Chapter 20: Prime Minister Wang set up a poisonous scheme to frame the Queen Mother
The queen's father, Prime Minister Wang Shugui, can be said to be a veteran of three dynasties. The late emperor died suddenly and died young. Before his death, the crown prince gave up and took a dragon chariot to the west before he could be appointed. Wang Shugui and several other old ministers were frightened and worked hard, racking their brains.
Brains, picking up flagpoles with chopsticks, picking generals out of dwarfs, Zhu Bajie peeing, and finally pouring on the fool's head.
We are not afraid of the emperor being stupid, but we are afraid of the emperor being wise. Why did Zhao Gao appoint Hu Hai, who could not even distinguish a red deer, as emperor? Why didn't Cao Mengde choose a bigger doll to take with him? Also, there is the issue of Zhuge Liang embracing the stupid Liu Chan.
It's too complicated to explain in a sentence or two. In short, Wang Shugui's heart is unknown to passers-by, only he understands it. As things progress, Prime Minister Wang gradually discovers that he is the prime minister in the court and his daughter is the queen in the harem.
, naturally he is already a very popular and courteous minister. However, there are also some unsatisfactory things in this regard. Not only does his daughter marry a fool who doesn't know how to have sex, but there is also an authoritarian and domineering empress dowager in the harem. In the middle of the court,
Not all ministers obeyed his orders. The Queen Mother's father and two brothers also held important positions, so he felt uneasy all the time. Wang Shugui thought hard, if the Tong family was not eliminated, he would not be able to sit back and relax.
He wants to dominate the world by himself.
He finally came up with a brilliant plan to find someone to pull out the poisonous sting and use the dog to drive away the chicken: liaising with foreign countries, hooking up with foreign countries, and all his troubles were eliminated in one fell swoop. Prime Minister Wang thought: If the foreign troops invade the country, it will be the Tong family and his son who will send troops.
At that time, the court was empty. He and several of his close disciples took the opportunity to find trouble and ousted Tong Biyu from the throne of the Queen Mother. Then they asked the stupid emperor to issue an imperial edict and deprived the Tong family of military power. Zhao Gou killed Yue Fei. Isn't that right?
Kill two birds with one stone?
However, when the court was planning to send troops for conquest, Tong Zhenshan played a trick and actually suggested that the emperor send a young eunuch to be his substitute. Isn't this like striking an egg against a stone and driving a sheep away from a tiger? Naturally, the stupid little emperor would not do it.
After seeing through the old thief's treacherous plan, he instead helped the tyrant to do evil and helped the dog eat, thus fulfilling the old thief's wish.
Of course, the wish of Prime Minister Wang Shugui was fulfilled. The young eunuch brought many soldiers and horses, and followed the two generals of the Tong family who were like wolves and tigers. The palace was empty, which was suitable for Prime Minister Wang Shugui to do anything. The next morning, Wang Shugui came out of the court.
Banzou said:
"Long live my emperor, I think that the old general Tong Zhenshan, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, is old and his health is deteriorating, so it is better to be discharged and return to the fields. Their hometown in the south of the Yangtze River has beautiful mountains and rivers, fat ducks and fish, and good air, which is suitable for nourishing the sky.
Year. This matter is beneficial to both public and private interests. I hope that my emperor will grant it."
When the Silly Emperor heard that someone suggested that his grandpa go home to rest, he immediately became happy. He usually hated this old man the most. He always liked to make fun of him no matter what happened. If he was not the queen's biological father, he would have sent him home to see him long ago.
Sun Tzu went. When someone spoke to him, he did not hesitate and said immediately:
"Grant permission. With an imperial edict, General Tong will return to his hometown immediately. The salary and money are indispensable. In addition, I will give him an additional five hundred shi of food to support him in his old age! You can't be hungry if you are hungry. You can't blame me if you die.
Bad words.”
When Tong Zhenshan heard that he was being asked to resign and return home, he was almost furious. He knew clearly that this was all a trick set up by the old thief Wang Shugui, but he couldn't say it clearly in public. Out of helplessness, the old general sighed,
I had no choice but to kneel down and kowtow to thank him.
The stupid emperor has such an advantage. When necessary, he can be a spearman, a donkey rider, and a pig for sale.
Wang Shugui made a small plan and moved one away first. Next is the arrogant empress dowager. Although Prime Minister Wang is an old minister and powerful official, he will never be able to enter and exit the Han Emperor's palace as carelessly as Prime Minister Cao did when he was young.
That kind of heat. Firstly, he couldn't take people to arrest people in the harem, and secondly, he didn't dare to let the stupid emperor write an imperial edict and send his mother into the cold palace like he did when he deposed Tong Zhenshan. Just when he was anxious and desperate, the opportunity came. Tong Biyu
Xiao Nizi threw herself into a trap and came to her door. She didn't want to stay well in the harem, but she wanted to go to Biyun Temple to worship Buddha and offer incense! Wang Shugui and several of his buddies quickly devised a brilliant plan:
Insert a few of your own people. First dig a hole in front of the temple door, lay a secret tunnel on it, and plan the location of the Empress Dowager's phoenix chariot. When the time comes, send someone to remove the pedals of the sedan chair and carry it into the palace.
There is no more Queen Mother.
The abbot of Biyun Temple was a little puzzled when he saw that the court had sent people to dig holes and carry out civil construction projects at the entrance of the temple with great fanfare. He asked why. The leader of the construction team said: "Master, if you don't know, you don't know.
It's our emperor's order. In two days, isn't the Queen Mother coming to Bao Temple to offer incense? Seeing that your place is full of bumps and bumps, the Emperor is afraid that his mother-in-law's sedan chair will not be stable and it will not be safe for the old lady to get on and off the sedan chair.
We were specially sent an imperial edict to commission us to build a sedan chair for her here. Do you understand? If there is any disturbance during the construction here, please be considerate of it, Master."
The great master bowed his head, nodded and praised: "What a wise king with filial piety, righteousness and virtue. It is rare for the people of Li to meet such a holy emperor! The world is so lucky, the heaven is so lucky, my Buddha, Amitabha, is so lucky."
Now that this process is complete, what to do with the next process, that is, who will hang the bell around the cat's neck?
Coincidentally, it was the Queen Mother who asked for it. She issued a decree saying that because she had not left the palace for a long time, her phoenix chariot was in disrepair and needed to be taken outside the palace to find a skilled craftsman for a comprehensive overhaul. Besides, the mountains are high and the water is low when going to Biyun Temple.
The road is uneven, so it is best to change the chariot into a sedan chariot. There are some eunuchs in the palace who do wood work, but they are all half-jobs who have become monks on the way, so big jobs still have to be done in the palace. Wang Shugui got this information, and Yu Ruda
I got into the hot bed on a cold day, and just when I was about to sleep, I bumped into the pillow. I really thought of everything.
The last step is how to deal with the Empress Dowager’s body. Prime Minister Wang said:
"No matter what, as long as I kill him, it will be fine. If it doesn't work, I'll show him his head!"
"You can't do it, you can't do it!" The people below waved their hands and said, "The Queen Mother is still the mother of the country after all. If you cut off your head, you will commit the crime of deceiving the heaven, and future generations will not have a good death."
Prime Minister Wang pondered for a long time, and finally said hesitantly: "What should we do? Dig a hole and bury her, and take off all the gold and silver jewelry on her head as evidence?"
The people below said little by little: "This is the best."
The plan has been decided, and everyone takes action separately. Naturally, the people sent out are capable people who have been carefully selected and selected from a hundred. They have been warned and warned, and they have been warned. This is an act of exterminating the nine tribes. Who dares to be careless? I'm sorry.
There will be no omissions or deviations.
Wang Shigui had finished all his work and was sitting on the Taishi chair in the prime minister's house. Four girls were rubbing his back and shoulders, rubbing his legs and feet. He was holding a bowl of tea in one hand and stroking his half-white beard with the other, secretly thinking about it.
A one-step plan to form a cabinet. As for ascending to the throne, he should not be hasty for the time being. He thought to himself, he was too anxious to eat hot tofu, so he had to wait for King Fan to get the deal. Why should he give half of the country to others? Prime Minister Wang felt a little regretful.
You shouldn't be so generous, which part of the donkey is appropriate...