"Mr. Yan's qualifications are too junior."

"Yang Guozhong is a stepping stone, Chen Xilie is a puppet, and Zhang Bian is a cover-up. After the changes in Nanzhao, in one or two years, the teacher may be allowed to serve as a civil servant, and he will also be given half of the power of the prime minister."

"Does he support me?"

"Of course, he is my father-in-law."

Li Cong was still hesitating, took a few steps, and asked, "Why do I have to come forward to directly admonish the saint?"

Xue Bai didn't understand why Li Cong asked such an irresponsible question. If he, an eighth-rank official, could handle this matter, then he would become the crown prince directly, so why bother to support Li Cong?

As much power as you want, you will have as much responsibility as you want. If you don't want the Tang Dynasty to be good, you still talk about bullshit ambitions and ask why you should come forward.

"Tonight, I will also remonstrate directly." Xue Bai said, "I will definitely stand before King Qing."

"You? You will be dismissed from office..."

"The advice of a supervisory censor and a palace censor are just the words of ministers, and what King Qing said is different. King Qing wants to be the crown prince, but why is the crown prince? The foundation of the country, the flag! Chaos occurs on the border, and the country is shaken.

At this time, the prince must stand up to stabilize the situation and make his position clear, like a flag, giving a direction to the people of insight. The prince should give people courage, how can he be compassionate first? Afraid of angering the saint? Afraid of being deposed.

Persecution, assassination? There are too many terrible things in this world. The prince is the most dangerous status since ancient times. If you want to be a prince, you must bear its risks."

Xue Bai didn't know whether he was trying to persuade Li Cong or talking to himself. After that, he left without waiting for Li Cong's answer.

~~

At the end of the conversation, Li Cong could not make up his mind.

He turned back to the main hall and found that all the ministers had arrived and the hall was full of people.

The consequences of exposing Nanzhao's rebellion in front of everyone were very serious. Thinking this, he glanced in the direction of Fan Chen's seat and found that Nanzhao's protégé, Feng Jiayi, had not arrived yet.

Looking back, Xue Bai hadn't entered the palace yet, but Mrs. Guo Guo had already sat down, so where could he go?

Li Cong was extremely concerned about this. He stared outside the door and saw Li Heng and Zhang Ting arriving, sitting in front of him... even though he was the elder brother.

After a while, Li Linfu also arrived, and the atmosphere among all officials suddenly became tense. It can be seen that after suppressing Yan Zhenqing, the right prime minister has indeed stabilized the situation.

The imperial chariot was about to arrive, but Xue Bai had not yet sat down at the table. Li Cong glanced at it and noticed that there were still empty seats among the kings. He took a closer look and saw that there was no one at Yong Wang Li Lin's seat.

He was surprised when he suddenly saw Li Lin and Xue Bai entering the hall from the side one after the other and taking their seats.

"Jokuro?"

Li Cong was a little unhappy, realizing that he was not Xue Bai's only choice, but why Shiliu Lang? Because of Guo Xuji's relationship, could Li Lin be more concerned about Nanzhao's affairs?

"The saint has arrived!"

While Li Cong was deep in thought, all the officials in the palace had already stood up.

"Fuwei my emperor, Shangyuan Ankang!"

"All the ministers are blessed with good health, and the people are celebrating together!"

"The system of saints is celebrated by the whole world..."

Just like the imperial banquet of the Lantern Festival every year, from the Calyx Xianghui Building to the entire Chang'an City, it was lit up again. Different from previous years, tonight is even more brilliant and dazzling.

~~

Xue Bai held a glass of wine and took a sip after Li Longji said, "Let's all drink together."

He looked around the hall and found that some people who were still there at the previous Shangyuan Royal Banquet were no longer there, such as Yang Zhen and Wang Xian; and some people who were not there last time were here this time, such as Ge Shuhan, Abu Si, And Anlu Mountain.

The seats at Anlu Mountain are somewhat amazing.

Just to the left of Li Longji's imperial couch, separated by a screen, a huge wooden couch was added for An Lushan to sit on.

The curtain of the screen was made of golden rooster feathers. Li Longji turned around and wanted to talk to An Lushan. He felt it was inconvenient. Zheng ordered people to remove the screen. Gao Lishi probably felt it was inappropriate and was quietly suggesting that just Remove the curtain.

Xue Bai looked to the right side of the imperial couch, and saw Yang Yuhuan sitting there, her beautiful eyes flashed, and she looked right at him.

He quickly lowered his head and pretended to drink. When he raised his head again, she had already picked up a fruit and was eating it, and was no longer looking here.

Sitting on the right side of Yang Yuhuan were all the concubines in the palace.

Fan Nu was actually in a less obvious position, noticed Xue Bai's gaze, and nodded to him.

"Hahaha."

Li Longji laughed heartily and said: "Tonight's Shangyuan Banquet is different from the past. Do you know what is different?"

"I don't know."

Xue Bai followed the ministers and spoke in unison, thinking that the biggest difference would be not to say "Ye Wu Yi Xian" again this year.

Then, I heard Li Longji say two words loudly.

"War exploits!"

The atmosphere in the palace suddenly became high-spirited.

The palace lady brought three gold wine glasses to the imperial couch, and Li Longji filled the three glasses with his own hands.

The ministers looked at him with envy.

"An Lushan."

"Hu'er is here!"

"Ge Shuhan."

"I'm here!"

"Abbs."

"Sage, my name is 'Li Xianzhong', which is the name given by the saint."

The three generals stood up, all tall and majestic, with impressive momentum. At the same time, the drums started to sound. The first song was actually an old song, "The Music of the King of Qin Breaking the Formation", which was grand and magnificent, and made people feel excited.

"They are all my fierce generals."

Li Longji first picked up a wine glass himself and gave it to An Lushan, saying: "Tianbao has been here for eight years. Hu'er attacked the Khitan, captured the chief and returned, which is a great achievement."

An Lushan excitedly took the wine glass and responded loudly: "Sage, after nine years of Tianbao, Hu'er will make another great contribution and pacify the Khitan in one fell swoop. I ask the saint to let Hu'er return to Chang'an to retire."

"Hahaha." Li Longji laughed.

Xue Bai also laughed when he heard this, thinking that An Lushan also tried his best to win the favor of the Holy Family in the face of his criticism.

After nine years of Tianbao, will the Khitan be pacified? He will wait and see.

"Brother Shuhan, come forward." Li Longji picked up another glass of wine, "You have done a great job in expanding Qinghai for me, and I shall be rewarded heavily for your great service."

"I obey the decree."

Ge Shuhan had bad legs and feet, so he tried his best to endure the pain and trembling. He took every step calmly and walked forward slowly.

Xue Bai looked at this scene and suddenly understood why this veteran believed that Li Linfu said that Nanzhao would not rebel... Presumably this Shangyuan Ye was also extremely important to Ge Shuhan.

"Abu...Li Xianzhong, come."

"I obey the decree."

Albus hunched his back a little and stepped forward nervously.

He has millet-colored hair, a tall nose, and a bushy beard. He is a Turk and the leader of the Tongluo tribe. He surrendered to the Tang Dynasty after Wang Zhongsi destroyed the Later Turks. Last year, he followed Ge Shuhan to establish an army in Qinghai.

Winning military exploits.

Xue Bai met Abu Si for the first time tonight, and was surprised to find that the other person was very young, only in his thirties.

"I want to reward you."

Li Longji was in high spirits. He pointed at Anlu Mountain and asked, "I told Yang Guozhong a few days ago that the reward for Hu'er must not be too small. Do you know why?"

An Lushan quickly responded with a smile: "That's because the saint loves Hu'er."

"I said, Hu'er has big eyes, don't make him laugh at me for being stingy."

This sentence made An Lushan smile widely, and the fat all over his body trembled, and he said: "It's too late for Hu'er to be grateful for the saint's kindness..."

Xue Bai couldn't stand this ugly behavior. He picked up his chopsticks and looked at the delicacies on the table, but felt that he had no appetite.

After listening for a while, I saw that Li Longji was really generous. He gave Ge Shuhan countless treasures, as well as gardens, fields, musicians, Yin's son, a fifth-rank official, and various rewards from his generals.

Just say that Yan Zhenqing and his talented Jinshi friends have worked hard for half their lives and have not even reached the sixth rank. They are really not as good as Li Longji's reward.

Xue Bai then thought that if he didn't mention the Nanzhao incident tonight, wrote a few good poems, sang a few songs, and asked a high-ranking official, he would be able to get him.

When it was time to reward Abusi, Li Linfu praised the Turkic general a few words, and his intention to support him was very obvious.

In the same way, if Xue Bairuo became the son-in-law of Youxiang Mansion, he should also be able to receive such support today.

"I was born in a Tibetan country and have a low status in Hanzhen. I am fortunate to be favored by a saint. Your kindness is profound. I will die for the imperial court!"

Finally, Ge Shuhan held the imperial edict in his hand, knelt down on the ground with laborious movements, and kowtowed vigorously.

Absi quickly followed suit. An Lushan also wanted to kneel down, but he was too fat and clumsy. He finally knelt down, but his stomach fell to the ground, which made Li Longji laugh.

"Get up quickly." Li Longji smiled and asked the eunuch to help Hu'er, who was always making a fool of himself, up.

He picked up another glass of wine and his expression became serious.
To be continued...