On the last day of December in the winter of the ninth year of the reign of Lu Hou, it came to an end in a heavy snow and a powerful news - the imperial historian Pingyang Hou Cao Jiao left a letter of accusation, and then committed suicide by swallowing gold in the house!

In Cao Yan's confession, he did not have the slightest intention of dismissing the relationship with his younger brother Cao Yan's actions, but took all the blame on himself - it is still the same sentence: The eldest brother is like a father, and the godbrother is not strict, it is my crime!

When the news came out, the court vibrated and Chang'an was shocked!

Early the next morning, that is, on the first day of the first month of January, Chang'an City was like a theater, staged a jaw-dropping scene.

- Liu Budo, who is the leader of Fengchang Lingzong, committed suicide by swallowing gold, and was rescued by the imperial doctor!

- Shaofu Liuhou Zhang Budo, sit on the gold, and return to his hometown without official duties!

- The internal history belongs to the official Zhonglang General, sitting on dereliction of duty, flowing thousands of miles!

- Zhou Kaifang, Marquis of Tingwei Fenyin, sat on dereliction of duty, dismissed from office, and was able to retain the knighthood after donating money!

A series of individual changes were enough to shock the personnel changes of the government and the opposition, and they broke out at the same time on the first day of the first month of January, which really made the people of Chang'an eat melons and eat a full meal.

Finally, in the afternoon, news came out from the edict prison in the Yang Palace: Cao Yan was ordered by the old Lang to commit suicide in fear of crime in the edict prison; At this time, the internal causes of this series of changes spread in Guanzhong.

- Lang Zhongling Cao Yan, sword stabbing the wall of the high temple!

When the news came out, I don't know how many rangers beat their chests and stomped their feet, annoyed that Cao Yan committed suicide so easily.

Immediately afterwards, thousands of soldiers poured into the Anmen Gate in the south of Chang'an, surrounding the high temple and the two palaces of Changle and Weiyang; The officers and soldiers of the Northern Army who were guarding Weiyang were also transferred by an edict to cooperate with the Inner History Yamen to arrest those implicated in the incident of the constant damage to the high temple wall.

Within an hour, dozens of officials ranging from 1,000 to 2,000 stones fell off their horses and were kicked and pushed by the Northern Sergeants and Prisoners into the Inner History Prison.

The hundreds of officials in the DPRK and the central government were even more frightened by what happened in this day, and finally jointly wrote a letter in the early morning of the second day, advising Liu Hong to "temporarily rest the anger of thunder" and "focus on the overall situation".

Qu waited for Chen Ping's name, and even appeared at the top of the joint letter - as the prime minister, even if Chen Ping was reluctant, he would come forward to 'persuade' Liu Hong.

But no matter whether Liu Hong 'calms his anger' or not, there is no doubt about the reality: the matter of the high temple has been completely kicked out.

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In the prime minister's mansion, Chen Ping, Zhou Bo and Guan Ying sat in front of a desk, and their faces were not very good-looking.

On the afternoon of the incident in the high temple, Chen Ping received an edict from the palace - Anling Du clan is a disaster, disturbing the people's hearts, the internal history cannot be cured, and the prime minister cannot be guilty; Accept the Prime Minister's proposal, spread the Flying Fox Army into the customs, and help the Prime Minister to clear the Anling Du clan and other powerful and evil gentry!

You must know that the edict of the Western Han Dynasty needs to be in triplicate, one is handed over to the prime minister, one is left in Shiqu Pavilion for the record, and the other is handed over to the edictee, so that it will have legal benefits.

The little emperor only 'completed' the procedures after the arrival of the Flying Fox Army, and in Chen Ping's heart, it was as uncomfortable as being fed a piece of Ollie.

After carefully reading the edict, Rao is Chen Ping, who had already predicted this, couldn't hold back his hand holding his beard, and pulled out a few mustaches under his chin!

——It doesn't matter if the Flying Fox Army was transferred to deal with Guanzhong Haoqiang, he actually said that this was the Prime Minister's proposal...

Who in Chang'an City doesn't know that Chen Ping and the Du family are sons and daughters?

Sure enough, Chen Ping asked casually, and the squire did not hesitate to confirm Chen Ping's conjecture - before this edict was sent to Chen Ping, it had been first pasted on the dew cloth of every township and county in Chang'an!

In other words, at this point in time of political turmoil, Chen Ping not only had to guard against Liu Hong in secret, assist Liu Hong openly, and even bear the attack of public opinion on his personal morality in private...

That night, Chen Ping ate two more bowls of rice in anger!

But other than that, Chen Ping has no other way - it's really the time that the little emperor picked, it's too perfect...

Gao Miao had an accident, as the filial son and grandson of Emperor Taizu Gao, the little emperor was thunderous and angry, what could be wrong with this?

If Liu Hong is not like this, then it is called abnormal!

Chen Ping, on the other hand, had to keep a low profile to ensure that he would not be involved; On the one hand, he also came forward to dissuade Liu Hong to show his responsibility as the head of a hundred officials.

For Liu Hong's small actions, Chen Ping, who was anxious, really had no time to stop it.

"Is the Marquis Jianghou saying that the Weiyang Palace Guard has been replaced by the pawn of the Flying Fox?"

Seeing Zhou Bo nodded, Chen Ping's heart suddenly sank.

The matter of returning the guards to the little emperor was at the head of the city of Ri'anmen on that day, and the two sides had already reached a conclusion after consultation.

But Chen Ping never thought that the little emperor would really dare to replace the Northern Army!

In Chen Pingyuan's conjecture, the little emperor at most asked Worm Da, who was the captain of the guard, to grab the power of Lang Zhongling, trying to control part of the military power of the Northern Army.

But Chen Ping was not optimistic about this.

From the perspective of his own work, the authority of the guard is not to protect the emperor at all.

- Guard, the guard, the two palaces of Chang'an.

What do you mean?

That is to say, Wei Wei's job is to defend the two palaces of Weiyang and Changle; As for the emperor's personal bodyguards, that was Lang Zhongling's business.

Although it is said that since the emperor was in the palace most of the time, the powers of Wei Wei and Lang Zhongling overlapped somewhat; But in fact, it is very easy to understand - in principle, Wei Wei is only responsible for the safety of the two palaces of Weiyang and Changle, and does not care about the safety of the emperor.

Not strictly speaking, if someone can kidnap the emperor without entering the Weiyang Palace, then Wei Wei is not responsible for this matter - the thief did not enter the Weiyang Palace, and Wei Wei did not derelict his duties!

This can be seen from the fact that when the emperor left the palace, the guard stayed in the palace, and Lang Zhongling led people to accompany him.

The little emperor can be good, and he will directly kill Lang Zhongling by taking advantage of the matter of the high temple!

Immediately afterwards, on the grounds of 'ineffective protection of the temple', the northern army was sent to search for bandits - theoretically, all the security in Chang'an City is really inseparable from the northern army guarding the city gate.

Since then, the water in the court has been completely muddy, and the little emperor is fishing everywhere in the chaos, which is simply fun!

If nothing else, the candidate for Lang Zhongling, the little emperor should also have arrangements; In this regard, Chen Ping was powerless to stop it.

- You must know that the previous Lang Zhongling: Cao Yan, in his official file, the recommender recorded in black and white is Chen Ping!

As a result, Lang Zhongling, who was recommended by Chen Ping on the front foot, inserted a sword on Liu Bang's high temple with the back foot!

Even if Liu Hong really gave up Lang Zhongling's right to appoint, Chen Ping had to pretend not to know about it out of taboo.

As for Zhou Bo and Guan Ying, they can't interfere in this matter - whether it is a captain or a general, their authority is above the military power after all.

It was only now that Chen Ping discovered that Zhou Bo and Guan Ying couldn't help at all in matters related to the court, so Chen Ping could only face it alone.