Chapter 302: Emperor's Heart
Li Yi has been on the throne for eleven years, and it should be said that he was not qualified to ascend the throne at the beginning, but with the support of the eunuchs, when Tang Yizong was critically ill, he was made the crown prince, and then after Yizong's death, he successfully ascended the throne.
Li Yu, who has just ascended the throne, is only twelve years old, is still a young child, and it is impossible to deal with the government at all, so all political affairs are handled by the eunuchs.
Soon after ascending the throne, Li Yi appointed Tian Lingzi as the lieutenant of the Zuo Shence Army, so that Tian Lingzi jumped from a lowly eunuch to one of the four nobles of the eunuchs. It was under such circumstances that Tian Lingzi was born out of thin air, and in a short period of time, he grasped the power of the court.
Since Li Yi can't handle political affairs normally, but time always has to be mixed, so Tian Lingzi did what he liked, let Li Yi indulge in frolicking and amusement, and never thought about it all day long, amusement needs to cost a lot of money, Li Yi is young, he doesn't know that money is not easy to come by, and he often rewards people, spending tens of millions of money, in order to make Li Yi better amusement, Tian Lingzi even extorted merchants in Chang'an City, and directly sent the goods and money of merchants to the inner library for registration for Li Yi to squander, if the merchants are dissatisfied, they go to Jingzhao Mansion to complain, Immediately he will be beaten to death with a stick.
As he grew older, Li Yu not only did not think about acting government affairs, but liked to play even more, and once Tian Lingzi took control of power, he would not let go easily, for a while, Li Yi felt that Tian Lingzi's power was too great. even directly decided on the appointment and dismissal of officials, so he relied on Yang Fuguang to control Tian Lingzi.
The effect of this move is indeed good, Yang Fuguang has a strong force among the eunuchs, and with the support of Li Yi, he can completely compete with Tian Lingzi, but unfortunately this situation, with Yang Fuguang's death, completely disappeared.
The rise of Li Rupei, the blessed king, made Li Yi a little vigilant and wanted to play for a long time. It may not work, so from this time on, Li Yi thought about controlling power, but unfortunately it was too late.
Li Rupei has ruled the south and occupied most of the Tang Dynasty, and the feudal towns in the north have always disobeyed the orders of the imperial court. It is also difficult to take office, and they are often forced to return to the capital, or simply die tragically in office.
Tian Lingzi controlled the capital, and the left and right Shence troops controlled the capital Chang'an and the eastern capital Luoyang.
So to speak. Li Yi has become completely alone, and he has no strength to rely on at all.
Zheng Ji was announced to be executed by Tian Lingzi in front of Li Yi, which was the moment when the contradiction completely broke out, and it began from this moment. Tian Lingzi also tore off his face, regardless of Li Yi's majesty, and began to directly control the government. In fact, from this time on, Li Yi, the emperor, was already imaginary, and the fig leaf was all taken down.
Li Yi, who has become an adult, of course, endures the humiliation, the dignified emperor, suffered such humiliation, in the history of the Tang Dynasty, he is probably the first person.
But looking around, Li Lingzi didn't have any way, all the people around him were sent by Tian Lingzi, and even the affairs of the harem, Tian Lingzi showed his intention to interfere, fortunately Tian Lingzi was a eunuch, otherwise Li Yu's concubine, Tian Lingzi might not let go.
What does it mean to be an emperor who has done his part.
Li Yi couldn't think of any way, and gradually began to sink, he knew very well that he didn't have the strength to compete with Tian Lingzi, if he completely annoyed Tian Lingzi, maybe he couldn't save his life, and it was not impossible for someone to set up an emperor again.
Li Yu once thought of Li Rupei, but there was a huge thorn in his heart, that is, Li Rupei's father, Li Tong, the king of Wei, if it was according to the rules, the succession to the throne was the eldest son, that is, Li Tong, the king of Wei, inherited the throne, but unfortunately the eunuch did not agree, and if he did not agree, it would be forgotten, after Tian Lingzi became the lieutenant of the Shence Army, he actually pursued and killed Li Tong, the king of Wei, and others, and finally killed Li Tong, the king of Wei, and his family, but Li Rupei escaped the pursuit.
Although Li Yi was only in his teens at that time, he was single-mindedly playful, but the pursuit and killing of Li Tong, the king of Wei, could only be carried out with the consent of the emperor.
Such a deep hatred, how could Li Rupei forget.
Li Yi will never forget Li Rupei's appearance, let alone Li Rupei's temperament, when he saw Li Rupei in Daming Palace, Li Yu felt strange that he was in front of Li Rupei, not like the emperor, but Li Rupei took the initiative.
A fact that Li Yi can't avoid is that only Li Rupei can revitalize the Tang Dynasty, and only Li Rupei can do it.
In just a few years, Li Rupei controlled most of the south, exterminated and killed Huangchao, wiped out Bi Shiduo's 100,000 army, and captured Chen Jingxuan alive.
Li Yi even thought about passing the throne to Li Rupei and letting Li Rupei control the world of the Tang Dynasty, but unfortunately this was just an idea, he couldn't implement it, and he was reluctant to give up the throne.
Li Yi, who was extremely depressed, could only use alcohol to dispel his sorrows, and at the same time exert himself on the concubine's body, which made his body begin to have problems in a short period of time.
Li Yi also thought of Yang Fugong, after Yang Fuguang died of illness, in order to avoid disaster, Yang Fugong chose to return to his hometown, it should be said that this is a very wise choice, if he stays in the capital, I am afraid that in Tian Lingzi's purge, Yang Fugong will not be able to save his life.
Li Yi spent all day in the harem, and he couldn't see any civil and military ministers, even if he wanted to go to Zichen Palace, it was not so easy, he had to go through Tian Lingzi's permission, and the civil and military ministers he saw were Liu Jurong, Ma Tengyun and others.
The jade seal has been directly controlled by Tian Lingzi, and the power to appoint the minister of civil and military affairs is completely in Tian Lingzi's hands, even such a big thing as Liu Jurong serving as Zhongshu Ling and Ma Tengyun serving as the lieutenant of the Right Shence Army, Li Yi didn't know at all, or after the holy decree was issued, Tian Lingzi entrusted Ma Tengyun to report it.
Li Yi couldn't even see Tian Lingzi, the father he once relied on the most.
In such a situation, as long as there is the strength to contact, as long as he can deal with Tian Lingzi, Li Yi will make a decisive move regardless of the cost.
The emperor's depression, Song Wentong saw a lot.
Song Wentong has become the general of the Zuo Shen Ce Army, and has just been promoted by Tian Lingzi, and Song Wentong's power has also become greater, stationed in Daming Palace, monitoring the emperor's every move, including the actions of civil and military officials who entered Daming Palace.
After grasping such power, Song Wentong thought of Yang Fugong.
He can take Yang Fugong into the harem and meet the emperor, what he can do without knowing it, the sergeants stationed in Daming Palace are also his henchmen of Song Wentong, especially in several key places.
Song Wentong was very cautious and did not make arrangements immediately.
After observing the emperor for a long time, Song Wentong decided to act, and he first needed to meet the emperor.
After arranging everything, Song Wentong came to the gate of the harem alone and waited for the emperor.
In any case, he can't enter the harem directly, after all, it is full of the emperor's concubines, if he rushes in, even if Tian Lingzi wants to protect him, there will be countless officials impeached.
The decadent emperor, when he saw Song Wentong, he didn't even look at it with his eyes.
Song Wentong respectfully saluted the emperor.
"Song Wentong, the general of the Chenzuo Shence Army, meet Your Majesty."
The emperor knew that the guards of the Daming Palace were Tian Lingzi's henchmen, not to mention that Song Wentong was the general of the Zuo Shence Army, so in this case, what could he say.
Just as the emperor turned his head and was about to leave, Song Wentong took out the letter written by Yang Fugong and handed it to the emperor.
There was no one else around, and the emperor was a little strange, so he took the letter and opened it slowly.
Soon, the emperor's face was flushed, and he never imagined that Song Wentong actually held Yang Fugong's letter.
At this time, the cautious emperor would not speak, he didn't know if this was a trap set by Tian Lingzi, maybe Tian Lingzi used this trap to take the opportunity to abolish him, the puppet emperor.
"Your Majesty doesn't need to speak, if you agree, the minister is ready to let Yang Fugong enter the palace and see Your Majesty."
The emperor nodded, took the letter into his arms, and turned to leave.
A smile appeared on Song Wentong's face.
Song Wentong immediately replied to Yang Fugong, asking Yang Fugong to come to the capital secretly, find a safe inn to live in, and wait for the notice.
Everything was going on in secret, after Yang Fugong received Song Wentong's letter, after thinking a little and making relevant preparations, he secretly came to the capital and lived in a very ordinary inn.
When Yang Fugong came to the capital, he brought two people with him, both of whom were absolute henchmen.
Yang Fugong, who lived in the inn, did not contact Song Wentong immediately, but sent his men to observe Song Wentong's movements.
Emperor Li Yi, Yang Fugong, Song Wentong and other three people are ready to start planning a big move, what kind of consequences will this big move cause, what kind of situation it will cause, they don't have time to think about it, and they won't think about it, their purpose is to move down Tian Lingzi, as for the distribution of power after moving down Tian Lingzi, that's a later story.
Song Wentong had already sent someone to secretly follow Yang Fugong and his party, from the time Yang Fugong entered the capital, he had mastered all the whereabouts of the other party, this time he was going to do something big, and he couldn't have the slightest negligence, otherwise it would be a head.
Song Wentong didn't dare to contact others, before the overall situation was determined, he only believed in himself, the current situation was still controllable, in case Yang Fugong made any changes, he would do it unceremoniously. (To be continued......)