Chapter 379: Who is the Final Winner (9)

The next day, the court meeting was stopped because the emperor was unwell.

The emperor did not greet in advance, but when the ministers rushed to the Marquis of Linde Palace, a small eunuch came out to announce the emperor's dictation, saying that it was temporarily canceled last night because of the wind and cold, and invited the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty to return to their mansions.

The ministers had no choice but to shout long live and wish the emperor a speedy recovery of the dragon body.

However, in the morning, Emperor Li Heng suddenly issued an edict, announcing that he was ready to change the name of the year to "Qianyuan", and after the Shangyuan Festival, it was renamed the first year of Qianyuan, and the matter was submitted to the chief officials of the three provinces and six ministries to discuss and adjudicate on a certain day.

It is normal for the emperor to change the era name, however, the matter of changing the era name is generally discussed by the ministers, discussing an appropriate era name, and then the emperor approves it, and the emperor coldly directs and plays the role of changing the era name, and directly announces that he wants to change the era name, which makes the courtiers surprised.

But what is even more surprising is still to come, less than half an hour after the edict announcing the change of the year name was issued, and the second edict of the emperor came out from the Daming Palace, changing the title of Li Jiao, the king of Chu, to become the king.

The canonization edict is very long, counting the martial arts of Li Jiao, the king of Chu, since his birth and the various exploits that are difficult to come from Jingjing, all in all, praising Li Jiao for his ability to set the country and his martial arts to Anbang, and he is the best among the princes of the Tang Dynasty and the princes of the clan.

Changing the title to king, which means the precursor to the canonization of the crown prince.

The emperor turned out to be ...... Is this compromise and abandonment? There was a lot of discussion about the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and many people rushed to the Chu Palace's mansion to congratulate Li Jiao.

Li Li is actually a little suspicious. The emperor has been showing a tough stance in the past few days, but he suddenly changed his direction and showed weakness to himself by changing the path of becoming a king?

But Li Jiao is still at ease.

He didn't think that the emperor could play any tricks, even if the emperor wanted to play tricks, he was not afraid. After accepting the edict of changing the title to king, Li Jiao secretly summoned the twelve guards of the South Ya and the chief general of the four armies of the North Gate to the palace, and made various preparations to deal with everything.

As early as when Li Jiao was the emperor's grandson, he had close contacts with the generals of the forbidden army. After the passage of time, most of the middle and high-level generals in the forbidden army are personally recommended and promoted by him since Lingwu started the army, so naturally he obeys his orders.

Li Jiao's scheming is deep in that he used his power to quietly transform the army of the prince of Chu into a forbidden army stationed in Chang'an before recovering Chang'an, and the emperor did not notice this at all, and it was too late for the emperor to wake up, and the emperor's neck had been firmly choked by the king of Chu.

The fact that political power comes out of the barrel of a gun is not only a universal truth, but also a truth that has been verified by countless facts in ancient and modern China and abroad. If you have the military power, you will control Chang'an, and this is equivalent to controlling the entire Li Tang Zhong-Yang court in the palm of your hand.

On the third day, it was the Great Pilgrimage Meeting. This was the last great court meeting before the change of Yuan Qianyuan. The civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, the princes of the clan, and the civil and military officials of various titles all entered the palace to participate in the court ceremony.

The huge bureaucratic procession slowly lined up to enter the Hanyuan Palace, and the long-trained officials did not have any confusion, and soon stood in their own positions in accordance with a certain order and order, not in a single disorder, silent, waiting for the emperor to appear.

The sense of order in ancient officialdom is actually far more amazing than modern times. The hierarchy is strict, one step at a time, and no more than one step can be crossed, this is the rule.

Because it was a great court meeting, the emperor also attended in full costume, and the crown and crown were majestic. Two rows of palace maids held exquisite canopies, and two rows of little eunuchs in Tsing Yi with uniform costumes had solemn faces, holding various honor guards representing the emperor's authority. Li Fuguo was dressed in the three-grade purple robe of the provincial eunuch, raising the dust, and shaking the audience with a sharp voice: "Your Majesty has arrived, and the ministers greet you!" ”

Under the leadership of King Cheng Li Jiao, the minister of civil and military affairs bowed down and shouted three times according to etiquette, "Long live my emperor, long live."

Li Heng's face was solemn, he slowly sat on the dragon chair, looked around at the ministers, waved his hand, and said in a condensed voice: "You Aiqing is exempt from courtesy." ”

The ministers stood up.

The Emperor was silent for a moment.

After a moment, his deep gaze fell on Li Yu. Li Mi took a deep breath, walked out of the class, bowed deeply to the emperor first, and then turned his back. Li Fuguo carefully held an edict in both hands, walked down the Danqi, and handed it to Li Mi.

The civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty stared at the holy decree in Li Mi's hand, not knowing what the emperor was going to do. At this moment, Li Jiao was slightly nervous in his heart.

"Since I ascended the throne, I have been sleeping all night, unable to sleep at night, because of rebellion, the three provinces of the imperial court, the door and the book are vacant...... Guo Ziyi is loyal and brave, Jing is difficult in the world, although there is a fault of the defeat of Xiangzhou, but the flaws are not concealed, and now canonized as the right servant of the book and the secretary of the military department, with the book of the door under the Ping Zhang, the deputy head of the world's soldiers and horses. ”

Li Mi slowly recited the holy decree.

When the ministers heard this, the whole hall was shocked. Guo Ziyi was canonized by the emperor as one of the high-ranking officials of Shangshu Province, one of the three provinces, and the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty also served as the secretary of the military department.

Li Jiao frowned, but secretly gritted his teeth and continued to be silent.

The ministers talked a lot, but no one jumped out to oppose it. In fact, it is useless to oppose it, the emperor directly announced the edict, and anyone knows that the emperor has made up his mind, and anyone's opposition will trigger a strong backlash and suppression by the emperor. In addition, Guo Ziyi has a high prestige in the DPRK, so even Li Jiao couldn't find a suitable reason to oppose it for a while.

"There is no doubt that the master is high, and the government and the opposition are not taboo." This is the highest evaluation of Guo Ziyi in the history books. It can be seen that Guo Ziyi is highly anticipated, not only with outstanding military achievements, but also very good at being a man. Realistically speaking, being an official to Guo Ziyi's level has reached a certain level, which is definitely beyond the reach of others.

Li Mi glanced at everyone, cleared his throat and continued to announce: "Canonize Li Mi as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the book of Tongzhong, Du Hongjian as the servant of the door, the Jin Jue as the Duke of Linguo, and the three hundred households of the ......."

The ministers were shocked again, Guo Ziyi, Li Mi and Du Hongjian were successively made prime ministers, which can be said to be a huge change in government and a reshuffle of power in the imperial court.

Du Hong was gradually overjoyed, and he knelt on the ground with gratitude, and thanked him again and again. He has been persuaded by Lingwu since then, but only now has he received the due affirmation and reward, he does not attach much importance to the Duke of Fengguo, but he has obtained the position of the main leader of Menxia Province and has become one of the most powerful civil officials in the Li Tang court, but he is destined to become the pinnacle of Du Hongji's life.

Li Kui, the incumbent secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was dumbfounded, his face was red and his neck was thick. He is still in power, why did the emperor suddenly canonize Li Mi as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and add the title of prime minister, what is going on? Is the emperor crazy?

Li Li's face was also a little unsightly.

He looked up at Emperor Li Heng, who was sitting on the dragon chair with a calm expression, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. The emperor in front of him made him feel very strange, and in his memory, his father had never done such an amazing act. If nothing else, let's just say that he will be promoted to elected officials, especially in key positions, and he will put it forward at the court meeting for the core ministers to discuss and decide, but now he has made his own decisions.

If it is forgivable to canonize Guo Ziyi as the right servant of Shangshu and the secretary of the military department, after all, Guo Ziyi's prestige and achievements are here, but the strategist Li Mi ascended to the sky in one step and stepped directly on the phase. There is also Du Hongji, Du Hongjian was directly promoted from a third-grade official to a first-grade prime minister, and he grasped the power of the subordinate province, which is incredible.

King Zhao Li was also very surprised, but his eyes flickered, and he faintly guessed a little bit of the emperor's true intentions. Suddenly, his expression became slightly excited.

Guo Ziyi, Li Mi, and Du Hongji, strictly speaking, are not the people who became the king of Li Jiao, and the emperor promoted these people and arranged them in important positions, which implied something self-evident.

The Li family can think of this, let alone Li Jiao.

Li Jiao stood there with his face stretched, his fists clenched, and his face gradually turned blue.

His henchmen are a little uneven, but they are eager to try. But after all, it was on top of the Golden Palace, and without Li Li's permission, they didn't dare to act rashly.

Li Mi successively announced the canonization edicts of more than 10 high-ranking officials above the third rank, some of whom were appointed, some were dismissed, some were transferred at the same level, and some were promoted to one level. The emperor adjusted so many senior leading cadres in one go, but he did not communicate with the ministers, and made his own decisions and cadres, which not only violated the regulations of the Li Tang court, but also went against Li Heng's previous ruling style.

Among the important officials of the three provinces, except for Zhongshu Province, the prime minister in power was replaced by the emperor's person. What does the emperor want to do, does it need to be explained in words?

Just when everyone thought that the canonization was coming to an end, Li Fuguo gave the second edict with a complicated face, and at this time, Li Li's face was already sinking like water, and his anger was on the verge of exploding.

Li Mi cleared his throat again, and the hall was silent, and the eyes of countless people were focused on him.

Li Jiao subconsciously took a step forward, staring at Li Mi, the new prime minister and magnat, who was slowly unfolding the holy decree with his eyes like a knife.

All the civil and military ministers who followed Li Li held their breath. As long as Li Jiao took the lead in attacking, they would either wave their flags and shout or charge into battle, all in all, it was impossible for the emperor to easily change the original situation with just a few whimsical edicts, and let Chang'an City change the sky.

I can't blame these people for being rebellious, but in fact, the political interests, family interests, and long-term interests of these people are closely related to Li Li's interests, and if Li Li loses power, they will not have a good life again.

For the sake of His Royal Highness King Cheng, who they are loyal to, and for their fundamental core interests, they are mentally prepared and do not hesitate to fight the emperor.

Don't underestimate this group of civil and military generals. If they join forces, they will make trouble, and hold the final bottom line unshakenly, even the emperor will make concessions for it.

As an emperor, even an emperor like Li Shimin, he is afraid that his subordinates will be tied up and advance and retreat together. This is an important reason why many emperors have a deep fear of their ministers after they ascend the throne, and they do not hesitate to establish secret agencies to supervise and divide their ministers. (To be continued.) )