Chapter 24O The Prison State
The queen served the emperor with medicine, so she went back to the inner palace first, leaving the father and daughter to speak.
The emperor was covered with a light and warm duck down quilt, leaning on the hidden sac of the gold-threaded embroidered dragon, half-lying on the royal couch, and talking about important political affairs with his daughter.
Li Yuzhen only listened and didn't ask, saving his father more trouble. For details, she can ask the emperor tomorrow. Seeing that his father looked a little tired, he stretched out his hand to remove the hidden sac, served his father to lie down, and said, "Father, rest." It's not too late to talk about other things tomorrow. He looked back at the red sandalwood bell standing against the wall, which was clattering and walking, and couldn't help frowning: this voice was too loud.
When the emperor saw that she could see it, he smiled and said: "This is the technical research institute came in last month, and the project has been established for ten years, and finally there is a finished product - you Ah Weng said that it used to be like a small pavilion, with rolling gears and making people deaf." Now it's a lot smaller, but the sound is still a little loud, you Ah Weng is noisy, let the Institute of Technology continue to improve. I think it's okay, I can fall asleep listening to the clicks at night. ”
Li Yuzhen's heart was sour, his father was too worried and tired, but he wanted to sleep with the sound of the bell.
Following the topic of the Technical Research Institute, the emperor again instructed Li Yuzhen to go to the Technical Research Institute in a free time, because the arquebus had already been developed, and its size and weight had been greatly reduced, and some improvements had been made, so that it could be used by individual soldiers -- but whether or not to equip the army had to be carefully considered. The emperor didn't want to worry about these things, so he threw them to Li Yuzhen.
"The boy knows. After dealing with today's affairs with Ah Weng, I took the time to go. Li Yuzhen responded.
The emperor didn't ask her what to do with today's affairs, he said that he would let go of it, and he didn't love it at all.
Li Yuzhen listened to the movement in the outer hall, Pei Chang Wuxiang had already arrived one after another, and was waiting outside. He withdrew the true qi barrier and said to his father, "The five prime ministers have arrived. The emperor nodded, and Li Yuzhen ordered the chamberlain to call in.
The five ministers stepped on the long-haired soft blanket and entered the inner hall, and saw the saint lying on the imperial couch with a sick face, and the prince with a stern expression sat on the brocade in front of the couch. Slightly shocked in his heart, they all stepped forward to bow to the saint and saluted the prince.
The emperor said: "I have violated the peace, and the military affairs are paid to the prince." Immediately ordered the crown prince to come to the court to supervise the country, and the secretary and others should be assisted with their hearts, and they should be treated as the same, and there should be no difference. ”
The five phases already had a guess in their hearts, and they were not surprised when they heard the words, and they all kowtowed to the order. Wei Chongrun's heart was cold, but he knew that there was no objection to this, and when he got up, his whole body was cold, although the earth dragon was burned in the dormitory, and it was as warm as spring, he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart.
"The Prime Minister Dong Nuan Pavilion spoke." Li Yuzhen said.
Five promises, exit the dormitory, along the corridor into the East Warm Pavilion. Chen Baozhu, the head of the cabinet, has been instructed to immediately serve the pen and ink, lay the paper, and draft the edict of the prince and the state by the Zhongshu order.
When Li Yuzhen left the emperor's bedroom, his footsteps paused, and he beckoned to the inner attendants to move the big standing bell in the inner hall to the outer hall. Only then did he walk towards the East Warm Pavilion.
Pei Chang had already prepared the decree, and after Li Yuzhen read it correctly, he ordered the chamberlain to stamp the emperor's treasure seal and hand it over to the prime minister for signature.
Li Yuzhen's first incident was about the arson case that occurred in Chang'an City today, and she only said Chang'an, because the fires in other places have not yet been reported," she said...... Today's arson case must be strictly investigated! The deceased were compensated by the imperial court, and the injured were transferred to the hospital for free diagnosis and treatment. The property damaged by the fire made Jingzhao Mansion count in detail, how to compensate, and draw up a charter. ”
When the public heard her, they characterized the fire as an "arson case", knowing that the prince was going to do it, and they all agreed awe-inspiringly.
When the prime minister retreated, Li Yuzhen opened his mouth again to leave Wei Chongrun, "Wei Xiang's stay right." ”
The four phases withdrew, looked at each other in the corridor, knowing that Wei Chongrun's Shangshu Ling was about to do it, so he sighed secretly and went out of Zichen Gate together.
In the warm pavilion, Li Yuzhen said: "Today, all parts of the empire are set on fire everywhere, innocent people, and thousands of people have been killed and injured. Didn't Wei Xiang feel compassion? - Zhang Tanfu and Zheng Liang both sued you, right? Their so-called Xing'an will be such a prosperous Tang Dynasty and a peaceful Tang Dynasty? ”
The Xing'an Association is a one-party force of the "anti-heaven faction", which calls itself Xing'an-Xingdatang, An Datang.
Wei Chongrun was also co-opted by Zhang Yizhi and Zheng Zhizhong to enter the Xing'an Society, but he had always had differences with Zhang and Zheng on political affairs, and was ashamed of the two of them abusing power for personal gain.
He hesitated in his heart and did not agree to join the Xing'an Society.
Of course, he didn't participate in today's affairs, and he didn't know in advance the plans to assassinate the saint and set fire to Chang'an, but now listening to the words of the prince, it turned out that in addition to Chang'an, there were arsons all over the country, and he was shocked, angry, sad, and powerless...... All kinds of feelings came to his heart, making it difficult for him to face Li Yuzhen's stern gaze.
He was silent for a while, then kowtowed and said, "The minister was not involved in this matter, and he did not know that there was such a ...... A maddening act. The voice was somber, mournful.
He raised his head, his face showed compassion, looked at Li Yuzhen and said, "Your Highness also knows that Xiaomin is innocent. They are of low status, weak in strength, struggling with all their might, and just trying to live. But the cruelty of the world often becomes the sacrifice of the struggle of the superior - how difficult it is to live. His Royal Highness has a grand ambition, lofty goals, high talents, and a mind, which will surely make the Tang Dynasty more brilliant and become the emperor praised through the ages. ”
After he finished speaking, he took off his official hat, rested it in front of him, and bowed deeply.
Li Yuzhen lowered his gaze, and said in a cool and light voice: "Wei Xiang, do you believe it, a bright future?" ”
Wei Chongrun bowed his head and said: "I don't know if it's bright, I only know that if there is a big disaster, tens of millions of people will die." Knowing that he couldn't do it, he still tried his last strength to admonish, "Datang is not apocalypse, it is still Datang; Once the apocalypse, Datang may not be Datang. I beg the Emperor, the saints, and His Royal Highness to think twice. ”
Li Yuzhen got up, walked around the case, picked up the official hat, and put it back on Wei Chongrun's head.
Wei Chongrun bated his breath and prostrated himself.
Li Yuzhen returned to his seat and sighed: "Duke Wei has Li Shu in his heart, and he is a good minister. It's a pity that the height of the station is different, and what you see can't go far. …… It's different! There was regret in his voice.
The Tao is different, and it is not conspiratory.
Wei Chongrun was prepared in his heart, and he kowtowed upright, and his voice was sincere and sincere, "No matter where the minister is, he sincerely hopes that the Tang Dynasty will always be prosperous and peaceful." ”
He stepped back, and it was already overcast, and snow particles were floating in the sky.
The chamberlain caught up with him, handed over a pair of clogs and an oil-paper umbrella, and said, "Your Highness said, please let Wei Xianggong go." ”
Wei Chongrun took the umbrella, put on the clogs on the official boots, and bowed to the warm pavilion, "Thank you." "Walk away slowly.
The chamberlain returned: "Wei Xianggong thanked him and left. ”
Li Yuzhen waved his hand, and the waiter retreated.
After she sat back in the imperial case, she had already thought about how to place Wei Chongrun. No matter how good the prime minister is, he can't be in line with their goals, and he can't stay in the phase. Shang Shu made this position too important, and people from the same camp had to be placed. However, we still have to discuss it with Awen.
Li Yuzhen opened the steel-cast secret cabinet in the red sandalwood cabinet according to the order in which the emperor told her to unlock, and took out an ochre yellow chapter book, on which a long list was listed.
This is the list of camps determined by the Emperor Taishang and the Emperor, written in vermilion ink and lacquer ink respectively.
Zhu Mozi is the camp that supports the Apocalypse Project; The one in black is the opposition camp. The later fold contains a long list of black-lettered lists of officials and families in the neutral camp - even if they have previously expressed their agreement to establish the prince, it is one thing to go to the prelude, and it may be a straw in the wall: this part of the people can be used, but it cannot be trusted.
Li Yuzhen looked at the list once, and he already had a plan for the candidate of Shang Shuling, and after discussing it with the Emperor Taishang tomorrow, it would be determined.
However, during this time, Wei Chongrun had to stay in the phase - as soon as she woke up, she dismissed a prime minister with deep virtue, which was not a good reputation.
As for Zhang Yizhi and Zheng Zhizhong......
She sneered inwardly.
She doesn't have any scruples about these two.