"Your Majesty, the minister has also made some friends with the soldiers of the forbidden army these days, and with their loyalty, they will definitely not sit back and watch their father suffer like this An Yuanguang."

An Yuanguang was sent to invite hundreds of officials to the palace, and now in the main hall, only Li Li and Yuan Zai are left. Li Li was a little resigned to his fate, but Yuan Zai didn't want to give up yet.

"yes, you can try it." Li Li looked at the sky with blank eyes, the palace with carved beams and paintings was extremely luxurious, but would it still belong to him in the future?

Yuan Zai really didn't want to give up, his father-in-law Wang Zhongsi had some influence in the army, and he had a good relationship with Ye Chang, so he could talk to some people in the forbidden army. After sneaking out of the main hall, he sneakily searched for people to inquire, and learned that several generals he knew were indeed in the palace, so he asked the little eunuch to gather them.

These people still give him face, and they are all here. Yuan Zai was responsible for his loyalty, but everyone laughed one by one: "Yuan Shilang, you said loyalty, which of us is disloyal and unjust, and which of the people outside is disloyal and unjust?" ”

"If you are loyal, how can you sit back and watch the king be trapped?"

"Where is your lord trapped?" Those generals laughed even more: "Let's tell the truth, it's okay now, if it really makes the people see blood, Yuan Shilang, do you think things will be as simple as they are now?" ”

"You ......"

"We are not stupid, what good can we do to follow you? The credit is so great that he defends the king, and he doesn't have to be suspicious! ”

Everyone was gossiping, and Yuan Zai realized that he had lost his heart, and Li Li, the "Son of Heaven", could not get much respect from these forbidden army generals at all.

He even knew that these officers had already been warned by An Yuanguang: This dispute is a dispute between the Son of Heaven and the people, and they should be neutral, even if they choose sides, they must avoid the use of force as much as possible.

Of course, An Yuanguang will not be untargeted, Yuan Zai knows very well that this order not to use force must have been given by Ye Chang. Then the matter is obvious, Ye Chang is clearly sitting back and watching Li Li fall into danger, and may even push it.

"This ...... It's all Ye Chang's trickery? Yuan Jae muttered.

He muttered to himself here, and over there, the important ministers of the court and the central government had already gathered in one place.

However, the place where these important ministers gathered was not the imperial palace, but the Xingqing Palace, which had been extremely deserted since Tianbao had been in the fifteenth year.

This is a court meeting that puts aside the emperor Li Li and his cronies.

"Everyone has seen it, this is the situation, now how to do it, everyone will discuss." Wei Jiansu said weakly.

This court meeting was strongly requested by Dugu Ming, as the prime minister and also the minister of Tuogu, he could only serve as the convener.

He understood very well that Li Li was also dissatisfied with him, and after Ye Chang resigned, it would be his turn next. Therefore, these days in the government, he is mainly silent, hardly speaking, and only doing what Li Li explains.

Now that Dugu Ming has asked for this meeting, it is clear that Ye Chang has started to act.

"Ahem, I have a few words to say, before I say it, let me explain that there has been no movement on the Tailing side so far." Dugu Ming coughed and said, "Everyone should understand what I mean." ”

Tailing didn't move, that is, it wasn't instructed by Ye Chang?

"I also want to say that, in fact, early this morning, after getting the news that the people were on the street, the palace sent people to Tailing, a team of forbidden troops, the purpose is to prevent King Wei from returning to Beijing." One of them spoke up next

Everyone was taken aback, and many officials exclaimed: "There is such a thing, what about King Wei?" ”

"King Wei is at ease in Tailing, and there is no movement." Dugu Ming had to repeat.

Everyone looked at each other, but Wei Jiansu sighed.

He already knew what Ye Chang meant.

Ye Chang is letting the ministers choose, whether to choose him or Li Li, if he chooses Li Li, Ye Chang will not do anything else, just let the current situation go and not come out to clean it up. As a result, they, together with Li Li, were swallowed up by the angry people.

Although Ye Chang was playing with fire, he vividly made them understand that water can carry a boat or capsize a boat.

Among the ministers and nobles present, about one-third had direct interests with Ye Chang: they either had shares in the three major trading houses, or participated in Ye Chang's various industries. The remaining one-third, although there is no direct interest with Ye Chang, but also actively participate in the emerging industry and mining, therefore, they also do not agree with Li Li's "patent" policy, only the remaining one-third, originally a cold bystander, only then realized that this is a big era, and anyone who is a cold bystander is inevitably involved.

"Everyone has to figure it out, if it really reaches the point of a riot among the countrymen, no one can get out, and at this time, it will be interrupted, and it will be chaotic!" I don't know who said.

At this point, finally, someone proposed: "The Son of Heaven has no way, but he can compare to Changyi, Wei Xiang is the minister of Tuogu, and the first emperor is like Huo Guang, and he should do the abolition!" ”

As soon as this remark came out, although everyone felt a little harsh, no one thought it was wrong.

In the final analysis, Li Li and the royal family, although it cannot be said that the hearts of the people have been lost, but after the Li Heng Rebellion, they have no longer won the trust of the ministers and the people.

"Who do you want to appoint?" Someone asked.

"Only King Wei can decide, and King Wei should be invited to return to Chang'an to preside over major affairs." And humane.

This time, most of the people looked at the speaker with white eyes, if Ye Chang wanted to do something to abolish the establishment, how could he avoid Tailing? He obviously doesn't want to bear this reputation, so he will get out of the matter, of course, if everyone acts and does not satisfy him, it is difficult to say whether he will jump back into the field.

Everyone talked and discussed several candidates, all of whom were Li Longji's grandchildren, and they all picked the kind of children who were only a few years old and no more than ten years old. Seeing that the candidate was gradually becoming clear, but Dugu Ming had been silent, Wei Jiansu knew that he was the agent of Ye Chang's opinion to some extent, so he asked: "Dugu Ma is a clan relative and a minister, why didn't he say a word?" ”

"I'm wondering if I'll have to make trouble like this again in ten or twenty years." Dugu Mingdao.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly understood.

No matter how young the candidate they choose, after ten or twenty years, they will still be adults, and after they become adults, they will eventually think of retracting power.

It can be said that as long as there is a struggle for power between the emperor and Ye Chang, this kind of thing is inevitable.

"With the meaning of Dugu Gong, who should be the emperor?" Seeing this, Wei Jiansu didn't bother to guess anymore, and asked directly.

"Who is the emperor? Naturally, it should be the bloodline of the first emperor. "Dugu Mingdao.

"The bloodline of the first emperor...... You mean......"

The candidates that Dugu Ming said were of course not the ones that the ministers began to propose, the first thing Wei Jiansu and the ministers thought of was Li Heng's two sons. The kings of Guangping and Jianning were implicated by Li Heng and were deposed as concubines, and although they were the most outstanding among Li Longji's grandsons, they lost their inheritance rights.

"Isn't Princess Shou'an the blood of the first emperor?" Dugu Ming said excitedly: "Except for Princess Shou'an, who is still the emperor?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone changed color: "How can this work?" ”

How can this be done, although Princess Shou'an is not allowed to shave her eyebrows, she is Li Longji's bloodline, but she is a woman, how can she be the emperor?

The emperor is also known as the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven!

"What, you don't think it's appropriate?" Dugu Ming was staring: "This dynasty has not had no empress!" ”

One sentence choked everyone back again, Datang, it's not that there has never been a female emperor!

Wu Zetian, the body of the harem concubine, can still be the son of the Tang Dynasty, and even the Tang Dynasty of the Zhou Dynasty, so Shou'an, who is the daughter of the surname Li, why can't he be a female emperor?

If Shou An is the empress, if Ye Chang has any opinions, it will be a matter of their husband and wife, at least it will not happen to the ministers.

"In this way, King Wei can be the auxiliary king, and he will be the second saint with His Majesty, then the world will be decided, and both China and foreign countries will be safe." Dugu Ming said again: "Other than that, there is no other good way!" ”

Everyone looked at each other, only to feel that their brains were open, and they didn't know whether to feel cheerful or trembling.

After a long while, Wei Jiansu sighed: "This matter is not up to us and other foreign ministers to decide, and it should be decided by the clan." ”

The ministers' eyes lit up, and they didn't want to be this pioneering figure, this kind of thing, let the royal clan decide it themselves, it would be better.

Everyone's eyes turned around on the clan surnamed Li, and the clan surnamed Li had ugly faces.

At this time, the clan surnamed Li really didn't want to be pushed to the forefront, five years ago, Li Heng killed it again, and then An Lushan killed it again, and then later, when An Lushan and Shi Siming fought in Chang'an City, they killed a few remnants again. Therefore, the clan surnamed Li is still there, and there is not one out of ten, otherwise the position of the Son of Heaven will not be Li Li's turn.

They can survive from the butcher's knife, naturally have their own survival skills, originally shrunk their heads and hide behind people, but now they are pushed to the forefront, and they are all covered with cold sweat. Under the gaze of everyone, they could no longer avoid it.

"There should be no delay, and this matter should be agreed quickly to calm the people's anger." At this time, Wei Jiansu became active.

"You ...... You unfaithful and unrighteous people! After a while, a member of the clan finally stood up and scolded with righteousness: "Dugu Ming, you are the son-in-law of the Li family, you are in a high position, and you dare to do such a big rebellion?" ”

Dugu Ming looked at him with a smile: "Since this is the case, I will raise you as the emperor, how about it?" ”

The face of the sect suddenly fell: "You...... You ......"

"Now that the clan is withering, it is necessary for a loyal and grateful person like you to turn the tide, if you don't come forward, then who will take on this great responsibility?"

The courage of the sect was all faded suddenly, and he looked at his clan, and the more than twenty people from the clan present did not meet his gaze. He let out a long sigh: "It is so, it is so...... I have nothing to say! ”

"This matter is not up to our clans to ......"

"Since this is the case, then ask Zongzheng to gather people and promote one person as the emperor." Dugu Ming said lightly.

Although it seems to be a bit child's play, but in this case, how can there be a better choice? In today's situation, even if it is child's play, it must be done to the fullest, so Zongzheng has no choice but to send someone to summon the sect.

The Li Tang clan was killed several times, and there were not many left, even if they were summoned, there were only more than 100 people. When they learned what the ministers discussed, they also looked at each other one by one, and they didn't know how to deal with this matter, but they secretly scolded in their hearts, originally they were outside the matter, but Zongzheng pulled them here and had to intervene.

Seeing that everyone wanted to delay again, Dugu Ming said sharply: "Everyone, now hundreds of thousands of people are surrounding the palace, and if there is a slight delay, it will be a rebellion of the people." At the beginning, King Zhou Li had no way, until there was a riot of the countrymen, the people rushed into the palace, robbed and killed the clan, and the blood flowed, you have to think clearly, if you don't make a decision, the people's anger is out of control, and it is difficult to guarantee that the city of Chang'an will not become a sea of blood. ”

His undisguised threat made the clans have to face up to this problem.

The clan discussed secretly, and the ministers naturally did not participate, and they all went out of the hall one by one, waiting for the results outside. After a long time, there was a cry inside, and everyone knew that the matter was decided.

Soon, I saw several corpses carried out from inside, and the sect members who came out were also solemn one by one.

"How, what was the result?" At this time, Wei Jiansu couldn't wait to meet him and asked.

"After the discussion of the clan, I wish to serve Princess Shou'an as the supreme ......"

Hearing what Zong Zheng said, Wei Jiansu sighed, this matter finally has a result. But before he could speak, Zong Zheng said again: "It's just the concubine of Princess Shou'an, and she must change her surname to Li to continue the heir of the first emperor!" ”

Wei Jiansu heard this, and felt that this condition was nothing, so he looked at Dugu Ming. Dugu Ming sneered twice: "How can this matter be decided by me?" ”

"If you don't agree to this condition, I'll wait but please die." Zong said expressionlessly.

"Dugu Gong ......"

"Needless to say, they have to figure out one thing, now it is the surnamed Li who is begging His Royal Highness Shou'an to ascend the throne and succeed to the throne, not His Royal Highness Shou'an begging them." Dugu Ming sneered: "King Wei is benevolent, if you are more conscious, King Wei will not treat him lightly if he thinks of this." On the other hand, is the king of Wei a threatened person? ”

Zong Zheng was silent, Fang Cai's condition was just the last effort he had made. Now that Dugu Mingtu has appeared in poverty, he has also shattered their worst illusions, and he has nothing else to think about except for Mo Ran.

The discussion here has been decided, and in the palace over there, they are still waiting for the ministers to come to help. From morning to noon, from noon to afternoon, but except for three or two kittens, none of the important ministers came. However, in the evening, the people gathered outside the palace could be heard to give earth-shattering cheers, and then the eunuchs who were watching from the palace walls came back with a happy face: "Saint, great joy, great joy, those chaotic people have begun to disperse!" ”

"What, really?" When Li Li heard the news, he couldn't believe it.

After not a single important minister came over for so long, he had long been desperate, thinking that today was his end, and now he suddenly learned that the rebellious people had dispersed, so he simply climbed the wall and looked out himself.

Sure enough, outside the palace walls, the people who had gathered were now scattering, but although they were scattered, their mouths were full of cheers, as if something great had happened.

"What's going on?" Li Li thought suspiciously, and then gritted his teeth: "No matter what happened, I have calculated and remembered, these chaotic people, I will finally settle this account with them!" ”