The next morning, Yang Yun wore a blue linen robe and a leather belt, and Shi Shiran came to the Censorate... His official uniforms were not yet ready, so he could only pretend to be in and out of the palace for the time being.

When he arrived at the Censorate, he did not see other colleagues. Even Zhang Mingye, whom he had met yesterday, was not here. After asking the guest, he found out that the border general sent envoys to Luoyang and submitted military affairs to the emperor. On the same day, the officials of the Luoyang Censorate went to the Ministry of War and met with the envoys of Yingzhou Governor Zhang Shougui. Because Yang Yun had just arrived, he was not summoned by Prime Minister Zhang Jiuling.

"I really didn't take me seriously!"

Yang Yun felt that he was despised by Zhang Jiuling.

He knew very well that in the past two years, border troops and Turkic troops had been constantly clashing with each other, and local wars were frequent. Zhang Shougui was a famous general of the Tang Dynasty and "make meritorious contributions to the border city and became a tiger general in the world." At this time, he suddenly made great efforts to promote the purpose of sending troops to the Turkic army, which was probably more of a shock to the Turkic people.

"Uncle, you don't have to wait here. If Your Majesty hadn't held a court meeting, you would have to go to the palace to participate in the discussion today. Now, the special matters are handled specially. Zhang Linggong and other officials from the three provinces and the important members of the Ministry of War will discuss and formulate a plan to send troops. You don't have to take this matter too seriously."

The meaning of Zhike is very obvious. You just arrived at the Censorate and didn’t understand many things. In fact, even if the Censorate goes there, it just acts as a background board, indicating that this provincial and ministerial meeting is open and fair, and there is no connection or private delegation. The final decision will be drafted by the Prime Minister, the Minister of War and others.

Yang Yun knew that Zhang Shougui is now holding the title of the Chief Censor of the Censor, and is nominally his chief. Of course, this kind of official title is also a false title. Zhang Shougui himself does not serve in the Censorate.

Yang Yun originally wanted to stay and wait for his colleagues from the Censorate to come back, and everyone had lunch together, get to know each other, and enhance their friendship. After Zhike said this, he shook his head and turned around and left. Since he had him in the Censorate, he might as well go home early to do his own thing.

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After leaving the Censorate, Yang Yun was about to go to Duanmen to leave the palace when he saw the Huangmen Minister Li Linfu and a group of officials heading to the secretary.

The Secretariat is close to the Shangshu Deck, and the gate of the government office is on Yang Yun's right hand. These people are led by Li Linfu and are in a hurry. They probably have something important to discuss.

However, when Li Linfu saw Yang Yun, he immediately greeted the people around him. These people first entered the gate of the Secretariat's official office, and he came over to greet Yang Yun.

"I invited you to the mansion for a gathering yesterday, why didn't you go? I wanted to introduce several officials to you and prepare some entertainment programs. If you don't show up, you will lose a lot of color during the meal, which makes people disappointed." Li Linfu smiled when he spoke, not as if he was asking questions, but he seemed to regret that Yang Yun missed something.

Yang Yun smiled and bowed, saying, "I drank with my friend yesterday and couldn't bear to drink. After I went back, I fell asleep and didn't have the energy to attend the second banquet... Li Xilang should not be surprised."

Li Linfu seemed to understand this very well and nodded, "You just arrived at the Censorate, so it is normal for you to have social engagements. It is very troublesome to welcome and send off. I was the same at the beginning... Oh, by the way, what are you doing today? You went back so early?"

Yang Yun said: "The Censorate has no errands, so he has to go back home first and wait patiently."

"No errands? Isn't there any important military consultation today? The military and political affairs of the Northern Xinjiang have always been supervised by the Censorate. Even if they are just attending the audience, they have to take on the responsibility of considering gains and losses... It seems that some people have prejudices against you, so they have not taken you, the new Censor, seriously!"

Li Linfu showed confusion at the beginning, but in a blink of an eye he made it clear, saying that it was caused by Zhang Jiuling's prejudice.

When Yang Yun first arrived, he was airborne as a royal relative, but he was unable to participate in specific government affairs. He said it was because Zhang Jiuling looked down on others, and said it was because he was too serious, that was because he was contempt for the emperor.

When Li Longji went into seclusion to practice Taoism, Zhang Jiuling did not allow additional factors to affect the court's judgment on northern military affairs. Although Yang Yun was not invited, Li Linfu was not among the invitation, which would be a bit too much.

Yang Yun just smiled and didn't answer.

Li Linfu said again: "General Zhang of Yingzhou was lenient and simple in his administration, honest in his people, and always praised by the people. This time he did not come to Luoyang in person, but heard that he had several comments on the border defense in the northern border, and his views were quite unique. He also heard that chaos occurred on the grasslands, which was a good opportunity for our dynasty to pacify the northern grasslands."

"oh."

Yang Yun smiled, probably understanding that the other party showed his attitude of discussing anything with him to show kindness.

I didn't really want to ask him what he thought about the war in the north.

Li Linfu said: "I met you before, but I mentioned it many times afterwards, and I was very worried about it. When you meet me, talk about some interesting Taoism and improve her Taoist accomplishments. I am so grateful to be a father."

"Um."

Yang Yun continued to smile and nodded. He knew that Li Linfu was not right. Yang Yun had never thought about meeting Li Konger. Unless Li Konger came to him, but with the attitude of the unruly woman, is this possible?

It seems that when Li Linfu said this, he never considered his daughter's feelings at all, and Li Konger might not be willing to meet.

Li Linfu felt that Yang Yun was not very enthusiastic, so he glanced at the gate of the Secretariat and said, "I have something important to discuss with Gong Gao today, so I can only leave you and me behind.

"Goodbye."

Yang Yun bowed and watched Li Linfu leave.

After Li Linfu left, Yang Yun began to guess Li Linfu's intentions.

Regarding the military affairs in the north, Li Linfu did not pay attention to Zhang Jiuling, so he simply organized his own personnel to come to the Secretariat, came up with the results and talked with Gao Lishi.

Yang Yun thought to himself: "Even if Zhang Jiuling is the prime minister, no matter how powerful Zhang Jiuling is, he still has to be controlled by Gao Lishi. If he really wants to send troops, Gao Lishi's attitude is crucial without the emperor's authorization... It is still Li Linfu's work is more targeted, and Zhang Jiuling obviously took it for granted."

Without Gao Lishi's support, Zhang Jiuling rashly presided over the provincial and ministerial meetings, which was obviously at a disadvantage.

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Yang Yun does not want to be involved in the dispute between Li Linfu and Zhang Jiuling for the time being.

Even though Li Linfu tried his best to win over him, he still felt that he should keep a sufficient distance from him.

As for Zhang Jiuling, he felt that he could not help even if he wanted to help. Zhang Jiuling became prime minister and was dismissed in just three years. It was not unreasonable. Whether Zhang Jiuling was skilled or politically conscious, he was too far from Li Linfu. Now Yang Yun can only try his best to maintain his neutral position so as not to get involved in the party struggle too early.

However, judging from today's incident, Zhang Jiuling has already put him in another book. Even though he had kindly reminded Zhang Jiuling to restrain himself and not to form a clique, Zhang Jiuling still didn't appreciate it and resolutely excluded him from the circle.

"But it's not a fault for this. I was a Taoist priest and suddenly rose to a high position. It was natural for him to have prejudice against me... But even if he sincerely wanted to win over me, would I really help him do things? Following Zhang Jiuling and following along, this is not a good thing. It's better to just mess with Li Linfu for the time being, at least Li Linfu knows how to win people's hearts with interests."

Yang Yun went to Zuixian Tower first, and He Wuliu came over nervously and told him: "There is a prince coming from above. He sat in the private room for a long time and said he was waiting for you to come back."

Yang Yun asked carefully and found out that Shouwang Li Mao was here.

Since the Taoist Conference started, there has been basically no contact between Yang Yun and Li Mao. This time, Li Mao suddenly visited and took the initiative to wait for him in Zuixianlou. It seemed that there was some difficulty.

Yang Yun went upstairs and found that he had not seen a shadow of a follower in the corridor, so he knew that Li Mao was going out in a low-key manner.

When he arrived at the door of the private room, Yang Yun knocked gently, "Please come in", and a man's voice came from inside.

Yang Yun pushed the door open and Li Mao stood up to greet him without any airs.

“Things of the world change too quickly…”

Li Mao made a simple comment and summarized what happened recently.

Yang Yun understood that the "worldly things" that Li Mao mentioned was actually his relationship with Yang Yuhuan. His lover became a stepmother. This kind of loss could not be afforded by this young young man who had just started to be involved in love. He was much more haggard. Obviously, he had not been thinking about food recently and his body could not bear it.

Yang Yun thought to himself: "Fortunately, it was not as close as in history. His love with Yang Yuhuan and his wife was snatched away by your father... Now he just snatched your girlfriend, and he wouldn't be able to die."

Yang Yun lifted the teapot and filled the teacup in front of Li Mao, comforting him: "Many things are destined by God. Things in the world change too quickly and cannot be reversed by human forces. It is better to let go of the depression in your heart."

"well!"

Li Mao sighed heavily and said, "Since Master Yang said it was God's decision, what's the point of getting upset? Now that you have become the national uncle and are in the court, you must meet frequently in the future. Today I will come to see if you have any help."

This is a bit false, but it sounds very warm. Li Mao, like Princess Xianyi, did not draw a clear line after he became the national uncle. Does this mean that there is still a possibility of continuing to interact in the future?

Yang Yun asked with a smile: "Isn't Shou King afraid of Concubine Hui mind?"

"Hmm? Are you talking about mother? How could she mind... I asked Xianyi before coming, and she said you don't have to worry about it. You should eat and drink, don't be restrained. You also said you would do something for you. I don't know what she is doing, and I haven't seen her mother these days..."

Li Mao probably was not admonished by Concubine Wu Hui and was strictly ordered not to meet Yang Yun. No matter how magnanimous Wu Huifei was, he could not allow his children to interact with his rival. Yang Yun suddenly felt that from Princess Xianyi to Li Mao, he was too emotional in his work and never considered the impact of their actions.

Yang Yun did not show any evidence at all, and told Li Mao about the embarrassing story of his job at the Censorate yesterday and returning to the Censorate this morning.

Li Mao looked a little dazed, obviously not listening carefully... He said he was accepting his fate, but in fact he was still very thoughtful about Yang Yuhuan.

Yang Yun thought to himself: "Where is this here to reminisce about the past with me? It is just to see things and think of people. Go to the place where you have been with Yang Yuhuan, regain your old dreams, and continue to be a 'resentful woman in the deep boudoir'."

"Why didn't King Shou go out to take a walk and relax?"

Seeing that Li Mao was listless, Yang Yun couldn't help but suggest.

Li Mao came to his senses, thought a little about Yang Yun's words, and shook his head and said, "I'm not in the mood."

Yang Yun nodded and said, "It's better to do this. King Shou asked some friends to come to Zuixianlou, drink and talk and express his feelings directly... Regular participation in social activities should make you feel relaxed, right?"

Li Mao was silent for a long time, and finally shook his head: "Forget it, don't make everyone unhappy."

Faced with this wood lump with low emotional intelligence, Yang Yun really didn't know what to say. No wonder he was a tragic figure in history. From thinking to personality, to attitude towards life, he was an indecisive face, and had the identity of a prince... If you don't have a tragedy, who would have a tragedy?

Yang Yun suddenly had a thought: "Since I took Yang Yuhuan away from you because of my appearance, I might as well give you some things and train you out, at least I have the ability to challenge political competitors, which is worthy of you."
Chapter completed!