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Chapter 262 Sharing joy and sorrow in court

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    During the five years of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty, after the hustle and bustle of March, with the great turmoil of frequent demotions, demotions, and promotions of hundreds of officials in the court, on April 8, shortly after Li Qing was summoned to the palace, Li Longji made a rare appearance.  Several decrees were issued in the court, and these decrees were announced directly in the court, bypassing Zhongshu's door.

    Li Linfu¡¯s previous methods of suppressing Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming made Li Shizhi, the left prime minister, feel insecure and sought refuge in Shangshu.  Li Longji agreed to Li Shizhi's memorial at the court on the 8th, removed Li Shizhi from the post of political advisor, and replaced it with Chen Xilie.  Li Longji thought of Li Shizhi's hard work and achievements over the years and gave him the post of Prince Shaobao.

    In the court hall, Li Linfu and others were naturally elated when they heard the news. However, before they could be happy for a moment, Li Longji's second decree poured cold water on everyone.  Li Longji directly dismissed the minister of Dali Temple and another young minister of Dali Temple, Gu Heng, from their official positions. The new candidates were two people close to the prince's party.

    ¡°If Li Shizhi¡¯s resignation and Chen Xilie¡¯s appointment required Li Longji¡¯s personal announcement, the dismissal of a small Dali Temple Shaoqing also attracted such attention from the Holy Emperor, which inevitably left the civil and military officials scratching their heads.

    Li Linfu and others stood in the court and looked at each other. The Shaoqing of Dali Temple was only an official of the fifth rank. In recent years, Li Longji rarely interfered with officials of this level. The last exception was when Li Qing was the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. I don't know if Gu  What on earth did Heng do to make Li Longji personally issue the order?

    The Sacred Heart is unpredictable, and while everyone in the palace was weighing it secretly, another decree that followed surprised everyone.

    This decree of Li Longji really shocked the officials. The decree actually granted the title of Li Qing, Marquis of Kaiguo County, to a thousand households in the eastern capital of Luoyang.

    ??Although the Tang Dynasty granted many titles, most of them were false titles. The so-called number of households in a city was just a number, and at most it was more than the salary.

    But in this decree, Li Qing actually granted a real seal, and also granted a city in Luoyang, the eastern capital.  At this time, the prosperity of Luoyang was no less than that of Chang'an, and the place of enfeoffment was even better than that of Guanzhong.

    After the decree was issued, the ministers in the court looked at Li Qing, who was standing slightly calmly among the officials, and most of them looked at him with envy and flattery.  The fact that Li Qing was a holy family member naturally made all the officials jealous. Even Li Linfu, who was standing at the front, glanced at Li Qing subconsciously.

    Before the officials had time to digest the three decrees in succession, Li Longji had already signaled to withdraw from the court.

    Gao Lishi took a step forward and shouted:

    "Retreat from the court."

    The civil and military officials bowed and sent Li Longji off to the palace.

    When Li Longji entered the back of the palace, the discussion in the Hanyuan Palace suddenly started, including exclamations and congratulations. Even the imperial censor who was responsible for the order of the court no longer paid attention to these voices.

    Most of the congratulations were directed at Chen Xilie. The newly appointed magistrate was paying attention to Li Qing's movements while bowing his hands and being polite to his colleagues.  Chen Xilie had already received the news from Li Linfu in advance about his succession to Li Shizhi, but he did not know about the matter of Li Qing's sealing of the city. It seemed that even Li Linfu was not clear about it either.

    Li Qing walked out while echoing Daoxi's civil and military officials.  Li Qing learned about the fact that he could seal the city from the eldest princess the day before.  Princess Yuzhen revealed that this should be Li Longji's impromptu idea, and it seemed that Li Longji suddenly got interested and randomly awarded rewards.

    However, Li Qing knew that this was not without purpose. The reason why Li Longji placed his food town in Luoyang was because it was suitable for the growth of cotton.  Regarding the cotton matter that the palace told Li Longji before, Li Longji probably took it to heart.  It seems that Li Longji is not generally concerned about financial income, Li Qing said with a smile in his heart.

    After leaving Hanyuan Hall, Li Qing was walking down the steps when a voice came from behind:

    "Marquis Li, go slowly and wait for me."

    Li Qing turned around and saw that the person speaking was Li Shizhi.  The officials next to him who greeted Li Qing hurriedly bowed their hands and walked forward.  Li Qing stood there, looked at Li Shizhi who came over, and said with a smile:

    "What do you want Mr. Li to do?"

    "Li is no longer knowledgeable about political affairs. He should not be called a gentleman."

    Li Shizhi said with some self-deprecation.

    Li Qing hurriedly handed over his hands and apologized:

    "You are too reckless, please forgive me Li Shaobao."

    "There, there."

    Li Shizhi waved his hand, not caring, looked at Li Qing and said:

    "As the saying goes, without an official position, you will be light-hearted. This Shaobao is just a sinecure. From now on, you can call Li by his nickname when we meet."

    "Clear"Dare to be brave.  I wonder if Mr. Li County has any appropriate instructions?  "

    "I haven't congratulated Marquis Li yet."

    Li Shizhi said with a smile and cupped his hands.  Li Qing returned the greeting with a smile, knowing that Li Shizhi's call to stop him was not just a congratulation.

    "Li is no longer aware of government affairs. From now on, he can stay at home and entertain his grandchildren. Li is thinking of hosting a banquet in the house in a few days to entertain guests, and will ask Marquis Li to honor him."

    Logically speaking, everyone should feel sad when the position of left prime minister is gone, but it cannot be seen from Li Shizhi's face. At this time, seeing Li Shizhi laughing again and again, those who didn't know thought he had been promoted.

    "sure."

    Li Qing agreed with a smile and left with Li Shizhi.

    Li Qing just left, ignoring the envious or jealous looks in the eyes of everyone behind him.

    Wang He just stepped forward to congratulate Chen Xilie in the palace, and left the Hanyuan Hall one step behind. When he just stepped down the steps, a thick and hoarse voice behind him stopped Wang He.

    "The king will stay."

    "It turns out to be Yang Zhongcheng."

    Wang Fei frowned, turned around and said with a smile.

    The hoarse voice came from Yang Shenjin, the censor Zhongcheng.  Although Wang Xian looked kind and cheerful on the surface, Wang Xian already had some hatred for Yang Shenjin in his heart.

    Regarding Wei Jian's matter, although Yang Shenjin had previously impeached Wei Jian, during the trial of Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming's case in March, Yang Shenjin maintained an indifferent attitude. This made Wang, who was responsible for the matter,  He somewhat holds a grudge.

    To be honest, although Li Linfu was behind Wang Zhi's continuous promotion, Yang Shenjin played a great role in supporting him. Wang Zhi was able to enter the imperial censorship, and Yang Shenjin was the leader, and he was also recommended.  In addition, Yang Shenjin was a generation older than Wang He, so he usually called Wang He by his first name.

    By this time, Wang Xian had been promoted to the title of censor Zhongcheng, on the same level as Yang Shenjin, and Wang Xian, who also served as the Hukou color servant, gained Li Longji's trust. At this time, seeing Yang Shenjin still calling him by his first name, he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy.

    Yang Shenjin stepped forward and looked at the Wang Jie who was parked there. He did not see the slight anger that Wang Jie showed just now, and said with a smile:

    "Wang Fei, what do you think of what happened in the court today?"

    "I wonder what Yang Zhongcheng is talking about?"

    "Of course it's a matter of Li Qing's sealing of the city."

    "I wonder what Yang Zhongcheng wants to say?"

    Wang Fei looked at Yang Shenjin with a confused look on his face.

    "You can also see the changes in the court today. Although Li Shizhi is no longer the left prime minister, the Minister of Dali Temple and Shaoqing have also been replaced. The heart of a saint is unpredictable."

    Li Shizhi is considered to be the prince of the East Palace, but Chen Xilie who takes over is Li Linfu's minion. Everyone knows this. Chen Xilie, who is in charge of the position, has always followed Li Linfu's lead. From now on, Li Linfu can be regarded as the real one-handed man in the court.

    At this time, Li Longji suddenly dismissed the officials of Dali Temple Minister and Shaoqing Gu Heng, which was equivalent to completely removing Li Linfu's power from Dali Temple and replacing it with people from the prince's party controlling Dali Temple. In this way,  The power of the court became more or less balanced.

    In the previous court, Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming resigned, and the successors were almost all from Li Linfu's faction. But this time Li Shizhi resigned, Yang Shenjin and the civil and military officials saw a slight change, that is, Li Linfu seemed to have become less powerful.  I was trusted by Li Longji before.

    "I didn't expect that Li Qing would be so favored by the Holy Emperor. I didn't realize it before."

    Yang Shenjin looked at Li Qing and Li Shizhi walking away and sighed.

    Wang Xian glanced at Yang Shenjin, snorted secretly, and said coldly:

    "Li Hou has always been favored by the Holy Emperor. After all, he is the adopted son of the eldest princess. Not everyone has this kind of relationship."

    Yang Shenjin didn¡¯t seem to hear the sarcasm in Wang Xian¡¯s words, and continued:

    "I heard that you also contributed to Li Qing's last assassination case, so I can get close to Li Qing."

    Yang Shenjin said that Wang Xian told Li Linfu about the assassination of Li Qing ordered by the Marquis of Wu State, which indirectly promoted the detection of the case.

    Seeing what Yang Shenjin said, and knowing that Yang Shenjin was now seeing Li Qing gaining power, Wang Xie was somewhat fawning over him, so he didn't reply and left.

    Yang Shenjin looked at Wang Zhi's retreating figure, shook his head, and left Hanyuan Hall with a cold "hum".  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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