Li Shan looked at this group of young girls and said with a smile: "Okay, you will be my soldiers in the future, and it depends on your own creation to go where you can go." ”

These girls have not yet had the consciousness to be soldiers, after all, there were no female soldiers in ancient times. Listening to Li Shan's words, they were all a little confused, but soon, they would not even have time to be confused.

Li Linfu's family,

Li Cheng smashed the teacup with great dignity, and said hatefully: "Uncle, this time I let this kid Li Shan come out of prison unharmed, I really can't figure it out." If he doesn't respect the will, can he still live? ”

Li Linfu was not in a hurry, and said slowly: "You sit down, you are impetuous, where is a little mature and steady?" This time, the emperor did not severely punish Li Shan, which was also expected by me. Nothing to fuss about. ”

Li Chengwei didn't understand it anymore, and he didn't believe it a little, and said: "Since my uncle had expected it a long time ago, why did my uncle still write to the emperor to severely punish Li Shan?" ”

Li Linfu snorted and said, "What do you know? Don't look at Li Shan's retreat this time, but he has been relieved of the post of Shangshu by the emperor, and now Li Shan has no real power in his hands, it is just an ornament. The reason why I wrote to the emperor and advocated for Li Shan to be severely punished was not for Li Shan, but to express my attitude to the emperor. ”

Li Chengwei stepped forward and said, "Expressing your stance to the emperor?" What do you think? ”

Li Linfu said with a smug face: "Do you know who brought it up first?" ”

Li Chengwei naturally didn't know and shook his head.

"It's the emperor, the emperor said in the early days that Li Shan was disrespectful and used troops privately in Nanzhao. And this will, the emperor did not make a decree, but only an oracle brought by Zhang Jiuling. Since it is an oracle, it means that the emperor did not want to make a noise at the beginning, so the emperor can also deal with this matter secretly, but the emperor did not do this, but informed the civil and military officials of this matter, do you know the emperor's intentions? ”

Li Chengwei thought for a while and said: "The emperor must want to severely punish Li Shan to set an example." ”

Li Linfu nodded and said: "Almost, do you know that since the emperor ascended the throne, the government has become more and more stable, and the country has also entered its heyday. But since the emperor did not ascend the throne, these ministers who assisted the emperor have relied on the old and sold the old, especially Song Jing and Zhang Jiuling. Under the banner of thinking about the country's society, they severely criticized the emperor's many practices, think about it, can the emperor be happy? Although the emperor said that he liked upright courtiers and would gladly accept the direct advice of his courtiers, but after all, the emperor is the king of a country, can he feel comfortable being criticized by some courtiers? Since last year's purge, there have been serious vacancies in all ministries, and many positions are unstaffed. And the real intention of the emperor this time is to see the mind of the Manchu civil and military ministers, and now the emperor should prefer obedient courtiers to courtiers who are outspoken and persuasive. ”

Li Chengwei suddenly realized, and said with a happy eyebrow: "That is to say, as long as you express support for the severe punishment of Li Shan, it is in line with the emperor's wishes, and the other part is against the emperor's wishes." Then next, the emperor will treat the people of these two factions differently. ”

Li Linfu said with a smile: "That's right, since Li Shan came back, the emperor's several resignations have confirmed my conjecture, and several officials who advocated severe punishment of Li Shan have been reused, while the officials who supported Li Shan have been neglected. Although we didn't kill Li Shan this time, in the emperor's mind, our status is already higher than that of Zhang Jiuling. Zhang Jiuling's stinky and hard old bones, who don't know how to figure out the holy will, know all day long that selling fame and reputation will be abandoned by the emperor sooner or later. That Li Shan put it bluntly, that is, Zhang Jiuling supported him, if Zhang Jiuling fell, Li Shan would have no foundation. Now the emperor keeps Li Shan just to see that he still has use value, and when his value is squeezed dry, a poor family like him with no foundation and no background is so arrogant and arrogant, and sooner or later he will reap the consequences. You still have to calm down, don't always fight for will, you know? ”

Li Chengwei turned his anger into joy at this time, and said with a smile: "My nephew understands, or my uncle is far-sighted, how can this Li Shan be compared to my uncle." Let's let them be proud for a while, and sooner or later they will cry. Since the emperor is dissatisfied with these people, why don't we go with the flow, find some of their faults and report them to the emperor, and take the opportunity to get rid of them? ”

Li Linfu shook his head and said: "No, although the emperor is dissatisfied with Zhang Jiuling and others, the emperor still attaches great importance to these people." First, they are all ministers of the humerus, and they have assisted the emperor since the emperor did not ascend the throne, and they have made a lot of contributions. Second, they are all talented and learned people, although the country is prosperous and stable now, but the emperor has always been ambitious, and he is not satisfied with this, and wants to go further, the emperor is even loyal to the ear and good deeds, so even if he is not willing to listen to these people, he will still adopt their opinions, this is Mingjun. ”

Li Chengwei couldn't help but be disappointed: "Then how can you kill Li Shan, if the emperor always thinks he is useful, wouldn't he keep him all the time?" What's more, he has made many military exploits, and now no one in the government and the opposition knows his name, according to this momentum, I am afraid that it will not be long before Li Shan will be ranked as the third duke. ”

Li Linfu sneered and said, "You are still too young to understand the emperor's thoughts. But I think Li Shan should think the same way, if he thinks so, it would be great. Li Shan, this kid is indeed a talent, both civil and military, he could have been a civil official in a down-to-earth manner, but unfortunately he chose to put pen to paper. This means that he is destined to end no good. ”

When Li Chengwei heard this, he quickly asked, "Why is this?" ”

"The military generals of the Manchu Dynasty, do you know who the emperor trusts the most? Li Zhengfang, this person is average, his martial arts are mediocre, and he has no military exploits, but the emperor just trusts him. Why? Because he is a close confidant of the emperor and a prince of the Li family. And all the generals with foreign surnames will go to two fates. or repeatedly make military exploits, and the merits are high, which arouses the suspicion of the emperor. Either he was assigned by the emperor to the frontier and died on the battlefield all his life. ”

Li Chengwei nodded: "Li Shan already has a precedent of disrespecting the will, and this person has always been arrogant, I think there will definitely be a mistake in the future." ”

Li Linfu's officialdom has been up and down for so many years, and he has seen things in this officialdom very thoroughly, which is why although he is not talented, he was able to finally defeat Zhang Jiuling and become the prime minister.

But if you think that this kind of person who can only play with power and be opportunistic, once he becomes a high position, he can only bring about the decline of the dynasty. But they are not ashamed of this, but are complacent because of their cleverness. In history, when Li Linfu was the prime minister, he was jealous of the virtuous and jealous, and listened to the closed circuit, which led to the inability of loyal ministers to speak, and the ministers were in charge, which was a great help to the decline of the Tang Dynasty. (To be continued.) )