Late that night, Fan Zhen received Li Zhongyi, who made him have mixed tastes, in the prime minister's office.

How Chai Rong cleaned up Li Zhongyi, except for the Empress Dowager Fu, only Fan Zhen knew.

At present, Li Zhongyi, who has no soldiers at hand, is much less threatening than Han Tong, Zhao Kuangyin and others in Fan Qian's view.

However, it was this Li Wuyi who openly fired the first shot when Fan was unprepared.

This first shot was really ruthless, it hurt so much, it hurt to the heart and lungs, but there was nothing to say.

This person, when he was unlucky, he had to stuff his teeth when he drank cold water, and Fan Zhen was not good, and he immediately ordered his son to return the so-called concubine.

The mud bodhisattva is still a little earthy, not to mention that Fan Zhen is the prime minister, and the Fan family is a wealthy family with the top of the Great Zhou?

However, after Yang Jiong carefully considered Li Zhongyi's weaknesses, he found that in addition to being lustful and liking to accumulate money, Li Xianggong had no obvious handle to grasp on the stage.

Fan Zhen knew very well in his heart that Empress Dowager Fu had in her hand the edict of the first emperor that could sanction Li Zhongyi, but as long as Li Zhongyi did not show traces of rebellion, even if Empress Dowager Fu hated Li Zhongyi again, she would not dare to poison him.

The reason is obvious, inside and outside the imperial court, there are many large and small feudal towns that hold military power. There is no reason to move Li Zhongyi, these warlords who only know how to defend their territory, which one is a fuel-efficient lamp?

Originally, it was a situation where the lord and the country were suspicious, there were feudal towns inside, and strong enemies outside, how could Empress Dowager Fu dare to easily destroy the Great Wall?

Therefore, the calculation of the assassins in the political hall was also put on the table of Fan Qian, which was Yang Jiong's suggestion.

Fan Zhen thought about it all night and resolutely adopted Yang Jiong's opinion, in fact, it didn't matter if there were real assassins in the political hall.

Importantly, after Li Zhongyi fired the first shot. Fan Zhen must pinch the bite that is enough to fight back.

This is tantamount to warning Li Zhongyi in disguise, if you discredit me, I will take away the last bit of real power you have.

Li Zhongyi arched his hand at Fan Qian, and said lightly: "There is actually an assassin in the political hall, and the relevant personnel must be severely punished." After the early court of the prime ministers tomorrow, a certain family intends to propose. The relevant personnel will be exiled for 5,000 li, and within five generations, they will not be allowed to become officials through the imperial examination. ”

Fan Zhen narrowed his eyes, carefully touched the connotation of Li Zhongyi's words, but his face looked calm and light, and he said calmly: "The court has its own rules, how to punish, how to punish." ”

Li Zhongyi sat down at the bottom of Fan Zhen, and Yang Jiong personally stepped forward to serve tea. Li Zhongyi was not polite, and before Fan Zhen spoke, he picked up the teacup and sipped it gently.

Fan Zhen understood in his heart that Li Zhongyi was deliberately warping and throwing his face to show him.

Others may not know, but Yang Jiong, who is Fan Zhi's confidant, can see some clues. The frequency with which his seat owner tapped the armrest of his seat revealed that his heart was in full swing.

Li Zhongyi is actually deliberately angry. This Fan Xianggong has been in power for too long, and his ideas are inevitably not grounded.

The so-called local qi is the core part of the political game, the equivalent exchange of power.

Fan Zhen's trouble was imminent, and Li Zhongyi couldn't catch the assassin's troubles. It's still far away, he's afraid of a ball?

What's more, the assassins in the political hall are very important, and they will not be in the morning until tomorrow. It's sure to get a lot of news.

As soon as Li Zhongyi entered the door, he made the punishment extremely severe and ruthless, the purpose was to seize the initiative and take the lead against Fan Zhen's army.

The head of the guard of this political hall was originally a person arranged by Yang Jiong, although his grade was not high, his status was very important.

Li Zhongyi expected that if he didn't negotiate with Fan Zhen tonight and dragged it out until tomorrow morning, Wang Pu and Li Gu would definitely take the opportunity to get this position.

Tomorrow, in addition to Wei Renpu, who is not sure, Li Zhongyi estimates that most of them are at least six phases, against Fan Zhen, the prime minister.

Now, looking back, and thinking carefully about Chai Rong's personnel arrangements before his death, it is simply wonderful.

Although Fan Zhen is powerful, he can't cover the sky with one hand, and he must get the absolute support of the Empress Dowager Fu to dominate the court.

But the problem is that in the political hall, there are also the political enemies of Fan Zhen: Wang Pu and Li Gu. These two ministers, as early as the reign of Taizu Guo Wei, have been at serious discord with Fan Zhen and often tear each other down.

After Chai Rong, who continued to ascend the throne, because their third brother was an old man in the Qiandi, and their qualifications were roughly the same, they fought even more fiercely.

To put it bluntly, if there were no two ministers, Wang and Li, even if Li Zhongyi wanted to shoot for the first time, he would choose a more suitable reason and time.

This so-called: the strategy of dissenting theories is also true, Chai Rong has indeed achieved a balance of power on the surface.

It's just that Chai Rong made a lot of calculations, but he didn't expect that due to his and Guo Wei's reuse of Wenchen, the military general group and the entire Chai family had quite a big difference, and it was almost difficult to bridge.

In the final analysis, Li Zhongyi believes that Chai Rong's strategy of promoting and reusing civilian officials and suppressing military generals is not wrong in itself. It's just that the timing is a bit rushed.

With the death of Chai Rong, the young master of the base did not have the ability to actually control the government, and the power was more concentrated in the hands of Empress Dowager Fu and Fan Zhen.

If you eat alone, you will definitely be struck by lightning, Li Zhongyi is convinced of this truth!

"No blame, counting it, it's been more than five years since you came to Da Zhou, right?" Fan quality is Fan quality after all, even if Li Zhongyi holds his handle, he still calmly starts today's confrontation from the usual situation.

Li Zhongyi glanced at Yang Jiong, who was standing on the side and waiting, and said calmly: "Thanks to the love of the first emperor, I will be promoted to today's high position, and the grace of the heavenly family is mighty." ”

Fan Zhen raised his face, squinted his eyes, and said lightly: "Although I am old, I have seen some of the world over the years. But anyone who takes the blame for others will not have a good result in the end. ”

Yang Jiong nodded secretly, the boss of this faction easily did not express his position, but once he spoke, he would definitely go straight to Li Zhongyi's life.

Li Zhongyi put down the teacup in his hand and said very seriously: "Where is my duty, if you are offended, please forgive me." ”

Yang Jiong looked at Li Zhongyi strangely, feeling very uncomfortable, everyone is in a lofty position, why doesn't Li Wuyi know how to speak subtly?

Li Zhongyi didn't pay attention to the inner world of Fan Zhen's master and servant, and he came to negotiate with Fan Zhen today for only one purpose: to support Li Hu and help him sit firmly on the throne of the commander of the Tianwu Guard.

Tianwuwei, in fact, is the periphery of the forbidden army guarding the imperial city, and its function is roughly similar to that of the Xuanwumen garrison in the Tang Dynasty.

From Li Zhongyi's standpoint, the most perfect result is: transfer Yulin's right guard back to the vicinity of Kaifeng City.

However, Li Zhongyi knew better in his heart that as long as Fan Zhen was in the court, this was almost impossible.

Therefore, Li Zhongyi retreated to the next best thing, and must try his best to protect Li Hu's position as the commander of the Tianwu Guard.

It is possible to get out of power only in the barrel of a gun!

No matter what era it is, if you want to truly control the situation, it is absolutely impossible to do without military power, and Li Zhongyi has always kept this key factor in mind. (To be continued......)

PS: Yesterday was busy, I was dragged down, when I have time, I must be more, please understand!