Chapter 495: House Arrest
The vertical arch hall ended in the early dynasty.
Next is the Wende Palace, which is also part of the early dynasty, and is the permanent court meeting of the permanent counselor, the emperor does not participate, it is generally a formality, and occasionally the prime minister will preside over the decision-making of some minor affairs.
Today, however, the Wende Hall is a little unusual.
Because everyone knows one thing, it will be the time when the three major factions of the imperial court will be completely reshuffled.
The largest faction before was Wang Chen's faction, which controlled most of the military power, Prime Minister Zhao Pu took refuge, and with the support of the imperial power, it can be described as a combination of military and government.
The second largest faction is naturally Zhao Guangyi, who has a certain amount of military power in the Privy Council.
In the end, it is Zhao Dezhao, well, this kid wants military power without military power, he wants political power without political power, the only thing he is reluctant is that he still has some financial power, but it is also limited, so there is nothing to worry about.
It can be said that as long as Wang Chen takes out Zhao Guangyi's military power, the entire court will have to be up and down by him.
Now, here's your chance!
In the early dynasty, Zhao Guangyi took the initiative to hand over the military power of the Privy Council, wanting Zhao Defang to take over, but he never expected that Zhao Defang would hand over the matter of manpower arrangement to Wang Chen!
In the Wende Temple.
The faces of the people in Zhao Guangyi's faction were very bad.
Zhao Pu, Wang Chen, Zhao Guangyi and other bigwigs sit, and the rest of the permanent staff officers stood in two rows, civil and military.
According to convention, the prime minister should sit in the middle, and no matter how polite it is, it should also be sat by the emperor's uncle Zhao Guangyi, but Zhao Pu can restore the prime minister with Wang Chen's help, plus Wang Chen is in power, so he will naturally sit in the middle position.
He didn't mean anything polite at all, he didn't even look at Zhao Guangyi, he sat directly in the middle, picked up the teacup and took a sip, put the cup down without hurry, and said lightly: "Today, the Privy Council's deputy envoy, the Privy Councillor and the two Cao Si of the Privy Council and the Legion Room are resigned, Cao Xiang is not there, the position of the Privy Council is extremely important, as the Privy Council's deputy envoy, I will definitely fill the staff, do you have any good candidates to recommend?"
After that, he handed a look to Song Wu and Zhao Pu.
Song Wu immediately said: "I ......"
Before he finished speaking, Zhao Guangyi, who did not give up, hurriedly said: "Your Palace, this king thinks that he should ask the opinions of several resigned officials, after all, they have been in office for a long time and know the situation in the Privy Council. In order to fight for interests, he even called himself the title of "this king", obviously saying "to give face".
As the saying goes, buying and selling is not good.
Chinese rarely tear their faces, especially if they can't kill each other, and more or less give each other a step down.
For example, if you leave an unimportant position for Zhao Guangyi, the benefits are obtained, and the other party is also preserved, there is no way, who made Zhao Guangyi the emperor's uncle, the king of the Great Song and Jin Dynasty, and the patriarch of the Kai Dynasty?
Zhao Pu, Song Wu and others all thought so, and they were already smiling brightly.
The same is true of dozens of other permanent counselors, they sighed slightly, King Jin was defeated too quickly, and now they have to pray for Wang Chen to give face, in the future, the entire court is really dominant.
But what made everyone stunned was that Wang Chen didn't give Zhao Guangyi any face, but looked sideways at the left side and asked, "Guojiao, do you have any good candidates?"
Zhao Guangyi was stunned for a moment,, you don't give me face?
The other permanent staff officers are also a little confused, no matter how you say that Zhao Er is the emperor's uncle, isn't that right?
Didn't you hear King Jin's words?
Some people think so, and Zhao Guangyi is the same, he held back his anger and raised his voice: "Palace Marshal, this king just said ......"
"I heard you!" Wang Chen interrupted unceremoniously.
Well?
Hear me?
Zhao Guangyi's face darkened.
The permanent staff officers around were stunned at first, and then they were all silent, knowing that there was going to be a big political collision next!
People even brought out the title of this king, you ignore it, and interrupt it directly the second time, how faceless is this?
Zhao Guangyi was about to have a seizure immediately, so Wang Chen continued: "This is an internal matter of my Privy Council, and the transfer of manpower is a matter of the Ministry of Officials and Zhongshu Province, although the King of Jin is the emperor's uncle, it doesn't seem appropriate to meddle in this matter, right?"
It seems to be explaining, and it can be regarded as giving Zhao Guangyi face.
Zhao Guangyi took a deep breath, trying to suppress the unpleasantness.
Who knew that Wang Chen said the next moment: "I'll explain to you face, what if I don't give you face?"
What if you don't give face?
Damn, you're tearing your face directly!
Many people were drenched in cold sweat, knowing that Wang Chen was going to clean up Zhao Guangyi.
Zhao Guangyi was furious when he heard this, and when he heard Wang Chen's first half of the sentence, he wanted to hold back, but the second half of the sentence almost made him jump like thunder, and he couldn't wait to stand up and give Wang Chen a mouthful! But in the end, he didn't dare, the main reason was that he didn't have the right, if he really did it, and didn't say that he couldn't beat it, he would say that Zhao Guangyi couldn't afford the consequences!
Seeing that the other party didn't talk, Wang Chen squinted and looked over, "King Jin, do you have any other opinions?"
"No!" Zhao Guangyi dared to be angry, but he didn't dare to speak.
Wang Chen said to Song Wu again: "National War, do you have a recommended candidate for the post of civilian privy envoy?" Originally, he was not going to treat Zhao Guangyi like this, the two had a more or less friendship before, who let Zhao Guangyi secretly instigate his relationship with the emperor in his absence, and now he will definitely beat the other party to death with a stick when he has the opportunity.
The permanent staff officers dare not speak.
Chai Yuxi, the former civilian privy councillor, was also unhappy and glanced at Wang Chen viciously.
Zhao Guangyi took a deep breath, his hands were trembling, and he knew that he had planted it this time.
Over there, Song Wu was about to speak, Wang Chen saw Chai Yuxi's eyes, changed the topic, and said: "By the way, before determining the position of the deputy privy envoy, I think the position of the original deputy privy envoy should be arranged first." ”
Everyone looked at him.
Zhao Guangyi, Chai Yuxi, and the rest of their faction all looked at each other in disbelief, and said in their hearts, is there any other arrangement for this, isn't it a routine operation to transfer Chai Yuxi to an idle post according to common sense?
Zhao Guangyi was afraid that Wang Chen would make him bad, so he spoke again: "Deputy Envoy Chai ......"
"King Jin, please don't disturb the manpower transfer within our Privy Council, okay?" Wang Chen suddenly looked sideways, and said in a cold tone: "Do you think this is the Jin Palace?"
Zhao Guangyi's anger completely exploded, he stood up with a bang, stretched out his finger and said, "You!"
"What are you?" Wang Chen sat there calmly, "King Jin, as an imperial uncle, you want to meddle in the military power, are you trying to rebel!?"
A big hat was directly buttoned down!
Zhao Guangyi, who was so angry that he originally wanted to have a seizure, blushed, but he didn't make another sound, clenched his fists and sat down unconvinced.
"This ......"
"The palace is handsome!"
"Shut up, are you looking for death?"
A few permanent staff officers whispered, some people think that Wang Chen is too arrogant, but they think it's one thing, and it's another thing to dare to say it, now the situation is so obvious, unless you are impatient, who dares to argue with Wang Chen, don't you see that Zhao Guangyi is all made to sit there and sulk?
Zhao Pu, Song Wu and others blossomed and knew that they were on the right team!
Wang Chen looked at Chai Yuxi and said: "I remember that you said to Your Majesty in the early days of the Vertical Arch Palace, as long as you can serve the imperial court, even if you resign from the post of privy deputy envoy, you can take the lead, right?"
This kind of polite remark is purely talkative, but at this moment, hearing Wang Chen's inquiry, Chai Yuxi's eyelids jumped, and he said stubbornly: "I said so, but ......" He wanted to explain.
Wang Chen didn't give a chance at all, nodded and interrupted: "Okay, I appreciate Vice Envoy Chai as a loyal and patriotic righteous person, if I refute your proposal, I'm afraid that people in the world will think that I, Wang Chen, are playing tricks to suppress you, even so, I will meet your wishes, from now on, you will be transferred to the Taiyuan Shenwu Army as a stormtrooper, I wish you an early meritorious service!"
No way!
Stormtrooper soldiers?
The permanent staff officers were taken aback.
Chai Yuxi was even more frightened.
Stormtroopers refer to the soldiers in the first row, many people think that the soldiers in the first row in ancient times were cannon fodder, but in fact, in the era of cold weapon combat, it was mainly divided into infantry and cavalry. Cavalry is used to charge, and it requires a lot of riding skills, otherwise it is impossible to kill the enemy on a horse. The infantry mainly relied on the phalanx to stabilize the battlefield situation and shoot arrows to injure the enemy, and when the two armies were fighting, the soldiers in the first row were not the legendary "cannon fodder", and some even rushed to go, for the following reasons.
First, there will be brave men under the great reward.
Second, the first row is all elite.
Third, how many people could die in a battle in ancient times? In fact, 3-5% of the deaths in a battle is a lot of money, and large-scale casualties generally come from post-war massacres.
When you look at it this way, the first row seems to be a beautiful difference.
Yes, for regular elite soldiers, the first platoon is indeed easy to make achievements, and it is a beauty difference.
But Chai Yuxi is not a regular elite soldier, let alone elite, he is not even regular, besides, he is a civilian, a scholar, and he is really powerless, whether he can support the armor weighing dozens of catties is a problem, and he also fights with people?
At this moment, everyone knows how ruthless Wang Chen is, if he doesn't move, he will die!
Chai Yuxi was afraid, who is not afraid of death, he hurriedly said loudly: "The palace marshal spare......s his life!"
"Huh?" Wang Chen glanced sideways, "The request was told by your majesty yourself, and now you want to regret it?
I'm special!
Who doesn't know that it was a polite remark for resignation?
Chai Yuxi's face turned green, but he really had nothing to refute.
If you bully the king, you can directly kill them on the spot.
On the battlefield, there may be one more life.
Chai Yuxi had no choice but to admit it in despair.
Finished!
Zhao Guangyi's faction is completely finished!
The permanent staff officers sympathized and gloated at Zhao Guangyi.
Zhao Guangyi almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, and he couldn't even protect the people under his hands, who would dare to work for him in the future? This time, he was planted in the abyss, and he was disgraced and thrown to his grandmother's house!
Wang Chen didn't pay attention to the people of Zhao Guangyi's faction anymore, and began to pretend to ask Song Wu, Zhao Pu and others, and finally installed all his own people in important positions in the Privy Council.
The civilian privy deputy envoy arranged the original deputy commander of the front division of the palace and the commander of the east and west classes, Shi Li Huaizhong, Wang Chen promised at the beginning, and this person was loyal, so he naturally did not run away.
The post of Privy Council was arranged for Zhang Qian.
The other two rooms Cao Si are also his own people.
It can be said that now the entire Privy Council is Wang Chen's people except for Cao Bin, who is the privy envoy.
Originally, the matter should have ended here, even Zhao Guangyi, who was extremely angry, had no choice but to admit it, he stood up and said, "I'm not feeling well, so I'll retire first!"
Meaning, I'm not playing with you guys anymore.
You Wang Chen can do whatever you want.
The permanent staff officers also knew that Zhao Guangyi took the initiative to admit defeat, and it was almost time for this farce to come to an end.
What no one expected was that Wang Chen snorted, "Li Huaizhong, King Jin is the emperor's uncle, safety is very important, and now Cao Xiang is fighting a decisive battle in Taiyuan, in order to prevent someone from assassinating King Jin, you will replace all his guards with our Privy Council masters, you must protect the safety of King Jin, even when you go to the toilet, you have to follow!"
In an instant, it was really an instant, the faces of the permanent staff officers on the scene changed, this is your mother going to put Zhao Guangyi under house arrest!
Zhao Guangyi was furious, his whole body trembled with anger, his eyes were full of anger when he looked at Wang Chen, and he said loudly: "The surname is Wang, what do you mean?"
"What do you mean?" Wang Chen said unhurriedly: "I sent elite soldiers to protect the safety of King Jin, what do you mean by me?"
Zhao Guangyi was about to go crazy, "This king doesn't need anyone to protect him!
Wang Chen didn't pay attention to him at all, and said sideways: "Li Huaizhong, did you hear what I said?"
Li Huaizhong is Wang Chen's diehard loyalist, and now he has become a privy deputy envoy, where to put a Zhao Guangyi who has no real power in his eyes, and said with full anger: "Oh!"
Zhao Guangyi knew that he couldn't tell Wang Chen why, so he was embarrassed and said angrily: "I want to see Your Majesty!"
Wang Chen chuckled, "Do you want to see Your Majesty? Is Your Majesty something you can see if you want to? Okay, King Jin, in the future, you can be a peaceful idle king, and when Your Majesty remembers to see you, I will naturally ask someone to take you to see you, as for now, please go back to the house immediately, otherwise don't blame me for letting the guards escort you back! Your safety is too important!"
Zhao Guangyi hated his teeth, he knew that Wang Chen said that if he didn't let him see the emperor, he would definitely not be able to see him, and if he really let the guards and pro-military divisions "escort" him, he would suffer from skin and flesh, he finally realized the end of having no rights, smiled desolately, and completely admitted defeat: "People are watching the sky, you will have retribution sooner or later!"
Wang Chen glared and said angrily: "Get out!"
They all swept the floor and went out directly, but Zhao Guangyi still dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak!
"Hey. Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi had a grudge and laughed gloatingly.
There is no possibility of turning over!
Wang Chen directly and completely killed Zhao Guangyi with a stick!
Wang Chen didn't look at Zhao Guangyi again, and said lightly: "Let's continue to look at the court." ”
Zhao Guangyi, who had already walked to the edge of the threshold, turned his head to look at Wang Chen, trembling all over!
The agency is exhausted, but it is humiliated!
It's really self-inflicted!
At this moment, Zhao Guangyi really regretted it, why did he spend his blood to provoke the relationship between the emperor and Wang Chen? He wanted to use the imperial power to suppress Wang Chen? As a result, he was sent over to suppress him, and he directly had no real power at all!
If he still had some military power in the Privy Council now, Wang Chen would definitely not act so rashly!
Still instigated?
Are you still waiting for the opportunity to get rid of Wang Chen?
It's good now, he, Zhao Guangyi, will be stared at when he goes to the toilet in the future! uncle, the king of Jin who is above 10,000 people in the Great Song Dynasty, actually has to be stared at when he goes to the toilet? Zhao Guangyi wants to die!
It's too ironic, Zhao Guangyi only hates himself for being too anxious but ending up in a defeat, he feels that he is very ironic, the irony is that his emperor's nephew can't support the wall and he loses nothing!
Can it make a comeback?
Don't even ask this question, the entire Privy Council, the front division of the palace and the pro-military division of the guards are all in Wang Chen's hands, and Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province are all Wang Chen's people, and it may be more difficult to make a comeback than to ascend to the sky.
Zhao Guangyi was powerlessly desperate, and he no longer had the previous arrogance.