Da Wei Chun

Chapter 641 The Big Black Pot

In just a few short years, Gao Ying seemed to be more than ten years old, with a few strands of white silk faintly showing between her temples.

But after careful calculation, she is now only twenty-six.

Emperor Yuan Yi was already ten years old, he was very similar to his father Yuan Yi, he was very handsome, sitting in the hall, he was already somewhat majestic.

It's the end of the new year, and half a month will be the beginning of the year. If it is the previous year, Taichang has already started to prepare for the grand sacrifice, Changqiu Temple and the Shaofu have already started to organize the New Year's Day banquet, and the Taifu has also begun to prepare for the Queen Mother and His Majesty to give the banquet to the ministers reward.

It was supposed to be happy, but now it is gloomy.

When Fang arrived at Mao, all Beijing officials above the fifth rank were about to stand up and go to court, when they suddenly heard the Duanzhong's masterpiece, which rang six times, and the officials knew that if they were not invaded by foreign enemies, the state and county would be at fault.

Just like three months ago, when Wuchuan and Woye fell one after another, the bell rang twice within ten days.

Going forward, in mid-spring, the general Changsun Dao of Rouxuan town rebelled, and the three towns of Dongdong followed suit one after another, and the Duan bell also rang once every ten days or so.

Going forward, such as the rebellion of Gaozhao, Xia, Si, Heng, Shuo, Ding and other prefectures of the Northland have fallen to the enemy one after another, and the Duan bell is ringing non-stop. In about ten days, the bell can be heard like thunder.

It was in previous years, but hearing the bell ring, no matter whether it was the officials or citizens of the capital, they were horrified and terrified.But now, how much are you used to?
Fortunately, Yuan Cheng's wrist is quite high, and he made Jin Ming's victory so strange and strong that it seems that in only three to five months, all the rebels from the Gao family can be awarded to Xi Kangsheng. Regardless of whether it is people's livelihood or not, it is still considered stable.

A dull person should only treat scabies, not all of them.But most of them have a sense of intuition: Could it be that the building is about to collapse?
But no matter what, when the Duanzhong rang, the court officials would also enter the palace to discuss matters in the middle of the night.Fortunately, today's sound was so coincidental that it was almost dawn, at least a little less angry.

When all the officials rushed to the Taiji Hall non-stop, the Empress Dowager, His Majesty, Bing Yuancheng and other assistant ministers in Beijing had already gathered in the hall.

Looking at the faces of each person, it may be gloomy, hesitant, sad, or lost.

Seeing that Yuan Cheng looked like he had lost his soul, all the ministers knew that today's news from Duanzhong is definitely not just a disaster for one state and one place.

The Empress Dowager's face paled even more, and there was a trace of greenness on her powdered face, reflected in the lamps and candles, she seemed a little ferocious.

Only the little emperor was ignorant, his face was pretending to be calm, but his eyes were full of curiosity.But frightened by Gao Ying's prestige, he didn't dare to look left and right, he just watched closely the officials who entered the palace.

Fearing that something bad would happen, everyone acted lightly, trying not to make any noise, and even stood on tiptoe when they stepped down.

About two quarters later, when it was Chen's hour, when the court bell rang, Qin Song ordered the Yellow Gate to close the palace gate.

Through the crack of the door that was about to be closed, seeing several colleagues kneeling at the bottom of the steps, neither dared to cry, nor dared to make trouble, but kowtowed on the ground, most of the ministers in the palace felt a sense of sadness.

Usually, if it is overtime, at most it will be reprimanded.But looking at today's situation, I'm afraid someone will be unlucky...

"I have something to say!"

General Lishi gave a clear shout, his words were correct, his accent was full of energy, and several rounds of echoes were knocked out in the huge hall.

If it was usual, it would be normal to play normally, but today it was like seeing a ghost, all the officials were stunned and stared blankly at Gao Ying and the young emperor sitting in the hall.

Could it be that the bell at the end rang for nothing?

According to Xiaowen's edict, any rebellious ministers who cause chaos, the state has lost, and foreign enemies invade, the courtiers must be informed to discuss countermeasures, so there is an old rule of "ringing the six records of the end bell".

And whenever the bell rings, the courtiers must go to the palace, and then the chief scholar or Bian Zhanglang will read the mansion newspaper and explain to the officials why the bell suddenly rings.

But today, this step was directly omitted?
Either the Empress Dowager listened to too much and took the trouble, and was even more afraid that the bad news would continue, which would disrupt the court and the people's hearts, so she decided to change this ancestral system.

Or, this time it should be a catastrophe, so big that the queen mother dare not let the courtiers know.

However, the five prefectures and six towns in the North rebelled one after another, and the information attached to the Gao family has never been concealed. No matter how serious the disaster is now, how big can it be?

All the ministers had different thoughts, secretly guessing, and the Lishi shouted: "If you have something to do, you will retreat to the court if you have nothing to do!"

really?

If the Empress Dowager wants to change the ancestral system, she won't make a decision with one word, at least she should say a few words today, and she won't stop the court in such a hurry.

This is obviously impatient, and I am eager to discuss countermeasures with Yuan Cheng and others...

At this time, naturally no one dared not to be ignorant, even if there were important matters that must be followed, they just handed the memorial to Qin Song and asked him to present it on his behalf.

In this way, nearly a hundred courtiers left without much effort.There are only four assistant ministers left in the hall, namely Yuan Cheng, Yuan Quan, Liu Fang and You Zhao.

The other four, Xi Kangsheng and Xing Luan, were both leading the army in the north, Yuan Yi was captured by Gao Zhao, and Cui Guang was captured by Li Chengzhi.

In addition, Liu Fang and You Zhao had no experience in leading the army, so they only dealt with civil affairs, and most of the military was controlled by Yuan Cheng and Yuan Quan.

But today's matter was only because the relationship was too big, and they were afraid of being honest, so the two of them were kept.

Gao Ying's face was still ashen, and he didn't know whether it was fear or hatred, and Yuan Cheng heard the faint sound of gnashing his teeth when he was two or three feet away.

After a few breaths, she sighed again and asked in a hissed voice: "The matter has come to this, do you have a good plan?"

Yuan Cheng and Yuan Quan were silent, and looked at the urgent report on the case table in front of the Empress Dowager.

In fact, this memorial entered the palace at midnight last night. Gao Ying was horrified after reading it, so she dragged it until the fifth watch on the grounds that it was already late at night and could not frighten the people, and then summoned the fourth assistant.

Knowing the inside story, Sifu turned pale in shock, and instead of discussing countermeasures, he persuaded Gao Ying to ring the bell.

Paper can't hold fire, and sooner or later there will be a day when it will be revealed. Instead of revealing it suddenly one day, causing the officials to lose color, and causing the government to be unstable, it is better to speak out step by step and slowly.

That's why there was this scene where the bell was only rung, but nothing was announced...

What else can be done?

You Zhao and Liu Fang looked at each other and sighed sadly.

The cause of the future, the fruit of today, I knew this earlier, why bother?
Since returning to Beijing after Chencang's victory, Li Chengzhi has suffered all kinds of injustices in the past year.Even Liu Fang, who had always kept a low profile, couldn't stand it any longer, and secretly remonstrated with the Queen Mother many times.

Cui Guang and You Zhao argued even more with reason, quarreling with Yuan Ying from time to time, blushing and thick neck.

However, Gao Ying is just a woman after all, living in a deep palace, how much ability can she have to distinguish right from wrong?
In the past, there were several dynasties of Yuanying and Yuancheng, and the princes of the Yuan family used the name of balance to oppress the reality.

As for Li Chengzhi's disobedience, it's a joke.

If he had had second thoughts, how could he have risked being exposed and sent the Li family to distort the prestige of Wo Ye?
If Yuan Ying and Yuan Cheng had given him no doubts at that time, and the imperial court would have been more generous, conferring a real title, it is likely that he would completely return to his heart.

Unfortunately, it backfired...

Liu Fang and You Zhao have one in charge of Taichang and the other in charge of Taifu, and they know very little about military affairs and seldom intervene, so they simply kept silent.

Yuan Cheng and Yuan Quan were secretly horrified, in a dilemma.

What's shocking is that it's only been a year, why did Li Chengzhi grow into a giant, and was able to defeat Luo Jian and Yuan Zhi's army of more than [-] with Yue Yu?
Now it is even more one ebb and flow, and its harm is even more serious than Gao Zhao.If you don't kill them when they are weak and let them grow, it will inevitably lead to disaster.

But the imperial court is just at the time when the front force is insufficient and the back force is not going to continue?

There is no way, it is nothing more than driving tigers and wolfs away.

Just like Gao Zhao, since he was able to conspire with Luo Jian, he must have known that Li Chengzhi would be a serious disaster, even more so than the court.Now that I hear this bad news again, how can I not know that if I continue to fight against the imperial court, no matter who wins or loses, it will only benefit Li Chengzhi in the end?

Therefore, it will be convenient for the messenger to send the urgent report of Luo Jian and Yuan Zhi to Xi Kangsheng as soon as possible, and carry it to Beijing.

It goes without saying.

This is easy to handle: if you can't recruit him to surrender, at least you can use a strategy of delaying the army.Then he ordered Xi Kangsheng to send his troops westward to conquer the West Sea.

But the problem is, with the lessons learned from Luo Jian and Yuan Zhi, Xi Kangsheng's 15 army may not necessarily be Li Chengzhi's opponent.

Therefore, Yuan Cheng and Yuan Quan are in a dilemma: if they want to slander once and for all, the only way is to "drive away the tiger and devour the wolf".

This tiger is either Nanliang, or Tuyuhun, and Rouran is even added.The one who swallowed was naturally Li Chengzhi, the wolf.

But after swallowing the wolf, what should the tiger do if it doesn't leave?

What's more, to make peace with world enemies, people with a firm heart and determination can't do it. Regardless of the rest, they are just spurned by the world, and the scolding behind them is something that ordinary people can't bear.

Whether it is to advise the Empress Dowager, or to send an envoy to an enemy country to borrow troops, Yuan Cheng and Yuan Quan can't do it.

Not to mention whether other people have the qualifications, whether they are worthy enough to carry this big scapegoat, it is the two of them who controlled the military power and kept Cui Guang, Liu Fang, You Zhao and others from getting involved in the past. It's stupid to share their worries.

Yuan Cheng is acceptable, because he has discussed this matter with Gao Ying more than once, so he has already made a decision.But Yuan Quan will regret it if he loses his intestines.

If I had known that I would have to bear such a big responsibility, even if I tried my best to convict the Queen Mother, I would have resigned from the post of assistant minister and Taiwei...

Several people had different thoughts, and they were all silent, and Gao Ying's face became more and more gloomy, with regret and hatred in his heart.

Once upon a time, did she think that she would meet Li Chengzhi in battle and never die?

time, fate...

Gao Ying gritted her teeth fiercely and snorted coldly.Yuan Cheng and the others were startled as if waking up from a dream.

"Liu Qing, Dai Gu Lie Zhao!"

Liu Fang bowed hurriedly: "I obey the order!"

Qin Song was extremely winking, and quickly presented the pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

"Let Ren Chengwang be the history, Yushi lieutenant Li Daoyuan as the deputy, go to Xiazhou to appease the Gao family: if you can get rid of the chaos anyway, abandon the darkness and turn to the light, then don't admonish things, don't blame the past, you can give Gao Zhao the title of Xia Guogong, hereditary. For... the following ministers who are rebellious are all restored to their original posts, and I will give you another gift, uncle, etc..."

After a short pause, Gao Ying said again: "Another imperial edict, granting Li Chengzhi the King of Liang, hereditary succession, and an iron contract to avoid death, the descendants of non-rebellious crimes can be exempted from ten deaths, and rest with the country..."

Yuan Quan was stunned for a moment, even though the city was as deep as Liu Fang and You Zhao, his expression changed in shock.

There were also those who rebelled and became kings. Isn't this the first of the dynasty?

That's all for the former. After Li Chengzhi's edict, there will be an endless stream of people vying to follow suit like crucian carp crossing the river.I am afraid that there will be no peaceful day in this world.

Only Yuan Cheng knew a thing or two, and he didn't panic, but his face was gloomy.

After a pause, Gao Ying laughed nervously again: "When the edict was announced to Gao Zhao, another imperial edict was also read to him. Let him think about how to make a decision... If he still should not, If Jin ordered the rebellious army to disarm, he would order Xi Kangsheng to mobilize his entire army, and even if the country were to be destroyed, the Gao clan would definitely be left alone..."

There were only four assistant ministers in the hall, but they all gasped.

This is where You Rong Gao Zhao, he was obviously forced to surrender.

Looking at Gao Ying again, the ferocious look on his face is as real as his essence, he can't wait to eat Gao Zhao's flesh and drink Gao Zhao's blood.Can you see how much you hate it?

But after thinking about it, I don't think it's surprising.

If it wasn't for Gao Zhaoxing to make waves and stir up the flames secretly, how could Yuan Cheng and Yuan Ying be so suspicious of Li Chengzhi?
If it hadn't been for repeated slander, it would be even more impossible for Gao Ying to know that he was helping, but not only would he not reuse him, but would he push him out in every possible way?
It was precisely because Gao Zhao wanted to kill the grass and roots, and set up a net to take Li Chengzhi's life, that made him fake his death and escape to Hexi.

Otherwise, Li Chengzhi would have gone to Pingzhou to take office...

All of this was caused by Gao Zhao, and Gao Ying wished to cut him into pieces.

Gao Zhao must have expected this, so will he surrender or not?
A few people thought to themselves, [-]% had to surrender.

Although Gao Ying hated him to the bone, but after all, his surname was Gao, at most he would take his life, and he must put down Li Chengzhi before he could take action, and he couldn't be blatant, otherwise he would be dishonest.

In this way, at least the lives of the Gao family's children will be safe and their incense will be safe.

But Gao Zhao has offended Li Chengzhi to the bottom of his heart, but he has repeatedly put Li Chengzhi to death. With his temperament of vengeance, once Li Chengzhi gains power, Gao will definitely not leave behind.

From this point alone, even if Gao Zhao guessed that Gao Ying was planning to "kill two men with one peach", he would definitely be cautious.

What's more, there is another imperial decree bestowed on Li Chengzhi: to be named king with a different surname, so that his descendants will not die ten times. What if Li Chengzhi is moved?

At that time, Gao Zhao was willing to surrender, but he was afraid that he would have no chance.Because as long as Li Chengzhi surrenders, the first person he will not let go is the Gao family...

This is a conspiracy, even if Gao Zhao knew it was a trick and had no choice but to fall into it willingly.

Otherwise, why would he need to make peace with Luo Jian in secret, and misfortune would lead to the west, and it would be even more impossible for him to go uncharacteristically and escort Luo Jian and Yuan Zhi's urgent report to Li Shao's camp like a treasure...

Thinking about it in his heart, Yuan Quan finally felt that something was wrong, and asked boldly: "My minister dares to ask the queen mother to commit the crime: if Gao Zhao abandons the dark and turns to the bright, what about Li Chengzhi?"

"Li Chengzhi?"

Gao Ying laughed nervously, "Even if you make him a prince, he won't surrender..."

Yuan Quan thought for a while, and suddenly realized: If Li Chengzhi had been appeased by the court, he would never have won this battle so cleanly.

At least it should be a fight and talk...

(End of this chapter)