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Wangzhai, Ziyuting.

In mid-September, the weather was still a little hot and dry. When Xing Xuan arrived, sweat broke out on his forehead, but Wang Xuan was already waiting in the pavilion.

"sit."

As soon as the two of them sat down, a curtain of water poured down from the eaves of the pavilion, making people feel as if they were in the middle of a waterfall, feeling cool and refreshing.

"The saint doesn't want the court to change." Wang Zhi said with a stern face, "Ge Nu can't deal with me, but it's hard for me to get rid of him."

Xing Xuan said: "So, only major treason cases can shake Ge Nu?"

"Yes, Ge Nu colluded with Hu'er, intending to raise troops to prevent the crown prince from ascending the throne." Wang Xian said: "They coveted Luoyang, smuggled, minted coins, and won over Henan officials. There is evidence."

His idea of ​​dealing with Li Linfu was actually clear. He instigated Zhao Shouzhang, the governor of Danzhou, to accuse Li Linfu of more than 20 major crimes, and instigated Yuan Zai to come forward to destroy the right minister's gang members. These were all deceptions, and the purpose was to tie Xue Bai to the same front.

"Looking at the court, only Xue Bai relied on the imperial concubine and dared to offend Ge Nu and Hu Er. However, it is not so much that Hu Er was recommended by Ge Nu, but actually appointed by the saint. This evidence alone cannot shake Hu Er. I need Xue Bai

We will do our best to help you, do you understand?"

"Yes." Xing Xuan said: "I went to Luoyang this time just to adhere to the prince's intention and try my best to win over Xue Bai. However, he did not cooperate and refused to break up with Li Linfu."

What happened in Luoyang was not clearly explained in the letter, so Wang Xuan patiently listened to Xing Xuan's explanation in person.

"Miao Jinqing personally went to Yanshi County to investigate the case. Xue Bai taught him to obtain the confession of Henan Shaoyin Linghu Tao. If I hadn't been in Henan and put pressure on Linghu Tao at the same time, Miao Jinqing would have overturned the case.

Yes. At that time, we used the excuse of investigating the Yicang matter... As it turned out, Linghu Tao was as cunning as a fox and made up for the shortfall of the Yicang, and established a clear relationship with Gao Shang and Hu'er, preventing us from getting any evidence. "

After hearing this, Wang Xi closed his eyes and a picture emerged in his mind - two purple-robed senior officials went to win over Xue Bai at the same time, but were ordered around by Xue Bai. The fox pretended to be the tiger's power, which taught Linghu Tao a lesson.

After talking about Luoyang, the topic turned back to Chang'an. Wang Xian said in a gloomy tone: "It is also to win over Yang Dang. Ge Nu has given up on Xue Bai, a tough nut that cannot be chewed, and has conquered the spitting pot instead."

Xing Huan sighed: "Shu Hu is short-sighted, greedy, and the easiest to bribe. This is expected. What I didn't expect is that now that Yang Wei is dead, the Yang Party has almost sided with Ge Nu. This matter is troublesome."

They originally thought that the core of Yang's party was Xue Bai, so their focus was always on Xue Bai. Unexpectedly, Xue Bai lost his head and refused to come back from Yanshi, and Yang Guozhong stole the benefits.

Even Wang Zhi wondered what the purpose of Xue Bai's actions was. What could Yanshi be more important than Yang Dang? He couldn't really care about the people?

"He is a close official of the saint. If he is allowed to indulge in greedy talk for a long time, it may be detrimental to us."

"I will never sit still and wait for death." Wang Wei twisted his beard and muttered, his eyes flashed with a bit of ruthlessness.

In the past, he was respectful and respectful to Li Linfu, giving people a sense of weakness, but how could a man who dared to collect debts from the families of soldiers who died in battle lack courage?

If things don't work out, he would rather assassinate Li Linfu and destroy both the jade and the stone!

The water curtain falls from the eaves all the time, and outside the water curtain is an extremely luxurious mansion, with carved railings and jade columns, row after row... No one can give up this wealth easily.

Wang Zhun walked over from outside the courtyard gate, stood outside Ziyu Pavilion, and said, "Master, there is some news."

The two people in the pavilion then stood up, the rain curtain stopped, Wang Zhun stepped in, took out a volume of the newspaper from his arms, and said: "Master, look at it quickly."

Wang Fei took the newspaper and looked at it. He saw that it was the latest list of official transfers from the Ministry of Personnel. He glanced at it and found that almost all of them were officials below the seventh rank.

The sage has almost no control over the transfer at this level, and it is all decided by Li Linfu.

"It can't be that Ge Nu has deposed our people again..."

Wang Zhixian suddenly stopped in the middle of his words, because he had seen the series of transfers. Wang Zhixian was moved to Chang'an County as Secretary and Provincial Secretary Lang; Xue Bai was moved to Yanshi County as Chang'an County Captain; Yin Liang was granted the title of Yanshi

Lieutenant.

"How could this happen?!"

He was deeply worried for a moment, worried that Miao Jinqing had persuaded Xue Bai and made Li Linfu promote Xue Bai.

It can be seen that although Xue Bai is only a small official, he is enough to make everyone fear him.

~~

At the same time, in the residence of the right prime minister, Li Linfu threw an official document on the ground with a cold face and shouted: "Zhuzi is so brave."

Miao Jinqing hurriedly leaned over and said, "I don't know about this matter. Is it possible that Wang Fei did it?"

"Wang was involved in the major assassination case in Lishan, and Xue Bai actually dared to get involved and seek death."

Li Linfu's voice was not loud, but his words were full of murderous intent, and what he said was also true. What Wang Fei had done had already made people angry. Once he lost his Sacred Heart, his family would be destroyed. Xue Bai dared to stand up this time.

Wang Fei's side...that's not right.

He sent someone to pick up the official documents on the ground, looked at them again, and found that there were official seals, Zhongshu Menxia Province, and the seals of the Emperor on the documents.

"Give me the examination papers from the Ministry of Civil Affairs."

"Here."

When the file was brought up and spread out, Li Linfu quickly found Xue Bai's test results. One of the best and four good ones were the best.

"What's going on?!"

The file was thrown in front of Miao Jinqing's eyes. He picked it up in a hurry and looked at it. He was a little panicked and said hurriedly: "I'm not a lower official..."

At this moment, Cang Bi rushed to the door and said, "Alang, Chen Xilie would like to see you."

"Chen Xilie?"

Li Linfu was stunned for a moment, having almost forgotten about this person.

~~

Today, Yang Guozhong is writing in front of a directory. The directory is a relic of Yang Wei and records the status of Yang Party officials.

Several names among them were circled by Yang Guozhong, such as Du Youlin, Yuan Jie, Huangfu Ran, Du Fu, etc. They were all people close to Xue Bai, either in charge of water transportation or in charge of salt management in the Jiechi area.

It is the most lucrative official position in the Yang Party.

But now that Yang Sui is dead, Yang Guozhong must follow the leadership of Yang Guozhong. He has written letters to these people, but has not received a satisfactory reply. In this way, Yang Guozhong plans to promote his own confidants to these fat posts.

"Uncle Guo, Yang Guangfeng has arrived."

"Enter."

After a while, a man in his fifties wearing a blue official uniform came in, bowed his back and saluted, with a feminine face and a flattering tone, and said: "Congratulations to my uncle on his promotion, and I wish you good health."

Yang Guozhong had always felt comfortable being served by Yang Guanghui, so he said, "I plan to promote you to the position left by Yuan Zai. Do you have confidence?"

Yuan Zai was originally the judge of the Salt and Iron Envoy, and was the core figure of the Yang Party in charge of the salt affairs. Because of his presence, the salt affairs were always in order and there were no major troubles.

Yang Guanghui was overjoyed to be able to reap such benefits. He knelt on the ground and said, "Don't worry, uncle, I will definitely not let you down."

"For a long time, the income from salt has been too little. This is the reason why my brother has never been trusted by the saints." Yang Guozhong said, "Don't be lazy and go to Jiechi yourself. Your income must be higher than last year." Three times as much.”

"Even if it's five times the price, I'll still do my best to serve you!"

It is hard to imagine that these are the words that two important ministers of the country can say. But Yang Guozhong does not play those hypocritical words. In his opinion, the most important thing at the moment is to make money, not only for the saint, but also for himself.

This will also be Yang's party's next code of conduct. It will completely abandon its original ideas of making paper, publishing newspapers, and reforming the tax system, and abandon the route of courting poor families.

At this time, someone outside reported: "Alang, someone from the Right Prime Minister's Office is here."

Yang Guangdi quickly opened the door diligently, and Yang Guozhong asked: "But the Prime Minister called me over?"

"The right minister sent someone to deliver this."

Yang Guozhong took the official document and only glanced at it. Various emotions appeared in his eyes, including shock, fear, and a hint of hostility.

"How could this be? How is it possible? Who did it?!"

~~

Chen Xilie walked through the corridor of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, not noticing the old details here at all. What he felt was still the majesty of Li Linfu.

He took a deep breath and entered the hall, with a look of fear and uneasiness on his face.

"Your right minister is in good health..."

"Chen Xilie, you want to govern the country, don't you?"

"Don't dare." Chen Xilie responded hurriedly, "You Xiangruo was talking about Xue Bai's matter. This matter... came from the saint's intention. The saint wanted to recruit Xue Bai to play cards and return to Beijing. I thought that the right minister knew about this, so he didn't advance it. Asked the right minister."

"Bang!"

The desk was slapped hard.

But Li Linfu didn't let him go yet and shouted: "You colluded with Xue Bai and took it as the truth, don't you know what your intentions are?!"

Chen Xilie wiped his forehead, but he was still arrogant and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. If you don't want Xue Bai to be appointed as Chang'an County Captain, then... should you report it to the saint?"

He has always been weak, but today he was hardened for a rare moment.

Li Linfu still had a cold face, but did not continue to scold him.

Chen Xilie breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't get any oral instructions at all, but he dared to bet that Li Linfu couldn't ask the saint.

He stood there with his hands down and felt the atmosphere of Youxiang's Mansion. Gradually, he was no longer so afraid of Li Linfu.

Xue Bai is right. Ge Nu is currently facing a formidable enemy and is in trouble. When he needs support the most, he will not break up with him easily. Aren't you afraid of forcing him to Wang Fei's side?

After the hall was quiet for a while, Li Linfu said: "That's all, it's just a small matter. I asked you to come here today because I want to ask your opinion on the He Bian matter."

Chen Xilie didn't show it on his face, but he was overjoyed in his heart.

He knew that Li Linfu was trying to win over him, and when he defeated Wang Xian, he gave him the concurrent posts of Heshi and Bianshi. This was an important position with great power and lucrative benefits.
To be continued...