What's more, after so long, the corpse has long been unrecognizable, and it is impossible to have any results. But the Son of Heaven still specially told Guo Zhongting to find the bodies of the Xiao family's father and son as soon as possible, so you can imagine how difficult he was.

Wu Yuanheng has served Li Chun for several years, and he can understand his temperament and understand Guo Zhongting's difficulties. He pondered for a moment, then took the initiative to lower his voice and said, "You tell Guo Junshou that you must know how to be flexible in everything, and since the Son of Heaven wants a peace of mind, give it to him." ”

Pei Xing immediately understood, and smiled back, "Yes, the junior will go and tell Guo Junshou, presumably he will be grateful to Xiangye." ”

Wu Yuanheng laughed a few times and waved at him, "Go quickly, don't miss the hour." ”

Pei Xingli respectfully said goodbye and left under the guidance of the housekeeper.

After he left, Wu Yuanheng continued to rummage through the bookshelves for a long time, and finally found a letter from a half-old brocade box.

He had read this letter many times, and the contents had long been memorized, but today he found it for another person to read. Seeing that it was almost noon, Wu Yuanheng no longer delayed, and hurriedly called the housekeeper to prepare the car, and immediately entered the Daming Palace.

The back hall of the Zichen Palace.

Tutu Chengguang had just returned to the situation of the Fu Palace, and the Son of Heaven had encountered an unprecedented problem.

One difficulty, he and Li Chengxuan are too deep, he has made trouble several times, and now it is really difficult to repair this brotherly relationship.

The second difficulty, he didn't expect that Xilingyue was the real His Royal Highness Kangxing, and he also knew that she was indeed innocent in this matter, and even he was able to discover this conspiracy in time, thanks to Xilingyue's cleverness. Now that she took the initiative to return to Beijing to confess her guilt, it stands to reason that he should eradicate the trouble, but he can't bear to do it; Moreover, if Xilingyue died, Li Chengxuan would probably really rebel.

These two difficult problems have been circling in the minds of the Son of Heaven since Xilingyue and Li Chengxuan returned to Beijing to confess, and there is still no proper way to solve them.

When the Son of Heaven was hesitating, the chamberlain came to report that Wu Yuanheng was outside asking for a meeting.

The Son of Heaven was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly summoned him, wanting to tell him about the problem in his heart.

In fact, he treats Wu Yuanheng very trustingly. In the final analysis, this is because Wu Yuanheng was the right concubine of the prince, and when he first became the prince, he served left and right, assisting him in supervising the country and handling the government, and this feeling is naturally unusual. Therefore, after he ascended the throne, he also promoted Wu Yuanheng all the way, from the household servant to Jing Zhaoyin, and then to the current party member, worshipping the Pingzhang matter under the Zhongshu Sect, which is actually the position of the prime minister.

"Chenwu Yuanheng see the saint." Wu Yuanheng stepped into the back hall of Zichen Hall and knelt down and bowed.

"Teacher, hurry up, I have already said, in front of outsiders, you and I will be a monarch and a minister, and you can do it yourself when no one is around." The Son of Heaven reiterates again.

Li Chun treated Wu Yuanheng very respectfully in private, and he had always called him a "teacher" since he was the crown prince, but the word "self-convenience" was only mentioned recently. Wu Yuanheng knew in his heart that it was because of the Xiao family's father and son that the Son of Heaven was completely relieved of him.

"The saint cares about the ministers, but the ministers dare not go beyond it." Wu Yuanheng replied modestly.

Li Chun was very satisfied with his attitude, and hurriedly said that he would give him a seat, and took the initiative to mention, "The teacher came just in time, and I happen to have two difficult things that I want to hear from you." ”

Wu Yuanheng naturally knew what the two "difficult things" were, but he didn't answer, and only said, "The difficult things of the saint should be shared by the ministers." But before that, I have a letter I would like to present to you. ”

"What letter?" The Son of Heaven asked curiously.

Wu Yuanheng then took out the letter from his arms, bowed to the top of his head, and said at the same time, "It is a letter written by the first emperor to the minister when the minister dismissed the prince's right concubine." ”

"The letter of the first emperor......" The Son of Heaven had a complicated expression, and he hesitated to take it.

Wu Yuanheng maintained a respectful posture, and then said, "This letter says the whole story of the minister's demotion to the official. Damn it, I didn't know that you had a misunderstanding with King Fu, but if I had known about it, I would have presented the letter to you earlier. ”

Hearing this, Li Chun seemed to have guessed the content of the letter, and his attitude of resistance gradually faded, and finally acquiesced to the attendant to take it and read the letter.

The letter is not long, and the writing is crooked, which shows that the emperor wrote it after a stroke. Since the first emperor was half paralyzed at that time, why didn't he find an inner servant to ghostwrite? This shows the weight of this faith.

The letter was about an old story.

Four years ago, his father, Emperor Shunzong, ascended the throne and changed the Yuan Yongzhen, when the Tang Dynasty was in a devastation, and there were Turks, Hui, Tibetans, and Dangxiang eyeing each other; There is a strong feudal division inside, and he does not listen to the orders of the Son of Heaven; The partisan struggle in the court was fierce, and the people were in dire straits.

The first emperor was the crown prince for twenty-five years, and he had great ideas about political affairs, although he dragged his sick body to the throne at that time, he still used a large number of literati such as Wang Shuwen, Wang Ling, Liu Yuxi, Liu Zongyuan, etc., in an attempt to reform and make great efforts.

Li Chun must admit that the original intentions of the first emperor were good, and these literati did have ideas, and put forward a series of measures such as tax reduction, cracking down on autocracy, and eradicating the power of eunuchs. However, the literati had the weakness and selfishness of the literati, and they tried in vain to get rid of the ills in just a few months, but they did not know how to do it step by step, which led to panic in the court and the central government, and threatened the interests of many people.

Moreover, they are pampered and arrogant, cronyism, and eagerly wooing relatives and friends to occupy important positions, while retaliating against officials who do not attach themselves to them. Wu Yuanheng was one of the victims at that time.

What made Li Chun unbearable the most was that they actually spoke to the first emperor, opposing him as the crown prince, but supporting the sixteenth brother Li Chengxuan! The reason is that he was extremely close to the eunuchs and threatened the reform plan!

He was shocked when he learned of this, and in a fit of anger, he united with the eunuchs in the palace to enter the Zichen Palace to force the palace, forcing the first emperor to make him the crown prince and implement the supervision of the country.

It was also providence to help him, and not long after that, Wang Shuwen and Wang Ling successively suffered a stroke and left the core of the government. The other literati lost their backbone and fought fiercely, which gave him the opportunity to fight back in one fell swoop, uniting the eunuchs and the feudal towns to force the palace again. At that time, the first emperor had been ill for a long time and had to be forced to pass on the throne to him.

And in his forced palace to ascend the throne this time, Wu Yuanheng played a vital role. Originally, Wu Yuanheng was also a confidant of the first emperor, but he couldn't get used to Wang Shuwen and others forming a party for personal gain, and engaged in factional disputes in the name of reform, so he refused to take refuge in them. Seeing that he couldn't win over, Wang Shuwen made a slander in front of the first emperor and demoted him to the prince's right concubine, which also contributed to his friendship with Li Chun.

And in the letter of the first emperor, it is written that this matter is the beginning and end.

"The minister didn't dare to deceive the saint, when the minister offended Wang Shuwen, the first emperor wanted to transfer the minister to the outside, but because of your young and vigorous, he demoted the minister to the prince's right concubine, and asked the minister to assist with all his heart." Wu Yuanheng recalled the content of the letter, and still sighed, "The first emperor said in the letter that Wang Shuwen and others were too powerful, and the new policy was out of his control, and he also regretted believing the literati.

However, you only have eunuch power around you, and there is no support from the court, so the first emperor asked his ministers to mediate. The first emperor was ashamed to demote his ministers, so he personally put pen to paper to explain the matter regardless of his illness.

After receiving the secret letter, Weichen immediately entered the palace to thank him, and the first emperor said to the minister, you know that you miss the past, and after ascending the throne, you will promote Weichen to compensate. Wu Yuanheng said earnestly, "Holy Lord, it can be seen that in the heart of the first emperor, you have always been the only candidate for the prince!" ”

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