Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 37 The dispute over the minister of households
Yang Guozhong doesn't have much time to pay attention to Li Fei recently, the position of Minister of the Household Department is vacant, and Yang Guozhong is determined to win it!

The six ministers are almost equivalent to the candidates for the next generation of prime ministers. Regardless of whether the previous prime minister Zhang Jiuling or the current prime minister Li Linfu, all of them were directly promoted to prime minister from the position of one of the six ministers.

Besides, the Ministry of Household Affairs is the most powerful and valuable yamen besides the Ministry of Officials. Since Yang Guozhong has the ambition to be the prime minister of Wending, how could he not envy the position of Minister of the Household Department.

Although Yang Guozhong is the nominal elder brother of Concubine Yang Gui, he was trusted by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, and he is also one of the servants of the household department, with good financial management ability.But the servant of the household department is not only him, but also Wang Chi!

Wang Yu is also very trusted by Tang Xuanzong and has excellent financial management capabilities. Moreover, Wang Jia is also Li Linfu's confidant, and he has served as a servant much longer than Yang Guozhong. In terms of seniority, he is more qualified than Yang Guozhong, and he is Yang Guozhong's biggest competition. opponent.

For the position of Minister of the Household Department, the two kept busy up and down, making connections everywhere to help them win.

Because one is Concubine Yang's elder brother, he is very good at collecting money and managing money.But the other one is older and not less capable.After all, Tang Xuanzong was still a generation of Mingjun during the Kaiyuan period, and what he valued was more ability.However, in his opinion, the abilities of Yang Guozhong and Wang Hao were similar, and the remaining one was Concubine Yang's elder brother, and the other was more qualified. Tang Xuanzong hesitated for a while.

Tang Xuanzong hesitated, and the importance of Prime Minister Li Linfu was suddenly highlighted.

Being able to work under Tang Xuanzong for more than ten years as a prime minister, Li Linfu naturally has his own extraordinary ability. He is even more trusted by Tang Xuanzong than Yang Guozhong.

Li Linfu has two advantages, that is, he is very good at observing words and expressions, and he can often know what Tang Xuanzong wants at the fastest speed.

From the 25th year of Kaiyuan, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty began to show signs of tiredness, and wanted to enjoy life more. Li Linfu noticed it in an instant.

So after becoming prime minister, Li Linfu not only helped Tang Xuanzong handle most of the government affairs, but also freed Tang Xuanzong from the endless daily government affairs to enjoy peace of mind.Moreover, he never let any troublesome things appear in front of Tang Xuanzong, and he always reported good news but not bad ones. As long as he was prime minister for one day, Tang Xuanzong would feel very comfortable and have no worries!
Being able to hand over most of the government affairs directly to Li Linfu, this alone can tell the extent of Tang Xuanzong's trust in Li Linfu.

Under such circumstances, according to the past practice, Tang Xuanzong must first ask Li Linfu what he meant before deciding on the candidate for the Minister of the Household Department.

It is almost equivalent to whoever Li Linfu helps will be able to get the position of Minister of the Household Department.

Winning the support of Li Linfu has become the key to victory!

Neither Yang Guozhong nor Wang Hao could bear it anymore, and visited Li Linfu one after another, hoping to win his support.

The first one to go was Yang Guozhong.

It should be said that although Yang Guozhong peeped at Li Linfu's position as prime minister, he never revealed it.Before he rose up, he took refuge in Li Linfu's command, and only Li Linfu followed suit. Whether it was Li Linfu's elimination of opponents in the court or suppression of Prince Li Heng, Yang Guozhong had made great efforts, almost equivalent to Li Linfu's confidant.

Yang Guozhong thought that since he had done so much for Li Linfu, Li Linfu should help him this time and let him get the position of Minister of the Household Department.

Li Linfu was not surprised that Yang Guozhong begged him.

"Master Prime Minister, you have seen my performance these years. As long as you can help me get the position of Minister of the Household Department, I will definitely follow your lead in the future, no matter what!" Put it low.

Don't look at Yang Guozhong as the elder brother of Concubine Yang, who is trusted by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. He is also the servant of the household department, the minister of the Taifu, etc., with more than ten positions, and he also has the title of Duke of the county.But compared with Li Linfu, it is too far behind. Li Linfu is trusted by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. He is not only the prime minister who is the head of the officials, but also holds more than a dozen other positions. He also has the title of Duke of Jin. He is truly alone Above ten thousand people!
"Lord Yang, what are you talking about? You are the elder brother of the imperial concubine, just like the uncle of the country. You have to be valued by your majesty. During the process of serving as the servant of the household department, your ability is obvious to all. I believe that your majesty will definitely choose you as the secretary of the household department. !” Li Linfu said with a smile.

"Then thank you, Prime Minister, for your support!" Yang Guozhong was overjoyed, thinking that Li Linfu had agreed to speak for him, and the position of Minister of the Household Department was at his fingertips, so he hurriedly bowed his hands and thanked him.

With Li Linfu's promise, there is no need for Yang Guozhong to stay in Li Linfu's house, and he will leave soon.

However, Yang Guozhong didn't know that after he left, Li Linfu's smile immediately sank, and he sneered quickly.

"Yang Guozhong, Yang Guozhong, don't think I don't know about your ambitions. What you want is not only the position of Minister of the Household Department, but also the position of my prime minister! You also want to ask me to speak for you and let you be the Minister of the Household Department. Haha, then am I so stupid that I would shoot myself in the foot with a rock!" Li Linfu sneered, which means that he was just perfunctory Yang Guozhong just now.

The six ministers are the doorstep to the position of prime minister, and only those who occupy one of the six positions are eligible to take over as prime minister.

Does Li Linfu regard Yang Guozhong as his confidant?
Absolutely not!

The reason why Li Linfu promoted Yang Guozhong these years was just to use him, to use his relationship as Concubine Yang's brother, and to have a certain right to speak in front of Tang Xuanzong, to help him eliminate dissidents and suppress the prince.

Yang Guozhong was very ambitious. He knew from the beginning that it was okay to use Yang Guozhong, but he would never allow Yang Guozhong to have the opportunity to threaten his position as prime minister, so as long as he was still prime minister, Yang Guozhong wanted to be one of the six ministers, at least Another ten years to go!

As an old fox, Li Linfu has his own skills. Even if he is perfunctory Yang Guozhong, he must make Yang Guozhong believe in it before the matter is completely decided.

Only two hours later, Wang Chi also came to visit.

Regarding Wang Ji, Li Linfu only smiled and said: "Master Wang, I think you are more suitable for the position of Minister of the Household Department than Yang Guozhong! Your qualifications and ability are much better than Yang Guozhong!"

"Thank you, Prime Minister, for your cultivation. Wang Yu swears that he will continue to do his best to assist the Prime Minister to be loyal to His Majesty and the Tang Dynasty. If there is a second heart, there will be a thunderbolt!" Wang Hao was overjoyed and very excited.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to be like this. I'm serving His Majesty. I'm just offering what He thinks is the best advice. Whether it can be done or not depends on His Majesty's own decision." Li Linfu was very satisfied with Wang Chi's performance.

Compared with Yang Guozhong, there are Concubine Yang, Mrs. Guo Guo, and His Majesty looking differently behind Yang Guozhong.Wang Hao was really single-handedly promoted by him. After so many years, he has already understood Wang Hao's temperament clearly, and he never has any ambition to spy on his position as prime minister. Wang Hao is his most capable confidant, and Yang Guozhong— -Humph!

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