Chapter 24 Welcome the Supreme Emperor to reorganize the rivers and mountains

Li Jiancheng was extremely angry. He believed Chen Ying's words and received Wei Zheng's guarantee that he would use Fang Xuanling with no grudges and appointed him as the right chief of the Shangshu.

Although this is a fourth-rank official position, then the Secretary of the Shangshu is in charge of the six officials, correcting the provincial and impeaching the censors who are inappropriate. The Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Rites, the Left-rank chief general; the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Works, the Right-rank chief general. The Secretary of the Shangshu is also the deputy second-rank prime minister. It can be said that he is the next prime minister. Although he is a fourth-rank official position, he can join the political affairs and enter the ruling hall to assist in the government.

Li Jiancheng was already very loyal to Fang Xuanling, Li Shimin's confidant, who did this. He did not expect that Fang Xuanling would start to form cliques with his colleagues Xiri and new colleagues after becoming an official. At this time, Li Jiancheng was not only angry, but also felt that he was fooled.

Whenever Li Jiancheng was angry when he thought that Fang Xuanling was such a person.

Li Jiancheng was so angry that he locked himself in the imperial study room, neither eating nor going to bed, which made Zheng Guanyin very anxious. Zheng Guanyin quickly sent someone to Chenjiabao to invite Chen Ying and Li Xiuning over. After all, the only people who can persuade Li Jiancheng now are Chen Ying and Li Xiuning.

Li Xiuning looked at Chen Ying and frowned and said, "Is Fang Xuanling such a person?"

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be!"

Li Xiuning sighed and said, "Everyone can change. When Liu Wenjing was by his father's side, she was accustomed to military affairs and gave advice. She was selfless and forgot to eat and sleep. But after becoming the Shangshu Youpushe, he changed!"

Chen Ying smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that Liu Wenjing has changed, but that the Supreme Emperor has changed!"

Liu Wenjing's death was actually related to his own fault, but it has to be admitted that Li Yuan was a mean and rude person. Although Li Jiancheng was so angry that he still did not directly Fang Xuanling, but was sulking himself. Sometimes, Li Jiancheng was stupid and cute.

Politics and officialdom are just a dye vat, and there are not many people who can get stained like sludge. Chen Ying knew how important this reform led by Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng was to the Tang Dynasty. The biggest disadvantage of being overly erratic is not that the court pays an extra salary. In fact, more than 2,000 officials took about 200,000 jin of money and grain from the court, and these money and grain were not very much.

The key is that this will trigger internal political struggles. After all, as long as people are idle, they can have the energy to ponder people's hearts and to plan conspiracies. They can use a detriment today and make a stumbling block tomorrow. Once such a trend is developed, it will be difficult to reverse it.

After that, although there were many officials in the court, few were in charge of the work.

Chen Ying thought about Fang Xuanling's evaluation in history and shook his head and said, "I hope it's just a misunderstanding!"

Li Xiuning didn't say anything, she remained silent for a long time and said, "Chen Lang, I haven't asked you yet, why did you turn down the position of Grand Marshal of the Northern Expedition? Do you not believe Dalang, and think that he will also be cunning and will cook it?"

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "Sanniang, you are also a soldier. Naturally, you know that commanding 30,000 to 50,000 people to fight is definitely not the same as commanding 450,000 troops!"

Li Xiuning nodded without comment.

Chen Ying smiled bitterly and said, "This northern expedition, the main forces were divided into six routes. The westernmost route was the Anxi Army, which crossed the desert from Shule, Kucha, and Beiting along Jinshan (now Altai Mountain), and surrounded from west to east. The western second route was Liangzhou Army, and advanced north from Dunhuang, Wuwei, Zhangye and Jincheng (now Lanzhou) along Hexi Roads. The middle route was Lingzhou Army as the vanguard, leading the crossing north and searching along the way along the Sujiangcheng. The East Third Route was Hedong Army as the main force and heading north along the Yinshan Mountains. The fifth Route was Hebei Army, and the sixth Route was Andong Army."

Li Xiuning said: "You also missed the army of the twelve guards in Guanzhong!"

"It can't be considered missing!" Chen Ying shook his head and said, "The army of the twelve guards in Guanzhong is planned to be headed by His Majesty, and the left and right military guards have a leading guide, the left and right guards are the central guards, and the left and right guards are the rear guards. The twelve guards are the general support, supporting places that can be supported at any time!"

Chen Ying turned to Li Xiuning and said, "I hope the enemy will be lenient... Even if I am well versed in military tactics... However, from Shule to Liaodong, it will take 16,000 miles, from east to west, 16,000 miles... the fast horse will need to run for two months!"

Li Xiuning pondered: "In other words, every time the marshal gives an order, the order will be passed to each general who leads the army, it will take at least two months. It will take three months to spread throughout the army?"

Chen Ying emphasized: "This is the fastest! If we want to change the direction and order of the attack... the leading generals will take two months to receive the report, and it will take another month to issue orders throughout the entire army... The army in the Marshal's Mansion will almost impossible to make a timely response, and they can only rely on the respective generals of each unit to fight. The 450,000 army without unified dispatch and command is 450,000 pigs! It is enough to deal with 450,000 pigs, 30,000 cavalry of the Li army."

Li Xiuning's face instantly became very ugly.

The more people there are, the more chaos it is, it is an indisputable fact. Yuan Shao before the Battle of Guandu was definitely not as unbearable as written in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". After all, Yuan Shao was a concubine's son, and Yu Yin of Yuan did not get a few points. Instead, he was much stronger than Yuan Shu. However, during the Battle of Guandu, he was defeated by Cao Cao. Similarly, Cao Cao's military ability is generally recognized, but he was defeated in the Battle of Chibi.

In addition, Fu Jian, Di Qin during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, destroyed the Former Yan, swallowed Xiliang, defeated Qiuchi, conquered Dai Kingdom (also Tuoba Wei Kingdom), subdued Tiele, Dingling, Tiefo, Gaoche, Heishuihu, Lushuihu and dozens of countries. It cannot be said that Fu Jian was incompetent. As a result, his millions of troops were destroyed in the Battle of Feishui.

The most recent example is that Yang Guang's million-strong army returned in a defeated battle against Goguryeo.

Li Xiuning gritted her teeth and said, "Then why don't you stop Your Majesty?"

"Why should I stop it?" Chen Ying smiled and said, "It is best to use Li Jing as the marshal now. There are 100,000 troops in the three towns of Anxi. I will control it and sweep the army across the northern part of Mobei. I can guarantee that there will be no problems. Similarly, Li Jing has been in charge of the Liangzhou General Administration for nearly two years. The Liangzhou Army can definitely be instructed like an arm. Li Xiaogong, King of Hejian of Hedong Army, and Li Jing have cooperated for six years. They have had a tacit understanding between them. The Hedong Army can also successfully complete the strategic tasks. As for the Hebei Army and the Andong Army, with Li Shiji there, there will be no major problems!"

Then I suddenly realized.

Li Xiuning said: "Let's go to the Western Regions together?"

"No!" Chen Ying said in an unquestionable tone: "The prince Chengdao is young this year. Once Your Majesty enters the north, someone must be able to sit in the capital. General Qu Tutong is already old. It is reasonable. Sanniang should be in charge of Chang'an and intimidate the little girl!"

Just when Li Xiuning and Chen Ying came to the imperial study room of Taiji Palace, Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling also came to the imperial study room with their bodies in their clothes.

When Li Jiancheng saw Li Xiuning and Chen Ying coming, his face was full of smiles. However, when he saw Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling coming in talking and laughing, Li Jiancheng slapped the table in anger and became angry.

Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng looked at each other in a daze.

Li Jiancheng pointed at Fang Xuanling and scolded: "Fang Xuanling, I didn't expect you to be such a despicable villain! He always acted like he was worried about the country and the people. In his bones, he sought fame and reputation, and was shameless..."

Wei Zheng stepped forward to defend Fang Xuanling and said, "Your Majesty, actually... this is..."

Before Wei Zheng finished speaking, Li Jiancheng raised his arm angrily and interrupted Wei Zheng's words and said, "Don't defend him! The disciples and provinces have become East City, and the face of the court has long been gone! I don't want to listen to such things, nor do I want to listen to them! You form cliques, I don't care, but I have never heard of them! I am really blind, why didn't I see the true face of you, a hypocrite? One thing in front of you, one thing behind you!"

Fang Xuanling lowered his head from beginning to end, letting Li Jiancheng roar.

Li Jiancheng sneered several times, sat down after the desk, stared at Fang Xuanling and said, "Say it, I see how you explain it."

Wei Zheng coughed awkwardly and said, "Your Majesty, Fang Xuanling has already listed the list of officials who need to be laid off in the province. Those who ask Fang Xuanling for their care are all in the... removal and abolition."

After Wei Zheng finished speaking, he looked up at Li Jiancheng as if he was not concerned about his own affairs, but found that he was already stunned.

Wei Zheng held back his smile and said, "Your Majesty!"

Li Jiancheng came to his senses and opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Li Xiuning breathed a sigh of relief, and she looked at Chen Ying innocently.

Some complained about why Chen Ying didn't explain it clearly to her.

Chen Ying shrugged and showed Li Xiuning to sit down without saying much.

Fang Xuanling coughed and cleared his throat and said, "Your Majesty... Menxia Province has a position of Shizhong, Zuo Sanqi Changshi, Zuo Jianyifu, Zuo Jianyi, Zuo Buqu, Zuo Buqu, City Gate Lang, Fu Baolang, Shuling Shi, Lingshi and other positions. According to the current government needs of the court, Menxia Province requires more than 40 officials, and the remaining more than 200 people are redundant, which is one of them."

Li Jiancheng nodded thoughtfully.

Fang Xuanling continued: "Secondly, according to the court's regulations on promotion and promotion, there are only 32 officials who have entered the provincial government as officials due to their merits and abilities. The rest of them have been mixed through various ways of recommendation and even bribery. Thirdly, according to their daily words and deeds, twenty-eight of them have no intention of greeting and flattering, and their flattery and upright nature can be of great use. According to these investigation results, I believe that the provincial government only needs to leave forty-three people, and the remaining two hundred and eighty-seven people should be eliminated."

After Fang Xuanling said that, he handed the list of personnel to Li Jiancheng.

Li Jiancheng silently read the list.

Wei Zheng sighed and said with a worried look: "If it were based on Xuanling's rules, the officials in Chang'an in the court would be able to stay in the end, but they would probably be less than one-fifth of the current post. It would be really earth-shaking!"

Li Jiancheng jumped out of his teeth and said, "Just lay off employees according to this list, Xuancheng, let the Secretariat draft the order."

After Wei Zheng cried, he turned around and walked out.

Fang Xuanling stood there, motionless.

Wei Zheng stopped and looked at Fang Xuanling strangely with Li Jiancheng.

Fang Xuanling looked like an old god, and his face was a little bit beaten. He smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you still owe me an apology."

Li Jiancheng suddenly collapsed and said, "You..."

Wei Zheng looked at Fang Xuanling and Li Jiancheng, looking curious.

Fang Xuanling held his hands and stood there leisurely, staring at Li Jiancheng without blinking and said, "Your Majesty, you are wrong as a minister. If you are wrong, you are wrong. You must apologize to me!"

Li Jiancheng exhaled gently, stood up suddenly, strode to Fang Xuanling, with a serious expression and respectfully bowed to Fang Xuanling, "I didn't investigate for a while, I blame Xuanling for wrongly, please forgive me."

Fang Xuanling did not avoid any evasion. The big thorn was bowed by Li Jiancheng, then waved his hand and said, "Well, a small matter, I won't care about Your Majesty.

Li Jiancheng's mouth twitched and he glared at Fang Xuanling fiercely.

Wei Zheng held back his laughter and left quickly.

Li Jiancheng stared at Fang Xuanling fiercely, and the sound of teeth rubbing sounded.

Fang Xuanling was unmoved and still looked at Li Jiancheng without showing any weakness.

It seemed that Fang Xuanling felt that Li Jiancheng was fun like this.

Chen Ying looked at Li Jiancheng at the verge of an outbreak and looked at Fang Xuanling's face and said, "Fang Xuanling, you have enough. This time I have made great contributions to the country. I suggest that Your Majesty reward two concubines to add incense to you!"

Hearing this, Fang Xuanling's face changed drastically when he heard this. He quickly turned around and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to do, I will take my leave first!"

Li Jiancheng was a little strange. Why did Chen Ying say that Fang Xuanling was like a mouse meeting a cat?

Chen Ying naturally did not tell Li Jiancheng that the good stories left by Fang Xuanling in history were jealous.

In history, in order to win people's hearts, Li Er wanted to take a concubine for the prime minister Fang Xuanling of the dynasty. Fang Xuanling's wife was jealous and interfered, but refused to let him go. Li Er had no choice but to make Fang Xuanling's wife Lu choose one of the poisonous wine and take a concubine. Unexpectedly, Lu was indeed a bit strong and would rather die than bow his head in front of Li Er. So he picked up the glass of "poisonous wine" and drank it all. When Lu finished drinking it with tears, he found that the cup was not poisonous wine, but strong vinegar with a sweet and sour aroma.

From then on, "jealousy" and "jealousy" were combined, and "jealousy" became a metaphor for jealousy.

Li Jiancheng cried out in a bad mood, and then Li Jiancheng said, "Sanniang, Chen Ying, you are here just in time. I am hungry now, let's have a meal together!"

...

Li Xiaochang, the residence of the Grand Sikong Pei Ji in Chang'an City, was the Prince of Yi'an and the head of Lizhou, who was in an inconspicuous two-wheeled carriage and slowly entered Pei Ji's residence.

Li Xiaochang looked at Pei Ji, who had a thin face and said, "The Lone King has a doubt, so please give him advice!"

Pei Ji said lightly: "I dare not take the advice, but King Yi'an said it's okay!"

Li Xiaochang said with a gloomy face: "Li Jiancheng is not worried about being attacked by the Li family?"

Pei Ji shook his head and said, "The royal family will not surrender their titles. There are at least three people, and Your Majesty will not move."

Li Xiaochang said curiously: "Which three people?"

Pei Ji smiled and said, "One is Li Xiaogong, the prince of Hejian. He was promoted from the title of Prince Zhao to King Hejian, but instead of surrendering. The other is Li Shentong, the prince of Huai'an. The other is Li Daozong, the prince of Jiangxia. These three people have made great contributions to the court.

Li Xiaochang nodded.

Pei Ji smiled and said, "Li Daozong has always been low-key and will not stand out. Li Xiaogong is His Majesty's best friend and will not stand out. Only those who can stand out and speak for the royal family are those who have great kindness to His Majesty... Li Shentong, the prince of Huai'an.

Li Xiaochang glanced at Pei Ji with a meaningful look.

Pei Ji seemed to be fine, lowered his eyes and just drank tea.

Li Xiaochang looked at Pei Ji hesitantly and said, "Pei Sikong, the Supreme Emperor...will he come forward to clean up the mess?"

"The Supreme Emperor?" Pei Ji said coldly: "It's not the time yet. A Li Shentong is not enough to accomplish anything!"

"What if I add this king?" Li Xiaochang looked at Pei Ji and said meaningfully.

Pei Ji glanced at Li Xiaochang indifferently and said, "What does King Yi'an want to do?"

Li Xiaochang did not answer immediately. He walked slowly with his hands behind his back, turned slowly from the window, and lowered his voice: "I have no other ears to pick up people's teeth!"

Pei Ji didn't say anything, and slowly picked up the tea bowl.

He covered the cover with his left hand and gently fiddled on the tea bowl.

One of the key points is to serve tea and see off guests.
Chapter completed!