Gu Qing couldn't shake Li Linfu, the difference between the two was too big, and Gu Qing didn't have the capital to fight against each other.

But Gu Qing knew how to take advantage of the situation.

Li Linfu is not covering the sky with one hand, there are many people waiting for his life in the court, like a carp crossing the river, he has been the right minister for many years, and has done countless things to frame dissidents, Li Linfu has already made countless enemies in the court, and the bad things that Li Linfu has done over the years are not seamless, and some things are actually done very roughly.

The question now is whether Li Longji has the intention of resigning from the prime minister. If not, no matter what Gu Qing does, it will be useless.

Gu Qing's estimation is that Li Longji may still be reluctant to quit.

It is easy to remove the prime minister, but it is not easy to cut off the prime minister's henchmen, and before Yang Guozhong has been able to form a force to be reckoned with in the court, Li Linfu's power is still stable. Gu Qing guessed that the best result of Zuowei's corruption case was to pull out a group of corrupt officials in Zuowei, then implicate some courtiers in the court, and finally suppress Xiangquan again.

It's just repression, not recall. It is impossible for a corruption case to make Li Longji make up his mind to purge the court, and a smooth transition of the court situation is much more important than 100,000 yuan. However, Gu Qing is also very satisfied, calculating the time, Li Linfu can breathe for about a few months, if there is no deep hatred, it is better to let him die naturally.

In the afternoon, Gu Qing went to Taifu Temple and asked to see Yang Guozhong.

At the gate of Taifu Temple, Gu Qing's identity is still Yang Guozhong's distant brother, the one who Jingyanggang killed the tiger.

One of the interesting things about the traverser is that many stalks from previous lives are used in this life, and others don't understand the meaning at all, but they can cool themselves, such as giving the middle finger to others.

Yang Guozhong was much more enthusiastic than before after seeing Gu Qing, probably because of Gu Qing's gossip newspaper's ability to create topics and popularity in Chang'an City, as well as Gu Qing's more and more different light, I heard that even the prince wanted to win him over, as the next prime minister, Yang Guozhong was in need of party henchmen, how could such a radiant young man not make friends?

"Brother Xian's gossip report is well handled!" Yang Guozhong seems to be in a very good mood, he praises people when he meets, and his little mouth is so sweet that he is sad.

"Brother Fool participated in the gossip newspaper at the beginning just to make a splash and provide the concubine Niangniang with a little after-dinner chat, but Brother Fool really didn't expect that Brother Xian's gossip newspaper could spread so amazingly in Chang'an, I heard that after the second issue of the gossip report came out, Chang'an City already knew the name of Zuowei Zuo Lang General Li Guangbi, haha, although the reputation is not very good, it is also famous after all."

Gu Qing said humbly: "Yes, Li Lang will be inexplicably grateful to the foolish brother, not only praised me fiercely, but also gave me a heavy gift to thank me for helping him become famous." ”

Yang Guozhong smiled and said, "Today's visit is ......."

Gu Qing looked around left and right, and after making sure that there was no one around, he said in a low voice: "I heard that the right minister Li Linfu's time is running out......

Yang Guozhong's eyes flashed, and he brushed his beard and said, "Brother Fool has also heard about it." ”

"The government and the opposition are all discussing, saying that Yang Taifu is the next prime minister, and the lower officials congratulate Taifu first."

Yang Guozhong laughed, and the smug look of the spring breeze that could not be concealed between his eyebrows: "It's easy to say, why should you and my brother see outside, if the foolish brother has a day of domination, he will not treat the virtuous brother badly." ”

Gu Qing smiled and thanked him, then his smile faded, and he sighed: "But if Li Xiang doesn't die, the position of the prime minister of Yang Taifu will not be able to sit up, and the lower officials are anxious for Yang Taifu." ”

Yang Guozhong was silent for a moment, and said: "Li Xiang is over seventy, and I heard from the people in his house that Li Xiang only eats a little gruel every day, and sometimes he can't eat all day......

Gu Qing smiled, this Yang Guozhong is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he has already installed eyeliner on Li Linfu's mansion.

"Your Majesty's mind, if Li Linfu does not die, the position of right minister will always be his, and it is unlikely that he will be deposed while he is alive, unless he resigns himself. This must be clear to Mrs. Yang, right? ”

Yang Guozhong stared at Gu Qing's face and said in a deep voice, "What does Brother Xian want to say?" ”

"The position of the right minister, it is better to sit late than to sit early, and if it is late, there will be changes, Li Linfu is an old fox who has been practicing for many years, I don't know if he will play a dead chess game before he dies, such as recommending a certain respected old minister to His Majesty to be the right minister......"

Yang Guozhong trembled, and then the fierce light in his eyes was revealed, and he said angrily: "He dares!" If he does not know the times, is he not afraid of bringing trouble to his wives and concubines? ”

Gu Qing smiled, and his heart became more and more vigilant against Yang Guozhong.

This kind of villain is a guy who has ambitions, and he must not make friends with him, this kind of friend will stab him in the back at any time, and he has no bottom line of principles in doing things, and he takes revenge on the family and children of political opponents, and this kind of behavior has always been shameful for the officialdom.

Gu Qing said with a smile: "Li Linfu's thoughts, you and I can't guess, especially the dying person, often can spare everything, the lower officials know that Yang Taifu and Li Xiang are not compatible, if you stand in Li Xiang's position and recommend a party member with deep friendship to take over as the right minister, or Your Majesty appoints you, a political enemy, to take over as the right minister, it is clear which is better and which is worse." In contrast, who can protect his family more after his death, Yang Taifu is naturally clear, if you are Li Xiang, how will you choose? ”

Yang Guozhong's expression suddenly became stunned.

Gu Qing looked at him quietly, in fact, in a few words of dialogue, he probably knew who Yang Guozhong was.

Yang Guozhong is good at interpersonal communication, but short on strategy, a person who grew up from the grassroots, has not read many books, and his pattern and vision are also very narrow. Overnight, because of his cousin's relationship, he suddenly became an important minister in the court, can such a person expect him to be as exhaustive as an old fox? Think too much.

To put it simply, this is a fool who knows how to make friends but doesn't treat anyone as a real friend.

It doesn't take much thought to fool such a fool, as long as he pokes at a certain point in his heart that he cares about the most, he will go crazy, and he will go crazy and even bite himself.

Yang Guozhong now cares most about the position of prime minister, there are many people who are not high in ability but have a heart higher than the sky, this kind of person has never thought about whether his ambition is worthy of his ability, he just wants to sit in that position.

"Brother Xian came over today, I'm afraid it's not just to help Brother Fool carefully dissect the pros and cons, right?" Yang Guozhong quickly reacted and said with a smile: "I don't know if the virtuous brother has good words to teach me?" ”

Gu Qing said with a smile: "How dare Xia Guan teach the future prime minister? Yang Taifu said seriously, Xia Guan only wanted to confirm one thing first, to determine whether Yang Taifu really had the determination to pull Li Xiang down, if Yang Taifu himself hesitated, it was useless for Xia Guan to say anything, so the current official did not come today. ”

Yang Guozhong's face was cloudy.

In fact, like Gu Qing, he doesn't trust anyone at all, but Gu Qing's distrust of the world is because of his experience since he was a child, while Yang Guozhong is out of an extremely selfish nature.

"Why did Brother Xian help me?" Yang Guozhong asked slowly.

Gu Qing smiled: "To tell the truth, Yang Taifu doesn't blame the lower officials. The lower officials help you not to help you ascend to the phase early, but for yourself. Yang Taifu should know that from the conflict between Lu Xuan's son to the turmoil of the gossip newspaper, I have offended Li Xiang twice, a little person like me, Li Xiang will pinch to death if he wants to, to be honest, if Li Xiang does not die, I will not be able to sleep well. ”

Yang Guozhong nodded, the logic was perfect and reasonable.

After pondering for a long time, Yang Guozhong said quite conservatively: "If Brother Xian really has a way to help me bring down Li Xiang, what does it matter if I fight hard." ”

The time to fan the flames was almost over, so Gu Qing took out a list from his arms and handed it to Yang Guozhong.

Yang Guozhong took it, stared at it, and said suspiciously: "This is ......"

"This is the winter procurement list of the Zuowei Mansion a few days ago, and the three provinces have passed it and will be implemented soon."

Yang Guozhong read it again, still puzzled: "What's wrong with this list?" ”

"Mrs. Yang, take a closer look at the price."

Yang Guozhong glanced at it, frowned, and said, "Coarse cloth is a hundred wen a horse?" Scold! ”

Gu Qing doesn't need to explain too much, Yang Guozhong himself is from the grassroots, what kind of price is the price of folk things, he naturally knows more than those powerful people who don't eat the fireworks of the world.

"This list is related to Lee Sang?" Yang Guozhong sneered a few times after reading the price, and then seemed to understand something.

Gu Qing said: "The lower official was afraid of being implicated and was unwilling to sign the list, so Jiwen found the lower official in the household department. ”

The words were very subtle, but Yang Guozhong understood.

"Even if corruption is confirmed, I'm afraid it will be difficult to shake Li Xiang's position." Yang Guozhong said hesitantly.

Gu Qing said with a smile: "If Yang Taifu is willing to cooperate, let's do a little processing and add fuel to the fire for Your Majesty, Li Xiang is afraid that it will be difficult to get out......"

Yang Guozhong's eyes lit up: "Why do you think yes?" ”

Gu Qing smiled, MMP in his heart, I have read a few books, and I have learned from other cultural people, "Why do you think yes", am I proud that I have copied so many poems? Am I not talking to people?

"Mrs. Yang, please come over with your ears, this matter can only be whispered, not left on the six ears......"

The two of them put their heads together and exchanged their heads with each other, and with the occasional cold north wind in the hall, the atmosphere became more and more gloomy, like two notorious traitors discussing a grand plot to frame Zhongliang in a secret room......

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The court meeting of the Tang Dynasty is not every day, Li Longji is now obsessed with the beauty of Yang Guifei, as well as all kinds of fun music, songs and dances in the harem, anyway, doing anything is more interesting than dealing with the government, so the Tang Dynasty's current monarch and minister court meeting is only about once every ten days or so, and the rest of the trivial affairs are all determined by the left and right two ministers and the six departments of the three provinces.

A few days later, Li Longji reluctantly participated in a court meeting.

The court meeting is still singing the praises of merit and virtue, and in the praise of "eternal peace" and "society for a thousand years", Li Longji was deeply intoxicated, and he told too many lies, and Li Longji became more and more convinced, especially that the praise of the courtiers was based on facts, and Li Longji did create a prosperous era in the early stage of his administration, and this fact has been on display for more than ten years.

It was almost noon after the end of the court meeting, and the court meeting of the Tang Dynasty was still quite humane after the end, and the Son of Heaven would give food to the courtiers, called "Langxia Food", which is commonly known as "working meal", and everyone left after eating.

It's just that after the courtiers accept the food of the Son of Heaven, the food can not be packed and taken away, and can only be eaten together in twos and threes under the corridor outside the Golden Palace, so it is called "Langxia Food", and later there is a poet named Zhang Ji, that is, the poet who wrote the poem "Hate not to meet when he is not married", once gave a poem to the Langxia Food, one of which is "the imperial kitchen under the corridor divides the cold food, and the incense in front of the palace rides the flying ball", this poem proves this quite humane rule.

After today's court meeting, when the courtiers gathered together to eat a working meal, Yang Guozhong blinked his eyes, devoured his share, and then wiped his mouth indiscriminately, got up and walked towards the Calyx Tower.

Yang Guozhong, who is accustomed to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, is naturally not used to eating in the corridor, but he must eat what the Son of Heaven has given, and he must eat it all, and he is not allowed to waste it.

After saying goodbye to his colleagues, Yang Guozhong hurried to Calyx Tower, he knew that Li Longji would definitely go to Calyx Tower after the dispersal of the court, where was Li Longji's poems and the distance, and the court meeting was just a matter of time in front of him.

When he hurriedly walked to Longchi, Yang Guozhong caught up with Li Longji's guard of honor, and after performing the courtesy, Yang Guozhong accompanied him on the side of the imperial chariot.

Yang Guozhong has more reasons to go to Calyx Tower than anyone else, he and Yang Guifei are brother and sister, brother and sister often get together, Yang Guozhong has already become a frequent visitor to Calyx Tower, and Li Longji does not care.

The monarch and the ministers chatted a few words about state affairs and family affairs, and when the guard of honor was about to arrive at the Calyx Tower, Yang Guozhong was a little nervous in his heart, and looked around uncomfortably.

Gu Qing had said in advance that there would be arrangements, but Yang Guozhong was not sure who among those guards was the one arranged by Gu Qing, and when the premeditated changes would occur.

It was late autumn, the north wind was slightly cold, Yang Guozhong walked beside the imperial chariot, and sincerely praised Li Longji's martial arts, Li Longji pretended to be reserved, but his face was proud.

"Guozhong, you, just be sharp-tongued, you still have to put more thought into the government and state affairs, I don't hesitate to help, but you can't let me down." Li Longji stroked his beard and said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, the minister must be diligent, he must do his best, and he will never let His Majesty down." Yang Guozhong humbly agreed.

"After the beginning of spring, I will give you a few more part-time official positions, the affairs of the court from the three provinces to the temples and departments, you must be familiar with it as soon as possible, so that you can take on heavy responsibilities in the future." Li Longji said in a deep voice.

Immediately, Li Longji suddenly thought of Li Linfu, and asked: "How is Li Linfu's recent health, can Guozhong know?" ”

Yang Guozhong looked sad, and said in a low voice: "I heard that Li Xiang is seriously ill and gradually unable to eat, thinking that Li Xiang is over seventy years old, I'm afraid it will ......."

Li Longji was expressionless, hummed lightly, and then turned his head and instructed Gao Lishi next to him: "General Gao, send someone to Li Xiang's mansion in the afternoon, and give Li Linfu three hundred-year-old ginseng, a number of warm and tonic medicines, ten taels of gold, and a hundred horses of silk......

Colliers took the order.

After walking in silence for a while, Li Longji suddenly said again: "Then the imperial doctor from the Imperial Doctor Department will go to Li Linfu's mansion to take a look, and if there is a result, come and report it immediately." ”

Colliers was stunned for a moment and immediately responded.

The corners of Yang Guozhong's mouth hooked, and then he quickly regained his grief, as if mourning for the imminent loss of a pillar of the dynasty.

Li Longji also sighed gloomily, and his regret was beyond words.

The two of them played with each other and acted very devotedly.

When they were only a few dozen zhang away from the Calyx Tower, they suddenly heard a crisp click, Li Longji and Yang Guozhong raised their eyes, and saw that on the west square in front of the Calyx Tower, a dragon flag held high by a guard suddenly broke, and the guard still held a bare half-section of the flagpole with a ignorant face, and the dragon flag that represented the symbol of the emperor and was embroidered with a golden dragon with teeth and claws fell melodiously to the ground.

Li Longji was shocked, stood up from the imperial chariot suddenly, and shouted: "Stop! ”

Li Longji got off the imperial chariot, walked to the dragon flag with a gloomy face, leaned over and looked at the dragon flag quietly.

The guard who raised the flag was already so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.

Li Longji ignored him, only took the half of the flagpole from his hand, and stared at it for a long time.

The flagpole is a bit old, and the fracture is irregularly jagged, and it is clear that the flagpole broke just by accident.

But the rupture of the dragon flag is very serious for Li Longji.

Ancient emperors were usually very contradictory about some strange phenomena, some were superstitious, some were not superstitious, but it is certain that the emperor would be superstitious in the face of some not-so-good strange phenomena, and he would feel that this was a certain warning given to him by God, which was often related to the rise and fall of the country, and no emperor would turn a blind eye.

The sudden breakage of the dragon flag is considered a heavenly vision?

Of course, not only counting, but also serious. The dragon flag represents the emperor himself, and the sudden breaking of the dragon flag means that the emperor himself has an abnormality in his body?

Li Longji is sixty-five years old, he is already an old man, the older a person gets, the more afraid of death, especially the emperor, the good life of the world has not been enough, how can he die? He had another 500 years to live.

Li Longji didn't speak with a gloomy face, but the guards and eunuchs in the honor guard were so frightened that they knelt down one after another, and Yang Guozhong also knelt down, his heart beating fast.

The dragon flag was really broken, this Gu Qing ...... is so bold, if you miss it, it will not be too much to punish the nine clans.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! The breaking of the dragon flag is just an accident, Your Majesty thinks a lot, Your Majesty is the heyday of the Spring and Autumn Period, and I have no worries inside and outside the Tang Dynasty, this is not a celestial phenomenon, just an accident. Yang Guozhong knelt on the ground and pretended to comfort.

Li Longji's eyes were still staring at the broken dragon flag, his eyes were sharp and gloomy, and at this time, he could vaguely see the domineering eyes that looked at the world back then.

After a long time, a few words burst out of Li Longji's mouth coldly: "Spread the Qin Heavenly Prison and ask the good and the bad." ”

After speaking, Li Longji brushed his sleeves and walked into the Calyx Building alone.

Gao Lishi got up and passed the Qin Tianjian officials with a worried face, and the front of the Calyx Tower was full of eunuchs, but he still didn't dare to get up, Yang Guozhong also knelt on the ground, and secretly wiped the cold sweat on his forehead. He was frightened, and what scared him was not the broken dragon flag, but Gu Qing's audacity.

"This kid...... It's a ruthless character. Yang Guozhong said to himself in his heart.

The officials of Qin Tianjian soon hurried over, at this time Li Longji and Yang Guozhong were sitting in the calyx building, the officials of Qin Tianjian entered the building, bowed their hands and stood respectfully, their eyes glanced slightly, and they quickly glanced at Yang Guozhong, and then honestly drooped their eyelids.