Chapter 20: Prime Minister Wang set up a poisonous scheme to frame the Queen Mother
The Queen's father, the Prime Minister Wang Shugui, can be said to be the elder of the three dynasties. The late emperor died suddenly and died young. Before his death, the crown prince gave up and took a dragon chariot to the west. Wang Shugui and several other senior ministers were frightened and racked their brains and chopsticks.
Picking up the flagpole, picking up the general among the dwarfs, Zhu Bajie peeing, and finally getting wet on the fool's head
I am not afraid of the emperor being stupid, but I am afraid that the emperor is wise. Why did Zhao Gao appoint Hu Hai, who could not even distinguish a red deer, as emperor? Why didn't Cao Mengde choose a bigger doll to take with him? Also, there are other issues like Zhuge Liang embracing the stupid Liu Chan.
It's complicated and I won't explain it in a sentence or two. In short, Wang Shugui's heart is unknown to passers-by. Only he understands it. As things progress, Prime Minister Wang gradually discovers that he is the prime minister in the court and his daughter is the queen in the harem.
He is a very popular minister, but there are some things that are unsatisfactory in this regard. Not only does his daughter marry a fool who doesn't know how to have sex, but there is also a domineering empress dowager in the harem, and the ministers in the court are not all exclusive.
He was following his fate. The Queen Mother's father and two brothers also held important positions. He always felt uneasy. Wang Shugui thought hard. If the Tong family is not eliminated, he will not be able to sit back and relax. He wants to dominate the world by himself.
He finally came up with a brilliant plan to find someone to hunt down the chicken: liaise with the foreign country, hook up with the foreign country, and allay his heartache in one fell swoop. Prime Minister Wang thought: If the foreign army invades the country, it will be the Tong family and his son who will send troops to the Central Government at that time.
Kong, he and several of his close disciples took the opportunity to find trouble and oust Tong Biyu from the throne of the Queen Mother, and then asked the stupid emperor to issue an imperial edict to deprive the Tong family of military power. Zhao Gou killed two birds with one stone, just like Yue Fei.
However, when the court was planning to send troops for conquest, Tong Zhenshan played a trick and suggested that the emperor send a rotten little eunuch to be his substitute. Isn't this like striking an egg against a stone, driving sheep and tigers? Naturally, the stupid little emperor naturally
He would not see through the old thief's treacherous plan, but would help the tyrant to do evil, help the dog eat, and fulfill the old thief's wish.
Of course, the wish of Prime Minister Wang Shugui was fulfilled. The young eunuch brought many soldiers and horses, and followed the two generals of the Tong family who were like wolves and tigers. The court was empty, which was suitable for Prime Minister Wang to do tricks. The next morning, Wang Shugui went to the court to report.
say:
"Long live my emperor, I think that the old general Tong Zhenshan, Minister of the Ministry of War, is old and his health is deteriorating. It is better to let him be discharged and return to his hometown in the south of the Yangtze River. With beautiful mountains and clear waters, fat ducks and fresh fish, and good air, it is suitable for raising animals.
This matter will be beneficial to both public and private interests. I hope my emperor will grant it."
When the Silly Emperor heard that someone suggested that his grandfather go home to rest, he immediately became happy. He usually hated this old man the most. He always liked to show off his face no matter what happened. If he was not the mother's biological father, he would have sent him home to raise his grandson.
When someone spoke, he did not hesitate and said immediately:
"I have issued an imperial edict and asked General Tong to return to his hometown immediately. The salary and money are indispensable. In addition, I will give him an additional five hundred shi of food to support him in his old age! You will not be hungry if you are hungry. You can't say bad things about me if I die."
When Tong Zhenshan heard that he was being asked to resign and return to his hometown, he was almost out of breath. He knew clearly that this was all a trick set up by the old thief Wang Shugui, but it was inconvenient for him to express his helplessness in public. The old general sighed and had to kneel down.
Kowtow to express gratitude
The stupid emperor has such an advantage. When necessary, he can be a spearman, a donkey rider, and a pig seller.
Wang Shugui made a small plan and first moved away one of them, the arrogant empress dowager. Although Prime Minister Wang was an old minister and a powerful official, he would never be able to go in and out of the Han Emperor's palace as carelessly as Prime Minister Cao did when he was a few years ago.
First, he couldn't bring people to the harem to arrest people, and second, he didn't dare to let the stupid emperor write an imperial edict and throw his mother into the cold palace like he did when he deposed Tong Zhenshan. Just when he was anxious and desperate, the opportunity came, and Tong Biyu and Xiao Nizi surrendered themselves.
Luo Yu came to the door. He didn't want to stay well in the harem, but wanted to go to Biyun Temple to worship Buddha and offer incense! Wang Shugui and several of his buddies quickly devised a brilliant plan: to install a few women in the personal guard.
My own hands first dug a hole in front of the temple door, placed a secret tunnel on it, and calculated the location of the empress dowager's phoenix chariot. When the time came, I would send someone to remove the pedals of the sedan chair, and there would be no empress dowager to be carried into the palace.
The abbot of Biyun Temple was a little puzzled when he saw the officials from the imperial court making great efforts to dig holes and carry out civil construction projects at the entrance of the temple, so he asked why. The leader of the construction team said: "Master, if you don't tell me, you won't
I know, this is the order of our Emperor. Isn’t the Queen Mother going to come to Bao Temple to offer incense in the next two days? Seeing that your place is full of bumps and bumps, the Emperor is afraid that the queen mother’s sedan chair will not be stable and the old lady will not be able to get on and off the sedan chair.
To ensure her safety, we specially sent an imperial edict to appoint us to build a sedan chair for her here. Do you understand? If there is any disturbance during the construction here, please be patient with me, engineer."
The master bowed his head, nodded and praised: "What a wise king with filial piety, righteousness and virtue. It is rare for the people of Li to meet such a holy emperor! The world is very lucky, the heaven is very lucky, my Buddha is very lucky, Amitabha."
Now that this process is complete, what to do with the next process, that is, who is going to hang the bell around the cat’s neck?
Coincidentally, it was the Queen Mother who asked for it. She issued a decree saying that because she had not left the palace for a long time, her phoenix chariot was in disrepair and needed to be taken outside the palace to find a skilled craftsman for a comprehensive overhaul. Besides, the mountains and rivers to Biyun Temple are high and the roads are low.
No, it’s better to change the chariot into a sedan chariot. There are some eunuchs in the palace who do wood work. However, they are all half-baked goods who have become monks on the way. The big work still has to be done by the palace king Shugui. He got this information, just like a diamond in a cold weather.
I got into a hot bed, and just when I was about to sleep, I bumped into the pillow. I was really thinking about it.
The last step is how to deal with the Empress Dowager’s body. Prime Minister Wang said:
"No matter what, as long as I kill him, it will be fine. If it doesn't work, I'll show you my head!"
"You can't do it, you can't do it!" The people below waved their hands and said, "The Queen Mother is still the mother of the country after all. If you cut off your head, you will commit the crime of deceiving heaven, and future generations will not have a good death."
Prime Minister Wang pondered for a long time, and finally said hesitantly: "What should I do? Dig a hole and bury her, and take off all the gold and silver jewelry on her head as evidence?"
The people below said: "This is the best"
The plan has been decided, and everyone has split up to send out capable personnel who have been carefully selected and selected from a hundred. They have been warned and warned, and they have been told again and again. Maybe this is an act to destroy the nine tribes. Who dares to be careless? I'm sorry.
There will be no omissions or deviations
Wang Shigui had finished all his work and was sitting on the chair in the prime minister's house. Four girls were rubbing his back and shoulders, rubbing his legs and feet. He was holding a bowl of tea in one hand and stroking his half-white beard with the other, secretly trying to figure out his next step.
As for the plan to form a cabinet, as for the matter of enthroning, he should not be hasty for the time being, he thought to himself, he was too anxious to eat hot tofu, he had to wait for King Fan to get it before he could do it. Why should he give half of the country to others? Prime Minister Wang felt a little regretful, he shouldn't have done it in the first place.
It's so generous, which part of that barbarian donkey is suitable...