Chapter 167: Ancestors and Grandchildren's Night Talk
If there is any forbidden word in Li Longji's heart now, it is the word "rupture", and the forbidden martial arts is the suggestion of the Taishi Supervisor, in order to eliminate the ominous omen of the broken dragon flag.
As a result, not long after the martial arts show began, the weapons of the left guard soldiers broke one after another.
This bad omen is even worse, and Li Longji's original uneasy mood is like adding fuel to the fire at this moment, and his mentality is broken in an instant.
Long Yan was furious, and the thunder changed color.
If it were changed in normal times, it would not be a matter if the weapons of the Left Guard soldiers were broken, and Li Longji would at most express his dissatisfaction, and then issue an order for a thorough investigation.
However, the weapons of the left guard soldiers were broken during today's martial arts exercise, which made Li Longji very angry, because today is different, the purpose of today's martial arts exercise is very mysterious, it belongs to metaphysical content, and metaphysics is the most taboo to add blockage.
"Bring the broken weapon, and I'll see it for myself." Li Longji said with a gloomy face.
The weapons were quickly presented by the eunuchs, and a row was placed in front of Li Longji, who bent down and picked up a halberd to take a closer look, the halberd was newly built, the handle was wooden, the tip of the halberd was made of iron, and the broken part was the tip of the halberd.
Li Longji stared at the broken part of the halberd tip, and gently rubbed the fractured surface with his fingers, the feel was rough, and there were many irregular particles on the new fracture surface, as well as small holes.
Li Longji understood at a glance that although he had been the Prince of Peace for forty years, he had also relied on the palace to change his position, and he had personally been in charge of the military power for many years, so he was not ignorant of the affairs of the soldiers, and he knew what the problem was at a glance with the weapon in his hand.
"Who procured the pig iron? This kind of pig iron is not enough to make agricultural tools, and he dares to use it to make weapons, who did this? Li Longji said angrily.
The ministers looked at each other and didn't dare to squeak.
Guo Ziyi strode over with the order flag in his hand, hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, it is the officials in the left guard who procure, and there is no way for the ministers to rule, please punish Your Majesty." ”
Li Longji still has a lot of respect for Guo Ziyi, after all, he is a famous general in the world, so Li Longji smiled at him reluctantly and said: "General Guo doesn't need to blame himself, this matter will be investigated, if the procurement is not in the hands of General Guo, it has nothing to do with you." ”
Looking around at the ministers fiercely, Li Longji said viciously: "Corruption and corruption are in the forbidden place of my palace, your courage is too great, if this matter is not investigated, how can I sleep peacefully on the couch?" ”
"This matter should be handled strictly, no matter who is involved, we can't let it go! Colliers! ”
Gao Lishi next to him stood up and bowed: "The old slave is here." ”
"This matter will be handed over to you, co-organized by the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Three Law Divisions of Yushitai, and I must find out all the information for my investigation, and check all the weapons and military uniforms of the north and south guards, starting with the officials of the left guard!"
The ministers were in an uproar, but they didn't dare to speak.
It has not been many years since the three legal divisions have jointly handled a case, and Li Longji nailed the case to death with a single word, and there is no room for turning around.
In the crowd, Tobe Langzhong Yoshiwen was already colorless, his face was sweating like rain, and he knew that his end had come.
Gao Lishi lowered his head and smiled bitterly, although he didn't know which way the immortal mastermind was, but he could put his hand into the left guard of the forbidden palace, which showed that the power was monstrous, and he didn't know what kind of big man would come out in the end if this case was handled. There are people in the court who have the energy to do this, and one slap can be counted, and there are just a few.
Who called this man blind, even the left guard dared to stretch out his hand, and dared to do things on the weapon, he was so bold that he could be described as arrogant.
Yesterday's dragon flag was broken, and today's weapon was broken, you can imagine how angry Li Longji is, not to mention that the duty of the left guard is to guard the forbidden area, and the safety of the Son of Heaven depends on the protection of elite soldiers such as the left guard Jin Wuwei.
Li Longji loves Yang Guifei so much, Yang Guifei's sister just didn't want to get off the horse in the Forbidden Palace, and whipped the guards a few times, Li Longji was furious and drove Yang Guifei back to her parents' house.
Gao Lishi was speculating about Li Longji's thoughts, and from Li Longji's anger, he speculated to what extent this case should be handled in order to relieve Li Longji's anger.
The martial arts exercise in the forbidden China has reached this point, and it is basically a failure.
Li Longji's anger has not subsided, his heart is becoming more and more fearful, two bad omen in two days, I don't know what kind of catastrophe is waiting for him, thinking that today's martial arts exercise was destroyed by a group of corrupt officials, Li Longji is especially angry.
"It's all gone, it's rumored that the eunuch is coming to Calyx Tower."
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Chang'an City is in turmoil.
Li Longji has made up his mind to strictly deal with this corruption case, and it can be seen from the fact that he appointed the most trusted Gaolishi around him to personally investigate and handle it.
The guards in Chang'an City were panicked, obviously it was only a matter of the left guard, but all the guards had to be strictly investigated, which was troublesome.
Although the guards were not involved in this corruption case, if they have been peaceful for a long time, whether they are civil officials or military generals, who has not done a few unsightly things in their posts? If Colliers investigates and pulls out the radish and brings out the mud, many unsightly things will be exposed.
So after Li Longji issued the order, the officials of the guards in Chang'an were calm on the surface, but in fact there was a shortage of soldiers. Many officials are silently filling in the holes, or busy annihilating the evidence, and there have even been several murders in Chang'an City in the past few days.
Gu Qing quietly laid out this game, originally it was only aimed at Li Linfu, but he didn't expect to pry all the guards in Chang'an City, and it turned the world upside down.
It is not difficult to investigate the Zuo Wei corruption case, but the difficult thing is whether Li Longji is willing to investigate it and who he will send to investigate. Evidence is easy to find, even the mastermind behind the scenes is easy to find, but the difficult thing is to find the person behind the scenes, whether he dares to touch him.
Li Longji sent Gao Lishi, an old eunuch who was only loyal to Li Longji.
On the third day of Gao Lishi's entry into Zuowei, a total of more than ten officials were taken into Dali Temple, and even Gu Qing was interrogated by Gao Lishi in person, fortunately, Gu Qing had not been involved in this case at all, and why did the list of necessary processes not see the long history of signing, Gu Qing also explained that because he saw that the list was wrong, he did not dare to take responsibility rashly, so he refused to sign it, so those corrupt officials bypassed the process.
On the fifth day, three officials of Tobe were ordered to be taken down by Gao Lishi, including Tobu Lang Naka Yoshiwen.
Ji Wen is a cool official, but he is obviously not a good man, and he cried bitterly before he was tortured in the prison, and finally confessed to Li Linfu.
Gao Lishi was shocked for a while, and he didn't dare to investigate it anymore, because he knew that the next thing had nothing to do with the corruption case, and had already risen to a political level.
So Gao Lishi handed Ji Wen's confession to Li Longji, and after Li Longji read the confession carefully, he suddenly sneered twice and told Gao Lishi that the case was over, and all the officials involved in the case were punished according to the law, and three officials from the household department, including Ji Wen, were beheaded on the street.
Immediately Li Longji also asked about Li Linfu's condition, and after learning that Li Linfu's condition was getting more and more serious, Li Longji ordered Gao Lishi to send all the files and confessions involved in the case to Li Linfu's house.
Handed over all the names and confessions involved in the case to the mastermind behind the case for review, and Li Longji's ruthlessness can be seen.
Gao Lishi personally sent the confession and list to Li Linfu's house, even if Li Linfu was lying on the sickbed and dying, Gao Lishi patiently waited for him to wake up, and then showed him the confession. After all, Li Longji still left a little bit of affection for the monarch and his ministers, and Ji Wen's confession was not shown to Li Linfu.
Li Linfu was silent after reading the confession, didn't say a word for a long time, looked at it, and fell asleep in front of Gao Lishi.
Early the next morning, Li Linfu handed Li Longji a note, begging for bones, and begging for a master.
Li Longji instructed that it was not allowed. Li Xiangming can still serve the people for a few more years.
Li Linfu will go up again, and then please give office. Li Longji is still not allowed, the words of the instructions are enthusiastic, affectionate, and the monarch and ministers have no doubt all their lives, you know that I don't just like you......
After the monarch and the minister repeatedly played against the acting skills several times, Li Linfu finally played a sparse performance, the minister is old, sick and heavy, unbearable work, since the minister is not allowed to resign, please reduce the workload of the minister, the minister asked to hand over the power of the imperial history platform, only the power of the ministry remained.
This time, Li Long benchmarked.
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Zhang Jiuzhang Mansion.
Chang'an City is turbulent these days, but it has nothing to do with Zhang Jiuzhang. Honglu Temple belongs to the Qingshui Yamen, it is difficult to have any oil and water, Zhang Jiuzhang is also clean as an official, and he has a clear conscience, and he is not afraid of the wind and waves.
But Chang'an City's officialdom these days, Zhang Jiuzhang saw it in his eyes, and after hearing that Li Linfu had to hand over the power of Yushitai, Zhang Jiuzhang was happy and asked his old friend Li Guangbi to have a drink.
On the night he came back from Li Guangbi's mansion, Zhang Jiuzhang had a red face and staggered steps, but he was obviously in a good mood, and he was still humming an unknown tune when he walked.
It was late at night, and Zhang Jiuzhang, who had just returned home, was walking in the yard, when a figure suddenly burst out from the oblique stab, which frightened Zhang Jiuzhang's soul and suddenly woke up three points in drunkenness.
"Second ancestor Weng, you are running around again, and you only came back in the middle of the night, look at you, you are drunk, what kind of system you have become, what kind of system has you become!" Zhang Huaijin stood in front of Zhang Jiuzhang and crossed his waist and lectured with great vigor.
Zhang Jiuzhang couldn't help but be furious, and he was about to whip her with a palm raised.
Zhang Huaijin chuckled and quickly dodged away: "Every time you say that, why can't people talk about you?" ”
Zhang Jiuzhang's mood tonight is really good, Li Linfu's power has been cut in half again, Zhang Jiuzhang feels happy when he thinks about it. I was in a good mood, so I didn't bother to be angry with a little girl.
Most of the upright courtiers have no good impression of Li Linfu, Li Linfu is not only extremely greedy, but also has made many directional mistakes in handling the government, such as selecting a large number of Hu generals to defend the border, handing over the border passes of the Tang Dynasty to those who are not of our race, and so on.
In order to compete for the power of the court, Li Linfu put a large number of courtiers who conspired with him in undue positions, and in recent years, it has gradually been seen that the internal affairs of the Tang Dynasty are getting worse and worse, which are directly related to Li Linfu.
Therefore, Li Linfu was cut from power, and the upright courtiers in the court were secretly happy and applauded.
Zhang Jiuzhang is one of them.
The courtyard in the middle of the night was dark, and only Zhang Huaijin's clear and shining eyes could be vaguely seen.
Zhang Jiuzhang rubbed her head dotingly, and said with a smile: "I haven't slept so late, I have to get up early tomorrow, have you memorized all the lessons taught by the master?" ”
Zhang Huaijin was a little stunned, he didn't expect that the second ancestor Weng was not angry, and he smiled so gently, drinking and drinking?
"Second Ancestor Weng has met a happy thing, right?" Zhang Huaijin asked tentatively.
Zhang Jiuzhang was happy when he mentioned this, laughed, and said: "Let's go, go to the front hall, the old man will tell you slowly, it's so relieving, it's really good!" ”
Zhang Huaijin was confused when she heard it, but it was rare for the second ancestor to be happy, and she couldn't sleep, so it was okay to simply chat with the second ancestor.
Helped Zhang Jiuzhang into the front hall, Zhang Jiuzhang was drunk, ordered his subordinates to take wine again, and then waved away all the subordinates in the front hall, leaving only the ancestors and grandchildren to sit opposite each other.
Zhang Huaijin poured Zhang Jiuzhang full of wine with a very eye-catching look, Zhang Jiuzhang raised his neck to drink cleanly, exhaled a long breath, and laughed twice.
"Second Ancestor, why are you so happy, tell me quickly." Zhang Huaijin shook his arm coquettishly.
Zhang Jiuzhang brushed a handful of the remaining wine stains on his beard, and laughed in a low voice: "Li Linfu was cut off from the power, and today he handed over the power of the Imperial History Observatory to His Majesty, and the supervision power of the court will change hands in the future, maybe the court will be a little clearer, which is a good thing, a great thing." ”
Zhang Huaijin was not interested in the affairs of the court, and yawned unhappily: "That's it?" Is it worth being so happy? Why did Li Xianghao hand over power? ”
Zhang Jiuzhang said with a smile: "Because, Li Linfu was tricked and tricked, haha, when the prime minister of the dynasty was calculated by a kid, and he was also a six-grade official, he was really happy, when he was a big white!" ”
After speaking, Zhang Jiuzhang drank another glass.
Zhang Huaijin blinked innocently, sounding very interesting, there is wine and stories here, you must listen to it.
Filled Zhang Jiuzhang with wine again, Zhang Huaijin said expectantly: "Second ancestor, you tell me in detail." ”
Zhang Jiuzhang said slowly: "The old man just came back from Li Guangbi's house, and I heard about some things, haha, Zuo Wei has been in trouble recently, and he has dug up a big corruption case, have you heard of this?" ”
Zhang Huaijin blinked: "It seems that I have heard some sporadically, but I am not interested in it, so I don't listen to it again." ”
Zhang Jiuzhang shook his head: "You, your temperament is too wild and jumpy, you don't want to calm down and listen and watch more, you may miss a lot of excitement in life, compared to Gu Qing, you are too bad." ”
Zhang Huaijin said dissatisfiedly: "Why do you compare with him? Of course, my second brother is powerful, but he is only a little bit better than me. ”
As if to prove his words, Zhang Huaijin added: "His handwriting is more ugly than mine!" ”
Zhang Jiuzhang felt a headache when he heard the title of "second brother and third brother", and shook his dizzy head, Zhang Jiuzhang decided not to care about the title tonight, so as not to ruin his good mood.
With a cold snort, Zhang Jiuzhang looked at her with contempt in his eyes and said, "A little bit awesome?" Do you know who is the person who secretly calculated Li Linfu and quietly laid out the plan in this Zuowei corruption case? ”
"Who is it?" Zhang Huaijin blinked, and suddenly said: "Zuo Wei's corruption case!" The boy of the six-grade official! I know! Could it be ......?"
Zhang Jiuzhang's expression suddenly became nervous, and he scolded: "Shut up! Do you want to kill Gu Qing? Only a few people know about this matter, if it spreads, Gu Qing will be the enemy of the whole dynasty, understand? ”
Zhang Huaijin trembled with excitement, and deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Second Ancestor Weng, tell me quickly, this matter was really done by Gu Qing?" He is so bold that he dares to calculate and become the prime minister? Ahhh My second brother is amazing! ”
Zhang Jiuzhang brushed his beard and said slowly: "The old man heard Li Guangbi say that when this case happened, Gu Qing originally planned to avoid it, he even told those corrupt officials to ignore it, to be honest, Gu Qing's consideration is not unreasonable, a mere six-grade petty official, he really can't afford to provoke the prime minister, Li Guangbi was faintly disappointed in his choice, but he still understood it very well......"
Zhang Huaijinxiu hurriedly urged: "What happened later? Why did the second brother get involved again? ”
Later, Li Twelve Niang also heard about it, but she didn't understand, so she took Gu Qing to the grave of his parents on the outskirts of Chang'an, I don't know what Twelve Niang said to Gu Qing, but after Gu Qing came back, he decided to dig up this corruption case, which quietly laid out the situation. This bureau ...... It's cleverly laid out, very clever. ”
"What kind of bureau is the cloth? Say it. ”
Zhang Jiuzhang shook his head: "I can't say it, saying it will kill Gu Qing, Huaijin, you are too wild, and you talk a lot, the old man is worried that you will accidentally say something one day, or it is better not to say it, you just need to know, the old man is not blind in these eyes, he once planned to make Gu Qing and you a husband, but you are stupid and blind, what a good young man, you missed it, now what a second brother and third brother, I am afraid that it is impossible between you and Gu Qing, right?" ”
Zhang Huaijin's expression was momentarily distracted, and then he said dissatisfiedly: "The second brother said that brothers should not get involved in the bad things of men and women, it's too bad." ”
Zhang Jiuzhang was dumbfounded: "The love between men and women is sad, and the scenery is bad? What Gu Qing said? ”
"Hmm!" Zhang Huaijin nodded heavily, with a serious face: "I thought about it and felt that the second brother was right!" ”
Zhang Jiuzhang looked up to the sky and sighed, how stupid is this stupid girl. People obviously don't take a fancy to you.
Zhang Jiuzhang looked at the flower-like niece in front of him, and the more he thought about it, the more unwilling he became.
The niece and granddaughter are from the main house, and her appearance is also first-class beauty, and her temperament is lively and active, but her behavior is from a serious big family, why does Gu Qing's kid not look down on her granddaughter? What exactly does he like?
Now that the second brother and the third brother are in a miasma, Zhang Jiuzhang knows that the twisted melon is not sweet, but he still wants to work harder, accepting Gu Qing as his son-in-law is not only an explanation to the late Gu family couple, Zhang Jiuzhang actually appreciates Gu Qing himself, especially after knowing the story behind this corruption case, Zhang Jiuzhang feels more and more that Gu Qing cannot be missed.