When Gao Lishi saw Li Zhi coming out, he quickly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, you don't want to be disturbed, but Eunuch Hai led the prime minister in privately. The servant said a few words to him, and he called the servant a eunuch!"
Li Zhi was slightly startled: "He said you were an eunuch. Is there anything wrong with that?"
"Well...it's not wrong, but he brought someone here privately."
Li Zhi nodded and couldn't help but look at Eunuch Hai: "Who are you bringing?"
"He is the prime minister who stayed in Chang'an."
"Li Yifu?"
"No, except for Li Yifu, all the prime ministers are waiting for His Majesty to give them justice."
"What do you mean?"
Grandpa Hai seemed a little hesitant, but after looking at Gao Lishi, he gritted his teeth and said:
"Your Majesty, great treason seems like loyalty, and great hypocrisy seems true. What Your Majesty sees may not be true. Thieves slander you to please you, but to defeat good with evil, and loyal ministers are hindered. Your Majesty, please pay attention to it!"
Li Zhi sighed, he just mentioned it by name. When did Li Yifu offend him?
Gao Lishi said from the side: "Who is loyal and who is traitor today, your Majesty will make your own decision. What you said is just one-sided."
Eunuch Hai's face darkened: "Your Majesty, I have served three generations of kings, and what I say is never false. Then Li Yifu acts arbitrarily and bullies his colleagues, which is of no benefit to the country!"
"Okay!" Li Zhi rubbed his forehead and stopped.
"Eunuch Hai, you are a veteran of three dynasties after all. Could it be that you are old and confused?"
"Uh...Your Majesty, what do you mean?"
"What do you mean? I thought you were a sensible person and I didn't care about it. Do you still want to keep contradicting me?"
"What kind of gentleman is a villain? As long as he can do things for me and do them well, then he is the person to do things. What I am missing is the person to do things!"
"As for his sole power, I have known about it for a long time. Your ideas are still a bit old-fashioned. Do you know why I don't care about the other prime ministers?"
"That's because most of the prime ministers and ministers in our court are limited to the old Xianbei party. If I don't open the door to others' official career, how can I win the hearts of thousands of people in the world?"
"Today, the Tang Dynasty needs to change. I know that continuing like this will be like dancing on the tip of a knife, but in order to rule the world for a long time, I must persist!"
At this moment, a informant came in.
"Your Majesty, Li Yifu wants to see you."
"Let him go."
"Uh..." Now the three of them were stunned, especially Eunuch Hai, who was praising others just now. Why is this happening?
Li Zhi glanced at a few people and said, "You guys should go down too. I've been worried a lot lately and don't want to see anyone."
After several people left, Li Zhi's eyes revealed a hint of depth.
As the saying goes, one should be careful when employing people, but one should never be without precautions when employing people.
Whether it's Li Yifu, Eunuch Hai, or even Wu Meiniang, he has a little precaution in his heart.
No one else, just because he understands Wu Meiniang's thinking and strength.
After pondering for a long time, Li Zhi sent someone to summon Li Yifu late at night.
"Your Majesty, Holy Ann."
Li Yifu bowed after coming in.
Li Zhi nodded: "I have something to ask you."
"Your Majesty, please speak."
"Do you think, I am far away from Chang'an, and now in Chang'an, who has the greatest chance to threaten me, or in other words, has the chance to cause trouble to our Tang Dynasty?"
Li Yifu's eyes wandered and he murmured: "Your Majesty, I dare not say anything."
"Don't you dare to say it? I want you to say it!"
"If this is the case, then I am bold. I believe that there are only two people who can pose a threat to His Majesty."
"Oh? Tell me."
"One of these is me, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty..."
"Say the second one." Li Zhi interrupted Li Yifu directly.
"Well... the second one is naturally the elder of the three dynasties, His Majesty's maternal uncle, Changsun Wuji, and his group of old ministers."
"Well, that's good. I'm calling you here tonight because I want to give you a task."
Li Yifu suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.
Li Zhi said calmly: "I want to keep the threat away, and I also want the world to know that this is my last resort. Do you understand?"
Li Yifu wanted to curse him, because he was preparing to use him as a gun...
"My lord, I understand!"
"Okay, go down, I will keep watching how you do it."
Li Yifu bowed and left.
When he came outside, Li Yifu had a grimace on his face, sighed, stood up and left.
Six months passed and autumn entered.
Li Yi's mansion reported that many officials were colluding, and several of them were important military areas. They were falsely accused of joining forces and seemed to have the intention of rebellion.
For this kind of thing, it is obvious that you want to incriminate, so why bother?
But Li Zhi issued an order at the next moment to demote that group of people and rush them to a place farther away from Chang'an.
As for the three giants from a few years ago, only Changsun Wuji is still in the court.
This incident caused Li Yifu to be scolded by most of his colleagues, but he had nothing to do. Now he was attacked from three sides.
One is the commander-in-chief, the other is Wu Zhao, and the other is the emperor. He has to listen to, experience, and act on all of them.
And now he is in big trouble. He found that Di Renjie, who had recently settled in Chang'an, was eyeing him and had trouble with him everywhere.
The curse words didn't contain any curse words. Although the commander-in-chief had said at the beginning not to target Di Renjie, one time he couldn't help but want to teach him a lesson.
But since Li Yuanfang put the knife on his neck, he has become much more honest...
The turmoil didn't last long, and the battle report about Goguryeo came back, and the turmoil was drowned in cheers along with the battle report.
Xue Rengui led an army of 200,000 people and negotiated with Goguryeo. It was no secret that the other party was recruiting soldiers aggressively. Now that the situation was prosperous, no one wanted to fight, but there were always people who thought about fighting.
Within a few days, the two armies were fighting together.
The opponent's army was 300,000. Although the army led by Xue Rengui was only 200,000, the weapons they carried were hundreds of times better than the opponent's. There were 30,000 troops equipped with muskets.
After this battle, the Lord of Goguryeo took the lead in praying for mercy, and Xue Rengui gave up.
And the Tang Dynasty, which had not fought a war for many years, once again let the surrounding countries see the combat power of the Tang Dynasty!
Being prepared for danger in times of peace, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty in recent years has not only failed to let the Tang Dynasty rest, but has become more and more powerful. This has also suppressed the small flames in the hearts of some people, but also expanded the flames in the hearts of some countries.
But now in their eyes, they all know that at this time, no one can be hostile to Datang.
After receiving the news in Luoyang, Li Zhi's eyes flashed with excitement.
Done!
All of this was made by himself, without asking the Imperial Master or Wu Zhao!
First there was public opinion about the dismissal of officials, and then there was the dissolution of this victory. These strategies all proved the wisdom of his emperor!
