Tiantang

Chapter 325 The Power Comes Out of the Barrel of a Gun

Chapter 331: Power Comes Out of the Barrel of a Gun
Chen Xilie slandered inwardly, thinking that you, Li Heng, are really hypocritical, this matter is a matter of course, why bother to pretend?Hurry up and agree to it, so that the matter can be settled, and it is justified to ascend the throne and proclaim the emperor, so as to stabilize the chaos in the court.

The current Tang court is really chaotic.

A few days ago, Zhang Jiyong was dismissed from office, Chen Xuanli was killed, and Li Yu was ordered to contemplate behind closed doors by the deposed prince... If they don't settle down, there will undoubtedly be more and more chaos. Once the chaos becomes unmanageable, it will be difficult to end it.

Therefore, from Chen Xilie's point of view, Li Heng's enthronement ceremony held at this time, proclaiming himself emperor and changing the Yuan Dynasty, played an important role in stabilizing the situation of the court and the general situation of the world.

If the chaos continues like this, the Tubo people will definitely be ready to move, and Fan Yang's Anlu Mountain will not be safe.

But I thought so in my heart, but I couldn't say it directly.

Chen Xilie kowtowed to the ground again, and said with great emotion, "Your Highness is wise and martial, and his martial arts and martial arts are not inferior to His Majesty's back then. Now that His Majesty is sick and unable to act as an agent of state affairs, His Highness should act decisively to ascend the throne and proclaim himself Emperor, and follow the public opinion. This is the blessing of the people of the world! "

"His Royal Highness shall ascend the throne!"

"It is His Majesty's wish to inherit the throne, Your Highness, please think twice!"

"Your Highness, it is a matter of the country, and there is really no delay..."

As soon as Chen Xilie's words fell, many princelings began to echo, and some even kowtowed to the ground, pretending to be weeping bitterly.In short, the atmosphere of persuasion was full, and Li Heng was very happy.

Li Heng was about to push the boat along with the current, and agreed, but Yang Guozhong suddenly stood up, bowed, and shouted loudly, "Your Highness, I think it's inappropriate."

As soon as Yang Guozhong said this, the hall suddenly became silent.Li Heng's succession to the throne has become an irreversible and unstoppable general trend. At this time, Yang Guozhong jumped out and sang against the stage, which surprised everyone.

And Li Heng's face became very ugly.

He stared at Yang Guozhong coldly, and said indifferently, "President Yang has something to say, but it's okay to say it!"

"Your Majesty is in the prime of life. Although there is a minor ailment, a little recuperation may not be able to restore health. And His Majesty is still recovering from illness. What is the intention of these people to deceive His Majesty to ascend the throne and proclaim the emperor? Aren't they trying to trap His Majesty in disloyalty and filial piety?" State? How can he win the trust of all the people in the world? Guozhong believes that His Royal Highness supervises the country, and the succession to the throne should be a hundred years later!" Yang Guozhong bowed to the ground uncharacteristically, "For the sake of the world's society, I have to risk my life to admonish, please also Your Highness, think twice and act cautiously!"

Immediately afterwards, many generals of the Yang faction stood up to echo Yang Guozhong's words, and fell to their knees.

Zhang Xuan took a glance and saw that they accounted for at least half of the civil and military personnel in the Manchu Dynasty.It can be seen that although he has been "squeezed" many times, Yang Guozhong's strength should not be underestimated.

In fact, these people from the Yang faction were also forced to passively follow Yang Guozhong to stand up and express their opposition to Li Heng's ascension to the throne and proclaiming himself emperor.

Li Heng now has real power, and it doesn't matter whether he inherits the throne or not.The crux of the problem is that once Li Heng proclaims himself emperor, the Zhang family and the princelings will take advantage of the situation. As a result, everyone in the Yang faction will be gradually cleaned up, just like Li Linfu and his party members back then.

Li Linfu's lesson from the past is not far away, how can everyone in the Yang faction not take it as a warning.

Yang Kai hesitated for a moment, but finally stood still.Although he is a member of the Yang family, like Yang Lian, he has gradually joined Zhang Xuan's sect. Zhang Xuan did not move, so he gritted his teeth and did not follow Yang Guozhong.

Ge Shuhan, Cheng Qianli, Yan Zhenqing, An Sishun and others followed Zhang Xuan's lead, staring at the large group of Yang faction kneeling on the ground with complicated expressions, and remained silent.

The corners of Li Heng's mouth trembled. He looked at the large black crowd under the stage, and his expression was as ugly as it could be.

He gasped, Yang Guozhong was able to confuse so many courtiers, accounting for more than half of the court's civil and military forces, which was enough to influence the court situation.

Li Heng raised his hand weakly, then put it down weakly.

Even though he had the intention to deal with Yang Guozhong, how could he do so when Yang Guozhong gathered so many people?The so-called law does not blame the public, Yang Guozhong really showed his hideous face in the court this time, which stunned the princelings who had never taken Yang Guozhong seriously—it turned out that this traitor Yang Guozhong was not so simple!
It is conceivable that Yang Guozhong made his fortune many years ago, in the era of Li Linfu, he had already occupied a high position and attracted a group of people.In the past two years, he has been in charge of the prime minister, and his family is like a city, and his confidantes are like a cloud. The deep-rooted forces in the court are intertwined, and the whole body can be affected by one move.

The corner of Gongsun Liang's mouth twitched, and he silently lowered his head, suddenly feeling a little flustered.

Want to touch me?How can it be so easy!Yang Guozhong knelt there, but sneered in his heart.

He took great pains to expose all his hole cards, the purpose is to deter.Firstly, to deter the princelings, and secondly, to deter Li Heng, who seemed to him to be getting carried away.

And now it seems that it has indeed had the expected effect.

Zhang Xuan sighed lightly.Yang Guozhong's power is also somewhat beyond his expectation. At this moment, he feels that he seems to belittle Yang Guozhong... After all, he is a well-known traitor of a generation in history, and he really has his "uniqueness"!
Li Heng turned his head to look at Zhang Xuan helplessly.

There was anxiety, anger, and a bit of helplessness and bewilderment in his eyes.

Yang Guozhong led the crowd to press against each other, and only Zhang Xuan led the vassals to come forward to turn the tide, otherwise, this persuasion would become a scandal.

Ge Shuhan and the others also secretly looked at Zhang Xuan, quietly waiting for Zhang Xuan's attitude.

Zhang Xuan's gaze met Li Heng's gaze, he smiled, stepped out of the class slowly, bowed to Li Heng, then turned to face Yang Guozhong and the others, and said loudly, "Your Majesty's words are wrong! Suffering from apoplexy, unconsciousness and lingering sickness for a long time, the so-called country cannot be without a king for a day, the court cannot be without a lord for a day, His Highness is enthroned and proclaimed emperor at this time, and the upper body and the heavenly heart follow the people's will, why not?!"

Yang Guozhong looked up at Zhang Xuan with some annoyance, his eyes were slightly sinister.

He expected that Zhang Xuan would stand up and sing against him, but he didn't care.He has cooperated with Zhang Xuan so far. In fact, with the rise of Zhang Xuan, the cooperative relationship has reached the brink of collapse. The so-called one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. Since they cannot be compatible, then let's compete!
This is Yang Guozhong's mentality.

"What is Tianxin? What is public opinion?" Yang Guozhong sneered.

Zhang Xuan smiled indifferently, ignored Yang Guozhong, suddenly looked around Ge Shuhan and others, and slowly knelt down to Li Heng, "Your Highness, minister Zhang Xuan will play, Your Highness will ascend the throne and proclaim the emperor immediately, and stabilize the world!"

"Seniors and others!" Immediately afterwards, Ge Shuhan, Yang Kai, Cheng Qianli, An Sishun, Yan Zhenqing and others kowtowed to the ground together, echoing loudly.

Although Zhang Xuan and the others are small in number, they are very powerful.Because they hold the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty in their hands, it can be said that the Tang Dynasty will tremble three times when they stomp their feet.

At this moment, a deafening torrent of voice suddenly came from outside the hall: "His Royal Highness is enthroned, and the people's will is - long live my emperor!"

The courtiers in the palace were shocked suddenly, and their expressions changed suddenly.

Zhang Xuan led his brother Shu Han and others to get up slowly, Yang Lian strode into the palace in a suit of armor, and fell to his knees, "Your Highness, I lead the guards of the feather forest and the guards of the imperial palace to support your highness, the emperor! Long live the emperor! Long live!"

"Long live my emperor!" There was another earth-shattering sound outside the hall, at least thousands of soldiers gathered outside the hall and shouted loudly.

The princelings were excited immediately, but everyone in the Yang faction was terrified, thinking that this was Li Heng's arrangement, and they would ascend the throne and proclaim themselves emperor by force.

In fact, Li Heng didn't know.However, he immediately realized that this must be a surprise soldier arranged by Zhang Xuan.

Li Heng was overjoyed in his heart, he suddenly got up and nodded to Yang Lian, "General Yang please come up, the generals of the Habayashi guards love you so much, I feel the same way!"

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, turned to look at Yang Guozhong, and said calmly, "Mr. Yang, this is Tianxin, and this is public opinion!"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Xuan immediately turned around and bowed down, "Your Highness, everyone expects it. If Your Highness refuses to follow, it will hurt the hearts of the people of the world!"

"Everyone, Your Highness is benevolent, magnanimous, industrious and caring for the people. You should be the emperor of the world! We will assist the new emperor and help the great Tang society to last for thousands of years!"

Zhang Xuan shouted and knelt down again.

Behind him are Ge Shuhan and others.

Then there are the princelings.

Some people in the Yang faction hesitated a little, but they also acted decisively and "defected to the enemy", and joined the ranks led by Zhang Xuan to persuade them to advance.The army and horses are arranged outside the hall. In such a situation, if you oppose it again, wouldn't you be looking for a dead end?
Seeing that the general situation was over, Yang Guozhong knelt down on the ground in despair and angrily, and fell silent.

Zhang Xuan laughed secretly, political power grows out of the barrel of a gun, this saying is an undeniable truth when used at a certain moment.There's no point in talking to Yang Guozhong. This is the most straightforward way, and it will fundamentally disintegrate the Yang faction camp.

This is of course his arrangement.Such an arrangement is also well-intentioned.

Among those who supported Li Heng's ascension to the throne, there were two Yang families, Yang Qi and Yang Lian. In this way, even if Li Heng took down Yang Guozhong in the future, the entire Yang family would not be implicated.

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After Li Heng agreed to proclaim himself emperor, the imperial court immediately began preparations for the enthronement ceremony under the arrangement of Chen Xilie.

And after today's court meeting, Li Heng feasted on the officials, left Zhang Xuan and Chen Xilie alone to discuss matters, and went to his study.

Li Heng looked at Zhang Xuan with a smile, nodded and said, "Zizhan, after the enthronement ceremony, I will marry you immediately! After the wedding is over, you should return to Longshuo to take office. Not in Longshuo Qinghai, I feel uneasy."

"Yes, I obey the order." Zhang Xuan clasped his fists and smiled, "When I return to Longshuo, I will order the Qinghai Navy to send troops to surprise the Tianjun Fortress, and strive to capture another city from the Tubo people. Congratulations to Your Majesty on his enthronement!"

(End of this chapter)