Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 904 analysis, trade-offs

Xu Jingzong has been so busy recently that his feet are not touching the ground, his hair has turned gray a lot.

The errand entrusted to him by Li Zhi is not only a huge risk, but also an opportunity to show his merits. For this big man who has been in the court all his life, of course he is very aware of the risks and opportunities behind this errand.

As one of the Eighteen Bachelors of Zhenguan, Xu Jingzong is the political legacy left by Li Shimin to Li Zhi. Xu Jingzong is also very clear about his position. From the day Li Zhi ascended the throne, he has firmly hugged Li Zhi's thigh , As long as this thigh is hugged tightly, his political career will never be bad.

Sure enough, Xu Jingzong achieved the status of the right minister today, under one person and above tens of millions.

This time Li Zhi made it very clear that he wanted to cut off the queen's wings. Xu Jingzong was indeed a little embarrassed, but he still gritted his teeth and agreed.

He weighed the pros and cons clearly.

If he is determined to follow the emperor, he will be rich and honored for generations. If he rejects the emperor, his position in the heart of the emperor will be compromised. Xu Jingzong is old, but what about the future of the Xu family's descendants?
Empress, no matter how noble her status is, she is just a woman, and her authority cannot leave the harem. After being cut off her wings this time, she will only be more honest from now on. Can the right-hand man not offend her?
Therefore, Xu Jingzong put in all his strength to take the action against Li Yifu this time, and he must completely bring down Li Yifu so that he will never recover.

The reason why Xu Jingzong came to Ganjing Village today was that he received a letter from Li Qinzai when he was collecting evidence against Li Yifu together with the Sanju.

After Xu Jingzong read the letter, he set off in a hurry before dawn and went straight to Ganjingzhuang.

Although there are many criminal evidences collected by Li Yifu in the past few days, Xu Jingzong is troubled that all the criminal evidences are minor mistakes and minor crimes.

The evidence that should be annihilated has long been secretly eliminated by Li Yifu, but it is not as deadly as the criminal evidence in Li Qinzai's hands. If what Li Qinzai said is true, then Li Yifu is dead this time.

It was the first time for Xu Jingzong to come to Ganjingzhuang. Although he was the prime minister, he politely handed over the name card, and then waited outside the door in an orderly manner.

Xu Jingzong knew very well that Li Qinzai's weight in the heart of the emperor was much higher than that of the prime minister, and he did not dare to put on airs as a prime minister in front of Li Qinzai.

If he can't even do this bit of human sophistication, his years of experience in fighting the officialdom can be regarded as feeding dogs.

Li Qinzai was also very face-saving, and went out to greet him in person. The two saluted each other outside the door, and smiled with arms extended. If there was a burner of incense, the two would kneel down without hesitation and ask for a hand.

After exchanging pleasantries, Li Qinzai invited Xu Jingzong in, and ordered the front hall to host a banquet.

An old fox and a young fox, of course, can't talk about too deep topics when they get together. A few words of unnutritious greetings to each other, and then exchange of innocuous gossip in the capital, and the next step is to exchange cups and cups.

When the wine was half full, Xu Jingzong didn't forget his business, so he asked Du Yuanji, a sorcerer who had been kidnapped by Wu Minzhi.

Li Qinzai clapped his hands and escorted a heavily tied middle-aged man in.

Xu Jingzong sized him up and narrowed his eyes slowly: "Is he Du Yuanji?"

"That's right, the matter is very important, and the boy didn't dare to ask more questions, so he was not in a hurry to interrogate him. He should know everything that Grandpa Xu wants to know. This person may not be a hero, so go back and use some torture on him casually." , I guess he recruited."

Excitement flashed in Xu Jingzong's eyes, if this Du Yuanji really had the handle to kill Li Yifu, the task entrusted to him by the emperor would be complete.

As for some other henchmen of the Queen's party, hehe, the biggest fish has been caught, so are you afraid that others will not get into the urn?Even if there is no criminal evidence, Xu Jingzong still has a way to implicate them in the case of Li Yifu, and they can get a lot of money, and no one can escape.

"Li County Marquis, you have accomplished a great event," Xu Jingzong clapped his palms and said joyfully, "If Du Yuanji can be found guilty of being a villain in Li Yifu, the emperor will be delighted, and both you and the old man will be praised by the emperor. ..."

Li Qinzai smiled.

Seeing his strange smile, Xu Jingzong patted his forehead immediately, and said with a wry smile: "The old man is naive. With the personal relationship between the Son of Heaven and the Marquis of Li County, I really don't need to care about any praise, haha."

Li Qinzai skipped the topic, and said, "Xu Xiang intends to wipe out all the henchmen of the Queen's Party this time?"

Xu Jingzong was taken aback, and said: "Since you have made a move, of course you don't have to be merciful, otherwise you will create disaster for yourself."

Li Qinzai sighed: "Xu Xiang still thinks badly..."

Xu Jingzong hurriedly said: "I would like to hear from the Marquis of Li County."

"The emperor's will for you is to cut off the queen's wings, but he never said that you will catch them all at once, and if you really wipe out the queen's party, the queen will hate you to the bone..."

"Boy Rong said something ugly, Mr. Xu, you are old, but the empress is not yet forty. If the empress survives the crisis this time, it is hard to say that she will not find an opportunity to take revenge on the Xu family's children..."

Xu Jingzong's complexion suddenly turned ugly. The reason why he was cruel to the queen's wings was because he judged that the emperor might abolish the empress this time. If the empress was abolished, why would he be afraid of the queen?
In particular, the scumbag's decree issued by the emperor yesterday to Taiyuan Wang's surname to restore Taiyuan Wang's surname is a signal to the outside world that the abolition of the empress.

But Li Qinzai said that the queen could survive the crisis this time, which was completely contrary to Xu Jingzong's judgment.

As an old fox in the court, every step he takes must be calculated clearly. If Xu Jingzong really made such a major mistake in judgment, he would be making a joke of the lives of the whole family.

"Why did the Marquis of Li County say this? Isn't the emperor talking to the queen..." Xu Jingzong's expression became serious.

Li Qinzai smiled and said: "One night husband and wife, one hundred days of kindness, no matter how angry the emperor is with the queen, he will not be too unfeeling to the queen after all. There may be lessons, there may be beatings, and for the balance of the court, cutting off the queen's wings may also be helpful. , but, abolishing the empress... is almost impossible."

"The Son of Heaven is a wise and benevolent monarch. If it is not a last resort, he will not be cruel to anyone. Of course, the reason for abolishing the king and queen is because the power minister, Sun Wuji, and the Guanlong gentry have posed a serious threat to the monarchy. For the sake of the Li and Tang royal families , the emperor had no choice but to abolish the empress and overthrow the powerful ministers."

"But this time, the empress is certainly wrong, but she can't be dethroned. First of all, the empress is born innocent. She doesn't belong to any powerful family. .”

"Secondly, the mistake the queen made this time was to poison Mrs. Wei Guo. It can be said to be a personal grievance in the harem. To put it bluntly, it is just a rivalry and jealousy among women. Such a trivial matter, the emperor will not rise to the level of abolishing the empress. .”

"More importantly, the Queen's Party is also a force in the court. The emperor's art lies in balance. Xu Xiangruo really wiped out the Queen's Party, leaving more trouble for the emperor, because if the queen's party is eliminated, the power in the court and China will inevitably be out of balance. The emperor We must also be busy cleaning up the aftermath and bringing the court back to a balanced situation..."

"So, Xu Xiang, if you really wiped out the Queen's party, I'm afraid the emperor will praise you on the surface, but in fact, he can't wait to dismiss you and exile to relieve his anger. You have done bad things with good intentions, and you are exhausting and thankless. Offended to death, why do you say this is necessary..."

After hearing Li Qinzai's big words, Xu Jingzong's body trembled violently, and he stroked his beard with an ugly expression and remained silent.

(End of this chapter)