In early May, Li Tong led all the guards to the palace to be on duty.

Today's early dynasty, the atmosphere is not bad, and the ministers are mainly about the reform of Caoyun.

Among them, the rental and sale of shops around Xintan has been basically completed, and this alone will bring direct income to the imperial court more than 500,000 yuan, and this is just the beginning, in this regard, there are also subsequent annual rentals, as well as the increase in the city tax brought about by the increase in the number of people entering the city.

The number brings the most intuitive feeling, when they heard that the reform around Xintan alone can bring more than 300,000 yuan of stable income to the imperial court every year, all the courtiers can't help but be amazed.

After listening to these reports, the Holy Emperor Wu Zetian's face was also full of joy, looking at the acting king standing on the side of the imperial case, his eyes were full of appreciation, and when the palace announced that all the officials and officials who were using this matter would be given a first rank, and after the examination was completed, they would make a meritorious service, and they did not need to be selected, they could directly participate in the election of the officials and then give the service.

Hearing this holy will, the courtiers in the hall were also amazed and envious. These are all real gifts, especially when officials can directly give re-assignments without having to keep the election, which is even more enviable.

It can be said that keeping the election is a major obstacle on the way to the official office, and it is not uncommon to serve for three years and keep the election for ten years. The long election not only makes people idle, but also consumes their ambition very much.

If you can be exempted from the election, you can directly increase the prestige of your career for several years, and these people themselves have such achievements to tell, and the next career will undoubtedly go on a fast track. Maybe it won't take a few years to become a backbone talent inside and outside.

As soon as he thought of this, many courtiers turned their eyes to the acting king on the side of the imperial case.

It was under the impetus of the Acting King that the reform was implemented, and His Majesty's reward for these officials also showed that as long as they were willing to concentrate on their work, their career was secure, and they did not need to indulge in the treacherous power struggle.

Li Tong is also quite happy about this, not only because of the growth of the momentum of his department officials, but also because his grandmother's statement can also give the values of the government and the opposition a correct orientation, so that more people with lofty ideals have the courage to do the right thing.

However, near the end of the court meeting, with the appearance of the palace attendant Shi Zhang Khan Zhi, the originally good atmosphere in the court was destroyed again.

Zhang Cambodia bluntly impeached Wei Yuanzhong, the official and political doctor, and accused Wei Yuanzhong of living in the constitution, but failing to rectify the situation, causing evil talents to enter the matter, so that the people of the government and the people were panicked.

Li Tong stood in the court, looked at Zhang Cambodia's generous speech, and when he talked about the excitement, even the gray beard under his chin flew up, and he couldn't help but feel that this old gentleman was really old and strong, the older he was, the greater his temperament, and it was really admirable.

If Li Zhaode's toughness may be related to his outstanding family background, then Zhang Cambodia's uprightness is due to his character.

He was born as a student of the ether and was born as a scholar, and only after he was over forty years old did he mix with the palace Cangcao who served as the son of Gaozong Li Sujie, when the Empress Wu was favored, because of Xiao Shufei's sake, he hated his son Li Sujie, Zhang Cambodia presented the "Treatise on Loyalty and Filial Piety" written by Li Sujie to Gaozong, in order to ease the relationship between father and son, so as to provoke resentment against the Empress Wu.

In the following 20 years, Zhang Cambodia has been immersed in the matter. It was not until the Yongchang period that he won the first place in the system and policy, and then he entered the court again to serve as the superintendent of the imperial history.

Up to now, Zhang Cambodia is nearly seventy years old, and he still has the courage and courage to complain about his grievances in the court under the collective voice of the courtiers. However, compared with the history of his people who presided over the Shenlong Revolution and abandoned the Zhou and returned to the Tang Dynasty, what he is doing now is really nothing.

Li Tong has always felt that if he really wants to choose a courtier who is quite compatible with Wu Zetian's temperament, it must be Zhang Khan Zhi. Even in terms of disobedience to the old, Zhang Cambodia did even better than Wu Zetian and won the victory.

At the time of the Shenlong Revolution, Zhang Cambodia was already over 80 years old, and he could be called a sentence of "Lao Ji is in the bush, and his ambition is thousands of miles". Although Li Tong lacks a good impression of most of the so-called old ministers of the Tang family, he sincerely admires Zhang Cambodia and admires this old heroism.

With Zhang Cambodia's performance, several more imperial historians seconded the proposal, although the attitude and wording were not as fierce as Zhang Cambodia's, but they also expressed their dissatisfaction with some aspects of the current court affairs.

Although he impeached Prime Minister Wei Yuanzhong, the real meaning was, of course, that he was the criminal minister who was acting rampantly. It's just that the official character of Lai Junchen is too low, and it is inconvenient for him to go directly to the court, so he pointed to Wei Yuanzhong.

After Wei Yuanzhong was sensitive, he also went out to pay respects, but he didn't say a word and did not plead. looks pitiful, but of course Li Tong understands where this old fox is obedient, the imperial history impeached the prime minister, how could he, as the head of the constitutional station, not know.

Zhang Cambodia and others impeached him, and they must have obtained his acquiescence and even instructions, and the purpose was nothing more than to retreat into advance, hoping to gain a certain right to speak in the criminal field, so as to check and balance Lai Junchen.

Although Wei Yuanzhong is not one of the four factions, he should not forget that he was framed by Lai Junchen and taken to the execution ground for a day trip just last year.

With the performance of the imperial history, Wu Zetian's good mood also came to an abrupt end.

On the one hand, she hopes to use this case to continue to dig deep into the collusion between the courtiers and eliminate some hidden dangers, and on the other hand, she does not want the courtiers to discuss this matter too much, so as not to further highlight the incompatible bleak relationship between mother and son.

Therefore, Wu Zetian reprimanded Wei Yuanzhong next, not for Zhang Khan Zhi and others, but for Wei Yuanzhong's negligence, and to publicize the affairs that could have been communicated and resolved within Xiantai to the court.

Seeing that Wei Yuanzhong, Zhang Cambodia and others had turned ugly, and there was no lack of loss, Li Tong couldn't help but sigh again. His grandmother is also stubborn in this matter, if she continues to entangle, maybe Lai Junchen has not been damaged, and maybe Wei Yuanzhong will be removed first.

Originally, this matter should have come to an end, and after Wei Yuanzhong was trained, the other imperial historians had already returned to their respective classes. But Zhang Cambodia still stood in the hall, and continued: "The ministers have a performance, there are many criminal crimes today, and most of the commentators are serious crimes, but they are only decided by the first division of the punishment, and the case is hastily pushed, there is no repeated trial of the three trials, and there are no three divisions to participate in the trial, the name of the punishment is drafted, the capital punishment is imposed, and the speaker makes a discussion, and he is afraid of the artifact of the imperial dynasty, and occasionally loses benevolence......"

"Zhang Khan's demon theory! Qu Yan is benevolent, memory is hidden, can not be realistic, sell fame and sell straight, please severely punish the madman, to police later! ”

Before Zhang Cambodia's words fell, Wu Sansi stepped out of the train and said loudly.

"Loyalty is hard to hide, and words and deeds are not ashamed. But there is a clear distinction of the three trials, the public counsellor of the three divisions, and the ministers are not afraid of being punished, and they dissect their hearts! ”

In the face of Wu Sansi's accusation, Zhang Cambodia also did not give an inch and continued to speak.

In the hall, Wu Zetian's face became even more ugly, and he was silent for a long time before he condensed and said: "What Cambodia plays, transfer it to the political affairs hall, once it is decided, the ministers must not make any more dissenting opinions!" ”

The early dynasty ended in this tense atmosphere, and Zhang Cambodia, who was not afraid of power and fought on the basis of reason, also left a deep impression on people. Although the vast majority of courtiers did not dare to stand up to help him speak out, they were also full of admiration for this old minister who had outstanding character and dared to insist on himself.

After retiring from the court, Li Tong first led all the guards to return to the palace from the Holy Emperor, and then went to the political hall after turning out.

When he walked through the West Dynasty Hall, he saw Shi Dou Lu Qinwang in the Feng Pavilion walking in front of him, followed by Si Bin Shaoqing Di Renjie and several other courtiers, as if he was chasing Dou Lu Qinwang, and entered the Feng Pavilion one after another.

The picture was a little funny, but Li Tong couldn't laugh. This situation is nothing more than Di Renjie and others hoping that Doulu Qinwang can stand up and take responsibility at this critical moment, but Doulu Qinwang is unwilling to respond.

If Doulu Qinwang can't speak out in the political hall, Zhang Cambodia will undoubtedly waste the opportunity he has won in the court by almost risking his life, and Lai Junchen will still lose control and rampant handling cases.

Not to mention the entanglement on that side, Li Tong came to the outside of the political hall in the Fengge official office and asked someone to pass it on to Yang Zaisi.

Without heeling, Yang Zaisi hurriedly went out to greet him, and after entering the hall, the two sides sat down, and Li Tong briefly told the future intentions, hoping that Yang Zaisi would come forward to coordinate the winter officials of the Ministry of Industry.

After Yang Zaisi heard this, he nodded again and again, and said: "This is originally a matter within the office, but recently, there have been a lot of miscellaneous things in the hall, and he has neglected to supervise for a while, and His Royal Highness He Lao will personally teach." Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will summon the Winter Official Su Shangshu later to facilitate this matter as soon as possible. ”

After sending off the acting king, Yang Zaisi sent someone to invite the winter official Shangshu Su Gan. However, as soon as someone was sent here, Su Gan had already come to the political affairs hall, but instead of coming to see Yang Zaisi, he went straight to the Fengge Zhitang, and also joined in the negotiations with Neishi Dou Lu Qinwang.

Yang Zaisi was left aside, naturally a little embarrassed, and his subordinate officials waited outside the Fengge Straight Hall, and then he retreated to the political affairs hall.

Half an hour passed, and the discussion in Fengge Zhitang came to an end, and when Di Renjie and the others withdrew, their faces were not very good-looking, and it was obvious that this time the discussion broke up unhappily and failed to achieve the desired result.

When he was informed by the official of the political affairs hall that the prime minister Yang Zaisi had summoned him, Su Gan went straight into the political affairs hall, and when he heard what Yang Zaisi discussed, he took the case and said: "The winter officials and workers use what they do, and they have their own plans, how can the powerful and miscellaneous relatives follow their own personal affairs!" The acting king is so powerful, and he doesn't say a word about the troubles of the court, but instructs the prime minister to steal merit for his disciples! ”

After finishing speaking, he left the political hall without looking back, Yang Zaisi was criticized by this, and his face was naturally difficult to see. At this moment, Wu Sansi Dengtang took this scene in his eyes, and when he saw Yang Zaisi's embarrassment, he immediately showed a gloating smile.

After returning to his own hall, Wu Sansi pondered for a while, and then summoned the government officials and ordered in a low voice: "Quickly go to the Sixing Temple to inform Junchen Lai, and immediately lead the winter official Su Gan!" ”