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

Chapter 1460: After all, it is difficult to be of the same mind, and we will know later

In the East Palace, the atmosphere has become solemn.

Everything that happened in the political hall today has been spread among some people.

I believe it won’t be long before word spreads.

The Cui family and the Zheng family actually helped the Prime Minister seize the throne. They, the subjects of the East Palace, would immediately become sensitive and aggressive.

Li Xuan walked into the East Palace calmly, and the surrounding subjects immediately bowed to Li Xuan seriously.

In front of the Mingli Hall, Wei Ji, Wei Hongmin, Cheng Wuzhong, Tian Youyan, Yang Jiong, and several others stood five feet away from the hall and did not enter the hall.

Seeing Li Xuan, everyone immediately turned around and held their hands in awe: "Your Majesty."

"Everyone!" Li Xuan stopped and raised his hands in return.

Wei Hongmin, the prince's family commander, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, His Highness has told you that when your Majesty arrives, please come in by yourself."

Li Xuan nodded slightly, and then walked into the lobby of Mingli Hall. In the lobby, Li Xian was nowhere to be seen, and only some faint sounds came from the inner hall.

Li Xuan stood in front of the curtain of the inner hall, cupped her hands and said, "Your Highness, I would like to see you, King Peng."

"Uncle Wang is here, please come in." Li Xian's somewhat urgent voice came from inside.

Li Xuan then opened the door curtain and walked in, and then he saw Li Xian sitting on the short couch in the center, and Liu Rengui, Xue Yuanchao, Yao Lingzhang and Su Liangsi on both sides.

"Your Highness!" Li Xuan solemnly held her hands.

"Uncle Wang, please sit down." Li Xian relaxed a little and asked Li Xuan to sit down on the left side.

As soon as Li Xuan sat down, Xue Yuanchao couldn't help but ask: "I wonder if the prince knows about Prime Minister Cui today?"

"I didn't know it earlier, but I know it now, and when I came from Youwei and passed Chengtian Gate, Xuan was intercepted by Cui Xiang." Li Xuan turned to look at Li Xian and said, "Cui Xiang specifically asked me to tell His Highness, Except for the fact that he supported Duke Doulu at the beginning, everyone else voted for Wei Shilang."

"Everyone else, the second and third time?" Li Xian was stunned. After analysis just now, everyone thought that Cui Zhiwen was the one who betrayed them, but now they say he is not?

"Yes." Li Xuan nodded, then took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it over: "This is the memorial for Prime Minister Cui to impeach Zhong Shushe Ren Yuan Wanqing. Prime Minister Cui impeached him for colluding with the Prime Minister Wang and the Zheng family for the sake of the Prime Minister. The memorial for the king’s private concubine is all related to this matter.”

"Yuan Wanqing!" Li Xian took the memorial directly, his face a little unresponsive.

In fact, Xue Yuanchao mentioned it before when Li Xuan was away. Li Xuan clearly said that Cui Zhiwen would fully support Donggong in the future, so they were unprepared.

That's why Doulu Qinwang almost snatched away the Minister of Rites today, and he was even tricked by the Prime Minister.

Although there is no explicit blame, there is some intention of blaming Li Xuan overtly or covertly.

He even said that he would ask Li Xuan carefully after he came over.

Unexpectedly, after Li Xuan arrived, before he opened his mouth, Li Xuan had already mentioned the matter of meeting Cui Zhiwen outside Chengtian Gate.

He also told Cui Zhiwen that he had all voted to support Wei Beizi, and even produced Cui Zhiwen's memorial to impeach Yuan Wanqing.

Li Xuan looked at Li Xian and said seriously: "Cui Xiang said that the Zheng family and the Prime Minister have made a private engagement, but the Queen of Heaven doesn't know about it, and neither does His Majesty. As for today's matter, it was Cui Xiang who was contacted by the Zheng family, but The Prime Minister contacted other prime ministers, but I don’t know who they are, but I think they must be some.”

"That's right, so when he voted for Doulu Qinwang for the first time, he got four votes." Liu Rengui nodded lightly.

Everyone in the inner hall became awe-struck at the same time. Li Dan actually connected with the four prime ministers Cui Zhiwen, Pei Yan, Wang Dezhen and Li Yiyan at the same time through the Zheng family.

"It was after that time that Cui Xiang realized something was wrong, and he voted all for Wei Shilang. But even so, there were still others?" Li Xuan turned to look at Liu Rengui and Xue Yuanchao.

Xue Yuanchao's face darkened, he nodded and said: "If this is the case, the four votes in the second round can be said to be over, but there are still two people who are on the side of the Prime Minister."

"One of them is Li Yiyan." Liu Rengui nodded, looked at Li Xuan and said, "Who does King Peng think the other person is, Prime Minister Pei or Prime Minister Wang?"

At this time, Li Xian also looked up at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "If we talk about it, Prime Minister Pei and Prime Minister Wang, they have agreed that you will vote for one and I will vote for one, balancing each other but remaining neutral."

"That's right." One vote abstained and two votes voted for Lu Qinwang. This makes everything clear.

"After all, there is movement on the Prime Minister's side. I don't know why they are moving, but the only people who are really running around among them, besides the Zheng family, are Yuan Wanqing." After Li Xuan finished speaking, his eyes fell on Li Xian's hand. The same goes for everyone else on the memorial in it.

"This thief." Li Xian gritted his teeth and cursed, glanced at it, and after reading the memorial, handed it to Liu Rengui, and said at the same time: "Silang is young after all. He must have been bewitched by this thief, and connected internally and externally, which led to what happened today."

"Prince Xiang's Mansion and the Zheng family made a private engagement, but they didn't tell His Majesty, the Queen, or Zongzheng Temple." Li Xuan looked at Li Xian and everyone said: "Let Zongzheng Temple investigate this matter. If so, Zongzheng Temple will follow the normal procedures and report to His Highness..."

When Li Xuan said this, everyone immediately woke up.

Wei Siqian, the Minister of Zongzheng Temple, is a clansman of the Crown Princess, a clansman of Wei Bai's family, and the Minister of Zongzheng Temple, so it would be best for him to come forward in this matter. Even if some people question revenge, Webster is just revenge.

"This method is indeed exquisite." Su Liangsi finally spoke, nodded in admiration, then looked at Li Xuan and said: "Isn't there more to the prince's methods?"

"Qing Zongzhengsi should be able to find Yuan Wanqing." Li Xuan looked at Li Xian and said seriously: "The Prime Minister is young and has little knowledge of things. I am afraid that Yuanshe will bear the biggest responsibility. From now on, Please ask Donggong to impeach Yuan Sheren, and Prime Minister Cui’s impeachment memorial will be sent up when the time comes.”

"The three prime ministers impeached Yuan Wanqing together?" Su Liangsi reacted first, looked at Li Xuan and said, "Will they make a fuss out of a molehill?"

"It is better to make more noise at this time than to make more noise in the future. What do you think, His Highness?" Li Xuan turned to look at Li Xian.

Li Xian's face became solemn, and he turned to look at the other people in the hall.

Liu Rengui lowered his head slightly, Xue Yuanchao sighed lightly, Yao Lingzhang looked solemn, and Su Liangsi nodded heavily.

"Okay, that's it." Li Xian took a deep breath and said, "Gu Ye hopes that my brothers will be harmonious, but if some people sow discord among the royal family, he should die."

"Here!" All the officials in the palace were solemn at the same time.

Li Xian nodded, then looked at Li Xuan and said, "Uncle Wang, what about Zheng?"

"Let the Wei family take action." Li Xuan pondered for a moment and said: "After all, it is the Wei family who has obtained the title of Minister of Etiquette this time. It is also the Wei family's position that the Prime Minister's Palace wants to seize. Regarding the Zheng family's affairs, we might as well let the Wei family inform Dou in advance. Home... What the Zheng family wants is probably not the position of the Prime Minister’s side concubine, and the Dou family should be aware of this. "

The Dou family is Li Dan's princess, and the Zheng family is just the concubine of the Prime Minister, even if they are just starting out. But looking at today's game, it is obvious that the Zheng family is not here for the Concubine of the Prime Minister, their real goal is the Princess of the Prime Minister.

What happens next will naturally happen in the future, but now, the Zheng family has threatened the Dou family.

"The Dou family and the Wei family join forces, which is enough for one Zheng family." Yao Lingzhang nodded and looked at Su Liangsi.

Su Liangsi frowned and said, "The East Palace will just check and fill in the gaps when the time comes."

"Good!" Liu Rengui, Xue Yuanchao, and Li Xuan nodded at the same time.

"That's it." Li Xian nodded with a livid face. Since Zheng wants to stir up trouble in the royal family, she should bear the revenge of the storm.

"The rest is with His Majesty and the Queen." Li Xuan looked up at Li Xian.

Li Xian shook his head slightly and said: "No, there is also the matter of Prime Minister Pei... Prime Minister Li has already admitted his mistake to Gu, but in his case it was Shi Lang who came to visit him personally after all; Prime Minister Cui, although he made mistakes before, eventually returned as he was lost; then Prime Minister Pei As for Wang Xiang, their relationship with the nephews is not as bad as people think!"

"Pei Yan should leave the province." Liu Rengui looked at Li Xuan and said, "Earlier, King Peng proposed to recommend Prime Minister Pei to serve as Minister Zuopushe. Now it seems that it is almost time."

"What is Shangshu Zuopushe?" Xue Yuanchao frowned and asked, looking at Liu Rengui, then at Li Xian, and finally his eyes fell on Li Xuan.

Li Xuan bowed slightly and said, "It's Xuan's suggestion."

Li Xuan turned to look at Yao Lingzhang and Su Liangsi, and said: "Prime Minister Pei is a tough man. If he takes charge of affairs in the Political Affairs Hall, it will be difficult for anyone else to oppose him. Therefore, Xuan recommends that Prime Minister Pei be elected as Shangshu Zuopushe and sit in charge of the Political Affairs Hall." , the other ministers just joined forces to check and balance him."

"Why is he the minister Zuopushe? If he leaves the province, he can become the minister?" Xue Yuanchao stared at Li Xuan.

Xue Yuanchao was the Secretary of the Zhongshu Ling, and was even the Prime Minister before Pei Yan. In terms of qualifications, Xue Yuanchao should be considered first for the position of Minister Zuopshe.

Everyone else in the palace was staring closely at Li Xuan at this time. Xue Yuanchao was a member of the East Palace no matter what, and Pei Yan was unsteady. How could he be trusted by such a person.

Li Xuan took a deep breath and said: "Today's events in the Political Hall should have been reported by now. Your Majesty and the Queen of Heaven have already received the news. If someone needs to report the matter of the Prime Minister to their Majesty and the Queen of Heaven, and impeach the Prime Minister in person at the same time, Yuan Wanqing, is Mr. Xue willing to go by himself?”

"This..." Xue Yuanchao's face looked a little ugly.

He now finally understood what Li Xuan was going to do.

Face Empress Wu head-on.

The left prime minister of the Tang Dynasty needed to be able to face Empress Wu head-on.

Liu Rengui can do this, Pei Yan can do this, and even Li Yiyan can do this, but Xue Yuanchao cannot.

Not only Xue Yuanchao, but also Cui Zhiwen. The higher they reach their level, the more worries they have in their actions.

Li Xian finally spoke: "We do need Prime Minister Pei, but after today's incident, how can we get Prime Minister Pei to support the East Palace?"

Pei Yan was clearly planning to vacillate between the East Palace and the Prime Minister's Palace today. It was not easy for him to choose sides.

"Uncle Wang?" Li Xian looked at Li Xuan.

"This is not easy." Li Xuan smiled softly and looked up at Xue Yuanchao: "Does Mr. Xue have any good ideas?"

Xue Yuanchao was stunned for a moment, then frowned and fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)