Tibet

The debriefing meeting ended in less than an hour. Gao Lishi invited Li Ye to his official room and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Governor Li!"

Li Ye was overjoyed and said quickly: "Has the emperor agreed to increase the number of troops?"

Gao Lishi asked his men to serve tea to Li Ye, and then said calmly: "Didn't Governor Li feel the emperor's intention to hold a debriefing meeting today?"

Li Ye pondered for a moment and said: "I feel humble. The emperor seems to be telling everyone the importance of preventing the Tibetan army from advancing westward."

"That's right. Gao Xianzhi also said before that the Tibetan army would attack Anxi via Tocharo. He repeatedly suggested to the emperor that the Tang army should control Tocharo.

The Battle of Juzhanti that you are reporting on today is to open up a shortcut to Tocharo, and ultimately to prevent the Tibetan army from advancing westward. The Emperor hopes that you can complete the mission that you failed to complete in the Battle of Xiaobolu. "

Li Ye smiled bitterly and said: "I am also willing to share the emperor's worries, but I have also said that the 12,000 Hezhong Army is no match for the Tubo Army."

Gao Lishi nodded, "The plan you proposed earlier was to mobilize 6,000 troops from Beiting and Anxi to reinforce Hezhong. The emperor felt that this plan was not reasonable, so the emperor decided to adopt another plan and appointed you as the governor of Anxi and Hezhong. Commander, this way you have 36,000 troops in your hands, enough to fight Dabolu’s 30,000 Tibetan troops.”

Li Ye was stunned for a moment and appointed himself the governor of Anxi. What should Feng Changqing do?

Gao Lishi then said slowly: "Beiting Jiedushi Wang Zhengjian is old and can no longer perform his duties. Feng Changqing has been reassigned as Beiting Jiedushi, and you will be appointed as Anxi Jiedushi."

Li Ye sighed secretly. The most disappointed person was probably Dugujun. He originally thought he had a chance to take over Wang Zhengjian's position as Jiedushi, but he didn't expect that the emperor did not consider him.

"How is it? Can you accept it?" Gao Lishi asked with a smile.

How could Li Ye not agree? He immediately bowed and said: "Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty. I will definitely live up to his trust in my humble position."

Gao Lishi added: "The Holy One has another idea. You will transport one million gold coins from Suiye to the imperial court. As a reward for your concern for the imperial court, your father will be appointed as the Minister of Household Affairs!"

Chi Guoguo's selling of official positions was actually something done by the emperor. Li Ye knew that Li Longji had already planned it. When he told Sui Ye that he still had more than 1.5 million gold coins, his eyes suddenly became profound. , he was tempted.

Just combining the two things that he donated one million gold coins and his father's promotion to the Minister of Household Affairs, it felt a little different.

But it doesn't matter when you think about it. Compared with Yang Guozhong, who was promoted from a local rogue to prime minister in just a few years, at least he spent money, and at least his father had a professional background and had been an official for nearly twenty years.

There were so many absurd things in the Tang Dynasty, why bother with this little detail.

Li Ye returned to the house with a lot of worries. Pei Sanniang saw her son's serious expression and couldn't help but worry: "Ye'er, did you pass the test today?"

"No!"

Li Ye shook his head, "Today's work report is just a formality. The emperor did not embarrass me."

"Then why are you looking so sad?"

"I just feel a little distressed and gave the emperor millions of gold coins."

Pei Sanniang smiled and said: "That's not your money, so why feel bad? If you don't use it now, I will use it for you when you are next in office. The favor is still taken by others, so that's a loss!"

My mother has always been very smart in calculating small accounts like this. Li Ye smiled and said: "The effect is not bad after using it. The emperor promoted me to the governor of Anxi and the governor of Hezhong."

"Okay! What about your father? Has he retained his position as minister?"

"Dad is still the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, but instead of the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, he has been changed to the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu."

"Has the Minister of Household Affairs been promoted a little higher?" Pei Sanniang didn't know much about officialdom.

"The official rank is about the same, but the status is higher and the real power is greater. From now on, the family will not be short of various specialties from all over the world."

"Why?"

"Mom, the Minister of Hubu is in charge of money. The imperial court only has so much money. It is the Minister of Hubu who has the final say as to which government office, or which state or county it should be given to first."

"That's it! Wouldn't it be annoying to death?"

Li Ye gave a thumbs up. His mother saw clearly that with great power, there were also many troubles.

At this time, Pei Sanniang remembered something again and said to Li Ye: "The Liu Wutong you mentioned came here today. I signed a letter of appointment with him to hire him as your father's personal bodyguard for twenty guan per month, and he also has Five of my subordinates will also participate in the escort, and each of them will receive ten guan per month, okay?"

"No problem. I have confirmed that all of his men are highly skilled in martial arts and conscientious in their duties. Liu Wutong is extremely skilled in martial arts. He can become the commander of Zhang's consort's warriors. Naturally, he has his own merits. Feel free to use them and give them to him every year. They raised the money a little bit.”

"You don't need to tell me this, I know what to do?"

"Where are they?"

"Cleaning out empty rooms in the west courtyard."

My father has three staff members who currently live in the east courtyard. The west courtyard was originally reserved for Li Tengkong's master and apprentice. Once the warriors came, there was no room for them.

Li Ye began to consider whether he could buy the house next door and build a yard.

At this moment, the housekeeper ran over in a panic and said, "Madam, there are so many gift-giving officials coming outside, and we can hardly stop them."

Pei Sanniang was stunned, "What gift?"

"I don't know, it seems like there are dozens of officials entering the memorial hall, all carrying various specialties."

Li Ye suddenly understood that his father's appointment had been made, and the guys in Jinzouyuan had a very keen sense of smell.

Li Ye quickly said: "Steward Liu, hurry up and ask Liu Wutong and the others to stop him!"

"They've already gone."

Pei Sanniang was a little at a loss, "Ye'er, your father is not here, what should we do?"

"Mom, I'm here! Such a small thing."

Li Ye walked to the gate. At least seventy or eighty officials came outside, almost all officials from all over the country. The Jinzou Yuan is the office in Beijing, which is responsible for submitting memorials from various states to the Shangshu Province. They are in the Shangshu Province. They all have their own offices, and they come to court every day, basically the same as court officials.

In addition, they are also responsible for liaising with each other and establishing good relationships with high-ranking officials, mainly by treating guests to meals and sending gifts during holidays.

Generally speaking, they are specialties from various places and almost all are tributes. The imperial court allows it. Officials can accept gifts of local specialties that are not too valuable and maintain a good relationship with the local government. As for whether there will be a little money in them. ,I do not know.

"Everyone, please be quiet and don't be anxious. I'll give you a few words first."

Li Ye was so angry that the officials became quiet.

"Li Ye, the governor of Xiahezhong, I guess you are not giving me gifts."

Everyone smiled knowingly, and someone shouted: "Director Li is willing to accept it, and we promise to deliver it!"

"Forget it, I accept it with good intentions. It's the same as giving it to my father. My father has always been honest and upright. He has never accepted a penny in bribes. Unless you send tens of thousands of taels of silver, I can accept it for him. Otherwise, a few thousand taels of silver will be accepted." , a few hundred taels of silver, etc., don’t give it away, so as not to ruin my father’s feathers. Do you understand what I mean? You can accept local specialties, but not a penny of money. To put it bluntly, I just dedicated it to the emperor. Three million gold coins, I don’t like the money you give me.”

Everyone was in an uproar. The three million gold coins that had just been presented to the emperor were so shocking that everyone was stunned.

"Everyone, please line up! I asked Mr. Xu to register, and then leave a message in the special products. If there are any red envelopes, take them away as soon as possible. I will anger my father, and the gain outweighs the loss."

Seventy or eighty people lined up, and someone quietly took out the red envelope stuffed in the special product. Mr. Xu was his father's staff, named Xu Yuan, and he was responsible for registration. Liu Wutong led several warriors to maintain order.

At this moment, a carriage came from a distance, and Li Dai came back. Through the car window, he looked at the long queue in front of his house, and he couldn't help but look confused.