On the day when the outer court prisoners withdrew from the inner push courtyard of Lijingmen, the palace people rushed to tell each other, and there was no shortage of people crying with joy.

These palace people have been forbidden for a long time, and they can't see the world of Ouchi from birth to death, and when the evil thoughts in the holy will envelop the entire Ouchi, there is a sense of despair that the heavens and the earth are collapsing. When the prisoner withdrew from the inner push hospital, it was tantamount to the haze dissipating and finally seeing life again.

In addition to rejoicing for the rest of their lives after the catastrophe, the palace people are also sincerely grateful to the princess who contributed to this change. For a time, many palace people wandered around the Renzhiin Temple on the north bank of Jiuzhou Pond, hoping to thank them in person.

But Renzhiyuan is just guarding the palace, concentrating on praying for the funeral of Xu Siyuan, who died in a hurry, and occasionally a sentence or two of voice is just a providence and has nothing to do with the rest.

No matter how deeply the people of the Forbidden Palace were touched by the transformation from death to life, the outer court did not pay much attention to it. After all, for most people, what is going on in the Imperial Palace Ouchi is too far away for them, and even if they hear about it, they rarely pay close attention.

At present, the focus of attention is on the various kinds of holy will conveyed by the forbidden puja, and second, the resolution to attack the Turks in the north derived from this puja.

At the same time, after being dismissed from the Inner Palace, Shi Lai Junchen immediately wrote a letter to complain about the change, saying that the Lingnan people rebelled, and asked the imperial court to send envoys south to investigate thoroughly.

There is no doubt that this is another means used by Lai Junchen to save himself. Although the foreign dynasty did not know what happened in the forbidden period, they had more or less heard of it, and some of them wanted to use it as a breakthrough to expel Junchen again in the future.

For example, Zhou Ju, who served the imperial history, secretly visited the prisoners who had served in the Inner Push Court to collect evidence.

Lai Junchen knew that he did not have a deep saint like Xue Huaiyi, and he was full of a sense of crisis, so he first wrote to complain that the change of direction was that the countercurrent of the government and the opposition was still powerful, and the torturers still had a place to play. Then he took the lead and hit a rake, impeaching Zhou Ju and other courtiers for snooping and intimidating with bad intentions.

Wu Zetian knew that although the Dharma meeting temporarily made the three members of the court reach an agreement, but it was pervasive to the entire court, and there were still many people discussing the demonic atmosphere in private, and it was necessary to control the way of speech. Therefore, Lai Junchen took the initiative to lead the fire to Xiantai, which was quite consistent with her intentions, so she instructed Lai Junchen to strictly investigate.

At the same time, she also instructed the imperial court to send envoys from all walks of life to the south to inquire whether the exiles had rebelled.

In fact, whether the exiles have rebelled or not is not a big problem. Not to mention that these exiles themselves are the losers of the political struggles of the past few years, and they have little to do with the current order of the court, even if they really intend to rebel, what can they do if the various penal colonies are already remote.

The reason why they still have to take a strict stance is nothing more than to put pressure on the people in the DPRK. A man does not think about the first, but thinks about the last, and everything in front of him is a warning to those who come after.

In the middle of July, Obon, Baiji rested, and each of them stayed at home.

After the festival, Di Renjie went to his house for a banquet at the invitation of Cui Xuanwei, a member of the Fengge house. Cui Xuanwei was born in the Boling Cui clan of Hebei, and he himself lived in Fengge Province, and his people set up a banquet, and the government and the opposition participated in twenty or thirty people.

There was no shortage of poems and poems in the audience, and Di Renjie drank alone, with a sad look on his face.

"I don't know what happened to Di Gong, and when he feasted, he spared words like gold?"

Soon, someone noticed that Di Renjie's mood was a little wrong, and Yuan Shuji, an official at the next table, asked.

Di Renjie sighed after hearing this, raised his eyes to look at the south, and said: "The guests and friends I saw were full, and I couldn't help but remember the old people. Li Chengxuan is talented, exquisite etiquette, if you can be at the table on this day, there will be witty words, but it is a pity that the elegance is placed in Tiannan. ”

When everyone heard this, their expressions changed slightly. Di Renjie's Li Chengxuan is the former Xian Taichung Cheng Li Sizhen, who was exiled with Di Renjie and other prime ministers in the old year. Among that group of exiles, Wei Yuanzhong and Di Renjie were reinstated, while former prime ministers Ren Zhigu and Li Sizhen were still in exile.

Life in exile was already miserable, and now that the imperial court has sent envoys to investigate the rebellion of the exiles, it is conceivable that those exiles will inevitably suffer even more unjustified disasters. So when Di Renjie finished speaking, everyone present also showed their own faces, they may have relatives and friends who are still in exile, even if they don't, they all have more or less sympathy in their hearts.

With Di Renjie's opening, the joyful atmosphere of the banquet was reduced, and when everyone started talking about it again, they more or less felt that the imperial court's approach was a bit overkill.

Seeing everyone's attitude like this, Di Renjie's heart widened slightly. The reason why he took the initiative to bring up this matter was that he hoped to integrate people's hearts a little and write to dissuade him.

Although the first batch of envoys has already been dispatched, if His Majesty the Holy Emperor can be dissuaded from sending them in the future, it will also serve as a warning to the first batch of envoys who have gone south, so that they can restrain themselves a little when they are trying to judge the matter, and show mercy to those miserable exiles.

However, before Di Renjie could speak, Cui Xuanwei, who was sitting in the master's seat, sighed and said: "What the monarchs said is true, but the imperial court also has deeper concerns when it sends envoys south to investigate." ”

Hearing Cui Xuanwei say this, everyone was stunned, and even Di Renjie looked at Cui Xuanwei with a little curiosity, wanting to hear him talk about the deep reasons why the court did this. Although they are also in the Shendu in these times, they can't enter the secret after all, and they will inevitably be shorter than they see.

"Lee Sang-gong did not return to Xijing for a long time, and the incident was taken care of, which also made the operation of various affairs in the DPRK and China not smooth. What's more serious is to let the imperial heir be involved in the matter for a long time......"

What Cui Xuanwei said was that Li Zhaode went out of the capital to investigate the murder case of Wangchengyi, and the king of Hanoi, Wu Yizong, who was also on the envoy, had already returned to Shendu, but Li Zhaode continued to stay in Xijing on the grounds that the case was still suspicious.

Di Renjie thought that Cui Xuanwei had something profound, but when he heard him talk about Li Zhaode, he couldn't help frowning.

Although he is idle in affairs, he also has a lot of old habits in the DPRK and China, and he may not be able to know many confidential information in time, but he is not ignorant of personnel entanglements between the DPRK and China.

The reason why Li Zhaode has been in Xijing for a long time is by no means that Cui Xuanwei alluded to his desire to avoid the disputes in the court. One is the obstruction of the kings of the Wu clan, who are unwilling to let Li Zhaode return to the dynasty too early.

The second is that the affairs that Li Zhaode himself has taken over are very important, and now the cool officials in the court are rampant and almost uncontrolled, once Li Zhaode does not respond after returning to the capital, let this part of the incident be taken away by the cool officials, and the victims will inevitably be more.

Now in the court, not to mention what His Majesty the Holy Emperor wants, the prime minister of the political hall is only Liang Wang Wu Sansi, Feng Pavilion Shi Dou Lu Qinwang, and Luantai Shilang Yang Zaisi.

These three people are incompetent in their positions, and it can be seen from the decision of the Banzhong Dharma Council to go to the Turks a few days ago that they have no power to correct the king's order, and can only bow their heads and go along with it.

At least in Di Renjie's view, this is by no means a good opportunity to engage in foreign affairs. A few years ago, the imperial court used troops to recover the four towns of Anxi, and the current situation is only manageable, and Tubo may counterattack again at any time, and the personnel assigned in the Western Regions cannot be easily withdrawn, and may even require continuous investment.

From the perspective of the court, although the Cao Yun affairs presided over by the acting king and the first line of the dynasty have been effective, the national budget and expenditure have been slightly calm. However, the operation of this matter is still shallow, and it needs to be stabilized, at least we must see how the overall increase of this year's annual harvest is, in order to say whether it will be successful or not.

Under such circumstances, His Majesty the Holy Emperor insisted on going his own way and decided to go on an expedition against the Turks, and he still used such a strange excuse, and there was no overall strategic intention and tactical concept at all. Luck may not be defeated, but there is no way to reverse the offensive and defensive situation in the north, and it is simply a vain move to waste money and people.

Di Renjie believes that people of insight in the DPRK can also see this problem, but the reason why there are no powerful people to dissuade him is that those who are involved have lost the integrity of discussing things on their own terms.

For example, Cui Xuanwei in front of him, who is in charge of Fengge, is deeply involved in confidential matters, and avoids talking about the obvious chaos in the imperial court, but turns to discuss the rest of the details. At the end of the day, power is just sultry.

In today's political affairs hall, there are five prime ministers, but Wang Xiaojie, the official of Xia Guanshangshu, is the protector of Anxi, and he is only the prime minister from afar. Li Zhaode, the squire of the Fengge, was trapped in Xijing, and he could not calmly return to the dynasty and play the role of prime minister. As for the three people in the court, none of them has the means to take charge of the country's affairs.

So next, the government hall must make a big addition. This is already the consensus of the courtiers, and it is also a situation deliberately promoted by His Majesty the Holy Emperor.

Therefore, those in charge of the political affairs hall are cautious in their words and deeds, and do not dare to disobey the holy will. And those who feel that they are qualified are also carefully observed, hoping to pay homage to the prime minister in one fell swoop.

Cui Xuanwei is now an official in Fengge, and he is also the prime minister's backup echelon. The reason why he refers to Li Zhaode is precisely because of this. As long as Li Zhaode can be squeezed out of the court, then the next political hall has reached the point where it has to be supplemented.

Cui Xuanwei, who was born in Hebei, has an advantage, that is, Xue Huaiyi led the army to fight against the Turks this time, and he must rely on the strength of Hebei's morale and people. Therefore, it is very likely that His Majesty the Holy Emperor will promote a courtier from Hebei to enter the political hall as the prime minister.

Therefore, the ministers did not stop this expedition to the Turks, one is naturally because His Majesty the Holy Emperor is eager, and the other is because of the seduction of the prime minister's position.

Originally, Di Renjie planned to unite with the courtiers to dissuade the imperial court from continuing to send more envoys south, but due to Cui Xuanwei's disrupted voice, the thoughts of everyone present were deviated. After all, the situation of the Lingnan Liuren is not painful to the situation itself, and people have to weigh and judge from their own perspective after all.

Therefore, Di Renjie also felt more and more depressed the more he sat in the banquet, so he simply got up and said goodbye.

Cui Xuanwei sent Di Renjie out of the house, and avoided Di Renjie's scrutiny slightly, but sighed: "Now that the court situation has a strong demonic atmosphere, you can't focus on the details. Only by seeking to be sure of the situation can we hope that everything will be settled. Di Gong Lao Cheng is seeking the country, and he hopes to be considerate. ”

Di Renjie didn't say anything about this, just nodded, and then left silently.

After returning home, Di Renjie locked himself in the study, and it was not until the next morning that he walked out of the study, handed a sealed letter to his family, and advised: "After the city gate is opened, leave the city as soon as possible, and send this letter to Erlang in the Suyue army." ”