Crown Tang emperor

While doing this work, Li Tong felt that Qianqi's personnel structure was too crude. Deng Wansui, who was in charge of the front line command, was born as a household slave, but only had a little knowledge of T characters. , even the ability to organize speech is not enough, and Li Tong has to supplement it.

As for the two writers who joined the army, they may be good at general affairs, but writing and ink are not their specialties, and the written reports are boring.After reading it, Li Tong simply picked up a pen to polish it himself. He said it was a polish, but he almost reinvented it.

Although the matter is such a thing, a group of mobs were trampled by the absolute elite of the Forbidden Army, but of course the report cannot be written like this.

The so-called five hundred weak brigades rushed before the battle. The gate of Baima Temple was strong and the courtyard was deep. Before the battle, secrets had been leaked.The officers and soldiers are not timid before the battle, they attack bravely, like a strong arrow hitting the soil, breaking through the mountain gate with a flick of a finger, carrying the power of the emperor's order, entering the temple like a thunderbolt, and it is determined with one drum!

If Li Tong didn't still have some moral integrity, maybe even the road congestion caused by him and the situation of having to march in the wild were blamed on those monks at the White Horse Temple, who used demon methods to confuse the people and prevented the officers and soldiers from going to expel them.

Of course, if you have to say it, it has little to do with integrity.After all, his grandma just ordered to disperse the monks of the White Horse Temple, not to destroy the Dharma and destroy the Buddha. If he really wanted to involve the common people, the matter would become serious.

As soon as the memorial was finished, and half an hour passed, Li Tong ordered someone to knock on the Xuanwu Gate, preparing to return to the palace.

At the same time, he secretly decided that he had to find a few powerful writers to come to Qianqi to serve as pens. He was a commanding general, and he had to write essays at his desk after the battle. It's also not easy to write too exaggeratedly, it seems out of style.

Regarding this point, he immediately thought of Chen Ziang, who had always been on the sidelines.So far, when it comes to the bravery of poetry and writing style, there are few people in the world who can surpass Chen Ziang.Of course, Li Tong is not included in this list, but his recent focus is not on copying.

However, Chen Ziang is still guarding the election, and he is not in the city of God. It seems that he has gone out for a trip. This kind of rich second generation has money and leisure, so of course he can't be idle.

When Li Tong came to Xuanwu Gate, Wu Youning was not here. Of course, the generals guarding the gate did not dare to make things difficult, and let him go directly. The soldiers of the Beiya Army are all in admiration!"

Hearing this, Li Tong couldn't help being amused again. It seemed that his attack on Xue Huaiyi this time was quite popular.Since the eve before, General Qu Chongyu of Zuo Yulin expressed his kindness to him, until today when he broke the White Horse Temple, both the Qianqi generals and the Yubayashi army expressed their kindness to varying degrees.

Although these changes are just a one-word benefit, they are also a good start.At this point today, the friendship between him and Xue Huaiyi has disappeared, but he did not expect Xue Huaiyi to help him in this way, so that he can create a sense of presence in the minds of the soldiers of the Beiya.

After entering the Xuanwu Gate, he asked the palace officials to send the report into the palace, while he waited in Xuanwu City for a while.

But it was almost dawn, and finally waited for the forbidden female officer to deliver the letter.It was Shangguan Wan'er, an old acquaintance, who came, but the message conveyed made Li Tong frown secretly.

"His Majesty the Holy Emperor told His Highness with his concubine that you have worked hard and are resting in the camp."

Shangguan Wan'er's clear and beautiful face could not tell what mood she was in, but her tone focused on imitating His Majesty the Holy Emperor: "Your Majesty has something to say. It is a good thing that Wang is diligent and courageous in his actions. But manpower has its strengths and weaknesses, and gods and Buddhas are awesome after all." The monks of the White Horse Temple can be lightly expelled, even if there is a crime, His Highness should not use force to kill him."

Shangguan Wan'er deserves to be in charge for a long time. When she deliberately conveyed her oral instructions in the tone of a holy emperor, Li Tong could even imagine his grandmother's expression and mood when she gave these instructions.

The so-called fearsome gods and Buddhas are nothing more than empty words.Even though there are gods and Buddhas in this world, they are lofty and ethereal, so how can they care about these miscellaneous disputes in the world.What is truly terrifying is the human heart after all.

Sure enough, Shangguan Wan'er whispered another sentence, which confirmed Li Tong's conjecture: "Xiantai Wei Xianggong, enter the palace to discuss matters until late at night..."

After saying this sentence, Shangguan Wan'er took her leave and left.Li Tong sent it out of the hall and watched Shangguan Wan'er's beautiful shadow go away, feeling restless in his heart.

This time he attacked the White Horse Temple and killed too much, of course his grandma would be dissatisfied.But the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren is not short-lived, and this disagreement is not a big problem. If it is in a stable world, it is not a big problem if he admits his mistakes with a correct attitude and a few words.

But according to Shangguan Wan'er, he has not returned to the palace yet, and his grandma has already called Wei Yuanzhong into the palace to discuss the matter face to face. There is no doubt that she hopes that Wei Yuanzhong can control the voices of the Xiantai censors and not let public opinion Take advantage of this.

At present, there are still major cases being pushed between the DPRK and China, and the emperor's heirs are exhausted to protect themselves positively. Of course, they hope that there will be new hot issues to divert public opinion and share the pressure.Just under such circumstances, when the White Horse Temple was raided, no matter Xue Huaiyi or the monks of the White Horse Temple, they could undoubtedly be regarded as a good fire target.

If the public opinion only stops here, then it will be easy to handle.Now that Li Tong has already achieved this step, Wu Zetian may not be able to completely abandon Xue Huaiyi and Baima Temple, thus making public opinion lose the target of attack.

But this will lead to a new question, that is, will such a concession directly affect Wu Zetian's tone of worshiping Buddhism?Once the problem rises to this level, the impact on the current situation is not limited to Xue Huaiyi's honor and disgrace.

In short, for those who have risen to a certain height in the current situation, if they want to go directly to the top and hack to death, it will not be that simple.Even if it's just an idiot, as long as his position is central enough, it will have the effect of affecting the whole body.

It is precisely because of this that Li Tong is not too worried about disagreements with his grandmother, and he is already irreplaceable in the current situation.

Small frictions and conflicts are normal. Even Wu Chengsi is not willing to be just a puppet, and wants to be the prince wholeheartedly.

Of course, it is impossible for Li Tong to just lie under his grandma's wings for a long time. His own wings are hardened, so of course he has to shake them. As long as the conflicts don't accumulate to a high level, it will be difficult for his grandma to make up her mind to give up on him completely.

Even if their family still has his third uncle Li Xian as a candidate, Wu Zetian's current control has or has not yet reached the level of continuing to change generals.

Regardless of the attitudes of the other parties, Wu Zetian really dared to show his intention to call Li Xian back, even Li Tong had to find a way to kill his third uncle.It's a big deal, let you play like a monkey!

In history, the reason why Li Xian was able to return safely was that on the one hand, the Khitan rebellion in Hebei revealed the incompetence of the warrior kings, and the heirs of the emperor, Li Dan, were also sluggish to the extreme under the perennial suppression.

As for this, Wu Zetian had to test the attitude of the ministers again and again. Di Renjie and others stated that they could accept Li Xian more than once. Then they secretly recalled Li Xian to the capital of God and met the ministers before announcing it to the public.

Although Li Xian now has no place to stand in the current situation, as long as he is still alive, it is a hidden danger to Li Tong and the others.

The troubles and oppression that he needs to consider at present do not only come from his grandma and the Wu family, but also from the veterans of the Tang family from his fourth uncle.

If it weren't for Li Xian, he wouldn't even have to think too much about his grandma's attitude when he got to this point, and he would just get together with the Wu family and beat his fourth uncle to death first, and then the situation would be clear immediately.

But now because of the existence of his third uncle, the idler, when facing his fourth uncle's lineage, he will inevitably be restrained, and he doesn't even dare to play hard like he did to the kings of the Wu family.

Once his face is torn apart, his etiquette of jumping in line will suddenly decrease, almost to nothing.Of course, with the deepening of his management in the current situation, his fourth uncle and his family are also facing the same problem, which really drove me to a hurry. I only recognize my third uncle!

Although each other is afraid of each other, the line of imperial heirs still has an advantage, that is, to hold righteousness in their hands and rely on the old to sell the old.

Thinking of this, Li Tong couldn't help but feel a little headache. He was worried that those old guys would seize him to complicate the conflict with Xue Huaiyi and drag him into the chariot.

If it weren't for you group of lonely veterans getting in the way, let alone Xue Huaiyi, I would have dared to kill Wu Chengsi if I seized the opportunity!

Chapter 0441

In the early morning, Lai Junchen returned to the official office of Sixing Temple in Dongcheng City. Before he could order the criminal Su Gan to be interrogated, he noticed that his subordinates were discussing together, so he asked curiously, "Is something happening?"

"His Royal Highness Dai Wang led a thousand riders out of the city yesterday and broke through the White Horse Temple. Many monks and disciples in the temple were killed and injured, and the rest were made slaves..."

Wan Guojun, the criminal judge, stepped forward and replied cautiously.

"Is there such a thing?"

After hearing the words, Lai Junchen couldn't help but stare wide-eyed and asked in surprise. He has been concentrating on proposing the case recently, so it can be said that he doesn't hear anything outside the window, and he is at a loss about it.After pondering for a while, he hurriedly asked again: "How did Huaiyi offend the king of Dai, and he suffered like this..."

Regarding this question, everyone shook their heads to express their ignorance.The personnel affairs of the Beiya were relatively sealed off, even if there was any news, it was far beyond the reach of criminal officials like them.

Lai Junchen realized that there must be something hidden in it, and his heart was full of curiosity.Especially when he heard that the Dai Wang was acting fierce again, it was inevitable that he would have lingering fears.But after a long silence, he still waved his hands and said, "Don't ask too much about foreign affairs, and quickly arrange for Su Gan to be interrogated."

After hearing the words, the subordinates nodded yes, took the warrant from Junchen, and then went to the prison of Sixing Temple to arrest Su Gan for interrogation.The judge Wan Guojun stayed behind, and after everyone had left, he came forward and asked for instructions in a low voice: "Be arrogant on behalf of the king, and then make new enemies. Do you need to visit Master Xue unannounced and ask for his use?"

After Lai Junchen heard this, his expression changed slightly, and he was silent for a long time before shaking his head and said: "The powerful and the powerful attack each other, and the inner feelings are hidden, so it is not appropriate to rashly intervene. Dai Wang is narrow and fat, and will be angry if touched slightly. Righteousness is just a vain scum, but it is not good enough to enjoy the grace and power, but it is not good enough. The most urgent thing is to dig deep into the Su family and expand the case, so as to win new favors."

Even though he said that, Lai Junchen was more or less unwilling, and after thinking about it, he said: "When you are free, you can visit His Royal Highness Liang Wang for me, and you don't need to be overly attentive, as long as Liang Wangfan has something to do. Just give me three points."

The more down and out a person is, the more he can feel the benefits of power.Lai Junchen was kicked into the abyss by Dai Wang at the most glorious moment of his life, needless to say the hatred for Dai Wang in his heart.

But Lai Junchen is also full of contradictions whether he should continue to be an enemy of the Dai Wang.But one thing can be determined, whether it is him now or the most glorious period of his life, the Dai Wang never put him in his eyes.

On his own, he is not qualified to be an enemy of Dai Wang, especially You Ji standing in front of the stage and directly bearing Dai Wang's anger.This is a talk of experience that has been explored with life and future, otherwise Lai Junchen would rather bury this resentment deep in his heart than provoke the Dai Wang again.

Lai Junchen was still thinking about it, when suddenly the subordinate criminals rushed into the hall in a panic, and shouted loudly: "It's not good, something is not good, Su, Su Qian died, died in prison..."

"Silence!"

When Lai Junchen heard this, his expression changed suddenly. He first slapped the table to stop his subordinates from shouting, then stood up himself, ordered in a low voice not to leak the news, and then went to the prison in person.

In the prison of Sixing Temple, looking at the unkempt and bruised Su Gan hanging on the earthen wall, Lai Junchen's face was ashen, cursing in his mouth and rushing forward to punch and kick Su Gan's body to vent.

On the surface, Su Gan took off his shirt, soaked it, tied it into a rope, tied it to the small window grille, and strangled himself to death.But the small window was not high enough from the ground, at least not enough to allow Su Qian's body to hang in the air. No matter how determined his death will was, he would inevitably have the instinct to struggle when he was dying.

Su Gan was the criminal who was assigned by Lai Junchen as a key guard, and the internal and external guards were also Lai Junchen's own confidantes. As long as outsiders were excluded from infiltrating and killing him, there was only one cause of his death, and that was using clothes that became pliable after being soaked in water. Shengsheng strangled his own throat, which showed that he really wanted to die.

After Lai Junchen vented, the jailer stepped forward to examine Su Gan's body, and determined that this was the cause of Su Gan's death. His throat had been strangled by cloth strips, and he died of hemoptysis rather than suffocation.

But after learning of this result, Lai Junchen couldn't help being even more angry.He has concocted many prisons, and has a very deep grasp of the psychology of prisoners at different stages.

Since Su Qian was sentenced, he has received his key care, and all kinds of tortures have been applied to him. It can be said that Su Qian is already on the verge of collapse. Junchen's instructions carried out slanderous accusations and brought in more personnel.

Su Qian also understood that his patience had reached its limit, and he chose to end his own life in desperation, and he didn't want to completely become a tool for Lai Junchen to frame more.

"Quickly clean up the remaining injuries!"

The fact that Su Qian was sent to prison was the focus of current attention, and various means of rescue from the outside world emerged one after another.

Lai Junchen also understood that he was a little too hasty this time, and he should not continue to torture him, but should gradually break through Su Qian's bottom line between retraction and release.

There is no point in worrying about these things now. It is necessary to prove Su Gan's charges as soon as possible, and make sure that he deserves to die, rather than being forced to kill unjustly.

Therefore, Lai Junchen directly summoned the officials in the prison, edited, deleted and stitched together the previous interrogation materials, and convicted Su Qian of conspiring with King Li's Zongwang for rebellion during the Chui Gong period.

After reading this statement of guilt, Lai Junchen was still a little dissatisfied. He framed Su Qian not to pursue the past events of the Chui Gong years, but to draw out more current trends.If it is submitted in this way, His Majesty the Holy Emperor must be dissatisfied.

After pondering for a long time, Lai Junchen picked up the pen again and wrote eight words on the paper: Resist the sentence with life, hide the evil with death!

Su Gan wanted to use his death to end the matter, but Lai Junchen was unwilling to let it go. He would rather give up his life than be tortured again. This is definitely using his own death to hide a greater crime!

After completing the supplement, Lai Junchen asked the scribe to copy it again, and then ordered his subordinates to immediately send this copy of the indictment and sentence to the prison, while he returned to the court full of anxiety and waited for the follow-up result.

At the same time, fierce debates were also going on in the inner court.

Originally, the court meeting should have ended long ago, but because several censors, including other courtiers, came out to make generous speeches one after another, the court meeting was delayed again and again.

Li Tong did not attend the court meeting today, but stayed in Renzhi Yuan to catch up on sleep.If he attends the meeting today, he will be able to see with his own eyes that the situation is tenaciously developing towards the bad side after all.

Knowing that the Baima Temple was copied, today's courtiers were beaten like chicken blood. As soon as the court started early, there was a censor who came out to bring the topic here, and kept accusing Xue Huaiyi of many crimes against etiquette. Taking advantage of his illness to kill him.

All the censors and courtiers wished they could swallow Xue Huaiyi alive, Wu Zetian's face turned ashen when he heard it, and he looked at Wei Yuanzhong and several other important officials in the front class frequently.

Wei Yuanzhong was in a cold sweat from being scrutinized by that unfriendly gaze, and he himself was also suffering.After leaving the palace last night, he urgently summoned several Xiantai assassins, and treated them with affection and understanding, telling them not to entangle them too much. Once the Holy Emperor is angered, the next development of the situation may be even worse.

Several censors also expressed their opinions one after another, saying that the overall situation should be the most important thing, and they would not pursue it too much.

But once in the court hall, it was another situation.The siege of Xue Huaiyi came from all directions and could not be stopped at all.This is not to blame for Wei Yuanzhong's incompetence, it is because Xue Huaiyi is too hated.

He was so arrogant in his early years that he dared to beat the censor who impeached him to death in the street, and he had a long-standing grudge with Xiantai.

Moreover, the existence of such a person is to slap the so-called scholar-officials in the face, and they will be attacked if they have nothing to do. Even if His Majesty the Holy Emperor ignores this, the impeachment of Xue Huaiyi is not for the sake of clearing the court, but for them to maintain their dignity. way.

This time, the Holy Emperor ordered to act on behalf of the king, and the confiscated personnel and materials in the White Horse Temple were shocking. How could the courtiers miss such a rare opportunity.

The ministers scrambled to speak out, thus creating a situation, that is, if His Majesty the Holy Emperor disregarded the public opinion and wanted to cover Xue Huaiyi, he would be on the opposite side of almost all the courtiers!

With such a common voice, this situation almost never happened at the most tense moment of the Wu Zhou Revolution. One can imagine Wu Zetian's mood at this time.This is no longer a question of whether to protect Xue Huaiyi, but a matter of her imperial dignity.

If she makes concessions this time, the powerful image she has worked so hard to maintain will no longer exist, and such incidents will definitely happen frequently!

At this time, a female official hurried in from the side hall, and handed over a memorial to the eunuch of the Si Gongtai, and the memorial was quickly passed on to the imperial case.

Wu Zetian flipped through it a little irritably, read it with lowered eyes, his eyes lit up immediately, and then he wrote quickly, especially the eight characters in the judgment of Junchen in the future, which were excerpted on a note, and then handed it to the former prime ministers to pass it on to each other.

And the expressions of the prime ministers also changed drastically after reading it, especially Shi Doulu in the Feng Pavilion, whose fingers trembled so much that he could hardly pinch the note steadily.

"Stop talking about everything today, and all the ministers will return to the yamen and retreat from the court!"

After seeing the changes in the expressions of the prime ministers, Wu Zetian stood up from behind the case and knocked on the case to express his opinion.

"No, Your Majesty, today..."

Seeing that His Majesty the Holy Emperor was still delaying the discussion, a court official named Wang Qiuli immediately came out of the class and shouted loudly.

However, before the man finished speaking, Prime Minister Dou Lu Qinwang hurried out of the shift, raised his halberd and pointed at him and said angrily, "I don't know the basics when begging for courtesy! It's urgent to hear about the situation in Jinei, and it needs to be urgently entered into the political affairs hall for discussion. Cao Nengzhi!"

After Dou Lu Qinwang finished speaking, several other prime ministers also voiced their support.And without the prime minister's acquiescence and connivance, although there are many courtiers in the palace, they can only leave silently and sadly. At the same time, they can't help guessing curiously, what happened to make all the prime ministers give up this rare opportunity. Opportunity for rape?

Chapter 0442 big river mouth, all under control

After the Dragon Boat Festival, Li Tong specially arranged a banquet in Jishanfang Daiwang's residence to congratulate the long history Wang Fangqing on his relocation to Wenchang Zuocheng, and at the same time, he also used this banquet to bid farewell to Wang Fangqing.

From the time of the Kingdom to the present, as the chief minister of the Shangshutai, the Shangshuling has basically not been awarded to the ministers. One is that Taizong Li Shimin once served as the Shangshuling, and the other is that the position of the Shangshuling itself has a strong taste of a powerful official. provincial affairs.

During the Yongchang period, the left and right ministers of Wenchang, who were changed from the left and right servants, were also promoted to the second rank, and generally only the ministers who were in the top class were awarded.Cen Changqian, the former right minister of Wenchang, was killed during the Tianshou period, and after the former left minister of Wenchang and Wu Chengsi, king of Wei, were dismissed, these two positions have not been awarded to newcomers.

Therefore, Wenchang Zuocheng, who is currently ranked at the fourth rank, has become the actual chief of Wenchangtai.Wang Fangqing moved from the idle Lintai Shaojian to Wenchang Zuocheng. Although he has not formally worshiped the prime minister, but when it comes to actual powers, he is already almost the same as the prime minister, and he can control the six affairs of the southern province.

As a result, Wang Fangqing is naturally not suitable to continue to be the acting chief of the palace.Otherwise, it would be impossible to estimate the infiltration that the acting king can use into the government affairs of the court through Wang Fangqing, which no one side wants to see.

During the banquet, Li Tong held out a cup to congratulate Wang Fangqing first, and said with a smile to Wang Fangqing: "Since then, Chang Shi has entered the capital from the idle department, and can show his talents and help the national economy. Since the establishment of the mansion, he has been cared for for a long time, and the wine Thin seats, not enough to express the meaning. We may not be able to see each other in the private residence, but I also hope that Zuo Cheng will not forget the old meaning and give advice in the matter!"

Wang Fangqing got up from the table, made a salute first, and then raised his glass in response: "The humble man in the south of the Yangtze River is fortunate to be able to live in a famous mansion, and to accompany His Highness, so that he can be appreciated by the king and all the ministers in the court, and given new uses. Although the beautiful table It's inconvenient to stay here, but friendship is long-lasting. Your Highness is well-known all over the world, and there are no worries and no ones in the house. The fragrance is permeating, which can be said to be good for self-cultivation..."

The tacit understanding between each other no longer needs such false expressions.The pretentiousness of the two was mainly for the sake of other guests present.Wang Fangqing did not avoid suspicion with arrogance because of his new job, but was still proud of being a descendant of the king's family. This attitude naturally arouses people's imagination.

The guests entering the mansion today, in addition to the original officials of the royal mansion, there are also many courtiers who are serving in the court.Hearing the conversation between the two, the acquaintances gave each other a look, and they understood each other.

Wang Fangqing became a high-ranking official in the capital from Shi Debu, the head of the acting prince's mansion, which also made the mansion of the acting prince's mansion more attractive in Shi Liu's eyes.

If the king's interference and influence on the political affairs of the court had not reached a certain position, or had a relatively comprehensive understanding of the current court affairs, it was inevitable that his knowledge would not be deep enough.As for Wang Fangqing's promotion this time, he clarified this hidden connection, so that more people can recognize the influence Dai Wang currently has in the current situation.

Now the atmosphere in the imperial court is tense. After the cruel official Lai Junchen forced to kill the former official Shangshu Su Gan, instead of being punished, he was awarded the title of Xiantai servant censor. A new round of cleaning was launched in the court.

It is precisely because of this that all the officials in the court are in danger, and many even have the idea of ​​​​abandoning their officials and returning to their hometowns to avoid the cruel power struggle.But how can a person in the position be willing to give up everything he has in front of him.Under such circumstances, there are many people who want to rely on Dazhi to add a guarantee to their official career safety.

Today the residence of Dai Wang is full of guests, and many people have such thoughts in their hearts.In addition to Dai Wang, the Liang Wang residence in Shang Shan Fang has also seen a sharp increase in visitors recently.

After all, among the kings currently in court, only these two kings are the most expensive. Compared with King Liang, he has a higher status and is the prime minister of the Zhengshitang, but the deeds of the acting king are more prominent, and his reputation is better than that of King Liang.

Regarding this phenomenon, Li Tong also had to sigh with emotion that the complexity of people's hearts in the world cannot be calculated by one person's private thoughts.

Everything his grandma did was to consolidate her imperial power and increase her prestige, and she was unwilling to share power with others. However, because she used too much force, the courtiers felt that they could not bear the huge pressure, and instead forced the flow of time. Go to the faction of the kings.

Li Tong didn't know what was going on at Wu Sansi's place, but as for him, there was an endless stream of visitors, and the situation was even a bit exaggerated.

Just talking about the long history position vacated by Wang Fangqing, Wang Fangqing was appointed the day before the Dragon Boat Festival, and on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, many people who were moved by the smell and felt qualified to compete expressed their opinions to varying degrees. I am willing to deepen our friendship with Dai Wang.