Tibet

At noon, Dugu Ming invited Li Dai to drink at Jishan Restaurant to make up for the unfinished friendship.

The two drank two glasses of wine, and Li Dai told his purpose. He took out a joint letter and put it on the table, "This is a joint letter between me, Pei Xiangguo, and Cui Xiangguo. Please brother, can you think of a way?" , deliver this letter to the Emperor?"

Dugu Ming chuckled and said, "No problem, it's just a little effort. I'll ask Pei Min to deliver this letter."

After putting away the letter, Dugu Ming said earnestly: "But I want to remind my dear brother not to have any hope. I am just giving Pei Zunqing an explanation."

Li Dai's heart sank and he asked urgently: "Is there no hope?"

Dugu Ming leaned forward slightly and lowered his voice: "The emperor took out the edict from five years ago and gave it to Li Fuguo a month ago. It was the emperor's intention to let Li Fuguo become the prime minister. Otherwise, he would give Li Fuguo a hundred courages." I don’t dare to kill Du Hongjian, Du Hongjian is the prime minister! Do you think the emperor doesn’t know how Du Hongjian died?”

Li Dai was suddenly shocked and angry, and said after a while: "How could he do this? At the critical moment, he didn't trust the ministers, but actually trusted the eunuchs?"

Dugu Ming slowly shook his head, "Without the support of the emperor, how could there be any eunuch group? The emperor doesn't even trust his own son, how could he still trust outsiders? He has been using eunuchs to check and balance the court officials, and it is the same this time. But Li Fuguo only had Yuan Zai, a close confidant in Zhengshitang, who was in the minority. In the end, it had no impact on the overall situation, but he was able to contain Zhengshitang. The emperor had already planned it and pushed Li Fuguo out. "

Li Dai let out a long sigh, "Working with the eunuchs is, in short, a very disappointing thing."

Dugu Ming filled a glass of wine for him and laughed in a low voice: "Every disadvantage must be beneficial. Without the wanton behavior of the eunuchs and Queen Zhang, and without the despair of the civil and military forces of the court, where would Aye have the chance to rise to power?"

Li Dai was silent. He was very confused. On the one hand, his ideals and loyalty, and on the other hand, his son's great cause.

For a long time, he let out a long sigh, feeling really helpless.

"Okay, don't think about it so much, let's have a drink."

The two of them drank a glass of wine. At this time, Li Dai suddenly remembered something and asked in a low voice: "About Aye's concubine, how could my brother know her identity?"

Dugu Ming also knew in his heart that if this matter was not explained clearly, Li Ye would suspect that he was spying on him.

He hesitated and said, "Taiwei told me."

"But Aye's mother said that Taiwei didn't know about it."

Dugu Ming said calmly: "Taiwei doesn't know, and no one told her, but don't forget, her mother is a princess. When she was a child, her mother often took her to and from the palace."

"So Taiwei recognized it?"

"She just thought they were similar at first, but she couldn't believe it and didn't take it to heart. It wasn't until she met Mrs. Guo Guo and heard the second lady calling Mrs. Guo Guo her sister that she finally realized who the second lady was. She He told me quietly when he came back."

The news still came from Taiwei, and Li Dai was right when he thought about it. Apart from Taiwei, Duguming couldn't get the news from anyone else.

"Besides my brother, did Taiwei tell anyone else?"

Dugu Ming shook his head, "Although Taiwei is not very young, she has been a sensible child since she was a child. She knew very well that she must not talk nonsense about this matter. Even her mother would have concealed it. If she hadn't wanted to know more about it, She would never tell me what the consequences would be if it spread."

Dugu Ming just hinted to Li Dai that his daughter was a sensible person, and he didn't even tell his own parents about this, let alone others.

Li Dai nodded, "This matter is over and I won't mention it again in the future."

When the topic changed, Li Dai continued: "I also know that the possibility of the emperor changing his decision is very small, but I still have to ask my brother to help deliver the letter."

"Don't worry! It's easy!"

The two stood up and prepared to leave. At this time, Li Dai remembered something again and asked in a low voice: "There are rumors in the government and the public that the emperor will not survive the end of the year. Is it true?"

Dugu Ming smiled faintly, "The rumors are exaggerated, but let's see if we can survive next summer!"

"Bang!" With a sound, the door was suddenly knocked open, startling the two of them. When they saw who was coming, Dugu Ming frowned, "Pingyang, what are you doing here?"

The visitor was Dugu Ming's nephew Dugu Pingyang. Dugu Pingyang looked anxious and cried: "Third uncle, please go back and take a look! Grandma...grandma may...may not be able to survive."

"ah!"

Dugu Ming was like a thunderbolt, and he clasped his fists at Li Dai in a hurry and said: "Brother, if there is something going on at home, I will take the first step!"

"go Go!"

Dugu Ming left like a gust of wind. Li Yedai frowned slightly. Old Mrs. Dugu is dying. This is a big event for the Dugu family!

…

As expected by Dugu Ming, after the love letters from the three prime ministers arrived in the hands of the emperor, they disappeared like mud into the sea and made no sound.

Li Fuguo also got his wish and became the deputy prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, in charge of the Ministry of War. Each of the five prime ministers had their own sphere of influence. Pei Zunqing was the right prime minister Zhongshu Ling, and he was responsible for all government affairs. Regardless of the specific government affairs, he also had his own territory, but the most important thing was the civil servants. It is his sphere of influence.

Li Dai was a servant of Zuo Xiang. He had been running the Ministry of Rites for many years. He promoted almost all the officials in the Ministry of Rites, so his sphere of influence was the Ministry of Rites.

Cui Huan is the Minister of Hubu and concurrently serves as the Minister of Hubu. He is in charge of the Hubu. Yuan Zai is from the Ministry of Punishment. The current Minister of Punishment is also his, and he controls the Ministry of Punishment.

Then Li Fuguo controlled the Ministry of War, and finally there was the Ministry of Works, which was originally Du Hongjian's territory. Now that Du Hongjian is dead, it depends on what Wang Shao, the minister of the Ministry of Works, chooses.

Although Pei Zunqing was unable to prevent Li Fuguo from taking office as prime minister, he finally saved his face and ordered that Li Fuguo's court room be moved to another courtyard, which was separated from his own court room.

In fact, Pei Zunqing was overly worried about this. Li Fuguo did not like the court of the Zhengshitang at all. He would not come to the court to look at other people's faces. He would not even participate in the discussions of the Zhengshitang. He is now also serving as the eunuch's supervisor. When his court's inner chamberlain wants to vote or something, the voting resolution is sent to the inner chamberlain.

Li Fuguo just wanted the title of Prime Minister, as well as the right to speak and vote on major military affairs. As for those trivial government affairs, he was not interested, so he turned down the "good job" of being the governor. This thing has equal rights and obligations, which is a bit powerful, but things are also piled up. Li Fuguo doesn't look down on that trivial power.

More importantly, Li Fuguo knew very well how much money he had. He was very good at scheming people, but if he was asked to handle government affairs, he would be blinded. The ruling pen was immediately handed over to Li Dai, who was originally a subordinate. One round, now let him take over in advance.

Pei Zunqing was slightly relieved when he saw that Li Fuguo didn't come because he knew he was interested. It would be best if he didn't come, otherwise his lifespan would be shortened by several years if the eunuch didn't look up or down every day.

The storm of Li Fuguo's becoming prime minister has finally passed, but another major event has arisen.

Old lady Dugu died of illness at the age of eighty.

The death of old lady Dugu was a big deal because Qi King Li Ye wanted to accompany the princess to Luoyang for the funeral.