Chapter 33: Crossbow
Princess Taiping's face lacked blood and her spirit was not very good, but when she looked down at the civil and military ministers in the palace majestically, her momentum was still there, and everyone was so awe-inspiring that they didn't dare to take a breath. She stopped her eyes on Liu An, the head of the household department, obviously a little blind to this person, Liu An hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Liu An, the minister of the household department and the middle book, announced that he would return to his hometown a few months ago because Cui Xianggong was assassinated by Lu Xianggong, and Weichen was recommended by his colleagues to enter the court as the prime minister. ”
At this time, everyone was silent and respectful, maybe everyone could unite and ignore Princess Taiping and not recognize her power, but after all, these ministers are old fritters and have a lot of thoughts, and they can't unite with each other's minds, and some Taiping old party members are reluctant to be enemies with Princess Taiping at all.
There are those who are inclined to Taiping and hope that she will return to power, and there are also those who remain neutral and do not want to offend their mother and son, and naturally there are also those who are inclined to Xue Chongxun, such as Liu An, who is completely Xue Chongxun's sworn friend.
Soon Dou Huaizhen's wall grass turned upside down, and said loyally: "Your Royal Highness, in the past few months, the court has been changing the law and mainly changing the military system, and it has been decided to cancel the government soldiers, and the Chang'an city defense will be replaced by the official Jian's 'Shence Army'...... However, it is important for His Royal Highness to heal at the beginning of his life, so don't go out of the palace to blow the cool breeze. ”
Dou Huaizhen's words were obviously reminding Princess Taiping, everyone understood, remembering that this guy was still filming Empress Dowager Gao's sycophants not long ago, and in a blink of an eye, he went back to Princess Taiping, and he had no other opinion except for despised.
Sure enough, Princess Taiping said: "Aren't there Nanya soldiers in the cities of Chang'an, why do you need to spend money and money to mobilize soldiers and horses?" Zhang said, you can order the Shence army to return to the garrison. ”
Zhang Shuo hurriedly said: "Back to His Royal Highness, the minister is now the Zhongshu Order, and he has stepped down from the Ministry of War, and the person who is now in charge of the Ministry of War is Cheng Xianggong." "I seem to be relieved, fortunately, Cheng Qianli, this old thing, has been changed from the Ministry of Industry to the Ministry of War, and you can continue to be a hot potato, this is the will of God!
Sure enough, Cheng Qianli's face was very ugly, he didn't want to be antagonistic to Xue Chongxun at all, and of course he didn't want to become Princess Taiping's enemy inexplicably. originally thought that Zhang Shuo had done the official position of Zhongshu Ling, and was at the cusp of changing the law, and Cheng Qianli himself could do nothing and be safe and stable, but the military department was not a place to be confused. It's really better to be a human being.
He only hesitated slightly, and Taiping's majestic gaze forced him over: "What does Cheng Xianggong think?" ”
Cheng Qianli hurriedly said: "The minister obeys the order, and he will do it." ”
As soon as he said goodbye and retreated and was about to go out, he saw Yu Libenzheng running over and said, "Your Highness, the main force of the Shence Army of about 4,000 people has entered the city from Mingde Gate in accordance with the order of the Ministry of War. The Queen Mother and Jinshang are going out of the palace to watch, and they will send someone to Zichen Hall to ask, does Your Highness want to take a look? ”
"Cheng Xianggong is slow!" Taiping suddenly shouted, and Cheng Qianli hurriedly walked back, bowing down and standing at the bottom of the steps.
The hall suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at each other, but seeing that Princess Taiping was bowing her head and contemplating with a solemn expression, everyone didn't dare to speak. For a moment, the spacious palace was very quiet, and the atmosphere became a little tense. The bureaucracy has a keen sense of the situation and understands the stakes at the moment......
If the Shence army has not yet entered the city, immediately let the military department order them to go back, and the Shence army can only comply, unless they dare to openly confront the Tang court and have the ability to storm Chang'an City, which has the function of a semi-military fortress, they have to obey the official orders of the central government; But this group of men and horses has already entered the city and forced them to go back, because there is no barrier in the city, and there may be a risk of unrest.
Princess Taiping had already estimated Xue Chongxun's current power, and if the persecution was too great, it was not impossible for the form to quickly escalate into an armed conflict.
If it really came to that point, it was really something that Princess Taiping didn't want to see: not to mention that she was not sure of victory, even if she successfully controlled the forbidden army and matched the soldiers of the Southern Yafu to defeat Xue Chongxun in the capital city with superior forces, then would Xue Chongxun still have any reason to live?
Princess Taiping's face was a little haggard at the beginning of her serious illness, and she inadvertently showed a sad expression, as if she was enduring pain somewhere in her body.
How helpless things are in the world sometimes! Those who become enemies are not disgusted and hateful, they are completely forced by the form, and it can also be said to be a kind of rule. Just like Li Longji's case, Princess Taiping was quite fond of this promising nephew at the beginning, but in the end, it still evolved into a state where she had to put the other party to death, which was not something she wanted to see at all.
And now she is not facing a nephew, she is already her own son, and even Xue Chongxun is more important than her son in Princess Taiping's heart. That's her favorite relative.
Her ears seemed to think of Xue Chongxun's high-pitched or deep voice, which was very sincere, as if it happened yesterday......
"My son is willing to take the lead for my mother."
"I fight for the princess of the Tang Dynasty!"
"Mother, the person who cares about you the most is still your own son......"
"Mother is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, creating an unprecedented prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty and exiled from all over the world for thousands of generations has not yet been completed, you must not give up, there will be a way!"
Maybe I shouldn't have woken up! Why did Heaven let me go through such pain? Princess Taiping, who was sitting high on the top, was already moved, and she raised her sleeves and her appearance was already a little out of shape: "I ......"
She even wanted to take the initiative to die, and there were only two times in her life that she was so sad, the first time was when Xue Shao was killed, and the second time was now...... However, Princess Taiping faintly realized that Xue Chongxun didn't just want power, she knew herself, and he was afraid that he would usurp the throne and seize Li Tang Jiangshan! Although it is her own son, Princess Taiping almost wanted to give it to him when she couldn't bear the psychological torture, anyway, it was a family, but Xue Chongxun and Wu Zetian were completely different things, she was a little scared to the point of how to face the ancestor of the Li family under Jiuquan?
The civil and military ministers in the main hall bowed even lower, and stood motionless with their heads buried in their heads, silently enduring the silent tension.
Look, is it already time for saber rattling?
At this time, the "loyal" Dou Huaizhen said: "Please don't go to the Suzaku Gate, the weather is bad today, there is a cool breeze ......" Just said this, I saw a few rays of bright sunlight shining in from the mullioned window, which made Dou Huaizhen such a thick-skinned person a little embarrassed. His implicit meaning should be that he was afraid that if the Shence Army got too close, there might be danger.
"Empress Dowager Gao and Jinshang are going to go, I still want to go and see." Princess Taiping forced her composure.
Chang Yuankai, the general of the Zuo Yulin Army, came out and said: "Weichen is willing to escort His Highness." ”G