Gao Lishi suddenly felt speechless in his heart, don't always compare Zhang Jiuling with him, how many years has Zhang Jiuling, the old man, been dead, and what is the saint still thinking about him?

He lowered his head and smiled implicitly, and replied to the emperor: "His demeanor is slightly inferior to Zhang Jiuling, but his loyalty far surpasses him." ”

The emperor nodded and said, "Well, it's possible, Lux, you can ask him to come to the palace to see me in the future." Recalling the past when Taizong was in Luo, he went to the end of the gate and saw the new jinshi walking out. Xi said: "The heroes of the world are in my place!" Now that I have opened the spring and summoned the world's cold people into the palace, it was Taizong's past move to gather the world's heroes into my palace. ”

Li Linfu, who was sitting opposite Gao Lishi, forced out a smile, but his heart was extremely sullen, he had accompanied the emperor for more than ten years, and he thought that his loyalty was also highly valued, but his ears were still stimulated by the emperor's words for a long time.

Li Longji often uses the three words Zhang Jiuling as an analogy, even if the other party is unintentional, he can't help but be sour in his heart, wasn't Zhang Jiuling replaced by me, what do you mean by his demeanor all the time, is it because I am not satisfied?

The right minister could only hide this dissatisfaction in his heart, stood up with the wine cup in both hands, raised it to his chest and said with a smile: "Sage, the Spring Imperial Examination, select and recruit talented people from all over the world to enter the Chang'an examination, and the ministers must strictly control the selection of real talents for the sage, and do not let those who sell their fame and reputation fish in troubled waters." ”

"Good!" Li Longji happily replied to the right minister with a wine cup: "Brother Nu has always been fair, and I am especially relieved that I must strictly control and select the real pillars of the Tang Dynasty for me."

"Whoa."

The monarchs and ministers in the palace were half drunk, the emperor was a little tired, and he was supported by Concubine Mei to rest, and Gao Lishi retreated with his hands crossed.

The two withdrew outside the hall gate, and Li Linfu smiled at Gao Lishi: "The general's recent friends are getting wider and wider, and even a Confucian scholar like Lu Lun can speak." ”

"There's no way," Gao Lishi said meaningfully: "Lu Lun declares that Yuanbo is famous, but he has no chance to be reused, our family is by the saint's side all day long, we can't just share the sorrow for the saint, but also resolve the sorrow, otherwise what use does the saint want us." ”

Li Linfu laughed dryly and said, "Is there a shortage of talents around the saint?" Is there a shortage of talents in the DPRK and China? There is no shortage, and there are even many people who are indiscriminately filling the numbers. I think the biggest problem of our Datang is that we have included many people who think they are talented into the court, which harms both these people and the court. ”

Gao Lishi smiled suspiciously: "I didn't expect that the right minister would have such an insight, and our family can see it today." ”

Li Linfu also smiled and replied: "You and I have been working in the DPRK for many years, you should know best who I am, why do we two hide it?" ”

The two old foxes laughed in front of the hall, and then waved their hands in farewell.

Li Linfu walked out of the palace gate alone along Longwei Road, and after a few patrolling palace guards with halberds in their hands went away, the resentment hidden in his heart became stronger and stronger, and he began to whisper to the empty palace wall: "From the twenty-fourth year of the old calendar to the present, Lao Tzu has been the prime minister for you for twelve years!" Be conscientious, hard-working, and do all the work yourself, so that you can get rid of the government and be idle, but I am not as good as a dead Zhang Jiuling here! What else do you want to hold the imperial examination, do you think I am not qualified to be your prime minister? Are you going to replace me! “

He poured out the words from the bottom of his heart in the air, and suddenly felt that his whole person was much better, and he began to think about how to deal with the three thousand students who entered Chang'an. This is a talented person selected from all over Datang, and there are two amazing and talented people in it.

Emperor Li Longji personally selected talents by sight and feeling, and there were no specific standards, which was extremely unreliable for Li Linfu. So he clearly knew that this Spring Imperial Examination was cultivating opponents for himself, so he must not allow this kind of thing to happen.

He began to figure out how to eliminate competitors from the roots. Eliminate the talented ones and choose a few stupid mediocre talents? He might have thought this way before, but now he cares most about those who are not afraid of death and some ill-intentioned people, trying to find him everywhere and deliver a fatal blow. He won't give them such a chance, isn't the biggest problem with the scientific expedition being unfair? Then he has to give fairness to everyone, weed out all these self-righteous talents, and see what they have to say.

Li Linfu's idea at this moment was bold and strange, but he thought it was the most reliable choice, and it was not unfounded. First of all, his power has been operated to the maximum in the court, and the opponents are of no use except for their mouths, and secondly, the scientific expedition that the emperor wants to hold is purely a whim, and after this period of time has passed, he will no longer feel that any talents are withering.

Thinking like this, he soon came to the outside of the Jinwu Guard Courtyard, where the slaves at home had already prepared the carriage, and Li Linfu walked into the carriage with the support of the servants.

"Drive!"

The coachman sat on the wheel and waved his whip, and the wheel carried a puff of smoke of loess through the doorway of the Suzaku Gate, and went down the straight road to Pingkangfang.

Li Linfu's mansion has two main entrances, one is in the square of Pingkangfang, and the other is directly at the entrance of the wall. This is a benefit only for officials above the third grade, so that he goes to court every morning, he does not need to detour in the fang, and after coming out of the gate, he goes directly to the avenue, and quickly leads to the Xingqing Palace in the south or the Daming Palace in the east.

Yan Xiaosi sent four personal soldiers to guard near these two gates, of course, there are other back doors in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and there are even tunnels leading to other places, but under normal circumstances, his daily activities are through these two gates.

They saw with their own eyes the carriage of the Prime Minister's Mansion driving into the gate, and one of them hurriedly ran to inform Yan Xiaosi and General Li, while the other continued to be on duty.

……

Li Siye had a lot of leisure in the backyard, sleeping and reading in his room during the day, and drinking and relaxing in the Qinglou in Pingkangfang with some officials of the DPRK and China at night. In fact, this is a public relations campaign to win over relationships, which can be seen from the people he has invited. The day before yesterday was the invitation of the royal historian of the Cheng Wang, and the famous prostitute Xue Juju in Pingkangfang was present to take the lead, and there were five or six beautiful maiko singing and dancing.

This all-night party cost him fifty Sassanid coins. Of course, this is worth it, this kind of simple and crude public relations strategy of money, wine and beauty to open the way is very effective for these officials with rich desires, and it is much easier to defeat the core figures after the peripheral members of the Right Prime Minister Party are dismantled one by one.

He pinched the scroll and lay on the ground and dozed off, recuperating for tonight's second attack, he invited another cool official, Luo Xizao, who is also famous enough, I heard that he can stop children crying at night, but compared to the cool officials of the post-martial period, Zhou Xinglai Junchen, it still seems to be a big deal.

Yan Xiaosi's voice came from outside the door: "Zhongcheng, the right minister has returned home!" ”

Li Siye was in high spirits, and at the same time he was nervous and excited, this was the first time he faced the great enemy of his life head-on, and it was also the first time he faced the treacherous appearance of this legendary honey-bellied sword.

He immediately threw down the scroll in his hand and said, "Order someone to pick up our gifts and set off to visit the Right Prime Minister's Mansion." ”