The bad emperor of Tang Dynasty

Now in the Crown Prince's East Palace, all the ministers summoned have arrived, Liu Yan is supported by his servants, leaning on a cane, his old eyes are shining brightly.For the past six months, his health has been poor, and he has no energy to fight Yuan Zai and the others in the court. Now that the crown prince has evidence to overthrow these alien parties, how can he be discouraged.

The prince raised his hands and pressed a few times, and a group of ministers standing under the steps quickly fell silent, looking at the prince and Guo Nuan beside him with curious eyes.

It's already night now, and the Examination Institute is probably busy preparing for tomorrow's imperial examination list. If there is no accident, tomorrow morning will be the top name on the list with the word "Qiao Yun", which should be the occasion for the little people to celebrate Woolen cloth.

The crown prince signaled Guo Nuan to briefly discuss his plans in recent days, discussing the clues of ranking discovery with Emperor Daizong in the imperial study, and setting up a court in Jingzhao Mansion to lure Qiao Lin to testify. "Also participated in the imperial examination.

With Guo Nuan's disclosure of explosive inside information one by one, the ministers who were standing and listening under the steps immediately caused an uproar.They didn't know any of the secrets. After the news of Guo Nuan was made public, how could they not be surprised.

Yan Zhenqing and Cui Youfu were the ones with calmer expressions. They were more or less involved in Guo Nuan's plan, so when they came to the Crown Prince's East Palace early in the morning, they guessed that it was for the imperial examination cheating case.

Guo Nuan cleared his throat and coughed dryly twice. He signaled everyone to quickly digest these shocking shady incidents, discuss countermeasures, and go to Zixiao Palace to report Yang Yan and his gang's scientific examination fraud case to the emperor.

At this time, everyone was whispering, and disputes occurred from time to time, and there were different opinions.In other words, this is also the scene that the prince and Guo Nuan, who looked around coldly at the reaction of the courtiers, had already expected it.

Once the ministers of Liu Yan's faction gather together to petition the emperor and confront the bureaucrats of the Yuan Zai Group on the spot, it means that the two bureaucratic groups in the court will completely break up, and this night will inevitably fight to the death.

Although his own side holds the key evidence, on the other hand, Yuan Zai has many officials stationed in key positions. Even if some officials are implicated in the cheating case, there must be other high-ranking officials in order to protect the interests of the bureaucratic group on their own side. intercede.The opposition and protests of dozens of ministers facing the emperor, even if the bureaucrats involved in the cheating case are guilty, it will certainly be difficult to punish them lightly.

This is a complete turn against Yuan Zai's party. Are Liu Yan and the others ready?Fight against a counterattack by the Dimension Zai Group in the days to come?Maybe it's a lose-lose situation.

Mr. Liu Yan, who was in the crowd at the moment, slowly opened his cloudy eyes when all the bureaucrats were talking about it.He said in a dumb tone: "Ahem, colleagues, calm down first."

An old and feeble voice sounded quietly, although the voice was not loud, but with Liu Yan's lofty prestige among the officials, these words immediately covered up the controversy.

The crown prince and Guo Nuan immediately cheered up. As long as Master Liu Yan affirmed their plans, with his appeal as a veteran of the three dynasties, all officials would definitely follow suit.

"Please listen to my old man Liu Yan's last sentence, ahem..." Liu Yan spoke intermittently, it seemed that his body was indeed in a state of distress.The officials nodded respectfully and obeyed.

"The old man feels that Yuan Zai and his group are becoming more and more arrogant. Our political opinions in the court have been severely suppressed. Now the emperor is inclined to listen to the advice of the Yuan Zai group and the local transfer officials group. I am afraid we will not Make a move and take this opportunity to give it a go, it will be very difficult to turn around in the future."

Officials also know this truth, but some bureaucrats have a fluke mentality. They feel that it is very risky to let go. They should not be suppressed and eliminated slowly. Otherwise, it will cause Yuan Zai and others to counterattack and retaliate, which will inevitably set off a big purge in the court , who wins and who loses is not certain.

However, there are also some stubborn officials who advocate such a gamble, and maybe they will completely eliminate a big hidden danger if they win, and even let them die without a place to bury them.If it fails, at most it will be suppressed in the future, and many officials of Liu Yan's party will be transferred and sent to the lower levels, and the most serious is dismissal.

Now that Liu Yan has made up his mind, the officials are no longer arguing.With a backbone plan, let's implement it.

It's late now, according to the guards, the emperor is reviewing the memorial in Zixiao Palace at the moment.Soon, Liu Yan hurried to Zixiao Hall with everyone.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, there are a large number of officials outside the door requesting to meet the Emperor, saying that there is an emergency. By the way, there are also the crown prince and Prime Minister Liu Yan." A big eunuch hurriedly ran into the palace from outside the door, several times Nearly fell for the second time.

It is said that when the eunuch has not seen the night for a long time, it is an extraordinary event for the collective officials to meet the emperor.He also only saw this scene when he was still a young eunuch in Xuanzong's time. At that time, Xuanzong was still having a good time with Yang Guifei in the back garden. On the eve of An Lushan's rebellion, there were also a large group of courtiers at that time Watching the emperor outside the palace gate in the middle of the night.

At this moment, Daizong, who was concentrating on reviewing the memorial in the study, raised his eyebrows. He was a little surprised. It was late at night, and it stands to reason that the morning meeting had already dispersed, and the ministers should go home to rest. Even if there was something urgent, they would usually It was said at the court meeting tomorrow.

"Well, let's invite them in." Daizong put the vermilion brush for reviewing the memorials on the pen holder, and he was a little puzzled. Could it be that the local Jiedu envoy secretly mobilized the army to rebel? There is no news about this.

Soon a group of officials, about 200 people, crowded into the emperor's study room where government affairs were handled. Fortunately, the emperor's study room was large enough. It would be no problem to squeeze [-] people into the living room of a thousand square meters. of.

"My son bows to the emperor. (I wait to pay my respects to the emperor)" I saw the crown prince and Liu Yan walking side by side, followed by a large number of officials, kneeling and prostrating.

"Well, why is the emperor visiting the emperor late at night." Daizong stood up from the chair, looked around at the kneeling ministers, and asked in a low voice.

"Yes, Guo Aiqing, tell me." Daizong immediately changed his words. He found that Guo Nuan, who had never been very involved in political affairs, had come.

"Your Majesty, you have appointed Weichen as the invigilator of the imperial examinations. The secret investigations conducted by the ministers, Lord Yan Zhenqing, Cui Youfu and other ministers have uncovered a shocking case of fraud in the examination room, which involved many officials. I feel that the matter is so important that I dare not handle it privately, so after discussing with Lord Liu Yan and the prince, I will definitely meet the emperor late at night to state the details of the case, and let you decide how to handle it."

When Guo Nuan finished talking, a large number of ministers followed behind him fell to the ground, knelt down and shouted: "I implore the emperor to investigate clearly."

Come on, seeing the unified attitude of so many ministers, I am afraid that this scientific examination fraud case is really serious. Daizong frowned deeply into a Sichuan shape.Who is so bold that he dared to cheat in the scientific examination, even the court ministers like Liu Yan couldn't intervene in it?He was sometimes shocked and sometimes angry.

And when Guo Nuan and other ministers were meeting with the emperor late at night, in a certain luxurious official mansion outside the palace, it could be said that the lights were brilliant, a banquet was held, there were many guests, and they were eating and drinking happily. The scene of the festive banquet.At first glance, there are no fewer than 300 wine tables in the compound, and many of them are very important ministers in the court.

That's right, this is Qiao Mansion. Qiao Lin celebrated in advance that her son "won the exam" for the No. 1 first-class tribute student in the imperial examination.

Now that there is still one night before the list is published, Qiao and his son can't wait to throw a big banquet and invite relatives and friends to celebrate.

Of course, Yuan Zai, the old boss, and Yang Yan, who helped his son get the No. 1 Gongsheng, naturally also attended the banquet.

Now Qiao Yun is wearing a bright red brocade gown with a big red hydrangea on his chest, he is very proud, with a high-spirited smile on his face, he circles around the ministers and bureaucrats, toasting and congratulating .

"Come on, let me introduce to my colleagues. This is my son, Qiao. According to my close friend, Yang Yan, the examiner of the Examination Institute, Mr. Yang released the news in advance that my son Qiao Yun passed the exam. I won Gongsheng No.1, haha, this is a day worth celebrating, come on, let’s have a toast.”

Qiao Lin pulled his son Qiao Yun to stand on the high platform, looking around at the hundreds of banquet guests below, his words immediately attracted the guests to raise their glasses and echoed: "Congratulations, congratulations to Master Qiao! Gou Zi won Huiyuan, it can be said that the future is boundless."Compliments like this abound.

Facing such compliments, Qiao Yun saw that many important ministers present were very appreciative, and his mind was immersed in wonderful longing. With the support of these official uncles, from now on, he, a newcomer in the officialdom, would It's not so clear yet, tsk tsk, think about how wonderful it is.

Unintentionally, Guo Nuan's hateful face appeared, Qiao Yun couldn't help but snorted coldly, thinking that it would be a disappointment to think of him on this happy day.This morning in Jingzhao Mansion, Guo Nuan ruthlessly bullied and abused me, sometimes threatening, sometimes lured and sold with carrots and sticks, it is really annoying.Qiao Yun thought that when he entered the officialdom, he must find an opportunity to kill Guo Nuan, otherwise how would he resolve his hatred, and almost ruined his good fortune of being No. 1 in Gongsheng.hum.

Of course, Qiao Lin's thoughts were similar too. If Master Yuan Zai had not happened to be there to put out the fire in Jingzhaoyin Yamen, otherwise it would not be the scene of celebration tonight.He also recalled his unhappiness in the Yamen this morning.Master Yuan Zai said that Guo Nuan will be dealt with sooner or later, and now let him play for a few days.

Quickly forgetting this annoying person like Guo Nuan, Qiao Lin took Qiao Yun to the banquets of various dignitaries, exchanging toasts one by one, so as to build a good network for his son's future official career in the officialdom Base.