"Come back early after the banquet, there is something to discuss with Ah Lang."

Fang Chongyong just wanted to go out after sending Zheng Shuqing away, but he was stopped by Wang Yunxiu, who had a tangled face.

"Is Madame pregnant so soon? The marriage is going to be done in advance. ”

Fang Chongyong said with a smile, but he didn't expect Wang Niangzi to slap him on the arm heavily, and said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about!" Haven't you only been back for a few days? Where can I get a baby out of my belly? Or do you think of me as the kind of slut who doesn't follow women's morals? ”

"Oh, yes, it can't be. So, what is Madame going to say? ”

Fang Chongyong asked with a fox face.

Trifles in the family are also unlikely. Although Wang Yunxiu and Anaye are unforgiving, they are both reasonable women, and they also accept each other's existence, and the most they do on weekdays is just fighting with each other.

They will not take the initiative to undermine the stability of the family, and they all know that the environment Fang Chongyong is facing is full of challenges, and there are no external conditions for contradictions.

Officials in the officialdom who were exterminated because of a little bad thing at home were not an exception, and it could even be said that a lot of them were arrested.

Wang Yunxiu, who was born in the family of eunuchs, naturally knows the severity.

Fang Chongyong felt that Wang Yunxiu should not go to find the stubble of the "fox spirit", and would not treat Anaye as a thorn in the flesh.

"When the concubine was helping Ah Lang find out the news, she was involved in a fatal matter, which was related to the Ten Kings' Mansion."

Wang Yunxiu said in a deep voice.

"Ten Princes' Mansion? Did those people hit you with bad ideas? ”

As soon as he heard this, Fang Chongyong was furious! Dare to rob your wife with yourself, can you bear it?

However, he saw Wang Yunxiu waving his hand indifferently, and said with a sigh:

"Speaking of attracting bees and butterflies, the concubine is really not as good as the fox spirit at home. Even if they want to attack the concubine, it is because of the power of their father's Hedong Jiedu envoy, not the beauty of the concubine.

This is still a lot worse than what Ah Lang thought.

Ah Lang underestimated the beauties around the princes and grandsons in the Ten Princes' Mansion, what kind of beauties did they want, did they offend the envoys of the Hedong Festival, and do it to the concubines? ”

"So, what the hell is that?"

Fang Chongyong asked suspiciously, the more he listened, the more confused he became!

Wang Yunxiu leaned over and muttered in his ear for a long time. Fang Chongyong's face became more and more solemn, his fists clenched tightly, and finally slowly let go.

"Anyway, that's the thing. This favor, shall we help, or not?

If it helps, it is definitely risky.

If you don't help, the concubine will be dishonest and will definitely be rejected by some people in the future, and it will be difficult to help Ah Lang find out the news. ”

Wang Yunxiu asked with a worried face.

"Of course you have to help, there is still the least justice in the world. Madame was desperately concerned about me, and of course I understood that this matter was on me. ”

Fang Chongyong held Wang Yunxiu's hand tightly and said. is really trying his best to help him pull the "noble lady network", and secretly find out all kinds of news through these women.

This time, she was a little difficult to ride a tiger because of a small mistake, and Fang Chongyong naturally wanted to help her finish up and deal with the possible adverse effects of follow-up troubles.

"You can't call a concubine a lady, only the prime minister can call it."

Wang Yunxiu said embarrassedly, she already understood what Fang Chongyong wanted to express.

"There's no one at home, what's wrong with a random call. It's just the prime minister, so I'm still tired. ”

Fang Chongyong said nonchalantly.

"Okay, okay, let's go to the banquet, go early and come back early."

Wang Yunxiu's heart was overjoyed, she leaned over and kissed Fang Chongyong's face and pushed him out of the courtyard gate.

However, when Fang Chongyong was full of concerns, he came to Li Linfu's house in Pingkangfang and found ...... Their house is so peaceful today, even so quiet that it looks like they have gone to bed, but it doesn't look like they are having a family feast at all!

If someone hadn't been guided, and many torches were lit in the courtyard, Fang Chongyong would have wanted to go home directly.

The state banquet of the Tang Dynasty, naturally needless to mention, can be used to target the state banquet of Chongyong's previous life, but it is far more luxurious.

And the family banquet in the Tang Dynasty was not called a family banquet simply by eating a meal.

The so-called "family banquet" in the eunuch's house must be a banquet for all family members, and invite friends who have a relationship with the family, and even invite colleagues with good connections in the yamen to participate.

This kind of banquet was an important social etiquette occasion for the families of feudal nobles and eunuchs, and it was responsible for maintaining the family network. For an ordinary eunuch's house, it can be regarded as a matter of life and death. I can't take it too seriously.

Whether an official's wife is virtuous in the eyes of outsiders often depends on her ability to organize family dinners.

Through the pomp and circumstance at the family banquet, the dishes and even the number of servants, outsiders can tell whether this official eunuch family is striving for progress or has fallen into the middle of the family! Whether the members of the family are united or conflicted.

Then, based on their own perceptions, they will judge what strategy they should adopt when interacting with the family in the future.

If there is to be a marriage, then which one of them is to be married, and what is the character of the parties to the marriage.

If you find that this family is ruined, you have to stay away from it and slowly distance yourself.

If you find that the family has great potential and is very promising, you must strengthen contact and keep in touch with each other often.

A "small" family banquet is no less than an in-depth assessment of the family's network, can it be a simple matter?

For outsiders attending other people's family banquets, they should also carefully observe the various situations at the banquet and strictly restrain their words and deeds.

While you're grading others, they're grading you! Face is given by others, but face is lost by yourself!

Of course, there are exceptions.

For example, some officials of the Qingshui Yamen are really poor at home, and when they invite friends or colleagues to the house to attend a family banquet, they will eat a bowl of rice, a stack of pickles, a glass of turbid wine, and that's it. His friends and colleagues don't take it seriously either, and don't care about the courtesy.

But obviously, Li Linfu is definitely not such a person. The right phase must have the right phase! Therefore, the family banquet of the right prime minister's family must also have strong political significance! Who to invite and who not to invite, and how to arrange the seats, are very particular.

Human beings are social animals that show their social status through social attributes. Everything about the family banquet is a projection of Li Linfu's social status, and it is not allowed to be sloppy.

After a while, Fang Chongyong was led to the study by his subordinates, and he saw Li Linfu who was working at the desk.

I saw that his table was full of papers, not to mention a family banquet, and he didn't even see a single piece of food and pastry. This right-hand minister of the Tang Dynasty seems to be at home and in the yamen, there is not much difference!

"Zuo Xiang has already planned to organize in the past five years that in the past five years, some bitter masters who have sued the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion without success will go there to sue the officials, at least 50 cases a day.

If Zheng Shuqing can't take it, or if he doesn't handle it well, then Zhang Yi in the imperial history will fall to the left, and at the same time impeach Zheng Shuqing for not asking about official affairs and being lazy and lazy.

How do you think you should deal with this? ”

Li Linfu asked without raising his head.

Fang Chongyong was very curious, what was this right-hand minister of the Tang Dynasty busy with, and he was not busy rebelling! Why do you have to go home and work?

Seeing that Fang Yanei didn't speak at all, Li Linfu thought that he had scared the other party, so he hurriedly pointed to the cushion in front of him in a gentle tone and said, "Just sit down and talk casually." ”

The Chinese language is broad and profound, and things that are often called "casual" will be very "casual", and you have to deal with them with 12 points of spirit.

"Back to the right minister, there is no solution to this matter.

In old cases, human and physical evidence has long been unrecognizable, and even with the help of ghosts and gods, it is difficult to clarify the merits of the year. This is called the enemy's chief in the art of war. In any case, to deal with this kind of thing, it is necessary to build on the strengths and avoid the weaknesses. Dealing with it head-on is not advisable. ”

Fang Chongyong didn't say what to do, but analyzed the nature of the incident, and faintly hinted: This matter can't be hard topped!

"Well said!"

Li Linfu put down his pen and sighed lightly:

"There are so many people around him, but they don't get to the point, but you, an outsider, can see it.

It's just that these aspects know that, while they do, they don't help to solve the matter. The picture is now asking you what to do. ”

"Don't deal with it."

Fang Chongyong crossed his hands and saluted.

"Why not?"

Li Linfu continued to ask. Everyone is a smart person, and words naturally cannot be understood through the most simple meaning.

"As far as I know, Zheng Fuyin doesn't seem to have a good official reputation.

In that case, it's better to be thick-skinned. As long as I'm not in a hurry, it's someone else who is in a hurry.

The sloppy handling of the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion is not a matter of one or two days. When I was in Chang'an, I often heard that the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion was notorious, and the corpse of Yin of Jingzhao Mansion was vegetarian, and it was really not worse than Zheng Mansion Yin.

If you want to deal with it, you can use procrastination.

Open the door of the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion and let Zheng Fu Yin handle the case at the gate, so as to show that Jingzhao Mansion is going all out to handle the case. But the old case itself is not easy to handle, so Jingzhao Mansion can handle it, and if it can't be done, it will be delayed, in short, it will make Zheng Fuyin look very busy.

If someone in the court urges him, he will say that the case is being handled, and it will be good to drag it until the saint returns to Chang'an. If you are in a hurry, you can make a bet, whoever can handle it will come up to handle the old case, and if you can't do it, you will shut up.

The saint also has eyes and ears in Chang'an, so naturally he will not be unaware of such a thing. ”

Fang Chongyong said eloquently.

This trick is to use "bad moves" against "bad moves". As long as I'm shameless, it's someone else who is so shy!

After hearing this, Li Linfu immediately stroked his palms and laughed: "Wonderful! ”

However, he instantly lowered his face and asked:

"But do you think that Zhang Shouqi is surrounded by wine bags and rice bags, and he can't even deal with this kind of thing?

It is not without a price to delay time, the price is that all the manpower of the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion is involved in these old cases!

Originally, there were very few people over there who could do things. Once you get busy, what should you do if something big happens in Chang'an and you need the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion to come out? ”

"This is the killer move of the left minister, and I don't know what the left minister will do.

However, after calculation, the recent major events in the imperial court, I am afraid that the only ones that can affect the saint are the imperial examinations that will be held immediately after the saint's birthday.

I heard that the right minister himself opposed this imperial examination, and if something big happened during it, it would not be difficult to judge what the saint would think. ”

After speaking, Fang Chongyong saluted Li Linfu and said.

"Imperial examinations?"

Li Linfu muttered to himself.

I have to say that Fang Chongyong's analysis is meticulous, and he is worthy of being the key person who has repeatedly helped Zheng Shuqing turn danger into disaster!

Li Linfu had also had a meeting with his cronies before, and he had analyzed everything, but he couldn't be sure how to start Zhang Shouqi's counterattack!

The Jingzhao Mansion Yamen will definitely be the first to be cleaned up, which is recognized by everyone.

It's just that there is no way to do any tricks other than looking for those old cases. These bad tricks are all routine routines, and it is not the first time that Datang has encountered them since the founding of the country. Whenever you want to get rid of the assassination history or county order in a certain place, I like to use the trick of "saturation attack of old cases" + Yushitai impeachment of lazy government.

However, because Li Longji also despised the Jingzhao Mansion Yamen, he did not have any hope for Jingzhao Mansion Yin.

This is the so-called "no hope, no disappointment", and even Brother Ji will have a headache where to find a "qualified dog official" like Zheng Shuqing.

But if Zhang Shouqi let the black gloves on their side do it and make some big and important cases that cause large-scale social panic, it should be Jin Wuwei who will shoot at that time!

And Jin Wuwei obeyed Zhang Shouqi's orders during Li Linfu's imprisonment, which is also the power balance designed by Brother Ji!

Zhang Shouqi is doing things in Chang'an, not only can he not find fault with Zheng Shuqing, but it will make Jin Wuwei tired! In the end, who will be more unlucky, I don't know.

Therefore, for Zhang Shouqi, deliberately creating some big and important cases is just shooting himself in the foot. On the contrary, it is the imperial examination, if something happens, Li Longji will think that it is inseparable from Li Linfu, who opposed the imperial examination before.

The Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, and the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion are all Li Linfu's basic plates.

Moreover, the imperial examination is a fig leaf for the imperial court, and Brother Ji is a person who wants to save face, and if this fig leaf is torn off, it will make him furious and crazy!

Li Linfu was shocked, and suddenly felt that what Fang Chongyong said was actually very operational, and it was very likely that Zhang Shouyong's routine was already on the way!

It's just that now that the imperial examination has not been held, how can you beat the Jingzhao Mansion and the Ministry of Rites with one move?

It is taboo to talk shallow and deep, Li Linfu swallowed the question that he almost couldn't help asking, and immediately put on a smiling face.

"Alas, there was a family banquet today, but because of these government affairs, it was unpleasant to eat each other!

Come on, prepare to serve, and the prime minister wants to have a good time with General Fang! ”

Li Linfu laughed and ordered his subordinates to serve the food. Then he took Fang Chongyong to a private room, which was blocked by a screen on all sides, but left many gaps.

Fang Chongyong looked around, always feeling that it was easy to hide people behind these screens and eavesdrop on his conversation with Li Linfu.

After the two of them sat down, Fang Chongyong took out a booklet from his cuff, handed it to Li Linfu and said:

"The business on the west side of the river, the saint has made a lot of profit in it. At the same time, the border army and the border town were stabilized.

Although the accounts are fake, the errand is real. ”

Fang Chongyong saluted Li Linfu and said.

"yes, I see."

Li Linfu put the booklet aside casually, looking unimpressed.

Now Fang Chongyong was surprised! He thinks that his life is a major matter, Li Linfu actually has such a disdainful attitude?

Seeing Fang Chongyong's "shocked" look, Li Linfu said with a smile on his face:

"You can't take care of the affairs of the saints, you can't ask, and it's best to pretend that you don't know."

He nodded slightly, and continued to approve: "What the prime wants is just the attitude, not the details. Your attitude makes you very satisfied. ”

"The right is in love."

Fang Chongyong bowed deeply and said.

"Hmm."

Li Linfu casually put the booklet on the candle flame and lit it, and then said nonchalantly: "There is nothing to do in Hexi now." ”

Seeing this scene, Fang Chongyong's heart was extremely shocked!

His booklet is an important piece of material evidence that can theoretically bring down Zhang Shoujue!

Li Linfu actually burned it without even looking at it?

"Benxiang knows that the affairs of Hexi have always been related to Zhang Shouqi, after all, he is a military envoy of the Jiankang Army, and it is not surprising that he has some connections in Hexi.

I've already checked a lot of these appearances, and a little more news from you isn't too much, and it's okay to have less.

Now I just want to know, why don't you go to Zuo Xiang's Mansion after you return to Chang'an, but come to this minister. ”

Li Linfu asked with squinted eyes, his tone gradually becoming serious.

"Because the left minister didn't invite me, but the right minister invited me."

Fang Chongyong said.

Whoever invites me, I will go to whomever I want. This sounds like child's play, but Li Linfu chewed on the mystery carefully, and felt very meaningful!

"Well, let's do it in this way, redo the accounts of the four states of Hexi and send them to you for review. If you think it's okay, send it to Shangshu Mansion and hand it over to the Criminal Department for auditing.

As for the previous question, that petty official's name is Yang Yan, right? On the grounds of lack of ability, he will take the blame, and it will be good that he will never use it in the future. ”

Li Linfu decided the living conditions of many people in Hexi in just a few words, and the board was raised high and gently put down.

His very casual remarks here decided whether some people in the five states of Hexi would live well, or be promoted to become rich, or flee to the Western Regions, or even fall to the ground!

This is the power of the right minister of the Tang Dynasty! It can't be seen or touched, but it's everywhere!

Power! Power! Authority!

Whether the husband's waist is hard or not, it depends on this!

Fang Chongyong took a deep breath, he can now assert: When it is decided, it will be decided, and Li Linfu, who regards the matter of Brother Ji as his own business, will definitely win the struggle against Zhang Shouqi, the prime minister of the left.

It's just a matter of time, whether the process is smooth or tragic.

Just looking at Li Linfu's willingness to let go of this matter to clean up his political enemies just because he was afraid of touching Brother Ji's interests, I knew that he would definitely have the last laugh!

Chang'an's Longtan Tiger's Den, brute force is useless, full of blood is useless, if you want to live well, you can only rely on your brain!

"Now that we're done talking about business, it's time to say something private. Come on, come on, eat the vegetables and eat the vegetables. ”

Li Linfu pointed to the dazzling array of dishes on the table, and the other party said Chongyong.

Looking at the size of the table, it seems that there are two more people who can sit. Fang Chongyong asked suspiciously: "Is there only one guest in this banquet?" ”

"What do you want so many people to do, it's like reading the art of war on weekdays, isn't it written on the military book that 'soldiers are not more than fine'."

Li Linfu said meaningfully.

Fang Chongyong suddenly felt a chill in his back, and he looked around, always feeling as if someone was peeking here.

(End of chapter)