The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 664
When autumn comes on September [-]th, when my flowers bloom, a hundred flowers will be killed.

The incense soars through Chang'an, and the city is full of golden armor.

——Huang Chao in "Budi Hou Fu Ju" (Tang Dynasty)

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Li Fuguo soon learned about Xuanzong's meeting with Yubayashi General Guo Yingyi from the secret report of Mastiff Guard.Li Fuguo was overjoyed.

Li Fuguo, formerly known as Li Jingzhong, was born in a humble family, and entered the palace after he was a child.

There are many eunuchs with peerless martial arts in Da Nei. Because they have no children, they often bring all their skills into the coffin.

Li Fuguo's mentor was such a eunuch, who was dull and silent, and spent his whole life doing odd jobs in the palace, unknown to everyone.But his martial arts are unfathomable, and he even made use of the eunuch's own disability to make up for the deficiency, and used his sword to create a peerless martial arts that only eunuchs can practice.

He saw that Li Fuguo was young and had no foundation in martial arts, and it was time to build his foundation, so he used his spare time and boredom to pass on all his skills to Li Fuguo.

After Li Fuguo became an artist, he originally wanted to become a prominent eunuch leader with his own skills.Therefore, he took the initiative to take refuge in Gao Lishi and joined the Flying Dragon Army.

However, Li Fuguo's appearance was extremely ugly and annoying, and he couldn't get into the eyes of Gao Lishi, who had power all over the world, so he was sent to the stables and became a stableman who raised horses.

Li Fuguo spent most of his life as a lowly eunuch, depressed and frustrated.Seeing that this life has passed like this, he was accidentally discovered by a powerful official during a polo match.

As the saying goes, if you plant flowers deliberately, the flowers will not bloom, but if you plant willows unintentionally, they will make shade.

Under the ingenious arrangement of this powerful minister, Li Fuguo was able to change his court and enter the East Palace to serve the prince.

At that time, the prince Li Heng was precarious and might be deposed at any time.Not to mention the hundreds of officials in the court, even the eunuchs and maids of the inner court were unwilling to defect to the East Palace, fearing that they would be implicated if the crown prince was deposed.

Li Fuguo's choice is not too rational, more like a gambler, using all his wealth to sideline the door.

Li Fuguo, who has passed his forties, chose to take a gamble.

At this age, there is nothing to lose, the worst is to lose a head.But if you win, you will reach the sky in one step!
When a person is desperate and decides to give it a go, it is often the time when the opportunity comes.

When there were no guests in the East Palace and everyone in the mansion was in a daze, Li Fuguo went against the trend, and his appearance was particularly eye-catching.

Soon, Li Fuguo gained a firm foothold in front of Prince Li Heng by relying on his peerless martial arts and observation skills.

In the change of Maweipo, Li Fuguo conspired and instigated the mutiny of the forbidden army; when Lingwu ascended the throne, Li Fuguo made great contributions in supporting him, and he has been prosperous ever since.

However, no matter how powerful Li Fuguo was, Gao Lishi, Chen Xuanli and others never looked at him seriously.In the eyes of Gao Lishi, Li Fuguo, a crooked eunuch like a nine-rate eunuch, is a villain who is arrogant when he is successful.

Faced with the contempt of his old boss, Li Fuguo has always held a grudge in his heart, and today he finally found an opportunity to avenge his shame.

Li Fuguo said to Suzong: "The Supreme Emperor lives in Xingqing Palace, far away from His Majesty, communicates with foreign ministers every day, and even secretly communicates with Yulin General Guo Yingyi.

People like Gao Lishi and Chen Xuanli accompanied the Supreme Emperor day and night, gathering people to conspire, the old slave was afraid that they would harm His Majesty.

This time, the matter that the Supreme Emperor summoned Yubayashi General Guo Yingyi quickly spread among the Imperial Army.Many officers and soldiers of the imperial army were heroes of the spirit and martial arts back then, and they were worried about this, worrying that there would be troubles.I specially entrusted the old slave to face the saint, and let the old slave report the truth. "

Li Fuguo hinted both inside and outside - the restoration of the Supreme Emperor is imminent.

When Suzong heard this, he couldn't hide his surprise. With tears in his eyes, he questioned: "How is it possible? Father is compassionate and benevolent, how could he do such a thing?"

Li Fuguo kowtowed and replied: "Of course the Supreme Emperor has no such intention, but those around him who are greedy for wealth and honor are hard to say.

Your Majesty, you are the Ninth Five-Year Honor, and you should start from the great plan of the country and wipe out the chaos in the bud. How can you follow the filial piety of a man!
The Xingqing Palace is mixed with the market place, the wall is low, the things inside the Xingqing Palace can be seen clearly from the outside, it is not the place where the Supreme Emperor should live, and it is not suitable for the Emperor to live.

According to the old slave, it is better to welcome the Supreme Emperor back to Tai Chi Palace.The palace is heavily guarded, no matter how you say it, it is more suitable to live in than Xingqing Palace, and it can also put an end to the instigation and incitement of villains.

If this is the case, the Supreme Emperor can enjoy his old age in the palace, and His Majesty can still see him three times a day to fulfill his filial piety.Since then, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds! "

Suzong did not adopt Li Fuguo's suggestion, and found an excuse to send Li Fuguo back.

After Li Fuguo left the palace, he stopped, looked back at Suzong's bedroom, and sneered secretly.

Li Fuguo knew Suzong's character too well, he clearly thought so in his heart, but he was indecisive, and he was even more worried about the criticism from the officials.

"There are some things that I can only be a villain! Just be it, a eunuch from a miscellaneous family, who has no children, is he still asking for a name after his death?
For the first half of his life, Zajia was regarded as a disabled freak, ridiculed and bullied.Gaining power today will definitely make life worse than death for those who have humiliated miscellaneous families.

In the past, you were high and proud; today, you will crawl at the feet of miscellaneous families, begging for food like dogs. "

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Xuanzong always loved riding and hunting. Although he hardly ever went out in his later years, he still kept [-] horses from Dawan and Dashi in the Xingqing Palace.

In the early morning of this day, Li Fuguo transferred 290 horses at once in the name of the emperor's decree, leaving only ten relatively weak horses for Xuanzong.

Xuanzong was powerless to stop him. Looking at the empty stables, he said to Gao Lishi with great sentimentality: "My son is bewitched by the state of Fu, so he will not be able to be filial to the end."

Gao Lishi was furious and wanted to meet Suzong and ask the reason for this matter.

Xuanzong pondered for a moment, finally waved his hand, and said: "Forget it. The big event is imminent, so don't lose the big because of the small. It's not just a few hundred horses, I can still afford to lose."

Gao Lishi sighed inwardly: "Whether this matter is Suzong's idea or Li Fuguo's method of telling lies, this matter has finally pierced the last veil between Xuanzong and his son.

Unless one person takes the initiative to put down his body, there is no other room for maneuver between the two. "

Li Fuguo's false edict to transfer horses quickly spread throughout the court and the public.However, Suzong acted as if he didn't know about it, and didn't make any statement.He neither returned the horse to Xingqing Palace nor blamed Li Fuguo.

The civil and military officials are all elites who have been in the officialdom for many years, and they all guessed the subtlety: the reason why Li Fuguo dared to act so boldly must be because he had insight into Suzong's mind.

Admonishing officials and speaking officials, collective silence.

Some veteran officials with rich experience in power struggles sensed the smell of ominous weapons, and stayed away from the court and closed their doors on the grounds that they were sick and recuperating at home.

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PS: Every time I read history, I have a feeling: whether it is a virtuous minister or a good general, or a treacherous villain, everyone who can be written into the history books, none of them is a mediocre person.

In a way, the "bad guys" are sharper and more sensible than the "good guys". The "bad guys" always seem to know who the "good guys" are, but the "good guys" often don't know who the "bad guys" are.

(End of this chapter)