Chapter 50: Three Mountains

When Wanli walked out of Cining Palace, he was relaxed. Everyone thinks that the high-ranking Ninety-Five Supreme has the whole world, giving and demanding, and doing everything. But who knows how much an emperor carries and how much he is involved.

The emperor's side is far more conspiracy, filth, dirty, and evil than the people, but the secular people can only see the majestic mountain that makes him look up, but they will not notice that he is stepping on the shadow that cannot be seen at a glance.

Wanli's body was originally pressed with three mountains, Zhang Taiyue on his left shoulder, Feng Shuanglin on his right shoulder, and his mother Empress Dowager Li on his head. Now, the mountain on the left shoulder has disappeared, and the mountain on the right shoulder has been moved to Jinling for retirement, and only the mountain above the head remains.

In fact, after removing the mountain on both shoulders, Emperor Wanli has been much more relaxed, and the Queen Mother is no longer the same as before, whether he is five years old, fifteen years old or twenty-five years old, every day before dawn rushes to his dormitory to urge him to get up, and make him kneel down to review if he makes a small mistake.

But the pressure in his heart has never been slightly reduced, confined to filial piety, he can not disobey the queen mother, the four heavenly kings of the inner court, three are only the order of the queen mother, which also makes him like a man, and now, finally completely freed.

Wanli looked up at the starry sky, and the shining stars seemed to be winking and smiling at him in the sky, as if he could pick it up as soon as he stretched out his hand. Wanli smiled and smiled very happily: "Go back to the Qianqing Palace." Sue Concubine SΓΉ, I will stay with her tonight. ”

In Uncle Guo's mansion, the food was placed on the table, the vegetable juice had cooled and frozen, Li Xuancheng never moved a chopstick, and the lamp on the table was not lit, only the cold glimmer through the window. He sat there quietly, like a stone sculpture.

Li Xuancheng was puzzled, with such a meticulous plan and such a seamless step, why didn't Ye Xiaotian's people fight back and not escape, why did the emperor believe him?

He didn't even think of it. The scam had already begun, and Ye Xiaotian had a damn brother who was exactly the same, he actually mistook Feng Jing for Ma Liang and told the whole plan in front of Ye Xiaotian. Now flatly denial? Will the emperor believe him?

Li Xuancheng was unwilling, but he knew that he had lost again. Defeated. The door opened, and the night wind swept into the house wrapped in snowflakes, Li Xuancheng still didn't move, but shouted in a deep voice: "Don't persuade me, I won't eat!" ”

The man at the door did not speak. Just walked step by step, the shadow dragged long, gradually shrouding the table in shadow. Li Xuancheng couldn't help but be startled when he saw the shape of the saucer-shaped black gauze hat on the figure's head, and when he suddenly turned his head to look, he saw a person with his back to the door, walking towards him step by step, and the cold light sprinkled on the person's shoulder. A golden dragon sparkles on his shoulder.

Li Xuancheng was startled at first, but after looking carefully, he recognized that it was a python-shaped flying fish. The man walked up to Li Xuancheng's side. Slowly walked around to the opposite side and sat down, the cold light reflected half of his face, and Li Xuancheng recognized him at once: Jinyi Wei commanded Yu Wuyi.

Li Xuancheng's heart suddenly flashed a chill, Jinyiwei was only loyal to the emperor, he was a dog who took care of the emperor's home, and he was the pro-army of the Son of Heaven. Now at this time. The commander of the Jinyi guard entered the hall without telling him. What does that mean?

Li Xuancheng looked at Yu Wuji in a daze, and there was still a trace of luck in his heart: "I am the emperor's uncle." My sister is the emperor's biological mother, I don't mean to kill the monarch at all, the emperor won't do anything to me, and my sister won't sit idly by! ”

Li Xuancheng, who has learned the Tao since he was a child and claims to have an indifferent temperament, suddenly discovered that he was also an ordinary man, and it turned out that in his heart, there were actually so many things that he couldn't let go, he couldn't let go of his feelings, he couldn't let go of his hate, he couldn't let go of his name, and the barrier between life and death was even more difficult to break.

He learned the Tao in order to seek immortality, and now the emperor's biggest minions have appeared in front of his eyes, sharpening his sword......

Li Xuancheng forced his composure and said, "The emperor ...... What do you want to do with me? ”

He thought he was calm, but when he said this, it was like a throat stuffed with sand, and his voice was hoarse. Yu Wuguo sighed softly, his hand reached to his waist, and he took off the embroidered spring knife with a sheath and gently put it on the table.

There was a soft sound, but in Li Xuancheng's heart, it was no less than a thunderclap, which shook his body violently: "Your Majesty...... The emperor wants me to die? ”

Li Xuancheng's voice was extremely empty, he had always thought that he was high, refined, and an immortal who was different from mortals, but now that he had been knocked out of the world and restored to his original form, it was difficult for him to maintain that cold and unconventional appearance.

Yu Wuguo didn't speak, just took off the lampshade, felt something from his bosom, hit it a few times, lit the candle, and buckled the lampshade again, and the bright light immediately sprinkled the room.

Originally, in the dark, Li Xuancheng could barely maintain a strong appearance, at least his sitting posture was still upright, and as soon as the lights turned on, his wolf bèi had nothing to hide. Li Xuancheng couldn't pretend anymore, so he stood up and rushed out: "I want to see the Queen Mother, I want to see the Queen Mother......

"Since then, the Queen Mother has devoted herself to the Buddha, and if she doesn't ask about foreign affairs, you won't be able to see it!" Yu Wuguo's words were like a nail, nailing Li Xuancheng to the ground, he slowly turned around and looked at Yu Wuguo in despair, like looking at the god of death who hooked the soul!

Yu Wuguo saw that it was almost there, so he slowly reached into his arms again, took out a list, opened it carefully, spread it on the table, and gently pushed it towards Li Xuancheng's seat. Li Xuancheng said in a trembling voice: "What is this?" ”

Yu Wuguo smiled and said, "This is a list!" According to what Uncle Guo did, although he is the closest elder of the Son of Heaven, it is difficult to escape the punishment of the national law, but ......, the emperor is filial piety and benevolence, lest the Queen Mother be sad for you, although he will be punished for the sake of law and discipline, he intends to pardon your capital crime. So ......"

Yu Wuguo pointed to the piece of paper and said, "As long as Uncle Guo admits to making friends with the people on this list, colluding with the internal servants, interfering with the prince, and disrupting the government, the emperor will be gracious and pardon your capital crimes, and ...... I won't put you in jail! ”

"Befriending friends, colluding with internal servants, interfering in the establishment of the prince, and disrupting the ...... of the government" Li Xuancheng silently read the charges carefully selected by the emperor for him, and suddenly realized. The emperor wants to take advantage of this matter to make a big fuss and wipe out the backbone of the Hou Party and the civil officials who are currently opposing Yi Chu!

The "battle for the national capital" has been going on for several years, and Emperor Wanli looks down on Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of the emperor whose mother is from a low background, and wants to make the third prince the crown prince. However, the hundred officials insisted on establishing a long and long-standing heir, and the monarchs and ministers fought fiercely.

However, the two sides have a tacit understanding and seem to know that this is a protracted war, but whenever something big happens in the military and politics, or the vitality of both sides is seriously injured and needs to rest. They invariably put this topic aside, recuperating when it was time to recuperate, and discussing military and political affairs together when it was time to deal with military and political affairs, until one side could not help but throw up this topic again, and the two sides continued to spit on each other. Now it seems that Wanli wants to take advantage of this. Eradicate those who oppose Yichu among the civil officials.

Li Xuancheng was very afraid that the emperor would investigate him for drugging and using the hands of the Son of Heaven to deal with the great crime of the enemy, but when he understood that Emperor Wanli didn't take him seriously at all, but just wanted to use him to achieve his own goals, he felt extremely humiliated: Could it be ...... That's all I'm worth?

He walked back with heavy steps. Slowly picked up the dense list full of names and titles and took a closer look, it was really good, Ma Xiangteng, the squire of the Ministry of Works, Shen Jianyu, the director of the Ministry of War, Li Zhengai in the household department, Li Xiayang, the foreign man of the Ministry of Officials, Xiao Binfeng, the imperial history, and Lu Yiqing, the director of the Criminal Department, ......, these people are all eager pioneers to establish their successors.

Li Xuancheng's heart was desolate, although there were no eunuchs in the inner court on this list, no matter how powerful the eunuchs in the inner court were, they were also the emperor's domestic slaves, and there was no need to look for charges, who the emperor wanted to use and who he didn't want to use. No reason is needed. Will the emperor let this opportunity go?

Since the Queen Mother has "devoted herself to worshipping Buddha and does not ask about world affairs", the queen party will inevitably be wiped out. Li Xuancheng closed his eyes sadly. Two lines of hot tears rolled down......

In the year of Bingxu, just after the fifteenth year, before the first month, the emperor was in the court, and Li Boxian, who supervised the imperial history, immediately published a book to impeach his uncle Li Xuan for forming friends and colluding with the inner servants. not only forms a party for personal gain, but also cultivates cronies. It also intends to interfere with the establishment of the reserve in order to seek greater benefits.

Uncle Li pleaded guilty to the charges. Immediately bowed down to the temple and apologized. Later, he personally confessed to a group of comrades, Ma Xiangteng, a waiter of the Ministry of Labor, was demoted to a state judge, Shen Jianyu, the director of the Ministry of War, was dismissed, Li Zhengai, a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Li Xiayang, a member of the Ministry of Officials, were exiled......

The outer court was cleaned, and the inner court was also completely replaced, and the eunuchs who listened to the errands in the original East Palace were on the throne one after another, and the party was swept out like a breeze and falling leaves.

The uncle of the Three Kingdoms was stripped of his title and confiscated his family, because of the queen mother's intercession, the emperor was benevolent and filial, and in the face of his mother, he was exempted from the crime of forming a party and engaging in personal interests, but the uncle of the country asked to go to Wudang Mountain, Hubei Province to enter the Taoist practice, and the emperor could not keep it, so he had to follow it.

In the Taoist temple of the world, Wudang Mountain has the closest relationship with the Ming Dynasty, and Uncle Li Guo went to Wudang Mountain to learn Taoism, which is very meaningful, but only a few ministers in the court can see this.

Li Xuancheng wore a green robe, and left Beijing City under the "escort" of more than ten brocade guards, looked back at his horse, and silently said to himself in his heart: "Xu Boyi, you can do it yourself." I will never have a chance to come out again, I hope that you, the fish that slipped through the net, can avenge me! ”

"Uncle Guo, it's not too early, let's go on the road!" A brocade guard couldn't help but step forward to urge, Li Xuancheng glanced at him, didn't speak, just flicked the horse's head......

Suddenly, he saw a huge convoy coming out of the city gate, and when he saw the convoy at a glance, Li Xuancheng immediately looked deep and couldn't pull it out.

That was Ye Xiaotian's convoy, he had been enshrined as a toast by Emperor Wanli, and now he had returned to Guizhou in style. Looking at Ye Xiaotian, who was sitting at the front of the car, looking forward to it, Li Xuancheng's heart was bittersweet and bitter for a while, and he had mixed tastes......

The things of the uncle's mansion have been confiscated into the palace, and many of them are precious things given by the royal family, and now they are returned to their original owners.

Xu Boyi is a ceremonial eunuch who just entered not long ago, and his identity is just a miscellaneous servant, such a humble identity, of course, Uncle Li Guo does not have to pass the empress dowager, he is a big eunuch who is casually entrusted, so the Wanli Emperor did not regard him as a person in the party, seeing that he was literate and hyphenated, it happened that a large number of positions in the inner court were vacant, and others were promoted, and the vacated low-level eunuch positions also needed to be filled, so he was appointed to the position of an internal official supervisor.

Eunuch Xu took office as a new official, and his enthusiasm for work was extremely high, and it was not his turn to receive treasures, he was only responsible for recording books, but in order to show himself in front of the emperor, he made a detailed list of the treasures that his uncle's mansion had filled into the palace and presented it to the emperor, just to find a reason to show a small face in front of the emperor.

Emperor Wanli is a small pick, for money, he was born with a very special enthusiasm, Wanli took the book over and looked at it carefully, and his eyes suddenly fixed on one of the lines: "A five-foot-high white jade beauty!" What is the texture of the five-foot-tall white jade? ”

Eunuch Xu was very happy when he saw that the emperor was still talking to him, and hurriedly bowed and replied: "Back to the emperor, the slave has never seen this treasure, but I heard from the Fengxun that this piece of beautiful jade is white and flawless, and it can be described as priceless!" ”

Emperor Wanli muttered to himself: "Where did this Li Xuancheng receive such a piece of precious jade?" Hum! Since he accepted such a valuable bribe from others, he must have promised many benefits to others by virtue of his status as a royal prince, and I did not wronged him! ”

Emperor Wanli had just swept the inner and outer courts, and he was in an extremely happy mood, and when he thought of the flawless jade that was five feet high, he couldn't help but feel itchy, so he stood up and said, "Let's go, take me to see how this beautiful jade is!" ”

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