This is Li Linfu's 19th year as prime minister.

His old body made him more and more powerless, and he could only barely do his best.

In Wang's case, Li Linfu advocated protecting the king. Just as Li Longji likes to manipulate the chessboard to balance the court, how can Li Linfu not? Between Wang and Yang Guozhong, Li Linfu had already made a choice, obviously Wang was more obedient, and Yang Guozhong, ambition and talent did not match, he never looked at it. The king is here, and someone can contain Yang Guozhong, even if Li Linfu wants to reap the benefits of the fisherman, it can't be under the condition that Yang Guozhong is aggressive and oppressive to the king, so where will both sides lose?

But he didn't expect that the king did not lose the car at the critical moment, but had the kindness of a woman.

Seeing that the king's two sons were exiled to Lingnan, they were immediately given death, and Yang Guozhong not only won the position of imperial historian and Jing Zhaoyin, but also inherited more than 20 envoys from the king, and his strength increased greatly.

Although Li Linfu doesn't look down on Yang Guozhong, he has to say that Yang Guozhong is stronger than him and is more obedient to the will of the saint than him, coupled with the reliance and strength of the saint now, he can be a fierce opponent.

Yang Guozhong was obviously a little impatient, and as soon as Wang died, he played Li Longji and said that Li Linfu and Wang had formed a party.

If someone impeached Li Linfu for forming a party before Yang Guozhong entered the court, Li Longji would not care too much, but now, after all, this is not the same as in the past.

Nineteen years of prime minister is enough to make the prime minister's power intertwined and deep-rooted, and fight against the imperial power, which is also the reason why Li Longji has always used the crown prince, the left minister, the favored ministers and the border generals to balance Li Linfu. Although Li Linfu has never threatened the imperial power for some reason, he has always been respectful to Li Longji and has never trespassed, but Li Longji, as the emperor, cannot be unguarded in the slightest.

It doesn't really matter whether Li Linfu really formed a party or not, the important thing is that Li Longji finally moved the idea of replacing the prime minister after many years of stability.

Xiao Jiangyuan didn't understand why this was because of Yang Guozhong. When she asked, she realized that Yang Guozhong in Li Longji's eyes was not the same as in the eyes of her and others.

In the eyes of everyone, Yang Guozhong is just a gambler who can count by virtue of his distant blood relationship, stubbornly pulling the nepotism of the concubine to climb into the court, but in Li Longji's eyes, Yang Guozhong can make the treasury and private treasury unprecedentedly full, and he has not made too many mistakes in other government affairs, and he can be like-minded with him on weekdays, and he is really a qualified courtier. In addition, Yang Guozhong is the Yang family, even if the relationship is farther away, he can be very prosperous.

You can't criticize Yang Guozhong for having one thing in front of him and one thing behind him, who is not like this? After all, a companion is like a tiger, it is a matter of life and wealth, and it is always necessary to whitewash yourself.

Li Longji gradually alienated Li Linfu after all, if Li Linfu was Yao Chong back then, after understanding Li Longji's intentions at this time, he would take the initiative to resign and retreat bravely, but he was not.

He is exhausted for the phase organs, there is no loyalty to Geng Jie, and he is supple but not tactful to make a deer and traitor Li Linfu.

Seeing that Yang Guozhong had the tendency to worship the prime minister, Li Linfu took advantage of the repeated harassment of Nanzhao mentioned in the Jiannan Dao war report, and bit Yang Guozhong's identity as the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu, and asked Li Longji to respond to the invitation of the people of Jiannan and order Yang Guozhong to go to the post to calm down the war.

Jiannan Shu is the birthplace of Yang Guozhong. Although this dynasty is a general, it is not certain whether he can enter the prime minister in the future, not to mention that Yang Guozhong is gone, it is equivalent to being squeezed out of the power center of Chang'an, once Yang Guozhong does not stabilize Jiannan, not to mention Li Linfu, Li Longji will naturally punish Yang Guozhong.

Yang Guozhong didn't expect that Li Linfu could not only fight back, but also let him lift a stone and hit his own foot with one move.

At the end of the year, Yang Guozhong got acquainted with the wealthy Xian Yu Zhongtong, and later it was through Xian Yu Zhongtong that he showed his face in front of Zhang Qiu and Qiong, the envoy of the Jiannan Festival at that time, and was able to bring treasures into Chang'an, contact the Yang family's relatives, and become a celebrity in the court. Later, Zhang Qiu and Qiong entered the court as an official, Xian Yu Zhongtong succeeded to Jiannan Jiedu envoy, but did not want to be incapacitated, and Nanzhao gradually became evil, Tianbao ten years in April, but also led 80,000 troops and Nanzhao to fight in the Xi'er River, the result was a big defeat.

Yang Guozhong asked Xian Yu Zhongtong to play Li Longji at the same time as he resigned, and recommended him as the new envoy of Jiannan Festival. Naturally, he didn't really want to leave Chang'an and do what he was doing, nor did he care about the military power outside that he couldn't use at all. He just wanted to make himself more favored in front of Li Longji, who attached importance to military merits, but he didn't want to be constrained because of this.

Xiao Jiangyuan supported Li Linfu this time, but he didn't want Yang Guozhong to not only cry bitterly in front of Li Longji, but kept saying that Li Linfu wanted to kill him, but also persuaded Yang Yuhuan to speak for him through Mrs. Qiuguo. Li Long basically didn't want to give up Yang Guozhong easily, and how could he not see through Li Linfu's purpose, so he said: "Don't be impatient, you go to Shu to make a deployment first, I will be in Chang'an, waiting for you to come back." When you return, you will be in the picture. ”

In this way, although Yang Guozhong was reluctant, he was much more relieved.

After learning of Li Longji's promise to Yang Guozhong, Li Linfu couldn't afford to fall ill.

Li Longji's decision seemed to round Li Linfu's face, but at the same time promised Yang Guozhong something more substantial.

At this time, Li Longji was in the Huaqing Palace in Lishan, and Li Linfu lived in the courtyard near the Huaqing Palace. When Xiao Jiangyuan went to visit Li Linfu, neither this mansion nor Li Linfu himself recognized it for a long time.

The last time I visited, there was a long queue outside the house, as lively as a market, but now it is full of people and quiet. After entering the bedroom, Li Linfu was even more sick and skinny, except for those eyes, he couldn't see any of the past looks.

Hearing Xiao Jiangyuan sigh lowly, Li Linfu said with a smile: "The wind direction of the imperial court always spreads very fast, in the past, when Li Shizhi was dismissed, there was still a banquet at home that had not been withdrawn, isn't it like this today?" The inevitability of people's hearts is not to be taken seriously. ”

Seeing that Li Linfu was so open-minded, Xiao Jiangyuan relieved himself: "If you can keep doing this, this disease may be able to get better." ”

"What if it's getting better?" Li Linfu laughed self-deprecatingly, "I'm really old, and I can't even deal with Yang Guozhong." ”

"It's not Yang Guozhong who defeated you, it's a saint."

“…… Is there any difference? ”

Li Xiu, who had been serving the decoction on the side, suddenly knelt down to Xiao Jiangyuan: "I still hope that my uncle will save my father's life!" ”

Xiao Jiangyuan was surprised: "What does this mean? ”

Li Xiu said: "A doctor once said that my father's illness is mostly a heart disease, as long as he sees the saint, he will be able to get better!" ”

Xiao Jiangyuan looked at Li Linfu: "Do you want to see a saint?" ”

She originally thought that Li Linfu was only loyal to herself, and she had seen through the feelings of the monarch and the minister from the beginning, and she was neither obsessed nor valued, and it was precisely because of this that he could always follow his own path objectively and rationally, and he could also give her advice at the same time. But now it seems that Li Linfu is not only like this. He has a connection with Li Longji, I don't know when, even she didn't find out.

"Maybe you're right. In the past, he worked hard, worked diligently and loved the people, and in recent years, he was lazy and greedy for pleasure. It's all him, the lord that you and I willingly follow, and he will come and lose. Li Linfu sighed, "I have more or less clear grievances, he has the grace of knowing me, I have these 20 years, and my long-cherished wish has been fulfilled in vain." My life is short, and before I die, I want to see him one last time. ”

"Okay," Xiao Jiangyuan smiled confidently, "I'll help you." ”

After all, Li Linfu has been a veteran for decades, and even after the former prime minister retired, Li Longji was also courteous and never slowed down.

Xiao Jiangyuan thought like this, and sure enough, after seeing Li Longji listen to his statement and request, he learned that Li Linfu's time was running out of time to linger on the sickbed, and he was stunned for a while:

"This last side, I deserve to see it."

But Bian Lingcheng suddenly said: "Everyone, don't!" Since the right phase is about to die, it will inevitably be sick, how can everyone's golden body be contaminated? In case of...... It's not good. The right minister is only two years older than everyone, everyone is involved in the Tang Dynasty and the people, and they must not be treated at will, and it is right to take care of themselves. The right minister was so understanding in the past, and he will definitely understand everyone. ”

Wang Chengen said hesitantly: "Just take a look, don't ......"

Bian Lingcheng immediately retorted: "What do you know? The cause of major events has always been nothing more than carelessness, everyone is the son of heaven, and we should be cautious! ”

Xiao Jiangyuan seems to be gentle, but his majesty is extremely strict, and he has always acted according to laws and regulations, so for so many years, the Inner Servant Province has been stable, and the Inner Flying Dragon Soldiers are not second generals. She allowed the eunuchs to have their own small groups for reasons of affection and profit, as long as they did not maliciously fight with each other, and it would be good to harm each other's affairs. Whenever a new eunuch entered the palace, she would personally teach them the first lesson of entering the palace: the eunuch was already disabled, and since everyone was sick and sympathetic, they should not tear down each other and fight back and forth.

But I don't want to think that many years later, maybe because Li Longji is giving more and more power to the eunuchs, or maybe because the number of eunuchs is also growing, the fight will inevitably happen.

Still in front of Li Longji.

She, the inner eunuch, is really disgraced and majestic.

Li Longji also understood this, so he glanced at Xiao Jiangyuan with some surprise. Seeing her staring at Bian Lingcheng thoughtfully, he coughed lightly: "In front of me and your General Xiao, arguing endlessly, what kind of system?" ”

Bian Lingcheng and Wang Chengen immediately closed their mouths, Xiao Jiangyuan also woke up, thought about it, and said, "It's just a meeting, you don't have to go to the mansion of the right minister." ”

Li Longji asked, "Then how can you see it?" ”