Chapter 100: The dispute between the DPRK and China resumes
Such an appointment by the imperial court still aroused the suspicion of many people, and many people guessed the reason behind such an appointment, and many people complained about Wu Sansi, a person who had not made any achievements in court politics or military merits, to be entrusted with the post of prime minister.
But such an appointment is not too unexpected for Liu Yi, Wu Sansi and Wei Xuantong's appointment had already guessed earlier, and he was given other positions, according to the current situation in the DPRK and China, and what Li Zhi said, as well as Wu Zetian's attitude, it is also very normal.
It's just that the appointment of several other people was more or less unexpected to Liu Yi, Li Jingjia and Hua Dazhi, two people recommended by Liu Yi, were recalled to Beijing by Anbei so quickly, and they also served as the general of Jin Wuwei, who had an important surname, which was not simple. From such an appointment, Liu Yi can also see that Wu Zetian's influence in the army is not great, and there are not too many generals who can be trusted, perhaps this is Wu Zetian's biggest weakness, Liu Yi feels that this may also be one of the reasons for his unusual reuse.
Di Renjie and Luo Bingwang, two upright people, have been entrusted with unusual positions, presumably in the future, there should be a chance to be further promoted, Liu Yi no longer knows, whether today's history is very different from the original, whether these historical figures will be the same as the situation in the original history, he hopes that everything will change because of the arrival of his traveler.
Liu Yi's position as a squire in the military department of the school is almost idle, and the left and right squires of the military department are still in office, and he doesn't need to go to the yamen of the military department to deal with anything, but because of this position, he can justifiably participate in the affairs of the court.
In the latest court meeting, Liu Yi also went to the palace with other courtiers to listen to the court, and he still lived in the ranks of military generals.
Because the emperor Li Zhi was ill and could not sit in the court, he entrusted the crown prince Li Xian to supervise state affairs, and now Li Xian sat on a couch in front of the throne to preside over the court affairs.
After discussing some political affairs and hearing some of the ministers' performances, the court meeting has accepted the end, Li Xian got up, paced two steps in the hall, and then stood still, facing His Highness's ministers and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, there is still one thing to ask for your opinions, the queen of heaven Niangniang proposed, in order to facilitate His Majesty's recuperation, the royal car will go to Luoyang, the eastern capital, at the beginning of next month, everyone... Do you think this is appropriate? ”
Liu Yi was taken aback when he heard this, Wu Zetian wanted to go to Luoyang again, why did this old lady like to run to Luoyang so much? Now that Li Zhi is sick and in poor health, she can't bear the surname, does she still want to go to Luoyang? Also, his wife, Wu Zetian's baby daughter, is only about two months pregnant, and she has to travel such a long distance to Luoyang, which is also a crime!
Liu Yi knew that Li Zhi in history died of illness in Luoyang, and before he died, he never forgot to return to Chang'an. Now that Li Zhi is sick, he has to go to Luoyang, this way will inevitably aggravate his condition, Li Zhi is very likely to be ill, in that case, history may repeat itself, and he will die in Luoyang, which is a big trouble, but it is not good for him to stand up against this matter!
Liu Yi heard Li Xian say this, but did not stand up to say anything, he felt that those ministers in higher positions in the DPRK and the central government would not have nothing to say to Li Xian when they said such a thing, see what they said, and then decide whether he should stand up and express his opinion!
Sure enough, someone immediately stood up to express their opinions, and the first one to stand up was the old minister Liu Renliang, Liu Renliang stood up before everyone with his agility that was not commensurate with his age, and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Your Majesty's health is not safe, and your condition is not light, according to the minister's suggestion, it is better to recuperate in Chang'an, and when Your Majesty's condition improves, it is not too late to go to Luoyang, the eastern capital... From Chang'an to Luoyang, a journey of thousands of miles, His Majesty's sick body will definitely not be able to withstand the long-distance march of dozens of days, and the condition will be further aggravated, so the minister feels that this matter is not appropriate, even if he wants to go to Luoyang, the eastern capital, he needs to wait until His Majesty's health improves..."
After Liu Renliang finished speaking, the newly promoted Prime Minister Wu Sansi immediately stood up, "Liu Xiang's words are wrong, His Royal Highness the Prince, colleagues, the Queen of Heaven is worried about His Majesty's body, and hopes that His Majesty's dragon body will recover as soon as possible, so she proposed to go to Luoyang." The spring is rainy and cold, and the summer is hot and humid, which is very unfavorable to the recovery of His Majesty's body, and the climate of Luoyang is much better than Chang'an, and when he arrives in Luoyang, it will be more conducive to the recovery of His Majesty's body.
After Wu Sansi retreated, Zhongshu Ling Xue Yuanchao also immediately stood up, "His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister opposes His Majesty's royal drive to the Eastern Capital, what Liu Xiang said is reasonable, Your Majesty's health is not safe, you should recuperate, you can't travel long distances, even if you want to go to Luoyang, you need to wait until Your Majesty's health improves!" The price of rice in Chang'an City is expensive, so we can order to increase the intensity of transfer, requisition migrant laborers, and do our best to transfer the grain stored in Luoyang to Chang'an to meet the needs of the Beijing Division, which will definitely solve the food shortage of the Beijing Division more than the imperial drive to Luoyang!"
Then a number of courtiers stood up and expressed their opposition to going to Luoyang at this time, and some people also thought that they often traveled back and forth between Luoyang and Chang'an over the years, and the cost was quite high, together with the need to take into account the body of Emperor Li Zhi, Li Chen should not go to Luoyang at this time, but should stay in Chang'an for a long time, in order to appease the people, Chang'an's grain price is expensive, just increase the degree of rotation.
Seeing that there was no one to support the royal drive to the Eastern Capital, Wu Sansi did not stand up again and insist on his opinion.
After listening to the suggestions of the ministers, Li Xian did not express his opinion, but said that he still needed to discuss this matter with the Queen of Heaven before deciding, and told the ministers that if they did not agree with the emperor's imperial drive to go to Luoyang now, they could go directly to Chen Tianhou Niangniang, express their opinions, and then announce the dissolution of the dynasty.
Li Xian's remarks surprised Liu Yi very much, doesn't this show that the ministers should directly challenge Wu Zetian's authority? He was also worried that Wu Zetian would be furious when he knew about the situation of today's court meeting.
As Liu Yi expected, on the third day after the incident, when he went to visit Princess Taiping in Lijing Palace, Princess Taiping quietly told him, saying that her queen mother had a bad temper in the past two days, and scolded the people in the palace, and even Shangguan Wan'er was scolded fiercely.
Hearing Princess Taiping's words, Liu Yi was slightly surprised, and quietly went to Shangguan Wan'er through his own means. Shangguan Wan'er told Liu Yi that Wu Zetian was furious after knowing the situation of the court meeting, and he showed an unusually angry look, and lost his temper fiercely, and even the ministers who opposed the court and the central government, as well as Li Xian, were scolded by her. Also, the next day, several important ministers of the dynasty, led by Liu Renliang, directly entered the palace to see Wu Zetian, and jointly expressed their opposition to going to Luoyang at this time. After these people retreated, Wu Zetian's anger became even stronger, a palace maid in the palace broke a plate because of fear, and was beaten to death by Wu Zetian's order, and several other unrelated palace maids and eunuchs were also scolded with a cane, and even Shangguan Wan'er was scolded by Wu Zetian, and almost hit the board, but fortunately, Shangguan Wan'er was clever and tactfully persuaded Wu Zetian to avoid the fate of being beaten on the buttocks.
"San Lang, these queen mothers have always had a bad temper, and Wan'er is very afraid!" Shangguan Wan'er, who stayed with Liu Yi in a hidden place in the palace, still had a frightened look in her eyes, "I don't know what will happen next!"
Liu Yi touched Shangguan Wan'er's round buttocks, sighed and said: "Wan'er, you must not be beaten by the board, dozens of boards down, you can't stand it with such a body and bones, your little ass will be beaten, so how is it good?! There are a lot of ways to let Shangguan Wan'er pretend to be sick Liu Yike, and no one can detect it.
Shangguan Wan'er shook her head, "No, I want to continue to stay next to the queen of heaven, if there is anything, I can try to know as much as possible, and inform you, lest you also be punished, even if Wan'er is beaten, she will admit it!"
"Wan'er, that's fine, after two days, I'll ask Princess Taiping to find you someone who can call, in case you have something, you can tell her, let her intercede in front of the Queen of Heaven, presumably the Queen of Heaven will open up to you because of Princess Taiping's plea!"
"Saburo, this... How do you do this? Shangguan Wan'er was very surprised!
"Don't worry, this kind of thing won't bother me!" Liu Yi said very confidently, he was already preparing for such a thing.
"That's fine..."Shangguan Wan'er thought about it and agreed, "It's just that you must be careful not to be discovered!"
"It's okay, even if someone finds out, they won't know that I did it!" Liu Yi is still confident.
"Then you go first, I'm going over too, and if I can't find me in a while, I'll be punished again!" Shangguan Wan'er was a little reluctant.
Liu Yi gently hugged Shangguan Wan'er, "I'm leaving, you have to be careful yourself, notify me at any time if there is anything..."
Liu Yi, who went all the way, was also worried, because of the matter of whether to go to the eastern capital, it is likely that a dispute between Wu Zetian and Li Xian will arise, which is not a good thing, but also because most of the important ministers in the court are against Wu Zetian's decision, this controversy, no one can predict what the result will be!
But what Liu Yi was worried about did not happen, because another sudden incident made the meaning of the dispute over whether to go to the Eastern Capital this time temporarily lose.
In mid-February of the first year of Yongchun, news came from Anxi that the Western Turkic leader Ashina Chebo led the ten Turkic surnames to rebel against our Tang Dynasty!
(To be continued)