Unparalleled Concubine

It's not an invitation card for a marriage, but simply an old man, please let Li Xin go to the house to talk about it.

Li Xin took the invitation, looked left and right, and finally decided to go out, the reason is very simple, the owner of this invitation is someone he can't refuse.

Zhang Qu.

Today's Shangshu Zuo Pushe, the prime minister among the three provinces and the prime ministers, is not one of the most powerful civil servants in the entire Taikang court.

Such a big man, although the influence is not as high as Li Xin's professional teacher Ye Sheng, but in terms of power, he has already surpassed Ye Cheng by a lot. Such a big man in the court sent a post asking Li Xin to go to his house, how could Li Xin want it? Go on a trip to save face.

After stuffing the invitation into his sleeve, Li Xin did not choose to ride in the carriage, but pulled out his own black horse from the backyard and got on the horse.

This black horse is the brother of Li Xin's Wuyun horse. Wu Yun was seriously injured that night because of the Renchen Palace change. He passed away a few years ago. The horses are gone.

After Li Xin got on his horse, he turned his head and said to Chen Shiliu: "If someone surnamed Zhao comes to the door later, let him wait for me in the side hall, and I will be back in the afternoon at the most."

Chen Shiliu nodded respectfully: "Understood, Lord Hou."

Only then did Li Xin ride out of Jing'an Marquis Mansion, and after turning his horse's head around, he left Yongle Square and walked towards Mingde Square next door.

Yes, the civil official leader of the Jin Dynasty and the leader of the Shilin literary world, Mr. Haoran, does not live in Yonglefang, but in the inferior Mingdefang. It is not because Zhang Qu is not qualified, but The old man is low-key.

In the entire Yonglefang, including Jing'an Hou's Mansion and Chen Guogong's Mansion, Zhang Qu and Zhang Haoran's status can still be the number one in the court.

This kind of person no longer needs to rely on where he lives to show his status. On the contrary, because he lives in Mingdefang, the status of Mingdefang will be raised a lot.

Li Xin soon arrived at the gate of Zhang's Mansion in Mingde Square. After handing over the invitation card of Zhang's Mansion, all the servants of Zhang's Mansion saluted Li Xin respectfully, and then brought him to the living room to serve tea. Li Xin only sat for a while. After that, an old man with gray beard and hair slowly walked into the living room from the backyard.

Li Xin got up, and cupped his hands towards the old man: "Young Li Xin, I have met Mr. Haoran."

In terms of rank, Li Xin is no worse than Zhang Qu, and even a little higher, so he talks about seniority here, which can be regarded as showing respect to old man Zhang.

Zhang Qu glanced at Li Xin, and said with a smile, "Master Li came here so fast."

Li Xin said with a smile: "The elder called me, I dare not not come."

Chapter 671

Zhang Qu is not only as simple as being the leftist minister in the court, but more importantly, he is also very famous in the scholarly circle. He is a double leader in the literary and political circles once in a century, and he is a native of the South. People, this is very much loved by the Jin people, and since the new dynasty, the power of Zhang Qu, an old minister, has not been reduced, but is the same as that of the Chengde Dynasty. After eight years, the old man's reputation has become more and more famous. Loud.

Li Xin himself respected this Lord Haoran very much, although she didn't go to court very much on weekdays, and she didn't have much contact with Zhang Qu.

This is also the first time the two have met in private.

Zhang Qu took a deep look at Li Xin, then shook his head, and said: "When the old man became an official, Mr. Ye had already made great achievements. He is the elder of the old man. The old man and Li Houye, At most, they are peers."

This is the benefit of worshiping old man Ye as a teacher, because this old man has a high seniority, and even Li Xin's seniority is much higher than his peers, such as Ye Ming, Li Shen, and Zhang Qu. Dude, they can all be regarded as Li Xin's peers.

Strictly speaking, today's Emperor Taikang is Li Xin's junior.

However, it is useless to worry about these seniority issues. After taking his seat in the Zhang residence, Li Xin said to Zhang Qu in a deep voice: "Mr.

Zhang Qu, who had been the prime minister in the court for more than ten years, lowered his head and took a sip of tea, then looked up at Li Xin, and asked, "Master Li, I have a few things I want to ask you."

Lord Jing'an smiled.

"Mr. Haoran asks, Li Xin knows everything."

Zhang Qu looked solemn, and asked, "Your Majesty, are you going to fight?"

Li Xin put down the teacup in his hand, looked at Zhang Qu in surprise, and asked in disbelief, "Don't Mr. Haoran know?"

It stands to reason that no matter what big or small things are in the court, the current prime minister should know about it, maybe even before the emperor. Today, the emperor has been preparing for three years, but this Zuo servant still comes to ask Li Believe me, this is a very unbelievable thing.

Zhang Qu looked at Li Xin's expression, and after being silent for a while, he slowly said, "I vaguely guessed what your majesty is going to do, but your majesty has not told Shang Shutai clearly until a few days ago, your majesty asked the Ministry of household to allocate money to the Ministry of War , the old man feels that things are getting closer..."

The power of the monarch and the power of the prime minister actually restrict each other. Although the emperor can appoint a prime minister, no matter who sits in the position of prime minister, he will have the ability to restrict the emperor.

Especially after a certain prime minister surnamed Cao came out, the prime minister system in Li Xin's world directly became a group prime minister system, the purpose of which was to divide the prime minister's power.

Although the Great Jin Dynasty is also a group system, Zhang Qu can coordinate the opinions of the entire Shangshutai to a certain extent. That is to say, Zhang Qu's words are very important in matters in the court. The idea of ​​Beizheng will definitely be opposed by Shang Shutai.

If the emperor persisted, maybe a few civil servants would bump into the pillars in Weiyang Palace.

Therefore, Emperor Taikang wisely did not discuss with Shangshutai, but did his own thing, using various reasons to start preparations, and when the preparations were almost ready, he would talk to Shangshutai, and most things could be done.

Especially now that it has been eight years since Taikang, the emperor is not the emperor who has just ascended the throne. Today's emperor has enough ability to control the court.

It is for this reason that the chancellors at Shangshutai have not yet figured out what their emperor, His Majesty, wants to do.

However, relying on the various behaviors of the emperor in the past few years, they can also guess the general intentions of the emperor.

Li Xin sat on his seat and took a sip of tea slowly. After being silent for a while, he finally said, "Mr. It would be inappropriate to talk to Duke Haoran..."

"Mr. Haoran just wait, after a few days, it will naturally become clear."

Zhang Qu sat on the main seat and closed his eyes.

"Master Li, the old man has already signed up to be an official."

Li Xin was startled suddenly, looked up at this unattractive old man, and said, "Mr. Haoran is so energetic, why at this time..."

The Shangshu Zuo Pushe slowly opened his eyes, and laughed at himself: "Master Li also knows that this old man is the prime minister of the old dynasty. According to what the emperor and his courtiers said, this old man should have gone home to take care of himself seven or eight years ago. More than half of the reason why I was able to stay in the capital for eight more years was because of the imperial edict issued by the first emperor."

Although there are people in the court who are the elders of the three dynasties or even the elders of the four dynasties, there are very few Zaifu who are still Zaifu from one emperor to the next. It is to be promoted by oneself.

Otherwise, it will be difficult to use.

But Zhang Qu was an exception. He was the prime minister of the Chengde Dynasty, but he was still the prime minister in the Taikang Dynasty, and he had been the prime minister for eight years.

"Because of this edict, the old man has received a lot of scolding over the years."

Speaking of this, Zhang Qu narrowed his eyes and said: "Now, His Majesty doesn't need me who has read the imperial edict anymore. Naturally, the old man should be more sensible. While he can still move, he dragged his body back to his hometown and returned to his roots."

There were two people who personally took out the edict of the first emperor from that box, one was the old eunuch Chen Ju who was still guarding the mausoleum in Zhaoling, and the other was the Zhang Haoran in front of him.

These two people are actually witnesses to the legitimacy of Emperor Taikang's regime.

For this reason, even though Chen Ju was in Zhaoling, he also served as a servant, supervisor and eunuch for several years, and the court has not treated him badly so far.

It is also for this reason that Zhang Qu has been serving as the prime minister until today.

But today's Emperor Taikang, his buttocks have been settled, he no longer needs these two people, it's not like crossing the river and tearing down the bridge, it's just... dispensable.

In this case, Zhang Qu's ability to retreat bravely is a very wise choice.

He walked by himself, and he was still able to walk in a decent way. When the emperor wanted to change him one day, it probably wouldn't end well.

Li Xin lowered his head and thought for a while, then slowly said: "I hope that in a few years, Li Xin can also go back to his hometown in Yongzhou to enjoy happiness like Duke Haoran."