Section 17 The Wind Rises (3)

Li Xuxin is no more than Yu Fuguo and Cheng Qili.

It's not because their reasons are not sufficient, they almost know with their butts that according to Empress Dowager Wen's character, once Yu Fuguo leads the army to leave Bai Yujing, Empress Dowager Wen will definitely use various methods to seize power and weaken Yu Fuguo regardless of the means and consequences.

It's not because Li Xu is unwilling to weaken Empress Dowager Wen, no one wants Empress Dowager Wen to fall more than him. Although Li Xu is the Son of Heaven, he has not yet been in power, and the authority manipulated by the Empress Dowager Wen belongs to him. Moreover, the Queen Mother theoretically also has the righteous name of abolishing the Son of Heaven. Especially in the case that Li Xu also has a younger brother, King Shu, this is even more dangerous.

But Li Xu never wanted to see Empress Dowager Wen finished now, he didn't know if the massacre drafted by Yu Fuguo and Cheng Qili would go as smoothly as expected, and he didn't know how many hidden dangers would be left after this bloodbath.

What Li Xu couldn't accept was the final result.

The complete collapse of the Wen clan was something he was happy to see, but the situation after the fall of the Wen clan was a situation in which Yu Fuguo led the army outside, and Cheng Qili was in charge of the government inside. As long as the foreign Yufu states raised the banner of defending against the Uighurs, the imperial court could only take what they wanted. And once the Wen clan was destroyed by the eunuchs, only Han Gang and Lu Zhen were left in the court, Han Gang was old and not dead, Lu Zhen was mostly a scholar, and Yu Fuguo was outside, so Cheng Qili would be tolerant of people if he stayed in the middle of the court?

Li Xu remembered that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the power of the center was completely vested in the hands of relatives and eunuchs. The great generals of the Eastern Han Dynasty were similar to prime ministers and had the highest administrative power, while the chamberlains held military power. Once the eunuchs kill their opposing relatives, such as Liang Ji and Dou Wu, they will abuse their power and disrupt the government, and once the relatives become bigger, the emperor will eat the poisonous cake prepared by the generals.

The Wen clan collapsed, but Li Xu did not have the strength to receive their political legacy, and the situation was dominated by Yu Fuguo and Cheng Qili at that time. Empress Dowager Wen can abolish the Son of Heaven, and Yu Fuguo and Cheng Qili can do the same. It is obviously unwise to pin one's life and death wealth on the ethereal loyalty of Yu Fuguo and Cheng Qili. What's more, if they are really loyal, it will not be Li Xu's turn to take the throne.

Li Xu has no discrimination against eunuchs in power, and those in power should look at their ability to govern, not whether they are sound between their legs, but people in the world do not see it that way. In the eyes of the people of the world, the eunuch in power is a sign of the imminent death of the country. Now at this juncture, there will be a bloodbath in the center of the court, and then let the eunuchs take power, the last bit of capital of the court, the recognition of the court by the people of the world, I am afraid that it will be lost.

Therefore, Li Xu would never agree to Yu Fuguo and Cheng Qili's plan.

"General, the Queen Mother is implicated in the death of the first emperor, and I will never tolerate it. The Wen party violated the guidelines and disrupted the government and harmed the country, and I am very clear. However, if the governance of a big country is small, this roster is too wide, has the general ever thought that once it is delayed for too long, when the general leaves the army to go north, the situation in Bai Yujing will still not be stable, and it will really not be easy to end. Li Xu returned the roster to Yu Fuguo: "The Wen family looks at the tree with deep roots, but after all, it is a relative, and only a few people such as the Wen family and Wen Minxing can rely on, and a few military generals or assassins can do what poison and wine, so there is no need to make the scene so big." ”

As the emperor, all Li Xu can do at this moment is to show an attitude, after all, whether it is the Empress Dowager Wen who wants to kill the fish father-in-law or the fish eunuch Huo and the widow Wen, he does not have the strength to get involved, and the attitude he should have must have, and what people do is their business. Li Xu didn't think that Yu Fuguo would ask for his opinion on what he wanted to do, this old thing would only notify himself at most.

Yu Fuguo glanced at Cheng Qili, who was flushed, and nodded.

"Since this is what the big official means, then the old slave will endure each other for the country first, and the old slave will retire. ”

Before Li Xu could react, Yu Fuguo and Cheng Qili said goodbye and left. Only the emperor was left in the cool hall to slowly reminisce about the conversation just now.

Not long after the two eunuchs walked out of the Qingliang Palace, Yu Fuguo said to Cheng Qili: "Now you understand. ”

"Alas, I thought His Majesty and we were of the same mind. Cheng Qili sighed, he hated the Wen clan to the core, whether it was the actual conflict of interests or because of the emotional influence of the God Emperor, this ugly eunuch wanted to kill the Wen clan cleanly.

"You and I don't have the same heart, let alone the emperor. Yu Fuguo straightened his clothes and hats.

"Why did Father-in-law Yu say this, let's old Cheng Wei, you are looking forward. But I don't understand, the slut surnamed Wen dares to kill the king, and has a grudge against His Majesty for killing his father, how can he bear it?"

"It's been three years, and you still haven't changed," Yu Fuguo finished dusting off the soil on his body and began to tidy up his beam crown again.

"Although that person is small, how can I say that he is also the emperor who inherits the destiny of the heavens, the words in our mouths have entered the ears of others, and the letter is not bad. I am the one who has served the Holy Queen, although this Majesty is young, I am afraid that he will be the master of Xiongchai when he grows up. What's more, the emperor is not a human being in the first place, Lao Cheng, you ask me why he can endure the revenge of killing his father, and I will ask you again, who killed his two elder brothers? Isn't it you and me, do you expect him to take revenge for this revenge?"

"Where is that. Cheng Qili obviously also thought about him and Yu Fuguo sending troops to kill the king of Jin and the king of Chu. Of course, Li Xu wanted to thank him and Yu Fuguo for knowing the brothers who stood in the way between him and the throne, but from another point of view, he and Yu Fuguo, no matter how high their martial arts and great power were, they were just domestic slaves of the emperor's family. The house slave killed the heir of the master's family, which was really chaotic.

"Lao Cheng, everyone in the world looks down on us, who knows our suffering?" Yu Fuguo raised his eyes and looked at the sky: "It was originally destined to be a lonely and bitter man, and he was brought out by the masters to fight with the civil and military officials. Who taught them that the civil officials were not responsible, the military generals were domineering, and the relatives of the main family were greedy and wanted to take other people's property one by one?"

"People in the world always think that we are wicked people, bad people who love to hurt people by nature. Yu Fuguo twisted his fingers and watched the clouds in the sky slowly drift by: "But we can't help ourselves, I was elected by Emperor Ming, you were selected by the Emperor of God, we are destined to fight with others." ”

Yu Fuguo turned his head sideways and looked at Cheng Qili, feeling very sorry in his heart, although this junior's martial arts are good, he is destined to not be able to catch up with him. He also lacks experience and knowledge, and he may not be able to understand what he says. Now at this moment, Yu Fuguo remembered the poem he had heard from the gentlemen in the inner study when he was a child: Those who know me say that I am worried, and those who do not know me say what I want.

"You are all guessing why I asked Ying to go to Taiyuan to open this Uighur trip. I'm not for this court, not for the Li family, and not for this stupid world. I just want people who understand later to open the history books and turn to this section, and see that we miserable people are not demons and monsters who specialize in pitting people, but also people who can take on the same responsibilities as them, and they also have a mouthful of blood in their hearts, and they can also afford the blessings and disasters of the world. ”

Yu Fuguo didn't exit this passage, he just glanced at Cheng Qili, who had a complicated look in his eyes, and led him to Mingtang Palace.