Chapter 26: Admonition
In the Prime Minister's Mansion, the Zhongshu Order and the Shangshu Order Liang Cheng Prime Minister gathered a cadre of ministers and wanted to advise the abolition of the prince.
"Prime Minister! You have to think of a way, it's not the way to go on like this. ”
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Everyone said a word, and the whole room was filled with voices dissatisfied with the prince.
At this time, Lord Tobe Shangshufang asked a word, and everyone was quiet.
"Prime Minister, I want you to tell the truth, what's wrong with Your Majesty? Do you say ......"
Liang Xiaoheng's pupils shrank slightly, and he said, "Lord Fang said cautiously, Your Majesty is indeed slightly ill, but it is not a big problem. According to the advice of the imperial doctor, he went out for a walk, and now he is not in Chang'an City. ”
Liang Xiaoheng concealed the purpose of Emperor Jing's trip, and only told half of the truth.
When everyone heard that Emperor Jing was fine, they all breathed a sigh of relief, but they were not in Chang'an City, and they were both happy and surprised.
After all, the emperor's trip is not a trivial matter, and it will cause turmoil in the entire government and the opposition, and the big scene will be in danger.
"Since Your Majesty is not in the palace, how can we advise and how should the current predicament be solved?" Master Fang continued to ask.
Prime Minister Liang Cheng: "I estimate that Your Majesty is on patrol this time, and I should also want to see if this prince can be on his own, but you have seen the current situation, the prince is not this material, he is engaged in the voice of the people, I know how to contact Your Majesty, if you can trust the old man, you will entrust the old man with the joint letter, and it will be sent to Your Majesty as soon as possible." ”
"We naturally trust the prime minister, but now the advice is not the most important, now we should find a way to solve the affairs of the DPRK and China, especially the floods in Hebei, if it is not solved well, I am afraid that it will affect the next year, the importance of Hebei to my big scene, I think everyone knows!" Lord Fang said as the other adults responded.
"That's right! What about the people of Hebei? ”
"So many innocent people were arrested and put in prison......"
Prime Minister Liang naturally knows what the top priority is, but the current situation is afraid that it can only be solved by letting the crown prince abdicate and the emperor return.
"Everyone, it is precisely because of the flood in Hebei that our affairs must be passed on to His Majesty as soon as possible, otherwise even if we come up with a thousand good ideas, they will not be adopted. Only when His Majesty returns at an early date will there be room for a turnaround in this matter. ”
Prime Minister Liang was a little excited when he spoke, and he couldn't help coughing dryly.
Master Fang hurriedly handed over a cup of tea and gently patted Liang Xiang's back.
"What Prime Minister Liang said is very true, and we all listen to the prime minister." Everyone said in unison.
After a period of discussion and silence, suddenly Lord Fang got up.
Finding pen and ink, he began to write a proclamation to abolish the prince, and signed his name on the first note.
"Please Prime Minister, quickly pass it to Your Majesty, the current situation of my Dajing can't withstand such a toss!" Lord Fang knelt on the ground and said sincerely.
Everyone saw that Lord Fang had already signed, and the admonitions on the letter also began to sign.
In the end, the prime minister became famous, and he was quickly whipped and sent to Emperor Jing.
The ministers were relieved, and only said that they should let the prime minister take care of his health, and then left the prime minister's mansion.
In the Yongqian Palace, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't know that Zhang Yuan had made a mess of the disaster relief matters, and he enjoyed this delicious wine and food.
Suddenly, I thought of myself, although I reviewed and reviewed the folds every day, but I had not convened the ministers for a long time, and on a whim, I invited the ministers to come to the Yongqian Palace to discuss the matter.
However, except for Taifu's party, almost no one went.
In particular, a group of officials led by Prime Minister Liang Cheng all found excuses to resign.
"Ladies and gentlemen, there have been other things going on lately!"
The people who came were all Taifu and his party, or some people who saw the wind and steered the rudder, and no one mentioned the matter of the floods in Hebei at all, but just responded: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince governs the country well, and nothing major has happened." General Wang has also set off, and her granddaughter has also settled down. ”
The prince nodded with satisfaction and asked, "That's good!" She has to take care of an orphan girl, in addition to the monthly money and the reward of the New Year's Festival, and then send her some more monthly money, she will try to meet her any demands. By the way, did the previous land grabbing in the suburbs of Beijing have a result? ”
Everyone bowed their heads and said nothing, you look at me, I look at you, this prince is not confused, hasn't he said how to solve it yet?
Seeing that everyone did not speak, the prince asked, "Is it that it has not been resolved yet?" Land and farmland are the foundation of the people's survival, and my Dajing agriculture is the foundation, why such an important matter has not been solved until now. ”
One of the adults was about to say that you said that you haven't figured out how to solve it for the time being, but Zhang Yuan saw it and hurriedly said.
"Your Royal Highness, the seizure of land in the suburbs of Beijing involves many officials in the court, and it affects the whole body, so it can't be cleared immediately for a while, Your Highness must not be in a hurry, the old man has already sent someone to investigate. It's not agricultural time now, so it won't be delayed. ”
When the prince heard that it was the Taifu who handled it personally, it couldn't be better, so he didn't ask again.
Zhang Yuan looked at the hall, almost no one from Liang Xiang's party came to discuss the matter, and he felt very suspicious, he had been wary of Liang Xiangxiang and his party.
He was clamoring to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince before, but few people came to discuss the matter today, so he felt how strange it was.
sent someone to investigate, and sure enough, he found that Liang Xiang and others had sent a letter to inform His Majesty of the behavior of the prince these days, Zhang Yuan knew that these decisions made by the prince these days, if the emperor knew about it, he would definitely displease him, and if he couldn't say it, he would also suffer.
So he immediately sent someone to intercept him, but although Zhang Yuan was a prince, he didn't know where the emperor was, and only Liang Xiang knew where Emperor Jing went.
In desperation, Zhang Yuan could only send people out in all directions, but fortunately, the people who had been placed by Liang Xiang's party before him found out the specific direction.
So Zhang Yuan sent people to intercept Liang Xiang's people, and at the same time sent people to rush to Shu first.
wants to change the admonition of Liang Xiang and others to collude with the tenth prince Li Shen, and a wicked person will sue first.
Even if the interception is not successful, as long as his letter reaches Emperor Jing first, the impact of this matter on the crown prince will be reduced.
Because Zhang Yuan knew that the emperor had always been afraid of Li Shen, who was in charge of Nanzhao, and over the years, the emperor did not know the problems of the prince, but he had never moved the heart of abolishing the prince.
It is only because the emperor has always followed the ancestral rules of inheriting the unification by the eldest son in his heart, so although many ministers have said that the crown prince is not the emperor's talent over the years, Emperor Jing still tried his best to teach Li Ming.
Therefore, Zhang Yuan knew that as long as Li Shen's wolf ambition was linked to Liang Xiang's party, it would definitely arouse the suspicion of Emperor Jing, and it would also temporarily relieve his immediate worries.