The drizzle continued, on the small lake in the backyard of the Changzhou Governor's Mansion.

The canopy boat floated, and the wind and rain splashed.

A charcoal stove, a pot of hot tea, two teacups.

In a trance, there is a feeling of cooking wine and talking about heroes.

Li Xuan handed the official document in his hand to Zhang Da'an opposite, and said softly: "When the filial piety emperor was in the Yeting Palace, he saw the two princesses of Yiyang Xuancheng, who were over thirty years old and did not marry, and the prince was shocked, so he asked to surrender. Zhang Gong, it's not that simple, is it? ”

"What does the prince mean?" Zhang Da'an took the official document in Li Xuan's hand, looked up at Li Xuan, and his eyes were calm.

"Where is the court, how can Zhang Gong not know." Li Xuan sighed lightly and said: "Even if Yiyang and the second princess of Xuancheng were born in the emperor's family and grew up in fine clothes and food, but they have worked in the court for more than ten years, I am afraid that they will become the same as ordinary village women, how can the filial piety emperor recognize them in the crowd at a glance?" ”

Li Xuan's body leaned forward slightly, and then asked: "Gong Zhang, Xiao Wang didn't know anything about the world in his early years, but now that he thinks about it, how can Emperor Xiaojing go to the court without anything, no matter how much he is distracted, he can't go to the court, right?" ”

"Maybe it's because there's something to do." Zhang Daan bowed his head slightly.

"What is there in the East Palace, do you need to let the prince go to the court to do it?" The corners of Li Xuan's mouth brought a sneer.

"I think there should be something, otherwise the filial piety emperor would not appear there, and besides, Xia Guan was the assassin of Hengzhou back then, and he knew very little about the things in the palace." Zhang Da'an easily pushed it out.

Li Xuan looked at Zhang Da'an lightly and said, "So now, it is the prince who is about to fall into the court, and Zhang Gong is really indifferent?" ”

Zhang Da'an fell silent and bowed his head silently.

After a long time, Zhang Da'an spoke again: "Even if we know what happened back then, what's the use, what can we do thousands of miles away?" ”

"At least, the means in the palace will not spread to Changzhou because of the East Palace, nor will they spread to the East Palace because of Changzhou." Li Xuan calmly stated the reason.

There is nothing in the world that is independent of everything.

Even in Changzhou, the prince still sent more than a dozen children of the family over.

Similarly, in Changzhou, Empress Wu also sent a Sima and a governor of Heyuan Prefecture to come over.

All parties began to stretch their tentacles to Changzhou, and the information they obtained would definitely be transmitted back to Chang'an.

Mutual influence is inevitable.

"Alas!" Zhang Da'an sighed lightly and said: "The prince should know that although there are secret guards in the palace, it is the internal guards who are really responsible for the stability of the palace. There are two great commanders of the inner guard, a man and a woman, each under the command of His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven. ”

After a slight pause, Zhang Da'an continued: "The prince should know that His Majesty is not only good at the hands of women, but also overturned the Changsun clan in his early years, and later destroyed Goguryeo, Tuyuhun, countless countries in the Western Regions, the world is subjugated, and the means are good, and he is not a person who can be easily controlled.

In addition, His Majesty has traveled back and forth between Chang'an and Luoyang for many years, even if the internal guards are out of control, this quiet movement is enough to mobilize the army to suppress the rebellion, so everything in the palace should still be in the hands of His Majesty. ”

Li Xuan put his hands between his chest and abdomen, nodded slightly, and then listened respectfully to Zhang Da'an's explanation.

"What happened back then was nothing more than two reasons." Zhang Da'an took a deep breath and continued: "First of all, Your Majesty, Your Majesty can't bear to see his two daughters, who are over thirty years old and still stay in the palace, and there are almost signs of old death, so he makes the means to let the prince come out, and then it is the matter of the marriage of the Queen of Heaven, Tianshui Quan and Taiyuan Wang are both big families, and they are not lost." ”

Li Xuan nodded slightly, her eyes flickering.

If this is really the case, then it is the emperor's calculation that makes the queen of heaven infamous, but he has peace of mind.

"Besides, all this is the means of the diva." Zhang Da'an showed a solemn look on his face, and then said seriously: "The queen of heaven deliberately asked people to lead the prince to see Yiyang and the second princess of Xuancheng, the purpose is to turn his face with the prince...... Only when the mother and son turn their faces, many things, the queen of heaven can use the appearance of the contradiction between mother and son to fight for power like this. ”

At this point, Zhang Da'an's face became gloomy, in the second year of Xianheng, the prince Li Hong got married, in the second year of Xianheng, and Helan Min was expelled.

In the end, he said softly: "The matter between Princess Yiyang and Princess Xuancheng is probably related to the wedding of the emperor. ”

On the surface, it seems that before the marriage of the crown prince Li Hong, all his two sisters should be married.

But there's something very sensitive going on.

That's the prison country.

Li Xuan can't remember whether Li Hong was in prison before the wedding, but after the wedding, he was in prison again, which has a completely different meaning from before the wedding.

This kind of thing is called pro-government when it is placed on the emperor.

It is also of great significance to the crown prince.

In the past two years, the reason why the North Gate Bachelor's actions have become big is because of the marriage of Li Dan, the prime minister.

As soon as Li Dan got married, these Beimen scholars immediately became active and began to actively fight for power.

……

Li Xuan looked at the teacup in front of him and said softly: "So, instead of letting the government and the opposition think that between the queen of heaven and the crown prince, it is because of dissatisfaction with Concubine Xiao's two daughters that they turn their faces; It is not that the queen of heaven and the prince turned their faces because of the power struggle, so that the reaction between the government and the opposition was the smallest. ”

Zhang Da'an clenched his fists tightly, nodded and said, "The former is a family affair, and the latter is a state affair." ”

"Family affairs are lighter than state affairs." Li Xuan sighed lightly and said: "Everything seems to be just because of the prince's unintentional walking, and it has become the queen of heaven In order to reduce the impact of the prince's political changes on himself after the prince's wedding, the queen of heaven's means is really a spring breeze and rain, which can be seen invisibly." ”

Empress Wu operated all this from the beginning, and the real purpose was to eliminate dissidents, suppress threatening forces, and cover up everything under the turmoil of family affairs.

"The operation of the diva is indeed exquisite." Zhang Da'an sneered lightly and said: "But unfortunately, it's not of much use, the advantage that the queen of heaven finally got out, in the same year, Helan Minzhi ruined everything for her." ”

"Helan Minzhi?" Li Xuan's face showed a deep groan, and then said: "Gong Zhang, if this king remembers correctly, Helan Minzhi and the Queen of Heaven turned their faces because of Helan Minyue's death, and the reason why Helan Minzhi was able to know this was because someone told him. ”

"Your Majesty." Zhang Da'an nodded expressionlessly.

Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, and could see that the Empress Wu had countless means inside and outside the palace, but in the same way, there was another person with countless means, and this person was the emperor.

The couple is a chess game in the government and is fighting each other, and everyone is a pawn on the chessboard.

If you don't want to become a pawn in the game between these two couples, you can either choose one party to join in, or you can become a pawn that neither party can give up.

Just like Li Xuan.

With the threat of Tibet as his irreplaceable reliance, all aspects will have scruples about him.

Coupled with the fact that he was cautious enough, deliberately opened his relationship with Li Xian, and stayed away from the court, he was able to manage his own power with peace of mind.

is like Zhang Da'an in front of him.

The emperor's thoughts, he can still see through them.

……

Zhang Da'an raised the teacup, took a sip gently, then looked at Li Xuan, and said: "The queen of heaven is not easy, the incident back then, in the end, the queen of heaven directly made a ruthless move, using Helan Minzhi's death to create a fair and selfless image for herself. ”

"Is that really the case?" Li Xuan looked at Zhang Da'an with a smile, in his opinion, the harm that incident brought to Empress Wu back then far outweighed the benefits it brought to her.

Even when Li Xuan got married, he was always guarding against Wu Chenghei, let alone others.

Over the years, Empress Wu's power seems to have expanded a lot, but in fact it has not been too substantial a leap.

Although the filial piety emperor Li Hong passed away, the crown prince Li Xian ascended the throne, and naturally a large part of the power fell around Li Xian.

Li Xuan has a feeling that the change in the final situation is likely to be related to his big victory on the Western Front.

The most direct point in this is that Liu Xianli was promoted to the rank of servant, and Li Jingxuan was promoted to the rank of Zhongshuling, and the relationship between the two new prime ministers and the Empress Wu was not good.

Liu Xianli is a member of the East Palace, while Li Jingxuan is a Lianzong of the Li clan of Zhao County.

The power struggle, it seems that the prince's power is very heavy, but in fact, the prince's power is the weakest.

As long as the stimulation is careful, the prince's reaction is greater, and there will be endless means to throw it at the prince's body immediately, and this is the current thing.

Li Xuan raised his head and asked in a deep voice, "Gong Zhang, at this time, does the prince still have a chance?" ”

Zhang Da'an also saw everything clearly, but once it was not a miss, he was sent to Changzhou, but in this, there was no plan for him to take the initiative to get out.

Zhang Da'an sighed lightly and said, "Lord Wang, the lower officials also want to help the prince, otherwise the lower officials will not come to Changzhou......

Looking up, seeing Li Xuan's calm expression, Zhang Da'an shook his head slightly and said, "But the lower officials won't do anything, after all, there is a prince here...... Moreover, when the lower official left Beijing, he had already reminded the prince what to do, but the prince did not seem to follow what the lower official said. ”

Li Xuan looked up at the misty drizzle outside the boat, retracted his gaze and looked at Zhang Da'an and asked, "What does Gong Zhang suggest the prince do?" ”

"The military power cannot be touched, and whoever touches it will die, so the lower official suggested that His Royal Highness the Prince, pretend to be the prince and jointly open his eyes, and win over Wei Wei Siqing, General Zuo Qianniuwei, General Zuo Jin Wuwei, and Zuo Xiang, to attract more ministers, so as to strengthen the power of the prince, but it seems that His Royal Highness the prince has not implemented it in place." Zhang Da'an stretched out his hand to the cabin, feeling the cold raindrops falling between the world outside, and his heart was just as cold.

"The prince of the school is young Zhan Shi?" Li Xuan somewhat understood.

Although it was Li Xuan's deliberate strategy to advance and retreat further inside the East Palace, if this trick was ruthlessly used, Li Xuan would really be trapped in the East Palace, but unfortunately, Li Xian's mind was never so firm.

Li Xian did bring it up, but Li Xuan only refused slightly, and he retracted his idea.

"The prince refused, and I don't know who suggested to His Highness to send someone to Changzhou to serve." Zhang Da'an looked at Li Xuan, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "How can the prince be the kind of person who is easily controlled, as soon as those people come to Changzhou, they will be controlled, and they will not even be able to send any news back to Chang'an." ”

Li Xuan's expression was indifferent, not letting those people contact Chang'an was indeed his means.

He didn't want to see any of the deposed princes spread to Changzhou.

"Actually, the prince still has one last chance." Zhang Da'an raised his head, looked at Li Xuan, and said seriously: "As long as the prince concentrates on government affairs, he doesn't want to do anything, he doesn't do anything, and he can still do it after a few years, but the queen of heaven may not give him this opportunity." ”

"The one in the court is the bait that the prince will find difficult to give up." Li Xuan nodded slightly, the means of the martial arts queen could not be prevented, and Li Xian could not prevent it.

framed, mentally tortured.

Empress Wu had too many means for Li Xian to take action.

If he doesn't move, he will fall into the trap immediately, and in the end, the position of the crown prince will not be guaranteed.

Li Xuan suddenly thought of something, looked at Zhang Da'an and asked: "The last thing in the world in the world wants to see the prince deposed, I'm afraid it's Your Majesty, so this matter, Your Majesty ......?"

Zhang Da'an smiled, his face full of cynicism and sarcasm.

(End of chapter)