"Yes, the old man really doesn't need it when he's older, but this white-faced scholar needs it. In order to confirm his words, Fan Taiming pointed to the white-faced scholar and said.

Tang Taizong really couldn't look at it and shouted angrily: "Enough, Lux, hurry up and arrest this so-called guy, hand it over to the Criminal Department to deal with, don't let me see him again." ”

Fan Taiming was arrested, and Li Longji took time to take a closer look at who the person who saved Yuhuan just now was. At this time, the white-faced scholar and his companion had fallen to their knees.

After a closer look, Li Longji's heart was relieved, and the person who blocked the knife for himself knew that this person was Li Shizhi, the grandson of Li Chengqian, the eldest son of Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and the assassin of Tongzhou at that time.

"How did you get to Kyori?" Tang Xuanzong Li Longji asked with great concern.

"I was summoned by the Ministry of Officials to report on my work, but I didn't expect to meet such a person who did evil on the street. Li Shizhi replied respectfully.

"Thanks to you today, otherwise my beloved concubine would have been humiliated in the streets. Tang Xuanzong was still afraid of the powerlessness just now.

"The emperor is serious, and it is the duty of the ministers to help each other when they see injustice. Li Shizhi said modestly.

"It's not convenient to talk outside now, so get up. Tang Xuanzong Li Longji slightly helped Li Shi and said softly.

Seeing that everyone didn't mention him, the person who was on the same road with Li Shi didn't mention him, knelt down and introduced himself: "I am Li Shizhi's classmate and friend Gongsun Yanming, and I am the eldest son of the Lingnan Gongsun family. ”

"Oh. Tang Xuanzong took care of Li Shizhi's face, and nodded politely at him, but there was no smile on his face.

When Li Shizhi saved people just now, Gongsun Yanming took a few steps back, Yang Yuhuan saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart, and he didn't have a good impression of this person. With a cold face, he pulled Tang Xuanzong and said, "San Lang, let's go back." ”

"It's time for you. Tang Xuanzong Li Longji greeted Li Shi affectionately.

Speaking of which, they are their own family, if it weren't for the battle for the throne in the middle, the relationship between the two should be very close.

Tang Xuanzong Li Longji brought Li Shizhi into the palace, and Gongsun Yanming actually followed him.

Yang Yuhuan glanced at Gongsun Yanming and wanted to open his mouth to provoke people, but Tang Xuanzong Li Longji pulled her, hinting that Li Shizhi could not be embarrassed.

Bringing them into the imperial study, Tang Xuanzong Li Longji and Gongsun Yanming said a few polite words, and then asked Gao Lishi to arrange someone to send him out of the palace, leaving Li Shizhi alone to talk about the rule of the court.

"There are many officials who have returned to Beijing to report on their work this time, and the good and the bad are mixed, how much do you know about them? I want to hear you talk about it, and I hope you can report it truthfully. ”

Li Shizhi thought quietly for a moment, pondered the language and said: "Your Majesty, there are more officials who have returned to Beijing to report on their work this time than before, and there are many discussions among the ministers. ”

"The capable go up and the inferior go down, what else is there to discuss?" Tang Xuanzong Li Longji was very puzzled when he heard Li Shizhi's words.

"That being said, there is no fixed standard for the evaluation of officials, and it all depends on the preferences of officials and officials, and those who are close and move around more are good at drilling camps can often get good vacancies, and those who only know hard work, and those who are not good at flexibility have no way out------。 ”

Li Shizhi's words surprised Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, he had always believed that the officials under his command were conscientious and disciplined, but he didn't expect that there were so many twists and turns in it.

Tang Xuanzong didn't understand the truth that when the water is clear, there are no fish, but it was so turbid that he couldn't accept it a little.

After pondering for a while, Tang Xuanzong shouted outside the door: "Lux, you send someone to check the details of the promotion officials reported by the Ministry of Officials recently, and I have to understand everything in detail." ”

Gao Lishi has some understanding of the issue of bribery in the promotion of officials, and the officials who return to Beijing every year to report on their work will also send him some thoughts. If the emperor doesn't mention it, it's hard to say anything about it.

I don't know if I don't check, and I'm shocked when I check it.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the national strength has become increasingly prosperous, and the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment. Military attachés can also be promoted by virtue of war, and civil officials can only go through the ministry if they want to be promoted, there are too many radishes and too few pits, which leads to the ministry becoming the most oily department in the whole country.

After reading the list of promoted officials reported by the Ministry of Officials, Tang Xuanzong's face was gloomy and could drip water, and he said in a cold voice: "Call Li Linfu, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, over." ”

When Li Linfu heard the news of the emperor's urgent move, he felt a little confused, and he didn't know what he had done wrong.

I saw Tang Xuanzong Li Longji sitting on the dragon chair, staring at Li Linfu with a gloomy face, and didn't speak for a long time.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what the matter is to urgently recruit Weichen over?" Li Linfu cautiously probed.

After a while, Tang Xuanzong Li Longji suppressed his anger and mocked in a very calm tone: "Lord Li has been very busy recently, and he is so busy that he is reluctant to come and talk back, delay your eating and drinking, or delay you to receive gifts." ”

Listening to Tang Xuanzong's words, Li Linfu was shocked in his heart and looked at Tang Xuanzong in surprise.

He fell to the ground and said, "Your Majesty, please make it clear if there is anything wrong with Weichen." ”

Li Linfu still didn't know what he had done wrong, which made Tang Xuanzong Li Longji's anger no longer suppressed, he picked up the tea bowl on the corner of the table and threw it towards Li Linfu's head, blood dripping down Li Linfu's forehead. Li Linfu didn't dare to move much, and let the blood smear his face.

Gao Lishi hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him: "The emperor is angry, maybe this thing was done by someone below." ”

At this time, Tang Xuanzong's anger was in full swing, where could he listen to the persuasion, he slapped his palm on the dragon case with a "snap", and said in a high-pitched and angry voice: "Even if the people below do it, it can't be separated from him, if he says that he doesn't know, it will be his dereliction of duty!"

After speaking, Tang Xuanzong Li Longji threw the copy of the case in front of Li Linfu with a "snap".

Li Linfu picked up the fold on the ground with trembling hands, and the sweat on his forehead flowed down suddenly.

"Your Majesty----- Your Majesty, this is really a dereliction of duty on the part of the minister, and he failed to investigate ------- carefully"

Li Linfu, who is the secretary of the ministry, wears many hats, he needs to do too much, and he is busy with government affairs, so he has no time to carefully check whether the merits and punishments of provincial officials are cheating, so he pushed the investigation of official selection and assessment to his henchmen Wang Ji and Lu Xuan.

Things gather like people in groups, Wang Ji and Lu Xuan are as treacherous and cunning as Li Linfu, they are good at drilling, whoever gives more money speaks for whom, and whose power listens to whom. Every year, nearly 1,000 officials go to Beijing to report on their work, and there are only a few good posts that they want to get? People who have no ink on their chests want to pay bribes, and talented people who are full of wealth have to pay bribes if they want to be selected in a down-to-earth manner, and the trend of bribery is becoming more and more intense.

All the ministers of the court knew about this, but everyone tacitly didn't want to offend the officials, for fear that they would wear small shoes when it was their turn to change the guard in the future, and no one said anything, only blinded the emperor alone. 8910