Chapter 116: Chengdu Crackdown on Thieves (17)
Wang Feihong naturally saw the contempt of everyone in the room, but in his opinion, Liu Yonghao, who was a Zhongshu Ling, couldn't look down on the past he still said, after all, Liu Yonghao was a lot higher than his position, but what made Wang Feihong extremely angry was that Liu Yonghao's family did not hide their contempt for him at all, especially the officials of his own faction, and there was a trace of disdain in their expressions.
Just when Wang Feihong wanted to vent his anger in his chest when he wanted to shoot the case again, Cui Yanzhao slowly stood up, gestured to Liu Yonghao quite respectfully, and urged in a low voice with a warm smile: "Lord Liu! We are all working for Datang and the Son of Heaven now, I hope that Lord Liu will put down the mustard in his heart for the time being, and we should work together! ”
Now that his boss and old friends have stood up and expressed their attitude, and at the same time they have made it clear to Liu Yonghao, who is watching his jokes, Wang Feihong is not good at adding to the incident, after all, he also knows that the top priority is not to compete with Liu Yonghao's faction, so he forcibly pinned his anger from his throat back to his chest, and his mouth was just closed, as if he was worried that he would spit out a flame as soon as he opened his mouth.
Despite this, Wang Feihong Tieqing's face did not improve much, and Liu Yonghao only smiled faintly at this, after all, in terms of his identity, the real equal-level opponent was Cui Yanzhao, not his deputy Wang Feihong. Maybe in Liu Yonghao's heart, Wang Feihong is not worth mentioning at all, and even he doesn't take the other party in his eyes at all, let alone in his heart.
"Cui Xiangyan is serious! We will serve the Tang Dynasty and the Son of Heaven together! No matter what controversy there is in the court, it is just to express their opinions! How dare Liu have a mustard! Liu Yonghao also hurriedly bowed his hand to Cui Yanzhao and returned the favor with a flat courtesy, although the words spoken in his mouth were extremely polite, but there was a trace of imperceptible conspiracy hidden under the smile on his face.
In order to strengthen the imperial power, the Tang Dynasty divided the power of the prime minister into three, that is, three provinces, Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, and Shangshu Province. The Ministry of Books is in charge of decision-making and is responsible for drafting and issuing edicts. The ministry is in charge of deliberations and is responsible for reviewing decrees. And Shangshu is responsible for the implementation of government decrees.
Originally, the three were born to strengthen the imperial power, and they could supervise and cooperate with each other. But at this time in Datang, the Ministry of Menxia, which is responsible for reviewing the resolution, is basically a virtual entity, regardless of whether the decree is appropriate or not, they basically just go through the motions, and they don't even need to read the content, and then they will pass it directly.
After all, the territory of the Tang Dynasty is vast, and there are still many states and counties that obey the decrees of the Tang Dynasty on the surface. This also led to the fact that Liu Yonghao's actual power was not completely lost, unlike his colleagues, even the eunuchs with a slight official position in the palace saw their nostrils facing the sky, and they didn't want to look at him.
In contrast, Shangshu Province has more responsibilities, and naturally there are many henchmen inside and outside the court, and the power is completely above the first two. Before the Huangchao Rebellion, the basic internal affairs were completely controlled by the Shangshu Province and the Six Shangshu Divisions headed by Cui Yanzhao, who was in charge of the hundreds of officials, and the forbidden army in the Chang'an area of Kyoto was basically completely in the hands of the eunuchs headed by the eunuch Tian Lingzi.
Shangshu Province has always cooperated and fought with the eunuchs, but it has never been able to break a situation of checks and balances. Even after the appearance of the Feng family army led by Lin Feng, the Feng family army was only fighting against the Huang Chao side, as for the slightest interference in the government affairs, the two sides would definitely fight together immediately, and work together to suppress the Feng family army that might rise rapidly. This is also why when the Marquis of Zhongwu was assassinated by the four young men in the capital in Chengdu Mansion, Tian Lingzi spared no effort to send the Eagle Gate to help.
Even if the imperial family headed by Uncle Li suddenly appeared, it can be said that there was basically no achievement in the two years of Chengdu Mansion, and it was only by taking advantage of the situation of exterminating the pseudo-Qi that he was able to control the military power, and began to establish an exclusive army belonging to the Tang Dynasty, the Li family army.
But not long ago, Chen Jingxuan's sudden move completely broke this balanced situation, and quickly disintegrated everyone's rights, which also caused dissatisfaction among the two forces of Shangshu Province and the Eunuch Party. But at this time, the eunuch party is almost equal to no military power, although they still have the ruling power of tens of thousands of forbidden troops in their hands, but they themselves also understand that not to mention that they have been encroached upon and infiltrated by Chen Jingxuan for a long time, even if they can fully grasp it, they will not be able to compete with Chen Jingxuan, the "head snake" of Jiannan Dao.
And not to mention Shangshu Province, which has no soldiers at all, in this case, he has to learn smarter, clamp his tail and be an honest man. In desperation, Shangshu Province did not deny any opinions put forward by Chen Jingxuan in the court, and completely followed Chen Jingxuan's footsteps. But for Cui Yanzhao and others, this is definitely not the court they want, because they no longer have any rights, and even the right to speak has been completely lost.
When Liu Yonghao, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly found Cui Yanzhao, Cui Yanzhao's heart was actually surging at that moment, but he didn't dare to express his attitude immediately. After all, he didn't know which side of Liu Yonghao was the person, and Liu Yonghao was also an old rival with him, in this situation where the slightest mistake would lead to the destruction of the family, Cui Yanzhao had no choice but to pretend to be stupid and continue to be a turtle with a shrunken head.
But Cui Yanzhao is not stupid at all, especially after Tang Xizong was "kidnapped" and disappeared, he has always had an extremely keen sense of politics, and he immediately realized that the opportunity was about to appear. In order not to be able to drink the "bone broth" in the end, before Liu Yonghao found him again, he took the initiative to show favor to Liu Yonghao, and made his attitude a little clear. Immediately, the two people who understood naturally put aside their previous suspicions together, stood on the same front, and cooperated "sincerely" for their respective future and the common interests of the two.
After Liu Yonghao was respectfully polite, he bowed his hand slightly to the people in the room, and then said with a mysterious smile: "Summoning you here today, Liu wants to get some help from everyone!" As the saying goes, everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high! With some of the manpower in Liu's hands at this time, I'm afraid it's still a little insufficient! I hope that you must put the country first and don't be stingy! ”
Resolution! This is Liu Yonghao chasing everyone to show his determination, in order to cut off everyone's retreat, in case there are villains at both ends of the first rat at an important juncture!
Few of the people present were fools, otherwise they would not have gotten into such a position. Although everyone disdains Liu Yonghao's words of not trusting them at all, this is also an important juncture, so it is difficult for everyone to refute, let alone refuse. Because they have every reason to believe that if anyone dares to open their mouths to refuse, I am afraid that it will not be long before that person will be in a different place.
Isn't it just that people want things? All the dignitaries present, even if they no longer have the rights of the past, whose mansion can still be without domestic slaves and servants, gold, silver, fine and soft goods?