Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Fang Xuanling smiled wryly: "Ten years ago it was fine. But now that I am getting older, I don't have the confidence to fight you for ten years."

Guo Ye smiled slightly, saw the picture poorly, and said: "Then count all the courtiers who participated in the remonstrance! So many people can always stop my ambition, right?"

Chapter 2133 Waiting for death, is it possible to die in the country?

"Everyone participates in governing?" Fang Xuanling frowned, and said, "What if there is a disagreement? You talk about things and I talk about things, and you make a lot of noise. Who should you listen to?"

Guo Ye said: "Of course it is resolved by voting. One person, one vote, no deception."

Fang Xuanling thought for a while, shook his head again and again, and said: "No! It's still not good! As the saying goes, a plan cannot be decided by everyone. With so many people discussing, the final result can only be lukewarm, and nothing can be done. What's more What's more..."

"how?"

"Human beings are born with virtuous and unworthy characters. How can I ask this old man to have the same number of votes as those officials of rank four or five? How can I have rich experience in dealing with state affairs? If ten of them are tied together, can this old man make a clear decision?"

Guo Ye said: "You don't have to worry about these problems."

"why?"

"All the problems you are worried about can be boiled down to one problem, that is, what should be done if the governance of the country affects the overall situation of the country? In fact, this problem is not a problem at all. Now that the Tang Dynasty is in the prestige of the four barbarians, and the world is peaceful, isn't it the right thing to do in politics? Is it lukewarm?"

"This……"

"And the most important thing is, what is our purpose? To buy time to build a country overseas. So what if the state affairs are handled improperly? Even if all officials are separated from morality, so what? Is it possible that you still want this yamen to exist forever? "

Fang Xuanling's eyes lit up, and he said: "That's right, this yamen is only temporarily managing state affairs, and sooner or later the government will be handed over to His Majesty. What you want is procrastination, what you want is unpopularity. The old man really wanted to go left just now."

"Then about Guo's plan..."

"The old man fully agrees."

……

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That night, Guo Ye was brought to the familiar mansion by Li Liangchen again. More than 100 "loyal ministers and righteous men" also arrived.

According to the old rules, it was still Fang Xuanling who presided over the meeting.

At this time, the old man Fang had a bitter expression on his face, and he placed a foot of white silk, a dagger and a glass of wine in front of him.

This looks like a standard suit for suicide. Needless to say, that glass of wine must be poisoned.

When people saw this scene, they all looked at each other in blank dismay, puzzled.

Kong Yingda coughed and said, "Mr. Fang, what's going on? Who are you going to use these three things for? Could it be... there are traitors among us?"

"Hi! What a traitor!" Fang Xuanling said: "To be honest, I prepared these things for myself. Later, I have a few words to tell everyone. Choose one of these three things and use it for yourself!"

"Mr. Fang, why are you doing this? Yes, the state of Chu was destroyed, and Qu Yuan threw himself into the Miluo River, which has become an eternal story. Now it is said that His Majesty's behavior is a bit inappropriate, but why is our Tang Dynasty still far away from the collapse of the country? If you imitate Qu Yuan, I am afraid you will not get a good reputation."

Fang Xuanling sighed, and said: "Now that things are up to now, I don't care about any good reputation. I am satisfied as long as I don't leave an eternal infamy. To tell you the truth, my suicide basically has nothing to do with Your Majesty. .”

Kong Yingda was even more surprised, and said, "What is it related to?"

"Oh, it's my fault! It's all my fault! The old man's negligence made a big mistake."

Guo Ye said: "The ancients said that it is never too late to mend a dead sheep. Even if you make a big mistake, there are so many big guys, and they work together to help you make up for it. Why do you want to kill yourself?"

"It can't be repaired! It can't be repaired!" Fang Xuanling shook his head like a rattle, and said, "Not only can it not be repaired, but this matter will implicate you and destroy your family."

"Isn't it?"

"Of course. It happened like this..."

It turned out that Fang Xuanling had a young servant named Li Siqiang.This Li Siqiang has a good eye and a strong ability to handle affairs. He is the old man's confidant.

Just yesterday, Fang Xuanling accidentally discovered that Li Siqiang had an affair with his concubine.This made the old man very angry, and he ordered someone to beat him severely.

Speaking of it, Li Siqiang is also a ruthless person. After being beaten, he plotted revenge and stole the genealogy of loyal ministers and righteous men.

Speaking of this, Fang Xuanling's face was overshadowed, and he said: "Don't ask, he handed over the genealogy of loyal ministers and righteous men to King Qi. After King Qi ascended the throne, there will be one person sitting here. I'm afraid there will be no good end." The old man mistrusted the bandits, it is really a serious crime, and the only way to thank him is to die..."

While talking, he picked up the short sword and greeted his own neck!

"You mustn't do it!" Guo Ye hurriedly stopped him and said, "You must not seek short-sightedness, it is not yet that time."

"Then according to King Qin's wishes, how long will this old man have to wait? Do I have to wait for the officers and soldiers to arrest me before I commit suicide? What should I do if it's too late? This old man would rather die than be humiliated by a petty official!"

"No... that's not what I meant."

Guo Ye said: "Yes, this genealogy of loyal ministers and righteous men has been leaked, but is the matter irreversible? Not necessarily!"

"Redeem? In two days, King Qi will be appointed as the crown prince. How can I restore it?"

Guo Ye ignored Fang Xuanling, but glanced around, and said, "Everyone, do you still remember what Fang Xiang said at the last gathering? King Qi's conspiracy is roughly divided into three steps. First, Make the concubine Yin the queen. Second, abolish the crown prince and establish the king of Qi. The third is to assassinate your majesty."

"Now, the first step has been completed. The second step is almost completed. I am afraid that soon after King Li Qi became the crown prince, Guo Yulan was asked to assassinate His Majesty. Is everyone just watching His Majesty die like this?"

Fang Xuanling said: "But now that His Majesty has re-administered the government, even if everyone really remonstrates, the chances of winning are not great."

"It's a pity to serve the country? Loyal ministers are not afraid of death, but they are not loyal ministers. What is death? For His Majesty's safety, shouldn't the big guy fight? Besides, even if you don't fight, when King Qi ascends the throne, don't you think everyone will fight?" Can you get a good deal?"

As soon as the two sang together, they explained the pros and cons of this matter.

A military remonstrance may fail, and the family will be ransacked and the family will be wiped out.If there is no military remonstrance, after the king of Qi came to power, he would settle accounts after the fall, and he still wanted to ransack his family and exterminate his family.

How to choose between the two, even a fool knows.

What's more, the remonstrance is righteous - to save His Majesty Li Er.If you don't remonstrate, you can only be executed in the name of forming a party for personal gain.

Ever since, people expressed that they would continue the original plan and implement military remonstrance.

Of course, there are still some mature and prudent people who keep silent.

Kong Yingda thought for a while, and said: "King Qin Qiansui, I have a question to ask you. If this problem is not resolved, I will never agree to military advice."

"Kong Shangshu has something to say, please speak."

"If the remonstrance fails, of course nothing will happen. But what if it succeeds? How are you going to treat your majesty? If you let your majesty abdicate as the Supreme Emperor, then Kong will never agree. I would rather die than leave a reputation as a traitor."

Guo Ye and Fang Xuanling looked at each other and smiled knowingly.They knew that from now on, this meeting could be regarded as falling into the hands of the two of them.

Immediately, Guo Ye explained in detail the establishment of an overseas country and the parliamentary system.

Finally, he said: "The sage said, if you can't do the right thing, you can float in the sea. If you can't be forgiven by His Majesty, living overseas is also in line with the sage's teachings. I don't know what Kong Shangshu thinks?"

"This..." Kong Yingda thought for a while, and said: "It is recorded in the "Historical Records" that Yi Yin put the Taijia in Tong Palace. Three years later, the emperor repented and blamed himself, and turned against the good. So Yi Yin returned to the emperor. The emperor After Taijia returned to the throne, he was very virtuous, and the princes returned to their hearts. Does the King of Qin want to follow the story of Yiyin?"