In the winter of the twenty-fourth year of Kaiyuan, Zhang Jiuling was deposed, and the era of Yao Chong, Song Jing, and Zhang Jiuling, the three prime ministers of the prosperous era, came to an end.

Li Linfu, who has the ability to be a prime minister, but has no virtue as a prime minister, succeeded Zhang Jiuling as the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty.

The first thing he did after becoming Zhongshu Ling was to unite with Concubine Wu Hui to fight the princelings.

On April 17, the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan, Zhou Ziliang wrote a letter of disobedience to the holy decree, and Xuanzong ordered him to be killed.

Concubine Wu Hui was reading with Li Changan when she heard this, and after listening to the female official's story, she couldn't help but have joy on her face.

This is a very rare appearance, Concubine Wu Hui has more smiles on her face when facing Li Longji on weekdays, and she is often moody when she gets along with others, even Li Changan has not smiled in private a few times, but today in front of many palace maids and eunuchs in the palace, Concubine Wu Hui's smile can't be hidden.

Fortunately, Concubine Wu Hui quickly realized this, she raised her hand and waved away the palace maid eunuch, leaving only her personal female official and Li Changan in the palace, Concubine Wu Hui stroked her palm and chuckled: "Zhang Jiuling, Zhang Jiuling, I want to see if you can protect yourself now, and can you still keep the prince you want......"

She knows too well what kind of person Li Longji is, Li Longji has become more and more domineering and arbitrary over the years, especially in his attitude towards the prince, as Li Longji gets older, Li Longji treats the prince no longer like a father treats his son, but like an emperor treats a rebellious courtier.

And Zhang Jiuling is a typical literati who can no longer be typical, hoping that the Tang Dynasty can be safely handed over from the emperor to the prince. Li Longji used to respect Zhang Jiuling very much, and when others recommended talents to him, Li Longji would sigh that "his talent is not as good as Zhang Jiuling", and he admired Zhang Jiuling to such an extent, but now it is different.

In the past, Li Longji looked at Zhang Jiuling, and the emperor looked at his own courtiers, and he would only look at it better and better; But now Li Longji looks at Zhang Jiuling, it is the emperor looking at the prince's courtiers, and the more he looks at it, the more he feels that he wants to give way to the prince, and it is strange that the monarch and ministers are not centrifuged.

And now that Zhou Ziliang dared to openly disobey Li Longji, Li Longji must be furious, it just so happened that this Zhou Ziliang was an official recommended by Zhang Jiuling, and Concubine Wu Hui knew too well how suspicious her pillow person was.

"Mingyue, you personally handed this letter to Li Xiang." Concubine Wu Hui wrote a letter with a stroke of her pen and handed it to the female official beside her, Mingyue took the letter and immediately turned around and walked out of the Changqing Palace.

Li Changan has been staying aside obediently, and he didn't make a sound, just watching Concubine Wu Hui's movements.

After Mingyue brought the letter out, Li Changan came to Concubine Wu Hui again, Concubine Wu Hui was in a very happy mood, so she asked Li Changan casually: "Do you know Zhang Jiuling?" ”

"I know him, he is the former prime minister of my father."

In fact, I am more familiar with the song "Looking at the Moon and Huaiyuan" written by him, "The moon is born on the sea, and the end of the world is at this time", Li Changan silently added in his heart.

Concubine Wu Hui chuckled: "Yes, the previous prime minister is no longer the prime minister, and in a few days, he will not even be able to stay in Chang'an City." ”

"Because he is in the same group as the person who is fighting against his father today?" Li Changan tilted his head.

"You're keen." Concubine Wu Hui praised Li Changan.

During this time, Li Changan did not deliberately hide her edge in front of Concubine Wu Hui, she is now the daughter of Concubine Wu Hui, and Concubine Wu Hui is the kind of person who wants her children to be smart, so Li Changan did not avoid Concubine Wu Hui in doing things.

Including the sale of tea, the whole process was done under the nose of Concubine Wu Hui.

After Concubine Wu Hui realized that Li Changan was much smarter than her peers, she gradually stopped avoiding her in doing things.

"The big thing that A-Niang has in mind is finally going to come true." Concubine Wu Hui said meaningfully to Li Changan.

That night, Li Longji slept in the Changqing Palace.

I don't know what he and Concubine Wu Hui talked about, in short, Li Chang'an didn't look happy when he saw Li Longji leaving the Changqing Palace, but a little ...... With a murderous look on one's face.

After Li Linfu received Concubine Wu Hui's letter, he sat in the moon hall and pondered for several hours, brushing his beard, chanting words in his mouth, and after a long time, his face showed joy, and he paced in the hall excitedly.

"Zhang Jiuling, when it comes to talent, the old man is not as good as you, but when it comes to the ability to be an official, you can't catch up with the old man."

On the second day, Li Linfu packed himself up early, wore official robes, and sat in the main hall waiting for Li Longji's summons.

Sure enough, as soon as the sun rose, the eunuch beside Tang Xuanzong hurriedly broke in, "The sage has issued an edict to summon Li Linfu to meet him." ”

Li Linfu stood up unhurriedly and tidied up his appearance, and casually asked the eunuch while arranging his official robe: "How is Your Majesty feeling today?" ”

Dealing with the hot new appearance, the little eunuch did not dare to slack off, and said with a smile: "The saint seems to be in a bad mood today. ”

Li Linfu had a plan in his heart, and he made up his mind.

In Daming Palace, Li Longji sat in his position casually, and even leisurely held a tea cup in his hand, drinking tea with his eyes down, and he didn't look in a bad mood at all.

Just one sentence shows that he may not be as calm as he seems on the surface.

"Zhou Ziliang resisted the decree, do you think it was the East Palace behind the scenes?"

Li Linfu became more and more respectful: "Your Majesty is looking at the fire, and the ministers dare not discuss it." ”

Li Longji turned the teacup in his hand and looked at Li Linfu: "Qing is the prime minister, what is there in the Tang Dynasty that Qing dare not discuss?" ”

"Your Majesty's family affairs, the ministers naturally don't dare to discuss it. The crown prince is the son of His Majesty, this matter is a matter of His Majesty's family, the minister is the Zhongshu Order, and he only cares about the official affairs of the Tang Dynasty, and the affairs of His Majesty's family have nothing to do with the minister, how dare the minister trespass. Li Linfu said respectfully.

Li Linfu is a very smart person, and his ability to climb to the position of prime minister is definitely not because of his "talent" who can't even recognize words, but because of his acquaintance.

The most different thing between him and Zhang Jiuling is that Zhang Jiuling feels that he and the sage are monarchs and ministers, and Li Linfu is different, he only regards himself as Li Longji's domestic servant.

Sure enough, Li Longji's face became even more unsightly after listening to Li Linfu's words, and he put the tea cup in his hand on the table: "You know this truth, but some people don't know this truth." ”

This is almost naming Zhang Jiuling.

Li Longji has been displeasing to Zhang Jiuling for a long time. If you do it with him once or twice, you can still say a word of loyalty, but you can do it with him every time, who is the emperor and who is the courtier? He is a king, not Zhang Jiuling's subordinate!

What's more, every time he mentioned that he wanted to abolish the crown prince, Zhang Jiuling rushed out like a crazy old dog to admonish him, took a bunch of ancient examples to admonish him, and used Jin Xiangong to listen to Li Ji's slanderous words to kill Shen Sheng, Han Wu Emperor Xinjiang to kill the prince, and Jin Hui Emperor to listen to Jia Hou...... It seems that he, Li Longji, is a faint king who does not defend loyalty and treachery.

Li Longji thought of this, and became more and more angry, he didn't really care how much ability the prince had, what he cared about was his prime minister's favoritism towards the prince! Did these people think he was old and couldn't wait to replace him and let that brute ascend the throne early?

Thinking of this, Li Longji couldn't hold back his anger angrily and slapped the table hard.

There was a loud bang on the tabletop, and the teacup and teapot shook three times.

Li Linfu's heart in mid-air fell into his stomach with this loud sound.

It's done.

Zhang Jiuling is about to get out, and the prince is about to become a waste prince.

At this point, Li Longji simply didn't be polite to Li Linfu, and he asked directly: "I want to abolish the prince, what do you think?" ”

Li Linfu became more and more respectful: "This is a family affair of the Son of Heaven, and the minister is an outsider, why should Your Majesty's family affairs be discussed with outsiders?" ”

After returning to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Li Linfu immediately went to the study, wrote a letter and sent someone to the palace.

After Concubine Wu Hui got the letter, she hurriedly opened it to look at it, the expression on her face changed, and finally she took the letter and pondered for a long time before putting the letter on the fire candle and burning it.

On 20 April, Xuanzong pursued Zhang Jiuling because Zhou Ziliang was recommended by Zhang Jiuling, and made a challenge on the grounds that he was not clear about the employment of personnel, and demoted Zhang Jiuling to the governor of Jingzhou.

After the next court, there were two groups of people hurrying to two different directions, and they all had to tell the people behind them what happened in the court today as soon as possible.

The two directions are the residence of the crown prince Li Ying and the Changqing Hall located in the Daming Palace.

Concubine Wu Hui got the news even faster than the crown prince Li Ying for an hour, Li Ying simply said that he was sick and hid in the mansion because Li Longji was more and more dissatisfied when he came in, and Li Longji was seen by Li Longji deliberately finding fault, so when he got the news that Zhang Jiuling was demoted to the governor of Jingzhou, he almost cried out in grief.

"As soon as Zhang Xiang leaves, who can protect me?"

Li Ying sighed, and then ordered left and right: "Prepare the horse, I want to see Zhang Xiang." ”

Zhang Jiuling is already a sixty-year-old man, his figure is rickety, his sideburns are gray, when Li Ying saw him, Zhang Jiuling was sitting in the hall, and after seeing Li Ying, he was busy getting up and saluting, but he couldn't stand steadily in a trance, and staggered.

Li Ying hurriedly stepped forward to support Zhang Jiuling, first said something considerate, and then went around to the point.

He held Zhang Jiuling's hand tightly and said sadly: "Can Mr. instruct the student one last time, and what should the student do in the future?" ”

Zhang Jiuling's cloudy eyes looked at the panicked young man in front of him, this was the prince he was determined to keep.

Since Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the alternation of imperial positions has been full of blood, and every emperor has not been righteous. He originally thought that he had the ability to make the next emperor of the Tang Dynasty alternate and live peacefully.

But he really thinks of his own ability.

Zhang Jiuling let out a long sigh, patted Li Ying's hand, and finally gave a piece of advice to this young man whom he had protected for several years: "If Your Highness believes in the old minister, then give up the position of the crown prince...... The position of the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty is not necessarily a good thing......"

Li Ying's body stiffened, and he looked at Zhang Jiuling in shock: "Why did Zhang Xiang say this?" Ying is in the position of the crown prince, and there is nothing wrong. ”

"Really?" Zhang Jiuling looked directly at Li Ying.

Li Ying didn't dare to look at Zhang Jiuling, so she looked away, but said stubbornly: "Seriously." ”

Zhang Jiuling turned his back in disappointment, his back was much stiffer, and his voice was tired: "The old man is old, and now he has been demoted to the governor of Jingzhou, His Royal Highness is already old, why do you need to ask the old man about everything?" ”

He knew that Li Ying had done something behind his back, but those things were not too big, and in his opinion, it would not be enough for His Majesty to abolish the crown prince, but at this life-and-death juncture, Li Ying was still hiding it from him, and Zhang Jiuling said that it was impossible not to be disappointed.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, please leave first, the old man still has a lot of luggage to pack." Zhang Jiuling actually opened his mouth directly to send off the guests.

Li Ying looked at Zhang Jiuling's back in shock as she left mercilessly, and had no choice but to return to her mansion.

This matter also fell into the ears of Concubine Wu Hui an hour later.

Concubine Wu Hui stroked Li Changan's sideburns and chuckled: "An Niang, do you know how His Majesty calmed the disaster of Empress Wei and supported the first emperor to ascend to the throne?" ”

Li Changan blinked, looking innocent.

A bloody Li Tang royal tradition has begun, and this is the first time Li Changan has seen the bloodshed of the power struggle.

- This time, she is not yet a participant.