Chapter 46 Backer Downfall
Pei Min's preference for tea was a habit he developed in the 20th century. In this era, drinking tea was not popular in Youzhou, and tea was not easy to buy. It was not until he came to Chang'an that he drank it again. In order to adapt to the customs here, he also specially chose peppermint that suits the taste from spicy, creamy, lard and other seasonings.
The tea of this era is not as good as the dry stir-fry of later generations, but it is supplemented by cool mint. The bitterness is a bit cool and sweet with the bitterness of the tea leaves. The taste is not much different from that of later generations Longjing, Mengding and Biluochun.
This is all in recent months, and Princess Taiping has even investigated the details clearly.
While he was greatly impressed, he also realized that Princess Taiping's intention was that she was showing off her strength to herself.
"Good tea!" Pei Min smiled calmly: "I have a special liking for tea tasting, especially the taste of mint. The eldest princess is indeed well prepared."
Princess Taiping saw that Pei Min was not afraid or afraid, and nodded, "I love to promote young talents the most, especially Master Pei who is young and knows how to take advantage of the situation, so I can't help but love. The Ministry of Personnel's re-examination is coming soon, and I don't know what position Mr. Pei has. I know that you have to be proud of your disagreement with the Pei family. If you are willing to serve for me, I will give you a supervisor. What do you think?"
Pei Min's heart was beating, and she was moved by it and secretly shouted: "Awesome!" Princess Taiping said this very cleverly, and almost every part had a deep meaning. She first used her favorite to promote the young talent to herself in advance, and then pointed out that she used her power to deal with Huifan, and showed her open-minded and generous mind, and used her love to explain the reasons for investigating him. Then she asked herself to choose the position she liked, and finally pointed out the gap between herself and the Pei family and gave herself the position of supervising the censor.
Links are linked to the extreme, and temptation is brought to the extreme.
The Pei family is a giant. Pei Min wants to make the Pei family regret it and even vent his anger on the Pei family and make them pay the price. It is absolutely impossible to have a certain position in the court. However, the position in the court must come at a glance, and requires many factors such as merit, qualifications, and connections.
Even if he is a Jinshi in the current year, he will start from the ninth rank. With the strength of the Pei family for thousands of years, even if he is not as good as before, he will not be afraid of a ninth rank sesame official. However, the supervisor censor is not as good as the previous one. The supervisor censor's status is not high, but he is only at the eighth rank. However, he is responsible for supervising all officials, inspecting counties, correcting criminal prisons, and rectifying rituals. He can also directly impeach officials who violated the law and discipline and incompetent officials to the emperor, and his authority is no less than that of a fourth or fifth rank senior.
Pei Minyi, however, became the Censor of the Supervisor, and really wanted to cause trouble for the Pei family, which was enough for the Pei family to drink.
Princess Taiping actually favored him so much, and promised him such benefits.
It’s a pity that Pei Min knows history. Although he can’t remember the detailed time, he can be sure that just this year, the Taiping Party disappeared due to Li Longji’s innate coup, and the Tang Dynasty has now entered a dreamlike chapter of prosperity.
At this time, he was tied up with Princess Taiping, and it was not much different from trying to make a desperate move. Besides, he didn't mean to stay in Chang'an for a long time.
Pei Min was smart and did not directly make a fuss with Princess Taiping. He said in embarrassment: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint His Highness the Princess. My parents are here, not traveling far away, and my family is far away in Youzhou. I have never had the idea of going to Chang'an. I have made an appointment with Governor Xue, and I will go back to Youzhou to serve his position after I was in high school."
Princess Taiping was a little surprised and realized: "That's right, you probably don't know yet. The Grand Governor Xue Na has been removed from office. Now he is a white-hearted person. Calculate the time and he probably has returned to his hometown in Hedong."
"What?" Pei Min's expression suddenly changed, thinking of Xue Na's military plan to attack Liaodong and western Liaoning based on his unintentional words, and said in a trembling voice: "Is the Grand Commander successful or not?"
Princess Taiping smiled and said, "Is this here? You can feel at ease. The Grand Governor has successfully regained Liaodong and western Liaoning. Now the 6th channel of the Andong Protectorate Mansion has been opened, and there is no worries in the northeast."
"Why?" Pei Min felt a little excited in his heart. In his memory, the Tang Dynasty regained Liaodong and Liaoxi were in the prosperous Kaiyuan period. Now that Li Longji has not really taken power, Xue Na has already regained Liaodong and Liaoxi lost during the Wu Zetian period. There is no doubt that this contribution is his share. His appearance has changed the historical process significantly for the first time. But Xue Na won, why did he still be demoted to white?
He looked at Princess Taiping with confusion.
Princess Taiping smiled slightly, relieving Pei Min's doubts.
It turns out that the culprit is the discord between the generals and the most critical reason why Pei Min opposes Xue Na's sending troops.
The soldiers brought by Xue Na himself defeated Sun Qi. The soldiers who conquered Liaodong and Liaoxi were transferred from the Chongzhe Prefecture of another province. They were not in a vain with Xue Na, but had their own little thoughts.
During this battle, Xue Ne personally led 80,000 troops to camp step by step, attacking Liuzhou by six routes, while Dingzhou governor Cui Xuandao, General Li Sijing and Du Binke led more than 10,000 troops to infiltrate the Andong Protectorate from the Shui 6, and the garrison attacked Liaodong and western Liaoning.
Xue Ne successfully made a plan, and he successfully arrived at the attack of the Khitan and Xi tribes with iron-connected tactics. Cui Xuandao, Li Sijing and Du Bin divided into three groups. Yilu attacked Yingzhou, Yilu attacked Liuzhou, and finally attacked the Xi tribe and the Khitan cattle and sheep. The three-way flags were opened to victory, Cui Xuandao and Li Sijing successfully captured Yingzhou, Liuzhou, and Du Binke slaughtered tens of thousands of sheep and horses, and blood gradually grew grassland.
It was a rare victory, but Cui Xuandao and Li Sijing were unwilling to accept this. They felt that the Khitan who had lost its logistics and the Xi tribe could not bear the attack and could take advantage of the victory to pursue it.
Du Binke could not stop it, and the one who was in a hurry could only write a book to Xue Ne.
Xue Ne was so scared that he asked the five messengers to convey his military orders that he prohibited the dispatch of troops. He was worried that he would lead more than ten personal guards to Liuzhou day and night to prevent them from going to Wanyi. Sure enough, Cui Xuandao, Li Sijing lacked respect for Xue Ne, ignored his military orders, and acted alone.
Xue Ne arrived in time to stop Cui Xuandao. Li Sijing's stupid decision was so angry that he beat Cui Xuandao and Li Sijing to thirty military sticks.
Cui Xuandao and Li Sijing's subordinates heard the news, they actually had a vague momentum of mutiny.
For the sake of the overall situation, Xue Ne cut down all the troubled generals and officials. Cui Xuandao and Li Sijing also cut down the rebellion by instigating his subordinates.
Cui Xuandao is from the Cui family, and Li Sijing is not young. When he comes to the Li family in Longxi, the Cui family and the Li family take turns to impeach Xue Ne.
Although Xue Ne achieved great achievements, she was also guilty and demoted to white.
Pei Min was a little stunned. This backer fell down just by saying that.
Chapter completed!