Chapter 313: Zhang Xuan's faction

As soon as Li Heng said this, Zhang Xuan smiled indifferently and bowed his hand to salute, "Your Highness's orders, the ministers are all obedient." ”

Zhang Xuan knew in his heart that completely taking down Han Jianliang would inevitably be resisted by Li Heng in every way, and this incident alone could only show that he was guilty of lax discipline, and it was not enough to make him dismiss. [Search for the latest updates..]

Han Yue can be severely punished, for the sake of Zhang Xuan, the face and authority of King Yongning, Li Heng will make such a concession, but it is almost impossible to implicate Han Jianliang because of this.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan did not entangle with Li Heng in person on the issue of dealing with Han Jianliang.

His purpose is to "throw bricks and lead jade", as long as he starts, Yang Guozhong's people will inevitably follow and shout in the future. If Yang Guozhong doesn't take the opportunity to bring Han Jianliang down, is it still Yang Guozhong?

Zhang Xuan is convinced of this.

Seeing that Zhang Xuan had given enough face, Li Heng breathed a sigh of relief, nodded contentedly, and said in a deep voice to Feng Xiqiang, "Feng Xiqiang, Han Yue, the son of Han Jianliang, set on the slaves and committed murder, and rode on the street and collided with King Yongning, his crime is not small. If the case is verified, in the opinion of this palace, it should be severely punished! ”

"Twenty canes in public, and parade through the streets for three days with torture instruments to set an example! It can be the ring of the whole city! ”

"Your Highness is wise." Zhang Xuan smiled slightly.

"Obey the order!" Feng Xiqiang breathed a sigh of relief and knocked on the leader's order.

This matter started with Han Yue, but there is also his responsibility as the Chang'an County Order, and now Zhang Xuan has not held him accountable for the abuse of punishment by unauthorized officials, Feng Xiqiang secretly called it a fluke, and he also felt a little grateful in his heart.

The two of them went out of the palace, and outside the palace gate, Feng Xiqiang knelt down in front of Zhang Xuan and said in a low voice, "The prince is magnanimous, regardless of the fault of his humble position, and he is grateful for his humble position!" ”

Zhang Xuan didn't help Feng Xiqiang up, his eyes were blazing, and he said awe-inspiringly, "Feng County Order, this matter should be a lesson, I hope you can keep it in mind." The power in the hands of officials is a public weapon, and cannot be reduced to a private weapon of lynching. You are the parent official of Chang'an County, I don't ask you to despise the powerful, but I ask you to enforce the law impartially and make decisions for the people. ”

"This king has always thought that being an official is like being a man, and to be an official for a day is to do things for a day. For the sake of your official reputation, this king is not for himself this time, so get up. ”

"Thank you for your teachings, and remember your humble duties." Feng Xiqiang blushed and stood up in shame.

"Okay, the king still has something to do, so I'll go back to the house first. Han Yue's case was handed over to Feng County. Zhang Xuan waved his hand, took the reins of the horse from a guard, turned over on the horse, and walked away in the escort of Nan Jiyun and others.

Feng Xiqiang silently bowed to see him off, and when he straightened up again, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Zhang Xuan's trouble is gone, but this time he offended Han Jianliang, and he had to severely punish Han Yue according to Li Heng's intentions, as long as Han Jianliang did not fall, where would he have good fruits to eat in the future?

Han Jianliang doesn't have Zhang Xuan's belly and bearing. This is a person who will repay him, he may not dare to take revenge on Zhang Xuan, but Feng Xiqiang, a small county order, how can he withstand Han Jianliang's toss?

Feng Xiqiang sighed helplessly, turned over his horse, and was about to return to the ya, when he suddenly saw one of Zhang Xuan's guards going and returning.

"Feng County Order!" The soldier beckoned.

Although he was just an ordinary soldier, Feng Xiqiang didn't dare to offend, and reluctantly smiled and hugged his fists, "Master Jun!" ”

"Feng County Order, Yongning King Zhang Dashuai asked a certain family to send a message to Feng County Order, saying that although Feng County Order is handled according to the law, everything is in charge of the marshal."

After saying that, the soldier arched his hand and walked away.

Zhang Xuan's words are equivalent to telling Feng Xiqiang that if Han Jianliang retaliates against him in the future, he will have Yongning Mansion to support him.

Feng Xiqiang was overjoyed, and bowed down on the horse, "Thank you for the grace of the prince!" ”

Feng Xiqiang returned to the government and was in a good mood. Although he broke with Han Jianliang, he unexpectedly got Zhang Xuan's favor, if he could take the opportunity to join Zhang Xuan's disciples, wouldn't it be a hundred times stronger than being Han Jianliang's protégé?

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Chang'an County convicted Han Yue, punished him with a cane for 20 in public, and then put a torture instrument on Han Yue and ordered him to parade in Chang'an City for three days.

There was a lot of discussion in Chang'an City, and many children of powerful people were ordered to close their doors by the elders of the family, so as not to repeat the incident and repeat the mistakes of the past. Of course, this is just a temporary phenomenon, after a long time, what should be done or what, what should be bullying men and women will still bully men and women, and the squirting will still be a bully after all.

Sure enough, as Zhang Xuan expected, Yang Guozhong led the Yang faction to write a letter one after another, participating in the impeachment of Han Jianliang, the secretary of Dali Temple, and correcting him for more than a dozen crimes such as "fabricating charges, framing ministers, arsonizing with murderers, endangering the market, and perverting the law for bribes".

For a time, the government and the opposition were turbulent, and Yang Guozhong personally directed and launched a campaign to overthrow Korea, with great momentum.

More and more courtiers are involved, after all, Han Jianliang has offended too many people.

Li Heng had no choice but to take advantage of Han Yue's case to remove Han Jianliang from his post as the secretary of Dali Temple.

Within a few days of Zhang Xuan's return to Beijing, two important backbone members of the princelings were dismissed, which caused a great shock in the government and the opposition.

Compared with the movements in the court, Zhang Xuan leisurely accompanied Cui Ying in the Yongning Palace, either out of the city to play, or to visit relatives and friends, and held a banquet to entertain the magnates of Chang'an.

If you are a caring person, it is not difficult to find that the people who have entered and exited the most in Zhang Xuan's Yongning palace recently are the Cui family, the Zheng family, the Wang family, and the Lu family, which are the gate valve clans of the Tang Dynasty.

The power of the Gate Lords clan is intertwined and quite powerful. However, after the exclusion and suppression of Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong, the power of the four giants in the DPRK is not as good as before. And because Zhang Xuan is the son-in-law of the Cui family, and now he is in a high position and holds military power, under the role of Cui Ju's "bridge link", the gate lord clan gradually has the intention of taking refuge in Zhang Xuan and promoting Zhang Xuan as the spokesperson of the gate lord clan.

The so-called times create heroes. Zhang Xuan was born as a scholar, after the famous minister Zhang Jiuling, he was full of literary brilliance, became famous, and had the military power of Gao Jue, and he was also the in-law of the Cui family, and he had all the conditions to act as the "big boss" of the gate lord clan. Cooperating with Zhang Xuan's alliance can not only ensure the reputation of the scholars, but also obtain huge political benefits.

More and more disciples of the gate lord clan saw through this, and more and more people took the initiative to show their goodwill. And there are many children of the scholar clan, and they even do not hesitate to join Zhang Xuan's disciples.

To the surprise of many courtiers, Yang Lian, the general of the right guard of Yulinwei, the real power faction of the Yang faction, and Chen Xilie, the left minister and secretary of the Ministry of Justice, who was known as the "grass on the wall" of the neutral faction, also had a close relationship with Zhang Xuan.

The New Year is getting closer and closer, and compared with the festive atmosphere of the people, the atmosphere in the DPRK and China is more solemn.

Because two ministers have been dismissed, there is a reshuffle of power in the DPRK on a large scale.

Zhang Xuan did not interfere in the deployment of the candidates for the chief officials of the Yamen of the various ministries and departments of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, he only wrote a letter recommending the former Jingzhao Mansion Shaoyin Ma Lu to be the Jingzhao Mansion Yin, and the former servant Shi Cui Ju to be the Ministry of Works, which was quickly approved.

After several days of political games and competing interests, the chief officials of the various ministries and temples of the DPRK and China were quickly appointed.

A few people with good intentions unexpectedly discovered that Zhang Xuan's faction in the court was formed unconsciously.

In terms of the six Shangshu alone, Chen Xilie is the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Yang Guozhong is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Zheng Tong of the Household Department is Zheng Tong of the Zheng family (the former Shilang of the Household Department), Lu Ling of the Criminal Department is Lu Ling of the Lu family (the former Yushi Zhongcheng), Ma Dehui is the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and Chen Xuanli, the general of the left guard of Yulin Wei, is the secretary of the military department.

Zheng Tong and Lu Ling are Zhang Xuan's people, Ma Dehui is Yang Guozhong's people, and Chen Xuanli is a princeling, if you add Chen Xilie, a quasi-Zhang Xuan faction, and the middle-level officials from the noble families who have jumped to high positions through this adjustment and are all over the yamen offices, Zhang Xuan's power in the court has surpassed Yang Guozhong for the first time.

The three-legged momentum gradually tilted towards Zhang Xuan.

Of course, this is only a secret situation. Nominally and ostensibly, the Zhang faction and the Yang faction were still allies. This is an important factor for Li Hengli to insist that Chen Xuanli concurrently serve as the secretary of the Criminal Department.

Although Li Heng still wanted to continue to use Zhang Jiyong and Han Jianliang, because of the strong opposition of Yang Guozhong and others, as well as the secret resistance of Zhang Xuan's faction, he could only give up for the time being.

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There are two days left before the Spring Festival.

In the afternoon, Zhang Xuan and Li Qi, the king of Jianning, returned home from the Qujiang Pond for a banquet.

The two teams of honor guards entered Chang'an City and divided their hands in the center of Zhuque Street, Li Qi returned to the imperial city, and Zhang Xuan returned to the palace.

These days, Li Qi and Zhang Xuan are getting closer and closer, and their relationship is getting closer and closer, which makes the prospective prince Li Yu see it in his eyes and hate it in his heart, but he is helpless.

As soon as Li Yu's honor guard entered the palace gate of the imperial city, Li Yu, who was dressed in micro-clothes, paced out from the corner of the street with a few entourages, staring silently in the direction of the palace gate.

Compared with Li Yu, who has been proud of the spring breeze recently, Li Yu's mood has become more and more anxious and uneasy.

On the Shangyuan Festival, Li Heng is about to officially ascend the throne as the emperor, all kinds of preparations in the palace and the court have been completed, and even the old emperor's edict has been drafted, waiting for the day of the Shangyuan Festival, Zhang Xuan led the world to the town, and Yang Guozhong led the ministers of the court, and earnestly persuaded together.

Li Heng said that there was no suspense about the emperor. The crux of the matter is that as long as Li Heng is proclaimed emperor, he will canonize the crown prince of the East Palace as soon as possible.

It turned out that Li Yu felt that his position as the crown prince was very stable, but judging from the current situation, Li Heng seemed to have the posture of supporting Li Yu, which made Li Yu anxious and restless.

"Your Highness...... It's time to get out of town. ”

Li Yu's cronies, the right guard led the governor Shi Gongsun You to say softly.

The Right Guard Mansion is the military force of the Gongwei East Palace, which is equivalent to the East Palace Guard, and is currently controlled by Li Yu himself.

Li Yu slowly turned his head to look at Gongsun You, and sighed lightly, "Gongsun Changshi, this palace is restless!" ”

Gongsun You sighed in his heart, and stopped talking.

Gongsun You has always believed that Li Yu should not offend Zhang Xuan, not from the beginning. Instead, like Li Xuan, he lowered his body and took the initiative to show favor to Zhang Xuan, if he can get Zhang Xuan's support, can he still run for the crown prince?