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Chapter 395
Shangguan Xiaowan's question made Wang Hua lose color.

But the current Wang Hua is not the one who met Wu Zetian for the first time. He has been struggling in the officialdom for the past few years, and he has already reached the point of not being surprised.

He immediately thought of one thing, if Shangguan Xiaowan deliberately made things difficult, why did she use the word "righteous man".Thinking about it again, today's attack started with Wei Yuanzhong.Wang Hua suddenly realized that it was probably during this period of time that some ministers used these reasons to impeach him.Now it's easier for straight ministers like them to bring it up and let them justify themselves.If you let those people attack you, in the end, because of the original conflict, you may lose control and intensify it instead.This is redirection protection!

Especially Shangguan Xiaowan's question. This time, he mobilized too many people in Huazhou, which obviously didn't match the strength of his family.I am afraid that some ministers have already made a fuss about it.Thinking of this, he calmly replied: "Zhao Rong asked a good question. But Your Majesty, can you allow me to answer the reason?"

"Just play it."

Although he is considered a fatuous emperor, he can still understand some right and wrong, he is not yet to the point of believing and suspecting that Wang Hua's plans are not cunning.But he was also afraid of Wang Hua's powerful power.

"Your Majesty, because I have been assassinated many times, I have raised some warriors as guards. But not warriors. If my plan is not cunning, then I must raise counselors, not just warriors. As for Zhaorong's doubts, I It can also be answered. Because the Scarlet Battalion selects elite soldiers, it selects strong fighters from all over the country, so I know some knights and righteous men from all over the world. But I only use it to protect the safety of my family and ministers, and I don’t need so many people. But this One time, because of the complexity of the case, I asked the guards at home to recommend some friends from all over the world to help. These people cost me a lot of money. I don’t believe it. Your Majesty, I can ask my concubine to bring the accounts to Zhaorong for review. .”

There are expenses and accounts, but not the cost of hiring.However, most of these rangers did come from all over the world. As for the reason, some were recruited by Wang Hua because of the power of religion, and some were indeed raised by Wang Hua, but they were not placed in the mansion.Even Li Hong was not quite clear about this, and Li Gu'er was even more in the dark.

Therefore, it is not difficult for Wang Hua to hide the truth.

But why did Shangguan Xiaowan ask instead of Wei Yuanzhong? It seems that someone entered the secret concert.Now that Shangguan Xiaowan is in charge of Haoming, she can see more memorials than Wei Yuanzhong.So Shangguan Xiaowan has another meaning, which is a kind of warning.

It seems that I have to be more careful when staying in Luoyang in the future. Maybe since I returned to Luoyang, countless people have been spying on him, Li Hong and the others, paying attention to the force under my control.

After Wang Hua finished speaking, he quietly cast a thankful glance at Shangguan Xiaowan.

Shangguan Xiaowan also returned a look, which means you are smart.But he lowered his head, picked up a fallen petal, and played with it in his hand.That means you know how much the flower falls, and it depends on how much you fall in my hands.

Wang Hua immediately lowered his head, pretending not to see it.

But he still underestimated how much Shangguan Xiaowan could help with this job.Before he returned to Luoyang, it was Wu Sansi's capable confidant Gan Yuanjian who advised Wang Hua to return to Luoyang.Li Xian also agreed, but called Wu Sansi and Princess Taiping into the palace and scolded them, which means everyone will expose it.

So Wu Sansi said that Wang Hua raised a large number of dead men, and his intentions were not cunning.Also because she hated Wang Hua's humiliation, Princess Taiping also spoke up.What happened in the imperial study at this time, even Wei Yuanzhong didn't know, but at that time Shangguan Xiaowan happened to be standing aside and heard what these two people had to say.

And because these two people are people that Li Xian usually trusts very much, suspicion appeared on Li Xian's face, and this expression was also seen by Shangguan Xiaowan.

Today is not only to remind Wang Hua, but also to reveal this hidden pain in advance for Wang Hua.

But because she was very close to Wu Sansi, even Wu Sansi didn't suspect this part.

Wang Hua's answer was perfect, so Li Xian said: "Shaorong, you should stop bringing up the matter of Huazhou and Bianzhou."

These two cases let it pass in a muddle.Moreover, if the entanglement continues, Wang Hua only spent the money for state affairs, should he take it out of the treasury and return it to him?Even if the money is returned, he doesn't care, but in this case, Li Xian also doesn't want other ministers to open it again.So it's best not to say anything.

Then Li Xian gestured to the eunuch beside him.

The eunuch was clever, and immediately went to the maids to serve the dishes, and also called a group of women from the inner Jiaofang to perform a song "Celebrating Shanyue", which is the Wenwu of the Tang Dynasty.

Three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Li Xian announced the decree, let Wang Huaqian be Shangshu Zuocheng.That is, Shangshu Sheng's third in command.But in the Tang Dynasty, the power of Shangshu Province was already very small. The Zhongshu of the three provinces made decisions, deliberated under the door, and Shangshu implemented them.It's like in a military camp, the head is Zhongshu Sheng, the chief of staff is Men Xia Sheng, but Shang Shu Sheng is just a small soldier.And there are left and right shooting horizontally on it.

Therefore, it can be seen that Li Xian is afraid of him, and he may also be afraid that he will play around and play cards unreasonably.

Wang Hua walked out of the banquet, bowed down and saluted, "Your Majesty, forgive me for not granting the order."

No order?Li Xian said angrily: "Don't you even follow my will?"

Just now I said that the king wanted the minister to die, and the minister dared not die, but this time he refused the order.

"Your Majesty, no?"

"Then do you think the official position is too small?"

It's not too small, Shangshu Zuocheng is an official position on the fourth rank, and the same official position as the Sixth Minister, Huangmen Minister, Nine Temple Shaoqing, and Fifth Supervisor Zhengqing.Of course, the captain of Zhechong Prefecture of Zhongshang Prefecture, the governor of Zhongzhou and the deputy governor of Shangdu Protectorate also have the same official position.

However, there are still differences between local official positions and court official positions.At present, the centralized power of the Tang Dynasty is still very strong. When it comes to the central government, because it stays with the emperor, it has more right to speak and is promoted faster.

Therefore, although Wang Hua's original position of battalion supervisor was from the third rank, but now he has been demoted by one level, because he moved to the central government, at least it can be regarded as a transfer at the same level.

Wang Hua shook his head and said: "No. When I was the emperor, I was almost a lone minister. In the hands of His Majesty, I am still the same. Just like this time, for the sake of state affairs, I dealt with it according to the court law. But I believe that many people The minister is jealous."

"Wang Qing, I just said that the matter of Huazhou and Bianzhou should not be brought up again in the future." Li Xian was a little displeased.

"The minister will not mention it, but I would like to ask the ministers, how many of you did not form gangs?" Wang Hua turned around and asked the ministers.

"Wang Qing!" Li Xian shouted, this was also a pain in his heart.

"Your Majesty, I'm just discussing the facts. Minister Pang Gong of the State of Wei sent Crown Prince Wei to the State of Zhao as a pledge. Before leaving, he told the King of Wei that if someone told the King that a tiger appeared on the street, would the King believe it? The King of Wei said No. Pang said that at the same time two people came to say that there were tigers on the street, did the king believe it? Wei Wang still said no. Then the three said at the same time that there were tigers on the street, would you believe it? King Wei thought about it After a while, I will believe it. Then Pang Gong said that there is no way there are tigers on the street, but after the three people talked about it, it seems that there are tigers. Now Zhao Guoguo is far away from Weidu, much farther than this street market. There are more than three people talking about the ministers, and I hope the king will find out. The king of Wei said that I know. But after Pang left, there were too many people who slandered him, so Pang Gong accompanied the prince back to the country, but the king of Wei did not summon him again. This result was caused because Pang Gong hurt the interests of too many people for the sake of the country, so he slandered and slandered. The minister is more fearless than Pang Gong. May I ask your Majesty, if you let the minister enter the center, will the people who slander the minister be more slanderous? How much? Rather than let them discredit me, and finally let me return to my original form sooner or later, it is better to let me be a bachelor with peace of mind. Believe me, I will be a bachelor, so you don’t have to be afraid of me, right?”

Hearing this, Li Xian was a little dumbfounded.But Shangguan Xiaowan and a group of maids secretly lowered their heads, laughing endlessly.

"And I also like the position of a bachelor. There are many books to read and many students to teach. At the same time, there is also the tripod of Kyushu. Once successful, the impact on your majesty and the future of the Tang Dynasty is far greater than that of a minister Zuo Cheng. .Besides, the purpose of the minister is to seek his own government in his position. Now that he is devoting his energy to building the tripod of Kyushu, how to do his duty as an official? This is the second. Also, if His Majesty thinks that he needs the help of the minister, The minister naturally knows everything and can do what he can, just like this disaster relief act. Why do you have to wear red and purple to seek this unnecessary glory and wealth? It's useless to stir up trouble."

But many smart people have heard that Wang Hua is saying that we don't want any glory and wealth now, and we just hide in the court like this.But you don't want to think about me, anyway, I have no desires and desires, and if you make up my mind, you will also bite back, and you will feel very uncomfortable.And there is nothing you can do about it. Is it possible that I am not guilty, and you can still exile me to Lingnan?
Of course, people who hated Wang Hua were also not at ease with this answer.But some direct ministers were deeply disappointed.

Only Shangguan Xiaowan looked at Wang Hua and thought in her heart, what is this little fox going to do?
Li Xian was also disappointed.

Regarding Wang Hua's appointment, some direct ministers, such as Wei Yuanzhong, repeatedly advised him, and even brought his daughter to blow in his ears many times after returning to Luoyang this time.But Li Xian himself had many scruples, mainly because he was afraid that Wang Hua would mess around.Therefore, after Wang Hua revealed the reason for his use of manpower, he made this appointment.

Unexpectedly, after Wang Hua ridiculed the officials, he refused decisively.

Immediately after going back, Xiao Bao'er was going to quarrel with him again.

But helplessly, this palace banquet broke up unhappy because of Wang Hua's refusal and ridicule.

After leaving the palace, Song Jing grabbed Wang Hua and asked, "Scholar Wang, don't you really want to serve the court?"

"Song Shilang, how do you want me to work? It's better to be a bachelor. Once you enter the court, will you let me participate in the court battle or let me do things? I'm afraid Song Shilang himself doesn't have the energy to serve the court now. Does it work?"

Originally, when Song Jing asked Wang Hua, some ministers deliberately stopped or slowed down to listen to Wang Hua's answer, but when they heard what Wang Hua said, they immediately moved their legs and left.

Song Jing was at a loss, originally thought that after killing the Zhang brothers, the court would regain its clear state, but now the court is not as good as it was when Wu Zetian was in power, even the early years of Wu Zetian's tyranny and the fatuous old age.Where is wrong?
After Wang Hua returned home, his mother cooked a pot of ginseng and old hen soup for him, and Wang Hua also participated in several palace banquets.In the final analysis, it only represented an exchange between the emperor and his ministers, or his favor for the ministers and some literati, and no one really dared to eat and drink at the palace banquet.Except for a few people such as Li Bai.

Now that I have experience, I am ready to make up for dinner.

But now the old couple feel more and more unfamiliar with this son.People outside spread it so miraculously that some even said that when Wang Hua was born, there was a glow in the sky.So the Queen Mother asked Wang Yi, is there such a thing?
Wang Yiweng said angrily, "Anyway, I didn't see it."

The ability of this son made them unbelievable whether it was their own son.Also, every time he was out enjoying himself, he seemed to be poking a hornet's nest at the same time, which made the old couple terrified.

But another guest came, which made Wang Hua stunned for a moment.

A little girl, wearing a light yellow silk dress, wrapped in a red jacket.Although the appearance is not very beautiful, it looks a little spiritual and pure.Isn't it precisely Li Chiying who he has been worried about for nearly a year?
Wang Hua looked carefully. During this period of recuperation, his complexion improved a little, but he was still haggard.She was talking with Li Hong, Wang Han and the others, and when she saw Wang Hua coming, she immediately stopped talking and looked at Wang Hua with infinite joy in her eyes.

Wang Hua was always full of apologies to her, especially her eyes, which made Wang Hua feel like he was committing a crime.

He strode over and said, "Master, it's good."

"Fortunately, it's just these few months, I'm very scared."

Wang Hua stroked her head and said, "It's my fault that I didn't protect you well, but I'm very happy to hear that you came back safely. Let me see, I haven't seen you for a few months, and I've finally grown into an adult."

Now Xiao Zhiying is in the development stage, and his body is as long as a mushroom after a spring rain.I haven't seen it for a few months, but it has grown a lot.

Hearing Wang Hua praise her as an adult, Xiao Chiying finally smiled happily.

She took Wang Hua's hand and said, "Don't be angry with my father."

This refers to the fact that Li Dan kidnapped her from Fengzhou in order to oppose her marriage.

"What right do I have to dare to be angry with her." But Wang Hua's tone was still sneering.But I don't understand, if Li Dan objected to their marriage, then he wouldn't let Li Chiying get close to him.It seems that Li Chiying didn't hear the news this time, and rushed to Bianzhou to prove his idea.

But why let her run out to meet him now?
So he asked, "Did you sneak out again?"

"No, when I came out, I came to your house with the permission of my father. If you don't believe me, you can ask them." She pointed to the guards outside.

Hey, what the hell is Li Dan doing?

In Wang Hua's mind, if Li Dan takes Xiao Chiying back to Luoyang at this time, there is only one point, he wants to humiliate himself.Then it is very possible that when I return to Luoyang, I will marry Xiao Chiying.Now Xiao Chiying is 13 years old. In the Tang Dynasty, although it was still early for a woman to get married at this time, it was not uncommon, and there were many.

Xiao Chiying said again: "Erlang, you are amazing, you solved such a weird case. It's a pity that I didn't follow you to see this excitement."

Wang Hua thought to himself, it's a good thing you didn't follow, otherwise Li Bao'er's jealous jar would be turned upside down.As for the matter between Li Hong and Mu Zili, it was hard to comfort her with coaxing and frightening.If you go, no matter how capable you are, you won't be able to appease you, and besides, there is a Shangguan Xiaowan who is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, watching closely.By the way, if you spoof and provoke a few words, then you will have even more headaches.Don't investigate any cases, just put out the fire in the backyard every day.

But it's hard to say.He replied: "What is there to see? They have been running around for two or three months without stopping for a moment. Besides, these people are too stupid to find out."
He didn't have anything to say next, thinking to himself, it's really hard to find out if you commit the crime like your father did.

Li Chiying added: "But Erlang, I just told Sister Li and the others that the person who kidnapped me may not be my father."

Of course you hope this is the case, but Wang Hua still didn't argue, saying: "It doesn't matter who did it, as long as you come back safely. Have you eaten yet?"

Li Chiying shook his head.

"Hey, let's eat together."

Li Chiying nodded fiercely, and Wang Hua picked up a chicken thigh for her, and said, "You should eat more when you are growing your body."

He also ordered his servants to prepare dinner for the guards who came with Li Chiying.

After Li Chiying finished eating a piece of chicken thigh, there was some anxiety in her eyes, but it finally disappeared, shining with a happy light, put down her chopsticks and said: "I talked with Sister Xuejun just now, because my father and king agreed to our marriage. But if It was my father who kidnapped me on purpose, so at this time the eldest mother is no longer the emperor, so there is no need for him to agree to this marriage."

"What did you say?" Wang Hua was drinking soup, and Li Chiying's words almost choked him.

"I said that my father still agreed to this marriage, and I am preparing to let you be notified, so that my father and my mother will send people to come to propose marriage." Because they are about to get married, even the names of Wang Hua's parents have changed. They are addressed as Father-sama and Mother-sama.

After finishing speaking, Li Chiying lowered her head shyly, with red clouds flying on her face, but there was also an endless smile.

At the same time, Li Xuejun, Li Hong and Mu Zili looked at Wang Hua with smiles, thinking, this time you are done.

Only Wang Han lowered her head, not knowing what she was thinking.

Wang Hua gave Li Hong and the others a hard look.

Then I thought, this is the play Li Dan sang, and I want to catch and release Cao with myself?

This is still a trivial matter. If Li Dan really agreed to this marriage, he would not dare to object by himself.So how to explain to Li Gu'er?
Would it be possible to marry Li Chiying back as the official wife first, and then wait until Li Chongjun made trouble, get rid of Wu Sansi, and run to Li Xian by himself and say, Your Majesty, marry the princess to me as a concubine?
(End of this chapter)