Chapter 507 Three Conditions

Chen Hongzhi was taken down. Li Heng waved his hand and asked everyone to retreat. He needed to stay alone in the room. The room was quiet. Li Heng couldn't help but take out a letter from a jade box. This was a letter from Chengdu that he had just received yesterday. It was indeed a decree, with the seal and handwritten seal of his father and emperor Li Longji. After more than half a year of correspondence, the father and son finally made the topic clear in the decree that came yesterday. Li Longji made a clear statement to pass the throne of the Southern Tang to him and let him reunify the Tang Dynasty.

This decree is very clear. He hopes that Li Heng will inherit the throne of the Southern Tang as the Emperor of Northern Tang. In other words, the condition for inheriting the throne of Southern Tang is that Li Heng must first take up the throne of Northern Tang.

Li Heng paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. He knew that his father did not use this method to differentiate the Northern Tang Dynasty. He had already obtained the exact news from other channels that his father was indeed in a state of dying.

But the problem is that his father knew that the throne of Northern Tang had been held by his grandson Li Shi, but he asked him to ascend the throne of Northern Tang first. This obviously required him to launch a palace coup and overthrow his grandson's throne.

In fact, this question has been considered since he was forced to let Li Shi ascend the throne, how can he turn the world around and regain the throne? Even if the father does not mention this condition, he must take action and regain his own throne.

Now there is another bargaining chip for the Southern Tang Dynasty, which further stimulates Li Heng's ambition. At this time, Li Qing'an fought against the Tubo people in Tocharo. He did not have much troops in Guanzhong, but he had an army of 200,000 in Guanzhong. The second son Li System was commanded by his own strength. He had enough strength to make Li Heng want to launch a palace coup, but he was afraid of the words of the world and the Qianniuwei in Chang'an County. If he did not instigate a palace coup, he would have to go another way, an old path he could do.

Thinking of this, Li Heng immediately ordered: "Transfer my order and order Wang Gong, Fang Guan, Li Lin, and Linghu Fei to come and see me quickly."

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That night, Li Shi suddenly had diarrhea. His condition was very serious and his body was almost dehydrated. The already weak body could not withstand such torture. The disease worsened again, and it was even worse than the previous time. More than a dozen imperial doctors were waiting by his side day and night, and the Empress Dowager Shen Zhenzhu was so anxious that she shed tears secretly, begging God to protect her son.

The news that the young emperor Li Shi was seriously ill spread throughout the Chang'an court and many people had a subtle mentality. If Li Shi could not survive this level, then who would inherit the throne? This is a very serious problem. Most of the royal families have fled to Chengdu. The royal families left in Chang'an were either side-by-side or unknown, and had no qualifications at all. After all, all the ministers calculated and finally looked at the Supreme Emperor Li Heng. Could it be that he would inherit the throne? Or his son would inherit the throne.

Various speculations were spreading in the court and the country as if they had wings. Ministers went to their homes, exchanged information with each other, and discussed the possible direction of the court.

The next evening, Wang Gong's carriage was parked in front of the mansion of Right Prime Minister Pei Min. Wang Gong got off the carriage and Pei Min, who had received the report, welcomed him out.

"Prime Minister Wang, a rare guest!"

Pei Min walked down the steps with a smile and punched Wang Gong intimately, "Tell me, how long has it been since I came to my house?"

Wang Gong quickly apologized and said, "It's too busy. I originally wanted to come here for the New Year, but it didn't come in the end. I'm so sorry."

Speaking of this, Wang Gong suddenly reacted and hurriedly said, "No! Pei Xiangguo didn't go to my mansion either!"

The two looked at each other and laughed together, "It's extreme! It's extreme! It's busy."

Pei Min invited Wang Gong to his outer study room. The outer study room is where Pei Min stays during the day and also where he receives some important guests. Generally speaking, officials or powerful people with a slightly more status will have two study rooms, one external study room and the other internal study room. The inner study room is usually in the inner residence, which is the last privacy of the officials.

Pei Min is no exception. His inner study contains letters and correspondence between him and Li Qing'an, his diary, and some important internal meeting records. These things are never possible for outsiders to see, especially Wang Gong cannot see them.

The two walked into the study outside and sat down. The maid served two cups of hot tea. Wang Gong sipped the tea carefully and said with a smile: "I heard that Pei Xiangguo's eldest son got married next month, and the woman was actually Lu Huan's daughter. Congratulations."

Pei Min smiled faintly and said, "It is normal for men to get married, and women to get married. As for who the woman is, I don't think there is any need to pay attention to it. Marriage between aristocratic families is a very normal thing. Isn't the Wang family the same?"

Wang Gong laughed dryly and said, "I didn't pay special attention, I just said it casually. I'll add a gift next month and I'll have a wedding banquet."

"Then I'm very welcome!"

After the two of them exchanged a few more words, the topic gradually changed to today's main business. Wang Gong said: "To visit Pei Xiangguo today, there is an important thing to discuss with the Prime Minister, which is the issue of staying and leaving the land and land citrus."

Land and Fields are a temporary official yamen established by Li Yu, used to redistribute the land seized from the powerful and powerful. Li Yan has always served as the land and field envoy. After Li Yan was assassinated by An Lushan, the yamen fell silent again. There has been no movement in the past six months. Now Land and Fields and Fields are facing the choice of whether to cancel or continue to retain it.

In fact, it doesn’t matter whether a small land land land is present. What’s important is whether the land reform should continue. At present, the land has only been reformed in Guanzhong and has not been promoted nationwide. After Li Yu’s death, this major reform case was temporarily shelved.

Moreover, only half of the land reform in Guanzhong was carried out, and a large amount of land was not redistributed to the people. If the land and land are abolished, what should we do if this land is? If it is handed over to the Ministry of Revenue, it means that the vigorous land reform movement has officially ended.

Therefore, there has been a debate on this matter. The Zhao Wang Party led by Pei Min opposes the dissolution of the land and land, while Li Heng and Wang Gong and others firmly demand the dissolution. The two factions can be said to be in a row, and they have been in a stalemate since the beginning of the year to the present.

Pei Min picked up the teacup and said, "The Land and Fields are not inoperable, but some people deliberately obstructed them from performing their duties of dividing land normally. Now the land west of Chang'an County has been allocated, and only the land east of Wannian County cannot be distributed. Wang Xiangguo, please forgive me, if the Guanzhong army does not interfere with the reallocation of land, I don't think there will be any problems. Take the imperial village in Weinan County last time as an example. The land has been allocated to tenants, but why did the Guanzhong army force farmers to return the land contract? Who is this? It's puzzling!"

Wang Gong came today not to discuss the problem of solving, but to show off to Pei Min. He sneered softly and said frankly: "Then I will just say it. Your Highness, the meaning of the State Superintendent, is that this matter has been delayed for too long, and if it is not resolved, it will seem incompetent in the court. The Land and Land Memorials must be dissolved tomorrow. If the State Council still finds it difficult to pass the resolution tomorrow, then he will use the State Council's power to dissolve the State Council."

"Dissolve the Political Affairs Hall!"

Pei Min said in disbelief: "The supervisor has no power to dissolve the Political Affairs Hall, he does not have this power!"

"Is that true?" Wang Gong said coldly: "When the Political Affairs Hall was established, the third article was made clear. If more than half of the Prime Ministers of the Political Affairs Hall resigned, the Supervisors would have the right to announce the dissolution of the Political Affairs Hall, and officials above the fifth rank and above will re-release the new Political Affairs Hall. Pei Xiangguo would not deny it!"

Pei Min was silent and silent. Since Li Yan's death, his quota was succeeded by the new Minister of Justice Li Lin. Like Li Yan, Li Lin is also a royal family and his qualifications are even older. He became the Minister of War as early as the eighth year of Tianbao. He was originally a royalist, that is, he was loyal to the emperor Li Shi. However, shortly after he entered the Political Affairs Hall, he turned against the State Party and supported Li Heng instead.

It was his turnaround that restored the power balance of 331. The Zhao Wang Dang three, the Guo Gang three and Zhang Dang one. At this time, there were seven people in the Political Affairs Hall, including Pei Min, Wei Tao, Cui Huan, Zhang Yun, Wang Gong, Fang Guan and Li Lin. In other words, as long as the four people resigned at the same time, the Political Affairs Hall must be dissolved.

Pei Min knew in his heart that the key here was Zhang Yun. Now that Wang Gong is prepared and attacked this matter, it is very likely that Zhang Yun has compromised with the National Supervisor Party. It seems that only Li Qing'an can suppress him.

Sure enough, Wang Gong took out four documents and placed them on the table and said, "Pei Prime Minister, this is the resignation of Fang Guan, Li Shangshu and I, Shangshu, and the four of us will officially resign from the position of Prime Minister of the Political Affairs Hall tomorrow."

Wang Gong said that he would resign tomorrow, so he would come to negotiate the conditions tonight. Pei Min understood his intention. He pondered for a moment and asked frankly: "Prime Minister Wang might as well say it! What are your conditions?"

Most of the conversations between prime ministers are implicit and skillful, and they will not say anything explicitly. Let both sides understand each other and pay attention to it until they are at peace. It is rare for them to put threats and conditions directly on the table like they do today, which means that they have reached the final showdown.

Wang Gong took back four resignations and said proudly: "In fact, the governor also hopes that the political situation will be stable. We will not take this step unless we have to. In fact, it cannot be called a condition, it is just a few small requirements."

"Prime Minister Wang, what are your requirements?"

“The first requirement.”

Wang Gong raised a finger and said, "There are many rumors in the court and the people that are not conducive to the Superintendent of the State. They say that the late emperor was harmed by the Superintendent of the State. These are nonsense and slandering the Superintendent of the State. However, the Political Affairs Hall has been silent, which undoubtedly encourages the spread of these rumors. Therefore, we ask the Political Affairs Hall to issue an official announcement to clarify the cause of the death of the late emperor and clear the unjust grievances of the Superintendent of the State."

Speaking of this, Wang Gong looked at Pei Min and wanted to see his reaction, but Pei Min said without saying a word: "Please continue talking to Wang Xiangguo."

"Okay, let me talk about the second requirement, that is, to formally disband the Land and Land Memorials, formally announce the suspension of land collection, abolish the land collection edict of the late emperor, and return all the land that has not been allocated to the original owner, including the 10,000 hectares of imperial village, and be inherited by His Highness the Superintendent."

"Is there a third request?" Pei Min asked, restraining his inner anger.

"Yes, there is a third requirement, that is, to expand the power of the state supervising state, and mainly add two items: one is that the state supervising state has the right to veto political affairs, and the second is that the state supervising state has the right to decide the successor of the throne."

"Enough!"

Pei Min stood up, and his anger could no longer be curbed. He stared at Wang Gong and said word by word: "Prime Minister Wang, I will not accept any of your three requests. As the Minister of Personnel, I will officially accept the resignation of you four."

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The next morning, an explosive news came from the Secretariat of the Daming Palace. The three generals of the State Council and Zhang Yun resigned from their position as prime minister of the State Council. Then, the State Council Li Heng announced the dissolution of the State Council.

Before the emperor came to power, the Zhengshi Hall was the highest power organ of the Tang Dynasty. All military and national affairs were negotiated and decided by the Zhengshi Hall. The dissolution of the Zhengshi Hall means that the Tang Dynasty had no supreme power.

According to Li Qing'an and Li Heng reached a power structure agreement last year, if the Political Affairs Hall is dissolved, the supervisor must propose to form a new Political Affairs Hall within three days, which will be publicly promoted by civil servants of the imperial court of fifth rank or above. The specific operations will be organized by the Secretariat, the Menxia Province is responsible for supervision, and the Censorate is responsible for peripheral supervision. Finally, the Third Department will be formed by the Secretariat, the Secretariat, and the Censorate Zhongcheng. After the meeting is passed, the new Political Affairs Hall will be officially announced to be established.

Although it seems very democratic and the procedures are very strict, in fact, it is still a competition between the Zhao Wang Party, the Guoshang Party, the Zhang Party and the Royalist Party.

For a time, there was a lot of discussion inside and outside the government, and everyone's attention changed from the young emperor's serious illness to the public promotion of the Political Affairs Hall. After all, this involved everyone's personal interests, and many people had the opportunity to participate in the public promotion. And according to normal practice, the governor would definitely formally propose to establish a new Political Affairs Hall on the last day. In this way, major forces would have time to win over the back and seek as many supporters as possible.

The public recommendation of the Political Affairs Hall was just a grand event for the officials of the court and had nothing to do with the court staff. The matter was unrest in the Daming Palace, and the eunuchs and palace maids were still focused on the condition of the emperor.

Chen Hongzhi was on duty at night. After dawn, other eunuchs handed over the duties of guarding the emperor to him. Chen Hongzhi returned to his room exhausted. In the past two days, he was worried. He did not expect that a little bit of croton flour would cause such serious consequences. The emperor almost died, which made him regret it. If he had known that he would never have used croton.

But there was no way to regret it. Fortunately, neither the imperial physician nor the queen mother discovered the truth that the emperor was seriously ill, which made him feel a little relieved. Now he only hopes that the Supreme Emperor can keep his promise and not disturb him again, so that this matter is overwhelmed by time.

After all, Chen Hongzhi was only seventeen years old. Although he was smart, he still had too little experience and did not understand the sinisterness of people's hearts. When he pushed the door into his house, he was stunned. Li Fuguo appeared in his room like a ghost, looking at him with a smile.
Chapter completed!