Chapter 270: Finally made up your mind

Military Commander Wang was originally a Taoist. His original name was Wang Fei. He was a Jinshi in the early years of Kaiyuan. Because of his appearance, he had no choice but to seek official positions and was wandering around and relying on people to support him. In the first year of Tianbao, after the court's spirit of respecting Taoism rose, some Taoist priests with their own talents came to the court of powerful people, and even stepped on the Hanyuan Hall, and were respected as Hanlin.

Many people with vision also discovered this shortcut and went into the mountains to form a connection with the Tao. Famous people, such as the poet Li Bai, also took this path.

Wang Fei became a monk in Zhongnan Mountain in the third year of Tianbao. Although he broke out of the world, his reputation and wealth were hard to eliminate. He always paid attention to the trends of the court and looked for opportunities for advancement. The opportunity finally came in the sixth year of Tianbao. Li Linfu, the right prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, came to Zhongnan Mountain for a trip and met this Jinshi Taoist with a high-level knowledge. However, Li Linfu did not use him immediately, but left a backer. The next year, the depressed King of Qing Li Cong came to Zhongnan Mountain to invite the Three Qingshu. Under the clever arrangement of Li Linfu's confidant, the Taoist Wang Fei entered Li Cong's vision. His foresight and insight into the court immediately made Li Cong feel like he was treasured. He immediately hired him as his son Xishi, and was actually his chief aide.

After entering the Qing Palace, Wang Fei personally planned the strategies of Zun Yang and others, which really made a lot of contributions to King Qing's turnaround, but he was like a kite flying high in the sky. No matter how he appreciated the scenery at a high place, his thread was still held by Li Linfu, close and separated, but never let go.

During this change in the Eastern Palace, the king was secretly controlled by Li Linfu, leading Li Cong to step by step into the trap arranged by Li Linfu in advance, burned the Suzhou cabinet, and forced Li Qing to come to Sui to handle the case. He then assassinated the current minister of the Ministry of Revenue, pushing King Qing to a riot. Once successful, it goes without saying that King Qing's fate will be severely defeated, and even Yang Guozhong, who supports King Qing, will become a big loser. The biggest beneficiary will be King Yong, and the person who laughs behind the scenes is Li Linfu, the prime minister who reflects and disciplines.

Wang Daoren walked into the back door and someone led him into a secret room, and Luo Sanlang was already waiting here first.

"This is a token!"

Luo Sanlang pushed the ring given to him by Li Linfu to the opposite Taoist priest Wang. His task was to assist the Taoist Wang. Once the assassination was successful, he would immediately expose the murderer and make King Qing's conspiracy clear to the world. Of course, he did not know his task now, he was just the executor of the order.

Taoist Wang picked up the ring, took out another ring from his arms and compared it, then nodded and said, "Are you the one sent by the Prime Minister to support me?"

Luo Sanlang said in a deep voice: "I'm the next surname, Luo's name, Sanlang, who was sent by the prime minister, but I don't know why he came."

Taoist Wang smiled slightly, "Some things are inconvenient to say, "Sir Luo, please stay here with peace of mind, just live in a quiet place. I will come to you when the time comes."

Just a few simple words to get to the end. Taoist Wang couldn't stay for a long time and left immediately. When he walked, he was still in the waterway. A row of willows sprouting sprouts were hidden. A small black boat floated gently in the river water covered with drizzle. A few willow branches seemed to be blown off by the wind and fell to the stern of the boat. Taoist Wang quickly stepped onto the boat and got into the boat's hood. The boat then squeaked and swayed, gradually disappearing into the night. But just as the boat turned around, a figure appeared on the shore, with light steps and moving forward. At the same time, another boat appeared in the waterway. Their targets were the small boat with willow branches.

The accidental discovery during the day led Li Qing to find some clues. The ship that followed Taoist Wang had returned. The target was on the Chunqiao Bridge in the south of the city and disappeared in a manor by the stone lake.

Clues, yes, a trace is enough, just like a traveler struggling through the darkness. As long as he sees a little light, he will walk in that direction without hesitation.

At this time, the rain outside the window gradually became heavier. The drizzle hit the leaves and made a rustling sound. The lights in the room were bright and the brazier was burning very vigorously, baking the room extremely warm, forming a sharp contrast with the cold wind outside the window. The door knocked gently, interrupting Li Qing's thoughts.

"Come in!"

The door opened, and Zhang Ji, dressed in a light blue dress, appeared at the door. Since Li Qing invited him to do something for him, the poet of the middle Tang Dynasty came to the inn before dawn the next day after a night of ideological struggle. He waited for an hour before officially taking office and became Li Qing's aide. Li Qing did not be wary of him because he was the first time he came. On the contrary, he trusted him very much and even handed him over the memorial to Li Longji to draft. This surprised Zhang Ji and was very moved. He tried his best to do his best to do what he had.

"Empress, I have drafted a memorial according to your wishes, and you can see if it is appropriate."

He respectfully handed over a thick copy. Li Qing took it and saw four words written on the cover, "Suzhou Latest View" with vigorous and powerful handwriting. Li Qing nodded secretly, looking at the words as if he was looking at someone. This character is bland and evaded with his righteousness and courage. After looking through the content, it not only shows the whole story of the investigation of the arson case of the Guest House, but also lists the gains and losses of the three years since the establishment of Suzhou Guest House, which is very detailed, without a comment, but one by one, the failure of the Guest House has been explained very thoroughly, with congenital shortcomings, unacceptable conditions, and incompatibility of local officials.

Li Qing flipped a few pages and smiled bitterly: "Yi Sun is indeed a talented man with a sharp pen and can hit the nail on the head when looking at the problem. He analyzed the defeat of the Guest House very thoroughly. This matter was my great defeat since I became an official, which made me feel unwilling to accept it!"

Zhang Ji hesitated and said, "I have a saying that I don't know whether to say it or not."

Li Qing glanced at him and said a little dissatisfied: "Since I am a staff member, I should give advice on my advice and give me some advice, and what else should I say incorrectly."

"What the envoy said is that Zhang Ji was worried too much."

Zhang Ji apologized and gave a bow, Fang slowly said: "Have you ever thought about the real reason for the failure of the cabinet shop?"

Li Qing raised his eyes and his sharp eyes pierced Zhang Ji's face, "Yi Sun might as well say it clearly!"

"It's the emperor, and the problem lies with him. I don't think he supports the envoy's cabinet plan at all."

Seeing Li Qing silent, Zhang Ji continued: "The original intention of the envoy was to use the method of the Guest House to collect local financial power to the court, thereby weakening the local power. A discerning person can tell at a glance, not to mention that local officials of all sizes have been difficult to balance with the interests of the court since ancient times. The court was weak and the local area was strong at the end of the Han Dynasty, which led to the three kingdoms' struggle and the Han Dynasty was destroyed by the Wei Dynasty. The same was true for the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Wen of Sui promoted the benefits and disadvantages, abolished the hereditary, promoted the imperial examination, changed the three provinces and six ministries, and collected power in the court. He directly contacted the interests of the local and aristocratic families. After his death, Emperor Yang could no longer suppress the rebound of local forces, and the Sui Dynasty was destroyed in the second lifetime.

Speaking of this, Zhang Ji sighed and shook his head and said, "How come the emperor doesn't understand all these things? In fact, the envoy's method is excellent and clever. It only needs to be implemented slowly and will achieve results in ten years. Unfortunately, today's emperor has no ambitions and is obsessed with singing, dancing and banquets all day long. He does not want to see the imbalance between the interests of the court and the local government in his later years. Seeing the sharp conflicts, he used verbal support, but the actual inaction method made the envoy's cabinet plan end in failure."

Li Qing never said a word. While adding carbon to the brazier, he silently listened to Zhang Ji's comments until he finished speaking. Li Qing gently put the carbon clip down and smiled faintly: "Governing a big country is like cooking small fresh food. I originally wanted to make a delicious dish with color, fragrance and deliciousness, but because the heat was not well controlled, it made it difficult to swallow the dishes. As Ruyi Sun said, if I make it slowly in steps, I will set up a cabinet shop first, let it be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and take root in the local area. Then slowly introduce the tax reform system at that time, it may not be successful. It's a pity that time is not enough!"

Li Qing stood up and walked to the window with his hands behind his back. Today, Zhang Ji's words hit the nail on the head. It was Li Longji's ambiguity and inaction that made the cabinet ultimately fail. At this moment, his mouth was bitter and astringent. He also knew the reason why he could not stew the thick soup in a hurry. However, the Anshi chaos was a heavy weight that always made his reform balance unbalanced.

The dense raindrops hit the leaves. In the cold spring night, he felt extremely lonely in his heart, and his longing for home arose. After a while, he slowly calmed down. His tough personality made him push the loneliness in his heart aside for a while. He looked back at Zhang Ji, and saw his thick lips moving, he wanted to say but stopped, and couldn't help but smile: "You are here again. Just say anything if you have something to say. Don't hesitate. Just like your words, you must dare to retract and release."

Zhang Ji made a fuss. He turned around and closed the door to death before lowering his voice: "I advise you to find a way to go back to the border. Only by holding military power can you be safe. Otherwise, one day, you will die without a place to bury yourself."

Zhang Ji's words were very abrupt, especially the last sentence, which was even more sharp and mean, but it caused Li Qing's thoughts, which made him tremble suddenly. He slowly turned around and returned to his seat, picked up the carbon clip, and said in a plain tone as much as possible: "What do you say?"

"Why did the envoy come to Suzhou? The envoy told me last night that this was the emperor's plan to redirect the tiger from the mountain. If the emperor wants to abolish the Eastern Palace, he must first transfer the envoy away. This shows that the emperor is very afraid of you. This is not a good thing!

There is also the salt tax. How much money did the court get from salt? Whose money was originally the benefit? Will they let the envoy go? How many people who presided over the innovation have had good endings since ancient times? In the end, they all succeeded and became victims of the emperor's quelling public anger.

The emperor is afraid of you, and the powerful and powerful royal family hates you as much as their bones, so once the envoy loses its value, the emperor will definitely attack you. Now the salt and iron departments in various places are gradually getting on the right track, and this day is not far away. I am not exaggerating. You must make plans early!"

With a "bang", the carbon made of bamboo was broken in Li Qing's hand. Zhang Ji's words finally made Li Qing determined that even if the feudal states were separatist, he had to have his own power and territory.
Chapter completed!