At noon, the Changle Gate of Taiji Palace opened, a group of eunuchs who went out to do business crowded to the palace gate, holding the approval sheet signed by the captain on duty and shouting to go out, the soldiers guarding the palace gate were lazy and unfocused, the little eunuch took the approval slip in front of them for a while, the soldiers only glanced at it at random, and then waved their hands to let them out, it is no wonder, staring at the empty palace day after day, XT starts

Seven or eight eunuchs went out in a row, and at this time it was the turn of the great eunuch Feng Endao, this was the second time he had left the palace today, and he was a little apprehensive in his heart.

"Old man, why are you out of the palace again?" The captain on duty today, who came from the side, asked with a smile.

Feng Endao hurriedly explained: "The family is sick, and the Queen Mother has granted leave, so I went to visit." ”

"I see." The lieutenant smiled and waved his order: "Let my husband go." ”

Feng Endao thanked him and hurriedly walked outside the palace, the captain looked at his hat from behind, and sneered slightly, at this time, the Zhonglang general Li Dingfang, who was in charge of guarding the Taiji Palace, walked over slowly, he glanced at Feng Endao's back, and suddenly asked, "Did he change his hat again?" ”

The captain was taken aback, and when he saw that it was the general coming, he hurriedly saluted and said, "Back to the governor, this is the third hat he changed today." ”

Li Dingfang shook his head, looked at the hat on Feng Endao's head and said with some disdain: "Even the details of the hat are not considered, what else can they do?" ”

Then he asked the lieutenant, "Have you sent someone to keep an eye on him?" ”

"The Department of Internal Affairs has someone watching him."

Li Dingfang saw that two people were riding horses to follow Feng Endao's carriage, so he said to the lieutenant: "From today onwards, the duty will be changed from two wheels a day to three wheels a day, and tell the brothers that no one is allowed to slack off. ”

Let's say that Feng En said about the imperial city. He was not in a hurry to go to the Diwu Honfang opposite the Imperial City. Instead, walk east along Chunming Street. I changed to a horse-drawn carriage at a shop in Higashi before turning back to the main shop. More than half an hour has passed. Feng Endao was completely relieved to go to the main workshop. But he did not know that two horses had been following his carriage closely.

Since more than 20 days ago, he found Li Mian for Cui Xiaofu for the first time out of the palace. He knew that Cui Xiaofu was already determined to fight Zhang Huan. At this time, he no longer persuaded Cui Xiaofu. It's about doing everything you can for her. It's a big deal that he died for his master.

The meeting place was not in Li Mian's house. It is a teahouse near Li Mian's mansion. Here, Li Mian specially arranged for someone to meet him. Feng Endao went up to the second floor. Find a private room and sit down. The person who met him immediately ran to report Li Mian.

Feng Endao ordered someone to make a pot of tea. Some were restless and drank tea and waited. XT debuted with the news that Zhang Huan made the Jiangdu incident in Guangling. Cui Xiaofu immediately realized that this was the opportunity to come. She immediately instructed Li Mian to seize this opportunity. For this purpose, she wrote a handwritten letter. Call on the clans to fight for the dignity of the Li family.

Feng Endau only drank a cup of tea. Hurried footsteps could be heard outside the door. Then the door of the private room was pushed open. Li Mian hurriedly walked in. He saluted Feng Endao and said, "Let Gonggong Feng wait for a long time." ”

"Don't dare!" Feng Endao hurriedly stood up and bowed back. "It's me who bothered Li Shangshu. Matters. The Queen Mother attaches great importance to it. Order me to reply to Shangshu. ”

As he spoke, he took off his hat, pulled out the trap on it, and pulled out a handwritten note from the middle of the hat. handed it to Li Mian and said, "The Queen Mother ordered me to wait for Li Shangshu's reply today before returning to the palace." ”

Li Mian carefully locked the door, he spread out the white silk on the table, read it carefully, his brows suddenly wrinkled tightly, Cui Xiaofu ordered him to hurry up and contact the victim clan and officials in the Jiangdu incident, to replace the Tang Emperor before Zhang Huan returned to Beijing, to prevent Zhang Huan from ascending the throne, at the end of the edict, Cui Xiaofu wrote two candidates for the new throne. One is Li Mian's second son, Li Yue. The other is Li Chenghong, the king of Guangwu, but Cui Xiaofu is obviously different when writing the two names. The word Li Yue is re-drawn with a thick brush, and Li Chenghong, the king of Guangwu, is still the original fine pen, which means that Cui Xiaofu is inclined to Li Yue's accession to the throne.

Li Miandi's second son Li Yue is the biological father of today's little emperor Li Miao, and there seems to be no precedent in history for his father to replace his son's throne, but it can't be said that it will never work, Li Mian sighed slightly, he knew that there was today, why did he set up his grandson as the emperor in the first place?

If it was in the past, Li Mian would not hesitate to choose his son as the emperor, but today he hesitated, he couldn't help but consider that his son would face Zhang Huan's torment in the future, the role of this emperor was only to prevent Zhang Huan from ascending the throne, and there was no difference from the previous Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

After pondering for a long time, he took out a hat from his arms and handed it to Feng Endao, "Please tell the Queen Mother, let me consider her candidate again, and I will definitely give her an answer tomorrow at the latest." ”

Feng Endao changed his hat and arched his hand to Li Mian: "Okay, at this time tomorrow, I will wait for Li Shangshu's arrival here on time." ”

The first person to get the Jiangdu incident was the clan magnate who opened a shop in Jiangdu, but soon this matter spread in the government and the opposition, and in the afternoon, almost all the officials of the upper court knew about the closure of the store in Jiangdu, and unexpectedly, most of the officials were in favor of this matter, which can not only greatly improve the current situation of the imperial court's financial embarrassment, but in recent years, because of the financial embarrassment, the imperial court officials have not been able to raise their salaries for three consecutive years, and the officials are full of complaints, Everyone is counting on Zhang Huan's new official to consider the welfare of the officials after taking office, even if there is no salary increase, then there should always be subsidies such as winter charcoal fees, carriage and horse expenses, and summer expenses! There should also be a little increase in the annuity of retired officials, but whether it is a salary increase or welfare, the premise is that the imperial court's finances should be slightly more generous, and now, he must have greatly stripped a sum of money from Jiangdu, so that the salary increase is expected, and there is hope for benefits.

On the other hand, the officials of the imperial court, especially those in the middle and low-level places where they were born, were generally dissatisfied with the Tang clan, which was a group of typical parasites. They never worry about the country, drunk and dreaming all day long, doing nothing, and desperately squeezing wealth, annexing land, cruelly exploiting tenant farmers, and the princely clan of more than 10,000 slaves abounds, they are shaking the country of the Tang Dynasty step by step, and the number of self-cultivated farmers in the entire Guanzhong area is now less than one percent of the Zhenguan years, which is the fundamental reason why there will be a slight disaster and the Guanzhong area will be full of hunger.

And whether Cui Yuan is in power or Pei Jun is in power, their attitude towards the clan is based on tolerance. It seems that it is to exchange wealth interests for the concessions of the Tang clan to the family government.

Therefore, when Zhang Huan's wrist tricks in the Jiangdu subway reached the government and the opposition, not only were few officials frightened, but more officials secretly cried out for joy, which is the trend of today's world. There are many people who hate the rich, and there are more people who hate inequality.

As the bell rang for the next dynasty, the front of the Danfeng Gate was soon crowded with officials returning to the house, and everyone greeted each other. made an appointment to go to the restaurant for two drinks, Cui Yuwan refused the warm invitation of several subordinates, and he rushed to Xuanyangfang impatiently.

He has a strong intuition that the Jiangdu incident may be the fuse for the change of the Tang Dynasty.

"Sit down!" Cui Yuan smiled and asked him to sit down, "What good news did you bring me?" ”

"Big brother has heard about the Jiangdu incident!" Cui Yu asked anxiously.

"I found out last night." Cui Yuan pointed to a roll of pigeon letters on the table, and said with a faint smile: "Have you forgotten?" Our Cui family also opened a porcelain shop in Jiangdu. ”

Cui Yu was stunned, and he said in surprise: "Could it be that our Cui family's Qinghe Hall has also been sealed?" ”

"Not only our Cui family, but also the Pei family's Pearl Fang and Baiyutang have also been seized, so to speak. The officials and businessmen in Jiangdu were wiped out this time, Zhang Huan's move was obviously premeditated, I didn't expect him to have this hand. ”

Cui Yuan did not regret that Cui's store was closed, on the contrary, he was quite supportive of Zhang Huan's move, and he ruled the Tang Dynasty for ten years. He also knew the negative impact of officials and businessmen on the finances of the imperial court and the obstacles to the recovery of the Tang Dynasty's national strength, but he did not have the courage to eradicate this tumor, and Zhang Huan did it before he took the throne, which made Cui Yuan both surprised and very relieved, he was not wrong, he was really a bold king.

Thinking of this, Cui Yuan's spirits perked up, he straightened up and asked Cui Yu with a smile: "What do you think of this Jiangdu incident?" ”

Cui Yu thought for a while and said: "I think that this time he went south to Guangling is actually a plan to capture the old people. He wanted to get to the top but couldn't find an excuse for a while. took the initiative to create opportunities for Li Mian, but he was worried that Li Mian's strength was not enough. He single-handedly created the seizure of officials and businessmen in Jiangdu, which forced some clans to Li Mian. Speaking of this, Cui Yu sighed, "If I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid a bloody storm is about to happen." ”

Cui Yu thought that Cui Xiaofu might not be spared in this storm, and he couldn't help but show a trace of gloom in his eyes, but Cui Yuan didn't seem to have taken Cui Xiaofu into account at all, no wonder, when Pei Jun attacked the Cui family, when did she think about her eldest brother, the three brothers and sisters of the Cui family, Cui Yuan, Cui Qinggong, and Cui Xiaofu, had already parted ways in a brutal power struggle.

"You're right, Zhang Huan's move is a precursor to his imminent ascension, but if you just think so, you can't help but underestimate him."

Cui Yuan also sighed slightly, "The real intention of his move is to use iron-fisted means to change some of the deep-seated shortcomings of my Datang as soon as possible, this Jiangdu incident can be said to be just a temptation, he wants to make Datang strong, and the direction is right, but I am very worried that he is in a hurry and will backfire in some things." ”

Cui Yuan didn't pay much attention to Cui Yu's worries about the future of the Tang Dynasty, what he cared about was the present, what role should he play in the process of Zhang Huan's ascension to the throne this time? Last time, the eldest brother also said that the support was the greatest, so how can he surpass Pei You, this is what he thinks about day and night, Cui Yu unfolded the pigeon letter again and read it carefully, pondered for a while and said: "The Jiangdu incident also means that the matter of Chujiadi has been resolved, then he should also return to Chang'an, Li Mian's actions should be these few days, so what should we do, please make it clear to the eldest brother." "Do nothing, just watch from the sidelines!" Cui Yuan replied without hesitation.

"Spectators?" Cui Yu was stunned, and he hurriedly said, "But last time."

"Last time it was unclear, but now it's clear."

Before he could finish speaking, Cui Yuan waved his hand to interrupt him, "If he hasn't deployed it today, then he won't be Zhang Huan, but until today he hasn't given our Cui family any hints, which makes it clear that he doesn't want the Cui family to participate in this coup, if we participate arbitrarily, I'm afraid he will not only not be grateful, but will be suspicious, we don't like to deal with it, so the best way is to wait and see what happens." ”

Cui Yu nodded silently, he stood up and saluted Cui Yuan, "Then I won't disturb my eldest brother's rest, I'll leave first." ”

After that, he slowly retreated to the door, until he reached the door, he turned around and was about to leave, but he heard the eldest brother instruct in a low voice, "Second brother, let's not always think about the present, we must take a long-term view, and think about the century-old plan of our Cui family." ”

Just when the Cui family decided to remain silent in the upcoming palace coup, the Pei family was active, Pei You had received a secret letter from Zhang Huan, as a relative of the future Empress of the Tang Dynasty, as the most influential family at present, Pei You will play a major role in this incident as the right minister of the Tang Dynasty.

Just when Pei You was in full swing to run for Zhang Huan's ascension to the throne, an accident happened in Zhang Huan's mansion, on the third day of the fifth month, that is, the night when the clan gathered in Li Mian's mansion, an assassin broke into Zhang Huan's mansion at night, and Zhang Huan's second wife Cui Ning's sister maids, Mingyue and Mingzhu were unfortunately both assassinated.

(There are still fifty monthly passes in front of me, Lao Gao gritted his teeth and begged for a monthly pass, fought to the end, and never gave up)