Everyone knew that King Li Tai of Wei was henpecked. His Highness had an impetuous and eccentric temper and got angry frequently. Others could not persuade him. However, no matter how angry he was, the presence of Princess Yan could always soothe his anger and make him docile and docile.
But Li Tai never refused to admit that this was "porn fear". He only thought it was "respect". This famous lady from a wealthy Bingzhou family had always been resourceful and decisive, and was regarded by Li Tai as a good wife...
Faced with the current situation that may be turbulent, the method given by Princess Yan is to win over the officials of the East Palace. The important thing is to make a promise to the officials of the East Palace, that is, to treat the prince and his children well and never let him down.
This time, Li Tai did not immediately adopt the princess's suggestion, but hesitantly raised his concerns: "But if you rely on those people to become the prince and protect the prince, who knows that it will not backfire on you in the future and cause trouble?"
Princess Yan raised her eyebrows and scolded in a sweet voice: "Your Highness is confused! Look who are the people in the East Palace team? Headed by Fang Jun, Li Daozong, Ma Zhou, and even Li Jing, who is greedy for power and the leader?" People on both ends? They are all upright people! The reason why these people are still protecting the crown prince until now is because they are worried that the new heir will be detrimental to the crown prince in the future, and even harm the East Palace! As long as His Highness swears to promise, how can they be capricious, Just chasing fame, wealth and power? On the contrary, those who are wavering and camera-driven are fighting for power and position without any limits. When His Highness is going well, they are on the side and are blooming with flowers. But once His Highness encounters setbacks, who is willing to help him in times of need? ?”
Yan Lide on the side also stroked his beard and said: "This is true. The general trend of the court situation is not right or wrong. However, no matter when and where, you must occupy the right name and belong to the righteous side. What is righteousness and what is reverse? ? If you gain the right, you will get many help, but if you lose the right, you will get few. As long as the officials of the East Palace submit to His Highness, everyone will think that you have received the Crown Prince's approval and are the legitimate party."
Only when your name is right and your words are right can you get twice the result with half the effort.
Li Tai pondered and said nothing.
He admired his princess for her high intelligence, and respected his father-in-law very much.
Yan Lide was eager to learn since childhood and had outstanding attainments in many aspects such as architecture, calligraphy, painting, and crafts. He entered the Qin Palace as a sergeant and joined the army in his early years. He was one of His Majesty Li Er's early team members. Later, His Majesty Li Er ascended the throne, and Yan Lide was promoted all the way, from Shangyi Yufeng to General Master Craftsman, General Master Craftsman, and he presided over the construction of Emperor Gaozu's mausoleum. In the tenth year of Zhenguan, Empress Wende was buried. His Majesty ordered him to be responsible for the construction of Zhaoling, but it has not been completed until now...
It can be said that although Yan Lide rarely participated in government affairs, he was a veteran minister who had followed His Majesty Li Er for many years. He had outstanding achievements and was in the heart of the emperor.
How could he despise the opinions of such an honorable minister?
It's not that he doesn't agree with the princess's words, but he knows very well how loyal Fang Jun and others are to the prince, and if he wants to instigate him to rebel, it will take more than just a promise. These people are indeed not people who cling to power and swing around, but they each have their own political ambitions. At present, it is these people's insistence to preserve the East Palace and prevent the inheritance of the imperial throne from being tainted with bloodshed.
How difficult it is to persuade them to give up the crown prince...
But he also agreed with the analysis of the princess and his father-in-law. If he could subdue the officials of the East Palace for his own use at this time, his strength would increase dramatically and his position would be almost secure.
But where to start?
Yan Lide thought for a while and said to Princess Yan: "I heard that although Fang Jun is the richest in the world, and the Fang family is also considered a prosperous one, his daily life is not luxurious and extravagant. He only likes...that wife, sister-in-law, and the younger sister in the family. I have grown up and are discussing marriage, how about taking her into the Fang family as a concubine?"
Due to the scandal between Fang Jun and Princess Changle, and the fact that Princess Jinyang, who was close to him, had repeatedly failed in his marriage, everyone in the Tang Dynasty now believed that Fang Jun had this habit. Previously, Princess Baling entered the Youtunwei camp at night. There were rumors that Chai Zhewei and Fang Jun had a happy night, which made Chai Zhewei's rebellion not involve Chai Lingwu...
Even the daughter-in-law of the Helan family of the Wu family is said to be Fang Jun's forbidden wife.
If you want to win over the officials of the East Palace, the best way is to start with Fang Jun. With Fang Jun's status and prestige in the East Palace, as long as he joins the Wei King's camp, he can easily disintegrate the East Palace. To win over Fang Jun, you naturally have to do what he likes.
There is nothing you can do about sisters-in-law and the like, but anyone who is addicted to this kind of thing probably has a dirty mind. Although one's own sisters-in-law are lovable, aren't other people's sisters-in-law more interesting?
We sent His Highness King Wei's wife and sister to Fang Jun's bed. Isn't that enough to show His Highness King Wei's sincerity?
Princess Yan's pretty face turned red with embarrassment. She patted the table with her slender hands and said angrily: "What nonsense did father say? If he behaves like this, what will happen to my daughter? Instead of giving her sister to Fang Jun, why don't you give her to Fang Jun?" It would be better to send me there!"
She knowingly knew that Fang Jun's hobby was his sister-in-law, but sent the Yan family's young daughter away. What did the world think of her, the Princess of Wei?
Maybe someone with a dirty mind would unscrupulously concoct the idea that Princess Wei would sacrifice herself to win over Fang Jun...
Yan Lide stroked his beard awkwardly, not daring to say anything, but he cursed in his heart: Am I still thinking about you? The daughter she gave away was also my daughter, and I don’t even feel sorry for her. You still worry about this and that, and you really don’t understand good people. Furthermore, your little sister, like all the ladies and girls in Chang'an City, spends her days chanting about Fang Jun's past poems, songs, and glorious achievements. She admires and adores Fang Jun so much that she might be willing to marry Fang Jun. I am my concubine...
Li Tai shook his head to stop: "Erlang and Changle do have an affair, but it is definitely not what the outside world has rumored. As for the rumors that Sizi and Fang Jun are secretly living together, it is even more groundless. Fang Jun is not strict with trivial matters, but he is magnanimous. Even if he does not count, A gentleman is also a true man. It is absolutely impossible to seduce someone with beauty. I can only be moved by emotion and reason, and don't think about those crooked ways."
Yan Lide was speechless, and for the sake of your future, I even prepared to hook up with my little girl, but only got a crooked word in exchange?
Come on, you can handle your own affairs, there's nothing I can do for you...
*****
Early the next morning, His Majesty Li Er washed himself, had his breakfast, and then went to the side hall to deal with official documents.
Wang De made a pot of tea, drank a cup, picked up a memorial from the pile of official documents on the desk, opened it, and frowned.
This is Li Xiyu’s memorial requesting him to become an official...
Li Xiyu is an old man among the ministers of Zhenguan. Today, he is still guarding Liangzhou in his 70s and 80s. Although he has done nothing, he is still working hard. Now that he is in his twilight years, he wants to return to his hometown and take care of himself. This is normal and should not only be allowed. Moreover, he should be greatly rewarded, and his son should be admitted to the court as an official in Yin Meng to show his respect and reward his merits.
But if you want to become an official, then you should become an official, but you have to criticize the King of Wei in the memorial, saying that he "resembles Yang Emperor, but not like a human king"...
Whether the King of Wei is like a human king or not should be decided by me as the emperor. When do you, a border governor, need to comment?
If this kind of thing happened in the past, His Majesty Li Er would probably laugh it off and then go his own way and ignore it.
But now he thinks more...
Li Xiyu was born in the Guanlong clan, but he was always incompatible with Guanlong Yiyi. He and his brother Li Xizhi were both loyal to him as the emperor. When such people put forward opinions, the emperor can choose to listen or not, because no matter what, there will be no serious turmoil in the court situation.
But at the same time, when the Guanlong clan completely withdrew from the court after the defeat, there were not many Zhenguan ministers left. As the only meritorious minister left, Li Xiyu's opinions were extremely important.
After all, to this day, even if the younger generation headed by Fang Jun is gradually rising, there is no doubt that it is still those Zhenguan ministers who support the foundation of the Tang Empire...
So, is Li Xiyu's memorial his own opinion, or was there any other Zhenguan ministers involved in it?
His Majesty Li Er put down the memorials and did not bother to drink tea. He began to read the memorials one by one. After a long time, he sighed. The thing he was most worried about did not happen. Once all Zhenguan's ministers rose up to oppose King Wei as the crown prince, he would be in a dilemma: if he chose King Wei, he would definitely be in trouble and the political situation would be unstable. A hundred years later, King Wei would ascend the throne and he would be in trouble. There will be resistance from the ministers, and there is bound to be a huge turmoil. With the pride of the King of Wei, he will be unruly and prone to bloodshed and pestilence. If he doesn't elect the King of Wei... won't he be coerced and forced by these ministers?
But there are also disturbing things. It is true that Zhenguan Xunchen did not boycott the King of Wei together with Li Xiyu. However, many imperial officials in the court complained about all the past incidents of the King of Wei being unruly and disobeying the law. One by one, the King of Wei is described as a foolish person who is "arrogant, unruly, impetuous and violent" and "more powerful than Jie, Zhou and Yang"...
His Majesty Li Er looked at a large pile of memorials and smiled angrily.
The King of Wei was indeed impetuous, headstrong and arrogant, but who were those "Jie, Zhou, Li Yang"? The tyrant who single-handedly tore apart the great empire of Nuo and left behind an infamy for eternity... also looked down upon King Wei too much.
After sitting behind the desk for a while, Wang De was ordered to go to Menxia Provincial Political Affairs Hall to call Xiao Yu.
After half a cup of tea, Xiao Yu hurried over. After the ceremony, His Majesty Li Er gave him a seat, pointed to a large pile of memorials on the table and said: "These are the memorials written by the imperial officials in the imperial court to impeach the king of Wei. Duke Guo of Song, come and take a look, how should we deal with it?"
Since you are known as the "Leader of Qingliu" and most of the imperial censors are from your sect, then you come to express your position...what do you want to do?
Xiao Yu remained calm as usual, stood up and came to the desk, leaning over the memorials and reading over them.
At the end, he put down the last memorial and bowed: "Your Majesty is wise and powerful. Naturally, he knows that some of these people are really from the bottom of his heart, and some are far-fetched... How to deal with them is naturally decided by His Majesty."
"Ho!"
His Majesty Li Er laughed angrily.
It sounds easy, but who speaks from the heart? Who is so far-fetched?
Is it possible for me to send the "Hundred Cavalry Division" to investigate these censors one by one?
This is forcing the uterus.
But he was not angry, but was thinking: Is this just a simple boycott of King Wei, or have these people formed a faction with King Jin and shared weal and woe?
