On the first day of December in the fourth year of Tianbao (745 AD), Chang'an, outside the Zichen Hall of Daming Palace. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Today is the day of the small court, just now, hundreds of civil and military ministers have gathered outside the main hall, Xuanzong has not been to the court for several months, today is the first time in these months, so officials of all sizes in Chang'an City have rushed to come.

Although he has decreed the death of Liu Gong, the former Taishou of Xihai County, and deposed the envoy Wang Qi of Hexi Jiedu, the problem is still not solved, Shibao City was captured by Tubo again, so that he is like a fish in the throat, at this time he can't care about Yang Yuhuan in the palace, and it is the top priority to solve the matter of Xihai County.

"The Holy Lord has arrived—" With the eunuch screaming, Xuanzong, who was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, flicked his big sleeves and walked up to Dan Majesty from the side.

The crowd bowed down and shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

"All the ministers are flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Xuanzong asked: "Zhongqing's family, the Tubo people have counterattacked the West Sea, I have issued an edict to let Wang Zhongsi concurrently serve as the Taishou of Hexi, and let the former Xihai County soldiers and horses make Ge Shuhan take over as the governor and Taishou of the Xihai Prefecture, according to the news from the front, now the situation has basically stabilized, but the Tubo people have once again captured the strategic place of Shibao City, just like a sharp knife stuck in the throat of my Hexi and Longyou, the offensive and defensive momentum of Tubo and my Tang Dynasty will be reversed immediately, and the Tubo people will fight if they want to, and withdraw if they want to, as long as they still occupy Shibao City, I can't do anything about them! ”

A middle-aged official surnamed Liu stood up with a board and said, "Your Majesty, if General Zhao Ziliang is still guarding the West Sea, why is the situation in the West Sea like this?" How dare the Tubo people be so presumptuous and bold, Your Majesty, the country is in trouble, and when Bandang sees the loyal ministers, Your Majesty, please recall General Zhao and order him to rush to the West Sea to preside over the battle against Tubo! ”

These words made Zhao Ziliang a little high, Xuanzong was a little unhappy in his heart, although it was Li Linfu who suggested that Zhao Ziliang be transferred, but after all, he agreed, because Zhao Ziliang's credit was too great at that time, and his prestige in the West Sea was too high, and he was not very relieved to be in that position for a long time.

In fact, what is not at ease is the result of Li Linfu's constant remarks and influence on Xuanzong, in fact, Wang Zhongsi and Huangfu Weiming have stayed in the positions of Shuofang Jiedu envoy and Longyou Jiedu envoy respectively for several years, and they have not seen how uneasy Xuanzong is about them?

Xuanzong was a little unhappy in his eyes, and he was immediately discovered by someone with a heart, and an old official surnamed Pei stood up with a fenban and said, "Lord Liu, didn't you take off your pants and fart, didn't you do it too much?" Now that General Wang Zhongsi has concurrently served as the envoy of the Hexi Festival, he has focused his energy on Hexi, and the presiding over the affairs of Tubo is naturally presided over by General Wang and General Huangfu, do you mean that General Wang and General Huangfu are not as good as Zhao Ziliang in dealing with Tubo? ”

The middle-aged official surnamed Liu turned dark when he heard this, and said coldly: "Liu didn't say that, it was you, Master Pei, who wanted to forcibly compare them, in Liu's opinion, you really have sinister intentions, and you want me to be hostile to each other among the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

"You ······" The old official surnamed Pei was angry, but he was quickly suppressed by himself, "Pei has no such intention, His Majesty has already ordered General Wang Zhongsi to concurrently serve as the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, and ordered Ge Shuhan to take over the post of Governor of Xihai and Taishou of Xihai, you want to transfer Zhao Ziliang to Hexi at this time, in what capacity and official position do you want him to pass?" Have you thought about it? ”

After the two quarreled for a few rounds, some people became a little impatient, and another official surnamed Ma stood up and said: "Your Majesty, it is not difficult to solve the matter of the West Sea, and now my Tang Dynasty has tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Longyou and Hexi, and there are famous generals like Wang Zhongsi and Huangfu Weiming, it is not difficult to drive the Tubo people out of the West Sea, it is a big deal to lose more troops, lose more money and food, the question is what if the Tubo people are beaten away, and this kind of thing happens again?" You must know that the reason why this kind of thing happened is that the imperial court transferred many generals with rich combat experience away, and all the people who were transferred were some wine bags and rice bags, and these people relied on the support of someone from the DPRK and China to do whatever they wanted in the West Sea and Hexi, spending all day drinking, and not thinking about defense, and it was not uncommon for the Tubo people to seize the opportunity to counterattack in a big way! ”

As soon as the official surnamed Ma finished speaking, another official surnamed Fan stood up with a large number of recitals and said loudly: "Your Majesty, in recent days, dozens of pieces of impeachment of Lord Li Linfu have been sent from all over the country in an urgent manner. In addition, most of the generals in Xihai and Hexi were transferred away by Lord Li, and most of the transferred generals were his protégés and former officials, so they all thought that Lord Li was the culprit in this matter! Among them, General Zhao Ziliang, the soldier and horse envoy of Hedong's left wing, impeached Lord Li the most, as many as eighteen, all of which are capital crimes, please make it clear to Your Majesty! ”

Emperor Xuanzong's face changed, so many twists and turns to impeach the prime minister of the court were not sent to the imperial study in advance to show him, so that he could be mentally prepared, but directly took it out in the court, which was to clearly give him a surprise attack, not to give him a chance to shelter Li Linfu, and at the same time not to give Li Linfu time to respond.

This kind of thing has not been done before, but it is rare, ordinary officials dare not do this, this is to make the emperor unhappy, and the consequences will be very serious, and the reason why this official surnamed Fan dares to do this is obviously to plan for the worst.

Xuanzong knew this in his heart, so he knew that he did not have the idea of punishing this official at this time, but thought about how to calm down this matter, so many people impeached a prime minister, and this matter has risen to a major political incident, and if it is not done well, it will cause turmoil in the court.

After settling down, Xuanzong said in a deep voice: "Bring all the pieces to me to see!" ”

Gao Lishi immediately stepped down and took away all the pieces in the hands of the official surnamed Fan, and put them on the imperial case for Xuanzong to see.

At this time, Li Linfu had already hated Zhao Ziliang to the extreme, he didn't expect that Zhao Ziliang, such a martial artist, would dare to write a chapter to impeach him, and he listed the most crimes, as many as eighteen, all of which were enough to make him die without a place to be buried.

It's so poisonous, I didn't expect this martial artist to be so vicious, this is going to kill me, hum, the old man swears not to rest with you! Put this aside in advance, let's pass the current level first, and wait for the old man to solve this matter before finding trouble with Zhao Ziliang's bastard! Li Linfu stood at the front of the civil officials on the left, thinking fiercely in his heart.

Xuanzong finished reading more than 20 copies of the impeachment of Li Linfu as quickly as possible, picked up a few copies and threw them at His Majesty Dan, looked at Li Linfu and asked indifferently: "Li Linfu, Xihai has made this situation today, these impeachments of you are said to be your culpability, what do you have to say!" ”

Li Linfu knelt down and cried: "Your Majesty, you are wronged, Your Majesty also knew the situation two years ago, at that time, the treasury was already empty, and there was no extra money and food allocated to the front line, what if it didn't stop?" Do you want the soldiers to fight with the Tibetans hungry? These don't know the difficulties of the court, they know that they are calling blindly, and they also put the blame on the old minister, the old minister is really wronged! In addition, the officials and generals who were transferred to Hexi and Xihai were all assessed and passed by the Imperial Court Rites Department and the Military Department, so how did the old ministers have the right to transfer them? These people who framed the old ministers are all framed and framed by the old ministers, please Your Majesty know it! ”

Xuanzong is really a little embarrassed, he trusts Li Linfu fiercely, but so many local officials and border town generals have impeached Li Linfu this time, and he can't ignore it, after all, the authority of the imperial court still needs to be maintained and supported by local officials, if only a few or individual local officials impeach Li Linfu, he can completely ignore it, but there are too many local officials who impeached Li Linfu this time.

In embarrassment, Xuanzong had no choice but to drag it out, so he said: "I will send someone to investigate this matter in detail, and I will make a decision after I think about it for a few days." Is there anything else going on in the Zhongqing family? If something happens, retreat if you have nothing to do! ”

After Xuanzong finished speaking, he was about to get up and leave, when the crown prince Li Heng came out of class and saluted: "Father, this time so many magistrates above the Taishou level sent the impeachment chapter, it is not a trivial matter, this matter can only be quickly cut through the mess, the more it drags on, the more troublesome it is, and if it drags on for a long time, it will make the local officials and border town generals lose confidence in the imperial court, and please ask my father to take the country's society as the priority!" ”

After the crown prince finished speaking, he knelt down, and the officials and generals of his department also bowed down one after another: "Please make a decision, Your Majesty!" ”

Xuanzong's face darkened, this is the rhythm of forcing the palace, Xuanzong was about to be furious, but he saw Li Linfu crying: "Your Majesty, the old minister is old, it is useless, the Tang Dynasty is above all else, the old minister is begging for bones, please allow the old minister to return to his hometown!" ”

Li Linfu said this, which made Xuanzong feel even more pitiful and innocent, even if Li Linfu was at fault, how to punish it was his emperor's business, how could the courtiers force the palace on the spot? Can't he think about it for days?

Xuanzong Tieqing sat on the throne and said coldly: "Exempt Li Linfu from the post of Zhongshu Ling and Shangshu Zuo Servant, temporarily stay in Beijing to wait for his life, and retire from the dynasty!" ”

Xuanzong left angrily, but the crown prince Li Heng and others were not happy, because Xuanzong did not let Li Linfu go back to his hometown, but temporarily stayed in Beijing to wait, this suspense is big.

On the way back to the East Palace, Li Heng asked the chief staff Li Mi: "Sir, my father didn't let Li Linfu, the old thief, get out of the capital, and I'm really uneasy in my heart, should we try to find a way to let my father order him to get out of the capital, as long as he gets out of the capital, things will be easy to do, hmph, I want to make it impossible to return to my hometown!" ”

Li Mi shook his head and said, "Your Highness, at this time, there must be no recurrence of incidents, didn't you see that Your Majesty was already very unhappy just now?" He had already told His Highness that he could not persecute His Majesty in the court, what kind of person is Your Majesty? How can he be persecuted, after today, His Majesty's impression of His Highness is only afraid that it will be bad! ”

When Li Heng heard this, he felt a little uneasy in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "Sir, then what should we do?" ”

Li Mi thought for a while and suggested: "On the surface, temporarily hold the troops, secretly send people to contact Li Linfu's people, open a gap from within them, and find Li Linfu's handle!" Let the magistrates toss the rest! (To be continued.) )