Li Linfu's Xiangguo Mansion came out, the sky was already dark, this is a clear star blinking in the sky, a round of golden crescent moon hanging in the far sky, the wind is warm, the wind contains a faint fragrance of flowers, in this world without industrial pollution, it is even more refreshing.

Li Qing's carriage slowly stopped, next to it was Gao Lishi's mansion, tomorrow Li Linfu will officially submit the report on this year's personnel changes to Li Longji, Li Qing also temporarily changed the plan to visit Gao Lishi tomorrow, he must arrange everything properly this evening, and his plan cannot be ruined due to the negligence of one link, so when he came out of Li Linfu's house, Li Qing rushed to Gao Lishi's house without stopping.

Gao Lishi's housekeeper had already been instructed by the master, and he didn't need to report to the master, so he directly took Li Qing to the outer room of the small study, Li Qing came to Gao Lishi's house for the fourth time, and the first three times were in a small reception room, but today he entered the study of the inner house.

Like Li Linfu's inner study, it is also an honor to be able to enter the small study of Gaolis, the furnishings in the study are extremely simple, the tables, chairs and cabinets are decades old, and the paint has peeled off in many places, revealing the gray-white logs inside, here is only the outer room, and there is a door separated from the inner room, there was a joke in the imperial court, 'Entering Li Linfu's inner study, that is Jinshi and the first, but entering Gaolishi's small study is a five-grade stream. ’

In fact, this is also the case, like some prominent ministers, such as Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, An Lushan, Gao Xianzhi, Yu Rong, Gai Jiayun, Wei Jian, Yang Shenjin, Wang: < which one does not have the support of Gaolis, but this force is often invisible, except for the person concerned, it is generally not known, just like the candle of the wind can burn strongly, the role of Gaolishi is to shield it from the invasion of wind and rain, silently. But it's crucial.

Li Qing didn't want to experience the glory of entering the small study of Colliers for the first time. His mind was still thinking about possible holes,

First of all, the opposition of the Yang family, Yang Guozhong is the servant of the ministry, his obstacle is inevitable, but with Yang Huahua's internal strength, the Yang family can't make waves, which Li Qing is not too worried about, after all, the servant of the ministry can only interfere with the promotion of officials below the grade, and above the fifth grade, he must nod through Xiangguo. The three grades or more must also be signed and approved by the emperor before they can be passed.

The key is Li Longji, who transferred him back to the imperial court back then, and from a certain point of view, it was Li Qing's unauthorized behavior that made Li Longji suspicious, thus depriving him of military power.

Now that he is going to be released again, Li Longji can ignore the lessons of the past, if he Li Qing does nothing. Allowed by Li Longji's assignment, the result of the 'Linxuan canonization' is very likely to go to Jiangnan to assassinate the history of a state and be in charge of the local economy, which is very different from his original intention. This is what Li Qing is most worried about.

For this reason, he had already begun to deploy, and ordered Wei Yingwu to replace the letter he handed over to Yang Yuhuan, and seek Yang Guifei's last gratitude with his kindness to the Yang family; Yang Huahua is also a person who can change Li Longji's mind, and now he doesn't have to worry about it; There is also Li Linfu, although his own prospects are not good. But he is still the right minister, and he has to draw up a plan for the changes at the top level, and now the two sides have reached an agreement; Another is this Colliers, who can guide Li Longji's thinking, which is crucial, and there are almost no omissions, and the rest may be a conversation between himself and Li Longji.

"Huh! Let the squire wait for a long time. ”

While thinking about it, Gao Lishi, the official hussar general and the first powerful eunuch of the Tang Dynasty of Bohai County, had appeared at the door with a smile, and he was wearing a blue and white wide-body Zen robe. Don't wear a hat, just use one side to tie your hair. It seems idle and indifferent.

"The old man has just come back from the palace, and he only changed his clothes, and the waiter came, and the time was calculated accurately!"

Li Qing hurriedly stood up and saluted, and said apologetically: "I just came from Xiangguo Mansion, and I really don't know that the general hasn't rested yet, it's really rude." ”

Gao Lishi glanced at him, and a smile of approval hung on his face, "Yes, I am willing to tell the truth to the old man, you can teach!" ”

He pushed open the door of the inner room, a few little maids went in to clean up, the dim room quickly became warm and bright, Gao Lishi pointed to the chair, and said with a smile: "Sit down!" I don't often have guests here, the room is simple and vulgar, and I can't compare to the Xiangguo Mansion to open the door to welcome you. ”

It sounds like a casual sentence, but it implies that Li Qing, Li Linfu's every move is already under the control of the emperor, and the person who operates this specific operation is his Gao Lishi, the implication is that if Li Qing does not come, then he Gao Lishi will not be able to cover it up for him.

Li Qing secretly screamed a fluke, he sat down and said straight to the point: "General, I want to go back to the Western Regions?" ”

"The Western Regions? Yesterday, the emperor said that he would release you as the assassin of Suzhou and the envoy of Jiangnan Dongdao, but you want to go to the Western Regions! ”

Li Qing was taken aback and asked urgently: "But it's already a metaphor?" ”

He immediately realized that he had made a big mistake, that is, he ignored Li Longji's base calculations, he was somewhat influenced by some views of later generations, how Li Longji was mediocre in the later period of Tianbao, and was led by Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong and others, in fact, Li Longji slacked off state affairs may be true, but if he is said to be mediocre, it is a big mistake, not only is he not confused, but he also put all his attention on the distribution of power, this time using Yang Guozhong to attack Li Linfu Isn't it he who planned it?

Li Qing almost wanted to slap himself, eight days have passed since Yang Huahua's birthday, but Li Longji is silent, how can he not pay attention to the situation in the DPRK? It would be extremely stupid to ignore him by himself, if Li Longji had already drawn up the decree, it would be too late.

Thinking of this, Li Qing glanced at Gao Lishi nervously, and saw that his smile was flat, not moved by his surprise, as if he was expecting, he was slightly relieved, it seemed that it was still too late.

"Speaking of which, you also have to thank Mrs. Cui Qiao, the eldest daughter of King Ning, if she hadn't come to cry this afternoon and begged the emperor to take back her order, delaying the emperor for an hour, I'm afraid the will would have been made."

Gao Lishi smiled, Cui Qiao moved to the left of Guangzhou Changshi, his wife cried and made trouble, and sprinkled in Xingqing Palace, the emperor had a headache, and had to hide in the deep palace, so he delayed the new appointment of several important ministers, including Li Qing's appointment of Suzhou Assassin.

"But if you want to persuade the emperor to let you go to the Western Regions to fry old rice, I'm afraid it's a little difficult, you have to think of some ways!"

Colliers only said that it was difficult. And it's not impossible. If he has to find a way, his intention will be revealed.

The political situation of the DPRK has fallen into chaos since Tai was abolished, no one can see the road ahead, many people only rely on instinct to find a way out of this huge whirlpool, chaotic coaxing, you sing and I appear, and Gao Lishi is playing the role of watching the play, the only thing he has to do is in this chaos

Find the real protagonist in the play.

And in front of him, Li Qing is the protagonist of his unique vision. A young politician who can play Taihe Xiangguo in the palm of his hand, Zhang Yun once said to him, but it is a pity that Li Qing is from a humble background, has no background, and it is difficult to get ahead in the Tang Dynasty officialdom of a very important family of gate valves, but Yang Guozhong, who was at the same time as him, can rise to prominence, which is also where many people sigh for Li Qing. But Colliers dismisses this argument, only because of the difficult steps, every footprint will be deep and steady, and once it goes up, it will not fall easily. Perhaps because he himself was born poor, he quietly bet on Li Qing, who was almost forgotten, when everyone was touting Yang Guozhong.

Now Li Qing frankly told him that he wanted to return to the Western Regions and asked him to support him, and Gao Lishi knew that this was his strategy to avoid the real and make up for nothing. Establish strong strength in the local area, and then enter the court after five or a year, then he will have the strength to worship the prime minister, from the strategic point of view, this is smart, Gao Lishi does not want him to stay in Chang'an, after all, between Yang Guozhong and Li Qing, Li Longji chose the former, and Li Qing's tone Li Longji had already set it when he gave him a paperweight. That is to let him assist the successor behind him, which is why Gao Lishi bet on Li Qing. Li Qingneng blessed his descendants.

But the problem now is Li Jiao, the king of Guangping, who is the button that connects Gao Lishi and Li Qing, and it is also something that Gao Lishi wants to make clear before Li Qing leaves.

At this time, he saw that Li Qing was still thinking and did not directly reply to his hints, so he smiled gently, and simply said through the words, "You went to the Western Regions, what should you do with the King of Guangping?" ”

Li Qing has been silent, Gao Lishi hinted that he understands, it is nothing more than trying to beg him, but in front of such a heavyweight, he can't speak rashly, he must figure out Gao Lishi's true intentions, which side he is on, King Qing is no longer possible, that is King Yong, or some other prince, or even on behalf of Li Longji, let himself become a chess piece of Li Longji again.

But what Gao Lishi said afterwards made Li Qing suddenly understand that the shadow of Li Longji in front of him was actually looking at Li Li, the king of Guangping, I am afraid that this is the purpose of Gao Lishi looking for him today.

Now that he figured this out, Li Qing's thinking suddenly became clear, and he smiled slightly: "The general is willing to speak bluntly to Li Qing and does not shy away from it, which shows this trust, if Li Qing cares about him, it is hypocrisy." ”

He bowed slightly, showing a modest view of the following respects, and said sincerely: "The general is the emperor's inner servant, how the emperor's mind is, no one must know better than the general, if the king of Guangping has no possibility of ascending the throne, the general will not care about him so much, I am the same, I think the real purpose of the release is also for him, but if you go to Suzhou to do a three-year or five-year assassination history, it is nothing more than to accumulate a little word-of-mouth, and get a few reviews, so there are not a hundred assassins in the country, and there are eighty, but it is different to go to the Western Regions, where there are military exploits, There is enough opportunity for me to become king in a war, which is not comparable to the history of twenty years of assassination.

Li Qing talked eloquently, Gao Lishi also listened attentively, he didn't say a word, looked up at Li Qing from time to time, his eyes were sharp, Li Qing wanted to push the king of Guangping to the throne, this can already be confirmed, but Gao Lishi with his decades of officialdom experience, he faintly felt that Li Qing was eager to go to the Western Regions There seemed to be another purpose hidden behind it, although it was not clear what this purpose was, but he could see it, and the emperor could see it too.

"Gotta remind him!" Gao Lishi said secretly.

"The squire once served as the governor of Shazhou, and his talent can be fully demonstrated, and the emperor understands it in his heart, but the emperor still decided to send you to Suzhou, I'm afraid there is a reason, the squire is young after all, and some things are not careful, like the matter of Xunyang County, the squire is a little inconsiderate."

"Xunyang County?" Li Qing suddenly remembered Wang Zhonghe, he glanced at Gao Lishi incredulously, he was already very careful, Li Longji should not know.

"Maybe it's no wonder that the waiter didn't know that there was a special person there, so he docked and got off the boat, but the emperor knew that the waiter had stopped in Xunyang County, of course he would have some associations, so when he was thinking about letting the waiter out, he would be affected by this."

Gao Lishi said that these were actually to remind Li Qing that when he went to the Western Regions in the future, he should be careful in everything, don't be rash, and don't do something taboo, so that the superior has doubts, he saw that Li Qing's eyes gradually became deeper, knowing that he had listened to it, so he changed his tone and said frankly: "Since you have already been to Li Linfu's Xiangguo Mansion, then you should be in the last batch of personnel transfer lists he submits tomorrow, and the emperor will definitely test your attitude, what should you say, I don't need to teach you." ”

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An hour later, Li Qing left Gao Lishi's house, the night sky was full of stars, still so clear and pure, the wind was still warm and fragrant, but Li Qing felt a trace of cold, visiting Gao Lishi made him gain a lot, these days he is too smooth sailing, planning, layout is invincible, so that he gave birth to a little arrogant, even a little ignore everyone, Yang Guozhong, King Qing, Li Linfu and even Li Longji, but today Gao Lishi's alarm bell woke him up, not everyone is in his calculations, He was looking at the scenery, but the people who watched the scenery were not looking at him.

Li Qing couldn't help but think of Li Longji's far-reaching layout in Shazhou, and he played him in the palm of his hand, which made him suffer a lot, the East Palace case, the Wei Jian case, quietly got rid of a large number of people who supported Tai, and finally abolished the East Palace.

Gao Lishi is right, if he wants to go to the Western Regions to establish power, the biggest threat is probably Li Longji, think about those local officials who once held military power, Huangfu Weiming, Zhang Qiu and Qiong, Wang Zhonghei, all of them have been eliminated, the living are grateful to Dade, the dead are convinced, who is next? Gao Xianzhi is still An Lushan, or Shuofang Jiedu has made An Sishun and Beiting both protect Cheng Qianqian, Li Longji seems to have a timetable in his hand, he replaces them one by one, eradicates them one by one, and none of them are spared.

"What about yourself? Isn't it the same that can't escape Li Longji's palm? ”

Li Qing looked up at the sky, there was an endless universe, a world unknown to human beings, so he came to the Tang Dynasty, was it a cause and effect relationship that had already been arranged.

Li Qing's waist gradually straightened up, he will never be a loyal Wang Zhonghei, nor will he be An Lushan who is devastated, he wants to be a Li Qing who fights for the country and the people, for his glory and power.

"I will not fail!"

Li Qing looked at the boundless sky and muttered to himself, his eyes were extremely bright, tomorrow would be the moment to decide his fate, but he had never been so full of confidence as he was now.