Xue Xun came to the imperial study room of the Ziwei Hall of Yong'an Palace in a nervous mood, he didn't know why the Son of Heaven suddenly summoned him, he had been living in the shadow of his son-in-law for the past two years, and the son-in-law had actually become a feudal town, and there was a little controversy before, but now it is an indisputable fact.

When he walked in the court and on the street, he often heard people pointing behind his back, 'He is Guo Song's father-in-law', there was envy, but there was also dissatisfaction, which brought a lot of pressure to Xue Xun.

Today, the Son of Heaven summoned himself, will it also have something to do with his son-in-law? His intuition told him that there was a relationship between the Ten and the Six.

Xue Xun came to the imperial study and waited at the door for a while, and a eunuch came out and said with a smile: "Xue Shangshu, please!" ”

Xue Xun saw that the eunuch was smiling, his heart was a little settled, and he walked into the imperial study quickly.

In the imperial study, Li Yi, the Son of Heaven, was standing in front of the window with his hands in his hands, staring at the sky in the distance, and it could be seen that he was in a complicated mood.

Just an hour ago, his father preemptively issued the will of the Emperor Taishang, named Guo Song as the king of Jin, added General Tiance, and allowed him to open a mansion and place an official.

It really caught Li Yi off guard, of course he understood his father's intentions, this was to entrap Guo Song and let Guo Song support Emperor Taishang.

I don't know when it began, Li Yi found that his father and him formed a struggle for imperial power, and his father became stronger and stronger, so that he had to retreat again and again, today his father issued an edict to canonize Guo Song is a typical example, the ministers are against the canonization of the prince of Guo Song, oppose the opening of the government and put officials, which will make Guo Song's self-reliance in the army become legitimate, and the consequences are very serious.

But his father insisted on going his own way, didn't he know the consequences of doing so? Li Yi believed that his father was very clear, but in order to curry favor with Guo Song and gain his support, his father actually put the bottom line behind.

Li Yi sighed, he also had to admit that Guo Song's support had a great impact and was indeed very important, and he couldn't stay out of this matter.

"Your Majesty, Xue Shangshu is here." A eunuch reminded in a whisper.

Li Yi turned around, but saw Xue Xun at the door, I don't know how long it took to come?

Li Yi said apologetically: "I'm distracted, I'm sorry to keep Xue Shangshu waiting for a long time!" ”

"Weichen doesn't dare!"

Li Yi sat back on the dragon couch, he flipped through a copy of Xue Xun's resume on the table, and said with a smile: "Xue Aiqing is an old Ministry of Rites." ”

"Wechen has been in the office for 24 years, and 18 years have been in the Ministry of Rites."

"Have you ever thought about changing positions?"

Xue Xun's heart jumped, what do you mean by this? He was uneasy in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Weichen obeys the king's order, Your Majesty has an arrangement, and Weichen must follow it." ”

"What if I let you return to your hometown and make you the Yin of Taiyuan Mansion?" Li Yi asked lightly again.

This is what Xue Xun is most afraid of, let him be sandwiched between his son-in-law and the court, his life will be very sad, he sighed for a while and said: "If Your Majesty appoints, Weichen should obey!" ”

It was Zhang Yansheng's proposal to make Xue Xun the governor of Taiyuan Prefecture, but Han Yun objected, believing that it was immoral and would make Guo Song more centrifuged by the imperial court.

Li Yi smiled and said, "This is just a proposal from the ministers, and I didn't accept it, but I hope that Xue Shangshu can remind Guo Yuanjun from time to time that he should be loyal to the monarch and patriotic and be a famous minister through the ages." ”

"Wechen will definitely write to remind him."

Li Yi nodded, "I plan to put you in charge of the Ministry of Officials and participate in the military aircraft deliberations at the same time, I hope Xue Shangshu can be diligent and self-disciplined, and not let me down." ”

.........

Xue Xun himself didn't know how to get out of the palace, his mind was blank, and he didn't know whether today's result was happy or sad.

Xue Xun returned to the mansion, his wife Han hugged his son Xue Qing, his son Xue Qing was almost six years old, and when he saw his father coming back, he threw himself into his father's arms and coquettishly, "Daddy, why are you only coming back now?" Qing'er's neck was sour. ”

Xue Xun lovingly touched his son's head and smiled: "Go write!" Daddy will come to see you later. ”

"Good! Qing'er went to write. Xue Qing bounced away.

At this time, his wife Han came in with a cup of tea, and when she saw that he was a little distracted, she couldn't help but ask strangely, "Master, what's wrong with you?" ”

Xue Xun sighed and said, "The Son of Heaven summoned me just now. ”

"Summoned you for what?"

"I don't know, maybe I'm going to move the nest!"

Xue Xun was a little upset and said: "The son-in-law took Taiyuan in Hedong, and the entire court was in chaos, and I don't know whether many things are good or bad." ”

"Then tell me about it! Is it a promotion or a demotion? Han said in a hurry.

Xue Xun said for a while: "It should be promoted!" Let me serve as the secretary of the ministry and the servant of the ministry, and the same as the middle book. ”

Han Shi was suddenly surprised and delighted, and slapped his face, "My lord, you are going to be the prime minister." ”

"I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing!"

"How is this a bad thing? It's too good to be better, in charge of the ministry! Think about it, how many people ask you to do things, it's time for our family threshold to change. ”

Han jumped and jumped with joy, she finally raised her eyebrows, who would dare to look down on her now?

"Master, we should set up a banquet and treat guests to dinner!" Han said excitedly.

"This ..... It should be low-key, right? ”

"What's the low-key thing, you've been low-key all your life, can't you be high-profile once?"

"This is the face of the Son of Heaven in front of his son-in-law, how can I be the prime minister, I am too high-profile, and I will be criticized."

Han suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked, "Master, I heard that the son-in-law has also become a feudal town?" ”

"Almost!"

Han was a little worried, "Is that the same as those feudal towns in Hebei, to rebel?" ”

Xue Xun shook his head, "There are also differences between the feudal towns, the Hebei Domain and the Ziqing Domain, as well as the ** Lie, etc., they are loyal to the Chang'an puppet dynasty, and our son-in-law's Hexi Domain, as well as Huainan Domain, Chen Shaoyou, Lingnan Domain, Zhang Boyi, etc., they are loyal to this dynasty, and the court values them very much." ”

"That's good, I thought my son-in-law was going to rebel!"

At this time, the housekeeper said outside the door: "Master Qiyu, the master of the Dugu family is here!" ”

"Hurry up, please come in!"

Xue Xun was still about to go to Dugu Qiu, but he didn't expect him to come to the door by himself.

After a while, Dugu Qiu walked in quickly, and as soon as he entered the lobby, he smiled and said, "Congratulations to the virtuous brother for his promotion!" ”

Xue Xun hurriedly stepped forward and complained: "Brother, don't cancel me again, where am I ascending, I am obviously roasting me on the fire." ”

Seeing that Han was also there, Du Isolated Qiu asked with a smile, "Do you think your younger brother and sister are promoted?" ”

"I think so!"

Han glared at her husband hatefully and said, "But he is as worried as if he was dismissed from office, and he is annoyed." ”

Du Qiu laughed, "My brother and sister are right, it's Gao Sheng, he thinks too much about himself, but he can't understand good things when he comes to the door." ”

Han was overjoyed, "I'll go and give you sencha, please sit down!" ”

Han went out happily, Xue Xun asked him to sit down, and said anxiously in his heart: "I, Xiangguo, completely depend on my son-in-law's performance to live, he is a little restrained, my life is better, if he indulges a little, my life will be difficult." ”

Du Gu Qiu smiled faintly: "It means that the virtuous brother has not seen through the situation yet, and he doesn't know why he was promoted." ”

Xue Xun was stunned, "Can my brother make it clear?" ”

"Does the virtuous brother know that Guo Song is the king of Jin, and he is crowned the general of Tiance, and he is allowed to open the mansion and place officials, what does it mean?"

Xue Xun groaned, "This seems to be Emperor Taizong's treatment." ”

"That's right, back then, Taizong gave King Qin and General Feng Tiance, and allowed the opening of the government to place officials, and Emperor Taizong opened a literature museum from then on, recruited talents, established his own team, and fought against the imperial court.

Although what Guo Song is doing now is already the opening of the government, but the court does not recognize it, all his civil and military generals can only be staff generals, and they may be canceled at any time, and now that the court recognizes it, then it can be legally appointed, and there will definitely be more talented generals to defect to him, which can be regarded as a fledgling. ”

Xue Xun nodded, "I know that the imperial court has fierce opposition. ”

"I proposed this plan, but all the officials above the third rank opposed it, because the consequences were too serious, this is to divide the imperial court, and it is only one step away from establishing itself as the emperor."

"But..... Why ......"

"But why did the Emperor still allow it?"

Du Gu Qiu sneered and said: "The reason is very simple, Emperor Taishang betrayed the interests of the imperial court in order to restore and ascend the throne, in order to get the support of Guo Song. ”

Xue Xun let out a long sigh, the competition between the Emperor Taishang and the Son of Heaven had become public, how could he not know.

"Where's that to me?"

"Because the Emperor Taishang has seized the first emperor, the Son of Heaven is very passive, in order to release his goodwill to Guo Song, he can no longer pick up the wisdom of the Emperor Taishang, so he promoted the virtuous brother, and tactfully showed favor to Guo Song, and he also hoped to get Guo Song's support."

Xue Xun finally understood, this is really a good thing.

He smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, I still have to look at Guo Song's face, I hope he can support the Son of Heaven." ”

"He will not be supported by anyone, from Guo Song's important Hedong Wang clan and Xue clan, it can be seen that his maturity is complete, he will definitely reap the greatest benefits between his ambiguous attitude, and the virtuous brother doesn't have to worry at all!"