Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

His Majesty Li Er shook his head resolutely, and sighed: "Oh, it is the British Duke Li Ji who led an army of [-] to invade Tubo this time. This stinky bull-nosed fake Taoist, hehe, loves feathers more than I do. He and I As I said, it’s okay to charge into the battle, but it’s absolutely impossible to bear the infamy of treachery. By the way, he said that he has studied a new type of strategy this time, and I asked you to point it out. He called it a blitzkrieg, with a strange name very."

It turns out that the general who commanded the army this time is Li Ji?

But Guo Ye didn't care about the blitzkrieg right now, he was so angry that he was almost pissed to death by His Majesty Li Er's words.

What do you mean that you cherish your feathers and don't want to bear this reputation?

The love buddy is already notorious, so it's not bad for this notorious thing?

Depend on!

How angry!

His Majesty Li Er seemed to have sensed the imbalance and grievance in Guo Ye's heart, and hurriedly smiled and comforted him: "Guo Qing, a man can bend and stretch, and a little reputation is just something outside of him. There's no need to be serious, is there?"

Guo Ye curled his lips, he didn't care if Long Yan was furious or not, and hummed angrily: "Your Majesty, if there is a history book or something in the future, I will be written heavily. Breaking promises and tearing up the covenant, this is not something that will go down in history, but will be infamous forever."

His Majesty Li Er waved his hand and said with a smile: "This is a matter of the future, and you won't know where you have been reincarnated, so what's the use of worrying about that?"

Fuck, Guo Ye cursed inwardly, if you don't care about it, why did you throw this hot potato at me?

At this time, both Yu Shinan and Li Daozong had a slight sadness on their faces, and they looked at Guo Ye with sympathetic eyes, thinking together in their hearts, Guo Ye is really unlucky and sad, you deserve it, who Let you be so smug and love to show off just now?

Seeing Guo Ye, His Majesty Li Er still pouted with a reluctant expression, so he had to sacrifice his trump card, as the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward.

So he said softly: "Guo Qing, when you come back triumphantly from Tubo, I will personally come ten miles from Chang'an to pick you up and give you the highest honor. Also, isn't your Xiuxiu just been canonized as Princess Pingyang?" How about this, after you return triumphantly, I will confer on you a Duke of Pingyang County, how about that? You can’t let your wife keep you down forever, can you? A real man, you are determined to make achievements!”

Duke of Pingyang County?

The prince, uncle, and viscount, the courtiers with foreign surnames can reach the title of duke, and this duke has risen step by step from the county, county, and state.

The Duke of this county is only subservient to the Duke of the State.

Counting the princes of the current dynasty, which one is not a person with great military exploits, which one is not a hero from the dragon, and which one is not a person with high qualifications?

Guo Ye secretly thought that if he was named Duke of the county in his twenties, it would be Li Tang's first job since the founding of the country.

For a moment, his heart skipped a beat.

Suddenly, as soon as he realized that he only saw the thief eating the meat but not seeing the thief being beaten, it was His Majesty Li Er who was making big cakes again.

It looks like the last reward...

So, he muttered: "Your Majesty, the last reward has not been fulfilled yet, what do you want from a minister, hehe, this is a bit inexplicable, hehe..."

His Majesty Li Er suddenly realized, patted his forehead lightly, and said with a smile: "Hey, I was negligent. Last time in the case of the collapse of the imperial tomb, you were the most powerful, how could I forget you? In my capacity as Minister of Rites of the Tang Dynasty, I personally went to Luoxie City to pay homage to Songtsan Gampo. Once Cui Henian died, someone must succeed the Minister of Rites. I think Guo Qing is very suitable for you, young and promising , and the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, who else can you promote if I don’t get promoted.”

"Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites?"

Guo Ye was overjoyed and confirmed: "Your Majesty, you mean that I will be appointed as Minister of Rites?"

His Majesty Li Er smiled and nodded, confirming that it was correct.

At this time, even Yu Shinan and Li Daozong couldn't help but lose their composure, and shouted one after another:

"Him? He's only 23 years old, so he became the Minister of Rites at such a young age?"

"Tsk tsk, Guo boy, it's amazing. Gan Luo paid [-] visits to the prime minister, you are not shy at all, and you are so young to be appointed as the sixth minister. You really have a strong hand in this history book."

At this time, Li Daozong and Yu Shinan were shocked and stunned, and even the sympathy in their eyes just now turned into envy.

For the first time ever, the hearts of the two resonated -- it's nice to be young!

Chapter 927 Returning to Xichuan Small Protectorate

The Minister of Rites, the Ministry of Rites is in charge of the world's rites. From the second rank, he is given a purple robe and a goldfish bag.

The six ministries of the Tang Dynasty were the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Rites.

Among the six ministers, the Ministry of Rites respectfully added the last place, because the Ministry of Rites neither cared about the country's money, nor the hats of the world's officials, and was insulated from the world's soldiers and horses.

But at such a young age, Guo Ye has already ascended to the position of Minister of Rites, and he is ashamed to die of a large number of veterans in the court. Anyone can see that this kid's future is really limitless.

His Majesty Li Er issued an imperial edict to promote Guo Ye to the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. The government and the public were shocked and there was an uproar.

Nowadays, no one dares to underestimate Guo Ye. In the eyes of others, the Minister of Rites may be just a springboard for Guo Ye.

As long as he worked honestly in the Ministry of Rites for three to five years, seven or eight years, and did not make mistakes, maybe after Guo Ye was 30 years old, the position of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Ministry of Officials, and even the Ministry of War could be easily obtained.

But Guo Ye doesn't think so. For him, who can say what will happen seven or eight years later?

After leaving the palace, the first thing this kid did was to go straight to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites and formally take over the Fourth Division of the Ministry of Rites.

He had to firmly control the Fourth Division of the Ministry of Rites in his own hands before leaving Chang'an to go to Tibet as an envoy.

In the next few days, he began to purge within the Fourth Department of the Ministry of Rites, recruiting and cultivating direct descendants, and suppressing dissidents and the remaining members of the Cui family.

He plays hard and soft in the Ministry of Rites. Those who should be promoted, he will promote all those who are loyal to him from the beginning, especially Zhu Hongyu, who was the first to surrender to the host and guest. , not only shocked the entire yamen of the Ministry of Rites, but even Zhu Hongyu himself was terribly frightened.

In order to better manage the Ministry of Rites as a monolith, Guo Ye also directly served as the military governor of the Ministry of War through the relationship of Kong Yingda, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. His old superior in Longxi, Gu Weiyong, the magistrate of Stuttering County, was seconded to the Ministry of Rites and promoted him to be the left servant of the Ministry of Rites. , just succumbing to himself, so that he can hold the Ministry of Rites firmly in the palm of his hand when he is not in Chang'an.

Really, there is one emperor and one courtier, one court minister and one official.

Regarding the rocket promotion of Gu Weiyong and Zhu Hongyu, Guo Ye used the trick of buying horse bones with thousands of dollars, in order to let everyone in the Ministry of Rites know that anyone who follows Guo Ye must have great ambitions and a bright future.

Of course, if there is promotion, there will be suppression and distribution. Those loyalists left by Cui Henian will either be demoted or assigned to sit on the bench.

Thunderbolts, carrots and sticks, no cost to win over, and no mercy to suppress.

For a while, Guo Ye's prestige and authority in the Ministry of Rites reached a peak.

And all of this, from taking over to clearing up, to being firmly under the applause, only took less than half a month.

Although Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and the others are unable to intervene in the Ministry of Rites now, they already smell the danger and feel that they have lost one of the six.

Following that, the former ministers of the Tiance Mansion and even the entire Guanlong clan began to formulate new countermeasures against Guo Ye.

However, Changsun Wuji and the others were scrambling to move in secret, plotting a new round of tricks, but Guo Ye had no way of knowing, because——

At this time, he had already left Chang'an, and served as an envoy of the Tang Dynasty as the Minister of Rites. He was ordered to send an envoy to Tubo to mourn Songtsan Gambo for His Majesty Li Er.

This time, his envoy was not as grand as his previous envoy to Tuyuhun, and he set off quickly with only a few personal soldiers.

As for Zhang Jiujin, the captain of the personal army, he had already escorted Hui Niang's mother and daughter to Longxi in central Sichuan.

As for Wang Bajin, the other soldier school lieutenant, Guo Ye asked him to stay in Yizhou Houfu to protect his wife Chai Xiuxiu.

With no burdens and a simple car, there was no delay along the way, so after only about ten days, he arrived at the first stop before entering Tibet - Xichuan Xiaodu Protectorate.