After Mo Li's words, Li Congjing deeply agreed.

After Mo Li and Wang Pu left, Li Congjing and Tao Yao talked until late at night. In Mo Li's plan, it was necessary to deal with Meng Zhixiang, and the main role of the military intelligence department in the early stage was to play the role of the military intelligence department, and the two discussed the details for a long time and set a plan of action.

After Tao Xiaoxiao retired, Li Congjing was able to go back to the backyard to rest.

The candle flame in the room was not extinguished, Li Congjing pushed the door open, and Ren Wanru had not yet fallen asleep. Seeing Li Congjing enter the door, Ren Wanru hurriedly stepped forward to serve him in a wide robe, instructed the maid to fetch hot water, and brought the soup she had cooked earlier.

"Did Zheng'er sleep?" Li Congjing opened his arms and let Ren Wanru remove a day's hard work for him, and asked softly.

"I just made a fuss for a while, and I finally fell asleep and let the nurse hold it." Li Congjing sat on the low deerskin, leaning on his back, Ren Wanru pinched his shoulders for him, and said with a smile, "This little guy can't do it without tossing for a moment, punching and kicking, but he really looks like you, maybe he will be a big general in the future." ”

Li Congjing laughed and said, "My son is not like me, who is he like?" ”

When the Youzhou army conquered the Bohai Sea, Ren Wanru was pregnant and gave birth to a son the day before yesterday. Li Congjing named him "Zheng", but he did not hope that he would conquer on the battlefield, but hoped that he would be proficient in politics and governance.

Ren Wanru leaned on Li Congjing's shoulder, her eyes were full of sweetness and happiness, "Don't worry, the concubine will definitely raise Zheng'er well, if he can be half as powerful as you in the future, the concubine is worthy of the identity of the daughter-in-law of the Li family." ”

Li Congjing was dumbfounded, took Ren Wanru's hand and put it in the palm of his hand, "Don't say such things." The internal affairs of the house are basically handled by you, and I am afraid that you will be tired, as long as Zheng'er can grow up healthily, I am very satisfied. ”

Speaking of this, Li Congjing remembered one thing from the cemetery, "I have seen that my father-in-law's face has not been very good in the past few days, and the affairs of the DPRK and China have been very mixed recently. ”

Ren Wanru hummed in Li Congjing's ear, lazily reluctant to speak.

Li Congjing suddenly turned around and picked up Ren Wanru and strode towards the bed, shocking the beauty

The next morning, Li Siyuan made Li Congjing's trip to Huazhou public, there was nothing to say, the courtiers all said that the king of Qin was virtuous, and he would definitely be able to deal with this matter this time.

In addition, there are two masters who have not been able to solve them in the court. The first is the candidate for prime minister, and the second is Gao Jixing's request for Kui, Zhong, Wan and other states.

The former was impeached not long ago because Prime Minister Dou Luge and Wei Shuo were impeached, saying that they were disloyal to the old master and had no talent, so Li Siyuan gave up, so the two prime ministers were vacated. An Chongzhu, the secretary of the newly relocated military department, first recommended Zheng Jue, was appointed by Li Siyuan as the prime minister, and then recommended Cui Xie, Ren Yuan said that Cui Xie had no talent, and recommended Li Qi, and the two sides insisted on their own words and argued. In the end, Li Siyuan was left unresolved.

The latter also has a basis, when the Tang Dynasty first set up Jingnan Jiedu envoy, Kui, Zhong, Wan and other states did belong to Jingnan, but this dynasty was based on the former Shu, and later Guo Chongtao attacked Shu, Gao Jixing also asked to attack these places, but Jingnan did not send troops at that time, and now he wants to ask for these places, undoubtedly Tian is shameless, and most of the courtiers are indignant, and the advice cannot be agreed.

From the Zhongxing Palace, Li Siyuan ordered Li Congjing, An Chongzhu, Ren Yuan, and Kong Xun to Chongwen Hall to discuss these two things again. Feng Daoyin, as a scholar of the Duanming Palace, has the right to hear about state affairs with the heirs of the baggage, because he is also present.

When they arrived at the Chongwen Palace, An Chongzhu and Ren Yuan were still arguing, and their rhetoric was fierce.

Li Siyuan sat on the imperial chair with his eyebrows knotted. Feng Daoshu stood aside, as if he had nothing to do with himself.

The argument was emotional, Ren Yuan faced Li Siyuan and said: "An Chongzhu doesn't know the people in the court, and now he strongly recommends Cui Xie, which is really used by people!" Although Cui Xie is famous, he is not very literate, and the minister still feels that his knowledge is shallow, and he is in a fallacious position, if he uses Cui Xie as a phase, he is afraid of making people laugh! ”

On the surface, Ren Yuan's words mean that An Chongzhi is used by others, but in fact, he alludes to An Chongzhi's formation of a party for personal gain, and his words can be described as heavy.

How could An Chongzhi not be angry when he heard this, but it was not good to pierce the layer of window paper, pointed to Ren Yuan's nose and said: "In your eyes, Cui Xie has no talent, is it only Li Qi who has talent?" You judge the virtues and detours of the ministers with the likes and dislikes of one person, and the affairs of the court and the middle of the court, how can you decide it with one word! ”

The new privy envoy Kong Xun is in the same camp as An Chongzhu, and he is at odds with Ren Yuan, and he said to Li Siyuan at the moment: "The minister thinks that Ren Gong's words are biased, and An Gong has been diligent day and night since he took office as the center, how can he not know about the ministers?" Cui Xie is known for his talents, his articles are valued by the world, and he has always been diligent and humble, not as unbearable as Ren Gong said.

Ren Yuan saw Kong Xun reversing black and white, and suddenly became angry, "You"

Everyone's words became more and more thorny, and Li Congjing couldn't help frowning slightly.

He has served as a town general, assassin history, and festival envoys, and most of them are officials outside, and he didn't know the bottom of the ministers in the court before, but now he is full of talents, how can he not have the ability to know people? Li Qi and Cui Xie, he already knew in his heart. Even if he can't judge himself, for several months, the military intelligence department has been checking the ministers, and now that the files are abundant, how can he not know who is superior and who is inferior among the courtiers. In addition, he is also very familiar with the words and deeds of the important ministers and the changes in their minds over the past few months.

He divided the officials in the court into several categories.

Celebrities. Similar to Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui in this dynasty, there is no one.

Virtuous Minister. Jin can advise on state affairs, plan properly, retire to be competent for his own duties, fulfill his duties, less struggle for power and profit, and have no thoughts of forming a party for personal gain. There are very few such people, only a few people, Ren Yuan and Li Qi are among them.

Good ministers. Those who are competent in their own duties and share the king's worries in their own affairs are good ministers. There are also fewer such people.

Yongchen. Political affairs are just step-by-step, and those who cannot advance a little bit have no opinions or useful opinions on state affairs. On weekdays, seeing the wind makes the rudder, riding the wall to follow the wind, honor and disgrace are all due to people, and it is difficult to make achievements. This category is the most numerous.

Shechen. Flattery, forming a party for personal gain, excluding dissidents, harming the public and private interests, having no kings and social interests, and only personal interests in their hearts. Because Li Siyuan swept the court, many of these people were eliminated, but there are still remnants, and if the court is not right, there will be more and more such people, and the wildfires will not be burned and the spring breeze will blow again.

This is the courtier foundation left by Zhuang Zong to Li Siyuan.

Li Congjing glanced at An Chongyu, who was red-faced, and his eyes were slightly cold.

Today's peace is like Guo Chongtao in the past. The same from the middle gate to enter the center, because of the previous many merits, now relied on by the king, even favored, protective, increasingly high power, honor the crown of the court, so arrogant and domineering, rigid and self-serving.

It's just that Guo Chongtao also fights for power and profit, but he does not form a party for personal gain, Guo Chongtao has no one in his eyes, but he has a righteous heart, an evil villain and respects loyalty, Guo Chongtao also excludes dissidents, but he will not ignore the monarchy. In other words, today's An Chongtao is really a deteriorating version and a small version of Guo Chongtao. In addition, compared with his talent, Guo Chongtao is a hundred times more important than An.

It's not that An Chongzhu is useless, he is a great traitor by nature, but he is the head of the ministers, but he cannot perform his duties, but he blindly fights for power and profit, forms a party for personal gain, and even corrupts the government and the society is dusty.

History books commented on him: He is the leader of power, but he is not able to protect the society and the country

Isn't it a great evil to compete for power and profit, to exclude dissidents, and to harm society?

Jingnan voted Wu and Liangchuan to stand on their own, and An Chongzhu could not escape the blame. In the end, he was killed for his sins, and he was also killed if he committed many injustices.

Although Li Congjing has a benevolent heart, he has no kindness of a woman, and he thinks to himself: "If you want to be punished, how can you harm the country first?" ”

As for Kong Xun, Cui Xie, and Zheng Jue, none of them are virtuous.

In today's Tang Dynasty, there are only a few heavyweights, and the others, including several other Shangshu and Shilang, although they have authority, they are just small people, and most of them are mediocre ministers, which are not worth mentioning.

An Chongzhu and Ren Yuan were still arguing, and Li Congjing stepped forward and saluted Li Siyuan: "Father, the son has something to say." ”

As soon as Li Congjing's side made a move, An Chongzhi and Ren Yuan immediately confronted, stopped the quarrel, and all came to look at him.

Li Siyuan was having a headache, and he was happy to hear this, "You can say it." ”

"The prime minister has high power, and he should be carefully selected. When Erchen went out of Youzhou before, he was able to make the Khitan with Bachelor Feng, because he knew that Bachelor Feng was erudite and talented, and knew the suffering of the people, and in the past few months, he had a lot of contact with Bachelor Feng, so he knew that Bachelor Feng had no grievances with people, and knew the worries of the king. After Li Congjing finished speaking, he was not hypocritical, and said directly: "Erchen recommends Master Feng as the prime minister!" ”

Feng Daozheng is an outsider who generally pretends to be a big tree next to him, watching his nose and nose and heart, turning a deaf ear to the arguments in the hall, and he is at ease. At this time, when I heard Li Congjing's statement, my heart jumped violently, and I looked at Li Congjing in disbelief, my eyes were blank, I really didn't know why this pie in the sky fell on my head.

Li Congjing neither recommended Li Qi nor Cui Xie, but recommended Feng Dao, which greatly surprised Ren Yuan, An Chongzhu, and Kong Xun. After thinking about it, Feng Dao is indeed talented and learned, and now he is the person next to Li Siyuan, which makes him feel a little natural for Xiangzhen. Thinking about it again, Feng Dao is obviously the person next to Li Siyuan, Li Congjing has always had the same heart with Li Siyuan, could it be that Feng Dao was chosen as the phase, but it was Li Siyuan's meaning? Thinking like this, everyone suddenly felt happy and excited.

Li Siyuan laughed when he heard this, and turned to his adviser Feng Dao: "King Qin recommended Aiqing as the prime minister, is Aiqing willing to bear this burden?" There was a clear hint in his tone that he had agreed.

Feng Dao bowed down to His Royal Highness, "The minister is afraid that his qualifications will be dull and disappoint His Majesty and King Qin!" At this time, his heart was very uneasy, Li Congjing had a heart-to-heart conversation with him yesterday, and he never thought that he would be recommended as a minister today, Li Congjing's kindness to him, valued, he weighed it himself, it is really not important. I thought to myself, Your Majesty and the King of Qin are so kind, can my old Feng Yan not be interesting?

"Aiqing said with a smile, who doesn't know that you are the first to learn, if Lord Feng is stupid, I'm afraid no one dares to boast of being smart, right?" Li Siyuan was very happy, "Since this is the case, this matter is settled!" ”

At this point, Li Siyuan clearly has the heart to reuse Feng Dao, whether it is Ren Yuan or An Chongzhi, he can only worship: "Your Majesty is wise!" ”

An Chongzhi got up, peeked at Li Congjing, and thought that King Qin's thin mud was really good, and no one on either side had ever offended, but he also obeyed His Majesty's thoughts, which was really clever. Regarding the fact that Cui Xie was not promoted, although he minded, he didn't dare to say much.

Ren Yuan thought to himself: That's it, although Li Qi is not a prime minister, and some talents are buried, but Feng Dao is not a mediocre person, as long as he does his best, he is not a candidate. It's just a pity that Li Qi is talented, loyal and upright, but he is old, and after this experience, I don't know if there will be a chance to do nothing in the future

Just when everyone was thinking about it, they suddenly heard Li Congjing speak again: "Father, at the time of the imperial court's employment, there is a way to be virtuous and talented, but not to be afraid." Therefore, the son also has to recommend a person as a minister! ”

"Oh? Who else would you recommend? ”

Ren Yuan, An Chongzhu, and Kong Xunju were all stunned.

Li Congjing didn't look at everyone, and said loudly to Li Siyuan: "Erchen recommends the imperial historian Li Qi!" ”