Your Majesty wants to be the master of the ministers! ”

Yang Guozhong knelt in front of Li Longji, two blood-red whip marks crossed his face and neck, his left eye was bruised, and the clothes on his body were also torn, he whimpered and cried to Li Longji: "Anxi Jiedu made Li Qing commit violence in front of the Weichen Mansion this morning, robbing the minister's property, the minister was angry, so he went to him to reason, but he didn't even let go of the minister, the arson fought a big fight, and the minister and his two sons were injured by them, Your Majesty, Li Qing has no national law and no minister, and he thinks that he is so arrogant with a soldier, and he will definitely be more arrogant in the future." , this time we must be severely punished! ”

The more Yang Guozhong spoke, the more excited he became, and finally burst into tears, except for being beaten by Zhang You, the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu for twenty years, he never lost a single hair, not to mention that he has now entered the phase, but he has been so humiliated, how can he swallow this breath, but Li Qing has soldiers in his hands, and he can't beat it, so he rushed to complain to Li Longji in anger.

Li Longji didn't speak for a long time, and it was the first time he had heard of this kind of thing, one was the secretary of the military department, and the other was the envoy of the Anxi Festival.

However, he also knew that the relationship between these two people was too deep, and Yang Guozhong was not false, but Li Qing's actions would never be as simple as he described, and this move must have deep meaning, he pondered for a while and asked: "You said that Li Qing robbed you of your property in front of your mansion, why is this?" ”

"This. How? Although everyone knows this unspoken rule, and Li Longji pretends to be deaf and dumb on weekdays, but when he says it, everyone's faces can't hold it, and in a hurry, he has to reluctantly say: "When it comes to the New Year, many old friends come to fight the autumn wind, maybe the carriage is parked too much, blocking the gate of Li Qing's mansion." He can talk to me. I ordered the carriage to give way to the air, but he directly fought a big fight, without thinking about the feelings of being an official in the same hall, Your Majesty, the minister thought that Li Qing's move was not only aimed at the minister, but was challenging His Majesty's authority, and he dared to beat people at the foot of the world. ”

"That's it! I see. ”

Yang Guozhong wanted to say more, but Li Longji interrupted him impatiently, what is the old friend, what is the autumn wind. It was clear that there were too many people who gave gifts, blocking the road, and Li Qing found an excuse to teach him a lesson.

Li Longji's face slowly became gloomy, in order to create his image as the prime minister of Yang Guozhong, he took great pains to make him the governor of Yizhou, so that he had the capital to ascend to the throne; One small reward for three days, one big reward for five days. is to make his family rich and not to destroy himself for money, but he is such a person who is about to replace Li Linfu as the right minister, and he is so greedy. In the name of the New Year, he took bribes on a large scale, and today's events will inevitably cause a storm in the city, where is his reputation at that time? Where is the prestige?

If his nature is difficult to change, it is enough to be bent on receiving gifts, but what makes Li Longji angry is that Yang Guozhong is still so simple-minded after so many years of training. Li Qing has used the same method for the second time, back then it was to break his brother's leg, and today it is directly attacking him, why can't he think of such a simple thing?

Not only Li Longji was angry, but Gao Lishi, who was standing behind him, also sighed secretly for Yang Guozhong, what kind of childish words such as 'challenging His Majesty's authority, and daring to attack people at the feet of the world', Li Longji has been an emperor for more than 40 years. Every word and deed is well thought out, could it be that because of a few words from him, he will attack a master of heavy military moderation?

And Li Qing. Gao Lishi is also sighing for him, his purpose Gao Lishi understands, but this time is not the same as before, if he interferes too much in Li Linfu's affairs, I am afraid that even he will become a funeral companion.

The room was very quiet, Li Longji's silence made Yang Guozhong slowly wake up, this matter he had done recklessly, and now it was a critical juncture for Li Linfu to fall, but he was fighting with Li Qing, what a confusion!

Rao is he reacted quickly, he originally wanted to continue to participate in Li Qing's unauthorized use of slaves to set up the Dawan Army in Shiguo, but now is not the time, he immediately pressed the matter, sighed and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is angry, so that he messed up, now I want to come to the minister also has a responsibility, I can't blame Li Yuanjun, tomorrow is the New Year, but the minister bothers Your Majesty for this little thing, ashamed!" ”

"If you know, go ahead!"

Li Longji saw that he admitted his mistake and didn't want to embarrass him too much, so he smiled slightly and said: "As the saying goes, the prime minister can support the boat in his belly, so you don't want to disappoint me." ”

Yang Guozhong understood the meaning of Li Longji's words, that is, let him focus on Li Linfu, don't be distracted, let alone be caught, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty will never let Your Majesty down!" He gave a deep bow and slowly retreated.

After Yang Guozhong left, Li Longji sat on the chair, he closed his eyes tightly, did not say a word, and only after a long time did he open a slit slightly, and a cold chill shot out of the crack, he sat up and turned back to Gao Lishi and said: "Tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, you arrange it, Shun wants to see Li Xiangguo." ”.

Yang Guozhong changed his clothes in Xingqing Palace, and that's it

The door was about to go home, and he kept recalling Li Longji's sentence in his mind, "I am going to be the prime minister, and I will replace Li Linfu's right minister, although I knew that there would be such a day, but today from Li Longji's mouth, it still made him excited."

Whether it is the Tang Dynasty or the Song Dynasty, there is more than one person in the Xiangguo, in the Tang Dynasty, the book order is the right minister, and the door is the left minister, in addition, the left and right servants of Shangshu Province, the Shangshu Ministry, the prince Zhan Shi, and even the squire can do state affairs, the key is whether there is the title of 'Pingzhang Shi' under the door of the same book, this is the sign of the prime minister, such as Li Qing, he was shot by the left servant of the Shangshu, but he was not added to the title of Pingzhangshi under the same Zhongshu at the same time, so he is not the prime minister, only won a false title, and Yang Guozhong is the secretary of the military department, However, he was also added to the Tongzhongshu Sect Pingzhangshi, so that he was eligible to attend the meeting of the Political Affairs Hall.

Among the prime ministers, there is another chief prime minister, known as the "ruling pen", and the current chief prime minister is Li Linfu, and what makes Yang Guozhong excited is that he will become the new chief prime minister.

In addition to being excited, it reminded him of the troublesome thing, that is, how to pull Li Linfu off the horse, the emperor only hinted that he used Li Xianzhong's defection case to make a fuss, but Yang Guozhong also knew that he was only responsible for impeaching Li Linfu as a recommender. It doesn't seem to be enough. If Li Linfu finds evidence that he has nothing to do with this case, for example, he once suggested that the imperial court should be cautious about using Li Xianzhong, so that he would escape this catastrophe again.

After thinking all the way, he was still at a loss, Yang Guozhong's carriage was parked on the right side of Xingqing Palace, which was a place for ministers above the third grade to park the carriage, when he approached his carriage, he unexpectedly found a tall and thin old man standing next to the carriage. It seemed that he was waiting for himself, and sure enough, when he approached the carriage, the old man stepped forward and held a famous thorn above his head, bowed to him and said, "My handsome man has prepared a glass of thin wine, and I have come to invite Yang Shangshu to drink together." ”

"You are. I've seen it. He took the post casually, only to see the word 'An' in the lower right corner, and suddenly remembered that this person was An Lushan's staff noble.

"It turned out to be Mr. Gao." Yang Guozhong smiled gently. He accepted the post and said, "I received your family's handsome heart, but today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and I will have a drink with him another day." ”

"My handsome family has something that Yang Shangshu is interested in." He whispered a few words in Yang Guozhong's ear, Yang Guozhong's eyes lit up, he grabbed his noble arm tightly and said excitedly: "What you said is true?" ”

Gao Shang smiled and nodded. "Naturally, it's true, otherwise how could my handsome family invite Yang Shangshu to drink at this time."

"Without further ado, let's go!" Yang Guozhong jumped into the carriage and said loudly: "Go to An Lushan Mansion." ”

An Lushan's mansion is in Qinrenfang, and interestingly, Guo Ziyi's mansion is opposite his house later, and An Lushan has two wives, one of whom stayed in Chang'an as a hostage. The other lived with him in Youzhou, stayed in Chang'an for the texture and his eldest son An Qingzong.

An Lushan arrived in Chang'an three weeks ago. Contrary to the low-key forbearance of other festival envoys, An Lushan feasted at home every day, invited ministers and nobles from the court, and ordered many of his concubines to dance in the hall.

An Lushan heard that Yang Guifei was lonely in the palace, so he found a white parrot from Silla who could speak human language, named it the snow-clothed girl, taught her Chinese, and sent someone to the palace to relieve Yang Guifei's boredom.

Although the saint is deep, An Lushan is still afraid of one person, that is the right minister Li Linfu, first of all, he is the person who Li Linfu is hand-held, and his kindness is more important than the mountain, secondly, Li Linfu is kind to him, and he is obedient and agrees to continue to stay in office; If there is the slightest disobedience, they will immediately cut off food and money, and even threaten to be transferred.

For more than ten years, An Lushan has slowly developed a deep-rooted fear of Li Linfu, both afraid and hateful, he also tried every means to find out the news that is unfavorable to Li Linfu, in Chang'an, An Lushan has a henchman, it is Yang Guozhong's right-hand man Ji Wen, Tianbao eight years, Ji Wen betrayed Li Linfu to Yang Guozhong, but Li Linfu escaped, Ji Wen was panicked, and secretly colluded with An Lushan to try to leave a way back.

It was from Ji Wen's mouth that An Lushan knew Li Longji's intention to overthrow Li Linfu, and under the careful planning of his two strategists, An Lushan single-handedly created Li Xianzhong's defection case, and finally pushed Li Linfu to the forefront.

Today, An Lushan invited Yang Guozhong to drink, but there was a big event to conspire with him, saying that it was drinking, but two small cups were placed in An Lushan's study, and the two of them were each full of a glass of wine, An Lushan had no intention of pending, and Yang Guozhong had no intention of drinking, the two exchanged a few words, Yang Guozhong couldn't wait to go straight to the topic, he laughed dryly and said: "I heard that An Shuai got the correspondence between Li Xianzhong and Li Linfu, but is it true?" ”

"Nature is true

An Lushan squinted and drank the wine in the cup, and then sighed: "Angry, after Li Xianzhong's thief defected, I sent someone to his house to look for evidence, but unfortunately it was a step late, the letter was taken away by Li Linfu's son, I thought he would be burned, with a glimmer of hope, I sent someone to keep an eye on him, but he actually left those letters in his hand, it can be seen that God favored me, and I finally got it again." ”

As he spoke, An Lushan took out a letter from his arms, he glanced at Yang Guozhong and said lightly: "This letter is a reply from Li Linfu to him a month before Li Xianzhong's defection, with the intention of persuading him to return to his roots, do you want to hear it?" ”

'Persuade him to return to the roots', and then Li Xianzhong defected to Mobei, Yang Guozhong's heart was shaken, and this belief was there, Li Linfu would definitely die. Before he knew it, he reached out to pick it up. Unexpectedly, Yang Guozhong was stunned, only to see that the letter had been taken into An Lushan's arms, his eyes rolled to the sky, and he said to himself: "Li Xiangguo is as kind to me as a mountain, how can I fall into the well at this time?" ”

Of course, Yang Guozhong understood what he meant, and he didn't think that he would get these letters in vain, so he gritted his teeth and said: "We don't say dark words, you can make a price." If I can do it, I will do it! ”

"Good! I, An Lushan, was born in the military, and I like people who are quick to talk, since Yang Shangshu is honest with each other, I am not hypocritical. ”

An Lushan's fat body leaned towards Yang Guozhong and said in a low voice: "I have two conditions. ”

"An Shuai, please speak up!"

An Lushan nodded and said, "First, after Li Xianzhong defected, I collected his 40,000 defeated soldiers. The court was not allowed to pursue the matter. ”

Yang Guozhong thought about it, then nodded and agreed, "I will send someone to deal with this public case, and then An Shuai only needs to say that they have been sent back to their hometown." The matter is over. ”

Yang Guozhong easily solved An Lushan's first condition, and couldn't help but increase his confidence, he couldn't help but urge impatiently: "What about An Shuai's second condition?" ”

"The second condition! I want the 10,000 Mo swordsmen of the Anxi Army, and you transfer them to Fanyang. ”

"This. The main force of the earth, Li Qing was willing to answer. Li Longji had just warned himself not to provoke Li Qing, how could he get this condition, he had a plan in his mind, and said with a smile: "It's better for my military department to propose that 10,000 Mo swordsmen be equipped in Fanyang, what do you think?" ”

"No, I only need 10,000 Mo swordsmen in the Anxi Army. This condition is non-negotiable. An Lushan shook his head resolutely, the Anxi Mo Sword Army was not only well-equipped. What's more, they have been through a lot of battles, and this is by no means money can buy land.

He saw that Yang Guozhong was still hesitating, and a treacherous smile appeared on his honest face, "I don't want you to do it now, I'll give you three months, you will be promoted to the right minister after you overthrow Li Linfu, and then you want to transfer Li Qing away and install him in your own people, won't you do whatever you want at that time?" ”

He took out the letter again, patted it on his hand, and smiled slightly: "How?" Yang Xiangguo, why not do this double thing? ”

'Kill two birds with one stone! Yang Guozhong muttered to himself, he touched the whip mark on his neck, and a vicious aura rose from the bottom of his heart, since he was his partner, he has been oppressed by him for so many years, can he be the right minister, do you still have to look at his face? Yang Guozhong's face was blue and white, and the bruised eye circles looked extremely hideous, he finally couldn't withstand the temptation of the letter, and said in his heart: "Okay!" I promise you. ”

"It's not enough to just say yes."

An Lushan swept away the cups and plates on the small table with one hand, spread a blank piece of paper, and handed him the pen and said, "You have to write a letter of commitment to ensure that you can do the above two things." ”

Although Yang Guozhong knew that it was not good to keep the book, at this time he had been burned by the power of the right minister and the hatred of Li Qing, and he could no longer care about the consequences, so he waved his pen and signed his name.

An Lushan got the guarantee, his heart was overjoyed, solemnly handed Li Linfu's letter to Yang Guozhong, and squeezed his arm cordially, and smiled respectfully: "If Yang Xiangguo doesn't dislike An Mou's vulgarity, I would like to recognize you as a brother." ”

"Brother Ann is such a wonderful person!" Yang Guozhong stretched out his right palm, and the two of them struck each other with both palms, and they couldn't help but glance at each other, and they both laughed.

After drinking a few more glasses of wine, Yang Guozhong immediately said goodbye, An Lushan kept sending him outside the gate, looking at his distant carriage, An Lushan's smile was abrupt, a cold chill flashed in his eyes, and he said to himself: "Actually using this kind of straw bale as a phase, Datang is really no one." ”