A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

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Li Chengqian's expression was ugly when he heard that, since the beginning of the Wude dynasty, the emperor's grandfather had sealed many dignitaries, so that in Zhenguan, his own father had been limiting the number of dignitaries. The more dignitaries, the more hidden dangers for the Tang Dynasty. I know how the family started.

It's not that I haven't thought about giving Su Dingfang a knighthood, but the relationship between Su Dingfang and Gu Qing is also a thorn in my heart. I think about Gu Qing, are you trying to complain to your brother again?

Just as he was thinking, a young eunuch hurried over and whispered a few words in Wang Jin's ear.

Seeing Wang Jin's strange expression, Li Chengqian asked again, "What happened?"

Wang Jin bowed and said, "Your Majesty, someone put a lot of things outside the Chengtian Gate, and I don't know who put them there, but they are all things that are needed in the palace, just enough for a day."

"What's going on!" Li Chengqian questioned.

"Old slave, go and investigate now." Wang Jinwan left immediately.

In the next few days, the situation was exactly the same. The people in charge of buying things in the palace did not buy anything. Instead, every time someone put five carts of things that needed to be used in the palace outside Chengtian Gate, Wang Jin almost After some inquiries, I found out that these senders change every day. After several times of stopping and asking, the other party said that they were entrusted by others. The other party wore a mask and didn't know who it was. They would just give a large amount of money

Gu Qing listened to Fan Jian's report while grilling meat at home.

"Li Chengqian can sit still." Gu Qing said with a smile.

Fan Jian said in a low voice, "Patriarch, the villain doesn't want to talk too much, but the villain really can't figure out why the patriarch cut off the supply of the royal family, so why do you still have to deliver it to your door?"

"People tend to be arrogant when they are at ease for too long." Gu Qing said in a low voice, "This Li Chengqian doesn't take me seriously anymore. He thinks he is the emperor so he can follow his temper. I I just want to tell him that as long as I am around, even if he is a dragon, he will be coiled for me. After the scar is healed, he forgets the pain? Do you really think that the royal family is amazing? My Gu family can make the royal family starve to death, or let the royal family eat Full meal."

Fan Jian also puffed up his chest when he heard this, just like what Gu Qing said, the Gu family can feed the royal family or make the royal family starve to death. Today's royal family is indeed getting richer and richer. The tax can cover half of the Central Plains’ annual tax, but it’s one thing for the royal family to be rich, and it’s also another thing for the royal family to have enough to eat. The Gu family controls half of the Central Plains’ business. All businessmen have a consensus that as long as they have a business relationship with the Gu family, they are not worthy of a steady profit.

This point has never been missed in these years. The Gu family has given most of the benefits to those businessmen. After a long time, many businessmen in Chang'an have completely attached to the Gu family. The Gu family in Chang'an is three feet away from the sky!An incident that occurred after the Gu family entered the Daming Palace was a scar for the royal family. After so many years of that incident, the Gu family now controls the entire Chang'an business. How many people are willing to work for the Gu family? The accounts are always clear.

This also made many businessmen admire the Gu family from the bottom of their hearts. All that the Gu family can have now is the maintenance of the mall for many years. The business in Chang'an is intricate, but all the sources are the foundation of the Gu family in the final analysis. The factory of the Gu family is now Chang'an largest source of supply.

The royal family is indeed the son of heaven, but the royal family cannot support the merchants all over the world. The Gu family can let the merchants have business, and can make the merchants have money to keep earning, but the royal family cannot. , the Gu family can benefit themselves, but the royal family can at most give the businessman a plaque, nothing more.

Moreover, Gu Qing's prestige in Chang'an is at the height of the sun, there is only Gu Qing who dares to challenge the new emperor at the enthronement ceremony, and the Gu family is the only one who can lead the world's merchants.

Seeing that the meat was already cooked, Gu Qing handed it to Fan Jian and said, "Taste."

Fan Jian took a sip and said with a smile, "The master's craftsmanship is still so good."

"This fish soup can't be used to make sauce, otherwise it will change the taste." Gu Qing was talking, and someone walked into the Gu family's house.

Looking up and seeing that it was Chu Suiliang, Gu Qing smiled and said, "Old Chu, come here and try my barbecue."

Seeing Gu Qing's leisurely barbecue, Chu Sui was very angry, "Gu Qing, are you still in the mood for barbecue?"

"Why, can't it work?" Gu Qing said while still roasting the meat, "If there is love, the sky will grow old. The pig's kidneys are roasted over fire."

"If the sky has love, the sky will grow old? It's a good sentence, and it's enough to be handed down to the world, but why is it followed by a sentence of roasting pork kidneys with fire? It's just a sight." Chu Suiliang pointed to Gu Qing's barbecue and said, "Gu Qing, you are so roasted. It’s meat skewers, where did the big pig’s kidneys come from!”

"Huh?" Gu Qing said in surprise, "Where's my big waist."

"Go and get the little one." Fan Jian smiled and left.

Seeing that Chu Suiliang was trembling with anger, Gu Qing patted the chair beside him, "Come, sit down and taste my barbecue."

Just before lunch, Chu Suiliang picked up a meat skewer and ate it, "It tastes very good, how did you grill it?"

"I just used some sauce and black pepper. There is no chili these days, it would be even better if there is chili." Gu Qing handed Chu Suiliang another string and said.

"Yeah." Chu Suiliang nodded while eating, "The taste is really good, Gu Qing, it's a waste of you to be a master. I found that you are more talented as a cook, maybe you are the best chef in the world."

Gu Qing poured a glass of wine for Chu Suiliang and said, "Then I have to thank you, I have found a purpose in my boring life."

Chu Suiliang drank the yellow orange wine and pondered it for a while, "What kind of wine is this, it's so refreshing."

"This is called beer. I made it out of wheat. I made it many years ago. Now I still have a lot at home. You can take some with you when you leave." Gu Qing said while eating the barbecue, "Why are you looking for me?"

"By the way." Chu Suiliang pondered, "What do I need from you?"

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Chapter 21 Military Situation

Chu Suiliang thought for a while before he remembered, "I don't want to get involved in the affairs of the palace, but I've heard about the recent events. Do you have to do this to this extent?"

Turning a deaf ear, Gu Qing still roasted the meat and took out a piece of cut beef and said, "I ask you how much you can worry about it, cumin teppanyaki fat beef."

"Gu Qing!" Chu Suiliang looked anxious at Gu Qing's calm expression.

While applying the sauce, Gu Qing said, "Are you here to speak well of Li Chengqian?"

Chu Suiliang sighed, "Did you treat Li Chengqian like this because of Su Dingfang?"

"Yes." Gu Qing nodded.

Chu Suiliang didn't expect Gu Qing to answer so quickly, and he didn't seem to intend to hide it, "They are the royal family!"

After taking a sip of beer, Gu Qing continued, "What's wrong with the royal family? If he has the ability, Li Chengqian will deal with me like this. If he doesn't have the ability, he will fight with me in the palace. Su Dingfang is my brother, and I was born and died on the battlefield. Brother, even if Su Dingfang If he wants to resign, Li Chengqian must give me face, and if he doesn't give me face, then none of us want face."

"Is it too much?" Chu Suiliang said again.

Gu Qing shook his head and said, "If he has the ability, he will send troops here and chop me up right now. He can treat my friends like this because he is the emperor, and I dare to do that! Don't think that Li Chengqian is the biggest in the world. Gu Qing just knows the truth is the most important."

"What are you going to do?" Chu Suiliang was also anxious.

"Let Li Chengqian give Su Dingfang a county magistrate, and give Su Dingfang [-] hectares of fertile land south of Chang'an, hereditary." Gu Qing said while eating the barbecue, "As long as Li Chengqian makes an order, it's over. If he If you don't make an order, I'm afraid the palace will run out of food in a few days."

Chu Suiliang looked at Gu Qing's barbecue on the iron net and let out a long sigh, "Actually, Su Dingfang's military achievements are not too much to claim a title. Su Ding's prestige in the army is still very high, and many generals in the army admire Su Dingfang very much." , but last year, Li Chengqian continued to place people in the army to distribute power. At that time, there had been voices in the army. Some people disagreed with Li Chengqian's actions. Good generals were replaced by people who didn't understand the art of war at all."

"Because I am Zhongshu Ling, many memorials have to go through Zhongshu Sheng." Chu Suiliang continued, "I have also seen some memorials handed over by the Ministry of War, most of which are impeachment of new generals. The memorial was handed into the Ganlu Hall, but it was like a stone sinking into the ocean, Li Chengqian didn't care, thinking about it, these were all arranged by Li Chengqian himself, how could Li Chengqian have trouble with himself."

Chu Suiliang took a sip of beer, "Afterwards, there were more and more voices in the army. Su Dingfang was afraid that there would be a mutiny in the army, so he summoned all the generals to appease them and tell them not to make trouble. There has been chaos in the middle of the year, at first the team brought out by Su Dingfang was all the brave generals in the army, each of them is a veteran left over from several life-and-death battles, and these veterans gather together to form a very powerful combat force."

"Gu Qing." Chu Suiliang patted Gu Qing on the shoulder and said, "Emperors also have selfish intentions. Su Dingfang's generals are too powerful. In order to hold the military power in his own hands, he, Li Chengqian, would rather kill the one Su Dingfang cultivated over the years. The team was also replaced by Li Chengqian several times, and the people under Su Dingfang scattered and walked away. Su Dingfang was for the stability of the army, but Li Chengqian was only for his selfishness. He would rather kill the power of the army than put the military power at ease. In his own hands, after that Su Dingfang didn’t go to court for more than half a month, sometimes complained of illness, sometimes he didn’t say anything and just didn’t come to court, until now he has resigned.”

Chu Suiliang didn't say anything, he didn't know what Li Chengqian did in the army, Gu Qing shook his head and said, "It's ridiculous."

"Yeah, it's ridiculous." Chu Suiliang also said.

"Strangling the power in the army, to hold the power in your own hands, I would rather let a group of drunkards and rice bags command the war." Gu Qing said with a sneer, "Who taught Li Chengqian to do this? If any day the students in the academy are smarter than Li Chengqian , does he, Li Chengqian, want to kill all the students in the academy to strangle the wisdom of the people and rule his world?"

"Don't get too excited." Chu Suiliang persuaded, "Actually, Su Dingfang didn't get a reward for leaving the army this time. Words from the army have already spread to the palace. I'm going to persuade Li Chengqian to give Su Dingfang a title. How about you let go immediately?" ?”

"Yes." Gu Qing nodded.

After Chu Suiliang left, Li Xiang came out from the side.

"You heard everything." Gu Qing looked at Li Xiang.