"Grace forgives sins! Xiaguan also made the ghost lose his mind that day, so he will meet with An Lushan privately, and Xiaguan and NaAn Lushan are just a few face-to-face friends! Xiangye treats Xiaguan as kind as a mountain, and Xiaguan will never dare to have two hearts!" Ji Wen saw that Li Linfu was angry, and hurriedly climbed up to Li Linfu with both hands and feet, and kowtowed like pounding garlic to justify.

"A carload of things sent to your house every month also counts as a friend?" Li Linfu said angrily.

"That...... That ......" Jiwen wanted to defend, but he really couldn't find a suitable reason, when he first received the gift, Jiwen still knew how to cover it up, but after his recent promotion, he was much more blatant. I thought that Enxiang Rili would not pay attention to these little things, but I didn't expect to write them down one by one.

"Hmph! I told you at the beginning, don't stretch out your hand, eat people's soft mouths, take people's hands short, you have accepted other people's money, naturally you have to do things for others, you are an official to do it for the saint, it is not enough to do it for me Li Linfu, do you still have to do it for him An Lushan?" Li Linfu then reprimanded.

"Grace forgives sins! Grace forgives sins! The little one committed greed for a while, and violated the rules of the grace phase, but the little one is still loyal to the heart of the grace phase!" Ji Wen looked like he was crying bitterly, but he was relieved in his heart.

If Li Linfu gave up on him, he wouldn't have said so much to him today, Ji Wen is well versed in Li Linfu's temper, since he is willing to be angry with you, then there is still salvation!

Sure enough, after some beating, Li Linfu then said: "That's it! It doesn't hurt to collect some money, but why do you want to leak the uncollected spring tax of the household department?"

Ji Wen was still kneeling, his head bowed, and after hearing Li Linfu's question, his heart became alive, and he secretly guessed Xiangye's intentions.

"Xiaguan...... Xiaguan ...... Enxiang, you don't know! That Xu Fan seems to be loyal, but in fact he has a bad stomach, he has been in the south for a long time, and when he transferred the lower officials from the Yushi Terrace, I am afraid that he has already expected today's events!"

Ji Wen couldn't find a suitable excuse after thinking for a long time, and he couldn't say that he ran to "talk" with An Lushan because he was depressed and had no one to talk to, right? For this reason, he had to point the finger at Xu Fan.

Ji Wen's nonsense has an unusually good effect!

After Li Linfu heard this, he fell silent. After a long time, he said: "Xu Fan is indeed very likely to have known about the Spring Tax!"

"That's inevitable!Otherwise, how could he Xu Fan be so happy to promote his subordinates in the first place?" Ji Wen immediately raised his head when he saw that the spearhead had been successfully transferred, and said with great certainty.

"One yard is one yard, it was designed by Xu Fan, and it will be returned in the future if you have a chance, but why do you want to tell him the secrets of the court An Lushan side general?" Li Linfu is not a person who is easy to fool, in addition, for these border generals, especially the Hu generals among them, Li Linfu actually has a defensive heart in his heart.

"This ...... This ......" Ji Wen's forehead was sweating, and he couldn't hide it, so he simply singled out: "Xiaguan was just thinking about disgusting Xu Fanyi at that time, and didn't think too much about it......"

Li Linfu shook his head and said, "That's it! The matter has come to this point, and it is useless to talk more!"

"How much of the spring tax has been collected in the south now?" After teaching the people, Li Linfu began to care about the affairs of the imperial court again.

Li Linfu has been the prime minister for so many years, and he is not greedy for money, and he is not lustful, but he only likes the word "power". For more than ten years, he has continued to seize power, and for this reason he has removed most of the ministers in the DPRK and China who disagree with his political views.

However, since Li Shizhi left, Li Linfu has deeply felt the suspicion of the saint, whether it is the promotion of Lin Xilie, who is not qualified enough, to be the prime minister, or Xu Fan, who has been hidden in the snow for many years, all of them are weakening the power in his hands.

Li Linfu is not a stupid person, since he has understood the mind of the saint, Li Linfu quickly made changes. For this reason, when the government hall was divided into six departments, the two important yamen of the military department and the household department were separated, and only the official department was retained.

Accurately grasping the emperor's mind and doing what the emperor wants to do is the secret of Li Linfu's long-lasting prosperity for more than ten years.

After all, Li Linfu was only a civil servant, and he had never had too much to do with the generals, and although he was greedy for power, he was able to handle things well, and it was within the scope of the emperor's acceptance.

However, in private, his heart of "worrying about the country and the people" has never weakened in the slightest. Now as soon as he heard that such a big thing had happened in the household department, as a powerful minister, he immediately became worried......

"No! Not at all! There are several provinces in the south, and none of them have paid the spring tax, even if some places really collect some grain, seeing that the neighboring counties have not moved, they are afraid that they are not willing to hand over the grain!

"Are there no grain to hand over in these places in the south, or are there grain that they are unwilling to pay?" Li Linfu asked the key.

"There's no food to pay!" replied Giwin without thinking.

"Why?" Li Linfu said in surprise.

"I don't know that some time ago, for the sake of the city, the land in various parts of the south once skyrocketed, and the peasants could get rich overnight by selling the fields in their hands, so how could they still have the heart to farm the land?

When Li Linfu heard this, his face became gloomy: "That means that this year's grain in Datang will be reduced by a small half?"

In recent decades, the land fertility in the north has been declining year by year, and the grain harvest in the two major producing areas of Guanzhong and Shandong has become less and less, and now more than half of the grain of the imperial court comes from the south! Although Ji Wen has only been in the household department for two months, the corresponding ministry affairs have not been left behind, and he knows a lot about some numbers.

"Do you mean that there will be a shortage of food in Datang this year?" Li Linfu was anxious and asked in a loud voice.

Ji Wen didn't know why Xiangye was angry again, so he had to nod stupidly: "Yes...... Yes......"

"Then why do you want to leak this matter!" Li Linfu's questioning voice had already turned into an angry rebuke.

"Xiaguan...... Xia Guan ...... "Ji Wen was just a small Jingzhao Mansion Facao before, how could he have a deep understanding of the way of Shangjia, until now, he still doesn't know what he did wrong, which made Xiangye angry."

Li Linfu saw that he still looked at a loss, and he was immediately angry: "Fool! Grain is scarce, and grain prices will surely rise sharply, and once it spreads, those rich businessmen and giants will not immediately hoard grain with the intention of making profits! If you leak such important matters, can you still treat him An Lushan as a sage with a pure heart and few desires!"

"Huh?" It was only then that Giwen understood, and immediately wanted to defend himself: "Ambassador An, he ...... He shouldn't be ......"

"It's not going to be a girl!" Li Linfu was so angry that he even burst out dirty words that he hadn't said for many years.

"Someone, prepare the horse!" Li Linfu immediately stood up and shouted out of the hall.

"Where is Eun Xiang going......? Ji Wen saw that Li Linfu was about to go out, so he remembered that An Lushan had not mentioned it to Li Linfu beforehand, although Li Linfu did not have a good impression of An Lushan today, but he received money, if he didn't say a word, then he would ...... Who would dare to send him money!

Li Linfu waved his hand, he didn't have time to pay attention to him at all, and as soon as he left the hall door, he rushed down and shouted: "Go to Xu Xiang's mansion!"

In general, Li Linfu was still a person who was willing to do things, although due to his previous market experience and cultural limitations, the methods he came up with were often not well received by orthodox literati. But as the prime minister, he can sort out a mess of state affairs and solve them one by one, without being a vegetarian meal and avoiding trouble, this kind of ability and work attitude has been counted as a qualified ruler, as for morality, that is what the sage disciples need to flaunt!

For this reason, as soon as he learned about the major affairs of the household department, Li Linfu could no longer sit still, and immediately rushed to Xu Fanfu.

If such a big thing happened in the imperial court, the saint would inevitably hand over the matter to them in the end, and they would not be able to escape.

However, just when Li Linfu was in a hurry to rush towards Xu Fan's mansion, Yang Guozhong, the new uncle of the Tang Dynasty, also rushed towards the imperial city......

Since An Lushan made up his mind to fight for the position of Fan Yang Jiedu envoy, Yan Zhuang began to act in Chang'an according to the plan.

As early as a few days ago, Shi Chaoying was given strict instructions to contact Tang Wenbo, a diner in Yang Guozhong's mansion.

Tang Wenbo is just a down-and-out literati, although he is a little clever, but in the end he can't compete with wine and wealth. Although Shi Chaoying is young, he is old and sophisticated, and he has walked in the gold caves such as wine shops, green buildings, and casinos, and Shi Chaoying has become Tang Wenbo's old friend!

said that one day, Shi Chaoying and Tang Wenbo were hugging the crisp-chested and half-naked orchid in the wine shop, drinking heartily.

Shi Chaoying saw that the time was almost up, so he pushed away the beauty in his arms, put down the wine cup, and sighed: "Alas, ......"

Tang Wenbo was beside him, although he drank some wine, but his reaction was quite alert, and when he saw Shi Chaoying like this, he hurriedly asked: "Brother Chaoying, but you don't think this wine is mellow enough, and the orchid is not moving enough? It's okay! Tomorrow, Brother will take you to another one!"

Shi Chaoying seized the opportunity, did not delay, and said straight to the point: "Brother Tang has misunderstood! ”

"Ah, what's the matter? I'll tell my brother, I won't tell you, brother, I'm a celebrity in front of Uncle Guo, and even Uncle Yang has to call him "sir", what do you have to do, just say it! Brother will help you solve it!"

Tang Wenbo thinks he is a heroic person, these days, Shi Chaoying spends money when he goes out to have fun, although he will not feel embarrassed, but he will inevitably feel worried in his heart. As the saying goes, courtesy must be demanded by others, Shi Chaoying has invested so much in himself, if he wants to say that there is no requirement, Tang Wenbo will never believe it!

However, Shi Chaoying didn't say it, and Tang Wenbo didn't take the initiative to inquire, so he kept delaying it, didn't he?

You must know that since Yang Guozhong was named the uncle of the country, his staff has also risen with the tide. These days, he Tang Wenbo doesn't know how many people's "brother" he has been!

You Shi Chaoying is always carrying around, isn't this delaying my brother Tang's next deal! Although you are generous, you can't break the rules and cut off the way of others, right?