Tiantang

Chapter 305 Zhang Xuan's faction

Chapter 313 Zhang Xuan's faction
As soon as Li Heng said this, Zhang Xuan smiled indifferently, and bowed his hands in courtesy, "Your Highness orders, and I will obey everything."

Zhang Xuan knew in his heart that if Han Jianliang was completely taken down, Li Heng would definitely resist him in every possible way. This matter alone could only show that he was guilty of lax discipline, and it was not enough to make him dismissed from office.

Han Yue can be severely punished. Li Heng will make such a concession for the face and authority of Zhang Xuan, the king of Yongning, but it is almost impossible to implicate Han Jianliang.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan did not face-to-face with Li Heng to deal with Han Jianliang's issue endlessly.

His purpose is to "throw bricks to attract jade", as long as he starts, Yang Guozhong's people will inevitably follow up and wave the flag.If Yang Guozhong didn't take the opportunity to bring down Han Jianliang, would he still be Yang Guozhong?
Zhang Xuan was convinced of this.

Seeing that Zhang Xuan gave him enough face, Li Heng heaved a sigh of relief, nodded contentedly, and then said in a deep voice to Feng Xiqiang, "Feng Xiqiang, Han Yue, the son of Han Jianliang, raped the slaves and ran into the king of Yongning. His crime is not small. .If the facts of the case are verified, in my opinion, they should be severely punished!"

"Twenty sticks in public, and three days of wearing torture tools to parade in the streets, to make an example to others! It can be a warning for the whole city!"

"Your Highness is wise." Zhang Xuan smiled slightly.

"I obey the order!" Feng Xiqiang breathed a sigh of relief, and kowtowed to accept the order.

This matter started with Han Yue, but he, the county magistrate of Chang'an, was also responsible for it. Now Zhang Xuan did not pursue his responsibility for tampering with officials and inflicting excessive punishment. Feng Xiqiang secretly called it a fluke, and felt a little grateful in his heart.

The two left the palace, outside the gate of the palace, Feng Xiqiang knelt down in front of Zhang Xuan, and said in a low voice, "The prince is magnanimous, regardless of the fault of the humble position, the humble position is grateful!"

Zhang Xuan didn't help Feng Xiqiang up. With piercing eyes, he said sternly, "Magistrate Feng, take this as a lesson and I hope you will keep it in mind. The power in the hands of an official is a public weapon and should not be turned into a private weapon for lynching. You are Chang'an County I don’t ask you to despise the powerful, but I ask you to enforce the law impartially and be the master of the people.”

"This king has always thought that being an official is like being a human being. You have to do one day's work to be an official for one day. For the sake of your reputation as an official, this king is not doing too much for himself this time. Just get up."

"Thank you, my lord, for your teaching. I will never forget my humble position." Feng Xiqiang blushed and stood up in embarrassment.

"Okay, I have something else to do, so I'll go back to the mansion first. I'll hand over the case of Han Yue to County Magistrate Feng." Zhang Xuan waved his hand, took the reins of the horse from a guard, got on the horse, and faced Nan Ji. Under the guards of Yun and others, he left without a trace.

Feng Xiqiang silently bowed to see him off, and when he straightened up again, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Zhang Xuan's troubles were gone, but this time he offended Han Jianliang, and he wanted to punish Han Yue severely according to Li Heng's wishes. As long as Han Jianliang doesn't fail, how can he have good fruit in the future?

Han Jianliang doesn't have Zhang Xuan's stomach and bearing.This is a person who must take revenge. He may not dare to take revenge on Zhang Xuan, but how can Feng Xiqiang, a small county magistrate, withstand Han Jianliang's toss?

Feng Xiqiang sighed helplessly, got on his horse, and was about to go back to Yamen, when suddenly he saw one of Zhang Xuan's guards leaving and returning.

"Magistrate Feng!" the soldier greeted.

Although he was just an ordinary soldier, Feng Xiqiang didn't dare to offend him, so he forced a smile and cupped his fists and said, "Master Jun!"

"Magistrate Feng, the king of Yongning, Marshal Zhang, asked a certain family to send a message to Magistrate Feng, saying that although Magistrate Feng will deal with it according to the law, the marshal decides everything."

After finishing speaking, the soldiers bowed their hands and walked away.

What Zhang Xuan said was equivalent to telling Feng Xiqiang that if Han Jianliang retaliated against him in the future, Yongning Palace would support him.

Feng Xiqiang was overjoyed, and immediately bowed down, "Thank you for your kindness!"

Feng Xiqiang drove his horse back to the Yamen, feeling refreshed.Although he broke with Han Jianliang, he unexpectedly got Zhang Xuan's favor. If he could take the opportunity to join Zhang Xuan's sect, wouldn't he be a hundred times better than Han Jianliang's disciple?
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Chang'an County judged Han Yue as guilty, beat him twenty with a rod in public, then put Han Yue on torture tools, and ordered him to parade in Chang'an City for three days.

There was a lot of discussion in the city of Chang'an, and many children of the rich and powerful were "sorrowful for the death of the rabbit and the fox", and they were ordered to stay behind closed doors by the elders of the family, so as not to cause trouble again and repeat the same mistakes.Of course, this is only a temporary phenomenon. After a long time, what should be done or what should be done will still be bullied.

Sure enough, as Zhang Xuan expected, Yang Guozhong led the Yang faction to write letters one after another, participating in the impeachment of Dali Temple Secretary Han Jianliang, correcting him for more than a dozen crimes such as "making crimes, framing ministers, instigating murders, endangering the market, and corrupting the law".

For a time, the government and the opposition were raging like a tide, and Yang Guozhong personally directed and launched a campaign to overthrow Korea, with a huge momentum.

More and more courtiers participated. After all, Han Jianliang had offended too many people.

Li Heng had no choice but to take advantage of Han Yue's case to remove Han Jianliang from his position as Minister of Dali Temple.

After only a few days of Zhang Xuan's return to Beijing, two important backbones of the princeling party were deposed successively, which caused quite a shock in the ruling and opposition parties.

Compared with the movement in the imperial court, Zhang Xuan leisurely accompanied Cui Ying in Yongning Palace, either going out of the city to play, or visiting relatives and friends, holding a big banquet to entertain the dignitaries of Chang'an.

If you are interested, it is not difficult to find that in Zhang Xuan's Yongning Palace recently, the most powerful people in the Tang Dynasty were the Cui, Zheng, Wang, and Lu families.

The power of the elite clan is intricate and quite powerful.However, after Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong were squeezed out and suppressed by the two power ministers, the power of the four giants in the court is not as good as before.And because Zhang Xuan is the son-in-law of the Cui family, and now holds a high position and holds military power, under the influence of Cui Ju's "bridge bond", the aristocratic clan gradually has the intention of taking refuge in Zhang Xuan and electing Zhang Xuan as the spokesperson of the aristocratic clan.

The so-called times make heroes.Zhang Xuan was born as a scholar, after the famous minister Zhang Jiuling, with brilliant literary talents, rising to fame, high military power, and Cui's in-laws, he has all the conditions to be the "big head" of a powerful and noble family.Cooperating with the Zhang Xuan alliance can not only guarantee the reputation of the gentry, but also obtain huge political benefits.

More and more children of the powerful and noble families have seen through this point, and more and more people take the initiative to visit the door to express their favor.And many sons of the gentry even did not hesitate to join Zhang Xuan's family.

To the surprise of many courtiers, Yang Lian, the real power faction of the Yang faction, Habayashi Right Guard General Yang Lian, and Chen Xilie, the neutral faction known as the "grass on the wall" and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, were also very close to Zhang Xuan. .

The New Year is getting closer and closer. Compared with the festive atmosphere among the people, the atmosphere in the court is more dignified.

Because two ministers were dismissed successively, there was a large-scale reshuffle of power in the DPRK and China.

Zhang Xuan did not intervene in the allocation of candidates for the chief officials of the various ministries and offices in the central court. He just wrote a letter to recommend the former Jingzhao Mansion Shaoyin Malu as the Jingzhao Mansion Governor, and the former imperial servant Cui Ju as the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, which was quickly approved.

After several days of political games and competition for interests, candidates for chief officials of various ministries and temples in the DPRK and China were quickly appointed.

A few interested people unexpectedly discovered that Zhang Xuan's faction in the court had formed unconsciously.

As far as the six ministers are concerned, Chen Xilie concurrently served as the Minister of Officials, Yang Guozhong concurrently served as the Minister of Rites, Zheng Tong (formerly the servant of the household department) of the Zheng family as the minister of the household department, Lu Ling (formerly the censor Zhongcheng) of the Lu family as the minister of punishment, and Ma Dehui, the minister of the Ministry, remained in place, and Chen Xuanli, the general of Habayashi Wei Zuowei, concurrently served as the minister of the Ministry of War.

Zheng Tong and Lu Ling belonged to Zhang Xuan, Ma Dehui belonged to Yang Guozhong, and Chen Xuanli belonged to the princelings. If you add Chen Xilie, a quasi-Zhang Xuan faction, as well as those who have jumped to high positions through this adjustment and are spread across various government departments A middle-level official from a noble family, Zhang Xuan's power in the court has already overwhelmed Yang Guozhong for the first time.

The three-legged confrontation gradually tilted towards Zhang Xuan.

Of course, this is just a dark situation.In name and appearance, Zhang faction and Yang faction are still allies.This is an important factor why Li Hengli insisted on allowing Chen Xuanli to concurrently serve as Minister of the Ministry of Punishments against all opinions.

Although Li Heng still wanted to continue using Zhang Jiyong and Han Jianliang, but because of the strong opposition from Yang Guozhong and others, as well as the secret resistance from the members of the Zhang Xuan faction, he could only give up for the time being.

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There are two more days until the Spring Festival.

In the afternoon, Zhang Xuan and Li Tan, king of Jianning, returned home from a banquet in Qujiang Pond.

The two teams of guards of honor entered Chang'an City and parted ways in the middle of Zhuque Avenue. Li Tan returned to the imperial city, and Zhang Xuan returned to the palace by himself.

These days, Li Tan and Zhang Xuan are getting closer and closer, and the relationship is getting closer. This makes the prince-to-be Li Yu see it in his eyes and hate him, but he has nothing to do.

As soon as Li Tan's guard of honor entered the palace gate of the imperial city, Li Yu, dressed in micro-clothes, paced out from the street corner with a few followers, staring silently in the direction of the palace gate and groaning.

Compared with Li Tan, who has been proud of the spring breeze recently, Li Yu's mood is getting more and more restless and restless.

On the Shangyuan Festival, Li Heng is about to officially ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. All the preparations in the palace and the court have been completed. Even the edict of the old emperor’s abdication has been drafted. Waiting for the Shangyuan Festival, Zhang Xuan will lead the whole world. Yang Guozhong He led all the ministers in the court to persuade them to enter together.

There is no suspense for Li Heng to become emperor.The crux of the problem is that as long as Li Heng proclaims himself emperor, he will confer the crown prince of the East Palace immediately.

It turned out that Li Yu felt that his position as the crown prince was very stable, but judging from the current situation, Li Heng seemed to have a posture to support Li Tan, which made Li Yu anxious and restless.

"Your Highness... it's time to leave the city."

Li Yu's confidant, Shi Gongsunyou, the governor of the right guard, said lightly.

The Youwei Commander's Mansion is the military force that defends the Eastern Palace, equivalent to the Eastern Palace Guards, and is currently under Li Yu's personal control.

Li Yu slowly turned his head to look at Gongsun You, and sighed softly, "Gongsun Changshi, I am restless!"

Gongsunyou sighed inwardly, he hesitated to speak.

Gongsunyou always believed that Li Yu should not offend Zhang Xuan, not from the very beginning.Instead, like Li Tan, he should lower his figure and take the initiative to show his favor to Zhang Xuan. If he can get Zhang Xuan's support, can he still be the crown prince?

(End of this chapter)