Chapter 41: The First Appearance of the DPRK (2) (3rd Update)
"Lord Meng, why don't you go to see Your Majesty, why are you stopping the king's car?" Li Ye looked at the official in front of him and asked curiously.
I saw that after Meng Zhaotu made a salute, he said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "His Royal Highness King Shou, it's not that the lower officials don't go to see Your Majesty, but the palace door is closed, and the forbidden army does not allow the officials of the Southern Division to enter the palace to meet Your Majesty." There was such a big incident last night, and as courtiers, these people didn't even know what was going on.
The lower officials had no choice but to stop the car of His Royal Highness King Shou and ask His Royal Highness to atone for his sins.
When the country is stable, officials near and far still need to work with one heart and one mind. Nowadays, how difficult the country is, the eunuchs of the Northern Division should advance and retreat together with the court officials. Last winter, His Majesty drove Xixing, did not tell the Southern Division (referring to the court officials), as a result, most of the following officials were killed by traitors, but the eunuchs of the Northern Division were safe and sound, and the court officials who can come here today are all risking their lives, trekking through mountains and rivers, and traveling thousands of miles to worship His Majesty, and His Majesty should share weal and woe with the court officials.
But last night the Huangtou Army rebelled, and His Majesty only summoned Tian Lingzi, Chen Jingxuan, His Royal Highness King Shou and the ministers to close the palace gate to discuss military affairs, and did not summon Wang Duo (the former prime minister, who fled and fled to abandon the city in the face of the Huangchao thief army, and came to defect to Xizong not long ago, and was appointed as the second rank of the servant, and re-became the minister) The following courtiers entered the palace.
Today, His Majesty neither summons the prime minister nor comforts the courtiers, what is the reason?
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If it goes on like this, Chang'an may be difficult to recover, but those who are vegetarian in the corpse can be at ease. Xiaguan is grateful to His Majesty for his kindness, and he has the responsibility to take on this position, and he does not trace the things that have passed, but in the future of Datang, Xiaguan has to worry.
Since King Shou is a member of the Tang Dynasty clan and the younger brother of His Majesty, he should also advise His Majesty to focus on the country. ”
After listening to what the Zuo Shizhi in front of him said, Li Ye couldn't help but wonder if he was a very talented official. This is too good to say, so he asked, and the other party crackled and said a lot of words, his patience was good enough, and he was a little impatient to listen. With what he knew about his imperial brother, he might have to sleep after listening to half of it.
However, he did not deny that what the other party said was indeed reasonable, but listening to the other party's meaning, many officials have come to the palace today, but why haven't they seen it? Are they all kept out?
Thinking of this, Li Ye asked a forbidden army officer on the side, "Why aren't the courtiers allowed to enter the palace today?" Was it an order from His Majesty, or was it? ”
The forbidden army officer hesitated for a moment, and replied stubbornly, "It is an order issued by the Duke of Jin, saying that it is His Majesty's will, and the lowly people can only obey it, and they dare not let the courtiers into the palace privately." ”
Li Ye immediately understood what was going on, so he sent this forbidden army officer. I'm afraid it wasn't his imperial brother's order, but Tian Lingzi, the other party probably wanted to let the courtiers affect his affairs, but he didn't expect to be blocked by Li Ye and Yang Fugong.
Thinking of this, Li Ye couldn't help but ask the bold Zuo Shizhi in front of him, "Why didn't Lord Meng directly present the song to His Majesty, but stop the king's car." This king is only a prince and cannot interfere in the affairs of the court, which Lord Meng should be aware of. ”
"If the recital of the lower officials can be presented to the most holy hearing, it will not intercept His Highness."
Li Ye nodded, it seemed that Tian Lingzi intercepted the twist. At present, Tian Lingzi is mainly in charge of the government, and Tian Lingzi must see these folds before they can be presented to Li Yi. Of course, under normal circumstances, the twists and turns can't go to Li Yi, but Tian Lingzi disposed of it himself, and Li Yi doesn't like to deal with the government. This is also the reason why Tian Lingzi can control the government, right here.
"In that case, then Lord Meng will enter the palace with this king!"
"Your Highness, Your Majesty has issued a ban."
Seeing that Li Ye was going to take Meng Zhaotu into the palace, the forbidden army officers guarding the palace gate were a little hesitant.
"Why, you dare to stop this king's car?" Li Ye said sharply.
"Don't dare!" The officer was so frightened that he immediately fell to one knee on the ground, and his tone was a little panicked.
"Then open the palace gate!"
"Yes!"
Watching Li Ye's carriage enter the palace, a forbidden soldier at the gate of the palace couldn't help but come over and said, "General, the Duke of Jin said that the court officials are not allowed to enter the palace, and we put Meng Shiyi in, if we let the Duke of Jin know, we may not be able to eat and walk around." ”
The forbidden army officer glared at his subordinates, "King Shou's car, you have the ability to stop it?" ”
The soldier suddenly sneered, "The little one doesn't dare." ”
"That's terrible, send someone to report to the people of the Duke of Jin, and say that King Shou forcibly brought the court officials into the palace, and we can't stop it."
An officer who can serve as a guard at the palace gate, this officer is not a simple person, naturally he knows how to shirk his responsibility, and when the time comes, the Duke of Jin can only blame King Shou. And he sat on the obligation to inform, Jin Guogong couldn't be angry with him, if that, no one would dare to do anything for Jin Guogong.
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"Third brother, what now? Your Majesty is not dissatisfied with our two brothers when he suddenly does this? ”
In the study of Jin Guogong, Chen Jingxuan said to Tian Lingzi in front of him with some concern. Everything he has now is given by the third brother in front of him; And the power of the third brother comes from the favor of His Majesty. In the past, whatever his third brother said, His Majesty was directly approved, but today he was obviously biased towards Yang Fugong and King Shou, which made him worry that he might have nothing for everything now.
"You're overthinking. Your Majesty may be dissatisfied with our two brothers, but since you and I have not been dismissed from our posts, it can be seen that Your Majesty also knows the importance of our two brothers. Today's accident should be that someone slandered His Majesty, so His Majesty will beat the two of us. Tian Lingzi walked around the study, and finally came to the window and said seriously.
"Who does the third brother think is slandering? Could it be King Shou, His Majesty ordered him to form the Tiance Army, which is a threat to us. Chen Jingxuan guessed.
"What Shouwang? Although King Shou is a threat, he can influence His Majesty's decision, only the people around His Majesty, King Shou only rescued him twice, and he is His Majesty's brother, so he will let him form the Tiance Army. There are only 4 Tiance Army, to put it bluntly, it is King Shou's personal soldiers, but the name of the Tiance Army is used, is it possible that the two of us will be afraid that King Shou, who has only a few thousand soldiers?
The real threat is Yang Fugong, and he is definitely the one who is slandering him this time. Yang Fugong's brother Yang Fuguang is serving as a supervisor outside, and he is a lieutenant in the palace as a lieutenant of the Right Shence Army, which is a threat to the existence of our two brothers.
Moreover, I have offended many people by letting a few of you serve as the envoys of the Sanchuan Festival before, including this Yang Fugong, who may also be dissatisfied. No matter how favored King Shou is, he is also a prince, a person who can threaten His Majesty's throne, just find an opportunity to drive him out of the court later.
Yang Fugong is different, if His Majesty's trust in him finally surpasses mine, then our two brothers will really lose power.
However, as long as I am still in control of the Left Army of the Divine Strategy, and you are still the envoy of the Xichuan Festival, then the two of us brothers will not really lose power. Now that my power in the Shence Army is threatened by Yang Fugong, even if the Shence Left Army of 30 capitals is formed, it will be offset by Yang Fugong's Shence Right Army and Shouwang's Tiance Army.
So later, the second brother, you must master the Xichuan Army, so that the two of us brothers can echo each other, and I still have the final say on this major matter in the DPRK and China. ”
"Brother Wei, I understand." Chen Jingxuan nodded heavily, "What about the Tooth Army and the Yellow Head Army?" ”
"Transfer Li Ling to quell the rebellion, only allow him to take away part of the Yellow Head Army, and the remaining part will form the Xichuan Army with your own soldiers, and find a way to annex the Ya Soldiers, which is an elite army, and must be controlled by my two brothers." Tian Lingzi said in a deep voice.
Just as the two were discussing countermeasures, a eunuch hurried over and knocked on the door of the study.
After Tian Lingzi allowed it, the eunuch entered the door and told him bad news, "Lord Guogong, just now the forbidden army guarding the palace gate sent someone to deliver a message, saying that King Shou brought Meng Zhaotu, the widow of Zuo, into the palace. ”
"What? Does this Shouwang really want to go against me? Tian Lingzi's expression was cold, and anger suddenly rose.
"So what now?" Chen Jingxuan asked.
"Second brother, you go back to the house first, I want to enter the palace immediately." As he spoke, he instructed the little eunuch on the side, "Prepare the carriage immediately!" ”
"Yes!"