Chapter 392: The Sky of Chang'an

In the first year of Wende (888 AD), the Yuan was changed later than in previous years. That's because the emperor was frightened because of falling into the water, his mental state, and the fear of going around all these years has fallen into the root of the disease, and now he is frightened and has a hidden illness. It is to change the yuan with the advice of the chief attendants in the palace, to rejoice for the emperor and pray for a new year and a new atmosphere.

However, the change of Yuan did not bring good luck to the emperor, and the emperor's illness became more serious. At the same time, the chamberlains and the ministers of the government hall were also nervous because of the emperor's illness. At the same time, the investigation that caused the emperor to fall into the water was immediately put on the desks of high-ranking officials.

This matter should have been the emperor's nod to carry out an investigation, but now the emperor is sick and unable to govern. So the senior officials began the meeting on their behalf.

It is not often that the ministers of the interior and the foreign affairs meet together at the same time, and although the high-ranking officials often go to the court together, they belong to different groups and do not have many overlaps because of conflicts of interest.

Since the Xiantong Dynasty, the status of internal and external ministers in the imperial city has begun to be unbalanced, and the status and voice of eunuchs in the imperial city have become more and more important, but this situation has changed after the first dynasty of Xizong.

Due to the sudden rise of Li Bao, the king of Qin, the balance between the internal and external ministers of Chang'an City was once again restored to reciprocity. At this time, the foreign ministers headed by Yang Yan and Zheng Zheng of the Political Affairs Hall were full of confidence in front of many internal servants.

The left and right lieutenants of the Shence Army, Ximen Kuangfan, Wu Yipin, and the left and right envoys of the Privy Council, Tian Lingyu and Niu Siqiao, and the envoys of the Xuanhui Academy, Liu Jishu, the envoys of the Xuanhui Academy, Ximen Sigong, Han Fuqu and others gathered in the Imperial City Political Hall.

Everyone gathered to discuss the emperor's overboard incident. However, Yang Yan and Zheng Zheng did not speak, but it was Zhao Zhizhao, the new waiter of the Ministry of Rites, who spoke first. As soon as he opened his mouth, he characterized the emperor's overboard incident as a conspiracy incident. At the same time, he also intentionally or unintentionally pointed out that Shouwang Li Jie has a great relationship with this matter.

As soon as Zhao Zhizhao's words were finished, everyone began to talk about each other, but Wu Yipin remained silent.

Although Wu Yipin's official position has risen higher and higher over the years, he has also become more and more aware of the power of Li Bao, the king of Qin, over the years. A prince of the deep palace has become a figure that is enough to shake the entire world today. There are so many feudal towns in the world, but there are really not many that can really influence the form of the world.

Because of the death of Tian Lingzi, the Ximen Kuangfan brothers, their authority has gradually increased, and their voice in Chang'an City has become more and more important over the years, but they have not been able to climb the relationship with Li Bao, the king of Qin.

On the contrary, Liu Jishu, the envoy of the gate, has been in contact with Hu Sanbao under the Qin king Li Bao all these years. Although Wu Yipin served as the lieutenant of the Shence Army, now there is only an empty shelf left in the Shence Army in Chang'an City, and there has been no recruitment of recruits since Tian Lingzi died in the establishment of the Shence Army.

At the same time, the garrisons in Chang'an City are all Weiyuan Army, and the commanders of Weiyuan Army are all Yang Yan and Zheng Jin's people, and the reason why they have the confidence to speak is Bi.

The reason for this meeting was that the emperor was tracing whether he had accidentally fallen into the water. But Zhao Zhizhao has been a confidant of King Qin in recent years. He had already expressed his attitude in what he said just now, and now that the three ministers of the Political Affairs Hall came to stand on the platform for this matter, it can basically be concluded that this matter is due to the instructions of King Qin.

At this time, with the strength and prestige of Li Bao, the king of Qin, the little Shouwang who wants to complete the sixteen princes' mansion, is it a bit of a knife to kill chickens?

Wu Yipin thought of this, he faintly felt a trace of strangeness hidden in this matter, could it be that this was not what Li Bao, the king of Qin, meant, meant, was deliberately made out by these people to please the king of Qin?

Wu Yipin stared at Zheng Yan, who closed his eyes and recuperated, and Yang Yan, who had been discussing with Zhao Zhizhao, Wu Yipin was a little uncertain, after all, speculation can only be speculation and cannot change the essence of the matter. If your guess is wrong, it will be Wu Yipin's own life at that time. As long as Li Bao, the king of Qin, gave him an order, and Wu Yipin's official position would be immediately lost. He, Wu Yipin, has been able to rise step by step over the years because of his left and right.

Now that the ministers have no reliance on the Shence Army, they have become meat on the chopping block, and if they want to kill or cut, they will be happy or unhappy with others. Wu Yipin has been in the imperial city all his life, and he doesn't want to suddenly become a soft-footed worm who lives on the nose of people when he is old.

He is now a lieutenant of the Shence Army no matter what, and he is the envoy of the Right Sixth Army. This position is already the pinnacle of internal officials, and no matter how strong King Qin is, he can't be so domineering in the imperial city.

The rules of the free imperial city in the imperial city, King Qin is not exempt from vulgarity, and Wu Yipin immediately made up his mind after thinking of this. Wu Yipin, who was the head of the inner attendant, coughed lightly.

Although this cough was light, it attracted great attention to the political affairs hall that had just been buzzing incessantly. The other attendants immediately exchanged glances, and they all understood.

At the same time, Zheng Jin, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating, also opened his eyes and looked at the eye contact of several inner attendants. He immediately smiled meaningfully.

Wu Yipin and several other internal servants immediately spoke after reaching an agreement: "All of you colleagues should already know at this moment that the official family fell into the water this time, which is really the misfortune of my Tang Dynasty, and I also deeply regret it." At the same time, the official family is not in good health, and it is normal for colleagues to be worried about the health of the official family. But the meaning of Zhao Xianggong's words, King Shou is the mastermind behind this matter, I don't know if this conjecture is right, but as an official of the Tang Dynasty, he is also a permanent servant in the imperial city, and he also has some of his own ideas, King Shou is the closest brother of the official family, how can he murder the official family? ”

As soon as Wu Yipin's voice fell, the two brothers Ximen Kuangfan and Ximen Sigong immediately nodded yes, Tian Lingyu and Han Fuqu, the envoy of the Xuanhui North Court, remained silent, and Liu Jishu, who was the envoy of the Gate, immediately ridiculed: "If according to Lieutenant Wu, so many historical facts of fighting for power and profit for imperial power throughout the ages are all fake? Although he is shallow in knowledge, he also knows that the two Ming monarchs of Taizong Zetian and the Sage of this dynasty did not hesitate to kill their relatives in the history books for the continuation of the imperial power of the Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, a certain Tang Dynasty can have three hundred years of prosperity and all nations come to the dynasty? ”

Liu Jishu's rhetoric wanted to be sharp, but the example he gave was inappropriate. Taizong killed his brother and punished his brother, and the Queen of Heaven did not hesitate to force her son-in-law to death for the throne. and conspiracies and tricks to be the female emperor of the Great Zhou for more than ten years.

Although it is inappropriate, the meaning of the words is in place, you Wu Yipin said that King Shou is a good brother who cares about family affection, but everyone knows that this family affection is just a joke in the imperial city.

Looking through the history books, every Ming Emperor and Holy Emperor who has left his name in history is all black-hearted, and they are all based on merit, and family and human ethics are definitely something dispensable in their eyes.

And what is the character of King Shou, everyone knows, although King Shou is long, but his personality is a little stubborn and self-serving, and his character is not very tough.

The reason why everyone thinks that King Shou is overwhelmed is because a few years ago, after King Shou was teased by Weishui by the Weishui River, who was still King Ji at that time, he was humiliated and immediately went to Furong Garden to make a big fuss, but the story of being taught by a group of actors was widely spread. All of a sudden, everyone in Chang'an City knew about King Shou's troubles.

And whether King Shou was involved in the emperor's overboard incident depends on the game between the bigwigs present. And the bigwigs don't care about the life or death of King Shou. After all, it doesn't matter whether a prince of the clan lives or dies, what is important is the question of who will take the initiative in this matter.

Wu Yipin and they had already communicated before convening this meeting, so Wu Yipin's cough today was a signal to the other eunuchs.

The tacit understanding between the eunuchs and bigwigs is definitely insightful in the eyes of the old Zheng Zhen and Yang Yan. But they don't have a good time talking about it. If both of them nodded in agreement, King Shou's life would be placed under a sharp blade and could be cut down at any time.

It was because Zheng Ji and Yang Yan avoided suspicion that this meeting could only rely on Zhao Zhizhao and Liu Jishu.

The initiative that Wu Yipin and others wanted and the fear hidden in their hearts made it necessary for them to rectify the initiative with their foreign ministers in this matter.

Thinking that for the benefit of the eunuchs, Ximen Sigong could no longer bear it, and he spoke: "Since your colleagues have doubts about this matter, then you think that you should start an investigation, and if you can find out the truth, then you can rest assured." A certain class can be regarded as loyal to the official family. ”

Ximen Sigong said this, which made Liu Jishu and Zhao Zhizhao a little surprised, so Zhao Zhizhao immediately nodded and said: "What Ximen envoy said is the words of the old man, which can be called a certain model. Since you all agree, then I will ask Yang Xianggong, Zheng Xianggong, and all the envoys to ......"

"It's not slow, Zhao Xianggong is busy with government affairs now, and this matter is very important, so I think that the person in charge of investigating this matter has to think again."

Wu Yipin immediately interrupted him after hearing Zhao Zhizhao's words, if the ministers want to compete for the right to speak, they have to fight strategically, and the eunuchs will make concessions on whether to investigate, so the next chief officials who will preside over the investigation will have to be decided by the ministers. Otherwise, the ministers will have to grind with the ministers in this matter.

Zhao Zhizhao thought for a while and immediately understood the key, and Zheng Ji and Yang Yan naturally understood better. It was Zheng Zheng who immediately reciprocated Li and said: "Well, what Wu Yuanjun said makes sense, since this is the case, Wu Yuanjun will say who is more suitable, how about let's take a closer look at it?" ”

After listening to Zheng Jin's words, Wu Yipin immediately scolded in his heart: Old fox, but this opportunity is not easy to come by, and he must cherish it.

So he immediately continued: "Zheng Xianggong is right, I think Wei Shikang, the servant of the Criminal Department, is good, what do you colleagues think?" ”