The next day, at the court meeting, Wu Zetian discussed with the ministers the expenses of the year as usual, due to the excessive expenditure on rebuilding the Ming Hall and Heaven, and the military pressure on the two fronts of Tubo and Khitan, the Tang Dynasty's finances were already a little overwhelmed, Wu Zetian mobilized the courtiers to discuss the opening of sources and reduce expenditure, and tide over the difficulties together.

But the cuts involved in the spending, and the courtiers quarreled so fiercely that it was difficult to reach a final conclusion for several days.

They had been discussing for three days, and Wu Zetian was a little exhausted, but she also knew that if the interests of the courtiers were not balanced, there would be hidden dangers, and she also used the greatest patience to listen to the opinions of the courtiers as much as possible.

At this time, it is not early, there will definitely be no results in today's discussion, and the courtiers still have to deal with government affairs, Wu Zetian coughed lightly, and asked loudly: "What else do you Aiqing have to discuss, if there is nothing to do, you will disperse for the time being." ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen has something to start"

All the ministers looked back, only to see Liang Wang Wu Sansi bow and say, "Please let Your Majesty say a word." ”

Wu Zetian thought that he was going to propose to increase Mingtang's expenses, and his brows couldn't help frowning, "What's the matter with King Liang?"

Wu Sansi took out a copy of the scroll, raised his hands high, and said unhurriedly: "Weichen impeached the imperial history of Cheng Lai Junchen for corruption and perversion of the law, and the minister's family property

These words caused an uproar in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, although the ministers of civil and military affairs all hated Lai Junchen, but no one could have imagined that the first person to impeach Lai Junchen would be Liang Wang Wu Sansi.

Some time ago, there were rumors that they had formed an alliance with each other, how could it be that in the blink of an eye, it became Wu Sansi's impeachment of Lai Junchen? This is really puzzling, but it also makes many people secretly excited.

Wu Zetian's expression was a little stunned, she didn't understand why Wu Sansi didn't tell herself privately that he had to publicly impeach Lai Junchen at the court meeting.

The Yaque in the main hall was silent, and countless pairs of eyes stared at Wu Sansi, some were stunned, some were puzzled, and more were suspicious.

The palace attendant Yushi presented Wu Sansi's impeachment scroll to Wu Zetian, Wu Zetian looked at it for a while, and then said lightly: "Rong Zhen will think about this matter again."

She didn't give Wu Sansi a chance to speak, and immediately said: "Retreat from the dynasty"

"Retreat—"

Wu Zetian got up and left from the apse surrounded by guards and palace maids, and the civil and military officials also scattered towards their respective official offices.

Wu Sansi walked out almost at the end, and just walked out of the main hall, he heard someone calling him behind him, "His Royal Highness King Liang"

Wu Sansi turned around, only to see Xiangguo Su Wei calling him behind him, he quickly stopped, and after a moment, Su Wei stepped forward and said with a smile: "Your Highness today is really impressive."

Although this sentence has the meaning of praise, but Wu Sansi didn't hear it, what is impressive, could it be that he was in cahoots with Lai Junchen before?

He laughed and said, "Su Xiangguo has won the award." ”

"I wonder what specific charges His Highness impeached Lai Junchen?" Su Wei asked curiously.

"This ...... In fact, Su Xiangguo also knows that there are too many unjust cases in the hands of Lai Junchen, and all the officials he has tried have been ruined, including the Wu family, and many people have been destroyed in his hands, which is extremely indignant.

Su Wei's face changed slightly, let him be the first sheep, how could it be, he reluctantly smiled: "Hehe, you can discuss...... It's negotiable."

Wu Sansi knew that he would answer like this, he secretly sneered in his heart, and smirked again: "If Su Xiangguo has nothing to do, I will go first"

At this time, a eunuch came panting and whispered a few words to Wu Sansi, Wu Sansi immediately became nervous in his heart, hugged his fist to Su Wei and saluted, turned around and hurried away with the eunuch.

Su Wei looked at the direction where Wu Sansi walked away quickly, and he guessed that it must be the Holy Lord who wanted to summon him.

'Smack,

Wu Zetian slammed Wu Sansi's impeachment of Lai Junchen to the ground, and angrily reprimanded him: "You explain it to me clearly, what do you call impeachment?"

Wu Zetian was extremely angry, when she was using Junchen to dig deep into the Xingtang Society, Wu Sansi demolished her and impeached Junchen in the early dynasty, how did she deal with this matter?

Wu Sansi didn't expect the saint to be so angry, he was so frightened that he trembled and said: "Weichen is because the Wu family's grudge against Lai Junchen is boiling, so he came forward to impeach Lai Junchen for the family. ”

Wu Zetian was slightly stunned, she didn't expect that Wu Sansi was actually for the family, the anger in her heart couldn't help but disappear a little, and she said coldly after a while: "Did Lai Junchen harm the interests of the Wu family?"

"Your Majesty, come to Junchen to serve the family property of the Xianxian brother, and also occupy his wife and concubine, the nephew learned about this matter from Yanxiu, and he was extremely indignant in his heart, although the Feng Xianxian brother was exiled to Lingnan, his family and family property are still there, and the nephew has to take care of it. ”

Wu Zetian has already understood, Wu Sansi stood up for Wu Chenghe, nominally impeaching Lai Junchen for corruption and perverting the law, but in fact, it was to win over Wu Chenghe's family and unite the Wu family.

This is actually the result that Wu Zetian expects to see, so she is not too angry about the impeachment.

Wu Zetian pondered for a moment and said: "You take back the impeachment letter first, and I will ask Lai Junchen to return Wu Chenghe's property, but now is the time to employ people, I hope you don't worry about me anymore." ”

Wu Sansi is actually not completely to bring down Lai Junchen, it is of course good to be able to bring down Lai Junchen and take a bad breath for himself, but if he can't be defeated, he can also save his reputation in time that has deteriorated due to the alliance with Lai Junchen, and at the same time establish prestige in the Wu family, which is called killing three birds with one stone.

Wu Sansi saw that the saint really did not mean to dispose of Junchen, so he put away the impeachment scroll with interest, and said with a deep salute: "Weichen obeys the order"

Wu Sansi retreated, Wu Zetian pondered for a moment, then glanced at Gao Yanfu who was standing in the room, and asked slowly: "Fujun, what kind of person do you think Lai Junchen is?"

Gao Yanfu said respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, Lai Junchen is ruthless and cruel, and he is regarded as an evil official and a cool official by the courtiers, which is already the consensus of the government and the opposition, and Weichen thinks he is a vicious dog." ”

Wu Zetian laughed, "You are very good at talking, and you know me very well, yes, he is a vicious dog, but if I don't have a vicious dog, many things will be difficult to do."

At this time, Wu Zetian asked casually: "I met San Lang yesterday, and he was full of praise for Gao Lishi, and the prince of the mansion plans to let Gao Lishi accompany San Lang to study all the time?"

Gao Yanfu's heart jumped, and he hurriedly said: "Weichen once considered letting Lux go out to travel, but His Royal Highness the King of Linzi couldn't do without Lux for a while. ”

Wu Zetian smiled and waved his hand, "I just ask casually, and the prince doesn't have to take it to heart." ”

Wu Zetian stopped talking to him, lowered his head and continued to review the volume, Gao Yanfu didn't dare to disturb, slowly retreated, and left the imperial study for a long time, Gao Yanfu wiped the sweat on his forehead, he knew very well why the saint asked Gao Lishi about it, in fact, he was asking him about supporting King Xiang.

Everyone knows this matter very well in their hearts, and the saint also knows it, but when he asked at this time, it seemed to imply something, Gao Yanfu faintly felt that the hint of the saint seemed to be related to the Xingtang Society, and the saint may have warned him, and even warned Li Dan through him not to be caught by Lai Junchen.

The words of the emperor are never said explicitly, they can only be guessed, Gao Yanfu undoubtedly knows Wu Zetian very well, so he can also guess Wu Zetian's obscure meaning.

As soon as Gao Yanfu returned to his room, one of his henchmen and eunuchs greeted him and handed him a note, Gao Yanfu looked at the note and said, "I know, step down."

Waiting for noon, Gao Yanfu left the imperial city in a carriage and headed towards his mansion, this is his habit, he has to go back to the mansion to take a nap at noon every day, but today is a little special, his carriage stopped in front of a wine shop about a hundred steps away from the mansion gate.

The name of the liquor shop is called Fu Fu Yin Liquor Shop, covering an area of about five acres, it is a shop invested by Gao Yanfu, the liquor store is of high grade, it is quite famous in several nearby shops, and the business is also very good, bringing rolling wealth to Gao Yanfu every year.

As soon as Gao Yanfu walked into the wine shop, the shopkeeper hurriedly greeted him, and said with a smile on his face: "I haven't seen the prince for a long time." ”

"Hmm, are people still waiting for me?"

"I'm waiting for him on the fourth floor. ”

Gao Yanfu walked up to the fourth floor under the leadership of the shopkeeper, there are only three extremely elegantly furnished rooms on the fourth floor, and it is generally high-ranking officials and magnates who will eat in this elegant room, the shopkeeper opened a door in the middle, Gao Yanfu walked in unhurriedly, and the shopkeeper quickly closed the door and slowly retreated.

Gao Yanfu walked inside, and Li Chengqi, the eldest son of Prime Minister Li Dan, hurriedly greeted him, bowed down and saluted: "The younger generation will see the king."

"Your Highness doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat."

Gao Yanfu supports Li Dan, for some high-ranking officials with a keen sense of politics, this is no secret, after all, Gao Lishi is accompanying Li Longji to study, not only Gao Yanfu must agree, but also must get Wu Zetian's consent, this is Wu Zetian's imperial balancing technique, whether it is the Wu family or the Li Tang royal family, she can't just favor one side.

When the Wu family was favored by others, she also had to have someone to support Li Xian and Li Dan, so her two henchmen, Shangguan Wan'er supported Li Xian, and Gao Yanfu supported Li Dan, and this support was also under her control.

For Li Dan, who is alone, Gao Yanfu's support for him is undoubtedly an extremely valuable resource, and Li Dan also attaches great importance to it, he can't come to see Gao Yanfu in person, so he can only let his eldest son come forward for him.

The two sat down, and Gao Yanfu smiled gently: "It's been a long time, how is your father's health lately?"

"Thank you for your concern, my father is in good health, and he often goes out for outings to relax, and his health is much better, he asked my juniors to say hello to Fujun. ”

Gao Yanfu smiled slightly, "Your father asked you to come to me for the impeachment of Junchen by Wu Sansi this morning."