53. Edict
Since the beginning of winter, Li Ang began to be bedridden, at first he could still struggle to go to the court to see things, and gradually he could only lie in the harem to listen to the music, after the New Year's Day, he didn't even have the energy to listen to the music, and finally one day he could only open his mouth and couldn't speak, the emperor's physical condition has always been the top secret of the state, the news of Li Ang's serious illness was tightly sealed, in order to give the foreign courtiers an explanation, Li Ang seized Yang Hao's northwest army to make a big fuss, and finally created the illusion that he was at odds with the ministers of the Southern Dynasty and the Northern Ya, The emperor is angry, although this is not glamorous, but it can also be said in the past,
Allow the ministers to pass the folds upwards, spitting saliva, anyway, the paper can't hold the fire, the emperor's serious illness can't be hidden for a while, this is going to be stabbed open, don't worry about him in the future, the important thing is now, before the collapse of the Optimus Jade Pillar, find a replacement pillar, the pillar is easy to find, just choose who not to choose, this question is very headache,
During the period of Li Ang's terminally ill illness, the swords and swords inside and outside the Daming Palace, the various factions launched a fierce competition, and the emperor was already unconscious, and there was a risk that the sky would collapse at any time, and this palace battle gradually came to an end.
Since the third day after New Year's Day, several prime ministers of the current dynasty and the two privy envoys of the inner court have been guarding the sickbed day and night, eating and drinking under the verandah of the palace when they are hungry and thirsty, and squatting and squinting for a while when they are sleepyοΌ
The comatose emperor will occasionally wake up for a while, sometimes just open his eyes and pass out again, sometimes he seems very awake, and can even call out the names of the officials waiting in front of the sickbed, taking advantage of the opportunity of Shenlong's temporary stop in the world, several Zaifu and privy envoys hurriedly reported to the emperor the military affairs and their thoughts on the military affairs, looking forward to the true dragon Tianzi soaring in the sky can give instructions, every word is related to the lives of hundreds of millions of people, how can you be careless,
However, Shenlong's body no longer allows him to think too much, and he can only answer one can or cannot for the minister's military and political affairs, perhaps the word can be relatively simple, and the emperor on the sickbed often replies with this word.
On the evening of the 14th, Prime Minister Li Yu and Privy Envoy Liu Hongyi took advantage of the emperor's sober opportunity to briefly report to him on the preparations for the crown prince's coronation ceremony.
After Li Yu finished speaking, he waited for the emperor's response, and saw that the emperor was silent for a long time, and the two imperial historians and two historians kneeling beside the sickbed raised their heads. The historian next to him will immediately record it, so even if Li Yu's words just now are in vain, I don't know if he listened to it, stared at his eyes, and didn't say a word.
Maybe it was not easy for the emperor to say such a large amount of words in one breath when he remembered Li Ge's cold day, and he couldn't bear to let him work hard in vain, so he squeezed out a "can" word from his mouth before the imperial history spoke, and this word was very clear, and the imperial historian and the historian heard it clearly, so the historian solemnly recorded this word,
Seeing that the emperor was still conscious, the imperial historian on duty nodded and motioned to several important ministers to continue to report something.
These days, Prime Minister Yang Sifu, Li Yu, etc., and the two privy envoys Liu Hongyi and Xue Jiling are surrounded in front of the sickbed, and the daily official affairs of the court are concentrated here.
The two lieutenants of the Shence Army have been staying quietly in the camp, according to the system, the two of them have no right to intervene in the affairs of the DPRK and China.
Until the fourteenth night, the two armies of Shence suddenly seized the left and right Yintai Gates of Daming Palace under the cover of the black curtain, and the ironclad army broke through the defense line built by the prison guards, Jin Wuwei and a small number of eunuchs in one fell swoop, and the water surrounded by the Taihe Hall was impassable, and people inside and outside were not allowed to enter and exit, until at this time all the people suddenly realized that Qiu Shiliang and the Shence Army behind him were the protagonists of this scene, and they were the real big players, and strength was the final magic weapon for all power games, this truth has not changed through the ages, Many people think they understand this truth, but not many can apply it in practice.
Wu Chen was dressed in armor, his face was like cold iron, leading dozens of ironclad military captains, escorting Qiu Shiliang with a purple robe and jade belt and Yu Hongzhi with a purple robe and gold belt to Li Ang's sickbed. β
Yang Sifu looked at the imperial history on duty, the imperial history was silent, and the historian also put down the pen, and sat with his head bowed with his hands in his cage.
Li Yu said angrily when he heard this: "Qiu Shiliang, are you trying to force the palace?" Qiu Shiliang said: "Your Majesty is seriously ill, and the prime minister controls the palace and does not let the foreign ministers see the emperor, is it to control the government?" Xue Jiling caged his hands and said: "Lieutenant Qiu is leading the forbidden army, just take care of the palace ban, the affairs of the court should not be your concern in the first place." Yu Hongzhi shouted: "Nonsense, after the change of manna, the emperor once had an edict: Qiu Gong can participate in court politics, you use the emperor's serious illness to abandon Qiu Gong, do you want to resist the decree?" β
Xue Jiling said: "How dare the old slave resist the decree, but I am afraid that someone will make a decree." Li Yu sneered: "According to the Tang Dynasty system, how can courtiers participate in the government by God's dictation alone, that is to issue an edict clearly, where is the edict, take it out." When Yu Hongzhi heard this, his face changed drastically, and he threw himself in front of Li Ang's couch and cried, and said with a handful of snot and tears: "Your Majesty, open your eyes and see, you haven't left yet, and these traitors will not follow your will." After crying again, he suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "Oh, a thousand joys, Your Majesty has spoken." β
As soon as these words came out, the prime minister and the privy secretary rushed forward, and the imperial historian on duty jumped up and shouted: "When you are an important minister of the court, you should be guilty of such a loss of etiquette, and where is Jin Wuwei on duty." After calling twice and no one answered, Wu Chen shouted: "Escort." Immediately, there were six ironclad guards holding swords to force back the Qianniu guards, blocking in front of the sickbed, the horizontal knife was unsheathed, the cold light was sensitive, the bluffing Li Yu was panicked, Liu Hongyi was worried, Xue Jiling was speechless, no one dared to step forward, only Yang Sifu stood there with his hands in his hand and sneered hehe,
Yu Hongzhi put his ear to Li Ang's mouth, and while listening, he muttered in his mouth: "The old slave obeys the order, the old slave obeys the order." β
When he finished "listening", his face was full of tears, he wiped a handful of tears, got up and said to Li Yu and others: "Your Majesty's dictation: You can draft a decree, and appoint Qiu Shiliang, the lieutenant of the left army of Shence, and Yu Hongzhi, the lieutenant of the right army of Shence, as auxiliary ministers and participate in the government affairs. Li Yu jumped and scolded: "This is an edict, shameless deeds, shameless." Yu Hongzhi suddenly changed his face and said, "Daring, what kind of place is this, allow you to roar." He yelled at Yushi: "You are a dead man." Then he drank Jin Wu to enforce the law: "Fork out this disobedient man, and beat him with a stick thirty." β
Jin Wuwei and Qianniu Wei on duty have been disarmed by the ironclad army, and they are under the palace, all shivering with cold, and at this moment they saw a group of ironclad soldiers rushing over, and by the way, they pulled out of the ranks, and carried their ears all the way to the Taihe Palace, and gave him a horizontal knife at the door, and pushed and shoved into the hall.
As soon as the lieutenant saw the guards of Jinwu, he shouted: "Fork out this rebellious man, and beat him with a stick thirty times." β
The Jinwu guard was at a loss, and the ironclad military academy behind him roared: "If you want to die, hurry up." Li Yu saw that the Jinwu guards were coming to arrest him, jumped and jumped, pointed at Qiu Shiliang and Yu Hongzhi and scolded: "Eunuch, Lao Tzu is the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, can you beat him, damn it, where is the reason." β
Liu Hongyi stepped forward to protect Li Yu and angrily reprimanded Yu Hongzhi: "You can beat a Li Yu, can you beat the world." Yu Hongzhi sneered: "The people of the world, the emperor is the sky, no one in the world can beat it, who is not convinced, just jump out and try it, hum,." β
At this time, Yang Sifu spoke: "Li Yu is the prime minister of the Son of Heaven, and his behavior is unprovoked, so that he will bow to the ground and apologize, the Son of Heaven will not say anything, and his subordinates will act on his behalf, for fear of being discussed, please let the two lieutenants know." β
Yu Hongzhi rolled his eyes when he heard this, and shouted: "Yang Sifu, what are you talking about,......
Yang Si replied: "Good words." β
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Qiu Shiliang finally spoke, he persuaded Yu Hongzhi and said: "For the sake of Yang Ge Lao, for the sake of Yang Ge Lao, Li Yu will be temporarily exempted from the suffering, and if he dares to say more, he will be taken down and punished immediately." Li Yu's face flushed, and he said in a trembling voice: "You...... I...... He....... "Squeak squeak can't speak,
At this time, Qiu Shiliang took out a piece of music from his sleeve and knelt in front of the emperor's sickbed. Yu Hongzhi refuted: "Nonsense, the emperor is the Son of Heaven, even if there is a little itch, how can he manage the government, you have also seen it, didn't he make the two of us auxiliary ministers." Seeing that Yu Shi was shrinking and didn't dare to step forward, he threw a look at Li Haogu, the eunuch who served Li Ang, and asked Li Haogu to forward Qiu Shiliang's recital to the emperor.
Li Haogu took the book and knelt in front of the emperor, Li Ang naturally couldn't take it, Yu Hongzhi coughed, and said: "The emperor is worried about the world, and he has become ill, why don't you, the general manager, know that you feel sorry for his old man, don't you know how to read, can't you read it." Li Haogu didn't dare to disobey, so he opened the recital tremblingly and read it out loud,
Li Yu listened to half of it, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Oh my God, is there still heavenly reason, the Son of Heaven is so seriously ill, you have made such a rebellious act, do you still have the Son of Heaven in your eyes, and the etiquette of your ancestors." β
Yu Hongzhi pointed at Jin Wushu: "This person is crazy and has lost his mind, drag it out, drag it out." Wu Chen mouthed Nunu, the captain of the ironclad military academy beside him, the captain's eyes were like lightning and looked at Jin Wushu, Jin Wushu was helpless, so he had to stiffen his head and fork Li Yu, Li Yu was obedient this time, he didn't shout or make trouble, but he lay down on the ground, and suddenly rolled like a shrew,
The courtiers who watched this scene looked sideways, and the ministers disdained,
Wu Chen looked at Li Yu with disdain, and ordered him to be dragged outside the hall left and right, thrown into the snow, and let him foam at the mouth, dance with his hands, roll and scream on the snow, and let him go.
After Li Haogu finished reciting, Qiu Shiliang bowed to the ground and bowed again, saying, "Please ask Your Majesty for permission." Yu Hongzhi repeated the old trick, put his ear to Li Ang's chapped lips, and after a while, he jumped up and said to the officials of Zhongshu in a hurry: "Hurry up, the emperor has a will, quickly draft a will, sue the world to depose Li Chengmei, and appoint Li Rong, the king of An, as the crown prince." β
Seeing a few courtiers trembling and standing still, Yu Hongzhi stomped his feet and scolded: "You people, ignorant of party disputes, ignoring the community, high-ranking officials of the court raise you, and when it is time for you to serve, you can't count on any of them, it's really better to raise a group of dogs." β
As he spoke, he jumped in front of the historian, snatched his pen, and pushed him aside casually, supervising the imperial historian was busy grinding ink for him, and the two historians were busy laying paper for him, Li Haogu also trembled and came over to help, and was pushed away by him, shouting: "What are you doing in a daze, please bring the seal box." The ink was polished, Yu Hongzhi added ink to the pen, hung his wrist into a book, read it in front of the Chinese book and the prime minister, and asked triumphantly: "How is our article doing." β
After speaking, he glanced at Qiu Shiliang, and after getting his permission, he urged the eunuch Shangxi to quickly take the jade seal, and the eunuch Shangxi was so frightened that his soul was scattered, and his hands trembled so much that he couldn't open the seal box, Yu Hongzhi was anxious, and pushed him aside, still thinking that he was in the way, and kicked again, grabbed the key and opened the lock and took the seal by himself, and used the seal for the edict,
At this time, a small eunuch came in and reported: "Li Yu broke his wrist." Yu Hongzhi asked: "Is he really crazy?" The little eunuch said, "He shouted that he would rather cut off his hand than countersign the edict." Yu Hongzhi said: "Oh, it turned out that it was for this, you go and tell him, you don't have to worry about him, let's treat him as if he asked for leave today." β
After doing all this, Yu Hongzhi picked up Qiu Shiliang and walked away under the escort of the ironclad army, at this time, Li Yu was still rolling on the snow outside the hall and did not get up, because he broke his hand, he howled and cried in pain, snot and tears on his face, the privy envoy Liu Hongyi blushed and blackened, like a piece of pig iron, the prime minister Yang Si's face was like water, and there was a trace of sneer in his eyes, and the rest of the prime ministers were like ashes and shaped like mud puppets.
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