readx; In June of the second year of the Great Calendar, Li Yu, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty who had just ascended the throne for a year, died in Huangzhuang, Weihe County, and the imperial court just announced that the saint was dying of a sudden illness, but then released a message that the saint encountered an assassin in Huangzhuang, Weihe County, and died of poisoned arrows. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This news is like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, Chang'an City is full of weeping, up to Xiangguo, down to the common people, all of them are wearing filial piety, almost every household is paying tribute to the holy dead, and the whole Chang'an is immersed in grief.

Although the city mourned, some people applauded, especially the clan magnates who were robbed of their land and property by Li Yu, and they even celebrated with their hands and shouted for the sky.

From noon, the atmosphere of Chang'an City began to be tense, the city gate was slammed slammed shut, 30,000 Southern Army and Jinwuwei soldiers took over the defense of Chang'an, a team of Southern Army cavalry galloped on the street, the people of Chang'an were so frightened that they hid in their homes, the shops in the east and west cities were closed, Tongyifang was even more like a great enemy, 3,000 soldiers of the Southern Army surrounded the mansion of Li Chenghong, the king of Guangwu, and no one was allowed to escape, but soon the news came out that Li Chenghong hanged himself.

The death of the saint made the people sad and unfinished, and the succession to the throne of the Tang Dynasty has become the most eye-catching issue, there is no doubt that the death of the Son of Heaven should be succeeded by the crown prince, but Li Shi, the prince of the East Palace, is not yet thirteen years old this year, he is still young, his mind and ability are unable to govern the world, and he is unable to control the most complex political situation in the Tang Dynasty in a hundred years.

Generally speaking, the new emperor's accession to the throne was decided by the first emperor, but when the first emperor died in the future before he could appoint it, or when there was a complicated situation, the new emperor was either decided by the clan in the Taimiao, or it was unanimously supported by the civil and military officials, for example, Li Yu's succession to the throne was the result of the support of the civil and military officials.

But this time, the decision on the new emperor encountered two embarrassments, the first emperor Li Longji just fled from Chang'an three days ago, lost the opportunity to decide the new emperor, and as we all know, Li Yu and the clan have a bad relationship, and the clan decides whether the postscript candidate is not suitable, and because of Li Yu's death, the clan cannot escape the suspicion of murder, so it is impossible for the clan to decide the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

But the hundred officials of the imperial court also encountered problems, that is, the number of ministers in the political hall was insufficient, and the political hall originally had Yang Guozhong, Wang Heng, Zhang Yun, Chen Xilie, Li Yan, Pei Min, Ling Hufei, Yang Shenjin, Li Qing'an and other nine ministers, with Yang Guozhong and Ling Hufei were deposed, Zhang Yun and Yang Shenjin resigned, Li Yan and Li Qing'an were in the field, and Chang'an only left Wang Hui, Pei Min and Chen Xilie were left with three ministers, which was not enough to decide the major affairs of the new emperor.

What's more important is that Li Qing'an, who has just been appointed as the right minister, is not far from Chang'an, and he can rush to Chang'an quickly, so many officials are looking forward to Li Qing'an being able to rush back to Chang'an to preside over the overall situation.

In the harem of Daming Palace, Li Yu's death was like a building collapsing, the harem was crying, and the queen Shen Pearl cried so much that she fainted several times and was rescued by the eunuchs and palace maids.

Shen Zhu's tears were dry, she stared blankly at the outside of the palace, although her husband's death broke her heart, but as a mother, she had to restrain her great grief and consider the fate of her son.

Her son is the crown prince Li Shi, who is only a thirteen-year-old boy, can he inherit his father's unification? Shen Pearl remembered that her husband once said that if the crown prince had passed the age of the weak crown, then he would naturally ascend the throne as the emperor, but if something happened to her husband and the prince was still underage, then the prince's accession to the throne would not be so smooth.

But her husband's prophecy came true, and Shen Pearl was deeply worried about her son's fate in addition to her pain.

At this time, a palace maid walked in quickly, and Shi Li said: "Niangniang, Wang Xiangguo is already waiting outside the palace." ”

"Ask him to wait in the outer hall, and I'll go see him."

Shen Pearl cleaned up a little, and then walked in the direction of Lin De Hall surrounded by a group of palace maids.

Wang Hui came to Daming Palace by the edict of the queen, he stood on the steps in front of the Lin De Hall with his hands behind his back and paced back and forth, after the Tang Dynasty, the situation of the harem was not as serious as in the early stage, as the queen, Shen Pearl could not decide the ownership of the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Heng came to see Queen Shen, to a large extent, it was also a kind of coping.

At this moment, Wang Heng is thinking about the next countermeasure, the situation in the DPRK and China is extremely complicated, and various forces are intertwined, whether it is a general or an important minister, there is a possibility of influencing the new emperor, but there are only a few people who can ascend the throne, Li Longji, Li Heng, Li Shi, only three people, who will ascend the throne in the end, and the current situation is still confusing.

At this time, Wang Heng saw a large group of palace maids entering the palace from the side door with a small sedan chair, and he knew that this was Queen Shen, so he quickly put away his thoughts and began to think about the response to Queen Shen.

After a while, a eunuch came out and said, "Wang Xiangguo, Niangniang is invited!" ”

Wang Hui tidied up his clothes, and walked into the palace with the eunuch quickly, in the side hall, the eunuch had already pulled up a gauze curtain, Shen Pearl sat behind the gauze curtain, Wang Heng faintly saw her wiping her tears, couldn't help sighing, stepped forward and bowed and said: "Your Majesty has gone, can not be resurrected, Niangniang, please mourn and change, take care of the phoenix!" ”

Shen Pearl wept and said: "The saint is in his prime, so he left our orphans and widows, the prince is young, and he can't be independent, so I implore Wang Xiangguo to help the prince for the sake of the saint's treatment, so that he can inherit his father's will and ascend to the throne as soon as possible." ”

After speaking, Shen Pearl actually knelt down behind the curtain, "I implore Wang Xiangguo to help!" ”

Wang Heng was also so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down, "Niangniang, if you kill the minister, the minister will definitely do his best to help the prince." ”

Several palace maids helped Shen Pearl up, and Shen Pearl was assured by Wang Heng, and her heart was a little calm, so she asked: "Wang Xiangguo, the country can't be said to be without a king, I don't know if the ministers of the court have the idea of establishing a new monarch?" ”

Wang Heng sighed and said: "I really don't hide it from Niangniang, now there is a great controversy between the court and China, although the ministers mainly set up the prince as the king, but it has been opposed by many powerful forces, such as Yang Guozhong, Zhang Yun, and the royal family who hate the saint, they all think that the prince is young, and his intelligence and ability are not enough to ascend the throne as the emperor. Eight Chengren all supported the first emperor's return to the throne, and less than two Chengren supported the crown prince's accession to the throne. ”

Shen Pearl was frightened, if Li Longji re-ascended the throne, his son would be finished, her husband had told him more than once that the first emperor had hated him to the core, if the first emperor re-ascended the throne, he would set up the thirteenth uncle as the crown prince, and the extension of the throne in the future would start from the thirteenth uncle's line, not only his son would not have the opportunity to take the throne, but also his surname was worried, those uncles who were like wolves and tigers, could they tolerate him?

"Wang Xiangguo, is there no way at all?"

Wang Heng sighed and said: "The minister is the saint's confidant minister, the first emperor also hated the minister, of course the minister hopes that the prince can ascend the throne, this is also for the minister's own sake, the minister has thought about it repeatedly, maybe there is a way to make the prince escape this catastrophe." ”

Shen Pearl was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Wang Xiangguo, please speak!" ”

Wang Heng saw that Empress Shen was slowly entering the trap, and he couldn't help but be secretly proud in his heart, although the inner palace was not good at politics, she was the queen after all, and her attitude also represented the prince's opinion and had a very important influence.

Wang Heng said unhurriedly: "Niangniang, the key to the prince's weakness is that he is still young and can't read and govern, if there is an elder we trust to ascend the throne as the emperor first, and then give up the throne to the prince after a hundred years, the prince is already an adult at that time, and no one can make a fuss about his age, the minister thinks, there is only one person in the world who can take on this responsibility, did Niangniang think of it?" ”

"You mean the Emperor?" Shen Pearl understood what Wang Heng meant, and actually wanted the Emperor Taishang to ascend the throne.

"Niangniang, the minister is exactly what he meant, the emperor was the prince of the East Palace at the earliest, with outstanding prestige, and the prince is his eldest grandson, connected by blood, if the prince can take the initiative to give up the throne to his grandfather, so that not only those who support the first emperor have nothing to say, but also, after a hundred years of the emperor, he will pass the throne to the prince, so that the prince can study hard in the East Palace, become a great talent, inherit the will of the saint in the future, and become the master of Zhongxing in the Tang Dynasty after taking the throne."

Wang Heng said it wildly, but Shen Pearl was silent, although she was very scared and anxious at this time, and she didn't have any opinions, but she had a benefit, that is, she absolutely believed in her husband, and her husband told her that the emperor was too ambitious, and he actually provoked the relationship between him and the prince, although Wang Heng said it nicely and there was a certain truth, but Shen Pearl remembered what her husband said, she didn't dare to express her position easily, let alone promise anything publicly.

Wang Heng saw that the queen was silent, so he persuaded again: "Niangniang, the situation is very urgent, the minister estimates that the emperor will rush back to Chang'an tomorrow at the latest, once he returns to Chang'an and controls the political situation, then it will be too late, Niangniang, make a decision!" ”

No matter how Wang Heng persuaded her, Shen Pearl didn't dare to make this decision, unless his son ascended the throne, she would never easily agree to anything.

"Wang Xiangguo, let me think about this matter again, after thinking about it, I will naturally send someone to tell Xiangguo, I am very confused now, and I will lose my company first."

Shen Pearl got up and went into the inner palace, hanging Wang Heng in the side hall, Wang Heng's face sank, he didn't expect this Queen Shen to be so difficult to convince, he couldn't help but snort heavily, turned around and left.

Unexpectedly, Shen Pearl hid at the door, she wanted to see Wang Hui's reaction, and happened to hear his extremely unhappy cold snort, that cold snort was completely different from the loyal him just now, and Shen Pearl was so frightened that Shen Pearl pressed her chest, as if she saw a demon with a human face and a beast's heart, her heart was pounding, and she realized that this Wang Heng was not at ease.

Shen Pearl returned to the dormitory worriedly, in fact, she trusted her husband the most Li Mi and Li Yan, her husband told her that only these two people were loyal to him, but unfortunately these two were not in Chang'an, what should I do now?

At this time, her confidant maid said: "The slave maid once remembered that the saint gave Niangniang a gold box, did Niangniang forget?" ”

A sentence reminded Shen Zhuzhu, she remembered, half a month ago, her husband gave her a gold box, saying that he offended the clan too ruthlessly and would not be tolerated, if something happened to him, let her take a look at this gold box, at that time she blamed her husband for speaking unlucky, so she threw the gold box aside.

Shen Pearl hurriedly got up and said, "Let's look for it, where is the gold box?" ”

She and a few henchmen began to rummage through the cabinets in the dormitory, and suddenly, a maid said, "Niangniang, I found it!" ”

The gold box was in the wooden box at the head of the bed, and Shen Pearl hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Give it to me!" ”

She took the gold box and opened it quickly, inside was a white brocade, she slowly unfolded it, only to see that it was her husband's handwritten handwriting, and there was only one sentence, 'Quickly edict Guo Ziyi to enter Beijing'.

This time, Shen Pearl didn't hesitate anymore, she immediately ordered: "Prepare pen and ink quickly, I want to write a letter!" ”

．．．．．．．．． Shen Pearl wrote a secret edict, stamped it with the queen's treasure seal, and ordered a henchman eunuch to disguise himself as a civilian, and left Chang'an overnight to run in the direction of Yixian.

At this moment, the situation in Guanzhong is changing, Guo Ziyi's army is stationed in Yixian County south of the Wei River, he received a message from Chang'an's flying pigeon, the saint died, he couldn't help crying and fell to the ground, so he ordered the three armies to Dai Xiao, the next night, he received the edict of Empress Shen, and immediately ordered the three armies to march to Chang'an.

At the same time, Ge Shuhan, who was stationed in Qishan County on the north bank of the Wei River, also received a letter from Li Heng and ordered him to enter Beijing with a large army.

Anding County, Jingzhou, Li Qing'an led 40,000 Anxi troops to be stationed here for two days, since Li Yu set off to Huangzhuang to inspect, Li Qing'an led 40,000 troops to leave Pinggao County, enter the Danzheng Gorge, go straight to Jingzhou, and pass Jingzhou is the Guanzhong area.

He sent a team of scouts to Weinan County, and the scouts sent him information directly from Weinan County that Li Yu had died.

In the big tent, the soldiers were nervously packing up their belongings and preparing to enter Beijing, Li Qingan stood under a big tree with his hands behind his back, and his eyes were in the direction of Chang'an.

Although Li Yu's death had nothing to do with him, and even the result he expected, he had more or less sympathy for this tragic figure, and finally died at the hands of his father, and the sorrow of life was nothing greater.

At this time, Yan Zhuang slowly walked behind him, and also sighed with emotion: "I didn't expect him to really die, it's really a little pitiful to think about it, is the general sorry for him?" ”

Li Qingan shook his head and said: "Game of thrones has always been extremely cruel, since he joined this game of chess, it is expected that he will be killed, if one day I am also killed, then who will apologize to me, his failure, can only blame him for his improper use of people, like Meng Yun, he actually let him master the most critical military power, how unwise, he doesn't know, since this kind of person is willing to betray me for glory and wealth, won't he betray him for higher glory and wealth?" He couldn't even think of that, so he didn't die unjustly. ”

Speaking of this, Li Qing'an sneered and said: "But that Li Heng let me see what it means to be vicious, people say that tigers are poisonous and don't eat children, but he is more poisonous than tigers, first let Ge Shuhan march into Guanzhong, freeze Guo Ziyi and Gao Xianzhi, and then used a trick to drive away Li Mao, so it was logical to transfer Meng Yun back to Chang'an, and let Yang Guozhong say that he moved Li Chenghong, a fool, so that he finally carried the black cauldron, step by step, the means are indeed clever, I really underestimated him in the past, it seems that this person will be my fierce enemy!" ”

After a moment of silence, he said solemnly: "Does the general really plan to enter Beijing as the right minister?" ”

Li Qingan glanced at him in surprise and asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

Yan Zhuang hesitated for a moment and said, "General, there is something I don't know whether to say or not. ”

Li Qingan smiled, "Just say it, when did I blame you for speaking out?" ”

"Oh well! I'll get straight to the point. ”

Yan Zhuang sighed and said, "I think the general is a little greedy when he goes east this time. ”

"Greedy?" Li Qingan smiled: "Then tell me, what are the consequences of greed?" ”

"The general is an envoy of the Anxi Festival, but he sent troops to occupy Lingzhou, and the Hui did not invade, nor did Tubo invade the territory, the general did this, what do the people of the world think? This is one of them; An Lushan invaded Guannei Road, brutal, the general was ordered to defeat him, which in itself is not wrong, won the righteousness for the general, but the general is not willing to withdraw the army, which will make people feel that the general has other plans, now, the general wants to be the right minister, but the military power in the middle is unwilling to let go, to put it ugly, this is Sima Zhao's heart, passers-by know, if the general only wants to occupy half of the country, self-established as the emperor, then the general's behavior, there is nothing to find fault with, but if the general wants to take Li Tang Jiangshan and replace him, Some gestures, while a bit hypocritical, must be done. ”

Li Qingan was silent for a moment, and then he asked, "Then you say, what posture should I make?" ”

"I have been thinking about this problem for the past few days, I advise the general to give up Lingzhou and Guannei Road, and withdraw the forces to the west of the Yellow River, so that the general will enter Beijing as a minister, it will not look so imposing, and people will be jealous, even if they have the heart, they dare not easily take refuge in the general, and take a step back, the general will also open the sea and the sky, and many things can be carried out calmly, these are the subordinates' shallow views, please make your own decisions."

Li Qing'an walked forward slowly with his hands behind his back, Yan Zhuang said an art of retreat, he can understand Yan Zhuang's painstaking efforts, in fact, Li Qing'an himself also feels that something is wrong, since ancient times, China's heavenly way pays attention to the balance of yin and yang, pays attention to the balance of heaven and earth, although his martial arts are written, but the text is not good, so eager to occupy Shuofang and Guannei Dao, it is indeed a little top-heavy, to put it in layman's terms, it is like eating a few dry steamed buns in one go, but not drinking a sip of water to moisten the throat, you will inevitably be choked, The best way is to take a sip of steamed buns and a sip of water, calmly, this is the safe way, Yan Zhuang is right!

Thinking of this, Li Qingan turned around and smiled slightly: "This time in Beijing, we might as well put a long line and catch a big fish!" ”

(To be continued)