In the sixth month of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty, spring is warm and flowers are blooming, and the peony in Luoyang ushers in its peak.

There is also a peony garden in the Grand View Garden. At this time, it is the place where Li Ye loves to stay the most. She has now fully organized the Grand View Garden, not just one of the four districts in the past.

In Luoyang City, she is also a legendary figure and an idiot. It is difficult to meet her. Naturally, Luoyang Order Yang Shenming was not included, so when Yang Shenming set up a banquet here to invite the staff, Li Ye came forward in person to persuade everyone to drink.

Although he was drunk and hot, this lady Li also had a lot of charm in her eyebrows, but the officials present did not dare to make fun of her. Everyone knows that this woman is a person who is loyal to Ye Chang, and offending Ye Chang, Wei Jian, Li Yong, Huangfu Weiming and others is a lesson for the past.

What's more, their immediate boss, Yang Shenming, the ruling of Luoyang, had an extraordinary relationship with Ye Chang. Both sides were Yu Generals of Li Linfu. Yang Shenming's brother Yang Shenjin was recommended by Li Linfu, and he became the Minister of Revenue and the Chief Censor of the Ministry of Revenue.

Therefore, everyone was itchy, but they all looked like a dangerous and upright seat. Seeing their situation, Li Ye was both proud and a little disdainful.

Only when she arrived in front of one of them did she raise her glass from the bottom of her heart: "Mr. Liu is so powerful that she can't drink. When Mr. Liu is in front of him, she has to drink all her drinks."

Just now, she always gave her some wine to others, and even gave her the same taste of Yang Shenjin, but she only drank the wine with this Liu Yan after a full cup.

Those officials had some ill-behaved thoughts about this charming female shopkeeper, but they were afraid of Ye Chang and Yang Shenming's power, so they did not dare to give up. But at this time, they could start to make a fuss, even if they couldn't eat it, they would be good to enjoy their mouths. Therefore, someone suddenly shouted: "Li, it's wrong for you to do this. Although Liu Gong is the Luoyang Weiwei, Yang Gong is the Luoyang ruling, and his rank is even higher than Liu Gong. When you respect Yang Gong, you just taste it briefly, but when you respect Liu Gong, you swallow it deeply. Could it be that you are bullying Yang Gong?"

If you taste it lightly and swallow it deeply, there will be ambiguous meaning in it. Everyone laughed, including Yang Shenming and Liu Yan, the Luoyang Weiwei, who was called Liu Gong, were not angry, and just waited for the explanation of this strange woman who was good at dancing.

Li Ye smiled and said, and his eyes were filled with light: "This gentleman is such a bad word. Mr. Yang said just now. Today, he only talks about the friendship between colleagues and not the official position and rank. Therefore, in this slave's eyes, only Mr. Yang and Mr. Liu, but not Yang Ming Mansion and Mr. Liu. The gentleman's words are inappropriate, and he should be punished with a glass of wine."

The official sneered and raised his glass to drink: "Okay, I'll punish this glass, but, everyone, you haven't responded to some of your words just now."

"Yang Gong is graceful, beautiful and majestic. I secretly admire him, but I can't compare to Liu Gong's handsome young man. The talented people will be successful." Li Ye praised two people in one sentence, and then changed his words, but he said: "But I respect Liu Gong, but it is not for this. It is just because I run this Grand View Garden. Although all the Dukes are guests, only Liu Gong has given two plans to make more customers in the Grand View Garden and love to spend money more. All the Dukes have great talents, but I am a common thing with only Adu in my eyes, so I naturally have to treat Liu Gong even more differently."

Everyone heard her laughing at herself, and the official who was making fun of her, shook his head and said, "If you are ordinary people, all the world is stinky."

This is the truth. Over the years, Li Ye has been in charge of the Grand View Garden. His annual income is less than 100,000 yuan. Li Ye often donates a considerable portion of it to build bridges and roads, especially adopting abandoned children and orphans who have lost their parents. Everyone knows that she has good money, and that behind her good money, she has used this money to do good deeds. Although behind it is Ye Chang, the director of the General Administration of the Marching Office in Liaodong, the person in charge is Li Ye, and Ye Chang has not even revealed his name.

Some mean people also muttered that behind this seemingly compassionate move was actually human trafficking - every one or two months, the children would disappear from Luoyang City and were said to have been sent to Liaodong, but who knows if they were being sold to slaves and servants.

Liu Yan himself knew that the reason why Li Ye treated him differently was not because of his suggestions, but Ye Chang.

Because of Wang Changling, he had letters with Ye Chang and discussed some views on making money and managing finances. Li Ye was the handler of these letters. Whether this woman reads the contents of these letters or not, she knows that Ye Chang's attitude towards Liu Yan is different from that of ordinary bureaucrats.

Liu Yan drank the wine in the glass in one sip, and a faint bitter smell hovered on the tip of his tongue.

This is wine, not the high-level liquor made by Ye Chang. High-level liquor is a very satisfying thing for alcoholics, but because it is too easy to get drunk, in a real banquet occasion, in order to prevent the loss of manners, everyone would rather drink wine. Seeing Liu Yan finished drinking, Li Yeying smiled and was about to speak, but saw a figure swaying in front of the door.

She was watching all directions and listening to the figure. When she saw the figure, she was stunned, then owed her body to accuse her of crime and went out.

This action was a bit rude, and everyone followed him to the door, but they only saw Li Ye's back.

"This Li, everyone is not polite. We are having a banquet here, but she just left like that." Someone muttered.

"If you have hundreds of thousands of dollars in your business every year, I'm afraid it will be the case." Another person replied.

"Don't talk about this, everyone drinks, drinks."

Liu Yan did not participate in this kind of discussion, but was thinking. There were not many people who could get Li Ye to leave the seat. Could it be that Ye Sima from Liaodong who returned to the Central Plains?

The reason for Ye Chang's return to the Central Plains has been spread for a long time, because of his previous military achievements. He recaptured Jian'anzhou and killed more than 10,000 rebels such as Khitan. Such a great victory is definitely worthy of offering prisoners at Chang'an Que. But what is surprising is that the response to this matter in Chang'an City was that the thunder and rain was small. Although everyone felt that Li Linfu, who had always supported Ye Chang, would take the opportunity to show his merits to Ye Chang and let him confirm the position of the general manager of the Liaodong Marching General Office, at least as the deputy general manager, but in fact, there has been no news until now.

Some people also say that Ye Chang's achievements are great this time, so it is difficult to reward him, and there is still some controversy in the court.

On the contrary, An Lushan took advantage of Ye Chang's defeat of the main force of the Khitans to "recover" Anshizhou. The rewards from the court had long been awarded. His position as a court official was promoted from the Chief Censor to the Chief Censor.

After the banquet ended, Liu Yan was about to leave, but saw Li Ye coming hurriedly to say goodbye to everyone, and at the same time winked at him.

Liu Yan knew his intention and wanted to stay until the end. After everyone left, he saw Li Ye Yanran laughing and said, "I'm so rude. Mr. Liu and Sima Ye returned to Luoyang and wanted to invite Mr. Liu to meet him."

"It should be a visit." Liu Yan was prepared and replied with a smile.

But deep down, he was a little confused. Ye Chang and Yang Shenming had a good relationship. Both sides belonged to Li Linfu's camp in the court. They cooperated very happily when relocating victims. Until now, Yang Shenming still praised Ye Chang. Since Ye Chang arrived in Luoyang and Yang Shenming was present, why did he not see Yang Shenming but come to see him?

Following Li Ye, he turned over a small courtyard and entered a house. Looking at the appearance, the house was simple and unpretentious, but after entering, Liu Yan felt that the decorations and decorations in it were all comfortable.

Then he saw Ye Chang bowing to him with a smile: "It's a secret place, so it's not easy to welcome him outside. Please forgive me for Mr. Liu."

Liu Yan hurriedly returned the greeting and shook his head and said, "Ye Sima He said this. Although you and I have been in the first meeting, I have been in a divine relationship for a long time. Ye Sima's economic talent is very admired. Ye Sima's achievements in restoring the border make me even more impressed. I only regret that I am a useless scholar and cannot imitate Ye Sima and go to the border to serve the country."

Liu Yan was a prodigy who became an official at the age of seven. He didn't know that Ye Chang was trying to show his favor to him, but he was just to recruit him. But his reputation and qualifications were destined to have a great future, not like an outdated person like Wang Changling who was over fifty years old and still accomplished nothing, nor like a young scholar like Cen Shen who lacked fame and support.

Therefore, this sentence is not only a respect for Ye Chang, but also a clear position.

Ye Chang laughed and said, "Mr. Liu has a bright future, and he is in the border and in the eastern capital. He is all working for the country... I invited Mr. Liu to come because he knew that Mr. Liu knew that Mr. Liu was able to recognize people and recommend people. I wonder if Mr. Liu has the right talent to recommend me?"

As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together, Ye Chang firmly believes that there must be some people around Liu Yan who are good at managing finances like him. Liu Yan can't dig, so it's better to be able to dig these characters.

After hearing his question, Liu Yan's heart moved and his expression became a little strange.

"The two prefectures in Liaodong are in ruins and need talents urgently. If Liu Gong has such a gift in his bag, I hope he will not be stingy." Ye Chang observed his face and bowed.

After a little hesitation, Liu Yan looked at Ye Chang: "It's very suitable to have someone, but... he... has some trouble."

"Oh, I don't know who it is, so what's the trouble?" Ye Chang smiled when he heard this.

He is not afraid of trouble, but he is afraid of no one. Jilizhou and Jian'anzhou, to a certain extent, are his independent kingdoms and the imperial decrees here, and they are not as effective as his words. If there is any trouble, who can still reach out to bring people to Liaodong?

Even Mei Fei’s identity is so troublesome, don’t she live a good life in Lushun?

"This person's surname is fifth, his name is Qi, his name is Yuqi, and his name is Yuzhao." Liu Yan smiled and stared at Ye Chang and said, "I used to be the prefect of Shaanxi County, but later demoted him to his home, but I heard that his situation is not good recently. If Ye Sima wants to use this person, it is the right time."

"The situation is not good?" Ye Chang asked, "How can a bad method be wrong?"

"It's also related to Ye Sima." Liu Yan said calmly: "He was originally a person who was Wei Jian as the prefect of Shaanxi County. He was implicated in Wei Jian and was removed from office. Now it is rumored that someone in Chang'an complained about Wei Jian and others, and he was implicated by him. Although he had not yet entered the Dali Temple Prison, he was also a little dangerous."

No wonder he looked a little strange just now. This person was actually Wei Jian's party. Ye Chang may be one of the most hated people of Wei Jian's party. Liu Yan recommended this fifth Qi to Ye Chang. First, he wanted to use Ye Chang's power to help Di Wu Qi get rid of his current situation; second, he also had the intention of temptation to see what Ye Chang's ability is.

Ye Chang heard that Wei Jian's case was involved and knew something was wrong. This was a case that Li Linfu was keeping a close eye on. Will it arouse Li Linfu's suspicion?

However, although hesitated in his heart, Ye Chang smiled on his face.

"I don't ask him what trouble he has, just ask him if he can afford to Liu Gong's recommendation." Ye Chang stared at Liu Yan.

"Of course, he should have the ability to manage finances and economics, not inferior to Liu."

"Since that's the case, please send a letter to Liu Gong to win his trust." Ye Chang said again.

Liu Yan laughed and pointed Ye Chang with his finger: "Where is Ye Sima young? She is obviously an old fox spirit."

This is half praise and half irony. He asked Ye Chang to have a problem, and Ye Chang also asked him a problem. This letter is difficult to write. If the fifth Qi is really guilty of Wei Jianzhi's involvement, then this letter can also implicate Liu Yan.

Ye Chang just laughed, Li Ye observed his face and looked at the color, presented him with a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and Liu Yan took a stroke. After finishing, he bowed to Ye Chang: "It's up to the will of Ye Sima."

"Please rest assured that at least I will find a way to save the life of this fifth gentleman." Ye Chang also said.

"I see that Ye Sima is so secretive. I must be in trouble when he returns to the pass this time, right?" Liu Yan was slightly moved when he heard Ye Chang say this. Ye Chang really attached great importance to his opinions. Therefore, he hesitated for a moment and said, "If you don't mind Liu being foolish, if you need any help from me, please give me instructions."

Ye Chang smiled bitterly. The smart man's vision was accurate. He only relied on his whereabouts to be hidden, and he realized the embarrassment of his trip.

Unlike the last time he received the edict and returned to Chang'an, this time, he could be said to have left Liaodong privately and returned to the Central Plains. The reason for this is that there was a big problem with his secret agreement with Li Linfu.

Originally, Li Linfu agreed to replenish his population from Zhongyuan, but the matter was stopped six years after entering Tianbao. Not only now, the Sima Yuan Highway in Dengzhou has also received news that his position is quite unstable, and it seems that some people think that this position is a bad place and are ready to replace it.

Yuan Highway and Ye Chang can be considered an interest alliance, and Dengzhou, where he ruled, was the throat of the communication between Liaodong and the Tang Dynasty. At this position, Ye Chang certainly hoped to arrange people close to him. If Yuan Highway really wanted to be transferred, he should also strive for his successor.

"It's just a little trouble, and it's a blessing to Liu Gong ask." The root of these two problems is in the court, and it may even be in Li Linfu, but it is not something that Liu Yan can solve. Moreover, some things are not suitable for Liu Yan to know. Therefore, Ye Chang thanked Liu Yan, but did not say it bluntly, but turned to others: "In his reply to Mr. Liu, he mentioned the matter of using salt tax to support national use, but he had other ideas and was willing to discuss it with Mr. Liu."
Chapter completed!