In the face of Emperor Li Yan's inquiry, Qiu Shiliang's old face twitched slightly, and then replied in a slightly hoarse voice: "Back to the Holy Lord, the old minister recommended Ma Yuanzhen, the lieutenant of the Shence Army."

Hearing Qiu Shiliang promote Ma Yuanzhen, the lieutenant of the Shence Army, the court suddenly exploded, no one in the court knows, that Ma Yuanzhen is Qiu Shiliang's dog, he will do whatever Qiu Shiliang asks him to do, the forbidden army is called to Ma Yuanzhen, isn't it still in the hands of Qiu Shiliang, and even in the hands of eunuchs, how can those ministers of the court endure it?

A number of ministers came out against it, and they demanded a replacement;

In the entire history of China, the eunuchs were the most rampant in the late Tang Dynasty, but although the eunuchs in this period were rampant, they were not as famous as those eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty, because although these eunuchs in the Tang Dynasty were autocratic, they only had a forbidden army in their hands, but the ministers in the court were not very afraid of them.

Therefore, those ministers were talking in the court at this time, and several even reported themselves and asked to take over the forbidden army.

The sky gradually darkened, but the court still did not discuss a result, Qiu Shiliang's body was a little weak, after all, he was too old, and if he stood for too long, he would feel pain in the soles of his feet, but the emperor did not order to retreat, and he did not dare to say more.

The time has lasted for an hour, Li Yan saw that all the ministers were fighting for their own interests, and he was very unhappy, at this time of crisis, these people still thought about their own interests, it was simply too hateful. However, at this time, although Li Yan was unhappy in his heart, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and soon, Li Yan suddenly shouted angrily: "Since all of you Aiqing can't recommend a suitable person, then I have decided to drive the expedition in person, annihilate the rebels in one fell swoop, and let the world also see my majesty, and I will not lose to Emperor Taizong back then." ”

When Tang Taizong laid down the Tang Dynasty, he even let the four seas obey the ceremony, which can be described as an eternal cause, Li Yan is still martial in his heart, and he wants to take the power of the forbidden army in his hands, so he will definitely not let go of this opportunity.

And as soon as Li Yan said this, the courtiers immediately understood Li Yan's intentions, and after they understood, they didn't care about arguing, knelt down one after another, and shouted to the emperor to think twice.

In fact, most of the ministers in the court felt that it was very suitable for them for the emperor to be in charge of the forbidden army, because in this way, the emperor would empty those dead eunuchs, but although they were extremely willing to be conscripted by the emperor in person, they had to express their extreme worry on the surface, and asked the emperor to think twice and think twice.

Because if they don't do this, they don't care about the emperor's safety, they don't care about the emperor's safety, and they still want the emperor to promote you, is it good for you? It's not bad if I don't kill you.

Above the entire court, all the ministers knelt down, even Qiu Shiliang, who also knelt down at this time, but although he knelt down, he didn't want the emperor to drive the expedition in person, because he felt that if their eunuchs wanted to survive in the palace, and they would survive well, having a forbidden army was a barrier for them.

After the ministers knelt down, some ministers stood up and raised objections.

"The emperor's dragon body is expensive, how can he take risks at will, if there are any three long and two short, I and other ministers will become my Tang Dynasty sinners, please think twice!"

"The enemy is just a mere enemy, and the emperor can just send a general to destroy it, so why do you need to drive it in person?"

Such opposition came and went, but except for a few who were really worried about what accidents would happen to the emperor, everyone else said some insignificant words, Li Yan had made up his mind, but he didn't care about the opposition of these ministers, and said coldly: "Now is the time of my life and death in the Tang Dynasty, as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, how can I sit idly by?" I want to drive the expedition in person, and I want to give hope to the people of the Tang Dynasty, and if you want to persuade me again, I will demote you from your official position, so that you will never be an official. ”

As soon as these words came out, none of the many ministers dared to stand up against it, but at this time, Qiu Shiliang suddenly said: "It is not impossible for the emperor to drive the expedition in person, but for the sake of the emperor's safety, the old minister feels that he must make full plans, then Ma Yuanzhen is quite proficient in the art of war, and he should be able to protect the emperor from the side, for the safety of the emperor, I hope that the emperor will not live up to the loyalty of the old minister." ”

In today's situation, Qiu Shiliang knew that it would be difficult to stop Emperor Li Yan from driving his own expedition, but even so, the forbidden army must be in the hands of their eunuchs, so he still had to recommend Ma Yuanzhen.

At this time, Li Yan is also very clear about his current situation, although the forbidden army is the most direct military force in the hands of the royal family to defend the capital, but the forbidden army has been controlled by eunuchs for many years, and many people have been bought by these eunuchs.

Li Yan ascended to the throne surrounded by these eunuchs, and he knew the influence of these eunuchs on the forbidden army best, so after listening to Qiu Shiliang's words, he bowed slightly: "Qiu Aiqing is reasonable, since this is the case, then allow Lieutenant Ma to follow me." ”

When he retired from the court, it was already very late, and the ministers left together, and there were many discussions about the results in the court, Li Deyu was retained, after all, he was the emperor's confidant, and the emperor would not say many things to others, but he would definitely say it to Li Deyu.

The two monarchs and ministers sat down opposite each other in the imperial study, the lights in the room were flickering, Li Deyu bowed slightly, and asked, "I don't know what happened to the holy ministers?" ”

Li Yan sighed and asked, "Li Aiqing, do you think what I did today is right or wrong?" ”

"If you return to the saint, the minister thinks it is right, and this method is to take back the power of the forbidden army, but it is a godsend!"

Li Yan nodded, was silent for a while, and then said: "Although the power of the forbidden army has been withdrawn, it is difficult to collect people's hearts, the forbidden army has been in the hands of those eunuchs for many years, I am afraid that those forbidden troops who have not fought for a long time have already been bought by those eunuchs, I am afraid that they will not listen to my orders when the time comes, so that the orders will not be effective!" ”

Li Deyu was slightly stunned, he didn't think of this question, in fact, in today's court, after Li Yan proposed to drive the expedition in person, he was first worried, and then happy, but in addition to this worry and joy, he really didn't have time to think about the rest.

"What does the emperor mean?"

A slight smile appeared at the corner of Li Yan's mouth, and he said: "People in the world, for profit, those eunuchs can buy those forbidden troops, can't I?" ”

"Does the emperor mean to buy money from those forbidden troops?"

Li Yan nodded: "What those forbidden troops need, I will give them anything, I still don't believe that I own the entire Tang Dynasty, and I can't satisfy the tens of thousands of forbidden troops, Li Aiqing, tomorrow you will go to meet with those middle guards and judges of the forbidden army, if they are willing to return to me, I will not be able to do their benefits." ”

After Li Deyu listened, he nodded again and again, and at this time, he felt that the emperor in front of him was really much more powerful than he imagined.

But it was said that when Li Deyu left the palace, Qiu Shiliang's mansion was full of commanders of the forbidden army, and these people had already heard about what was going on in the court today, but what to do next, Qiu Shiliang felt that he had to mention it again.

"The emperor wants to snatch the forbidden army from you, what do you think you should do?" Although Qiu Shiliang is very old, his momentum has not diminished at all, and under the illumination of the light, his face looks so terrifying.

And just after Qiu Shiliang said this, Ma Yuanzhen, who was sitting on the side, immediately stood up: "We are all people promoted by the general, and we swear to obey the general's orders." ”

Qiu Shiliang nodded with satisfaction: "After the emperor takes charge of the forbidden army, he has to buy you, but you should know very well that we are slaves, we must obey the emperor's orders, he wants to buy, we have to pretend to be bought by them, but if it touches our bottom line, it will never work, so many ministers in the court hate our eunuchs, if we don't have the real power of the forbidden army, I'm afraid we can only let them slaughter, you don't want to die, right?" ”

In this world, as long as they can live well, who would want to die?

Although Qiu Shiliang's words were vague, they had already made everyone understand what he meant, that is, to obey the emperor's orders, but they could not lose what their eunuchs should grasp the most, the real power of the forbidden army.

The night was dark, the wind was blowing, and the entire Chang'an City was quiet, but tonight, there may be many people who are going to lose sleep.

The next day, the people in the city were talking about the rebellion of King Xin, of course, there were also people discussing the emperor's personal conquest, Su Wuming couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this, because this matter involved Ma Yuanzhen.

Who is Ma Yuanzhen? Maybe now he is just a lieutenant in the forbidden army, a dog under Qiu Shiliang, but a few years later, he is the supreme commander of the forbidden army, and even the person who supports Xuanzong Li Chen, this person is definitely not simple.

And when Su Wuming was thinking about the affairs of the court last night, he suddenly thought that Qiu Shiliang was already dying, and Emperor Li Yan was afraid that he would take this opportunity to remove him from the position of commander of the forbidden army, but what method would Li Yan use?

When the sun rose and the temperature gradually rose, a servant hurriedly came to see Su Wuming, saying that they had already investigated the matter that Su Wuming asked them to investigate, and after the day when Concubine Cao went home to save her relatives, that kind of rouge was sold a lot throughout Chang'an City, but it was really bought again, and it was only recently bought, and there was only one person.

And that person is Linghu Gu of Dali Temple.

After Su Wuming heard these three names, he couldn't help but be stunned, among these people, the one he didn't suspect the most was Ling Hu Gu, because Ling Hu Gu's appearance that day made him not suspect Ling Hu Gu at all.

But the current situation makes Su Wuming have to suspect Linghu Gu, and if it is really Linghu Gu, then that Linghu Lady is afraid that she also knows about it.