readx; The next morning, in the political hall located in Zhongshu Province, there were officials who kept coming, which was a joint post issued by Zhang Yun, the left minister, and Pei Min, the waiter of Zhongshu, inviting all members of the political hall, all members of the privy council, and officials from the third grade and above to come to the political hall to discuss major matters. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhang Yun invited them one by one, and the officials came one by one, and seven or eight officials had already arrived in the conference hall of the political affairs hall.

Today Zhang Yun is bound to win, last night he found Pei Min, got his support, and then found Cui Ping, and the two sides understood.

The time is very tight, so that Zhang Yun has a sense of powerlessness, if it is a day later, he can calmly win more people to support him, but Zhang Yun also knows that he is fighting, Wei Tao is also fighting, there is no difference between one day earlier and one day later, the key is to find the core person.

Early in the morning, Zhang Yun blocked Zhang Hao, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, on the street, and Zhang Yun tried to propose the possibility of an alliance, but Zhang Hao refused.

"The ministers of the Tang Dynasty should unite sincerely and go to the national disaster together, at this time, they have their own thoughts, and they are fighting for power, which is not the blessing of the court! Think twice. ”

Although Zhang Hao rejected Zhang Yun's alliance, he agreed to end the assassination of Pei Zunqing as soon as possible, and supported Zhang Yun to convene a meeting to calm down the chaos of the dynasty.

Zhang Hao was already in place, and he was talking to Cui Ning, the waiter of the Criminal Department beside him, in a low voice.

Zhang Yun's gaze fell on the door again, his eyes suddenly lit up, only to see Liu Yan, the household servant and the envoy of the degree, walked into the hall from the side door, Liu Yan is a member of the Privy Council, known as the God of Wealth, controlling the financial revenue and expenditure of the Tang Dynasty treasury, he is the Anxi faction, is one of Li Qingan's henchmen, no one will doubt that Liu Yan will pay homage sooner or later, although Liu Yan has great power and a hard background, but he is very low-key, never overstepping his duties, nor offending people, and he is very popular in the court.

As soon as Liu Yan entered the door, Zhang Yun greeted him, "Liu Shilang is here, I invited the waiter in my busy schedule, Zhang Yun is ashamed, and I will confess to the waiter first!" ”

After coming out of Pei Min's Mansion last night, Zhang Yun went to Liu Yan's Mansion again, but it was too late, Liu Yan was unwell, he had already slept, and he couldn't see it.

Liu Yan is the person Zhang Yun must win over, or in other words, he must get Liu Yan's support, Liu Yan is the backbone of the Anxi department, and he is one of Li Qingan's most valued henchmen, if he can support himself, this will give people a hint that Li Qingan supports him Zhang Yun.

Zhang Yun can't tell everyone naked, Li Qingan asked my son to send me a secret letter, he can't say this kind of thing, he can't mention that Li Qingan let him take charge of government affairs, but he must be known to others that Li Qingan supports him, so Liu Yan's support for him is a kind of side attack on everyone.

Liu Yan had a little cold, dizzy, he didn't want to come, but last night Zhang Yun came to visit him last night, he didn't meet people, and now Zhang Yun gave him a post again, and if he didn't come, he would be a little bit disgraceful to others, so he had to drag his sick body to come.

He pointed to his forehead and returned with a wry smile: "I felt sick last night, my head hurt very much, I went to bed early last night, and it was really rude to let Xiang Guobai run." ”

"Hey! It's my rudeness, Liu Shilang is sick, and he was pulled by me, how about it, can the body hold up? If it doesn't work, go back, there is a good doctor in my house, and I will ask him to show it to the waiter. ”

"Thank you Zhang Xiangguo, it's okay, I can hold on, let's go back after the meeting! I don't know what I'm going to discuss today? ”

Zhang Yun looked to both sides, and when he saw someone, he pulled Liu Yan to the lounge next to him, and said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness King Zhao has returned, does Liu Shilang know?" ”

Liu Yan was stunned, he didn't know, "When did His Royal Highness King Zhao come back?" ”

"I just arrived last night, and now I am stationed in Baqiao, and let the dog bring me a message."

"Oh?" Liu Yan had some doubts, how could Li Qing'an find Zhang Yun, so he asked, "Your Highness is returning for Pei Xiang's business?" ”

"Exactly!"

Zhang Yun sighed and said: "His Royal Highness King Zhao is very worried that the situation in the imperial court is unstable and will affect the battle on the front line, so I am asked to calm down the situation as soon as possible no matter what, so I convened a meeting today for this matter." ”

"I see!"

Liu Yan nodded, he understood what Zhang Yun meant by looking for him, he just wanted to get his support, but since Li Qingan had found him, he should support him in all respects.

Liu Yan pondered for a while, and then asked, "I don't know how Zhang Xiangguo handled Pei Xiang's matter." ”

Zhang Yun smiled slightly and said: "His Royal Highness King Zhao means to maintain the stability of the court, that is to say, this murderer cannot be within the court, does Liu Shilang understand what I mean?" ”

"Is Zhang Xiangguo a guide or a north?"

"South!"

"I understand, I will definitely support Zhang Xiangguo."

Liu Yan arched his hand and turned around.

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Zhang Yun came out of the lounge with a smile, he swept around the conference hall, sixty percent of the officials had already come, but there were still a few important ministers who had not arrived, Wei Tao, Wang Jin, and Lu Huan had not arrived.

"Zhang Xiangguo!"

An official ran over and asked, "Zhang Xiangguo, do you want to start first?" ”

"Wait a little longer!"

Zhang Yun glanced at it, and he saw Yan Zhenqing, who was sitting on the side, silent, so he slowly stepped forward and said bitterly: "Yan Envoy, I already know about Yan Taishou, please mourn!" ”

Yan Zhenqing only learned the news of the murder of his brother Yan Gaoqing this morning, he was deeply saddened, the two brothers were officials in Hebei together, and the friendship was deep, and Yan Gaoqing was generous, kind to the people, and won a deep reputation, he was killed by the thief army, and it was also a heavy blow to the Yan clan.

Zhang Yun's concern made Yan Zhenqing couldn't help but be a little moved, and he hurriedly got up and said, "Thank you Xiangguo for your concern, it's okay to be lowly and humble."

Yan Zhenqing is an official and a servant of the Ministry of Officials, and he is also a high-powered minister, he is one of the five ministers of the Privy Council, and is highly valued by Li Qingan.

Zhang Yun pondered for a while and said: "His Royal Highness King Zhao proposed to posthumously seal General Cheng Qianli, but I thought that Yan Taishou was loyal to the country and unyielding, as well as Yuan Fuqian's long history, Jia Shen County Order, Jiang Xiaotong Sima, etc., these Hebei righteous men all died to defend the Tang Dynasty and protect the people of Hebei. ”

Yan Zhenqing nodded silently, "Thank you Zhang Xiangguo for your heart." ”

Zhang Yun smiled slightly, patted him on the shoulder, and walked to the front desk, Wei Tao and Wang Jin had already come in, and Lu Huan was also behind, and it could be seen that the three of them had just met.

Zhang Yun sneered, it seemed that Wei Tao was really going to compete with him for the right to dominate.

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Like Zhang Yun actively wooing important ministers, Wei Tao has been trying to win the support of the courtiers from last night to now, his concept is the opposite of Zhang Yun, he insists on investigating Pei Zunqing's assassination case to the end, we must find out the truth, we must severely punish the murderer, give Pei Zunqing an explanation, and at the same time prevent the next political terrorist incident from happening.

His point of view is very clear, if this time it is not done, then there will inevitably be a next political assassination, and sooner or later it will be rampant.

Wei Tao not only has the opposite concept of Zhang Yun, but also takes a completely different route from Zhang Yun, Zhang Yun takes the high-level line and has won the support of almost all the privy councils, while Wei Tao takes the line of the middle and lower levels, and strives for the support of middle and low-level officials.

It should be said that Wei Tao's views are still very marketable, especially the middle and lower-level officials, who hope to find out the truth of the assassination case, they are more from the perspective of upholding justice, they will not consider the overall stability, this is not the scope of their consideration.

Therefore, most of Wei Tao's support comes from middle- and lower-level officials below the fifth rank, and he has just completed a support signature of two hundred middle- and lower-level courtiers from last night to now.

A thick stack was placed in front of him, and Wei Tao also got a windfall, early in the morning, Lu Huan, a member of the political hall, the backbone of the Pei party, and a servant of the door, took the initiative to find him and support his idea of investigating the assassination case.

After Pei Zunqing was assassinated, Lu Huan wrote to the political affairs hall three times, calling for the establishment of a joint investigation department by the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and Yushitai to thoroughly investigate the truth of the assassination case, but the joint investigation department he hoped for could not be established and could not be established, and all the evidence and witnesses were taken away by Li Qing'an's internal guards, and they could not investigate.

Despite this, Lu Huan still refused to give up, and at this time, Wei Tao played the banner of thoroughly investigating the truth, which coincided with him, and he was disgusted with Zhang Yun's inaction, so he and Wei Tao naturally came together.

Lu Huan's defection surprised Wei Tao both unexpectedly and pleasantly, there were only six people left in the political hall, plus Wang Jin, there were three people on his side, and Zhang Yun was half to half, plus he had the support of middle and low-level officials, Wei Tao was full of confidence in his heart and walked into the venue with his head held high.

In this way, a battle for dominance with the assassination of Pei Zunqing as a gimmick quietly kicked off in a hasty and uneasy atmosphere.

"Dang!" The bell in the upper right corner rang, the sound was crisp, and the audience was quiet, presiding over the meeting was Pei Min, the waiter of Zhongshu, and the death of Pei Zunqing was Pei Min, who temporarily became the head of Zhongshu and was temporarily in charge of the affairs of Zhongshu Province.

He saw that the audience was quiet, so he got up and said: "Except for Taichangqing Zhang Jieran who is on sick leave and Weiwei Siqing Wang Chengye who can't attend the meeting when he goes to Hedong, all the officials from the third rank and above have arrived, and today is at the temporary request of Zuo Xiangguo, and this informal meeting is held.....

He stopped without speaking, and a guard at the door gestured to him, and soon, a loud shout came: "The Queen Mother has arrived!" ”

All the officials in the meeting hall of the political affairs hall stood up, and everyone's faces showed a look of surprise, the meeting of the political affairs hall, the queen mother would never participate, why did she come today?

Even the faces of the two protagonists, Zhang Yun and Wei Tao, invariably showed a trace of unease, the arrival of the Queen Mother will inevitably bring changes to today's meeting, and neither of them knows the Queen Mother's attitude.

A group of guards walked in, and Shen Zhuzhu, the empress dowager of the Tang Empire, walked into the meeting hall of the political affairs hall surrounded by more than a dozen palace eunuchs.

"The ministers see the Queen Mother, I wish the Queen Mother a thousand years old!"

Shen Zhu's complexion was radiant, as if the land had just been moistened by a spring rain, full of vitality, she waved her hand slightly and smiled: "Everyone Aiqing is flat, the mourning family is just here to listen, Pei Aiqing, please continue." ”

Pei Min only met Empress Dowager Shen the day before yesterday, and at that time her face was haggard and sickly, why did she suddenly become radiant today, as if she had changed someone? His wife also said that the Queen Mother was pitiful, which shows that her current appearance does not have a trace of pity.

Pei Min hurriedly bowed down and said, "Please come up and sit in the front row!" ”

"Let's sit in the back!"

Several eunuchs hurriedly put a soft chair against the wall, and Shen Pearl sat down, she didn't like to sit opposite the ministers and be watched by everyone.

It was a bit unruly for the Queen Mother to sit in the back, but Pei Min had no choice, so she had to ring the bell again, "Everyone please sit down!" ”

Everyone sat down slowly, Shen Pearl was a little distracted, her face suddenly turned red, she didn't know what she was thinking, Bei Yan involuntarily bit her lip gently.....

The meeting continued, Pei Min continued: "As we all know, Pei Xiangguo was assassinated five days ago, which aroused the condemnation of the Manchu civil and military, and now five days have passed, this case is still clueless, and there is no way to investigate, but it has seriously affected the normal operation of the government, people are panicked, suspicious of each other, unprocessed files are piled up, and more importantly, it has affected the front-line soldiers to fight against An Lushan, the grain and grass that should have been sent out three days ago are still in the warehouse, and the sheep wine that should have been transported to the military camp the day before yesterday to reward the soldiers, It was not sent, so based on the current situation, Zuo Xiangguo proposed to convene this temporary meeting, hoping to have an impact on the imperial court as soon as possible from the assassination of Pei Xiangguo. ”

The more Pei Min said, the more dissatisfied Wei Tao became, Pei Min was just a meeting host, his job was just to convene a meeting, arrange speeches, and other matters about the substance of the meeting had nothing to do with him, but now, he said a little too much, and had begun to guide the officials present to Zhang Yun's side, if Pei Min was just a Chinese scholar, it would be fine, but he was the former right minister, he was deposed for less than a year, and he still enjoys prestige among the hundred officials, Pei Zunqing's greed for power makes the officials miss him and respect him more, Hopefully, he can return to the position of right minister.

is such a person with strong influence, his words will undoubtedly greatly strengthen Zhang Yun's weight, Wei Tao regretted a little, he should have visited Pei Min last night, Pei Min is a very principled person, one is one, two is two, with his heart will not agree with Zhang Yun's theory of stability, besides, Pei Zunqing is also his uncle, if he can convince Pei Min last night, then now Pei Min should be saying things that are unclear and difficult to convince the public.

Remorse was useless, and Wei Tao's heart gave birth to a kind of anger, an anger that he couldn't get it himself, but was taken away by others.

He immediately lengthened his voice and said, "Pei Shilang, the words are not like you. ”

He put his tone heavily on the three words 'Pei Shilang', which was to remind him not to forget his identity, what should he do?

Wei Tao stood up and said to everyone: "I don't really agree with Pei Shilang's statement, I think that the chaos in the court is not caused by Pei Xiangguo's assassination, but after the assassination, the court did not take corresponding measures, such as the establishment of an investigation department to investigate the case, but no, such inaction, it made the hundred officials panic and scattered, so that it seriously affected the operation of the imperial court, so I propose today that the joint investigation department of the three divisions should be established immediately by the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and Yushitai to thoroughly investigate the truth of Pei Xiangguo's assassination. Give Pei Xiang an explanation to the people of the country, an explanation to the hundred officials, and an explanation to the people of the world, so that the Chaogang will be able to settle down. ”

After speaking, he brushed the ground and unfolded the large piece of paper for signature, and said in a loud voice: "This is the voice of two hundred officials, this is just what I collected in one morning, and there are many people I didn't ask, I believe that most officials have this voice, are you willing to this assassination again and again?" ”

After Wei Tao finished speaking, there was a whisper below, and Lu Huan also got up and said: "What Wei Shangshu said is my heart's voice, I resolutely support the investigation of this case, severely punish the murderer, and prevent this kind of assassination from happening again!" ”

Wei Tao took the lead, and the direction of the meeting changed suddenly, maybe Wei Tao had an accusation in his tone just now, Pei Min was silent, if from his former heart, he also resolutely supported Wei Tao's point of view, and thoroughly investigated the case, he didn't like to deal with the past vaguely, but when Zhang Yun found him last night, he clearly pointed out that ending the dispute and restoring the government was what Li Qing'an meant, and he Zhang Yun was just carrying out Li Qing'an's order.

After the pain of a fall, Pei Min gradually began to mature politically, the kind of bookish spirit in his bones has been worn out a lot, he began to become more pragmatic, and he saw through Wei Tao's hypocrisy and unreality.

Wei Tao's point of view seems to be very convincing, but in fact it is not realistic at all, he keeps saying that the case will be thoroughly investigated and the third division will be tried, but how can it be investigated, can it be found out? All the human and physical evidence are in the hands of the internal guards, and the internal guards themselves are also investigating, if they do not cooperate, the so-called triage of the third division will be useless, and there will never be a day when the case will be closed, and what is even more terrible is that if this case is not closed, the officials will always live in a state of unease, which is a huge impact on the operation of the government, and he Wei Tao will not know that he just wants to be the right minister.

Pei Min was angry, extremely hypocritical, and threatened himself, in contrast, Zhang Yun's move to stabilize the situation was more pragmatic than Wei Tao.

He was just about to say more, but Liu Yan, who was sitting in the second row, stood up and said angrily: "Since this meeting was proposed by Zhang Xiangguo, let's listen to Zhang Xiangguo's opinion!" ”

The conference hall was quiet all of a sudden, and everyone could see that Liu Yan, the God of Wealth, was helping Zhang Yun speak, and Liu Yan was Li Qing'an's confidant brought from Anxi, so Liu Yan's attitude did not imply a little bit of Li Qingan's meaning?

This is related to everyone's position and career.

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(To be continued)