Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 716 Political Standing
"My lower official pays my respects to the Marquis of Qinghe County."

"Cui Sheren, this is..."

Inside Sinong Temple, Zhao Yuankai heard the commotion outside, went out and saw Cui Xin with an ugly face, "Brother Cui, this is..."

After all, they are relatives-in-law. Although they talked about it in a corner, Cui Xin forced a smile, "Where's Li Huairen?"

"Didn't come to the Yamen again?"

"It's here, it's here." Zhao Yuankai waved his hands to tell the subordinates who were watching the excitement to leave, and said in a low voice, "Your Highness came early, but left two quarters ago..."

Cui Xin still had a gloomy face, "Where's his personal guard?"

"They all went with me too." Zhao Yuankai recalled Li Shanshi's face when he just left... more gloomy than Cui Xin.

"You run fast!" Cui Xin gritted his teeth, "Escaped back to Zhuangzi?"

"I don't know." Zhao Yuankai, as the Minister of Agriculture, is actually of higher rank than Cui Xin, "However, when His Highness left, he was quite indignant, maybe someone framed him..."

Cui Xin restrained himself from cursing, seven years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, in terms of the reputation in Pingkang Fang, who can compare with that guy?
But this damned little thief dared to spread those two broken poems to Pingkangfang!
After thinking for a while, Cui Xin got up, went straight out of the palace, made a few detours, and entered a house in Yankangfang.

As soon as he entered the door, Cui Xin heard ghosts crying and wolves begging for mercy. Zhang Wenguan escaped from the backyard, and Li Shanzheng, who was holding a cane, scolded and chased after him.

Zhang Wenguan fled to the door in a panic, and was suddenly grabbed by Cui Xin... It is impossible for Li Shan and the Cui family to spread those two broken poems, but Zhang Wenguan, who is the messenger.

Li Shan picked up the cane and whipped it down, staring at Zhang Wenguan with a smirk, "You are so courageous!"

"Brother Huai, it's not me, it's not me..." Zhang Wenguan desperately explained, "It's Yang Siyi!"

"How did he know?" Cui Xin asked coldly, "Could it be Huairen who told him?"

Seeing that his nephew was speechless, Cui Xin slowly said: "Other than the old man and Huairen, you are the only one who knows the two broken lines of the poem in the wooden box."

Yesterday in Pingkang Square, many descendants of aristocratic families gathered together. Some people lamented that Handan had not arrived yet, while others lamented that Li Shuai had been planning to return to Beijing for several months and had no new works...Yang Siyi threw out the two sentences he just heard.

Mei Xu Xunxue is three points white, but Xue loses Mei for a while.

This is Li Shan's poem as a metaphor. Strictly speaking, it can be regarded as the boudoir fun between this young unmarried couple... No wonder Cui Shiniang refused to tell Cui Xin.

But the one who performed the dance yesterday happened to be the Hu girl who sang the song "Sparse shadows, slanting horizontally, clear water, dark fragrance, floating moon and dusk" by Li Shan at the beginning of the year.

That poem was also about Yongmei... For some reason, rumors spread about Li Shanxi's bearded girl, so a steward of Prince Qi's mansion got the bearded girl out and sent her to Li's house in Sun Moon Lake.

To put it mildly, it's just that Li Shan is very flirtatious and loves Hu women. It can even be explained that Li Shan is handsome and despises black, so he likes white.

But from Cui Xin and Li Shan's point of view, these two incomplete poems are equivalent to juxtaposing Hu Nu and Cui Shiniang, and they are naturally furious.

Whether it is Cui Xin, Li Shan, or Cui Shiniang, it is impossible to leak these two sentences. Naturally, Zhang Wenguan must be held accountable.

At this time, Zhang Wenguan's eyes suddenly lit up, "There's still big brother!"

Cui Xin was taken aback, "How could Wenxi know?"

"Really!" Zhang Wenguan tried desperately to explain, "What I told my brother the night before yesterday... must be my brother..."

Halfway through speaking, Zhang Wenguan suddenly stopped talking.

"Greetings, Uncle." The expressionless Zhang Wenxi appeared out of nowhere, saluted, then kicked his younger brother to the ground, turned to look at Li Shan, "How many times have you been whipped?"

"We agreed on thirty lashes, and we have 27 lashes left."

"I heard that although the King of Handan is as gentle as jade, he was decisive in killing and attacking on the battlefield. He once built a capital by the Cangtou River, but his methods are so gentle?" Zhang Wenxi said with a straight face, "A hundred lashes."

Zhang Wenguan's face was pale, and he shouted at the top of his voice, "Brother!"

Zhang Wenxi stared at him fiercely, "Shut up!"

Li Shancai and Cui Xin left with a full hundred lashes, Zhang Wenguan lay on the couch and said aggrievedly: "Brother, you obviously said it!"

"Brother didn't know it was a gift to my cousin!" Zhang Wenxi said bitterly: "Just wait, Auntie hasn't dealt with you yet!"

There are two tears on Zhang Wenguan's face, the back of the pot...

Cui Xin, who had already left the mansion, stared at Li Shan with sideways eyes, but Li Shan smiled, "I have wronged Zhigui."

"Ok?"

Li Shan explained a few words in a low voice, it is probably Zhang Wenxi who said it, but this person doesn't know the inside story... Forget it, anyway, Zhang Wenguan must be responsible for the blame.

"Oh, this time Wenxi came to Beijing, one is to control Zhigui, and the other is to become an official." Cui Xin immediately connected.

Yang Siyi is the eldest son of Zhongshuling Yang Gongren, and now Yang Gongren is also serving as Minister of the Ministry of Officials. Zhang Wenxi probably uses Yang Siyi to get through the joints.

Seeing that Cui Xin was still angry, Li Shan said in a low voice: "By the way, if His Majesty has no appointment for the third crowning ceremony at the beginning of February, can uncle preside over it?"

"Let's talk about it." Cui Xin stroked his beard and asked instead: "Today, there are disputes in the court, why did Su Dingfang become Duke of the Duke?"

Li Shan felt relieved, stroking his beard was partly a habitual action of his father-in-law in a good mood, and said casually, "Maybe Brother Ding Fang is about to welcome his wife."

Cui Xin's hand stroking his beard stopped, did my son-in-law think I was stupid, and used such words to fool me?

Li Shan quickly added a few words, "There may be other reasons, but my nephew doesn't know the inside story."

Seeing Cui Xin glanced over again, Li Shan said quietly: "My nephew is also worried..."

From a political standpoint, Su Dingfang and Ling Jing are different.

As early as the end of the Shandong War, Ling Jing went to various places with Li Daoxuan, Tian Liu'an, Qi Shanxing and other generals of King Qin's lineage to quell the rebellion and appease the people.

However, Su Dingfang was different. He directly participated in Li Shan's beheading of Cui Bo to quell the troops and disturb the hearts of the people... This incident also directly led to Li Shan's slap in the face of the East Palace by pacifying the Shandong War, but it was not considered the main reason for his attachment to the King of Qin.

Therefore, Su Dingfang's political stance is completely consistent with Li Shan's, and anyone with a discerning eye can see this clearly.

Many people are guessing the meaning of the inexplicable promotion... After all, Li Shan formed the Daizhou Army, and Su Dingfang has always been the actual chief general.

Many people are speculating that it may have something to do with Pei Shiju's suggestion to prepare troops in Guannei Road.

When he returned to Zhuangzi that night, Li Shan suddenly thought that in terms of political stance, Su Dingfang was on his side, and he was on Li Yuan's side on the surface. The prince, Qin Wang, and Qi Wang had their own positions.

But there is another person who is also on Li Yuan's side, Princess Pingyang.

(End of this chapter)