Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 93
Li Zhiyun said: "The meeting between Li Anyuan and Chen Zhengde is by no means accidental. It is likely that King Qin secretly instructed him to use Chen Zhengde as a breakthrough to contact Chen Shuda to prepare for the follow-up. If I guess correctly, King Qin will contact Chen Shuda next. , use the matter of King Qi as a bargaining chip to jointly win over Chen Shuda."

Bold assumptions, careful verification.

"Does Your Majesty think that King Qin will help Chen Shuda seek justice?"

"If Chen Shuda can get justice back, who is he most grateful to? If Chen Shuda can't get justice back, who does he hate the most?"

Du Ruhui understood that no matter what the outcome of this matter is, King Qin will always be the one to have the last laugh, "Your Majesty is farsighted."

"But if King Qin did this, wouldn't he be tearing faces with King Qi?" he asked.

"You don't know, King Qi has always been at odds with King Qin."

Some people are born enemies, and they are Li Yuanji and Li Shimin.Obviously they are brothers, but they just don't like each other.

The subject was King Qi, and Du Ruhui immediately understood that King Qin probably didn't care about King Qi's attitude.

Li Zhiyun sighed: "Second brother is really powerful. First, he released the news and used the crown prince to solve Wen Daya, and then he used his father's thoughts to refuse Li Gang's entry into the prime minister. In the end, another servant of the Huang family, Chen Shuda, was left, and Chen Zhengde and King Qi's This incident will definitely make my father feel guilty towards Chen Shuda, so it is logical for Chen Shuda to become a prime minister."

Du Ruhui said: "The most powerful thing about King Qin is that he can gain Chen Shuda's favor without having to show up, and at the same time prevent another Liu Wenjing from appearing in the Zhengshitang."

Li Zhiyun leaned on Yanghe, rubbing the space between his brows tiredly.Although all of this was his and Du Ruhui's guesswork, he never minded speculating on others with the greatest malice, because the reality was often bloodier than speculation.

This second elder brother, if he didn't make a move, he would be fine, and if he made a move, he would sweep everyone up.

"Keming, what do you think this king should do?"

"Your Majesty wants to intervene in this matter?"

"Did you see the King of Qin planting people in the Political Affairs Hall?" Li Zhiyun said bitterly: "Although I want to hide my power and bide my time, the Political Affairs Hall is now occupied by the prince and King Qin's people. In the future, I am afraid that I will be at will by them when discussing matters in the inner court. fiddling."

It's true, once Chen Shuda became prime minister, half of the six prime ministers in the political affairs hall became friends with King Qin, the rest Pei Ji followed the emperor, and Liu Wenjing approached the prince.

But the king of Chu was isolated and helpless.

Du Ruhui said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the matter is not over yet."

"How to say?"

Du Ruhui sorted out his thoughts a bit, and said, "Your Majesty, don't forget that although the King of Qin has recruited a person this time, he also used a person. If this matter is exposed, what will that person think?"

"You mean, let King Qin expose and let Wen Daya know?" Li Zhiyun frowned and said, "But what's the use of this? It's impossible for him to be photographed."

"Not necessarily." Du Ruhui said: "The crown prince pushes Li Gang into the prime minister, and he must deal with Wen Daya, so Wen Daya will definitely stay away from the crown prince. Once the matter of King Qi is exposed, the role played by King Qin will definitely be known. He is so smart, he can also guess the cause and effect. In this case, can King Qin continue to win over Wen Daya?"

"This king knows all these things, but even so, would the father still let Wen Daya into the picture?"

What he struggles with is that no one can speak for him in Zhengshitang now.

Du Ruhui said: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten, now there are two Dou Xiangguo in the Political Affairs Hall, how can the saint continue to tolerate it?"

Speaking of this, Li Zhiyun immediately understood.

"I understand." He looked at Du Ruhui, stroked his palms and said, "Good strategy!"

"Your Majesty, don't worry, your subordinates haven't finished talking yet."

"Please speak." Li Zhiyun straightened his body and listened carefully.

Du Ruhui said: "According to my guess, if the king of Qin wants to do something, it must be done quietly. After all, this matter involves a royal scandal. Therefore, it is most likely to tell the sage secretly by someone else's hand. In this way, the sage will definitely summon the king. , Prince, King Qi, Chen Shuda and others discuss matters face to face, so that King Qin can achieve his goal. But the truth is unknown, which is not conducive to our strategy."

"The subordinates think that we can use the hands of the people to expose this matter. In this way, the government and the public will discuss it, and the sage must discuss with the officials. If the King of Qin wants to win Chen Shuda, he must express his support. In this case, the King of Qin cannot continue Hiding behind the scenes."

"If King Qin is exposed, the crown prince and King Qi will definitely join forces to attack him, and Wen Daya will also understand that he is being used by others. The crown prince attacks him, and King Qin uses him. And this is the king's opportunity."

After listening, Li Zhiyun breathed out lightly, and saluted Du Ruhui with fists.

"Keming, thanks to you."

"This is what subordinates should do."

Li Zhiyun smiled lightly and said, "Perhaps Li Anyuan is a good pawn."

In the first three days of the reign of the second year of Wude, Duguzhen really wrote a letter to resign from the position of prime minister. In his memorial, he said that he was old and frail, unable to handle complicated government affairs, and unable to assist the saint in handling state affairs.

In this regard, Li Yuan not only directly refused, but also sent someone to reward Dugu Mansion, with a look of 'I don't want to give up'.

Afterwards, Duguzhen wrote his resignation letter again, but Li Yuan still refused.

Until the day before the imperial court, Duguzhen wrote his resignation letter for the third time, and Li Yuan reluctantly agreed.

Immediately afterwards, Li Yuan granted Dugu Zhen the titles of Situ, Prince and Taishi, etc., and rewarded Dugu Zhen more.

At this point, the officials basically knew that the rumors were true.

In the early morning of the day of the Great Dynasty, Li Zhiyun got up early.

Huaiyang washed and dressed Li Zhiyun.

"Your Majesty, are you wearing a gold crown or a jade crown today?" she asked.

Li Zhiyun raised his head and thought about it, and said, "Yu Guan."

"Yes."

Huaiyang tied his hair and put on a crown for him, and took out a bronze mirror for him to watch.

"Okay, that's it."

In the first grand dynasty in the second year of Wude, hundreds of officials came, from Wude Hall to the outside steps.

Prince, Qin Wang, Xiangguo and other high-ranking officials are naturally dressed in purple official uniforms, wearing official hats, and holding ivory wat boards in their hands.

With all the officials in place, Emperor Li Yuan ascended to the throne, the officials greeted each other, and then began to discuss matters.

First of all, the Prime Minister of the Political Affairs Hall reported the income and expenditure of the first year of Wude, the situation of various places, foreign wars, war loss ratio, people's life and so on.Afterwards, the Prime Minister of the Political Affairs Hall will put forward the general plan for this year, as well as the workload that each department and department needs to complete.

Among them, if someone questions something unreasonable, they can raise it at any time, and the emperor and all officials will discuss it.

For example, in terms of military expenditure, people in the military strongly demand that no reduction be allowed.

This is a huge workload, because it is related to Wude's plan for the whole year of the second year, and everyone is listening carefully.

Among them, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of War listened very seriously, because Datang's current main theme is external expansion and domination of the world.The Ministry of Civil Affairs is in charge of the money bags, and the Ministry of War is in charge of the soldiers and horses, so they must not miss anything.

After Pei Ji finished the general plan in an eloquent manner, he took the lead in clapping the wat board, followed by all the officials.

This gesture shows that everyone agrees, similar to clapping.

After the prime ministers finished speaking, Lao Li began to give an emotional speech again, encouraging everyone to be loyal to the country and help Datang rule the world as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)