Chapter 26 The old fox and the little fox
Soothing Li Longji's excitement, Yao Chong gently felt his aching brain, thinking about the current situation and the future political situation. The headache that had just calmed down was incurred again.
Thinking of the person he was afraid of in his heart, even though he was as intelligent as the sea, he didn't know how to deal with it for a while.
When he returned home from next court, Yao Chong turned over and got off the horse. He was about to step into the door, but someone shouted, "Suce Yao!"
Yao Chong turned around and saw that it was Pei Min. He was stunned. Seeing his solemn expression, he nodded: "Pei Zhongcheng, please!"
He led Pei Min straight to the living room. After Yao Chong asked Pei Min to take the seat, he sent someone a tea, which of course tasted mint.
Pei Min, the top scorer in high school, has always been the storm and topical figure in Chang'an. His hobbies, like the big stars in later generations, have always been sought after by the world. Originally, the Tang Dynasty did not have the habit of drinking tea and entertaining guests, but Pei Min liked to drink tea and often served tea. This has gradually become a custom for treating guests with tea, especially the mint-flavored tea, which was popular in Chang'an.
Pei Min looked at Yao Chong and the first prime minister of the Tang Dynasty with bare hands, and felt a sense of emotion in his heart.
Pei Min always stayed away from Yao Chong because he was too powerful and had too ambitious.
Yao Chong was both civil and military, and served in Zetian, Zhongzong, Ruizong, and Li Longji, who is now the current four dynasties. When he was young, he was free and easy by nature, practiced martial arts diligently, and entertained himself by hunting and was skilled in archery and horses. After he was twenty years old, he studied hard and abandoned martial arts and followed the literature. He entered the official career as a filial piety and wooed the man, and made a complete report in the exam. At the age of 47, he was respected by Wu Zetian and became the prime minister. It was just a crime for Zhang Yizhi, demoted Lingwu, served as the chief supervisor of the Lingwu Dao Army, and appeased the ambassador. In the first year of Jingyun, Yao Chong resigned to prime minister again, but because of offending Princess Taiping, he was demoted to the governor of Shenzhou. Now that Li Longji ascended the throne, he once again obtained the qualification of prime minister.
He was the prime minister three times in a row, and he was valued by Wu Zetian, Li Dan and Li Longji respectively. It can be seen that Yao Chong's ability to govern is indeed excellent.
In history, he was compared with the famous Zhenguan prime minister Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, which was definitely not a false reputation.
However, in Pei Min's opinion, Yao Chong's talent is not inferior to Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, but his mind is far less than Fang Du and the others. Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui not only helped Li Shimin establish the Zhenguan rule, but also recommended and cultivated a large number of useful talents to the Li Tang Dynasty. They are not jealous of talent and only appoint talents.
Yao Chong couldn't do this.
He has the talent of Fang Du, but he has no mind. His administrative proposition is a one-man show. He only needs talents who can implement his policies, and does not need to sing opposite to him, and is not a minister on the same path. No matter what the other party's talents are, as long as he is different from him in terms of political views, he will not hesitate to use power to release it outside, so as not to threaten himself.
Not long after Yao Chong served as the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, he relied on his outstanding political talents to handle major government affairs in an orderly manner. At the same time, he frequently attacked the heroes of the innate coup. Prime Minister Zhang Shuo was demoted to Xiangzhou because of his brief report. Wei Zhigu, who was also prime minister, also dismissed from the position of prime minister because of his plan and was renamed the Minister of Works. Liu Youqiu and Zhong Shaojing were also demoted because of his impeachment.
Yao Chong's intentions can be seen clearly. He did not want to see any existence in the court that threatened his status. Zhang said that although Wei Zhigu and others, although their status is below him, were under the power of dragons, the threat to him was obvious.
None of the people who were promoted to prime minister because of the Dragon Mastery, except Guo Yuanzhen, escaped Yao Chong's palm. Guo Yuanzhen was able to escape because Yao Chong could not do anything to him, but because Guo Yuanzhen was sick and difficult to start.
Therefore, as both followers, Pei Min had no good feelings for Yao Chong at all. He did not violate the rivers and went his own way.
"Pei Zhongcheng appears as the deputy defensive envoy. He is not in the army, but he comes to our mansion, so what are you doing?" Yao Chong looked at Pei Min calmly. The storms and waves of many years have long developed a cunning mansion that has collapsed before the Taishan collapsed before.
Pei Min smiled and said, "To relieve Yao Xiang's headache!"
Yao Chong raised his eyes lightly and said, "Zhongcheng is cursing me?"
Pei Min said: "What is Yao Xiang's words? Min sincerely relieves Yao Xiang's troubles. Yao Xiang's unique means of governing the world, and he is very profitable from the country and the people. However, he is astonished as the civil and military officials, making him tremble."
Yao Chong smiled and said, "I don't know what the Chief Secretary said."
Pei Min still said: "It is precisely because of Yao Xiang's fierce methods that the great generals who were originally gathered together have become closer in order to prevent accidents. In order to prevent accidents, they have to support each other. They even do not hesitate to cover up and indulge each other, and become a cancer in the army." He is talking about Yang Chuke, Kang Haiyuan, Li Chang, Ma Wei, Zhao Chengen and others.
The Tang Dynasty did not experience war for ten years, and for nearly twenty years, it did not mobilize the central generals to go out to fight. Most of the generals and generals in the court were rookies who had not passed the real test.
In just ten years, the Tang Dynasty experienced three coups: the Shenlong Coup, the Tanglong Coup and the Innate Coup. Each coup means a change of power and a purge of personnel. Many incompetent people have been promoted because of their special position. Half of the fifty generals in the court are promoted because of the coup.
They have no combat experience, and some of them have the merits of following the dragon. It is no exaggeration to say that they have a meritorious position. Because they have the merits of following the dragon, they have a close relationship with each other, and they have both prospered and lost. Especially when they meet a prime minister like Yao Chong, they like to take action against meritorious officials, they have even joined forces to unite and keep warm, forming a force that cannot be ignored.
Ma Qing, who is watching the outcome, is one of the people in this group.
To deal with Ma Qing and to find out the people behind him, we must first shake these general groups that are lying together to keep warm.
Pei Min made up his mind because of Wang Haibin's tragic death: Since they ignored Ma Qing and Meng Lin violated the unforgivable crime, intending to shelter them and clear them of the crime. He did such a completely unethical bottom line, then no one of them could escape.
Yao Chong said with a calm expression: "What happened to the front line?"
Pei Min did not hide it and told him about Wang Haibin.
When Yao Chong heard that a general hero like Wang Haibin died so much at the hands of a slut, a hint of warm anger flashed in his eyes. He looked at Pei Min faintly, and hesitated in his heart.
Pei Min smiled and said, "The clown jumping is naturally not in Yao Xiang's eyes. As the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, Yao Xiang has a high status. I think the only one who can give you a headache is Pei Min!"
Yao Chong's pupils shrank slightly, and there was nothing unusual on his face, but a huge wave in his heart was wailing, and he thought to himself: "This little fox actually saw through my thoughts!" With Liu Youqiu, Zhang said that Wei Zhigu and others asked him to take down one by one, and the only one he feared most was Pei Min.
Pei Min's status is far less than that of Liu Youqiu. Zhang said that Wei Zhigu and other old ministers, but his position is special... The Censorate, the Censorate who can supervise all officials.
These officials naturally include the prime minister Yao Chong!
Pei Min was highly valued by Li Longji, possessed the merit of following the dragon, and was in charge of the Censorate. He did several grand major events. Recently, he made great contributions during the Tubo invasion. In government affairs, he also proposed the method of shaving water and sand and recruiting troops, both military and political, and both civil and military. His age was so young and his merits were great, and only Huo Qubing could compare with him throughout history.
Pei Min is so young and has done this, how can Yao Chong not be afraid!
Yao Chong also wants to be the prime minister for more than ten or twenty years!
"How about we make a deal?" Pei Min narrowed her eyes and looked at Yao Chong.
Yao Chong still looks like an ancient well.
Pei Min sighed, "Forget it, it seems that Min and Yao Xiang are really different and do not plan for each other. Min can be said to be heart-warming about Yao Xiang, but Yao Xiang refused to be a thousand miles away. Well, I'll say goodbye."
Yao Chong finally spoke and said, "What is Zhongcheng doing? He is old and is not younger than you. He thinks about things slowly and should be considerate. Lord Zhongcheng just says something."
Pei Min cursed "Old Fox" and said with a smile: "Your Majesty Yao doesn't know that Min's greatest wish is not to make any achievements in governing the country, but to imitate Huo Cavalry during the Han Dynasty and expand the territory for our Tang Dynasty. It is not my wish to serve in the Censorate. It is just that Your Majesty values and works hard. In this matter, I want to resign from Your Majesty, guard the border, and guard the border for my Tang Dynasty!"
No matter how deep Yao Chongcheng's mansion is, he still calmed down Pei Min's words. Throughout history, only officials have been asking for transfers to the capital, so how could anyone ask for Maobian?
Pei Min was a little shocked when he saw Yao Chong, and he felt a little proud: In fact, he had been considering this issue for a long time. Chang'an has a high status, but his foundation is too shallow, and he is too heavy and has a heavy head. Sooner or later, he will suffer when encountering strong winds and waves. Instead of intrigueing a group of people above him in the turmoil in Chang'an, it is better to go out. With his current status and the achievements he has made this time, if he is transferred to Mao Shou, he will at least be a senior official at the level of the governor, holding military and political power, and is determined by the highest local officials.
It is better to be a chicken head than a queen. If you have nothing to do, practice military training, govern people's livelihood, bully bullies and gangsters in the country. When you have something to do, you will fight against Tubo and Turks, and you will get merits, and you will avoid intrigue and not be too happy.
If you do well, you may be able to get a few military governors and hold an army of more than 100,000, which is so majestic. It will be not too late to return to the capital until it is deeply rooted.
Since Yao Chong is so afraid of him, it is better to use something he doesn't care about to sell Yao Chong for face and let him help him make a big fuss in the end.
Yao Chong looked at Pei Min with a complicated expression and said, "Is it worth giving up everything for someone I don't know?"
Pei Min said without hesitation: "Of course it's worth it! Wang Jun is such a hero, and it's worth a big fuss for him."
Yao Chong was passionate and stood up and said, "Zhongcheng Gao Yi, as long as Zhongcheng's words today are true, Chong will help him with all his strength and will not let me die in vain in the battlefield!" He never mentioned the transaction.
Pei Min cursed in her heart: "Old fox!"
Chapter completed!