Tiantang

Chapter 78 Yang Guozhong's Stinky Chess
Chapter 084 Yang Guozhong's Stinky Chess

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it has been more than a month since Zhang Xuan joined the East Palace.The time of more than a month is not long or short, but for Zhang Xuan, it is enough for him to do a lot of things.

For more than a month, he almost lived and boarded in the East Palace, and rarely left the Palace to return home.Seeing that he put all his thoughts into helping himself and cleaning up the Eastern Palace, Li Heng saw it and felt it, and completely faded away the last trace of doubt in his heart.

This winter, which has entered Tianbao's eleventh year, Chang'an City is as prosperous and noisy as before, and it seems to be no different from previous years.

But for some people, this winter has not been so pleasant.Yang Guozhong is one of them.

Yang Guozhong has completely controlled the situation of the Tang court so far, and the court's major and minor affairs can hardly be run without his hands.It's just that Yang Guozhong felt more clearly the emperor's fear and suspicion of him and the entire Yang family.

There was news from the palace that the emperor intended to remove Yang Guozhong from the post of Jiedu Envoy of Jiannan Road.In fact, Yang Guozhong is now the number one minister of power in the Tang Dynasty and under one person, and he controls the power and lifeline of the central court of the Tang Dynasty. Going is another matter.

This means the emperor's suspicion, which means that the emperor wants to reduce his military power.

On this day, Yang Guozhong was not satisfied with the emperor's suspicion, so he went to the palace to beg Concubine Yang.

Yang Yuhuan's body has not been feeling well in the past few days, perhaps because of the damp and cold weather in Chang'an in winter.

Originally, according to the practice of previous years, when winter entered, Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan should have gone to the Huaqing Palace Hot Spring to spend the winter together, but this year because of Yang Yuhuan's poor health and inconvenience, they delayed it.

Yang Yuhuan lay lazily and half-lying on the bed, while Yang Guozhong sat under Yang Yuhuan's bed with a slightly gloomy expression.

"Mother, Guozhong has something to ask..." Yang Guozhong hesitated for a while, but he still took the initiative to speak.

Yang Yuhuan's expression remained unchanged, in fact, he already knew about Yang Guozhong's intentions.She was the first to notice Li Longji's actions and signs of weakening the Yang family.During this period of time, she told Li Longji many times overtly and secretly, but Li Longji either intentionally or unintentionally did not really listen.

"Third Brother, just say what you want, Bengong, listen." Yang Yuhuan sighed inwardly.She is not a woman who likes to meddle in government affairs and think about state affairs. She doesn't like these things about running around and fighting for power - but the Yang family is related to her future, and she has to cheer up to take care of it.

"Your Majesty, Guozhong heard that His Majesty is going to remove a certain Jiannan Road Jiedushi..."

Before Yang Guozhong finished speaking, Yang Yuhuan raised her eyebrows and interjected softly, "Third brother, you are now the prime minister of a dynasty, with one person under ten thousand and one person in charge of the government, no one can match... As for the governors of the feudal towns below, those who should be let out should be let out, it may not be a good thing to hold so many positions."

Yang Guozhong was anxious, he thought to himself, what are you talking about, you bitch?Having more part-time jobs in a certain family means that the power of the Yang family will not fall. Now the emperor wants to remove a certain part-time job. On the surface, it seems to be reducing the power of a certain family, but in fact it is aimed at the entire Yang family.

"Mother, Guozhong is definitely not greedy for power, it's just..." Yang Guozhong hesitated for a moment, seeing Yang Yuhuan's listless and indifferent look, he couldn't help changing his words, "Guozhong is willing to resign from the position of Jiedu envoy of Jiannan Road, and recommend Jian The deputy envoy of Nandao Jiedu, Xianyu Zhongtong, will succeed... I would also like to ask your empress to be accommodating in front of the emperor, Guozhong is very grateful."

Yang Yuhuan frowned, pondered for a while, and waved his hands wearily, "Okay, I will try, but the emperor has his own opinion, and I have never interfered in state affairs...Third brother, you have to be mentally prepared That's good."

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dusk.Li Longji walked out of Yang Yuhuan's bedroom with steady steps and a gloomy face, feeling a little unhappy, even annoyed.

He originally wanted to rest at Yang Yuhuan's side, but just after he sat down and said a few words, Yang Yuhuan started chattering in front of him to fight for power for the Yang family... He listened patiently for a long time, and gradually became impatient, and finally Still found an excuse and walked away.

Although he dotes on Yang Yuhuan, he is, after all, a powerful emperor with an extremely strong desire for power, good at playing power and authoritarianism, and somewhat self-willed, not an ordinary man.

He has decided to gradually weaken the Yang family until Yang's power drops to a level that he can bear.With Li Longji's temperament, once a decision is made, it is difficult to change it. Few people can influence and shake his decision, not even Yang Yuhuan, whom he loves so much.

In Li Longji's view, he has bestowed too much on the Yang family. At present, the power of the Yang family is faintly superior to that of the Li family, which is unacceptable to Li Longji.

But before he could really make a move, the Yang family's "rebound" started, which made Li Longji feel angry.

On the other hand, Yang Yuhuan has almost never interfered in state affairs and government affairs in recent years. Even for people like the Yang family, it was Li Longji who took the initiative to bestow rewards on his own initiative in order to please her.Therefore, Yang Yuhuan's repeated "interference in state affairs" recently aroused Li Longji's invisible resentment and resistance.

"You bastard, I haven't done anything to him yet, but he jumped up..." Li Longji stood outside the palace, staring back at the gorgeous cornices of Yang Yuhuan's bedroom, which was bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, and scolded coldly.

The corner of Gao Lishi's mouth twitched slightly, but he didn't dare to say anything.It's just that he knows the emperor's temperament and style too well. Yang Guozhong really made a bad move this time. He approached Yang Yuhuan and asked her to "plead" in front of the emperor, but the effect was counterproductive.

The emperor hadn't made up his mind to remove him from the position of Jiannan Road Jiedushi, and there was still a slight worry about the instability of the court, but this made the emperor make up his mind.

"Old man, what's going on in the East Palace?" Li Longji suddenly turned around and gave Gao Lishi a cold look.

Gao Lishi bowed and saluted respectfully, "Returning to everyone, the crown prince has recently cleaned up the East Palace and studied government affairs diligently... Come to Xingqing Palace every day to pay his respects, as always."

Li Longji laughed suddenly, "Zhang Xuan is quite capable, he has been there for a few days, and he asked Henger to obey..."

"Old man, pass on my oral order that Xuan Liheng and Zhang Xuan will meet me in the imperial study."

After speaking, Li Longji strode away.

Gao Lishi hesitated for a while, and waved his hand to tell the eunuch Li Jingzhong who was with him to go to the East Palace to summon him, and then he also stepped up to catch up.

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Li Longji left with an excuse, and Yang Yuhuan was very disappointed in his heart, and worried about his future even more.After all, she was only in her early thirties, and the emperor was nearly seventy years old, and she seemed to be in good health, but in fact she lost every day.The emperor may be safe in the Yang family, and her love will not diminish, but what if the emperor passes away?Who will protect her, the eminent concubine of the Tang Dynasty?

(End of this chapter)