Chapter 376: The Conspiracy of Xingqing Palace

Guo Xuji is already 65 years old, but he is still strong and has a loud voice. He can eat three major bowls of rice in one meal. He has sex every night. Last year, when Li Longji cleans up all the governors, he also voluntarily resigned from the position of Jiannan Jiedu. He thought he would change his position as Shangshu to the cabinet, but Li Longji only gave him a single official who was a Guanglu doctor, and he no longer had a real position, which made him depressed until now. He beat and scolded his wives and concubines every day, and neighbors could often hear his roar.

Seeing that the career was hopeless, he gradually became disheartened. Unexpectedly, he was suddenly appointed as the Jingzhao Yin, which surprised and happy. It didn't matter what official he was. What was important was that he could re-enter the career. He knew that this was the arrangement of the right prime minister Li Qing, but he had nothing to do with Li Qingsu. Why did he use himself? Is it really what the market said, and he was also from the Ministry of Revenue?

With doubts and great gifts, he visited Li Qing. Li Qingming told him that this was because his brother Guo Xuping died for him in Suzhou. Guo Xuji suddenly realized that when Li Qing went to Suzhou to investigate the arson case of the cabin, his brother Guo Xuping was indeed dead for him. Unexpectedly, after many years, this matter actually left such a tail.

Since it was not for no reason, Guo Xuji became his Jingzhao Yin. He was also quite capable. He ordered the merchants of Pingkangfang to pay for money to repair the walls that were stripped off in Xuanyangfang. He also beat several people who attempted to attack the walls in public and disabled them. The walls were stopped. After a few days, he began to demolish the walls of Yanshoufang, and at the same time, he demolished the gates of Xishi without authorization, winning praise from the merchants in Xishi.

On that night, Guo Xuji, who had been tired for a day, returned home. As soon as he entered the door, the housekeeper came to tell him that His Highness Yong had been waiting for him for almost an hour. Yong Li Lin was his nephew. When he was the governor of Jiannan, he fully supported Li Lin for the battle for the Eastern Palace. Unfortunately, because of King Qing's stupidity, his efforts ultimately failed. After the new emperor ascended the throne, Yong was imprisoned. He heard that his freedom had been restored recently. At this time, Guo Xuji's mentality had changed. He was a little distant about his nephew and abandoned him. However, since he had come, he was unreasonable to see him.

Guo Xuji frowned, "Let him wait a little longer, I will see him after changing clothes!"

King Yong Li Lin sat in the guest room without moving, staring at the wall, staring at the wall, and not having dinner, but he was not in the mood. Ten days ago, his father, the Supreme Emperor Li Longji, called him away. The father and son had not seen each other for a long time. It should have been a happy reunion, but the hatred for Li Qing and Li Yu revealed in the words of his father made him frightened, and his father seemed not to give up.

The afternoon before yesterday, the father directly ordered him to test Guo Xuji's attitude. Not only his father, but his brothers who were also newly free often came to talk to him. When he cursed Li Qing's viciousness and Li Yu's incompetence, he unknowingly had a heavy burden on his shoulders to revitalize the power of the Li family. He felt very heavy in his heart and felt that he was overwhelmed by this heavy burden.

"Your Highness seems to be worried!"

A voice came from Li Lin's side. He turned his head anxiously, and saw his uncle Guo Xuji standing at the door, looking at him coldly. I don't know how long he had been standing, but Li Lin hurriedly got up and saluted him and said, "Nephew comes uninvited, please don't be surprised!"

"Since it's a family, what else is there to be commonplace?"

Guo Xuji apologized when he saw Li Lin, and he had no sign of his arrogance at all. His resistance also melted a lot. He pointed to the chair and smiled gently, "Sit down and talk!"

"My nephew thought his uncle had offended Yang Guozhong, so he retired from office. Unexpectedly, he was appointed Jingzhao Yin again. Things are really unpredictable!" Although he sighed, his eyes secretly peeked at the change of expression on Guo Xuji's face.

But Guo Xuji seemed to see nothing. He picked up the teacup and took a sip, and smiled faintly, "It's nothing. This is an official who offends others. No one wants to do it, so he can only push it to me."

Seeing that Guo Xuji refused to speak, Li Lin had to test him further and said, "My nephew went to see the Supreme Emperor yesterday, and the Supreme Emperor also mentioned you..."

"Have you waited for me for an hour to talk about this?" Guo Xuji's face changed drastically. He stood up and said with a calm face: "In this way, I still have something to do, so I can't spend more time with you."

After saying that, he strode out of the guest room, Li Lin took two quick steps and said loudly: "The Supreme Emperor is almost dead. He wants to see his uncle. For the sake of his mother, his uncle will take some time to go!"

Guo Xuji hesitated for a moment, but then he accelerated and disappeared at the end of the corridor.

It was already dusk. Li Lin came out of Guo Xuji Mansion, boarded the carriage, and went straight to Xingqing Palace. In front of the gate of Xingqing Palace, several low-level officials were lying on the ground, kowtowed twice respectfully, then straightened their bodies, folded their hands together and prayed devoutly, with a very solemn expression.

A few days ago, news came from Xingqing Palace that the Supreme Emperor's body was deteriorating and could not speak. No one except the Queen Mother knew him. The situation was quite serious. I am afraid that it was about to be dead. Many old ministers immediately came to pray for him spontaneously. The emperor even sent several imperial doctors to treat him, but they were helpless.

Li Lin was kind and filial, and he came to visit his father almost every day, which was praised by all officials. After getting off the carriage, Li Lin walked straight to the palace, and two little eunuchs hurriedly led the way in front.

At this moment, the Doctor Wu sent by Li Yu was treating Li Longji. Although his pulse was weak, it was still smooth. The Emperor's illness was not in his body, but he was now dementia, his eyes were dull, and he always stared at a place for a long time and smiled foolishly. His throat made strange gurgling sounds from time to time, and saliva from the corners of his mouth kept flowing down.

This is a typical Alzheimer's disease. I have seen it a lot of imperial doctors, so I naturally understand what's going on. There is no cure. But I also have to pretend to prescribe some medicines to calm the mind and replenish the brain to comfort Yang Yuhuan who was quietly wiping tears aside.

"Doctor Wu, is the Supreme Emperor better?"

Outside the bedroom, Li Lin stopped Dr. Wu and asked worriedly.

Doctor Wu sighed and said, "Please spend more time with the Supreme Emperor! Maybe he can think of something?"

After saying that, he shook his head and took the medical box. Until his back went away, a sneer appeared on Li Lin's face.

A quarter of an hour later, in Li Longji's quiet room, Li Longji, who had already washed away his sick face, leaned on the couch and squinted his eyes to listen to Li Lin's report. Perhaps it was in response to the old saying "I only know that I only know that I am precious after losing it." When he was the emperor, he sang and danced with Yang Guifei day and night. He felt that time was not enough, so he left the country and the country behind. Now he had time, but suddenly felt that singing, dancing and opera became so boring. Yang Yuhuan was a little annoyed when he watched it every day. He began to miss his country and the country and pay attention to the politics of the court.

The result was naturally anger. Not to mention that the night he escaped, the people in the city were fine, but hundreds of royal families were killed by rebels. There was obvious problem here. More importantly, Li Qing relied on military power, grasped the government affairs, regarded the new emperor as a puppet, and controlled the power of life and death in the court. Is this the result of his abdication? He handed over Li Tang's country and sent him to others. How would he explain in front of his ancestors and ancestors in the future? Li Longji secretly gritted his teeth, and he could never let it go.

Although he wanted to rush to the hall to take the incompetent little bastard off the throne, like the sons of Yong, he was also guarded by soldiers sent by Li Qing. Only the little eunuch who bought vegetables could go out once by chance and bring him some rumor that was circulating in the market.

But just ten days ago, the Anxi army guarding Xingqing Palace suddenly evacuated and replaced it with hundreds of Yulin Army, the veteran general Chen Xuanli was still his commander of the guard. The opportunity seemed to have come. He made a message the next day, saying that he was seriously ill and that time might be too long. He really wanted to see the old minister. When the news came out, many old ministers rushed outside Xingqing Palace to pray for him after hearing the news.

Li Longji then ordered people to secretly record the people who came and compare their current official ranks. The comparison result made him both excited and regretful. Most of the important officials in the court with real power came. Unfortunately, except for Guo Ziyi, the other military generals who came were all empty generals, and none of them had real soldiers. Fortunately, I heard that Li Qing would lead the army east to quell the rebellion in a few days, and he would not be able to come back for three to five months. The court was empty, which was his only chance.

As long as he can regain the throne and tell the world with great righteousness, no matter how fierce Li Qing is, he will not dare to take advantage of the world's great power, not only to commit the monarch's crime. In the end, he also believes that he can reach a compromise with Li Qing and let Li Qing become the right prime minister again. As for the prime minister and the monarch's power, that will happen in the future.

Li Longji has made careful plans, and so far everything has gone smoothly. He has concealed everyone, and he has begun to become more confident. With the imperial authority he has accumulated over 40 years, can't he deal with a new emperor with no power and shallow qualifications?

"You mean he didn't leave firmly, right?" Li Longji listened very carefully, and he did not miss every detail. Jingzhao Yin could not only gather people's strength in advance, control the capital, but also calm people's hearts later. This is an extremely important part of his plan. Guo Xuji's avoidance attitude is understandable. After all, he finally got a real official and had to be an official with his tail between his tail. However, from his hesitation, it can be seen that his heart is not stable. As long as he is willing to visit him, he will be sure to convince him to obey his orders.

"Although Father, the uncle of the son minister has not expressed his opinion, he can see that he is in conflict. I am afraid that his heart is moved. It is better for the son minister to explain the righteousness to him and let him obey his father directly."

"Don't be so anxious!"

Li Longji waved his hand and smiled, "Now that Li Qing has not left, he dare not express himself even if he has the intention. Besides, if you are too frequent, Li Qing will see the clues. From now on, you should try to come to Xingqing Palace as little as possible. After Li Qing leaves, you should start slowly."

"But my father, I'm worried that Li Qing will leave his confidant to guard Guanzhong, especially the two thousand Yulin troops in the Daming Palace are even loyal to him. Will we be too risky to do this?" Li Lin finally couldn't help expressing his concerns.

Li Longji shook his head and smiled and said, "That's because you can't see the situation clearly. If Li Qingzhen supports Li Yu very much, then I wouldn't have this idea. I just spent the rest of my life wholeheartedly. However, they are in the same situation. These two thousand Yulin soldiers are not used to protect him. On the contrary, they are to monitor him. We don't need to lead the army into the Daming Palace and imprison Li Yu to seize the throne. As long as all officials come to Xingqing Palace to support me, I will order the world to abolish Li Yu, and at the same time declare that Li Qing's official position and power will remain the same. Don't touch it.

I think Li Qing's soldiers will not interfere in this matter. At least they will ask Li Qing for instructions. In this way, I will have time to negotiate. Besides, Li Qing went to the east to conquer Xiangzhou, and Li Yu could spare this opportunity. If I guessed correctly, Li Yu would definitely take advantage of this opportunity to seize power, and Li Qing would also be on guard against him. Since there is a crane and clam fight, it is naturally my fisherman who will benefit. As for Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, they will be the two pieces that I will restrain Li Qing in the future. A small palace coup, and they are not needed."

As he said that, he glanced at Li Lin, and saw that he wanted to speak but stopped. He knew that he was not at ease yet, so he smiled and said, "Father is old and still wants to stand up and fight with his twilight years. It is not for the throne, but for the restoration of my Li family. You are the prince chosen by the father. I told you when I was at Mawei Slope that this coup was mainly to rely on the father's old prestige to make the ministers willingly support us, so the father must come forward. The father can guarantee you that once it succeeds, it will give way to you immediately."

Li Longji's promise calmed down Li Lin, but he did not dare to admit that he was worried about this, so he hurriedly said: "My son has no idea. Mr. Mr. Just worried that Li Qing would take the opportunity to rebel against Li Tang and proclaim himself emperor!"
Chapter completed!