Chapter 269: Preemptive Strike

readx; The light came out through the crack in the door, and a beautiful concubine walked into the room with a medicine bowl, the room was filled with a strong smell of medicine, and there was an old man's breath that was about to decay, and on the bed, Li Linfu was skinny and pale. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Linfu fell ill again in December last year, and this year he continued to get sick, and each time it became more and more serious, and he also felt that he seemed to have run out of time.

"Master, I've taken the medicine!"

The concubine helped Li Linfu up, and took a pillow to put on his back, Li Linfu coughed violently, and the concubine hurriedly beat him on the back, "Master, bear with me!" ”

But Li Linfu still couldn't hold back, a mouthful of blood came out, and the concubine hurriedly caught him with a silk handkerchief, and she finally cried, "Master! You're already the third time today. ”

vomited blood, Li Linfu's spirit was a little better, he stroked the concubine's hair, and said with a slight smile: "Donu, it's okay, I'm seventy years old, and people have been rare since ancient times, which is not a short life." ”

The concubine just mourned and cried, Li Linfu sighed and said, "Donu, if I go, you can get married!" I will leave you enough for the dowry. ”

"Master, I won't marry."

The concubine wiped away her tears and said, "If the master goes, I will go as a nun and read the scriptures for the master for a lifetime." ”

Li Linfu was a little moved in his heart, but the biggest thing in his heart came up again, if he died, what would happen to his family? His sons and daughters, including the most beloved concubine in front of him, will Yang Guozhong let them go? There are also those people he has persecuted for more than ten years, Zhang Jiuling, Li Shizhi, Wei Zhuang, and Du Youlin, will their descendants seek revenge on their descendants?

Li Linfu also had a trace of remorse in his heart, he had been a dog for Li Longji for so many years, and finally he was old and couldn't bite anymore, so Li Longji kicked him away, all the big cases over the years have to be borne by him, he is okay when he dies, and in the end he will take his descendants to open the knife, I knew today, why bother in the first place?

He gently stroked the concubine's satin-like smooth hair, and sighed secretly in his heart, such a beautiful woman, I'm afraid it's not easy to be a nun! Her fate is most likely to be sold to the church.

"Donu, bring me the book on my desk."

Donu hurriedly handed him the fold, and helped him to sit down, Li Linfu trembled his hands and opened the fold, this is what he originally wanted, against the fold of gold and silver money circulation, although Li Linfu is close to running out of oil, but his heart is still like a mirror, he sees through Li Qing'an's true intention to advocate the circulation of gold and silver money, and also knows what the consequences will be in the future?

The production of gold and silver in the Tang Dynasty is too low, and Anxi, especially Lingxi, is rich in gold and silver, once the circulation of gold and silver money in the mainland increases, the final result is that Anxi controls the coins in the mainland, that is, Li Qingan controls the economy of the Tang Dynasty, what is Li Qingan going to do, of course, not to make a fortune, through this incident, Li Linfu faintly felt that Li Qing'an hid a trace of ambition.

Li Qing'an is not a Hu person, he is a Han person, Li Linfu has always believed that most of the Hu people's ambitions are to establish themselves as kings and divide one side, while the ambition of the Han people is to drink the Central Plains and change the dynasty, does he Li Qingan also have this ambition?

It's a pity that except for him Li Linfu, most of the high-ranking people didn't see this, including Li Longji, he was consumed by interests, and was blinded by Li Qing'an's 200,000 catties of silver and 100,000 catties of silver every year, and even agreed to the circulation of gold and silver money, maybe he planned to replace Li Qing'an in the future, but when Li Qingan's wings hardened, could he still change it?

Li Linfu is still the right minister, or under one person, the first minister above ten thousand people, it is his bounden duty to oppose the circulation of gold and silver money, so he drafted this book, but at this moment he changed his mind again, Li Tang is undefeated and undefeated, what does it have to do with him, Li Longji is so ruthless to him, what is his need to worry about this person's country, he should protect his family.

"Burn it!" Li Linfu gave the song to the concubine and said in a trembling voice.

"Master, let's drink the medicine first! I'll burn it later. ”

"Nope! You burn it now, in front of me. Although Li Linfu's voice was small, it was categorical and non-negotiable.

Donu didn't dare to say more, she took the fold, carefully dismantled it, put it on a plate, lit a corner on the lamp, the fold quickly ignited, the handwriting turned yellow and black in the firelight, and finally it was engulfed in flames, and it was burned to ashes, and the slave poured it into the incense burner, Li Linfu also put down his heart, this Li Qing'an should also come to see himself.

At this time, the voice of the second son Li Wei came from outside the door, "Father, is it convenient now?" ”

"Ask him something?"

Donu opened a crack in the door and asked, "What does the master ask you about?" ”

"Please tell my father that Wang Heng has 100,000 urgent things to see."

His voice was very small, but Li Linfu still heard it, he glanced at the corner of the house, it was already a moment, it should be the moment to close the city gate, with Wang Heng's steadiness, at this time, there must be something big happening.

"Bring him here!"

Li Linfu's heart was a little nervous, he originally planned to ease relations with Li Heng and protect his family, but he didn't expect Li Heng to be deposed, the new prince has been undecided, in order to protect the fate of his family, he carefully cultivated Wang Heng as his successor, and now Wang Heng has won the trust of Li Longji, serving in more than 20 positions, in addition to the phase, his power is not lost to Yang Guozhong, as long as he entrusts him again in the end, he can enter the phase, and Yang Guozhong to compete, so as to preserve his Li Linfu's future, this is Li Linfu's wishful thinking, Only in this way will the Xiangguo Party not disappear like the Donggong Party.

But now with Wang Heng's power, he still wants to come to him, it can be seen that there must have been a serious incident, is it related to the assassination of King Di?

After a while, Wang Heng was hurriedly brought in by Li Wei, Wang Heng stepped forward to give a salute and said in a low voice: "Xiangguo, are you feeling better?" ”

"Stop talking nonsense, what's the matter?"

"Yes!"

The situation was urgent, and Wang Heng couldn't care about greetings, he hurriedly told Yang Guozhong about the arrest of Xing Wei in detail, and finally said: "Xiangguo, I'm very worried that they will catch Xing Wei, just now I learned on the road that my brother couldn't get out of the city, but a cavalry of Jin Wuwei went out of the city, and things may change sharply tomorrow." ”

Li Linfu is worthy of being a person who came over in the wind and rain, he always kept quiet, listened patiently, and when Wang Heng finished speaking, he suddenly said: "No! Today, Yang Guozhong did not go to see the Holy Lord, and the use of Long Wujun and Jin Wuwei definitely did not have the will of the Holy Lord. ”

Wang Heng immediately understood, he was still Xiangguogao! immediately found Yang Guozhong's loophole and used the army without authorization, which is still secondary, which shows that they have been prepared for a long time, why should he have been prepared for a long time? Unless they have long wanted to meddle in this matter, they may be able to refute that it was Yang Guozhong's trick from this point.

"Xiangguo, then tomorrow I will play the Holy Lord first and sue Yang Guozhong for overstepping his authority."

"Nope! You don't have to worry about this matter, you go directly to Dali Temple tomorrow to ask for someone, don't care about Xing Wei, you can't ask for this person, and you won't be in Dali Temple, you go to Ren Haichuan, this case is your supervisor, even if Dali Temple arrests someone, it must be handed over to you. ”

"But I'm afraid he's already written a confession."

"I just want him to be like this, bending into a trick! Let him write a new confession, overturn the previous testimony, and kill this person after writing the confession, and then you will complain to the saint, saying that someone killed people and killed people, I see how Yang Guozhong can complete this matter. ”

Wang Jue praised it and hurriedly said: "Xiangguo is smart!" In this way, the chain between Ren Haichuan and Xing Wei will be broken, and then I will use the Yushitai to impeach Yang Guozhong for using the army without authorization, so that he can't eat and walk around. ”

Li Linfu smiled and nodded, "Yes, you have really improved." ”

Speaking of this, he muttered again and said: "But we only have a three-point chance of winning this matter, they have been planning for a long time, and it will not be so easy to be attacked, the key is that Xing Wei, as long as Yang Guozhong catches Xing Wei, the initiative is in his hands, your brother is a little careless, alas!" ”

Li Linfu also understands in his heart, the main thing is to look at Li Longji, if he doesn't want to investigate Yang Guozhong's crime of using the army without authorization, he will naturally block it for him, and if Xing Weiru confesses, that Ren Haichuan's role is not big, Yang Guozhong can use Xing Wei to concoct evidence, such as notes, secret orders or something, even if Ren Haichuan retracts his confession, it will be too late, the only way to do this is to lose the branches and save the capital, keep Wang Heng, and keep himself.

Thinking of this, Li Linfu sighed again and said: "You are indeed very dangerous now, you have to be mentally prepared, if you really can't do it, you will sacrifice your brother and let him carry this matter for you, I hope that the Holy Lord will just stop at the point, and don't hurt your muscles and bones." ”

Wang Heng's heart was gloomy, he and his brother were affectionate, sacrificing his brother to protect himself, he would not be at ease in his life, but now, he really had nothing to do.

"Xiangguo, I understand, Wang Kun is in my house, I will have a good talk with him in the evening and arrange the future." ...... Wang Heng left, Li Linfu slowly drank the medicine, he needed to make his body better, and he would go to intercede with Li Longji in person tomorrow.

........ The next morning, Li Linfu got up strongly, he sat on the couch, the concubine Duonu was carefully combing his hair, Li Linfu's face was calm, but his heart was full of helplessness and loss, last night he just said that to comfort Wang Heng, but in fact, he knew the risk of this matter, how could Yang Guozhong only be willing to kill one Wang Kun, with the means of Ling Hufei, it must be to first make Li Longji believe that Xing Wei committed the crime, lead Li Longji into the trap, and then slowly lead out the Wang brothers, and then use Li Longji's mediocrity in the past two years, I'm afraid that the Wang brothers will really be difficult to protect this time.

'Faint! Li Linfu couldn't help but sigh secretly, almost everyone in the past two years has seen that Li Longji has become mediocre, indeed, he has become mediocre in the affairs of the imperial court, or he has no intention of asking, like Li Qing'an's gold and silver money circulation order passed so easily, but in the power struggle, will he be mediocre? Li Linfu was a little confused, if he wasn't mediocre, how could Li Longji hand over Yang Guozhong's brother-in-law to Li Qing'an, if he wasn't mediocre, how could Li Longji depose Gao Lishi, but if he was mediocre, he knew that while he was promoted to Yang Guozhong, he also reused Wang Heng, and the balance was extremely clever, Li Linfu was so clever that he couldn't see through Li Longji.

"Father!" Suddenly, the voice of the second son Li Wei came from outside, and he rushed into the lobby like a gust of wind, shouting excitedly: "Father, something big has happened in Xingqing Palace!" ”

"What do you do in a panic!"

Li Linfu's face sank, and he said unhappily: "What happened?" ”

Li Wei restrained the excitement in his heart and hurriedly said: "Father, there is news from Xingqing Palace, Li Qingan went to Xingqing Palace early in the morning to impeach Jin Wuwei for attacking the Anxi Army camp last night. ”

"What!" Li Linfu's Teng! He couldn't believe his ears, "You mean last night, Jin Wuwei?" ”

"Yes! I heard that Jin Wuwei insisted that the court wanted to run into the Anxi military camp and had a conflict with Anxi. ”

Li Linfu stood for a long time, and he suddenly looked up to the sky and sighed, "The sky has eyes, and I am Li Linfu endlessly!" ”

"Father, what are you ....." Li Wei had never seen his father so excited, he was stunned.

Li Linfu was completely ill, he waved his hand excitedly and shouted: "Prepare the car, I want to go to Xingqing Palace!" ”

........ Xingqing Palace, Li Longji, who had not gotten up early for a long time, was forced to get up early today, and early in the morning, Li Qing'an, the envoy of Anxi Jiedu, rushed to the gate of Xingqing Palace to file a complaint against the emperor, complaining that Jin Wuwei had attacked the Anxi military camp at night, which had a serious impact on the morale of the Anxi army.

Li Longji didn't know what was going on, but judging from Li Qing'an's wording, this matter was very serious, what does it mean to attack the Anxi military camp at night?

Li Longji had to get up, he didn't know what Jin Wuwei did last night, it stands to reason that Jin Wuwei belongs to the Beijing Garrison Army, and any movement outside the scope of its responsibilities must pass through him Li Longji to attack the Anxi Army barracks, which is obviously not their scope of responsibility.

Before he could ask about the situation, Li Longji was already furious, who dared to be so bold and transfer troops out of the city without authorization.

In the Datong Palace, Li Longji sat on the dragon couch, his face was extremely gloomy, below, Li Qing'an was full of anger, pointing to Deng Wei who was kneeling on the ground and said sharply: "Your Majesty, this person led five hundred cavalry to sneak into my Anxi army camp at night, and after being discovered by the sentry, he said that there were court criminals who ran into the barracks, and they must enter the barracks to search, they were fully armed, menacing, without any evidence, and without any documents, this is clearly taking advantage of the night to sneak attack my Anxi army camp, I Anxi fought bloodily for the Tang Dynasty, with many casualties, and no money, The reputation is not a point, the bones of the war dead have not been cold, these, our soldiers have no complaints, but Jin Wuwei is going to attack the barracks at night, Your Majesty, how can Weichen go back and explain to the soldiers of the Anxi Army? ”

Deng Wei knelt on the ground, his courage was about to be frightened, he wanted to go to Yang Guozhong today to ask for guilt, but he didn't expect Li Qing'an to be so tough, he came to Xingqing Palace to complain as soon as the city gate was opened, he was shocked and scared, and he didn't even have the strength to defend himself.

Beside Deng Wei, Jin Wuwei's general Wang Chengye was full of anger, he didn't know about this matter, just now Deng Wei told him that it was Yang Guozhong who transferred troops privately, Wang Chengye was extremely angry in his heart, damn Yang Guozhong, actually put his hand into his Jin Wuwei, but now he has no time to settle the matter, he wants to get through the current crisis, Jin Wuwei privately transferred troops, Li Longji wants to blame him first, he heard Li Qingan talk about the matter so seriously, and secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good, Li Qingan obviously wanted to make a big deal.

Sure enough, Li Longji snorted heavily, and stared at him with anger on his face, "General Wang, how can you explain this matter to me?" ”

Wang Chengye couldn't care about protecting Deng Wei anymore, he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the minister, like Your Majesty, has just heard about this matter, and the minister's rule is not strict, and he is willing to be punished by His Majesty." ”

He was very clean, not only made it clear that he didn't know, but also set the charges for himself in advance, just that the rule was not strict, and Jin Wuwei's night attack on the Anxi army had nothing to do with him.

"You don't know?"

Li Longji's fierce gaze turned to Deng Wei again, "General Deng, I want to hear your explanation, if you can't give an explanation, I will behead you all over the house!" ”

Now, Deng Wei can't take care of Yang Guozhong anymore, and he transfers troops privately, unless it is to defend the saint, otherwise, no matter what reason he has, it is a capital crime.

As soon as he gritted his teeth, he said: "Your Majesty, the minister didn't dare to hide it, this was Yang Shangshu who discovered the main culprit in the assassination of King Di, and ordered the minister to arrest him, and the minister chased him to the Anxi army camp, but the criminal was gone, so the minister asked the Anxi army for a fugitive, and the minister had the courage to attack the Anxi army at night." ”

"Really?" Li Longji's eyes glanced at Li Qing'an again, in fact, he didn't believe that Jin Wuwei would attack the Anxi army at night, there must be a reason.

"General, he's telling the truth?"

Li Qingan sneered, he knew that Deng Wei would say this, of course he didn't want to trouble this Deng Wei, he just wanted to lure out Yang Guozhong.

"Your Majesty, this person is talking nonsense, what power does Yang Shangshu have to mobilize Jin Wuwei? What does the assassination of King Di have to do with Yang Shangshu? This person has a vendetta with me when he was inspecting the camp, so he wants to seek revenge on me, but now he can't take revenge, and he wants to blame Yang Shangshu, Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with Yang Shangshu, don't listen to him. ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't dare to bully the king, it is indeed Yang Shangshu's order, Your Majesty invited Yang Shangshu to ask and know, and the minister is willing to confront him."

Speaking of this, Li Longji understood a little in his heart, this Deng Wei gave him 10,000 guts, forgive him for not daring to find the stubble of the Anxi Army, there is a good chance that Yang Guozhong did it privately, this Li Qingan and Yang Guozhong are mortal enemies!

He glanced at Wang Chengye and said, "General Wang, what do you think?" ”

Wang Chengye heard that Li Longji threw the problem to himself, and he was secretly annoyed in his heart, so he said: "Your Majesty, it is about Jin Wuwei's military regulations, and the minister also wants to understand the matter clearly, so please ask Your Majesty to summon Yang Shangshu to confront him." ”

"Oh well! Summoning Yang Guozhong. Li Longji was so helpless that he had to make an edict.

"Your Majesty has a will, Xuan Yang Guozhong will meet you!"

(To be continued)