When a small person is not so important, remember to keep showing your presence in front of the big person. Use various ways to do so. It will be difficult for the big person to forget you. You can even dream that you are smiling at him. The real "soul"

"Haunted by dreams".

After completely becoming the nightmare of the big shot, the little guy is one step closer to success or death. The big shot will either promote you or kill you.

This is the meaning of "seeking wealth through risk".

Gu Qing asked Li Guangbi to bring wine to the palace just to increase his sense of presence.

It's just that he didn't expect that Li Longji was smarter than he thought. No matter whether he was a wise or a fatuous emperor, as long as he had a strong desire for power, his ability to control the capital was very terrifying. What happened every day in the capital was nothing.

No matter how big or small, if he wants to know, he will definitely know.

So before Li Guangbi brought wine to the palace, Li Longji heard Gao Lishi mention Gu Qing, and even associated it with some people and events in the court from Gu Qing's incident, which made him have a very deep impression on Gu Qing.

Looking at the jar of wine held by the eunuch's hands, Li Longji smiled playfully.

How should we evaluate Gu Qing? In Li Longji's eyes, Gu Qing is generally a man who knows the rules, has talent, strategy, and some unexplainable abilities, such as creating a sand table. Such a young man

Lang, it is said that he should be very arrogant. There are many people in the world who are arrogant about their talents. If you have a little talent, you will think that I am the best in the world. This is a common problem for young men. Li Longji has seen countless such people over the years.

However, Gu Qing is talented but he still knows how to flatter, and he does it very skillfully. He uses the most serious way and the most elegant words to say the most flattering flattery, such as "a solitary plum vase" and "it's hard to give up on natural beauty".

The "Closing Moon and Shy Flowers" was shot with such righteousness and sternness, as if the sage's truth was told in the most solemn tone.

Just when Li Longji thought that it was not a good thing for a young man to be too mature, Gu Qing got into the right trouble at the right time and knocked the person unconscious with three punches. The person he beat was the son of a rather subtle imperial censor in the court.

The young man's impulsive nature was clearly visible, and from this incident, Li Longji felt that Gu Qing was actually not that abiding by the rules.

He is a very interesting young man who is respectful to those in high positions but has no respect for those in middle positions. When he gets into trouble, he immediately asks someone to come to the palace to give him gifts. His scheming seems to be deep but not that deep.

Every emperor has a different way of using talents. Some only look for talents in governing the country, some prefer flattering ministers, and some look first not at talent, but whether they can be controlled and controlled by themselves.

A good minister is a good minister.

What Li Longji likes is ministers who are easily controlled by him. The emperor who single-handedly created the prosperous Kaiyuan era has a very terrifying desire for power. He wants to control everything, not only the country and the court, but also the people's hearts.

Li Longji needs to be wary of those courtiers who are stable and make no mistakes throughout their lives and have no desires or desires for all material temptations. "No desires" means that he actually has greater desires, but they are hidden deeply.

Judging from Gu Qing's various performances, he seems to be an easy-to-control minister. He is talented, able to flatter, generally understands the rules, and can't control his temper. He occasionally makes minor mistakes that are innocuous. After making mistakes, he immediately acts as a trustee and gives gifts to others.

The emperor's childish behavior made people laugh and cry.

Is it easy to control? It seems quite easy.

"Gu Qing has just joined the left guard position. Li Qing seems to be very familiar with him?" Li Longji looked at Li Guangbi with a smile.

Li Guangbi lowered his head and said, "I dare not hide it from Your Majesty. Gu Qing's parents are my old friends in my early years. His parents passed away ten years ago. I just want to do my best for my old friends."

Li Longji was surprised and said: "Didn't Gu Qing come from a mountain village in Shuzhou? You actually know his parents?"

"There was a relationship many years ago. His parents stayed in Chang'an for several years."

Li Longji nodded with a smile and did not continue to ask. It was not that he did not want to know the relationship between Gu Qing's parents and Li Guangbi, but he did not believe anyone's words. The only person around him who could be trusted was Gao Lishi. He was waiting for Gao Lishi to tell Gu Qing.

Investigation results.

His eyes shifted to the jar of wine. Li Longji pointed at the jar and said with a smile, "Is this the wine Gu Qing gave me?"

"Yes, Gu Qing said he brewed it himself in Shuzhou. This wine is quite strong and makes you drunk easily."

Li Longji laughed: "I want to see how strong the wine in Shuzhou is. Since it is brewed in Shuzhou, how can I drink without my wife, General Gao, hurry up and pass it on to Concubine Taizhen."

Gao Lishi said with a smile: "I have sent someone to pass it on. Concubine Taizhen will be here soon."

As soon as she finished speaking, Concubine Yang came gracefully, surrounded by a group of palace maids and eunuchs, and walked into the palace like stars over the moon.

Li Guangbi hurriedly saluted Concubine Yang.

Li Longji waved and said with a smile: "Madam, come quickly, your little fellow countryman has made another gift, the strong wine he brewed with his own hands, Madam, come and try it."

Concubine Yang said happily: "What a clever boy. He seems to know how to do everything, even wine. I want to give it a try."

As Concubine Yang sat down, Gao Lishi took the wine jar from the eunuch's hand and was about to pour wine for Li Longji and Concubine Yang when he suddenly found a note with a poem written on it on the north side of the wine jar.

Gao Lishi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Your Majesty, Madam, the wine Gu Qing sent actually had a poem attached to it..."

Li Longji raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Let me take a look."

Concubine Yang also came over curiously. Li Longji slowly read: "'You should indulge in alcohol when singing during the day, and you can return to your hometown with the company of youth'..."

The handwriting on the paper was very neat, and it was not Gu Qing's handwriting, but Li Guangbi copied it over for Gu Qing. There was no way, Li Guangbi didn't dare to show Li Longji the bad handwriting of Gu Qing, for fear of being accused of insulting the emperor.

Concubine Yang read this poem twice and wondered: "Why did Gu Qing write this poem? It's so confusing..."

Li Longji looked thoughtful, then suddenly smiled.

"Madam, this little fellow countryman of yours must have been wronged and feels uncomfortable."

Concubine Yang was in the harem and rarely heard about affairs outside the palace, so she asked in confusion: "What wrong has Gu Qing suffered?"

Li Longji smiled and glanced at Gao Lishi. Gao Lishi understood and told the story from beginning to end about Gu Qing beating Lu Chengping and then being taken to Zuowei Prison.

After hearing this, Concubine Yang suddenly became unhappy. Her beautiful eyebrows were slightly frowned, and her charming red lips were pursed tightly. Even though Li Longji had been married to her for many years, she couldn't help but feel moved at this moment.

A beauty is a beauty. Every frown and smile, light anger and slight anger are all rare sights in the world. Li Longji couldn't help but be satisfied, and he was so ashes.

"Your Majesty, Zuo Wei's behavior is so unreasonable. It was clearly the person named Lu who hurt people with his bad words first, so why did he only send Gu Qing to jail? If we talk about right or wrong, the person named Lu is the culprit. Gu Qing was just forced to teach him a lesson.

He, Your Majesty..." Concubine Yang shook Li Longji's arm dissatisfiedly and acted coquettishly.

Li Longji looked at her funny: "But it was Gu Qing who hurt people first."

"Whenever a bloody young man is scolded, most of them will take action. Saburo, you have to be reasonable."

Li Longji was so shaken by the coquettish Concubine Yang that he laughed and said: "Okay, okay, of course I am reasonable..."

Pointing to the poem in front of him, Li Longji smiled and said, "Madam, do you know the profound meaning of Gu Qing's poem?"

Concubine Yang thought for a while and said: "There seems to be some joy in the poem, but how could Gu Qing write a happy poem in prison? I don't think it's right..."

Li Longji smiled and answered the question: "The phrase 'Singing in the day requires drinking too much' is for me and my wife. I hope that I and my wife will love each other, drink and have fun, and live up to this life. 'Youth is a good companion to return home' is Gu Qing

According to his own statement, because of being imprisoned, he may have been disappointed with Chang'an and wanted to return home... What a talent. A person in prison can express the grievances he suffered so euphemistically. How can a talented person like me?

Make him feel wronged?"

Li Guangbi was watching Li Guangbi with his eyes and nose, and Li Longji said solemnly: "How many days has Gu Qing been in jail?"

"It's been three days since I returned to Your Majesty."

Li Longji thought for a while and said: "The young man has become crazy and a light punishment is enough. Let him out."

Li Guangbi was secretly shocked and couldn't help but admire Gu Qing's judgment. He said he could get out of trouble in three days, and he did get out of trouble today.

"On behalf of Gu Qing, I would like to express my gratitude to Your Majesty for your kindness."

The monarch and his ministers drank for a while, and Li Guangbi resigned.

After Li Guangbi left, Li Longji closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then said slowly: "General Gao."

"The old slave is here."

"According to my decree, Lu Chengping, the official of Zuowei's royal family, was arrogant and defiant. He was imprisoned for three days in Zuowei's prison. He also ordered Lu Xuan, the imperial censor in the palace, to scold him for his incompetence in educating his son. Lu Chengping

After being released from prison, he was asked to shut up and think about life for a month."

Gao Lishi respectfully accepted the order, turned around and left the hall.

Concubine Yang was so happy that she took Li Longji's arm and spoke to the Emperor Shengming.

Li Longji didn't explain either, and just smiled and enjoyed the taste of Gentle Country.

The decree actually had little to do with Gu Qing. Strictly speaking, it didn't even have much to do with Lu Chengping himself. Li Longji's real intention was Lu Xuan, and Li Linfu, the man behind Lu Xuan.

This has something to do with the trend in the court recently.

Li Longji knew that Li Linfu and Prince Li Heng were incompatible with each other. In fact, he was also happy to see the discord between the prime minister and the Eastern Palace. In the past few years, Li Linfu's Wei Jian case, Du Youlin case, etc. against the prince's gang members were actually all under Li Longji's supervision.

It was done with tacit consent, in order to cut off the prince's followers and prevent them from becoming full.

However, in recent years, the prince has been on the decline under the repeated attack by Li Linfu and his party members. Seeing that the prince's expression has become more and more timid and cowardly, and due to the decline of one situation, Li Linfu's power as prime minister has become somewhat erratic recently.

The imbalance of power in the court is not a good sign for the emperor and must be stopped and corrected in time.

The Imperial Art is the art of balance, and the word "balance" is very important.
Chapter completed!