"Don't respond to inquiries and analysis, and don't praise weird words that are empty." [Shuoyuan·Tancong]
It was May 23rd, the third year of Chuping.
Weiyang Palace, Xuanshi Palace.
The climate was extremely hot and sultry, so hot that people felt panicked. Ever since they defeated the imperial court's 30,000 elite soldiers in Xinfeng, the generals of Liangzhou were no longer in danger of their lives.
After Han chased the girl into a blind corner, his movements began to become more leisurely, taking the girl's panic as a kind of fun and enjoyment.
For Li Jue, this was both a demonstration and revenge.
Revenge for the court's arrogant attitude in refusing to pardon them, and revenge for their state of mind that worried them all day long.
The Liangzhou generals deliberately slowed down their marching speed. Although it brought great panic to the Chang'an court, it invisibly gave the emperor more time to deal with it calmly.
During this period, the emperor joined forces with Ma Rixi, Zhao Qian and others to depose Wang Yun's party, and an interest group was formed in the court with the emperor as the core and Taiwei Ma Rixi, Situ Zhao Qian and others assisting.
This group can effectively unite all forces that can be united in Chang'an and actively deal with the rebels.
The military memorials were presented all the way to the Weiyang Palace, and then placed on the emperor's desk one by one. The emperor did not even look at them. These memorials only talked about where Li Jue was today, where he will be tomorrow, and how far he is from Chang'an. There is no substance at all.
sexual meaning.
He continued to flip through the pages and saw the memorial of Jingzhao Yin Sima Fang. The citizens of Chang'an were instigated behind the back of a thoughtful person, and the public was furious because Wang Yun was deposed. Although it was properly resolved afterwards, the emperor was still very wary of this instigator.
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If when Li Jue was attacking the city, that group of people secretly stirred up trouble and cooperated with Li Jue outside the city, no matter how strong the city was, Chang'an would be defeated by itself. In history, Li Jue captured Chang'an, wasn't it?
Because there is an internal response in the city?
So the emperor asked Jingzhao Yin Sima Fang and Chang'an Ling Wang Ling to investigate secretly. The above-mentioned results now show that these people seem to be related to the yellow scarf thieves who stabbed him in the village a few days ago.
He was angry. This group of thieves were looking for trouble in the city, and might even destroy the advantage he had finally established. You must know that in history, Chang'an City had only a few soldiers, and the people in the government were not unified.
Plan, how can the people of the imperial court be as united, the soldiers are strong, and the morale is as high as now?
In addition, without the support of some generals such as Duan Xuan, although the number of the 100,000 troops under Li Jue is the same as in history, it is hard to say how many civilians were forced to fill the number and how many elites were able to fight and dared to fight.
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With such a good advantage, if Chang'an is in danger of repeating the same mistakes of history because of this group of Yellow Turban thieves hiding in the city, the emperor will never be able to bear it.
The emperor frowned, pushed the memorial aside, and said: "Go and summon Jing Zhaoyin, and the Chang'an order will come."
Yang Qi, the attendant, took the order and quickly brought over Jingzhao Yin Sima Fang and Chang'an Ling Wang Ling.
Sima Fang and Wang Ling excitedly fell to the ground as soon as they arrived: "Your Majesty! Since I was ordered to investigate secretly, I have lived up to my orders and finally made some gains. It turns out that the green horn has been traveling in Beihuanli and other places, and it is often
He teaches Li common people how to read and write, and is quite famous among the people. People say that he looks like he is fifty or sixty years old, but he is actually a hundred-year-old enlightened person."
"Pretending to be a ghost, you still have to learn Zhang Jiao's methods. All you have to do is apply talisman water to diagnose diseases and save people." The emperor snorted coldly. If this green ox horn is really a disciple of the traitor Zhang Jiao, he should not be incapable of drawing talismans.
He must have thought that spreading the talisman water widely was too eye-catching, so he couldn't do it in order to keep a low profile.
"No, the yellow turban poison has been lingering for several years. It is a scabies problem in the imperial court and must be eliminated." Sima Fang responded: "People asked him about his last name. He only said that he had a square character and that he often rode a green ox through the streets.
He crosses the alley, so people call him Mr. Qingniu."
The emperor was refreshed, and it turned out that Mr. Qingniu, whom the bakery owner praised that day, was actually Qingniu Horns!
"In this case, the common people should know the patterns painted by the officials."
Sima Fang and Wang Ling looked at each other, and Wang Ling smiled awkwardly: "I know that I know him, but people say that Mr. Qingniu was seen leaving Beihuanli long before he was assassinated."
The emperor's face gradually turned cold: "So, there is still no clue about the matter? The Green Ox Horn is missing, and the main messenger behind him is not to mention arrested?"
Seeing the emperor's tone vaguely reproaching the two for their poor performance, Wang Ling, who had finally recovered from the storm of Wang Yun's downfall, did not want to lose the emperor's weak trust in him, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this is
This case cannot be said to have reached a dead end. If you want to hunt down the person behind the Green Ox Horn, in my opinion, it is not necessary to first find the Green Ox Horn and then find the person behind it, but you can reverse the two."
"Are the two reversed?" the emperor asked, "tell me what you think."
"Your Majesty's leaving the palace incognito is an extremely confidential matter. Even the ministers may not know it, let alone others? It is my humble opinion that if you want to know when your Majesty will be incognito, your position does not need to be very prestigious.
Just be in a confidential position." Since Wang Ling was transferred to the Chang'an Order, although he is not as noble as the secretary Cheng Qinggui before, it is a very capable position.
During his tenure as the Chang'an Order, he worked closely with the direct official Jingzhao Yin Sima Fang, which not only eliminated the violent repercussions caused by Wang Yun's fall among the people, but also eliminated the panic among the people before the war.
The emperor had realized Wang Ling's talents as early as when he served as secretary-general. Otherwise, Wang Yun, who had so many clansmen, would not have gone out of his way to protect him. As Wang Ling's superior and elder, Sima Fang was very familiar with Wang Ling's abilities.
Because of his appreciation, he even wrote a letter to the emperor praising his abilities in the past two days.
But Wang Ling didn't know the details, and always thought that he was like a rootless person who might be abandoned by the emperor and criticized by his enemies at any time, so he worked more conscientiously and did not dare to be careless in the slightest, which made everyone appreciate him even more.
"I have been thinking about it recently. If Your Majesty wants to travel incognito, in addition to his entourage, he has to pass by the chariot officer, the yellow gate officer, the palace gate Sima and the palace gate officer." Wang Ling elaborated word by word.
"The chariot officers were all personally trained by the Northern Army's Lieutenant Colonel in the past, so there is no doubt about their character. There are only a few Huangmen officials and other eunuchs who could be involved in this matter. There are Xiaohuangmen and Huangmen orders to check it, so they must be the same."
It should be reliable; as for the Sima of the Palace Gate, His Majesty went out from the North Palace Gate incognito, which was formerly under the supervision of Yulin Supervisor, so logically he would not have done this."
Wang Bin, the lieutenant of the Northern Army, Mu Shun of Xiaohuangmen, Zhao Wen, the guard, and Gaishun, the warden of Yulin. These people are all the emperor's powerful confidants, and no one Wang Ling dares to speak out and suspect.
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But in order to show fairness, Wang Ling still mentioned people like Feng Chelangguan as suspects, and then tried his best to defend them. As for whether the emperor believed it or not, and whether he was willing to investigate these four kinds of people together, that was the emperor.
All it takes is a decision.
The emperor pondered: "On the day of the trip, Fengche Lang was notified alone. He did not know that I was leaving the palace in advance, so the suspicions of Fengche Lang and the officials could be cleared. As for the Huangmen Department and the Palace Sima, I would have already
When I board the car, no one knows I’m in the car, so how can they know my whereabouts?”
"Only, in this case, only the palace minister who was on duty that day is the most suspicious." Wang Ling immediately replied; "According to the system, all the three ministers, except Yilang, are in charge of holding halberds in front of the palace and serving as guards.
At the gates of the various palaces, go out to charge your carriage. If Your Majesty leaves the palace suddenly, you can hide it from everyone in the palace, but it is difficult to hide it from the doctors on duty that day. The third minister is not among His Majesty's escorts, so he can naturally pass on secrets to the outside world.
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"Then let Guang Luxun and Yang Biao thoroughly check the duty list for that day, one by one, and give priority to people from Liangzhou." The emperor deliberately emphasized the word "people from Liangzhou" very strongly.
Sima Fang and Wang Ling immediately understood and nodded in agreement. Wang Ling was not deeply involved in government affairs, so he didn't understand it yet, but Sima Fang thought in his heart: "This matter is confidential, and it is his duty to let Guang Luxun investigate thoroughly."
If you are responsible, you can just give other instructions after I retire. Why do you need to tell me and let me know?'
The emperor naturally had his reasons for saying this: "Sima Fang, there has been something going on in the capital recently. The court has to deal with the rebels with all its strength and has no time to pay attention to the internal affairs. You must know that 'a dike of a thousand miles is destroyed by an ant nest'. Don't be careless. I miss you on weekdays."
You are very capable and capable. I will immediately worship you as the leader of Jinwu. I will recruit good people from Jingzhao, Fufeng and other places to serve as Tiqi. You will be responsible for patrolling and guarding the capital, prohibiting violence and supervising rape, and participating in the thorough inspection together with Guang Luxun and Yang Biao.
Check the green horns and other things."
Zhijinwu was very majestic, in charge of the defense of the capital, and was also responsible for the emperor's security when he went out on patrol. He was not allowed to do anything except a close confidant. Now that the emperor has entrusted this important position to Sima Fang, it shows how important he is in the emperor's heart.
While Sima Fang was greatly moved, he also had doubts in his heart. Although he was regarded as a member of the emperor's family, he also knew his ranking among the people around the emperor, not to mention the Hongnong Yang family who had met him for a while and the upcoming relationship.
Even his secretary Ling Shejian, a well-off relative of the Wang family, was more respected by the emperor than him.
Suddenly being awarded the title of Zhi Jinwu by the emperor, Sima Fang was not only happy but also surprised. Could it be that in the emperor's mind, the current distribution of power in the court did not meet his requirements?
The Sima family in Hanoi is just a local wealthy family. Their ancestors have neither produced ministers nor great Confucian scholars. If they want to prosper their family business, they must constantly assess the situation and make plans for their own family.
In fact, when he heard that Li Jue and other 100,000 rebels were arriving in Chang'an in the near future, Sima Fang began to retreat. If it weren't for the emperor's outstanding ability to stabilize the situation and seemed to have a slight chance of winning, Sima Fang would never have accepted the offer.
Taking on this seemingly glorious but actually dangerous task.
Wang Ling on the side also accepted a new task. Before the new Jing Zhaoyin was appointed, he, the Chang'an Order, was able to take charge of Jing Zhaoyin's powers and responsibilities, which undoubtedly gave this young man in his early twenties huge power and power.