Who could it be, so frustrated, that he sent someone to assassinate Li Linfu?

This is not a "murder of passion", let alone an "unavoidable" accident.

Rather, there is a careful deployment, and the perpetrators can escape after the fact. It can be said that it has been deliberate and planned for a long time.

Who would be so bold? Who would dare to be so bold?

Ji Ge asked Gao Lishi who would kill Li Linfu, but the latter gave him an extremely shocking but reasonable answer:

Too many people have the motive to kill Li Linfu, and the people who want his life are simply too many to count, and they need to wait in line! Line up to claim!

Subsequently, Colliers gave his opinion:

First of all, Li Linfu made his debut from Qianniu Zhichang, and successively served as Prince Zhongyun, Prince Yude, Guozi Siye, Yushi Zhongcheng, Criminal Department Waiter, Officials Waiter, Huangmen Waiter, etc., and finally the official worship right minister.

Along the way, he has offended countless people, and there are even people who have been directly or indirectly ruined by him.

Among these people, can't one or two fish slip through the net and have the ability to take revenge on his bitter master?

Secondly, because he wanted to take back the distribution rights of Hexi Jiaozi, Li Linfu offended the powerful local bigwigs in Hexi, and even took in a son-in-law for this purpose.

Recently, because of the abolition of Chang'an Jiaozi and the issuance of a new "Guanzhong Jiaozi", the recovery ratio of the old and new currency exchange is too low, which has caused a large number of powerful people and large businessmen who depend on them to suffer heavy losses. Many people's floating wealth has been emptied of their homes, and some people have even been forced to die because of debts.

Among these people, those who have the strength and motivation to stab Li Linfu in the body are afraid that they will not be able to count them on two hands.

Finally, there is still a group of people, that is, those careerists who plan to support the prince and try to profit from it, it is also possible that after killing Li Linfu, they will deploy the next move, muddy the waters, and finally fish in troubled waters.

These people have great intentions and are the most dangerous. They lurk in the shadows, and now they don't even see the slightest sign of it.

In short, I don't usually think there is anything, but as soon as Li Linfu died, Brother Ji found out that this right-hand minister of the Tang Dynasty had offended so many people intentionally or unintentionally!

From this point of view, making a fuss about the motive of the crime is basically no different from looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Brother Nu is gone, who will help me control the court?"

Brother Ji couldn't help but sigh and said to himself.

A lot of people are like that, you take everything for granted when he's there; Only when he is gone, can he feel the indispensability of this person.

Today's Brother Ji has such a mentality towards Li Linfu.

Regretful and helpless, but not sad.

"Li Shizhi, the left minister, can be the right phase, and one more left minister can be promoted.

There is only one Son of Heaven in the Tang Dynasty, but the person who can be the prime minister, the amount of the car, what is there to worry about the saint? ”

Colliers suggested slowly, very steady, not panicked at all.

Hearing Gao Lishi say this, Brother Ji was a little relieved. Indeed, as the other party said, Datang only needs the Son of Heaven to remain the same, and the rest, there is nothing that cannot be changed, and no one is fine without it!

Datang has a territory of thousands of miles, are you still afraid that there are no talents?

"Then I ask you, who can be the left minister?"

Brother Ji asked quietly.

Because of lazy government, general affairs are handed over to Gao Lishi and Li Linfu to handle. Generally speaking, Colliers is more involved in personnel appointments, while Li Linfu is more involved in the operation of affairs.

Brother Ji is now asking Gao Lishi for advice, which can be regarded as a certain degree of "knowing people and being good at their duties".

"Back to the saint, Wei Jiansu, the squire of the military department, has a weak personality, and he is an old man who has entered the officialdom since Kaiyuan, which can be said to be old and serious.

Li Shizhi's personality is coarse and hard, and with a weak and non-competitive left phase, it is just a good match. ”

Colliers cautiously suggested that even if it was him, he had to be careful and careful in recommending candidates for key positions.

Because a companion is like a companion tiger, even if the tiger is kind to you on weekdays, it is a fierce beast that can swallow you alive at any time!

Colliers has been by Brother Ji's side for decades, and he has already figured out the emperor's mind and temper.

Sure enough, Brother Ji nodded noncommittally, but asked again: "Fang Xuan, the squire of the Criminal Department, what do you think of him?" ”

Brother Kei was not led by the nose by Colliers, he had his own ideas.

When people get old, they often recall who spoke better to them back then. Brother Ji remembered that when Mount Tai sealed Zen, Fang Xuan, who is now serving as a waiter in the Criminal Department, wrote a "Book of Feng Zen" for him, with gorgeous rhetoric and beautiful articles.

Amazing slap on the back! Let him, the son of heaven, have a lot of face!

And Wei Jiansu is from the same party as Li Shizhi, and he is still in the military department. Let Wei Jiansu serve as the prime minister, and then the court will become Li Shizhi's hall.

Brother Kei's perspective on the problem is still more comprehensive than that of Colliers. The left and right cannot check and balance each other, which is also a kind of torture for him, who is already old and lacks energy.

He didn't have the energy to fight the old foxes anymore.

"Sage, slave heard that Fang Xuan is a good talker, but the article is well written, and he doesn't have much real talent.

Wouldn't it be inappropriate to let him serve as the left minister?

Do you want to ask him to come to the saint and let the saint assess him in person? ”

Colliers asked in a somewhat hesitant tone.

"Okay, then let Fang Xuan come to see me."

Brother Kei coped casually.

At this moment, he was sitting on the dragon chair, feeling uncomfortable, and began to miss the hot springs of Huaqing Palace.

In fact, whether it is Wei Jiansu or Fang Xuan, Brother Ji doesn't care whether their ability is strong or not.

As long as it's not the kind of straw bale that can't do anything, it doesn't matter if your ability is mediocre. Now that the political framework of the Datang Center is very mature, the change of prime ministers from generation to generation is like a relay, and whatever procedures should be done, there is nothing that cannot be promoted.

To put it mildly, change a dog in the position of the right minister, as long as it can seal and sign, the operation of the Datang center will not stop, and nothing big will happen in a short time.

Colliers took the order and left.

After he left, Ji Ge fell into deep thought, and he suddenly remembered something.

When the Lingyan Pavilion was reopened, four people were added to it, namely Guo Zhiyun at the beginning of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Zhang Jiuling at the end of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, and Li Linfu and Fang Youde who were still in the court.

Now that three of the four people are no longer alive, only Fang Youde is left, should he be recalled to Chang'an?

Originally, he had a lot of ideas, but when he thought of Fang Youde's high prestige in the army, Ji Ge felt a little furious in his heart.

He knows very well that the loyalty in Lao Fang's heart is not only to him, the Son of Heaven himself, but also to Datang.

Ji Ge does not doubt Fang Youde's character, but he is worried that this person may "get rid of the old and innovate" in the future, help a prince, and then "carry on the past and forge ahead into the future".

Then don't do it.

Brother Ji sighed, Li Linfu's sudden assassination made him feel like he was lame, so that he was now struggling.

Thinking about the mess in his mind, I don't know how long it will take, Gao Lishi has already returned, and he stayed in the imperial study for a while, and then Brother Ji realized.

"Did you bring it?"

Kee asked softly.

Gao Lishi replied respectfully: "Sage, Fang Xuan is just outside the door, so the slave will bring him in." ”

"Well, go ahead."

Brother Kei nodded, looking listless.

If he didn't have to see what kind of person the new left minister was, he would want to go back to Huaqing Palace to rest now. I don't know why, but now Ji Ge feels that the air in Chang'an is filthy and depressing.

Soon, a middle-aged man in a purple robe, looking in his forties, and with a slightly thin figure, was brought into the imperial study.

Brother Ji looked up and couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart!

Like, too much like! It's a copy of Zhang Jiuling!

In addition to the appearance and figure that are not quite similar, the confident demeanor and the unique spiritual temperament of the literati are almost carved out of the same mold as Zhang Jiuling.

Regardless of real talent and learning, just looking at the appearance of this person, he does have the bearing of a prime minister.

And a slippery bureaucrat like Zheng Shuqing is not the material to be a prime minister at first glance, and his temperament and image are like mud compared to Fang Xuan.

"Fang Aiqing, I want to test you. Recently, the right encounter was assassinated, which was a pity and a loss to the imperial court. But the country still has to function, and it cannot do without the prime minister.

I want Li Shizhi to be the right minister, and I will vacate the position of the left minister, needless to say.

If I appoint you as the new Left Minister, how should you do your job? ”

Kee Ge asked with a smile on his face.

"Back to the saint, Xiao Gui Cao followed, and Weichen will cooperate with the right minister to do the errand, and continue to use the old system. No matter how big or small, it will be recorded in detail and sent to the saints for reference. ”

Fang Xuan said respectfully.

Hearing this, Brother Ji nodded with satisfaction.

This Fang Xuan is very knowledgeable and interesting.

The last thing Brother Ji wants to see now is the non-stop fight between the left and the right, so that the government and government cannot operate normally.

But he is also worried that all government affairs are decided by a certain prime minister, and there are no checks and balances.

So Fang Xuan's answer is more ingenious: I will be a deputy seriously, but the small report will also be sent to you every day.

not only does not delay the big event, but also makes Li Shizhi's every move under the control of Brother Ji.

"What do you think of the current policy of the imperial court, and is there anything that needs to be improved?"

Brother Kee asked another crucial question.

"The current strategy of Jiaozi zoning is not advisable. Weichen thinks that the whole country should be unified and use a kind of Jiaozi.

This is just like the same text in the same track, the partition is only temporary, and sharing is the general trend. ”

I don't know if Fang Xuan can read minds, or if he thinks so himself, and actually said what Ji Ge has long been dissatisfied with in his heart.

It can be said that it scratches the itch.

Brother Ji has long felt that there should be no "regional jiaozi", and there should be a game of chess and a standard for the whole country.

Sharing a kind of jiaozi, how many things will be saved! Jiaozi partition, a lot of trouble, take off your pants and fart like this to make wool!

Hearing Fang Xuan's words, Ji Ge can be said to have found a "bosom friend".

"Good! You can say that again!

Then I will appoint you as a servant now, and you must do a good job for me and run errands for the court! ”

Brother Ji said with a smile, these words are no less than the sound of nature, so that Fang Xuan, who has been very calm so far, hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to thank him!

Then bow down!

Seeing that the courtiers were so deferential to him, Ji Ge was very satisfied, and he encouraged Fang Xuan a little, so that the other party left.

After Fang Xuan left, Gao Lishi asked with a worried face: "Sage, the slave thinks that this Fang Xuan likes to talk emptyly, and he picks up the words that the sage likes to hear, and some of them are not very down-to-earth, so they can't be entrusted with important tasks." The slave heard that Fang Xuan was a local official when he was young, and he caused some trouble when he was governing. ”

"Okay, this matter has been decided, and I have my own opinions."

Brother Ji waved his hand impatiently and said, obviously he didn't want to talk nonsense with Colliers on this topic.

It's just a left-hand phase, and it's just a matter of one sentence to replace it.

Now appointed, and immediately dismissed, is he a son of heaven who doesn't want to lose face?

Brother Kei's perspective on the problem is very different from that of Colliers.

Seeing that Brother Ji couldn't listen to his opinions at all, Colliers was also very knowledgeable and kept silent.

"Go back to Huaqing Palace, Brother Nu's funeral, you can participate in it instead of me, you must have a beautiful event."

Brother Ji looked a little lacking in interest, looking excited, and even a little angry.

Gao Lishi felt that if Brother Ji did not attend Li Linfu's funeral, it would make many people have bad associations, and then do something that fell into the well and the wall fell down and everyone pushed it.

He had the heart to speak, and he felt that he had said a lot of "unpleasant" things today, so he obediently shut up, led Brother Ji to the royal car, and prepared to leave for Huaqing Palace.

Li Linfu is dead, but Li Linfu's henchmen are not dead.

Li Shizhi served as the right minister, wouldn't he suppress Li Linfu's forces?

Gao Lishi, who was already full of worries, was suddenly frightened!

Could it be that the Son of Heaven knew what would happen, so he deliberately chose not to attend the funeral? He is just hinting to some people that Li Linfu's era has passed, and you don't have to cast a rat trap!

No matter how much Li Linfu made contributions during his lifetime, how high his status and prestige were; When he died, he was a dead man, and there was nothing left.

Since this is the case, then the dead should give up their positions as soon as possible, do not hinder the work of the living, and do not block their way to promotion and wealth!

Maybe Brother Ji thinks so, when a person dies, there is no use value, and there is no need to do anything high-profile, anyway, the dead can't see it!

When people walk the tea is cool, the tea is already cold as soon as the person leaves.

Gao Lishi's heart was gloomy, since ancient times, the ruthless emperor family, the emperor is like this to his own son, let alone a prime minister.

No matter how good the prime minister is, he is also an outsider. is so cold to the family, how good can it be to outsiders?

Today's Li Linfu does not know that it will not be tomorrow's Gaolishi.

At this moment, Gao Lishi, who was leading the way to Brother Ji in front, felt infinite sadness from what happened to Li Linfu.

……

Outside Zhezhi City, the king and nobles of the small country knelt in front of Fang Chongyong, and they couldn't tell who was who for a while.

It looks like a big watermelon in the field, wearing hats of different colors and similar styles, and it looks a little funny when riding on a horse.

Fang Chongyong felt the superiority of the strong man at this moment.

In addition to the local nobles of Shiguo, there were also kings and magnates from Kangguo, Shiguo, Cao and other places, all gathered here.

They trembled under Tang Jun's dangling horizontal knife.

As soon as Fang Chongyong led the troops here, they had already surrendered, and they didn't need to persuade him to talk nonsense at all.

There are "junjie" people who know the current affairs everywhere, and the watermelon is on the big side, which is their rule of survival. Yesterday you can take refuge in Dashi, and today you can also take refuge in Datang.

It's literally written "loyalty" all over the face!

Kang Saobo, the special envoy of Kang Guo, who had a relationship with each other before, just lifted a wooden box above his head, knelt down in front of Fang Chongyong, and said tremblingly: "Ambassador Fang, this is the head of Abu Muslim, the governor of Dashi, and now I am dedicated to you, I hope you will not embarrass us We were on the side of Da Cannibal before, those things, we were really forced to helpless." ”

The head of the Abu Muslims?

Fang Chongyong also thought that he had auditory hallucinations.

In his plan, he should have to go deep into Mulu City, and even go through several life and death, thousands of miles of travel, bloody battles or something, and finally be able to kill Abu Muslim.

Unexpectedly, this hero of the Great Food Country was actually intercepted and killed by the Kangguo army on the way back to Mulu City!

It's hard to imagine that the nobles of the small countries in the Western Regions kneeling on the ground at this moment actually have such courage!

When there was a great army of food, the armies of these small countries in the Western Regions had no status, they were like slaves, and they were arbitrarily instructed by Abu Muslims.

Even if it is them, many of them have been humiliated in front of the Great Food Army, and they have no dignity at all.

Unexpectedly, the tiger fell into Pingyang, and after the main force of the Great Food Army was eliminated, these troops suddenly turned into hungry wolves and began to fight back.

Before the Tang army arrived in Shiguo, they had already turned back! The speed of this line is truly amazing!

The governor of Khorasan, the dignified food country, actually died so undignified that he was besieged and killed by the Kang army.

It's better to die on the battlefield after the bloody battle with the Tang Army, at least you can leave a whole corpse and go down in history.

The return of the eldest husband Ma Ge wrapped in the body is the fate of the soldiers, there is nothing to say, Abu Muslim died at the hands of the Tang army, and it can be regarded as a well-deserved death.

As a result, the governor was killed by rats in the shadows, which is a great shame!

Fang Chongyong felt that Abu Muslims were not worth it, and secretly wary of these seemingly harmless small country magnates in front of him.

He took the wooden box and opened it with his hand. Then I saw the head of a middle-aged man, and I couldn't see anything other than that the owner of the thing was a big cannibal.

"Identify it."

Fang Chongyong handed the wooden box to Che Guangqian and said, his tone was indifferent, and he couldn't see any excited expression at all.

Che Guangqian repeatedly compared the portrait of the human head with the portrait in her arms to confirm that it was really Abu Muslim. He stepped forward and whispered, "Jie Shuai, confirm that it is correct." ”

"This generous gift, as well as your sincerity, has been received by this ambassador.

However, this ambassador still has an account to calculate with you.

This is not the place to talk, first enter Zhezhi City, go to the palace and then talk in detail. ”

Fang Chongyong pulled out the Wind Phantom Knife, pointed in the direction of Zhezhi City and said, domineering!

(End of chapter)