On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the first early dynasty of the second year of Zhonghe.

According to the usual practice, this early dynasty is nothing more than the emperor greeting the minister of civil and military affairs, there will be no other things, the emperor of this early dynasty must participate, even if it is to come forward to make a show, the minister of civil and military affairs can see the emperor in this early dynasty.

The civil and military officials who participated in the early dynasty were also quite numerous, and the officials above the seventh grade in the capital all appeared in the Hanyuan Palace, with more than 500 people, and many low-level officials were able to see the emperor on this day.

However, this time in the early dynasty, there was no festive atmosphere, and the civil and military ministers who came to the Hanyuan Hall were very serious, before the emperor arrived, many people were talking in a low voice, and the main topic of the discussion was nothing more than that the Shence army launched an attack on Yangzhou, and Bi Shiduo's army suffered heavy losses, and now it is struggling in Yangzhou City.

This news is explosive, although the feudal towns in the north often fight each other, but the south has always been relatively calm, although it is said that when Huangchao was poisoned in the south, many festival envoys did not meet each other, but this time the iron-blooded army openly attacked Yangzhou, and it seemed that it was preparing to completely wipe out the army of Yangzhou.

The army of Yangzhou is the support of the imperial court, and it is also the army used by the imperial court to control the situation in the south, if this army is exterminated, the imperial court will lose control of the south, in other words, the south will be completely controlled by the iron-blooded army, and will be completely controlled by Li Rupei.

The iron-blooded army suddenly attacked Yangzhou for no reason, which is tantamount to a rebellion, at least in the eyes of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, this is the case, and some people thought of the emperor's decree and appointed Bi Shiduo as the commander of all the Taoist camps, I don't know if it was this matter that offended Li Rupei, the king of Yi.

There was a lot of discussion, and it also caused a strange situation in the capital.

Many people are starting to wait and see. Let's see what kind of way the imperial court will respond, and everyone can also find some clues from the way they respond.

Zheng Zheng and Yan Fu and others have become the focus of everyone's attention, everyone knows that Zheng Zheng supports Li Rupei, Yan Fu is Li Rupei's trusted official, on the third day of the first lunar month, there are even rumors in the capital, saying that Zheng Zheng and Yan Fu and others have left the capital. went to Xiangyang, this rumor spread far and wide, so that many people believed it.

However, in the early dynasties, when many people came to Hanyuan Palace, they saw Zheng Zheng at a glance.

Zheng Jin's face didn't have much expression, this Spring Festival was what he thought about the most.

In the middle of the night on the first day of the first lunar month, after Yang Fuguang visited, Zheng Zheng did not sleep peacefully. Li Rupei and the Iron Army's actions surprised him greatly, and it is said that Li Rupei should have reported such a thing in advance. also made him prepared, but things happened too suddenly, and in a hurry, he found Yan Fu. Let Yan Fu stay in the mansion for two days.

It was the deliberations of the past two days that calmed Zheng Jin's heart.

It can be said that Zheng Zheng treated this early dynasty with a calm attitude. He knew that there would be a huge turmoil in the early dynasty, but he already had a way to deal with it, and he also believed that with Li Rupei's strength in the south, the imperial court would not dare to do anything.

Yan Fu stood not far from Zheng Jin, and there were more people who paid attention to him, but Yan Fu had a smile on his face, as long as someone greeted him, he must have returned the salute respectfully, but if he didn't speak, he just hugged his fists and saluted, smiling.

The Iron Blood Army attacked Yangzhou, Yan Fu knew about it, but in the information from Xiangyang, he was clearly told that he must find a way to deal with all the situations that may arise in the capital, once the Iron Blood Army controls the south, there will be more actions, these actions are unfavorable to the imperial court, and Yan Fu needs to find a way to deal with it, but the intelligence also said that in case Yan Fu feels that it is difficult to deal with it, he can find a way to leave the capital and return to Xiangyang.

Receiving such information, Yan Fu was extremely excited, he knew that the prince had made a move, and the next time was for the iron-blooded army to gallop around the Tang Dynasty, he really wanted to return to Xiangyang, return to the iron-blooded army, be able to ride a horse and gallop across the country, and bravely kill the enemy, it was something he had dreamed of, but unfortunately the prince's request was clear, he had to stay in the capital and win all the opportunities that the iron-blooded army could get.

The prince has action and confidence, Yan Fu must be doing his best to win a strong situation for the iron-blooded army, at least the capital will not be in chaos, at least the emperor will not be chaotic.

The emperor finally appeared in the main hall.

The difference is that the emperor's face is gloomy, staring at Zheng Jin, Yan Fu and others, as if he is about to lose his temper.

The early dynasty was originally presided over by Zheng Jin, but the emperor did not wait for Zheng Zheng to speak, and spoke first.

"This morning, I originally wanted to meet all of you, but the situation in Yangzhou kept me awake at night, I really want to know why such a thing happened, King Yi's nephew, I treat King Yi well, can it be said that King Yi also wants to rebel, how can he do that, how can he be worthy of the first emperor, how can he be worthy of the Li Tang royal family......"

The emperor suddenly said such words, which is equivalent to saying that Li Rupei rebelled, you must know that such words are easy to say, after all, the emperor does not know what the real situation is, even if he knows the real situation, he will not make a final decision until the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs discusses it.

Many people's faces changed, and many people lowered their heads, not knowing what to think.

But Yan Fu never bowed his head, and always looked at the emperor.

He discovered a secret that everyone could not discover, although the emperor's face was gloomy, although he showed an obviously unhappy look, but the anger on the emperor's face has not been obvious, even when he said such harsh words, his face did not show the anger he should have, which gave Yan Fu the feeling that the emperor seemed to be a child who was losing his temper, manipulated by adults, and was not an expression of his true meaning.

Yan Fu looked at Tian Lingzi with his remaining eyes.

Tian Lingzi had a smile on his face, looking very happy.

In an instant, Yan Fu understood something, maybe this is not necessarily the emperor's true attitude, it seems that there is still room for maneuver in things, and it is far from the situation of exhaustion.

Yan Fu was able to have such thoughts, which also stemmed from his admiration and belief in Li Rupei.

In fact, Yan Fu has such an idea, there is one of the most critical reasons, that is, such a long time has passed, the emperor has not taken any action, if it is determined that Li Rupei rebelled, then he Yan Fu would have been controlled a long time ago, and it is impossible to participate in the early dynasty, take a step back and say, the emperor really believes that Li Rupei rebelled, so at the beginning of the early dynasty, you can order the Imperial Forest Army to control him and Zheng Zheng and others, but such a situation did not appear.

This shows that the emperor's attitude is shaken.

On the contrary, Tian Lingzi will definitely seize this opportunity to make Li Rupei the opponent of the imperial court, and let Li Rupei become a chaotic party, in this case, Tian Lingzi will be able to let go of his hands and feet to deal with Li Rupei, at least let Li Rupei lose all support in the imperial court, which is very unfavorable to Li Rupei's future development, at least in pacifying the situation in the south, more efforts need to be made, and the local governments will not be loyal to Li Rupei.

The arrow had to be sent, Yan Fu was open, he decided to express his views at the court meeting, and won the best situation for Li Rupei.

After the emperor finished speaking, Tian Lingzi followed and spoke.

"Your Majesty, the slave maid is heartbroken, it was because of the negligence of the slave and maid that Li Rupei did not die, and now Li Rupei has revealed his true face and intends to rebel, the slave and maid think that the emperor must make a decision immediately, so that the world will denounce Li Rupei ......"

As soon as Tian Lingzi's words were finished, another voice appeared, this was Yang Fuguang's voice.

"Your Majesty, the slave maid thinks that before the matter is clear, you can't make a decision easily, just by virtue of Bi Shiduo's twists and turns, you have to do something to the prince of the royal family, there is no such precedent in this dynasty, if you want to find out the reasons thoroughly, you should still send a big staff to investigate, figure out all the reasons, and then deal with it is not too late......"

Tian Lingzi twisted his head, looked at Yang Fuguang, and spoke again.

"The signs of Li Rupei's rebellion are unusually clear, without consulting the imperial court, without reporting to the emperor, he will directly attack Yangzhou, you must know that the 100,000 army in Yangzhou is the army of the imperial court, does Yang Shumi's envoy think that Li Rupei's move is still worthy of affirmation."

The smell of gunpowder in the main hall rose instantly.

Tian Lingzi's hatred for Yang Fuguang is incomprehensible, but he can't blame Yang Fuguang for this matter, when the Huainan Provincial envoy came to the capital, he first came to visit him, but unfortunately he was blocked by the gatehouse, and as a result, the envoy found Yang Fuguang, causing the situation to develop in an unfavorable direction at the beginning.

On the night of the first day of the first lunar month, Tian Lingzi was actually accompanying the emperor, and when he was enjoying the song and dance in the Linde Palace, the eunuch reported to Yang Fuguang to ask for a meeting, but Tian Lingzi directly blocked back, and the emperor didn't know at all, and it was precisely because of Tian Lingzi's move that Zheng Jin, Yan Fu and others saw the twists and turns first.

Thinking of this, Tian Lingzi gritted his teeth with hatred, and expelled the porter on the third day of the first lunar month and replaced him again.

In the following time, Tian Lingzi was always in the palace, accompanying the emperor, constantly instilling views unfavorable to Li Rupei, so that the emperor made up his mind to deal with Li Rupei, but unfortunately after such a long time, the emperor has not made up his mind.

Tian Lingzi can be said to be a poor dagger, he knows very well that the stronger Li Rupei's strength is, the closer his death is, for his own power, for his own life, Tian Lingzi is desperate, and he must make the emperor determined.

How to weaken Li Rupei's strength to the greatest extent, Tian Lingzi didn't think of the best way, but if the emperor decreed that Li Rupei was a chaotic party, then everything would be easy to say, if Li Rupei really had the strength to subvert the unification, then he Tian Lingzi had no choice, and his fate should be like this. (To be continued......)