The thunder is loud and the raindrops are small.

The rebellion in Qizhou is the most suitable to describe it in this sentence.

When Li Ji, a dignified Minister of War, was doing the job of a yamen runner who was guarding the prisoners, it meant that Qizhou had really been pacified.

"So, Keming is your cousin?"

It was said that Li Ji was personally responsible for escorting Li You and others back to Chang'an, but in fact he didn't have to do anything, he just rode a horse and chatted with Du Xingmin there.

As the biggest contributor to the Qizhou rebellion, Du Xingmin naturally had to go to Chang'an City with Li Ji to receive the reward.

These days, suppressing rebellions and rescuing the emperor are all great contributions.

After all, one is related to the emperor's country and the other is related to the emperor's life safety. None of them is more important than ordinary life.

"Duke of England, my father and Duke Du are cousins ​​who have already made three servers. Although he is indeed my uncle in terms of backup, he probably has never known him."

Although Du Ruhui has been dead for several years, Li Ji, Fang Xuanling, or Li Shimin still misses him quite much.

When talking about what kind of relationship does someone have with the Du family, they often focus on Du Ruhui instead of the current head of the family Du Gou.

"Then you are still relatives within the five squads. This time you return to Chang'an City, you can visit the Du family, which may be beneficial to your future appointment."

When Li Ji met Du Xingmin, he still admired him very much after talking.

Of course, as a child of the Du family, he had no idea to recruit him directly. Unless the Du family was unwilling to help him, he could take action.

Based on his understanding of Du Gou, he should not be that superficial.

Du Xingmin made such a great contribution, the rewards he should have will never be small; as long as the Du family pushes it a little, the reward will likely be implemented.

Indeed, the court awarded you a title and the rank will immediately rise.

However, with grades, if there is no corresponding real position, the difference is still very big.

This is completely different from the enjoyment of the treatment of officials at the department level in later generations and the enjoyment of the cadres at the department level.

Besides, even if you are a regular department-level cadre, there are still very big differences between the regular department-level cadre in different positions.

A developed leader of a non-provincial capital prefecture-level city is a department-level cadre; a trade union chairman in a remote province is also a department-level cadre.

"Thank you, the British Duke, for your advice. After returning to Chang'an City, you will visit the master's house as soon as possible!"

Du Xingmin is not the kind of fake aloof person. He will not be embarrassed at all how to plan benefits for himself.

Only by sitting at a high enough seat can we do things for the people of the Tang Dynasty better.

"My viewpoint is a bit different from Maogong!"

Liu Dewei, who was standing by, also had a good impression of Du Xingmin, the soldier who helped him clean his butt, and was obviously willing to pull him.

"Oh? What are your insights?"

Li Ji glanced at Liu Dewei with a little surprise.

However, he was not so stingy, and he would not be like those performed in some TV series. Anyone who puts a different point of view from him will hold a hatred for him in his heart.

"It is certainly necessary to visit the Du family, but it may not play a particularly important role. Keming has passed away for many years. Although the Du family is still one of the rare big families in Jingzhao, the Du family lacks someone who can directly talk to His Majesty."

As soon as Liu Dewei said this, Li Ji and Du Xingmin couldn't help but nod.

yes!

Who can see Li Shimin at any time now in the Du family? Can Li Shimin listen to what he says?

If Du Ruhui was still alive, it would be more important to say.

But now, although Du Gou inherited Du Ruhui's title, his influence is not the same level at all.

"What's your suggestion?"

Li Ji looked at Liu Dewei curiously.

As the Minister of Justice, Liu Dewei was one of the few senior officials in the Tang Dynasty, but his presence was very low and he was very low-key in his work.

But such a person is very steadily in the position of Minister of Justice.

"Your Highness King of Chu, after you arrive in Chang'an City, find an opportunity to visit Your Highness King of Chu to see if he is willing to see you. If Your Highness King of Chu is willing to add you, then Du Langjun's future will be stable!"

"Why is His Highness the King of Chu? He rarely expresses his opinions on the appointment and removal of officials in the court?"

Li Ji did not think clearly about the logic inside for a while.

"Maogong, you will understand after thinking about it again! Yin family and Li family..."

After Liu Dewei reminded him, Li Ji and Du Xingmin immediately understood.

yes!

The Yin family and the Li family can be said to have national hatred and family hatred.

At that time, Yin Shishi was the only one who stayed in Chang'an of the Sui Dynasty. He was deeply trusted by Yang Guang and a loyal minister of the Great Sui Dynasty.

The Li family’s ancestral tomb was dug up by Yinshi Master.

The most important thing is that Li Kuan’s nominal father, Li Zhiyun, died at the hands of Yinshi Master.

It can be said that Li Kuan and the Yin family have a grudge against killing their father.

This time, Du Xingmin took down both Li You and Yin Hongzhi, which was avenging Li Kuan.

Especially when dealing with Li You, under normal circumstances, Li Kuan is not very suitable for attacking. After all, it involves brothers fighting each other, and it is sensitive after all.

But if Li You himself commits suicide and rebels, it will be completely different.

As for Yin Hongzhi, because his elder sister Concubine De was protected in the Daming Palace, Li Kuan didn't want to touch him blatantly.

Now, everything is easy.

"We should indeed visit His Highness the King of Chu and report to you what "hardship" Yin Hongzhi suffered on the way back to Chang'an!"

Li Ji nodded and secretly applauded Liu Dewei's suggestion.

"I heard that His Highness of the King of Chu did not receive much from foreign ministers. If I, a seventh-rank official, went to visit him, the concierge would not even want to report the notice, right?"

Although Du Xingmin also applauded Liu Dewei's suggestion, he was worried that he would not even see Li Kuan, and even Li Kuan had never heard of him visiting him.

In that way, the ultimate goal will not be achieved.

"Don't worry, Your Highness the King of Chu is smart, and the concierge of the King of Chu's mansion will never be stupid. At that time, you must be a celebrity in Chang'an City. Maybe newspapers such as the Tang Dynasty Daily and Chang'an Evening News will use front-page headlines to report on your heroic deeds."

Liu Dewei's words were considered as a reassurance for Du Xingmin.

Small officials have limitations of small officials. Some things that Liu Dewen, Li Ji and others think are very simple may become difficult in front of Du Xingmin.

In fact, this also indirectly reflects the difficulty of poor families and ordinary people to replace nobles in aristocratic families, which is not ordinary.

Because what you have worked hard for a long time can be achieved easily.

"The great kindness of the Duke of the British and Shangshu Liu, the officials must remember it in their hearts. If the two officials have any dispatches in the future, they can arrange someone to inform me. As long as the officials can do it, they will not blink their eyes, no matter whether they are going to the mountain of swords or the sea of ​​fire."

Du Xingmin is almost forty years old now and is no longer the kind of novice who has just entered the officialdom. Naturally, he knows when he needs to say what he needs to say.

In this way, the group headed towards Chang'an City with laughter and laughter, leaving only Li You, Yin Hongzhi and others sitting in the prison car with shackles, waiting for the doomsday judgment.

...

"Clang!"

The exquisite glass teacup in Concubine De's hand fell to the ground.

"Lan Xuan, is your news accurate?"

Since I learned that Li You's uprising in Qizhou, Concubine De's life in the palace has become difficult.

Although he had no hope that Li You would be able to take the throne one day, since he had already reached the stage of uprising, he naturally did not want him to fail so quickly.

The best ending is that Li You occupy a corner of the land and will neither be able to capture Chang'an City nor be wiped out.

But, how many days have passed now?

He was already defeated and captured!

In this way, Concubine De could almost imagine that her life in the Daming Palace would become even more difficult.

"Empress, the news is absolutely accurate. I found it from Xuanzheng Hall. Now the Duke of England has personally escorted His Highness to the capital."

Liu Lanxuan was also very depressed.

As Concubine De, they are definitely in a relationship of prosperity and loss.

Now that this kind of drama has happened, her future is too late.

If you want to be arrogant among the palace maids in the Daming Palace in the future, you will never have a chance.

Maybe he was thrown to the washing machine at any time.

"What is your Majesty's reaction? Have you found out?"

"I heard that Your Majesty was furious. Empress, why don't we ask Concubine Wei? If she is willing to help her say a few good words before His Majesty, then His Highness King Qi will at most be demoted to a commoner, and it will not be too much."

Liu Lanxuan knew very well what her empress expected for her son.

As long as you are safe and sound, it doesn't matter even if you are a commoner.
To be continued...