Chapter 348: Premonition
"Li Lang was in the past and was really a hard-working king. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Since I on the board, Sayou bowed. Now it can be called a disease, and it is added because of worrying about the country. Its ambition is to avoid power and be content, annoyed to change the tone for a long time, and it is appropriate to relieve difficulties! Guo Rong mentioned Wei Renpu and the three people, and suddenly the conversation changed, but he mentioned Li Gu in the Ministry of Rites.
These people didn't know Guo Rong's intentions, and when they suddenly heard the emperor directly praise the three of them, they were a little nervous for a while. Because Wei Renpu and the three of them did not stay in Tokyo City for only one day or two, but accompanied the Zhou State since the founding of the country, they have been working in the court.
As the saying goes, the abnormal is the devil. Hearing the emperor's words, although he couldn't hear the meaning of the counterwords, it was also a little thought-provoking. So he spoke slowly to the emperor, and the three of them didn't dare to respond for the time being. Especially the three people who were originally praised, but suddenly turned to Li Gu's head, which naturally made people feel even more foggy.
After all, this Lord Langzhong and the crown will be a jinshi, and he is a rare talent in the court. He successively served as an official in the Later Jin Dynasty, the Later Han Dynasty, and even the present dynasty. But the one who is in office is not the supervision of the imperial history, Taichang Cheng, or the current ministry. The world knows that he is a strong and resolute person, and he is very good at talking.
When the world called Wang Pu can recommend people, and Li Gu can know people!
Although the three of them heard the emperor's praise of themselves, and even took on a big job, they thought that Li Gu he mentioned did not enter the palace, and Wang Pu did not show up. But the emperor said this in front of Princess Wei and Zhang Yongde, so some people couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive.
is Zhang Yongde on the side, which can be regarded as an old fritter in officialdom.
Even if he has achieved a supreme minister, after all, he can be regarded as a leader from the grassroots level, and he still knows a little bit about the way the superior controls his subordinates. Seeing that Guo Rong suddenly mentioned this stubble, but Li Gu didn't call him, he was naturally a little surprised.
Zhang Yongde understands better than these people, because Li Gu is a person, whether he is in the temple or serving the emperor in the curtain, the emperor's favor for him. To say that the affairs of the court can be said to be very detailed, many must have his participation. and the court's dependence on him now, which cannot be replaced by ordinary ministers.
Of course, there is another thing about this Li Gu, which is the most talked about by the ministers.
That is his friendship with Han Xizai of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and some people say that he and Han Xizai were classmates at the beginning. Whether it's true or not, there has always been a lot of talk in the city of Tokyo.
That is, it is said that when Han Xizai broke up with Li Gu in Zhengyang, he had some heroic words. At that time, because the current Tang State was still Yang Wu, he said that if the Wu State used me as the prime minister, I would definitely drive the Central Plains for a long time. At that time, Li Gu said with a smile: If the Central Plains takes me as the image, I will take Wu Guo as if it were a bag!
Not only the ministers know about this, but also Taizu and the current emperor know about it.
Because the emperor adopted Li Gu as the prime minister, he consulted his strategy, and conquered the land of Huainan in the Southern Tang Dynasty three times. Although Li Gu is timid and not suitable for conquest, his strategy is to guide the three southern expeditions, so it can be said that he took the land of Wu. And it is true that the emperor also listed Fan Zhen, Li Gu, and Wang Pu as ministers. Han Xizai, who is far away in the south, is still depressed.
However, today, the emperor summoned the ministers to the palace, and he didn't call Li Gu, but called two privy envoys, which is obviously something wrong!
Some people say that Li Gu is not in good health now, and he doesn't need to ask about many things personally, but when he encounters major events in the court, it seems that he has never been wrong. And what's going on with this move?
Could it be that the emperor has other plans?
Although he was virtuous for four years, Wei Renpu, as a privy envoy, was appointed as the founding prince. But in this era of self-control, how many knots can the emperor control, and can the privy envoys command the knots?
Fan Zhen was also knighted because he returned from the emperor's southern expedition to Shouzhou, and was listed as one of the privy deputy envoys, especially taking the lead in formulating the "Criminal System" of the imperial court. When the emperor went north this year, although Fan Zhen stayed in Beijing due to illness, he was given millions of money by the emperor to treat his illness. It can be seen that the emperor respects Fan Zhen and attaches great importance to these important ministers. It also shows the emperor's importance to the privy council and his desire for military power.
As for Wang Pu, another person who came today, this is the first to start from the Privy Council, the Zhongshu Sheren, and the Hanlin Bachelor, and he is also the official household minister, the Duanming Palace, and later the important minister of the Ministry of Rites. Of course, the more famous thing about this Wang Pu is that when the emperor planned to conquer Shu, he once asked Wang Pu who to find to be the commander of the army.
Later, Wang Pu recommended the imperial city to the emperor to make the Shenwu general Xiang Gong, and he successfully captured Qin and Fengzhou. The emperor once toasted Wang Pu in front of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and said: The person who chooses the commander for me and achieves the frontier is Wang Aiqing!
However, in the fourth year of Xiande, Wang Pu suffered his father's funeral. However, within three years, the mourning was reactivated by the imperial court. At that time, Wang Pu was very stubborn, and he asked for the expiration of the mourning period four times. Here the emperor and the prime minister Fan Zhen sang a play together, that is, the emperor was furious after looking at his watch, and Fan Zhen played a request. In the end, Wang Pu was afraid of affecting the family, so he had to enter the court to apologize for his sins and continue to serve.
From early summer to the present, Wang Pu has also consulted the Privy Council, and together with Fan Zhen and Wei Renpu, he has become one of the three important ministers of the Zhou State.
Now that the emperor's northern expedition has failed, although he has not yet issued an edict to the world, this northern expedition has collected three passes and three states, with a total of seventeen counties, which is really a great victory for the Zhou State. Among them, Ningzhou, Mozhou, and Yingzhou are the key to the north, and Youzhou is close at hand since then. Yijin Pass and Waqiao Pass fell into the Khitan Fan for 22 years, which should be a major event in the Central Plains for decades.
This kind of happy event, but because of many illnesses, it naturally attracted a lot of speculation.
may have seen that no one responded to him, but Guo Rong didn't mean to be angry, but looked at Zhang Yongde: "My sister-in-law Yuan is also young and promising, although I haven't commanded the army for a long time, but I have always been grateful for the kindness of the first emperor, for fear that the blood and bones left by the imperial vein will be lost." Every time I think of the emperor's brother and sister who died tragically, I can't help but feel sad in my heart! ”
Seeing that the emperor's eyes were wet, these people hurriedly called Your Majesty to take care. Although I don't know if the emperor is pretentious, it is obvious that Guo Rong is sad when he mentions the punishment of Taizu and his family.
"Your Majesty, take care!" Zhang Yongde took a step forward, he was actually not old, several years younger than Emperor Guo Rong. However, because Xiande was promoted to the palace capital inspection in the third year, he was not yet twenty-eight years old, so it can be said that he is a rare high-ranking official in the court. Although after returning from the Northern Expedition at the end of last year, he was idle from his position in front of the palace, but when he was just established, he sat in the position of the chief lieutenant of the Central Inspection School.
Who in the imperial court did not understand, it was because of the rumors that were spread everywhere. Although no one has verified the authenticity of this rumor, the emperor did not speak in person, and no one would investigate, not to mention that this matter has no practical significance.
"Your Majesty's actions have their own deep meaning, and now there are many talents in the court, and Weichen is just rising from Emperor Taizu. Now that His Majesty does not abandon the high-ranking officials, Weichen is often panicked in his heart! Seeing that the emperor seemed to be a little sad, Zhang Yongde not only wanted to comfort the emperor, but also thanked the court and the emperor for their grace to him. This kind of coping on the scene is also a kind of helplessness and boredom.
Seeing this scene of gentlemen and ministers getting along, it was naturally inconvenient for people to interject. But thinking that the emperor called someone over, there must be something, but seeing that the emperor was still grieving, everyone could only look at each other. However, because this Fan has a good personal relationship with King Wei, he also visited Princess Wei. At this time, I saw Princess Wei standing there without squeaking, and couldn't help but look at her.
Princess Wei seemed to understand the meaning in an instant, but she didn't have a fluctuation in her expression, but also said, "Your Majesty, take care of the dragon body!" ”
Maybe Princess Wei's comfort made Guo Rong think that he couldn't be rude, so he coughed lightly and forcibly held back the tears that were about to burst out of his eyes. He turned his head as if to contain his gaffe, and then looked at Fu Diqing on the side after a while: "County Lord, what time is the beginning of the month today?" ”
"On the eighth day of the sixth month, Your Majesty!"
Fu Diqing's voice was very sober in this hall, and he also answered Guo Rong's words very simply.
"The eighth day of the first month! It's the eighth day of the new year! It seemed to be muttering to himself, but then Guo Rong turned his head to look at Wang Pu: "Wang Aiqing, how about you start to draft the purpose?" ”
"Your Majesty, please!" Hearing that the emperor finally said the point, Wang Pu stepped forward with relief and respectfully accepted the order.
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"General, what are you thinking?"
Seeing Ji Hongchang standing in front of the window in a daze, Dong Jie looked at the rain outside the window and seemed to be much lighter, but the sky was also dark, and he couldn't help but ask.
Just now, a spy came to report that Xiangguo Temple was attacked by the forbidden army, and it is said that there were countless casualties.
Although this was already expected, the emperor really gave the order, but it still made things cruel. Of course, these people are not fuel-efficient lamps, and when they know this fact, what they see is something behind it.
Because the forbidden army blocked all the roads, ordinary people could not approach, but later, judging from the people escorted away by the forbidden army, there were a few monks of the Qing generation among them, and there were also a few lawyers of higher seniority. This instantly caused an uproar in the city of Tokyo, and even though it was raining heavily, it could not stop the spread of the incident.
The forbidden army completely destroyed Xiangguo Temple, destroyed the prestige of Xinzhangzong for decades, and announced the suppression of Buddhism by the imperial court. Although it cannot be openly said to be the destruction of Buddha, at least in the north and even in the Central Plains, this is not a good thing.
"If I'm not mistaken, the boss's hunch is really going to happen! We must act immediately, and you must immediately gather the 108 party members in the city of Tokyo, and be sure to call on them and listen to orders at any time. Ji Hongchang looked serious, quietly looking at the light rain outside the window, and the sky that had become gloomy: "Tomorrow there is something big going to happen in Tokyo City!" ”