"Your Majesty, the government hall has sent a concerto." Wang Fulai placed a stack of medallions on the imperial case, and then carefully retreated.

Li Zhi opened it one by one, and it was written in small characters, and he immediately pushed it calmly to the Empress Wu, and said a little tiredly: "Mei Niang, look at it." ”

"Yes!" Empress Wu nodded, then picked up the pieces and looked at them one by one, and then her face was full of surprise.

Li Zhi caught a glimpse of the look on Empress Wu's face and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"In addition to the chapters presented by Dali Temple, the Criminal Department and the Yushitai, there is only one more book." Empress Wu looked at Li Zhi in disbelief and said, "It's the confession of the heir." ”

"The heir has confessed." Li Zhi was deeply surprised in his heart, and then asked, "What did he say?" ”

Empress Wu opened the chapter and read in a deep voice: "The heir of the minister is guilty, and he regrets that he should not listen to the instigation of the traitor, frame the prime minister, trap the court officials, and the ministers are ashamed of their guilt, and they have no place to shame......

He is willing to accept all the blame, and in front of the prime minister's bed, he will bow his head and ask for sin, and all the injuries in this are willing to be repaid a hundred times, and if the prime minister does not allow it, he is willing to kill himself in front of the bed......

As for other things, the minister has never had it, and if the minister wants to do it, he can ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince directly, why do you need to do it; Guarding all things is even more ridiculous, and the ministers and villains, how dare they snoop on secrets......"

Empress Wu gently put the chapter on the table, and finally looked sideways at Li Zhi: "Your Majesty, the matter of the East Palace should have nothing to do with the heir, the secret guard report, the heir of the heir since the birth of Shun'er, has been close to the East Palace, and has not had any extra heart, saying that he has the position of a scholar and a concubine, but watching the East Palace and the secret guard, it may not be true." ”

"The matter of the East Palace and the secret guards will not be dealt with for the time being, and we will continue to investigate, but the matter of Zhang Xiang must be decided today." Li Zhi's expression was calm.

"Let him go to Zhang Xiang's mansion to plead guilty, and then send someone to pass on the decree to degrade the heir and leave Beijing, as for this traitor...... Your Majesty, the concubine has not heard from the real person in the world for several days. Empress Wu's brows couldn't help frowning.

Li Zhi nodded lightly, he understood that the scapegoat chosen by Empress Wu was Ming Chongyan.

And in this case, it is very likely that Ming Chongyan is really planning and instigating behind his back.

"Spread the decree, let the real people in the world worship Ming, and pray for Zhang Xiang on Maoshan Mountain." Li Zhi looked at Empress Wu and said, "If he shows up, let him return to Beijing, if he doesn't show up......"

"The concubine knows how to do it." Empress Wu nodded seriously, her face cold.

What Ming Chongyan did this time was really a bit excessive, he calculated the prince, calculated the secret guards, and especially calculated the heir......

This kind of thing, once the operation is wrong, Wu Chengsi will immediately follow in the footsteps of Helan Minzhi.

How can this make Empress Wu endure.

"And then there's the East Palace." Li Zhi knocked lightly on the table and said: "Zhang Da'an is too dangerous, demoted to the governor of Changzhou, Zhang Qing was transferred to the prince's left concubine and assisted the prince, how about it?" ”

"Your Majesty is in order." Empress Wu nodded seriously.

Zhang Daan's demotion from foreign office can be regarded as his punishment in this matter.

After all, if he hadn't had his original idea, there wouldn't have been any of these things afterward.

The most important thing is that he already knew that someone was going to be unfavorable to Zhang Wenjun, but he never stopped him and let Zhang Wenqian get injured.

That is his guilt.

Zhang Wenjun was dismissed from his post as a servant and transferred to the East Palace to assist the prince, with this incident, the prince's approach should be corrected.

It's just that Zhang Da'an was transferred to the governor of Changzhou, Changzhou, this may not be a punishment!

The prince's left concubine, is on the fourth grade, and the governor of Changzhou is under the fifth grade.

The punishment of five levels of demotion seems to be severe, but in fact it is not inevitable.

The king of Nanchang is the front-line governor who holds military power, and Zhang Da'an is in Changzhou, which is equivalent to half of the front-line governor.

The most important thing is that once the king of Nanchang succeeds King Peng, the position of the chief of King Peng's mansion will be vacant.

The emperor did this, not only to add a layer of restrictions to the king of Nanchang, but also to pull a layer of foreign aid to the East Palace, and finally Zhang Da'an still has hope for the future.

Whether it is to serve as the governor of King Peng's Mansion in the future, or to succeed Li Xuan as the assassin of Changzhou, it is possible.

At this moment, Donggong's refusal will not be too intense.

……

"As for the guards." Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "Let Yuan Qing toss him and tell him that if something like this happens again, I will be the first to ask for his head." ”

"Yes!" Empress Wu nodded, the secret guard was indeed a little derelict in this case, although the emperor was displeased, but he had already taken Ming Chongyan and was naturally tolerant of Yuan Wanqing.

"Finally, there is the heir." Li Zhi took a light breath and said: "He must obtain Zhang Qing's understanding, otherwise he will be dismissed from office and removed from all positions, and if he can obtain Zhang Xiang's understanding, he will be demoted......"

"Zhenzhou." Empress Wu gritted her teeth and said fiercely: "Degrade this unsuccessful guy to Zhenzhou." ”

"It doesn't have to be." Li Zhi looked down at the chapter in front of him, and said softly: "If there was no such petition for guilt, I would have belittled him to go to Kipzhou to do the assassination, but now that I have this petition for guilt, if I can get Zhang Qing's forgiveness again, then let him go to Fenzhou and think about it behind closed doors." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Empress Wu breathed a sigh of relief.

Kipzhou is the former Sui Yiling County, and Fenzhou is Fenyang.

Wu Chengsi is a native of Wenshui in Bingzhou, and Wenshui in Fenyang is only a hundred miles away, so he has already gone home.

"Finally, Gao Wei." Li Zhi frowned, Gao Wei is Gao Shilian's grandson after all, and he also has some family affection with him.

A figure suddenly flashed out of the corner of his eye, and Li Zhi subconsciously looked up and saw Wang Fulai standing on the side, looking embarrassed, but not saying a word.

"What's the matter?" Li Zhi asked directly.

"Back to Your Majesty, the eldest princess of Dongyang asks to see me." Wang Fulai bowed deeply.

"It's for Gao Wei." Empress Wu immediately understood.

Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "Gao Wei is the son of Gao Shenxing, and the imperial sister is here, I am afraid that she will be forced to come." ”

After all, the eldest princess of Dongyang married into the Gao family as a wife, so she naturally had to take care of something.

Li Zhi waved his hand and said: "I am not feeling well, so I will be gone, tell the imperial sister, Gao Wei's matter, let Dali Temple deal with it according to the law, and I will not care about it here." ”

"Yes!" Wang Fulai bowed, and then retreated cautiously.

"Your Majesty, Gao Wei is afraid that he will survive." Empress Wu glanced at Li Zhi with some amusement, but then sighed: "Before the New Year, it's better to die less." ”

"Yes, seeing blood a few years ago is quite unlucky." Li Zhi nodded, and then said: "The high trial is not strict with the godson, and he will be removed from the post of household servant, Wang Dezhen will be transferred to the household department, Zhang will be transferred to the palace supervisor, Cen Changqian will be transferred to the secretary and supervisor, and the high judge will be demoted to the Suizhou assassin and fined for one year." ”

"Your Majesty is wise." Empress Wu nodded slightly.

Wang Dezhen was originally the eunuch of the palace, and this position was transferred by his deputy Zhang She, that is, Zhang Wenjun's fifth son, which was regarded as the emperor's compensation in this matter.

Cen Changqian is the nephew of the former prime minister's book Ling Cen Wenwen, and it is appropriate to be transferred back to serve as secretary and supervisor.

However, Cen Changqian belongs to the literati lineage, and they also have a faction in Beijing, Wang Dezhen, Ouyang Tong, and Shi Ge Fuyuan, the palace servant, are all this faction.

Ge Fuyuan's elder brother, Ge Xiyuan, joined the army for the Luozhou judiciary, was recruited by Li Xian, and annotated the "Book of the Later Han" with Liu Neyan.

The literati are in the same vein!

"So what about the secretary of the Ministry of Industry?" Empress Wu looked at Li Zhi, the rest is fine, the key is the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

Li Zhi's brows immediately furrowed, and all the disputes at the moment were for the post of secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

This is true even if Zhang Wenqian is injured.

"Let Liu Xianli serve and keep the Ministry of Justice, don't move for the time being." Li Zhi shook his head slightly and said, "Although there are some choices in my heart, I always feel that it is not suitable. ”

"Your Majesty will tell me." Empress Wu took a cup of tea from the side and put it in front of Li Zhi.

Li Zhi sighed lightly and said: "Shangshu Zuo Cheng Cui Zhiwen, Jizhou Assassin Shi Su Lianghei, will be a master craftsman Yang Wulian." ”

Empress Wu immediately looked solemn, Cui Zhiwen is the prince's person, Su Liangsi is the former British king Changshi, Yang Wulian is a master craftsman, and it is most reasonable for him to be promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

Yan Liben and Liu Xianli were all appointed as masters first, and later promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

"Yang Wulian is not suitable, he is too focused on what he will do." Empress Wu couldn't help but shake her head, Yang Wulian is suitable for being a craftsman, but not for being a secretary of the Ministry of Works.

"That's true." Li Zhi nodded slightly, what Empress Wu said was right, Yang Wulian was indeed too dull in political affairs: "Su Lianghei ......"

"If Su Liangsi is suitable, Guo Zhengyi, Wei Fangzhen, and Ouyang Tong are all suitable." Empress Wu couldn't help but shake her head.

"Let's put it first, anyway, it's the Ministry of Industry ......" Li Zhi shook his head in his heart, the subordinates and the Ministry of Industry are not too complicated yamen.

"That's it for the time being, pass the message to Chang'an Wannian County, before the New Year, the ground in Chang'an will be cleaned up for me, don't make any mess to make me worry." Li Zhi's face was displeased.

"Yes!"

……

The carriage swayed and gradually entered the Zhou State Mansion.

Wu Chengsi got out of the car a little tired, and Mrs. Gong had already taken the lead to greet her, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she saw Wu Chengsi coming back.

"It's good if you come back." Gong came over and shook Wu Chenghei's hand.

Wu Chengsi smiled gently, looking at the gentle and virtuous Gong clan, he spoke: "Okay, it's okay, go prepare warm water, I want to take a bath." ”

"Hmm!" The Gong clan led people away, and Wu Chengsi walked to the study alone, thinking about today's events in his mind.

"Squeak", the door opened, Wu Chengsi walked towards the inside of the study, and just after taking two steps, he turned back suddenly: "Who?" ”

"Squeak." The door closed, and Ming Chongyan, dressed in a Taoist robe, walked out from behind the door: "Zhou Guogong." ”

"It's you, you still dare to come to see me." Wu Chengsi stretched out his hand, and he had already pulled out the long sword on the table directly, and the blade flashed with the reflection of Ming Chongyan.

Ming Chongyan shook his head slightly, and chuckled indifferently: "Why should the Duke of the Kingdom be angry, it was a risky thing to plot for the position of Shangshu, and besides, the Duke of the Kingdom just lost some money, and Zhang Da'an and Poor Dao were called unlucky." ”

"Zhang Da'an?" Wu Chengsi was slightly stunned and asked, "What's wrong with him?" ”

"Tomorrow, Your Majesty will issue a holy decree, Zhang Da'an acted carelessly, resulting in the leakage of secrets, and he was demoted to the governor of Changzhou." Ming Chongyan couldn't help but sigh lightly.

"In this matter, is Donggong responsible for it?" Wu Chengsi was a little surprised, and then he suddenly slammed into a spirit: "Changzhou, they want to win over the king of Nanchang?" ”

"If you can't win over, the king of Nanchang and Donggong are not all the way." Ming Chongyan shook his head slightly and said, "Zhang Da'an is afraid that he will completely break off the relationship with the East Palace Society in the future." ”

"This ......" Wu Chengsi really didn't expect that the situation would be so serious.

"And the poor road." Ming Chongyan shook his head bitterly and said, "The biggest loss this time is the poor road, and they used Zhang Da'an to spell out the poor road. ”

"I deserve it, whoever let you use me as a pawn to calculate." Wu Chengsi glared at Ming Chongyan fiercely.

"What is this, during the Xianqing period, even the prime minister, he will be slaughtered like a dog at any time, not to mention, when will there be Li Yifu later." Ming Chongyan shook his head and said softly, "This time it's just the beginning. ”

"Just started, what do you mean?" Wu Chengsi's face suddenly became solemn.

"Huh!" Ming Chongyan didn't answer Wu Chenghe, but said softly: "I didn't expect the King of Nanchang to let you go easily this time." ”

"You said it, he is not the prince's person, he always has to see the face of the queen of heaven, and we are not outsiders."

(End of chapter)