression, his heart suddenly tightened—could it be that Zhang Xuan also wanted to release the feudal town with all his heart?Why is he like this?
Thinking of this, Li Heng settled down, "The matter is of great importance, I dare not make decisions on my own, and I will make a decision after I report to my father."

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Yang Guozhong and Zhang Xuan walked out of the East Palace side by side.

Yang Guozhong looked around, no one was around, chuckled lightly, and said in a low voice, "Zizhan, a certain family sees that His Highness seems a little uneasy about releasing Long Shuo to you."

Zhang Xuan responded tit for tat with an indifferent smile, "I am afraid that what His Highness is worried about is not that Zhang is sent to the feudal town, but that the capital's cultural and martial arts are all in the hands of Prime Minister Yang."

"If it was Zhang, he would definitely not recommend Yang Lian to take up a post in Beijing. The word Yang has already aroused His Highness's fear."

Yang Guozhong withdrew his smile, said something on his mouth, but sneered in his heart, he couldn't help Li Heng.As long as you, Zhang Xuan, are not in the capital, and you are willing to let the feudal town go out of the capital, I have plenty of ways to fix this limp prince.At that time, in this city of Chang'an, who would dare to disobey the truth!
Yang Guozhong did not expect that Zhang Xuan proposed to release the feudal town at this time.Although in Yang Guozhong's view, Zhang Xuan's idea may be somewhat ambitious, but it is in line with the political interests of his Yang family.

Currently in Chang'an City, only Zhang Xuan can compete with the Yang family.If Zhang Xuan left the foreign town, Chang'an City and the Tang court would become Yang Guozhong's world alone.

Therefore, the two hit it off almost immediately.

The two broke up at the gate of the palace and got into the car separately. Compared with Yang Guozhong's self-satisfaction, Zhang Xuan was calm.

Troubled times are approaching, sending out feudal vassals and towns to support their own self-respect is the best strategy for self-protection.In fact, Zhang Xuan's long-term planning and preparations are all preparing for today.Including the allocation of candidates for the governors of the eight major governors' mansions, he has deep considerations.

However, in his original plan, the release of the feudal town will be at the end of this year.After getting the news from Wan Chun, Zhang Xuan pondered over and over again, and decided to advance the time of this release.

As for whether Li Heng is willing or not, it is actually up to him.

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Chen Xilie looked at Prince Li Heng anxiously, he was not sure why Li Heng summoned him back on the way.

Li Heng is also looking at Chen Xilie at this moment.

"Chen Xiang, Yang Xiang recommended Zhang Xuan as the governor of Longshuo..." Li Heng smiled, waved his hands and said, "I wonder if Chen Xiang thinks so?"

Chen Xilie's heart skipped a beat.

He is not a fool, just now Zhang Xuan and Yang Guozhong made it clear that they were in harmony, it must be Zhang Xuan who wanted to release the feudal town, but Yang Guozhong personally proposed it.Why did Zhang Xuan do this?In fact, Chen Xilie also wanted to find out.

But in any case, judging from various signs, it seems that the relationship between the prince and Zhang Xuan...is not as strong and intimate as before.

The prince secretly recalled himself alone, which explains the problem.

Thinking of this, Chen Xilie's heart skipped a beat: he felt that his chance had come.

He has been an official for decades, and was suppressed by Li Linfu before, and after Li Linfu's death, he was controlled by Yang Guozhong. Although he was called Zuoxiang, he was actually just a talking and nodding puppet.But he is also considered to be in a high position, how can he not have ambition?

Chen Xilie was thinking about his own thoughts, but Li Heng sighed softly, "If Zizhan is released to Long Shuo, I won't have a caring person around me, who will share my worries in the future? "

Chen Xilie woke up suddenly, knelt down on the ground and said loudly, "The old minister is willing to saddle up for His Highness, even after death!"

Seeing that Chen Xilie knew current affairs, Li Heng smiled slightly, and leaned over to help Chen Xilie up, "Chen Xiang is an important minister of the three dynasties, and this palace should rely heavily on it."

"Chen Xiang, it's not bad for Zhang Xuan to release Longshuo, and I can trust it. It's just that the defense of the capital is not a trivial matter, and there is no one in my palace for a while. If someone from the Yang family is used, this palace will be even more important. Do not feel at ease."

Chen Xilie swears allegiance, Li Heng no longer hides it.

Chen Xilie hesitated to speak, he knew that once he opened his mouth, he would be on the opposite side with Yang Guozhong.

After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and made up his mind.Opportunities are in front of us, and if we fail to grasp them, they will slip away in an instant. As long as we have the support of the future emperor, the prince, what is Yang Guozhong?In time, he, Chen Xilie, would be able to sit on an equal footing with Yang Guozhong.

He has been up and down for decades in his official career, and he is also an old fritter among courtiers.How could he not understand what Li Heng's purpose was for keeping him.It was nothing more than seeing that Zhang Xuan had made up his mind to go, or that he also wanted to take the opportunity to let Zhang Xuan leave the capital, so he thought of himself again and wanted to support himself against Yang Guozhong.

"Your Highness, Yang Lian is definitely not available. The veteran can recommend someone." Chen Xilie said loudly.

Li Heng raised his eyebrows, "Who is it?"

"Dongdu Imperial Guard Longwu General Chen Xuanli." Chen Xilie said softly, "Chen Xuanli is a steady and loyal person who has always checked himself with honesty and sincerity. If His Highness favors and trusts him generously, he will definitely be His right-hand man."

Li Heng's eyes lit up.

This Chen Xuanli, Li Heng also knew this person, and his impression was not bad.Just because Chen Xuanli led the army to guard Luoyang, the eastern capital, he couldn't think of Chen Xuanli for a while.

"Okay, Prime Minister Chen, send an order for my palace to summon Chen Xuanli to come to Beijing immediately." Li Heng waved his hand abruptly.

"Old minister obeys the order." Chen Xilie knelt down on the ground again and kowtowed.

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Zhang Xuan went out of the palace and did not go back to the General's Mansion, but went straight to the Zhang Mansion in the south of the city to meet his mother Liu Shi.

Mrs. Liu was talking with Zhang Xiuxiu's mother and daughter in the bedroom, when she suddenly saw Zhang Xuan rushing in, she couldn't help but asked in surprise, "Xuan'er? Why are you free to come to mother's place today?"

Zhang Xiuxiu stepped forward to salute, "Xiuxiu has met my brother."

Zhang Xuan chuckled, "Sister Xiuxiu, you don't need to be too polite—mother, my son has something to ask mother to decide!"

Liu Shi pulled Zhang Xuan to sit beside her, and said softly, "Xuan'er, if you have something to say, please tell mother."

"Mother, my son has been checked. The third day of February is an auspicious day. My son wants to marry Yinger on this day, so I ask mother to make the decision!"

Liu Shi was taken aback by Zhang Xuan's words, and said softly, "Xuan'er, isn't your marriage with Ying'er fixed on March [-]rd? Why is it suddenly brought forward? In such a hurry, the wedding..."

"Baby can't wait, I want to marry Yinger as soon as possible..." When Zhang Xuan said this, his face didn't change and his heart skipped a beat, but Liu Shi and Zhang Xiuxiu were stunned.

can not wait anymore?The child!Liu Shi couldn't laugh or cry in his heart.

But Zhang Xiuxiu had a pretty face and lowered her head.

(End of this chapter)