Although Zhang Wenguan is considered a conservative, it is not that they are very stubborn, in fact, they can compromise on other things, they are not unreasonable people, this is beneficial to the country and the people, even if it is contrary to Confucianism, they will consider it carefully.

But on this throne, they will never make any compromises, Li Zhi is as kind to them as a mountain, then Li Hong is even more popular, because Li Hong's benevolence and filial piety, love and righteousness, these are the most respected by Confucianism, and they absolutely support Li Hong.

And this is also the top priority of feudal society, there is nothing more important than this, it is impossible to back down.

In fact, of course, there is nothing wrong with their thoughts, it should be so, without the support of this system, the country will not last for a long time, as long as the emperor dies, there will definitely be chaos in the world.

It's just that they still have a little arrogance in their hearts, and they look down on those businessmen, which is also deep-rooted, so Yuanxi's statement made them very angry, this matter is never over, you are a humble businessman, and you dare to openly say that you want to interfere in the affairs of the imperial court, what are you?

But they didn't find that the strength of the businessmen in this war was growing at an astonishing rate on a large scale, because the imperial court threw out 50 million at once, which strongly stimulated the rapid growth of commerce, Xu Ke's workshop was expanded by five times, the scale of the Xiaopang Group expanded by ten times at once, and the Yuan family was directly twenty times, and the steel plant of the Yuan family was already the world's first factory, and all the steel mills of the imperial court together were not as big as the Yuan family.

In fact, the merchants themselves did not realize that they were just playing with their lives, and the result became bigger and bigger.

Although it is supported by Han Yi, even if Han Yi does not support it, Yuanxi will do it, as a businessman, he must be constantly moving forward, and it is impossible to retreat, but now they are too large, once the peace and prosperity are prosperous, the imperial court will definitely suppress them, Yuanxi thinks that businessmen have enough strength to fight for more things, and if this opportunity is missed, it will never be again.

Because the imperial court is also weak now, relatively speaking, the gap between merchants and the imperial court is not as big as usual.

Zhang Wenguan If they are really smart enough, they should go to the businessmen and give the businessmen some power appropriately, to put it bluntly, the businessmen have also contributed a lot, the beauty of freedom, the Yuan family, and the Xiaopang group actually did not make any money, and finally donated all the profits to the imperial court, they just guaranteed that they would not lose money, of course, the expansion of scale and profits are two different things, and the profits of businessmen do not include the wages of workers, which should give them some benefits.

However, Zhang Wen instilled in them the old thinking of the peasants and businessmen, which made them feel that this was intolerable, and that the businessmen were too unreasonable, how could they openly ask for power.

Originally, the new nobles were planning, that is, Yuwen Xiumi and their people, they were originally nobles, and now they are businessmen, of course they think that we take power for granted, but those businessmen who are generous with money still have a humble mentality and don't dare to make trouble, but now Yang Sine sent people to monitor them, which immediately made the businessmen start to huddle together to keep warm.

They didn't want to make trouble, but now it seems that there is no way out, they can only unite with the Yuan family, and everyone lives and dies together.

Those new aristocratic classes are very politically minded, they are not stupid, they can't see the current situation clearly, the court is very weak now, and they have to rely on them for the time being, as long as they don't do anything rebellious, they won't move them for the time being, they don't recruit troops, but they start shouting.

Their reason was the 50 million yuan national debt.

That national debt was approved by Empress Wu herself, and unlike the first national debt, in addition to the seal of the imperial court, there was only the seal of the queen, and there was no Li Zhi's or Li Hong's. Because Li Zhi was in a coma at the time, no one would believe that he would admit this account, and it was the queen who led everyone at that time, and everyone only believed in the queen.

This is actually what Han Yi deliberately asked for at that time, just to lay the groundwork for this time.

The merchant demanded that the court at least let the queen pay off the debt, and then hand over the power to the crown prince, you hand over the power now, in case the court does not recognize it?

Of course, this is just an excuse, the household chapter is still on it, how can you not admit it, if you really don't admit it, Wu Meiniang can also not admit it, which emperor has talked about credit since ancient times.

The businessman shouted, of course the people were not afraid, it turned out that the imperial power was handed over, and the people were in charge of their affairs, but the businessmen were also the people, and the businessmen dared to say this, what the people were afraid of, and the people began to discuss.

Because Wu Meiniang stepped forward at a critical moment and led everyone forward, it was precisely because of the queen's persistence that she could finally win this battle, if there was no queen's persistence, it might be the Central Plains that collapsed first, not Tubo, and the queen was still in the mourning of her husband, she still endured her grief and continued to fight with illness.

This is too touching, and it also makes many people support the queen in their hearts.

Moreover, the queen's ability to govern is also obvious to everyone.

Although everyone's impression of the prince is also very good, but the prince's physical condition has always been very worried, although the battle has been won, but this battle has also made the country show a weak state, what to do after the war? Especially in the surrounding areas, they are already poor and white, how to solve these problems? If these problems are not solved well, the country may still collapse.

As soon as Zhang Wenguan and the others saw that the people were beginning to discuss this matter, they hurriedly convened a meeting of ministers to determine that Li Honglai would take the throne.

"Colleagues, I know that everyone is now immersed in the grief of the death of the first emperor, but this country cannot be without a king for a day, and in the current situation, we should appoint a new monarch as soon as possible. At that time, when His Majesty died, because the situation was very special, the queen and the crown prince were very worried that this news would disturb the hearts of the army and the people, so they concealed this matter, and we should understand this, and at that time, only the queen and the crown prince were by His Majesty's side. ”

Zhang Wenguan stood on the Taiji Hall, said loudly, and looked at a palace lady beside him.

The palace lady immediately saluted the ministers and said: "The queen is too ill to come, so I ordered the slave maid to tell you that due to the special situation at that time, when Your Majesty died, only the queen and the crown prince were by Your Majesty's side, and Your Majesty's edict was to let the crown prince inherit the throne." ”

Zhang Wen said: "Everyone has heard, the queen also told me in person a few days ago, this is the only reason why the queen summoned us back to Chang'an, we should abide by His Majesty's edict and let the crown prince inherit the throne." ”

"Wait."

Murong Baojie suddenly stood up, looked at Zhang Wenguan and said, "Zhang Shizhong, I don't think His Royal Highness wants to take the throne early, but you want to become this assistant minister as soon as possible." ”

Zhang Wenguan pointed to the top and said: "I, Zhang Wenguan, swear to heaven here today, after the crown prince ascends the throne, I will immediately resign from all positions and go home to farm. ”

He knew that there would definitely be people who would talk about it, and he also knew that he would not be able to convince the public if he did not make an inch.

Shangguan Yi sighed, stood up and said: "No, no, Zhang Shizhong can't be rash, the first emperor and the queen asked you to assist the prince, you are doing this because of the trust of the first emperor, we don't agree." As he spoke, he said to Murong Baojie again: "This prince is on the throne, of course, do you want to rebel?" ”

Murong Baojie shouted angrily: "Shangguan Lao Pifu, you don't want to spray people with blood here, I, Murong Baojie, am loyal to Your Majesty, loyal to the Tang Dynasty, heaven and earth can be learned, no matter what, I will not rebel." ”

Hao Chujun stood up and said, "Then I really don't know why General Murong wants to prevent the crown prince from ascending the throne?" ”

Murong Baojie glanced at him coldly, turned around, and said to the ministers: "Everyone, when the surrounding wars were raging, the imperial court, under the leadership of the empress, still kept everything in order, and there was not the slightest turmoil in the entire Central Plains. However, since Zhang Wenguan and them came back to preside over government affairs, the backlog of recitals has piled up, if you don't believe it, you can ask Zhang Shilang, Zheng Shilang, and General Yang. ”

Everyone looked at the elephant, Zheng Shanxing, and Yang Sine.

Zhang Daxiang didn't want to get involved at all, but just nodded slightly.

Zheng Shanxing is a gentleman, and he will not lie, nodding and saying, "It is true." ”

Murong Baojie said: "Why is this happening? It is because Zhang Wenguan and others only know that they are busy fighting for power, but they don't care about the safety of the country. You may not know that those recitals came from the northwest region, Tuyuhun, Lelang Prefecture, and Xiongjin Prefecture, and now that the war has not completely ended, the people there are facing hunger and cold, but Zhang Wenguan and they ignore these and blindly only want to become auxiliary ministers as soon as possible...... ”

"Bastard thing."

Zhang Wenguan shouted angrily and said: "You husband, dare to slander the old man like this, the old man is precisely because he knows that these things can no longer be delayed, so he hopes to let the prince ascend the throne as soon as possible, if there is no monarch in this country, how to deal with these affairs?" ”

"Zhang Shizhong's words are wrong!"

Another person stood up, this person's name is Zhang Qianxuan, who is a squire of the military department, in fact, a civil minister, he said: "During the period after the death of His Majesty, the country did not have a monarch, and the affairs at that time were more difficult than now, but the court also handled it very well, oh, I almost forgot, Zhang Shizhong was not in the court at that time, and I may not know about it." ”

Hao Chujun said: "At that time, it was because it happened suddenly, and now that the war has ended, how can it be generalized at this time and that time?" ”

Murong Baojie snorted: "Doesn't Hao Shilang know that the situation is going to be even more critical at this time? Now the surrounding area has been in ruins, and the imperial court does not have much ability to support them, if they are not careful, they can only take risks, if there is another war, the country is in danger, this skin will not be attached? The country is dead, who will inherit the throne, is there any point? ”

As he spoke, he said to everyone: "Everyone, I Murong Baojie will never dare to disobey His Majesty's edict, but I think that the first thing we need to do is to stabilize the country and properly handle the post-war affairs, so that the people in the border area will no longer be hungry and cold, otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable." The crown prince is now overly sad, and he is still ill, and the queen has always been in charge of government affairs, I think this special period, the queen should continue to preside over government affairs, until he gets the Tang Dynasty out of this quagmire, and then hand over the power to a healthy prince. ”

Many ministers nodded one after another, feeling that what Murong Baojie said was too reasonable, this period is indeed very difficult, the border area is in ruins, and there is no coping plan, and although the prince is benevolent and righteous, his ability and body make everyone feel not very down-to-earth, but the queen's ability is in everyone's eyes, and it has been tested.

The key is that Murong Baojie is the first to speak out, he is also the general of the Jingshi Forbidden Army, just one level lower than Yang Sine, but he also represents a large part of the forbidden army, which is very important.

Without a weapon in hand, no one dares to talk nonsense.

Liu Xiangdao said suddenly: "The crown prince is on the throne, and the queen can also let the curtain listen to the government, which does not prevent the prince from ascending the throne." ”

Murong Baojie snorted: "This is not the same, after the crown prince ascends the throne, who has the final say, but it is not necessarily, although I believe in the prince, but your words ...... Hmph, I don't believe it. ”

The implication is very simple, what I don't believe is you, you were driven out by us in the first place, if the crown prince ascends the throne, you are the auxiliary minister, who can guarantee that you will not take revenge, you have not made an inch of merit, and we have made great contributions, why do you have the final say now.

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