While preparations for the war in Hexi were in full swing, an "unremarkable" news from Jingzhou reached Chang'an, which made Li Longji, who was obsessed with his ex-daughter-in-law Yang Yuhuan, feel a little sad for a few days.

Zhang Jiuling died of illness while taking office in Jingzhou!

So Ji Ge posthumously named Zhang Jiuling the "Grand Governor of Jingzhou" and gave him the posthumous title of "Wenwen". He asked professionals from the court to find a geomantic treasure land for his burial.

With the death of Zhang Jiuling, the "literary school" officials who once dominated the Kaiyuan period have completely ceased their activities. Only the "wine-loving" He Zhizhang is left, fishing in the yamen all day long and staying away from government affairs.

Perhaps it was the sadness of the rabbit's death, or the sadness of his heart. Although Zhang Jiuling's death did not touch Brother Ji, it made Li Linfu, the right minister of the Tang Dynasty, feel a chill on his back.

The officialdom is dangerous. Being able to climb up is not a big skill. Many people can do it. The difficult thing is how to land smoothly and enjoy your old age!

The fall of Zhang Jiuling told Li Linfu a terrible political truth: after entering this circle, the world will no longer be tolerant of you!

In the study room of Li Linfu's house in Pingkangfang, the Right Chancellor of the Tang Dynasty was reading an official document sent from Youzhou and the imperial edict that Ji Ge responded to. This is his daily work, turning the imperial edict into an official government document.

Turn it into a government order and military order and implement it.

Now the content of this official document is: Fang Youde, the governor of Youzhou, shocked the north and made the Bohai Kingdom, which had previously deviated from the trend of the Tang Dynasty, surrender. The nobles of the Khitan and Xi people were shocked and frightened, and once again proposed a marriage request.

!And in order to show sincerity, the proton has been sent to Chang'an, and according to the rules of previous years, the proton is going to study in the Imperial College, and after graduation, he will enter the palace and serve as a guard.

Jige Longyan Dayue agreed to the request of Khitan and Xi, selected a clan girl to marry as a princess, and left the relevant etiquette matters to Li Linfu. In short, we must promote the prestige of the Tang Dynasty and handle the marriage affairs beautifully.

of.

"Zhang Wenwen (Zhang Jiuling) brought it upon himself, I cannot follow in his footsteps!"

Li Linfu, who was sitting in front of the desk, sighed with emotion.

He took out the draft under the paperweight and read it again and again. It was a draft on matters related to the structural reform of the Tang Dynasty. He was stimulated by the death of Zhang Jiuling. The right prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, who was originally full of confidence, actually felt a little worried.

No bottom.

Li Linfu knew very well what kind of emperor he was assisting, and he also knew very well what his own situation was.

Was Zhang Jiuling expelled from the central government and dismissed as prime minister because of the incident of killing three sons in one day?

Was Pei Yaoqing dismissed as prime minister really just because he failed to give the saved freight to the saint?

Only Li Linfu, who understands Li Longji best, understands that these are superficial reasons.

When Taizong employed people, he put people first and used people to do things. He first selected people and then sent out errands.

In the early years of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Li Longji, who worked hard to restore the power of the Tang Dynasty, always claimed that he had the legacy of Taizong and wanted to compare with Taizong at every turn.

But in fact, Li Linfu, who was born in a clan and had been in the palace for a long time, understood that Ji Ge's principles of employing people were completely opposite to those of Taizong.

To put it simply, he is mean and unkind to the extreme!

Pei Yaoqing was dismissed as prime minister just because Ji Ge felt that although the canal was opened, freight rates had not dropped. It was not cost-effective for the national treasury and internal treasury to spend all the money on freight costs! To a certain extent, the canal management was successful, but

The expected purpose was not achieved!

After three years of canal transportation, there was no shortage of food in Chang'an. Pei Yaoqing, who took office for the purpose of rectifying the canal, was the first to be dismissed.

In short, Brother Ji doesn't need him anymore, it's that simple.

It's not that Pei Yaoqing did anything outrageous and made Brother Ji dissatisfied.

In fact, Pei Yaoqing has just lost his use value. So he is still an official in the center of Chang'an, and he was changed to the prime minister Zuo of Shangshu (a false position), and was granted the title of Marquis of Zhaocheng. He also has other official positions, has certain power and can control Li

Longji’s advice.

The days even went by with a little bit of comfort.

Brother Ji's logic is actually straightforward and clear: I will make good use of you when you are useful, and when you are useless, if you have not offended me before, then I will not kill you with a shot!

It was because the canal was to be built to ensure food security in Chang'an that Pei Yaoqing was appointed as Prime Minister instead of being sent to sort out water transportation after Pei Yaoqing was appointed Prime Minister.

Brother Ji’s hiring logic is a typical example of “employing people based on circumstances.”

Even worse is Zhang Jiuling.

Zhang Shuo was Zhang Jiuling's mentor. Li Longji worshiped Prime Minister Zhang Jiuling. The main purpose was to let him rectify the military affairs in the north and become "Zhang Shuo's second".

But he failed in this matter.

This was the main reason why Ji Ge couldn't tolerate Zhang Jiuling in the end. Zhang Jiuling's siding with the prince was actually the trigger for Ji Ge to make up his mind to remove him.

Along with this, Zhang Jiuling was dismissed as Prime Minister, Yan Tingzhi was dismissed from office, Zhou Ziliang was executed with a cane, and He Zhizhang became an idler fishing all day long.

The ministers of the "literary school" in the center of the Tang Dynasty declined at a speed visible to the naked eye. The most fundamental reason was that Ji Ge had deep doubts about the talents who passed the imperial examination. He believed that they could only write beautiful articles and not do practical things.

Incidentally, Li Longji also asked Li Linfu to vigorously rectify the rules and models of imperial examinations and talent selection!

Since the Kaiyuan Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty has been pulling and beating the Khitan and the Xi people, giving them both kindness and power, dividing the relationship between the two and the Turks, and compressing the Turks' living space.

When Zhang Jiuling was Prime Minister, he did not have a deep understanding of the relationship between the three. He unilaterally presided over peace talks with the Turks, who were gradually declining, in an attempt to unite the Turks to deal with Tibet, which was about to move in the Western Regions and Longyou.

This move frightened the Khitan and the Xi people, thinking that they had been abandoned by the Tang court, and the internal "Turkic faction" had a greater say in the matter, causing the two to further sway towards the Turks.

This is the source of instability in Youzhou border town.

In fact, the reason why An Lushan was appointed as the military envoy of the Pinglu Army was because he was the spokesman for a certain Turkic Sogdian tribe in Youzhou. The Central Committee of the Tang Dynasty needed to rely on the power of these "neutral factions" to fight against the increasingly distant

The Khitan and the Xi people in the Tang Dynasty.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The reason why Fang Youde has become famous in the past two years and won the trust of Brother Ji is because he used an "alternative" method to wipe out Zhang Jiuling, who had been dismissed as prime minister.

Butt, used his fists to make the Khitans and Xi people surrender, and used force to intervene in the regime change in Bohai without bloodshed.

This hand scratched Brother Ji's itchy spot!

So much so that Ji Ge had always wanted to give Fang Youde the post of Pinglu Jiedushi concurrently, but the opposition from the DPRK and China was so great that he gave up.

Again, Brother Ji thinks Fang Youde is very useful, so he wants to use it. Although this is blessed by the aura of "Conglong Minister", the most fundamental reason is that Brother Ji is not a person who talks about friendship.

Very snobbish.

Those who are useful will get in, and those who are useless will get out. There is no tolerance and tolerance in Brother Ji's eyes.

The surrender of Khitan and Xi Ren made Li Linfu feel that if he was not careful, he might be the next "Zhang Jiuling"!

"Come here, prepare a car, I'm going to Xingqing Palace."

Li Linfu picked up the pile of drafts on the desk and put it into his sleeves, and gave instructions to his servant.

Tu Qiong saw that these things would eventually be shown to Li Longji. Li Linfu was heartbroken and did not want to change them anymore.

…

"Hey, I feel comfortable."

Fang Chongyong sat in front of the desk and groaned happily, enjoying Anaye's wrist massage.

He finally finished copying the Tubo people's military law. It had to be said that these bird things were so ridiculous and so metaphysical that he didn't believe that the Tubo people would strictly follow the military law!

Fang Chongyong inquired about the military law among the Tang army, and found that the Tibetan military law was more stringent than that of the Tang army. I am afraid that there is a big question mark on the intensity of the implementation of military law on weekdays.

If all the energy of the officers and soldiers is devoted to dealing with military law, then they will certainly have no energy left to consider war matters. This is the principle of "too much is not enough" in military law.

But for Fang Chongyong, the value of this military law lies in the fact that the Tubo people put forward many very detailed requirements for marching and fighting. For example, when camping at night, how to arrange scouts, how to arrange camps, and where to set up forts

Better, how to set up fixed sentry and mobile sentry, etc.

This thing is not so much a military law as it is a highly operational book on the art of war! What is valuable about it is not the guiding principles like "Sun Tzu's Art of War", but the details of marching and fighting.

clear and direct.

"Are you confused? There are so many foreign officials and scribes in Liangzhou City who can copy. You have to copy it yourself, and you are half exhausted."

While Anaye massaged Fang Chongyong's wrist vigorously, she couldn't help but complain in a low voice.

She was always reluctant to give up, but her body was very honest and circled around Fang Zhongyong, consciously taking care of his food and daily life. She was diligent and worthy of her calloused little hands.

"When you go to Chang'an from now on, you have to follow some rules. As you just said, it is natural for a powerful person to kill you with a stick."

Fang Chongyong snarled angrily, and then asked the other party to sit next to him.

Anaye sat down obediently and waited for Fang Zhongyong to lecture.

"For you, Chang'an is not a good place. Are you sure you really want to go?"

Fang Chongyong asked in a deep voice, with a solemn expression on his face.

Anaye bit her lip and finally nodded: "Yes, I'm ready."

A "native girl" from Hexi, if her identity as the illegitimate daughter of King Xin'an is not revealed, there are really not many ways she can go. In ancient times, early marriage, in two years, Anaye will choose to marry somewhere in Hexi.

Military families.

She can choose any one, but she has to make a choice!

Going to Chang'an means endless possibilities.

Maybe he died miserably and was buried in a foreign land, or maybe he rose to prominence and took a different path.

Anaye has already made a decision in her heart whether she wants to perish for stability or to take risks and strive for a better future.

"I understand, please sign this deed."

Fang Chongyong handed Anaye a deed on the desk. The content above was very simple. Anaye changed from a military household to a "part" of Fang Chongyong's family. This also meant that her future would be

Let Fang Chongyong do whatever he wants.
To be continued...