Chapter 171: Always Guaranteed and Always Abandoned
The master has wine to enjoy this evening, please play the harp Guangling guest.
The moon shines on the top of the city, and half of the crows are flying, and the frost and wind are blowing into the trees.
The candles in the copper furnace increase the brightness, and the concubine Chu after playing the Lu River for the first time.
Once the sound was heard, all the animals fell silent, and the four silent stars became more distant.
Qinghuai served as an envoy for more than a thousand miles, and dared to tell Yunshan from now on.
——"Qin Song" Li Qi (Tang Dynasty)
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After wiping out Xing Wei and other rebels, Wang X led his team into Xing Wei's mansion to search for evidence of rebellion. Yang Guozhong was worried that Xing Wei's remaining party members were hiding there and did not dare to stay long. He ordered his close associates to stay and assist in the search, while he followed Gao Lishi.
Entered the palace overnight.
After seeing Xuanzong, Yang Guozhong knelt at Xuanzong's feet, howled loudly, and sobbed: "Your Majesty, my Majesty, I will never see you again."
Xuanzong saw that Yang Guozhong was so frightened that he gave him a bowl of ginseng soup and asked him to get up and talk.
Yang Guozhong added fuel to the fire and reported the entire arrest process to Xuanzong, including details such as Wang's delay in arrest, his collusion with bandits during the arrest, the large number of rebels, their possession of prohibited weapons, and his own near-death.
Yang Guozhong finally gritted his teeth and came to the conclusion: "There is no doubt that Xing Yi rebelled. In addition to Wang Wen, Wang He must also be involved in this conspiracy!"
Xuanzong was doubtful and looked at Gao Lishi. Gao Lishi said: "The rebellion of Xing Dynasty is true, but there is no evidence yet whether Lord Wang Fei participated in the rebellion."
Xuanzong smiled and shook his head, saying: "I have seen Wang Wen before, and he is a fool, but Wang He is different. He has a high position, wealth and wealth, so he has no reason to participate in the rebellion.
Yang Guozhong was so anxious that he knelt down on the ground and said: "The king is so ambitious. I have seen it with my own eyes. Your Majesty, please take a closer look!"
Xuanzong was quite impatient and could not bear the punishment because of Concubine Yang's sake. He turned to Li Linfu and said: "Li Xiang, what do you think?"
After today's incident involving Wang Fei's brother, should he take the opportunity to get rid of Wang Fei or keep him? Lin Fu has been weighing it again and again.
In the past two years, Yang Guozhong's rapid rise to prominence was certainly related to Concubine Yang, but it was also related to the fact that the Holy Emperor had kept his own power in check.
Although Wang Zhi's respect for him is not as good as before, he is still in his own party. Wang Zhi has a triangular check and balance relationship with himself and Yang Guozhong, which is a strategic buffer between himself and Yang Guozhong. After all, he is the chief assistant and can assume the status of the superior.
Mediating between the two, no one dares to challenge his authority.
If Wang Fei is taken down, he will definitely face a naked challenge from Yang Guozhong. If he were a few years younger, he would definitely play with this arrogant and ignorant child. But he is now old and his energy is no longer as good as before. On the contrary, the Yang family
Nowadays, the favor is unparalleled and the brilliance is temporary. If you are not careful, all your previous efforts will be wasted and your twenty-year career as prime minister will be ruined.
After thinking about it, Li Linfu has made up his mind to protect the king. However, treason is an unforgivable crime. He cannot act rashly, otherwise he will not be able to save others, and he will be involved. He must wait until the emperor's inclination is clear before he can
Express a stance.
Li Linfu had been silent before and had been observing Xuanzong's expression. Now seeing that Xuanzong still trusted Wang Xian, he quickly expressed his position: "Your Majesty is wise. Mr. Wang is deeply favored by you, diligent and conscientious, and loyal to your Majesty. He neither clings to the royal family nor is he here."
If hundreds of officials form cliques, there is no possibility of rebellion.
Wang Zhi and Wang Wen were not born from the same mother. They did not live together on weekdays, so they certainly did not know what their brother was doing. I think Mr. Wang made a mistake because he did not discipline his brother strictly and accidentally handed over to the gangster. In this regard, it should be
Severe punishment."
Xuanzong was greatly satisfied with Li Linfu's performance. He said to Yang Guozhong: "I deeply believe that Li Xiangzhi's words are true. Go tell Wang Xian and ask him to put Wang Xian in jail and hold him accountable. He has caused such a big disaster, and the Wang family has to pay for it."
An explanation from the imperial court. I am deeply gratified that my beloved has shared my worries. It has been a hard day working on the case, so please go back and rest early."
Seeing this, Yang Guozhong knew that Xuanzong had made up his mind. Although he was unwilling to do so, he had no choice but to leave in despair.
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After returning home, Yang Guozhong sighed, ordered a few bottles of wine, and started drinking. After drinking a few glasses, Yin Sanniang pushed the door open and entered.
Yang Guozhong said: "Third madam, you are here at the right time. Please tell me why Wang Fei committed a heinous crime and was not held accountable!" After that, he told the story of Wang Wen and Xing Yi.
After hearing this, Yin Sanniang's eyes became gloomy and uncertain.
Yang Guozhong was dissatisfied and roared: "The Holy One is obviously partial to the king. As long as the king understands the situation and abandons the soldiers to protect the commander, he can escape this disaster. Conspiracy, this is a major case of treason.
Forget it?"
Yin Sanniang said: "Will Wang Fei sacrifice his brother?"
Yang Guozhong said: "Of course he will. In order to gain power, this man even betrayed his uncle Yang Shen Jinneng."
Yin Sanniang asked: "Where is Wang Welding now? Is he in Jingzhao Mansion Prison or in the Penal Department Prison?"
Yang Guozhong said: "Wang Fei let him run away, but this fool escaped with his concubine and was not walking fast. He was caught up by the Feilong Forbidden Army as soon as he left the city, and he is now imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment."
Yin Sanniang said: "This is easy to handle. Didn't Ji Wen want to take refuge with you recently? Let him use this matter as a declaration of surrender, interrogate Wang Welding overnight, and ask him to bite out the king's pheasant."
Yang Guozhong thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "Although Ji Wen intends to defect to me, he knows that Wang He is Li Linfu's right-hand man. If he openly frames Wang He, he will definitely offend Li Xiang. This guy is old and cunning and will not let him escape.
broken."
Yin Sanniang pondered for a long time and said: "If this is the case, I have another plan..."
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That night, the prison of the Ministry of Punishment was brightly lit. Accompanied by everyone, Yang Guozhong interrogated Wang Welding.
Yin Sanniang pondered for a while and said: "Wang Wen and Wang He have been brothers for decades. Wang Wen must know a lot of Wang Wen's secrets. As long as Wang Wen uses this as a threat, Wang Wen will have to save him. As long as Wang Wen refuses to sacrifice.
His brother will definitely offend the Holy One and add insult to injury when he falls. I am not afraid that he will not be implicated and imprisoned."
At this time, Xuanzong still trusted Wang He and said, "He has received such great favor from me and has no reason to participate in the rebellion." Li Linfu, who had been watching coldly, spoke quickly and agreed with the emperor's judgment, thinking that Wang He must not know about him.
Something about my brother.
The reason why Li Linfu tried to protect Wang He was of course to follow Xuanzong, but the most important thing was that once Wang He was eliminated like this, Yang Guozhong would definitely turn his target to him, so he had to keep Wang He and let him
To check and balance Yang Guozhong.
In the end, Xuanzong decided not to hold Wang Weld responsible, but in order to maintain the law and order, he hoped that Wang Weld would do a better job and took the initiative to request that Wang Weld be punished, so that everyone could have a step down. He asked Yang Guozhong to convey this intention to Wang
鉷.
If Wang Fei knew what he was looking for, he would definitely have to abandon the donkey at this time and lose his soldiers to protect his commander. However, he was actually very smart. For a moment, he was confused and replied with a sentence that stunned both Xuanzong and Li Linfu - I can't bear to do anything to my own brother.
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Xuanzong was furious.
You are so shameless, you Wang Fei are really tired of living!
Subsequently, Xuanzong immediately ordered people to arrest Wang He, asked Yang Guozhong to replace him as Jing Zhaoyin, and asked Yang Guozhong and Chen Xilie to interrogate Wang He.
Since Yang Guozhong was brought to trial, there was no doubt about the outcome. Not only was Wang Fei convicted of treason, but the previous murders of Ren Haichuan and Wei Hui were also revealed. Xuanzong immediately issued an edict to grant the king
He committed suicide, then tied Wang Wen to the court and beat him to death, and all his gang members were executed. On the same day, Wang Wen's two sons were exiled to Lingnan, and were killed on the exile road a few days later. Later, the relevant departments sent people to search
Wang Fei's property could not be fully counted for several days.
As soon as Wang Fei died, Yang Guozhong came out completely.
In May of the eleventh year of Tianbao, Xuanzong transferred more than twenty positions originally belonging to the king, such as censor, doctor, Gyeonggi interview
The envoy, the Guanzhong interview envoy, etc. were all given to Yang Guozhong.
As Li Linfu expected, Yang Guozhong immediately turned his gun and pointed it at him after he replaced Wang Fei.
Yang Guozhong made a big fuss out of Wang's case, accusing Li Linfu of secretly colluding with Wang's brothers, and also being involved with the Turkic rebel general Abu Si. Abu Si was a Turkic general who once surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, but later had a rift with An Lushan.
And rebelled again and returned to Mobei.
In order to completely bring down Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong also encouraged Chen Xilie and Ge Shuhan to come forward to testify. Of course, Xuanzong would not easily accept the accusations made by Yang Guozhong and others. But despite this, from this time on, Xuanzong gradually alienated Li Linfu.
Instead, he gave all his trust and favor to Yang Guozhong.
At this point, it is a foregone conclusion that Yang Guozhong will become the prime minister, and Li Linfu has become a thorn in his side that he must remove. "Guo Zhonggui shook the world, and Lin Fu was his enemy for the first time..." (Volume 216 of "Zi Zhi Tong Jian")
In this fierce political battle, Yang Guozhong is likely to have the last laugh.
Faced with such a bad situation, Li Linfu inevitably felt that he was treading water. For the first time in his life, he felt fear.