Marry Changle in Datang

Chapter 877: Conspiracy!buy!

Hearing Qin Wenyuan's words, although Li Jing and his wife were a little surprised, they showed no panic. Li Jing said with a serious expression.

"What's the matter, but did something important happen to the court?"

Qin Wenyuan told the couple about Li Zhi's desire to abolish the queen, and his intention to resign as the chief minister and general of the left and right guards.

Li Jing always knew that Qin Wenyuan was as clever as a monster, and what he did was definitely not aimless, which showed that this kid had already seen some kind of crisis in the court and did not want to fall into it.

"You boy can't be an official, and tell me where you want me and my wife to go."

"Hey! With the current situation, the boy is no longer in the court to join in the fun. Uncle and aunt might as well go to Dengzhou and go to the sea to my uncle Zhang Zhongjian Island. You and your brothers and sisters will all be kings, bask in the sun every day, and do whatever you want. Isn't it better than here Does Chang'an City care about this and that life to be happy?"

"Xiaoyuan's words sounded very exciting to my old lady. It's just like what you said. My old lady, I will go to the island to be a female queen, and let your uncle be a vanguard officer who goes to sea to fight."

Hongfu girl was originally a hero, with a straightforward disposition, she didn't like to hear that Zhang Zhongjian became king on Zhang Zhongjian Island. She and her husband and sworn brothers were originally famous "Three Heroes" in the Jianghu, and they wanted to be with each other for a long time. The reunion was repeatedly delayed by her husband's court affairs, and he had to resign to rest, and he dared not travel far because of physical discomfort. Hearing Qin Wenyuan's words today, how could he not be tempted.

"Ma'am, I'm afraid it's not right for me to leave as soon as I say so."

"What's wrong? Could it be that you are still thinking about the official position of Lao Shizi, you old man, look at my nephew and nephew, Nuo Da's official position is also resigning, let the little emperor to toss about the country of the Tang Dynasty , it has nothing to do with you, the older you get, the less promising you become."

Li Jing is most afraid of internal affairs, so naturally he only obeys his wife's orders.

After deciding to leave the capital, the couple summoned their son to talk in the hall.

At that time, Li Dejian, the eldest son of Li Jing, served as the court general as a young prisoner, but his second son, Li Dejian, was fond of martial arts and did not want to be an official in the court.

Qin Wenyuan's idea is that it is better to let Li Deju lead most of the guards of "Wei Guogong" to protect his parents and go to Zhang Zhongjian. If Li Deju is willing to become an official on that day, he can be an official in Qizhou and the Northeast. , why bother to be in the power center of Chang'an City.

Li Jing and his wife were very satisfied with Qin Wenyuan's arrangement. With Li Jing's wisdom, they didn't know that this kid was thinking about his Li family, so they said seriously to the eldest son.

"My son stays in Chang'an. If you have any unresolved matters in the future, ask Xu Xiaozi more. Your two brothers should support each other in Chang'an, and you must not be bullied by outsiders."

Li Dejian obediently promised to obey his parents' orders, and said to Qin Wenyuan.

"Brother Qin will take care of you in the future."

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The next day, when the sky was still dark, Qin Wenyuan and Li Dejian sent Li Jing and his wife and their second son Li Deju out of the city.

Qin Wenyuan packed several boxes of medicines for Li Jing and women's supplies for Hong Fu Nu and ordered people to load them into the carriage, and then handed a letter from home to Li Jing and said.

"When my uncle arrives on the island, he will stop worrying about the affairs of the imperial court. After passing through Licheng, he can stay at my nephew's house for a few days, and ask my nephew's father to inform my uncle to send someone to welcome my uncle and aunt before going to the island."

Li Jing took the letter and stared at Qin Wenyuan and his eldest son for a long time, with an expression of reluctance.

There is a faint feeling in his heart that this life will never see each other again.

Sure enough, Qin Wenyuan never saw Li Jing again, and Li Jing finally spent the last time happily...

Li Zhi was lying on a chair in the royal study of the palace, looking at Qin Wenyuan's letter of resignation and Li Jing's letter of leaving Chang'an City. In the struggle for imperial power between him and the veterans, it can be regarded as saving some face for both parties, so that they can meet each other in the future.

Wu Meiniang also pondered the news of Qin Wenyuan's resignation for a long time, and admired Qin Wenyuan's disposition not to love power.

In the Tai Chi Hall of the Imperial Palace, Li Zhi spoke to the officials.

"Dear dear friends, Qi Wang Qin Wenyuan wanted to retreat and practice because he devoted himself to Taoism. Yesterday he submitted his resignation from the positions of Zhongshuling and the commander of the left and right guards. I have already approved it. General Yuchi Jingde will take over as the commander of the left and right guards."

After Li Zhi's words fell, many veteran officials in the court were puzzled by Qin Wenyuan's move, and whispered in the hall.

Many aristocratic families who had enmity with Qin Wenyuan were secretly rejoicing, thinking about who would take over the position of Zhongshu Ling that Qin Wenyuan resigned from. Now that the emperor doesn't say anything, naturally every family can fight for this position with all their strength.

The ministers didn't know that this was Wu Meiniang's idea. This scheming woman wanted to see if the aristocratic families who were usually entwined in the court were as united as she imagined before these benefits.

At the time when many courtiers were fighting for power and profit, Li Zhi became more and more determined about the abolition of the Empress because of the support of the veterans for the Queen. Moreover, the abolition of the Empress was gradually associated with the suppression of the old officials. Qin Wenyuan's scruples.

In Li Zhi's eyes, he always believed that as long as he abolished the queen, he would suppress the veteran officials in the court and formally take control of the imperial power.

At this time, the king and queen have been forced to retreat, and there is no chance of winning, turning the simple harem battle into a political struggle.

Regarding the political struggle, Wu Meiniang's method can be said to be a few blocks away from the queen. This ambitious woman, unwilling to be left behind, began to actively win over the courtiers who came from poor families, and spoke for herself in the court. This point is similar to Qin Wenyuan's method of using humble officials to deal with aristocratic families.

Yang Jixing, Xu Jingzong, and Li Yifu's three servants were all highly praised by Wu Meiniang, and Yang Jixing was originally an official of the East Palace after being the number one scholar in high school, and was later promoted to be a doctor of the Ministry of Finance and Money, and he was trusted by Li Zhi. Li Zhi began to look for opportunities to greatly increase the ranks of Yang Jixing, Xu Jingzong, and Li Yifu, so that they would have enough ability, status, and power to fight against the court veterans.

Stupid as Wang and Empress still didn't realize the seriousness of the problem at this time, and still thought it was a simple palace fight, thinking that the enemy of the enemy is not his friend, but he and Concubine Xiao Shu abandoned the past, and the two were both grudges for falling out of favor. As a married woman, they hit it off immediately and joined forces to deal with Wu Meiniang.

From then on, whenever the two found opportunities, they would slander Wu Meiniang in front of Li Zhi, but unfortunately it backfired, which made Li Zhi hate the two even more, wishing to tear her to pieces.

Seeing that she tried all kinds of methods, but still could not make her husband change his mind, Wang and Empress were in despair, and she was a little dazed, one day in Concubine Xiao Shu's palace, the two discussed again.

"Your Majesty, the situation is very bad for you and my sisters. If this continues, I am afraid that we will not be far from being thrown into the cold palace. Why don't we use witchcraft to curse that charming son of the Wu clan? God is sorry, if we can make that flirt Meizi's death in Huangquan, isn't it the last chance for you and my sisters."

For such things as cursing, modern people must think that this is a feudal superstition, and they will not believe it very much.

People in ancient times believed in the theory of ghosts and gods, and Queen Wang could no longer think of any way to deal with Wu Meiniang, so she took Concubine Xiao Shu's proposal as a life-saving straw and followed suit.

It's a pity that Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu acted carelessly and were reported by the court lady who was bribed by Wu Meiniang.

After the incident was brought to light, Queen Wang committed a big taboo.

Ancient voodoo techniques have always been regarded as evil techniques, and the Queen's move is to brag about the world. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty abolished his first love, Empress Chen, it was because of Queen Chen's practice of voodoo in the palace. As the mother of a country, she did not want to Assisting the king, but thinking of cursing others, such actions are not in keeping with his status.

In fact, such things can be big or small, if Li Zhi still thinks about the relationship between husband and wife with the queen, the handling of this matter will definitely be a little punishment, handle it lightly, turn the big matter into a small one, and turn it into a small matter. Unfortunately, Li Zhi is no longer the original Li Zhi. With his current attitude towards the queen, he will naturally pursue this matter strictly.

Li Zhi took the opportunity to expand the situation, so that the rear party behind the queen and a group of veterans who supported the queen were quickly suppressed, and the queen's uncle Liu Xun was removed from the post of Datang Zhongshuling.

Qin Wenyuan, who was idle in the mansion, heard about the changes in the court, and knew that Li Zhi had begun to cleanse the veterans of the Zhenguan period, and appointed officials with no background to the little emperor, and used the power of the imperial family, nobles, etc. to win over a group of suppressed A batch of strategies were appreciated at the beginning, but as the situation developed, it was against some villains appointed by this guy. They did not act for the great Tang Dynasty, but relied on others, praised their merits, and bragged about their behavior. They used their power to ruthlessly target Zhenguan The loyal ministers of the period were very unhappy with the atmosphere of suppressing the veteran ministers who had made great contributions in the Tang Dynasty.

Under such views, Qin Wenyuan didn't even have a good look at Yang Jixing, the number one scholar he had admired. Fortunately, although he has the status of King Qi, he rarely goes to court. The so-called "out of sight, out of mind" .

So many old officials finally understood why Qin Wenyuan had to retreat bravely, they were all admiring this guy's great wisdom and foolishness, and they went to the "Qi Prince's Mansion" to pay a visit to him, making the "Qi Prince's Mansion" a bustling crowd for a while.

At that time, ministers such as Xiao Yu, Xiao Chen, Gao Shilian, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Dai Zhou, and Ma Zhou had passed away in the imperial court. Li Jing resigned, Xu Shiji was demoted, and his post of assistant minister was removed, making him The governors of "Diezhou", but Wen Yanbo, Yang Shidao, Chu Xuliang, etc. are the new imperial court secretary orders, and participate in the management of the imperial court's military and political secrets.

The only two veteran generals, Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde, who were not affected by this suppression of veteran officials.

Li Zhide, Li Yifu, the new commander of the Imperial Court's Detective Cavalry Department, reported that many veteran officials of the "Qi Palace" had visited Qin Wenyuan, and secretly ordered that this guy not to provoke Xu Tian, ​​and he only needed to pay attention to the movements of the "Qi Palace".

In the harem, the Queen saw that many veteran officials who supported her were suppressed, and the power of the Queen's Party had gradually disappeared, and it was known that something bad was going on.

If the queen knows how to endure at this time, she can still get a good death. Unfortunately, the queen at this time was dazzled by hatred, and continued to go her own way, firmly believing that all these things were bestowed by Wu Meiniang, and then secretly discussed with Concubine Xiao Shu , To use poison to murder Wu Meiniang.

At that time, Concubine Xiao Shu was as eager as Queen Wang to eat Wu Meiniang's flesh to relieve her hatred.

Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu shared the same hatred and reached a plan to conspire to poison Wu Meiniang.

It's a pity that the two women are both from aristocratic families, and they grew up in rich clothes and fine food. How do they understand the dangers of the world, and they don't know how many maids around them have been bought by Wu Meiniang.

After Wu Meiniang learned of the conspiracy between Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu, she did everything she could, but instead let Li Zhi personally seize the evidence that the two wanted to kill people.

Li Zhi, who couldn't bear the queen, had already reached the peak of his thoughts of abolishing the empress. After obtaining this criminal evidence, he called a group of ministers to discuss the abolition of the empress again, such as Yang Jixing, Xu Jingzong, Li Yifu, Wen Yanbo, Yang Shidao, Chu Xuliang and other important court officials. Naturally, there will be no objections, and the veterans who are still in the court and cannot be reused are all silent.

At that time, there were no Li Jing, Qin Wenyuan and other important officials in the imperial court to restrain Li Zhi, so Li Zhi had long been impatient with the delay, and said angrily on the dragon bed.

"I have made up my mind to abolish the position of Empress Wang, so there is no need for the ministers to discuss it again!"

The poor queens of the Wang family finally lost to Wu Meiniang because of their own stupidity, and at the same time lost their own lives.

After Queen Wang was deposed, she was humiliated, and finally ordered to die by Li Zhi. She ended up with the tragic end of being cut off by Wu Meiniang and put to death in an earth urn.

Besides, Concubine Xiao Shu and Empress Wang Dongchuang were demoted to ordinary people after the incident, and they were imprisoned in the dark room of the palace to seek death. They were also cut off by Wu Meiniang, and they were soaked in a wine tank and tortured to death slowly.

At this point, the harem of the Tang Dynasty ended with Wu Meiniang's victory over two noble women, and the Wu family's favor in the palace made the Wu family in the limelight for a while...

After the news of the death of Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu came out of the palace, the whole world was in an uproar. Chu Xuliang, the minister of Zhongshuling at that time, was even more disturbed. look after.

After Li Zhi was abolished, Chu Xuliang had obviously violated the entrustment of the former emperor, and the queen died tragically. Recently, Chu Xuliang always dreamed that the late emperor's eyes were staring at him angrily. The court finally made Li Zhi unhappy and demoted him.

As the two major aristocratic families in the vortex of events, the Xiao family and the Wang family gradually faded out of the court after the death of the queen and Concubine Xiao Shu. The old aristocratic families who have feuded with Qin Wenyuan gradually decreased, and I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing.

After Li Zhi took control of the imperial power, he promulgated the "Jiandong Capital Edict", saying that Luoyang "centers the universe, communicates tribute to the four directions, pays tribute to the wind and rain, and is the emperor of all nations."Luoyang Palace was changed to the Eastern Capital, and Luozhou officials were merged into Yongzhou. Since then, the Tang Dynasty implemented the two-capital system.

After Chu Xuliang was demoted, he died in Aizhou, where he was exiled. Many aristocratic families heard the news and thought that most of the current court situation was young officials promoted by Li Zhi. , Most of them resigned from office and did not work, so that the old-school figures of the Guanlong Group who used to have a lot of power in the imperial court returned to their hometowns one after another. These circumstances finally made Li Zhi get rid of the constraints of the old-school forces politically, and made his own decisions.

(End of this chapter)