Three hundred and ninetieth chapters blame the prime minister
On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month of the first year of the reign of Emperor Sisheng of the Tang Dynasty, the Lantern Festival had just passed. Luoyang City should have been filled with joy, but those who were interested could see that what was covered up by this joy was a gloomy cloud.
The situation in the whole world is now in chaos. Whether it is those in the rear party, those in Li Xian's imperial party, or even the neutral ministers, they are worried about when the chaos in the Tang Dynasty will be completely settled.
As the leader of the neutral faction who won the trust and respect of Empress Wu, Di Renjie, who was currently the minister of the Ministry of Industry and a disciple of Tong Zhongshu, could not calm down.
Although he has always gained the trust of Empress Wu, and has always been grateful for Empress Wu's continuous promotion of his official position, and even for his appointment as prime minister, he also decided in his heart that he must be loyal to Empress Wu and do his best to do his job, but
After Empress Wu's unjust imprisonment, the balance in her heart gradually tilted towards Li Xian.
After all, he is a minister of the Tang Dynasty, and he is living on the salary of the Tang Dynasty. The current emperor's surname is Li. Furthermore, the emperor is not an incompetent person. His civil and martial arts are all good, so he thinks that although he has
With the late emperor's edict in hand, the Empress Dowager Wu should also return the power to the current emperor.
Fortunately, this day finally arrived. The Queen Mother promised to return the power to the Emperor on this day. From then on, the government was out of the Emperor's gate. It was just and natural. Those rebels no longer had an excuse to rebel, and the world could finally be at peace.
But can the world really be completely settled? Is Empress Wu really willing to give up her power? Although Di Renjie hopes that things will develop in the direction he wants, he is certain that Empress Wu will not do this.
Di Renjie was an upright man. Sometimes he was too principled in his work and seemed a bit old-fashioned. However, he was a truly wise man. Based on Empress Wu's character and her secret actions in the past few days, he could basically conclude that Empress Wu would never let go easily, even this
All this may be just a strategy of hers, that is, to take this opportunity to trap and kill Li Jingye and other rebels to completely solve the future troubles. As long as those rebels are caught in one sweep, there will no longer be the power to cheer for Li Xian in the local area. At that time, she will
You can do whatever you want.
"But the Queen Mother must have underestimated Your Majesty too much. Based on my understanding of Your Majesty, Your Majesty will not be unprepared for this. He may even have a countermeasure. Alas, this mother and son are fighting. I don't know.
Who will be the winner in the end, but I do hope that Your Majesty can win the final victory, otherwise, once the Queen Mother wins, I am afraid that Your Majesty will be embarrassed, and if the Prime Minister becomes the emperor, I am afraid that the world will really change its dynasty." Di Renjie.
He sighed secretly in his heart and made a decision in his heart. This time the mother and son were fighting, if the new emperor Li Xian's side had a clear advantage, then that would be fine. But if the two sides were evenly matched, or Li Xian's side had a disadvantage, he would also have to secretly
Help Li Xian, even if you expose yourself because of it, you will have no regrets.
Above the main hall, Empress Wu's personal chamberlain Yin Chengze was using his drake voice to recite Empress Wu's edict loudly, proposing to return the power to the new emperor Li Xian. From then on, Zhongshumen issued an edict and went out from Li Xianmen.
Let Li Xianduan sit in Zhenguan Hall and have full authority to handle political affairs.
However, at the same time, Empress Wu also advised the new emperor Li Xian that in view of the current complex situation in the court and the chaos in the world, the most important thing to do now is to stabilize the situation. Therefore, Empress Wu suggested that Li Xian mainly do two things at this time:
The first is to issue an order to recruit peace, so that the martyrs who raised the troops should put down their weapons and return to their fields, and at the same time, reward and appease the leaders who caused the trouble; the second is to try not to interfere with the government affairs, especially the existing prime minister's team, try not to disturb
, so as not to cause another disturbance.
Li Xian smiled when he heard this and remained silent. However, when Empress Wu returned to the inner palace and he moved to Zhongshu Province to discuss matters, he did not comfort the rebellious forces, but first proposed to repel Zhou Xing, the cruel official, and Lai Junchen.
and others, vindicated the wronged officials in prison and the murdered clan members, reassured the living and reassured the dead, and also proposed adjustments to the prime minister's team, for those prime ministers who made wrong decisions, such as Liu Qixian and Wei Xuan
The same people were interrogated, and at the same time, he proposed to let his father-in-law Zhao Gui be the servant. In addition, there were a series of other official appointments and recommendations.
Naturally, these measures of Li Xian were firmly opposed by Pei Yan and others, who heard Pei Yan loudly say: "At the beginning, the Queen Mother issued an order asking your Majesty to strive for stability, but now your Majesty has not said a word about the current chaos, but he has come forward.
He proposed to rehabilitate his cronies and promote those who have no real talent and learning, but he was really disappointed. When Your Majesty stayed with the Queen Mother for two months, I thought that Your Majesty had learned a steady lesson, but now I find that Your Majesty's political experience is really poor.
It's too far away. Alas, if I had known this, I would not have persuaded the Queen Mother to return the power to Your Majesty."
"Oh? According to what Prime Minister Pei means, does he mean that I can only be considered a stable emperor if I am at the mercy of you and others, and as long as I have my own opinions, I am immature? Hey, Pei Yan, you are so brave,
You dare to wield power and deceive the emperor like this, and you are lawless. Do you think that because you are senior, I can't touch you? Come here, drag Pei Yan down and beat him twenty times with a stick!" Li Xian became angry and immediately ordered.
Drag Pei Yan out and beat him hard.
But he saw Pei Yan shouting loudly: "I am the late emperor's minister, who dares to touch me? The reason why I lead the ministers and help your majesty in government is to obey the late emperor's edict. Although your majesty is the emperor, you must abide by it."
I want to take a look at the late emperor’s instructions today and see who dares to touch a hair of mine!"
However, Li Xian was not moved at all and shouted loudly: "Why are you still standing there? Can't you hear my order?"
"Yes." Then two guards came forward, dragged Pei Yan away to Zetian Gate, beat him involuntarily, and then threw him to the ground like a dead dog again.
When Pei Yan was dragged out, all the prime ministers in the political hall were dumbfounded on the spot. When they reacted, they found that Pei Yan was lying on the ground like a dead dog.
At this time, almost everyone shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, how can you treat Prime Minister Pei like this? This is the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty and a minister appointed by the late emperor. Your Majesty is openly violating the late emperor's edict and trying to kill the late emperor."
Where to put it?"
Unexpectedly, Li Xian made even more shocking remarks. He sneered and said: "Edict? Do you think I don't know or something? Pei Yan, you faked the edict and took the opportunity to seize power. You have already violated a taboo, and you dare to act arrogantly today."
Fu, you have bullied me. If you don't teach you a lesson, do you really think that I am just a show-off?" (To be continued.) This chapter has been completed!
