People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1448: Midnight, the emperor’s edict

Standing in front of the door of Mingli Hall, Li Xuan said goodbye with her hands raised: "Your Highness may wish to consult with Yao Zhanshi and Su Sima to discuss many matters, but there is only one thing that His Highness needs to make his own decision?"

Li Xian looked at Li Xuan in surprise: "What's the matter?"

"Zheng's entry into the palace." Li Xuan looked behind the East Palace, and then said softly: "As long as His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven make any move about Zheng's marriage, the Crown Princess will definitely not be able to cover it up. Your Highness must be prepared. , If you are in trouble, you might as well tell the Crown Princess some of the details."

Li Xian's eyes jumped, and then he forced a smile and said: "Uncle Wang and Gu have already talked a lot about the Zheng family. Gu has a plan in his heart. Uncle Wang can rest assured."

"In this case, I will take my leave." Li Xuan bowed solemnly.

"Uncle Wang, go slow." Li Xian nodded.

Li Xuan then stood up, then turned and left.

Looking at Li Xuan's leaving figure, Li Xian's eyes narrowed slightly, then his eyes became clear, he smiled brightly, and turned back to the palace.

Li Xuan walked calmly in the East Palace. At this time, she couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, Li Xian was the prince. Although Li Xuan was forced to say a few more words at this sensitive time, it still aroused caution in Li Xian's heart.

This made Li Xuan, who originally wanted to talk to him more about the matter of being the Minister of Rites and other matters, had to restrain his words and deeds.

But it was enough. If he really said too much, I'm afraid both Empress Wu and the Emperor should look for him.

Smiling softly, Li Xuan believed that what he said today and the methods he proposed were enough to last Li Xian in the court for a while longer.

He will also try his best to help Li Xian do more things.

Only if Li Xian is strong enough and has enough prestige, can Li Xuan gain more support when he defeats Empress Wu in the future.

Li Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

……

Outside the gate of the East Palace, Li Xuan walked calmly, with Su Liangsi following beside him.

"Xuan has just talked with His Highness about the matter of the Minister of Rites. He suggested that His Highness ask his colleagues in the East Palace to recommend each other." Li Xuan stopped and looked sideways at Su Liangsi.

Su Liangsi frowned and said, "Your Majesty, hasn't the Minister of Rites already appointed Wei, the Minister of Household Affairs, to wait for a price?"

Wei Daiji was the former Minister of the Ministry of Justice. When Pei Yan was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Justice, he should have been promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Justice.

However, because they had to make way for Wu Chengsi, Liu Boying, the Minister of Rites, was transferred to the Ministry of Punishments, and Wu Chengsi was transferred from the governor of Fenzhou to the Minister of Rites.

But unfortunately, Liu Boying, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, became an official first, and Duan Baoxuan, the minister of Dali Temple, was promoted to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

Wei Daiqi, who was transferred from the Minister of Justice to the governor of Fenzhou, could only serve as the Minister of Hubu after returning to the court.

But in the eyes of most discerning people, the Minister of Rites vacated by Wu Chengsi should have been taken over by Wei Daiji.

It's just that the emperor is seriously ill now and there has been no dynasty, so it has been delayed.

"That's true, but Wei Shilang has not yet been appointed as the Minister of Rites, so there is room for manipulation."

Li Xuan looked back at Dong Palace and said: "Now let alone the people in Dong Palace who are thoughtful, the Prime Minister's Palace is probably no exception."

"Your Majesty, are you talking about Minister Doulu?" Su Liangsi immediately understood what Li Xuan was talking about.

The former Prime Minister Wang Changshi, and the Minister of Household Affairs Doulu Qinwang.

"Both of them are Ministers of the Ministry of Hubu, and Minister Doulu has more qualifications." Li Xuan paused for a moment, looked forward and continued walking: "In addition to these two, there are also Yao Changshi, Minister of Rites Li Huaiyan, and the Minister of Liubu. Other ministers, ministers, left and right ministers, ministers of Jiushi Temple, chief officials of the four major governors, and governors of Shangzhou all have opportunities."

Su Liangsi shook his head slightly and said affirmatively: "But the lower official still thinks it should be Wei Shilang. The final recommendation of the East Palace must be Wei Baiji."

After all, Wei Baizi was a member of the Crown Princess' clan, and there were two direct descendants of the Wei family, Wei Hongmin and Wei Ji, in the East Palace.

Even if someone in the East Palace introduces Yao Lingzhang to compete with him, I am afraid it will be difficult to win.

Moreover, Yao Lingzhang did not necessarily care about the Minister of Rites.

"There will eventually be a fight within the East Palace. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's openness to all rivers needs to be seen by the government and the public, but..." Li Xuan looked up at Su Liangsi and said, "Brother Su, do you think this is also Brother Su's? a chance?"

Su Liangsi stopped completely and said with a confused face, "Me?"

"Well!" Li Xuan lowered her head slightly and said: "Since the Minister of Justice Wei was transferred from the Ministry of Justice, there has been a vacancy for the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. Now there is a vacancy for the Minister of the Ministry of Finance. Brother Su has never thought about taking a step forward."

The ministers of the Six Ministries of the Central Government, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Works, who had no real power, were directly given up by Li Xuan. There was no shortage of people in the Ministry of Personnel, but the Ministry of War was too sensitive. In the end, only the ministers of the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Households could take Su Liangsi's turn. .

Su Liangsi calmed down quickly. He looked up at Li Xuan and said, "In addition to guarding the East Palace, the lower official also has to help the prince watch the movements on the ground in Luoyang..."

"What do you think?" Li Xuan raised his head, looked at Su Liangsi, and said, "Are you looking at it with the authority of Yongzhou Sima?"

Su Liangsi's brows suddenly jumped.

Su Liangsi took the lead of the East Palace and ordered the inspection of Yongzhou Sima. This naturally went without any hindrance in Chang'an, but this was Luoyang.

Luozhou Prefecture had its own Chang Shi and Sima, so it was Su Liangsi's turn to look around here.

The only thing he could rely on was the position of commander of the secret guards.

Although it can still make things easier for him, it is still worse than in Chang'an. "So, what the prince means is the Minister of Punishment." Su Liangsi stared at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan nodded lightly and said: "Now on the ground in Luoyang, there are too many nobles from the imperial court who came from Chang'an. They are wreaking havoc in Luoyang, and Henan County and Luoyang County cannot bear their disturbance. And even if they are caught, His Majesty will grant him the title of Zen." Afterwards, these people may also be released directly, so the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple need to intervene.”

"Then the prince can just ask me to be the young minister of Dali Temple. Why bother staring at the minister of punishment." Su Liangsi smiled slightly.

"Brother Su, the position of the Young Minister of Dali Temple is too unfair." Li Xuan turned around, looked in the direction of the Menxia Province, and said softly: "The Six Ministers and Ministers can be directly transferred to the Menxia and Zhongshu Province as Ministers. A little further, It’s just a matter of peace under Tong Zhongshu’s sect…”

Su Liangsi's breathing suddenly became heavy after saying "Tong Zhongshu's affairs are all in peace".

Li Xuan turned his head, looked in the direction of the Ministry of Justice, and said softly: "Even if you are slower, there are still ministers of the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple to choose from. Of course, if Brother Su can be the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, I believe he can take over in a few years. Cui Shangshu’s position, Cui Shangshu is old after all.”

Among the six ministers, the most important position is never the military department, but the official department and the household department. The official department is even better.

However, the weight of the Ministry of Husbandry is far greater than that of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of War.

In particular, Cui Zhiti is already quite old. With Cui Zhiwen as his younger brother who is the prime minister in the province, he has no chance to go further.

Given his age, he only became an official within one or two years.

Su Liangsi took a deep breath, and then said with a wry smile: "There is no hope of lowering the official position in the household affairs department. If you can make some achievements in the punishment department, it will be enough."

After a slight pause, Su Liangsi looked at Li Xuan and said: "This matter, His Highness the Crown Prince's side..."

"I didn't say this to the prince. I already feel that I have said too much about the Zheng family." Li Xuan shook his head gently, looked at Su Liangsi and said: "With Brother Su's ability, I can remind His Highness to think of the Minister of Justice. , shouldn’t be difficult, right?”

"This is not a difficult matter, as long as the prince doesn't refuse when the time comes, it will be fine." Su Liangsi's eyes gently lingered on Li Xuan's face.

There are too many people who like to push you up gently, and then at the end, they use a move to get out of the room.

Li Xuan's approach now has quite a bit of this flavor.

Li Xuan shook his head and said sincerely: "Since the prince entered the East Palace, many positions have been transferred to the East Palace from outside. If Brother Su can set a precedent for this promotion, then the official career of the East Palace will turn like running water, and people's hearts will More people will gather around the prince."

Su Liangsi nodded slightly, Li Xuan's approach was indeed the right one.

You are like Liu Xiangdao, the then Chief of the Yong Palace. Liu Xiangdao was directly promoted from the Chief of the Yong Palace to the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, then to the Right Pusher of the Ministry of Justice, and finally to the Minister of the Ministry of Rites when the emperor was enshrined in Taishan. After accompanying the emperor to sacrifice Mount Tai, the following year Then he begged for his bones to become an official.

With Liu Xiangdao as a precedent, Huangfu Zhengyi and others would gather firmly around Li Xian.

Now Li Xuan recommends Su Liangsi the same way.

Even Su Liangsi could see that if something happens to the emperor in the future and the prince succeeds to the throne, the prince Zhan Shi Yao Lingzhang will enter the political affairs hall as the prime minister. He will serve as six ministers, plus Wei Beiji, the minister of rites of the prince's clan, and the uncle of Prince Peng of the Ministry of War. Shangshu Ouyang Tong, the prince can immediately control half of the power of the six departments.

This is Li Xuan's real plan, the real mature strategy for running a country.

"So, thank you so much, Your Majesty." Su Liangsi bowed his hands to Li Xuan solemnly.

Li Xuan shook her head with a smile and said: "This is the prince's kindness. It's just that His Highness is a little insensitive in these aspects. I hope Sima and Chang Shi will pay more attention to it in the future."

"Here!" Su Liangsi handed over seriously. Li Xuan will leave Luoyang and return to Fanzhou tomorrow after Mount Tai is enshrined in Zen. He will not be able to intervene in the affairs of the East Palace.

And looking at the current situation, he doesn't have much thought to get too involved.

"That's it, then Xuan takes her leave." Li Xuan turned around and bowed her hands to Su Liangsi with a sincere expression.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, Liangsi will make arrangements for everything in the East Palace." Su Liangsi returned the favor.

Li Xuan smiled, then turned and left.

Su Liangsi kept looking at his back from behind, and finally sighed softly for a long time.

Su Liangsi understood that although there were many talented people in the East Palace nowadays, at the critical moment, the only ones who could really step up and be useful were him and Li Xuan.

He understood this, and so did Li Xuan.

……

The night is dark and the candles are bright.

Li Xuan sat alone in the study, carefully sorting out some copywriting.

Many of these messages will be sent out at night, when the gates are closed and people are relaxed.

On the eve of the emperor's likely death from illness, Li Xuan had a lot to do.

Suddenly, a burst of rapid footsteps sounded outside the door.

Immediately, Li Zhu said in a deep voice outside the door: "Your Majesty, someone is coming from the palace, and there is an order from His Majesty."

Li Xuan suddenly stood up.

The emperor's edict, why did it come at this time?
In Li Xuan's mind, he couldn't help but think of last winter, when the emperor ordered him, who was hiding in Songshan Mountain, to return to Luoyang and directly raid the home of Xiao Dezhao, the Minister of War.

Could it be said that something similar is going to happen again now.

(End of this chapter)