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

Chapter 1476 Please ask your father to remove King Peng from the post of General Right Guard

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am wronged!" Yuan Wanqing seemed to have finally reacted. He was dragged by two Qianniu Guards and struggled hard, but he was still quickly dragged out of Qianyang Palace.

At the last moment when he left Qianyang Palace, Yuan Wanqing finally saw the emperor's cold eyes on the golden steps.

There was also Empress Wu sitting next to the emperor with helpless eyes.

Although Empress Wu was in charge of court affairs, she was acting on behalf of the emperor, and all her powers were granted by the emperor.

It was okay in private, but once the emperor made a decision in public and Empress Wu objected, the courtiers would immediately stand up and demand that the empress be deposed.

There are definitely not a few such people.

Shangguan Yi back then and Hao Chujun later were both such figures.

But compared to Shangguan Yi, Hao Chujun saw more clearly that the emperor wanted to use force to stabilize the government and never meant to abolish her.

However, the use of force later stabilized the government and stabilized the government. Once Empress Wu went out of line, the emperor would look at her and Hao Chujun would immediately step forward to check and balance Empress Wu.

It's the same today. When the emperor ordered Yuan Wanqing to be beheaded in front of everyone in the palace, Empress Wu couldn't say a word.

Just like when the emperor directly ordered Liu Yizhi to be beheaded in the main hall.

The two leaders of the Beimen bachelors were beheaded by the emperor one after another.

Yuan Wanqing's eyes couldn't help but fall on Li Dan. Li Dan's expression was indifferent and his eyes were level, but he didn't fall on Yuan Wanqing at all.

Yuan Wanqing quickly fell down the steps. He saw countless horrified looks, as well as the hateful looks of Cui Zhiwen, Cui Zhidi, Cui Mi and others.

In the end, Qianyang Palace completely disappeared from Yuan Wanqing's eyes.

……

"No, I don't want to die, I don't..." Yuan Wanqing's painful struggling voice came from outside the hall, but suddenly disappeared completely.

Li Xuan suddenly felt a chill all over her body. She turned around subconsciously, bowed, and held her hands respectfully with a solemn look on her face.

Li Xuan didn't know how many people in the palace looked like him, but he knew that everyone wanted to know the causes and consequences of everything that happened today.

Everyone thought that the emperor would continue to recuperate in the harem, but suddenly the discovery of the remains of Mrs. Cui and Zheng Qiniang of Tong'an changed everything.

On the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, Mrs. Cui of Mrs. An and her granddaughter Zheng Qiniang climbed Mount Songshan in heavy snow. In the end, they accidentally fell off the cliff and died.

Although people don't know what happened here, they know that Prime Minister Li Dan was also in Songshan that night.

The emperor had decreed that Songshan Mountain be closed on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, but before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people were not prohibited from going up to the mountain to worship except at the top of the mountain.

What's more, on a night of heavy snow, even the most industrious person will take a rest early that night.

Who knew Cui would suddenly climb the mountain?

But that night, Li Dan was in Songshan.

It's hard to say what Cui's mountain climbing has to do with Li Dan.

But if you say it has nothing to do with it, not many people will believe it.

Not to mention that before that, the Zheng family and the Prime Minister's Mansion were almost directly married.

This incident also caused a great disturbance. Almost all the ministers of the Prime Minister's Palace were driven out of Luoyang by the East Palace at that time.

But even so, if it is said that Cui's death has anything to do with Li Dan, it is nonsense.

After all, Li Dan is the Prime Minister. Even if Cui wants to do something, he won't go too far, and Li Dan won't be forced to kill people.

Therefore, it is very possible that Cui was hiking on a snowy day and then accidentally fell off the cliff.

However, after all, the Zheng family and the Prime Minister had a dispute, and the previous private engagement between the two families had embarrassed both the Zheng family and the Prime Minister.

Fortunately, Li Xuan arrived in time to burn the marriage certificate, otherwise she would have been in trouble.

The matter has something to do with the Prime Minister.

After something like this happened, the Zheng family, the Cui family, and the Lu family would inevitably complain.

In this matter, Cui had already fallen to death, so the target of their complaints could only be the royal family.

It can't be the emperor or empress Wu, it can't be the prince, then it can only be the prime minister.

Today, in order to quell the resentment of the Cui, Lu, and Zheng families against Li Dan, the emperor directly killed Yuan Wanqing without any hesitation.

After all, Yuan Wanqing was running back and forth during this incident. He had an unshirkable responsibility for Cui's death, so it was not too much to kill him to make amends for Cui.

……

In the main hall, more and more ministers turned around and bowed their hands to the emperor.

The emperor's handling of matters was fair. Yuan Wanqing was beheaded, Dou Xuande was dismissed as a commoner, and he was exiled to Yazhou. They were all dealt with.

Among others, Xue Yuanchao was promoted to Shangshu Youpushe, and Pei Yan was promoted to Zhongshuling, which was an appeasement to the Hedong family.

Wang Dezhen was promoted to the minister, Wei Daiji was appointed as the minister of rites, and Su Liangsi was appointed as the minister of punishment, which was a win over the Guanlong family.

Liu Jingxian was born in Handan, Hebei Province. His father Liu Xiangdao was the former prime minister and had students all over the country.

What's more, Li Jingxuan was deposed as right prime minister and promoted to crown prince and young master, and Liu Jingxian succeeded as prime minister. This did not mean that the Hebei family was allowed to take over the power of Zhongshu in rotation.

The Hebei aristocratic family was also pacified.

Then the three families of Cui Luzheng are left.

What the emperor did was not to appease, but to suppress, and removed Cui Zhiwen from the third rank of Tongzhongshu, so that no matter how much trouble they continued, they would not cause any big trouble.

This matter has gradually been brought under control in the emperor's hands.

Li Xuan's eyes were lowered, and deep thoughts flashed deep in his eyes.

……

"Your Majesty," the emperor said, and the whole palace was silent.

The emperor nodded with satisfaction and said: "When you are in charge of government, you should put loyalty to the emperor and love for the people first, govern with virtue, and use both etiquette and law. Only in this way can you be the first for the world and set an example for the world. Only then can I be happy."

"I respectfully obey His Majesty's teachings." All the ministers bowed their heads at the same time.

Now in this matter, the Prime Minister may have been at fault, but the Emperor has punished him to the greatest extent.

Yuan Wanqing was beheaded, no matter what Shang Yang's reform was, and Prince Fu Qianying was tortured even more cruelly.

The emperor has done everything he can to the best of his ability, and there is nothing anyone can do about it even if he wants to blame him. "Now there is a vacancy in Zuo Si Langzhong. There is no time to delay. I have sent an order to Hengzhou Governor Shi Sugui to be promoted to Zuo Si Langzhong."

The emperor pondered for a moment, then said: "Du Shenyan, a bachelor of Hongwen Guan, was transferred to Zhongshu Sheren, and Yang Jiong, a bachelor of Chongwen Guan, the prince, was transferred to a bachelor of Hongwen Guan."

"I will accept the order." Du Shen said, and Yang Jiong stood up and held his hands.

Li Xuan sighed lightly, in this way, the Wugong Su family, the Jingzhao Du family, and the Hongnong Yang family were all taken care of.

With the emperor's calculations like this, it would be difficult for anyone to cause much trouble.

……

Li Zhi raised his head, looked outside the Qianyuan Hall, and said in a deep voice: "That's it for today, retreat from the court!"

"I respectfully send you off to your majesty. May your majesty live forever." The ministers cupped their hands at the same time.

When everyone raised their heads, the emperor, Empress Wu, and Li Xian were all gone.

Li Xuan narrowed her eyes, turned to look at Yao Chong and Li Zhaode, and sighed deeply.

Yao Chong slightly arched his hands, then turned and left.

Li Zhaode had already disappeared in the direction of the palace gate.

Li Xuan shook his head helplessly. He was pushed to the forefront by the emperor regarding the Zheng family's matter.

Although the emperor dealt with Cui's death a lot, the members of the aristocratic family still had grievances that could not be eliminated.

Yuan Wanqing is dead. Li Xuan, who appears in the Zheng family at this time, will inevitably be targeted by everyone...

"Your Majesty!" Su Liangsi walked up to Li Xuan and whispered, "There is something else going on at the East Palace, let's go together."

"Yes!" Li Xuan took a deep breath and followed Su Liangsi out of the hall.

Many of the people around them passed by Li Xuan and Su Liangsi.

Putting aside today's transfers of ministers and appointment of ministers, in fact, the most important thing was that Su Liangsi was transferred from Yongzhou Sima, Crown Prince to Minister of Punishment.

This means that the East Palace will be more involved in government affairs in the future.

Many people's faces became solemn.

As the East Palace becomes more and more involved in government affairs, it is inevitable that it will not conflict with the Queen of Heaven.

Even if the prince is kind and generous, it is inevitable that he will be deposed.

These days are getting more and more sad.

"Your Majesty, what's the matter with Doctor Cui?" Su Liangsi lowered his voice and looked at an official who was approaching from the opposite side.

The man immediately stopped and stepped aside.

Li Xuan shook his head slightly and said in a low voice: "Stop it. A Zhongshu Ling is enough to temporarily satisfy Prime Minister Pei's ambition. After all, His Majesty's will is the best. The Prince still needs to wait patiently."

Su Liangsi nodded slightly, with a look of agreement.

The emperor came to court today and seemed to be in good health. People's hearts, which were originally a little turbulent, immediately calmed down completely.

The position of the Minister of Rites is something that the emperor can decide with one word. However, the emperor released it for the various factions in the government and the opposition to compete for it. At the same time, people's attention was shifted from caring about the emperor's health to being the Minister of Rites.

It is indeed a very subtle method.

Today, the various ministers are mobilizing. I am afraid that even they themselves do not know that the root of all this is the out-of-control competition for the Minister of Rites.

In order to stabilize the hearts of the aristocratic families in the world, the emperor promoted a lot of people and killed Yuan Wanqing.

Pei Yan became the official of Zhongshu, but he didn't have much desire for Shangshu Zuopushe.

If they continue to push Cui Mi to impeach Pei Yan at this time, Cui Mi may not impeach Pei Yan, and he will not be able to impeach him. After all, he is the new Zhongshu Ling.

Moreover, Yuan Wanqing is dead, and someone has already been charged with the impeachment charges, which cannot be harmful to Pei Yan.

As for the converse, if Pei Yan impeached Cui Mi, his cousin had just died, so the emperor and Empress Wu might not be willing to take action.

No matter what, it will be difficult to achieve what you want this time.

However, from another perspective, it may not be ineffective. The emperor acted so vigorously and resolutely, and I am afraid that he has somewhat seen through Pei Yan's ambitions.

So, who will Empress Wu ultimately blame for the death of Yuan Wanqing?

……

Outside Zhenguan Hall, Li Dan bowed to the ground deeply.

In the Zhenguan Hall, Li Xian and Empress Wu carefully supported the sweating emperor to sit on the royal couch.

The two of them helped the emperor remove his crown and robe with their own hands, while the emperor sat there motionless.

Immediately, a piece of bamboo armor appeared in the eyes of Empress Wu and Li Xian.

When the bamboo armor was completely removed, the emperor breathed a long sigh of relief, and then lay back weakly.

Empress Wu and Li Xian quickly supported the emperor and laid him down on the imperial couch.

Li Zhi looked up at Li Xian with difficulty and whispered: "Do you know you were wrong now?"

Li Xian was slightly startled, then took a few steps back with a heavy face, knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said, "I know I was wrong."

"What's wrong?" As the emperor spoke, the heavy curtain fell.

It could barely be seen that Empress Wu and several chamberlains helped the emperor take off his coat and wipe his body.

Li Xian kowtowed and said: "My son should not fight with my fourth brother, which led to today's situation."

"We still have to fight, and you control it well." Li Zhi took a deep breath and said, "You made the mistake of not taking down Cui and Yuan Wanqing decisively at the right time. If they were eliminated as soon as possible, there would be no It will happen later.”

Li Xian was stunned for a moment, and then he frowned and suddenly understood. He kowtowed to the ground and said, "I was wrong."

Li Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and said softly: "Remember, anyone who wants to encourage Shiro to seize the throne of Prince You can be killed directly. This is the power I give you."

"Here!" Li Xian kowtowed again.

"At the critical moment, you can directly use Prince Peng." The emperor calmed down, and in Li Xian's disbelieving eyes, he said softly: "Ask him to mobilize the right guard into the city."

"Father..." Li Xian couldn't help but interrupted Li Zhi in silence, gritting his teeth and said: "My son will never be like this. Please ask my father to remove King Peng from the post of General of the Right Guard."

(End of this chapter)