Chapter 271: Li Wang formed an alliance

Li Qing'an, Yang Guozhong and others left, but Li Linfu did not leave. Li Longji secretly ordered people to keep him. The meeting place was changed to the imperial study room next to him. There were only two of them in the warm and bright room.

"Prime Minister, I asked you to stay because I wanted to discuss with you the rewards of Anxi Army and Li Qing'an. They have been in Beijing for a few days and can't delay any more."

Li Linfu's thoughts were slightly moved. When he discussed rewarding Gao Xianzhi last time, Yang Guozhong participated, but this time he did not allow him to stay. Obviously, Li Longji did not want Yang Guozhong to interfere in this matter, and perhaps there were other reasons.

"Does your Majesty have a plan?"

Li Longji smiled and said, "I only have some ideas, and the specific plan needs to be drafted by the Secretariat."

"I am willing to share your worries for Your Majesty!"

Li Longji pondered for a moment and said, "Li Qing'an was able to defeat the Dashi this time and consolidate the Hezhong area. I think he has made great contributions. He also proposed to change the military and political control in Lingxi, and implement direct military and political control in Anxi, and move the Anxi capital to Suiye. I agree with these, but the problem arises. If that is the case, Li Qing'an's power is too great, and the journey is long and the imperial court is not ineffective. This is very dangerous. So I am considering the separation of military and political control in Anxi, or implementing the actual protection and management of Anxi capital. What do the Prime Minister think?"

Li Linfu's heart was shocked. Li Longji really wanted to limit Li Qing's An's power. Implementing military and political separation may have a big blow to Li Qing'an. Now Li Qing'an is in the limelight. It is estimated that Li Longji dare not adopt this, but the implementation of Anxi Dadu's real management is slightly softer than that. Moreover, he discussed this matter with himself, which should be the same. The key is to send who to actually manage it?

Li Linfu thought for a while and said, "The Governor's State has always been customized to implement the integration of military and political affairs. Moreover, Lingxi has just calmed down, so it seems a bit inappropriate to send special personnel to manage government affairs. It seems that it is inappropriate to use military forces to replace government affairs. I prefer the latter one and implement the actual management of Anxi's large capital."

Li Longji smiled, "I have the same idea, and I want to send a prince to Anxi. Of course, I don't want to deprive Li Qing'an of power, but I just have a prince in charge of Anxi. I feel more at ease. What do the Prime Minister think?"

Li Linfu understood what Li Longji meant. In fact, he was just to send a surveillance officer, which was not necessarily a seizure of power. He immediately said: "Your Majesty, since it is not a derogation of power, I suggest that you do not need to be granted the title of Anxi Protectorate, so that you can avoid future conflicts, or change the title of Longyoudao vassals to appease the ambassador, and you can stay in Anxi or Beiting. This is a bit more vague and will not make Li Qing'an sensitive. I wonder what Your Majesty thinks?"

The scope of Longyou Road in the Tang Dynasty was very wide. From the west of Longyou, including Longyou, Shuofang, Hexi, Anxi and all the west of the Tang Dynasty, they were all under the jurisdiction of Longyou Road. Li Linfu proposed this plan, which obviously weakened Li Longji's awareness of depriving power. From his original intention, he opposed Li Longji and sent his prince to Anxi again. He believed that there was no need, but he also knew that Li Longji's paranoia, and the decision-making things would not be changed easily, and could only guide them to weaken them.

Li Longji thought about it and said that it would be fine. There are eunuchs in Anxi, so I would add a hoop to Li Qing'an. In this way, there are people monitoring the military and political affairs. I would not dare to act rashly. Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Since I have reached a supervision consensus with the prime minister, I will talk about how to expand Anxi's strength."

Li Linfu suddenly realized that Li Longji wanted to expand Anxi's strength, but he was worried about Li Qing'an, so he decided to send the prince to take charge. It was really a blessing. He hurriedly said, "Please give me advice!"

Li Longji took out Li Qing'an's thick report and said: "What made me most excited about in Li Qing'an's report was his proposal to relocate landless farmers to Anxi to cultivate, so as to control Anxi in essence and partially resolve the conflicts accumulated due to land annexation. I have considered it repeatedly in the past few days. This is indeed a good idea. I decided to adopt it. Within three years, I will move 400,000 landless farmers to Anxi one after another. In this year, I will first move 100,000 landless farmers to Anxi and Henan, and landless farmers in Hedong. The land conflicts in these three places are the most serious, so as to avoid them gathering people to rebel. At the same time, I will give the Anxi Protectorate's right to resettle the immigration. In this way, I must send the prince to Anxi. In addition, I also plan to build the Tang straight road to Anxi to shorten the time from Chang'an to Anxi and strengthen the imperial court's control over Anxi."

‘Big work!’ Li Linfu exclaimed secretly, who said that Li Longji was incompetent and incompetent, he was better than anyone else when he was awake, immigrated 400,000 yuan, built Tang Zhidao, and completely controlled Anxi. Emperor Taizong did not have such great courage at that time.

"Your Majesty, how can you reward Anxi Army and Li Qing'an?"

Li Longji nodded and continued, "It is easy to reward the Anxi Army. I have given Anxi coins and circulated quasi-gold coins. I can continue to give them the quota. I am considering that the fallen soldiers can provide land pensions on the spot. However, Li Qing'an's reward is a little undecided."

"Your Majesty, please let me consider it."

"Yeah!" Li Longji sighed and said, "I plan to let him be named General of the Cavalry, Secretary of the Ministry of Procuratorial Affairs, and actually grant him 500 households. These are all easy to deal with. The key is the title. Li Qing'an is now a Duke of the Court, and one step further is the prince. If I really give him the prince, I am afraid that his qualifications will be a little less. Although An Lushan is the prince of Dongping, his qualifications are there, and everyone is convinced. He has a title of Prince Li Qing'an. I am worried that others will not accept it!"

Li Linfu thought for a while and smiled, "Your Majesty, I have a compromise."

"Oh! Prime Minister said it quickly."

"Your Majesty might as well sign a group of people, not just Li Qing'an alone. I have always had this idea. It seems a bit inappropriate to only An Lushan as the prince. It is unfair to Geshuhan. When Your Majesty talks about this matter today, I suggest that Geshuhan and Gao Xianzhi both have the title of Prince. After all, they have made great contributions to the country. Your Majesty can add Geshuhan as the Prince of Xiping, Gao Xianzhi as the Prince of Annan, and Li Qing'an as the Prince of Anxi, so that the hidden worries of being granted Li Qing'an alone can be eliminated."

Li Longji walked a few steps behind his back. The title of An Lushan as the Prince of Dongping was the first to be a king of a different surname, which had already caused some dissatisfaction among the royal family. Now he has added three more kings, which is not a trivial matter!

"The Prime Minister is of great importance, so let me think about it again."

"I just suggest that in the end, my Majesty will make a decision. In addition, I have another request, please let your Majesty accept the favor."

"You said, what request!"

Li Linfu hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, my health is getting worse and worse, which has seriously affected the issuance of the Secretariat's government orders. I recommend Wang Gong as the Secretariat Minister and in charge of the daily affairs of the Secretariat. I hope Your Majesty will be right."

"Wang Gong?" Li Longji understood what Li Linfu meant, and wanted to mention Wang Gong as prime minister. He had his own arrangements for this matter. He smiled and said, "Chief Wang is indeed the one I trust, but I have other considerations for him. I will tell the Prime Minister the decision in a few days. Please rest assured that I will make arrangements."

Seeing that Li Longji refused to speak out, Li Linfu didn't dare to ask more questions, so he stood up and said, "The old minister will surrender."

"Okay! I'm tired, so we'll all take a break early."

"Your Majesty's order, get up and return to the palace!"

Although the conversation between Li Linfu and Li Longji was conducted secretly, it was still spread quickly through various channels, attracting attention from a small area of ​​senior management. Several information was revealed in this conversation. First, there was a prince who would go to the Western Regions to take charge, but there was no conclusion on who the prince would be. Second, it was to increase the enthronement of the princes of different surnames. Although it was just a suggestion made by Li Linfu, Li Longji did not explicitly object, which made some people involved uneasy.

Finally, the most influential information is that it reveals an information from Wang Gong's appointment that Li Longji is likely to reorganize the prime minister, which means that another division of power structure is about to begin.

That night, a small banquet was held in Li Linfu's mansion. Wang Gong brought his wife, the chief censor Luo Xishi brought his wife and daughter, Li Linfu's clan brother, the prefect of Yangzhou, Li Fudao brought his daughter, as well as his eldest son Li Xiu, the second son Li Guang, the third son Li Yu, and the eldest son-in-law Zhang Boji. He is now the Minister of the Honglu Temple, and dozens of people are gathered together. Li Qing'an has not yet officially got married, so he did not bring Dugu Mingyue, but Jiang Wuyi. After all, she is Li Linfu's niece, and she is also considered her own person. This is the core member of Li Linfu.

Li Linfu held a family dinner at this time, obviously to welcome Li Qing'an, and it was also a way to celebrate the victory today, but only Li Linfu, Wang Gong and Li Qing'an knew that tonight, there was a deeper meaning.

The banquet was held in the small hall of Li Linfu's inner house. The small hall was steaming and very lively. Li Linfu sat in the middle of the seat, leaning against the soft mattress. Two concubines served one on the left and one on the right. On both sides were the seats of Li Qing'an and Wang Gong, but they were not here now, only their wives were in their seats.

People feel refreshed when they are happy, and today Li Linfu is also very full of energy. After washing away his usual sickness, he nodded to Wuyi and smiled: "Wuyi, you are more beautiful than before and look better. Who said Anxi is not a good place?"

The dance clothes were dressed in an extremely beautiful manner today. She always had a long white dress, but today she wore a bright red dress for the first time, a long light green cloak on her shoulders, a half-arm embroidered waist jacket, revealing a snow-white chest, a string of glittering gem necklace hanging on her neck, a high bun, black hair was like a cloud, and a green feather hair was inserted diagonally on her hair. She still had no makeup on her face, and her face was extremely beautiful. This outfit made her look extremely gorgeous and eye-catching in the hall. All the women were eclipsed in front of her, and Li Linfu's three sons even looked straight.

Wuyi has been in a particularly comfortable mood these two days. She finally became free. The shackles that had been pressed on her for nearly ten years were finally broken. A document to terminate the engagement brought a new starting point in her life. Today she specially put on a scarf representing marriage, which means that she is Li Qing'an's wife.

Recalling the desolation and helplessness she was hiding from her uncle's house, and recalling the desolation and helplessness she was when she escaped from her uncle's house, but now she has returned in a glorious way. The cold world in the world makes her feel very moved.

Hearing Li Linfu's praise, her pretty face turned slightly red, and she quickly smiled and said, "My uncle may not know yet, I have terminated the engagement with the Cui family."

"Oh! When did this happen?" Li Linfu also asked in surprise.

"It was the day before yesterday that Mingyue repeatedly negotiated with the Cui family for me, and they finally gave in."

"Miyi, congratulations."

Li Linfu raised his teacup and said, "I will use tea instead of wine, let's drink a cup."

"Uncle, I should be toasting you!" Wuyi picked up the wine glass and drank a glass of wine lightly, and a touch of red cloud floated on her pretty face.

Li Linfu laughed: "I remember you never drink alcohol, okay! Everyone is happy today, I'll have a drink too."

As he said that, he reached out to grab the wine pot and wanted to pour the wine, scaring his son and daughter to persuade him, "Father, your body cannot drink."

His daughters even looked at Wuyi with dissatisfaction. Didn’t she know how serious her father’s illness was?

Wuyi felt a little guilty. She put down her wine glass and looked for Li Qing'an everywhere. At this time, Mrs. Wang Gong sat next to her, whispered a few words in her ear, and smiled and pointed to a small house next to her.

In the hut, Wang Gong knelt down to Li Qing'an, clasped his fists and said, "The General's grace to save his life, Wang Gong remembers it, please accept my blessing!"

"The King of Censors must not do this!"

Li Qing'an quickly helped him up and said, "What kind of virtue is Li Qing'an? I can be treated by the Imperial Palace."

"If the general had not rescued Xing Qian last night, if the general had not revealed Yang Guozhong's vicious plan in Datong Palace today, I, Wang Gong, should have been in the Dali Temple prison at this moment, how could I stand here and talk to the general?"

Wang Gong said it is indeed true. In history, Wang Gong was framed by the "Xing Jian Case" designed by Yang Guozhong, and was finally sentenced to death by Li Longji. His brother was also killed by sticks. It was also after this case that Yang Guozhong began to dominate the court and Li Linfu completely declined.

However, because of the emergence of Li Qing'an, a man who changed history, the Xing Jian case was unexpected and Wang Gong was able to protect it. However, Wang Gong's conservation was completely different from Yang Shenjin's conservation. Yang Shenjin did not have the ability and means of Wang Gong. In the cruel power struggle, Wang Gong was better.

The Wang Gong family was also a major family in Guanlong. It suffered a heavy blow during Emperor Gaozong of Tang. At that time, in order to weaken the power of the Wang family, Emperor Gaozong of Tang used Wu Zetian to abolish Queen Wang, causing the Wang family to fall into a slump. However, the Wang family was a famous family and had many talents. During the Tianbao period, Wang Gong relied on Li Linfu to rise, and now he has become Li Linfu's successor and Yang Guozhong's biggest political enemy in the court.

Wang Gong also knew very well that Li Linfu held the banquet today. Everyone was a supporting role. The protagonist was him and Li Qing'an. Li Linfu wanted them to form an alliance to fight against Yang Guozhong together, which was what Wang Gong hoped. Today, Li Qing'an clearly fought against Yang Guozhong for him. This is a clear signal. The Li-Wang alliance was natural at this time. The two of them had such obvious complementarity. One was a local prince and the other was an important official in the court. For the common interests, they would be a perfect political combination.

Li Qing'an and Wang Gong looked at each other and they didn't need to say anything anymore. They both understood and raised their heads and laughed together.

"Two, I don't need to say anything else!"

Li Linfu appeared at the door with a smile. He walked up to him and waved his hand and said, "Sit down first! I have a few words to say."

The three of them sat down, Li Linfu pondered for a moment and said to Wang Gong first: "Don't investigate the assassination of King Di anymore. I can see that the emperor has understood it, so let it go, Ren Haichuan will execute the secretly tonight."

Wang Gong quickly bowed and said, "I understand, I will handle this matter tonight."

Li Linfu nodded and said to them again: "The biggest problem in the court now is that the East Palace is empty. It has been almost two years. The prince has never confirmed it. This is definitely a very serious problem. His health is getting worse and worse. He can no longer avoid the prince's problem. According to the news I got from the palace, it is very likely that the Emperor Changsun entered the East Palace. This news will definitely cause an uproar in the court. You two can only know what you know, and you should not go out to spread it."

Li Qing'an and Wang Gong both agreed. Li Qing'an had already learned from Gao Lishi. Unexpectedly, he also received the same news from Li Linfu. It seems that the possibility of Li Chu entering the Eastern Palace is indeed very high.

Li Linfu glanced at Li Qing'an and smiled and said, "So that's what Gao Lishi said!"

Li Qingan nodded silently and sighed slightly, "Mr. Gao is also determined to retreat."

Li Linfu also sighed: "We are all old and it is time to retreat. You will support the Tang Dynasty in the future."

He smiled at Wang Gong again and said, "Today I propose to the Lord that you will serve as the Minister of the Secretariat and be in charge of the affairs of the Minister of the Secretariat, but the Lord said that there are other arrangements for you, I congratulate you first."

Wang Gong was overjoyed. He understood what Li Linfu meant, that is, he was about to become a prime minister. This was something he had dreamed of for so many years. He bowed deeply to Li Linfu, "Thank you for your support in the past few years!"

Li Linfu smiled and accepted Wang Gong's thanks. He needed Wang Gong to show his sincerity to him. Then he said to Li Qing'an: "General Li, your news is mixed. Do you want to listen to joy first, but listen to sorrow first?"

Li Qingan bowed slightly and smiled and said, "Prime Minister Li will talk about worry first! I like to worry about the world before worrying, and then enjoy the world after joy. Please tell me!"

Li Linfu sucked his hands and laughed, "Well said! I like this sentence and your attitude, so I will just say that the emperor is going to send the prince to Anxi."

As he said, he looked into Li Qing'an's eyes, trying to find depression in his eyes, but all he saw was quiet and slight water. He could not see any depression or disappointment in Li Qing'an's eyes, just as if the prince was in charge of Anxi had nothing to do with him. Li Linfu couldn't help but sigh secretly, Li Qing'an was getting more and more experienced.

"What, aren't you worried?"

Li Qingan smiled faintly, "So what if you are worried? So what if you are not worried? May I ask the prime minister, is the prince in charge, is it the military supervisor or the government?"

Li Linfu shook his head and said, "I don't supervise the military or the government, I just monitor you."

"So, what else can I worry about?"

Li Linfu smiled and said, "Okay! Let me talk about good things. The reason why the emperor decided to send the prince to Anxi was because he accepted your suggestion and decided to expand the Anxi power. He will move 400,000 households into Anxi within three years, and give you the right to dispose of the immigration."

This time, Li Linfu finally saw a hint of joy in Li Qing'an's eyes. He couldn't help but smile and thought to himself: "I thought you really don't care? It seems that this is exactly what you expect. Li Qing'an, do you think I don't understand your thoughts?"

At this time, Li Qing'an pondered for a moment and asked, "I wonder if the emperor mentioned the military forces of Anxi?"

"No! He didn't even say which prince to send to Anxi, and your reward, he didn't know. But there is one thing I can tell you clearly that the Lord will not lay off your army now, at least he won't do this year."
Chapter completed!