"It's not who we contacted, but His Royal Highness the Prime Minister."

Zheng Chongzhi bowed seriously to Cui Zhiwen and said: "King Xiang secretly contacted Li Xiang and Wang Xiang, and the Yuanshe people contacted Pei Xiang, plus Uncle Shi, the political hall is a four-to-two vote, and it will definitely succeed." ”

"If that's the case, maybe Your Majesty and the Queen of Heaven will soon depose the crown prince." Cui Zhiwen looked at Zheng Chongzhi with deep eyes.

"Is that so?" Zheng Chongzhi was slightly stunned, and said with a puzzled face: "Aren't there still Liu Xiang and Xue Xiang supporting the prince?" ”

"Zuo Xiang is the prince's concubine, Xue Xiang is the prince's left concubine, they naturally support the prince, but the others, except for this two, are against the prince, so what about the six departments and nine temples, how many people are also against the prince, so should the prince be abolished?" Cui Zhiwen's expression gradually faded indifferent.

Zheng Chongzhi finally realized that Cui Zhiwen was talking the opposite, and he said curtly: "It's not like this." ”

"Isn't that the end of it?" Cui Zhiwen looked at Zheng Chongzhi with sneering eyes, and said: "The prince is not immoral, but all the ministers have united against the prince, don't forget, the prince was established by His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven, without going through His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven, but gathered hundreds of officials to try to abolish a prince who was not immoral, you say, what is this." ”

Zheng Chongzhi's face became solemn, and after a moment of silence, he finally said solemnly: "But the prime minister is Xianming." ”

"The first emperor is also virtuous, do you want to say that Your Majesty should abdicate like Gaozu and directly give up the throne to King Xiang, you are plotting rebellion." Cui Zhiwen almost poked a finger directly into Zheng Chongzhi's head.

Xuanwu Gate, Xuanwu Gate.

King Xiang is preparing to do the Xuanwu Gate.

Kill the crown prince, depose the emperor, and usurp the throne.

Although Cui Zhiwen did not say these words, they pierced deeply into Zheng Chongzhen's heart.

Zheng Chongzhi was startled, hurriedly waved his hand, and said, "Uncle Shi, why is this so, what we are talking about now is just the book of the Ministry of Rites...... As for His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven, there are Xiangwang and Yuanshe people to make it clear. ”

"Forced palace?" Cui Zhiwen just two words made Zheng Chongzhi sweat profusely.

Zheng Chongzhi hurriedly walked to the center of the study and knelt down, and then looked at Cui Zhiwen with pleading eyes and said: "Uncle Shi, it's not like this, we just took the prince by surprise before he reacted, and the other prime ministers may not necessarily agree to help." ”

"I'm finally willing to tell the truth." Cui Zhiwen looked at Zheng Chongzhen coldly, although Zheng Chongzhi said that the prime minister was going to contact other prime ministers, but how many were willing to help Li Dan, it was really hard to say, Zheng Chongzhen was just using these to persuade Cui Zhiwen to make a decision.

Cui Zhiwen shook his head slightly, and said: "Although I don't know what King Xiang promised you, but you should know that the more you are forced to act in secret, the more because the success is not high, and you need to take risks, Yuan Wanqing actually followed King Xiang Hulai, even if this matter is successful, even if Your Majesty and the Queen of Heaven do not pursue it, then the prince, Zuo Xiang, and King Peng, they will retaliate wildly." ”

Zheng Chongzhi raised his head suddenly, stared at Cui Zhiwen and said: "The prince is weak, the left minister is old, as for King Peng, although he is the general of the right guard, but in the current situation, he does not dare to transfer troops, in addition, what is the threat." ”

"What about Your Majesty and the Queen of Heaven?" Cui Zhiwen asked faintly.

"King Xiang and the scholars of the North Gate will convince the Queen of Heaven, as for Your Majesty, just stay up." Zheng Chongzhi's last sentence was softly spoken, but he used his greatest strength.

In a word, Cui Zhiwen's face was completely gloomy.

The emperor's poor health is a well-known thing, especially this month, he only met with the queen of heaven and the crown prince.

Even King Xiang hasn't seen His Majesty for a long time.

Especially the day before yesterday, the emperor clearly said that he would attend, but in the end he did not show up at all, which made people have to think more.

Is the emperor unable to survive this winter?

Cui Zhiwen immediately understood that King Xiang, the Zheng family, and even those from the North Gate Bachelor had all started to gamble.

They are betting that the emperor will not survive this winter.

The emperor can't survive this winter, so there is no need to worry about him, no need to worry about the queen of heaven, and no need to worry about the crown prince.

"What about King Xiang, when is King Xiang going to act?" Cui Zhiwen looked at Zheng Chongzhi deeply.

What a move, of course, is to persuade His Majesty to abolish the crown prince.

This is rebellion.

Zheng Chongzhi knelt on the ground and hurriedly said: "How can the little nephew know about this kind of thing, only the uncle and the king have a correspondence with each other." ”

Cui Zhiwen shook his head, and finally came to that point.

Cui's is still connected with Xiangwang.

The emperor was uneasy, the king was about to move, and Cui saw the opportunity and was ready to fight.

If you succeed, you will be prosperous, and if you fail, you will have nothing.

……

"On the eighth day of the lunar month, the political hall resolves, on the ninth day of the lunar month, after the day is played, the tenth day of the lunar month is rested, and on the fifteenth day of the lunar month, the holy decree is issued."

Cui Zhiwen looked up at Zheng Chongzhen, and asked faintly: "After the eighth day of the lunar month, the prince will know who sold him, from the eighth to the fifteenth day of the first month, a total of seven days, the East Palace has enough time to fight back, tell me, what should I do?" ”

Zheng Chong bowed his head in a deep tone and said: "The prince has a generous temperament, the left minister is old and does not want to make enemies, and King Peng has a royal history to watch, and it is okay." ”

"What about the Wei family." Cui Zhiwen's words made Zheng Chongzhi a little stunned, and then his face changed.

"The Wei family is a relative of the crown princess, and this time it is Wei who has won the book of the Ministry of Rites, and what you are ultimately plotting is the position of the crown prince." Cui Zhiwen looked at Zheng Chongzhi and asked, "What if the Wei family goes crazy?" ”

The corners of Zheng Chongzhi's mouth twitched slightly, and he said: "Uncle Shi, this is Luoyang, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, they don't dare to mess around." ”

"What you just said, Your Majesty is seriously ill and has no time for other things, besides, if you want to take the heir, what if they go crazy, anyway, Your Majesty will seal Zen and give amnesty to the world." Cui Zhiwen sneered and said, "Have you ever thought about how much we have to lose under Webster's madness in just the past few days." ”

Zheng Chongzhi was silent, bowed down and said: "Everything is not the price to be paid for the harvest, and I, Cui Lu and Zheng San, are not easy to mess with." ”

"Saga to Saga?" Cui Zhiwen shook his head slightly and said: "As long as there is a place in the East Palace where you can make a move, Zuo Xiang, Xue Xiang, and King Peng will all make a fierce move, and in the end, maybe someone else will really be a fisherman." ”

"Uncle is not easy, Xiangwangfu is also not the same, and the bachelors at the North Gate are even more unusual." Zheng Chongzhi's eyes were awe-inspiring, it was nothing more than fighting with Donggong.

Although the crown prince is in the East Palace, if he fights with the Prime Minister's Mansion, not many people may be willing to support them.

Cui Zhiwen closed his eyes gently, he knew that the Xiangwang Mansion actually had little chance of winning, and their real hope was to drag these prime ministers into it.

With the support of the prime minister, the prime minister has a chance of winning.

"Since King Xiang has contacted Li Xiang, Wang Xiang and Pei Xiang, then the Cui family will stay out of this matter." Cui Zhiwen finally spoke.

"Uncle Shi?" Zheng Chongzhi couldn't help but cry out.

He has said so much, but he didn't expect Cui Zhiwen to still not agree.

You must know that Cui Zhiwen is not only the confidence of the Zheng family, but also the key to the game used by the Xiangwang Mansion.

If Cui Zhiwen doesn't support Xiangwang, then no one else will support Xiangwang.

Only if Cui Zhiwen has a position first, others will make a move.

"Why, Uncle Shi?" Zheng Chongzhi looked at Cui Zhiwen with bitter eyes.

"Why?" Cui Zhiwen looked at Zheng Chongzhi with annoyance, and said coldly: "My Cui family now has a prime minister, a scholar, and a doctor of imperial history, even if you don't do anything, the future prosperity of the family is also expected, why do you want to do it for the Zheng family now?" ”

It was the Zheng family who benefited, but it was the Cui family who took the risk.

Compared with the benefits and risks in this, the Cui family has to lose more.

Thinking about this, Zheng Chongzhi finally breathed a sigh of relief, he stood up, and said to Cui Zhiwen in a deep voice: "Uncle Shi, when Mrs. Tai asked her nephew to come today, let her nephew ask Uncle Shi a word, does Uncle Shi still remember Zheng Yi?" ”

"Zheng Yi?" Cui Zhiwen's face sank, Zheng Yi, the champion of the second year of the Shangyuan Dynasty, was later involved in the affairs of Prince Yin and Li Jingye and died.

Zheng Chongzhi arched his hand and said in a deep voice: "Mrs. Tai has a saying, now there are too many people around the prince, and I can't wait for Cui Lu and Zheng to get over at all, only King Xiang, there are too few people to rely on around King Xiang, only in this way, I will wait for the three families to really take back in the future." ”

"Even if you lose the position of prime minister, will you not hesitate?" Cui Zhiwen's voice also calmed down.

"Yes!" Zheng Chongzhi knelt down again and bowed his head heavily.

Cui Zhiwen fell silent.

He knew that Mrs. Cui's opinion was right.

Although there are now five surnames and seven families, in fact, over the years, Cui Luzheng, even if you add the Wang family who died out in the early years, their number of people in the position of prime minister is far from enough.

The reason for everything is that Emperor Li Tang reused the Longxi family, Wei Pei, Xue Liu, Yang Du.

The number of important ministers in the court is far more than that of the four families of Cui Lu and Zheng Wang.

The suppression of the Hedong family by the Li Tang royal family is clearly visible.

After a long time, Cui Zhiwen waved his hand slightly and said: "Let's go, the old man needs to think about this matter, and the matter of you coming to see the old man, don't let people know, it's the same over there in the Xiangwang Mansion...... If you let the East Palace know and notice in advance, then don't think about the Ministry of Rites. ”

"Whoa!" Zheng Chongzhi got up and bowed his hand, and then turned to leave, but when he turned his back, a trace of relief flashed in his eyes.

……

Cui Zhiwen stood alone in front of the cold window, with a little helplessness in his expression.

Although the Cui Lu and Zheng families are thousand-year-old families, one of the fundamental reasons why they are not reused when they enter Li Tang is that they are not good at military affairs.

Cui Zhiwen is a rare prime minister among several families in these years, and the reason is that he once fought in the Western Regions.

It is the right Wuwei general Quan Shancai, who was also recruited and surrendered when he was the assassin of Liangzhou.

Today's Hubu Shilang Wei waits for the price, and he also served as the Lanzhou Assassin and Tubo Battle.

In Li Tangzhong, the Cui family was born in a weak position.

If they can help King Xiang, then they can't reverse the situation without trying, and it won't take long, ten or twenty years, and the court will be full of children from three families.

Thinking of this, Cui Zhiwen clenched his fists tightly.

Your Majesty, Your Majesty, why are you seriously ill now?

……

In the dark, Zheng Chongzhi quickly left the Bofu of Yanling County.

In the dark corners of the back streets, a pair of eyes stared at each other.

After a long time, layers of news have been delivered.

In the study of Jade Dragon Garden, Li Xuan burned the secret letter directly, and under the flickering firelight, there was an indifferent look.

Let's fight, the more fierce the fight, the better.

The trap has been dug to see how many people can be buried.

(End of chapter)