Tianbao eight years, the twenty-first day of the first month, Chang'an City in the afternoon, the sky is fine, cloudless, and there is no cold and wet cold on the first day. Suddenly, the residents of Chang'an City thought that spring had come.

In the south of Pingkangfang Hengjie, Li Linfu's mansion with layers and terraces and carved trees occupies almost half of the area.

Due to Li Linfu's status and power, his mansion was able to occupy a section of the fang wall and directly open a south gate to the outside of the fang. And here, it has become the most lively scenery in Chang'an City.

Outside the south gate of the mansion, there is a lot of traffic and noise, and the bustle is better than that of the east and west cities.

Dressed in various official uniforms, civil and military officials from all over the world, from all states and provinces, or from provincial and ministerial temple supervisors, and various government offices, with different purposes and intentions, carried rare treasures in the world or folded tables of different thicknesses, in order to meet the right minister Li Linfu.

The rulers of the Li Mansion have long been accustomed to it, and they have their eyes turned to the sky, and they all look like they ignore officials of any grade.

When the officials who asked to see them forced the famous thorns and red envelopes into their hands, they would weigh them lightly, immediately estimate the weight of the red envelopes, and then decide whether to pass the famous thorns into them.

The seven-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, his own Ah Lang is powerful all over the world, and the man is even more empty-eyed, and he doesn't take ordinary officials in his eyes at all. Moreover, they know very well that dignitaries and nobles who really can't afford to offend will not go to the south gate to ask for a meeting at all.

Most of the people who gathered at the south gate to seek a meeting would not have been able to see the powerful Lee Sang-kook. At the same time, there are also some people who don't need to be so troublesome at all, and they can directly enter the hall and enter Li Linfu's inner study.

can enjoy such privileges, except for Gao Lishi, Chen. Xilie and other few people who can sit on an equal footing with Li Linfu, and the rest are basically Li Xiangguo's henchmen. And ordinary royal relatives may not have this privilege. Of course, although the current hot "Wuyang" cannot directly enter Xiangguo's inner study, it is by no means what Li Fuyu is willing to offend.

Among the henchmen, the most often summoned by Li Linfu in the inner study are the royal history of the Cheng Wang, the household Langzhong Jiwen and the palace servant Yu Shi Luo Xizao, known as "Li Xiangmen's three dogs".

In the imperial history, King Cheng holds the power to supervise hundreds of officials, and can be described as the first fighter under the right minister. Dozens of days ago, the attack on Wang Zhengjian after the Yuanri Dynasty meeting was launched by him. Unexpectedly, Wang Zheng saw that he had already prepared, and he went to ask for the guilty in advance, and took retreat as advance, and skillfully resolved Wang Jie's attack.

Tobu Langzhong Jiwen is clever and scheming, and can be said to be Li Linfu's number one think tank. On many occasions, under the instruction of the right minister, he actively fabricated charges and framed everywhere to attack Li Linfu's political enemies.

Behind the Wei Jian case and the Du Youlin case, two huge cases that affected the Tang Dynasty's politics, Ji Wen was active in giving advice. It can be said that if he hadn't seized the opportunity and actively planned, these two monstrous cases involving the right minister and the prince would not have evolved into such a form at all.

As a palace servant, although his rank is low, only from the seventh rank, he is responsible for picketing the court, and also knows the treasurer's treasure, the internal affairs of the palace gate and the picketing of Gyeonggi, which is a typical humble and powerful.

If Wang Jie's position as a royal historian is a horse lance that sweeps thousands of armies in the hands of the general, then Luo Xizao's palace attendant is an invisible dagger in the hands of assassins.

The two of them, one high and one low, one long and one short, formed a perfect combination of supervising hundreds of officials and picketing the court, and they were Li Xiang's effective weapons to control the court situation and attack political opponents.

And Luo Xizao is especially good at snaring charges and extorting confessions by torture, and the officials in Chang'an mostly regard it as the resurrection of cool officials such as Lai Junchen and Zhou Xing, and they are particularly disgusted with it. And this disgust, but they dare not show it, for fear of causing the disaster of breaking the family.

Luo Xizao, who is good at torture, and Ji Wen, who is good at framing, are together, and they are nicknamed "Luo Ji Net", which means that once they fall into the hands of the two, it is like a bird in a net, and there is no possibility of escape.

The reason why the front of the Li Mansion is crowded is because of Li Linfu's unique habits. He did not like to deal with government affairs in the official office of the government hall, and after the daily court meeting, if there was no summons of a saint or a state affair, he would take the government with him. Wen returned home and read it with a pen in the comfortable and pleasant inner study.

At this time, if there is a new government or public affairs in the three provinces and six ministries. The text also needs to be arranged for someone to ride a horse and send it to Li Linfu's home as quickly as possible.

Public. After the text is reviewed by Li Linfu, someone will be sent to Zuo Xiangchen. Heelje sent it.

Old. Xilie has a rather old-fashioned personality, and most of the time he will sit honestly in the political hall in accordance with the requirements of the regulations.

The reason why it is said to be sitting idle is because almost all the big and small officials in the political hall are at Li Linfu's house or on the way to the Li mansion. An official and a few servants in Xilie.

Sitting bored, Chen. Heelje sometimes returns home early to play and recuperate. But no matter Chen. Whether Xilie is in the political hall or at home does not matter at all to the Tang Dynasty politics.

Because all the male. text, as long as it is reviewed by Li Linfu, Chen. Xilie only needs to do one thing without any effort, that is, to countersign his name after Li Linfu's name to indicate that these public ... The article has gone through the process of co-signing.

Old. After Heer's countersignature, some of the public. The matter is important and needs to be formally reported to the sage for ruling, and it will be sent to the Daming Palace immediately; Some simple political affairs can be directly distributed to the six ministries and various prefectures and counties, and implemented in accordance with the will of the government affairs hall.

Therefore, it can be said that Li Linfu's inner study is the real center of government affairs in Datang. And the solemn and gorgeous political hall in the Daming Palace is just a beautiful ornament.

Of course, it is inevitable that some officials will not be accustomed to Li Linfu's style. Someone had previously attacked Li Linfu in front of the sage, saying that he was undisciplined and his family was indistinguishable.

Unexpectedly, when the sage heard this, he only smiled and said: "Brother Nu is better than me, and sitting in the political hall day by day is not conducive to self-cultivation." I still need a few more years of hard work, and it doesn't hurt to deal with government affairs in the palace or at home. I don't want to hear about it again! ”

After having the permission of the sage, Li Linfu became even more unscrupulous, directly taking his family as his office, and basically deciding all government affairs in the inner study. This has also become a unique scenery of the Tang Dynasty.

At this moment, in the study room of the Li Mansion, the agarwood is curling and warm.

Li Linfu was dressed in a dense Xihai antelope, sat on a special Hu bed, picked up a notebook, and said with a sneer to Wang Ji beside him: "Qilang, look at it, Wang Zhengjian's movements were very fast, and he escaped a catastrophe again. ”

Wang Jie, who had a calm face, hurriedly got up and respectfully accepted the fold handed over by Li Linfu. Then turn your eyes and carefully read the contents.

On the other side of Li Linfu, the smiling Ji Wen and the gloomy Luo Xixiao looked at the fold in Wang Jie's hand with curious eyes.

On the lenient table in front of Li Linfu, there was a mountain of public affairs. Wen Juan. Almost all the government affairs of the vast empire lie quietly here, waiting for the ruling of the minister.

Wang Gong carefully looked at the piece in his hand, and saw that it was written, "...... On the night of the first day of the new year, the gate control was relaxed, causing gangsters to infiltrate Tingzhou South City and set fire, burning dozens of houses and killing and injuring hundreds of people...... It has been ascertained that the cause of arson stems from the fact that the merchant Wenxitang was jealous of the lamphouse of Ruyiju, so he set fire to it...... Now it is heard that Xitang has been sealed, and the first evil king Peizhong has been ambushed. However, the sins of the ministers cannot be atoneded by death, but please ask Your Majesty to judge ......"

After reading it, Wang Ji sighed: "Wang Zhengjian's luck is also too good." On the 18th, after learning of the fire in Tingzhou, he immediately prepared to impeach him. Unexpectedly, he found out the reason so quickly, and killed his relatives in righteousness, sealed Wen Xitang, and killed Wang Peizhong. Now I've sent a guilty plea again, so slippery and unsparing, I really can't find a handle that I can use for a while! ”

Li Linfu smiled and said nothing, just glanced at Ji Wen with his eyes.

Ji Wen, who was smiling, immediately understood Li Linfu's intentions, he stood up, and said to Wang Ji with a smile: "Wang Zhongcheng, I think that there is no room for operation in the matter of the fire in Tingzhou, so this sealing is just Wang Zhengjian's move to check and fill in the gaps. Even without this twist, the Tingzhou fire is just a tasteless piece of food and a pity to discard chicken ribs for Xiangguo, and it is of little use. ”

Wang Jie is good at the way of economy, especially good at accumulating wealth, the reason why he is favored by the saints, the key is to accumulate wealth, but the way of power and strategy is not his strength. Therefore, after listening to Ji Wen's words, he was a little stunned for a while, and he couldn't fully understand the subtle meaning.

A hint of smugness drifted through Ji Wen's eyes, as if he had known that Wang Ji would react like this. He didn't play tricks, but continued: "Our top priority is to seize the opponent's flaws and launch another huge case, which can force the East Palace to reveal its true form and lose the opportunity to ascend to the Great Treasure. Otherwise, once the saint Qianqiu and the East Palace are enthroned, we will all die without a place to be buried. Although the Tingzhou fire was entangled with Wang Zhengjian, the root cause was the Pei family's Wenxitang, and it had little to do with Wang Zhengjian, at most it was the responsibility of negligence. And the sage knew that Wang Zheng saw that the inner house was not in harmony, and now was the key time to use troops against Shi Guo, so the sage would never implicate Wang Zhengjian because of what the Pei family did. It is still impossible to collude with Wang Zhengjian, let alone Donggonghu? Therefore, it is better not to do it. ”

After listening to Ji Wen's analysis, Li Linfu nodded slightly, Wang Ji also showed an expression of sudden realization, and Luo Xixiu's expression remained unchanged and still gloomy.

"It seems that you can only let Wang Zhengjian go first?" Wang Ji sighed helplessly, somewhat regretful.

"Speaking of which, Wang Zhengjian and Zhongcheng are both from the Taiyuan Wang family, and Zhongcheng impeached him before, which can also be described as a righteous annihilation!" Geven's words are a bit unyin and yang.