The lady escaped marriage and became addicted

Chapter 426 Training Dugu Kai, Entering the Palace Portrait (4)
Li Shangshu of the official department is the queen's elder brother Li Zhengqian.

An Ran immediately took away her own painting, and said in a low voice: "Father, my daughter-in-law will not delay you, let's go out of the palace and go back to the palace to paint!"

Yang Yan also said: "Father, you have government affairs to deal with, and my son will resign." If he continued to stay, he would be afraid that his father would be paranoid, thinking that he is keen on power, so it is better to avoid suspicion.

The emperor glared at Yang Yan unhappily and said: "Since we met, you can't share your father's worries and listen to what Li Shangshu has to say?" Then he said to An Ran, "You stay here for a while, I still have something to do. ask you."

After the explanation was over, the emperor signaled for Li Shangshu to have an audience.

Li Zhengqian came in without looking aside and knelt down to greet Ann. The emperor said he was flat, so he stood up.With a glance, he found that not only King Ping was there, but Princess Ping was also there.He was slightly taken aback, and couldn't help feeling a little uneasy, but he still clasped his fists and bowed to Yang Yan and An Ran without changing his expression: "Shangshu Li Zhengqian of the Ministry of Officials has met His Royal Highness King Ping and Princess Ping!"

"Li Shangshu is free!" Yang Yan raised his hand to help with a gentle smile on his lips.

Li Zhengqian flattened his body, turned to face the emperor on the throne, and said: "My Majesty, this year's severe drought in the north, the Emperor ordered the Ministry of Officials to investigate the disaster relief situation of officials in various places. After more than a month of investigation, the preliminary results have been obtained. Please, Your Majesty." Take a look."

Results in just over a month?Yang Yan didn't read it, and he could probably guess that the credibility of the survey results is not high.

The emperor watched it blankly, then handed it to Hua En and said, "Show King Ping!"

Li Zhengqian's eyes flickered slightly, and he secretly glanced at Yang Yan.He didn't send the memorial up in the morning, because he was afraid that people would see the clues, so he thought about passing it up secretly after the court was over. After the emperor used the seal, the matter would be settled, and no one would even think about it again. Waves come.But he didn't expect King Ping to be there.

Didn't King Ping ask for leave and stay away from court these days?That's all for King Ping, it's not that he didn't see the emperor's partiality, but Princess Ping is a woman, what does the emperor keep her in Qinzheng Palace?
After Yang Yan saw it, he frowned slightly and didn't speak for a while.

The emperor asked: "How?"

Yang Yan looked at Li Shangshu, thought for a while before opening his mouth and said: "Father, in July, Erchen also brought people from the Ministry of Industry to visit more than a dozen counties along the Yellow River to learn about the local drought and disaster relief. It’s just that the situation learned by Erchen seems to be somewhat different from the situation investigated by Li Shangshu.”

"Oh?" The emperor just said one word, and glanced at Li Zhengqian sharply, but didn't say much.

Li Zhengqian knew his own affairs, and immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty: "Please forgive me, the emperor may be too short, and the officials sent down did not investigate thoroughly enough. I have a negative reputation, and I must have sent someone to investigate again..."

"Li Shangshu is also a humerus veteran who has been in the court for many years. He even handed over the book that has not been investigated clearly to the father. If the king of Japan is not here today, and the father does not know the truth, he will reward and punish officials from all over the country based on the investigation results in this book. , wouldn’t it make people think that the emperor doesn’t know who is right and who is wrong, and makes officials all over the world chill?” Yang Yan naturally wanted to seize this opportunity to attack dissidents.

Li Zhengqian was so regretful that he would have asked him if he had known about it earlier, and he would come back when King Ping was away.

This year is another three-year inspection period. Before the end of the year, the performance appraisal and promotion plans of officials from various places must be submitted to the emperor. Officials from various places will be appointed as soon as next year.He also wanted to use the results of this investigation to remove those who refused to submit to King An and replace them with his own.What should I do if I don't want to be caught by King Ping's pigtails?

He secretly glanced at the emperor, although the emperor did not speak, his face became more and more ugly.

Li Zhengqian hurriedly kowtowed to plead guilty and said: "The humble minister was confused for a while, and was deceived by the people who tried to clean up the officials. Please forgive me, the emperor!"

At a critical moment, Li Zhengqian remembered that Cui Yu, the Langzhong of the Examination and Cleaning Department, was not his own. Although the Cui family of Boling had always been neutral, Cui Yu married the daughter of the royal family of Taiyuan. But the relationship is very good.Well, this scapegoat is not bad.

When Yang Yan heard that Li Zhengqian had pushed the matter to Si Cuiyu, the meritorious official Si Cuiyu, he secretly hated him, but how could he let him get away with it?

With a smile on the corner of Yang Yan's lips, he said in a manly voice: "I think Mr. Li has been working hard on state affairs these years, and his energy has been exhausted, so he is confused."

Although Li Zhengqian was surprised that King Ping would speak for himself, he didn't have time to think too much, and immediately climbed down the ladder and said: "Yes, I was confused for a while, and was fooled by the villain..."

Even if he admits his mistake, he still doesn't forget to beat someone up and push the biggest fault to others.

Regardless of what he said later, Yang Yancai immediately suggested to the emperor: "Father, as the uncle of the state, Li Shangshu has contributed a lot to the court these years. Now that he is in poor health and energy, Father should be sympathetic. Let Li Shangshu go home to be honored and raised."

The emperor did not wait for Li Zhengqian to refute, and immediately responded: "Prince Ping is very right. Li Shangshu has worked hard for state affairs for many years, so he should take a good rest. If I knew that Aiqing was not in good health, I would force Aiqing to remain in the court as the court." It’s too unreasonable to work hard on things.”

Li Zhengqian secretly groaned, but with such a small amount of clues, is he going to take his job?Completely ignoring the contributions made by the queen and his Li family to the court over the years, the way the royal family has done is really chilling.The royal family has always been on guard against the Li family, and they don't know why.For so many years, their Li family managed to produce a queen, but he had no heirs, and he also managed to sit on the position of Minister, how could he be dismissed like this?

Li Zhengqian was not reconciled, and immediately put on a grateful look, cupped his fists and bowed again: "Thank you, the emperor, for being considerate of this humble minister. However, I am loyal to the country, and I dare not speak bitterly. Speaking of which, this minister is two years younger than the emperor. Seeing how hard the emperor is working so hard, I should work hard for a few more years. It is my blessing to be able to devote myself to the Sui Dynasty. I beg the emperor to give me this opportunity to be loyal to the country..."Do you want me to be honored and become an official?I am younger than the emperor!
With that said, Li Zhengqian bowed to the emperor again.While he was bowing down, the Emperor Heping Wang and his son exchanged glances at each other.

(End of this chapter)