Chapter 208: Upright and Sleek
"Son-in-law, sister-in-law, wait for a moment, please let me say something."
After Li Sanjian met the saint, he left Jin Mingchi and planned to return to the mansion to see his mother, wives, concubines, and children. At this moment, the fourth wife Cai Yingxue must have had her, but she didn't know whether it was a man or a woman. Therefore, Li Sanjian was so anxious that he wanted to fly to the mansion immediately.
But unexpectedly, Li Sanjian had just turned over and his third wife, Xu Tingting's brother Li Bangyan, rushed out and called Li Sanjian.
"Li...Shun Shu, what's the matter?" Li Sanjian rode on the horse and glanced at Li Bangyan and asked.
Xu Tingting's parents hated her for elopement in Quanzhou and became Li Sanjian's concubine, which made them lose face and shame their family. Therefore, they claimed that Xu Tingting was dead and cut off all relations with Li Sanjian and Xu Tingting.
Li Bangyan only knows how to flatter and flatter him, and is deeply despised by Li Sanjian. Therefore, he did not want to pay attention to Li Bangyan, but he did not look at the monks and Buddhas faces. Li Sanjian stopped his pace when he saw Xu Tingting's face and saw what he wanted to say.
As for the title, Li Sanjian did not call him family, but Li Bangyan's official position. Xu Tingting's family did not want to admit this marriage, and she had already done the job. For such a snob, why should Li Sanjian beg them?
"Hey, it seems that you still have grudges, and you have a lot of complaints..." Li Bangyan arrived panting, looked up at Li San and sighed: "The past is gone, it's better not to mention it. Sister-in-law, you will be a triumphant day and you will be a wedding today. How about setting up a banquet for your brother and holding a banquet for your brother? Sister-in-law won't give you the face to your brother, right?"
Li Bangyan is currently a minister of the imperial court and a Hanlin scholar. Although his rank is not as good as Li Sanjian, Li Sanjian was a foreign minister and a minister of the frontier, and Li Bangyan was a courtier. Therefore, at this time, Li Bangyan could be said to be condescending to Li Sanjian.
Before the restructuring of Emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty, the Central Secretariat Sheren only sent a salary to the official position, not a dispatch, not a real position. The Zhizhizhi and Zhisherenyuan performed the position of the Central Secretariat Sheren.
After the Yuanfeng reorganization, the Sherenyuan was abolished and renamed it as the Zhongshu Houshang, and the Zhongshu She talents were sent to the actual position.
The Secretariat of the Central Secretariat was responsible for the edicts, attendants, signing edicts, promulgation, asking questions, writings, and subsidizing matters. Therefore, at this time, Li Bangyan's actual power was far higher than that of Li Sanjian, and was the people around the emperor.
But at this moment, Li Sanjian rode on the horse and looked down at Li Bangyan. The short Li Bangyan had to look up at Li Sanjian.
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"Brother, Li will call you the eldest brother for Tingting's sake today." Li Sanjian said slowly after hearing this: "It's not that Li has a grudge, but that my wife Tingting is extremely sad at this time. Tingting did she do for your family, but what did you do? It claimed that Tingting is dead and cut off all relationships. Tingting is in Kaifeng Prefecture at this moment, but she has a family that cannot be returned. A person who originally had a mother's family, but was rejected by her parents. Do you think she is sad? Tingting gave birth to a daughter for my Li family, but you have never come to see her once. Do you think she is sad? She washes her face with tears every day and forces her face to be happy. Do you think she is sad? Big brother, Li just arrived in Kaifeng Prefecture today. Seeing that her mother is so eager, she will not be with her. Forgive her sins, say goodbye!"
After Li Sanjian said that, he whipped and left. Shankui, Jikong and other guards looked at Li Bangyan with contempt, and followed Li Sanjian away.
"I...this..." The dust from the war horse rolled up fell on Li Bangyanyi.
In fact, Li Sanjian scolded him harshly, but Li Bangyan couldn't hate Li Sanjian at all, but instead felt a little guilty.
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"Sanlang, hey, Sanlang, hurry up, brother has something to say." When Li Sanjian was riding a horse and planning to return to the mansion, he was stopped halfway through the way, which made Li Sanjian laugh and cry, and he was a little annoyed.
I was just eager to go home, meet my mother Fu Erniang, and then hug my beautiful wife and concubine.
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Hug your children again, but why are you so troubled? One thing after another, it’s endless.
However, the person who came was Gao Qiu, the commander of the front office of the palace. Li Sanjian had to patiently ask happily: "Brother, are you...?"
It's okay for Gao Qiu to have an official position, but Li Sanjian can ignore him, but Gao Qiu is an old acquaintance of Li Sanjian, a brother of many years. He is a mentor of Su Shi and saved Li Sanjian's life back then. After Gao Qiu became rich, he took more care of Su Shi's disciples, so Li Sanjian had to greet him with a smile.
"Duke Tong Guo, if you have anything to say, just say it to my brother." Gao Qiu rushed to Li Sanjian panting and turned around proudly and said to the group of guards behind him.
"Grandpa Li, can you talk with me?" Tong Guan bowed to Li Sanjian after hearing this.
Li Sanjian is currently the deputy commander of the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty, and can also be said to be the supervisor of the Western Army. The key is that Li Sanjian is also the confidant minister of Emperor Zhao Ji of Song Dynasty. Therefore, Tong Guan was not allowed to put down his airs and held great courtesy to Li Sanjian.
Li Sanjian's current status in the Western Army is on par with Tong Guan.
"Well, Duke Tong Guo, please!" Li Sanjian also returned politely after hearing this.
The defeat of Liu Fa's army in Tong'ancheng was caused by Tong Guan's one-handed approach. It was caused by Tong Guan's eagerness for quick success and instant benefits and was very happy with success, which led to the defeat of Liu Fa's army. The famous general Liu Fa died in battle. Of course, Li Sanjian hated it deeply and wanted to kill the eunuch with one knife.
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But this incident was not caused by Tong Guan alone, but by Emperor Zhao Ji of Song. It was also caused by Zhao Ji's eagerness for quick success and quick success.
What can Li Sanjian say about this? How can Tong Guan be punished? Tong Guan is still the commander of the Western Army, and Li Sanjian still has to work with him. At the same time, Li Sanjian has offended enough people and does not want to offend Tong Guan anymore. Otherwise, Li Sanjian's situation will be extremely difficult, and he may be in prison again at any time, or even two people in his body and head.
Li Sanjian didn't want to be in prison again, so that his mother Fu Erniang, wife and concubine Cai Rongxue and others would be frightened by him again.
Therefore, Li Sanjian weighed the pros and cons and was also very generous to Tong Guan's etiquette.
"Mr. Li, thank you for your thanks." Tong Guan saw that Li Sanjian was quite obedient and polite to him, so he was overjoyed and pulled Li Sanjian aside and thanked him.
When Li Sanjian was facing the saint in Jin Mingchi, Zhao Ji did not mention the incident of Liu Fa's army going to Tong'an City. Zhao Ji did not mention it, and Li Sanjian did not want to say more.
Li Sanjian is different from his companion Li Gang. Li Gang is straight and cannot rub a grain of sand into his eyes, but Li Sanjian is straight and has a little smoothness.
"In the spring of the first year of Xuanhe, the army was employed by Xibi, and the commander of Xihe, Liu Fa, and his army were annihilated. Those who acted as accused him of violating his integrity. If the gift was not enough, I would be sad and humiliated him. Who would express his heart to the heart of the loyal soul? The anger of the hero is the only one who wins.
But if you lose your burden, it is the normal situation of military strategists. How can you not let my king hear about it? It is a warning to the border affairs. The profoundness of the nine levels can be deceived by the ears and eyes of the world."
Liu Fa was ordered by Tong Guan to send troops outside the border and was defeated and died in a battle. After Li Gang learned the truth, he was deeply indignant and wrote an eulogy to mourn Liu Fa and speak out for Liu Fa. But what was the result? The court simply ignored it, and Zhao Ji ignored it at all. Not only that, Li Gang was also demoted.
Since that's the case, why should Li Sanjian mention this matter again? It would only be a pity to mention this matter again, which would almost be useless, and would also put Li Sanjian in danger again.
When you should be straight, you must be straight, and when you should be smooth, you must be smooth.
On the way back to Beijing, Li Sanjian had already learned about this from Liu Anjie.
"Duke Tong Guo..." Li Sanjian saw Tong Guan thanking each other, so he smiled and said, "You and I are both ministers in the same palace. In the future, how can we talk about the word "Thank you"? However, Duke Tong Guo, Li is a person who values love and righteousness. In this battle in Tong'an City, many soldiers of our army were killed and injured, leaving many orphans and widows. Their future life will be extremely difficult. Li always thinks of it, his heart will be as trampled on the Ming court, so we should report to the Ming court to give them a lot of pensions to comfort the spirit of the soldiers who died in the battle. If not, Li would be uneasy. Li had always heard that Duke Tong Guo was also a person who treated his subordinates well, so Li didn't want to say much about this."
If you treat Liu Fa as a scapegoat, you always have to give a lot of pension to his family, right? At least you should not be stingy with money, grain, silk, etc., right? Li Sanjian also gave Tong Guan a condition inside and outside the words, that is, Tong Guan must give Liu Fa and other soldiers who died in battle, otherwise Li Sanjian might as well give him a death-death battle.
If Li Gang is an ideal person, Li Sanjian is a pragmatic person.
First, catch what you can get. As for Tong Guan framing Liu Fa and treating Liu Fa as a scapegoat, thus causing Liu Fa to suffer grievances, Li Sanjian can record this account first and then sanction him when he has the chance in the future.
"What Mr. Li said is great!" Tong Guan was overjoyed when he heard this, and suddenly clung to Li Sanjian's hand and smiled: "How can our family not know that the soldiers and the families should be given heavy pensions? This matter is just for our family."
In any case, Tong Guan was still in charge of the northwest at this time, and his power was extremely powerful, so this matter was too simple for Tong Guan.
Isn’t it just asking for money? What Tong Guan doesn’t lack the least is money. At the same time, in this world, things that can be solved with money are not a problem.
I heard that Li Sanjian was a stubborn person, but now it seems that he is quite a master, Tong Guan said in his heart.
"Master Gao, today we are the host. How about asking your brothers to go to the banquet together?" The matter was successfully resolved, and Tong Guan was suddenly overjoyed and turned to Gao Qiu and said.
Tong Guan bribed Gao Qiu heavily, and the relationship between the two had been greatly improved at this time.
"Duke Tong Guo, the second brother of high school!" Gao Qiu had not answered yet, but Li Sanjian bowed and smiled, "I just arrived at the capital today. Li was in a hurry to go home to see his mother, and there were all wives and concubines, so Li would not accompany him today. Another day, Li would come to visit Duke Tong Guo, and would definitely go with his second brother without getting drunk and stop drunk."
Chapter completed!