Regarding Zheng Pei's question, Gao Yue nodded and said that it was mainly needed by the female tutor of the family in Xingyuan Mansion.

Then Zheng Zhi stopped talking and felt like something was wrong in his heart.

After finishing his tour of Mount Emei and the big Buddha statue in Jiazhou, Gao Yue lingers in Wei Gao's military mansion for several days, then goes on the Jiange Road and returns to Xingyuan Mansion.

As soon as he arrived in the mansion, he saw the Dingwu Army cheering like thunder in front of the Ya Bingyuan and the Jingqi Army. He was shaking countless hands. Then he bowed to the military commander Ximen Can, shouting forever.

Gao Yue asked what was going on. Everyone knew that the military commander Gao Gu was also very happy and said that when His Majesty heard that the Dingwu Army was in the capital, the Fengyi Army won a great victory in Qingxi Pass, he took out 200,000 guan of money from the private trough of Daying Qionglin as "reward money", he distributed the rewards to the soldiers participating in the war and as pensions for the fallen soldiers.

"Oh, then other military towns?"

Gao Gu immediately said that the emperor also gave 30,000 yuan to reward Dongchuan and 10,000 yuan to Banan. As for the Fengxiang Yining Army, Shence Youdaying, and Shuofang armies who made contributions to the attack on Yuanzhou, Qinzhou, they also received hundreds of thousands of yuan.

And after hearing about the victory in the southwest, the towns in Kanto immediately understood how to "respecte the emperor". Wu Shaocheng, Huaixi, offered 100,000 yuan, Xuanwu, Liu Xuanzuo offered 100,000 yuan, and Li Na of Ziqing, claimed to be "responsible". He kept asking him to find out whether the emperor would take advantage of the victory and have plans to reduce the vassal states all day long.

Now the emperor is more dependent on "upstarts" like Gao Yue and Wei Gao.

Now in the Tang Dynasty, a new political pattern has quietly formed:

The emperor lived in the Daming Palace, relied on the Hanlin Academy to draft edicts, and then relied on the Zhongguan Group to make money (mainly asking for money from various vassal states everywhere, and then sent the money he had given to the Emperor's Curry to manage), supervising the army, and gradually formed a new central group with the emperor as the core in the Daming Palace;

In the local area, Gao Yue's Xingyuan, Fengxiang, Wei Gao's Xichuan, Du Huangshang's Dongchuan, Wu Xianfu's Binning and Dai Xiuyan's Weibei, Hunjun's Hedong, Li Ziliang's Hedong, Shence Army's left and right camps, Kang Rizhi's Lingwu, Shannandong, Jingnan, and Fangzhen in Henan all swore to give iron-blooded allegiance to the emperor. This was the reliance of Li Shi's military power, and Li Shi and Fangzhen also formed a power structure of "symbiotic coexistence and common benefit" to a certain extent - if necessary, Li Shi was unwilling to replace these Fangzhen Jieshangs. On weekdays, these Fangzhens continued to offer the emperor money and silk to be favored. Wei Gao and Gao Yue were first offered to the emperor, and then Yuefeng. After receiving the Fengfeng, the emperor no longer sent it into the national treasury, but all entered his own treasury and handed it over to Huo Zhongtang for management.

The three departments in charge of money in the imperial court, namely the Duzhi Department, the Ministry of Revenue Department and the transfer of salt and iron, can only receive two fixed taxes per year.

The expansion of the emperor's inner treasury has caused harm to the national treasury.

This made the prime minister Li Mi very worried, and Hanlin scholar Lu Zhi also made a series of comments asking the emperor to follow the trend and completely abolish Daying and Qionglinku.

But the emperor still said: "From then to march and fight, the rations for the army and horses of each town will leave the boundary, the military salary will be managed by the national treasury, and the rewards for the soldiers after the victory will be paid by me." I saved some money, but I didn't spend it on the comfort and enjoyment, so I still used it on the right path of the country? Don't bother with me!

Li Mi had no choice but to recommend a talent to the emperor, named Yangcheng.

Yangcheng was originally living in seclusion in Zhongtiao Mountain. Although this man was poor, he was tireless in studying scriptures and had a high prestige in the village. Later, the villagers did not look for any litigation conflicts, but only asked him to arbitrate and resolve them. As a result, his reputation became increasingly greater. Li Mi visited him personally when he was an observer in Shaanxi and Guo, and now he strongly recommended him to the emperor.

The emperor said, since Yangcheng has great talents, how about taking the Spring Examination for Jinshi next year? If you have a teacher who is a good candidate for the list, why worry about not having fame or fame?

Li Mi said that since he is a great talent, Your Majesty cannot always accumulate scholars.

The emperor felt a little uneasy, so he said to Li Mi, "Sir, you see Gao Yue, you are also a student of the great school. He started with the first place in the Jinshi. He started with the official name. He served as a county, prefecture and southern province office, and now he has become Fang Yue in the two towns...

"Heroes don't ask for their way out. Gao Yue is taking the Qingzi route. Yangcheng can enshrine officials for His Majesty. There is no obstacle between the two ministers."

So the emperor nodded and said that he could, so he asked the Chang'an County Magistrate to hold fifty pieces of cloth and invite Yangcheng to come out of the mountain and directly award the position of a counselor.

For a moment, the capital caused a sensation: the emperor actually promoted a mountain man to a counselor!

Therefore, when Yangcheng entered the capital, the scholars and people in the capital saw it as if they were cloudy.

After the spring exam was released that year, Quan Deyu, who had visited Gao Yue, came to visit Gao Yue. Sure enough, the horse's hooves were fast and were taken as the head by Gao Ying, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites. After he was about to pass the test, he returned home and was selected. Although it was unfair after this incident, Quan Deyu was a smooth person and did not speak out.

However, Wu Yuanheng spoke out. This scholar who had just been a member of the Central Ministry of Personnel and wanted to be appointed as a county magistrate of Ji County, but he gave a memorial with fierce words, accusing Yangcheng of being a fake hermit in the mountains just for the sake of naming. Even if he was with His Majesty, he had no experience in judging people. He would only blame others randomly or say some small things, which would be of no benefit to the country.

As a result, Wu Yuanheng angered Prime Minister Li Mi, and the original Huayuan County Magistrate's note was immediately lost.

After hearing about this, Gao Yue of Xingyuan Prefecture hurriedly wrote a letter to Li Mi and Jia Tian. Finally, Li Mi said: "Since Wu Yuanheng was the Yisong-Tong list, you might as well go to the northwest to be the county lieutenant."

Gao Yue was happy and said that I had wanted to win Wu Bocang for a long time, so why should I be a county magistrate? I immediately asked the Jinzuoyuan in the capital to beat gongs and drums, bringing 300,000 yuan and four horses, and on behalf of Fengxiang Prefecture, Wu Yuanheng was appointed as the title of supervisor and censor, and served as the county magistrate of Zhangxin County, Qinzhou, and also the chief of Fengxiang Prefecture.

Just when Wu Yuanheng left the capital, Yangcheng happened to get off the bus from Duting Station, and countless officials and scholars came to greet him. For a moment, they all gathered their expectations on him.

In Zichen's palace, Yangcheng kowtowed to the emperor and insisted on not accepting the appointment, so he asked the emperor to release him into the mountains.

The emperor said that I am eager to seek talent, why are you polite? After that, he asked several fat middle officials to "hold down" Yangcheng, and forced the counselor's clothes to wear Yangcheng. Yangcheng did not dare to struggle, for fear of destroying the court clothes (the emperor could see the essence of Yangcheng at a glance), and then the emperor asked Zhongcheng to announce an edict to officially let Yangcheng go to work.

Then the emperor asked Yangcheng to express his views and opinions on the world's major events for several days. Yangcheng wanted to follow Li Mi's thoughts and state the harm of the emperor's Daying Qionglin Neiku, but he was worried that he had just received a heavy grace and directly accused the emperor of his heart and reason. He was dissatisfied with his heart and reason: in the end, Yangcheng could only stay at home, use all the official salary given to him by the court to buy wine, and drink with his two younger brothers all day long, without caring about the government affairs.

In an instant, the reputation of him in the capital dropped sharply, and everyone was disappointed.

Li Mi also sighed and could not help.

Since Yangcheng, as a counselor, dared not speak out, the entire court's counselor system: the attendant of the cavalry, the counselor, the resignation of the relic, the Censorate, etc., were all silent.
Chapter completed!