Talented and immoral people occupying high positions often bring greater chaos to the country, and Li Linfu is a model of this. He was indeed a man of great ability, but he was also really not very good, he had controlled the government for many years, he was jealous of his ability, he had squeezed out a large number of talented people, and he had also killed Wang Zhongsi and other important ministers. Li Linfu urged general Fan to take charge of the army, which buried great hidden dangers for the Tang Dynasty, but Li Linfu was complicated here, he had been in power for so many years, he had done so many evil things, the Tang Dynasty really had no problems in his hands, and as soon as he died, Yang Guozhong was replaced by Yang Guozhong, and the Anshi Rebellion immediately broke out.
An Lushan's name was to kill Yang Guozhong, and this turmoil was also a conflict between the local and central governments. Seeing Yang Guozhong's deeds when he was in office, many people thought of Li Linfu again, in fact, there is also an interesting point in the evaluation of Li Linfu in later generations, that is, people basically believe that if Li Linfu does not die, An Lushan will not rebel. An Lushan's attitude toward Li Linfu was really very strange, An Lushan was trusted by the emperor, and as an envoy of the three towns, he mastered more than 100,000 military horses in the northeast, and he had become the emperor of the east, and he had the courage to rebel, which showed that he was not afraid of anyone. But in fact, he was very afraid of Li Linfu, and even to the point of being somewhat neurotic.
Fear like a tiger
The "Zizhi Tongjian" records that Lushan yu gongqing was slow to insult, alone with Lin Fu, every time he saw it, although it was in the middle of winter, he often sweated and stained his clothes. (An Lushan) Since fanyang was returned, Liu Luogu would ask every time he came from Chang'an, "What does Shilang say?" "If you have a beautiful word, you are happy; or Dan Yun", "Doctor An, you must check the school well!" The backhand said, "Oh, I'm dead!" "
In general, whether An Lushan was talking to Li Linfu or seeing the people sent by Li Linfu, he was worried and fearful, and he lost ten thousand points of caution, Li Linfu spoke a little heavier, and he felt that he was not far from death. Even if he returned to his hometown Fan Yang, it was reasonable to say that no one would be afraid, but he was still very afraid of Li Linfu, Andan Lushan's attitude was still relatively rare, and only Li Linfu would make him so afraid. He was even tempted by Emperor Xuanzong, and Yang Guozhong dared to return to Chang'an alone if he wanted to kill himself, and it was really not an ordinary person who could scare him.
However, An Lushan was afraid of Li Linfu, not really respectful, and the more An Lushan was jealous of Li Linfu, the more he wanted revenge. When Li Linfu was alive, he didn't have much chance to do anything, and he didn't dare to do anything himself, but when Li Linfu died, he had a way to take revenge. The Zizhi Tongjian records that Yang Guozhong made people say that An Lushan Lin Fu and Abs were plotting against each other, and LuShan made the Abs tribe surrender to The Que, falsely accusing Lin Fu and Abus of being father and son.
But since An Lushan didn't really respect Li Linfu from the bottom of his heart, why was he still so afraid of Li Linfu? Even made myself very nervous. This is also the biggest gap between Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong, and his talent is well reflected in the process of getting along with An Lushan.
The means are superb
Li Linfu's ability to be in power for so many years has a great relationship with his talents. Although Li Linfu was considered to be a traitor, his ability was indeed very strong, at least when Li Linfu was in power, the Tang Dynasty was still functioning normally, and the system of electing officials and other systems he formulated played a positive role in the country. Therefore, when Li Linfu was in power, there was no major chaos within the Tang Dynasty, he was like an agent, helping Tang Xuanzong to manage the country quite well, but the competition faced by Li Linfu was very fierce, and there was always someone whose talent was better than him, and he had to eliminate these hidden dangers.
Li Linfu was not only able to use his talents and style of conduct to gain the absolute trust of the emperor, but he also had a hand in dealing with the generals in these places. For example, Wang Zhongsi, in his heyday, Wang Zhongsi was not only an important general of the country, but also one of the emperor's most trusted people, but Li Linfu grasped the emperor's weakness, he knew that the emperor was most afraid of the power of the prince threatening his position, so Li Linfu repeatedly created cases related to the prince, and most of these cases were made into rebellion and the like, which met the emperor's red line. Therefore, the emperor began to attack Wang Zhongsi and others, and Li Linfu was very accurate in attacking people, he could not only act according to the emperor's preferences, but also effectively use the official process system to eliminate these political enemies.
An Lushan had witnessed wang Zhongsi's ups and downs, including a series of turmoil in the dynasty, and he was certainly aware of Li Linfu's methods. Moreover, he was also supported by Li Linfu, and it was Li Linfu who proposed the Hu people to control military power in order to further weaken the power of the generals, which also gave An Lushan the opportunity to become a jiedushi envoy step by step. In the process of An Lushan's starting, he also spent a long time in the DPRK, without Li Linfu's acquiescence, An Lushan could not have a later position, so he knew very well that he had to have a good relationship with Li Linfu, and he did not dare to disobey Li Linfu.
Li Linfu also has a means, that is, he understands human nature too well, and Li Linfu's ability to grasp people's hearts is too strong. He had thoroughly understood Xuanzong's thoughts, so that he could become a powerful courtier above ten thousand people under one person, and in Li Linfu's conversation with An Lushan, he also found that An Lushan was a person who was honest and honest on the surface, but was actually very ambitious. Therefore, Li Linfu occasionally showed his talent, and the Zizhi Tongjian recorded: Lin Fu and Lushan Language, every time they know their feelings, first of all, Lushan is shocked.
Such a person is indeed too terrible, An Lushan can smoothly make a career in the DPRK, relying on his superb acting skills. He flattered Tang Xuanzong was simply an actor's textbook, he hid his true thoughts, and pretended to look like this so that the emperor thought that he was a great loyalist. But Li Linfu couldn't move to say what he wanted to say, he thought about it, such a person is really terrible, what he wants to do the other party knows, even when he arrives at Fanyang, Li Linfu also specially asked people to warn him and ask him to be honest. When you meet such a boss, everyone will be afraid.
Power is in the air
Another important reason for An Lushan's fear was that Li Linfu had great power at that time. An Lushan is a very discerning person, whoever has the power will go to the court, like when Yang Guozhong was just in power, he also ran to make good relations with Yang Guozhong and went to frame Li Linfu together. He was originally also a person with no political principles, just for the sake of his own interests, when Li Linfu was alive, he was a person who held great power in the DPRK, and even foreign relatives like Yang Guozhong could not compare with Li Linfu. The Old Book of Tang records that Lin Fu asked Guozhong to go to the town. Although the emperor is playing, he treats the country loyally to Fang Wo, has a poem to send off, and the meaning of the last sentence is into the picture.
Li Linfu wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the rebellion in the south to get rid of Yang Guozhong, and everyone could see that Yang Guozhong had no ability to resist at all, and he cried and ran to the emperor, and the emperor did not disobey Li Linfu's will, although he was reluctant in his heart, he still did it according to Li Linfu's will. It can be seen what kind of position he has in the dprk, the emperor does not dare to openly disobey his will, then An Lushan just needs to gain the trust of the central government, so as to win more power for himself, of course, he must find a way to seduce Li Linfu, if a person has to ask for the other party, then it will be difficult to raise his head in front of the other party, and it is normal to be afraid.
The time is not up
When Li Linfu was in power, in fact, An Lushan really had no intention of rebelling, he just wanted to fight for more power. At that time, he did not have the capital to confront the imperial court, even if he later raised an army, in fact, the advantages of the imperial court were still very large, if it were not for Tang Xuanzong's own brain problems, An Lushan's rebellion could have been put down long ago.
Therefore, An Lushan really wanted to be a good courtier before, at least to be a good courtier who made the emperor trust himself, so that his benefits would be more. Therefore, he really did not want to offend the people of the central authorities, and li Linfu, as a powerful minister of the central authorities, certainly did not dare to have any act of disobedience to the other side. For An Lushan at that time, provoking Li Linfu was not something he could solve by raising troops, and he would not do anything when he started to fight, and he was monitored the whole time, and it was difficult to have action.
This was different from later, when Yang Guozhong forced him, his chances of winning the army were very great, and he had a stronger military strength, at least he had the ability to protect himself. At the very end, he could also divide one side, and when Li Linfu was in power, An Lushan did not have such conditions, so he had no way to retreat at that time, and if he was framed and excluded by Li Linfu, he would only lose everything he had, not even the ability to resist. Could he be more important than Wang Zhongsi and Zhang Jiuling? Therefore, he would never provoke Li Linfu, which was no different from sending him to death.
If Li Linfu did not die, it was obvious that An Lushan would have no chance to rebel, because Li Linfu was a person who still respected imperial power in his bones. Like Wang Zhongsi's influence in the army, he was killed by him, so it can be seen that he would not allow anyone to have such a great power, and An Lushan could not develop step by step to such an uncontrollable point as later, but unfortunately Li Linfu still died early.
Summary: Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong are two typical examples, one is talented and immoral, the other is talentless and immoral, but in which position can Li Linfu be placed, he can at least achieve qualified standards, put people like Yang Guozhong, he does not have the ability to control the imperial court. For An Lushan, he knew very well what kind of person Yang Guozhong was, the original Li Linfu had talent and skill, and he was more normal than that, but what was Yang Guozhong? Perhaps he saw that the emperor used such a person, and he began to have other ideas.