Afternoon is a time when it is easy to get sleepy, especially in winter, the sun of Hexi throws a large number of bright colors into the house, warmth and comfort make people drowsy, Li Linfu does not get sleepy because of age, on the contrary, his thinking is meticulous, outlining a seamless plan.

Li Qing has been gone for an hour, but Li Linfu's eyes have not taken his eyes off him, perhaps this should be Li Qing's honor, there are really few people who can be so valued and calculated by Li Linfu.

As soon as the Taidang falls, it will be a major reshuffle of the imperial court, Wei Jian's criminal department book, Zhang Yun's household department book, and Xi Yu's department of rites;

There are countless other provinces and eunuchs, and the envoys of Hexi and Longyou will be replaced, and in the future, there will be Shuofang, Hedong, and even Jiannan Jiedu envoys, and at the same time, a group of new people will be promoted, and a new force will inevitably be formed to contend with themselves, which is something that does not need to be thought of.

Li Linfu closed his eyes slightly, and his mind was like a marquee, filtering the people who might threaten him one by one, Wei Jiansu, Pei Mian, Cui Lian. In the end, there are only two people left in Li Linfu's mind, one is Yang Guozhong, the representative of the Yang family, a new relative, and the other is Li Poduo, a side general who has repeatedly been in the limelight, for example, they are all from Jiannan, all recommended by the same person, none of them are from the imperial examination, and the speed of advancement is extremely fast, and the two are quite related.

Obviously, Li Longji is choosing one of them to form a new faction to compete with him, and from this time Li Longji chose Li Qing instead of Yang Guozhong to be the head of the household department, it can be inferred that Li Qing has a great chance of winning.

"No! This man is too dangerous to be put on the throne. ”

Li Linfu shook his head slowly, or Yang Guozhong is easy to control, at this moment, Li Linfu set his pace, since he can only choose one of the two, then choose Yang Guozhong, this person is incapable, greedy and lustful, when Li Longji is unavailable, he has to rely on himself, Li Linfu smiled proudly, of course, Yang Guozhong's interests have to be fought for by himself, and he is just pushing a little bit behind.

At this time, there were footsteps outside the door, and the chief guard whispered outside: "Xiangguo, the people have been brought." ”

"Call him in!"

The door was pushed open, and a pale, bee-waisted and thin-backed man came in, it was Zhao Yue, the champion of the Jinshi Department the year before last, he was Li Shizhi's proud protégé, and then defected to Li Linfu, mixed with the spring breeze, all the way up, now the secretary Lang, although he is still a petty official, but he is already an outstanding person in the same department, he pursued Li Jingyan can't, quite frustrated, depressed for a few months, just recovered.

"Xiangguo, my subordinates are called."

Zhao Yue didn't expect that he would be able to step into Xiangguo's study, he was really flattered, his legs trembled, his waist was weak, and he was about to kneel down for Li Linfu while holding on to the back of the chair, Li Linfu snorted coldly, this person is very knowledgeable and poetic, but he has no backbone, but his plan needs such a person.

"Don't kneel, you stand, I have something to tell you."

"Yes! Be! ”

Li Linfu glanced at him, and then said slowly: "I heard that Yang Guozhong invited you to drink, but is it true?" ”

Zhao Yue was so frightened that cold sweat flowed down his forehead, and he said in a trembling voice: "Yang Guozhong wanted to ask his subordinates to teach him public poetry, so he invited his subordinates to eat, but his subordinates and subordinates did not agree. ”

Li Linfu smiled slightly, and said with a pleasant face: "You are the best talent, it is not an exaggeration to be his father's master, this is a good thing, why do you want to refuse?" ”

Zhao Yue was even more flustered, and stammered: "The subordinates are loyal to Xiangguo, and the sky and the day can be learned!" ”

Li Linfu looked up to the sky and smiled, his smile was even kinder, he waved his hand, and said in a gentle tone: "Sit down and talk!" ”

Zhao Yue sat down with half of his buttocks rubbing the edge of the chair, and suddenly, Li Linfu coughed, and he jumped up in shock, and his back was already soaked.

"Yang Guozhong has no fame and no knowledge, he really needs a henchman like you, today is the second day of the first lunar month, and you will go to Yang Guozhong to pay a New Year's greeting in the evening, do you understand what I mean?"

"What do you mean?"

The words have been said to this point, how could he not understand that Li Linfu wanted to let him be loyal to Yang Guozhong and be his undercover agent, he had a thousand thoughts in his heart, he didn't want to agree, but he didn't dare, he wanted to agree, and his heart was unwilling.

His mind was seen through by Li Linfu at a glance, and he smiled lightly: "Do things for me well, and when the spring begins, I will promote you to a member of the ministry." ”

Zhao Yue was overjoyed, although the official department member Wailang was only two levels higher than his current position, but the real power was not the same, he 'pounced! Kneeling on the ground and kowtowing again and again, he cried with joy: "Thank you for Xiangguo's cultivation, my subordinates are willing to smear Xiangguo's liver and brain!" ”

"As long as you are obedient, I will promote you, but if you dare to be half-hearted."

Li Linfu's eyes widened, his eyes shot out, and he said coldly: "At that time, you will feel that it is a lucky thing to be able to go to the border." ”

"Yes

"That's good! I will give it to you

Matter, you have found an opportunity to hint at Yang Guozhong in the past two days, just say that the emperor is going to use the minister, remember, this is just a rumor, there is no basis. ”

After that, Li Linfu's eyes slowly closed, he didn't say a word again, Zhao Yue retreated, and when he went out, Zhao Yue's eyes suddenly flashed with a fierce light, and he bit 'crunch!' Two words squeezed out between his teeth, 'Li Qing! ’

………

Taibai Building. Cold Moon Hall. The door was tightly closed. More than a dozen big men stood at the door. Watch your surroundings vigilantly. It was in this room half a year ago. Li Heng's secret.+< is also Tai Li Heng, and he is also secretive, but the object of the appointment has changed, not Li Qing, but Zhang Qiu and Qiong, the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu.

Zhang Qiu and Qiong also went to Beijing to report on his work, and he was also a staunch supporter of Tai, but unlike Huangfu Weiming, he would send Li Qing to send evidence of Li Daofu's support for smuggling in a timely manner, and he would also find an opportunity to persuade Li Longji to believe in Tai, but he would never become the core of the Tai Party like Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming, and like Wang Zhonghe, his status in the Tai Party was equivalent to a consultant, so Li Heng did not tell him the inside story of some nuclear prisoners entering Beijing.

Looking for Zhang Qiu and Qiong today, it is more important to find out his tone, whether he supports himself as always, and I also want to hear his views on the current situation.

Li Heng paced slowly in the room, and in the past two days, with the successive entry of Huangfu Weiming, Wang Zhonghe, Zhang Qiu and Qiong into Beijing, his complexion began to improve, the sickly blush on his face disappeared, the panic and helplessness in his eyes disappeared, and he returned to his former paleness and indifference.

Just had a deep talk with Zhang Qiu and Qiong, Zhang Qiu and Qiong think that the emperor has no suitable candidate at present, especially he has the advantage of the emperor's eldest grandson, so the emperor is only distracted and hesitant to him, as long as it is handled properly, wrong, the opportunity will be gone, the words are a little frank, but when it comes to this, there is no need to be too subtle, Zhang Qiu and Qiong think that Gao Lishi's attitude is still to reopen this joint.

Li Heng stopped, frowned tightly, and said: "But Gao Lishi has already gone to Huayu Palace with his father, I can't see him, and he has been deliberately avoiding me in recent months, since this is the case, what's the use of looking for him?" ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong's hair has turned a lot gray in the past two years, since Li Qing entered Beijing, Li Linfu has been angry with Li Daofu's affairs, and he will make things difficult for him when he has the opportunity, and there are rumors that Yu Shitai is going to send someone to investigate him, Zhang Qiu and Qiong are under great pressure, and the Tai Li Heng he supports is also about to fall, which makes him more pessimistic about the prospects.

From Li Heng's answer, it can be inferred that he doesn't take his advice too seriously, Zhang Qiu and Qiong sighed secretly, and persuaded: "Gao Weng avoided His Highness maybe because he was afraid that the emperor would suspect him, not that he didn't support His Highness, I think he has invested so much money on His Highness, how can he give up easily, His Highness still has to find a way to get involved with him." ”

In the past two days, Li Heng has met with Li Shizhi, Huangfu Weiming, Wei Jian, Zhang Yun, Xi Yu, Zhang Qiu and Qiong here, but Li Heng's heart is only on Huangfu Weiming, and he can't listen to other people's advice at all, as long as he knows that they are still supporting him, it is enough!

He was just about to speak, when suddenly there was a knock on the door outside, and then Li Jingzhong reported in a low voice, "Your Highness, there is an emergency!" ”

Li Heng took two steps forward, opened the door a crack, and asked unhappily, "What's the matter?" ”

"There is news of Li Qing!"

Li Jingzhong handed in a note folded in the shape of a flying bird, and then gently closed the door again.

"Li Qing?" Li Heng was surprised, wasn't he in Longyou? What happened? He opened the note three times and twice, and hurriedly swept it, his face suddenly turned red, as if it was about to explode, his hand began to shake violently, he roared, and the two handfuls tore the note to shreds, and fell into the air fiercely, and white pieces of paper were scattered all over the ground.

"Bastard! Ungrateful bastards! ”

His fist slammed into the table and scolded: "I spared him once, he dared to collude with Li Linfu again, he is really a capricious villain." ”

What made him even more angry was that Li Qing didn't listen to him, didn't stay in Longyou to guard, and ran to the capital, maybe Li Heng was burned unconscious by anger, and he didn't think deeply about why Li Qing came to Beijing.

Zhang Qiu and Qiong next to him were very embarrassed, Li Qing was recommended by him to join the Tai Party, and now Li Heng scolded him for being an impermanent villain, as if he was slapping himself.

"Your Highness, I don't know what happened to Li Qing?"

Li Heng looked at him coldly, and his nose was heavy, "Hmph! sighed, annoyed: "That guy came to the capital two hours ago, but as soon as he entered the city gate, he went to his house with Li Linfu, Zhang Qiu, look at the capable person you recommended, not bad!" ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong suddenly felt cold at Li Heng, but he had to speak, so he had to say euphemistically: "Li Qing will not go to Li Linfu, maybe he has no choice, if Li Linfu insists on pulling him away, he will not be able to go." ”

"As a last resort?"

Li Heng had a look of disdain on his face, and his eyes were as cold as ice, "What do you mean."

, he already has a criminal record, no need to ask, he must think that I am going to fall and slap Li Linfu's sycophants, his little bit of villain's heart, I still don't understand? ”

"Your Highness, why don't you let me go and have a good talk with him."

Zhang Qiu and Qiong said in a deep voice: "If he really takes refuge in Li Linfu, I will definitely teach him a hard lesson." ”

Li Heng slowly calmed down, and he suddenly remembered Longyou, why did Li Qing leave it, and what happened there, "That's it!" By the way, you ask him what happened to Longyou, and if you ask clearly, tell me immediately, you can go directly to the East Palace to find me. ”

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Li Qing's house is too sent, located in Jing'an Fang, close to Zhuque Street, the house covers an area of not big or small, a total of three in, more than 100 rooms, there is a small garden in the backyard, ponds, rockeries are readily available. At this moment, he was lying in the empty study, looking up at the white clouds in the sky, the sun was shining on him, and like Li Linfu, his heart was not here, so he didn't feel warm.

When he found out Yang Guozhong, he was just a small businessman, fantasizing that one day Yang Guozhong could be grateful to him and help him make his business bigger, but the development of things was beyond his own expectations, to this day he seems to have faintly fought against Yang Guozhong, he is deeply aware of Yang Guozhong, in order to seek his own shop, even his wife was willing to sacrifice, not to mention that someone threatened his future, then he would not open up because of the old love, it seems that he also realized that he will be his future political enemy, so he killed first.

"Purge officials and businessmen!" Li Qing sneered, since ancient times, officials and businessmen have been a family, can he clean it?

Li Qing couldn't help but say to himself: "Yang Guozhong, it seems that you are too obedient to make such a childish move." ”

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and a soft cough was heard outside.

"Come in!"

Li Qing got up and sat up straight, this must be his own big shopkeeper Zhang Yiming came, and then the door was pushed open with a 'creak', one person took off the thick head, and the two attractive ears stood out, not seen for more than half a year, he gained a lot of weight, his belly became round, and the blessing of the shopkeeper has been clearly revealed.

"Sir, when did you come back?" Zhang Yiming looked surprised.

"I just arrived at noon, you come here, I have something to ask you?"

Li Qing got up and walked a few steps, turned around and asked, "In the past six months, has anyone from the government checked our shop?" ”

Zhang Yiming nodded, "Why not, a month ago, the government sent someone to search our shop, inside and out, it was useless for me to carry you out, and in the end, it was the prince of Si Ning who came to relieve the siege, and Mr. Shao was injured when he robbed the account book." ”

"How is he now?" Li Qing's face was gloomy, and his eyes flashed with anger.

"Mr. Shao is fine now!"

Fear appeared on Zhang Yiming's face, and his voice trembled slightly: "Master, they left behind cruel words when they left, and we are limited to prepare all the business materials within one month, otherwise we will arrest people and smash the store, and there will only be three days." ”

"Don't be afraid, since I'm already back, they won't dare."

Li Qing thought for a while, and then asked, "Let me ask you, when they come to search, do they only check our store, or do they check all the stores?" ”

Zhang Yiming said angrily: "They only checked our store, and other people's stores didn't move at all!" ”

"And so it was!"

Li Qing sneered and said secretly: "Yang Zhao, it seems that you really want to use me as a tiptoeing stone, and I, Li Qing, am I so easy to provoke?" ”

He beckoned, "Come here, I have something to tell you." ”

Zhang Yiming hurriedly put his pair of tricky ears together, and Li Qing whispered in his ear: "You asked the skeletons to spread two news to me in restaurants in Xishi and Chang'an, one is that Yang Guozhong has made a concession to the emperor and will strictly investigate all officials who are doing business; The second is that in order to stabilize the price of grain in the capital, Yang Guozhong secretly suggested to the emperor to check the land of all courtiers and royal families. These two pieces of news should be disseminated at the same time, and the background of the shops in the West Market that you know will be poked out, and only Yang Guozhong's list will be said. ”

Zhang Yiming nodded again and again, turned around and went to run errands, looking at his back, a grim smile appeared in Li Qing's eyes, "Yang Zhao, don't you want to offend people?" That simply makes you offend everyone. ”

At this time, the porter hurriedly walked in and sent a name post, "Master, there is a person visiting outside, and he said that his surname is Zhang Qiu." ”

"Chapter Qiu and Qiong!"

Li Qing was overjoyed and shouted repeatedly: "Hurry up, please." ”

In a flash, he grabbed his coat and rushed out, "No! I went to greet it myself. ”

Ran to the gate, only to see a person standing alone outside the door, Tsing Yi and a small hat, it was his mentor Zhang Qiu and Qiong, I saw the silver filaments on his head drifting with the wind, his face was loose, his eyes were tired, only one year, he seemed to be ten years old, but the smile was kind and kind, at this moment, Li Qing felt as if he was his father, his nose was sour, he slowly knelt down on his knees, and said with tears: "Protégé Li Qing, knock on the teacher!" ”