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But today it is extraordinary, the street is empty, there is not a single pedestrian, and even this carriage can run freely, and the more than 100 attendants around the carriage can also let go of the horse's hooves, just like a gallop on the grassland.

In the carriage, Zhang Yun frowned, looking at the empty street and the teams of thousands of guards and internal guards running by from time to time, he did not expect the situation to develop so quickly, from last night around the time Wei Tao was arrested, Chang'an began to enter martial law, Jingzhao Yin Ligan asked Li Qingan for assistance, Li Qingan immediately dispatched 20,000 Niuwei soldiers, began to arrest door to door, just one hour, three hundred and twenty-five Southern Tang spies were all arrested.

But this is only the beginning, with the continuous increase of Qi Xun's confession, the situation began to become severe, a purge of collusion with the Southern Tang Dynasty officials began, at the beginning of the watch, Li Qingan transferred 50,000 troops into the city, surrounded the mansion of more than 100 Wei party backbones, based on the sign-in book of the Wei Mansion banquet last night.

At this time, Zhang Yun's mood was both joyful, but he was also a little worried that his sworn enemy Wei Tao had finally fallen, not only Wei Tao, but also looking at the situation, it seemed that almost all the henchmen of the Wei party had been arrested, but he also had a kind of worry, he was worried that Li Qing'an's pace was too big, causing turmoil in the imperial court.

It's like a charlatan who dances with swords and swords, just a few cheers, but the entertainer seems to be overexcited and dances with spears and sticks, which will hurt the onlookers next to him.

Zhang Yun did not approve of the 50,000 troops entering the city, he thought that there was a risk of expanding the situation, and expanding the situation would involve his Zhang Yun's interests?

Today, no matter what he wants to dissuade Li Qing'an, the conspiracy can be carried out, and the purge can also be done, but it can't be expanded, after all, the imperial court must continue to operate, after all, everyone's officials must continue to be in office.

The carriage arrived at Xingdaofang, which was the most heavily guarded place, and half of Li Qing'an's 10,000 direct personal guards were stationed here.

The door of the workshop was closed, and the former errand officer became a fully armed soldier, everyone's face was tense, without a trace of smile, watching Zhang Yun's carriage arrive, the soldiers were like facing a great enemy, and even the bow and arrow were wound, Zhang Yun sighed, what to do so nervously, no experience!

The carriage stopped fifty paces away, and one of his guards stepped forward with Zhang Yun's gold medal, which was awarded by the government hall, and the holder could successfully open the door.

"It's Zhang Xiangguo...... I have an urgent matter to see His Royal Highness King Zhao! ”

At this time, the gold medal in the political hall is meaningless, only the title of Xiangguo still has a little effect, and the captain on duty immediately ran to the next room to check, there is a list there, which people can pass in particular.

After a while, the captain on duty came back and said, "Xiangguo's carriage can go in, but the entourage should stay outside." ”

Zhang Yun's guards were just about to go up to argue, but Zhang Yun waved his hand, "Don't fight, you just stay outside and wait." ”

The carriage continued to move forward, and after a while, it stopped in front of King Zhao's mansion, and a pro-soldier captain was already waiting at the door.

"Zhang Xiangguo, the general is already waiting."

"Hmmm! Has Your Highness had breakfast? Zhang Yun asked casually.

"The general has hardly slept all night, and he has already had breakfast."

Zhang Yun nodded, followed his soldiers into the palace, and walked all the way to Li Qing'an's outer study, and the captain reported: "General, Zhang Xiangguo is here." ”

"Please come in!" Li Qing'an's slightly hoarse voice came from inside.

Zhang Yun tidied up his clothes a little, then pushed the door and walked into the study, in the study, Li Qingan was sitting behind the table and looking at the information just sent from all over the place, he had not slept all night, his eyes were bloodshot, but he was in good spirits and did not have any fatigue.

"Your Highness!"

Zhang Yun came in and gave a salute, and asked with concern, "I heard that His Highness hasn't slept all night?" ”

Li Qingan smiled, "Isn't Xiangguo the same?" ”

He waved his hand, "Please sit down!" ”

Li Qingan seemed to know why Zhang Yun came, and before Zhang Yun could speak, he changed the topic first, "I want to tell Xiangguo one thing, I have decided to increase the number of troops in Hanzhong in five days." ”

Zhang Yun was taken aback, "His Highness means to officially attack the Southern Tang Dynasty, right?" ”

Li Qing'an nodded, he took a letter and handed it to Zhang Yun, "This is a letter I received when I set off from Taiyuan, it was written by Jia Chongjun, the general of the Southern Tang Dynasty in Yunnan, he is willing to surrender to me, his subordinates have 15,000 troops, and they can completely obey my dispatch." ”

Li Qing'an took out another letter and said with a smile: "This is the letter that Xiangguo gave me yesterday, Yunnan Wangge Luofeng Guishun letter, he said that he recognized Chang'an as the only court of the Tang Dynasty, these two letters one after the other, what did Xiangguo think?" ”

After reading Jia Chongjun's letter, Zhang Yun said: "This is a tacit understanding between the two of them." ”

Li Qing'an nodded, "That's right, from the mouth of the person sent by Jia Chongqian to deliver the letter, I know that Jia Chongjun and Ge Luofeng have had many secret discussions, so it can be seen that the surrender of the two is the same thing, in this case, the time is ripe to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty." ”

Li Qing'an walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and said: "What I have always been most worried about is that Li Heng retreated to Annan after the defeat and continued to maintain the Southern Tang regime in Annan, although it has little impact on the Central Plains, its existence will always give many people an excuse, no matter what, I must completely exterminate the Southern Tang, and now the surrender of Jia Chongqian and Ge Luofeng means blocking Li Heng's retreat to Annan, so that my worries are gone, and it is time to make a move on the Southern Tang." ”

Zhang Yun knew in his heart that the so-called surrender of Nanzhao was just an excuse made by Li Qing'an, and the fundamental reason was that the situation in Hebei had been controlled, and Li Qing'an's energy began to turn to the south. From the fact that he was preparing to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty, it all reflected his thinking, and it seemed that the pace of his ascension to the throne began to accelerate.

Zhang Yun pondered for a moment, then asked, "Is Your Highness ready to personally lead the army south?" ”

Li Qingan shook his head, "I am going to send troops in two ways, one is that Li Guangbi will go to Hanzhong and directly attack the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the other will be Li Sheng to lead the troops to take Jingxiang, as for me!" ”

Li Qingan smiled, "I'm going to go to Jiangnan again to inspect Caoyun and Jiangnan taxes." ”

"Your Highness doesn't sit in Chang'an?"

Li Qingan said with a smile: "I don't want to interfere in the government for the time being, with you here, I believe that the court can run smoothly." ”

The topic of the two unconsciously came back again, Zhang Yun seized the opportunity and said: "Since Your Highness is preparing to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty, I think that the stability of the imperial court should be ensured first, Your Highness also said, I hope the imperial court can operate smoothly, there is no problem in arresting Wei Tao last night, but His Royal Highness later ordered 50,000 troops to enter the city, I think it is not conducive to stability, but it will make the imperial court panic, Your Highness should handle this matter carefully!" ”

Li Qingan didn't speak, he stood in front of the window and stared out of the window, and after a while, he asked slowly: "Is this what Xiangguo meant?" ”

"Nope! It's not just what I meant. ”

Zhang Yun took out a proposal and put it on the table, "This is also the meaning of several other important ministers, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Yan, Pei Min, Wang Jin, they all have the same idea as me, this proposal has their signatures, please consider it carefully." ”

Li Qing'an opened the proposal and looked at it, and sure enough, it was their signature, and they all opposed him sending troops into the city and opposing martial law, which surprised Li Qing'an.

At this moment, footsteps came from the door, and a personal soldier reported: "General, the Queen Mother's will has arrived." ”

Li Qingan was stunned for a moment, and he hurriedly ordered: "Quickly change my clothes, and I will take the order." ”

Li Qing'an changed into a court dress and hurriedly walked to the front yard of the palace, Zhang Yun also followed, in the front yard, a eunuch looked a little frightened under the gaze of the heavily armed soldiers, he didn't know how to give this order, let Li Qingan put the incense case to accept the order, he didn't dare, but Li Qingan just took it casually, and he couldn't go back to explain, which made him extremely embarrassed.

Soon, Li Qing'an walked out of the inner mansion, and when he saw Li Qing'an coming out in a formal first-class court uniform, he shouted, "The Queen Mother's will!" ”

Li Qingan stepped forward and knelt down: "Minister Li Qingan listens to the order!" ”

"His Royal Highness King Zhao, although there is a pseudo-Tang Dynasty and a small chaotic dynasty, it does not hinder the overall situation, we should focus on stabilizing the people's hearts and minds, and hope to lift martial law as soon as possible, give the people vitality, and give order to the government, Qin this!"

Li Qingan sighed secretly, it seems that the Queen Mother is also putting pressure on him, "The minister obeys the order!" ”

He stood up, and the eunuch hurriedly gave him the queen mother's will, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, the queen mother still has a message, I hope the general will not forget the promise to her." ”

"I know, please tell the Queen Mother, I am a soldier, and I will do what I say."

Seeing off the eunuch, Li Qingan returned to the study, he changed his clothes, slowly walked out of it and said, "Since everyone is against martial law on the garrison, I can cancel it." ”

Li Qing'an took out a gold medal, handed it to his soldiers, and said: "Go and pass my password to General Qin and General Nan, immediately revoke martial law, and return to the camp with 50,000 troops." ”

"Yes!" The pro-soldier quickly went with the gold medal.

Zhang Yun was overjoyed, he thought that it would take a lot of effort to convince Li Qing'an, but he didn't expect him to agree so quickly, he knew that the reason why he was able to clean up Wei Tao in a dignified manner this time was that the Queen Mother played a role, this must be what Li Qing'an agreed to, it is estimated that Li Qing'an still has a place to ask the Queen Mother, so he will give in, otherwise, with Li Qing'an's strength, at this time, how can he give in easily.

Although he understood in his heart, Zhang Yun still received Li Qingan's favor in front of him, "Thank you for accepting everyone's opinions." ”

"I'm not that opinionated, and I'll give in when it's time to give in."

Li Qingan smiled faintly, he groaned slightly, and asked, "Since martial law has been lifted, what plan does Xiangguo have to teach me?" ”

Zhang Yun already had a case in his heart, and hurriedly said: "I have discussed with everyone, and the opinions are basically the same, you can use the method of centralized residence and separate house arrest, so that there is no need to alarm the people of Chang'an, and there is no need to impose martial law, which is also convenient for centralized case handling." ”

Li Qingan pondered for a moment and said, "Okay! I will not participate in this case, and the political hall will be fully responsible for this case, I suggest that the third division be formed to intervene, and all the officials involved in the case will pass through the court one by one, I can provide all assistance, if you need a sergeant, Xiangguo can directly contact the internal guard, and I will naturally give Qin Haiyang instructions. ”

Li Qingan finally agreed to Zhang Yun's plan, not only agreed, but also decided to delegate power, if Zhang Yun did not come up with this proposal, it would be absolutely impossible to delegate power, and he would never give up this huge political benefit to Zhang Yun alone.

Since the other important ministers signed the proposal, it meant that they also had to participate, and the power struggle was actually a redistribution of interests.

Every important minister has his own mountain, and every boss has his own little brother, and this time the overthrow of Wei Tao and Lu Huan, two members of the political hall, will undoubtedly carry out a comprehensive purge of the Wei party, everyone understands this truth, and no one will let go of this opportunity.

Li Qing'an, as the supreme ruler, must have the consciousness of the supreme ruler, of course he will not go to Zhang Yun and Pei Min to compete for the mountain territory, the world is his, and he does not need to surrender his identity to Zhang Yun to compete, he is the helmsman of the giant ship of the Tang Dynasty, as long as he grasps the direction, the rest of the benefit distribution will be discussed and distributed by themselves, he does not have to interfere.

Li Qing'an's concession made Zhang Yun completely relieved, Li Qing'an's letting go, which means that this crisis can be solved according to the method of the civilian official, the method of the civilian official is far more complicated than the method of the military general, the method of the military general is very simple, slaughtered with a knife, a hundred, but the civil official will not do this, the civil official will not do the wrong thing, they also have to leave a way back for themselves,

But Zhang Yun also understands that delegating power is not to give power, giving power is the same as not leaving, throwing it all out, and delegating power is to give and retain, and the degree between giving and leaving is up to him Zhang Yun to grasp.

There are some things that he must confirm in advance, first of all, the disposal of Wei Tao and Lu Huan, Li Qingan has to clean up the two people, and the fate of these two people and even their family must be decided by Li Qingan.

"Your Highness, the old minister wants to ask, if Wei Tao and Lu Huan are really guilty, how should they be dealt with?"

Li Qingan nodded secretly, Jiang is worthy of being old and spicy, this Zhang Yun is really a veteran of officialdom, and he is very accurate.

He didn't answer immediately, but slowly walked to the map of the Tang Dynasty, stared at the Lingnan area, and finally said slowly: "Although Wei Tao and Lu Huan are suspected of colluding with the Southern Tang Dynasty, they are important ministers after all, so they will be exempted from exile and degraded instead!" If the crime is confirmed, Wei Tao can be demoted to Governor En, and Lu Huan can be demoted to Lianzhou Taishou. ”

Enzhou is the area of Yangjiang in today's Guangdong, while Lianzhou is the area of Beihai in today's Guangzhou, which was a remote and barbaric place in the Tang Dynasty.

"What about their families, are they dethroned together?" Zhang Yun asked again.

Li Qingan glanced at him and smiled, "Xiangguo is confused, dethronement is not exile, it has nothing to do with the family, they are willing to stay in Chang'an, or they are willing to go to Lingnan, and they will listen to it." ”

Li Qingan's conclusion about Wei and Lu is equivalent to setting the tone of this case, even Wei and Lu are degraded, so other officials will not be exiled, and there is no family implication, which is a good sign.

This made Zhang Yun breathe a sigh of relief, but in addition, there is another major event that he also has to determine, that is, the redistribution of power in the political hall, now there are only him and Wang Jin in the political hall, although Yan Zhenqing is the secretary of the military department, but he has no power, he has not entered the political hall, and there are only two people in the political hall, so it will definitely not work, Li Qingan also made it very clear just now that this case will be led by the political hall, and the implication is that a new political hall must be formed first, and then the case of Qi Xun will be tried.

Generally speaking, when the emperor is absent, the candidates for the political hall are voted by the public vote of the officials above the fifth rank of the imperial court, but it is estimated that Li Qingan will not use this method, but use the method of direct appointment by the empress dowager, so as to truly realize his will.

Although Zhang Yun knew that Li Qing'an would go to discuss with the Queen Mother, as the right minister, he still wanted to know more about Li Qing'an's thoughts.

"Your Highness, about the arrangement of the political affairs hall, can you talk to the old minister first?"

Perhaps because Zhang Yun cooperated very tacitly in this case, Li Qingan didn't want to hide him, and in front of Zhang Yun, he didn't need to be too modest.

"My idea is to still use the seven-phase system, there are currently three phases, Zhang Youxiang, Cui Zuoxiang and Wang Shangshu of the Criminal Department, according to the general practice, the right minister and the secretary of the ministry, the left minister and the military department, the Ministry of Rites I consider Yan Zhenqing, the secretary of the Ministry of Household by Liu Yan, Pei Min as the minister of the ministry, and there is also a Ministry of Works, I plan to be served by Guo Ziyi."

Guo Ziyi's entry into the prime minister was an agreement reached with Guo Ziyi when Li Qing'an was in Taiyuan, Guo Ziyi himself knew very well that Li Qing'an already had an army of 500,000, and his 70,000 army no longer had any meaning to compete.

Rather than being forced to hand over military power at that time, it is better to negotiate the back road now, so under some bargaining between the two, Guo Ziyi agreed to hand over military power to Li Siye, and Li Qingan promised to let him enter the prime minister, from a military general to a civilian official, and his generals, Li Ruoyou, Li Guoliang, Lu Sigong, Li Zhongchen and others, are also the same as the generals of the Anxi Army, on military merit rewards and promotions.

This was normal in the Tang Dynasty, such as the Zuo Xiang Niu Cyclamen in the first year of Tianbao, he was originally the envoy of the Hexi Festival, and then An Lushan, Li Longji also wanted him to enter the court as the prime minister, as for Guo Ziyi himself, he was highly meritorious in history and was named Zhongshu Ling.

He has ability and prestige, Li Qingan let him enter the prime minister, which is the expectation of the military, and it is also what Guo Ziyi hopes for in his life, he often says to his subordinates that the eldest husband should worship the general and enter the prime minister, so that his life will not be in vain, and this arrangement can be regarded as a great joy.

Zhang Yun heard that Li Qing'an appointed Guo Ziyi as Xiangguo, and couldn't help but secretly praise him for his clever means, so that Li Qing'an, the military power of the imperial court, was in his hands.

At this time, Li Qingan said again: "Cui Zuoxiang's Caohe dredging has reached the later stage, Cui Zuoxiang can return to the province of the head of the court, I recommend Guanzhong Caoyun to make Dugu Changfeng as Jianghuai, Henan's transshipment envoy and Henan Provincial Observation Envoy, to replace Cui Ning to continue to complete the great cause of Caoyun." ”

Li Qing'an's suggestion made Zhang Yun secretly frightened, and Dugu Changfeng served as a transfer envoy and Henan Provincial Observer, which meant that Li Qingan began to reuse the Dugu family.

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In June of the second year of Qingping, the Qi Xun case that shocked the government and the opposition began to have preliminary results, Wei Tao, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, knew that Qi Xun sabotaged the government and connived at the cover-up, the evidence was conclusive, the crime was convicted, and the Empress Dowager issued an order to depose him as the prime minister of the country, and demoted him to the governor of Enzhou, and Lu Huan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was also deposed and demoted to the Taishou of Lianzhou, and the rest of the 44 court officials who colluded with Qi Xun or were implicated by Wei and Lu, such as Li Kaifu, Miao Jinqing, Luo Junyi, etc., were either degraded or exempted, and none of them were spared.

At the same time, the Empress Dowager Shen Pearl ordered the rebuilding of the political hall, appointing Zhang Yun, Cui Ning, Pei Min, Yan Zhenqing, Wang Jin, Liu Yan, Guo Ziyi and other seven people as ministers, and dissolving the privy council at the same time.

After this reshuffle of the power of the imperial court, the Tang Dynasty took on a new look, and at this time, Li Qing'an's eyes finally turned to the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the sound of sharpening knives began to sound.

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(To be continued)