The new emperor's accession to the throne is not to sit on the dragon chair.

Even though the edict clearly stated that the eldest prince Li Tong would succeed to the throne, the sudden death of the national teacher Yin Yang still left regrets, or loopholes, for this change of authority.

Two hundred percent of the officials sent by the queen did not believe the contents of the edict.

But they can't get the evidence, and they can't question it without evidence, otherwise it's a crime of disrespect!

And after Li Tong took the throne, a mysterious institution also quietly surfaced.

This institution is called Jinyiwei.

The main duty is to keep an eye on the hundreds of officials in the court, and if necessary, they can even cut them first, they only obey the emperor's orders, and no one else has the right to transfer the Jinyi Guard.

After Jin Yiwei surfaced, he immediately did two big things.

First, kill Yu Feng, the imperial historian.

Second, he slaughtered the thirty-six members of Xu Lang's family, the chief of Qin Tianjian, and even the maid, cook, and gardener.

After these two incidents broke out, the hundred officials were shocked, and the twists and turns of the crusade against the Jinyi Guard flew to the desk of His Majesty the Emperor like snowflakes.

However, Li Tong didn't even look at these twists, so he directly let them be packed in a sack for too long and sent to be burned.

The noble concubine is worried, her son has just ascended the throne, and the methods are so ruthless, if it arouses the rebellious psychology of the officials, then the future will be even more difficult. Governing the country is not a family affair, whoever opposes it can only be angry, if this is really done, Li Tong's throne will not be long after.

So Concubine Gao felt that it was necessary for her son to have a good chat.

During this time, the noble concubine didn't communicate much with her son, and the other party had become the emperor, if she was still pointed at by herself as a mother, she would be unhappy. Concubine Gao has been in the harem for many years, and she really understands this psychology too well, so in addition to the fixed greetings every day, she never takes the initiative to see her son.

Second, the noble concubine is still a little weak-hearted. Li Tong didn't know about changing the edict, he firmly believed that Li Hong was a righteous person who passed on the throne to him, so the orthodox concept in his heart was deeply rooted. But the noble concubine watched the edict being changed, and she only had to look at her son once and think of the edict, but she was afraid that one day she couldn't hold back and leak her mouth, so she simply disappeared.

But now it's time to have to meet.

Even the officials of her faction have been exhausted by Jinyiwei, and I don't know how many people will turn against the water if they continue to toss.

This trend must be stifled in the cradle.

Concubine Gao originally wanted the palace maid to invite Li through to come, but after thinking about it, it would be more appropriate to go to the imperial study to see him in person.

At all times, he must give the emperor face, even if he is his own mother.

"Empress Dowager Gao has arrived. The eunuch at the door shouted in a shrill voice.

When the emperor's voice came from inside the house, the eunuch pushed open the door of the imperial study, and then bowed back.

"Queen Mother, why are you here, take a seat quickly. Li Tong put down the brush and walked over, helping the noble concubine to sit down on the chair.

Concubine Gao said: "Look at your son, do you still need a reason?"

"That's what the Queen Mother said. Li Tong smiled, and then instructed the palace maid to make tea.

After the tea was presented, the noble concubine picked up the teacup and drank it slowly, sorting out the language in her mind, thinking about how to speak.

Li Hong said: "Queen Mother, if you have nothing to order, the emperor will go to review the chapter first, you sit here for a while, and wait for the emperor to have dinner together after the review." ”

The noble concubine said: "The emperor is happy, but the queen mother does have something to tell you." ”

"The emperor listened to the teachings of the queen mother. Li Tong said.

"Emperor, recently, hundreds of officials in the government and the opposition have a lot of opinions on Jinyiwei. Concubine Gao said slowly: "The queen mother knows that you want to quickly sort out the court, but you can't be in a hurry, doing so will easily cause dissatisfaction among the officials." Although the emperor is the king of a country, but the specific things still need to be done by hundreds of officials, they are your siblings, the more you cut off, although you can solve the temporary disaster, but if you want to do something later, you will feel constrained. ”

"Of course, the queen mother doesn't say that you did something inappropriate, but I just think that the emperor is a little anxious, slow down, at least give the hundred officials a respite and a process of acceptance. The court hasn't yet reached the time to use fierce medicine. ”

Li Tong smiled and said, "What the queen mother said, the emperor understands." However, the queen mother inevitably thought that these hundred officials were too simple, and since I succeeded to the throne, some officials have attacked me in private, saying that my position is not justified. In addition, the former national teacher died suddenly, and no one could stand up and speak for me, even if I threw the edict in the faces of these bastards, they would feel that the edict had been changed. ”

"Mother, I am also very distressed. I'm not afraid of these people talking nonsense, but if I let them mess around like this, how can I govern this country? So these voices have to disappear, and if they don't take the initiative to disappear, I'll shut them up. And the queen mother should not think that I am killing people indiscriminately, everyone who dies under the hands of Jinyiwei is innocent, they are all criminals who have committed many crimes. ”

Concubine Gao saw firmness, determination, and domineering in Li Tong's eyes, but she didn't see mercy.

Although mercy is not in charge of the army, as an emperor, mercy must also be mastered.

If the emperor is too strong, the final result will not be good.

Being an emperor is also a posthumous science, Li Hong did a good job, and Li Tong was still too young after all, and he thought too simply.

Yes, those dead officials may indeed have committed many crimes, but they were killed without being interrogated by the Dali Temple, which would cause the flood of imperial power and give the hundred officials a feeling that the imperial power was not regulated.

The relationship between the emperor and the minister is one of mutual supervision, and how to control this degree is something that both sides have to carefully figure out.

Li Tong's current behavior is equivalent to directly telling those ministers that he can't listen to half a bad word.

As a result of this, there will only be flatterers left in the court in the future, and there will be no more heartfelt words.

The more the noble concubine thought about it, the more terrible she felt, she worked hard to make her son the emperor, and she must not allow such a thing to happen.

"Emperor, listen to the advice of the queen mother, Jinyiwei can't kill anyone, even if he has the evidence, he can't kill at will, he must collect the evidence of the crime, and then hand it over to the people of Dali Temple to deal with. Concubine Gao said solemnly.

Li Tong frowned, he didn't like Concubine Gao's attitude at the moment.

He is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the most powerful person in the entire Great Wilderness, even if he is his own mother, he can't point fingers at his decisions at will.

However, Li Tong has only just become the emperor after all, and his aura is not strong enough, when the noble concubine becomes serious, he seems to have returned to the time when he was the prince, and his mother's words are holy decrees, which cannot be refuted by him, but can only be executed.

"The queen mother's lesson is that the emperor should keep it in mind. Li Tong said slowly.

Concubine Gao said: "Emperor, it's not that the queen mother is unreasonable, it's really that your behavior has touched the bottom line of hundreds of officials, and if you let Jinyiwei kill people indiscriminately, the consequences will be unimaginable." What's more, the academy has never expressed its position!"

At the mention of the academy, Li Tong's face suddenly became extremely ugly.

As mentioned before, since Li Tong ascended the throne, he directly broke the convention of the Tang Emperor's accession to the throne, that is, to visit the academy.

Li Tong didn't have any good feelings about the people in the academy, and the "death" of the master was already a sure thing, so he directly canceled this convention.

Not only that, Li Tong also sent eunuchs to the academy, wanting to let Mr. Da enter the palace and congratulate him on his accession to the throne in front of hundreds of civil and military officials.

As a result, the eunuch was blasted out without even entering the gate of the academy.

This incident reached Li Tong's ears, and he was so angry that he smashed several expensive vases.

At this moment, in Li Tong's heart, the number one person who hates it is not those disobedient officials, but the people in the academy, especially those on the second floor.

At the same time, Li Tong's heart was ranked among the people he feared the most, and the people on the second floor of the academy were also impressively listed.

He can use Jinyi Wei to deal with the hundred officials, and the people on the second floor of the academy, Li Tong has no way.

They are really the key to deciding whether or not they can sit on the throne.

More importantly, the hub of the Four Holy Beast Formations was still in the hands of Mr. Three of the Academy.

The fact that Ji Zixing passed the hub to Zhou Fei was only known to the people in the academy, and for the people of the Tang royal family, they still thought that Ji Zixing was the controller of the hub.

At the same time, the location of the array eye is only known to Ji Zixing.

It was the last barrier of Chang'an City, and it could not be destroyed.

Based on the above reasons, even if Li Tong is dissatisfied with the academy, he must maintain a superficial respect.

"Okay, I'll give an order at once to let those brocade guards shrink their actions. Li Tong said.

Concubine Gao breathed a sigh of relief.

"But there is one man who must be killed. Li turned around and said.

Concubine Gao's heart that had just fallen was violently lifted again.

"Who?"

"Yan Jie. ”

Yan Jie, a resident of the Tang Dynasty, is specifically responsible for recording the daily life of the royal family, the words and deeds of the emperor, which can be regarded as a mirror set up by the royal family for himself, giving him full power, and at the same time having an immortal gold medal!

Now, Li Tong is actually going to kill Yan Jie!

"Emperor, are you crazy?" exclaimed the noble concubine, "how can you kill the housekeepers!"

Li Tong said expressionlessly: "This person is extremely evil, he does not recognize my identity, and refuses to write a living order for me! I asked him why he is like this, guess what he said? He said that my position was stolen, and he only wrote a living order for the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and I am not qualified! Queen Mother, if I don't even have a person who writes a living order, then can I still be regarded as an emperor? So this person must die!"

Concubine Gao took Li Tong's hand and said: "Emperor, think about it again, you don't have to kill him, you can depose him from his official position and keep him away from the capital, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Yan family has been responsible for the position of the housekeeper, and the words and deeds of the previous emperors of my Tang Dynasty have been recorded by the Yan family, and killing him will have too much impact." ”

Li Tong said: "The queen mother doesn't need to persuade me anymore, I have made up my mind." Because Yan Jie once said in front of me that even if I depose him, he will record all this with the pen in his hand and inform the people of the Tang Dynasty of the truth about the change of imperial power!