Chapter 354: War and Conspiracy (IV)

Night is the beginning of ambiguity.

In the night, a carriage rushed from the west and stopped in front of Yang Guozhong's mansion. An entourage ran up the steps with a post and negotiated with the concierge for a few words. The concierge did not dare to neglect it, so he hurried into the mansion to report.

Inside the carriage, Li Yu looked at the movement of the door through the car window, and his eyes flashed a little uneasy. This was his first time in power struggle, and he didn't know if he could complete Li Qing's layout.

Several carriages were parked in front of Yang Guozhong's gate, and the carriages were all magnificent. It could be seen that they were riding by the powerful and powerful people in the court. It seemed that Yang Guozhong was having guests, but this was exactly what Li Yu expected. He even knew who Yang Guozhong was receiving. If he hadn't been this person, he wouldn't have come tonight.

"Your Highness, are you nervous?" Li Mi asked him quietly behind him.

"It's a little bit!" Li Yu subconsciously licked his lips. He went to the door for a long time, but there was still no movement at the door.

"Do you want me to accompany Your Highness?" Li Mi continued to ask.

"No, I'm fine." Li Yu waved his hand gently and smiled, "Although it's the first time, I think I'm a veteran."

Although Li Yu claimed to be a veteran, the careful Li Mi found that his legs were trembling slightly. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It was really difficult for him to let Li Yu do things to put down his self-esteem. It was really a pity that Li Qing could think of it.

"Please tell Your Highness and let him act boldly. No one in the world knows better than me..."

Li Qing's words seemed to be still lingering in his ears. Although he did not like conspiracy, he had to admit that Li Qing's strategy was the only way to recover the decline.

At this time, the side door on Yang Guozhong's mansion opened, and a person walked out of it, turned around and bowed and smiled, "If you have a guest in the prime minister, don't send him off, please say goodbye first."

Under the bright big lantern, his face was clearly reflected. It was Zhang Yi, the minister of the disciple. Zhang Yi was originally the chief censor and had always been valued by Li Longji. It was his son and Yang Guozhong's son who broke out in the imperial examination fraud case. He was demoted to two levels. However, after Li Linfu's death, he was promoted to minister of the disciple, that is, the left and right hand of the left prime minister. When the left prime minister brother Shu Han led his army to the expedition, he was actually the one who controlled the minister of the disciple.

Zhang Yi and Guo Xuyi have a very good relationship, and Guo Xuyi is the uncle of King Yong. It is precisely because of this relationship that Zhang Yi became a hardcore supporter of King Yong.

He came to Yang Guozhong today to find Yang Guozhong's eldest son Yang Xuan as the Minister of Revenue. After only a while, Yang Guozhong came again and asked him who he was, but he refused to speak out with a strange expression. He obviously didn't want to let him know, so Zhang Yi immediately said goodbye and left.

Although Yang Guozhong didn't want him to know, Li Yu's carriage was there! Zhang Yi slowly passed by Li Yu's carriage, looking up and down from time to time in confusion. He didn't stop for a long time, and got on his carriage and went straight. However, after only a few hundred steps, he stopped in the darkness again. From the rear window, he looked coldly at the door of Yang Guozhong's mansion.

After Zhang Yi left, Yang Guozhong took a nervous look at Li Yu's carriage and then closed the side door, but after just a moment, the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion creaked open.

Yang Guozhong walked out with a smile on his face, stood on the steps, stroked his beard and laughed, "I'm late to welcome me, so I'll have been waiting for you for a long time."

The car door opened, Li Yu slowly walked down from the carriage, bowed to Yang Guozhong and smiled, "I didn't make an appointment in advance, it was Li Yuxian who was abrupt."

"Where! Where!" Yang Guozhong raised the greeting in his hand and said with a smile: "I really don't dare to be your highness' elder, your highness is too modest."

Li Yu smiled slightly and replied, "Prime Minister Yang is the uncle, and the second son is the son-in-law. It's not okay if Li Yu doesn't want to admit this seniority!"

Yang Guozhong was about to say something else, but he suddenly slapped his forehead and apologized: "Look at me, I am just talking, but I neglected the distinguished guest. Your Highness, please come in!"

He made an invitation posture and invited Li Yu into the gate, and then the gate creaked and closed again.

After hundreds of steps, Zhang Yi's face became more and more serious. He thought for a while and immediately ordered the coachman to decisively: "Go to the side!"

Let’s talk about Yang Guozhong invited Li Yu into the study. He was really surprised at Li Yu’s sudden visit for a while, but he immediately realized that Li Yu was surrendering to him. This can be confirmed by his humble call to him. ‘My younger generation, Li Yu, asked to meet senior Prime Minister Yang’, Yang Guozhong couldn’t help but feel proud in his heart, and a sense of conquest arises. What Li Linfu could not do back then, now Yang Guozhong has done easily.

However, on the other hand, Li Longji refused to let go, allowing Yang Guozhong to see that Li Yu still had the possibility of becoming a crown prince. As for Yongwang Li Lin, Li Longji had already given up on him. He could only rely on Geshuhan's military advice to realize his wish to ascend the throne. However, it was impossible to do so in less than a year or two.

Yang Guozhong knew this very well, so when Li Yu surrendered to him, he suddenly had an idea in his mind. Now that Li Yu is betrayal of his relatives, if he takes the opportunity to hold him in his hands, no matter who is the emperor in the end, Yang Guozhong will be the ultimate winner.

As for his grudges with Li Heng back then, since he is dead, then that's fine. Besides, in the eyes of those who seek power, there is no absolute grudge.

"Your Highness, please try it. This is the lychee that Your Majesty gave me today. It was only three days ago when I got down from Jiannan and was sent by a fast rider. It was very fresh."

Yang Guozhong pushed a plate of lychees in front of Li Yu, but he peeled one and stuffed it into his mouth. When he was a minor official in Jiannan, he had no blessing in enjoying such a good lychees. Now he is the prime minister, and this nostalgic plot is getting heavier. Lychees are a trivial matter, mainly to people, and he settled all the grudges and hatreds he had back then.

Li Yu smiled and waved his hand, saying that he would not eat. He owed a little forward and said with great sincerity: "Prime Minister, Li Yu is young and has always grown up in the palace. He has not been involved in the world. He cannot see through many things. This time, the emperor suddenly named me the King of Chu. It was reported in the palace that he would make me the crown prince. Unexpectedly, he was jointly opposed by thirty-three princes and princes. It was unprecedented. Although I was responsible for defeat, it was not my fault. Is it because of my lack of talent or lack of moral integrity? I was puzzled, so I came to ask the Prime Minister for advice today."

Li Yu only mentioned the opposition of the royal family. As for the court officials organized by Yang Guozhong, he kept silent, as if the matter had never happened. This was a kind of compromise, ambiguous compromise.

"That's it! It's hard to describe." Yang Guozhong just peeled a lychee, but now he put it down. He really acted like an elder, raised his head slightly, stroked his beard and smiled: "The emperor and the eldest grandson are the crown princess, which is not in line with the Tang Dynasty, so everyone can't accept it for a while. But this is only one aspect, and more importantly, your father offended too many people back then, so there are so many talents who opposed you. This is also reasonable. If you really want to be a crown prince, you have to pay back the debts your father owed back then."

Li Yu's face showed a sudden enlightenment. He quickly stood up and bowed to Yang Guozhong, saying gratefully: "The Prime Minister's words made Li Yu feel like he was clearing the clouds and seeing the sun, but he was also frightened and uneasy. He didn't know where to start. I beg the Prime Minister to give me some advice, and Li Yu will engrave it in his heart."

"No hurry! No hurry!" Yang Guozhong smiled, picked up the fat white lychee, stuffed it into his mouth, and said vaguely: "This matter is long, and I will give you guidance to Your Highness slowly when I have time."

Zhang Yi's carriage was parked in the dark corner and waited. After half an hour, he saw the side door of Yang's mansion open. Li Yu walked out of the mansion with great strides, his whole body filled with life. It was obvious that he was in a great mood.

He walked to the carriage and bowed deeply to Yang Guozhong, saying something. Although Zhang Yi was far away and could not hear it, he could also guess that it must be 'Thank you for the Prime Minister! Li Yu is so grateful.' and so on.

"Go!" He ordered the coachman with a low order: "Go to the Yong Prince's Mansion!"

After saying that, he let out a long sigh, lay on the car couch, his eyes full of doubts and worries, "Yang Guozhong and Li Yu have been talking for nearly an hour. What does this mean?

Zhang Yi was actually selfish. Geshuhan led the army to the east to leave the power of the disciples, which naturally gave him the sweet taste of power. He was already a minister of the disciples. If he was promoted to another level, he would be in the same position as the Secretary of the Secretary of the Communist Party of China and officially entered the prime minister.

He hoped that Li Lin would ascend the throne, so that he would have the merit of supporting him, and it would be better for Yang Guozhong to fall away. Even if he could not compare with Geshu Han and could not become the right prime minister, then the position of left prime minister that Geshu Han would be vacant after he was promoted to Right Prime Minister was his.

Therefore, destroying Yang Guozhong's image in King Yong's heart became one of his subconscious.

The carriage drove very quickly on the empty Zhuque Street and soon arrived at Zhuque Gate. The carriage turned left and galloped towards the direction of the Shiwang House.

After King Yong Li Lin missed the last moment of his position as the prince in the sixth year of Tianbao, he became farther and farther away from the East Palace. Last year, King Qing was in power and the sign of winning the Eastern Palace was revealed. He became even more frightened. Once King Qing ascended the throne, the second person he wanted to kill would be himself. Unexpectedly, around the New Year this year, the court had a dramatic turn. King Qing was sentenced to death, Li Yu was the King of Chu, An Lushan rebelled, and Ge Shuhan, who loyally supported him, slowly stepped forward to take power. Yang Guozhong also expressed his support for him and overthrew Li Yu.

A series of dazzling changes made Li Lin stunned. His heart was like the spring insects in April, and it was already crawling all over the ground.

Just as the desire for power blindfolded people's eyes, Li Lin also made the same mistake as Li Cong. When Ge Shuhan held an army of 300,000, he began to be a little impatient when he sat on the supreme throne.

At this moment, Li Lin had just received a secret letter from Geshuhan. The military supervisor Bian Lingcheng was very strict. He needed to slowly arrange his confidants in the army and advised him not to worry, and to do big things when the time is right.

Li Lin was a little angry. When Geshu Han first became the commander, he promised him that half of the 300,000 troops were his old subordinates, and there was no problem in commanding them, but now it is time to go long. According to him, as long as Bian Lingcheng is in the army for one day, his time will never be familiar.

"When do you want me to wait!" Li Lin viciously kneaded the secret letter into a ball and threw it out the window. But for a moment, he hurriedly ran out, picked it up, stretched it out, placed it on the lamp and slowly lit it. The fire was flashing, and his face was also gloomy and gloomy.

"Your Highness, Zhang Yi, the assistant minister of the disciple, is outside and asks for a meeting!"

The chief guard's report interrupted Li Lin's thoughts, "I understand, bring him in!" Li Lin shook his hand, and a ball of flame swallowed the last corner of the secret letter, and finally turned into black and gray.

After a moment, Zhang Yi was led by the guards to hurriedly walk to the door of the study, "Your Highness, can I come in?"

"Come in!" Li Lin's anger was not over, his voice was stiff and cold.

As soon as Zhang Yi entered the door, he smelled a fire. He glanced at the ground, and a ball of black gray swayed in the corner of the wall. 'It seems that his highness had encountered something unhappy.'

He thought to himself, should he tell him about Li Yu's visit to Yang Guozhong?

Seeing that he wanted to speak but stopped, Li Lin felt really unhappy and immediately turned his dissatisfaction with Geshuhan toward him, "What's the matter with you? Either say it or get out for me!"

"His highness, I do report something big!" Seeing that his emotions were a little out of control, Zhang Yi immediately poured a basin of cold water on him, "His highness, I just discovered that Yang Guozhong actually colluded with Li Yu!"

"What!"

Li Lin was shocked, "Do you say it again?"

"I just discovered that Yang Guozhong and Li Yu had a secret collusion."

It was really like a basin of cold water pouring on the face. Li Lin immediately calmed down. He hurriedly asked: "When did this happen? How did you find out?"

“就在刚才,属下无意中发现.” 张倚便将他发现李豫来拜访杨国忠,两个人密谈了近一个时辰,详详细细给李璘说了一遍,最后道:“属下发现李豫离去时表情十分轻松,仿佛解决了一件大事,他向杨国忠躬身施礼的姿势竟是这样子.”

Zhang Yi closed his palms and set them at a very curved angle, "This is the posture, very humble and respectful!"

“别说了!我知道了.” 李璘的脸色异常阴沉,他相信张倚说的话,当年杨国忠刚发迹之时是加入裴党,支持自己,但后来被李琮收买,又背叛了自己,实在是个反复无常的小人.

It is probably because he saw that his father refused to give up against the King of Chu, so he had the idea of ​​riding on the fence again.

李璘背着手在房间里走来走去,虽然他讨厌杨国忠,但杨国忠毕竟是右相,掌握朝政大权,又有贵妃的后台,父皇基本上都是听他的,他对自己的支持极为重要,甚至超过哥舒翰,李璘忽然停住脚步,又瞥了一眼张倚道:“你果真没听见他们在说什么?”

"The subordinates were afraid that they would find it, so they were far apart and did not hear their conversation."

Li Lin pondered for a moment and thought to himself: "It's important to be a big deal, so you can't draw conclusions easily. You might as well give him a try!"
Chapter completed!