Chang'an City is shrouded in the vast snow and cold air, today's Xuanzheng Palace, a certain level of officials in Beijing have rushed to participate, everyone has met the emperor early in the morning before planning to return to their respective yamen office. Now Princess Taiping and Xue Chongxun are in Huaqing Palace, but the center of governance is not in the Xuanzheng Palace, but in the political hall outside, with Zhang Shuo as the core in the hands of a group of courtiers. Therefore, meeting the emperor is also a matter of etiquette.

Zhongshu Ling Zhang said that he and Liu An of the Hubu Shangshu and Pingzhang met together on Zhuque Street, and they would enter the Daming Palace and go to the Xuanzheng Palace together. Occasionally, officials passing by would bow respectfully to them, but they didn't have to be polite to everyone, just nod to those who didn't know much about it.

The magnificent palace room in the snow is still upright, and the thick silhouette and atmospheric momentum give the illusion that it will never decline; And the people in the middle are as small as ants, which sets off the immovability of imperial power and the lowliness of the world. But this is only an illusion, and it is still human beings who maintain the power to maintain this.

At this time, I saw an official on the side of the political hall hurriedly running towards the avenue, and when he walked to Zhang Shuo and Liu An, he said while shaking the snow on his body: "I have been waiting for the two of you at the door of the political hall for a long time, and I heard the wind in the morning, and I am preparing a joint book ...... today."

"What book?" Zhang said that seeing that he was covered in snow, it was estimated that he had been standing outside for a long time despite the cold, and the snow on his clothes had shaken off a lot, and even there were snowflakes on his beard.

"Zen position!" The official's eyes widened and he said two words, his face pale.

Zhang Shuo was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Liu An for a while, Zhang Shuo was stunned: "Isn't Xue Lang still in Huaqing Palace?" I haven't gotten any hints from His Highness before. ”

Liu An said: "I haven't heard any wind at all. ”

"This kind of thing ......" Zhang Shuo frowned and thought for a while, then immediately decided, "Don't go to the Xuanzheng Palace for the time being, let's go to the political hall and wait for a while, you immediately go to check the contact rules between Chang'an and Huaqing Palace within five days, and you can't miss one!" Be quick! ”

The two walked into the political hall and sat for a while, but seeing that the other prime ministers were not here, and they didn't know if they had not entered the palace or had already gone to the Xuanzheng Palace, Zhang Shuo sneered and did not speak. Liu An reminded: "Do you want to notify the other ministers first?" ”

"They are well-informed in various yamen, do they need us to do more?" Zhang said.

After waiting for a long time, a subordinate official found out the file and reported it to the political affairs hall, Zhang Shuo hurriedly looked through it, and Liu An also came over. Zhang Shuo browsed and muttered: "Huaqing Palace has sent several groups of people, but judging from the list, it is impossible for these people to be in charge of such a big matter. ”

Liu An, who was more elegant than Zhang Shuo, couldn't care about his steady demeanor, and said impatiently: "So it seems that what you are doing today has not been instructed by His Highness?" ”

"Isn't that clear?" Zhang Shuo stroked the beard on the horse's face and said, "He's too anxious......"

Liu An showed a hint of ridicule, "A while ago, Xue Lang broke 500,000 in Tubo, and after returning to the dynasty, he faced the saint in Hanyuan Palace, and did not kneel in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, and there is no way to do it today, and I heard that the Shence army is dissatisfied with the reward of the imperial court, not to mention that the 8,000 elites are still stationed in Chang'an...... I'm scared. ”

"Ah...... Cut! Zhang Shuo suddenly sneezed. Liu An looked at him in amazement when he heard this: "Zhang Xianggong has to pay attention to his body, the weather is getting colder and colder." ”

Zhang Shuo hurriedly took out a handkerchief and covered his nose: "You're right, it's easy to get cold when it's cold, so everyone has to rest." "Ah......h Che" sneezed, and suddenly coughed.

"I'm afraid I'm going to be impeached by the imperial history, come here, pen and ink waiting, I'll write a note and submit it, I have to go home and find Lang Zhong to grab the side medicine to eat, alas, the bones are not as good as the young people when they are old."

Liu An sat dumbfounded for a while, and suddenly coughed "coughing", and stood up and spat in the spittoon, "I don't feel ......very good either."

Zhang Shuo glanced at him seriously, but the corners of his mouth showed a smile that was not easy to detect, "But it's too coincidental, I'm really infected with the wind and cold and want to be lazy, Liu Xianggong can't think about other things if he is envious?" ”

Liu An arched his hand with a fist in shame, and it was difficult to say anything.

The two of them figured out what was going on and walked away, but there were also many ministers who were slow to react and went to the Xuanzheng Palace, and then Li Chengning took out the joint letter and asked everyone to sign and draw it...... This thing is difficult to do, the surname of the person in the Zen position is Xue, and everyone will be panicked about such a big thing, and signing is not not not signing.

There are also upright officials who scolded on the spot: "Your Majesty has done this, and the century-old foundation has been destroyed in your own hands, and you will still have the face to see your ancestors and ancestors in the ground in the future?" ”

Li Chengning was wearing a golden dragon robe and fidgeted on it, speechless.

Someone else stiffened his neck and said: "Your Majesty not only destroys the foundation, but also traps Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping and the King of Jin in injustice!" ”

Li Chengning sighed and said: "You don't understand my hardships, I didn't want to ascend the throne in the first place, that is, everyone had to let me sit in this position, and now it is like sitting on pins and needles...... If you think that the Zen position is not successful, then I will abdicate. ”

Even the prime minister Li Shouyi, who has always been honest and outspoken, couldn't stand it anymore, and said angrily: "What does Your Majesty want?" The minister didn't understand, who said at this time that His Majesty was at fault? Everything is justified, if someone blatantly persecutes His Majesty, the ministers are the first to stand up and argue, but no one does this, why should His Majesty summon the ministers for this ridiculous thing! ”

Being persuaded by a group of people, Li Chengning, who had decided to do it, was shaken again, he looked left and right and didn't know what to do, and only after a long time did he say: "Rong Zhen thinks twice, and will go to court again tomorrow." ”

Everyone no longer cares about face and etiquette, and many people shake their heads and sigh on the spot.

After the gang broke up, Li Chengning drove back to Penglai Palace, his mother Zhao was busy asking how things were going, Li Chengning said palely: "The courtiers are all against it, saying that I am a sinner of the Tang Dynasty if I do that, I was afraid for a while and changed my words and abdicated, thinking about it, I will pick a son and change someone, how can others love it......"

Seeing that his shoulders were shaking, Zhao immediately brushed his back with pity and said, "Don't worry, Ning'er, there are two gentlemen from the Hanlin Academy who are very good at learning and strategy, and they happened to come to Penglai Hall today, and you let them give you ideas." ”

At this time, I saw two Confucian scholars come over and kneel down in front of them, and Li Chengning helped them up to ask for advice. Official ...... of Hallymin Although there is no talent to choose, some people have not yet had the opportunity to go to the key yamen for training, lack experience, and are just talking on paper. However, the Zhao family's mother and son can't find anyone else now, which of those ministers in power is willing to come over to help them come up with ideas?

A Confucian scholar asked, "What did His Majesty do in the Xuanzheng Palace, announcing his retirement...... What's going on? ”

Li Chengning said: "I only said that I should think twice and discuss it again tomorrow." ”

The man breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Your Majesty can't be left behind now, if you abdicate so passively, it will be easy for people to re-establish a descendant of Li Tang, and then what should be done...... But this kind of great achievement is not His Majesty's, and the situation in the future ......"

Another objected: "How can you persuade His Majesty like this?!" Datang Li's surname is Zhengshuo, how can he say that he will change it? Could it be that Princess Taiping's family sent someone to persecute Her Majesty? ”

Li Chengning said: "That's not true, but isn't it obvious?" The Shence Army is in Chang'an, and they keep saying that our Li family has treated Xue Chongxun badly, and they are eyeing each other; And the forbidden army won't listen to us. You didn't see it in Hanyuan Hall that day, Xue Chongxun didn't even kneel and salute completely, and there was no one around him who came back from the battlefield, and there was still a smell of blood on his body. I can't sleep at night now, and I dream that the rebels are coming into the palace......"

Zhao was very worried when she heard this, she cried: "This Li Tang's social Ji can't all fall on our poor Ning Er, now the court can't blame us for such a scene, Ning Er was already like that when she was first put on the throne, we didn't say it at all, no one listened, can we blame us?" Those ministers used the ancestral inheritance to suppress Ning'er at every turn, as if he had made it like this, they just wanted to see my son forced to die! Those military generals in Chang'an said that the emperor should reward their family Xue Chongxun for his merits, what does this mean? It's all crowned as a prince, don't you want the Li family's country again? The knives are all in the hands of others, what can others do if they want Ning'er? You give judgments. ”

The first Confucian sighed and said: "I still have to take the initiative to make meritorious contributions, after all, the Xue family and the Li family are also in-laws, and his mother is also Princess Li Tang. ”

The two strategists couldn't talk together, and the other immediately shook his head and said, "This matter is not that simple, you also said, isn't Princess Taiping also surnamed Li?" Our Li Tang is not nobody, Princess Taiping's strength is not smaller than the Xue family, why did she betray the ancestors of the Li family? ”

"You really only read the books of sages and don't want to do things in the world, just say that when Wu Zhou was in time, the empress changed her dynasty and changed her surname, what is Princess Taiping dissatisfied with? She had a smooth life in the Zhou Dynasty, no matter how she made trouble in this court, it was all their family there, what does it matter what name she changes? Is Princess Taiping willing to take care of Li Tang's name and hand over the power to distant relatives, or to her own son? ”

The Confucian scholar was stunned when he heard this: "Your courage is too great, so your Royal Highness Princess Taiping is not afraid that the wall will have ears to arrest you and cut off your head!" ”

At this time, Li Chengning frowned, and said angrily: "You have to quarrel and go back to Hanlin Courtyard to quarrel!" Please come back! ”

Li Chengning complained after they left: "Who are the people the queen mother is looking for, and how did these two people get into the Hanlin Academy?" ”

Zhao said: "I think one of them is quite reasonable, when Wu Zhou was on the throne, he didn't see how Princess Taiping ......" G