As Gao Lishi said, Li Linfu's dismissal and Yang Guozhong's promotion to the right minister, like a big earthquake, instantly shook the whole country, Yang Party all cheered, although this is expected, but on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, it still makes the vast majority of people dumbfounded, the new year should be a new atmosphere, but the wind blowing in the political arena is not fresh, many old ministers who know Yang Guozhong are secretly worried, with his ability and intelligence to lead the Tang out of the predicament?

Contempt or jealousy, Yang Guozhong's rule is an indisputable fact, the sky is just numb, Yang Guozhong's house has lined up in front of a long line, and yesterday's gift is different, this time I came in person, there are well-informed people are queuing up all night, this situation is a bit like the public sale of the house in later generations, however, there seems to be an invisible barrier in the middle of the road in front of Yang Guozhong's house, all the carriages are lined up on one side, and no one dares to take a step beyond the thunder pool.

Contrary to the excitement and expectation of many Yang Dang, Yang Guozhong himself was extremely depressed, he locked himself in the study, and read the evidence letter of Li Linfu over and over again, yesterday this letter was worth 10,000 gold, but after only one night it was worthless, Yang Guozhong was like a wine drunk too quickly, and when he found a fly, it had already entered his stomach, but this fly was not in his stomach, but in An Lushan's hand.

The letter fell to the ground, Yang Guozhong sighed, buried his head in the palm of his hand, the only hope he had now was that An Lushan was afraid of his prestige, Baba returned his guarantee with both hands, he looked back at the hourglass, an hour has passed, and the third son Yang Xiao should have news.

As soon as he thought of this, there was a jumble of footsteps outside the door, accompanied by a hurried whisper, 'Light! Don't hurt Childe! Yang Guozhong was startled, and took two steps to open the door, only to see several family members carefully lowering a stretcher, and it was his third son Yang Xiao who was lying on the stretcher, and he closed his eyes tightly. Pale face. Lying on the stretcher, Yang Guozhong lifted the corner of the blanket on his body, and there were large red blood stains in his eyes.

"What's going on?"

This kind of thing happened on the first day he was Xiangguo, isn't this a slap in the face? Yang Guozhong suddenly roared loudly, "Who did it?" ”

Several family members looked at each other, and no one dared to speak, at this time, Yang Xiao slowly opened his eyes and said in a low voice: "Daddy." The child was incompetent and failed to retrieve the book. ”

Yang Guozhong hurriedly squatted down and stroked his son's face with heartache, "Son! Is this the dry land of the dog thief in An Lushan? ”

An Lushan himself was very polite, he said that there was no guarantee, but as soon as I left, many masked people rushed out of the streets. Beat us with sticks! Speaking of this, Yang Xiaodi's eyes became poisonous, and he gritted his teeth and said, "The person in charge has a very loud voice, I can hear it." He is the son of An Lushan, An Qingzong. ”

"An Qingzong?" Yang Guozhong slowly stood up, still disbelieving and asked his family again, "Can you hear his voice clearly?" ”

"Master, it is indeed An Qingzong." A family member whose head was broken bowed down and said, "Not only the voice, but the old slave also saw him take off his scarf." The old slave thinks that he is like, just like.

"Like what? Say! Yang Guozhong's face was already gloomy to the extreme.

"It's like he's trying to let us know who he is."

Yang Guozhong suddenly understood, this is An Lushan warning him, if he doesn't do what he agreed, he will be ruthless, yesterday it was Li Qing who injured him and his eldest son and second son, and today it was An Lushan who injured his third son, and he was even more vicious, Yang Guozhong only felt indignant. Is he still the prime minister under one person and above ten thousand? Anyone can clean him up, don't these bastards rely on a few soldiers on their hands?

"Li Qing, An Lushan. Let's take our time, and one day I'll let you know how good I am. ”

Thinking of this, Yang Guozhong's waist suddenly straightened up, and he turned back to the housekeeper and said, "You can start, just in the lobby, let three people come to see me at a time!" ”.

The queue in front of Yang Guozhong's mansion finally moved slowly, dozens of family members came out to maintain order, and three people were put in each time, at this time, the door of Li Qing's mansion on the opposite side suddenly opened, and dozens of horsemen rushed out of the gate with a carriage clustered, and some carriages in the road subconsciously leaned to the side, and everyone stared at the carriage passing in front of their eyes with complicated eyes. As soon as he returned to Beijing, he beat up the most popular minister of the dynasty, making everyone feel an inexplicable fear of him, even including several of Li Qing's old subordinates in the team.

Contrary to An Lushan's contempt for Yang Guozhong in his bones, Li Qing was full of vigilance in his heart for his old man's flying Huang Tengda, this is not because he is a powerful character, on the contrary, whether it is from the means of scheming or scheming, he is far from being comparable to Li Linfu, Li Qing is worried that he is acting radical and despicable, he did not hesitate to sacrifice his wife's appearance in order to seek his own shop, and see the big from the small, once this kind of person holds power, he is very likely to ignore the overall situation and damage the fundamental interests of Datang for his own selfishness. In fact, An Lushan's rebellion in history was, from a certain point of view, because of Yang Guozhong's repeated persecution.

Speaking of An Lushan, Li Qing remembered Gao Lishi's advice to him last night, "You who lead the troops to fight should be careful, try to keep a low profile in the capital, don't let the imperial history participate in you, like that An Lushan, wooing courtiers, bribing princes, and acting arbitrarily, Your Majesty is already dissatisfied with him." ”

Although Gao Lishi said vaguely, Li Qing was keenly aware that Li Longji was already suspicious of An Lushan.

In this case, why didn't he seize this opportunity to completely deprive An Lushan of his military power.

Li Qingdi's carriage drove out of the gate of Xuanyifang, went north for about a quarter of an hour, and finally stopped in front of Li Linfu's house, in stark contrast to Yang Guozhong's door, Li Linfu's door was deserted, and there was no official who came to pay New Year's greetings, the door was closed, and a few lifeless lanterns were hung, but this was not because of Li Linfu's resignation and formed this bleak atmosphere, when the sky was not yet bright, Li Linfu's children and nephews went to the ancestral hall located outside the city under the leadership of the eldest son Li Xiu, and only women and children were left in the whole mansion, And Li Linfu stayed in the mansion due to physical reasons, and Li Qing came just in time.

After a while, the housekeeper introduced Li Qing into the mansion, passed through a corridor, and saw Li Linfu on crutches, supported by two maids, who had been waiting for him for a long time. Li Qing hurriedly stepped forward and bowed and said, "Li Qingte is here to pay New Year's greetings to Xiangguo!" ”

"Li Qing. We haven't seen each other in a long time. Li Linfu pushed the maid away, stepped forward to hold Li Qing's hand, and pinched him again

, smiled slightly: "It's better to be young!" Strong and powerful, not only do old people like me feel safe, I am about to go to the back garden, you can walk with me! ”

Li Qing nodded and supported Li Linfu to walk towards the back garden. It's a sunny New Year, the cold winter has passed, the ice in the pond in the back garden has begun to thaw, a few plum blossoms are about to bloom, some of them have bloomed with tender yellow stamens, and the air is filled with fresh fragrance.

"Sit down!"

Li Linfu struggled to sit down on a bench, and the garden was quiet. There were only two of them, Li Linfu with his hands on crutches, his eyes fixed on a cluster of plums on the branches, and he smiled slowly for a long time: "I have been on my career for more than 40 years. Today, I realized that I actually missed many wonderful things in life, a small plum flower contains the truth of all things in heaven and earth, the attraction is always the moment it blooms, when it withers and withers, it will leave a life to future generations. ”

Speaking of this, Li Linfu turned his head and stared at Li Qing. Xu Xu smiled and said: "If one day my children are as poor as Zhang Qiu's family, can you reward them with a bowl of rice?" ”

Li Qing shook his head and said with a faint smile: "Xiangguo said that he laughed, Xiangguo has a great cause, and Ke Ze has been descended by hundreds of generations, if there is really that day, I am afraid that Li Qing will have already turned into dust." ”

"That's it! Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, ** that idle to do much. ”

That being said. Li Linfu was still a little unwilling, he changed the topic and said with a smile: "It's funny to say." Back then, the two of us fought to the death, and things changed over time, who would have thought that I, Li Linfu, would go into the wilderness, and the only one who came to visit me was my rival Li Shilang. ”

He patted Li Qing's shoulder lightly and smiled sincerely: "Yang Ming might as well talk about it, you came here today, but it's as simple as just looking at me?" ”

Li Qing stroked his palms and smiled, "It is worthy of the old Xiangguo, his eyes are vicious, and he can see through Li Qing's intestines at a glance." ”

Speaking of this, his face was slightly solemn, and he pondered for a moment and said, "Yes, I came today, and I do have a big matter to discuss with Xiangguo." ”

"Big deal?" Li Linfu sneered, he struggled to stand up with crutches, and slowly walked to Lamei to enjoy the game for a long time, and then said slowly: "Since last night, I, Li Linfu, have not asked about any major matters. ”

Li Qing was unmoved and continued: "What if this major matter is related to the survival of Li Xiang's family? ”

"What!" Li Linfu was shocked, he slowly turned around, stared at Li Qing for a long time, and suddenly sighed and said: "If I, Li Linfu, were planted in your hands, I would have nothing to say, but I was replaced by Yang Guozhong's straw bag, how can I be willing!" ”

He shook his head hatefully, sat down again, raised his head and looked at Li Qingdao: "Say it!" What a big deal. ”

"Back then, Zhang Jiuling had predicted many times that An Lushan would rebel in the future, but Xiangguo guaranteed it."

Li Qing slowly squatted down, looked up at Li Linfu and said, "If An Lushan really turns around one day, does Xiangguo think that the emperor will take the responsibility on himself?" ”

Li Linfu looked at Li Qing in a daze, unable to say a word, when An Lushan was defeated by the Khitan, Zhang Jiuling was the main killer, and asserted that An Lushan would be opposed in the future, it was better to get rid of the disaster as soon as possible, Li Longji was also very hesitant at that time, but he tried his best to guarantee that An Lushan would not rebel, and after many years, he actually forgot about it.

In fact, he knew very well in his heart that since last year, the huge palace expenditure has made the imperial court unable to allocate a penny of military expenses to the border gates, but to reduce or reduce local rents, let the salt tax and other ways to let each section make its own solution, although it can reduce the burden of the court, but in this way, the army of the border pass is equivalent to becoming a private army of the envoys of each section, among which the army of more than 200,000 troops in the three towns of An Lushan is the largest, he knows that such a sword hanging over the head of the imperial court, If he didn't get rid of it as soon as possible, he would suffer from it, just as he was about to seize Li Xianzhong's military power on the grounds that An Lushan did not help him, but he was deeply trapped in it.

Li Qing is right, if An Lushan is really the opposite, Li Longji will definitely count this bad account on his head, and destroy the door to thank the world, he has worked with him for decades, how can he not know his thoughts.

"Li Qing, do you mean you want to get rid of An Lushan?" Without waiting for Li Qing to answer, Li Linfu himself shook his head, not to mention that An Lushan brought nearly a thousand relatives and guards, and he didn't leave one step, it was almost impossible to assassinate him, not to mention that Li Longji was very kind to him, he gave him an iron coupon last year, and also named him the king of Dongping County, this is the first king with a different surname in the Tang Dynasty, so affectionate, and let Li Longji get rid of him, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream.

At this time, Li Qing also shook his head and said: "I also know that it is not realistic to get rid of him, I only hope that there is some way to transfer An Lushan to Beijing as an official, and Mingsheng and secretly surrender to deprive him of military power." ”

Li Qing thought about this matter for a whole night, the outbreak of the Di'an History Rebellion in history was in November of the 14th year of Tianbao, An Lushan was full of wings, and the grain and grass were prepared to raise troops, and now it is the beginning of the eleventh year of Tianbao, and there are nearly four years of difference.

"A way to deprive the military of its power?" Li Linfu closed his eyes tightly, raised his head and pondered, the key is Li Longji, as long as he understands the possibility of An Lushan's rebellion, he will be willing to move An Lushan.

Li Linfu glanced at Li Qing, and at this time, he suddenly understood the purpose of his coming today, An Lushan was lifted up by him Li Linfu, and only he could convince Li Longji, such a cunning guy, Li Linfu secretly sneered in his heart, but he didn't say anything.

After a while, he suddenly smiled at Li Qing and said, "You always do things first and then say, if you don't have a case yourself, how can you come to ask me?" You speak up first, and let me refer to it for you."

Li Qing smiled slightly, Li Linfu had already seen his intention to use him, but Li Qing didn't care, he knew that Li Linfu would inevitably go to Li Longji to clear up his relationship with An Lu Mountain, didn't he want to leave a blessing for future generations?

Thinking of this, Li Qing attached himself to Li Linfu's ear and whispered: "This matter still needs Li Xiangguo's assistance, I want to invite Xiangguo to the palace.