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Li Dai finally took office and officially became Jingzhao Shaoyin. Jingzhao Prefecture not only governed Wannian County and Chang'an County, it actually governed the entire 22 counties in Jingzhao area. It had great powers and a high status. Zhao Yin has already graduated from the third grade, while Jing Zhao Shaoyin has also graduated from the fourth grade.

Although many Shangzhou governors have a higher rank than Jingzhao Shaoyin, their importance and sensitivity are far less than that of Jingzhao Shaoyin. Everyone knows that the risks of Jingzhao Yin and Jingzhao Shaoyin are extremely high, and they will be destroyed if they are not handled properly. Deposed.

Although the risks are high, the returns are also extremely high. Once you do well in the capital and the emperor can see it, then Jingzhao Yin will be directly promoted to the prime minister, and Jingzhao Shaoyin will often be promoted to the six ministers, or the nine The chief official of the temple.

As Jingzhao Shaoyin, the daily affairs are much more complicated than Jingzhao Yin, but he also has many specific powers.

In fact, if you want to do a good job as Jing Zhaoyin, it is very simple. In a word, it is all about connections, both black and white, and everyone will give you face.

As long as no one is specifically targeting you, and no major natural or man-made disasters occur, you will be able to get through your term safely, but you will be a little busier.

Li Ye will not set off back to the Western Regions until next spring. During this time, of course he needs to help his father.

Li Ye first took his father to visit Gao Lishi. Li Ye vaguely guessed that the emperor's appointment of his father as Jingzhao Shaoyin was most likely Gao Lishi's suggestion.

Since they are coming to the imperial city, both Li Ye and his son must wear official uniforms. Li Dai is a fourth-rank official, wearing dark crimson court clothes, a gauze hat on his head, a gold belt around his waist, and a silver fish charm.

Li Ye, however, wore a purple official uniform, a gauze hat on his head, a jade belt around his waist, and a goldfish charm. He was a third-rank Yunhui general, so naturally he wore purple robes, but there were still differences between the purple robes of military attaches and civilian officials, mainly in the patterns. The difference is that civilian officials have a pair of birds embroidered on their chests, military officers have a pair of animals embroidered on their chests, and Li Ye has a pair of unicorns embroidered on his chest.

The father and son walked in the imperial city, looking like superiors and subordinates, which was quite interesting.

Gao Lishi met Li Dai and his son in his official room. He smiled and asked Li Ye, "When will the little monkey set off?"

Li Ye said helplessly: "I am also eager to return home, but in winter the Hexi Corridor will be covered with heavy snow, making it difficult to walk. More importantly, it is impossible to cross the Congling Mountains. It takes three days and three nights to walk to Lingshan, but if you stay there for one night, you will freeze." It’s like a popsicle, I have to wait until spring comes tomorrow.”

Gao Lishi also lamented: "It is indeed very far away. Many ministers think that we can just keep the east of Congling, and the west of Congling can be abandoned. The cost of managing it is too high, but I don't think so. The prosperity of the Tang Dynasty and the Silk Road Roads are closely related. The Silk Road must be controlled in our own hands. Just like the Western Turks and Turks before, they cut off the Silk Road with a single sword. The caravans had to take a long way from Tochara, so that the imperial court We have to send troops many times. If it is not necessary, why do we send troops?"

"The wise man is wise!"

Li Dai sat aside and smiled without saying a word. He was deeply pleased to see that his son could talk calmly with Gao Lishi and that they had a very good relationship. His son was promising.

Gao Lishi smiled at Li Dai again and said: "It was actually my suggestion to let Li Shijun serve as the Shaoyin of Jingzhao this time. The emperor wanted you to serve as the Shaoqing of Taichang, but to be honest, Shaoqing Taichang is not interesting. , if you have been around for ten years, you may still be Tai Chang Shaoqing, but Jingzhao Shaoyin is different. When Jingzhao Yin goes down, Shaoyin will usually take over, which is equivalent to being promoted to two levels in a row, a rare opportunity!"

Li Dai sighed: "I'm afraid that I am not capable enough in my humble position and will live up to Gao Weng's expectations!"

Gao Lishi said lightly: "You may not know that the emperor sent the supervisory censor to Runzhou to investigate you last year. The results of the investigation satisfied the emperor. There are not many honest officials like you. Your only shortcoming is that you are straightforward. But the song is not enough, so I want to give you a suggestion: hard when it should be hard, soft when it should be soft, grasp what should be grasped, and release when it should be released. You have to grasp this degree. This is the key to whether you can do it well. , you'd better learn from your son's approach to the Yang family."

Gao Lishi gave Li Ye a meaningful look, and Li Ye's heart skipped a beat. Did they know that he was going to visit Mrs. Guo Guo?

Li Dai bowed and said: "Thank you Gao Weng for your teachings. I will keep my humble position in my heart!"

Coming out of Gao Lishi's official room, Li Ye asked with a smile: "The emperor sent the supervisory censor to Runzhou to investigate. Does father know?"

Li Dai shook his head, "I don't know at all. Fortunately, your mother held the door for me. Anyone who gave gifts would not be received, and no gifts would be accepted. Therefore, in the past two years in Runzhou, I have not been greedy for a penny. Thanks to Your mother subsidized me with thousands of dollars, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to afford staff.”

Li Ye said with a smile: "I will leave another 10,000 yuan to my father later. I will continue to maintain this clean and honest style and don't let others take advantage of me."

"Where did you get so much money?"

"I killed a group of horse bandits in the Hexi Corridor and got tens of thousands of dollars from them. I also have a lot of gems in my hand."

Li Dai also knew that he could not control his son. He pondered for a moment and said, "Just now Gao Weng asked me to learn how you treat the Yang family. Can you tell me?"

"Father, that's actually what he said, be straight when it's time to be straight, and be melody when it's time to sing. Yang Guozhong has the support of the emperor, and he will be in power in the next few years. Try not to be an enemy of him at this time, and my grandfather has retired. After going down, Yang Guozhong's enemy will no longer be his grandfather, but the prince and An Lushan, so my father must avoid this conflict and not take sides easily."

"What if I have to take sides?"

"Then stand with the prince. Father only needs to maintain a good relationship with Wei Jiansu and Prince Guangping, but he must not come into contact with the prince."

Seeing that there was no one around him, Li Ye lowered his voice and said, "The emperor is planning to replace the prince with Li Rui, the king of Shu. This will be the main line of struggle in the next few years. Father must be careful."

Li Dai was greatly surprised. The emperor wanted to change the prince again, but he didn't know it at all. His father didn't remind him last night.

"Then should I go visit Yang Guozhong?"

"Of course I want to go, but I suggest that my father should go with Xian Yu Zhongtong. Xian Yu Zhongtong is my father's boss. It is not good for my father to avoid him."

"Just listen to your advice!"

Li Dai smiled happily and said, "I'm going to the government office in the afternoon. Do you have any plans for Ye'er in the afternoon?"

"I'm going to go to the Hanzhong County Prince's Mansion. We've made an appointment. Why don't father go with me?"

Li Dai shook his head, "I also made an appointment with Lord Xianyu to visit the Prince of Hanzhong with you next time!"

"Is it Li Shaoyin?" someone asked from behind.

When Li Ye turned around, he saw a middle-aged man wearing a purple robe and a goldfish charm standing not far away, followed by a group of followers. It was Prime Minister Yang Guozhong.

Li Dai did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "I'm here to see Yang Xiangguo!"

Yang Guozhong said with a smile: "In the capital city, Jingzhao Mansion has complex affairs and heavy responsibilities. Li Shaoyin will have to work hard from now on."

"It's what a humble job deserves!"

"You and Xianyu Shijun must cooperate well. In short, if you have any difficulties, just come to me and I will definitely solve it for you."

"Thank you, Prime Minister!"

Li Ye stood far aside, watching Yang Guozhong's chest-beating assurance. Yang Guozhong's words were half true and half false. Although he may not really want to help Li Dai, one thing is for sure. He never wanted anything to happen to Xianyu Zhongtong. He wanted to use Xianyu Zhongtong came to replace Zhang Jun or Wei Jiansu. It is for this reason that Yang Guozhong will not mess up Jingzhao. At most, he will give his father some shoes.

Yang Guozhong glanced at Li Ye. He actually wanted to say a few words to Li Ye.

"Li Shaoyin, wait a moment, I will go and have a few words with you alone."

Li Dai was slightly startled and could only nod. Yang Guozhong winked at his entourage again and then walked quickly towards Li Ye.

"What advice does Yang Xiangguo have?" Li Ye asked with a smile.

Yang Guozhong took Li Ye's arm, turned his back to everyone, walked a few steps and whispered: "First of all, I want to thank General Li for catching the female assassin so that my son can rest in peace. Thank you very much!"

It was difficult to conceal the fact that Li Ye caught the female assassin. Everyone in the county government knew about it. Even if Feng Min, the county lieutenant, didn't tell, other arrests would also tell. Even if they didn't know it at the time, many people would gradually know that it was Li Ye later. Take action to arrest people.

Li Ye said calmly: "Prime Minister, there is no need to be polite. The other party framed my grandfather, and I will never stand idly by."

"No matter what, I still want to thank General Li for taking action. General Li, please rest assured that I will definitely take care of your father!"

"Thank you very much!"

Yang Guozhong added: "In addition, I would like to remind General Li that some people may hate your father-in-law as the Shaoyin of Jingzhao."

"who?"

Yang Guozhong said secretly: "The Yuwen family!"

Li Ye sneered, "Is the Yuwen family still lingering?"

"How can these aristocratic families fall so easily? There are also the Wu family and An Lushan. They also know that the general caught the female assassin. An Lushan may not have much influence, but the Wu family is more troublesome. Watch out for them to take revenge. !Especially Wu Ying.”

Li Ye nodded, "Thank you, Yang Xiangguo, for reminding me!"