There are countless pavilions and pavilions in the Huaqing Palace, there is a hall of eternal life dedicated to the first emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and there is also a Yichun Pavilion dedicated to Li Longji to enjoy singing and dancing, in addition, there are lakes, ponds, water pavilions, long bridges, and of course, the biggest feature of Lishan, hot spring soup.

The palace tower is built gorgeously and extravagantly, and the momentum is magnificent and majestic, which is still a few points better than Xingqing Palace.

Many years later, the Huaqing Palace was destroyed in the war, and the Huaqing Palace in Lishan seen by later generations of tourists was rebuilt, not only the pattern and architecture were changed a lot, but also the original momentum of the Tang Dynasty was missing.

Li Longji's later life was mostly spent in beauty and singing and dancing, and after working hard for half a life, the world was at peace, and how to enjoy the rest of his life became his most troublesome and happiest thing.

In the Yichun Pavilion, Li Longji sat down, half paralyzed and half lying on the cushion, barefoot and cross-legged with messy sideburns, in the center of the attic, a group of maiko were dancing to the music, Li Longji was slightly drunk, drunk and misty.

Confused by flowers, singing about wine, life seems to have no regrets.

A eunuch hurriedly walked in among the graceful bodies of the Maiko, walked to Gao Lishi, where His Highness was standing, with a frightened expression, and whispered a word in his ear.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent performance in Chang'an."

Li Longji opened his slightly drunken eyes and smiled drunkly: "What did you play?" Just leave it to Chen Xilie and Yang Guozhong to dispose of, so as not to disturb my interest. ”

Gao Lishi took another step forward and said softly: "Your Majesty, the Duke of Jin, the Kaifu Yi and the Third Division, and the right minister Li Linfu, this morning, ...... Death. ”

Li Longji was stunned and looked at Gao Lishi in amazement.

Colliers looked him straight in the eye and nodded slowly.

Li Longji frowned, waved his hand irritably, and stopped singing and dancing in the hall.

Gao Lishi said softly: "Did Your Majesty drive back to Chang'an to mourn Li Xiang?" ”

Li Longji just nodded, then looked stunned, shook his head slowly, and said in a deep voice: "It's not in line with the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, I can't go in person, but I can send the prince to the Li Mansion to condole on my behalf......"

For decades of being in the same palace, no matter what kind of open and secret struggle between Li Longji and Li Linfu in the later period, after all, there was decades of monarch and minister's affection, Li Longji was silent for a moment, his eyes quickly turned red, and tears swirled in his eyes, but they just didn't flow.

Taking a deep breath, Li Longji held back his tears, his expression returned to the appearance of an indifferent and arrogant emperor, he pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "Li Xiang passed away, I want to say something, General Gao, pass on my will, posthumously crown Li Linfu as the captain, the governor of Yangzhou, posthumously give Li Mansion a hundred taels of gold, a thousand silk horses, and a princely funeral." ”

Colliers bowed to the order, and then slowly exited the main hall.

Li Longji sat cross-legged alone in the hall, his expression still gloomy and silent.

Emperors are all hard-hearted, Li Linfu's death only made Li Longji have a short period of sadness, and his emotions quickly calmed down, and at this moment Li Longji was thinking about the situation in the court.

Right Prime Minister Li Linfu has been ill for several months, and basically no longer asks about the government affairs, but the henchmen under his command still regard Li Linfu as the head of the court faction, to put it simply, it does not matter whether Li Linfu handles the government or not, what matters is the symbolic meaning he represents, as long as Li Linfu lives, even if he does nothing, the various factions in the court are still stable.

Li Longji has been seeking people for half his life, and what he seeks is nothing more than the word "stability"; when the court is stable, people's hearts will not be turbulent, and people's minds will be determined, and only then can things be done in the world, and only when the court is stable can the world be stable.

However, Li Linfu's death, the court's original right phase of the power suddenly collapsed, this faction is extremely powerful, once the prince of the East Palace was suppressed so that he couldn't raise his head, Li Linfu died, the henchmen under his command either resigned, or were co-opted by other factions, or waited for the crazy liquidation of the prince and Yang Guozhong, it is conceivable that the court will fall into chaos again.

What Li Longji has to do now is to use a very fast speed to stabilize the situation in the court again, the court is in chaos, he is busy with this son of heaven, it takes too much brains to do things, and it consumes too much physical strength to do things, delaying his arrogant and lascivious old age, which is unbearable.

After Li Linfu's death, the Chang'an court was divided into three factions, one of which was the East Palace, the second was Yang Guozhong's emerging faction, and the third was the neutral and free faction.

Aside from the free neutral faction, the two largest factions in the court are the East Palace and Yang Guozhong, Li Longji has always been wary of the East Palace, since the day Li Heng was appointed as the crown prince, Li Longji has been intentionally or unintentionally suppressing and inhibiting the development of the East Palace forces, after all, the prince is the only person in the world who can rightfully inherit the throne, Li Longji is afraid that the prince's brain will suddenly not be calm, and he will gather the army to make some tricks such as "Qing Jun's side", this kind of thing has appeared too much in the emperors of the Tang Dynasty.

Yang Guozhong is also trustworthy because of Yang Guifei, but unfortunately Yang Guozhong's ability is too poor, and the emerging faction he represents can't compete with the East Palace, so a few days ago, Li Longji had to help Yang Guozhong hit the prince hard by taking advantage of the Jiwang enclosure, which was originally just a referee on the sidelines, but one of the players was too weak, and the referee had to take a shot to pull the bias, not to mention, but also personally helped the player beat another player......

It's so tiring to be a referee, Yang Guozhong is not angry, and in the end, Li Longji carried everything alone.

From the current point of view, Yang Guozhong alone can't compete with the crown prince, Li Longji thinks left and right, and feels that he should support a person, but although the court has a large number of talents, there is no one who can really help Li Longji balance the court situation, although Chen Xilie is the left minister, but his personality is weak and courageless, and the rest such as Li Yu, Fang Xuan, Wei Jiansu, Cui Lian and others, either have already stood in the camp, or they are slightly lacking in talent and courage.

It's not that there are no talents, but these talents in Li Longji's eyes are more or less flawed, and they can benefit one party, but they can't influence the situation in the court.

The more Li Longji thought about it, the more irritable he became, and he sat in the hall and poured himself a glass of wine, and then drank it all, sighing gloomily.

Li Linfu's death really added a lot of trouble to the court of the Tang Dynasty.

…………

In the evening, Gu Qing also got the news of Li Linfu's death.

Regarding Li Linfu's death, Gu Qing had no sorrow or joy. Strictly speaking, since he came to Chang'an, he has never even met the notorious adulterer, but he has had several confrontations openly and secretly.

At this moment, the only thought in Gu Qing's heart was to be happy, glad that he had a big life.

Judging from the number and intensity of Gu Qing's offense against Li Linfu, if Li Linfu is in good health and has the energy and time, with Gu Qing's catties, he will probably be played to death by Li Linfu.

The title of "Honey Belly Sword" is not for nothing, in terms of strategy, wisdom and experience, Li Linfu is not much stronger than Gu Qing, fortunately, when Gu Qing arrived in Chang'an, Li Linfu was terminally ill, even if Gu Qing offended him a few times, Li Linfu didn't have the heart to deal with him as a little person, and later the Zuo Wei corruption case offended Li Linfu ruthlessly, but at that time Li Linfu was on the cusp of the storm, and he didn't dare to retaliate against Gu Qing, Gu Qing escaped.

Later, Li Linfu was already dying, and he had no energy to retaliate, until Li Linfu died today, Gu Qing had to rejoice that he didn't do anything, so he survived an enemy alive.

Therefore, if you can't be happy in life, you must take care of your body, and if you are strong, you will not only prolong your life, but also occasionally harvest some unexpected surprises, and it is also very pleasure to survive the enemy.

Once the prime minister died, Gu Qing didn't even feel a trace of sadness, and after secretly rejoicing, he immediately put this matter behind him.

Sitting cross-legged in his room, Gu Qing was eating the imperial dinner in great torment. 518 Chinese Net

Outside the door, a eunuch said softly in a sharp voice: "Gu Changshi, Your Majesty wants to visit Lishan Mountain, and the courtiers should go with you." ”

Gu Qing sighed and said towards the door, "I'm having dinner, can I be later?" ”

The eunuch was polite but said in a resolute tone: "Gu Changshi, the monarch and the minister have etiquette, and there is no reason for His Majesty and other courtiers, please also ask Gu Changshi to travel immediately." ”

Gu Qing looked at the food in front of him, the taste was not very good, just give up, he couldn't die of hunger, and went back to Chang'an to eat roast lamb leg every day to compensate himself.

So Gu Qing put down the dishes and chopsticks, tidied up his clothes, and then opened the door and followed the eunuch to Yichun Pavilion.

Just arrived at the square in front of Yichun Pavilion, the honor guard of the Son of Heaven had slowly set off.

Li Longji was dressed in regular clothes, surrounded by two or three hundred Yu Lin Guards, and walked towards the mountain with a blank face.

Behind the guard of honor, followed by several courtiers and eunuchs, everyone silently accompanied them without saying a word.

Gu Qing was considered late, and followed the team very low-key, but secretly slandered in his heart.

The emperor just took a walk after dinner, and he actually put on such a big show, is he tired?

Slowly ascending along the mountain road behind the Lishan Xingchen Soup, the team became longer and longer, dozens of Yulin guards in front of him opened the way, Li Longji walked in the middle, followed by Gu Qing and other accompanying courtiers, as if feeling Li Longji's gloomy mood, and the team of hundreds of people was silent.

By the time it was almost dark, everyone had reached the mountainside of Lishan, surrounded by a dense forest, an unexplored wilderness with only one trail leading up and down.

Gao Lishi, who was accompanying him, saw that it was getting late, so he stepped forward and persuaded: "Your Majesty, it's already dark, it's better to go back to Huaqing Palace." ”

All the way up the mountain, Li Longji had been thinking about the situation in the court, until Gao Lishi reminded him, Li Longji came back to his senses, looked down the mountain, and unconsciously walked so far, those accompanying courtiers were a little unable to support it.

Casually sweeping his gaze in the ranks of courtiers, Li Longji saw Gu Qing in the crowd.

There is no way, Gu Qing is too conspicuous in the crowd, he is the youngest next year, but he looks the most unbearable at the moment after walking half of the mountain road, others are panting at most, but Gu Qing is out of breath, bending over to support his knees, his clothes are messy and his sideburns are scattered, as if a big man has just come off him.

Li Longji frowned and said, "Gu Qing, come close." ”

Gu Qing was stunned for a moment, but still moved in front of Li Longji step by step.

Li Longji looked him up and down, shook his head and said: "Gu Qing, you can't do this body, I am already in my sixties, and I still have more courage to walk the mountain road, and those courtiers who are driving with me are older than you, and they are not as unbearable as you, why are you so weak?" ”

Gu Qing smiled bitterly: "I don't dare to deceive Your Majesty, the minister is busy driving, and he doesn't have time to have dinner, so he is physically exhausted." Besides, Your Majesty's dragon spirit is fierce, and you still have the air of eating cattle in the sixtieth year, and you also held the handsome seal back then, and you practiced and boiled in the army, and Your Majesty's dragon body laid the foundation, saying that you live long live is a bit false, but the minister thinks that it is not a big problem for Your Majesty to live for one hundred and fifty years. The minister does not have His Majesty's glorious experience, where can he dare to compare with His Majesty. ”

After some explanation, he actually slapped a few words of sycophancy, and while the courtiers behind him secretly despised it, Li Longji was so happy that he laughed twice, and the gloomy mood of the whole day eased a lot with Gu Qing's sycophancy.

"You, you are really good at talking, and every time you say something to greet you, I feel sorry for your clever words if I don't reward you with something." Li Longji laughed, and his mood became much more cheerful.

Gu Qing said with a smile: "The ministers eat the king's money, and they don't need other rewards, I just hope that they can share their worries more for Your Majesty, and let the ministers do their duty as courtiers, so that they can be worthy of the grain and rice that the court gives to the ministers every year." ”

Li Longji sighed: "Yes, everyone in the world wants to be an official, because being an official has the power, being an official is majestic, and the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, how many people can really think about worrying about the monarch?" ”

The sky was getting darker and darker, and Gao Lishi couldn't help but persuade him a little anxiously: "Your Majesty and Gu Changshi are talking about speculation, why don't you go down the mountain and go back to the palace and have a good conversation with Gu Changshi at the banquet?" ”

Li Longji waved his hand indifferently and said, "Let the courtiers who are accompanying you go back, I don't need them to follow, Gu Qing, you and I can enjoy the scenery here more, and see the afterglow after sunset in Lishan, how about it?" ”

Gu Qing actually wanted to go down the mountain, but when Li Longji spoke, he still had to say, "The minister obeys the order." ”

Gao Lishi had already seen that Li Longji was in a bad mood today, so he didn't dare to persuade him again, turned around and asked the courtiers who were driving to go down the mountain, and Li Longji left more than 100 Yulin guards to accompany him.

Li Longji turned to look at the sunset at the end of Lishan Mountain, with only a round of afterglow left, struggling to resist the invasion of darkness, and gradually, only a faint halo remained in the sky.

"You heard about Li Xiangxu's death, right?" Li Longji said slowly.

"Yes, the minister has heard."

"You have a grudge against Li Xiangqi, I want to know, what do you think of Li Xiangqi?"

Gu Qing lowered his head and said: "The ministers are humble and light, and they dare not talk about the prime minister." ”

"It's okay, just make small talk, I won't blame you for saying the wrong thing."

Gu Qing thought for a while and said: "Li Xiang has ruled the Tang Dynasty for 19 years, with outstanding administration and extraordinary strategy, but the pattern is lost. ”

Li Longji smiled with interest: "'The pattern is lost'? You talk about it carefully. ”

Gu Qing said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, although the monarch's power and the prime minister's power are complementary to each other, but they also conflict with each other, Your Majesty is the king, the prime minister is the minister, the will of the monarch often looks at the overall situation, but the will of the prime minister is not necessarily, what he sees in his eyes In addition to the affairs of the government and the well-being of Li Shu, he also has selfish interests, which is human nature, and no one can avoid it." Therefore, the prime ministers of all dynasties and dynasties have party henchmen who cling to him, and the party feathers are powerful and full-fledged, and they often disobey the yang and the yin. ”

Li Longji's smile gradually retracted, and his eyes looked at Gu Qing strangely.

This was the first time he had officially talked about court politics with Gu Qing, and Li Longji didn't expect that Gu Qing, a young man under the age of twenty, would have such insight into the court, which really surprised him.

"Why do you have selfish intentions?" Li Longji asked with a serious expression.

For selfishness and righteousness are opposites and conflicts. Once there is a partisan dispute between the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, nepotism is inevitable, and a person who is obviously not suitable for this position prefers to put him in this position, so can this person do his duty in this position? The person who forms a party will not think about it so much, what he wants is for his henchmen to occupy this position and hold this power, and nothing else will be considered, so there are more and more people in the DPRK and China who play with power, and fewer and fewer people who are willing to work in a down-to-earth manner in their positions. ”

"The more factions, the more fierce the struggle, the more complicated the situation is, the government decree cannot be unblocked, and it is extended to the local government, and it is even more of a mess, the party struggle is wrong, the country is misunderstood, and the minister thinks that Li Xiang's life achievements can only be said to be half, and his pattern is not worthy of the position of prime minister."