Chapter 41: The Case Accumulates Mountains Like Knives 5
"Today, the four seas are leveled, the Haiyan River is clear, and Gaozong and Taizong can be chased in the near future, and the rule of Yao Shun can be reached far away. As the pillar of the country, Xiangguo will definitely leave a name for a thousand years together with His Majesty. "Geven's sycophants are also quite good.
"Jiu Lang is exaggerating, don't you know the ancients: the moon is full and the water is full. When cooking oil is blazing and flowers are blooming, do you need to be more cautious and frightening every step? Regardless of the rest, you are on duty in the household department, and you should know that year by year, the increase in state taxes has been limited, but the expenditure has been rising! If it weren't for Qilang's talent to help the world, don't take the opportunity to express himself, and constantly open up tax sources, the palace expenses, the expenses of hundreds of officials, and the border defense military expenses would have been unable to be maintained for a long time. Speaking of the country's finances and taxes, Li Linfu couldn't help but hesitate.
Ji Wen didn't expect his sycophant to hook up Xiangguo's emotion, and he also gave up Wang Ji to get another point, and he was really annoyed in his heart. However, Li Linfu's words made him realize more clearly that the collection of money and grain is very important because it is related to the foundation of the court and the favor of the saints. The determination I made just now was correct.
Li Linfu didn't wait for the three of them to reply, but said to himself: "In addition to finance and taxation, there is also the military system. The prosperity of this dynasty is based on the government soldiers. At present, the frontier is not quiet, and there are many conquests. However, the Zhichong Prefecture in the inland prefectures and counties has long had no soldiers to recruit and no soldiers to hand over. The so-called government soldiers are just vain names. Under the command of the frontier envoys, most of them were Long March athletes and tribal Hu soldiers, and there was no need for the government military system to exist. The sage has repeatedly summoned a certain and Chen Xiang to discuss together, and at present, within this year, the current edict will abolish the military system. ”
Regarding the reform of the military system, whether it is Wang Jie, who is good at accumulating money, Ji Wen, who is good at framing, or Luo Xizao, who specializes in torture, they only know half about this, so the three of them are silent and dare not answer.
Looking at the three people who bowed their heads and were silent, Li Linfu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his heart. His most relied on henchmen and assistants are not people who know soldiers and understand soldiers, how can they inherit their mantle in the future!
At this moment, Li Linfu suddenly had an epiphany, why did Yao Chong, Song Jing and others advocate going out and going out during the Kaiyuan period. The matter of fighting is really a great plan of the country. For those who do not go to war, do not know how to sit upright. In the Taiwan Pavilion, what about subduing the Quartet Military Town?
But then again, although he has the title of the protector of Anxi, he has never really led the troops, and he has not manipulated An Lushan, Gao Xianzhi and other martial artists around.
It seems that these three people have a limit, and the grinding is not enough! It is still necessary to create opportunities as soon as possible, so that they can know about military affairs and refine their hearts!
But no matter how unbearable the three are, they are all much stronger than that Yang Guozhong. The vertical son actually wants to worship the prime minister, which is really hateful! At the moment, the concubine is in the limelight, and she connived at this fang for a few days. Once he has the handle in his hand, he must die without a place to be buried!
On the side of the East Palace, the party is withering, and the only one who holds the power of the army is Wang Zhengjian. However, from the perspective of the Yuan Dynasty, Wang Zhengjian also seems to have a vague meaning of separation. It's just that the prince is in danger and does not fall, and it will eventually be a trouble. You still have to do everything possible to find the gaps and strive to hit with one blow.
An Lushan's strength has swelled, although he is still respectful on his face, his rebellious heart has been revealed. On the day of my absence, he may not dare to move. If it is his day...... Forget it, a certain body has returned, like a lamp going out, why worry so much about His Majesty, that is his country, and it is not mine. Although a certain family is also a clan, but the bloodline is very remote, why should he be so persistent? It is only necessary to confess to a few children who have not made it......
As Li Linfu fell into deep thought, the other three people in the inner study also held their breath and did not dare to disturb.
When the agarwood is swirling, there are mountains of music and gong. Wen seemed to be a great burden, weighing heavily on Li Linfu's increasingly aging shoulders.
On the pen stand next to the chapter, there are several wolf hairs, straight as knives, and a stroke of the pen outlines the decrees that control the four seas.
I don't know how many people are looking forward to being able to kneel here, splash ink, and point out the country. But they don't know how much they need to pay and what kind of responsibility they need to bear in order to sit in this position.
At this time, in the Daming Palace, in the province of the inner servant, in the study of Gaolishi. On top of the desk, there is also a thick pile of gong. Wen. Although the scale is not enough to compare with Li Linfu's Wenshan, it is really a lot.
If Li Linfu is the foreign minister who is in charge of the world, then Gao Lishi is the internal minister who controls the palace ban, and the burden on his shoulders is not much easier than Li Xiang.
The window of the study was open, and the north wind was gently rolling, turning the music on the desk. On the cover of one of them is written "The Great Fire of Tingzhou City", signed by Zhang Daobin, the supervisor of the North Court.
Gao Lishi, who has always been kind-hearted, frowned, but it was not because of Zhang Daobin's secret report. He had already figured out the ins and outs of the Yuanxi fire in Tingzhou, and he would not be involved in the East Palace dispute that he cared about the most, so he didn't need to worry about it.
What really made Colliers frown and hesitate to make up his mind was another book of music that he had repeatedly flipped through in his hand.
After putting down the cantata, he picked up the other two copies, and the three were contrasting, with three points of doubt, three points of relief, three points of confusion and one point of helplessness.
The first chapter came from Chen Xuanli of the Longwu Army, which wrote that after repeated inspections by the forbidden army, the riots on Chinese New Year's Eve were purely accidental. The cause was that a domestic servant in Changle Fang accidentally fell in the crowd and threw Xiao Langjun into the air by mistake. And this domestic servant and his head are innocent and good people, and they have no intersection with all forces. Therefore, it can be determined that it is not someone who detected the saint's exit from the palace in advance, and then tried to harm His Majesty.
The second chapter is a copy of Jingzhao Yin's chapter, and the content is even more brief, only saying that after the investigation of Wannian County, there was no human sign of the riot, which was purely accidental. Whether Jing Zhaoyin knew that His Majesty and the concubine were traveling in micro-clothes, he would definitely not write about it in the recital. This piece of music is obviously with the mentality that more things are better than less, hoping to hastily conclude this public case.
The third chapter is a report on the overt and covert visits of various parts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As mentioned above, Tianbao has been in the moon for seven years, and he has not noticed any obvious changes in the East Palace, the various Jinyuan and Chang'an. It was only earlier in November that a disciple of Gongsun Damiang traveled west with a sword, but it should have nothing to do with the expulsion. However, after the riots on Chinese New Year's Eve, I saw many small yellow gates in the East Palace frequently entering and leaving, some of whom went to invite Li Bi, some to explore Li Xiang's mansion, and some to the Chang'an giant merchant Wang Yuanbao's house. Of course, in the aftermath of the riots, there was an undercurrent on all sides. Li Xiangguo, Chen Xiangguo, various places in the Jinju Yuan and the Sixteen Princes' Mansions have all moved, so they cannot particularly question the actions of the East Palace.
What gave Gao Lishi a headache was the one in the report of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and someone in the East Palace went to contact Wang Yuanbao privately. Invite Li Mi for the sake of the Yuan Ri's court discussion; Exploring Li Linfu is the meaning of the question; Why do I need to contact Wang Yuanbao? Borrow money? Looking for something to do? At the Yuan Day Meeting, the prince did not offer any treasures!
Who is Wang Yuanbao? A well-known wealthy businessman in Chang'an, he has close contacts with the rangers. It is said that he has always had a close working relationship with Aunt Gongsun, if it is ......
Colliers didn't dare to think any further, and his right hand holding the piece trembled slightly.
How to deal with this matter, Gao Lishi hesitated. Will the Ministry of Internal Affairs be instructed to continue the investigation, or will it stop there? If you dig deeper, will it set off a new round of bloody rain? Colliers was unsure.
Thinking of this, Gao Lishi suddenly remembered another thing, Chen Xuanli's Longwu Army also had many hidden detectives in various places in Chang'an, why were many unusual details not mentioned in the chapter after the Chinese New Year's Eve riots?
Could it be to avoid shaking the country's foundation? Gao Lishi knew that Chen Xuanli, like himself, was more inclined to maintain the status of the East Palace. Without him, changing the prince repeatedly is really hurting the vitality of the country! Looking at the history books of the past dynasties, which time the prince was replaced, it was either a river of blood, or a great change in the court.
Gao Lishi, Chen Xuanli and others, who have experienced the cruel rule of Emperor Zetian, have natural resistance and fear of frequent changes of princes. At the time of the Emperor Zetian, the blood shed in the court was enough to stain the vast Qujiang Pond in the south of the city.
"Datang at this moment, I really can't afford to toss like this!" Gao Lishi thought secretly in his heart, and easily threw the music of the Inner Servant Province into the furnace.
As soon as he entered the furnace, he was ignited by the blazing flames, and quickly shrank into a charred black mass, and then turned into a little black powder, which was mixed with the carbon slag, and it was impossible to see its original appearance at all.
"Recently, I have to ask the prince to have a long talk with Chen Xuanli!" Gao Lishi said to himself: "You can't really let people try to hurt Your Majesty!" ”
Through the Xuan window, Gao Lishi saw that near the Taiye Pool of Daming Palace, it seemed that out of thin air, it had changed from a pale winter to a spring of flowers. In the midst of the swaying of the flower branches, bursts of laughter were heard.
He knew that it was the saint and the lady who were playing the game of "Merry Array" with the sisters of the Yang family.
The palace maids cut the finest Shu brocade, weave it into a variety of splendid flowers, tie it to the branches, and decorate the Taiye Pond into a good season for spring flowers.
The saint recently took the lady and the Yang sisters to hold a banquet under the brocade flowers and the colorful satin barrier.
When the wine was hot, the sage ordered the lady and the Yang sisters to lead more than 100 palace maids, and he led more than 100 small yellow gates to line up in two formations in the courtyard, and used the Xia Silk Brocade to be used as a banner to attack each other.
If either side loses, they will make each other laugh by drinking a large glass of wine from a large glass.
Gao Lishi also knew that today's Merry Array was very special, because Yang Zhao, the lady's brother, was also allowed by the saint to participate.
Remembering that Yang Zhao had been on the table a few days ago, he implored the sage to watch the money and silk light goods gathered in Zuozang, Gao Lishi shook his head helplessly.
He was like a mirror, and of course he knew that the goods that had just been transported to Zuozangli were all gathered from various states and counties. He knew better that once the saint saw the mountain of money, he would mistakenly think that the state was rich, and then he would be more likely to treat the gold silk as dung, and give a large reward to the noble and favored family, without any restrictions.
"Yang Guozhong is really a villain!" Colliers said hatefully. But he also knew that the saint's doting on the lady and the favor of the Yang family were on the rise, and this was definitely not a good opportunity to advise.
Thinking of this, he glanced down at the black powder in the furnace, which was already faintly visible, and was even more sure that his choice was correct.
By the Taiye pool, the pennants and colorful banners are flying, the laughter is continuous, and the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty seems to be so merry and frozen, and there is no end to eternal happiness.
But the lifeless brocade flowers on the dead branches always make people feel extra empty.