[This chapter is not to justify Li Linfu's name!] It is just a reasonable speculation based on historical data! In other words, the general evaluation of Li Linfu today is "Although he does not have the virtue of a prime minister, he has the talent of a prime minister!" This evaluation is a more pertinent evaluation made by the literati of the Tang Dynasty and later generations of literati, just imagine, in the Tang Dynasty, although those literati tried their best to belittle Li Linfu's virtue, they did not deny his talent, which shows that Li Linfu's prime minister is good! As for virtue, I would like to paraphrase a sentence of Mingyue back then." The emperor is not a human being!" The prime minister is almost the same! Therefore, for a politician, it is too pale to evaluate only by simple good and bad!]

"Confess? Heh! Except for the Holy One, I Li Gonu don't need to give an explanation to anyone!"

After the small meeting in the political affairs hall, in Li Linfu's mansion and study, Li Linfu sneered at Qian Yi in front of him.

Hearing this, Qian Yi's originally rickety body became more curved, and his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat in an instant.

"Stand down! Go and tell the man in the living room that I'm tired and don't want to see guests!" Li Linfu then waved his hand and said.

"Yes, proprietor, retire below!" After speaking, Qian Yi bowed back and exited the study.

After Qian Yi closed the wooden door of the study, Li Linfu stayed alone in the study, looking at the beam above his head with blurred eyes, and after being silent for a long time, he muttered a few words from his mouth: "Alas!

In fact, how could Li Linfu not know the consequences of his actions? The most indispensable thing for a person in the officialdom to betray is his origin! This origin does not refer to the family in which you were born, but whose strength you relied on when you made your fortune? Who are your allies? What group are you in?

For example, in today's court, it is the family that has an absolute advantage.

Although the imperial examination system has been popularized, there are only a few places in the imperial examination every year, and most of them are monopolized by the family.

During Wu Zetian's reign, the imperial examination was not yet perfect, and the so-called open selection and selection ceremony were just a different way for the magnates to continue to monopolize the selection of officials! The annual quota was even all the people selected by various families, and there were many cases of malpractice, and the talented and learned children of the poor family did not have the nod of the family, but those children of the family who were full of thatch were able to enter the court as officials through the imperial examination.

In the Xuanzong Dynasty, the imperial examination was also more just, although it was inevitable that there would be some cheating, but it was still fair on the whole.

It's just that the children of the family have received a good education since childhood, have the best teachers to teach, and have a large number of books to read.

Except for the top and smartest students from poor families who can rely on the imperial examination toad palace to win the championship, most of the places still fall on the children of the family.

It's really not good to play dark, and you can't compare to playing bright!

Therefore, in the entire court, the various families were separated, and those poor students who relied on the imperial examination to reach the top either took refuge in the family, or wandered on the edge of the court, or formed smaller groups to protect themselves.

And Li Linfu naturally has his own small group as the right minister of the dynasty, although with the height of his status, more and more people take refuge in his side, but his original group is only one, that is the families of Yangzhou!

That's right! Unlike Li Shizhi thinks, the wealthy families in Yangzhou did not come up after Li Linfu made his fortune, on the contrary, when he was still doing a small catcher in Yangzhou City, some people fell in love with him as a relative of the emperor and the country like Lu Buwei in the Warring States Period!

The Yangzhou family, which is a strange commodity to live in, soon operated, and sent Li Linfu, a small catcher in Yangzhou, to Chang'an City, and climbed step by step from a small Qianniu straight to the position of today's Zhongshu Ling. And those Yangzhou families who have made investments have naturally obtained benefits no less than those of Lu Buwei.

Therefore, it can be said that the family in Yangzhou is the driving force behind Li Linfu's current appearance, and his Li Linfu's family members are also involved in overseas trade, and his Li family can be regarded as a first-class wealthy family in Yangzhou City.

With such an intricately complicated relationship, how could you let Li Linfu break off the relationship with the maritime business group in Yangzhou and even the entire south?

However, Li Linfu still wants to let Zou Run's performance pass guò!

There is no other reason, just because he is the emperor of the dynasty! And although the Yangzhou family gave him a lot of help in the early stage of his career, but the subsequent promotions all relied on him Li Linfu's own drill camp, so Li Linfu felt that he did not owe anything to the Yangzhou family, so he was even more reluctant to accept the fingers of the Yangzhou gang, after all, he was once the ruler!

Li Linfu is greedy for power! But he also does things! And he does things well! If you want to talk about shortcomings, you are too greedy for power!

In the case of Xuanzong's gradual neglect of government, the government of the Tang Dynasty has almost been in the hands of Li Linfu over the years, and this feeling of "one word and nine crowns" really makes him confused.

In addition, Li Linfu has not received any orthodox education since he was a child, so his temperament is not arrogant, that is, his heart is not very big, and Li Linfu naturally cannot tolerate those who do not agree with his political views.

Li Linfu is the kind of person who only allows him to make decisions and then his subordinates unconditionally implement them, but Li Linfu's methods are often more extreme, and he is not treated well by those orthodox literati, political opinions are not in agreement, and contradictions are inevitable, and Li Linfu naturally will not negotiate with these people, and besides, even if he is really willing, those pretentious literati will not be able to talk to him.

So Li Linfu used the simplest and rude method to completely kick these people away!

Li Linfu is a politician! He is also a pragmatist! All the methods he thinks are feasible will be resolutely implemented, and as a politician, it is really a little pale and powerless to evaluate whether it is good or bad.

And the pen is in the hands of the literati, what kind of evaluation will be made, you can imagine.

But no matter what outsiders say about him, Li Linfu at least understands that since he is a prime minister, he should do the prime minister's business!

Although the Tang Dynasty now seems to be at the height of singing and dancing, and the Spring and Autumn Period is prosperous, sitting in his seat can naturally clearly see the hidden crisis.

The turmoil at the border passes, the hidden evil intentions of the festivals in various places, and the open and secret battles in the court, are simply full of smoke!

The most direct point is that as Xuanzong has become more and more extravagant in recent years, the inner treasury will soon be exhausted, once the inner treasury is spent, Xuanzong will inevitably hit the idea of the treasury, even if the ministers can withstand the pressure, but there will still be speculative courtiers rushing to help the emperor make money! And all this money will come out of the ordinary people!

A few days ago, Wang Ji was one!

Wang Jie, as a native of Qi County, Taiyuan, is a branch of the Taiyuan Wang family, and now he has been crowned with Wang Xian in Yuzhang in terms of grade, and he is in the center, and he has been with the king for a long time, and the authority is not comparable to Wang Xian's decoration in Yuzhang City!

However, the Taiyuan royal family is a thousand-year-old family, the most important bloodline, although Wang Jie's authority is getting heavier, but his influence in the Taiyuan royal family is still not as good as Wang Xian, the eldest son of the long house.

Although Wang Jiao had already taken refuge in him Li Linfu, he was also a restless person! Within two months of his promotion, he made a lot of money in Jingzhao Mansion under the guise of Xuanzong, and when Xuanzong saw that he had collected so many taxes, he couldn't help but praise Wang Jie: "Good financial management can be used for planning!"

With such an example, are you still afraid that there will be no descendants?

In such an environment, how can you let Li Linfu oppose the increase in commercial taxes?

In Li Linfu's view, those wealthy families have never paid a penny of taxes in business, and now they are just letting them pay all the money they should pay!

As for the city boss, who can not only increase taxes for the imperial court, but also take the opportunity to knock on the increasingly presumptuous Yangzhou family, why not?

As for the opposition he was about to face, Li Linfu didn't take it to heart, what thing did he do that was affirmed by these poor literati?

And in fact, those who want to oppose it, those who are pretentious and moral, are the villains who disregard the court and the people, and only serve their own interests!

At this moment, isn't black and white reversed?

It was just said that this was the case, but when he thought of the moral articles that filled the court hall during the two-day court meeting, Rao is old experience of Li Linfu was refined, but he still frowned deeply.

In fact, Li Linfu was not the only one who was entangled, Qian Yi, who had just walked out of the study, was walking slowly towards the living room at the moment.

Qian Yi, he is a member of the Qian clan in Jiangdong! When he was sent to Li Linfu's side, he shouldered the mission of the family, and he was called an assistant, so he had no intention of surveillance.

It's just that over the years, Qian Yi, an orthodox literati who has read poetry and books, seems to understand Li Linfu, and is finally impressed by Li Linfu's talent!

People who can do a good job as a staff member are generally people with a lot of ideas, and such people will never be brainless people! They are precisely pragmatists, and if they don't say it well, they will not give up until they achieve their goals!

Li Linfu's approach is very much in line with Qian Yi's taste, so Qian Yi followed him with all his heart after confessing to Li Linfu!

So today, after Li Linfu has made a decision, he still has to persuade the cousin who came thousands of miles away just to ask for attention, Qian Yi has a big head when he thinks of this!

It's just that no matter how far the distance is, there is a moment when it is over!

Although Qian Yi deliberately slowed down, the living room was still close at hand!

Qian Yi stood still, pondered for a moment, sighed, and then walked towards the living room.

"Big brother, I've been waiting for a long time!" as soon as he entered the door of the living room, Qian Yi shouted with a smile at a middle-aged man in his fifties who was kneeling in front of the desk.

As soon as the middle-aged man saw Qian Yi coming in, he hurriedly straightened up, walked over quickly, and couldn't wait to say, "Kaiyang, you're finally here!"

"Tell me, Li Xiang, what did he say?"

"Big brother, don't worry, sit down and take a sip of tea, let's talk slowly!" Qian Yi immediately pulled the middle-aged man, pressed him back to the front of the case, and poured a cup of tea for him with his own hands.

"Can you not be in a hurry! This time it's over!" The middle-aged man said this, but he still took the tea handed over by Qian Yi and took a sip gently.

"Hehe, big brother, why are you in a hurry! How can this matter of raising business taxes be so easy! Zou Run, that guy is just a poor scholar who is dead studying! How can he say anything about this kind of thing that has a lot to do with it!" Qian Yi smiled and relieved the middle-aged man.

"This, of course, I know!, but ......" the middle-aged man stopped as he spoke, then looked directly at Qian Yi with his eyes, and asked, "Is this what Li Xiang meant?"