The prince's face was ugly, very ugly. It was his long-held plan to promote Li Gang. Originally, three of the six prime ministers of the political affairs hall were from Guanlong and formed their own faction. Xiao Yu was a lowly person in the middle, and Pei Ji was from the emperor.
Liu Wenjing is one of her own.
Now that Guan Long is gone, he just seizes the opportunity to promote Li Gang and give the Zhengshi Hall one more person.
"How did the news leak out!"
Li Jiancheng glanced at all his confidants and spoke in a very aggressive tone.
Li Gang was pushed out of the front before the dynasty started. This would create many more variables and would also allow his opponents to prepare for counterattacks. This was not what he wanted to see.
Wei Ting and Wang Gui looked at each other, neither of them getting an answer from each other's eyes. Helpless, Wei Ting said: "Your Highness, I'm afraid this news was deliberately released by someone with a heart."
"Of course Gu knows this." Li Jiancheng said: "But Gu wants to know who leaked the news about Li Gang."
Wang Gui said: "Only the people in the East Palace know about Li Gang, and no one else knows about it unless someone leaks it."
nonsense!
Li Jiancheng asked: "Did you make a mistake?"
"I don't dare." Several people bowed one after another.
"That's strange. Who would know except us?" While muttering to himself, Li Jiancheng suddenly remembered a figure, "King Chu."
King of Chu?
"What does His Royal Highness mean by these words?" Wang Gui asked puzzledly.
"After worshiping his ancestors, Gu Zeng hinted that the King of Chu would support Li Gang in becoming prime minister."
Wei Ting said: "Your Highness, you think it is the King of Chu who is obstructing this matter?"
Li Jiancheng shook his head, "I'm not sure. If it was the King of Chu who did it, then what is his purpose? Wen Daya and the King of Chu have never had a close relationship, and there are very few ministers in the court who have good relations with the King of Chu. He did this out of the blue.
Meaningless.”
After thinking about it, Li Jiancheng overturned his guess.
Pull someone down and push someone up.
This is realistic, but there is no one in the King of Chu's hands who can recommend him to the top.
Wang Gui said: "It shouldn't be the King of Chu. He has no reason to openly object to it when he knows that His Highness wants to recommend Li Gang."
Wei Ting asked: "Your Highness, who is more valued by the saint, Li Gang or Wen Daya?"
"It's hard to say." Li Jiancheng said, "Both of them have their own advantages."
In fact, he was not sure about his father's intentions now, so he hid Li Gang and waited until the great court meeting before bringing it up.
But now things have changed and everything will change.
"No matter what, I'll go and find out what King Chu has to say."
"Wait a minute." Wang Gui said.
"What's the matter?" the prince asked.
Wang Gui said: "Your Highness, the King of Chu is very smart. Once His Highness is tempted, he will definitely notice it, which will not win people's hearts."
Li Jiancheng thought for a moment and said, "We can't just wait."
"We just have to wait." Wei Ting said: "If the people behind the scenes have a purpose, they will definitely continue to take action. If they take too many actions, flaws will be exposed."
Li Jiancheng thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay, wait a moment."
He also wanted to see who was stirring up the storm behind the scenes.
Chu Palace.
In fact, when Li Zhiyun heard the rumors, he was stunned for a while. Li Gang could understand it, after all, the prince's gesture of pushing him to the top was obvious. But what happened to Wen Daya?
Although this person has some presence in the court, I haven't heard of anyone behind him.
"First of all, exclude the Dugu clan." Du Ruhui stroked his beard and analyzed: "Wen Daya was born in the Wen clan of Taiyuan, and had no contact with Guanlong. If the saint had not been in Jinyang when he stayed in his residence, the Wen clan might not have been able to enter the court.
Moreover, the two Wen brothers are in the center. If one of them becomes the prime minister, the other one must resign. Now Wen Daya serves as the minister of Huangmen and Wen Dayou serves as the minister of Zhongshu, which has made all officials feel dissatisfied. If Wen Daya becomes the prime minister,
The country is criticized by both the government and the public."
"rational."
Li Zhiyun nodded, "It is unlikely that Wen Daya will enter the political hall. Although he is also a member of Jinyang, he is not as outstanding as others. Furthermore, once this incident comes out, my father will probably suspect that there is someone behind Wen Daya.
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"That's right." Du Ruhui said: "If this matter hadn't happened, Wen Daya could have been an alternative. But this matter happened suddenly and Wen Daya had no chance."
"Then what is this matter?" Li Zhiyun was puzzled, "Wen Daya is not a high-profile person. He is in the center and has always acted cautiously. The position of prime minister left by Dugu Zhen is a quagmire. Whoever takes over will be punished by Dugu
Wen Daya is not that stupid about the hostility between the family. It is possible that Wen Daya does not know about this matter."
Du Ruhui said: "If Wen Daya doesn't know about it, then someone wants to use Wen Daya and Li Gang to mix things up and make money."
"It may also be to drag Li Gang into the water." Li Zhiyun reminded: "Li Gang is the person the prince wants to recommend. The people behind the scenes may want to use this matter to let the father exclude these two people."
Hearing this, Du Ruhui's pupils shrank.
There are very few people who dare to go against the prince, but the most suspicious person in Chang'an...
"Prince Qin?" he asked tentatively.
Li Zhiyun walked back and forth in the room, pursed his lips and said: "It's hard to say, the Dugu family may also do this. But since Dugu Zhen has already planned to resign, he will not do these useless things, because the person who becomes the prime minister will never do it.
Born in Guanlong."
"As for the King of Qin, what's the point of doing this? Is it just to prevent Li Gang from becoming the prime minister? I don't think the King of Qin will do things so superficially."
Du Ruhui suddenly had an idea and said: "Your Majesty, do you think the King of Qin will use these two people to disrupt the situation, and then wait for the saint to reject these two people, and then introduce the real one of his own?"
Um?
Li Zhiyun's expression changed, "Chen Shuda!"
He actually forgot what he said!
Lao Li kicked the Dugu family out this time because Zhengshi Tang Liu was too much of a constraint on him and he needed more minions.
Li Gang belongs to the prince, and Li Yuan will never let him take the position. This is because Liu Wenjing from the political affairs hall is already close to the prince, and the prince himself can counsel the state affairs, participate in major decision-making, and even supervise the country. The prince himself is the seventh prime minister.
Under such circumstances, Li Yuan would not allow the prince's power in Zhengshitang to further expand.
Balance, he needs balance.
Wen Daya was originally possible, but now he has been regarded as a target and the target of the prince's attack. He has been eliminated!
If the prince wants to recommend Li Gang, he will definitely reject Wen Daya.
And Li Yuan would not let the prince further deploy people in the political hall, so Li Gang was also out.
In this way, Chen Shuda, who is also the Minister of Huangmen, is the most likely to win the prime ministership.
At this moment, Du Ruhui also understood the key, "If the king's guess is correct, Chen Shuda is the person that King Qin wants to promote."
Li Zhiyun gently pinched his phalanges and said: "This matter needs to be verified, so we cannot jump to conclusions lightly."
Du Ruhui said: "Your Majesty, you might as well send someone to check Chen Shuda. Maybe we can get some clues."
Li Zhiyun nodded slightly, with a solemn look in his eyes.
The person behind the scenes is very deep-minded and can actually understand the thoughts of the saint and use the prince's authority to confuse him and turn him into a sword.