One day Tang Xuanzong asked Li Linfu: I don't know what Yan Tingzhi is doing now? I miss him now. Saying this sentence scared Li Linfu out of a cold sweat.
To say that the most famous prime minister of the Tang Dynasty is probably Li Linfu, this person is simply unlearned, and actually stayed in this position for 19 years, which is the longest time that the Tang Dynasty has been the prime minister. Li Linfu is particularly proficient in power and strategy, and it is recorded very much in China's work "Zizhi Tongjian".
Yan Tingzhi was a very talented person, but he was too arrogant by nature, and he was not willing to join forces with people like Li Linfu. Therefore, many years ago, Li Linfu came to a secret operation, kicking Yan Tingzhi out of Chang'an City and rushing to Daizhou to dry the history of thorns.
Li Linfu had been the prime minister for so many years, and as soon as Tang Xuanzong asked these words, he immediately woke up: The emperor was planning to reactivate Yan Tingzhi! On the surface, he quietly and simply reported the situation of Yan Tingzhi, and in his heart he had already made a good calculation, and he absolutely could not let him return to the capital.
In fact, this Yan Tingzhi really did not offend Li Linfu much, this person is nothing more than a bully, and he does not visit Li Linfu's house during the New Year's Festival. Usually, unless there is something to do, he never pays attention to him, which makes Li Linfu feel that the other party and himself are not people on the same road.
Since the prime minister felt unhappy, it was dangerous to strictly support it. According to the Zizhi Tongjian, Li Linfu said in front of Tang Xuanzong: Yan Tingzhi was chaotic because of his private feelings. This made Tang Xuanzong very angry, and he directly demoted Yan Tingzhi from Chang'an and demoted him from the official Shangshu to the Assassin History.
This time, Tang Xuanzong mentioned Yan Tingzhi again, and in order to prevent Yan Tingzhi from returning to the dynasty, Li Linfu decided to preemptively attack. At that time, Yan Ting's younger brother Yan Zhizhi was still serving as an official in Chang'an, and Li Linfu invited Yan Zhenzhi to his home and said: The emperor has missed your brother these days, and if he asks again next time, I will say more good things, and he will definitely be reinstated as an official.
Yan Loss one listened very happily. Li Linfu also said: You quickly asked your brother to write a letter to the emperor, saying that he was not in good health and wanted to go to Beijing for medical treatment. I will give your brother more strength, so that he will have a great chance to return to Beijing to resume his post. The Yan brothers did not know what the plan was, so they wrote to the imperial court in the manner of Li Linfu, saying that they had fallen ill and wanted to return to Beijing for medical treatment.
In the Zizhi Tongjian, it is recorded that Li Linfu ran to Tang Xuanzong and said this: Lord Yan was so ill, it was better to let him serve as a foreign minister after returning to the capital, first to recuperate his body, and then to serve the imperial court. Tang Xuanzong gladly agreed.
Li Linfu's move was really too vicious, and it created an illusion that Yan Tingzhi's health was not good, on the other hand, although he did transfer Yan Tingzhi to the capital, he only gave him a vacant position, in fact, the Ming ascended and secretly descended, so that Yan Tingzhi's dumb man could not eat Huang Lian, and there was pain that could not be said.
The depressed Yan Tingzhi fell ill and died soon after entering the capital at the age of 70. This small story is also recorded in the "Zizhi Tongjian", and it can also be seen that Li Linfu is indeed good at power and scheming, and a little attention will make people plant a big heel. People like Li Linfu actually have many people in real life, and it is possible that people who are kind to you every day are holding a murderous knife in their hands.
Yan Tingzhi also lived for 70 years, but unfortunately he did not have the insight into society, and finally fell on Li Linfu's pawn. But fortunately, our ancients have summed up these experiences in dealing with the world, for example, in the "Zizhi Tongjian", there are a large number of stories of Li Linfu framing opponents.
There are too many people like Li Linfu in the real world, and although we do not have the heart to harm others, we must have the heart to prevent people. I hope that everyone will read more "Zizhi Tongjian" and let us know that human nature has never changed. What is strategy, what is crisis, what is stupidity, and what is true wisdom can all be obtained from the Zizhi Tongjian.
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