Shendu, the palace of the prime minister of Anguo.

Li Dan paced back and forth, undecided.

"Daily use, what you said Di Renjie, is it a test of the king, or is it out of sincerity?"

There is a prime minister at his fingertips, but he has to push it out with his own hands, which is really an extremely difficult choice for Li Dan, who has suffered from no one in the court.

Now, Empress Wu shelved the Yangquan Bo Wang Yu that he proposed in order to show favor to his power, and the opportunity was placed in front of him for the second time.

The same mental journey, the first time, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and he could barely get through it with his eyes closed.

Second, the willpower is unsustainable, and it is often burdensome, and it is easy to give up halfway.

It's true, he has coveted the Central Political Affairs Hall for too long.

"Your Highness, those who travel a hundred miles are half ninety, moisturizing things silently, and they will last for a long time, the key to the problem is not whether Di Renjie is sincere or not, but what our ambitions are, Your Highness is determined to be thousands of miles, so we should not stick to temporary interests."

"We are waiting to win the trust of the right policy, there are thousands of difficulties, His Royal Highness is ashamed and ashamed, so that the current situation is possible, and among the party members of the power policy, Di Guangyuan and Wang Zhiben and others are unruly and unruly, and they are extremely wary of us, and if there is a slight disturbance, I am afraid that they will be eager to come out and make noise."

"The so-called small unbearable chaos is a big plan, now the ice and snow are melting, everything is good, it is really not appropriate to show the abnormality too early, endure it for a little longer, wait for the hearts of the people to return, the general trend is gradually becoming, you can calmly assert, please think twice, please think twice"

"Hmph" Li Dan snorted twice, his face was gloomy, and he was a little dissatisfied emotionally, but his reason was clear, and Cui Riyong was right.

"So what? Continue to protect Wang Yu's house? It is important to have a good power policy, but is it not good to repeatedly disobey the will of the mother emperor and offend Feng Yan? ”

Cui Riyong seemed to have expected it, gently twisted the green beard under his chin, and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, this wire rope, it is not difficult to walk well."

"Your Majesty shelved Yangquan Bo, obviously does not belong to him, ten times to protect the promotion, and once to protect the promotion, there is no difference, Di Renjie is proposed to choose people from the Zheng family in Xingyang, it just so happens that the Zheng family has Zheng Jian in the court, and he is a regular attendant for Luantai, you might as well promote him to the cabinet to worship the prime minister, you can get the best of both worlds"

"Naturally, Yang Quanbo's side, there should also be an explanation, if you can't protect the prime minister, you might as well promote him to the court as a purple-robed officer, as for the position, it can be assigned by Your Majesty."

Li Dan stared at him quietly at first, his color became more and more intense, and Cui Ri used his originally pleasing eyebrows and eyes, but gradually his face turned green and fanged, and his face was hateful.

When I got to the back, I simply closed my eyes, out of sight and out of mind.

Who is Zheng Jian? Speaking of which, it can be regarded as the cousin of Zheng Jingsi, the Zongzheng Temple of the Zheng family in Xingyang, and it is not wrong to say that he is a descendant.

When this person served as the Luantai waiter in Quan Ce, he made a great effort to erect Wang Fangqing and revitalize the prestige of Luantai, and now he is nominally a casual attendant, but in fact he is the second person under Luantai Shilang Jinghui, and the two cooperate seamlessly, and the Luantai is operated so that the needle cannot be inserted, and the water cannot be splashed.

Cui Riyong finished speaking for a long time, but Li Dan still closed his eyes.

Cui Riyong thought that Li Dan was contemplating, opened his mouth, and wanted to persuade a few words, but he didn't say anything after all.

However, in fact, Li Dan was calming the anger in his heart.

Zheng can't choose who to choose, it's acceptable to choose a person who is inclined to power policy, but he has to choose a hardcore person who has power policy, Cui Ri uses this rotten Confucian, who is wilted on weekdays, and calculates for power policy, elated, eyebrows flying, and is really a bastard.

"Huh......" Li Dan let out a long breath, "The will of the mother emperor, but Jian Ba recommended the sage in the opposition, Zheng Jian is already a court official, I am afraid that recommending him is not in line with the expectations of the mother emperor."

Cui Riyong hurriedly shook his head in defense, "Your Highness, my subordinates think that there is no need to be rigid in this matter, and if you look at Your Majesty's mind, you have the intention to leave the position of prime minister to Your Highness, as for whether the person who is being promoted is in the opposition or in the court, it is not the point."

"Hehe, what you said also has some truth, King Rong Ben will consider one or two before making a decision" Li Dan's expression miraculously drizzled, "It's hard to use this time, and retreat"

Cui Riyong was slightly stunned, there is still an important task in the house, that is, the matter of choosing a concubine in Chang'an, he thought that Li Dan was going to discuss this matter with him, but he didn't expect that he would be waved back halfway.

"Subordinate retirement"

Cui Ri frowned and retreated with a heavy heart.

Li Dan stared at his back, his face slowly distorted, and gradually became gloomy.

Cui Riyong's rhetoric has not changed, what has changed is his mentality.

Now that he has reached a reconciliation with the Quan Ce faction, the situation has reversed, there is no longer a worry about life and death, everything is going well, and the prospects are promising.

In a word, people with a heart are born like this, they can share hardships and hardships, but they cannot share happiness.

"Your Highness, Commander Zhao asks to see you"

"Let Him In"

Li Dan took a sip of tea, rubbed his cheeks, and put on a smile on his face, greeting him with his military power, Zhao Xiang, the commander of the Northern Army.

"Zhao Xiang greeted His Royal Highness the Prime Minister of An" Zhao Xiang pushed Jinshan down the jade pillar and knelt on one knee, he was not wearing armor at this time, but he was wearing a strong suit, and his sturdy body bones were faintly visible, revealing a fierce atmosphere.

Li Dan stepped forward quickly, helped him up, looked him up and down carefully, and kept admiring in his mouth, "Shibei three days, when you look at each other, Zhao is in the court, gentle and elegant, and graceful, and now Congrong, high-spirited, brave and brave, heartbreaking"

Zhao Xiang listened to Li Dan's beautiful words and behaved a little uncomfortable.

He attached himself to Li Dan, and out of various changes in the situation, the choice he made, from Wu Sansi and Li Dan joining forces to promote him as the commander of the Northern Army, to his sudden assassination, Quan Zhu came to the door, he held his breath and shook a wit, which attracted the eyes of Quan Ce's henchmen, and he was in danger, he figured out the mind of the Empress Wu, and accepted Li Dan's olive branch on the way north.

Speaking of which, after the two decided on the status of master and slave, they have been communicating by letter, and this is the first time they have had a face-to-face conversation in private.

"Your Royal Highness has a good reputation, the minister is a courtier, and he changes his form, only listen to the instructions of his father, His Majesty and His Royal Highness have what they need, and the ministers should serve with all their might, and dare not disobey" Zhao Xiang was cautious in his words, expressing his loyalty, but without the slightest warmth.

Li Dan smiled and stepped forward with his arm, sat opposite him, and after the tea, he slowly reasoned and knocked on the side of his mouth, "Commander Zhao is full of dust, and he has worked hard, I thought that after the moon, I could return, but unexpectedly, it took a long time, it took more than three months, but what happened in the middle?" ”

Zhao Xiang smiled bitterly, "When the ministers selected and transferred troops and horses, they first encountered a sandstorm, and wasted time, at the beginning of the army, the wolf soldiers of the generals were all wild and did not change, and it was extremely difficult to dispatch."

"I see, Commander Zhao is working hard, this king replaces wine with tea, toast you a bowl"

Li Dan raised his glass with both hands and smiled.

The heart is even more boring, Zhao Xiang seems to have endless words, but they are all point-to-point, official rhetoric, insider privacy, not leaking, to be completely tamed, I am afraid that some work will be needed.

Thinking of Cui Riyong's arrogance and arrogance, looking at Zhao Xiang's intimidation in front of him, Li Dan really replaced the wine with tea and drank the fragrant tea in the cup in one gulp.

But he didn't know that his real crisis was not in external troubles, not in internal ministers, but within the walls.