Tiantang

Chapter 131
Chapter 141

"His Royal Highness." Standing there, Li Heng heard Yang Guozhong's slightly oily voice behind him, quickly gathered himself together, turned around and saluted Yang Guozhong, "Mr. Yang!"

"Hehe, Your Majesty is worried, but you are worried about the unsafe condition of your majesty's dragon body? I think that your majesty will be safe and sound." Yang Guozhong said this, but he secretly laughed in his heart, "you'd better pray that the old emperor will be safe and sound from now on. You can't afford to be ill, otherwise, your throne will still be a dream after all."

"I hope so." Li Heng sighed, "Mr. Yang, please come in!"

"Your Highness, please."

Yang Guozhong and Li Heng came in one after the other, Zhang Xuan and Gao Lishi looked at each other, got up and even bowed to Li Heng together, "Minister Zhang Xuan (old slave Gao Lishi) pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Li Heng waved his hands flattered, "Please, please."

The four sat down and looked at each other, but no one spoke actively.In the end, Zhang Xuan took the lead, and he said in a deep voice, "His Royal Highness, Prime Minister Yang, His Majesty suffered from apoplexy and dragon body, and is unable to handle the government and state affairs..."

"Zhang Xuan believed that, on the one hand, the imperial court kept His Majesty's condition secret to stabilize the situation in the world and prevent some ambitious people from causing trouble in the world; Executing the government."

"It's not too late to delay this matter." Zhang Xuan smiled and sat back.

Gao Lishi glanced at Li Heng secretly, and said indifferently, "A certain family supports Zizhan's opinion. In an emergency, there is no hesitation. His Royal Highness has been in charge of the East Palace for more than ten years, and now it is reasonable to replace His Majesty in supervising the country. .Does Prime Minister Yang think so?"

Li Heng sat there, although his face remained unchanged, but he was very excited in his heart.

Gao Lishi, Zhang Xuan, and Yang Guozhong, these three represent the three major power forces in the current imperial court.Gao Lishi controls the inner prison and the inner palace, Zhang Xuan controls the military power and the defense of the capital, and Yang Guozhong controls the administrative machinery of the Tang court. As long as these three people reach an agreement and stand together, the throne will not run away.

And Jian Guo is just the prelude and rehearsal of the real ascension to the throne.

As long as the old emperor lets go, he can then put on the dragon robe and become the new emperor in a grand manner.

Gao Lishi and Zhang Xuan have reached a consensus, and now it mainly depends on Yang Guozhong's attitude.But Yang Guozhong remained silent, his expression changing.

Zhang Xuan sneered in his heart, he knew that Yang Guozhong was just posturing.

This person is really a hooligan, even if he agrees in his heart, he still has to talk about conditions and threaten him to get some benefits.

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, and cast a suggestive glance at Li Heng.Yang Guozhong must cooperate in this matter, otherwise, without the support of the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty, Li Heng's supervision of the country would be empty in name but without reality.

Li Heng understood, stood up and bowed his hands to Yang Guozhong, "Yang Xiang, the imperial concubine is the mother of the palace. When he ascends the throne of the Japanese Palace, he must canonize his wife as the empress dowager, and he will never break his promise."

"Yang Xiang has presided over the government for many years, and this palace has relied heavily on it. This palace is actually just a superficial name. The Tang court is really inseparable from Yang Xiang and the courtiers."

Li Heng's words were relatively straightforward.

The mention of the canonization of Yang Yuhuan as the empress dowager shows the attitude of continuing to care for and support the Yang family.And continue to rely heavily on Yang Guozhong to manage the government, and Yang Guozhong's personal power is preserved.

And this is exactly what Yang Guozhong needs.

Yang Guozhong laughed, "Thanks to His Royal Highness, Guozhong is ashamed."

"Since that is the case, from Guozhong's point of view, it is not too late. Let His Majesty issue an edict today to announce that His Highness the Crown Prince will supervise the country, and then there will be a court meeting tomorrow morning. Your Highness will attend as the supervisor."

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late at night.The emperor promulgates the imperial edict entrusting Prince Li Heng to supervise the country.Under the joint control of Yang Guozhong, Gao Lishi and Zhang Xuan, the news was quickly conveyed to the greatest extent.

Many bureaucrats and dignitaries in Chang'an woke up overnight and were shocked to hear the news that the emperor had retired to Xingqing Palace to recuperate and the crown prince supervised the country.

At the morning meeting that day, Gao Lishi personally accompanied Li Heng to appear, and set up a seat under the vacant dragon chair.As for Zhang Xuan and Yang Guozhong's civil and military "one singing and one harmonious", the civil and military members of the Manchu Dynasty and the Li royal family came to their senses. It seems that the crown prince Li Heng has already received the full support of these three—the heaven of the Tang court, Seems to be changing.

As for the emperor, whether he was really recovering from illness or something else naturally aroused speculation and discussions behind the scenes.

Speculation and debate are normal.But to Li Heng, none of this mattered.The important thing is that Zhang Xuan and Yang Guozhong are behind him with full support. In this Chang'an city, no one can stir up trouble.

After being in charge of the state, Li Heng swept away the past decline, held morning meetings every day to discuss state affairs with the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, did everything by himself, and had a gentle attitude towards his subordinates, gradually establishing his own prestige.

Many people suddenly discovered and felt: It turns out that His Royal Highness is not useless, he should be a king who is diligent in government and loves the people!
Time flies.Before the Spring Festival of Tianbao's [-]th year, Feng Changqing and Yan Zhenqing finally rushed to Beijing to accept the canonization.Prior to this, with the strong support of Zhang Xuan and Yang Guozhong, Li Heng, on behalf of the emperor, promulgated to the whole country the "Democracy and Merger to Establish Eight Metropolitan Governments", turning the secret "strategy of cutting and merging" into an official official action. .

"Anxi and Beiting are related to the frontier defense of the Tang Dynasty and remain unchanged; a part of Hedong, a part of Longyou, and a part of Shuofang are assigned to Hexi, and the Hexi Governor's Mansion is established; Longyou and the rest of Shuofang are integrated into one, and Longshuo is established. Metropolitan Governor's Mansion; part of Pinglu was assigned to Bohai Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, part of Hedong was delineated, merged with the Guards of Henan and Dongdu prefectures, and Henan Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was established to defend the capital; Hedong, Pinglu, Fanyang The rest of the three towns were merged to establish Fanyang Metropolitan Governor's Mansion; Shannan and Lingnan Parts were merged into Jiannan to establish Jiannan Metropolitan Governor's Mansion."

This is the first edict issued by Li Heng to the local government and vassal forces across the country after Li Heng supervised the country, in the name of Li Heng, the prince of the country.

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The main hall of the Eastern Palace.

After Li Heng supervised the country, banquets for courtiers and other major national policies that were not suitable for discussion at the court meeting were held in the main hall of the East Palace.

Yang Kai, Feng Changqing, Yan Zhenqing, Ge Shuhan, Cheng Qianli, and An Sishun entered the hall and sat down.

Feng Changqing and Yan Zhenqing went to Beijing on orders, but they didn't see the emperor, so they couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.

Ge Shuhan, Cheng Qianli, and An Sishun went to Beijing to report on their duties, and they would not be able to return to their respective feudal towns to perform their duties until after the year-as for whether they would be readjusted, they themselves were not sure.After all, the original ten feudal towns were reduced and merged into the eight major governor's mansions.

An Lushan fled Chang'an in a hurry, and the emperor did not punish him.However, the imperial court immediately implemented the order to cut and merge the vassals - An Sishun felt that this was almost aimed at the An family, so An Sishun was not so comfortable.

The six people had their own concerns, and each remained silent. The atmosphere in the hall was strangely oppressive and dull.

Not long after, Yang Guozhong strode into the hall with his head held high, and everyone got up to say hello. He smiled reservedly, greeted everyone, and then sat on the first seat on the left with a big face.

Outside the hall, Li Heng walked up the steps, hesitating slightly.

Zhang Xuan said softly behind him, "His Royal Highness is now the supervisor of the Tang Dynasty, just like His Majesty, you must not look forward and backward, and lose the majesty of the emperor!"

Li Heng was slightly ashamed, nodded silently, then collected himself, and strode into the hall.Zhang Xuan was refreshed and followed closely behind.

Li Hengping looked ahead with a calm smile on his face.

Yang Guozhong got up first, and bowed down with Yang Kai and the other six, "His Highness, Prince Jian Guo!"

Li Heng laughed loudly, "Everyone, please stand up, and you will be exempted from courtesy."

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At this time, led by Princess Yongmu and Prince Liang Li Xuan, dozens of princes and princesses gathered outside the door of the emperor's study room in Xingqing Palace, clamoring to see the old emperor and to visit his father.

The news of Li Longji's serious illness was blocked under the joint efforts of Gao Lishi, Yang Guozhong and Zhang Xuan. Not many outside the palace, even inside the palace knew the truth.

Gao Lishi saw that he couldn't stand it, so he hurriedly ordered Li Jingzhong to go to the East Palace to inform Zhang Xuan, and let Zhang Xuan come over to deal with the matter.Although Gao Lishi holds the power in the inner palace, he is an inner eunuch after all, and he can't come forward for many things.But Zhang Xuan is different. He is in charge of the palace guards, guarding the imperial city, and what his duties are, he has his own words.

"General Gao, we want to be filial and visit our father's condition. Why do you stop us? What are your intentions?" Princess Yongmu reprimanded in a cold voice.

Gao Lishi raised his eyebrows.Although he was a slave, he was so powerful that no one in the ruling and opposition parties dared to underestimate him.But Princess Yongmu dared to speak disrespectfully to him, Gao Lishi sneered in his heart, but remained silent.Just waved their hands, a group of inner eunuchs and palace guards firmly guarded the door of the imperial study room, not letting Princess Yongmu and others go one step further.

Liang Wang Li Xuan also stepped forward and cupped his hands and said in a deep voice, "General, we want to see the emperor father. This is the way of human relations... I hope the general will make it happen!"

Gao Lishi glanced at Li Xuan indifferently, and said softly, "Your Highness, it is not that a certain family does not allow you to visit His Majesty, but His Majesty has a decree that no one will be seen. Even if it is His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of Jianguo, if he wants to come to see His Majesty, he will not be allowed to visit His Majesty." Might not be able to see it.”

"My palace sees that you have ulterior motives, controlling the door, imprisoning the emperor, and supporting the prince, with evil intentions!" Seeing Gao Lishi's recalcitrance, Princess Yongmu became angry and finally expressed some guesses and doubts deep in her heart. .

As soon as Princess Yongmu said this, Gao Lishi's face changed, and he waved his hand suddenly. He was about to respond when Zhang Xuan's cold voice came from not far away: "Your Highness Yongmu, please be careful! Frame His Highness Jian Guo and the current It is a crime of treason and injustice to be an important minister!"

Princess Yongmu turned her head and saw that it was Zhang Xuan, she immediately became angry.

Yongmu didn't have a deep impression or prejudice against Zhang Xuan at first, but because of Li Wan's death before, he had a bit of resentment towards Zhang Xuan in his heart.

(End of this chapter)