Early the next morning, Qiu Chan's voice came to Wu Chengsi's ears: "My lord, my lord, wake up quickly, it's time to get up.
"Let me sleep a little longer, just five minutes!" Wu Chengsi turned his body to the inside and said drowsily.
Qiu Chan was stunned for a moment and thought to herself: "What are five minutes?" Seeing Wu Chengsi like this, she felt funny in her heart. Although she wanted to let him sleep for a while, the matter was too urgent, so she had to shout again: "Mr.
Master, someone is coming from the palace, and I want you to go to the Xuanzheng Hall to attend the court meeting!"
Wu Chengsi's ears twitched. After a few seconds, he suddenly woke up, sat upright and said, "Where do you think the court meeting will be held?"
"Xuanzheng Palace!"
"Quickly, bring me my official uniform!" Wu Chengsi hurriedly got up from the bed.
Many years ago, the imperial court would hold a court meeting in Xuanzheng Hall every ten days, but it was canceled only after Li Zhi became seriously ill.
Today there was suddenly a court meeting in the Xuanzheng Hall. He knew without thinking that something big had happened. What he was most concerned about was that this big thing was related to the Hanlin Academy case!
After getting dressed, I ate something casually in the side hall. When I came to the lobby, I suddenly asked: "Is Miss Zheng up?"
Yu Mian pouted and said: "She got up early in the morning, you really care about her."
Wu Chengsi felt ashamed secretly for a few seconds. He found that since he came to this era, everyone around him was a desperate man, whether it was Wu Mei, Di Renjie, Zhuge Nan, or Wen Rong.
Even Qiu Chan and Yu Mian are very diligent, getting up earlier and going to bed later than themselves every day.
The only one who is lazy is Emperor Li Zhi. I really don’t know if I should learn from him.
Since he has to attend the court meeting, he cannot accompany Zheng Lingxuan to the Hanlin Academy to investigate the case.
But Zheng Lingxuan could not enter the palace, so he ordered Wen Rong to send a badge for entering and exiting the palace to Dali Temple, and asked him to tell Zheng Lingxuan to go to the Hanlin Academy to investigate the case.
After leaving the door, the luxurious carriage of the Duke's Palace rolled its wheels and slowly headed towards the Daming Palace.
After passing through the palace gate, many officials appeared on the palace road, all of them were officials of the third rank or above wearing purple clothes.
As he was walking, he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind. Wu Chengsi turned around and saw that the person calling him was a tall old man. He walked over quickly, cupped his hands and said, "Wu Chengsi has seen the British."
male!"
The old man is none other than the British publican Li Ji.
Li Jiwen smiled and said: "Chengsi, you haven't come to my house for a while. Is it because you think I am too long-winded?"
"What are you talking about? I'm really too busy recently. I will definitely visit your house when I have time!"
Among the generals who are still alive in this era, there are three people he admires the most, one is Liu Rengui, one is Su Dingfang, and the other is Li Ji in front of him.
Compared with these three people, even Xue Rengui had to stand back.
Seeing this old man, Wu Chengsi suddenly remembered the fiancée of the original owner. In his memory, the original owner made a fool of himself when they first dated each other and made a big fool of themselves in front of him. Since then, he has never been to Li Mansion again.
In a trance, Li Ji asked: "Chengsi, what are you thinking about?"
"Ah, I was just wondering why there was a sudden court meeting." Wu Chengsi said perfunctorily. When he saw Li Ji taking steps, he walked half a step behind him.
Although Li Ji was old, he walked vigorously. As he walked, he said nonchalantly: "I got a piece of news. I heard that Su Dingfang, the Duke of Xing, colluded with Goryeo to rebel against the country!"
Wu Chengsi was startled and blurted out: "How is this possible? Someone must have framed him!"
Li Ji narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "I heard that Zheng Rentai, Pang Xiaotai and Qian Jiude jointly signed the letter."
Wu Chengsi regained his composure in an instant. According to history, Su Dingfang was loyal throughout his life and can be absolutely trusted. It is certain that there must be someone behind the scenes.
Especially this kind of thing, he had just experienced it once.
Thinking of this, he pondered: "Either these three people framed General Su together, or they were used by others!"
Li Ji thought: "Even this son has such trust in Brother Su. I think there must be many people in the court who think the same as him." He suddenly became more optimistic and asked: "Who is taking advantage of him?"
"Old General Su is in charge of Yingzhou. The main thing he is guarding against is the Koreans. They have the biggest motive!" Wu Chengsi said, stroking his chin.
While thinking, he suddenly remembered something. In history, Goryeo seemed to have been destroyed during this period. Could it be related to this?
Thinking of this, he glanced at Li Ji, because the general of the Tang army who destroyed Goryeo was this old man.
Li Ji patted him on the shoulder and said seriously: "Chengsi, your Majesty will ask us about our views on this matter later. Prepare your words to plead for Duke Xing!"
Wu Chengsi looked at him and felt that the old man's eyes were shining as he stared at him, as if he was waiting for him to express his position, so he nodded his head vigorously.
While talking, the two came to Xuanzheng Hall.
There were not many officials in the main hall, only about twenty people, standing in four rows. There were only a few first- and second-grade officials in the imperial court, and the others were all third-grade officials.
None of the fourth-rank officials could be seen.
Wu Chengsi was shocked. The twenty people in front of him may not be the twenty most noble people in the Tang Empire, but they are definitely the twenty most powerful people. He also relied on the newly-named Hanlin Academy to gain the title. Be among them.
Looking around, there is only one other descendant of the Wu family, Wu Huaidao, the son of Wu Zetian's uncle, who is currently the minister of Sinong Temple.
There are five children of the Li family, among whom the prince Li Hong stands first in the first row on the left.
The current prince was wearing a light yellow silk robe. He was a little thin and pale. When Wu Chengsi looked at him, he was covering his mouth and coughing.
Wu Chengsi was shocked. According to history, this prince died earlier than his father, and he died of illness. Now it seems that he should be right.
I don't know if it's an infectious disease. I'll do some research after I get back to see if anyone around him has the same cough as him.
The standing positions in the court hall are very particular. The first and third rows are for civil servants, and the second and fourth rows are for generals.
Although Li Ji held the position of Sikong, it was a sinecure. His actual position was General Zuo Xiaowei, standing first in the second row. Wu Chengsi's old boss Zhuge Sanyuan stood fourth in the first row.
After Wu Chengsi thought about it for a moment, he held the wat board and stood at the end of the third row.
The man in front of him was Wei Xuantong, the young man's supervisor. This man refused to stand in front of Wu Chengsi, so Wu Chengsi had to change places with him and stand in three rows and four rows.
After a while, the officials arrived, and a eunuch sang a promise loudly: "The emperor is here, the queen is here."
At the side entrance of the main hall, Emperor Li Zhi and Wu Mei entered the main hall together. Li Zhi walked to the dragon chair and sat down, and Wu Mei sat on a smaller chair next to him.
"I'm going to pay homage to Your Majesty!"
The ministers kowtowed one after another, and Wu Chengsi knelt down, moved his lips casually, and then stood up.
Looking up the steps, I saw Li Zhi placing a memorial in his hand on the imperial desk. A eunuch took the memorial and came down from the side of the throne. Attendant Xu Yunshi stepped forward and took the memorial.
Li Zhi said solemnly: "This is a secret message from Yingzhou. All my dear friends, please take a look."
Master Xu Yu didn't look at it, but passed it directly to the prince Li Hong and then stood back to his seat. After Li Hong read it, he passed it to the right to Li Ji, and it was passed down slowly all the way.
Several officials did not read it after receiving it and passed it directly to the next person.
Wu Chengsi understood clearly that although these officials had different official positions, they all had a part-time job called "Tong Zhongshu Menxia Ping Zhang Shi", or Tong Ping Zhang Shi for short.
This means that you are qualified to enter the Zhongshu Provincial Council.
During the Linde period of the Tang Dynasty, except for Zhongshu Ling, Shi Zhong, and Shangshu Ling, who were natural prime ministers, all those who held the position of Tongping Zhangshi were called prime ministers.
Obviously, these prime ministers have all read the memorial.
Under normal circumstances, this kind of memorial would be read out loud by the servants, and there would be no need to pass it around to waste time. However, Wu Chengsi knew the content of the memorial. It seems that Li Zhi felt that his general had betrayed the court and was disgraced, so he let everyone know. Pass on and read.
All the officials read it quickly, and soon it was passed from the right to Wu Chengsi. He quickly read it and passed it to Qianniu Guard General Wang Fangyi on the left, but he was extremely surprised in his heart.
Judging from the memorial, as Li Ji told him, it was indeed Zheng Rentai, the governor of Youzhou, Pang Xiaotai, the deputy governor of Yingzhou, and Qian Jiude, the governor of Yingzhou, who jointly submitted the memorial, saying that Su Dingfang colluded with Goryeo to rebel.
But there was one thing that Wu Chengsi couldn't believe. The memorial stated that Su Dingfang's rebellion was reported by one of his subordinates. After preliminary interrogation, not only did the Korean man confessed, but Su Dingfang himself also admitted that he had cooperated with Su Dingfang. Koryo collusion.
Wu Chengsi's first thought was that Su Dingfang was beaten into a trap?
However, it was also written at the back of the secret report that Su Dingfang had been escorted to Chang'an, along with the Goryeo prince and the general who reported him. He was accompanied by a thousand troops for protection, and he would probably arrive in the capital a few days late.
If he really surrendered and was beaten, wouldn't he be afraid that he would confess after returning to Chang'an City?