Chapter 213: Filial piety
Li Rupei carefully looked at the materials written by Liu Ziheng.
At that time, Liu Ziheng tore up the clothes outside, knotted them into ropes, and hanged himself on the back of the door.
Li Rupei had long expected Liu Ziheng's ending, Liu Ziheng knew that he was guilty and could not survive, and his inner hope was completely shattered, in this case, it was reasonable to choose to hang himself, Liu Ziheng died, and he was able to save his family, of course, these materials written by Liu Ziheng were also for the sake of his family not to suffer.
originally thought that Liu Ziheng couldn't write anything useful, but after reading the materials, Li Rupei was still stunned, he finally knew why his father and the king of Shu were hunted down.
Since the change of Ganlu Temple, the eunuchs actually controlled the government, this situation has become more and more intense, the eunuchs can even directly decide the choice of the prime minister, anyone who can get along well with the eunuchs, can grasp a certain amount of power, all the prime ministers who work against the eunuchs, it is basically difficult to last, and they will be dismissed for various reasons in a short time.
During the time of Tang Xianzong, eunuchs could not directly participate in the government affairs, and could only play a certain role from behind, but after Xianzong, all this changed, the lieutenants of the Shence Army, the left and right privy envoys directly participated in the discussion of the government and directly controlled the government and directly controlled the government government, plus the emperor after Xianzong, most of them were weak, or absurd, and did not like to act in the government, which made the eunuchs more firmly control the government and grasp the power.
Ironically, all the emperors since Xianzong have ascended the throne under the support of eunuchs.
The reason why Tian Lingzi must hunt down and kill the King of Wei and the King of Shu has two fundamental purposes, one is that the King of Wei and the King of Shu have certain abilities. It also has an influence in the imperial court, when Liu Xingshen and Han Wen, the lieutenants of the Shence Army, wanted to support Tang Xizong to ascend the throne, it was because Tang Xizong was too young and liked to play, so he deprived the King of Wei of the opportunity to ascend the throne, and Tian Lingzi accompanied Tang Xizong when he was a child, and the trust and dependence of Tang Xizong was deep, relying on Tang Xizong's dependence and his own means, he completely controlled the court situation, and he didn't want King Wei and King Shu to return to the capital. Disrupt the situation in the DPRK and China.
The second is that Tian Lingzi needs to establish his own prestige, in Tian Lingzi's view, even if it is a prince, he must bow down in front of him, and behave properly, otherwise he will not show mercy to his subordinates, just after the emperor revealed the intention of pardoning the King of Wei and the King of Shu, some people in the court echoed it, and some princes added fuel to the fire. This made Tian Lingzi very unhappy, so he made up his mind to hunt down and kill the King of Wei and the King of Shu.
Sure enough, after the King of Wei and the King of Shu were killed, the court was much calmer. The princes stopped talking.
Liu Ziheng wrote clearly about this matter in the materials.
Seeing this, Li Rupei's face turned pale, and the anger in his heart slowly surged up. He felt that Tian Lingzi had gone too far, and just to show his majesty, he ruthlessly pursued and killed the two princes. If something bigger happens, wouldn't Tian Lingzi be able to murder the emperor?
Li Rupei, who takes into account the overall situation, doesn't want to provoke Tian Lingzi for the time being, but he will not let Tian Lingzi go in the end, but under the current situation, if Tian Lingzi is moved, the relationship between him and the emperor will deteriorate.
But Liu Ziheng's materials made him more determined, and he would definitely not let Tian Lingzi go.
Among the materials, a large part of it is to show Tian Lingzi's sale of official porridge, these things Li Rupei is not very concerned about, after all, the corruption in the last years of the Tang Dynasty has penetrated into the bone marrow, except for the current Shannan East Road and Shannan West Road, the rest of the places are like this, even those places controlled by feudal towns.
The name of Tian Lingzi's biggest and most privy envoy Yang Fuguang also appeared in the materials, Liu Ziheng talked about the struggle for power between Tian Lingzi and Yang Fuguang, Tian Lingzi took a lot of unconventional means to completely defeat Yang Fuguang, so that Yang Fuguang basically had no future.
This Yang Fuguang is not simple, if Li Rupei did not cross, then Yang Fuguang's cousin Yang Fugong would also become a famous eunuch, and his fame was no less than Tian Lingzi, and even more crazy and bold than Tian Lingzi.
Liu Ziheng wrote a lot, probably after careful thinking, he wrote all the things he knew, Li Rupei read it quickly, and most of the things Liu Ziheng wrote had nothing to do with him.
Cui Hanlei entered the study and said that her father was here.
On the first day of the first lunar month, according to the rules, Li Rupei and Cui Hanlei went to see their father-in-law and mother-in-law.
Li Rupei stood up with a smile.
"There are too many things here, I forgot such a big thing, I met my father-in-law and mother-in-law on the first day of the new year, this rule can't be violated, I don't know how Mrs. is prepared."
"The concubine is ready, the husband works day and night, and the concubine can only help with these things, the husband pays more attention to the body, and is tired like this every day, the concubine sees it in her eyes, hurts in her heart, and hates to help her husband."
"Don't worry, madam, so-and-so's health is fine, look at those iron-blooded soldiers who are the same age as so-and-so, they have to train every day, but it's much harder than so-and-so."
"The husband is talking nonsense, how can they compare with the husband......"
When Cui Hanlei and Li Rupei were talking, the housekeeper led Cui An to the study.
Cui Hanlei withdrew from the study, she knew that between her husband and her father, there must be a discussion of things.
Li Rupei handed the materials written by Liu Ziheng to Cui Anqian.
Cui Anqian didn't speak, lowered his head and began to look at the materials.
Half an hour passed, and Cui Anqian finally raised his head.
"This Tian Lingzi has gone too far, if these materials fall into the hands of Yang Fuguang, Tian Lingzi is afraid that he will be forced to become a priest."
"These materials can't be handed over to Yang Fuguang for the time being, even if Tian Lingzi is forced to give office, Yang Fuguang controls the power, and the situation is not much better, and he is very disgusted with this situation where eunuchs control the government."
Cui Anqian nodded, but his impression of Yang Fuguang was still good, Yang Fuguang had a good reputation in the court, he was very diligent in doing things, and he rarely sought benefits for himself, and he was a rare capable person among the eunuchs.
"I know what my father-in-law thinks, Yang Fuguang has a good reputation in the court, and he is fair in doing things, among these eunuchs, there will occasionally be good talents, but after all, they are rare, how can Datang hope for a few capable eunuchs, this is a big joke."
Cui Anqian nodded again.
"What the prince said is, but this eunuch is powerful, not only has a deep foundation in the court, but also has a very good relationship with many festival envoys, plus they have the trust of the emperor, it is difficult to make them give up their power."
"My father-in-law's worries are reasonable, if you want the eunuchs to be honest, you must pull out their support from the roots."
Cui Anqian nodded again and talked about the things that had been prepared for a long time.
"Lord, the cemetery of His Royal Highness the King of Wei has begun to be built according to the requirements, and the auspicious day of the zodiac is the first day of the fourth month, and his subordinates will also go to worship His Royal Highness the King of Wei."
"I know, it's the time of the past few days, I want to go to Huolong Village to see, Liu Gong once suggested that it is not to relocate the remains of my father to Xiangyang, I didn't agree, and I went to the ground for peace, since my father and mother were killed in Huolong Village, then stay in Huolong Village, it's just that this matter of cultivating the cemetery should not be too luxurious and extravagant, and it should not disturb the people around it."
"The prince is too self-disciplined, don't worry about these things, the matter of building the cemetery, Liu Gong personally presides, there must be no problem."
"I know that I originally needed to keep filial piety for three years, but I didn't have that kind of opportunity before, but now I don't have so much time, and I have always felt ashamed of my father and mother, as well as my family, if I could have discovered the danger early, my family would not have suffered such a big disaster."
The carriage came to the back door of the Jiedu envoy's yamen.
During the Spring Festival, the door of the yamen will not be opened, and Li Rupei and Cui Hanlei came to meet their father-in-law and mother-in-law, and they also entered through the back door.
Liang had been prepared for a long time.
The banquet was very rich, Cui Hanlei just made a little bit at the banquet, accompanied by Liang and Cui Qiuyue, and went to the back room to rest, leaving Li Rupei and Cui Anqian to drink.
Li Rupei stopped talking about business, and the two let go of drinking.
Cui Anqian's alcohol consumption is also good, but compared with Li Rupei, there is still a certain gap, and in the end, Cui Anqian got drunk, and the banquet ended.
Drunkenness during the Spring Festival is regarded as an auspicious thing, and of course Liang will not say anything.
Before going to bed, Li Rupei needs to take a bath, and it is not okay to sleep with a body of alcohol, and his mother-in-law Liang has already made arrangements, and he is not easy to refuse, he should avoid hot water bathing after drinking, but unfortunately people in ancient times did not know so much.
When taking a bath, Cui Qiuyue worked very hard, which made Li Rupei's heart throb a little.
When Cui Qiuyue helped Li Rupei to bed, Li Rupei did not forget to ask about Cui Hanlei's situation, and Cui Qiuyue replied that Mrs. had slept peacefully, and everything was arranged.
When Cui Qiuyue spoke, her face was red and she was very embarrassed.
When Li Rupei entered the quilt, Cui Qiuyue also followed into the quilt.
At this time, Li Rupei must have been unable to help it, he had not lived as a couple for a long time, and when Cui Qiuyue snuggled up to his side, he hugged Cui Qiuyue......
The Liang family outside the house, who hadn't seen Cui Qiuyue come out for a long time, had a comfortable smile on his face. (To be continued......)