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

Chapter 1455 The prince’s tactics caught him off guard

The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is the day when Buddha became enlightened.

In Jade Dragon Garden, Liu Jinyu handed the long black sheath sword to Li Xuan, and said with concern: "My husband will come back early. There is still hot porridge waiting at home."

Li Xuan, who was wearing red clothes and gold armor and had a tall figure, took it, hung it on his waist, nodded slightly to Liu Jinyu and said: "Today I am selecting the Minister of Etiquette. If the Political Affairs Hall ends earlier, my husband will be able to come back earlier. "

"Yes!" Liu Jinyu nodded slightly, and then said with a hint of worry: "Aweng has been a little uneasy in the past two days at the Political Affairs Hall. Has your husband heard any news?"

"There are always people who are unwilling to give in. After all, it is the position of the third-rank and sixth-rank minister." Li Xuan shook his head slightly and said: "My husband is now guarding the right guard military office. Matters in the political hall are more taboo now. The prince's side... …Just looking at the prince’s ability, I think His Majesty and the Queen also have the same intention.”

Li Xian used to supervise the country, but he sat above the prime ministers. Now he sits in the political hall, but he has fallen into the quagmire of political struggle.

This is not the emperor's test for him.

"Okay, don't worry about anything." Li Xuan turned around and glanced at Liu Jinyu. His calm smile made Liu Jinyu completely relieved.

Turning around, Li Xuan strode towards the outside of the hall.

Liu Jinyu stood in the middle hall and watched Li Xuan leave.

Li Xuan felt the eyes behind her and couldn't help but sigh. Li Xuan didn't tell Liu Jinyu much about the turmoil in Zhengshitang.

Just like Li Xuan didn't tell Liu Rengui.

In this matter, Liu Rengui needs the political hall to be calm and controllable, while Li Xuan needs the political hall to be chaotic.

Only with chaos can he fish in troubled waters and explode the fish hidden under the water.

……

Outside the gate of the mansion, Li Xuan got on his horse, and a whole team of right-guard soldiers were waiting outside the gate.

Li Xuan slowly moved forward and arrived outside the Pengcheng County Government Palace, where he met up with the Jinwu guards guarding the place.

Liu Rengui was the prime minister, and King Wu escorted him.

Nowadays, he is no longer the minister Zuopushe. He does not need to work early in the morning and stay late at night. He often sits in the East Palace and occasionally goes to the political hall.

Li Xuan's horse stopped, and the gate of Pengcheng County Government Office opened just in time.

A carriage drove out slowly, with right guards and Jinwu guards on each side, guarding Liu Rengui as he headed towards the palace.

The carriage moved slowly, the curtains were raised, and Li Xuan was on the left, lowering his head and saluting: "Yue Weng!"

"Yeah!" Liu Rengui nodded and asked casually: "How are you doing at the Youwei Yamen office recently?"

"It's okay." Li Xuan nodded slightly, and then said: "There are not many things to do in the right guard. The only important thing is the battlefield in the Western Region. The others are some personnel files and material matters. General Ma will have many things to do. Leave it all to my son-in-law, it’s a bit trivial and a waste of time.”

Liu Rengui took a deep look at Li Xuan, nodded and said, "This is the right thing to do."

Generally speaking, the generals of the Sixteenth Guards rarely sit in the office, and rarely deal with too detailed military affairs.

Because once there is really an army of guards, 20,000 elites, plus tens of thousands of local people rushing into the government and all under their control, then if there is a change, it will directly impact the court.

Therefore, the generals of the Sixteenth Guards had a tacit understanding not to pay too much attention to overly detailed military affairs.

But now that the emperor has ordered them to sit in the government office, it is best for them to be diligent in royal affairs and control the army of the Sixteenth Guards more strictly.

This is what Li Xuan did during this period, and during this period, he read quite a few personnel files.

Li Xuan recorded all the personal origins, residences, places of origin and personalities of generals above the rank of captain.

There are some special people, and Li Xuan has also been transferred to some unimportant positions to prevent these people from problems at critical moments.

In order to stabilize the court, the emperor gave Li Xuan the opportunity to deeply control the right guard, and of course Li Xuan would not let it go.

He believed that others such as Gao Kan, Sun Renshi and others would also not miss this opportunity.

Because the emperor no longer noticed.

"What's going on with the Zheng family? What's the news from Mr. Pei?" Liu Rengui asked in a low voice.

The marriage between the prince and the Zheng family has always been handled by Empress Wu. In addition to Pei Guangxiao, the East Palace also has other channels for contact.

"It's a bit strange." Li Xuan looked down at Liu Rengui and said cautiously: "Zheng told Mr. Pei that it needed to be considered, but my son-in-law learned through other channels that Zheng Renshan's lineage has begun to return to Chang'an from various places..."

"They agreed internally, but maintained a consistent tone externally. Do they want to gain something?" Liu Rengui frowned slightly.

Li Xuan nodded lightly and said: "Maybe it's just a secret from us, maybe the Queen has already got the result..."

After a slight pause, Li Xuan said: "Yue Weng, if this marriage can happen, you might as well make it bigger."

Liu Rengui raised his head in surprise: "Your Majesty is in poor health now...I understand, and that's what I'll do."

Happy.

Although Li Xuan's words were very soft, many people heard them.

The word "happy" suddenly appeared in the hearts of many people.

However, the emperor's poor health was not a secret. The emperor himself also issued an edict on this matter.

Now that the prince is celebrating his marriage, he is not fulfilling his filial piety.

……

Looking at the Chengtian Gate in front of him, Liu Rengui stopped and turned back.

Li Xuan waved her hand slightly, and Li Zhu and the other guards immediately took ten steps back.

This is already the palace. Youwei and Jinwuwei each return to their respective offices. Only a few guards follow Li Xuan and Liu Rengui.

"Today's political affairs hall..." Liu Rengui paused for a moment, looked at Li Xuan and said, "We are going to discuss the matter of the Minister of Rites. What do you think of the worthy son-in-law?"

"My son-in-law doesn't care much about the matter of the Minister of Rites, but since it is a matter of the Wei family, why don't you ask the Wei family first if they are prepared for this matter?" Li Xuan slightly raised his hand and looked solemn. .

Liu Rengui nodded and said, "Okay, that's it. You can go back to the Yamen first."

"Here!" Li Xuan turned around and headed towards the Youwei Military Office.

The right guard military office is located on the west side of the imperial city, close to the prince's right guard command.

As the general of the right guard and a guest of the prince, Li Xuan also has absolute control over the rate of the prince's right guard. However... in the entire imperial city, there are only 480 right-guard officers and soldiers, and the right-guard rate is also the same number.

More other soldiers were stationed outside the city.

Today, there are about 5,000 right guards guarding Luoyang, and another 5,000 are stationed in Chang'an. There are 5,000 right guards on Luoche Road, and there are 5,000 right guards on Andong Road. They are distributed all over the world.

Li Xuan entered the Youwei Army Yamen and went straight into the middle hall. As soon as he responded to Chang Shi's joining the army, he immediately began to deliver various memorials.

Li Xuan immediately started busy and didn't seem to care much about the election of the Minister of Rites of the Political Affairs Hall that was about to begin.

It will definitely be a tough fight.

……

Menxia Province, Zhengshitang.

The pines and cypresses are green and the remaining snow is scattered.

In the political hall, Liu Rengui and Li Xian stood at the bottom of the hall, whispering something.

Steady footsteps sounded outside, and immediately, Pei Yan's figure appeared in front of Liu Rengui and Li Xian.

Pei Yan, Wang Dezhen, and Cui Zhiwen came in from the outside one after another, and then stood at the same time and stood facing Li Xian and Liu Rengui, cupping their hands and saying, "I have met His Highness, and I have met the Left Prime Minister."

Li Xian nodded gently and said, "My dear friends, please sit down!"

"Here!" Pei Yan, Wang Dezhen, and Cui Zhiwen handed over their hands and sat down on the right side.

Cui Zhiwen's eyes calmly and carefully passed over Liu Rengui's body, and then quickly glanced at Prince Li Xian.

The two people were still talking, as if they didn't notice his important role in this matter.

Cui Zhiwen was secretly relieved. At least until now, neither Liu Rengui nor Li Xian knew that Cui Zhiwen was going to turn against Dong Gong today.

After today, Donggong's attitude towards him will no longer be friendly.

Especially from today to the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the East Palace's revenge on them will become even more brutal.

I don’t know how many children from the three families will be put on hold after this incident.

However, the current situation is indeed worthy of their gamble.

Especially in the palace.

If the emperor really cannot survive this winter, then the plan of the Prime Minister's Palace will be a great success.

Cui Zhiwen is not sure how many people saw this opportunity, nor how many people saw this crisis.

Especially on the prince's side, if a fight really breaks out, everything will be extremely cruel. The emperor and the queen of heaven will at least be unable to control it.

But it seems that the prince and left prime minister didn't notice it, so what about King Peng?

……

Li Xian sat in the central seat and said solemnly: "My lords, today I will discuss the matter of the Minister of Rites, but before that, I have two things to say."

Li Xian looked at Liu Rengui, who nodded slightly, stood up, handed an official document to Xue Yuanchao on the left, and said at the same time: "The first thing, the Prime Minister reported in Songshan, and according to the emperor's order, Songshan was granted Zen status on the 15th day of the first lunar month. , but there is a shortage of 1,000 soldiers, please ask the Ministry of War to dispatch them."

Pei Yan was the first to frown, looked at Li Xian and asked, "Your Highness, what did the Ministry of War say about this matter?"

"Ouyang Shangshu of the Ministry of War said that according to the method calculated by the Prime Minister, four hundred people are enough for the required vacancies. However, if rotation replacement is considered, to be fair, a thousand people are enough." Li Xian smiled and said: "Maybe Si Lang To be lenient, if the plan is perfect, it is not impossible to allow it.”

"Since the Ministry of War said four hundred people are enough, let's use four hundred people." Li Yiyan said with an indifferent expression: "If you are worried about an accident, just ask Zuo Qianniu Guards to dispatch a hundred people to investigate."

"Good!" Everyone present nodded at the same time.

It's hard to say whether King Xiang really wants these thousand people. If he really wants them, there will inevitably be some evil center. If there is no doubt, it would be a bit excessive to punish them.

This is more like some temptation, but it may not be what the Prime Minister meant. It is probably because other people in his house have the idea and just refuse it.

It's just that there is a sense of temptation in it, which somewhat indicates that the Prime Minister is somewhat unwilling.

"The second thing." Liu Rengui looked at everyone and said with a smile: "Before, I met the Queen of Heaven. The Queen of Heaven said that the East Palace can accept Zheng's daughter as the crown prince Liangdi. The marriage contract has been agreed. The marriage is scheduled to be on the 19th day of the twelfth lunar month. And It coincides with the grand Zen ceremony, so we decided to make it a little grander, and we invite you all to come."

Cui Zhiwen suddenly raised his head and looked at Liu Rengui in disbelief.

As far as he knew, the Zheng family's reply to the palace was that it still needed to be considered.

Although it is said that Zheng Xuankai and the Xue family have terminated their engagement, it still takes some time for the rumors to dissipate. This is how Yuan Wanqing reported to the Queen.

At least this matter will be delayed until Feng Chan. If their guess is correct, then the final marriage will not happen at all.

Moreover, if today's matter goes through and Dong Gong and the Zheng family fall out, the marriage will be even more delayed.

But now, Liu Rengui said that the engagement was finalized, and the wedding date was even set for the 19th day of the twelfth lunar month.

Cui Zhiwen was sure that no one in the Zheng family knew about this, and that the palace had only made the decision today.

It was a ploy between the prince and Prime Minister Zuo, and the queen directly agreed.

But unfortunately, the Zheng family couldn't say no to this matter.

The ministers could not even say a word "no".

Because everyone knew that the emperor was not in good health, and Liangdi was in the East Palace and held a grand wedding, this was obviously to bring happiness to the emperor.

The prince is fulfilling his filial piety.

……

Cui Zhiwen smiled and congratulated the prince together with the others.

But deep down in his heart, Cui Zhiwen couldn't help but be wary.

With the sudden announcement of the marriage, the relationship between the Zheng family and the East Palace has suddenly changed. If the Zheng family backstabs the prince again today, the consequences will be far worse than they imagined.

It may even shake some people's hearts.

(End of this chapter)