After leaving Xuanzheng Palace and returning to the Eastern Palace, Li Hong asked Yanzhuang to invite Li Jiao and Zhang Jianzhi to the study. He didn't have time to talk to the two in detail in the afternoon. Now he wanted to test the two with his own responsibility for receiving the Tubo delegation.

Yan Zhuang received the order and left, and in a moment he took Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao to Li Hong's study.

Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao walked into the study and saw Li Hong, he hurriedly bowed to him, "See Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

"You two don't have to be too polite, sit down!" Li Hong said calmly.

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao thanked him and sat down, behaved very well.

Li Hong observed them as soon as they walked into the study. Now they saw that they were calm and composed, with neither humble nor arrogant words nor arrogant words, and were very satisfied with their performance. This is what should be the future famous prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty have the temperament!

"This afternoon, Gu Ben wanted to have a good chat with you two, but because of the summoned by your father, you have been waiting until now. Please forgive me, both gentlemen." Li Hong explained warmly.

Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao had long heard that Prince Hong was gentle and polite to the court officials. When they saw this, they were really touched their hearts. In addition, they were only seventh-rank officials, and had never received such courtesy from superiors before. Therefore, they were slightly moved in their hearts and wanted to stand up and say they dare not, but were stopped by Li Hong. "This time, I am planning to concentrate manpower and financial resources, correct, supplement and standardize medical works, and want the Medicine King Sun Zhenren to take charge of specific matters, so you two can assist him in the selection, dispatch and coordination of some personnel. I hope that the two of you can help me complete this great task that will last forever."

Before Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao were introduced to the East Palace by Li Jingxuan and Zhang Wenguan, they had already heard from the two of them that they had done their job to the East Palace. Therefore, when Li Hong said so simply and did not explain too much, they still knew what their future work would be, so they said in unison, "Please rest assured that our highness will do our best and never let our highness down."

"Yeah!" Li Hong nodded slightly, as if he had thought of something again, frowned and asked, "The two gentlemen have been in Chang'an for several months. Has the Ministry of Personnel not assigned specific positions for you two yet?"

Li Jiao was a little younger than Zhang Jianzhi, and complained, "Go back to Your Highness, the people from the Ministry of Personnel said a few days ago that we would have to wait a little longer. I really don't know when we will wait."

The imperial examination system of the Tang Dynasty is not prosperous enough. Generally, the imperial court needs to rely on the recommendation of others to hire people. Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao are neither children of aristocratic families nor recommended them by big figures. Therefore, it takes a lot of effort to get the appointment of a real official position.

"That's right!" Li Hong showed displeasure. He pondered for a moment, and said calmly, "Since you will assist Sun Zhenren in the East Palace in the future to correct, supplement and regulate medical works, you should take up a position in the East Palace! There is a shortage of Prince's Sheren and Prince Si Yilang. I wonder what the two gentlemen think?"

The prince's servant is the sixth rank, and he is specialized in charge of attendants, execution of orders, orders and statements, and affairs of Qi. The prince's official is also the sixth rank, and he is specialized in charge of attendants' rules and advice, and Zhengqi is the official, and he is specialized in assisting the concubine's son, and Zhongyun's missing.

Among the prince's officials in the Eastern Palace, although these two positions are only in the sixth rank, they are both important positions in real power and close ministers of the prince. As long as Li Hong ascends the throne and becomes emperor in the future, Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao can use this to jump over the dragon gate, and even if they want to be in the center, there is no problem.

Therefore, Li Hong sought the opinions of the two.

Because he used these two important positions to recruit Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao, he had already shown his desire to seek talents, and at the same time he also showed his attitude towards Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao, that is, in the future, he would treat them as his close ministers. So whether Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao agreed now depends on whether they were willing to serve under Li Hong's command.

"Your Highness attaches great importance to Kanzhi so much, I dare not obey orders!" Zhang Jianzhi, who is loyal to the Li Tang royal family, replied without hesitation as soon as Li Hong finished speaking. Li Jiao, who was standing by, replied without hesitation, "I am willing to share your worries and solve your problems!"

Seeing that the two of them agreed to work in the East Palace happily, Li Hong relaxed his nerves just now, and a hint of joy appeared between his eyebrows. He was afraid that Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao would be more arrogant than others, so he was unwilling to serve under his command!

In fact, Li Hong was thinking too much, because with his current status as the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, his future prospects were bright, and Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao were just small officials of seventh rank without the background of aristocratic families. How could they miss such an excellent opportunity for a carp to jump over the dragon gate in front of them?

After successfully taking Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao to his command, Li Hong began to take the two of them into school exams.

He first briefly told Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao about the matter discussed in Xuanzheng Hall this afternoon, and then asked, "I wonder what you two think about the mother's mother's orphans' and the orphans' reception of the Tubo delegation?"

Li Jiao thought for a moment and then spoke, "The Empress seems to have said in Xuanzheng Hall that she wants the Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites to assist His Highness, but in fact, she will send another Jai Tong to deal with matters related to the reception of the Tubo mission."

"Why?" Li Hong asked vigilantly.

"Because Le Yanwei is about to be dismissed!" Zhang Jianzhi replied unstoppably.

Li Hong was shocked. Could it be that Le Yanwei offended Empress Wu because of his childish monetization in Xuanzheng Hall today? Empress Wu was about to start an operation on Le Yanwei?

In other words, Empress Wu was already very dissatisfied with Gaozong's idea of ​​promoting Le Yanwei and Sun Chu to make an appointment with her in the prime minister's group, so she wanted to take this opportunity to prepare to cut off Le Yanwei before he gained a foothold in the political affairs hall?

Le Yanwei was just promoted to the position of prime minister in December last year!

Li Jiao glanced at the prince who was shocked when he heard this sentence. He seemed to know what Li Hong was thinking, so he continued, "Your Highness, the purpose of Tubo's sending an envoy to Chang'an City this time is very simple, and he wanted to test the attitude of the Tang Dynasty towards them on the issue of the Western Regions. At this time, no matter who accepts the important task of receiving the Tubo mission, there will inevitably be some omissions. Your Highness is the prince of the Tang Dynasty. Even if he is not good at handling things well, he is still young after all, and the Ministry of Rites or the Honglu Temple is not qualified, so one prime minister can only bear the responsibility for the dereliction of duty."

"Since Le Yanwei proposed to let His Highness take on the important task of receiving the Tubo mission in Xuanzheng Hall today, the empress will naturally send Le Yanwei to assist His Highness. At that time, if any problems arise during the reception of the Tubo mission, no matter how big or small the responsibility is, Le Yanwei can only bear it!" Zhang Jianzhi added.

After Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao analyzed this, Li Hong couldn't help but take a breath.

Because as long as the omissions that occurred during the reception of the Tubo delegation took the opportunity to remove Le Yanwei from his post as the prime minister, Empress Wu could not only respond positively to Emperor Gaozong's idea of ​​promoting two prime ministers a month ago and wanting to compete with her in the prime minister's group, but also use this to warn the ministers that the gentle and polite crown prince in your eyes is not mature and not enough to assume more government affairs. It seems that you are too whimsical to want to hang out with him.

Because Le Yanwei proposed that he be the main task of receiving the Tubo mission, and Le Yanwei was dismissed from prime minister because he helped him deal with the matter together. After the problem arises, he did not receive any punishment. In the future, which minister would dare to propose that he be the main task like Le Yanwei? Who would dare to help him deal with the government affairs together? Isn’t this a pity that he would lose his official hat?

Thinking of this, Li Hong's face was a little gloomy, because at this time he realized that he had underestimated his mother, the first imperial female in Chinese history, had unknowingly set up a situation where his mother seemed insignificant but blocked the ministers in the court to approach him in a short period of time! (To be continued)
Chapter completed!