Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 839 Three Heads 2
"That's good!" Wang Wenzuo nodded: "Since everyone thinks there is nothing wrong with what I'm saying, then let's do it! Cui Lang, you make five copies of this document first!"

"Yes!" Cui Rong responded, and quickly wrote five copies of what Wang Wenzuo had just dictated. After Wang Wenzuo and others checked them one by one, they signed their names at the end of the document one by one. Using his own seal again, Wang Wenzuo asked Cui Rong to write his name at the end, and then said to everyone: "Everyone, let me go together to meet Her Majesty the Queen!"

Wang Wenzuo and other five people came to the side hall where the queen was resting. After the announcement, Wang Wenzuo took out the five documents from his sleeves and presented them to the queen by the chamberlain: "Your Majesty, the emperor's affairs today are not trivial. The national ancestral temple is in danger. As soon as possible, in order to avoid suspicion in the future, I asked Cui Rong, who was on duty, to record what happened and sign it with his own name, so that he can be a witness in the future. Please forgive me for this painstaking effort!"

Empress Yang looked at the document that was submitted. When she saw the line "The above belongs to King Li Yuanjia of Han, the general of the auxiliary country Wang Wenzuo, and the servant Zhang Wenguan, and they entrust each other with political affairs." She couldn't help but feel secretly in her heart. The appetite of these three old people is not small, and I don’t know who came up with such crooked tricks, but I want to reason with them, but when she saw the last sentence, "I'm getting better, I can speak less, and I said: Queen, In the belly, the child! I will finally die from exhaustion!" I felt a little relieved and thought to myself that these three old people are not confused. Anyway, I can't handle the state affairs now. Anyway, I have to use people, so it's better to use my life. If you are familiar with it, just use these three old things!

"What is stated in this article is very true!" Queen Yang nodded to Cui Rong: "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Qi!"

"Don't dare!" Cui Rong said solemnly: "This article was dictated by the general, and the minister only wrote it down by hand!"

"Oh?" Queen Yang took a deep look at Wang Wenzuo: "The general is indeed a general. He is calm and calm in the face of danger. Your Majesty did not misjudge the person!"

"I'm so ashamed of myself!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "Can you ask Her Majesty the Queen to use your seal, and then we can keep one of the five copies as a certificate?"

The queen had seen a total of five copies brought up before, and she roughly guessed Wang Wenzuo's intention. After all, these five pieces of paper are not so much a record of the situation at that time as they are a political agreement between Wang Wenzuo, Zhang Wenguan, and Han Wang and the queen. When the emperor fell ill and was unable to govern himself, these four people carved up the Tang Dynasty. The cake in the center of power filled the vacuum in the absence of the emperor: Wang Wenzuo, Zhang Wenguan, and Han Wang jointly ruled, and the child in Queen Yang's womb became the future heir of the empire (excluding the inheritance rights of Li Hongshu's eldest son, Li Xian and others). At least at this point in time, this agreement was very beneficial to both parties, so Empress Yang was very happy to have the "Queen's Seal" fetched and printed on five pieces of paper one by one. The empress kept one copy for herself and the other four The copies were returned to Wang Wenzuo and others, and he said with a smile: "General, you have four more copies here. One for you, one for the King of Han, and one for Prime Minister Zhang. Who should I give the other copy to?"

"Of course it's Cui Lang!" Wang Wenzuo took out one and handed it to Cui Rong: "History is like a sword. Even if we gain power for a while, it will still be judged by future generations for thousands of generations. After our death, our reputation will belong to Cui Lang. Why don't you leave a copy of the pen with Cui Lang?"

"That's right!" Queen Yang smiled and said, "Cui Qing is indeed indispensable. The general is very thoughtful."

No matter what they thought in their hearts, the Queen and Wang Wenzuo looked happy. After a while, Wang Wenzuo and others left. The smile on Queen Yang's face gradually disappeared: "Young Master Wang, what do you think of Wang Wenzuo?" What does this mean tonight?"

"It must be to gain power?" Wang Shaojian asked.

"Well, it is possible!" Queen Yang nodded: "But he does things in a measured way. He brought King Han and Zhang Wenguan together, and others can't say anything about him!"

"Then do you want to remind King Han and Prime Minister Zhang to be on guard -" Wang Shaojian asked.

"No need!" Queen Yang waved her hand: "There is no need to mention this, they understand it themselves. Besides, it is better for Wang Wenzuo to be among these three people than not to be among these three people!"

"Why do you say that?"

"Since he is among these three people, he must stay at the Chang'an court; otherwise, he will return to Hebei. Wouldn't it be worse?"

"Her Majesty the Queen said so!"

"And no matter what, he has a romantic relationship with the Holy One. His son has married Dingyue, and they are now a family. With him staying in Chang'an, all kinds of ghosts and monsters will be more at ease, even evil spirits. , it’s also inseparable at this time!”

"What the Queen said is true!"

"Shaojian Wang!"

"The slave is here!"

"I have two things for you to do. The first one is to send people to monitor the brothers Pei Wang (Li Xian), Ying Wang (Li Xian), Xiang Wang (Li Dan) and several others. Your Majesty is like this now. You must be on guard against these. People are up to no good!"

"Slave, you obey!"

"The second thing is that Xu Cairen!" Queen Yang showed a murderous look on her face: "I don't know whether the child in my belly is a boy or a girl. If it's a boy, it's fine. If it's a daughter, I have to use that bitch. Son of a man, if that bitch stays, there will be endless troubles. Go and marry her, bring that child to me, and send someone to take care of it!"

Young Inspector Wang trembled slightly and hurriedly lowered his head: "I understand, Your Majesty, please rest assured. I will go to the Shanchi Courtyard in person later!"

"Well, that's right. There are many nights and many dreams. Don't bring too many people with you on this matter. The fewer people know about it, the better!" The Queen said: "After the matter is completed, you will be the eunuch!"

"Thank you for the gift, Your Majesty!" Wang Shaojian quickly knelt down.

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Shanchiyuan.

"If you serve your relatives but do not hide them, you will not be able to support your left and right. If you serve diligently until death, you will be mourned for three years. If you serve your ruler but have no hidden secrets, you will support your left and right in a good way. If you serve diligently until death, you will be mourned for three years." If the master has no offense and no concealment, then the left and right will have no way to support him. If he works hard until death, his heart will be mourned for three years."

Li Shouwen held a book of "Book of Rites" and sat next to his mother to read. Xu Cairen was doing needlework while looking at his son with a smile on his face. With a bang, the courtyard door was knocked open. Li Shouwen put down the book in his hand, and Xu Cairen stood up, protecting his son behind him.

Wang Shaojian stood at the gate of the courtyard. Behind him stood five strong eunuchs holding sticks and ropes. He looked at Xu Cairen with a sneer, and said sharply: "The Queen has a decree to announce the visit of Poyang King Li Shangwen!"

"What are you doing?" Li Shouwen asked nervously.

"Her Majesty the Queen wants to see you!" A smile appeared on Shaojian Wang's face: "Your Highness, you are in good hands!"

"I don't want good things! I just want to be with my mother!" Li Shouwen shook his head.

"Your Highness, according to etiquette and law, Her Majesty the Queen is your mother!" Wang Shaojian said with a smile. He stretched out his right hand and said in a sweet tone to a child: "Don't be angry, please follow me!"

"Young Supervisor Wang!" Xu Cairen hugged his son: "This child is timid, can I let me go with him?"

"Xu Cairen!" Wang Shaojian's face was suddenly covered with a layer of frost: "The queen is here to see King Xuan Poyang, what does it have to do with you? Get out of the way quickly, or else be careful about the rules in the palace!"

"This is my mother!" Li Shouwen hugged Xu Cairen's arm and looked at the eunuchs in front of him warily.

Wang Shaojian lost his patience and waved his hand: "Separate the two of them, don't hurt His Highness!"

The eunuchs who were accompanying him responded and swarmed forward. Xu Cairen suppressed the fear in his heart and spread his arms, like an old hen protecting the chicks. However, the strength of the chamberlains was far greater than him, and Li Li was killed in a few clicks. Shouwen grabbed it and took it away by force. Seeing Li Shouwen walking away, Wang Shaojian laughed and said, "Xu Cairen, the queen also has a decree for you!"

"She wants to kill me?" Xu Cairen had already guessed his own ending.

"Yes, you are a smart man!" Wang Shaojian showed a cruel smile: "Poison wine or Bai Ling? Bai Ling! It took too long to drink the poison wine, and the bleeding from the seven orifices was too ugly. Bai Ling only took a moment, It looks much better too!”

"Accepting his son and killing his mother, the queen made a good plan!" Xu Cairen sighed: "I thought that if she could give birth to a boy this time, she would let Shouwen and I go out of Chang'an and spend two days in the fiefdom. Have a good life, but don’t want to end up like this.”

"There is nothing we can do about that!" Wang Shaojian also sighed: "You have also seen what happened in Ganlu Palace today. Your Majesty is like this now. Can the Queen be more careful? If you don't catch Poyang King first, Being caught in someone else’s hands is her life-saving talisman. If you want to complain, just blame yourself for not being blessed with the blood of the emperor! Come on, wait for Xu Cairen to go on his way!”

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Wang Wenzuo, Zhang Wenguan, and Han Wang left the queen's residence and returned to the emperor's place. They first checked on Li Hong's situation, and then Zhang Wenguan said: "You two, the emperor's situation will not improve for a while, and there are still people outside. There is no way to waste away so many guests. How about we divide the responsibilities between the three of us? King Han is highly respected and senior in the clan. Why don't you, King Han, go out and announce the situation and let the guests go first? Let's go back. I'll go to the political hall and prepare an edict for the three of us to deal with political affairs temporarily until the emperor recovers from his illness, and then give it to the queen to print and distribute. "General, please control the northern and southern government forces. Someone in the province wants to take advantage of this." Opportunity to cause trouble! Do you two think it’s appropriate?”

"That's very good!" King Han nodded: "But the old and ugly words are ahead of me. I am already at this age, and the soil is buried up to my neck. I will definitely not be able to last for a few more days. You two should invite someone else as soon as possible. Talented people, it’s great to take up this burden for the old man!”

"King Han!" Wang Wenzuo said: "With all due respect, there is really no one else who can take your place in this responsibility. In fact, Prime Minister Zhang is over seventy this year, and you are several years younger than him! After all, the emperor is ill. The queen is pregnant, so it is most appropriate to temporarily take charge of the government. She thinks that it is not the three of us who are responsible for supervising the country, but King Pei and King Ying. However, the emperor and the queen chose the three of us. Have you ever thought about it? What?"

The faces of King Han and Zhang Wenguan changed slightly when they heard this. Just as Wang Wenzuo said: According to the etiquette rules of the Tang Dynasty, if the emperor is in poor health and cannot handle the affairs of the court, or is not in Chang'an to lead the troops, then the person who supervises the country on behalf of the emperor should be the crown prince. In real history, both Li Zhi and Li Hong had the experience of serving as supervisors when they were crown princes.

Li Hong currently has no prince, and his only son is too young. Theoretically speaking, the person responsible for supervising the country and temporarily regent of the government should be one of Pei Wang Li Xian and Ying Wang Li Xian. This also has precedents in history: King Wu of Zhou died of illness soon after he destroyed the Shang Dynasty, and his son King Cheng was still young, so the Duke of Zhou became regent, put down the rebellion of the Three Prisons, enfeoffed the princes on a large scale, and built the Eastern Capital of Luo Yi, formulated etiquette and laws, made great contributions to the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, and then returned the power to King Cheng, which became a good story in history. But the problem is that the coup that Li Xian and Pei Judao carried out completely blocked this road. Not only himself, but also the two brothers behind him were blocked as regents. It was against this background that the decision to select Wang Wenzuo and the other three to temporarily take charge of the government was made.

To put it bluntly, Li Hong and his wife had no choice but to choose Wang Wenzuo and the others, so they chose three people instead of one. The purpose was to keep these three people in check, so that no one could go too far. In this case, King Han's resignation will only be considered as the other two people trying to seize power and step down. This is absolutely unacceptable to the queen.

"So that's it!" King Han sighed: "I didn't expect that the general thought it all!"

"I originally came to Chang'an this time and planned to go back to Hebei after Hu Liang's marriage was over. I didn't expect to encounter this!" Wang Wenzuo sighed: "But there is no other way. The righteousness between monarch and minister cannot be abolished. Even if you eat the emperor's salary, you will be deprived of it." Jun En, you have to do your best, at least until the emperor recovers, you two must be like Wang!"

"That's natural!" Zhang Wenguan and King Han responded in unison.

"Then let's do what Prime Minister Zhang said first!" Wang Wenzuo paused for a moment: "By the way, King Han, go out and settle the guests, and let Hu Liang in by the way. I have a few words to tell him!"

"Master Hu Liang?" King Han said with a smile, "Isn't he the groom today?"

"He is still the Qianniu Guard General!" Wang Wenzuo said angrily: "What can I do? I can't care about it at this juncture. I don't have many capable people on hand. I believe Her Royal Highness the Princess will understand. "

King Han and Zhang Wenguan both went out separately. Wang Wenzuo breathed a sigh of relief and walked to Li Hong's couch. After the imperial doctor's busy work, the emperor had fallen into a coma, but judging from the twitching and twisted half of his cheeks from time to time, his condition was not good. Get better.

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