Chapter 108 Two-phase transaction
The fog that was as thin as a light veil in the early morning of the dynasty had dissipated, and the tall and magnificent, extraordinary Li Zhengmen also revealed its majestic true face, and the guards in front of the palace on both sides of the palace couldn't help but be a little surprised when they looked at the left and right sides of the day.
The white jade carved railings and green tiles are continuous, and the guards of the front division of the palace patrol along the palace wall, and the breeze is swaying, making the crisp chirping sound on the Phoenix Mountain in the west is like the most natural music in the entire palace.
Several sedan chairs outside the main gate of Li were waiting for each other's masters, Tang Shuo looked a little anxious, looked at Liang Ke's family, who was obviously waiting for Wang Huai, and then turned around, and saw Tang Siwei and Wang Huai, who walked out of the main gate of Li with an unprecedented smile.
Tang Siwei and Wang Huai glanced at each other, and then waved their hands almost at the same time, signaling to the people waiting at the palace gate, the two of them obviously had to walk side by side for some more distance.
So, on the road outside the palace from the main gate of Li to the Donghua Gate, Tang Siwei and Wang Huai walked side by side in the middle of the road, followed by about eight or nine sedan chairs, as well as dozens of forbidden army guards and other officials of the imperial court.
"The Emperor didn't mention the matter of the Imperial City Division to me yesterday, so if Lord Wang has anything, he doesn't have to worry about the Emperor's intentions." Tang Si looked at the lush woods on the side of the road, and sighed a little for a while, if he was twenty years younger, he would not be afraid of him Wang Huai at all, let alone show weakness at this moment.
Wang Huai listened to Tang Siwei's words, as expected, his expression was not the same, and he smiled elegantly and said: "Yesterday, the saint asked about a person, of course, this person is also very familiar with Master Tang, but this is Chen Guzi's rotten sesame seeds more than ten years ago. ”
"Ye Yi asked?!" Tang Si raised his eyebrows, and continued to move forward with his hands behind his back, even if he guessed that the person asked by the Holy Lord was Ye Yiwen, but his calm expression still made Wang Huai catch even the slightest hint of panic.
"Yes, but the saint also mentioned it in passing, when I was asked why the West Lake was so lively yesterday, Tang Zhongyou was mentioned, and Lord Tang also knew that Tang Zhongyou was a jinshi in Shaoxing for thirty years, and it just so happened that it was also that year that the Emperor Taishang promoted Ye Yiwen to serve the imperial history in the palace. Therefore, it is only natural that the Holy Mention should be mentioned. Wang Huai naturally told the truth.
At this time, no matter how much hatred and resentment there was between the two of them, when the royal family suddenly inexplicably promoted a small forbidden army to the deputy commander of the Imperial City Division without asking any court officials, this made the two prime ministers of the dynasty muttered inexplicably in their hearts.
Tang Siwei nodded, didn't speak again, and Wang Huai was not in a hurry, nor did he speak, the two started again, and continued to walk forward silently, even if they met the guards in front of the palace wall along the way, the guards were also close to one side, and only after their mighty group of people passed, they began to continue to patrol the palace.
"The will was directly sent to the Ministry of War, and yesterday in the Lonely Mountain Garden, the Emperor did not mention a word to the old man." Tang Si retreated and stopped in the middle of the road, and then Wang Huai also stopped.
The dozen or so sedan chairs behind him, along with dozens of people, were also not far from the two, and they stopped at the same time, and the whole road was silent, only Tang Siwei and Wang Huai were talking in a low voice.
Tang Siwei faced Wang Huai at this time, his eyes were blazing, not at all like the eyes that an old man in the twilight should have, and looked at Wang Huai with great spirits: "The Emperor Taishang did not let Tang Shuo hide it from the old man, but he did not mention it to the old man in person yesterday, obviously according to the emperor's intentions, he thought that this was a matter of the Ministry of War and the Imperial City Division, but he was unwilling to make a big fuss, so he had to deliberately conceal it." What's more, although the Imperial City Division is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War and the Forbidden Army, all the errands it has always done are royal affairs, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is directly subordinate to the royal family, so the old man does not think that the promotion of a small deputy commander of the Imperial City Division will cause any shock and change to the court. ”
Wang Huai listened carefully to Tang Sihui's analysis, then nodded in agreement, kicked the pebbles under his feet and rolled out of the distance, and said slowly: "Judging from the matter of meeting the saint yesterday, it is obvious that the emperor has already informed the saint before this will. So the question now is...... Will the saint be interested in Ye Qing because of what Ye Yi asked? Lord Tang, you know, after the Holy Lord ascended the throne, first the ordinary Yue Fei, then recalled Zhang Jun, and then promoted me to the left minister, the old man under the rule of the emperor above the court, at that time had gone to most of it, but with the defeat of the Northern Expedition and the defeat of Jiankang, with the return of Lord Tang to the position of the right minister, many old people were recalled, among which there were naturally ...... back then. ”
"Oh? What Lord Wang means is that the deputy commander of the Imperial City Division may be aimed at the old man, or the old department of Qin Hui back then? Tang Sihui's gray beard shook, and his eyes became a little gloomy.
"This possibility is extremely small, after all, in comparison, the saint naturally trusts Lord Tang, otherwise he would not have urgently summoned Lord Tang to come back to preside over the political situation of the court at the moment of crisis, and as soon as Lord Tang came back, he would immediately be able to negotiate peace with Jin Bing, forcing Jin Guo to make concessions, and the relationship between the lord and the minister was changed to the relationship between uncle and nephew, these are all the credit of Lord Tang. But there is one thing I want to tell Master Tang, it seems that yesterday the saint may have to rehabilitate Yuwen Xuzhong, or even give him a surname. In your opinion, is all this a coincidence? Wang Huai didn't give in, and still made a fuss about Ye Qing's promotion to deputy commander of the Imperial City Division.
In any case, Tang Sihui is a little difficult to deal with at the moment, although he will not be attacked on his back, but he is already close to such a situation, if he takes Wang Huai's words as a deaf ear, then he himself knows very well that if he doesn't get it right, he will be attacked on three sides.
"Yuwen is in the void? Are you sure? Tang Siwei's expression became more solemn, and Wang Huai's expression did not have a trace of pride and relaxation at this moment.
"Yes, back then, Yuwen Xuzhong was in the Jin Kingdom and was bent on reviving the Song Dynasty, but in order to negotiate peace and curry favor with the Jin State, Qin Hui reported the route plan of Yuwen Xuzhong in the Jin Dynasty and the Song Dynasty in the Jin Dynasty, and plotted the Jin State to invade the south, causing more than 20 members of the Yuwen Xuzhong family to be sent to the Jin State, and then burned alive in front of Yuwen Xuzhong, who had been placed under house arrest. This is the ...... Yu-sama won't be impressed, right? Wang Huai sighed, looked at Tang Si who had lowered his eyes and asked.
"Back then, this was what the Emperor Taishang meant, even if it was wrong, everyone was wrong. Whether the saint is rehabilitated, or given a surname and knight, nothing can be changed. Tang Siwei lowered his eyes, standing in the middle of the road like an old monk, and said without waves.
"Lord Tang doesn't want to end up like Qin Hui in the future, right?" Wang Huai was not polite at all, and watched Tang Siwei continue to press.
"Is Lord Wang so confident?" Tang Siwei was unmoved, and continued to lower his eyes.
"That's not it, I'm just thinking, my Great Song Dynasty has such a loyal minister as Yuwen Xuzhong, like Su Wu, so will there be such a person in my Great Song Dynasty? Tell the Jin people about the strength of the troops stationed in the Tun of my Great Song Dynasty, etc., secretly? So if the Emperor Taishang promoted a deputy commander of the Imperial City Division, or if the Holy Lord knew and acquiesced, would it be possible to use the battle of Jiankang to rectify the Imperial City Division? Wang Huai pondered for a while, and said with a thoughtful speech.
"I don't know, but it's not impossible." Tang Siwei suddenly opened his eyes, looked at Wang Huai, and then continued to walk forward.
Wang Huai followed beside him, and the dozen or so sedan chairs and dozens of people behind him, after the two walked out of a distance of more than ten steps, they also began to walk slowly and continued to follow behind them from a distance.
"According to the old man's understanding of the Emperor, even if the Emperor wants to do something, he will not beat around the bush, but ...... But no one can absolutely guess how many purposes the Emperor Taishang has when he does something. Yue Fei died, Qin Hui died, the saint succeeded to the throne, the Longxing Northern Expedition, especially the Longxing Northern Expedition, who would have thought? But after thinking about it carefully, the two things of Longxing's Northern Expedition and Yue Fei's rehabilitation had already had a harbinger when the Emperor Taishang had not yet taken the throne, but I and other courtiers did not notice it. So this time, the emperor suddenly promoted a nobody, and it is understandable that the courtiers above the court look at the direction of the wind and carry the sacred heart. Tang Si put his hands in his sleeves and walked slowly.
"Then with the meaning of Lord Tang, how much does the Holy Lord mean this time? Can there be any intention of continuing the Northern Expedition and recovering the Central Plains? "Wang Huai, as the main battle faction, naturally thinks that the imperial court can go north and recover the north at any time.
Indeed, as Tang Siwei said, even when Zhao Gou was not yet in the Zen position, no one would think that he would be in the Zen position, and no one would have thought that after the Emperor Taishang and the Holy Emperor succeeded to the throne, the first thing was to rehabilitate Yue Fei.
Doesn't the saint care about the face of the emperor? Emperor Taishang strongly advocated peace, but after the Holy Emperor succeeded to the throne, he implemented a series of measures to make comprehensive preparations for the Northern Expedition.
Looking back now, when the Emperor Taishang was not yet on the throne, the various garrison armies were basically in order, and they could only start the Northern Expedition with an order after the new emperor ascended the throne.
Therefore, Wang Huai naturally couldn't grasp Zhao Gou's thoughts, and he didn't dare to guess arbitrarily.
"It's unlikely, the battle of Jiankang will make the saint disheartened. Whether it is the Longxing Northern Expedition or the rehabilitation of Yue Fei, if the Emperor Taishang resolutely disagrees, how can the saint who has always been filial disobey? Just like when Emperor Taishang was on the throne, the meaning of Zen has several meanings, but now it seems that it is not as simple as it was at the beginning. The two saints have been in the north for many years, and we know very little, so the emperor promoted the forbidden army, and there must be a layer of purpose for this. ”
After Tang Siwei finished speaking, he stopped again, looked at the Donghua Gate not far away, moved his feet, looked at Tang Shuo and the others not far behind him, and continued: "It's useless to speculate about the Sacred Heart, if the old man has been able to figure out the Sacred Heart like Qin Hui for many years, I'm afraid that your Wang Huai has already been exiled to Lingnan by me." ”
"But this time, the Emperor Taishang gave Wang Huai a chance, didn't he? Ye Yiwen, Ye Heng, Ye Hong, and Ye Qing, the deputy commander of the forbidden army, have two alive and two dead, and they don't seem to have anything to do with Lord Tang, but they have a lot to do with Qin Hui. Wang Huai smiled, as if he agreed with Tang Sihui's words.
"In this way, the old man has no way to retreat, but the old man has given up the ...... of the forbidden army."
"In fact, it is not necessary to completely give up the forbidden army, but the Imperial City Division should be a saint or the emperor, it should be the emperor, the saint, or the royal family, although Lord Tang is physically tough, but if there are too many things, he can't be busy, right? The body is the most important thing. ”
Tang Siwei nodded silently in agreement in the face of Wang Huai's sneer, and then said: "There is a note in the Privy Council to recall Ye Heng, I read it, and I think it's not time, it should be two or three years later, it's not too late, after all, the old man is about to die, and Lord Wang doesn't have to be in a hurry, right?" ”
"Okay, Wang, I'll get that piece back." Wang Huai smiled, then bowed and said goodbye to Tang Si.