Chapter 92 Gathering Momentum

Li Yu, who was far away in Chang'an, was also very angry. Wei Dan is the person he has always been optimistic about, and he can be said to have high hopes for Wei Dan's business in Huainan. After the news of Wei Dan's murder came, Li Yu locked himself in the Zichen Hall and refused to see anyone. Deep self-reproach filled Li Yu's heart, and no one knew better than me about the rampant feudal towns in this era, because no one now knew that Wu Yuanheng would be assassinated four years later. I only thought of giving Li Chun some protection, but I didn't expect that it was Wei Dan who was even more hated by the feudal town. I could have stopped this!

Thinking of Wei Dan's original strength that Chen Li Kang would definitely not be able to hold Dongchuan, remembering that Wei Dan voluntarily gave up the position of Dongchuan Jiedu envoy in order to urge Gao Chongwen to enter the army, remembering that Wei Dan adhered to his will in the position of the squire of the Ministry of Industry and devoted himself to the development of armaments, and thinking of Wei Dan's great display of strength in Huainan and his heroic posture, Li Yu's heart was sad for a while, and he couldn't help but burst into tears. Outside the imperial study, the five prime ministers of Li Jifu, Pei Yan, Li Xun, Li Fan, and Yu Di all stood with solemn faces, waiting for Li to recite.

No one thought that Li Yu was found out by Yu Di. The prime minister and even the queen persuaded hard outside the door, but Li Yu just refused to come out. When the queen and the prime minister were helpless, Yu Di lifted his robe, kicked the door of the imperial study open, and Teng Tengteng rushed in, before the others could react, Yu Di's roar had already sounded.

"The reason why I, Yu Di, abandoned the town and joined the court is because I think you are a wise monarch who is worthy of my Yu Di's service. Wei Dan's bones are not cold, you don't want to arrest the murderer, calm down the rebellion, avenge Wei Dan, and cheer up the court, but cry here as a woman. I knew that you were such an emperor, and Yu Di learned Hebei to divide the territory! ”

Several prime ministers hurriedly rushed in and hugged Yu Di, and Li Zhongyan and Gou Sheng helped Li Yu, who was sitting on the ground, left and right. Gou Sheng asked sympathetically:

"Yu Xianggong, what you said just now is a big rebellion!"

Just as he was about to shout to the samurai, Li Yu stopped everyone:

"Stand down!"

Turned his face to Gou Shengdao:

"My prime minister, is it up to you to shout?"

Frightened, Gou Sheng threw himself on his knees. Li Chanted:

"Thank you to Xianggong. I see. ”

Yu Di fell to his knees, but he still seemed to be indignant in his heart, and said:

"Your Majesty's cheering up, it is a blessing for the common people. In a hurry, the minister spoke wildly and asked His Majesty to punish the crime. ”

Li Yu didn't say anything, just helped Yu Di up. Yu Di knew that his identity was no longer a foil.

The tense and oppressive atmosphere of the various government offices in the palace was quickly replaced by high-speed operation. One after another, edicts were issued. After Wei Dan was assassinated, Li Yu decided to transfer Li Yong to serve as the envoy of Huainan Jiedu in the middle of the river, and before Li Yong arrived, he appointed Luoyang Shaoyin Hantai as the governor of Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, went to Yangzhou to preside over the overall situation, and was responsible for solving the assassination of Wei Dan. Appointed Sikong Tongping Zhangshi Yu Di to temporarily act as the envoy of the Jin Festival in Hezhong.

Because of the changes in Huaixi, Li Yu ordered the appointment of Adie Guangyan as the defense envoy of the gold merchants, and led the first and third armies to enter the gold merchants, forming a heavy army group of 30,000 people in the west of Huaixi. Ordered Yan Qin to lead the 25th Army into Shannan Dongdao, under the control of Lu Zhen, and Shannan Dongdao, Eyue, Jingnan armies totaling more than 60,000 people in five armies, forming a heavy army group in the southwest of Huainan. Ordered Zhaoyi General Wu Chongyin to lead the 40th Army of the headquarters to move to Luoyang and defend the prince. At the same time, he ordered Gao Xiayu to be the soldier and horse envoy of the Eighth Army, leading the Eighth Army from Guanzhong to Luoyang, and at the same time ordered half of Shaanxi's army to also prepare to march to Luoyang. and Luoyang's local soldiers and horses combined into a force of about 30,000 to deter Huaixi from the north. At the same time, Li Chan issued a secret edict to Li Yu and ordered Li Yu to return to the court.

It seems that no matter who sent the assassin, Li Yu is going to find a guy to vent his anger.

In mid-February, the Chengde Festival caused Wang Shizhen to die as scheduled. Because of Wei Dan's assassination, Wang Shizhen's eldest son, Wang Chengzong, the deputy ambassador of Jiedu, smelled the dangerous breath that the imperial court needed to vent, and the army assembled by the imperial court could turn around and head north at any time, so he restrained his arrogance and obediently wrote to ask the imperial court to issue an edict to canonize him, instead of standing on his own as in history, attracting soldiers from all over the world to besiege him. As usual, the imperial court put Wang Chengzong's recital aside, wanting to wait to see if Wang Chengzong would invite officials like Li Shidao and lose two taxes.

Not only was the atmosphere of the imperial court depressed, but also the public opinion of the people was in an uproar. No matter which country it is, the assassination of a senior member of one party will deal a heavy blow to the national psyche, unless this senior member is a bastard like Lu Qi and Pei Yanling. At a time when the feudal towns were being severed, the assassination of high-ranking officials sent by the imperial court meant that the prestige of the imperial court had been seriously challenged. The court wants to regain face, the people want to regain confidence, no matter who did it, the battle is indispensable.

Whether it is "The History of Chunming Dynasty" or "This Spring and Autumn", public opinion is one-sided, although the case has not yet been found out who did it. The departure of the imperial court soldiers from Kanto has become the guidance of public opinion. By the way, in one month, the sales of "This Spring and Autumn" have far exceeded that of "The History of Spring and Ming", the reason is that "This Spring and Autumn" was run by businessmen with money and pursued profits. The big scene of the expo did not bring big sales, and the newspaper report was not as influential as the storytelling, which made "This Spring and Autumn" have a deep reflection. The result of reflection is that the written language is too esoteric, not expressive, and not vivid enough for the citizens to be engaged. So "This Spring and Autumn" made a bold attempt, changing the language of the newspaper to colloquial, and changing the issue from two to four issues a month, and as a result, sales soared. Moreover, "This Spring and Autumn" also made a historic innovation, that is, it placed advertisements in newspapers. If it were in normal times, "books and paper are all articles", such a desecration of articles would definitely attract criticism from many people. But before people had time to pay attention, the Vedan incident had already happened. If it were usual, Li Yu would definitely vigorously support such an initiative, and stimulate the "History of Chunming Dynasty" to also learn, but this time, although some officials still wrote to ask for a ban, Li Yu did not intend to go too far, but just circled the word "no".

There are other things that deserve Li Yu's attention. Rumors appeared in the market about the assassination of Wei Dan.

Jing Zhao Yin Bao and Jin Wuwei reported that peachy news related to Wei Dan's assassination began to circulate in the market, saying that Wei Dan was robbed of a courtesan with a big salt merchant, and confiscated the salt merchant on fabricated charges.

When Li Yu saw Li Jiang, and the prime ministers asked:

"Do you see anything strange?"