Li Linfu who formed a party and ran a private mouth (2)
Text/Chen Ji
Li Linfu's mansion in the capital, as well as the pastoral and water mills, are all high-class industries. There is the villa of King Xue in the east of the city, the forest pavilion is secluded, it is the armor of the capital, Xuanzong specially gave it to Li Linfu, and there are two female music parts, the treasures of the world, the rewards before and after, innumerable. The prime minister has been prosperous, and since the beginning of the century, there is nothing that can compare with him. However, he was very cautious in dealing with all kinds of government affairs, adding and amending all kinds of laws, and there were certain rules for the appointment of officials inside and outside the court. But if he concludes favors, strengthens his power, and cultivates his own power, he will secretly plot to slander whoever has a little prestige in the court. At first, Wei Jian entered the imperial court, and Li Linfu recommended Wei Jian to an important position because Wei Jian was the elder brother of the crown princess, expressing his kindness and trust. But he actually wanted to frame Wei Jian, so he quietly let Yang Shenjin in the imperial history secretly watch Wei Jian's mistakes.
On the fifteenth night of the first lunar month, the crown prince traveled and met Wei Jian. Xuanzong was furious, believing that they intended to do wrong, so he deposed Wei Jian and deposed the crown princess Wei. Li Linfu took this opportunity to play Li Shizhi and Wei Jian's intimacy, Pei Kuan and Han Chaozong all bent to rely on Li Shizhi. Xuanzong believed these words, so he gave Wei Jian to commit suicide, and Pei Kuan and Han Chaozong were expelled from the court. Later, Yang Shenjin's power position gradually flourished, and Li Linfu hated him again, so he recommended Wang Tie as the middle of the imperial history and trusted him with his confidants.
Wang Tietou agreed with Li Linfu's wishes, so he secretly framed Yang Shenjin for using the cult as illegal, so he exterminated the Yang clan. Yang Guozhong's relatives were forbidden to enter and leave the palace, and many requests were accepted, so Li Linfu promoted him to the Yushitai and asked him to be sentenced to prison. At the time when the crown prince Liangdi (Liangdi is the prince's internal official, lower than the crown princess) Du's father Du Youlin and son-in-law Liu Qin were at odds, Liu Xun wrote an anonymous letter to accuse Du Youlin of lawlessness, and cited Li Yong as evidence, and ordered Wang Tie and Yang Guozhong to be tried together. Wang Tie and Yang Guozhong played in accordance with Li Linfu's wishes, so Du Youlin committed suicide, Du Liangdi was expelled from the East Palace as a concubine, and Li Yong, Pei Dunfu and several other relatives and friends were sentenced to death. Li Linfu's harboring evil intentions and forbearance are similar to this.
Li Linfu himself thought that he did not plan to be the crown prince of Sasuke at the beginning, and he was worried that it would be a trouble in the future, so he repeatedly raised a large prison to overthrow the eldest son, but fortunately, the prince was steady and cautious, and there was no offense, so the rumors were not believed by Xuanzong. Li Linfu once asked Jiyang not to drive Wei Lin to falsely accuse Longyou and Hexi Jiedu envoy Wang Zhonghei, Wei Lin once served as the assassin of Shuozhou, Wang Zhongsi was the envoy of Hedong Jiedu at that time, and he said that he was raised in the palace with King Zhong, and he was like-minded, and planned to support the army to assist the prince. After hearing this, Xuanzong said: "My son is in the palace, how can he communicate with outsiders? This is false. But he still demoted Wang Zhongji to Hanyang Taishou. In the eighth year of Tianbao, Zhao Juzhang of Xianning Taifu exposed more than 20 charges against Li Linfu. Before the petition was played, Li Linfu knew about it, so he signaled to Yushitai to arrest Zhao Fengzhang, which was determined to be a fallacy and beaten to death with a heavy rod.
In the ten years of Tianbao, Li Linfu also led the Anxi Dadu Protector and Shuofang Jiedu Envoy, and soon became the Deputy Dadu Protector. In the eleventh year of Tianbao, because Li Xianzhong, the deputy envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, launched a rebellion, Li Linfu resigned as the envoy of Jiedu and recommended An Sishun to replace him. In the Tang Dynasty, since Wude (Gaozu year) and Zhenguan (Taizong year), the generals of the Tibetan people, such as Ashina Sheer and Qibi He Li, were loyal and filial and talented, but they were not entrusted with the responsibility of generals, and most of them were controlled by the important ministers of the imperial court. During the Kaiyuan period, Zhang Jiazhen, Wang instigated, Zhang Shuo, Xiao Song, and Du Xian all entered the court to participate in political affairs, Li Linfu in order to stabilize his position, planned to block the source of the general's entry into the phase, Zeng Shangjuan said, "The scribe is a general, afraid of being a stone, it is better to appoint the Han and the Tibetan people, the Tibetan people are good at fighting and brave, and the Han people have no pro-party as backup." Xuanzong thought that this was very right, so he replaced Li Linfu with An Sishun to lead the envoy. Since then, Gao Xianzhi and Ge Shuhan have been full-time generals, and Li Linfu has benefited from their illiterate knowledge and no reason to enter the court, but An Lushan finally became a disaster, because he held the position of general.
Li Linfu relied on his early years, and his clothes were extremely gorgeous. He himself did not learn or write, and could only write, so he was especially jealous of those who were talented and famous. Guo Shenwei and Yuan Xian, the inferior figures among the scribes, were used to write letters on his behalf. When Li Linfu was in charge of the Ministry of Officials, Yan Zhen, who participated in the examination, used the word "Zhu Du" in his comments (there is a chapter of "Zhu Du" in the Book of Songs), Li Linfu did not know the word "autumn", and asked Wei Zhi, the servant of the Ministry of Officials: "What does it mean to say 'Zhu Du' here?" Wei Zhi bowed his head and did not dare to answer. Taichang Shaoqing Jiang Du is the son of Li Linfu's uncle, Jiang Du's wife gave birth to a son, Li Linfu wrote a letter to celebrate, saying that "I heard that there is a celebration of the deer" (according to the mistake of "making Zhang"), the guests saw it, covered their mouths and smiled.
At first, Yang Guozhong entered the imperial court, and Li Linfu thought that he was mediocre and not jealous: until Yang Guozhong was in the middle of the imperial history, and the power leaned towards the government and the opposition, Li Linfu hated him. At that time, Yang Guozhong was also the envoy of the Southern Jie, and when the Southern Zhao State invaded the border, Li Linfu invited Yang Guozhong to serve as the town. Although Xuanzong agreed to his recital, he was very kind to Yang Guozhong, and personally wrote a poem to see him off, and at the end of the sentence revealed the meaning of letting him enter the court as a prime minister in the future, and said: "You only need to go to Shu County to deal with the military, and I count my fingers and wait for you to come back." Li Linfu was even more unhappy in his heart.
Li Linfu was seriously ill at the time. In October of this year, he accompanied Xuanzong to the Qing Palace in Xinghua, and his condition worsened a few days later. The sorcerer said that if he could see the saint, his illness would be cured, and Xuanzong wanted to visit him, so he advised him not to go. So the edict ordered Li Linfu to come out to the courtyard, Xuanzong ascended the Descending Pavilion to watch from a distance, raised a red scarf and waved to condole, Li Linfu couldn't get up, and let others worship at the table. The next day, Yang Guozhong returned from Shu County, met Li Linfu, and bowed under the bed. Soon he died, and he was given the Taiwei, the Governor of Yangzhou, the Ban Jian, and the secret weapon of the West Garden (the burial utensils used by the emperor). His sons escorted the coffin back to the capital with auspicious honor guards and mourned at the mansion of Pingkangfang.
Li Linfu indulged in prostitutes in his later years, and his concubines were full. He felt that there were too many people to complain about, and he often worried that an assassin would suddenly appear in the dark, and he would move several times overnight, and even his family would not know where he slept. There are 25 sons and 25 women: Li Xiu is the general as the supervisor, Li is the Si Chu Langzhong, Li Yu is the Taichang Shaoqing, the son-in-law Zhang Boji is the Honglu Shaoqing, Zheng Ping is the household member Wailang, Du Wei is the right to fill the que, Yang Qiyi is the counselor, and Yuan is the Jingzhao Mansion Hucao.
Originally, Li Linfu had dreamed that a fair-skinned and bearded, tall man approached him, sticking to his body and couldn't push it away. After waking up, he said: "That is like Pei Kuan, this is a sign that Pei Kuan is plotting to replace me." At that time, Pei Kuan was the secretary of the household department and the imperial historian, so Li Linfu expelled him from the court on the pretext that he was one of Li Shi's party. At that time, Yang Guozhong had just joined the army as Jin Wuxuan Cao. Less than ten years later, Li Linfu died, and Yang Guozhong took his place, and his physical appearance was also very similar to Pei Kuan. Yang Guozhong has always been jealous of Li Linfu, and since he has achieved his will, he falsely accused Li Linfu and the Tibetan general Absi of plotting a counterplot, and lured Li Linfu's relatives who had always been at odds with him to testify. So the edict took away the official title of Li Linfu and abolished him as a concubine, and Li Xiu, Li Wei and other sons were relegated to Lingnan. Li Linfu has a deep and meticulous personality, the city is very deep, and he never shows color with love and hatred.
He was in the phase, his actions followed the rules, and he was a well-dressed man, if he was not transferred normally, he would never open the door to enter the office, so he was in charge of the government for 20 years, both inside and outside the government, looking sideways, afraid of his majesty and power. When Yang Guozhong framed him for his crime, the world thought he was wronged.