Li Conghou was in such a hurry when he escaped that he did not take any royal talismans with him, nor did he notify the civil and military officials. Firstly, he did not have rich escape experience, and secondly, he was worried that the ministers who got the news would immediately betray him and sacrifice him to Li Congke.
After dawn, Prime Minister Feng Dao and others clocked in to work as usual. When they walked across Tianjin Bridge in groups and came to Duanmen, they heard that two shocking news: Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun were dead. ; Emperor Li Conghou has fled.
The boss is absent from work, so let's go home and rest. Feng Dao and Liu Yu turned around to go home, but were stopped by another prime minister Li Yu.
Li Yu said: "Although the emperor has left, the empress dowager is still in the palace. We should go to work in the prime minister's office as usual, send someone to ask for instructions from the empress dowager, and then go back to our homes. This is the duty of ministers!"
Feng Dao said: "The emperor has already left the palace. If we enter the palace at this time, I am afraid it will cause unnecessary misunderstandings and troubles. Li Congke has posted notices of peace and security everywhere. We might as well go home and wait quietly for the situation to change. .”
Everyone thought it made sense, so they turned around and walked back. When they reached the vicinity of Tiangong Temple, An Congjin, who was acting as an internal agent for Li Congke, sent someone to inform them: "Li Congke is about to enter the city. All the prime ministers will lead the civil and military officials to greet him."
So Feng Dao and others stopped at Tiangong Temple and notified all civil and military officials to come to Tiangong Temple to meet.
Director Lu from the Zhongshu family arrived, and Feng Dao said to him: "I've been waiting for you. The most urgent thing now is to have a memorial to persuade people to enter. Please start drafting it immediately."
Director Lu immediately refused, "Li Congke came to the capital for an audience. It is in line with etiquette for all civil and military officials to go out of the city to greet him. How can he make trouble by abolishing the establishment? Besides, Li Congke and Li Conghou are both sons of the Queen Mother. It is even more important to abolish the establishment. We should follow the arrangements of the old queen mother, how can we bypass her and support her?"
Feng Dao was so anxious that he stamped his feet, "You have to consider the actual situation when doing things!"
Director Lu refused to give in, "Since ancient times, where has the emperor just left the house and his subordinates hastily persuaded others to sit on the emperor's throne? If Li Congke acts like a loyal minister and rebukes us righteously, how should we answer ?”
"Then what do you think we should do?"
Director Lu said: "You should lead all the civil and military officials to the front of the palace to greet the Queen Mother and ask for instructions. All advance and retreat actions must be subject to the Queen Mother's arrangements."
Li Yu and Director Lu both advocated asking the Queen Mother for instructions first. This was the correct procedure and their way of shirking responsibility. They followed the Queen Mother's instructions. If something went wrong, the Queen Mother would be responsible.
Feng Dao and Director Lu argued endlessly, and An Congjin sent people to urge him many times, "Li Congke is already here, and the empress dowager and empress dowager (Wang Defei) have sent eunuchs to greet them, but there is no civil and military official." Officer, what do you think? Whatever you want to do, go quickly!"
In a word, Tiangong Temple became the starting point of the city marathon. Civil and military officials turned into marathon runners, running out of the city like swarms of swarms and waiting in line outside the west gate.
After taking a breath, Feng Dao once again asked Director Lu to draft a form of persuasion, but Director Lu was as stubborn as ever. Li Yu also clearly expressed his support for Director Lu, pointing to his head and said to Feng Dao: "Director Lu is right, we are all sinners, and our sins are more than our hair! (It is difficult to count)"
This Li Yu appeared on the scene a long time ago. The first time was when Emperor Zhaozong of the Tang Dynasty encountered the "Shaoyangyuan Coup" and was imprisoned by the eunuch Liu Jishu and others. At that time, Li Yu wrote to Han Jian, asking him to raise troops to serve the king; later in the court of Zhu Youzhen of the Later Liang Dynasty When he was in office, he was demoted from the court because he refused to follow the trend and knelt down to Zhu Youliang;
"Zhuangzong entered Luo", he heard his name and conquered him. He was promoted to a bachelor of Hanlin, and then followed Li Jiji and Guo Chongtao to conquer Shu. At that time, many people advocated a step-by-step approach and advanced slowly. Guo Chongtao asked Li Yu for advice, and Li Yu suggested that he should rush forward and launch a blitzkrieg into Shu, which would surely lead to victory. Guo Chongtao accepted Li Yu's suggestion, and the facts were exactly the same as his deduction; the army was When he was about to enter Shu, the judge Chen Yi complained that he was ill and refused to go forward. Li Yu immediately ordered him to be beheaded. After that, no one dared to stay any longer. After Shu was defeated, Li Yu was promoted to the official of Shushe.
When Emperor Mingzong came to power, he appointed Ren Wan, who had conquered Shu, as prime minister. Ren Wan and Li Yu were good, and recommended Li Yu to An Chongjie many times, saying that Li Yu had both moral integrity and talent, and was a talented person. However, at that time, Kong Xun did not want to see the previous dynasty conquering Shu. As the old forces of Xunxun grew stronger, they tricked An Zhongjie into promoting Cui Xie.
A few years later, Li Yu was finally promoted to prime minister.
Li Yu has been known as a child prodigy since he was a child. He has outstanding talents and learning, has a strong and upright character, is an upright and honest official, does not understand the world, is not tactful, and is ashamed to cling to powerful people. He is a typical Confucian scholar, so he is often ostracized.
In the late Tang Dynasty, he did not bow to the eunuch group and the vassal town (Zhu Wen); in the Later Liang Dynasty, he did not bow to Zhu Youzhen and the "Gang of Foreign Relations"; in the Later Tang Dynasty, he did not bow to An Chongjiao and Kong Xun.
The reason why he became prime minister was entirely because of his true talent, solid knowledge and noble character. He has been a "Northern drifter" for half his life. Even when he became prime minister, he still rented a house, and it was the cheapest and simplest guest house.
One time he fell ill and became seriously ill, so Li Siyuan sent an eunuch to visit him at his home. As a result, the eunuch went back crying.
Poor, so poor! I have never seen such a poor official! According to the eunuch's report, Li Yu's residence was really "house-walled": in an empty room, there was only a shabby bed, and there was only a shabby felt on the bed. There was only a sick old man in the shabby felt, and standing next to the sick old man. There was a eunuch with a stunned jaw... Apart from that, there were no other objects in the room. And the house is still rented...
No one would believe that this is the home of the Prime Minister of the Empire!
Li Siyuan sighed for a long time and gave Li Yu a hundred pieces of silk, a hundred coins, and thirteen pieces of furniture.
Li Yu looked down upon Feng Dao's character, especially his idea of persuading Jin Biao, so he confronted him tit for tat and argued on the spot. This was Li Yu's character.
Because of Li Yu's contempt for Feng Dao, a word has been spread to this day, which is "in-laws". The term "in-laws" first appeared in the Tang Dynasty, and at that time it was limited to marriages between royal relatives and relatives. Feng Dao and Liu Yu were in-laws. Whenever Li Yu found out about Feng Dao's mistakes at work, he would show them to Liu Yu and say to him, "Look at the good things your in-laws have done!"
"In-laws", like "I", is a royal noun, but Li Yu deliberately used it on Feng Dao to disgust him. But he didn't expect that he would use it in this way, and the word gradually emerged among the people. To this day, the word "in-laws" is commonly used among the people. This can be regarded as Li Yu's contribution to Chinese traditional culture.
