Three hundred and ninetieth chapters plot to abolish the establishment
That night, Pei Yan took several trusted ministers from the Political Hall and dragged his injured body to Empress Wu's palace. As soon as he entered the palace, he cried bitterly to Empress Wu and said: "Empress Dowager, please make the decision, old minister.
The Prime Minister can no longer be in office. I am afraid that not only the veteran ministers, but also the prime ministers in the Political Affairs Hall can no longer stay. We also ask the Queen Mother to make the decision for us."
"What's going on?" Empress Wu frowned and asked in a deep voice when she saw all her confidants and prime ministers kneeling on the ground with tears streaming down their faces.
But the Prime Minister Pei Yan choked and said: "The Queen Mother, the ministers tried to persuade the Queen Mother not to return the power to Her Majesty, but you kept your promise and insisted on doing so. However, on the first day that Your Majesty took power, you came to the political affairs
Showing off his power in the hall, he ignored all the Queen Mother's original suggestions and ignored the rebellion of Xu Jingye and other traitors. Instead, he proposed to clear the grievances of those rebels who were still in prison. In addition, he also proposed to adjust the prime minister's team.
, removed Liu Qixian and Wei Xuantong from their positions, and proposed to appoint Zhao Gui as the minister. Seeing that the prince acted inappropriately and violated the Queen Mother's advice, the minister stepped forward to argue. Unexpectedly, his majesty suddenly became furious and ordered the minister to order the prince to be imprisoned.
I dragged him to Zetian Gate and beat him with twenty sticks, and he also said..."
"What else are you talking about?" Seeing Pei Yan's hesitation in speaking, Empress Wu couldn't help but her face darkened, and she asked again.
Pei Yan gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Your Majesty has gone too far. He even said that the late emperor's edict was forged by Wei Chen. In fact, it's okay for Wei Chen to be aggrieved, but your Majesty's words are full of
Disrespect for the late Emperor and suspicion of the Queen Mother. Your Majesty has been so disrespectful and unfilial since he became a king. Having such an emperor in the Tang Dynasty is a blessing to the people. Wei Chen knows that what Wei Chen said is a bit excessive, but for the sake of
For the welfare of the people of the world, in order to live up to the late emperor's trust, even if the ministers die, they will not complain."
"You mean, you want to abolish the emperor? Create a new emperor?" After hearing what Pei Yan said, Empress Wu was a little surprised, because she didn't expect that Pei Yan could make such a determination, but she also
It soon became clear that, given the current situation, the best thing to do was to cut through the mess quickly, establish a new monarch, and appease the world in the name of the new monarch. As for those rebels, since Li Xian is no longer the emperor, what they want
Naturally, those flags raised are meaningless.
But I heard Pei Yan sigh: "Although Wei Chen's idea is a bit rebellious, Wei Chen also thinks about the Tang Dynasty and the people of the world, even if he risks beheading, he will not hesitate. Even if he died a hundred times, he would still have no regrets.
Please think again, Queen Mother!"
Then I heard Liu Qixian say: "I am reporting to the Empress Dowager. I believe that your Majesty is currently temperamental, moody, and difficult to be a ruler. If he takes over the power, there may be a second Sui Yang Emperor in the future. We, the Tang Dynasty, will have a beautiful country."
How could he be ruined by him like this? However, the Prime Minister has a gentle temperament and is courteous to others. He is really the best choice to be a king. I believe that the late emperor did not see through the true face of this current man. If he knew
All this will definitely make you think that the Prime Minister is more suitable to be the emperor. Please think twice about the superficial remarks of a humble minister."
"I second the proposal, please think twice!" Wei Xuantong, Cen Changqian and others also knelt on the ground and said respectfully to Empress Wu.
After hearing this, Empress Wu thought for a moment, and then asked: "Is this what you all mean?"
I saw all the prime ministers saying loudly: "All the ministers have this intention. It's not that they are rebellious and unethical, but they are really unethical today. This is just the first day of taking office. If they beat the prime minister with a stick, if it goes on for a long time, I'm afraid the whole
There is no one in the court who dares to speak out."
Such a long sentence was said by so many people at the same time. It was obviously rehearsed in advance. With Empress Wu's IQ, she would never fail to see this. However, Empress Wu selectively ignored it. Instead, she remained silent for a moment and sighed long and long: "
I originally believed that the late emperor's orders must be obeyed. Therefore, although I knew that the prince had a violent temper and was unworthy of being a king, I ignored the requests of all my beloved ministers and insisted on letting him ascend the throne. However, for the sake of the world, I did not hesitate to bear the infamy.
It is a pity that the purpose of taking office on his behalf is to stabilize the political situation for him and prevent the Tang Dynasty, which has been peaceful for a long time, from falling into chaos."
Empress Wu glanced at all the prime ministers and continued: "I have been misunderstood even more. Not only is that man not grateful, but he is resentful. He even ordered his old troops to rebel directly through some unknown channel. The purpose is naturally
In order for these traitors to force me to give up my power, I actually didn't have to pay attention to it, and I could even send troops directly to suppress it. However, I couldn't bear the loss of life, so I agreed to hand back the power, but I didn't expect that Fang Yi had already taken the power.
, is so cruel that he beats the Prime Minister with a stick. If he is allowed to continue, he will definitely become a tyrant like Jie and Zhou. I can't bear the short-term death of the Tang Dynasty, and I can't bear to sit back and watch all the people fall into dire straits, so I am willing to agree.
In response to the request of all the beloved ministers, I have not hesitated to bear a thousand years of infamy, and I have not hesitated to disobey the late emperor's holy will and order the world to abolish the emperor and replace him with a prime minister. Pei Yan, you draft an edict for me."
"Yes." Pei Yan's face was full of determination and emotion, and he said respectfully to Empress Wu. After that, he came to the jade case without ceremony and began to draft an edict.
Pei Yan had great literary talent and wrote very quickly. He drafted an edict in almost a moment and signed his name. After that, the attendant Liu Qixian and others also signed, and then Empress Wu signed. Such an edict.
An edict deposing the emperor was concocted.
"Queen Mother, should we take action immediately?" Pei Yan couldn't help but feel proud after completing the edict, and then asked Empress Wu.
But Empress Wu shook her head and said: "Although that guy has a violent temper, he is not an unintelligent person. Since he committed an evil act of beating the Prime Minister with a stick during the day, he will not fail to take precautions at night. What's more, it is already dark tonight and there is no time to act.
In this way, you will contact the relevant people during the day tomorrow, secretly mobilize your troops at night, and wait until the day after tomorrow to lead your troops to Zhenguan Palace, gather the ministers together, announce in public that the edict has been abolished, and oust this man from the throne. By then, everything will
It has become an established fact, even if I regret it, it is already too late."
"The day after tomorrow? The day after tomorrow is not the day for going to court. Why didn't the Queen Mother choose to do this on the day when all the officials went to court?" Liu Qixian was confused after hearing what Empress Wu said, so he asked doubtfully.
But Cen Changqian sneered and said: "How come Mr. Liu doesn't even know this? This matter is very obvious. If it comes to the day when all the officials go to court, there will be many people in the court secretly supporting the emperor. By then, we will
Even if the goal can be achieved, it will cause a lot of losses. No matter whose people die, they are all my people of the Tang Dynasty." (To be continued.)