Zhang Jiuling, the prime minister, was worried about this situation and often gave advice to Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. During his tenure as prime minister, Zhang Jiuling had the foresight of a politician. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty respected Zhang Jiuling, but later turned a deaf ear to Zhang Jiuling's opinions. He just wants to hear some flattery.
Minister Li is an uneducated person. He knows nothing, but he has learned a skill of flattery. He colluded with the eunuchs and concubines in the palace to find out what was going on in the palace. Tang Xuanzong touched on everything he said and thought in his palace. When Tang Xuanzong asked him to discuss something, he answered like a stream, just as Tang Xuanzong thought. I feel very comfortable and feel that Li is both capable and obedient.
Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty wanted to promote Li as prime minister, and discussed with Zhang Jiuling. Zhang Jiuling disliked Li, a passer-by, and said bluntly: The post of Prime Minister is related to national security. If your majesty worships Li, he is afraid that the country will suffer disaster in the future. When these words reached Li Er, Li hated Zhang Jiuling and gnashed her teeth.
Niu Xianke, the general of Shuofang, can't read, but he is good at managing money and making friends with powerful people in the DPRK. Emperor Xuanzong wanted to promote Niu Xianke, but Zhang Jiuling didn't agree. In front of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, Li said: People like Niu Xianke are candidates for prime minister; Zhang Jiuling is a bookworm and doesn't know the gist.
On one occasion, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty consulted Zhang Jiuling about the promotion of Niu Xianke. Zhang Jiuling still doesn't agree. Tang Xuanzong lost his temper and snapped, Do you have to decide everything? Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty hated Zhang Jiuling more and more. After listening to the slanderers, he finally dismissed Zhang Jiuling and made him prime minister. After the strike in Zhang Jiuling, the situation began to decline.
When Li Yi became prime minister, the first thing he did was to isolate Tang Xuanzong from the officials and prohibit anyone from making suggestions in front of Tang Xuanzong. On one occasion, he summoned the admonishers and publicly announced that the emperor was wise now. Servants just have to do what the emperor wants, and there is no need for everyone to talk. Didn't you see the standing horse? The feed they eat is equivalent to the treatment of the Taoist priest, but when the horse barks, it is too late to regret it.
An admonition officer didn't listen to Li, so he wrote a script to give advice to Tang Xuanzong. The next day, I received an order and was demoted to be a county magistrate in other places. Everyone knows that this is what Li meant, and no one dares to give advice to Xuanzong in the future.
Li knows that he has a bad reputation in the imperial court. He tried his best to crowd out ministers who were better than him. He wants to crowd out a person, seemingly quietly, smiling at each other, but secretly hurting people.
On one occasion, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty saw from Qin Zheng upstairs through the curtain that Xuan Lu, assistant minister of the Ministry of War, rode downstairs. Seeing Xuan Lu's good manners, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty freely praised a few words. The next day, Li learned about it and demoted it to Iowa for secretariat. Shortly after Xuan Lu took office, she was falsely accused of poor health and incompetence, and she was demoted again.
There was an official named Yan Ting who was excluded by Li and served as a secretariat in other places. Later, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty remembered him and said to Li: Is Yan Tingzhi still there? This man is very talented and can still be used.
Li said, since your majesty cares about him, I'll ask around.
After leaving North Korea, Lin quickly called Yan Tingzhi's younger brother and said, Does your younger brother really want to go back to Beijing to see the emperor? I have an idea.
Yan Tingzhi's younger brother was grateful to see that Li was so concerned about his younger brother, and quickly asked what to do. Li said: As long as you ask your brother to write a letter and tell him that he is ill and asks to go back to Beijing to see a doctor.
Yan Tingzhi received a letter from his brother and really wrote a letter requesting to go back to Beijing to see a doctor. Li took this letter to see Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and said, It's a pity that Yan Tingzhi is too ill to do great things now.
Tang Xuanzong sighed regretfully and let it go. There are quite a few people who have been cheated like Yan Tingzhi. However, despite Li's clever dress, his intrigue was seen through. People say that Li has a sweet mouth and a sword in his belly.
Li became prime minister for nineteen years, but all talented and upright ministers were rejected, and batches of sycophants were reused and promoted. It was during this period that the politics of the Tang Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline. During this period, the Tang court appointed people according to their seniority, and the scholar-officials were generous and enterprising, which eventually led to the Anshi rebellion.