Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 175 Big things are decided
Changsun House.

The dull and grand mansion was a little more festive today.

It was rare for Changsun Wuji not to sit in his own courtyard and play chess with himself, but to enjoy the flowers and feed the fish in a remote place, and he was in a very good mood.

Changsun Chong had not seen his father so happy for a long time, and he was also happy.

But he was still a little worried and said: "Your Majesty still has some favors towards Li Yifu. The affairs of Bi Zhengyi and Wang Yifang have made such a big fuss, but he still forcibly shelters His Majesty. A little corruption and the occupation of a few houses may not be able to completely free His Majesty." give up."

Changsun Wuji threw the fish food in his hand into the pond, looked at the fish in the water competing for food, and chuckled: "This is where my son is not as good as Chen Qingsi. Do you think why he chose to join the game with his own life? I really can't find anything better. His words? I’m afraid that may not be the case... He is asking His Majesty to make a final choice between him and Li Yifu."

Changsun Chong realized: "I understand, my child. Mr. Chen just wants to let your majesty know that Li Yifu is hostile and fearful of him, and let your majesty know that keeping him will harm the overall situation in the future."

"Not bad!" Changsun Wuji said: "It's not difficult to find a sword like Li Yifu's. But a talent like Chen Qingsi's is rare. Also, do you think why he chose the Guo family's residence?"

Changsun Chongcuo said in astonishment: "The Guo family has been in decline for many years. It is the most inconspicuous among the four houses occupied by Li Yifu. Is there anything fishy in it?"

Changsun Wuji was lost in thought for a moment, and then said: "Yes, it's all old things. It's natural that my son doesn't know about it. Guo Xiaoke became famous in the fourth year of Wude. During the Battle of Hulao, he offered advice to the late emperor and won the respect of His Majesty. But he became famous. Few people know his past deeds. Before he became famous, he was a member of the Wagang Army and happened to be a general under Sikong Li Ji. The two were also captured by Dou Jiande together and shared the same feelings of adversity. But later the two One person is serving as a general in the court, and the other is guarding the place in another place, and the contacts are gradually cut off."

"As the leader of the military, do you think Li Ji would be angry if his old subordinates were bullied in this way? He has never been involved in politics, but his ability to add insult to injury puts even his father to shame."

He said this with some mockery.

If Li Ji hadn't positioned himself at the critical moment, he wouldn't have suffered such a complete defeat.

Changsun Wuji said: "Faced with such a detailed layout, Li Yifu is in danger of escaping. To be safe, my father specially led the trouble to Master Xu Yu..."

Li Zhi is small-minded and loves to hold grudges.Lai Ji disobeyed him in establishing martial arts, and his character was inflexible. In Changsun Wuji's view, as long as his role disappeared, he would be kicked out of the temple sooner or later.

When the time comes, Master Xu Yu will stand up and carry the banner.

With Xu Yushi and Chen Qingsi in court, it was not easy for Li Yifu to come back.

Changsun Chong laughed dumbly, shook his head and said: "Li Yifu also deserves it. He faced his father and Mr. Chen at the same time. I'm afraid that he still doesn't know who his opponent is and how he lost..."

Changsun Wuji shook his head and said: "My father has been in the officialdom for half his life, fighting with people like Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng. Only today, Chen Qingsi, who is twenty-three, comes from a poor family. He has such ability, which can only be solved by God."

He paused and said: "If I have the opportunity, I would like to ask my father, how did he know about Li Yifu's weakness?"

With some confusion, Changsun Wuji threw away the fish food in his hand and walked away with his hands behind his back.

Tai Chi Palace.

Wude Hall.

Li Zhi looked at the results of the interrogation, and did not show any joy or anger, but looked at everything with a bit of indifference.

In fact, Li Zhi knew part of Li Yifu's actions.

What Li Zhi likes about Li Yifu is his lack of moral bottom line, and his ability to ignore all moral laws for the sake of power and money.

Nothing in this world is perfect.

Regarding the official voices, Laiji, Xu Yushi, and Chen Qingsi had almost no flaws in their official voices. They were upright, honest, and moral models.

But if you want them to be like Li Yifu, biting the nobles of Kansai without any sense of reason, what are they willing to do?

The answer is obvious.

We cannot expect people with a moral bottom line to do completely unethical things.

In the same way, you cannot expect an immoral person to be upright and honest even if he does bottomless things.

This is not realistic.As long as the knife is sharp enough, as long as the rest does not really harm the court, harm the overall situation, and does not bring the matter to the forefront and make people upset, Li Zhi can pretend that he does not know.

The case of Bi Zhengyi hit the bottom line.

But at that time, it was the critical moment to liquidate Chu Suiliang, and Li Zhi weighed the pros and cons and spared him.

I don't know how long it took, but the scandal Li Yifu did was exposed to the emperor again.

This time the matter was not as bad as Bi Zhengyi's case, but the details made Li Zhi strangely angry.

Li Yifu actually listened to the sorcerer's words and believed that Chen Qingsi had intercepted his luck and wanted to set up an array to lock it.

This is simply a joke of the world.

Everything Li Yifu has today was given by himself, yet he actually believes in the illusory luck.

He deserves it if he neglects him. What does it mean to intercept Chen Qingsi's luck?

Chen Qingsi, a minor official who had only been in Beijing for a few months, was already a prime minister. How could he be so intolerant of him?

This is what makes Li Zhi the most angry. Although Chen Qingsi's status is low, his role is huge.

Li Zhi didn't like Li Yifu's attitude very much.

Besides, as an emperor, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, who he favors is not based on his own will, but also depends on the sky?

Li Zhi didn't believe this the most, otherwise he wouldn't have given himself the title of Emperor.

Li Zhi was not happy or angry and asked: "How did Li Yifu defend himself?"

Liu Daoxiang bowed and said: "Xiangong Li did not defend himself, but kept asking for a face-to-face meeting. Mr. Li is the prime minister, and it is not easy for us to humiliate him."

There was a hint of warmth and anger in Li Zhi's eyes. The last time Li Yifu forced Bi Zhengyi to die, he had the same attitude, and now it is the same. Do you really think that you can't survive without him?

If it's so annoying, just give it up.

"Sikong, what suggestions do you have?"

Even though he had made up his mind, Li Zhi still looked at Li Ji aside.

Li Ji bowed and said: "Liu Shangshu and Xin Daliqing heard the case clearly and without any mistakes or omissions. What Mr. Xu told us is true..."

He shook his head and sighed: "Your Majesty cherishes Xianggong Li's talents and gave him many opportunities, but he didn't know how to cherish them. It really shouldn't be done."

Even Li Ji had said this. How could Li Zhi hesitate? He immediately said: "The minister of Zhongshu, the censor of the school, the guest of the prince, and the prince of Hejian County Li Yifu were dismissed from their posts and moved to Xizhou. The son-in-law is ruthless and guilty of the same crime." Discuss."

Li Zhiping retreated from the two of them and thought about it alone, watching the charges and trial details on the case sheet over and over again.

Although there are no loopholes, everything is taken for granted.

But Li Zhi's suspicious temper still made him feel that something was wrong. He thought that Li Yifu had been biting Changsun Wuji recently, could it be him?
Li Zhi has seen how powerful his uncle is and has no doubt that he has this ability.

"I can't stay!"

Li Zhi immediately said: "Come here, please invite Shizhong Xu."

He didn't just have one knife.

(End of this chapter)