Li Xian was obviously in a good mood. Although it was not to the point of being elated, it was more than enough to describe it as elated. It was not just because of his experience in practicing swordsmanship. In fact, in Li Xian's opinion, he himself
It doesn't matter whether you can learn peerless martial arts. What's important is whether you can get "The Art of War". If you can get it, it doesn't matter whether you can learn it yourself. The key is whether you can use it to train your subordinates. "Political power comes from the barrel of a gun."
"It is always a universal truth that applies to everyone. Now, everything is going according to the predetermined plan. It is not an exaggeration to say that everything is going smoothly. Although the change in Li Boyao's expression before leaving was vague,
But it couldn't be hidden from Li Xian's experienced eyes. As the saying goes, a good start is half the success. Li Xian had plenty of reasons to be excited.
"Your Highness, Mrs. Lin is back."
As the saying goes, everything goes well if everything goes well. Just when Li Xian, who had just had lunch, was still secretly proud of winning Li Boyao's favor, Gao Miao came over excitedly to report an order.
Good news that Li Xian is in high spirits.
"Oh? Okay, pass!"
Compared with the news brought back by Lin Hu, the fact that martial arts training was part of "The Art of War" was only a side detail. When he heard that Lin Hu had arrived, Li Xian immediately put aside all the martial arts training matters.
When he reached the back of his head, he suddenly stood up, waved his hand, and gave orders in an excited voice.
"Your Highness, the general has fulfilled his mission. Your Highness, King Lu, has a letter here."
Not long after Gao Miao left, Lin Hu, who looked tired and covered in smoke, walked quickly into the study. When he saw Li Xian's face, he immediately bowed and reported, while taking out a book from his arms.
The letter, which was sealed with wax paint, was held in both hands and raised high above the head.
"Yes." Li Xian reached out and took the letter, but he was not in a hurry to open it. Instead, he nodded to Lin Hu with a smile and said, "You have worked hard on Mrs. Lin, let's go down and have a good rest."
"Yes, I am resigning."
Lin Hu was ordered by Li Xian yesterday to ride a fast horse to Qizhou. He traveled back and forth for nearly 600 miles in one day. He was already exhausted. At this time, he was just holding on with his breath.
Hearing what Li Xian said, he breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly agreed, exited the study, and went to rest.
Good boy, are you really cautious? Hey, you are cautious! Li Xian opened the cover of the letter, took out the letter inside, spread it out, scanned it hastily, frowned slightly, and cursed secretly.
A word, but not too fussy - the letter is not long, just a few lines, excluding the greetings, there are less than 300 words, and it only says one thing - I agree in principle with Li Xian's proposal
, but all matters must be handled specifically by the supervisory censor Lin Qi. As for the general manager, Li Xianlai is in charge.
Boss? It sounds wonderful, but in fact it’s just an empty name for Li Xian. To put it bluntly, Li Xian’s intention is just to be afraid that Li Xian will influence his party members. Of course, if something goes wrong,
If so, the responsibility still has to be shouldered by Li Xian, the "boss in chief". In Li Xian's view, such behavior is purely a villain's nature and is really hard to be considered elegant. However, Li Xian is too lazy to talk to Li Xian.
The sage is concerned about such minor details. The protagonists of this political dispute are the prince and empress Wu. All Li Xian has to do is to add some firewood to the fire, pour some oil, and see if he can get some benefits. As long as he acts carefully, he can't
It's hard to make a big mistake.
"Gao Miao."
Li Xian paced back and forth in the study several times, going through the entire plan in his mind several times. After realizing that there were no flaws, he suddenly stopped and shouted in a loud voice.
"My slave is here."
Gao Miao was already standing at the door of the study. When he heard Li Xian's call, he didn't dare to neglect. He hurriedly ran into the study and answered quickly.
"You personally go to supervise the imperial censor Lin Qi's house, and tell him that I have asked him to come over for a talk. Go and come back quickly." Li Xian glanced at Gao Miao, thought for a moment, then waved his hand and ordered.
"Yes, slave, I obey."
Gao Miao was a cautious person. Although he didn't understand the purpose of Li Xian's order, when he saw that Li Xian didn't mean to explain, he didn't ask for details. He just agreed respectfully and prepared to go to Lin Qi Mansion.
No one mentioned it.
"Your Highness, Yushi Lin has arrived outside the mansion."
Gao Miao left quickly and returned even faster. Li Xian hadn't even finished the cup of tea when he saw Gao Miao excitedly returning to the study and hurriedly reported the matter.
Huh? You came uninvited, what a coincidence? Hey, that guy from Lao Liu is really a coward! When Li Xian heard that Lin Qi had arrived, he was stunned at first, and then he quickly woke up and knew that it was Li Xian
Regarding the preventive measures that he was worried about, Lin Qi must have received relevant instructions from Li Xian, otherwise such a coincidence would not have happened.
"Please." Although Li Xian's stomach was full of twists and turns, his face was calm. He put the tea bowl in his hand on the table and ordered calmly.
"Yes, slave, I obey."
Now that Li Xian had spoken, Gao Miao had no reason not to follow suit, so he responded and left the room. After a few moments, he accompanied a middle-aged official into the study.
He has silk-like eyebrows, a fair complexion, and three long strands of beard blowing gently in the wind. He looks contentedly as he walks, and he has a good appearance.
"Xiaoguan Lin Qi has met His Royal Highness King Zhou."
When the middle-aged official saw Li Xian, who was sitting at the top, he did not wait for Gao Miao to introduce him. He waved his sleeves coolly, walked up to him with a few strides, bowed and saluted, and introduced himself to his family.
Although the courtesy was respectful, there was a hint of reserve in his words.
"You're welcome, Censor Lin. Please sit down and come over to watch the tea!"
It is true that Li Xian had never met this person in this life, but he had interacted with him a lot in his previous life, and he knew his basics very well - Lin Qi, a native of Taiyuan, Shanxi, was born in Mingjing, and had served in Prince Lu's Mansion earlier.
After passing the official position, later, through Li Xian's secret efforts, he was able to enter the court as an official. He first became the director of the Ministry of Rites (from the eighth rank below), and was soon promoted to the supervisory censor (from the eighth rank above). After Li Xian entered the East Palace,
He was soon promoted to the position of Censor Zhongcheng, and he was Li Xian's most trusted confidant. In his previous life, he often acted on Li Xian's secret orders to embarrass Li Xian, and often impeached him over trivial matters, often causing trouble.
Li Xian was in such a state of embarrassment that he could be regarded as Li Xian's old enemy, but since his past life returned to his past life, Li Xian would not confuse his past life with this life, but he also did not want him to feel that he was weak and could be bullied. This was neither salty nor trivial.
Dixu raised his hand and replied lightly.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for sitting down."
Lin Qi originally thought that he was the representative of King Lu, and Li Xian had to win over him no matter what, but when he saw Li Xian's nonchalant look, he immediately felt a little unbalanced, but in front of Li Xian's
He didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction, he could only respond in a jerky tone, walked to the back of the table at the bottom, and sat down on his knees.
Tsk, what a demo, what a man with big ambitions but little talent! Li Xian already had a very bad impression of Lin Qi, not entirely because of the grudges in his past life, but because he knew that this person had only empty ambitions and eloquence, but was not the material to do big things.
Li Xianzhi's downfall in his previous life was actually closely related to Lin Qi's incompetence. Seeing his arrogance and awe-inspiring attitude at this time, Li Xian felt even more unhappy. However, now that it was time to employ people, Li Xian
He didn't bother to talk to him. After waiting for the newly brewed tea to be served, Li Xian raised his hand and screened all the servants out of the study. After thinking for a while, he slowly said: "
Lin Yushi must have received the letter from Gu Zhi's sixth brother. I won't go into the specific details. There is only one thing. Before I give the order, I also ask Lin Yushi to tell the other adults not to act rashly.
Just watch it change, this is the key to success or failure, does Lin Yushi have any objections?"
"Of course, Your Highness has your orders, and the subordinates dare not disobey. It's just that the subordinates are humble and soft-spoken, and they really don't dare to be arrogant. If you want to persuade the others, please tell your Highness the regulations so that the subordinates dare to go ahead." Lin
Although Qi received instructions from Li Xian to follow Li Xian's arrangements, Lin Qi always regarded himself as a wise man and was not very willing to accept Li Xian's arrangements. In addition, he felt that he did not get enough respect from Li Xian, and even more
He was reluctant to act according to Li Xian's wishes, so he came up with an excuse that was not an excuse and forced Li Xian to show his trump card.
What a rude person! Li Xian didn't like Lin Qi very much at first. Hearing his words were quite indifferent, which made him even more angry. However, Li Xian was deep in the city, but he didn't bring it to his face. He just chuckled lightly.
He said: "Gu and Sixth Brother have an agreement that Gu will make his own decisions and Lin Yushi will act on his own initiative. If Lin Yushi feels embarrassed, Gu will not force him. Lin Yushi can make his own decision. Gu Zi doesn't mind.
"
"This, this..." After hearing what Li Xian said, Lin Qi, who was usually eloquent, was speechless for a moment. The corners of his mouth twitched for a long time, but he could not explain why.
"Is Yushi Lin in a dilemma? Then let's just ignore it."
Li Xian's plan was not for himself, but more to create conditions for Li Xian to return to Beijing. As for undermining Empress Wu's arrogance, that was not Li Xian's job, that was Li Hong's job. In this sense
To put it bluntly, what Li Xian did was just to catch a rabbit. It was just a casual thing. You can do it or not. If you really want to get Li Xian back to the capital, Li Xian still has other options. Therefore, for
Li Xian actually didn't care too much whether the current matter was successful or not. Seeing that Lin Qi was in great distress, Li Xian chuckled to himself and spoke out again.
"Ah, no, I should obey His Highness's orders. How dare I disobey you?"
Lin Qi was already embarrassed by Li Xian, and when he was squeezed out like this again, he couldn't stand it any longer. How could he dare to make any further advances with Li Xian, so he hurriedly spoke out to persuade him.
"Okay, it's settled, come and see the guests off!"
Seeing that Lin Qi had made his statement, Li Xian was too lazy to talk nonsense with him anymore. He picked up the tea bowl and issued an order to expel the guest without any courtesy.
"I'm taking my leave."
Lin Qi came excitedly, but ended up leaving in embarrassment. Not to mention feeling aggrieved, but after experiencing Li Xian's power, he did not dare to complain at all, and could only stand up in frustration.
, bowed, bowed, and left gloomily.
"Your Highness, Yushi Nalin..."
After Lin Qi left, Gao Miao slipped in from the study room and saw Li Xian sitting upright with a smile. He seemed not to care at all about Lin Qi's desolation when he left. He felt quite uneasy, but he didn't understand what all this was about.
Worrying about what was going on, he cautiously approached Li Xian and whispered a test question in a low voice.
"Well, it's okay!" Li Xian didn't want to say anything more about Lin Qi. He chuckled and raised his hand to stop Gao Miao's questioning. Although his expression was casual, there was a gleam in his eyes.