Chapter 881(1/2)
Golden Palace, morning court.
Early in the morning, all officials came to court, but today the imperial throne was still empty in the Golden Hall. The emperor did not have an early court, and Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui led all officials to salute to the empty chair.
The ceremony is over.
Fang Du is preparing to return to the yamen office.
Liu Wei stopped the two prime ministers.
"Fang Xiang, Du Xiang."
Fang Xuanling took action, "What's wrong with Liu Zhongcheng?"
These days, Liu Wei gave memorials to the emperor every day, but the emperor never replied. He went to find the prime minister of the Zhongshu every day, but the Zhongshu was just fooling him.
A thing that seemed very simple to him, but was fooled for two months.
He understood clearly that this matter could not continue like this.
"Secretary Fang, Prince Du, Your Majesty has not been in court for so long and has not seen all officials. Shouldn't you do something?"
Fang Xuanling smiled, "Your Majesty is not in good health and is in recuperation."
Liu Wei refused to give way.
"Since Your Majesty wants to recuperate, then now all the ministers under the Secretariat are in charge of the government affairs, and all the major affairs of the government will be decided by you. This is absolutely true."
"It's true." Fang Xuanling nodded.
"When will the Prime Minister abolish Li Chao's chaos?"
"Disrupt government? How come the saying of chaos?" Fang Xuanling smiled.
"Public opinion all over the world is saying that the new policy is a chaotic policy. Is it enough to explain?" Liu Yan refused to give in.
Du Ruhui had a dark face on the side, "You were also invited to attend the last meeting of the Secretariat. The prime ministers discussed this matter seriously, but you also saw it. Now you are still entangled all day long. What do you want to do?"
Liu Xu said, "I plead for the people and exercise the duties of the censor. At that meeting that day, the ten prime ministers were held, and not all supported Li Chao's chaos."
"There are eleven prime ministers under the Secretariat. Since it is now open, please ask Li Xiang. The Secretariat has sent a letter to Li Xiang and ask Li Xiang for his opinion on this matter."
Liu Wei was furious.
The Secretary of the Central Committee discussed the abolition of Li Chao's new law, and the ten prime ministers voted five to five. Now Fang Xuanling actually said that he would send someone to ask Li Chao's opinions.
It’s true that Li Chao is the prime minister, but I’ll ask if I want to abolish Li Chao’s new laws. Isn’t this bullshit?
Anyone who is more foolish than this?
"Li Chao is far away in Youzhou, and he should avoid this matter. You don't have to travel thousands of miles to Hebei to ask Li Chao, just ask His Majesty directly."
"Your Majesty is not in good health and needs rest and must not be disturbed." Changsun Wuji spoke.
In the Golden Palace, all the officials who were supposed to leave stopped and all stopped.
All the officials stood on both sides automatically.
Li Chao left, the emperor did not pay tribute, and the subordinates of the Secretariat were still maintaining the new law. The new law did touch the interests of many people, and the officials in the court were also one of the group of people who were damaged.
Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others may not care about the losses caused by the new policy and insist on supporting the new law, but more officials say that they are unwilling to support the new law.
"This matter must have a result today, and we cannot delay it again and again."
Changsun Wuji stared at Liu Wei.
"What result do you want?"
"The new law must be abolished!"
Changsun Wuji sneered, "Okay, then the subordinates of the Secretary of the Central Committee will discuss it again today and vote again."
Liu Wei was not stupid, with eleven prime ministers and one in Hebei, and the remaining ten were in the court. The results of the last meeting were already very clear, five to five.
As long as the five prime ministers Changsun Wuji and the other two remain unwavering, the Secretary of the Central Committee will never find a result.
It is simply not feasible to abolish the new law through the formal channel under the Secretariat.
Now they only have one way to abolish the new law, that is, to knock on the palace directly and let the emperor come out to preach. With just one word from the emperor, it will naturally break the current deadlock among the prime ministers under the Secretariat and then abolish the new law.
"Your Majesty is not in good health, can't you disturb me?"
"The country and country of the Tang Dynasty are going to be in chaos. Li Chao's new laws and regulations are in chaos. Is this matter not important? Your Majesty is important to recuperate, but the country and country of the Tang Dynasty are even more important. Today, we will ask a few priests to knock on the palace gate!"
The censors knocked on the palace gate more than once, but none of them worked.
Liu Shi believed that the movement was still too small.
It was just a group of censors who went to knock on the palace gate, and the emperor did not pay any attention to it.
Today, Liu Wei was preparing to ask Fang Xuanling and all the prime ministers to knock on the palace gate together. No matter what, he would ask the emperor to come out and say something and make a ruling.
Fang Xuanling said, "Impossible."
"Fang Qiao, you are the Minister of the Central Secretariat and Prime Minister. But what have you done? As the head of all officials, you agree with Li Chao and have no moral integrity as a prime minister. Li Chao is in chaos and harms the people, and the world is in full swing. But you are still isolated from the emperor and do not allow all officials to report such facts to the emperor. You are a traitor and a treacherous minister!"
All saliva sprayed on Fang Xuanling's face.
As the head of all officials, Fang Xuanling was also angry when the prime minister of the court was criticized by the Chief Censor.
Just when he was about to get angry, Eunuch Wang came.
"Your Majesty's decree!"
All the officials were suddenly excited.
It has been almost two months since they have not seen the emperor or received a decree.
Now, the emperor's decree finally appeared.
Liu Wei was also very excited. He felt that he had finally succeeded, which made the emperor unable to hide in the palace and speak out under pressure.
As long as the emperor is willing to show up, it is easy to deal with. No matter how much the subordinates of the Secretary of the Central Committee are delayed, now that the emperor's ruling is made, there must be a result of this matter.
He did not believe that the emperor dared to resist the opposition of the world and continued to support the new law.
"Eunuch of the King." Liu Qi walked forward, "What is the decree?"
The eunuch Wang smiled gently on his face, glanced at the ministers, and then issued a sage.
"Let the prince supervise the country and temporarily take charge of the national affairs, and the prime minister under the Secretariat and the Privy Council of Privy Council jointly assist the prince."
After the decree was read, the golden palace suddenly became silent, and the needles could be heard.
No one expected that such an edict would be issued.
I thought the emperor was about to come out, but I still didn't. Instead, I let the prince regent.
The prince is regent.
Liu Wei felt a bucket of cold water poured on his head.
Then, he was angry.
The emperor is still fooling around, the prince, how old is the prince?
What kind of politics can an eight-year-old prince take over?
What military and national affairs can he deal with? Besides, the prince is Li Chao's student. The relationship between Li Chao and the prince is so good that no one in the world knows. Li Chao is still the prince's future father-in-law.
Let the prince abolish Li Chao's new policy, this will definitely not work.
"Ephesian Wang, we want to see Your Majesty!"
The eunuch of the king just smiled and said, "Your Majesty is really unwell. You have to rest now and not disturb me. Don't worry, tomorrow morning, Your Highness the Crown Prince will be regent. You can report to Your Highness if you have any military and national affairs at that time."
After saying that, Eunuch Wang walked out.
After walking a few steps, he turned back.
"Oh, looking at our memory, there is another important news to tell everyone, which is good news."
"Hebei Good News, Duke Zhao had just defeated Goguryeo in Pingzhou. He defeated 20,000 Goguryeo cavalry with five thousand Shenji camps, 10,000 Hebei prefectures and 20,000 volunteer soldiers by the Ruhe River, and beheaded 4,000."
As soon as this news came out.
The Golden Palace was silent again.
Li Chao arrived in Pingzhou so soon? Shouldn’t he still be on the way? And Li Chao actually defeated the Goguryeo and won such a big victory?
Also, 20,000 volunteer soldiers, aren’t they some civilians? Are these people really on the battlefield?
Or, Li Chao defeated 20,000 Goguryeo cavalry with 10,000 Hebei Prefecture soldiers and the 5,000 Shenji Camp he brought, and beheaded 4,000.
The forces of both sides are similar.
Then how many soldiers did Li Chao lose?
"Li Xiang killed 4,000 enemies in one battle, and his troops were injured and killed by more than a thousand."
More than a thousand?
Many people think that at least four or five thousand or more will be lost.
Everyone was still surprised.
To be continued...