At 8:10, Li Tai, the king of Wei, was already standing in his position in the main hall, he looked back, and saw Chu Suiliang, the servant of the criminal department, also standing there early, the two nodded, looked at each other and smiled.

Today, when they show their faces, they will propose to Li Shimin to replace a group of officials. When the time comes, all the ministers will be able to see their majesty.

But at this time, the duty officer of the Zhongshu Provincial Palace became a little nervous, and he found that today was different from usual, and most of the officials who came to the court did not show up.

At 8:20, the duty officer of the Zhongshu Provincial Palace, the tension in his heart became more and more serious.

At this time in the past, the officials who participated in the early dynasty were already in place. It's weird today. According to the number of people who participated in the early dynasty reported by the various ministries, it should have reached 754 today, but so far, only 33 people have arrived, and these people are basically people from the criminal department, and only one person from the rest of the ministries has come.

Only Li Tai came, and among the heads of the ministries, in addition to the criminal department secretary, only the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Huang Fu Rui came.

The official on duty at the palace hurriedly reported the text to the Zhongshu Shilang Cen. Cen Wenwen hurriedly told the chief eunuch Wang De.

Li Shimin has already dressed up and is ready to go to court with great ambition.

Wang De came in, and he said in a panic: "Your Majesty, it's not good, many ministers didn't come to the court today." ”

"What?" Li Shimin was anxious when he heard this.

Li Shimin came to the main hall angrily, and was dumbfounded, the number of ministers who came to the court was only a fraction of that of the usual court.

Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair and waited for another 20 minutes, but there were still only these few people.

Li Shimin saw that people from all the ministries had come. He asked, "What about the rest of your ministry?" ”

As a result, people from all ministries handed over a stack of notes, all of which were leave slips, including these people, waiting for Li Shimin's approval, and they were also ready to turn around and leave.

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu Huang Fu Rui is even more straightforward, and people are here to resign. I won't do it for you.

Is this still back? This is a boycott!

This was one of the most serious events since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin was very angry, he wanted to get angry, he wanted to throw things, he wanted to scold people, but unfortunately there were no viewers and listeners, and there was nowhere to get angry.

Li Shimin was very helpless, stood up and said, "Retreat." With that, he went back to his study.

He saw Cen Wenwen who came in with him, and asked with a straight face, "What's going on today?" Didn't you get the news beforehand? ”

Cen Wenwen saw that Li Shimin was angry, he was a little scared, and stood respectfully and said: "Yesterday afternoon, the minister received a few requests for leave, but there were only seven or eight people, and it was only a little more than usual, and it did not attract the attention of the minister.

Who knows how this will happen in the morning today. ”

Li Shimin has experienced countless winds and waves in his life, and he has never felt so powerless as he does today!

In the past, no matter what hardships he encountered, he had a group of staunch supporters standing by his side, but today......

He also found a serious problem, not a single one of the generals of the army came, and all of them submitted their leave papers.

The army has always been Li Shimin's most important reliance!

At this moment, deep in Li Shimin's heart, a sense of fear arose.

He sat on the chair, thought for a long time, and said, "Text, you go and call Fang Xuanling." ”

Cen Wenwen said: "Your Majesty, Lord Fang did not come to the court, go to his house to call him, I'm afraid it will take a while." ”

Li Shimin waved his hand and signaled that it was okay.

Li Shimin waited in the study for an hour and a half, and Fang Xuanling came.

"The courtier's Xuanling see the emperor." Fang Xuanling saluted and said.

"Xuan Ling, come, sit down." Li Shimin said.

"Your Majesty." Fang Xuanling said.

Li Shimin said: "Xuan Ling, I heard that you are not feeling well? ”

Fang Xuanling said: "Your Majesty, the old minister knows what you want to ask.

Wude 2 years, the old minister defected to the emperor in Weibei, it has been 26 years, now, the old minister is 62 years old, the old man is decrepit, he can't serve the emperor, please allow the old minister to return to his hometown.

This is the resignation of the old minister, please ask the emperor for permission. ”

He took out his resignation letter from his pocket and handed it to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin said in wonder: "Xuan Ling, for so many years, our monarchs and ministers have supported each other, and it can be said that we are both monarchs and ministers, and we are close friends.

If you have something in your heart, can't you tell me? ”

Fang Xuanling said: "Your Majesty, the old minister is tired and has no energy to experience the wind and rain in the court anymore, please allow the old minister to retire and enjoy his old age in peace." ”

Li Shimin asked puzzledly: "At the beginning of the year, you were still in high spirits, saying that you would assist me in building the rule of Zhenguan." It's been less than a year, so why are you thinking about returning to your hometown now? ”

Fang Xuanling said in his heart: "At that time, you were still wise and martial, and you didn't have any superstitions about immortality, and asked the immortals, what are you like now?"

The most important thing is that the court at that time was so healthy, united, and positive, and the old ministers did not need to intrigue, and they were willing to give full play to their residual heat wholeheartedly.

Since you supported Li Tai, you have made the court a miasma. The court began to fall into civil strife again.

Lao Chen is at this age, and he doesn't have the energy to fight with you anymore. Take advantage of this time to retreat, and the old minister may be able to get a good death.

You let me say, 'What do I say?' Can I tell you that the only way to do this is to drive Li Tai out of the court?

You and Li Tai are a family, and I'm just a courtier, let me say something? ”

Fang Xuanling made up his mind to retreat bravely. He said: "Your Majesty, the old minister is really old, and he is really powerless. For the sake of the minister's dedication to assisting the emperor for decades, he agreed to the minister's request. ”

Fang Xuanling assisted Li Shimin all his life, and when the Xuanwumen Revolution was the most dangerous, he was also firmly on Li Shimin's side, and he was Li Shimin's absolute confidant.

Li Shimin knew that Fang Xuanling had something to say in his heart, but he obviously didn't trust himself, and he didn't want to say anything.

Fang Xuanling's attitude touched Li Shimin. He saw that the conversation really couldn't go on, so he had to let Fang Xuanling leave first.

After Fang Xuanling left, Li Shimin remembered Li Xiaogong. He and Li Xiaogong are cousins and have an extremely close relationship. This time, Li Xiaogong did not appear in the court, so he wanted to talk to Li Xiaogong, so he sent someone to Li Xiaogong.

More than an hour later, the eunuch came back and said, "Your Majesty, King Li Junwang is sick, very sick. When the slave went to the county king's mansion, he saw Li Junwang lying on the sickbed and couldn't get up. ”

Li Shimin didn't believe it in his heart and decided to go and see it for himself. He ordered the car to be prepared and went to the palace of the king of Hejian County. 17010