"Your Majesty, only Jingzhao Yin Peishu and Kong Lin, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, made it clear that they will enter the palace tonight to meet Your Majesty." Youwei whispered.

Pei Shu is very prestigious in the court, and the Pei family also has some strength. Pei Shu is the son of Pei Yin, the imperial envoy of the former dynasty, the grandson of Pei Xiang, the secretary of the ministry, and the great-grandson of Prime Minister Pei Daoqing. Pei Shu in history has a nerd's sour and rotten atmosphere, and he always thinks of himself as a clear stream.

Officials in the Tang Dynasty all enjoyed a very important "welfare" - the "second generation of officials" could directly become officials, called "Enyin". This is a closed, monopolistic, backward preferential system designed for the bureaucracy.

Pei Shu's own uncle, Xue Yongguan, served as a scholar in the middle school, and it was rumored at that time that he was going to preside over the imperial examination. In order to avoid suspicion, he took the initiative to give up the Jinshi exam. And swore on the spot: "If my uncle-in-law presides over the scientific expedition, I will be extinct and hidden, and I would rather stay at home." An elder was so angry that he raised his staff to scold Pei Shu and ask him to apologize to Xue Yong, but Pei Shu was always stubborn and refused to apologize. Until the second year of Yongtai of the Tang Dynasty, the squire Jia Zhi presided over the imperial examination, and Pei Shu was elected in one fell swoop.

Pei Shu was originally in charge of reviewing the edict and refuting the edict, and if there was any objection, he could directly correct and refute the edict. Baisi has to refute its violations, and the matter is very heavy. Zhu Wen thought he was disobedient, and later made him Jing Zhaoyin, which is similar to the mayor of Beijing. Don't think that Jing Zhaoyin is a good official, he was also the position that was removed the most times in the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, there were fifteen records of Jing Zhao Yin in ten years, and Cui Guangyuan in the Xuan and Suzong periods set another record, changing three Jing Zhao Yin in less than three months.

Although Pei Shu may not be able to entrust big things, it can be seen that this person will still stick to his bottom line. He was willing to risk his life to enter the palace, which shows his sincerity.

Kong Lin, Tang Xizong, son of Kong Wei, the prime minister of Zhaozong. He is honest and honest, and has a good reputation in Beijing, but because he is not ashamed of Zhu Wen's dictatorship, he is often called ill. This person should be regarded as loyal to Datang, and he can come, which makes Li Ji happy.

It was night, and sure enough, Jingzhao Yin Peishu and the servant Kong Lin entered the palace to meet His Majesty, and the chief of the guard, Zhang Mao, wanted to die, and he was afraid to monitor the emperor. This accidentally got on the emperor's thief ship, and the ministers did not dare to stop the holy guards when they entered the palace, and at most informed Zhu Wen.

When Pei Shu and Kong Lin entered the palace, Zhang Mao and others were accompanying Li Ji. is nominally an escort, but in fact it is surveillance, monitoring Li Ji's every move. Let's put it this way, even if Li Ji farts, someone will take out a small notebook and record it on a certain year, month, day, time and place, and the new emperor accidentally let out a fart. Then there will be Zhu Wen's doormen who will begin to analyze the meaning of this fart, whether the emperor's fart will be unfavorable to King Liang, until it is ruled out.

And at this moment, Pei Shu and Kong Lin entered the palace, Zhang Mao and others were even more like great enemies, they stayed by Li Zhu's side every step of the way, but they wanted to see what happened to these two bold courtiers who entered the palace late at night.

Pei Shu and Kong Lin obviously didn't expect that there were so many Zhu Wen people around the new emperor, so what could the emperor discuss when he recruited people into the palace. Pei Shu regretted it a little, the emperor is young, and he can't do things firmly without hair on his mouth. You came at the risk of killing your head, but you can't even get rid of the surveillance around you, what is the matter?

Li Ji sat in the Ming'an Palace, with Youwei by his side, and then Zhang Mao and his men on both sides.

Li Ji coughed lightly, and stood up for the dog: "Your Majesty summoned the courtiers to discuss important matters, so wait and retreat first." ”

Don't say that you are a dead eunuch, the emperor can't speak well, and sure enough, Zhang Mao stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, I will protect Your Majesty on the orders of King Liang." In case someone has a bad heart, His Majesty forgives the sin, and the villain does not dare to be negligent. ”

The meaning is obvious, there is no way to let us go, unless King Liang orders us.

Li Ji looked at Zhang Mao: "Well, what Zhang Guard's words are very true. This King Liang is thinking about me wholeheartedly, and I am very comforted. It's just that what I discussed with the two courtiers is a confidential matter, and it is inevitable that there will be rumors of walking if there are more people who know, so let's do it, you all retreat, and Zhang Mao can stay. ”

The guards looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a while, if it was a weekday, someone would have gone to report to King Liang. It's just that Zhu Wen is not in the capital at the moment, and everyone can't make up their minds for a while.

Li Ji coughed again: "The matter I discussed is related to the fortune of the Tang Dynasty, and if there are more people who know, it will inevitably lead to death." You can think clearly, do you all stay and listen together, or do Zhang Mao stay and wait for you to retire and avoid it for a while? ”

This emperor is crazy to say this in front of so many people. Isn't he afraid that King Liang will kill him, but the guards know very well that the emperor wants to die, and once you occupy it, you will suffer from the pond fish.

This trick worked very well, and sure enough, the faces of the guards changed greatly. Finally, someone stood up and bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, Master Zhang can stay, and the villain will retire." ”

Didn't you listen to the emperor, those who stayed behind would inevitably lead to death. Who doesn't know that King Liang is moody, Zhu Wen is treacherous, and there is no humanity at all. Anyway, there is Zhang Mao, the chief of the guard, and he will return everything that happened tonight to King Liang, who made him the chief of the guard, and when will he not leave at this time.

All the guards bowed down and withdrew, lest they retreat slowly and were stopped by the emperor. And Zhang Mao is worse than dead at the moment, he really wants to escape with him.

As soon as the emperor spoke, he withdrew the eyes and ears around him, Pei Shu and Kong Lin were overjoyed, the two glanced at each other and then knelt down: "Minister Pei Shu (Kong Lin) to meet Your Majesty!" ”

The Tang Dynasty does not need to kneel, but Li Ji is the new emperor who ascends the throne. Pei Shu and Kong Lin entered the palace for the first time, so the two knelt down together.

Li Ji hurriedly got up from the dragon chair, and he walked down the steps to help the two of them up: "My Tang Dynasty is in danger, and the two Aiqing dare to enter the palace to see me late at night regardless of their lives, which shows their sincerity." I won't go around the bend, I want to bring down King Liang and take the Tang Dynasty back into my hands! ”

As soon as these words came out, Pei Kong and the others were shocked. The emperor actually said such words in front of Zhang Mao, could it be that Zhang Mao had already rebelled? Who knew that as soon as the two of them turned around, they saw Zhang Mao's face frightened, obviously he didn't know either.

This Zhang Mao is a person of King Liang, if he spreads today's events to the ears of King Liang. None of the people in this house can live, and it is not impossible for King Liang to abolish the emperor and set up a new monarch as a matter of words, or if people simply do not set up a new monarch but directly ascend the throne as emperor himself.

Who knew that Li Ji looked at Zhang Mao again and smiled: "Zhang Mao, I might as well tell you that I summoned my courtiers into the palace to plot to bring down King Liang." You're Zhu Wen's confidant, you can go back and report me, but you can think about it. Once I am caught, the first one will confess that you are an accomplice! He said in a stern tone.

Who are Pei Shu and Kong Lin, both of them are extremely human ministers, and those who climb to this position are human spirits. Pei Shu immediately echoed: "That's right, it's you, Zhang Mao, who entered the palace late at night to discuss with His Majesty about bringing down Zhu Wen." ”

Zhang Mao sneered: "Do you think King Liang will believe your slanderous words? ”

Kong Lin smiled on the side: "Of course King Liang won't believe it, but the facts are in front of him. Several of us confessed that you were one of the conspirators, but in the end, you thought that we were hitting the stone with an egg, so you repented and went to tell King Liang. Zhu Wen is very suspicious, maybe he will promote you to reuse at that time, but in the end, he will definitely kill you under the pretext, don't believe it, let's see. ”

Youwei also followed to help: "That's right, the reason why the slave was able to go out of the palace to see the two adults was also because of Zhang Mao's convenience." Otherwise, how could the slave and maid leave the palace easily, there are only a few of us in this Ming'an Palace at this moment, why did Your Majesty leave you? Captain Zhang, even if you accuse us, I'm afraid you won't be able to argue.

Zhang Mao's forehead was sweating, Kong Lin was right. Even if he denounces himself, Zhu Wen will definitely reuse himself. But he will definitely kill himself afterwards, he knows Zhu Wen too well. This person originally followed the Huangchao rebel army, but later saw that the Huangchao trend had gone, so he surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. After returning to the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Wen gradually gained power, and slaughtered his former friends and even benefactors.

In history, Jiang Xuanhui helped Zhu Wen kill Zhaozong Li Ye and kill the rest of Zhaozong's sons, which can be described as Zhu Wen's hardcore doglegs. But in the end, Jiang Xuanhui was killed by Zhu Wen.

Besides, the reason why Sun Youwei was able to leave the palace was indeed the convenience provided by himself, but he didn't expect that this eunuch really didn't go out to buy any sugar cakes, all of this was planned by them a long time ago. If he followed Zhu Wen, the final outcome would definitely not be good, Zhang Mao was so frightened that he trembled and hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "Please let Your Majesty spare your life, and ask Your Majesty to show the villain a clear way." ”