Tibet

Chapter 47
Prime Minister Li Linfu's carriage slowly entered Pingkangfang under the strict protection of dozens of horse-riding warriors.

He has been the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty for 15 years. He is very good at trying to figure out the emperor's mind, and he can implement the emperor's ideas to the letter every time. He is extremely shrewd and capable, and has won the respect of the emperor Li Longji.

Li Linfu is well versed in power tactics and good at dancing with long sleeves. For so many years, he has brought down Zhang Jiuling, Li Shizhi, Wei Jian and other political opponents, and his position is quite stable. However, the rapid rise of Yang Guozhong in the past two years has made Li Linfu vigilant.

Yang Guozhong is of course representing the Yang family, and the emperor is planning to reuse his relatives. Once Concubine Yang is pregnant, the emperor will definitely replace him with Yang Guozhong to prepare for the second prince change.

Li Linfu is worried, although Yang Guozhong's rise has only just shown a sign, and his official position is far from being comparable to Li Linfu.

But Li Linfu sees it far away, no matter Yang Xuangui, Yang Yu, or the captain-in-law Yang Kai of the Yang family, they are all useless wretches who only want to enjoy themselves, and they are as stupid as pigs, so there is nothing to worry about.

If the emperor wanted to support the Yang family, he would never support them. In contrast, Yang Guozhong was flexible, eloquent, good at adapting to the wind, and better at trying to figure out the holy will.

Although Yang Guozhong's talent and learning are mediocre, talent and learning are not important. Perhaps the emperor has taken a fancy to his mediocrity, easy to control, and with the support of the imperial concubine, he might fall into Yang Guozhong's hands.

Li Linfu has been arranging his subordinates to impeach Yang Zhongguo for the past two years, but it has no effect at all. Behind Yang Guozhong is the powerful Yang family.

no!I have to let the emperor realize that Yang Guozhong's being the prime minister is by no means a good omen, he can't control the barbarians at all, and he can't quell the collusion between Nanzhao and Tubo.

But the emperor values ​​the Yang family too much, it's difficult!

Li Linfu sighed secretly, this is not a problem that can be solved in a while.

At this time, the carriage arrived at the gate of the mansion, the side door slowly opened, and the carriage would drive directly into the mansion.

Suddenly, a clear and bright voice came from the side, "The prime minister indulged his grandson in committing murder, why should the world judge the world?"

Li Linfu was startled, and opened the curtain of the car to look, and saw two people standing in front of the stone lion next to the mansion, one long and one young, like a father-son relationship. The young man's left arm was hung on a splint with a splint, which seemed to be broken.

The older man was in his thirties, wearing a flat scarf and Confucian shirt, like a scholar.

"parking!"

Li Linfu gave an order, and the carriage stopped slowly.

Li Linfu said displeased: "Go and ask what's going on? Why are you allowing your grandson to commit murder? What are you talking nonsense here?"

The steward who was following the carriage hurried to ask.

Not long after, the steward came back and reported, "Master Xiang, those are a father and son, surnamed Wang, a native of Jingzhao. Arm, they come here to sue."

Li Linfu's expression darkened immediately, "Which room does Li Huai belong to?"

Li Linfu is full of wives and concubines, and his descendants are prosperous. He has 25 sons, 25 daughters, [-] or [-] grandsons, and [-] or [-] grandchildren. There are too many, and he can't even remember.

But the steward knew, he whispered: "It seems to be Wulang's son."

Li Linfu nodded, "Go and investigate clearly. If the situation is true, give them fifty pennies of medical money and tell them to shut up. If it's slander, break his father's arm!"

"The villain knows, let's investigate now!"

The carriage then drove into the huge Xiangguo Mansion.

Li Linfu changed his clothes and came to the door of the study, and then ordered his servants, "Go and get Lao Wu!"

Although Li Linfu asked the steward to investigate, he knew in his heart that nine out of ten it was true. No one in Chang'an City dared to slander him, not even the princes and grandchildren.

Not long after, the fifth son, Li Dai, came to his father's study in a hurry. Li Dai was born to Li Linfu's second wife, Yang, and he was also considered a legitimate son. He currently lived in the mansion.

"The child knocks on his father!"

Li Dai seldom met his father alone, so he had to pay respects.

"Get up!"

Li Dai got up and stood with his hands down.

Li Dai is also 35 and six years old. When he was young, he was handsome and tall, like a jade tree facing the wind.

Li Linfu felt that he was very much like when he was young, and liked him very much.

But later he felt that this son was relatively cowardly, lacking in courage, and unable to accomplish great things, so he gradually disliked him.

Therefore, even if Li Dai is admitted to the Mingjing Department, he will not be reused. Currently, he is only serving as a seventh-rank military officer in Qianniuwei.

Li Linfu glanced at his son and said calmly, "Wu Lang seems to be very busy recently?"

"The boy is busy with official duties and just came back!"

"Didn't go for a drink with your colleagues?"

"Not today, but there will be a banquet tomorrow. Du Xiang will be sent to Jingzhou, and we will bid him farewell."

"I remember you only have one son!" Li Linfu asked suddenly without a head or tail.

Li Dai couldn't figure it out, so he nodded, "The child is incompetent. He can't extend the descendants of his father. At present, there is only one son."

"There is only one son, so you must be strictly controlled. Your son will cause you great trouble in the future, and even being a father will not protect you. Go!"

"Excuse me, baby!"

Li Dai's eyes widened, horrified in his heart, he backed away slowly, turned around and left when he went out, his footsteps became faster and faster, his heart became more and more angry, his heart was like a mirror, it must be his son Li Huai who caused another catastrophe, Let father know.

The brothers and grandchildren in the mansion competed so fiercely, and there was an unworthy son in the family, how could the father reuse him again?
"Come out, little bastard!"

Li Dai rushed into his yard and roared.

It just so happened that his son Li Huai ran out of his study in a panic, Li Dai almost went mad with anger, this bastard was stealing his things again.

He stepped forward and grabbed his son's neck and shook it hard. Li Huai couldn't stand still and fell to the ground.

Li Dai picked up a stick next to him and beat him hard, "I'll beat you to death, you unworthy son!"

Li Huai was hit by two sticks, and immediately rolled on the ground, crying loudly, "Mother, help me! Daddy is going to beat me to death."

"This troublemaker deserves to be killed!"

At this time, a woman in a palace costume came hurriedly surrounded by several maids, "Stop it, stop it for me!"

The woman is Li Dai's wife, Yuwen's family, who is also the daughter of the Yuwen family. Although she is a woman, she has a very strong personality.

Li Dai was not doing well, and couldn't hold his head up in front of his wife, so he had to throw down the stick bitterly.

Yuwen stepped forward to hug her son, and seeing bruises on his wrists, she immediately felt distressed, turned her head and glared at her husband and said, "Why are you beating him?"

"Ask him yourself, what good did he do today? Father called me to reprimand him."

"I didn't do anything, you just spit blood, why did you hit me?"

With his mother as his backer, Li Huai also began to be domineering and insulted his father.

"you--"

Li Dai was trembling with anger, and said to his wife: "You can spoil him again! He doesn't even care about his own father."

Yuwen said coldly: "Father is kind and son Fang Xiao, you beat and scold him like a dog all day long, and you expect him to respect you?"

Li Dai pointed at his wife and shook his hands, "Okay! Okay! You said it. From today onwards, I will pretend that I don't have this son, and I won't take care of his affairs."

Yuwen's willow eyebrows raised, "Hmph! Don't worry about it, my father likes him and will give him a future in the future. How many years have you been a seventh-rank sesame official? How can my son still count on you?"

Yuwen helped his son up, "Let's go!"

The mother and son ignored Li Dai and walked away.

Li Dai felt that all thoughts were lost, and he felt dizzy for a while. At this moment, Zhang Hong, the housekeeper, walked to the gate of the courtyard and said loudly: "Teaching the master's oral instructions, Wulang has no way to teach his children. From today onwards, go to the manor to be the master." , replaced by Shiro."

The leak in the house was met with continuous night rain, and Li Dai almost cried without tears, and his last position in the family was also deprived.

(End of this chapter)