Yuwen Rong came in with a gloomy face, reluctantly arranged the next matter to his subordinates, so he stood up and left. He didn't even say anything to the few subordinates who had been trusted by him in the past. Faced with this scene, everyone had speculations when they thought of what someone had just entered and said. Especially Li Cheng, who was the judge of Yuwen Rong, who is now a member of the Ministry of Revenue, even called out to the censor Guo Quan, who had some personal relationships with him when he went out, and the two of them got off Yuwen Rong's mansion together.

Li Cheng is Zhang Shuo's sister-in-law Yin Xingzhen. When Zhang Shuo was transferred to the governor of Xiangzhou, he had studied all the officials and finally fell in love with Li Cheng and Zheng Yan. Zhang Shuo married his daughter to Zheng Yan, but married his sister-in-law Yin Xingzhen's daughter, whom he had a close relationship with, and then he tried to transfer Li Cheng to his subordinates. It can be said that his relationship with Zhang Shuo was not very close. Therefore, when Yu Wen Rong took charge of Kuotian Kuodi, he reported him as the supervisor censor and appointed him as the judge. Later, because Kuotian Kuo's contribution, he was appointed as the supervisor censor. When he was in Fengshan last year, he submitted a memorial to recommend him as the deputy branch of the Ministry of Revenue.

And this is such a person who should have been mediated between Zhang Shuo and Yu Wenrong, but now he feels in a dilemma. In terms of relatives and good fortune, Zhang Shuo has the virtue of Xu nephew and Jianba's kindness; but in terms of support, Yu Wenrong first appointed him as a judge, and repeatedly recommended him to take the position. Li Cheng empathized with this kind of virtue of using it. Therefore, now at the age of thirty-seven, he has grown up countless white hair in the past or two years, and looks older than Guo Quan.

"Brother Guo knows, why is Yuwen's Ministry of Revenue today worried about it?"

"Focusing on Yuwen's Ministry of Revenue, he is unwilling to tell people, how can I guess?"

Having said that, Guo Quan still had some guesses in his heart. He had a good relationship with Du Shiyi, and Yu Wenrong respected it. Therefore, he knew that the two of them were closely connected and moved forward and retreated, so he was naturally very content. After all, everyone saw Li Cheng's dilemma, and no one wanted to change the person in the middle to himself. Two months ago, Yu Wenrong summoned him and asked about Du Shiyi's two-tax system method. He had never heard of it, so he could only rack his brains to tell everything he knew. At that moment, he felt that Yu Wenrong had something else. Today, Yu Wenrong was suddenly so angry. How could he know that it was not for this?

Seeing Guo Quan shook his head, Li Cheng couldn't help but sigh: "Yuwen's Ministry of Revenue has become much more impatient recently. He often gets angry at the Censorate and the Ministry of Revenue. I also know that it is because although Duke Yan has stopped being prime minister, he still serves as the right prime minister of the Shangshu and also compiles the national history. But when I went to see Duke Yan before, I saw that he has become much older and no longer has the heroic spirit of the past. Now that victory or defeat has been decided, why bother to fight for the will of the future?"

Yuwen Rong had many officials. Li Cheng knew Guo Quan's nature, so he couldn't help but say a few bitter words. Seeing Guo Quan smiled bitterly, he knew that it was not appropriate to say anything else. He then raised his hand to say goodbye to him after leaving the gate. After going on the street, he only walked a short distance. After he finally stopped his horse. When the followers around came forward and asked carefully, he said in a deep voice: "Go to the Yan State's House."

Although Zhang Shuo was dismissed from prime minister, he was still in charge of the position of Duke of Yan State as the Minister of Monk and Right Prime Minister. Although the neglect of the house was inevitable, the rich family still had the atmosphere of a rich family. Although Yin Xing was really old and Li Cheng was a subordinate of Yuwen Rong, everyone in the Zhang family knew that Li Cheng was a junior who Zhang Shuo valued. When he heard that he came to visit, Mrs. Yuan had to meet him in the bedroom, so she led him to Zhang Shuo's study where he studied history.

The national history is always compiled in the palace history museum. It is a rare kindness for Zhang Shuo to be allowed to study history at home like Zhang Shuo. This also made the Zhang family finally feel at ease. Therefore, everyone was grateful for his brother Zhang Guang's first grievances, from Mrs. Yuan to Zhang Shuo's sons. At this moment, Mrs. Yuan knocked on the door and reported it, and then gently pushed the door open, nodded to Li Cheng and said, "I have been sitting there recently. Although my spirit is calmer than before, sometimes I get angry but still can't stop. Li Lang is looking more carefully when he speaks."

"Thank you for your reminder."

After marrying Zhang Shuo's niece, Li Cheng still called Zhang Shuo Yan Gong outside, but now he was in a private house, so he naturally got closer. So, when he entered the inner court and called his uncle, Zhang Shuo waved his hand, but signaled himself to sit down without saying a word. He sat cross-legged on the seat on the left hand side of the desk according to Yan, and then thought about it, but finally he spoke.

"Uncle, I came from Yuwen's Ministry of Revenue." Seeing that Zhang Shuo did not react much when he heard the name Yuwen Rong, Li Cheng said solemnly, "Uncle, the past has passed. Your Majesty still has feelings for you. He always consults state affairs and compiles national history. He heard that his uncle secretly ordered his relatives and friends to secretly search for the mistakes of Yuwen's Ministry of Revenue and Doctor Cui and others. He fought endlessly in the court, how could the saint not see it?"

Seeing that Zhang said he still didn't say anything, Li Cheng couldn't help but feel a little anxious, and even raised his voice and said, "Uncle, you should know that there is more than one source prime minister in the Political Affairs Hall, and there is also a new Prime Minister Du. Li, you have already stopped prime minister. If you fight with Yuwen's Ministry of Revenue again and again, it will be a battle between the snipe and the clam, and the fisherman will benefit."

Speaking of this, Zhang Shuo finally raised his head, but a little sarcastic expression appeared on his face: "Do you think I will not know?"

Li Cheng made up his mind today and decided to go all out and say it clearly, but he didn't expect that Zhang Shuo would reply to himself like this. He looked at Zhang Shuo with a little dumbfounded moment, and after a while, he asked in a difficult voice: "Since my uncle knows, why bother?"

"Since Kaiyuan, there are only two people who have resumed the prime minister after the rescinding of the prime minister. One is the good old man Yuan Qianyao, and the second is my Duke of Yan Zhang Shuo." After saying this, Zhang Shuo, who was originally full of old attitude, had his eyes wide open, as if he had suddenly recovered his vitality and vitality, as if he was still the prime minister who was planning to plan.

However, the momentum lasted for a moment, and finally disappeared. He narrowed his eyes and said lightly, "I was almost down to the bottom by Yao Chong's calculations, but even in a place like Yuezhou, I still survived and I was still back. However, I must not be able to do anything like this.

If he could even get rid of his crime because of his crime, wouldn’t it mean that the crime was wrong and the emperor’s sensible observation was also wrong?

Even if he was like Li Cheng, he would not say this clearly. Seeing that he was ignorant, Zhang said softly, "You don't need to persuade him anymore. Yuwen Rong thought that he had offended me to death before. If he didn't put me to death, he and Cui Yinfu would never give up. As for me, the same is true. Since it is difficult to become a minister in this life and make plans for my family, I will not allow the poisonous snake to sleep soundly beside the couch. As for the two new ministers in the Political Affairs Hall, I overturned Yuwen Rong, a trusted minister who might threaten them at all times. They can always tolerate me to take care of my old age."

When Li Cheng came out of the Yan Duke's house in vain, Guo Quan also received a letter from Du Shiyi to him in addition to Yu Wenrong. He was originally secretly guessing in his heart, but now he finally understood the reason for Yu Wenrong's furiousness. It turned out that Du Shiyi not only refused to ask Song Jing to reiterate the implementation of the two tax laws within the country, but also advised Yu Wenrong not to chase Zhang too much, so as not to lose both sides, or to fight against the clam, and the fisherman gained profit. Du Shiyi also said in the letter that if Yu Wenrong could figure it out, he asked him to try to persuade him again. If he couldn't figure it out, he would think that he didn't know that.

"It is natural for Yuwen's Ministry of Revenue to refuse to turn back. Brother Du, what do you do to me?"

Thinking of Du Shiyi's help and recommendation to him and Yuwen Rong's support and reuse of him, Guo Quan realized the difficulties of Li Cheng being stuck in it. Du Shiyi mentioned in the letter that if both sides suffered losses and the consequences of Yuwen Rong's confidants might be caused, he felt even more heavy in his heart. After thinking about it, he gritted his teeth hard, and actually put the letter in his hand and hurried out again.

"Guo Lang is this..."

"I want to go to Yuwen's Ministry of Revenue again, so I'll ask my wife at home."

Guo Quan said this to his wife and hurried out. When he only took a follower to Yuwen's house, the servants in front of the door did not expect him to return. They were shocked and hurriedly reported in. After a while, a message was passed in. Although Guo Quan had been to the residence granted by the emperor to Dongdu many times after Yuwen Rong was promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Guo Quan had been to the mansion granted by the emperor to the Dongdu, the more he walked in, the more he could feel the trembling expression on the faces of the servants who came and went. Before the battle where Zhang had finished speaking, he had also noticed this atmosphere, but he did not expect that it would appear again today.

"You're here." Yu Wenrong just moved his chin slightly and said hello to Guo Quan. Seeing that he had given a solemn greeting, he took out a roll of paper from his sleeve and sent it to him. He raised his eyebrows and took it in his hand. After scanning the ten lines at a glance, he sneered, "Du Shijiulang is really comprehensive. If you write such a letter to me, you will be a lobbyist."

"Yuwen Ministry of Revenue"

"Needless to say, I don't know the great truth, I'm just annoyed. He just doesn't like me, Yuwen Rong." Yuwen Rong slapped the table angrily, stood up and paced back and forth for two steps. He said angrily, "Since the ninth year of Kaiyuan, I have gone from the supervisory censor of the eighth rank to the seventh rank to the hall-centered censor of the sixth rank, from the sixth rank, the military officer of the fifth rank, and the chief of the fifth rank, and finally to the minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who is now at the fourth rank, and I have reached today in less than six years. Even Zhang Shuo returned in disgrace. Why did he think I would lose to Zhang Shuo this time, who lost power.

Guo Quan was so excited by Yu Wen Rong's words that he couldn't help but shout again: "Yuwen Ministry of Revenue, the times are different, please..."

"Nothing is different. At this time, I can no longer stop. I also know that there is little hope for Yuwen Tong to suggest that his affairs were successful. Even if Du Shijiu did not expect to take charge of the two tax agency rental and mediocre matters, Song Guangping might not be willing to let me take the lead in taking over the general."

Yuwen Rong smiled hoarsely, revealing indescribable fatigue: "Your Majesty doesn't like the fierce battles in the court, so in the past, the political affairs hall has always been one master and one assistant. Now he must see these attacks from each other. But if he hadn't wanted to look down on me, drag me down, and tolerate people, how could he reach this point today? You don't need to worry, maybe I can go further after crossing this dilemma."
Chapter completed!