Chapter 21: Seizure of office (5)

"Mr. Yan, why did you want Prime Minister Zuo to nominate Wang Zhonghei and lead the post of envoy of Hexi Jiedu?"

Just when the Great Dynasty would be stirred up by Lin Xilie's issue, An Lushan in the post house was also waiting in apprehension.

When Yan Zhuang heard the inquiry, he smiled and said: "There is no precedent for a person in this dynasty to concurrently serve the two towns, if only one person is mentioned as the lord, the goal is too prominent, and there are many grievances among the officials, and it is very difficult to succeed in getting through." ”

"But now that Wang Zhongsi is also involved, there is no doubt that a lot of pressure can be dispersed for the lord, and in addition, Wang Zhongsi is a member of the prince's family. ”

After finishing speaking, he smiled solemnly and mysteriously, quite complacent, obviously this clever plan was thought up by him.

"What?" An Lushan was shocked.

The relationship between Wang Zhongsi and the current crown prince, the original loyal king Li Heng has long been known, and he is really an iron buddy who grew up wearing a pair of pants. However, Wang Zhong's heir, as his name, deserves the word "loyalty" to the court and Emperor Xuanzong, and has rarely interacted with Li Heng since he joined the army. Therefore, he is trusted by Xuanzong, has both generals, and has made many military exploits, and his promotion is very fast.

Since Yan Zhuang said this, An Lushan knew that the relationship between Wang Zhongsi and the crown prince was probably not as simple as it seemed.

As a result, An Lushan also became very interested in this prince, who had been silent and even low-key to the point of being ignored: "Doesn't it mean that our prince is a little cowardly?"

Yan Zhuang smiled and replied: "In my Tang Dynasty, if you can treat the crown prince for ten years and make everyone, including the saint, not feel his threat, does the lord think such a person will be a mediocre person?"

Xu is conspirator's eyes are all conspiracy, or the reality is really as Yan Zhuang expected, in short, An Lushan believes Yan Zhuang's words.

Seeing that An Lushan listened, Yan Zhuang continued: "In the years when the Holy Lord first ascended the throne, the Jiangmen family controlled the army, but now after so many years, it has long since ceased to be the grand occasion of the past. So these people paid attention to the prince, and the prince was able to sit in peace for ten years, and also let the Jiangmen families see his ability and the possibility of him reaching the top one day. ”

But like the saint back then, the crown prince has never been in charge of the army, and has little influence in the military, which makes the Jiangmen family see the possibility of cooperation. If our crown prince really does not have the idea of ascending the throne as emperor, how can he rely on the throne of the crown prince for so many years? You must know that the saint is not the only son, not to mention that a few years ago, Li Linfu vigorously supported King Shou to seize the throne, but the prince has always been in danger, to say that this is all because of the love of the saint, this kind of nonsense, whether others believe it or not, anyway, I don't believe it!"

"Since the crown prince has the idea of taking charge of the artifact, then the support of the military is also indispensable!

"As for Wang Zhonghe, he may have wanted to distance himself from the crown prince at first, but he can't help himself in the rivers and lakes! Wang Zhonghe, who grew up with King Zhong when he was a teenager, has been classified as a prince by the courtiers since the day King Zhong was canonized as the crown prince. As the saying goes, 'there are people in the court who are good officials', and this is especially true of generals with heavy troops, Wang Zhonghei has been in the army for many years, but he is rarely blamed in the court, I am afraid that the saint himself is doubting whether there will be anyone else besides himself?"

Yan Zhuang used joking words to analyze the relationship between Wang Zhongsi and the crown prince clearly, although it was all his family's words, but An Lushan thought that the truth was not much different from what Yan Zhuang said.

"Is it enough?" An Lushan pondered for a long time, but suddenly asked without warning.

Yan Zhuang understood it and replied: "Since it is Wang Zhonghei, then it should be enough! There may not be many generals who throw themselves into the prince, but the level should not be small, even if there is only one such old guy, it should be enough to win the post of Hexi Jiedu envoy! At least the military generals will not target Wang Zhonghe." As for the civil officials of the prince's family, they should also stand up and add fuel to the fire. Coupled with the nomination of Zuo Xiang and Xu Xiang's acquiescence, the possibility of passing guò is very great!"

"The key is that the right minister who has a gap with the crown prince will definitely not stand up against it because the lord is still among the nominees, so if the courtiers are unanimous, the possibility of the saint rejecting it is very small!"

"And as long as Wang Zhonghei is clear, then there is no reason for the hundred officials to use 'precedent has not been opened' to block the matter of the lord and the lord. ”

"In this way, under our previous arrangement, great things can be accomplished!" Yan Zhuang said very confidently.

In fact, the solemn plan is still very feasible. However, what he never expected was that Ji Wen didn't mention An Lushan to Li Linfu at all!

On that day, Ji Wen came to visit Li Linfu, originally planning to tell Li Linfu about An Lushan's request. However, before talking about this kind of thing, it is always necessary to say a greeting or two, so Ji Wen first reported to the boss about the work in the past few days. Unexpectedly, a thing that Ji Wen originally thought was no big deal actually caused Li Linfu to be shocked, and without saying a word, he immediately went out to find Xu Fan. It hurt that Ji Wen didn't have time to tell An Lushan about it.

And when An Lushan sent someone to find Ji Wen to inquire about the results, Ji Wen was so greedy for the large sum of money sent by An Lushan, thinking that as long as he found time to talk to Li Linfu that day, anyway, as long as he could catch up with the next day's court meeting.

Therefore, Ji Wen gave An Lushan's people an affirmative answer.

Who knew that Li Linfu and Xu Fan had a very happy conversation that day, and they actually stayed in Xu Fan's mansion for a banquet, and in the face of such a heavyweight guest, Xu Fan naturally wanted to use the highest standard to receive him. Therefore, the wine at the banquet is a specialty of Xufu, all of which are transferred from Shengzhou, and it is a high spirit of Xu Chen's family!

As soon as Li Linfu tasted this wine, he immediately burst into tears, and he really felt that all the wine he had drunk over the years was fucking cat urine!

So under the indulgence, Li Linfu was undoubtedly drunk! Fortunately, Xu Fan's new house was given by the emperor, and there were enough rooms. For this reason, Li Linfu stayed overnight in Xufan's mansion, and came directly to the imperial city from Xufan's mansion the next day.

Poor our Lord Ji waited all night in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and did not wait for Li Linfu, and when he waited for the court meeting, he saw Li Linfu and Xu Fan standing at the forefront of the team, talking very happily, so he never had the opportunity to come forward to talk about it.

In this way, our Ambassador An will be a complete tragedy!

When Lin Xilie said the two nominations, except for those two exclamations in the Golden Palace, the hall was really full of shock!

It's not that the officials weren't surprised, but the two people who spoke out were too high, and the others didn't dare to answer at all!

"What?" said the gray-haired old general sitting in the front row of the general.

As soon as he heard that Lin Xilie actually nominated Wang Zhongsi to lead the Hexi Military Town, the old general who had been playing chess with Zhou Gong just now immediately glared at Lin Xilie, and then the old and strong head immediately thought about it.

After a trade-off of interests, he inadvertently made a small move towards a middle-aged general behind him, and after the middle-aged general understood, he immediately used a unique way to transmit the boss's signal to the generals of their department.

In an instant, the discussion in the group of generals became quieter, and the rest of the generals also stopped their voices when they saw this, and they all moved their eyes to their bosses.

And the other veterans in the front row, naturally, were also doing silent exchanges with the veteran who spoke out just now, and there must be a complex exchange of interests, but in the end, these old guys still agreed on their opinions, and soon the generals were completely quiet.

This qiē is complicated to say, but in fact it is faster than the duel between the masters of the rivers and lakes! In the blink of an eye, these veterans of officialdom have reached a series of agreements. It looks incredible, but in fact, practice makes perfect, anyone who has been in the officialdom for decades and climbed to this position can have this level.

The reaction of the generals was exactly the same as Yan Zhuang expected, but Li Linfu's side completely made Yan Zhuang at a loss!

"What?"

It was none other than Li Linfu, who was the prime minister to the right and the opposition.

In other words, Li Linfu doesn't care about Lin Xilie's recent issue. In the past few months, because he sensed the saint's defensiveness against himself, Li Linfu had already decided to keep a low profile for a while. The military department was originally assigned to Lin Xilie, so if people put forward opinions in their own affairs, if he refutes it, wouldn't Taoguang's strategy of raising obscurity be done in vain?

What's more, just now he came to "make peace" with Xu Fan in front of the noon gate, and in the blink of an eye, he was about to restore his posture of "everything must bow down", so what did the courtiers think of him!

For this reason, Li Linfu only listened to what Lin Xilie said with the mentality of a bystander, and secretly decided that no matter who Lin Xilie nominated, he Li Linfu would agree.

However, what I never expected was that Lin Xilie would nominate An Lushan!

It's not that Li Linfu has any festivals with An Lushan, but he is not worthy of having any festivals with his right minister, a small frontier festival envoy in An Lushan. Those who had a holiday with the right minister have long since died!

The reason why Li Linfu was surprised and even objected to it was because Ji Wen said yesterday that An Lushan had learned the news of the lack of food in the households. Originally, this was nothing, but when he went to discuss countermeasures with Xu Fan, Xu Fan also sincerely told Li Linfu about the risks in this matter.

He told Li Linfu very thoroughly about the possible hoarding, and in this way, Li Linfu immediately realized the importance of keeping this news secret. In his heart, he was also wary of An Lushan, not for anything else, but he couldn't let An Lushan have the possibility of hoarding food.

But now it's a good thing, Lin Xilie actually wants to give An Lushan the position of Fan Yang's envoy, so once An Lushan gets this position, will Fanyang's grain-producing region soon fall into the hands of An Lushan? Then, how could An Lushan, who has the advantage of intelligence, not hoard grain?

Li Linfu doesn't think An Lushan is a good boy who picks up money!

Therefore, in this case, how dare Li Linfu let An Lushan get this son! In the final analysis, Li Linfu is still a competent prime minister after all.