readx; Chen Hongzhi was taken down, Li Heng waved his hand, let everyone retreat, he needed to stay alone in the room, the room was quiet, Li Heng couldn't help but take out a letter from a jade box, this is a letter from Chengdu he only received yesterday, it is indeed a will, there is his father Li Longji's seal and handwritten charge, their father and son have experienced more than half a year of correspondence, and finally picked out the topic in the will of yesterday, Li Longji made it clear that he would pass the throne of the Southern Tang Dynasty to him, so that he could reunify the Tang Dynasty. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This will is very clear, he hopes that Li Heng will inherit the throne of the Southern Tang Dynasty as the emperor of the Northern Tang Dynasty, that is to say, the condition for inheriting the throne of the Southern Tang Dynasty is that Li Heng must first sit on the throne of the Northern Tang Dynasty.

Li Heng paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, he knew that his father did not use this method to divide the Northern Tang Dynasty, he had already received accurate news from other channels, and his father was indeed dying.

But the problem is that his father obviously knew that the throne of the Northern Tang Dynasty had been occupied by his grandson Li Shi, but he let him ascend to the throne of the Northern Tang Dynasty first, which was obviously to ask him to launch a palace coup d'état and overthrow his grandson's throne.

In fact, this question has been thinking about since he was forced to let Li Shi ascend the throne, how can he turn things around and regain the throne? Even if his father doesn't mention this condition, he himself has to take action to regain the throne that belongs to him.

Now there is another bargaining chip in the Southern Tang Dynasty, which stimulates Li Heng's ambition even more, at this time Li Qing'an is fighting with the Tubo people in Tocharo, he does not have many troops in Guanzhong, but he has 200,000 troops in Guanzhong, and the second son Li is handsome, and the strength is enough to make Li Heng want to launch a palace coup, but he is afraid of the words of the world, afraid of Qianniuwei in Chang'an County, if he does not instigate a palace coup, then he can only take another road, an old road that he is handy.

Thinking of this, Li Heng immediately ordered: "Pass my order, and order Wang Hui, Fang Xuan, Li Lin, and Ling Hufei to come to see me quickly." ”

．．．．．．．．． That night, Li Shi, who was already in good condition, suddenly had diarrhea, the situation was very serious, his body was about to become dehydrated, the already weak body could not withstand such a toss, the illness worsened again, and it was more serious than the previous time, more than a dozen imperial doctors waited by his side day and night, and the Queen Mother Shen Pearl was even more anxious to cry secretly, begging God to protect her son.

The news of the young emperor Li Shi's serious illness spread all over Chang'an, many people have a subtle psychology, if Li Shi can't survive this pass, then who will inherit the throne, this is a very serious problem, most of the clans have fled to Chengdu, and the clans left in Chang'an are either remote and far away, or they are unknown, and they are not qualified at all, all the ministers are calculated, and finally their eyes fall on the body of the emperor Li Heng, is it still up to him to inherit the unification? Or his son will succeed to the throne.

Speculations spread throughout the government and the opposition as if they had grown wings, and the ministers went from house to house, exchanging news with each other and discussing the possible direction of the imperial court.

The next evening, Wang Heng's carriage stopped in front of the mansion of Pei Min, the right minister, Wang Heng got out of the carriage, and Pei Min, who had already received the report, greeted him.

"Wang Xiangguo, a rare guest!"

Pei Min walked down the steps with a smile and gave Wang Hui a fist affectionately, "Tell me yourself, how long has it been since you came to my house?" ”

Wang Heng hurriedly smiled apologetically: "Things are too busy, I originally wanted to make a trip in the New Year, but in the end it still didn't happen, I'm really sorry." ”

Speaking of this, Wang Heng suddenly reacted and hurriedly said, "It's not right! Pei Xiangguo didn't go to my house either! ”

The two looked at each other and laughed together, "Yes! Yes, extremely! Busy. ”

Pei Min invited Wang Hui to his outer study, the outer study is where Pei Min stays during the day, and it is also the place where he receives some important guests.

Pei Min is no exception, there are correspondence between him and Li Qing'an in his inner study, his notes, and some important internal meeting minutes, these things can never be seen by outsiders, especially Wang Heng.

The two walked into the outer study and sat down, the maid served two cups of hot tea, Wang Heng took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "I heard that Pei Xiangguo's eldest son will get married next month, and the woman is actually the daughter of Lu Lian, congratulations." ”

Pei Min smiled faintly and said: "It's normal for men to get married and women to get married, as for who the woman is, I don't think you need to pay attention, family marriage is a very normal thing, isn't it the same for the Wang family?" ”

Wang Heng laughed dryly and said, "I didn't pay much attention to it, I just talked about it casually, I will make up a congratulatory gift next month, and I will drink the wedding wine." ”

"Then I'm welcome!"

The two exchanged a few more words, and the topic gradually turned to today's business, and Wang Heng said: "I came to visit Pei Xiangguo today because I have an important matter to discuss with Xiangguo, that is, about the issue of the land and acres. ”

The Land and Acres Division is a temporary official office set up by Li Yu to redistribute the land taken from the hands of the powerful, and Li Yan has been serving as the land and acres envoy, after Li Yan was assassinated by An Lushan, this yamen was silent again, and there was no movement for nearly half a year, and now the Land and Fields Division is facing the choice of whether to revoke or continue to keep.

In fact, it does not matter whether a small land field or mu division exists, what matters is whether the land reform should continue, at present, the land has only been reformed in Guanzhong, and has not been promoted to the whole country, after Li Yu's death, this major reform case has been temporarily shelved.

Moreover, the land restructuring in Guanzhong has only been carried out in half, and there is still a large amount of land that has not been redistributed to the people. If it is handed over to the Ministry of Households, it means that the vigorous land reform movement is officially over.

Therefore, this matter has always been controversial, the Zhao Wang Party headed by Pei Min opposed the dissolution of the Land and Tian Mu Division, while Li Heng, Wang Heng and others resolutely demanded the dissolution, and the two factions can be said to be competing against each other, and they have been deadlocked from the beginning of the year to the present.

Pei Min picked up the teacup and said: "It's not that the land and acres of the division can't be operated, and someone deliberately obstructs them from performing their duties of dividing the fields normally, now the land west of Chang'an County has been distributed, and only the land east of Wannian County cannot be distributed, Wang Xiangguo, with all due respect, if the Guanzhong Army does not interfere in the redistribution of land, I don't think there will be any problems, just take the Huangzhuang in Weinan County last time, the land has been allocated to the tenant farmers, but why does the Guanzhong Army force the farmers to return the land deeds, who does this mean, It's incomprehensible! ”

Wang Heng didn't come today to discuss what problems to solve, but to have a showdown with Pei Min, he sneered lightly, and said frankly: "Then I'll say it directly, His Royal Highness the Supervisor means that this matter has been delayed for too long, and if it is not resolved, it will appear that the court is incompetent, and tomorrow must dissolve the Land and Fields Division, if it is still difficult to pass a resolution in the political hall tomorrow, then he will use the power of the prison to dissolve the political hall." ”

"Dissolve the government hall!"

Pei Min lost his voice and said: "How can the prison state have the power to dissolve the political affairs hall, he doesn't have this power!" ”

"Really?" Wang Heng said coldly: "When the political hall was established, Article 3 made it very clear that if more than half of the ministers in the political hall resigned, the superintendent had the right to announce the dissolution of the political hall, and the officials above the fifth grade would re-recommend the new political hall, Pei Xiangguo would not deny it!" ”

Pei Min was silent, since Li Yan's death, his quota was succeeded by the new criminal department Shangshu Li Lin, Li Lin and Li Yan are the same, they are also clansmen, his qualifications are older, as early as the eighth year of Tianbao served as the military department's squire, he originally belonged to the royalist faction, that is, loyal to the emperor Li Shi, but soon after he entered the political hall, he defected to the prison party and supported Li Heng instead.

It is his defection that has restored the balance of power in political affairs, three people from the Zhao Wang Party, three people from the Jianguo Party and one person from the Zhang Party, there are seven people in the political hall at this time, he Pei Min, Wei Tao, Cui Lian, Zhang Yun, Wang Hui, Fang Xuan, Li Lin, that is to say, as long as the four resign at the same time, the political hall must be dissolved.

Pei Min understands in his heart that the key to this is Zhang Yun, now that Wang Heng is prepared to make trouble with this matter, then it is very likely that Zhang Yun has already compromised with the Jianguo Party, and it seems that only Li Qingan can suppress him.

Sure enough, Wang Heng took out four documents, put them on the table and said: "Pei Xiangguo, this is my resignation with Fang Xuan, Li Shangshu, and Zhang Shangshu, and the four of us will officially resign from the post of Xiangguo in the political hall tomorrow." ”

Wang Heng said that he would officially resign tomorrow, so he came tonight to talk about the conditions, Pei Min understood his intentions, he pondered for a moment, and then asked frankly: "Wang Xiangguo might as well say it directly!" What are your conditions? ”

Most of the conversations between Xiangguo are subtle and skillful, and they will not say anything clearly, so that both sides can understand each other, pay attention to the point, and be harmonious and do not tear their faces, and it is indeed rare for them to directly put threats and conditions on the table like they do today, which means that they have reached the final showdown moment.

Wang Hui took back the four resignation letters, and said with some pride: "In fact, the prison country also hopes for political stability, and we will not take this step unless we are forced to do so, in fact, it cannot be called a condition, just a few small requirements." ”

"Wang Xiangguo, please say, what do you want?"

"The first request."

Wang Heng raised a finger and said: "Now there are many rumors in the government and the opposition that are not conducive to His Royal Highness the Prison State, saying that the first emperor was victimized by His Royal Highness the Prison State, these are all nonsense and slander against His Royal Highness the Prison State, but the Government Affairs Hall has been silent, which will undoubtedly contribute to the spread of these rumors, so we ask the Government Affairs Hall to officially issue an announcement to clarify the cause of the death of the first emperor and clear up the injustice of His Royal Highness the Prison State." ”

Speaking of this, Wang Heng looked at Pei Min and wanted to see his reaction, but Pei Min said quietly: "Wang Xiangguo, please continue." ”

"Well, I'll say the second request, that is, to officially dissolve the Land and Acres Division, officially announce the cessation of land requisition, abolish the edict of the first emperor for land resumption, and return all the land that has not yet been allocated to the original owner, including 10,000 hectares of Huangzhuang, which will be inherited by His Royal Highness the Prison State."

"Is there a third request?" Pei Min asked with restraint of anger in his heart.

"Yes, there is a third requirement, that is, to expand the power of the prison state, mainly adding two things, one is that the prison state has the right to veto the resolution of political affairs, and the second is that the prison state has the right to decide the successor to the throne."

"Enough!"

Pei Min stood up suddenly, the anger in his heart could no longer be contained, he stared at Wang Heng word by word and said: "Wang Xiangguo, I don't accept any of your three requests, I, as the official secretary of the right Xiangguo, officially accept the resignation of the four of you." ”

．．．．．．．．． Early the next morning, there was news of an explosion in the Zhongshu Province of the Daming Palace, and the three members of the Prison Party and Zhang Yun of the Political Affairs Hall resigned from the position of Xiangguo in the Political Affairs Hall at the same time, and then Li Heng, the supervisor of the country, announced the dissolution of the Political Affairs Hall.

Before the emperor ruled as an adult, the political hall was the highest authority of the Tang Dynasty, and all military affairs were decided by the political hall through consultation, and the dissolution of the political hall also meant that the Tang Dynasty had no supreme power.

According to the agreement on the power structure reached by Li Qing'an and Li Heng last year, if the political hall is dissolved, the superintendent must propose the formation of a new political hall within three days, which will be publicly recommended by the civil officials of the imperial court above the fifth grade, and the specific work will be organized by the Zhongshu Province, the Menxia Province is responsible for supervision, and the Yushitai is responsible for the peripheral supervision.

Although it seems to be very open and the procedures are very strict, in fact, it is still a competition between four power groups: the Zhao Wang Party, the Jianguo Party, the Zhang Party, and the Royalist Party.

For a while, there was a lot of discussion inside and outside the government and the opposition, and everyone's attention shifted from the young emperor's serious illness to the public promotion of the political hall, after all, this involved everyone's vital interests, and many people had the opportunity to participate in the public promotion, and according to normal practice, the prison country would definitely formally propose the formation of a new political hall on the last day, so that the major forces would have time to co-opt behind the scenes and seek as many supporters as possible.

The public promotion of the political hall is just a grand meeting of the court officials, and it has nothing to do with the palace personnel, and the Daming Palace is not interested in this matter, and the thoughts of the eunuchs and palace maids are still focused on the illness of the saint.

Chen Hongzhi was on duty at night, after dawn, the other eunuchs and he handed over the responsibility of taking care of the saint, Chen Hongzhi went back to his room exhausted, these two days, he was very worried, he did not expect that a little croton powder would cause such serious consequences, the saint almost died, which made him regret in his heart, he knew that he would never use croton.

But there is no way to regret it, fortunately, neither the imperial doctor nor the queen mother found out the truth that the saint was seriously ill, which made him slightly relieved, and now he only asks the emperor to keep his promise and stop bothering him, so that this matter will be drowned by time.

After all, Chen Hongzhi is only seventeen years old, although he is smart, but he still has too little experience, and he does not understand the sinister nature of people's hearts, when he pushed the door into his room, he was immediately stunned, only to see Li Fuguo like a ghost, appeared in his room again, looking at him with a smile.

(To be continued)