Gu Qing could not shake Li Linfu, the difference between the two was too big, and Gu Qing did not have the capital to compete.

But Gu Qing knew how to take advantage of the situation.

Li Linfu was not a one-handed person. There were many people waiting for his life in the court. He had been the right prime minister for many years and had done countless things to frame dissidents. Li Linfu had already made countless enemies in the court. Moreover, the bad things Li Linfu had done in the years were not perfect, and some things were actually done very roughly.

The question now is whether Li Longji has the intention to stop his preface. If not, Gu Qing will be useless no matter what he does.

Gu Qing's estimate is that Li Longji may still be unwilling to give up.

It is easy to dismiss the prime minister, but it is not easy to remove the prime minister's gangsters. Before Yang Guozhong could form a force that cannot be ignored in the court, Li Linfu's prime minister's power was still stable. Gu Qing speculated that the best result of the Zuowei corruption case was to remove a group of corrupt officials from the Zuowei, then implicate some court officials in the court, and finally suppress the prime minister again.

It's just suppression, not removal. A corruption case cannot make Li Longji decide to clean up the court. A smooth transition to the court is much more important than a hundred thousand guan. However, Gu Qing was also very satisfied. Calculated the time, Li Linfu can breathe for about a few months. If there is no deep hatred, it would be better to let him die naturally.

In the afternoon, Gu Qing went to Taifu Temple to meet Yang Guozhong.

At the entrance of Taifu Temple, Gu Qing's identity was still Yang Guozhong's distant younger brother, the one who had killed a tiger on Jingyanggang.

One interesting thing about time travelers is that many jokes from previous lives are used in this life, and others don’t understand the meaning at all, but they can be happy, such as giving a middle finger to others.

After seeing Gu Qing, Yang Guozhong became much more enthusiastic than before. Perhaps Gu Qing's ability to create topics and popularity in Chang'an City, and Gu Qing showed an increasingly different light. I heard that even the prince wanted to win him over. As the next prime minister, Yang Guozhong was in need of his gangsters. How could such a radiant young man not have a good time?

"My brother's gossip report is well done!" Yang Guozhong looked in a good mood, and he praised people when he met, and his little mouth was so sweet that he was sad.

"Brother Yu participated in the gossip report just to join in the fun and provide some fun with the imperial concubine for some chatting after dinner. But Brother Yu really didn't expect that my gossip report would be so amazing in Chang'an. I heard that after the second issue of the gossip report came out, everyone in Chang'an City knew the name of Li Guangbi, the Zuolang General of the Left Guard. Haha, although his reputation was not very good, he was also famous after all."

Gu Qing said modestly: "Yes, General Li Lang was grateful to Yu Zi for no reason. Not only did he praise me hard, but he also gave me a heavy gift and thanked me for helping him become famous."

Yang Guozhong smiled and said, "Today's visit is..."

Gu Qing looked around and confirmed that there was no one around, and then whispered: "I heard that the right prime minister Li Linfu has not had much time..."

Yang Guozhong's eyes flashed and he stroked his beard and said, "Brother Yu has heard of it, too."

"The government and the public are all talking about it, saying that Yang Taifu is the next prime minister. The subordinates will congratulate Taifu first."

Yang Guozhong laughed loudly, and the pride of spring breeze that could not be concealed between his eyebrows: "It's easy to say, why should you and my brother besides you? If you have a day to take charge of the ruling, you will not treat your good brother unfairly."

Gu Qing smiled and thanked her, then his smile gradually faded, and he sighed, "But Li Xiangruo is not dead, so the position of prime minister of Yang Taifu cannot be taken up. The subordinates are worried about Yang Taifu."

Yang Guozhong was silent for a moment and said, "Li Xiang is over 70 years old. I heard from the servants in his mansion that Li Xiang only eats a little porridge every day, and sometimes he can't even eat all day..."

Gu Qing smiled. Yang Guozhong was not a good-looking person, so he had already installed eyeliners in Li Linfu's mansion.

"If Li Linfu does not die, the right prime minister will always be his. It is unlikely that he will be dismissed when he is alive, unless he resigns from the prime minister himself. I believe Yang Taifu knows this, right?"

Yang Guozhong stared at Gu Qing's face and said in a deep voice: "What do you want to say, brother?"

"In the position of right prime minister, it is better to sit early than to sit late, and there will be changes later. Li Linfu is an old fox who has been practicing for many years. How can he set up a dead chess before he dies, such as recommending a respected old minister to His Majesty to be the right prime minister..."

Yang Guozhong trembled, then his eyes were full of evil light and said angrily: "He dares! If he doesn't know the current affairs, will he not be afraid of harming his wives, concubines, and children?"

Gu Qing smiled and became more vigilant about Yang Guozhong.

Such a villain who is successful in life must never make friends with him. Such a friend will stab him in the back at any time, and he has no principled bottom line in doing things, and he will retaliate against his political enemies' families and children. This kind of behavior has always been shameful to the officialdom.

Gu Qing smiled and said, "You and I cannot guess Li Linfu's thoughts, especially those who are about to die, can often give up everything. The lower officials know that Yang Taifu is incompatible with Li Xiang. If you stand in Li Xiang's position and recommend a party member with deep friendship to take over as the right prime minister, or will His Majesty appoint your political enemy to take over as the right prime minister, which is better. In contrast, Yang Taifu will naturally know who can protect his family after he dies. If you are Li Xiang, how would you choose?"

Yang Guozhong's expression suddenly became stunned.

Gu Qing looked at him quietly, but in fact, he could roughly understand who Yang Guozhong was in a few conversations.

Yang Guozhong is good at interpersonal communication, but he is short of strategy. A person who grew up from the grassroots has not read many books, and his pattern and vision are also very narrow. He suddenly became an important official in the court overnight because of his cousin. Can such a person expect him to be as good as an old fox? He thought too much.

Simply put, this is a fool who knows how to make friends but does not regard anyone as a true friend.

It doesn't take too much effort to fool such a fool. As long as he hits a point he cares about the most, he will go crazy and even bite himself when he gets crazy.

What Yang Guozhong cares most about now is the position of prime minister. There are many people with low abilities but higher aspirations. This type of person has never thought whether his ambition is worthy of his ability. He just wants to sit in that position.

"My brother is here today, I'm afraid it's not just helping Brother Yu to explain the pros and cons in detail?" Yang Guozhong quickly reacted and smiled and said, "I wonder if my brother has any good words to teach me?"

Gu Qing smiled and said, "How dare the Xiaguan teach the future prime minister? Yang Taifu is so serious. Xiaguan just wants to determine one thing first and determine whether Yang Taifu really has the determination to pull Li Xiang down. If Yang Taifu himself hesitated, it would be useless to say anything, so that the current official has never been here today."

Yang Guozhong's face was gloomy and clear.

He actually did not trust anyone like Gu Qing. It was just that Gu Qing distrusts the world because of his experience from childhood to adulthood, while Yang Guozhong was extremely selfish.

"Why are you helping me?" Yang Guozhong asked slowly.

Gu Qing smiled: "To be honest, don't blame Xiaguan for Yang Taifu. Xiaguan helps you not to help you become a prestigious early, but for yourself. Yang Taifu should be clear that from the conflict between Roh Hyun's son to the gossip storm, I have offended Li Xiang twice. A small person like me, Li Xiang will be pinched to death if he wants to. To be honest, if Li Xiang is not dead, I will be unable to sleep or eat."

Yang Guozhong nodded, the logic was perfect and reasonable.

After pondering for a long time, Yang Guozhong said conservatively: "If my brother really has a way to help me overthrow Li Xiang, what's wrong with me trying hard."

The time for fanning the flames was almost done, so Gu Qing took out a list from his arms and handed it to Yang Guozhong.

Yang Guozhong took it, looked at it in a glance, and said in confusion: "This is..."

"This is the list of winter procurement for Zuowei Mansion a few days ago. The three provinces have passed it and are about to implement it."

Yang Guozhong read it again, but still puzzled: "What's wrong with this list?"

"Yang Taifu, take a closer look at the price."

Yang Guozhong glanced at it and frowned and said, "A hundred pieces of coarse cloth? Haha!"

Gu Qing doesn't need to explain too much. Yang Guozhong himself is a grassroots person. He naturally knows more about the prices of the people than those powerful and powerful playboys who are not in the world.

"This list is related to Li Xiang?" Yang Guozhong sneered a few times after reading the price, and then seemed to understand something.

Gu Qing said: "The officials were afraid of being implicated and were unwilling to sign on the list, so Ji Wen, the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue, found the officials."

He said it was very subtle, but Yang Guozhong understood.

"Even if corruption is confirmed, it may be difficult to shake Li Xiang's position." Yang Guozhong said hesitantly.

Gu Qing smiled and said, "If Yang Taifu is willing to cooperate, let's do some processing and add fuel to the fire of Your Majesty. Li Xiang may find it difficult to get out..."

Yang Guozhong's eyes lit up: "Why do you think?"

Gu Qing smiled, MMP in his heart, had read a few books, and had also learned how to learn about culture among others. I have copied so many poems and am I proud of? Am I not talking about human words anymore?

"Yang Taifu, please come over. You can only whisper this matter, not to fall into the six ears..."

The two of them squirmed with their heads together, and the occasional cold north wind in the hall set off the atmosphere more gloomy, like two notorious treacherous ministers discussing a major conspiracy to frame loyal and kindness in the secret room...

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The Tang Dynasty meetings did not occur every day. Li Longji is now addicted to Yang Guifei's beauty and various fun rituals, music, songs and dances in the harem. Anyway, everything is more interesting than handling the government. Therefore, the current monarch and ministers of the Tang Dynasty only once every ten days. The rest of the time, trivial affairs are all determined by the left and right ministers and the left and right ministers and the three provinces and six ministries.

A few days later, Li Longji was reluctant to participate in a court meeting.

The court meeting is still a praise of merit. In the praises of "peace for all ages" and "the country is invincible", Li Longji was deeply intoxicated and said many lies. Li Longji became more and more convinced that, especially, the praise of court officials has a factual basis. Li Longji did create a prosperous Kaiyuan period in the early days of his reign, and this fact has been shown for more than ten years.

It was almost noon after the court meeting, and the Tang Dynasty was still quite humane after the court meeting ended. The emperor would give food to the court officials, called "Langxia Food", which is commonly known as "work meal". Everyone left after they finished eating.

However, after the court officials accepted the emperor's food, the food could not be packed and taken away. They could only gather together in groups under the corridor outside the Golden Hall to eat, so it was called "Garden Food". Later, a poet named Zhang Ji was the poet who wrote the poem "I wish I could not meet and not marry". He once wrote a poem for the food under the corridor, with one of the sentences "The imperial kitchen under the corridor share cold food, and the fragrant rider in front of the hall chased the flying balls". This poem proves this rather humane rule.

After today's court meeting, when the court officials gathered together for work meals, Yang Guozhong blinked his eyes and finished his own portion like a voracious meal. Then he wiped his mouth randomly, got up and walked towards Huaelou.

Yang Guozhong, who is used to eating delicacies in the mountains and seas, is naturally not used to eating under the corridor. Unfortunately, the emperor must eat it, and it must be finished. It is not allowed to be wasted. The supervisor and censor next to him are eyeing him.

After saying goodbye to his colleagues, Yang Guozhong hurried to Huae Tower. He knew that after the Li Longji Dynasty met, he would definitely go to Huae Tower. There was Li Longji's poems and distance, and the court meeting was just a fertile situation in front of him.

When he was about to walk to Longchi in a hurry, Yang Guozhong caught up with Li Longji's ceremonial guard. After performing his ministerial ritual, Yang Guozhong accompanied him on the side of the imperial chariot.

Yang Guozhong had more reasons than anyone else to go to Hua'e Building. He and Yang Guifei were brothers and sisters, and the brothers and sisters often gathered. Yang Guozhong had long become a regular visitor to Hua'e Building, and Li Longji didn't care.

The king and his ministers chatted about state affairs and family affairs. When the ceremony was about to reach Hua'e Tower, Yang Guozhong was a little nervous and looked around uncomfortably.

The guards outside Huae Tower are like forests, all belonging to the Zuo Gu Gu. Gu Qing said before that there would be arrangements, but Yang Guozhong was not sure who was arranged by Gu Qing and when would an already planned incident happen.

It was late autumn, and the north wind suddenly became slightly cold. Yang Guozhong walked beside the imperial chariot, praising Li Longji's civil and military skills sincerely. Li Longji pretended to be reserved, but his face was filled with a smug look.

"Guozhong, you are so polite. You should put more thoughts on the government and national affairs. I am willing to give you support, but you can't let me down." Li Longji stroked his beard and laughed.

"Yes, yes, I will be diligent and devote myself to my work. I will never let Your Majesty down." Yang Guozhong replied humbly.

"After the spring, I will give you a few more officials who will hold part-time positions. You must become familiar with the affairs of the court from three provinces to each temple and department as soon as possible so that you can shoulder heavy responsibilities in the future." Li Longji said in a deep voice.

Then Li Longji suddenly thought of Li Linfu and asked again: "How is Li Linfu's health recently? Does Guozhong know?"

Yang Guozhong looked sore and whispered: "I heard that Li Xiang is suffering from a serious illness and is gradually unable to eat. Thinking about Li Xiang's age is over 70 years old, I'm afraid..."

Li Longji looked expressionless and nodded lightly, then turned his head and ordered Gao Lishi next to him, "General Gao, I will send someone to Li Gao's mansion in the afternoon, and I will give Li Linfu three hundred-year-old ginseng plants, a number of warm tonic medicines, ten taels of gold, and hundreds of pieces of silk..."

Gorix received the order.

After walking in silence for a while, Li Longji suddenly said: "Come to Li Linfu's mansion to take a look after it if there is any result."

Gao Lishi was stunned and immediately responded.

Yang Guozhong curled his lips and quickly returned to his sadness, as if he was mourning for the loss of a pillar of the country.

Li Longji also sighed sadly, and his regret was beyond words.

The king and his minister acted with each other and were very dedicated.

When they were only dozens of feet away from Huaye Tower, they suddenly heard a crisp crack. Li Longji and Yang Guozhong looked up and saw a dragon flag raised by an imperial guard in the square west of Huaye Tower suddenly breaking. The imperial guard still held a bare half-flag pole with a bright yellow dragon embroidered with a golden dragon with a fang-danced claw in the square in front of Huaye Tower. However, the bright yellow dragon flag embroidered with a golden dragon with a fang-danced claw and falling to the ground in a melodious manner.

Li Longji was shocked, stood up from the imperial chariot and shouted: "Stop!"

Li Longji got off the imperial chariot, walked to the dragon flag with a gloomy face, leaned over and looked at the dragon flag quietly.
To be continued...