"Your Majesty, the arrow is on the bow, and it has to be sent." Liu Zhiyuan bowed and said: "Han Zhong already knows what the ministers of the Inner East Gate are right, and he hates the ministers to the core, and the Northern Expedition plan must be delayed." ”

This can be regarded as a showdown between Liu Zhiyuan and the Son of Heaven, as he said, if Han Zhong knows what happened here at Xiaodongmen, he will definitely fight with Liu Zhiyuan, and the court will fall into endless political disputes, Han Zhong and Liu Zhiyuan, of course, the Son of Heaven can only stay one.

"It's like a please." The Son of Heaven was deeply displeased, but when it came to the Northern Expedition, the Son of Heaven could only choose Liu Zhiyuan, who had always supported him.

"Your Majesty please send Lang Zhong to order Chen Changde to arrest Han Zhong."

"Yes."

"Your Majesty can send Xu Ziwei to carry the White Tiger Banner and go with Lang Zhongling?"

"The White Tiger Flag should not be taken lightly." The Son of Heaven pondered for a moment, and finally felt that as the Son of Heaven, it was too much to send Lang Wei, and then the White Tiger Banner was like suppressing the mutiny, spreading the word, and the reputation was too ugly. ”

The prime minister is the most noble existence in Dawei, and the mood of the Son of Heaven is not lacking in heaviness, no matter what, the arrest of the prime minister will be a damage to his reputation in later generations, and Han Zhong will not be escorted to Dali Temple Prison as long as he has a little self-esteem, which will embarrass the upper and lower levels, and it is estimated that most of them will commit suicide with a sword, in order to make his name known.

The Son of Heaven said: "Don't harass, insult, or kill Han Zhong's family." ”

Liu Zhiyuan clenched his fists and bowed, and replied, "The minister doesn't dare." ”

When he got up again, the Son of Heaven was already surrounded by Yu Linlang and many attendants, and got up and returned to Ouchi.

Liu Zhiyuan stood up straight, feeling that he was trembling slightly.

After he was a famous minister, he was born in a thousand-year-old family, and after his family entered the Great Wei Dynasty, he served as a great counselor, and there were not many privy councilors. But from the position of prime minister, there is always a millimeter away.

The legacy of the ancestors, the regrets of many generations of ancestors, are now going to be made up in his hands.

Han Zhong was arrested and imprisoned, of course the imperial court wants to re-elect the prime minister, who is Liu Zhiyuan?

And the right minister will also go to work, the privy envoy Zhang Guangen will go to work, these two positions of the Son of Heaven will definitely follow Liu Zhiyuan's recommendation, and then grasp the three divisions, the official department, and the military department in their hands, half of the court is under the real control of Liu Zhiyuan, and it is less than half of Han Zhong's constraints, and in terms of the power of the prime minister, Liu Zhiyuan will far exceed Han Zhong.

What a gentleman wants, but that's it?

Several attendants have come up to salute and say hello, they are either former Grand Counsellors or retired privy councillors, but they are all close ministers of the Son of Heaven, and they may not have no chance of recovery.

Being able to add the rank of servant was originally a treatment only available to important ministers and confidants.

Liu Zhiyuan tried his best to calm his mood, so as not to let these ministers see that he was too proud, so as not to spread it and become a laughing stock and ridicule.

After Liu Zhiyuan left the palace, Lang Zhongling Chen Changde was already waiting outside.

More than 300 people also began to assemble at the Xiaodongmen, and the halberd Lang were all the sons of the nobles, or the clan, or the children of the ministers of civil and military affairs, and they were not much different from Yulin Lang.

Shi Yuji, the captain of the Jin Wu Guard, gathered the Jin Wu Guard, and the number of the Jin Wu Wei was larger, reaching a thousand.

Both of them are military attachés in the inner court, and they can't associate with Zaizhi, but when they saw Liu Zhiyuan going out, they still smiled and bowed far away.

Prior to this, although the two high-ranking officials of the inner court were also very polite to Liu Zhiyuan, they were far from the level of stammering, and seeing that Liu Zhiyuan was about to bow down, the demeanor of the two had changed significantly.

More than 1,300 people stood solemnly in the palace square, holding spears, long knives, hand obstacles, and half of them held a divine arm bow or longbow, in terms of manners, height, armor, and equipment, the halberd Lang and the Jin Wuwei forbidden army in front of them were the elite of the elite.

But from Liu Zhiyuan's point of view, more than 1,300 people have different expressions, standing casually, many people are still talking at will, and even walking around, these are all pro-noble children, even Jin Wuwei has many military attache families, Lang Zhongling Chen Chang has to be a good man, not in charge of things at all, Shi Yuji himself is not right, Jin Wuwei's military discipline is not good, half of it has to be counted on Shi Yuji's head, so it is impossible to ask these two people to play military discipline.

Fortunately, Liu Zhiyuan doesn't care about these things, as long as Lang Wei arrives and Han Zhong knows the mind of the Son of Heaven, there is no other way to choose except suicide.

Could it be that the dignified prime minister really wants to go to Dali Temple and Prison to be watched as a monkey? Then he was interrogated by the officials of the rival faction of the Son of Heaven, insulted, and finally committed suicide?

"Please get on the sedan chair." Yuan walked over with the leader, bowed down and opened the curtain of the sedan chair, and then said: "From tomorrow, I have to call the prince to get on the sedan chair." ”

Compared with the more cordial "Xianggong", in fact, Liu Zhiyuan prefers the title of "Xiangguo", which makes him feel a kind of dignity, an indescribable dignity, and the original ethereal power seems to have been put into practice.

Grace and power are given, blessings and misfortunes are from the heart, under the Son of Heaven, state affairs are decided by the prime minister, this is the inheritance of Dawei, the moment Liu Zhiyuan got on the sedan chair, he couldn't help but chuckle.

"Great Counselor," Shi Yuji rushed over and arched his hand: "The situation is chaotic, do you want the last general to send a sentry and horse to the Great Counselor's Mansion to escort him?" ”

Liu Zhiyuan had seventy Imperial Yuan Sui, plus more than two hundred generals, and a large number of armor and divine arm bows hidden, he didn't think that anyone would be able to break through the protection of these hundreds of people and hurt himself.

Once Han Zhong wants to move the forbidden army, under the guard soldier talisman, all the forbidden armies will be dispatched, the forbidden army of more than 100,000 people, how much can Han Zhong mobilize, as soon as the guard captain holding the tiger talisman arrives, and even the situation is urgent, the Son of Heaven will definitely send someone to hold the white tiger flag to quell the chaos, and how many generals of the forbidden army will follow Han Zhong to attack him at the risk of defeat and ambush?

"No need." The situation in Liu Zhiyuan's mansion is not known to outsiders, and he said with a smile at the moment: "All commanders have intentions, but there are Yuan and Ya generals in this mansion, and it is expected that there will be no big problem." ”

"Then we should also send two people to escort Da Shen home."

"Yes."

For this level of flattery, Liu Zhiyuan certainly accepted it.

……

After the Great Counselor returned home, Jin Wuwei of the two capitals turned back the same way.

Along the way, passers-by were quite frightened, Dashen returned home, and as usual, Yuan Sui followed the guards, when did Jin Wuwei send people to follow?

The people with a keen sense of smell in the Beijing Division have long sensed that today's situation is wrong.

The big staff Liu Zhiyuan played the solo pair, Han Zhong was sparse in the evening, before dark, Liu Zhiyuan went out of the small east gate before the palace gate was locked, and Jin Wuwei sent soldiers and horses to guard, and the news of these things quickly spread in the mansion of the powerful.

Coincidentally, there are a lot fewer dignitaries and nobles on the road, and the mansions of all the magnates are restricting the children of the family not to go out tonight, and not long after Liu Zhiyuan returned to the house, the children of the magnates and officials in several areas where the Beijing division was extremely lively for fun were suddenly reduced.

Only the common people of Beijing and outsiders, the merchants do not know what to do, or they are still having fun in the restaurant brothels, the sound of silk and bamboo orchestras is endless, and the crowds of hawkers along the street are overlapping and intertwined, and it is still a scene of peaceful pleasure.

When Liu Zhiyuan got off the sedan chair, he found that the surroundings of his mansion were as calm as before, there were still many hawkers, and the officials who came to visit him were still waiting inside and outside the mansion.

Everything has not changed, the only change is that he really brought down Han Zhong, from this morning to now, Liu Zhiyuan has spent more than 100,000 yuan in the palace, several servants, many subordinates, and the eunuch leaders of the Inner Servant Province, everything is as he designed, the Son of Heaven was shocked, angry, and then finally made a decision...... From tomorrow onwards, Liu Zhiyuan will be the de facto prime minister.

More than 200 years of hope has finally become a reality today.

Jin Shiqi and the other staff came up, Liu Zhiyuan glanced at it, and said casually: "What about Fang Shaoqun?" ”

"He said he was not feeling well, and he hid in the backyard and refused to come out."

"This man is still a child's temper." Liu Zhiyuan's big matter has been completed, and his heart is relaxed for a while, and the other party's rudeness is much more tolerant than usual.

Once the prime minister is worshipped, the next big thing is to preside over the Northern Expedition, many details need Fang Shaoping to praise and help him left and right, Liu Zhiyuan does not think that Fang Shaoqun is Jin Shiqi and other henchmen, but in terms of ability, Jin Shiqi and others are not as good as Fang Shaoqun.

"The mansion is banned today," Liu Zhiyuan changed into a civilian robe and said with a relaxed face: "No one in the mansion is forbidden to go out, right?" ”

"It was Xia and Fang Shaoqun who went out once." Jin Shiqi said: "Fang Shaoqun said that he had an appointment with Wang Zhi today, Da Shen is not free, he and I should take a trip, I think this is right, and Wang Zhi should not be too neglectful, so I went with him." ”

"Oh," Liu Zhiyuan frowned and said, "What did you say?" ”

"Only mentioned the Northern Expedition, Fang Shaoqun persuaded Wang Zhili to help Dashen, and there was nothing else to say." Jin Shiqi felt a little weak, and Fang Shaoqun also mentioned Xu Zixian, but only a few words, there should be no big problem.

"That's it." Liu Zhiyuan was slightly displeased, he ordered that no one should go out, but the two staff members went to Chaotianyi without authorization, but the intention was not bad, Wang Zhi was an important force that could be relied on, and the Northern Expedition plan could not lack this person, so it was indeed not appropriate to be slack.

"Tell all the Tooth Generals to put on armor tonight." Liu Zhiyuan felt a little tired, but his spirit was still in high spirits, and he instructed the staff: "You must take strict precautions, after tonight, it doesn't matter!" ”

The staff present all knew that something big was going to happen today, everyone's hearts were pounding, and they all bowed down and agreed, and several generals of the Great Counselor's Mansion had already stepped back with their swords and gathered all the generals and Yuan Sui, and at the same time Liu Zhiyuan ordered the gate to be closed and drove away all the guests waiting to be seen.

"Wu Guogong said that there is something important...... "The door official of the government residence said to Liu Zhiyuan: "It's been a long time since you came, do you want to drive it away?" ”

"What is he doing here?" A person who shouldn't have appeared in his mansion appeared inexplicably, Liu Zhiyuan felt a faint sense of uneasiness in his heart, and he said: "Tell him to meet in the study...... No, I'll go to the porter myself to see him! ”