Chapter 38 Chapter Thirty-Eight

All the people in the Ministry of War were thrown out of the hall, and they stood in the yard and looked into the hall gate.Ji Wen first asked people to run to the back hall, brought some strange things, and then started the trial.What he tried was not people from the Ministry of War, but some serious criminals.The wooden sticks, iron cages, wooden wedges, and the roar of the ground all reappeared yesterday, and the felony prisoners screamed incessantly. Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, seeing the severe prisoner's skin and flesh being scraped off by the iron needle, exposing the bones, they were all speechless in fright.

"Can you survive? Let's admit it!" People in the Ministry of War discussed it like this.Before the words fell, Ji Wen slapped the gavel and removed everything.The people from the Ministry of War were then dragged in for interrogation. Whatever Ji Wen asked, the Ministry of War would admit it, without denying it.All the crimes were planted on Li Shizhi, and Li Shizhi was completely finished.Li Linfu is still very satisfied with Ji Wen's work attitude, so he was recommended in front of Li Longji. Li Longji summoned him immediately, and after asking a few words, he asked Ji Wen to go home first.He called Xue Yi, who recommended Ji Wen's prince literature, with an ugly expression on his face.He stared at Xue Yi and said: "This guy is not a good guy, I don't need him!" Li Longji couldn't help it either, as Li Linfu presided over the government, it didn't matter whether he needed it or not.

Li Linfu made Wei Jian, the prefect of Shanjun and Jianghuai Zuyong transfer envoy, Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, and Yang Shenjin, the imperial envoy Zhongcheng, replaced Wei Jian in other positions.Why this arrangement? Because Wei Jian is Li Linfu's cousin. Li Linfu and Wei Jian are very affectionate, and hope that Wei Jian can stand by him.But Wei Jian didn't seem to have enough political acumen, so he became friendly with Li Shizhi after being recommended by Li Linfu.Li Linfu still recommended capable people, such as Wei Jian.But poor Wei Jian, he didn't quite understand Li Linfu's difficulties, and when Wei Jian was appreciated by the emperor for his ability to do things, he completely angered his cousin Li Linfu.

Li Linfu cut off Wei Jian's power, and found Li Shizhi in the first month of Tianbao's fifth year. Li Linfu told Li Shizhi an important news, "There are gold mines in Huashan, mining them can make the country rich, but the Lord doesn't know."Of course, Mr. Li Shizhi didn't say that it was Li Linfu who discovered it, and he still has this kind of insight. Li Longji was very happy and asked Li Linfu to ask.Li Linfu knew that it was played by Li Shishang, so he said: "I have known it for a long time, but Huashan is your majesty's natal mountain and where the king's aura is. It is inappropriate to dig it, so I dare not say it!" What a good minister Ah, he was not for himself, but for others, and his loyal and beautiful sentiment moved the emperor.After thinking about it, the emperor was a little annoyed. He felt that Li Shizhi was too superficial, so he asked Li Shizhi to educate him: "From now on, you must discuss everything with Lin Fu before talking about it. You can't be rash. Let me find out that you are so rough in the future. You just have to be careful."

Li Shizhi lost power, Wei Jian lost power, and the two became closer and cried together. Li Linfu smiled happily. Seeing other people's embarrassment is also one of the joys in his life. Li Linfu's life was too successful, Li Shizhi was hurt very badly by Li Linfu, angry and afraid, he asked to be demoted from office, became a prince, and no longer governed. Because he loves to drink, he has a lot of friends on weekdays, so on the day he was demoted, he asked his son Wei Wei Shaoqing Li Feng to arrange a banquet full of people and invite guests to have a breakup meal.On that day, because of fear of Li Linfu's despotic power, no one dared to come to the door.People who shout about drinking and calling brothers and sisters on weekdays may not dare to stand up against the treacherous officials.Li Linfu was very proud. He chose an obedient partner for himself, Chen Xilie, a servant under the door and a scholar of Chongxuanguan University, as his counterpart.

Li Linfu inspected this Chen Xilie, a Taoist priest who is purely fooling people, pretending to love Laozhuang, can draw symbols, heaven and earth, ghosts and gods, yin and yang, and ordered the three mountains and five mountains, Kyushu Island and the four seas to listen to the edict.Moreover, Chen Xilie was talented, but he could only draw talismans, not politics, so Li Linfu recommended him to be the prime minister to replace Li Shizhi.On the court side, Li Linfu made a decision, and Chen Xilie was in charge of nodding in agreement. This is the situation. In order to deceive his father, Li Linfu also said that in the past, the court started at five o'clock in the morning and ended after one o'clock in the afternoon. Now that there is nothing else in the world, the court can be dispersed at Sishi (ten o'clock in the morning).

Li Longji, who was indulging in love, wished someone would say so, and agreed immediately.In August, Yang Yuhuan was made a noble concubine, Yang Xuanyan (the father of Yang Guifei) became Minister of the Ministry of War, uncle Yang Xuangui became Guangluqing, his elder brother Yang Li became the young prisoner in the palace, and Yang Qi became the son-in-law captain.Within a few days, the daughter of Concubine Wu Hui was conferred the title of Princess Taihua and married to Yang Qi.This family's dignitaries were all given a mansion in the capital, and the pampering was impressive, and no one could compare to it.

Under Jiannan Jiedu envoy Zhang Qiu Jianqiong's command, there was a man named Xianyu Zhongtong who was very popular. Comrade Zhangchou Jianqiong is a person Li Longji trusts very much, but he and Li Linfu are not grasshoppers on the same line, so he has been in a bad mood recently because of Li Linfu's actions.That day, he chatted with Xianyu Zhongtong, "I am now trusted by the emperor, but there is no internal support in the court at all. If Li Linfu is harmed, I really don't know how he did it." After a pause, he said, " I heard that Concubine Yang Gui is the emperor's new favorite, and no one dares to cling to her. If you can help me go to Chang'an to make friends with her family, I would be very grateful!" Xianyu Zhongtong agreed because he knew someone, It is definitely possible to get in touch with Concubine Yang's family.

This person's name is Yang Zhao. It's not clear what this guy's background is. Some people say that he has the same grandfather as Concubine Yang, and some say that he has the same grandfather as Concubine Yang.But at the same time, some people said that he was not a relative of the Yang family at all, but someone else's illegitimate son who was fostered in the Yang family and became an heir. Those who hold the first view belong to the orthodox range, and Yang Zhao is a distant relative of Concubine Yang Guifei, who is in between. Those who hold the second view belong to the supernormal range, and the reasons are as follows: In order to prevent the second brothers of the Zhang family from interacting with other women, Wu Zetian adopted a set of very abnormal supervision methods.After Er Zhang left him, no other women were allowed to approach him (except Zhang's mother).When Er Zhang came home, he had to live in the attic on the second floor. There was no escalator in the attic, only a ladder to the sky. When the two of them went up, they pulled out the ladder.Because the mother of the Zhang family wanted to pass on the two branches of Er Zhang, she secretly hid a woman upstairs. Zhang Yi went upstairs and had sex with her, and Zhang Xiaozhi was born.Zhang Xiaozhi could not be discovered by others, so he gave it to Yang XX, who had no offspring, and changed his name to Yang Zhao.

The legendary life of Mr. Yang Zhao is more than that. He was taken to live in Sichuan when he was a child.Because of his dissolute behavior, drinking and gambling, and his tendency to ask others to borrow money, he has a bad reputation.After being dazed until he was thirty years old, Yang Zhao began to think about making some money.At that time, money came quickly, and there was no need to work all the time, and there were two occupations in charge of food, one was being taken care of by others, and the other was serving as a soldier (the status of soldiers was declining at that time). Yang Zhao chose to join the army.

Because he was very capable in the army, he now has the rank of lieutenant.It's a pity that Lord Jiedushi doesn't like Yang Zhao, who is idle and can only speak nicely.Once his term expires, he will have no chance to continue working.Yang Zhao really does not shame himself, he loves to gamble, so even if he becomes a lieutenant, he still has no money.Fortunately, the local Xianyu Zhongtong is a rich man, and he often helps this tall, handsome and eloquent guy when he has nothing to do. Yang Zhao was very moved by the rich man Xianyu Zhongtong's kindness. Every time he took money, he raised his right hand above his eyebrows and vowed to do something for Mr. Xianyu. Now, the opportunity has come. Under Xianyu Zhongtong's recommendation, Zhang Qiu Jianqiong met Yang Zhao, he asked and answered questions well, looked good, articulate, and handsome!Zhangchou Jianqiong said, I don't go around in circles, I'm not an outsider, you go to Chang'an and pay some Shu brocades to the imperial court to make the concubines and wives happy.Yang Zhao got the order and rushed to Chang'an with his chariot and horses.Yang Zhao was galloping halfway, when suddenly someone came up from behind, saying that the Jiedu envoy felt that it was not enough, and asked him to bring these local specialties of Shu.Yang Zhao looked back and almost fell to the ground in shock. Where is this native product? Obviously it is Shu embroidery! He roughly counted, there are about ten thousand pieces of goods.So he continued on his way, day and night.When they arrived in Chang'an, the sisters of the Yang family got the brocade and casually praised Zhangchou Jianqiong in front of Li Longji.I don't know how Yang Zhao did it. In short, Li Longji praised Jiannan Jiedu envoy and met Yang Zhao.Li Longji finally found him. He found someone who was similar to Zhang Jiuling in temperament and more relaxed in conversation. Yes, that's him! Only through some conversations, Li Longji was convinced that he had met a sage. He said to Yang Zhao: "Your bearing is extraordinary. From now on, I will stay in the capital and serve as a Jinwu soldier Cao Canjun for me! If you have any offerings in the future, you can also follow the enshrining officials." Let's go in and out together." Yang Zhao suddenly became a celebrity beside the emperor. Yang Zhao, an idler, has three main tasks: first, to play chess with Li Longji; second, to play chess with Concubine Yang; third, to play chess with Li Longji and Concubine Yang. What is more bluffing is that Yang Zhao's mathematics is very good and his counting is extremely accurate, which made Li Longji and Concubine Yang very happy.Yang Zhao is considered to be the right person, Yang Guifei's current favor has long surpassed that of Wu Huifei back then. Li Longji asked Gao Lishi to hold the bridle and give the whip to Concubine Yang, and also provided the Courtyard of Concubine Concubine with a maid who weaves and embroiders.There are more than 700 people in weaving and embroidery palace ladies alone.In addition, there are too many treasures that have been tributed by the court inside and outside the court, and Li Longji rewarded them all to the Yang family.In order to make Concubine Yang happy, Li Longji also set a precedent for tribute and promotion.Those who offer exquisite tributes will be worshiped by officials, and officials will search for beautiful things in the world, creating countless corrupt officials. There is a folk song that goes well: "Don't be happy when you have a boy and don't be sad when you have a daughter. You now see women as lintels." On that day, Li Longji saw that Concubine Yang was frowning, and asked, "Why do you look up at the starry sky and feel so sad?" "Sanlang, I'm sad!" "What are you sad about?" "I'm homesick." "yes?" "How about moving the capital to Jiannan?" "Ok……" "I knew you wouldn't do it for me..." After a moment of silence, the imperial concubine suddenly said, "I want to eat lychees!" "Isn't your mind jumping too big?" "I don't care, I want to eat lychees!" Although I said that if you love your wife, don't let her down, but if your wife really treats herself as a princess and you as a slave, you can choose to kick her into the West River.The imperial concubine is fierce and jealous, and Li Longji likes her very much. Yang Yuhuan knows this very well. Fearing that the imperial concubine will be unhappy, Li Longji ordered the messengers to drive the Maxima to the south to pick lychees. After picking it, it was sent back to the palace as soon as possible.Maxima worked desperately, and died of exhaustion in order to transport the lychee.Changed horses at the post station, and when they arrived in Chang'an, the lychee really didn't rot. The lychee came into Concubine Yang's mouth, and the concubine smiled happily while eating the delicious lychee.Satisfied, she suddenly added another sentence, "Otherwise, I will give it every day in the future, I like to eat lychees." Li Longji agreed, and ordered the opening of a three-thousand-mile tribute road to send lychees to Concubine Yang! Facts have proved that Yang Yuhuan is a person who does not know how to praise.She could always find out what Li Longji did not do well, and she tried every means to make Li Longji obey her in everything.Li Longji was finally irritated by Yang Yuhuan's behavior, and in a rage, he sent her back to his brother Yang Tong's mansion.Now it's a lot of fun, if Li Longji never wants to see Yang Yuhuan again, the Yang family will be finished. However, everyone underestimated Li Longji's love too much. As I said, it is Li Tang's fashion to love his wife, so from the time he sent away Concubine Yang, until noon the next day, Li Longji felt uncomfortable there alone. I didn't eat any food.If the people who served him left and right dissatisfied him a little bit, he kicked up and whipped hard with his scepter. Gao Lishi could tell at a glance that Li Longji must be unhappy about Yang Yuhuan. At night, Gao Lishi woke up the dreamer, "If the emperor wants to apologize to the noble concubine, it is best to take all the treasures in the courtyard and give them to the noble concubine, and then think about how to apologize to her." Li Longji looked at Gao Lishi who had already seen through his mind in astonishment, and nodded solemnly, as if he was missing something.Unlocking the lock at once, Li Longji became more relaxed, yes, isn't it just an apology to the person he likes?What's the matter? Li Longji was really unambiguous. He listened to Gao Lishi's suggestion, pulled more than a hundred carts of pearls, emeralds, diamonds and agates, and asked the imperial chef to cook the best meals and sent them out, just asking the concubine to smile.As long as the imperial concubine smiled, his depression would dissipate without a trace.The couple reconciled in this way. First, Yang Yuhuan angered Li Longji by being unreasonable, and finally ended with Li Longji's apology. In a sense, Yang Yuhuan is a woman who can have fun together, but can't be poor together.She is indeed a pleasing woman, but she is by no means a good wife who can help Li Longji manage the country well.Concubine Yang felt that she could forgive Li Longji, because there were three thousand plates of meals used to make amends. By the way, Yang Yuhuan likes food and is very particular about food. Every plate must be very delicate, and a delicious plate is worth a lot. (load) You can't blame Yang Guifei, you can only blame Li Longji for indulging himself after creating the Kaiyuan prosperity.He always thinks that he has reached an unprecedented height and that he doesn't have to work so hard. He misunderstands the concept of quietness and inaction. He thinks that if he doesn't do anything and manage, the world's wealth will still be sent in a steady stream.During this time, he reused several officials like Yu Wenrong. This kind of behavior will only make corruption more violent and contribute to the destruction of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.Just wait for a strategic mistake that will bring disaster to the country and the people, and this towering building will definitely collapse!