Datang: Huchi served as a bodyguard, but refused to enter the court as an official

Xiao Yue, who was serving them at the side, looked terrifyingly pale.

Listening to the meaning of these big brothers, it seems that if you continue to be an official in the court, you will die

Xiao Yu glanced at his youngest son, took a mouthful of food, and said calmly after swallowing it: "The errands in the three provinces cannot be left behind. Besides Zhao Pu, is there any suitable candidate?"

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and suddenly fell silent at the same time.

It stands to reason that there must be at least four big bosses from the three provinces.

Wei Zheng, Dai Zhou, and Wen Yanbo could persist for so long because the emperor didn't take them seriously.

In the past, only the rewards of officials and titles were not passed through the three provinces, and later the imperial decrees were not passed through the three provinces.

As a result, the situation is getting worse and worse, the emperor even sent troops to bring down Gaochang country, and the bosses of the three provinces don't even know about it!

In the eyes of the emperor, the emperor is supreme, and the civil and military officials are nothing more than retainers.

But the courtiers don't see it that way.

In their eyes, whether civil or military officials or nobles, they are all ruling the world together with the emperor.

One's own rights and interests must not be lost!

This requires the candidates of the three provinces to be strong enough.

Strong enough to take back all the things lost by the three provinces this year.

At least, I can break my wrist with the emperor.

Zhao Pu is indeed a suitable candidate.

First, he also has a strong network.

For his future, Liu Bai consciously gave way. One can imagine how much "wealth" Liu Bai left for him.

Secondly, he inherited Wei Zheng's mantle.

In other words, when he enters the three provinces, the entire Yushitai will be used by him!

But the remaining three are not easy to choose.

No one wants to repeat the "tragedy" of the three provinces this year.

Once the three provinces can no longer restrict the emperor's power, the world will be over!

squeak-

At this time, the door was pushed in.

But it was the housekeeper of the Xiao family.

"Master, the distinguished guest is here!"

Everyone stood up to greet him.

As soon as they appeared, the guests in the outer room and the living room also moved out one after another.

These people are not yet qualified to accept the hospitality of the bigwigs from the three provinces.

Outside Song Guogong's mansion, a very strange landscape appeared

A carriage, an ox cart, a donkey, and a sedan chair, seem to be competing?

Seeing this scene, the bigwigs from the three provinces all covered their foreheads and sighed helplessly.

Started again

From the window of the carriage, Wang Ji poked his head out and cursed at the opposite side: "Get out of the way for me!"

Opposite is a bullock cart.

The bullock cart has no carriage, it is a bare cart.

An old man was half lying on the cart, holding a copy of "Spring and Autumn Justice" in his hand, and his mouth was not very clean.

"Fart! Who are you? If my father appeared here, you bastard would be scared back into your mother's womb!"

This old man is exactly Cao Xian!

Cao Xian may not be able to compare with Wang Ji in terms of learning.

After all, it is not a professional field.

Wang Ji's major is poetry and classics, while Cao Xian is a master of exegesis.

But Cao Xian is old and senior.

In the early years of Emperor Kaihuang of the former Sui Dynasty, Wang Ji's father, Wang Long, was conscripted as a doctor of Guozi.

At that time, Cao Xian was regarded as Wang Long's younger brother.

Later, Wang Ji's elder brother Wang Tong, a great Confucian, went to Jiangdu for a study tour. He was also entertained by Cao Xian and met his brother in the city.

The friendship between the two was so deep that Cao Xian even wrote a preface to Wang Tong's book "Zhong Shuo".

The seniority is a bit messy, but what is certain is that Cao Xian is higher than Wang Ji in terms of age and seniority.

Listening to the two great Confucian scholars at that time scolding each other without style, the people who greeted them at the door did not dare to approach, and each of them wanted to cut off their ears.

The old man riding on the donkey seems to be a kind person.

"They're all about the same age, An Sheng An Sheng."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he looked at Cao Xian and Wang Ji who were about to roll up their arms and sleeves to fight, and immediately shrank back.

The old man on the donkey is none other than Sun Simiao!

In fact, Sun Simiao is the same age as Cao Xian, but he is a god, with countless living people, and he can't even give the emperor face.

Among the 'people from all directions', only the person sitting in the sedan chair did not speak.

From the looks of it, he couldn't afford to offend the other three masters.

Seeing Wang Ji and Cao Xian calm down, Dai Zhou observed the situation carefully, then stepped forward and helped Sun Simiao off the donkey.

Sun Simiao was very agile, he got off the donkey as soon as he turned over, without letting Dai Zhou help him.

Dai Zhou staggered and almost lost his waist.

Sun Simiao frowned and said, "How can someone be so careless at such a young age?"

Dai Zhou looked at his gray beard and could only shake his head and smile wryly.

Wang Ji was unwilling to lift the curtain of the car, and Wen Yanbo hurried forward to help him.

In court, they are prime ministers.

In front of these people, they are not much different from children.

Wen Yanbo is a direct disciple of the great Confucian Wang Tong, and can be regarded as Wang Ji's nephew.

Wang Ji was invited by him.

Xiao Yu went to invite Cao Xian, while Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui came to the sedan chair.

"My lord!"

Li Deliang came out of the sedan chair tremblingly with a cane.

He is getting older.

Although among these four masters, he is the youngest.

He is 20 years younger than Cao Xian and Sun Simiao, but he looks the oldest one.

He squeezed Fang Xuanling's outstretched arm.

With a voice that only he and Fang Du could hear, he said: "There has been a change in Yuezhou, find a quiet place to talk!"

Chapter 1573 One of the emperor's most trusted people is also one of the most suspicious people

Fang Xuanling's hands trembled, while Du Ruhui's face trembled.

They all know that in the whole plan, the little-known Yuezhou occupies a high position in the eyes of others!

This kind of thing must never be known by irrelevant people!

The two exchanged glances, then called the Xiao family's younger generation to welcome Li Deliang in, and then whispered a few words to a few old friends they knew well.

The ancestors of the Xiao family belonged to the royal family, and they were related by marriage to the royal families of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

This led to Xiao Yu, the patriarch of the Xiao family, being one of the emperor's most trusted people, but also one of the most suspicious people.

After all, it is the team that followed Li Erqi.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Xiao Yu is Li Er's most trusted person.

And his identity is also destined to be subject to endless suspicion.

There is no contradiction between these two things.

The royal family never suspected Xiao Yu personally, but the entire Xiao family.

Don't look at the fact that the Xiao family in Lanling is usually not obvious, but the family has a profound heritage, I'm afraid it's no worse than the Dou family!

It stands to reason that Xiao Yu's contribution is not as good as that of Fang Xuanling and the others.

Compared with Changsun Wuji, it is also far behind.

He was able to enter the three provinces first with Sun Wuji and become Shangshu Zuo Pushe, which is enough to prove the strength of the Xiao family.

For a person like him, apart from blood relatives, there are basically not many people in the family who can be trusted.

Who knows if this servant, that maid is a spy sent by the palace?

Like Li Jing and the others, Xiao Yu and others assumed an attitude of not being greedy for any power after they became officials.

If the emperor showed the slightest suspicion of them, I am afraid that these few families will tear down the screen wall of their house that day, so that they can clearly see what the people inside are doing from standing on the street.

As a result, there is basically no place in the Xiao family, which is a place where you can be quiet and not afraid of being heard by others.

There is only one Buddhist hall, which is relatively clean

After welcoming the old men in, Xiao Yu led them to his Buddhist hall.

It is well known in the world that the Xiao family believes in Buddhism.

In the past few years, Buddhism was in turmoil, thanks to Xiao Yu's protection.

Knowing that Xuanzang's journey to the Western Regions would be dangerous, Xiao Yu did not hesitate to give Liu Bai his farmland in exchange for a map.

The Buddhist hall is not big, but the statues inside are packed to the brim.

Shakyamuni's head was aggrieved against the beam of the house.

Ananda Kassapa on the left and right sides, almost sticking to the thighs of the Buddha

More than a dozen people walked in, making the Buddhist hall even more crowded.

Except for Wang Ji and his four masters, the others could only stand.

Li Deliang's health is getting worse.

Since the third year of Zhenguan, he has stopped paying attention to the government.

In these years, the number of times I went to the palace was very few.

The last time, at the end of last year, Li Er planned to adopt his son to Li Yuanji, so he reluctantly showed his face.

Unless there is a large-scale change in the royal family, I'm afraid he won't get involved in anything anymore.

With an attitude of giving it a try, Dai Zhou invited Li Deliang over, but unexpectedly, he actually came.

Dai Zhou, who was moved in his heart, thought that his face was big enough.

He had just realized that this was not the case at all.

The old county king didn't care whether he was dead or alive, and he was willing to show up this time because of the earth-shattering changes in Yuezhou!

"Shiwen, look at people!"

What Li Deliang said was vague, but Xiao Yu understood what it meant.

Not many people know the meaning of Yuezhou.

Counting the royal family and the old men, there are less than twenty in total.