Fortunate Young Gentleman

The grassland was once the mortal enemy of the State of Chen, but that was only in the past.

Today, the grassland is a friendly country of the State of Chen. In order to maintain peace with the Sushen people, the State of Chen even took the initiative to propose some conditions that were detrimental to the interests of the State of Chen and beneficial to the grassland.

Therefore, the court planned to send envoys to the grassland, and the Shangshu Zuocheng was not surprised.

The official of the Shangshu Province looked into the Shangshufang and said to himself: "I don't know who the prime minister will send this time. This is a good job..."

If it was two years ago, when the relationship between the grassland and the State of Chen was tense, the envoys sent by the State of Chen to the grassland would have to risk their lives and it was not certain whether they could come back alive. Naturally, it was not a good job.

But this time is different from the past. Now that the two countries have discussed peace together, going to the grassland no longer takes a great risk. Instead, it will add a strong stroke to the resume and be beneficial to the development of the official career.

Li Qi doesn't care who the Shangshu Province will send to the grassland. Anyway, he won't go.

Prince Duan was only half a step away from the supreme position. As a confidant of Prince Duan, staying in the capital and waiting for rewards was naturally more promising than being sent to the grassland.

Not long after he returned to his position, Tang Ning came out of the Shangshufang and handed a letter to Shangshu Youcheng.

Shangshu Youcheng stood up, walked into the hall, and said: "I will now read out the list of envoys going to the grassland this time."

Upon hearing this, the officials of the Shangshu Province stopped their work and looked up at Shangshu Youcheng.

Shangshu Youcheng cleared his throat and read: "Shangshu Zuocheng Li Qi, Zuosi Yuanwailang Fan Cheng, Zuosi Dushi Liu Wei..."

When he heard his name, Li Qi showed a stunned expression on his face.

Shangshu Zuocheng is the deputy of the prime minister. For things like going to the grassland, it is enough to send unimportant officials such as Zuosi Langzhong and Yousi Langzhong. It is not his turn as Shangshu Zuocheng.

The names after him were all the pawns that Prince Duan had planted in the Shangshu Province in the past few months. If Li Qi didn't know that someone had done this deliberately, he wouldn't have been sent to the position of Shangshu Zuocheng by Prince Duan.

He looked at the right prime minister Tang Ning and found that he was also looking at him.

His heart finally sank. At this moment, he remembered what Tang Ning said to him yesterday. It turned out that at that time, he had the idea of ​​sending them to the grassland.

Tang Ning not only wanted to transfer him out of the Shangshu Province, he wanted to wipe out Prince Duan's power in the Shangshu Province!

Li Qi stood up subconsciously and blurted out: "I have objections!"

Tang Ning looked at Shang Shu Zuo Cheng and said with a smile: "Oh, Li Zuo Cheng, what objections do you have?"

Li Qi said: "The envoy's affairs are important, but the Shang Shu Province is also busy with official duties every day. It is a bit inappropriate to transfer so many people to the grassland at one time..."

Tang Ning waved his hand and said: "Li Zuo Cheng, don't worry about this. After you leave, the Shang Shu Province still has Han You Cheng, the left and right doctors, and Wang Xiang and me. It won't be a problem if you are missing..."

Seeing that Tang Ning was determined to kick them out After leaving the Shangshu Province, Li Qi's face changed and he said, "But..."

Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "Li Zuocheng is questioning my decision and the decision of Wang Xiang?"

Although his tone was calm, it was full of an unquestionable majesty. Li Qi trembled and whispered, "I dare not."

As a Beijing official, he knew very well that there were countless people in the court who had been defeated by Tang Ning, from small officials to prime ministers and princes. Although the right prime minister Tang Ning was handsome and gentle, he was definitely not as harmless as he looked.

Don't think that Li Qi dared to attack Jingzhao Yin Zhong Mingli, that was because he had Prince Duan standing behind him, and he would become the prince in a few days. Without Prince Duan, he would have avoided Tang Ning as far as possible.

Tang Ning looked at Li Qi's uneasy expression, took the initiative to pat his shoulder, and said: "Li Zuocheng, don't feel any psychological burden. I have always been magnanimous. Although you framed my father-in-law, do I look like the kind of person who takes revenge for personal gain?"

No, he is.

Don't you see that Liu Feng, the former Minister of Rites, only impeached him a few words, and what happened?

On Liu Feng's mother's 60th birthday, he reported all the officials of Prince Duan who went to Liu's house to give gifts to His Majesty. That time, I don't know how many officials in the capital lost their jobs and had their homes confiscated. Even now, when Liu Feng is mentioned, many people still hate him.

What's the point of taking revenge for personal gain? Prince Kang just bumped into his boat, and even his princehood was taken away. If he was selfless and magnanimous, everyone in the capital would be a saint...

If Li Qi was just guessing just now, Tang Ning had made it clear at this moment.

He was just taking revenge because he listened to Prince Duan and caused trouble for Tang Ning's father-in-law Jingzhao Yin. Now he wanted to kick him out of the Shangshu Province...

Although going to the grassland is also a good job, how can it compare with staying and waiting for Prince Duan's reward?

Li Qi's face turned pale and he said in a trembling voice: "Tang, what are you talking about, Prime Minister Tang? How could I possibly frame an official appointed by the court..."

Tang Ning suddenly laughed and said: "It's just a joke, Li Zuocheng is so nervous, I sympathize with Li Zuocheng and can't stand the heat of the capital, so I persuaded Prime Minister Wang to let Li Zuocheng go to the grassland to cool down. Why, don't you thank me?"

Li Qi showed a smile that was uglier than crying, and said: "Thank you, Prime Minister Tang..."

No matter what, Tang Ning is the prime minister. In the Shangshu Province, no one can disobey the decisions made by him and Wang Xiang. Although everyone knows that Tang Ning is taking revenge, his revenge is fair and justified, and no one can find fault with it.

Shangshu Zuocheng Li Qi looked like his parents had died, crying. Although other officials in the Shangshu Province began to work again, their minds were different.

Those who were named like Li Qi and were to go on a mission to the grassland naturally felt sad. They thought that they would be able to rise to prominence in the future by holding on to the thigh of Prince Duan.

Unexpectedly, before Prince Duan became the crown prince, they were sent to the desolate grassland. Although this job was not bad, at the critical moment when Prince Duan was about to accomplish his great event, staying in the capital was obviously more beneficial than going on a mission to the grassland.

However, even Shangshu Zuocheng Li Qi did not dare to say a word against the arrangements of the two prime ministers, so how could they dare to have different opinions? They could only bow their heads and admit defeat.

The other officials of the Shangshu Province, especially the Shangshu Youcheng, Zuo Silangzhong and others who had been suppressed by Li Qi in recent days, were finally able to raise their heads and lift their chests.

Tang Xiang was still the Tang Xiang, calculative and petty. If someone offended me, I would pay him back. The arrangements made by Prince Duan in the Shangshu Province for several months were all cleared out by him in one day.

The only strange thing was that the grassland envoy had been staying quietly in the Honglu Temple since he came to the capital. Why did he suddenly ask Chen State to send an envoy this time, which just created such an opportunity for the right minister.

But no matter what, the Shangshu Zuocheng left and Prince Duan lost control of the Shangshu Province, which was always a good thing for the officials of the Shangshu Province.

Li Qi and others relied on the support of Prince Duan behind them, so they did not take the officials of the Shangshu Province seriously. In the past few months, they have been bullied by these people.

Under the strange eyes of everyone, Li Qi walked out of the Shangshu Province in disgrace.

He also had to report this matter to Prince Duan as soon as possible, but he didn't have any hope that Prince Duan would stand up for him.

Prince Duan had already made it clear that he would not offend the prime minister for the time being. It was completely reasonable for them to go to the grassland as envoys. Prince Duan would definitely not confront the two prime ministers head-on because of this matter.

Fortunately, the place of the envoy was the grassland, which was no longer as dangerous as before, and the weather was also very cool. Just treat it as a trip. The position of Shangshu Zuocheng was not small. When he came back, Prince Duan would surely not forget his reward.

He walked out of the Shangshu Province and saw the grassland envoys and the right prime minister Tang Ning walking side by side in front.

Li Qi was still a few feet away from them and couldn't hear what they were saying. He only saw a grassland envoy nodded respectfully to Tang Ning, then stretched out his hand and made a gesture of wiping his neck...

Seeing this, Li Qi seemed to realize something, his eyes suddenly widened, his body trembled, and his face gradually turned pale...