Crown Tang emperor

Hearing voices one after another, Li Tong smiled.If he wants to mess with Wang Meichang, he doesn't need to do anything himself, he just needs to show his dislike of Wang Meichang's attitude a little bit. With Wang Meichang's careful thinking, some people want to stand up and kill this evil wind, so that The so-called head of the country knew exactly who he was.

Chapter 0494 is not worthy, will suffer

Wang Meichang is now an official admonishing the doctor, in charge of attendants, praising ministers, admonishing satire, and can be said to be the emperor's think tank and advisory group.

Such positions are generally held by people who are most trusted or admired. Although their own authority is not high, they can reach the heavens directly. The relationship with the king is much closer than ordinary courtiers, and it is often easy to get out Favored minister, fortunate minister.

However, Wang Meichang's own identity is special. As the father-in-law of the emperor's heir, although he is not genuine, he has only achieved great achievements.Moreover, Wang Meichang has two daughters in Li Dan's harem, and one of them gave birth to an heir.

Therefore, it is very reasonable for him to take the position of admonishing doctor, and the courtiers can't say anything.

Today's meeting, Wang Meichang also attended, and was at the first place in the worship train.As for Xue Ji, another regular servant on horseback who has the nature of a consultant, he directly participated in the prime minister's train.

Ever since King Yong ascended the palace, Wang Meichang looked at him with resentment in his eyes.

Unable to bear Zhang Xungu's begging to visit before, they were driven out by a mere eunuch. Even King Yong accused Sang and Huai of asking Wang Meichang to submit a memorial to impeach the Si subordinate temple to the provincial government. For the upstart Wang Meichang, it is naturally a great shame!

In the past, Wang Meichang served in other states for a long time, and rarely returned to Shendu, and she was still cautious in character.

After all, the environment at that time was such that Wang Meichang was naturally trembling, seeing that the former empress Liu's family was almost wiped out, and Dou's family, which was more powerful than theirs, was suppressed to the point of dying.

But even so, Wang Meichang couldn't escape the prison, and was implicated by the former winter official Shangshu Su Gan and was escorted back to the capital of God, only waiting for the catastrophe in the prison.

However, with the coup d'état and the emperor's heir leaving the palace, the situation was quite different.Wang Meichang was not only spared from death, but also was appointed as an advising doctor because of his relationship with the emperor's heir, and was able to participate in state secrets.

If one survives, there will be future fortunes.Seeing that the Liu family, the Dou family, and the Dou Lu family have all suffered disasters, but he was able to survive until the situation turned around, whether or not the situation is going well, Wang Meichang felt that he should not waste this blessing given by the heavens. Have something to do in it!

Wang Meichang didn't know much about the situation in the DPRK and China because he was far away from the center before.But now that he is here, Wang Meichang can really feel the bad situation of the emperor's heir.

In the current situation, it seems that the Holy Emperor has been imprisoned in Da Nei, and the emperor's heir has also been able to leave the palace to supervise the country.

But in fact, the power is still in the hands of King Yong, Li Zhaode and Di Renjie who planned the coup d'etat, and even Princess Taiping is ready to move.And the emperor's heir is just a puppet pushed on the table by these people, and he doesn't have much autonomy at all.

At the same time, these parties used the coup d'état to get rid of Doulu Qinwang, and also revealed their idea of ​​suppressing the wings of the emperor's heir. Wang Meichang, who is also a foreign relative, naturally felt a sense of crisis in his heart.

He has not been in court for a long time, so he is basically superficial, far inferior to Dou Luqinwang. If he can't take precautions before they happen, and take some countermeasures in advance, if these people continue to increase their efforts to cut off the wings of the emperor's heir, then the emperor Even if his heir came forward, he might not be able to keep him.

Although Wang Meichang is not unfamiliar with the situation in North Korea, the old order is being broken and the new order is still being formed, so there is a lot of room for manipulation.

He first contacted Tang Shanshi, the Secretary of State who was also a foreign relative, through his identity as a foreign relative. The two parties had similar identities and situations, and they also shared common worries. If you have optimistic thoughts, you will naturally hit it off.

In addition to Tang Shanzhi, Wang Meichang also noticed the Zhang family of Qinghe, who was suppressed by Prime Minister Li Zhaode, and the family member Wang Che, who was dissatisfied with Di Renjie's arrangement.With these people getting closer, Wang Meichang's small circle was initially formed.

The reason why Wang Meichang and the others chose the King Yong brothers as the first target was after careful weighing.

First of all, it is naturally because King Yong is too powerful and has mastered more than half of the military power in the entire Duji Province. It is not a secret that Prime Ministers Li Zhaode and Di Renjie are wary of King Yong.The two of them didn't even dare to go to the Zhengshitang at the same time, because they were worried that King Yong would suddenly attack and control them all.

The second and most important reason is that they have almost no actual power in their hands.Three provinces, six ministries, nine monasteries and five supervisors, including the northern and southern yamen, the only thing that can be affected is only one temple affiliated to the Zongzhengsi. Even if we want to take any action, we can only start from this aspect.

After some discussion, the previous series of actions came about, bypassing the frontal power struggle field where they were not opponents at all, and instead attacking King Yong's family from the aspect of family affairs.In Wang Meichang's view, this is a great plan.

But unexpectedly, King Yong's arrogance far exceeded their imagination, and once he realized it, he launched a fierce revenge on the Zhang family.This also made Wang Meichang a little confused for a while, not knowing whether King Yong was too arrogant, or the power struggle in the court itself was so wild.

But apart from Wang Meichang being deeply humiliated by King Yong's arrogance, what made him even more angry was the unbearableness of his teammates.The Qinghe Zhang family panicked when things happened, and they didn't have the spirit of being a famous family at all.

It must be known that he, as a relative of the emperor's heir, faced such fierce suppression and persecution by the Wu Zhou Dynasty last year, didn't he survive?No matter how arrogant King Yong is now, is he even more powerful and vicious than the Holy Emperor back then?

What is even more hateful is that Wang Chen's fellow clan, seeing that the situation is not good, turned his back immediately, refused to communicate with them and discussed future plans.

In the court hall today, seeing King Yong talking eloquently and all the ministers making no difference, Wang Meichang, apart from being ashamed and annoyed, had to admit that he had indeed misjudged the situation.Maybe King Yong is lucky and has a shallow foundation, but now he controls the military power in Duji Province, and it is not good to rashly attack him when the foreign aggression has not been completely eliminated.

But fortunately, the two sides have not yet turned against each other completely. After all, King Yong's current grudges are only Sishusi and Qinghe Zhang's. Since these mediocrities are not enough to conspire, Wang Meichang can't afford to go forward and retreat with them.

Even if King Yong was angry with him, he had a special status after all, and King Yong was still busy dealing with foreign aggression, so it was not easy to take revenge on him directly.Maybe he can ask the emperor's heir to come forward to ease the relationship between him and the Yong brothers.

With such calculations in Wang Meichang's mind, the hostility towards King Yong in his heart also decreased. Although he was humiliated, he could only be blamed for listening to evil words and bewitching him.

But Wang Meichang changed his mind here, and saw Zhang Jianzhi and Du Jingjian standing up to play one after another, and pointed the finger directly at him.Wang Meichang's heart froze, she subconsciously stood up, pointed at Du Jingjian and said angrily, "Can Du Shangshu speak clearly? I don't know what the lowly position has committed..."

Just as Wang Meichang got up and said about the coup, Li Zhaode suddenly stood up from the table, lowered his eyes and looked down, and said in a deep voice, "Who is the priest in the palace today? Fork out and execute the punishment!"

Although the atmosphere in Guanfeng Hall is a little more relaxed, it doesn't mean that there are no court discussions.The most basic point is that when a courtier suffers any impeachment attack, the only thing he can do is to listen to the complaint and plead guilty. Even if he is as high as a prime minister, he must never refute it in person.

If there were no such rules, the court would become a place where people talk about each other, so what's the point?

Li Zhaode got up and scolded the official who punished Zaizhi today, but the target was of course Wang Meichang.

Because of the relationship with the emperor's heir, Wang Meichang has traveled to other states for many years, and has never stayed in the center.Although he had made up for some court etiquette before, the too relaxed discussion atmosphere in Guanfeng Hall made him forget those etiquette rules in his mind in a hurry, and the court ceremony was messed up for a while.

After hearing Li Zhaode's scolding, Wang Meichang also suddenly came to his senses, hurried out of the class and kowtowed on the ground: "I'm rude, I'm guilty..."

Standing in the middle of the banquet, Li Tong saw this scene with his own eyes, and felt joy in his heart. At the same time, he couldn't help sighing, just like Wang Meichang, who has no city and seven emotions, who gave you the courage to dare to be in the capital of God? Rippling in bottomless muddy water?

Among other things, just these old foxes in the hall, if they really try to punish you, they will die eight times a day without bringing Heitian!

Thinking of this in his heart, Li Tong turned his head to look at his fourth uncle, Li Dan, who was seated in the upper seat, curious how his fourth uncle would deal with this living treasure father-in-law.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, they have paid great attention to the construction of the central authority, so there are also very strict regulations on court etiquette. Some third-rank officials were directly dismissed just because they failed to pass the dance ceremony.Even after the mid-Tang Dynasty during the Anshi Rebellion, some feudal governors refused to enter the court because they were in poor health and could not perform dance rituals.

The mistake Wang Meichang made now was not just that her dancing was not graceful enough, but that she directly refuted when she was impeached.

At this time, Li Dan in the palace looked extremely ugly. Wang Meichang was able to enter the court because he was his father-in-law, but in the end he made such a low-level mistake, which was like a slap in the face.Now he needs to establish his own authority, but this kind of thing happened, and he was so angry that he was stunned for a while.

In the end, the emperor's heir opened his mouth and directly dismissed Wang Meichang from his duties in the palace, and handed over to Ouyang Tong, the prime minister and Minister of Rites, to judge Wang Meichang's crimes of disrespect in the palace.

Hearing this arrangement, Li Zhaode, who spoke, and Di Renjie, who was sitting in the table, frowned slightly, obviously a little dissatisfied. They each glanced at Li Tong, but did not object again.

As for Li Tong, he couldn't help but sigh. His fourth uncle is really a kind person. If this kind of pig teammate falls into his hands, he would just give up without discussion, but Li Dan still seems to want to save the king. Otherwise, Wang Meichang would not be sent to the Ministry of Rites but directly to the Ministry of Punishment.

Chapter 0495 Tian family love, love house and crow

After the end of the court meeting, except for the officials who stayed in the waiter system, the rest of the courtiers returned to the imperial city to handle provincial affairs.

The emperor's heir, Li Dan, invited Li Tong to have a family banquet in Shangyang Palace, but Li Tong refused, citing military affairs as the most important thing.

Right now, Shangyang Palace is mainly guarded by Nanya officers and soldiers. Although the chances of his fourth uncle directly attacking him are very small, Li Tong doesn't want to take the risk for excitement.When Cao Cao saw Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, he was frightened into a white hair and cold sweat. There was really no need for him to put himself in danger just to be greedy for a bite.

What's more, Li Tong also guessed that his fourth uncle's invitation to him was probably for Wang Meichang, and Li Tong was really too lazy to answer.He didn't even intend to let Ouyang Tong take over this matter. He planned to stamp Wang Meichang with a stamp of exile first, and then send it directly to the Ministry of Punishment to let others continue to clean up this ignorant treasure.

After Li Tong returned to his residence, he ran into Li Shouli who had sent Mrs. Zhang back.

The two brothers entered the hall together, and Li Shouli told Li Tong about what he had experienced when he went to Qinghe Zhang, especially when he talked about Zhang's reaction when he learned that he could not get the slightest benefit from this incident, Li Tong couldn't help laughing either.

Today’s aristocratic families do not have the deep local foundation as they did during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, nor do they still have a certain social status and influence because of the inertia of the world. .

But in fact, to put it bluntly, that's what happened.Like his grandma, Wu Zetian, who directly arranged Xue Huaiyi to the Hedong Xue family, the Hedong Xue family could only hold her nose and endure it.

This time, Li Tong originally planned to kill Qinghe and the Zhang family to show his prestige a little bit, and to warn others not to keep embarrassing him.But this time Qinghe Zhang's performance was too obedient, which made him feel a little dull.

After all, it's one thing to be tough and take revenge, but it's another thing to be endless and narrow-minded.

If it really gives people the impression that he will be repaid, it will be a certain obstacle for him to return to the gods in the future. The courtiers in the gods have all served under his fourth uncle Li Dan, and they will inevitably worry that this will become a stain and cannot be tolerated. Yu Xinchao simply walked to the dark with determination.

After thinking about it, Li Tong said again: "Tell the Zhang family to set aside a few villages in Kinki to feed the Taoist temple of Daodefang."

"Aunt, I support myself, and I don't need those evil people to worship, and I don't want to have any contact with them anymore!"

Li Shouli stared and said after hearing the words.

Li Tong rolled his eyes at him angrily, and explained a few more words: "The Zhang family is a wealthy heir, and there are many properties in Kinki, and some of them are cut off for other purposes. They are just under the Taoist temple, Tian Sang's management, farming and weaving. I make someone else responsible."

Li Tong currently has a lot of property in God's City, such as the warehouses Yang Li won around Xintan and the shops in the two cities, plus various garden businesses that have been granted gifts, to maintain the palace. There is a lot of surplus in daily expenses, but it is a drop in the bucket to plan big things.

In the future, he will stay in Xijing for a long time, and when he returns to Shendu, it will really be success or failure, so before leaving, he intends to carry out overall planning and distribution of these industries.

There is a huge group of palace people in the palace. Although Li Tong has already taken this matter into his own hands, he doesn't have the energy to make specific arrangements right now.Shangguan Wan'er still wanted to stay by his grandmother's side, so Li Tong planned to hand over this matter to Shangguan Wan'er to handle it in detail.

In the future, Li Tong does not plan to transfer the flying money and various palace income from Xijing to Shendu.He also didn't know how the imperial court would arrange his grandma's food and clothing expenses in the future, so he simply used his income from these industries to support his grandma's daily expenses and also as a fund for the resettlement of the inner palace.

The model he envisioned is to absorb young and strong labor force through the old clothes club to farm in the farms outside the city, while the people of the Great Inner Palace will establish some handicraft workshops in the city of God. Make marriages, organize families.

In this way, his grandma's standard of living can be maintained, and under the protection of his grandma Yu Wei, it is inconvenient for the imperial court to intervene, so that the production and life of the palace people and the young and strong bachelors in the old clothes shop can be arranged in an orderly manner. .

Yang Li's properties are all under the name of Li Tong, and it is not good for Li Tong to loot this small treasury too recklessly.As for the property under his own name, he doesn't know whether it can meet such a large demand, of course, the more the better.

The so-called saving money and avoiding disasters, Qinghe Zhang should have such an awareness when he provoked him.Although the matter of acknowledging relatives was a big shame, the benefits did not fall on Li Tong.They paid a protection fee in exchange for Li Tong not persecuting them anymore, and they still made a profit.

Anyway, even if Li Tong didn't make a move here, as long as the Zhang family and Wang Meichang were doing things together, other bigwigs in the court would not let the Zhang family go easily, so there was no need for Li Tong to continue to be a bad guy.

After talking about these little things, Li Tong told Li Shouli that he will serve as General Zuo Yulin. When Li Shouli heard this arrangement, he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy: "Sanlang, do you think I can do well?"

"In the future, in Shendu City, it may still be inevitable that all parties will compete, but there will be no major military turmoil. Izumi Nanchan will succeed General Zuo Yulin, and there will be many generals in the camp to respond. Second brother, you only need to Diligent on duty every day, ensuring the safety of my grandmother, and discussing with my grandmother when I should be appointed or dismissed, there will be no major problems."

Although the possibility of his grandma's evil intentions cannot be ruled out, but in terms of the current situation, their brothers are his grandma's most reliable protectors. No matter who they change, they will not defend Wu Zetian like them without any distractions. understand this.

That's why Li Tong felt relieved to arrange Li Shouli into the Beiya to be a tool for his grandma.As for the most elite Qianqi in the Beiya, Li Tong decided to take it away after weighing it.

In addition to being good in battle, Qianqi's biggest feature is pureness, unlike other guard houses in the Northern and Southern Yamen, which have various traces and influences.

After his reorganization, Qianqi has nearly 4000 people. If they can be brought into Guanzhong, coupled with the elite warriors in Guanzhong, he will have a truly loyal and brave army in his hands. The strongest support for the remnants of Guanlong.

Leaving aside those difficult-to-quantify political resources, Qianqi is the largest piece of property that Li Tong received from his grandmother. Based on this, it is possible for him to achieve hegemony in Guanzhong.

Not to mention that the Li Tong brothers were discussing various matters in the mansion, the emperor's heir Li Dan returned to the Ganlu Hall of Shangyang Palace after retiring from the court.

Before he could sit down here, someone from the palace came to report that Concubine Wang De's condition had been repeated again. Li Dan hurriedly got up and went to the inner hall after hearing the words.When he came outside the dormitory, many people had already gathered here, including some other concubines and their infant children.

Perhaps because of the harsh living environment, Li Dan's inner palace did not have too much smog and intrigue, especially after Empress Liu and Concubine Dou were born and dead, there was a kind of intimacy and kindness of being in love with each other and relying on each other for life.

Concubine Wang De's body was quite weak. She lived in seclusion for these years, although she had enough food and clothing, she had no hope, so she often suffered from some illnesses.

Compared with the strength of the queen's Fangzheng and Concubine Dou, Li Dan also prefers such a weak concubine who is dependent on others and regards him as heaven. The family has escaped from prison, and Concubine Wang Defei's health is still quite worrying.

When he came outside the residence, Li Dan had no time to care about the family members around him, so he went straight in, turned the screen and saw Concubine Wang De was softly nestling in the arms of his younger sister Wang Fangmei, soft as if boneless, with a sickly blush on her pretty face.

When they heard the sound of footsteps coming in, Ershu saw Li Dan walking in a blink of an eye, and hurriedly got up to greet her, but Li Dan rushed to the front of the couch, carefully passed his arm under Wang Defei's armpit, gently pressed him on the couch, and Said softly: "The lady is sick, I have worked hard, but I am trapped in foreign affairs, and I don't have much time to accompany me at home..."

"The family and the country are thriving, and the whole world looks up to His Majesty, the concubine is just an inner court woman, how dare she covet the tenderness of the private room, ahem... The concubine may have a shallow fortune, and it is difficult to bear the heavy kindness of doting, but fortunately, the heavens have pity on her." , finally fortunate to be able to stay with His Highness in the morning. I hate that I am sick, I am not worthy of the joy of my family and country, and I cannot dance to celebrate. I wish His Highness, but I still have to worry about it..."

Concubine Wang De's body was weak, and her breathing was intermittent. After saying a few words, she couldn't help coughing again.

Li Dan loved this concubine very much. Seeing that she was tortured so hard by the illness, his eyes were slightly red with distress, but he said in a low voice: "Miss, talk less and gather energy. I will stay here tonight. go."

While speaking, he motioned to Wang Fangmei who was beside him to bring the soup and medicine, and personally delivered the food to Concubine Wang De.Concubine Wang De took a few sips of the decoction, regained some of her energy, and smiled at the emperor's heir: "In the past, I was worried that I would not be able to see the sun tomorrow, but now it is finally sunny. Your Highness can see the subjects. Growing up happily, my concubine has nothing to worry about or fear, even at this moment..."

Li Dan hurriedly raised his hand to cover Concubine Wang De's mouth, staring and said: "What are you talking about! There are still many years in this life to be with my wife, not only today, but also countless tomorrows!"

After taking the medicine, Concubine Wang De felt more comfortable, and fell asleep soundly accompanied by the emperor's heir.

"Your Highness, meals have been prepared in the outer hall."

Someone from the palace came forward to report, Li Dan waved his hand to signal the palace people not to say more, leaned over to the side of Wang Defei's face and heard the sound of breathing was relatively stable, so he breathed a sigh of relief, stood on tiptoe and walked out of the dormitory gently.

When he came to the outer hall and looked at the exquisite meals on the table, Li Dan really had no appetite to eat. After sitting for a while, he said, "Have Da Lang finished today's homework? Go and call them here, I have something to do." order."

Chapter 0496 five sons come to the door

In Jishanfang Yongwang's mansion, Lego hurriedly came to the hall to inform the emperor's heirs and princes to visit. Li Tong couldn't help frowning when he heard the news, but after thinking about it, he still greeted the empress who was still apologizing to his concubine Fang The second brother, Li Shouli, went out to welcome him together.

"Sanlang, do you know why those boys came to my house?"

Li Shouli didn't have a good impression of the emperor's sons. Even though they didn't have much contact with each other, even with Li Shouli's carefree temperament, he could feel that the emperor's sons were quite hostile to their brothers.

Li Tong naturally didn't have a good impression of those brats, but now that everyone has arrived in front of the mansion, it's really hard to keep them out.

Hearing the second brother's question, he sighed and said, "If it's not bad, it may be because of Wang Meichang's business. Our fourth uncle really values ​​love and righteousness."

"Wang Meichang's impoliteness in the palace was seen by the masses, and it has become a gossip in the court. Even if His Royal Highness wants to keep his humble relative, who dares to refuse, why bother with this kind of thing to harass my family! "

Li Shouli also learned from Li Tong about the stupid things Wang Meichang committed in Guanfeng Palace, and he gloated a lot. When he heard this, he frowned immediately, and at the same time he couldn't help but doubt: "The emperor wants to save himself, but he can't." , but let the sons come to beg Saburo, is this to make Saburo suffer from Wang Meichang and make fun of the world?"

Li Tong was still a little irritable at first, but after hearing the words, he became happy and raised his hand to pat Li Shouli's head. Don't worry about such brain-stirring things.

The emperor's heir values ​​love and righteousness, and may want to save Wang Meichang, but it's really not suitable for him to come forward.Wang Meichang has not been in power for a long time, but he has already committed public anger, and made that kind of low-level mistake again in desperation.

If the emperor's heir directly spoke out to protect Wang Meichang, he would directly put himself on the opposite side of the officials, so should everyone agree or not?

If you don't agree, it's tantamount to directly ignoring the authority that the emperor's heir should have, and the relationship between them will drop to freezing point.But if you agree, what should you do if you encounter such a thing in the future?

While speaking, the two brothers walked to the front hall.At the same time, the officials on the opposite side also respectfully introduced the sons of the emperor's heir into the mansion.Looking around, there are five little radish heads from big to small, which seem to be quite joyful.

But Li Tong couldn't help frowning even deeper. His fourth uncle sent all his sons directly. If it was really to intercede for Wang Meichang, it would be human deception, and there was no room for him to refuse!

But the question is, what did your father-in-law do? Don't you have any clues?I don't add insult to injury, just killed him, it's already giving you face, you have a good relationship with him, and both of their daughters are given to you, are you going to give me one or what?

Not to mention Li Tong's complaints in his heart, the five little radish heads on the opposite side saw the two kings coming, and Li Chengqi led them to quicken their pace. A brother, seeing that he was falling behind, grinned and wanted to cry.

"Cheng Qi and his brothers have met two elder brothers!"

Li Chengqi, who was at the forefront, came to the Li Tong brothers first. This time the meeting was not as arrogant as before. He bowed his hands in a formal way and bowed slightly. Squeezing out a forced smile: "I took the liberty to visit, although I was sent by Aye, Cheng Qi heard of the great deeds of the two brothers recently, and admired them in his heart, and longed to be educated in front of him, to see the virtuous and think like him! "

A few words that were originally quite polite, but when Li Tong heard the last few words, his face darkened suddenly.Do you still want to compare with your second uncle?