Although the arrow sores on his back have not yet fully healed, but the new monarch is in power, Xue Shao, the general of Tuogu, should always show a positive work attitude. So he no longer took the sick number, and went to the court on time every single day, and spent the rest of his working time in the official office of the right guard to personally handle military affairs.

For several days, the Tang Dynasty after the new monarch was in power, and it was almost abnormally calm. Li Xian presided over court meetings or attended other important political activities every day, but he did not make any conspicuous moves. The only thing that caused a little discussion was that on the first day of his pro-government, he took the queen to Princess Taiping's mansion and met with Xue Shao and Princess Taiping in private. But then there was no follow-up, so some speculations about Xue Shao gradually disappeared.

Xue Shao can be similar, and now the pressure on Li Xian's body must be extremely great. He was faced with a court that was completely detached from him, and the Manchu civil and military were full of suspicion about his new monarch, and there were hardly any ministers who were truly loyal to him.

Although Empress Dowager Wu retreated to the harem after returning to power, and did not appear in any public place for several days, her shadow seemed to stand on the court of the Tang Dynasty forever. When the minister is doing something, but whenever he talks about something important, especially those related to military affairs, he will say "Your Majesty is better to consult the Queen Mother", which makes Li Xian tired of it and can't attack in public. When presiding over the court, he often subconsciously looked at the compartment where the beaded curtain was hung behind the dragon chair, which was the place where her mother hung the curtain and listened to the government when the two saints were in the same court.

Xue Shao felt that Li Xian, who grew up under the strong pressure of his mother since he was a child, already had a shadow in his heart. Even if he is now the emperor, he is still afraid of his mother who has surrendered power and retired to the harem!

On the tenth day after the new monarch took power, Xue Shao went to the early court with hundreds of civil and military officials as usual. Li Xian finally announced his first personnel appointment after he became pro-government -- appointing Li Xiantong, the former head of the East Palace, as the general of the right Fengchenwei.

Xue Shao's eyes widened in astonishment when he heard the name "Li Xiantong", it seemed that there was really no one around Li Xian, and he actually used Li Xiantong, a notorious guy!

Before Xue Shao's idea was settled, Zhongshu Ling Pei Yan had already stood up and said, "Your Majesty, slow down!" ”

"Pei Zhongshu, what's the matter?" Li Xian asked.

Pei Yan came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty wants to appoint General Fengchenwei from Sanpin, why didn't you inform Zhongshu Province?" ”

"I am the Emperor of the Ninety-Five Supreme, and I don't even have the power to appoint a guard captain?" Li Xian's words also revealed a hint of anger.

As soon as this statement came out, there was an uproar!

Xue Shao was also very stunned, originally thought that after so many days of preparation, Li Xian finally won a little authority to employ people from Pei Yan, the minister of Gu Ming, but he didn't expect that he was confused and wanted to go beyond the system and play a dictatorship!

Xue Shao wanted to run to the side of the dragon chair and say to Li Xian: Wake up, whether it is your powerful mother or the generation of saint monarch Li Shimin, they dare not destroy the political system of the three provinces and six ministries at will, at most they can only play a dozen system balls - which onion are you, can you play dictatorship?!

Nominally speaking, the emperor does have supreme power, but the emperor of the Tang Dynasty has any will, which must be drafted in the Chinese book and reviewed by his subordinates before it can be issued and promulgated, and the following institutions and yamen will also believe in and implement it. On the contrary, if the emperor's will cannot be called a holy decree without going through these two procedures under the Zhongshu Gate, then it is suspected of being an arbitrary dictatorship that destroys the system and violates the law, and the ministers and yamen below have the right to refuse to carry it out!

Since the reign of Emperor Taizong Zhenguan, the "three provinces and six ministries system" has become the most basic and important iron law of the Tang Dynasty, and no emperor or minister has ever destroyed this basic political system. Therefore, if the emperor wants to exercise his imperial power freely, he must at least arrange for his confidant ministers to serve as Zhongshu Linghe in Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province, and make them obey his words.

But apparently, today's new monarch Li Xian has not done this at all. The Queen Mother and Pei Yan have already made a series of personnel adjustments, and they have firmly grasped the Zhongshu Province and the Menxia Province in their hands.

At this time, Li Xian's remarks on the "Ninth Five-Year Supreme" had already caused an uproar in the court. There is no need for Pei Yan to refute in person, and immediately five or six prime ministers, including Liu Qixian, a subordinate of the door, Cen Changqian, a member of the Tongzhongshu Sect, and Wei Xuantong, the secretary of the ministry, will come out to play, strongly opposing Li Xian's dictatorial behavior!

-- The emperor wants to be a dictator, and what he deprives is the power of the ministers, and if they don't oppose it, they will have ghosts!

In an instant, Li Xian felt that he was facing an embattled situation, as if the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were standing on the opposite side of him, the new emperor, and did not buy his account at all.

Then, to everyone's surprise, the Emperor - was furious!

"It seems that you are attacking me like this, is this your way of being a minister?!" Li Xian patted the dragon case and stood up, and roared loudly, "In your eyes, is there still an emperor like me?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole dynasty was stunned, and there was silence in an instant!

Xue Shao, like many ministers, looked at Emperor Li Xian in amazement, and he didn't feel any fear in his heart, but he was very shocked!

Because many people in the court, like Xue Shao, have always thought that Li Xian is a good person who has no scheming, incompetence but no temper, but he didn't expect him to be like a child of a few years old, and have such a meaningless stinky temper in the court!

At this time, Pei Yan, the minister of Gu Ming, stepped forward, and said without being surprised, angry, or in a hurry: "Please calm your anger and listen to the minister!" ”

"Say!" Li Xian sat down angrily, staring at Pei Yan with round eyes.

Pei Yan bowed his hand neither humbly nor arrogantly, and said: "The ministers were entrusted by the last emperor's will to take on different ministries in the court. But where the duty lies, you must do your best to be faithful to your duty. However, if His Majesty makes a move that violates the rules and regulations, the ministers must also persuade and stop it, which is what the real loyal ministers do. If you blindly welcome Your Majesty, even if you see that Your Majesty has done something that violates the rules and regulations and harms the society and the country, you will not stop it, this is what the ministers do! ――Today, in the court, many ministers jointly advised His Majesty to withdraw his order, which means that there is no shortage of loyal and upright ministers in the court of the Tang Dynasty, which is the blessing of His Majesty! - Therefore, the minister would like to congratulate His Majesty! ”

said that Li Xian lost his temper at all. He rolled his eyes and looked at the top of the main hall, and waved his hand dejectedly, "That's it--then ask Pei Zhongshu to take this will of mine to the Zhongshu Province and ask the Wuhua Judge to draft the will, and then turn the door to review!" ”

"Obey orders!" Pei Yan bowed deeply and retreated.

Xue Shao sighed lightly and thought to himself: Li Xian didn't know how to muster up the courage to stand up straight and wanted to confront Pei Yan and end in a fiasco, obviously he was extremely unprepared, which was also too reckless. Now, when his will reaches Zhongshu Province, it will inevitably be a mud cow into the sea, how could Pei Yan let the emperor's monarchy overflow and weaken the power of the prime minister? …… Having said that, Li Xian is also really good enough, knowing that I have a feud with Li Xiantong, I still want to reuse Li Xiantong! Could it be that just because I refused to be the prime minister, Li Xian deliberately distanced himself from me? - If that's the case, then he's not just two, he's just a "well", it's ridiculous!

Because of the official sealing, Li Xian couldn't get off the stage, and the court was cold for a while, and the atmosphere was a little embarrassing and nervous. In order to play a round game, Cen Changqian, the squire of the military department and the Pingzhang of the same Zhongshu Sect, went out to perform the work, saying that a few days ago, when the queen was in power, he had agreed with the prime minister of the cabinet to go to the 200,000 troops in the Luoshui camp. According to the standard set at that time, each Luoshui guard would be rewarded with half a catty of meat, Wuhe wine and a silk. After several days of preparation after receiving the order, the military department and the household department have now prepared a large amount of supplies for the army. As for when to go to the army and who to send, please decide with your majesty.

All the ministers heard it, Cen Changqian still gave Emperor Li Xian face, and he was quite considerate of him. In fact, this matter was decided by the Queen Mother at the beginning, and it stands to reason that this favor for rewarding the army should be counted on the head of the Queen Mother. Now Cen Changqian is asking for instructions in the court, which is to let the emperor borrow flowers and offer Buddha to take this favor. If Li Xian is willing to go to the army in person, it will be a good opportunity to win over Xue Shao and other military generals and win the hearts of the army! -- Isn't what the emperor lacks most now the support of the people? Especially generals in the army!

But when Li Xian heard the word "Queen Mother", he reflexively shrunk, and he hurriedly said without thinking too much: "Since it is a matter that the Queen Mother has already decided, Cen Xianggong, you can just do it, and you don't need to ask for more instructions." ”

Cen Changqian was stunned at first, and then gave up his hand and said "the minister obeys the order" and obediently retreated, and was silent from then on.

Xue Shao shook his head and sighed in disappointment, it was rare that there was a Cen Changqian who could still think about the emperor, but he didn't expect Li Xian to be completely unconscious and not appreciate it at all! …… Li Xian, Li Xian, if you take this opportunity to go to the Luoshui camp to reward the army in person, I, Xue Shao, and my soldiers may be a little closer and loyal to you. Isn't your attitude like this now tantamount to alienating us people?

"Retreat!"

Li Xian angrily threw down these two words, threw down the stunned Manchu Dynasty civil and military, and brushed his sleeves away.

Xue Shao squinted at Li Xian's angry back and sighed secretly.

Cen Changqian walked to Xue Shao's side and said quietly and lightly: "When will General Xue be free, we should go to the Luoshui camp to reward the army." ”

"Anytime." Xue Shao said, "Then I am here to represent the 200,000 Luoshui soldiers, thank you Xianggong Cen in advance!" ”

Cen Changqian smiled slightly, bowed in the direction of the harem, and said meaningfully: "The general is fallacious, it should be-thank the Queen Mother and her old man!" ”

Xue Shao smiled bitterly twice, and nodded understandingly, "What Xianggong Cen said is extremely true-I should thank the Queen Mother!" ”

Cen Changqian shook her head three times in a row, sighed heavily, and also smiled helplessly, "General Xue, let's go!" ”

Xue Shao's heart sank slightly, as if he heard Cen Changqian's voice-it was not that the courtiers were disloyal, but that the emperor was too ridiculous. Let's go together, we still have to stand on the side of the Queen Mother's camp!