The next day, Xue Chongxun entered the palace early in the morning, and after Brother Fen died, he wanted to elect a new monarch, and the power structure changed slightly, and Xue Chongxun had to participate in the questioning.

He did not enter through the Danfeng Gate, but made a detour to the Xuanwu Gate to meet the general of Zuo Yulin, Chang Yuankai. Chang Yuankai asked how to deal with the captured soldiers of the sixth rate of the East Palace, and whether they should be handed over to Nanya. Xue Chongxun refused to hand it over, and Jian yì beheaded all the generals above the East Palace Army, dismissed the soldiers, and asked the eunuchs to inform Empress Gao in the palace of the disposal method, and ignored the political affairs hall.

Since the Wu Dynasty, the Northern Ya Forbidden Army has not been subject to the restrictions of the three provinces and six departments of the Southern Ya, and it is usually the general who supervises the military power, and the transfer of troops is directly under the orders of the emperor (the military power was only held by eunuchs in the late Tang Dynasty).

There are four armies: the left and right carriage flying horses, and the left and right carriage ten thousand cavalry. Among them, the left and right Wan Qi supported Li Longji in the palace coup a few years ago, and Princess Taiping has been distrusted since she took power, and has been weakened in the past few years, until Li Longji raised troops in the Eastern Capital for the last time, Wan Cai has been completely torn apart, that is, the number has been revoked. Most of the generals were placed in the sixteen posts in the southern ya, the old and weak among the junior generals and non-commissioned officers were dismissed, and the young and strong were scattered and arranged in the Gyeonggi garrison and various local armies.

Chang Yuankai, the general of the left army, and Li Ci, the general of the right army, were both former Taiping old party, and most of the middle-level generals such as Du Lieutenant Chen Dahu had personal relations with Xue Chongxun, Zhang Wulang and others. After the coup d'état of the crown prince Li Chenghong, Xue Chongxun successfully mobilized the forbidden army, although it was an edict with a holy decree, but it was actually a matter of him mentioning yì...... The resulting situation is that the Beiya Guards have fallen into the hands of Xue Chongxun. After Li Chenghong, it will be even more difficult for the new rulers to raise up a prodigal son, and all the military power and power will be sidelined, and there is no place to borrow at all.

Sure enough, when Xue Chongxun tried to deal with the problem of rebel generals alone, he directly cleaned the six rates for Chang Yuankai, and Chang Yuankai ordered the East Palace general to be beheaded in Beiyuan without saying a word.

Xue Chongxun was very satisfied when he saw this, so he stood in the Xuanwu Gate Tower and watched the execution. The generals who were escorted to the scene included school captains, brigade commanders, team leaders, etc., a total of more than 20 people, all of whom knelt in two rows with their hands tied. After Chang Yuankai gave an order, the generals of the forbidden army under the city shouted "execution", and the sergeants rushed forward with long knives to cut down the criminals, and another team of soldiers stepped forward with a lance to stab to ensure that they were all killed.

Seeing this situation, Xue Chongxun couldn't help but sigh: "It's really a dangerous game." ”

Chang Yuankai on the side probably didn't understand, and nodded solemnly as a yes.

After Xue Chongxun watched the execution, he said goodbye to Chang Yuankai, got off the Xuanwu Gate and rushed to the Linde Hall in a car. Because the emperor died in the Linde Palace, the mourning hall was located there, and some Tang Dynasty emperors died in Luoyang, and the funeral was also arranged in the Luoyang Palace.

When he arrived at the Lin De Palace, he suddenly saw a large number of young men and women wearing linen and filial piety kneeling on the mourning hall, Xue Chongxun watched quietly for a while, and then the eunuch Yu Liben saw him and walked over and whispered: "The princes and princesses came here last night, and they all came this morning." ”

Xue Chongxun looked at it and estimated that there were fifty or sixty people, and said in his heart that Li Shouli had made so many children, it was indeed spectacular.

Yu Liben said again: "The first person is the second son of the first emperor (Li Chengning, after Li Shouli ascended the throne, he was promoted from the heir prince to the prince), the ministers discussed and supported him in the middle hall, and they were waiting for the prince to come over to discuss together, and the prince hurried over." ”

Xue Chongxun glanced at the young man who knelt at the front as Yu Liben said, about the age of his early twenties, wearing a white dress that showed more fine skin and tender meat, and it seemed that he was also a master who had never experienced wind and waves.

Xue Chongxun didn't know Li Chengning at all before, and if the prince was walking on the street in plain clothes, he wouldn't recognize him at all. Maybe I saw it on some occasions, but Xue Chongxun never paid attention. Usually, those princes stay in the princes' mansions in the garden, and they rarely meet...... Brother Fen has dozens of children, and even he can't figure it out himself, let alone Xue Chongxun.

After Xue Chongxun finished paying homage to the emperor's coffin, he followed Yu Liben to the central hall, and Yu Liben and others were probably waiting for him here.

When I arrived at the middle hall, I saw that Queen Gao and more than a dozen ministers were there, Queen Gao was wearing linen and wearing filial piety and sitting on the top seat, and all the ministers were sitting at the bottom and talking, and when they saw Xue Chongxun coming in, they greeted one after another.

Xue Chongxun first bowed to Empress Gao, then said a few polite words to the ministers one by one, and sat down on a stool. During this time, he couldn't help but glance at Empress Gao's appearance, because she was wearing filial piety clothes that were different from usual. People say that women should be pretty and filial piety, but it is not bad, Queen Gao not only wore a plain clothes, but also could not wear too thick makeup during the mourning period, the thick layer of rouge gouache on the face was finally invisible, and it looked much better without wiping those things. A full forehead, big eyes, and a goose-egg-shaped face mark pure and childish.

Xue Chongxun didn't know Gao's birth date before, and estimated that she would not be more than twenty years old, but at this time, he confirmed his guess at a glance, and it was estimated that she was younger than Cheng Ting. The teenage girl is about to call the Queen Mother mourning family, which is indeed a bit absurd in Xue Chongxun's opinion.

She sat upright, her expression was very strict, and her veneer expression was much less youthful and energetic, but it gave people a lot of weight.

At this time, I heard Zuo Xiang Lu Xiang say first: "We have just discussed supporting the second prince in the order of the eldest and youngest, what does the King of Jin think?" ”

Xue Chongxun said: "All the princes are important ministers of the old countries of several dynasties, and the propositions put forward will naturally not be bad, I don't have any opinions, but I don't know which elder understands the king, so it's better to talk about it." ”

Everyone looked at each other, almost no one had anything to do with Li Chengning, and everyone knew it: In fact, whoever was the emperor at this time was the same, just a marionette.

Lu Xiangxian coughed a few times suddenly, and Gao said slowly: "Lu Xianggong is more than a rest." ”

Lu Xiang hugged his fists first and said, "Old Minister Queen Xie...... When I get older, my body is not hard, and it rained yesterday, and I got up early this morning, so I seem to have contracted some wind chill. ”

Gao said: "I will ask Dr. Zhou from the Imperial Medical Department to check the pulse of Lu Xianggong in a moment." ”

Lu Xiang hurriedly said: "Don't worry about it, don't worry about it, it's not a serious illness, but the relationship between people is old, and the old minister can't even read the words clearly recently......"

The two of them spoke slowly for a while, and the others were silent, looking a little dull. Xue Chongxun also heard the taste, and Zuo Xiang was afraid that he had already retreated. This time the prince's coup d'état intends to wipe out all those in power, I am afraid that Lu Xiangxian will feel very deeply; After the coup d'état, the imperial power became even darker, and the hope of restoring the imperial power was not visible for the time being.

I'm afraid that's the case, although Lu Xiangxian also belongs to the prime minister of Princess Taiping's family, his reputation is much better than other prime ministers, and when he is old, he will probably cherish his reputation in the history books. However, just after the change of the throne, he is about to resign, which obviously hurts the face of those in power, and it is estimated that he can still be the left minister for a while.

Xue Chongxun is a little reluctant to Lu Xiangxian, although this person usually does nothing, and his achievements are to invent an idiom "mediocrity disturbs himself", but the advantage is that his reputation is good enough and his qualifications are old enough, and he is indifferent and kind, and he will not deliberately look for trouble, and it is undoubtedly very beneficial to have him in the court. If he retires, who will be the left minister? Xue Chongxun looked back left and right quietly, and none of the remaining five prime ministers really had the prestige of Lu Xiangxian. (Originally, there were seven prime ministers, in addition to Lu Xiangxian, there were six, but yesterday they were killed by the rebels, and there were only five left: Zhang Shuo, Cheng Qianli, Dou Huaizhen, Xiao Zhizhong, and Li Shouyi.) ）

At this time, Lu Xiang first mentioned yì and said: "Why don't you invite King Wei in to talk, you can also see his attitude, right?" ”

Everyone thought it was good, and Queen Gao also agreed, so she instructed a eunuch next to her to go to the mourning hall to invite Li Chengning, the king of Sui. She thought about it for a while, and asked someone to call in Zhao Shufei, the biological mother of King Sui.

After waiting for a while, Li Chengning came in, and then Zhao Shufei also came. I saw that although Concubine Zhao Shufei was more than middle-aged, she still had charm, and looking at her walking posture and finger movements, she was a bit like a courtesan...... Maybe it was originally Li Shouli's plaything, but he gave birth to a boy, and there was finally hope.

Li Chengning also looks like a mother, born with fine skin and tender meat, thin and frivolous body, very pseudo-mother.

After he walked in, he clasped his fists and saluted Queen Gao in a proper manner, because Queen Gao was his elder, and her demeanor would be fine. Seeing this, some of the ministers nodded slightly, at least they still have a little appearance, isn't it? Everyone heard that some of the princes and princesses in the prince's mansion didn't even know the basic etiquette, so they laughed and laughed all day long, and did everything with their subordinates.

Empress Gao asked them to sit down and talk, and then said: "The former prince is rebellious and sinful, and he is no longer suitable to inherit the foundation of the Tang Dynasty......

Before the words were spoken, Li Chengning's face suddenly turned pale, and he hurriedly shook his head: "The ministers are very good in the princes' mansions, and there are no mundane things in the prison without a case." Now the father and the emperor go first, and the mother concubine does not need to stay in the Daming Palace to wait for the father, if the queen allows the mother to live in the palace, let the minister serve the mother in front of the couch to fulfill filial piety, and the minister will be grateful. Even in the major affairs of the society, the ministers have no talent to govern the country, and I hope that the queen and the ministers will choose the sage among the brothers to inherit it...... The third brother (Cheng Yu) is very suitable, and the book is much better than me. ”

Suddenly, a minister said in a low voice: "I heard that the three princes don't know much characters, is the king worse than him?" ”

Li Chengning hurriedly said: "The minister only likes poetry and songs, and he can't understand all the classics, and he can't finish reading the mediocrity in college." ”

Dou Huaizhen persuaded with good words: "King Wei doesn't need to worry, how much difference can be between Daming Palace and the Princes' Mansion?" If you want to be tired of mundane things, you can let the queen listen to the government, and you don't have to bow down to everything. ”

Hearing the curtain to listen to the government, Lu Xiangxian immediately reminded: "As an important minister of the country, Dou Xianggong must be cautious!" ”G