Chapter 268: Everyone shows off their scheming

The person who transported the items was Li Linfu's chief guard. The things had been delivered, but he was still wandering outside the door and refused to leave for a long time. At this time, King Qing Li Cong hurriedly came out of the mansion. Li Linfu's chief guard immediately stepped forward and gave a half-kneeling salute, handed over a letter and said:

"Your Highness, these seasonal fruits and vegetables were approved by the Prime Minister Li, and they were specially sent to all princes. This is a list, please check it out."

He had to look at the list in person. Although Li Cong was stupid, he knew the meaning of this letter very clearly. He shook the letter paper and took advantage of the glimmer of the big lanterns on the door. He quickly glanced at the contents inside, then put the letter close to his body, and his face slightly elongated and said, "Please tell Li Xiangguo that I understand his kindness, and I have a sense of my own certainty in some things."

After saying that, Li Cong turned around and walked back to the mansion. Military Commander Wang, who had been waiting here, immediately came up and asked anxiously: "What do you say about the Prime Minister?"

"There is only one line of poetry, "The early spring of Jiangnan, the osmanthus fish are fat, and I don't think about returning home in the deep lotus pond."

Li Cong handed him the letter, and said unhappy in his tone: "I want me to kill Li Qing, but I am vague and satisfied, without any sincerity. How can I cooperate with him?"

Wang Junshi smiled and advised Li Cong: "This is the nature of a politician. He is not in love and righteousness. Everything starts from interests. Now he is being impeached. The emperor's attitude is still unclear. It is also right to be cautious. If it is written too clearly, once the letter falls into the hands of the political enemy, it will be of no benefit to him or your highness. In fact, this Zhongren is easy to get along with. Once the interests are connected, he will do his best to help you."

Li Cong was already obedient to his military advisor. When he heard that he was right, Li Cong's tense face began to calm down. He read the letter carefully again and frowned and said, "I want to kill Li Qing more because of personal grudges, but the prime minister also wants to kill him quickly. What's the name here?"

"It's very simple. Li Xiangguo was forced too hard by Zhang Qiu Party. He wanted to make Zhang Qiu Party's backyard fire. This was something he wanted to do but did not do three years ago, and he didn't do it until today."

"Is he using me?"

Junshi Wang raised his head and smiled, "Sometimes being used may not be a bad thing. At least he will work hard with you to do things perfectly. It's a pity..."

Li Cong's heart tightened, "What a pity?"

Military Commander Wang walked up to the steps with his hands behind his back, looked up at the cold crescent moon, and said slowly for a long time: "It's a pity that Li Qing is not so easy to deal with. The little prince is definitely not his opponent. I have to go to Suzhou in person."

A carriage drove out of Xuanwu Gate and galloped on the street of Chengtianmen, the imperial city. A hundred fully armed guards were closely guarding both sides of the carriage. Among the officials in Chang'an, Li Longjit was allowed to be protected by guards. There were only two people, one was the right prime minister Li Linfu, and the other was the minister of the Ministry of Revenue Li Qing. Li Qing was far away in Suzhou at this moment, so Li Linfu was naturally sitting in this carriage.

Three years ago, because the scholars made trouble at the Zhuque Gate, seriously interfered with the operation of the imperial government affairs, some important institutions, such as the Secretariat, the Inner Reflection of the Hall, the Censorate, the Menxia Provincial Department, the Hongwenguan, the History Museum, etc., were moved back to the outer hall of the Daming Palace.

Li Linfu was the Secretariat, so he naturally did not work in the imperial city. At this moment, he had just returned from court. To be fair, Li Linfu had been the prime minister for nearly twenty years in history. Without superhuman ability and energy, he could not cope with heavy official duties. The late Tianbao period was a special historical period. The absence of a strong monarch led to vicious internal friction between the bureaucratic group. In this kind of court situation, maintaining power is far more important than paying attention to people's livelihood. The Anshi Rebellion occurred. Therefore, the reproachful eyes of later generations often turned to Li Linfu, accusing him of being jealous of being able to promote Hu generals, which was a biased person.

Compared with Li Longji's brilliant political layout, Li Linfu is more skilled in power-making methods in one field and one domain. At this moment, the situation in the court is in a brief calm before the storm. The court is calm and the court is calm, but the tension before the event is almost overwhelming, and the hearts of all the related people are raised to their throats.

The tired Li Linfu was half lying in the car with his eyes closed, and his body swayed gently with the car. He had been in the officialdom for a long time and had already developed the ability to fight against wind and waves. In the stormy waves, if he didn't have time to escape, he chose to go to the center of the wind and waves, and various forces gathered here. If handled properly and the various forces offset each other, the center of the wind and waves would be calm. However, this requires superb skills and is good at finding opportunities in various crises.

Li Linfu is one of the few people with such superb skills. In front of him is Zhao Fengzhang, the governor of Xianning, impeached him for occupying the land, and all kinds of evidence are available. Behind Zhao Fengzhang is his political enemy Zhang Qiu Jianqiong; behind him is Yang Guozhong, the upstart of the dynasty, a jester with a very tough backstage but shallow foundation, eager to take him over; on the left is Li Heng, the Eastern Palace, who is ashamed of danger; on the right is King Qing Yong, who sharpens his sword and fights to enter the Eastern Palace, and undercurrents are surging, and various crises gather in front, back and left and right, and Li Linfu's brilliant methods are revealed at this time.

On the one hand, he took advantage of the opportunity when Li Longji was eager to depose the prince and had no time to take care of it. He first wrote a letter to ask for the crime of lax discipline, and then seized the handle of Zhao Fengzhang entering and leaving Zhang Qiu and Qiong Mansion many times, widely publicized in the capital, revealed the relationship between the two, and turned the crime of impeachment into an internal power struggle between political enemies. He also asked the trusted censor Song Hun to volunteer to go to Xianning to investigate the case. He bet that Li Longji did not want to both depose the prince and dismiss the prime minister at the same time. Sure enough, for the stability of the country, Li Longji finally agreed to Song Hun's request, and the initiative in the case gradually took place in the hands of Li Linfu.

Not only that, in order to cause a fire in Zhang Qiu Jianqiong's backyard, Li Linfu took advantage of King Qing's hatred for Li Qing and instigated him to attack Li Qing to disrupt Zhang Qiu Jianqiong's deployment. Of course, Li Linfu was confident of leading King Qing's nose. In order to use this respected emperor's eldest son, who had long made careful arrangements with King Qing.

To put it further, Li Linfu actually supported King Yong to come to power, and he gradually realized the purpose of Li Longji's deposed prince. Even Li Heng, who has always been low-key and tolerant, could not tolerate him. Will he still choose the ambitious Li Cong? Take a step back ten thousand steps, even if Li Longji considers King Qing, but Li Cong is following the Yang family route. Is he Li Linfu willing to be the queen of this auda?

Using King Qing to deal with Li Qing, killing two birds with one stone. This is his power and means.

The carriage ran on the wide Zhuque Street. Suddenly the carriage shook, and the speed became slower and slower, and gradually stopped. The neighing sounds of horses and the scolding of the guards came from the front. Li Linfu's face sank and said to the window: "Go and see, who dares to play wildly on Zhuque Street?"

After a while, the guards came back and reported: "Report to the Prime Minister, it is General Geshuhan, and he wants to ask to meet the Prime Minister."

'He was not in Longyou to defend Tubo, why did he run to Beijing for something?' Li Linfu touched his huge nose. Geshuhan's unexpected appearance made him feel a little suspicious, thinking to himself: "Now that the emperor has captured Wang Zhongsi and imprisoned Li Heng, there is no movement anymore, as if he is waiting for something. Now Geshuhan suddenly appears in this hindrance. Is it him the one the emperor is waiting for?"

Thinking of this, Li Linfu ordered: "Bring him here!"

With the heavy and rhythmic footsteps coming, a magnificent black-faced general appeared in front of Li Linfu's car window. He was Geshuhan, a famous mid-Tang general in history.

‘The Big Dipper is high, Ge Shuye has a knife. He still peeks at the horses and dares not pass Lintao.’

Geshuhan, a member of the Western Turkic Geshu tribe, his father Geshu Daoyuan was the leader of the Geshu tribe. He was once the deputy guru of the Anxi Protectorate. His mother Yuchi was a princess of Khotan. He was loyal and loyal, and liked to drink and gambling. He was still idle and wandered on the streets until he was forty years old. Because he was ridiculed when he was guarding his father in Chang'an, he was ridiculed. He went to Hexi to join the army. Geshuhan fought bravely and liked to lead the way. He made great achievements over the years and was appreciated by Wang Zhongsi and promoted him to the deputy envoy of Longyou Jiedu. At this moment, he was entrusted by the generals of Longyou and came to Chang'an alone to plead for Wang Zhongsi.

"I will meet with the Prime Minister!" At this time, Geshuhan was nearly fifty years old, but he was tall and burly, and was no different from a thirty-year-old man.

"General Geshu, you are running on Zhuque Street late at night, but is there something urgent about Longyou?"

Geshuhan dared not hide it from Li Linfu. He bowed and bowed and said respectfully: "Longyou, 200,000 soldiers in Hexi heard that the king was imprisoned, so they specially recommended me to plead with the emperor. The last general was anxious and shocked the Prime Minister's carriage. I hope to forgive him!"

Li Linfu looked at the Turkic general who was about to replace Wang Zhongsi, and suddenly he had a glimmer of enlightenment. The emperor was not able to completely solve Wang Zhongsi's problems? The key to this is Ge Shuhan?

Thinking of this, he smirked, his eyes narrowed into slits, and he said deceitfully: "Does General Geshu want to hide it from me? He clearly came to Beijing under the order, but he said it was recommended by the soldiers. It was really ridiculous."

Geshuhan's face changed drastically. He couldn't help but take a step back, lowered his head and said in panic: "The last general did not lie. It was indeed recommended by all generals. The king and envoys were deeply grateful for the morale of the army. Now he has suffered a reluctance. The soldiers are really dissatisfied."

His every move could not be hidden from Li Linfu's sharp eyes. Li Linfu already understood it completely. 'The army was dissatisfied,' I'm afraid this was the key to the problem. He no longer pointed it out and smiled and said, "Then you go quickly! If it's a little later, the emperor will have to sleep."

"Yes! I'll go to Xingqing Palace at the end."

Looking at Ge Shuhan's back as he left, Li Linfu fell into deep thought. The deposed prince had already reached the last step, so he should take action quickly. He took out a ringing bell from under the seat of the car and shook it gently. The crisp ringtone pierced the night sky.

After a moment, a black shadow floated over, like a strange black cat, kneeling in front of the carriage and whispered: "I'm the one who is in charge of the prime minister!"

"Only someone will make arrangements for you when you go to Wangchun Tea House in Suzhou."
Chapter completed!