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Chapter 717 Persuading the disturbance (4)

The fastest runner in this world is not a horse, nor is it the wind, but a rumor, and I don't know where it came from. It is an evil wind, saying that the prince intends to let the prince supervise the country today, instead of the Empress Wu. The news is almost true. It spread throughout the entire capital overnight. Early in the morning, people and officials all over the city were discussing this matter. The more rumors spread, the more versions there would be. However, no matter which version of the rumor, its tendency is extremely obvious. Except for the loyalists of the Queen's Party, most of the people supported the Prince's administration. For a while, Li Xian's already high prestige was suddenly elevated to the position of the boss again, so that many courtiers who thought the situation was unstoppable were anxious. Impatiently, I read the chapter on persuading people to advance. There were nearly a hundred copies of this kind of book received at the other side of the political affairs hall, which made all the prime ministers who were planning to discuss the matter flustered. At the end, they had to stop For the rest of the matter, we will discuss this matter first.

"My lords, this matter has come to such a great extent, I'm afraid it won't work if we don't hurry to discuss it. I don't know if you have any opinions?"

As the first and auxiliary minister, Pei Xingjian presided over the overall situation of the discussion without hesitation. He first ordered the officials of the political affairs hall to suspend the delivery of papers in the meeting hall, and then looked around at the various colleagues who were seated, and spoke in a heavy tone.

Dead silence, a dead silence, facing Pei Xingjian's expectant eyes, all the ministers in the hall bowed their heads and looked down, just because everyone knew that the relationship between this matter was too important. It is possible to face the disaster of overthrowing the nest. When the situation is unknown, it is better not to speak up as much as possible, so as not to cause trouble in vain. Therefore, the whole hall became so strangely quiet.

"My lords, no matter what, I have to come up with a statement in the political affairs hall first, otherwise, I'm afraid your Majesty will not be able to justify it. The current situation is already serious. If it is not calmed down quickly, the court situation may be in chaos. How can you bear it, gentlemen?"

Seeing that all the colleagues were silent for a long time, Pei Xingjian couldn't help becoming a little anxious, but he couldn't get angry at all the colleagues, so he could only frown slightly, and patiently persuaded him.

"There is nothing to discuss about what the people want, just report it to the imperial court according to the facts!"

Among the many chancellors, although Hao Chujun appears to be neutral on the surface, in fact he is the one who supports Li Xian the most, and he is happy to see Li Xianneng in charge of the court. Seeing that everyone is silent now, he feels a little bit The son couldn't bear it anymore, and was the first to express his attitude unabashedly.

"Hao Xiang's words are quite reasonable. Taizong once said: water can carry a boat, water can capsize a boat, and people's hearts are the general trend, which cannot be violated!"

Dai Zhide was also inclined towards Li Xian's prime minister, and when he heard Hao Chujun's statement, he was happy to give him a boost, and hurriedly agreed.

"Hao Xiangzhi's words are wrong. This is not the will of the people, but there are villains who are causing trouble. The Empress Dowager was entrusted by His Majesty, and she worked hard to achieve peace in the world. , ridiculous, really ridiculous!"

As soon as the two prime ministers expressed their support for Li Xian, Jia Chaoyin, the best friend of Empress Wu, couldn't hold back anymore, and hurriedly jumped out and objected loudly.

"Where did the villain come from, does Jia Xiang have any evidence? If not, I'm afraid it's not what the prime minister should do, if he presumptuously accuses others of the crime?"

Hearing Jia Chaoyin's harsh words, Hao Chujun, who has a strong personality, lowered his face and reprimanded Jia Chaoyin unceremoniously.

"Only by thoroughly investigating this matter can we know the root cause. Jia thinks there must be something else wrong with it!"

Although Jia Chaoyin ranked second to last among the ministers, but he was confident that Empress Wu would support him with all his strength, but he was not afraid of Hao Chujun in his heart, so he pushed back with his head high.

"A thorough investigation? What is Jia Xiangyu doing? You must know that the crown prince is the crown prince, the foundation of the country. When His Majesty is in ailment, it is a matter of course for him to supervise the country. Today, all the subjects look forward to returning home, but Jia Xiang wants to go against the general trend." And Hu Wei, what's the point!"

Hao Chujun had always disliked Jia Chaoyin, a colleague who was not very capable, now seeing him spouting nonsense there, how could he give him any good looks, so he scolded him bluntly.

"You two don't need to be so excited. Is it necessary to discuss this matter clearly? In Gao's opinion, it is a good thing whether it is the Empress Dowager coming to court, or the prince supervising the country. As for what to do, please Your Majesty Holy Judgment is right."

Hao Chujun's eloquence was much higher than Jia Chaoyin's. After several rounds of competition, Jia Chaoyin was so angry that he couldn't speak a complete sentence. Seeing the overall situation, he wanted to support Li Xian and slipped away. The last Zaifu suddenly appeared and smoothed things over vaguely.

"Your Majesty, the Holy Judgment is certainly necessary, but I should make a statement. Pei believes that people's will can't be violated, and those who act against the trend have no reason to be destroyed!"

Zhongshu Ling Pei Yan is the youngest among the prime ministers, and his qualifications are also the lowest, but his status is not low. He is only ranked below Pei Xingjian, Hao Chujun and Yue Wang Li Zhen. Although he and Li Xian do not have much contact In fact, there is no special friendship, but I have long been displeased with Empress Wu's Rooster Sichen. I couldn't find the opportunity to step down after Empress Wu, but now I have an opportunity to take advantage of it. Sit back and watch, moreover, with Hao and Dai leading the way, he is not afraid to express his position, and he does not want Gao Zhizhou's plan to make things right, so he hastily stood up , unequivocally supported the opinions of Hao and Dai.

"What does His Royal Highness Yue think about this?"

Pei Xingjian also supported Li Xian in his heart, but as the host of the discussion, he was not easy to express his attitude casually. Seeing that there were already three people supporting Li Xian at this moment, he already had a solid foundation in his heart. But for the sake of prudence, I still consulted Li Zhen first.

"Everything you say is reasonable. However, I think that the Empress Dowager is entrusted by His Majesty to manage the court. How can the Sacred Heart be violated, and the order of the elders and the younger ones. Although the prince's status is respected, filial piety must be kept after all. What does Prime Minister Pei think?"

In the past, when Li Zhen was discussing affairs in the political affairs hall, she either kept silent or followed the crowd. She never expressed her attitude on something easily, but this time she was uncharacteristically, showing a clear-cut attitude of supporting Empress Wu.

"That's right, His Highness the King of Yue said that he is very kind, and filial piety should be the first priority in everything. How can we trap His Highness the Crown Prince in an unrighteous way!"

As soon as Li Zhen expressed his attitude, the ministers and ministers immediately became dizzy. They really couldn't understand what Li Zhen's intention was, but Gao Zhizhou had already received Li Zhen's suggestion, and was the first to come out to agree. a handful.

"Good! His Royal Highness King Yue's gaze is as bright as a torch, and Jia is amazed!"

Jia Chaoyin did not receive relevant instructions from Empress Wu this time, nor did he know the overall arrangement of Empress Wu. He just proceeded from his own point of view and tried his best to block the passage of the prince's supervision of the country in the political affairs hall. With the strong support from the King of Yue, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly gave Li Zhen's stinky foot a big hug.

"His Royal Highness King Yue's remarks are too far-fetched. Please forgive Hao Mou for not agreeing. It is related to the state, so it is not related to filial piety! Now His Royal Highness is old, Wen Neng can stabilize the country, Wu can set the country, and he has the ideal of a wise king. With weather and the world returning to one’s heart, what’s the point of entrusting state affairs to others? Could it be that His Royal Highness the King of Yue thinks that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not wise, ignorant, and incompetent?”

Although Hao Chujun was shocked by Li Zhen's sudden statement, he soon came back to his senses, frowned, and unceremoniously asked a series of rhetorical questions one after another.

"Pei Xiang, what do you mean..."

Hao Chujun has always been known for his eloquence, Li Zhen asked himself that he was not his opponent, so she didn't intend to argue with him to the end, pretending that she didn't hear Hao Chujun's rhetorical question, she bowed her hands to Pei Xingjian who had a dignified face, and asked half of the question tentatively words come.

The damned old slick!
Seeing that Li Zhen didn't respond to Hao Chujun's challenge, but instead asked his own opinion, Pei Xingjian couldn't help but feel crooked for a while, and cursed secretly, but he didn't rush to speak, but frowned slightly Obviously, Li Zhen's sudden move brought Pei Xingjian a lot of trouble. Originally, Li Zhen always followed the crowd, and when Pei Xingjian asked him, it was a matter of caution. That's all, but I didn't expect him to express his stance so clearly. In this way, the situation became three votes to three votes, with half support and half opposition, which made it difficult for Pei Xingjian to do it. It can be postponed, or the conflict can be handed over, but this discussion is about who will be in charge of the government. If the political affairs hall does not come up with a statement, it is absolutely impossible, but this matter is really serious. It was too serious, even though Pei Xingjian had his heart towards Li Xian, he didn't dare to express his opinion lightly. If something went wrong, the consequences would not be as serious as usual.

"Since the princes are at odds with each other, if you don't agree, then you can take the papers of all the ministers and go to face the saint together. I think that with the wisdom of your majesty, you will make a decision."

Pei Xingjian thought about it for a long time, but he still didn't dare to make a decision lightly. In addition, he faintly felt that there might be something strange about the matter of the ministers going to the capital this time, so he planned to submit a contradiction brazenly, even if it was because of it. It is better to be reprimanded by Emperor Gaozong than to cause trouble by making random reports.

"good!"

"can!"

"Seconded!"

It was Pei Xingjian who said to draw up the rules, and it was Pei Xingjian who said to hand over the contradictions. This kind of inconsistency would inevitably be suspected of slapping yourself in the face. They all agreed with Pei Xingjian's opinion.

"Okay, since that's the case, I'll go to face the saint together later."

Seeing that all his colleagues had no objection to this move, Pei Xingjian secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and didn't dare to delay any longer, so he stood up quickly, and after giving an order, he lifted his feet and walked out of the hall. When Zaifu saw this, he didn't talk nonsense, they got up and followed behind, and the group of people went straight to the inner ban in a mighty way.

(End of this chapter)