Tibet

Chapter 467 Is it a blessing or a curse?

Li Ye stepped forward quickly and stopped the carriage. Li Dai opened the window and asked, "Ye'er, what happened?"

"Those are officials from all over the country, and they gave my father some local specialties, which are very good. There is also a basket of hairy crabs from Suzhou, and Qingshui green pears from Qizhou. I like it very much."

Li Dai looked bewildered, "Why give me a good present?"

"Father isn't in the official room today?" Li Ye was surprised.

"I went to Xianyang today and just came back."

Li Ye smiled and said: "No wonder, my father has been changed to be the servant of the household department, let's go home and clean up! I think the official will come soon."

Li Dai's eyes widened, Minister of the Household Department, isn't that Yang Guozhong's concurrent post?It's like a dream to let yourself be the servant of the household department.

"Ye'er, are you serious about what you said?"

"Father, those officials who enter the theater are the most well-informed, and they can't make mistakes!"

Li Dai nodded, and suddenly he frowned, "Ye'er, isn't it blatant bribery when they give gifts like this?"

Li Ye smiled and said: "The gifts for Yang Guozhong are all placed on the street, do you think he cares? I gave the emperor 300 million gold coins, and he accepted them with pleasure, so don't worry, father. The local specialties are allowed by the imperial court, you can’t eat so much, you can give them to your colleagues, to your subordinates.”

Li Dai sighed: "It doesn't matter a little special product, I'm afraid they will stuff gold and silver in it. When I was in Runzhou, I encountered too many such things."

"How did the father deal with it?"

"Send money! Of course, I am begging me to do something. When the gift giver finds me, I will return the money to him, and then I will do business. If I can't find the gift giver, I will donate it to the temples that help the victims. Help the poor."

Li Ye nodded, "It's better to continue to deal with it like this. I think it's good. They have a lot of money, so I will donate it to the poor for them!"

When Li Dai walked to the gate of the mansion, he was immediately surrounded by officials, vying to greet Li Shilang, but Li Ye was squeezed outside. He was the majestic Anxi Jiedu envoy and the king of Gaochang County, and he was actually played by this group of officials. Court officials ignored it.

Li Ye smiled wryly and gave Liu Wutong a wink. Liu Wutong rushed forward with two of his men, forcibly separated the crowd, and protected Li Dai as he walked towards the mansion.

After entering the gate of the mansion, the officials were stopped by several warriors, and Li Ye was relieved. It's not easy to be the Minister of the Household Department!
At nightfall, Li Dai's will came, and he was promoted to be a fourth-rank upper-ranking official doctor, and to serve as the household servant and Duzhi doctor. From now on, Yang Guozhong will no longer hold these two positions concurrently. Yang Guozhong holds more than forty positions. Emperor Li Longji However, he took away the two most important positions among all his part-time jobs, which also expressed Li Longji's dissatisfaction with him, the financial deterioration, the lack of salary of court officials, and the complaints from officials, even Li Longji felt it.

Li Longji appointed Li Dai as the servant of the household department. On the one hand, he valued his integrity and ability, and on the other hand, he hoped that Li Dai could get some money from his son to subsidize the court.

Li Longji knew in his heart that Li Ye still had money in his hands, far more than a million gold coins.

However, Li Ye's appointment was more than an hour late. Li Ye was officially appointed as Anxi Jiedu envoy and governor of Hezhong, named champion general and Yushi doctor, and was promoted from the original third-rank official rank to the third-rank official rank.

In the morning of the next day, Li Ye came to Dugu Mansion, and he had to come to express his opinion. Since he served as Anxi Jiedu Envoy, Dugu Jun's hope of becoming Beiting Jiedu Envoy was indirectly shattered, which made Li Ye feel very guilty.

Dugu Lie invited Li Ye to sit down in the study, and said with a smile: "First of all, congratulations to my nephew on being promoted to Anxi Jiedu Envoy, and also taking the title of Doctor Censor. The emperor has given you the greatest power."

Li Ye also knew that the title of Doctor Censor was very important, and all the officials in Anxi had official positions. If it was a war, he could directly use military law to deal with his subordinates.

But if it is normal, he can exercise the power of the censor doctor, suspend officials for investigation, and immediately dismiss and impeach him if he finds any fault.

"Uncle, although I have been promoted, Feng Changqing's transfer to Beiting Jiedu envoy seized the opportunity that originally belonged to Third Uncle Dugu."

Lonely smiled and said: "Nephew, don't feel guilty, things are not as simple as you think, Feng Changqing was not transferred because of you, Feng Changqing will not be transferred, he will be transferred Overhead." Li Ye was at a loss, "Gao Weng didn't tell me this!"

"Some things are more secretive, and I only know about them after your second uncle Dugu told me."

"Uncle, can you tell me?"

Dugulie nodded, "Last autumn, did you give Anxi and Beiting a sum of money each?"

"Yes!"

Li Ye had no choice but to admit, "It's Dashi ransom money for prisoners of war, 100 million gold coins, I'll give 20 gold coins to Anxi and Beiting each."

"The problem lies in the 20 gold coins. Bian Lingcheng asked Feng Changqing for 20 gold coins, but Feng Changqing didn't give them. He gave all the [-] gold coins to the soldiers, and Feng Changqing's trouble came. .

Bian Lingcheng impeached Feng Changqing twice to the emperor, accusing him of being mediocre, incompetent, self-willed, and unable to resist the danger of Tubo to Anxi. The promotion made Anxi's soldiers dissatisfied. "

Having said that, Dugu sighed fiercely, "This Bian Lingcheng knows the emperor too well. The emperor attaches great importance to birth and appearance. Feng Changqing's grandfather was in the army and he was disabled. In addition, Bian Lingcheng criticized him for being mediocre and incompetent. He will definitely not be allowed to serve as Anxi Jiedu Envoy again, the dismissal of Feng Changqing is not because of you, but something the emperor has decided long ago."

Li Ye secretly sighed in his heart, Feng Changqing was too upright, he didn't like to engage in crooked ways, he might not be able to deal with the supervisor Bian Lingcheng, you must know how much benefit Gao Xianzhi opened the gold and silver mine in Suiye in private and gave Bian Lingcheng a lot.

After the Talas War last year, a large amount of indemnity was obtained from the nine kingdoms of Sogdia. Hearing that Gao Xianzhi gave Bian Lingcheng [-] gold coins, Gao Xianzhi finally got his wish and was transferred to Hexi Jiedushi.

However, Feng Changqing was too upright when he came to power, and Suiye’s mine was closed, so he was unwilling to bribe Bian Lingcheng. The only chance of 20 gold coins was not given to Bian Lingcheng, how could Bian Lingcheng not be annoyed, how could it be possible Not to impeach him?

"I heard Gao Lishi say that Changqing was named the Beiting Jiedu envoy, isn't it true?"

Dugulie shook his head, "Gao Lishi didn't dare to tell the truth at this time, he was afraid that Feng Changqing would rebel if he got the news, as far as I know, Feng Changqing was changed to be the guardian of Beiting, and at the same time, he was also the general outside the right prison gate, and he was granted the title of Yixi County Dugu Jun served as the Beiting Jiedu envoy and concurrently served as the chief historian at the same time."

"Has it been decided yet?"

Dugulie nodded, "I have received the emperor's secret decree, and I will announce it to him in Lanzhou!"

Li Ye didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse for Feng Changqing. Although he was deprived of military power, it is very likely that the emperor would not let him attack the Anlushan rebels in Luoyang, and he would be able to save his life.

At this time, Dugulie hesitated and asked: "Did my nephew investigate the case of the son-in-law last time?"

The assassination case of the son-in-law Zhang Yi was finally settled. Although everyone speculated constantly, the court did not give an explanation, and it was finally downplayed by time.

In fact, this is the norm. There are too many unsolved cases in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad, and they all end up being left unsolved.

Although Li Ye didn't mention this matter anymore, Dugu Lie soon became his father-in-law after all.

"The murderer behind the scenes is King Qing Li Cong!" Li Ye said calmly.

"Ah! It really is them."

Dugulie sighed: "Your second uncle Dugu judged that it was the prince who did it, that it was a battle for succession, but he couldn't be sure which one it was?"

Li Ye nodded, this Dugu Ming is really powerful, he can see the world without leaving home, what is behind it?
(End of this chapter)