Luoyang City, since Wang Shichong got rid of Wei Jin with the help of Wagang, he has completely controlled the main military power, and the rest of the generals, such as Yuwen Chengdu and Zhang Zhenzhou, have also had to bow to Wang Shichong due to the situation.

Wang Shichong gradually controlled the power of the government in his own hands step by step through various means such as promotion and substitution.

In the past two days, the new Zheng Wangfu was finally completed, this is Wang Shichong's new palace, shortly after Wei Jin's death, Wang Shichong was named Zheng Wang by Emperor Tai, and Jiuxi was added to appease the dissatisfied heart of the minister who held military power, but Wang Shichong was no longer interested in Zheng Wang, and he began to yearn for a higher position.

The construction of the new palace is a trial, his palace is not only magnificent, luxurious, and the palace covers an area of 1,000 acres, the height and width of the main hall are completely consistent with the Daye Palace, many construction materials are directly removed from the palace, covering an area of 500 acres of the back garden is to move the west inner garden directly.

There are 500 beauties living in the palace, and there is no difference between the food and clothing and the concubines in the palace, and there is a large plaque with gold edges hanging above the gate of the palace, and all kinds of encroachment are exchanged for the unanimous silence inside and outside the government and the opposition.

Wang Shichong's ambitions began to swell rapidly, but although Wang Shichong had firmly grasped the military and political power in Luoyang, he believed that the time was not yet ripe for Chan Rang to ascend the throne, and he needed to do something that the people of the world would recognize, that is, to eliminate the Wagang Army and Yu Wenhua.

In the past six months, Wang Shichong has been recuperating, basically not a single soldier, although the old nest of Wagang is empty, as long as he wants, Dongjun and Liangjun are at his fingertips, but Wang Shichong still restrained the desire to send troops, he is patiently waiting for the opportunity, he has to wait for Wagang and Yu Wenhua and both defeats before sending troops to seek the benefit of the fisherman.

In the palace study, two beautiful and enchanting new concubines were snuggling up to Wang Shichong, gently beating him on the back, with a hint of resentment in his beautiful eyes, while Wang Shichong sat at the table to review the papers, which should be the emperor's business, but he took it to the mansion to do it single-handedly.

As usual, the two concubines would not be able to escape his wolf claws, but today Wang Shichong was attracted by a secret report and forgot the beauty around him for a while.

The secret report is on Cui Wenxiang, the Taichang Shaoqing, and the secret report says that the doctor Dugu Ji often entertains guests in the mansion, but every time he comes, it is the same group of guests, Cui Wenxiang suspects that Dugu Ji and others are secretly gathering under the pretext of the banquet, hoping to attract the attention of King Zheng.

There is also a list in the back, Sili Doctor Duguji, Yang Shengong, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Sun Shixiao of Xingyang County, Liu Xiaoyuan, the head of the infantry, and Li Jian, the chief of Qianniu, Cui Xiaoren, Dali and others.

Wang Shichong looked at it for a moment, and immediately ordered the guards outside the door: "Quickly go and summon Taichang Shaoqing Cui Wenxiang to see me!" ”

After only a moment, Cui Wenxiang hurried over, although Cui Wenxiang's father Cui Zhao was loyal to Yu Wenhua and has now been promoted to Yu Wenhua's official secretary, but Cui Wenxiang, an official in Luoyang, was loyal to Wang Shichong.

Wang Shichong doesn't like Cui Wenxiang, impetuous, shallow, stupid, ruthless, unscrupulous in order to climb up, has the merit of flattery, but has no talent for governing the country and the country, but Cui Wenxiang is the son-in-law of Boling Cui's family, in order to win over Boling Cui's family, Wang Shichong still reused Cui Wenxiang and named him Taichang Shaoqing.

Cui Wenxiang walked into the study and knelt down to salute, "Weichen Cui Wenxiang greets His Royal Highness King Zheng!" ”

Wang Shichong looked at Cui Wenxiang, he looked like a talent, but unfortunately it was just an embroidered pillow, he raised the secret report and asked, "Is this thing you wrote true?" ”

Cui Wenxiang hurriedly said: "It's true, Weichen has been observing for a long time, and they have had at least five gatherings in just two months. ”

"How do you know?"

Cui Wenxiang smiled a little proudly: "Back to His Royal Highness, Dali Cheng Cui Xiaoren is Weichen's cousin, he is currently living in my mansion, I once accidentally read Yang Shengong's letter to him, and Weichen suspected that they wanted to take refuge in Li Yuan." ”

The three words 'unintentional' made a sneer on Wang Shichong's face, I'm afraid it wasn't unintentional!

However, the sneer on his face quickly disappeared, and Wang Shichong changed his smiling expression again, "Cui Shaoqing also knows that it is difficult to convince the public based on speculation without evidence, so be it!" If Cui Shaoqing can find conclusive evidence for me that they want to rebel, I can let you be promoted to another level and become Taichangqing, how about it? ”

Cui Wenxiang was overjoyed, and kowtowed again and again to thank him, "Thank you for Your Highness's trust, Weichen will not let Your Highness down!" ”

"Go ahead! Message me as soon as possible. ”

Cui Wenxiang kowtowed, and slowly retreated, and a beautiful girl next to him pouted: "Actually betraying his cousin, this kind of person is rare." ”

Wang Shichong laughed and put his arms around the two beauties, "The work of the two of you is even rarer, let me enjoy it again." ”

Cui Wenxiang's mansion is located in Jishanfang, which is a house that the Cui family spent a lot of money to buy in the capital 20 years ago, covering an area of more than 20 acres, which was originally intended to be for the clan to live in the capital, which is equivalent to the Cui family's guest house in the capital, but since Cui Wenxiang's father Cui Zhao moved in five years ago, its nature has slowly changed, and it has become a house for the head of the family to enjoy, and now it is forcibly occupied by Cui Wenxiang and turned into his private residence.

However, due to Cui Zhao's loyalty to Yu Culture and the shame of the Boling Cui family, the Cui family was removed from the position of Cui Zhao's head of the family at the beginning of the year, and the respected Cui Hongsheng temporarily served as the head of the family.

Cui Xiaoren is the son of Cui Zhao's half-brother Cui Jie, because his father is a concubine, Cui Xiaoren's status in the family is not very high, but because he is diligent, he has also achieved the position of Dali Temple step by step, and he can be regarded as a six-grade high-ranking official.

In the afternoon, as soon as Cui Xiaoren returned to his residence, Cui Wenxiang appeared at the gate of his courtyard, carrying a bottle of good wine in his hand, and said with a smile: "If my brother doesn't come back, I will enjoy this bottle of good wine alone." ”

Although the relationship between Cui Wenxiang and the Cui clan is very stiff, and Cui Xiaoren doesn't like him very much, he is his cousin after all, Cui Xiaoren smiled: "Is it as simple as drinking?" ”

Cui Wenxiang's expression was gloomy, and he sighed: "I'm very bored in my heart, but I don't have any friends, so I want to talk to my brother." ”

"In that case, let's go inside and sit!"

The two entered the study and sat down, Cui Xiaoren took two wine glasses, "I'm not very good at drinking, I can only drink two glasses a little, forgive me!" ”

Cui Wenxiang poured him a full glass of wine, "It's okay!" Just have fun, no need to get drunk. ”

The two touched the wine glasses and drank them all, and Cui Xiaoren asked with concern, "What is the trouble of Brother Xian?" ”

Cui Wenxiang sighed and said: "Today I was humiliated by Wang Shiyun, just because I neglected him a little before, he held a grudge, and today he insulted me and my father as father and son dogs." ”

Cui Xiaoren was stunned, "When did it happen, why didn't I hear about it?" ”

"This kind of thing is just swallowed by yourself, how can you let others know."

Cui Xiaoren looked at his brother sympathetically and comforted him: "Everyone knows what kind of person Wang Shiyun is, relying on the power of his brother Wang Shichong to make a fortune, many people have been scolded by him, don't take it to heart Brother Xian, just treat him as a dog and be bitten by a dog." ”

"That being said, it's a wreck! Seeing that Wang Shichong is about to usurp the throne, I have offended their Wang family again, and the future is dark, if I hadn't offended Zhang Xuan in my early years, I would really have gone to the Central Capital, brother, show me a clear way! ”

Cui Wenxiang looked at him expectantly, and Cui Xiaoren pondered for a long time and said, "Maybe you can take refuge in Li Tang." ”

Cui Wenxiang spread his hands, "Brother, don't tell jokes, I'm a Hebei scholar, how can Li Yuan want me?" ”

"This may not be, if Emperor Wude can't even tolerate the Hebei Shi clan, what else does he want in the world."

Speaking of this, Cui Xiaoren looked at Cui Wenxiang, "If you really want to defect to Chang'an, I can introduce a path to Brother Xian." ”

Cui Wenxiang's eyes widened, and he pretended to be surprised: "It turns out that my brother has been—"

"That's not true, it's someone else who came to me, I didn't agree, but I didn't refuse, I just said that I would think about it for a few days."

"I don't know who?"

Choi Wenxiang looked at Choi Hyo-in a little nervously, as long as Choi Hyo-in said that name, he would find his target.

Cui Xiaoren groaned and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, the stakes are high, I can't say who it is, if Brother Xian really cares, I can be the middleman." ”

Cui Wenxiang had a plan in his heart, so he said sincerely to Cui Xiaoren: "That's it! I wrote a letter, asking my brother to help transfer it tomorrow, I want to get a reply as soon as possible, if Chang'an can't do it, I can only switch to Zhongdu. ”

Cui Xiaoren nodded, "It's not tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I will definitely help my brother hand it over." ”

"Come on! We drink. ”

"Drink!"

The next night, Cui Wenxiang urgently found Wang Shichong, he knelt down and saluted, and said to Wang Shichong: "Your Royal Highness, Weichen is sure that Yang Shengong, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, is Li Tang's contact person in Luoyang. ”

"Why are you so sure?" Wang Shichong asked.

Cui Wenxiang talked in detail about the drinking between him and Cui Xiaoren, and finally said: "Cui Xiaoren went to Yang Shengong's mansion the next morning, and then at noon today, Cui Xiaoren told me that the letter had been forwarded and asked me to wait patiently, I followed him for a morning, and he didn't see anyone else except Yang Shengong, so I can be sure that Yang Shengong is Li Tang's contact." ”

Wang Shichong's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he nodded slowly: "After an hour, whether your wealth can appear depends on the result!" ”

Cui Wenxiang suddenly became excited, as if he saw Tai Changqing's seat beckoning to him

Half an hour later, more than 1,000 Wang Shichong's guards surrounded Yang Shengong's mansion, they crashed open the door and rushed in directly, Wang Shichong was wearing a golden helmet and golden armor, and strode into the Yang Mansion with a sword in his hand, at this time, Yang Shengong was tied up by soldiers and escorted out, Yang Shengong is the Sui Dynasty clan, the son of Yang Da, Wang Shichong has long wanted to get rid of him, and this time he just caught the handle.

When Yang Shengong saw Wang Shichong, he shouted loudly: "Not guilty!" ”

Wang Shichong sneered, "Whether you are guilty or not, you have to search for it." ”

The guards rummaged through the boxes and cabinets in Yang's mansion, and finally found a dark room in the study, from which they found a large number of letters, including more than a dozen correspondence between him and his brother-in-law Shangshu of the Tang Dynasty Ministry of Industry and Ying Guogong Wushi Tong.

Wang Shichong threw a thick stack of letters in front of Yang Shengong, Yang Shengong's face turned pale, his legs were weak, and he sat on the ground.

That night, Yang Shengong couldn't survive the torture, and confessed one by one, Wang Shichong's army searched and arrested on a large scale, including Sili Doctor Duguji, Xingyang County Chengsun Shixiao, infantry chief Liu Xiaoyuan, as well as Qianniu Zhichang Li Jian, Dali Cheng Cui Xiaoren and more than 20 people were all arrested.

Three days later, the arrested minister was escorted to Luoshui to be beheaded, and on this day, Cui Wenxiang was officially promoted to Taichang Siqing and became one of Wang Shichong's henchmen.

(To be continued.) )