Chang'an Qingwang Mansion, since the crown prince Li Heng was abolished, Qingwang Li Cong seems to have completely changed a person, the original almost closed Zhaoxian Hall has been reopened and expanded, he is a corporal, caring for the lonely elderly, he is kind and charitable, diligent in running a school, and has been a virtuous king for more than 20 days, he can't wait to find someone to make up a children's rhyme.

"The Tang Dynasty is great, the rivers and mountains are wide, the East Palace is empty and lonely looking for the Changwang, Muzi Li, Xihai Yu, and the prosperity of the descendants depends on this sect."

This children's song implies that King Qing Li Cong, he found a sloppy Taoist priest again, promised a heavy reward, and asked him to spread this children's song all over Chang'an, but Li Cong didn't know that the big housekeeper who was responsible for taking care of his land habitually circled 20,000 acres of land in Songzhou Valley before it was ripe, but it caused him a monstrous disaster.

On the afternoon of this day, Song Hun hurriedly came to the Qingwang Mansion in the imperial history, and brought him fatal news, Henan Provincial Observer Li Qing'an and Songzhou Taishou Cui Lian jointly wrote a letter to impeach him Qingwang for forcibly occupying 20,000 mu of land in Gushu County, Songzhou, using lynching, forcing the people to rebel, the evidence is conclusive, and 530 armed men transferred from the manors of King Qing have been arrested, and Li Qing'an also impeached King Qing for supporting private soldiers to rebel at the same time.

Li Cong was stunned by this sudden news, he didn't know anything about it, he just asked the big housekeeper to help him keep an eye on cheap land at any time, but he didn't expect that this big housekeeper who didn't know how to do anything would cause him a monstrous disaster at this time, but he was also caught by Li Qingan.

"Song Zhongcheng, this.... I don't know anything about this, but how can this be good? ”

"Your Highness, now that Li Qing'an's impeachment has reached the Imperial History Tower, it will be handed over to the Holy Lord tomorrow at the latest, the situation is in crisis, Your Highness should think of a way to save it!"

"Tomorrow!"

Li Cong was trembling in shock, he grabbed Song Hun and begged: "Song Zhongcheng, can you suppress the fold, don't send it to the palace, beg you to help me with this!" ”

Song Hun shook his head and sighed: "If I can suppress it, I will bring it to you now, Li Qing'an is the imperial doctor, and his music is sent directly to the saint, it stands to reason, I have no right to check, and I also secretly took a look at it in violation of the law, Your Highness, I really can't help you in this matter, there is still half a day to go, Your Highness will figure it out by yourself!" ”

At this time, Li Li next to him suddenly asked: "Song Zhongcheng, I heard that Li Qingan also impeached Cui Qiao at the same time the day before yesterday, is there a result now?" ”

"Not yet, but I heard that the saint was furious and summoned Yang Guozhong into the palace overnight to scold, it is estimated that Cui Qiao is more auspicious this time."

Song Hun sighed and said: "This time Li Qing'an made a series of difficulties, obviously aimed at Yang Xiangguo and His Royal Highness King Qing, Li Linfu and Zhang Yun both wrote to bitterly explain the disadvantages of land annexation, which has the intention of falling into the well. ”

"Li Qing'an!" Li Cong gritted his teeth with hatred, "I must send someone to kill this thief!" ”

Li Li next to him was shocked, and hurriedly stopped: "Father, don't do it!" The last time Li Qing'an was assassinated in Bianzhou, the saint suspected that his father did it, although the evidence of this matter was insufficient in the end, and it was not settled, but the saint was already suspicious of his father, if his father sent someone to assassinate him again, he would be convicted, wouldn't it be cheap to plant the person behind the back, now the father must not be impulsive. ”

"So what do you say you should do?"

King Qing was so anxious that he was full of cold sweat, and said: "The last time Li Qing'an was assassinated, he was framed and scolded by his father, and now that the land case is up again, my position in the East Palace will be over." ”

Li Li pondered for a moment, then bowed to Song Hun and said: "Thank you Song Zhongcheng for reporting the news, please Zhongcheng delay Li Qing'an's performance until tomorrow no matter what, our father and son will be thanked!" ”

Song Hun knew that it was inconvenient for their father and son to discuss and let themselves know, so he arched his hand and said: "It is my honor to serve Your Highness, I hope Your Highness can come up with a good plan, and I will do my best to help when evil turns evil!" ”

After speaking, he said goodbye and left, Li Li kept sending him out of the house, and then returned to the study, Li Cong asked him impatiently: "Does my son have a good plan?" ”

"Father, don't worry, please sit down and talk."

Although Li Cong was anxious, his son's calmness made him have to hold back the anger in his heart, sat down, Li Li sighed and said: "Father must first understand why Li Qingan is so tough, and what is his purpose in doing this?" ”

Li Cong said hatefully: "I don't understand why he did this, the tide file has been destroyed, what is the point of him doing this?" Revenge on us? ”

Li Li shook his head, "This is exactly what I want to say, the tide file seems to be cleaned, but in fact, there are many people who sympathize with the prince, especially the family and the royal family, according to the child's heard, almost everyone thinks that the prince is innocent and deposed, the witch cup is very far-fetched, it is precisely because there are many people who sympathize with the prince, so Li Qingan suddenly killed a horse pistol, pointing at Yang Guozhong and his father, in this way, he became the hero of the tide file, became the leader of the tide file, won the hearts of the people in the court, won wide praise among the people, killing two birds with one stone, this is his purpose, Does Father understand? ”

Li Cong gasped, and with his son's explanation, he suddenly realized that Li Qingan was so scheming.

"But what does this have to do with solving my crisis?"

"It has a lot to do with it!"

Li Li smiled and said, "Father, since I can think of this, how could the Holy One not think of it?" Will he let Li Qingan's wishful thinking succeed? No, Cui Qiao's impeachment was sent to the palace the day before yesterday, and the saint was furious, but he hasn't dealt with it to this day, doesn't his father think it's strange? ”

Li Cong thought about it, this is indeed the case, since his father is angry, he should immediately punish Cui Qiao, but there is no news so far, it is really strange, he hurriedly asked, "Why is this?" ”

"I'm thinking, maybe the saint has sensed that the prince will also have a problem, so he is waiting to see which is more important and which is lighter, and then decides who to punish."

"Do you mean that my father will choose one person between me and Cui Qiao to punish him?"

"That's right!" Li Yu nodded, "It must be the case, the tide file is extinguished, and the saint will never let Li Qing'an's counterattack be too fierce, but if he is not punished, he can't explain it to the people of the world, so he is waiting, and now that his father's problem has come out, it has become the result of choosing one of the two." ”

"And what do you think I'm going to do?"

"I thought my father should take a two-pronged approach, one is to severely punish the big housekeeper, even put him to death, immediately send someone to Songzhou to retreat to deal with the aftermath, and like King Di, he will carry out disaster relief in Songzhou to minimize the impact, and then the father must rush to the palace before the twist and turn to ask his father for his guilt, and secondly, he might as well knock Cui Qiao again in the back, so that he can count the crimes and be punished."

Li Cong really admired his son a little, and he didn't leak a drop of water when he thought about the problem, and calmly resolved such a critical matter, Li Cong's heart was slightly lowered, and he asked again: "Then I don't know what else Cui Qiao has to grasp?" ”

Li Li smiled slightly and said, "Did my father forget?" Before Cui Qiao was promoted to the prime minister, the crime of saying goodbye to the housewife has not been canceled! ”

．．．．．．．． Song Hun came out of King Qing's mansion and hurriedly went to find Yang Guozhong, he was Yang Guozhong's confidant, but he also had a little selfishness, so he reported to King Qing first, and then found Yang Guozhong, Yang Guozhong's court room was not in Daming Palace, but in the Imperial City's Ministry of Officials.

But Yang Guozhong, the secretary of the ministry, is different, he has to ask about everything big and small, from the promotion of the county lieutenant to the transfer of the book, it must be carried out after his eyes or approval, he seems to have taken away the power of the minister, and similarly, it is the same in the military department, he grasps the big and small things, this is his style, if it is good, it is to bow down to everything, and to say it badly, it is to hold on to power.

However, Yang Guozhong's words have been really bad these days, one of his right-hand men, Cui Qiao, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was in big trouble, and was impeached by Li Qingan for conniving at his family's encroachment on land, the evidence is conclusive, and even Cui Qiao's handwritten letter was caught, and the saint summoned him to the palace in anger and scolded him, and ordered him to come up with Cui Qiao's treatment plan within three days.

The saint obviously pushed the trouble to him and asked him to deal with this matter, how did he deal with it? Recall Cui Qiao, how is it possible, the removal of Cui Qiao is equivalent to cutting off his Yang Guozhong's arm, he does not have this kind of determination of a strong man to break his wrist Yang Guozhong thought hard all night, and finally under the prompting of his original staff, the soldier Ling Hufei, he finally thought of a strategy, degraded Cui Qiao as the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and charged his family to return the land they occupied, fined him for three years, and fined 30,000 stone for disaster relief, but retained Cui Qiao's position as a Pingzhangshi under the Zhongshu Sect, which is Ling Hufei's strategy, replacing the position punishment with extraordinary economic punishment, which seems to be severe, but avoids the important and light, It retains the most important position of the Xiangguo, and also allows the saint to explain to the people of the world, which can be described as the most tactful way to deal with it.

But a piece of news brought by Song Hun disrupted all this, Li Qingan impeached King Qing again, the same evidence is conclusive, that is to say, Cui Qiao and King Qing have become brothers and sisters, at least Yang Guozhong thinks so, the law does not blame the public, Li Longji will not punish his son heavily, and it is obviously unreasonable to punish Cui Qiao heavily for this, Li Longji will naturally not punish Cui Qiao heavily in order to protect his son, he decided that Cui Qiao's punishment is a little heavier, he immediately revised Cui Qiao's punishment, and still retains his position as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, It's just that the loose official Jin Ziguanglu who is the third grade is demoted to the silver Qingguanglu doctor who is the third grade, and he is removed from the position of the prince's right concubine.

In fact, Yang Guozhong's idea is not unreasonable, Li Longji's attitude towards land annexation has always been thunderous and rainy, and several edicts have been issued to strictly prohibit land annexation, but there is no preventive measure of the actual surname, and finally he has to admit the status quo of land annexation of the magnates, and only beg the magnates not to annex land in the future.

Under this kind of thinking of emphasizing profits and punishing lightly, which of the magnates in Chang'an is not desperately expanding the manor and grabbing land, and now Cui Qiao and King Qing are impeached, although there is an element of counterattack, but will Li Longji really punish them because of land annexation?

Because King Youqing was pulled out, Yang Guozhong took this matter lightly, he thought that there was no need to pay much price for this matter, and in the evening, Yang Guozhong handed Cui Qiao's handling opinions into the palace.

Li Linfu behaved relatively low-key for more than a month, after the secretary and the servant were taken away by Yang Guozhong, his power was greatly restricted, coupled with his years of hard work and accumulation, he suddenly felt depressed, which caused him a serious illness, lying on the bed for 20 days, after the recovery of the disease, the whole person lost a lot of weight, although he was hit hard, but the scheming Li Linfu was not discouraged, on the one hand, he consolidated his sphere of influence, and did not let Yang Guozhong invade again, and at the same time he was low-key and forbearing, Wait for the opportunity to fight back.

Now the opportunity has come, Li Qing'an sent from Songzhou impeachment fold as if the rain in time made Li Linfu overjoyed, he got the full content of Li Qing'an's fold from Wang Heng in the first time, one is Cui Qiao, the other is King Qing, King Qing's impeachment involves the dispute of the East Palace, he does not want to interfere for the time being, but Cui Qiao is related to the change of the power structure of the imperial court, if Cui Qiao can be done, then Xiangguo is six people, Xiangguo Party, Yang Party, Zhang Party each account for two, the three parties are in a balance of power, The momentum of Yang Guozhong's expansion was thus curbed, and if he united with Zhang Yun to strangle Yang Guozhong, in the end, Li Longji had to give up Yang Guozhong, and Cui Qiao was impeached, which was a golden opportunity.

At dusk, Li Linfu's carriage stopped in front of Zhang Yun's mansion, and a porter had already rushed to report it, and after a while, Zhang Yun greeted him and laughed: "Li Xiangguo, tell me yourself, how many years have you not come to my house?" ”

Li Linfu arched his hand and smiled: "Busy affairs, don't say Zhang Shangshu's mansion, my own other mansion has not been there for a few years." ”

"Then how can you have the leisure to come to the Mansion today?"

"If Zhang Shangshu doesn't welcome me, I'll leave!"

"Where! Where! Li Xiangguo's driver, I can't even invite you, since I'm here today, I have to drink two glasses. ”

Zhang Yun affectionately grabbed Li Linfu's arm, and waved his hand to order: "Hurry up and prepare the banquet!" ”

Li Linfu and Zhang Yun walked into the mansion with a smile and a smile, Zhang Yun kept inviting him to the VIP room, where a table had already been set up, and Li Linfu did not postpone it, and sat directly in the seat.

Zhang Yun took the wine jug and poured a glass of wine for Li Linfu with his own hands, and said with a smile: "Xiangguo is honest, how did you think of coming to my house today, is it for Li Qing'an's impeachment?" ”

Zhang Yun's frankness surprised Li Linfu a little, he picked up his wine glass and squinted and smiled: "Doesn't Zhang Shangshu care?" ”

Zhang Yun nodded and said: "I heard that King Qing was also impeached in the afternoon, I think this is a good thing, punish King Qing well, let the clan magnates restrain and encroach on the land, I am the old household department, the tax revenue and expenditure of the Tang Dynasty are getting worse year by year, there are nearly nine million households in the first year of Tianbao, and now it is estimated that there are only six million at most, and nearly half of the households have fled, which is close to the level of the late Han Dynasty, Li Xiangguo, I am worried about the Tang Dynasty!" ”

"Zhang Shangshu said well, I also came to find Zhang Shangshu for this matter, the land problem has become severe, the military government ten ** fled, last year's last time has been forced to stop, Zhechong Mansion has actually existed in name, I wanted to train the cavalry to replace the government soldiers, but I heard that the 120,000 cavalry in the capital has basically fled, if you don't stop the land annexation, I am afraid that there will be no soldier to protect you and my family in the future, Zhang Shangshu, you and I are both powerful ministers, and it is our duty to shirk it!"

The two drank another glass of wine, and Li Linfu asked tentatively: "Zhang Shangshu, this time I want to use Li Qing'an's impeachment and annexation of land to persuade the saint to re-investigate this case, and to warn the land annexers in the way of killing a hundred people, I don't know if Zhang Shangshu is willing to share this heavy responsibility with me." ”

Zhang Yun nodded, and said with a smile: "I was also thinking about whether to play alone or jointly with Li Xiangguo, but I didn't expect Li Xiangguo to come to the door, it can be said that the hero sees the same thing, it's good!" I played with Lee Sang-kook to kill the evil wind of land annexation. ”

After saying that, the two looked at each other, and both understood, and the two old foxes laughed proudly together.

．．．．．．． Half an hour later, Li Linfu and Zhang Yun's joint recital was sent to the Daming Palace, at this time Li Longji did not know about King Qing's crime, Li Linfu and Zhang Yun's recital talked about the matter, Li Longji was immediately furious, Yu Shitai's impeachment recital should be the first he knew, but now it has become his last to know, he immediately ordered Li Qing'an's recital.

When the eunuch rushed back from the Yushitai and moved Li Qing'an's memo and a large box full of evidence into the Daming Palace, Li Longji's thunderous anger first descended on the Yushitai, Li Qingan's impeachment memo arrived yesterday morning, and it was already evening, that is to say, the melody was suppressed for two whole days, Li Longji immediately ordered a thorough investigation of the matter, and Wang Heng took the opportunity to impeach Song Hun without authorization and ventilated King Qing without permission.

also deserved Song Hun to be unlucky, when Li Longji was at the height of his anger, the eunuch came to report, King Qing asked to see him outside the palace, and Song Hun was immediately convicted of ventilating King Qing without permission.

Li Longji was furious and ordered the dismissal of Song Hun Yushi Zhongcheng and his imprisonment for strict investigation.

When Li Longji's thunderstorm subsided slightly, Li Cong, the king of Qing, was led into the imperial study by a eunuch tremblingly.

In the imperial study, Gao Lishi has been reinstated, without him, Li Longji's life is extremely inconvenient, after the abolition of the prince case subsided a little, he summoned him to his side, trusting as before, but Gao Lishi never mentioned the matter of the prince again, as if the matter of the abolition of the prince had nothing to do with him.

As soon as he walked to the door, he happened to be greeted by King Qing Li Cong, and Li Cong immediately asked in a low voice: "Ah Weng, I wonder if my father's anger has disappeared?" ”

Gao Lishi sighed and said: "King Qing, please listen to the old slave, bow your head and confess, make up for your mistakes, and accept any punishment, otherwise, the old slave doesn't know what the consequences will be." ”

Li Cong was grateful, "Thank you, Ah Weng!" ”

"Go ahead! Don't keep the saint waiting. ”

Li Cong walked into the imperial study with trepidation, he immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed twice, and said in a trembling voice: "Erchen is guilty!" Please punish your father. ”

Li Longji's face was blue, and he said coldly after a while: "How do you know that you have been impeached?" ”

Li Cong already knew that Song Hun was in prison, and if he didn't tell the truth at this time, it was tantamount to looking for death, so he immediately said: "Back to my father, this afternoon Song Zhongcheng ran to my house and told me, and my son was terrified." ”

"Panic?" Li Longji snorted, "What do you have to fear, haven't you always been bold?" ”

Li Cong didn't understand the meaning of his father's words, he was even more frightened, he kowtowed twice and said, "Father, please listen to your son." ”

"Say!"

"Father, the son of the son has really no idea of annexing the land this year, this time it was the son of the minister's big housekeeper who did it without authorization, the son did not know anything in advance, please father and emperor, even if the son is stupid, he will not do anything to damage his name now."

Li Cong's last sentence, Li Longji believes that it is true, during this time, Li Cong has gained fame everywhere, and it is indeed impossible for him to do anything to damage his reputation at this time.

Li Longji stared at him and said slowly: "Then you say, how should you make up for your mistakes?" ”

His tone has softened, after all, he is his own son, and it is not a big deal to occupy a little more land, as long as he can know his mistakes, he will change them, as long as he can make up for his mistakes and recover the bad influence, he can also forgive.

Li Cong heard that his father's tone had been relieved, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately said: "Father, the son has asked the steward to go to Songzhou immediately, clear all the land, and compensate the farmers for their losses, in addition, the son is willing to give 200,000 stone rice in the name of the father to help the drought, although the son is stupid, but he also knows that the country is people-oriented, and the son is willing to share the worries of his father!" ”

Li Longji nodded, and his son's statement made him basically satisfied.

"You are my eldest son, and you have to lead by example, you have to put your mind on the society, and you have to share my worries, do you understand?"

Li Cong kowtowed heavily and cried: "Erchen understands! The sons must share their father's worries. ”

"Oh well! This incident is a lesson, hurry up and deal with the aftermath of Songzhou, and don't let Yushi grab your handle again. ”

Speaking of this, Li Longji suddenly remembered something again and asked, "Is Li Qing'an's assassination in Bianzhou the fault of you?" ”

Li Cong raised his right hand and said solemnly: "Erchen is willing to swear to the sky, although the relationship between Erchen and Li Qingan is not good, but he really didn't think of assassinating him, this is someone framed for Erchen, please believe Erchen." ”

"Oh well! I will believe you once, it was not your doing, but you should also pay attention to this matter yourself, and find out who did it for me? It is also good to clear your doubts. ”

After speaking, Li Longji waved his hand and ordered him to retreat, he was quite troubled in his heart, and once again picked up the joint letter of Li Linfu and Zhang Yun, the two of them jointly demanded that the consequences of land annexation be paid attention to, and that the land annexers be severely punished.

Of course, Li Longji understood the true intentions of these two people, and used the order of the land annexation to attack the power of the Yang Party, Li Longji did not expect that these two people would unite to deal with Yang Guozhong, and he picked up Yang Guozhong's opinion on dealing with Cui Qiao, and only demoted the official level, his brows couldn't help frowning, the strength was too light, how could he explain it to the people of the world.

He was displeased to slam Yang Guozhong's fold on the imperial case, and scolded in a low voice: "This guy who doesn't know what to do!" ”

He paced slowly in the room with his hands behind his back, and began to reflect on some of his recent decisions, he began to realize that he was supporting Yang Guozhong again, the pace was too fast, let him do it in one step, there was no process, unlike Li Linfu, who had been a Xiangguo for more than ten years before slowly forming an authority, and now Li Linfu and Zhang Yun actually joined forces to deal with Yang Guozhong, which would cause turmoil in the imperial court.

Li Longji sighed secretly, he really needed to take measures to ease Yang Guozhong's rising momentum and strike him down, which seemed to be very necessary at present.

Thinking of this, he once again picked up Li Qingan's impeachment twist, Cui Qiao used his power to shield his family to encroach on the land, this is not a person who is for the country, Li Longji also felt disappointed.

He picked up his pen and replied on Li Qing'an's recital: "Remove Cui Qiaoli from the post of secretary of the Ministry of Rites, remove him from the qualification of Pingzhang under the same Zhongshu Sect, and demote him to Huazhou Taishou!" ’

(To be continued)