Li Linfu was drowsy in a deep slumber when he suddenly felt someone holding his palm, and he also heard a speech of concern that was exaggerated to the point of falsehood. He rolled his eyelids to reveal half of his eyes, and let out a coughing sound.

Yang Guozhong hurriedly let go of his palm, retreated to two feet away, and said with a forked hand: "I didn't expect that not long after leaving the capital, the right minister was sick like this, you must get better, Your Majesty can't do without you, and Datang can't do without you." ”

Li Linfu knew Yang Guozhong's hypocrisy, and he also knew that he was the one who wanted him to die the most, but at this moment his terminal illness was real, and he was powerless to deal with Yang Guozhong. When he was in charge of the government and made enemies everywhere, he didn't think of his family, but when he was dying, he still had to save a glimmer of life for his family.

He gave up his dignity and arrogance, old tears flowed down from his cloudy eyes, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Yang Zhengqing, I'm afraid my days are numbered, we used to get along well before, and there were frictions and fights, but I am already relieved, you will definitely become the prime minister after I leave, and I will entrust my future to you." ”

Li Linfu's shadow on Yang Guozhong is too great, even if he is weak to this point, Yang is afraid that he will cheat, afraid that he will suddenly improve and give him a fatal blow. He hurriedly crossed his hands and said: "Don't dare, don't dare, the court can't do without the right minister, and Guozhong is still willing to be your deputy." ”

Li Linfu's sadness was stained with inexplicable absurdity, he didn't expect that he would be so sick that he could still make Yang Guozhong jealous, is his residual power too strong or is this person so weak?

His breath was disordered, and he paused when he said a word: "Yang Gong doesn't have to be humble, Lin Fu has been in power for many years, although he has no political achievements, he also has some experience, I want to give it to Yang Gong, I hope it will help you." ”

"Right Minister, please." Yang Guozhong crossed his hands, but he did not have the sincerity to listen to them.

"An Lushan sits on the land of Fanyang, Pinglu and Hedong towns, and its momentum has been small. If you weaken and suppress, you will be counterattacked, and you should use the art of checks and balances, and use the feudal towns to hold the feudal towns hostage. Anxi, Beiting, Shuofang, Hexi, Longyou and other five towns need to support the generals who are hostile to An Lushan, headed by Li Siye, supplemented by Ge Shuhan and An Sishun, and awarded Li Siye the three towns of Hexi in Anxi, Ge Shuhan and An Sishun are each in charge of Shuofang and Longyou. In this way, even if one of them has a disobedient heart and hostages each other, they will not dare to act rashly. ”

"Crazy people must also have fear, to deal with these martial artists must not be forced, you need to hide the killing machine in the art of Huairou, like boiling a frog in warm water. I hope Yang Gong can face up to this sentence. ”

Yang Guozhong overflowed a smile from the corner of his mouth, bowed and crossed his hands and said: "What the right minister teaches is that Guozhong will definitely follow suit, and please rest assured." ”

Li Linfu gently shook his head and closed his eyes, a contemptuous sneer appeared in his heart, from Yang Guozhong's words and expression, it can be concluded that this person did not take his words to heart, and he also resisted the last words of a dying man like him, which was really ridiculous and hateful.

Yang Guozhong was really unconvinced, what he actually wanted to say was, are you teaching me to do things?

This may be another trap that Li Linfu misled him, yes, this is a trap. What checks and balances, what kind of boiled frogs in warm water, why didn't you use it when you were alive? I, Yang Zhao, deal with these feudal towns, and still need such a vain and gentle technique?

From Li Linfu's words just now, he could hear that this old man looked down on him. Why can you be arrogant to An Lushan, and I must be gentle and treat it with checks and balances? Where did Lao Tzu send you?

He held back the unhappiness in his heart, smiled and said to Li Linfu: "The right minister can rest in peace, and Guozhong will not disturb your recuperation." ”

Li Linfu, who had already closed his eyes, didn't pay any attention to him, Yang Guozhong had no choice but to arch his hand at Li Xiu with a sneer, turned around and walked out of the hall.

Li Xiu sent Yang Guozhong out of the inner hall before turning back. At this time, his father had already opened his eyes, and these eyes seemed to be no longer cloudy, but bright and clear, and his spirits were vibrant, and his withered face was also shiny, and he reached out and sat up from the couch to straighten his back and back up, restoring the momentum of the great country Zaisuke in the past.

Li Xiu knew that his father was returning to the light, and tears were dripping down from his heart.

"My son doesn't have to be too sad, people will be born, old, sick and die all the time, but I'm afraid that I will suffer a few of your brothers. Father, there is a note here, and after I leave, you will go to the Feishuang Hall in the Huaqing Palace to ask for Your Majesty, and present the Songshu. After you bury me, you will quietly send your wife and children to Hexi. Remember, remember! ”

After Li Linfu said this, he lay quietly on the bed, waiting for death with his eyes open.

That night, a cry of sorrow came from the Li Mansion on the mountains outside the Huaqing Palace, and a generation of traitors completed his life journey and ended his historical mission.

Li Linfu's eldest son, Li Xiu, wore linen and filial piety, and personally went to the palace to report the funeral. It's just that he obeyed his father's instructions and knelt down on the steps outside the Flying Frost Palace, but he was not summoned by Li Longji.

The eunuch Yuan Siyi came to him, holding his belly with both hands and singing loudly: "Spread the sage's oracle, the right Xiangxu, I am very sad in my heart, and I specially ordered the Imperial Forest Army to escort the coffin back to the Pingkangfang Mansion in Chang'an for funeral, and the civil and military officials returned to Beijing to worship and be buried with the rites of the national prince." ”

Li Xiu fell to the ground with tears in her eyes, and responded: "Li Xiu, thank Your Majesty for your grace!" ”

Yuan Siyi said in a low voice: "Li Lang mourns the change, quickly help your father's coffin back to Chang'an." ”

Li Xiu raised his sleeve to wipe away his tears, took out a piece of music from his arms that was enveloped in an envelope, handed it to Yuan Siyi with both hands and said, "This is the note written by my father before he died, and I asked my father-in-law to present it to Your Majesty on my behalf." ”

"Okay, I'll send it in, Li Langzhong, please go back."

After seeing Li Xiu leave, Yuan Siyi walked up the steps of the palace with small steps, holding the letter in his hand and couldn't help but be suspicious. It stands to reason that Li Linfu has always treated him well, and the cooperation over the years has been quite pleasant, and the right minister can take all the secrets into the ground, he is very grateful in his heart, and this dying note should be handed over to His Majesty. But what exactly is written in his note, it can't be a confession letter, right? Will they shake the secrets of these eunuchs to His Majesty?

The more he thought about it, the more panicked he became, and he also had a strong desire to see the contents of the note, but usually the minister's dedication to the emperor was sealed with beeswax, and once he opened it, it was tantamount to committing a great sin, unless the letter was destroyed so that His Majesty could not see it.

But the risk of doing so was too great, he rubbed the opening of the envelope, hey, it was not sealed? Was it deliberately left unsealed or forgot?

This made Yuan Siyi itchy, there is no problem with opening it secretly, no one will find that Song Shu has been seen, as long as he is sure that there is no harmful information in it, he can be at peace in his heart.

He hid behind the pillar outside the hall, took out the paper in the envelope, and read it carefully, it did not mention the eunuch, but it was related to Li Siye, the envoy of Anxi Jiedu, which had nothing to do with him and could be handed over to His Majesty.

He returned to the hall and held his hands to the emperor lying on the bed: "Your Majesty, this is a note written by the right minister to His Majesty before his death, and I also ask Your Majesty to look at it." ”

Gao Lishi stood beside the emperor, glared at him, stretched out his hand to take it, and passed it to the emperor.

"Stand down."

"Whoa."

Li Longji pulled the paper out of the envelope, stretched it out in his hand and looked up and down, but his expression became more and more solemn.

Gao Lishi looked strange next to him and asked in surprise, "San Lang, how is it?"

He lay down on his back and handed the envelope to Colliers: "See for yourself." ”

Gao Lishi also felt very confused after reading it, and couldn't figure out why Li Linfu wrote this on his deathbed.

The emperor turned his head sideways and asked him, "Lux, what do you think?" ”

Gao Lishi said cautiously: "Li Linfu wrote this letter before his death, most of which was intended to recommend Li Siye as the envoy of the Hexi Festival. The slave didn't dare to say that he was really unselfish in doing this. But he had always had conflicts with Li Siye during his lifetime, and the relationship between the slave and him was not dealt with. But the slave maid wants to give him a fair word today, most of his actions are for the consideration of His Majesty, for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, this dedication will help balance the strength of the feudal towns. ”